A Voice of Hope for Kenya
Massive garage sale this weekend in Chilliwack to benefit widows, orphans in Kenya
CHILLIWACK - A massive garage sale will be held this weekend in Chilliwack to benefit indigent widows and orphans in Kenya through the efforts of a Chilliwack-based charity. Since its inception over a decade ago, A Voice of Hope for Kenya has leveraged its Chilliwack connections in order to improve the living condition...
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68 years of dedicated service
Pattison Media makes difficult decision to close CHAT-TV in Medicine Hat, Alberta
MEDICINE HAT, ALBERTA - It is with heavy hearts that we announce the closure of CHAT-TV, a trusted local television station that has served the Medicine Hat community for the past 68 years. This decision was not made lightly, as we have explored every possible avenue to sustain operations. However, due to the contracti...
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Pizza franchise set to open
Pizza franchise set to open in Hope this Saturday - and give away free pizza for a year
HOPE - A rapidly growing pizza franchise with four locations in the Chilliwack area and several more throughout the Fraser Valley will officially open at its newest location in Hope later this week - and give away free pizza for a year to the first 10 guests. Freshslice announced on Facebook Monday that the Hope, B.C. ...
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Murder
With help from Abbotsford and Surrey police, 2 B.C. men arrested in murder of 51-year-old man
LOWER MAINLAND - With help from police departments in Abbotsford and Surrey, homicide detectives from the Peel Regional Police Homicide Bureau in Ontario say two men from the Lower Mainland have been arrested for their alleged role in the murder of a 51-year-old man that happened in Mississauga in May. According to a s...
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Fraser Valley real estate sales
Fraser Valley housing sales rise double digits as single-family home prices drop
FRASER VALLEY - Home sales throughout the Fraser Valley rebounded in May with a double-digit increase compared to April, while the benchmark price for single-family homes actually dropped over one per cent. Representing a region stretching from Abbotsford to White Rock, the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board says it recor...
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Miguel Mack
Body of missing Merritt man found: family
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British Columbia
Eby says he won't be changing mind on another B.C. pipeline, rebuffing Ford
B.C. Premier David Eby says he won't be throwing his support behind a new oil pipeline through the province, dismissing Ontario Premier Doug Ford's suggestion that Eby would change his mind. Eby says in response to Ford's remarks on Monday that the publicly-owned TMX pipeline is already running through B.C., and the pr...
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B.C. opening 18 long-term involuntary care beds in Metro Vancouver
British Columbia's government has created 18 new beds at a Metro Vancouver mental health facility dedicated to long-term involuntary care. Health Minister Josie Osborne says the new beds at Alouette Homes in Maple Ridge, B.C., are designed for people needing involuntary care under the Mental Health Act outside the just...
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Health minister says forced addictions treatment lacks evidence, feds won't intervene
OTTAWA - Federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel says there's no evidence that forcing people into addictions treatment works - but she won't weigh in on whether provinces should pursue involuntary treatment. "I will tell you that I think every single Canadian has the right to get treated," she said. "I ...
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Two men arrested in B.C., charged with murder in Mississauga, Ont. shooting: police
Peel Region police say two men were arrested in British Columbia and charged with murder in the shooting death of a man in Mississauga, Ont., last month. Police say 51-year-old Harjeet Dhadda of Brampton, Ont., was allegedly approached by a suspect and shot multiple times in a Mississauga parking lot the morning of May...
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Alaska Highway reopened after nearby wildfire forced closure near Fort Nelson, B.C.
The stretch of the Alaska Highway near Fort Nelson, B.C., that closed Monday due to a nearby wildfire has reopened to single lane traffic. Drive BC announced the update in a post around 9:30 p.m., saying the status could change quickly depending on wildfire activity. The BC Wildfire Service says the blaze is about 26 s...
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Blaze forces Alaska Highway closure as B.C. wildfire season ramps up
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Canada
Trump's 50 per cent steel and aluminum tariffs go into effect
WASHINGTON - Tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum to the United States are increasing to 50 per cent today after President Donald Trump followed through on his plan to double the duties. Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to increase the levies from their previous rate of 25 per cent, saying it was necessary t...
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Eby says he won't be changing mind on another B.C. pipeline, rebuffing Ford
B.C. Premier David Eby says he won't be throwing his support behind a new oil pipeline through the province, dismissing Ontario Premier Doug Ford's suggestion that Eby would change his mind. Eby says in response to Ford's remarks on Monday that the publicly-owned TMX pipeline is already running through B.C., and the pr...
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The former chief medical health officer for British Columbia's Interior Health Authority has been granted full parole from a sentence for sexually assaulting a boy. Albert de Villiers served less than two years of a 5-1/2-year prison sentence after being convicted in 2023 of sexual interference of the boy in Grand Prai...
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Indigenous services minister says First Nations support for developments 'critical'
OTTAWA - The federal minister of Indigenous services says she and the other Indigenous members of cabinet support their party's plan to fast-track infrastructure development - despite significant pushback from First Nations leaders. Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty says Prime Minister Mark Carney has "...
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CP NewsAlert: White House says Trump will double tariffs on steel, aluminum tomorrow
WASHINGTON - White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says U.S. President Donald Trump will double steel and aluminum tariffs Wednesday. Leavitt says Trump will sign an executive order to increase the duties to 50 per cent later today. More coming. Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press
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Canada's domestic tourism industry could net billions due to U.S. trade war: report
OTTAWA - A new report argues that Canada's trade war with the United States might come with a silver lining for the domestic tourism industry. The Conference Board of Canada says its April travel intentions survey suggests roughly 27 per cent of Canadian respondents are considering a trip to the U.S. in the next few ye...
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World
South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung says he'll bolster US-Japan ties and pursue talks with North
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's new President Lee Jae-myung said Wednesday he'll pursue dialogue with North Korea while bolstering a trilateral partnership with the U.S. and Japan. He said in his inaugural address after taking office that his government will deal with potential North Korean aggressions with &qu...
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Salvadoran court convicts 3 former army officers in the 1982 killing of 4 Dutch journalists
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - Three former Salvadoran officers were convicted by a five-person jury late Tuesday for the 1982 killings of four Dutch journalists during the Central American nation's civil war. A jury made up of five women convicted the three men in a lightning trial that began Tuesday morning in the ...
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US immigration authorities detain the family of the man charged in the Boulder, Colorado, attack
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - The wife and five children of the man accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at demonstrators in Boulder are being taken into custody by federal immigration authorities, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Tuesday. Federal officials also are investigating whether Mohamed Sabry Soli...
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Sports
Starter Bowden Francis records only five outs as Phillies dump Blue Jays 8-3
TORONTO - Toronto starter Bowden Francis started his outing Tuesday with a four-pitch walk and it went downhill from there. Trea Turner and Bryce Harper followed with solo homers as the Phillies stormed out to a six-run lead - sending 11 batters to the plate - en route to an 8-3 victory that ended Toronto's five-game w...
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Phillies tee off on Jays starter Francis, end Toronto's five-game win streak
TORONTO - Trea Turner and Bryce Harper hit solo homers in Philadelphia's six-run first inning as the Phillies beat Toronto 8-3 on Tuesday to end the Blue Jays' five-game win streak. Bryson Stott added a two-run single off Toronto starter Bowden Francis as the visitors sent 11 men to the plate in the opening frame. Turn...
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Viens, Ward lead Canada past Haiti 3-1 before rowdy crowd in women's soccer friendly
MONTREAL - Evelyne Viens scored twice in the first half as Canada rolled to a two-game sweep over Haiti with a 3-1 win in a women's international soccer friendly Tuesday. Holly Ward tallied her first Canadian senior national team goal and added an assist. The 21-year-old Vancouver Rise FC forward made her second senior...
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