Road Safety
Pleas for forgiveness from suspected impaired commercial driver fall on deaf ears
ABBOTSFORD - A commercial truck driver has been dealt a 90-day driving prohibition after being caught behind the wheel while allegedly impaired by alcohol.Abbotsford Police say the incident happened around 2 p.m. on July 12, when an alert citizen reported a suspected impaired driver operating a commercial vehicle on Le...
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Social Assistance
Ruth and Naomi's invites public to upcoming open house
CHILLIWACK - Ruth and Naomi's Mission is inviting the public to learn about its newest project in partnership with BC Housing and the City of Chilliwack. The Grove is located at Ruth & Naomi's Yale Rd Site at 45466 Yale Rd. The new project will offer 43 rooms for older adults along with programs to foster a conn...
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Advocate says progress being made since Fraser Valley child torture death, more work required
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Standoff in Langley ends peacefully after firearm discharged in home
LANGLEY - A standoff in Langley that began after reports of a gunshot within a residence ended safely Monday night (Jul. 14).Langley RCMP say officers were called out around 1:15 p.m. to a home in the 26400 block of 29B Avenue. Given the risk to public safety, the Lower Mainland Integrated Emergency Response Team (IERT...
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Information sought
Witnesses sought following fatal crash in the Fraser Canyon
BOSTON BAR - B.C. Highway Patrol is asking for witnesses and dashcam video following a fatal head-on collision involving three vehicles on Highway 1 in the Fraser Canyon Sunday (Jul. 13).The crash happened around 4 p.m. just north of Boston Bar. Investigators say a red Ford Explorer and a red Nissan Qashqai collided he...
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Residential Fire
Early morning fire impacts two homes in Mission
MISSION - Ten people are out of their homes as a result of a fire overnight in Hatzic. Mission Fire Rescue says it was called to a home on Catchpole Avenue around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday (Jul. 15). They arrived to find a house fully engulfed in flames. In addition, the fire had spread to a neighbouring home.Fire crews were a...
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Prison Assault
Abbotsford area inmate sent to hospital following prison assault
ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford Police and Corrections Canada are investigating an incident that sent one inmate to hospital from the Pacific Institution / Regional Treatment Centre.According to a Corrections Canada news release, an inmate assaulted another inmate on Wednesday, July 9. The victim was taken to a hospital in the...
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British Columbia
Crime Stoppers takes 'unusual step' of accepting tips from extortion victims
SURREY - Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers says it's taking the "unusual step" of accepting tips from extortion victims amid ongoing threats and violence targeting South Asian businesses in Surrey, B.C., and elsewhere. Executive director Linda Annis says they've received more than 70 extortion-related tips in th...
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Steel barriers to protect Vancouver fireworks crowds, police say
VANCOUVER - Vancouver police say the annual Celebration of Light fireworks competition that begins Saturday will be protected by steel barriers to prevent vehicle incursions in the most crowded areas. The competition on English Bay is expected to involve the city's biggest public gatherings since the deadly vehicle att...
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Problem grizzly shot and wounded, B.C. conservation officer service says
TEXADA ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA TEXADA I - British Columbia's Conservation Officer Service says it's investigating a report that a grizzly bear on Texada Island, off B.C.'s Sunshine Coast, has been shot and possibly wounded. The bear has been the focus of much public attention after it began stalking people, harassing ...
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Plan to fence off Nanaimo, B.C., city hall to protect from overdose site disorder
VICTORIA - The City of Nanaimo, B.C., is considering building a 1.8-metre-high fence to protect its staff from "congregations" of people, violence and disorder associated with an overdose prevention site next to city hall. Staff proposing the $412,000 fence cite "intimidation and harassment" of empl...
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'Obscene brutality': Baseball-bat killer gets life term despite constitutional ruling
The B.C. Supreme Court has sentenced a man to life in prison without parole eligibility for 25 years for beating his ex-girlfriend to death with a baseball bat as she slept beside her young daughter in 2021. The court ruling posted Monday says Luciano Mariani's killing of Caroline Bernard in her home in Bowser, B.C., w...
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B.C. facing more adverse drought conditions this year as warm, dry weather expected
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's minister in charge of water is asking residents to do everything they can to conserve the resource in the coming weeks, as the province faces elevated drought conditions in the southern Interior. Randene Neill, the minister of water, land and resource stewardship, says they want people to...
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Canada
Advocate says progress being made since Fraser Valley child torture death, more work required
British Columbia's representative for children and youth says some progress is being made to improve the child welfare system, but she's concerned "fiscal limitations" will prevent timely help from getting to those most in need. Jennifer Charlesworth's statement comes a year after her report on the myriad of ...
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VIA Rail plans to use refurbished cars to improve service between Halifax-Montreal
HALIFAX - The CEO of Via Rail says the Crown corporation wants to use refurbished rail cars to improve service between Halifax and Montreal. Mario Péloquin made the comments after a ceremony marking the completion of renovations to Via's Halifax station. Péloquin also noted that last year was the 120th an...
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Number of Canadians with favourable view of U.S. has fallen, poll suggests
WASHINGTON - Amid months of tariffs and taunts from U.S. President Donald Trump, a new poll suggests the percentage of Canadians who have a favourable view of the United States has fallen and is now on par with the number who think positively about China. The survey by the Pew Research Center suggests one-third of Cana...
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Quebec urged to reconsider $30M fine against college over English-language enrolment
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is being urged to show leniency toward a Montreal college facing a $30-million fine for enrolling too many students in its English-language programs. An association representing private subsidized colleges says LaSalle College risks "irreversible consequences" if the provincia...
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First Nations to launch legal challenge against Ontario, federal bills 5 and C-5
TORONTO - Lawyers representing nine Ontario First Nations say they are launching a constitutional challenge against provincial and federal laws meant to fast-track infrastructure projects that the Indigenous communities say infringes upon their rights. Details of the legal challenge have not yet been made public, but t...
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June price data coming from Statistics Canada as markets expect higher inflation
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is set to report inflation figures for June today. A Reuters poll of economists expect the annual pace of inflation rose to 1.9 per cent last month, up from 1.7 per cent in May. BMO expects inflation rose beyond that to two per cent in June as food and transportation costs pushed prices highe...
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World
Vandals who cut down Sycamore Gap tree sentenced in England to more than 4 years in prison
LONDON (AP) - Two men who cut down England's beloved Sycamore Gap tree were sentenced Tuesday to more than four years in prison. The tree stood for nearly 150 years before Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers carried out what a prosecutor called a "moronic mission" and cut it down in the middle of the night, top...
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The UK says thousands of Afghans have been brought to Britain under a secret resettlement program
LONDON (AP) - Thousands of Afghans, including many who worked with British forces, have been secretly resettled in the U.K. after a leak of data on their identities raised fears that they could be targeted by the Taliban, the British government revealed Tuesday. The government now plans to close the route, which the me...
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Mariners' Cal Raleigh becomes first catcher, switch-hitter to win Home Run Derby
ATLANTA (AP) - Seattle's Cal Raleigh won his first All-Star Home Run Derby after leading the big leagues in long balls going into the break, defeating Tampa Bay's Junior Caminero 18-15 in the final round Monday night. The Mariners breakout slugger nicknamed Big Dumper advanced from the first round on a tiebreaker by le...
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Sports
Major League Baseball, union could let big leaguers in 2028 Olympics during extended All-Star break
ATLANTA (AP) - Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and players' union head Tony Clark say plans are moving ahead exploring the possibility of using major leaguers in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, a tournament that could be played on an extended All-Star break. "I think it is a opportunity to market the game on a re...
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Hockey's beloved emergency backup goalies face an uncertain future with new NHL rule
Former Zamboni driver-turned-arena manager David Ayres became an immediate sensation when he pulled on the goaltending gear and took the ice in an NHL game on a Saturday night in Toronto and beat his hometown Maple Leafs. Before that, accountant by day/beer league goalie by night Scott Foster won a game for Chicago. It...
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FIFA says applications for first World Cup ticket draw will open Sept. 10
TORONTO - Soccer fans looking to take in the 2026 World Cup will be able to apply for FIFA's first ticket draw starting Sept. 10, soccer's world governing body announced Tuesday in a release. FIFA did not say when the draw would take place for the tournament in Canada, the United States and Mexico, but said tickets wou...
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