Pope Francis has died, the Vatican camerlengo, announces
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis died Monday morning, Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced. "At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of the Father. His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and of his Church,″ Farrell said in the announcemen...
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Vehicle fire
Hope firefighters quickly extinguish vehicle fire on Easter Sunday
HOPE - Seven firefighters from the Hope Fire Department acted quickly to contain a vehicle fire on Easter Sunday along Water Avenue in Hope. The department says the vehicle fire appears to have originated in the engine compartment. The fire is not believed to be suspicious in nature. All occupants were out of the vehic...
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HOUSING PROJECT
New 40-unit cohousing project breaks ground in Langley
LANGLEY - A more than 46,000-square-foot housing project has broken ground in the Township of Langley. Compass Cohousing will be a unique residential space located at 6644 203 Street, featuring condominium and townhouse units that share common facilities and amenities. The concept originated in Denmark in the 1960s and...
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BALLET PERFORMANCE
Chilliwack Cultural Centre to host ballet retelling of Macbeth in May
CHILLIWACK - A Shakespearean tragedy is coming to Chilliwack this spring- On May 10, the Chilliwack Cultural Centre will be hosting Macbeth as told through contemporary dance. Ballet Kelowna will be performing choreography by Alysa Pires, with music by Adam Sakiyama and visuals created by Okanagan landscape artist Jane...
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SERIOUS COLLISION
2 seriously injured in early morning collision in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford police are now investigating a serious collision involving two cars Sunday morning, April 20. At 7:28 a.m., AbbyPD frontline officers responded to the crash at the intersection of Townline Road and Marshall Road. Emergency service workers found a black Dodge Charger and a grey BMW sedan with sig...
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SATURDAY FIRE
[VIDEOS] Chilliwack Fire responds to apartment blaze Saturday afternoon
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Fire Department has been on scene of an apartment building as flames raged from its roof Saturday afternoon (Apr. 19) At around 3:30 p.m., firefighters responded to a structure fire in the 9300 block of Corbould Street, near Kipp Street. Firefighters from all halls responded to the scene, qu...
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British Columbia
Advance polls open for last day as election campaign heads into final week
OTTAWA - Canadians hoping to vote early in the upcoming federal election have until the end of the day to visit an advance polling station as the campaign enters its final week. Today is the fourth and final day that advance polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. before the general election date of April 28. And unti...
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Police say two people airlifted to hospital after 'serious' crash in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD - Police in British Columbia's Lower Mainland say two people were airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries Sunday after a crash involving two vehicles. Abbotsford Police say emergency workers who responded to the crash at about 7:28 a.m. and found a Dodge Charger and a BMW sedan with "signif...
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Lost hiker dies in North Vancouver's Mount Seymour area: police
NORTH VANCOUVER - Police say a hiker has died in North Vancouver's Mount Seymour area. RCMP say in a social media post that officers had worked with the local search and rescue team in an effort to find the hiker, who had become lost on Saturday. But the post from about 4:20 p.m. that day says the person had been found...
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Day 3 of advance polls finds Liberals in Ottawa, NDP, Conservatives in BC
OTTAWA - Canadians continue to head to the polls in advance voting today as federal leaders find themselves out West and in the capital. Both NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre remain in British Columbia on Sunday, where they will both make announcements. Liberal Leader Mark Carney is sch...
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B.C. shooting suspect dies after allegedly setting fire to apartment building: RCMP
FORT ST. JOHN - Police in northern British Columbia say a man was found dead inside a car Friday after he allegedly set fire to an apartment building and drove into the flames. Fort St. John RCMP say in a statement that the man had been a suspect in a shooting outside the same apartment complex that day. The Mounties s...
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Homicide team called to investigate 'suspicious' death, fire in Langley, B.C.
LANGLEY - Police in Metro Vancouver say they're treating the death of a person inside a burned home as suspicious and homicide investigators have taken the case. Langley RCMP say in a statement they received a report of a structure fire near the intersection of 56 Avenue and Glover Road at about 7:24 a.m. on Friday. Th...
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Canada
Some emergency departments installing AI weapons detection amid rising violence
TORONTO - London Health Sciences Centre is the latest Canadian hospital to install a weapons detection system in its emergency department as health-care workers across the country continue to grapple with increasing violence. The southwestern Ontario health-care network started using one of the artificial intelligence-...
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Pope Francis apologized for residential schools on historic Canadian visit
On a warm July day in 2022, thousands of dignitaries, Indigenous leaders and residential school survivors travelled from across Canada to powwow grounds in central Alberta. For some, the journey took days. For others, decades. They had all come to hear Pope Francis apologize for the Catholic Church's role in residentia...
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Canadians remember Pope Francis for historic apology for residential schools
TORONTO - Pope Francis will be remembered by Canadian Catholics as a progressive leader whose approach to the papacy helped usher in a new era of Indigenous relations and make the church more responsive to its rank and file. The Vatican says the pontiff died Monday at age 88. Francis was the global leader of Canada's m...
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In the news today: Advance polls open for final day before election
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Advance polls open for final day before election Canadians hoping to vote early in the upcoming federal election have until the end of the day to visit an advance polling station as the campaign enters its final week. Today is the...
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Advance polls open for last day as election campaign heads into final week
OTTAWA - Canadians hoping to vote early in the upcoming federal election have until the end of the day to visit an advance polling station as the campaign enters its final week. Today is the fourth and final day that advance polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. before the general election date of April 28. And unti...
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'Overwhelming': Saskatoon drugs crisis far reaching with deaths and hundreds of calls
SASKATOON - The black concrete walls outside Saskatoon's only safe consumption site show the wake left by the city's drug crisis. The names of those who've died, most from drug poisoning, are scrawled on the Prairie Harm Reduction building. Kim Randall, the director of support services, points to the name of a woman wh...
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World
Canonization of the first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, postponed after the death of Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The canonization of the first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, has been postponed due to the death Monday of Pope Francis, the Vatican announced. Acutis was to be canonized next Sunday, on the occasion of the Jubilee celebration for adolescents. The canonization Mass was to be held at St. Peter's Squ...
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Pope Francis reached out to migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, but also drew unusual opposition
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Some takeaways about the life of Pope Francis, who died Monday: Background Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born Dec. 17, 1936, to Italian immigrants in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children. He was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1969 and led the religious order in Argentina during the country'...
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'Who am I to judge?' Pope Francis had an informal, lighthearted speaking style
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis, who died on Monday, had an informal, lighthearted speaking style, and sometimes he even created words in a combination of his native Spanish with the Italian that he spoke as pope. Some of his memorable quotes: A simple, initial greeting "Brothers and sisters, good evening!" ...
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Sports
Canada's prep for 2026 Olympic women's hockey tournament radically revised
ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE - How Canada prepares to win another Olympic gold medal in women's hockey is going to be dramatically different. The six-team Professional Women's Hockey League is now able to provide a lot of what Hockey Canada did, meaning women will not move to Calgary to spend half a year trying out for th...
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Howden scores twice and Golden Knights beat Wild 4-2 in Game 1
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Brett Howden had never scored double-digit goals until this season. Then he went out and scored 23. Turns out, Howden isn't finished. He had what turned out to be the game-winning goal and later delivered an empty netter, and the Vegas Golden Knights opened their first-round Western Conference playoffs...
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NHL linesman injured in Game 1 of Wild-Golden Knights playoff series
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Linesman Bryan Pancich left Sunday night's Minnesota-Vegas playoff game 3:37 into the second period after a collision with Golden Knights forward Brett Howden. Backup official Frederick L'Ecuyer took Pancich's place in the opening game of the first-round Western Conference series. Howden was trying to ...
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