Popular farm coming to Fraser Valley
Popular B.C. farm to bring its produce to Hope this week
HOPE - A farm in B.C.'s Interior that has garnered a huge following both online and in person at pop-up events is coming to Hope later this week for a one-day event. Desert Hills Ranch, located in Ashcroft, B.C., plans to set up shop this Sunday, July 20 in Hope selling fresh local items like pickling cucumbers, aspara...
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Fraser Valley zoo determined to save B.C.'s only native turtle
Menita Prasad knows that turtles don't rate the same kind of attention from the public as a "cute, fluffy mammal." The director of animal care at Greater Vancouver Zoo says that's one reason why British Columbia's endangered western painted turtles deserve special care. The zoo is part of a decade-long projec...
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E-scooter injuries are on the rise among both kids and adults, data and doctors say
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Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
Popular farm coming to Fraser Valley
Popular B.C. farm to bring its produce to Hope this week
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Canada's envoy for combatting antisemitism Deborah Lyons leaving post early
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Fraser Valley
Woman arrested
25-year-old female arrested in connection with targeted assault involving severe burns: Langley RCMP
LANGLEY - Mounties in Langley now say a 25-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with an incident in which a woman was found in distress suffering from severe burns last weekend.According to a statement from Langley RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, police responded to a woman in distress last Saturday, Ju...
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Fatality
Abbotsford surveyor, 48, killed after being hit by dump truck east of Mission on Tuesday: RCMP
HATZIC - Mounties in Mission have confirmed that a 48-year-old surveyor from Abbotsford was killed on Tuesday after being struck by a dump truck while on the job. According to a statement from Mission RCMP spokesperson Corporal Harrison Mohr, the tragic incident occurred on Tuesday just after 1 p.m., while the victim w...
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Prison violence
Staff member assaulted at Kent Institution in Agassiz
AGASSIZ - A staff member at Kent Institution was assaulted Monday (Jul. 14), prompting an investigation by RCMP and the Correctional Service Canada.A Correctional Service Canada news release states the staff member was evaluated and treated following the assault. The nature and extent of the injuries were not released,...
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MLA Heather Maahs
Amid job losses of over 1,200 in Chilliwack, MLA Maahs urges B.C. govt. to do more to protect small businesses
CHILLIWACK - Amid a new Statistics Canada report that shows a loss of over 1,200 jobs in Chilliwack, Chilliwack North Heather Maahs says small businesses are struggling under the weight of unsafe conditions in the community that impact their livelihood. In a statement to Fraser Valley Today, Maahs says the latest jobs ...
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British Columbia
E-scooter injuries are on the rise among both kids and adults, data and doctors say
TORONTO - The Canadian Institute for Health Information says e-scooter injuries are on the rise across the country. "We thought it was really important to shed light on this important topic, given that regulations really vary across the jurisdictions," said Tanya Khan, manager of CIHI's hospital data advancem...
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Slow and steady progress in decade-long project to save B.C.'s only native turtle
Menita Prasad knows that turtles don't rate the same kind of attention from the public as a "cute, fluffy mammal." The director of animal care at Greater Vancouver Zoo says that's one reason why British Columbia's endangered western painted turtles deserve special care. The zoo is part of a decade-long projec...
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Ex-pilot called himself messiah on climate-change mission, day before alleged hijack
The day before the suspected hijacking of a light aircraft triggered a security scare at Vancouver's airport this week, former commercial pilot Shaheer Cassim posted on social media that he was a "messenger of Allah" sent to save humanity from climate change. A 39-year-old man with the same name has now been ...
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City councillors in Nanaimo, B.C., reject plan for fence to protect municipal staff
VICTORIA - Nanaimo's council has decided not to proceed with a plan to build a fence to protect city hall staff from disorder associated with an overdose prevention site next door. City staff had proposed a "robust" 1.8-metre-high fence to protect employees from "congregations" of people at the site...
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No tsunami threat to B.C. after 7.3 earthquake off Alaska's panhandle
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's emergency information agency says there is no tsunami threat to the province after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake rattled Alaska's panhandle. The all-clear for B.C.'s coast came after the U.S. National Tsunami Warning Centre issued a warning for parts of southern Alaska and the peninsula. It ...
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B.C. health minister praises U.S. recruitment, says 780 applications in 2 months
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's health minister says the province has received almost 780 job applications from qualified American health professionals as part of its recruitment campaign. Josie Osborne says more than 2,250 doctors, nurses and other health professionals have signed up for webinars and expressed interest...
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Canada
Canada's envoy for combatting antisemitism Deborah Lyons leaving post early
OTTAWA - Canada's special official for fighting antisemitism says she is retiring her post, three months before the end of her term. Deborah Lyons served as Canada's Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism since October 2023 and has not explained why she is leaving before her appoi...
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Montreal police recover body of man who went missing in St. Lawrence River
MONTREAL - Montreal police say they've recovered the body of a 32-year-old man who went missing in the St. Lawrence River on Tuesday night. Police said their divers found the man's body at around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the water near Verdun, a southwestern borough. The death is the third since June in the water near a ...
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In the news today: Defence spending won't slow recession, P.M. to meet First Nations
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Defence spending to boost Canada's economy: report Ottawa's ramped up defence-spending plans will give the economy a lift, but not enough to save it from a recession, a newly released report forecasts. The updated analysis from Ox...
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Defence spending will lift Canada's economy, but not out of a recession: report
OTTAWA - Ottawa's ramped up defence-spending plans will give the economy a lift, but not enough to save it from a recession, a newly released report forecasts. The updated analysis from Oxford Economics published Wednesday projects that Canada's defence spending commitments will raise the country's real gross domestic ...
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New rules allowing Quebec restaurants to charge for no-shows come into effect
MONTREAL - Quebec restaurant owners can now charge a fee to people who make a reservation but don't show up. Under new rules in effect today, restaurants can charge up to $10 for each no-show. An association representing Quebec restaurant owners has estimated that no-shows cost the average eatery about $49,000 per year...
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Carney to meet with First Nations today on major projects legislation
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet today with First Nations leaders about his government's controversial major projects legislation. The closed-door meeting was promised by Carney in June after chiefs said their rights were not respected by the rush to push the Building Canada Act through Parliament in June....
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World
Just 1 in 4 US adults say Trump's policies have helped them, a new AP-NORC poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) - Only about one-quarter of U.S. adults say that President Donald Trump's policies have helped them since he took office, according to a new poll that finds underwhelming marks for him on key issues, including the economy, immigration, government spending and health care. In fact, the Republican preside...
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Zelenskyy shakes up Ukrainian Cabinet, appointing new prime minister to reinvigorate war effort
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine's economy minister and the key negotiator in the mineral deal with the U.S, Yuliia Svyrydenko, has been appointed as new prime minister, becoming its first new head of government since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. Svyrydenko is one of a group of officials taking on new...
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A parish priest and several injured as airstrikes hit a Gaza church
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Strikes hit the Holy Family Church in northern Gaza on Thursday morning, injuring several people including the parish priest, officials with the Catholic Church said. Parish priest Fr. Gabriel Romanelli was very close with the late Pope Francis and the two spoke often during the war in ...
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Sports
Canada's Olivia Smith signed by Arsenal for world record women's soccer fee
Canada forward Olivia Smith became the most expensive player in women's soccer history at a reported one million pounds (US$1.34 million) when Arsenal signed her from Liverpool on Thursday. The new benchmark in women's soccer would surpass the 900,000 pounds ($1.1 million) Chelsea paid when signing Naomi Girma from the...
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Canada's Olivia Smith signed by Arsenal for women's world record 1M pounds
Canada forward Olivia Smith has become the first women's soccer player to be signed for one million pounds ($1.34 million). Arsenal signed Smith from Liverpool on Thursday reportedly for the world record fee. That fee would surpass the 900,000 pounds ($1.1 million) Chelsea paid when signing Naomi Girma from San Diego W...
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Sabbi scores in 4th minute, White adds 1 goal, 1 assist as Whitecaps beat Dynamo 3-0
HOUSTON (AP) - Emmanuel Sabbi scored a goal in the fourth minute, Sebastian Berhalter added a goal and the Vancouver Whitecaps beat the Houston Dynamo 3-0 on Wednesday night. Yohei Takaoka had two saves and his MLS-high 10th shutout this season for Vancouver. Mathias Laborda's header from the center of the area, off a ...
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