ALUMNI CELEBRATION
UFV celebrates 50th anniversary with alumni and friends
CHILLIWACK - The University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) wrapped up its golden jubilee celebrations last week by looking back at the community built by its alumni and their friends. More than 50,000 students have graduated from the post-secondary institution since it opened in 1974. UFV President Dr. Joanne MacLean was a...
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Man charged with assault after police say two officers in Vancouver were set on fire
VANCOUVER - A man has been charged after allegedly setting two officers from the Vancouver Police Department on fire earlier this week. The department says the 40-year old faces one count of assaulting a police officer and one count of obstructing a police officer. The incident happened on Thursday night when the offic...
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ELECTRONIC WASTE
Annual community event looking to cut down e-waste in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD -A community initiative is inviting Abbotsford residents to protect their data and get rid of electronic waste- without risking the environment. On Saturday, April 26, the Electronic Recycling Association (ERA) and Abbotsford Police Department are hosting its annual free electronics recycling and data securi...
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FUNDRAISING HELP
Chilliwack family seeks support after 6-year-old helps save mom from medical distress
CHILLIWACK - Little Sofia was at home with her four-year-old brother and her mom, Chiara Ignace, on what should have been a typical Friday morning.Instead, the six-year-old witnessed her mother begin to vomit and have a seizure in the span of minutes. Though terrified, her aunt Athina Vazeos explained that Sofia quickl...
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EMERGENCY PROCEDURE
Chilliwack schools placed in hold-and-secure Friday morning
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack students were kept in their buildings this morning (Apr. 11) as officials carried out a hold-and-secure procedure at Chilliwack Secondary School and Chilliwack Middle School. In an email sent out to parents by Chilliwack Secondary, the move was placed at about 10 a.m. due to an unspecified neigh...
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TYDEL FOODS
Tydel Foods location to remain open after outpouring of community support
CHILLIWACK - The lights will be staying on at Tydel Foods' original Patten Avenue location after all, thanks to some big media coverage and an outpouring of generous donations.Owner Brigida Crosbie shared the news in a social media post on Thursday, April 10. "This community continues to show me that love shows up...
Apr 11, 2025
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British Columbia
Toronto condo market unlikely to see jolt as conditions vary elsewhere in Canada
TORONTO - Experts say the Greater Toronto Area condo market is unlikely to awaken from its lull any time soon even as other major Canadian cities see somewhat more promising demand. As supply continues to pile up in the GTA, some say affordability is still a key problem holding would-be buyers back from placing their o...
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Man charged with assault after police say two officers in Vancouver were set on fire
VANCOUVER - A man has been charged after allegedly setting two officers from the Vancouver Police Department on fire earlier this week. The department says the 40-year old faces one count of assaulting a police officer and one count of obstructing a police officer. The incident happened on Thursday night when the offic...
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Artificial intelligence, wearable tech can improve safety in stroke rehab: study
Artificial intelligence combined with wearable technology has the potential to improve safety among people recovering from a stroke, suggests a study from researchers, including a team from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. Gustavo Balbinot, an assistant professor in neurorehabilitation, said the research op...
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Watchdog called in after man carrying firearm injured by B.C. police
PRINCE GEORGE - British Columbia's police watchdog has been called in over a man injured during an arrest after he was reportedly intoxicated and walking around a housing complex in Prince George with a firearm. A statement from the RCMP says officers responded to a complaint about the man with a gun around 11:45 p.m. ...
Apr 11, 2025
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B.C. Court of Appeal upholds murder conviction for Vancouver Island prison escapee
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of James Busch, who escaped from a Vancouver Island prison in 2019 with another inmate, then killed a man who lived near the institution. Busch and fellow inmate Zachary Armitage escaped from William Head Institution, a minim...
Apr 11, 2025
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Two B.C. police officers hurt in collision set off by robbery chase
SURREY - A series of events that started with a robbery in Surrey, B.C., ended with two officers being sent to hospital because of a crash. The Surrey Police Service says they were called Wednesday to a south Surrey business after a staff member confronted a man and woman who wheeled out a shopping cart full of tools w...
Apr 11, 2025
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Canada
Quebec teen, 15, dies after falling into silo at closed factory in Shawinigan, Que
SHAWINIGAN - Quebec provincial police say a 15-year-old girl has died after a fall at the site of a shuttered factory in Shawinigan, northeast of Montreal. One of the girl's relatives alerted emergency services around 8:30 p.m. on Friday after the victim fell into a silo at the former Belgo factory, a paper mill that h...
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Artificial intelligence, wearable tech can improve safety in stroke rehab: study
Artificial intelligence combined with wearable technology has the potential to improve safety among people recovering from a stroke, suggests a study from researchers, including a team from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. Gustavo Balbinot, an assistant professor in neurorehabilitation, said the research op...
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B.C. Court of Appeal upholds murder conviction for Vancouver Island prison escapee
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of James Busch, who escaped from a Vancouver Island prison in 2019 with another inmate, then killed a man who lived near the institution. Busch and fellow inmate Zachary Armitage escaped from William Head Institution, a minim...
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Sex assault civil trial of Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon to resume next week
MONTREAL - The sexual assault civil trial of Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon will resume next week after the Court of Appeal rejected his appeal of the scope of questions his lawyers could ask in his defence. In a brief hearing today, the province's highest court dismissed Rozon's appeal filed in the midst of his...
Apr 11, 2025
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Carney warns of signs that global economies are slowing amid Trump's tariffs
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says there are signs that the global and Canadian economies are slowing. Carney took another day off the campaign trail today to convene his Canada-U.S. cabinet committee today after a raucous week of White House tariff policy. Markets have been in turmoil since Trump escalated his t...
Apr 11, 2025
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P.E.I. university apologizes for removing lemming painting that offended Americans
CHARLOTTETOWN - The University of Prince Edward Island apologized today to a former artist in residence who quit after administrators ordered him to remove a painting that offended some American faculty members. Christopher Griffin's painting, "The Crossing," shows lemmings gathered around an American flag as...
Apr 11, 2025
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World
Polls open in Ecuador's presidential runoff as voters choose between incumbent and a leftist lawyer
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuadorians are voting Sunday in the country's presidential election runoff, facing the choice between incumbent President Daniel Noboa and leftist lawyer Luisa González. It's the second presidential runoff election in less than two years in the South American country, where voting is manda...
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More than 20 people killed in Russian missile attack on Ukrainian city of Sumy
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - More than 20 people were killed in a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, the city's acting mayor and Ukraine's General Prosecutor's Office said. Two ballistic missiles struck the heart of the city at around 10:15 a.m. as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday, accordin...
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Intellectually disabled teen shot by Idaho police dies after being removed from life support
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - An autistic, nonverbal teenage boy who was shot repeatedly by Idaho police from the other side of a chain link fence while he was holding a knife died Saturday after being removed from life support, his family said. Victor Perez, 17, who also had cerebral palsy, had been in a coma since the April 5 ...
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Sports
Canada's Corey Conners in contention in final round of Masters
AUGUSTA - A Canadian is in contention heading into the final round of the Masters, the first major of the men's golf season. Corey Conners of Listowel, Ont., is third at Augusta, four shots back of third-round leader Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland. Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C., starts the day tied for 37th, 10 sho...
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Overtime woes continue to haunt Vancouver Canucks
VANCOUVER - Another overtime, another disappointing loss for the Vancouver Canucks. After coughing up a two-goal lead in the third period, the Canucks fell 3-2 to the Minnesota Wild in extra time on Saturday. Vancouver's overtime record fell to 9-14 this season. "Little careless mistakes have cost us overtime,&quo...
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Blue Jackets roll past Capitals 7-0, Ovechkin a healthy scratch
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Adam Fantilli scored twice and Jet Greaves stopped 22 shots for his first career shutout, leading the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 7-0 win over the Alex Ovechkin-less Washington Capitals on Saturday. Ovechkin, who broke Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal-scoring mark on Sunday, was a healthy scratch to...
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