Fire Safety
Chilliwack launches recruitment drive for Paid On-Call firefighters
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack is now accepting applications for its annual Paid On-Call (POC) Firefighter Recruit Training Program. The recruitment drive is open to individuals who are physically fit, community-minded, and interested in emergency response. All six fire halls in Chilliwack are staffed by POC firef...
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Social Assistance
Ruth and Naomi's invites public to upcoming open house
CHILLIWACK - Ruth and Naomi's Mission is inviting the public to learn about its newest project in partnership with BC Housing and the City of Chilliwack. The Grove is located at Ruth & Naomi's Yale Rd Site at 45466 Yale Rd. The new project will offer 43 rooms for older adults along with programs to foster a conn...
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Fraser Valley
Recreational planning
Abbotsford residents asked to help shape the future of city trails
ABBOTSFORD - The City of Abbotsford is calling on residents to take part in a survey that will help to shape the future of its recreational and multi-use trail system.According to a City of Abbotsford news release, the city's growing population and evolving demographics is leading to the need for trail expansion, upgra...
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Advocate says progress being made since Fraser Valley child torture death, more work required
British Columbia's representative for children and youth says some progress is being made to improve the child welfare system, but she's concerned "fiscal limitations" will prevent timely help from getting to those most in need. Jennifer Charlesworth's statement comes a year after her report on the myriad of ...
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Road Safety
Pleas for forgiveness from suspected impaired commercial driver fall on deaf ears
ABBOTSFORD - A commercial truck driver has been dealt a 90-day driving prohibition after being caught behind the wheel while allegedly impaired by alcohol.Abbotsford Police say the incident happened around 2 p.m. on July 12, when an alert citizen reported a suspected impaired driver operating a commercial vehicle on Le...
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Standoff in Langley ends peacefully after firearm discharged in home
LANGLEY - A standoff in Langley that began after reports of a gunshot within a residence ended safely Monday night (Jul. 14).Langley RCMP say officers were called out around 1:15 p.m. to a home in the 26400 block of 29B Avenue. Given the risk to public safety, the Lower Mainland Integrated Emergency Response Team (IERT...
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British Columbia
'Big relief': Alerts lifted on multiple B.C. wildfires
British Columbia's Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen has rescinded multiple evacuation alerts as the threat from a series of wildfires appears to have passed. The August Lake wildfire near Princeton, B.C., is listed as "being held" and the alert for residents that was in place since Saturday has been ...
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RCMP arrest alleged hijacker at Vancouver airport after airspace shut down
RICHMOND - RCMP say they've arrested the pilot of a small aircraft that was allegedly hijacked from Victoria and flown to Vancouver International Airport, where other flights had to be temporarily halted. RCMP in Richmond, B.C., say in a statement that a report came in just after 1 p.m. Tuesday about a Cessna that &quo...
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Advocate says progress being made since B.C. child torture death, more work required
British Columbia's representative for children and youth says some progress is being made to improve the child welfare system, but she's concerned "fiscal limitations" will prevent timely help from getting to those most in need. Jennifer Charlesworth's statement Tuesday comes a year after her report on the my...
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No talk of custody when man was convicted of choking. Then, his ex-partner was killed
When James Plover was convicted on July 4 of choking someone and uttering threats, in a rage that also saw him destroy a table with a machete, his defence lawyer and the prosecutor took no issue with delaying his sentencing for up to 10 weeks, pending a psychiatric report. In the meantime, the former jail guard was to ...
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Crime Stoppers takes 'unusual step' of accepting tips from extortion victims
SURREY - Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers says it's taking the "unusual step" of accepting tips from extortion victims amid ongoing threats and violence targeting South Asian businesses in Surrey and elsewhere. Executive director Linda Annis says they've received more than 70 extortion-related tips in the past ...
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Steel barriers to protect Vancouver fireworks crowds, police say
VANCOUVER - Vancouver police say the annual Celebration of Light fireworks competition that begins Saturday will be protected by steel barriers to prevent vehicle incursions in the most crowded areas. The competition on English Bay is expected to involve the city's biggest public gatherings since the deadly vehicle att...
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Canada
In the news today: PM meeting steelworkers, Ontario chiefs cry foul, Alberta next?
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney heads to Hamilton to meet steelworkers Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to be in Hamilton today to make an announcement related to the steel industry. It has been more than a month since U.S. President Donald Trump d...
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Carney heads to Hamilton to meet steelworkers as U.S. trade talks continue
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to be in Hamilton today to make an announcement related to the steel industry. It has been more than a month since U.S. President Donald Trump doubled tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25 to 50 per cent, adding further economic insult to the two industries in Canada. Ca...
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Chiefs of Ontario say Ottawa acting unfairly in major projects meeting Thursday
OTTAWA - The Chiefs of Ontario say Ottawa is levelling an unfair playing field for chiefs in a meeting planned with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday to discuss the government's controversial major projects legislation. Carney promised in June that he would meet with First Nations after chiefs said their rights we...
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U.S. Coast Guard tall ship once part of Hitler's navy sails into Victoria for visit
VICTORIA - When Deleon Guerrero last visited Victoria in 2023, he arrived by car as part of a family road trip from Oregon. On Tuesday, he sailed into Victoria as a Cadet on board the U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle as a Canadian navy vessel saluted America's only active square-rig tall ship with an arch of water streami...
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Pilot detained at Vancouver airport after airspace security incident halted landings
RICHMOND - Vancouver International Airport says a person has been taken into custody after a "security incident" involving a small private aircraft shut down arrivals for more than half an hour. The airport says in a statement that the incident occurred in airspace above the airport around 1:30 p.m., and that...
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CP NewsAlert: Calgary police officer charged with two counts of second-degree murder
CALGARY - The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says a Calgary police officer has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder after the occupants of a van were shot dead following a slow speed pursuit in 2023. More coming. The Canadian Press
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World
Israel strikes near the defense ministry in Damascus
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - The Israeli army said Wednesday that it struck near the entrance to the Syrian Ministry of Defense in Damascus. The strike came as clashes continued in the southern Syrian city of Sweida after a ceasefire between government forces and Druze armed groups collapsed. Israel has launched a series of ...
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Israel-backed aid organization in Gaza says 20 killed at distribution site, mostly in stampede
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - An Israeli-backed American organization that runs an aid program in the Gaza Strip said Wednesday 20 Palestinians were killed near a distribution site. This comes as Israeli strikes killed 41 others, including 11 children, according to hospital officials. The Gaza Humanitarian Fund said 19 peopl...
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Schwarber's 3 homers in All-Star Game's first swing-off lifts NL over AL
ATLANTA (AP) - Kyle Schwarber of the Philadelphia Phillies went 3-for-3 to put the National League ahead as they won the first All-Star Game home run swing-off 4-3 following a 6-6 tie in which the American League rallied from a six-run deficit on Tuesday night. In baseball's equivalent of soccer's penalty-kicks shootou...
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Sports
Jays stars soak up MLB All-Star Game history; Freeman feels the love from Atlanta
ATLANTA - Toronto Blue Jays Vladimir Guerrero Junior and Alejandro Kirk were a part of Major League Baseball All-Star Game history on Tuesday night at Truist Park. Tied 6-6 after nine innings, the National League beat the Jays and their fellow American League stars 4-3 in the first-ever home run swing-off as MVP Kyle S...
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Schwarber's 3 homers in All-Star Game's first swing-off lifts NL over AL
ATLANTA (AP) - Kyle Schwarber of the Philadelphia Phillies went 3-for-3 to put the National League ahead as they won the first All-Star Game home run swing-off 4-3 following a 6-6 tie in which the American League rallied from a six-run deficit on Tuesday night. In baseball's equivalent of soccer's penalty-kicks shootou...
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Kyle Schwarber's 3 homers in All-Star Game's first tiebreaking swing-off lift NL over AL
ATLANTA (AP) - Kyle Schwarber went 3 for 3 in the first All-Star Game home run swing-off to put the National League ahead 4-3 following a 6-6 tie in which the American League rallied from a six-run deficit on Tuesday night. In baseball's equivalent of soccer's penalty-kicks shootout, the game was decided by having thre...
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