HIGHWAY 5
Coquihalla Highway remains closed for sinkhole repairs
COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY - The northbound lane of Highway 5 between Hope and Merritt remains closed as crews continue urgent work on a sinkhole that appeared Thursday evening, June 6."We were hoping to allow traffic through early this afternoon, but due to unforeseen geotechnical circumstances, we are pushing our next u...
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Chilliwack business to merge
Chilliwack building supply store to merge with Langley outfit
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack-area building supply store plans to merge with a similar outfit in Langley, the Chilliwack company announced on social media Thursday night. According to the text of a social media post from both companies, West Central Building Supplies in Langley and Yarrow Building Supplies have launched me...
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HIGHWAY 5
Coquihalla Highway remains closed for sinkhole repairs
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Fraser Valley
WEATHER STATEMENT
Health authorities issue safety reminder as temperatures heat up in Fraser Valley
CHILLIWACK - Fraser Health has now released a public service announcement after Environment Canada issued special weather statements for several parts of Southern B.C., including the Fraser Valley. From Saturday (Jun. 6) to early next week, the region is set to experience its first stretch of summer temperatures in an ...
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MAY JOBS REPORT
Abbotsford-Mission adds 1,000 jobs as unemployment climbs to 7% in May: StatCan
ABBOTSFORD - Some parts of the Fraser Valley continued to mirror national labour conditions in May, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada. Despite losing 500 jobs, Chilliwack still managed to improve its local joblessness rate from 6.1 to 5.9 per cent. Abbotsford-Mission, on the other hand, added 1000 job...
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EXCESSIVE SPEEDING
Abbotsford teen fined after driving 131 km/h in 50 km/h zone
ABBOTSFORD - An Abbotsford teen has been slammed with multiple fines after being caught with several driving infractions in the area of Livingstone Avenue yesterday afternoon (Jun. 6). At around 3:30 p.m., traffic patrol officers with the Abbotsford Police Department observed a car driving 131 km/h in a posted 50 km/h ...
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Coquihalla Highway
Next update on Coquihalla sinkholes is Friday at noon, amid urgent repairs to Hwy. 5
UPDATE 10:42 P.M.: DriveBC reported at 10:40 p.m. tonight that the next update on the urgent sinkhole repairs to the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt is Friday at noon. UPDATE 10:18 P.M.: YRB Nicola, the Merritt-based provincial service contractor for the Nicola service area, wrote on its X/Twitter account a...
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British Columbia
Manitoba premier eyes northern development that could include a pipeline
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew promoted his province Friday as the route for a future trade corridor, which could include a pipeline, in order to get goods from Western Canada to overseas markets. "The politics are (that) something needs to get built in Western Canada. I think everybody understands that,&qu...
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Warning that cold fronts could trigger 'extreme fire behaviour' in northeast B.C.
The British Columbia Wildfire Service is warning that forecasted cold fronts today and Sunday in northeastern B.C. are expected to bring strong winds and potential "extreme fire behaviour" to the Dawson Creek, Fort St. John and Fort Nelson fire zones. That comes after the Peace River Regional District issued ...
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Southern B.C. set to bake under 'early season heat event'
Environment Canada is warning of an "early season heat event" bringing elevated temperatures to most of southern British Columbia that will persist from Saturday into early next week. The weather office has issued more than 30 special weather statements, saying a ridge of high pressure is bringing temperature...
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Supreme Court of Canada says babysitter must be acquitted in toddler's death
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says an acquittal is the appropriate outcome for a British Columbia woman whose conviction in the drowning death of a toddler was set aside two years ago. Tammy Bouvette was charged with second-degree murder but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of criminal negligence causing the ...
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Police investigating after vehicle crashes into Cirque du Soleil arena in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Vancouver police say it's a "miracle" no one was injured after a vehicle crashed into the Pacific Coliseum arena on Thursday evening. Police say a vehicle drove into the front entrance of the building around 8 p.m. while a Cirque du Soleil show was taking place. They say a 30-year-old Vancouver ma...
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'We're people too': Canada's homeless population is aging, changing how shelters run
VANCOUVER - Seventy-one-year-old Roger Oake sat on a bench outside the Union Gospel Mission shelter in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside after breakfast. He had been sleeping at the shelter for about a month "this time" and said that after several years of homelessness, walking "the beat" during the day...
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Canada
Carney reflects on murders of Muslim family on fourth anniversary of deaths
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney today marked the fourth anniversary of a hate-motivated vehicle attack that took the lives of four members of a Muslim family in London, Ont., in 2021. Carney called the deadly truck attack on the Afzaal family a "heinous act of terrorism" during a speech at an Eid al-Adha ...
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Nunavik village lifts state of emergency as water shortage stabilizes
MONTREAL - A village in Quebec's Far North has lifted a state of emergency triggered by a months-long water shortage. The Kativik Regional Government says the water is flowing once again into Puvirnituq after crews installed a bypass to temporarily replace a frozen water main. The Inuit village declared the state of em...
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Quebec premier says he's focused on economy as legislative session ends
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier François Legault says the economy is his top priority as the provincial legislature rises for the summer. Legault says he wants to see new projects launched across Quebec in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's economic threats, including in the mining sector. Legault's government ...
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Canadian, European space agencies reaffirm relations amid political, economic anxiety
LONGUEUIL - The Canadian and European space agencies say economic and geopolitical turmoil are forcing them to work closer together. Leaders at both organizations signed a joint statement today at Canadian Space Agency headquarters south of Montreal reaffirming their co-operation. Josef Aschbacher, director general of ...
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Justice department cutting up to 264 jobs as it faces 'budgetary pressures'
OTTAWA - The federal department of justice is set to lay off up to 264 employees as it navigates what it calls "significant budgetary pressures." Ian McLeod, a spokesperson for the department, says in an email that the department is taking "difficult but necessary" steps to manage available resource...
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AFN to hold emergency meeting with chiefs on major projects bill
OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations will hold an emergency meeting to discuss the implications of proposed federal legislation that would speed up approvals for major projects. National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says she met yesterday with Prime Minister Mark Carney about the bill his government plans to table t...
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World
US charges Kilmar Abrego Garcia with transporting illegal immigrants into the country
WASHINGTON (AP) - Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been charged with in the United States with transporting illegal immigrants into the country, nearly three months after the Trump administration mistakenly deported him to his native El Salvador. The human trafficking charges stem from a 2022 vehicle stop in which the Tennesse...
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to leave mass layoffs at Education Department in place
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to pause a court order to reinstate Education Department employees who were fired in mass layoffs as part of President Donald Trump's plan to dismantle the agency. The Justice Department's emergency appeal to the high court said U.S. District ...
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CP NewsAlert: Modi says he has accepted Carney's invitation to attend G7
OTTAWA - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he has accepted an invitation from Prime Minister Mark Carney to attend the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta., later this month. The summit runs from June 15 to 17. More coming. David Baxter, The Canadian Press
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Sports
Maple Leafs hire former Red Wings head coach Derek Lalonde as assistant
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have hired former Detroit Red Wings head coach Derek Lalonde as an assistant on Craig Berube's staff, the NHL team announced Friday. The 52-year-old from Brasher Falls, N.Y., had a 89-86-23 record leading the Red Wings bench from the start of the 2022-23 season until he was fired midwa...
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PWHL expansion full of 'bittersweet feelings' for newly signed players
VANCOUVER - Jenn Gardiner is still in shock. The former Montreal Victoire forward can't quite fathom that she'll soon be playing professional hockey in the city where she grew up. "I really can't wrap my hand around the fact that there's actually a team at home and I get to be on it," Gardiner said Friday, le...
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Champ takes clubhouse lead at RBC Canadian Open; Vancouver's Lee low Canadian
CALEDON - American Cameron Champ shot a 4-under 66 in Friday's morning wave to become the clubhouse leader in the second round of the RBC Canadian Open. Vancouver's Richard T. Lee fired a 6-under 64 to rocket up the leaderboard and sit in a tie for second with Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen. They are three shots back of Ch...
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