CHILLIWACK CHIEFS
Chilliwack Chiefs bounce back with 5-2 win over Victoria Saturday night
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Chiefs are back on the road after a Game 2 win over Victoria Saturday night. Grizzlies forward Reegan Hiscock scored the first goal of the evening, but it was soon followed by dual goals by Chiefs' Carter Anderson and blueliner Adam Boatter.The team continued their barrage third period, scor...
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COMEDY PLAY
Abbotsford theatre closes 2024-25 season with upcoming comedy production
ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford's Gallery 7 Theatre is going meta for its closing production of the 2024-2025 Season- with an upcoming play about a play gone wrong. Aptly named "The Play That Goes Wrong", the comedy written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields, is about the opening night of a drama societ...
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Leafs, Panthers open Round 2 of NHL playoffs tonight in Toronto
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Fraser Valley
SEEKING PUBLIC INPUT
Resident input needed on new east Abbotsford neighbourhood park
ABBOTSFORD - The City of Abbotsford is asking the public to put their two cents in on an upcoming park on the east side, in the Immel-McMillan area. To expand outdoor recreation opportunities, the City will be building on roughly 1.3 hectares of parkland on Blackham Drive. "The park's unique topography provides an...
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INMATE DEATH
77-year-old inmate dies in custody at Abbotsford prison
ABBOTSFORD - An elderly inmate whose name can't be revealed has died in a Fraser Valley prison. On Friday, May 2, Correctional Service Canada (CSC) reported that a 77-year-old inmate at the Pacific Institution in Abbotsford has died of natural causes. CSC said the person's name has been anonymized due to a court-ordere...
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CONCERT FUNDRAISER
Chilliwack school bands perform in concert fundraiser for Mental Health Week
CHILLIWACK - Band kids from every middle and high school in the Chilliwack School District are set to take the stage on Tuesday, May 6, for a special Mental Health Week performance. The UnBroken Project is a collection of musical pieces by Randall Standridge that represent different stages of a person's mental health j...
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MISSING WHEEL
Mission RCMP seeking driver who kept moving after losing a wheel
MISSION - Mission Mounties are asking owners of mid-2000s black Infiniti G37 coupes to count the number of wheels on their vehicle. According to the RCMP's Community Connection, on April 18 at around 6:45 a.m., an Infiniti coupe crashed into a moving car and a parked car in the area of Caribou Street- and lost a wheel ...
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British Columbia
Wildfire smoke linked to more ER visits for asthma, researchers urge preparedness
TORONTO - A new study says visits to emergency departments for asthma spiked during a first wave of unprecedented wildfire smoke in 2023, but patient numbers returned to normal during a second wave weeks later. The researchers say the first wave may have served as a wake-up call so people learned to protect themselves ...
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Residents of Mission, B.C., told to stay inside after derelict ferry burns
Residents in parts of Mission, B.C., have been told to shelter in place with their windows closed after a derelict ferry caught fire. A statement from the city says its emergency operations centre has been activated in response to a fire aboard the Queen of Sidney ferry currently moored in the Fraser River. It says res...
May 03, 2025
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A family and a festival: How Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day tragedy unfolded
VANCOUVER - In January last year, Cirque du Soleil usher Alexander Lo made his final public post on his Facebook timeline, promoting the circus' Kooza show. Four days later, his brother responded. "Brother, we will get to see this together sometime," wrote Adam Kai-Ji Lo. But he knew it wasn't to be. Alexande...
May 03, 2025
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More memorial masses planned for victims in Vancouver festival attack
VANCOUVER - People in Vancouver and beyond remain in mourning one week after a deadly attack on a Filipino street festival. The Vancouver archdiocese says on social media that additional memorial masses are being planned to remember the 11 people killed at the Lapu Lapu Day festival last Saturday. It says events are be...
May 03, 2025
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International fugitive returned to B.C. after being arrested in Middle East
An international fugitive and one of Canada's most wanted is back behind bars following a Vancouver Police Department investigation that lasted three years, spanned 14 countries and ended in the Middle East. Cody Casey has been back in Canada since April 24 following his arrest by police in Oman on Oct. 5, 2024, and an...
May 02, 2025
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Girl missing after following dog into wooded area in Chilliwack, B.C.
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in British Columbia are looking for a seven-year-old child who went missing in Chilliwack on Thursday after following her neighbour's dog into a wooded area. They say the girl was last seen around 4 p.m. on the 50800 block of Winona Road. Police describe the girl as Caucasian, four feet tall with ...
May 02, 2025
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Canada
In the news today: Trump threatens 100% tariff on foreign-made films
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Trump threatens 100% tariff on foreign-made films President Donald Trump is opening a new salvo in his tariff war, targeting films made outside the U.S. In a post Sunday night on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he has author...
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Complainant to continue testifying at hockey players' sexual assault trial
A woman who prosecutors allege was sexually assaulted by five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team is set to continue testifying at their trial today. The woman, who cannot be identified under a publication ban, told the court last week that she felt drunk and not fully aware of her surroundings at the L...
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Territorial premiers say internal trade talks should consider northern context
The premiers of Canada's three territories say the county's push to remove internal trade barriers needs to consider the unique economic situation of the North. Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai, Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson and Northwest Territories Premier P.J. Akeeagok say they will be exploring the creation o...
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Trump says 'highly unlikely' U.S. ever uses military force to annex Canada
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump says it is "highly unlikely" the United States would ever use military force to annex Canada. In a wide-ranging interview on NBC's "Meet The Press" which aired Sunday, Trump says he wouldn't rule it out against Greenland, but says he doesn't see it happening with...
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McGill platform becomes safe space for conserving U.S. climate research under threat
MONTREAL - Academics at McGill University in Montreal are providing the U.S. scientific community a platform to protect climate research under attack. Six months ago, researchers at McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management launched SUSANHub.com, a database that centralizes climate research and data. "We...
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Canadian students in Netherlands for 1945 liberation celebrations
HALIFAX - As the Netherlands marks the 80th anniversary of the country's liberation by the Canadian Army, more than 1,000 Canadian students will take part in events where they are expected to sense both the horror of war and the reverence of the Dutch for their liberators. Upwards of 175,000 Canadians fought as part of...
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World
Indigenous Catholics hope the next pope shares Francis' approach to Native people
SIMOJOVEL, Mexico (AP) - At a recent service in the remote southern Mexican community of Simojovel, Catholic and Mayan symbolism mingled at the altar as the deacon - his wife beside him - read the gospel in his native Tsotsil and recalled Pope Francis' teachings: work together for human rights, justice and Mother Earth...
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Israel approves plans to intensify Gaza operations, official says
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israeli Cabinet ministers approved plans to intensify military operations in the Gaza Strip, an Israeli official said on Monday. The official confirmed the approval in the influential security Cabinet, which met late on Sunday to vote on the plan, but did not disclose details. The official spoke...
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Trump says he will reopen Alcatraz prison
NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a California island. In a message on his Truth Social site Sunday evening, Trump wrote that, "For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offe...
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Sports
Leafs, Panthers open Round 2 of NHL playoffs tonight in Toronto
TORONTO - The second round of the National Hockey League playoffs gets underway tonight at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. The defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers, who knocked off Sunshine State rival Tampa Bay Lightning in five games, visit the Toronto Maple Leafs, who eliminated the Ontario rival Ottawa Sena...
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Complainant to continue testifying at hockey players' sexual assault trial
A woman who prosecutors allege was sexually assaulted by five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team is set to continue testifying at their trial today. The woman, who cannot be identified under a publication ban, told the court last week that she felt drunk and not fully aware of her surroundings at the L...
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Lowry living the dream after Jets beat Blues in Game 7 in overtime
WINNIPEG - Adam Lowry had dreams of scoring a Game 7 winning goal, but not exactly the way it finally happened. He didn't mind, though. The Winnipeg Jets captain was mobbed by teammates as white-clad fans stood and roared after he tipped in the winning goal 16:10 into double overtime for a 4-3 National Hockey League pl...
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