Enbridge sells stake
Indigenous Chilliwack chief welcomes historic deal between First Nations and Enbridge for stake in oil pipeline
CHILLIWACK - Squiala First Nation Chief David Jimmie is welcoming a historic deal, announced Thursday, that would see an Indigenous alliance of 36 First Nations in B.C. purchase a stake in Enbridge Inc.'s Westcoast pipeline. According to a news report from the Canadian Press via reporter Lauren Krugel, Enbridge Inc.'s ...
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Police incident
Driver of stolen semi-truck arrested after rig plunges into Fraser River: Langley RCMP
FRASER VALLEY - A Langley RCMP spokesperson says one person has been arrested and remains in custody after what authorities called a dangerous series of events connected to a suspected stolen semi-truck Wednesday evening.According to a statement from RCMP Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, officers from the Langley Special Response T...
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Coquitlam snow removal firm places ads in the Chilliwack River Valley, claims ATV owners can make thousands
CHILLIWACK - A Coquitlam snow removal company has resorted to an unusual tactic as it tries to recruit more contractors ahead of winter later this year. The company, Snow Queen Winter Management, has placed at least two signs in the Chilliwack River Valley in the past week seeking ATV owners and operators to contract w...
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Fraser Health announces major upgrades at Mission Memorial Hospital
MISSION - A Fraser Health spokesperson says Mission Memorial Hospital is moving forward with an $18 million renovation project of its emergency department. According to a statement from FHA spokesperson Amory Wong, the expanded emergency department will be 35 per cent larger, increasing care spaces by 17 to a total of ...
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Stabbings
Two people hospitalized after stabbings in Langley: RCMP
LANGLEY - Mounties in Langley say a 33-year-old man has been arrested after two people were stabbed early Thursday morning (May 15).According to a statement from Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, Langley RCMP members responded to a report of a disturbance in the 19800 block of 56 Avenue. On arrival, officers found and identified two...
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Overnight car fire
Chilliwack Fire Dept. confirms 'multiple' explosions heard around time of car fire in Promontory
UPDATE 9:30 P.M., WEDNESDAY: Chilliwack Assistant Fire Chief Krista Minar has confirmed that "multiple" explosions were reported around the time of a car fire on MacSwan Drive in Promontory. "Just after 11:45 p.m. on (Tuesday) May 13, 2025, firefighters from Hall 4 responded to a vehicle fire in the 4700...
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British Columbia
Inquest rules B.C. student's overdose death accidental, recommends naloxone training
BURNABY - A coroner's jury in British Columbia has recommended high schools provide resuscitation training and demonstrations of how to use naloxone after ruling that the overdose death of a University of Victoria student last year was accidental. The inquest found 18-year-old Sidney McIntyre-Starko died of brain injur...
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B.C. appoints council to improve forest sector, and the forestry ecosystem
VICTORIA - A council made of forestry professionals, educators, union and former industry officials has been brought together to find a balance between healthy forests and a prosperous industry. The B.C. government announced the Provincial Forest Advisory Council on Thursday, appointed under the co-operation agreement ...
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B.C. winner of record $80M lottery jackpot quits job, vows to give back to community
VANCOUVER - The winner of what the B.C. Lottery Corp. says is the biggest jackpot ever awarded to a single person in Canada says the $80 million prize is "life-changing." Justin Simporios from Surrey, B.C., says his priority is to give back to the community, pay off his sister's medical school debt and help h...
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Officer with the Central Saanich, B.C., police charged with driving offence
VICTORIA - The BC Prosecution Service says an officer with the Central Saanich Police Service has been charged for driving without due care and attention. The charge against Cpl. Phillip DiBattista is in relation to a crash with a cyclist that happened on May 21, 2024. The prosecution service says B.C.'s police watchdo...
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Investigation in limbo of N.S. police actions in wrongful conviction of Glen Assoun
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's police watchdog is awaiting word on whether another oversight agency will investigate potential police misconduct in the wrongful conviction of Glen Assoun. It has been five years since the provincial government promised an investigation of police actions in the case of Assoun, who spent 17 year...
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B.C. minister says government erred in not consulting First Nations on legislation
VICTORIA - B.C.'s Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma says her government "made an error" in not adequately consulting First Nations on a bill proposing to speed up private and public infrastructure projects. Her admission came during debate on Bill 15 in the legislature about concerns relayed by the First Nati...
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Canada
Inquest rules B.C. student's overdose death accidental, recommends naloxone training
BURNABY - A coroner's jury in British Columbia has recommended high schools provide resuscitation training and demonstrations of how to use naloxone after ruling that the overdose death of a University of Victoria student last year was accidental. The inquest found 18-year-old Sidney McIntyre-Starko died of brain injur...
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Canada hasn't done enough to stop exploitation of foreign workers: Amnesty
A representative for Amnesty International Canada says the country isn't doing enough to stop the exploitation of temporary foreign workers brought in on visas that keep them tied to one employer. Ketty Nivyabandi, the group's English section secretary-general, says being at the mercy of one employer allows migrant wor...
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Conservative MP working to stop B.C. ostrich cull as farm's supporters gather
Conservative MP Scott Anderson says he's trying to stop the Canadian Food Inspection Agency from killing a flock of hundreds of ostriches on a farm in his riding, after a Federal Court ruling this week that the cull could proceed. Anderson says he visited Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood in southeast B.C. on Wednesda...
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B.C. winner of record $80M lottery jackpot quits job, vows to give back to community
VANCOUVER - The winner of what the B.C. Lottery Corp. says is the biggest jackpot ever awarded to a single person in Canada says the $80 million prize is "life-changing." Justin Simporios from Surrey, B.C., says his priority is to give back to the community, pay off his sister's medical school debt and help h...
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Prosecutors seek prison for men guilty of human smuggling in Manitoba border deaths
FERGUS FALLS - U.S. attorneys have filed sentencing submissions for two men convicted after a family froze to death while trying to walk across the Canada-U.S. border in Manitoba. A Minnesota jury found Steve Shand and Harshkumar Patel guilty of human-smuggling charges after the parents and two children from India were...
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DEA threat assessment points to fentanyl 'super laboratories' in Canada
WASHINGTON - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration's latest threat assessment says fentanyl "super laboratories" in Canada are a growing source of concern. U.S. President Donald Trump has used cross-border traffic in the deadly drug to justify hitting imports of Canadian goods with tariffs. The an...
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World
Military commanders will be told to send transgender troops to medical checks to oust them
WASHINGTON (AP) - Military commanders will be told to identify troops in their units who are transgender or have gender dysphoria, then send them to get medical checks in order to force them out of the service, officials said Thursday. A senior defense official laid out what could be a complicated and lengthy new proce...
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Florida executes suspected serial killer once eyed for possible link to the OJ Simpson case
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A suspected serial killer once scrutinized for a possible link to the O.J. Simpson case that riveted the nation in the 1990s was executed Thursday in Florida for the murder of a woman found dead in a Tampa motel room. Glen Rogers, 62, received a lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke a...
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Autopsies misclassified in-custody deaths that were actually homicides, Maryland officials say
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - An audit of Maryland autopsies has uncovered at least 36 in-custody police deaths that should have been considered homicides, state officials announced Thursday following a comprehensive review of such cases spurred by widespread concerns about the former state medical examiner's testimony in the ...
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Sports
Brandon Lowe's pair of two-run homers powers Rays past Blue Jays 8-3
TORONTO - Brandon Lowe had a two-run homer in the first and the ninth inning as the Tampa Bay Rays routed the Toronto Blue Jays 8-3 Thursday afternoon. They were Lowe's sixth and seventh home runs of the season. He has 24 runs batted in this year. Kameron Misner and Josh Lowe hit home runs in the fourth and fifth innin...
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Barcelona clinches 28th La Liga title after Yamal leads win at Espanyol
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Barcelona clinched its 28th Spanish league title after Lamine Yamal starred in its 2-0 win at crosstown rival Espanyol on Thursday. Yamal scored in the 53rd minute when the teenage phenom slid past two defenders along the edge of the area before he whipped one of his now trademark left-footed cu...
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Future of Sport Lab names 10 new startups to accelerator program
TORONTO - Artificial intelligence is here to stay, at least in the world of sport tech, according to one industry expert. The Future of Sports Lab announced the selection of 10 innovative startups for its incubator program on Thursday. Cheri Bradish, an associate professor at Toronto Metropolitan University who is the ...
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