Power outage
Fairfield Island customers lose power Thursday morning after bird gets stuck on wires
CHILLIWACK - Nearly 175 customers in Fairfield Island are without power Thursday morning after a bird got stuck on power lines. Chilliwack Fire Department crews were dispatched to 46346 Stratchcona Road for a wire issue at approximately 9:53 a.m. Engine 1 told emergency dispatch at 10:04 a.m. that they were scene and l...
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Zoning amendment
Abbotsford council OK's amendment that could see low-income senior housing at Abbotsford church
ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford City Council has approved an amendment to its Official Community Plan that will enable residential uses like non-market housing to be built on land belonging to places of worship with the institutional designation. According to a social media post from Abbotsford Councillor Dave Loewen, Abbotsfo...
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Power outage
Fairfield Island customers lose power Thursday morning after bird gets stuck on wires
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Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
Branstine advances to Wimbledon main draw, Mboko loses in final qualifying round
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OPINION
YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Foster parenting should always be about a child's well-being
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Fraser Valley
Cinematic Classics
Fraser Valley residents invited to hear 'Cinematic Classics' this weekend
FRASER VALLEY - Fraser Valley residents and music lovers alike are invited to hear Augmented Five in a live concert, "Cinematic Classics," this weekend that celebrates the unforgettable power of film scores. Held this Saturday, June 28 at Langley Mennonite Fellowship at 7:30 p.m., the performers behind the ev...
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Homeless encampment fire
Homeless encampment structure in Abbotsford goes up in flames
ABBOTSFORD - A spokesperson for the City of Abbotsford has confirmed that firefighters were called to a fire at a homeless encampment near Riverside Road Wednesday afternoon (June 25). According to a statement from Aletta Vanderheyden, communications and public relations manager for the City of Abbotsford, firefighters...
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Stabbing
Police in Abbotsford now say Tuesday's assault involved a random stabbing at a bus stop
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford now say Tuesday evening's incident connected to a reported assault at an Abbotsford bus stop involved a 20-year-old male who was stabbed from behind while waiting to board a bus. According to an updated news release from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, police were dispatched at 6...
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Harrison councillor honoured
Harrison Hot Springs councillor awarded with King Charles III Coronation Medal
HARRISON HOT SPRINGS - The Village of Harrison Hot Springs says it is proud to announce that Councillor Leo Facio has been awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal, recognizing his outstanding service and dedication to the broader community. Councillor Facio, who formerly served as mayor in the town of roughly 2,0...
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British Columbia
Life sentence with no parole for 12 years for killer of Mission, B.C., man
ABBOTSFORD - The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a man arrested for murder in January 2023 has been given a life sentence without the chance of parole for 12 years in the death of a man in Mission, B.C. The team says in a news release that the sentence for 27-year-old Matthew Bauer was handed down Thursday ...
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B.C.'s premier says measles spikes across Canada a result anti-vax 'recklessness'
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the growing spread of measles across Canada is "the sadly predictable outcome" of the "recklessness" of anti-vaccination politicians. Eby says the disease is "no joke," given the potentially serious impact on those infected, and it's prev...
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Western Canada glaciers melting twice as fast as in previous decade, research says
Researchers say some glaciers in Western Canada and the United States lost 12 per cent of their mass from 2021 to 2024, doubling melt rates compared to the previous decade. The research led by University of Northern British Columbia professor Brian Menounos says low snow accumulation over winter, early-season heat wave...
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National data shows overdose deaths dropped in 2024 but still higher than pre-pandemic
TORONTO - National health data released Wednesday shows overdose deaths in Canada dropped in 2024 but the toll still remained much higher than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. A joint statement from the country's chief medical officers of health, chief coroners and chief medical examiners said 7,146 people died of ...
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B.C. Appeal Court upholds US$30M fraud judgment against West Vancouver man
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld a US$30 million court judgment against a West Vancouver man alleged by the U.S. government to be the "mastermind" of a years-long securities fraud. The ruling says the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission originally sued Frederick Sharp and others in a Massac...
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Rustad faces 'messy' summer over B.C. Conservative leadership: political expert
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Conservative caucus members are meeting in Surrey today in what a political scientist says could be the start of a "messy" summer for party Leader John Rustad. It comes as Rustad's leadership is under review and questions arise about his handling of allegations he made in a lette...
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Canada
Federal Court approves Indian Hospitals class-action settlement
OTTAWA - The Federal Court has approved a class-action settlement for people who suffered abuse at federally run 'Indian hospitals' following out-of-court negotiations with Ottawa and Indigenous survivors. The federal government ran 33 such hospitals between 1936 and 1981. Former patients, some of whom spent years in t...
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Ottawa eyeing Ukrainian partnership, EU loans for defence equipment, minister says
OTTAWA - Defence Minister David McGuinty says the federal government is weighing whether to follow in the footsteps of several European nations by forging a new defence co-production deal with Ukraine for military equipment. McGuinty says the idea is under "active consideration" by the Department of National ...
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Frank Stronach to stand trial in Toronto early next year before judge alone
TORONTO - Billionaire businessman Frank Stronach is now set to stand trial in his Toronto sexual assault case early next year before a judge alone. Stronach's defence lawyer says he switched from a jury trial to one with a judge alone with the Crown's consent in a hearing this morning, with the trial scheduled to begin...
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In the news today: Foreign aid transparency, Quebec chopper crash victims found
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Aid chief wants more visibility abroad and at home The MP overseeing foreign aid says Canada must take a more efficient, more visible approach to development and humanitarian assistance to make the case for maintaining aid spendin...
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Ottawa's foreign aid chief eyes red tape, visibility as Canada resists cutbacks
OTTAWA - The MP overseeing foreign aid says Canada must take a more efficient, more visible approach to development and humanitarian assistance to make the case for maintaining aid spending as the United States pulls back. "Those that are staying the course need to be more nimble and need to be more versatile,&quo...
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Bodies of three people missing after Airmedic helicopter crash in Quebec recovered
MONTRÉAL - The search for three people who were unaccounted for after a medical transport helicopter crashed on Quebec's North Shore came to an end late Wednesday night after police divers located their bodies in a lake. Montreal-area company Airmedic says Quebec's provincial police have found the bodies of its ...
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World
Iran's Supreme Leader makes first public statement since ceasefire declared in Israel-Iran war
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei claimed victory over Israel on Thursday in his first public statement since a ceasefire was declared in the war between the two countries. Khamenei hasn't been seen in public since taking shelter in a secret location after the outbreak of the war Jun...
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Ecuador recaptures gang leader wanted in the United States more than a year after his prison escape
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - A fugitive drug trafficker wanted by authorities in Ecuador and the United States was recaptured more than a year after he escaped from prison in the Andean nation, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced Wednesday. José Adolfo Macías, alias "Fito," who led a gang calle...
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Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state's death row for 1976 killing
PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) - The longest-serving man on Mississippi's death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer's wife in a violent ransom scheme. Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder, was put to death by lethal ...
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Sports
Branstine advances to Wimbledon main draw, Mboko loses in final qualifying round
WIMBLEDON - Canada's Carson Branstine booked her place in a first-career Grand Slam main draw, while Victoria Mboko bowed out in gutting fashion Thursday in Wimbledon qualifying. Branstine won 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2 over Raluca Georgiana Serban of Cyprus in the final qualifying round at the grass-court tennis tournament. Th...
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Canadian international Nathan Saliba leaves CF Montreal for Belgium's Anderlecht
MONTREAL - Canadian international Nathan Saliba is moving to Belgium. CF Montreal announced the 21-year-old midfielder was transferred to Belgian first-division club R.S.C. Anderlecht on Thursday. The Major League Soccer team did not reveal the transfer fee, but said it would retain a percentage on Saliba's next move. ...
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Alouettes' Bethel-Thompson to start against Ticats with Alexander injured
HAMILTON - Montreal Alouettes quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson will replace injured starter Davis Alexander on Friday against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Alexander helped lead the Alouettes to a 3-0 start but hurt his hamstring in last week's 38-28 win over the Edmonton Elks. The 26-year-old threw for three touchdowns a...
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