Cheam First Nation
Five candidates file to run for Cheam First Nation councillor by-election, including former chief
CHILLIWACK - Five candidates are slated to appear on a ballot in March to fill the remainder of a councillor term, including two former councillors and a former chief himself, with Cheam First Nation. According to a social media post from the First Nation band east of Chilliwack, Naomi Crey, Justin Giroux, Luke Pike, D...
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Yarrow Farm Market
Changes coming to 2025 Yarrow Farm Market, including new fee from the City of Chilliwack for food trucks
CHILLIWACK - Yarrow Farm Market says food trucks who participate in the seasonal farmers market in Yarrow this year will be facing additional fees beyond its control from the City of Chilliwack. According to a Facebook post dated Tuesday (Jan. 21), Yarrow Farm Market is advising its food truck vendors that their vendor...
Jan 22, 2025
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PWHL's Montreal Victoire to host Boston Fleet at Bell Centre on March 1
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Fraser Valley
B.C. First Nation leader apologizes, walks back on Northern Gateway pipeline support
The president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs is apologizing and walking back comments suggesting he supported reviving the Northern Gateway pipeline project, and now says he doesn't support "resuscitating dead projects." In a statement released by the union, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip says the pipeline rej...
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Abbotsford International Airport
Abbotsford Int'l Airport surpasses million passenger mark for 2nd year in a row - without charging exorbitant fees
ABBOTSFORD - The nearest airport in the Fraser Valley hasn't just emerged as a viable alternative to YVR for Chilliwack-area residents who prefer cheaper parking rates and a quicker connection to Calgary and other Canadian destinations. For the second year in a row, Abbotsford International Airport (YXX), roughly a 30-...
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Chilliwack school board by-election
School board candidate concerned by academic performance of Chilliwack elementary schools in latest rankings
CHILLIWACK - Former Chilliwack-Kent MLA Laurie Throness, a candidate for the Chilliwack Board of Education in the upcoming by-election, says he's concerned by the latest rankings from the Fraser Institute that show Chilliwack elementary schools lagging behind area independent schools. According to a news release sent t...
Jan 22, 2025
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Tyson Road home
Chilliwack RCMP, bylaw attend derelict Tyson Road home as cleanup efforts near completion
CHILLIWACK - Two Chilliwack RCMP units and at least two City of Chilliwack bylaw officers attended a derelict home on Tyson Road in Chilliwack Monday as cleanup efforts near completion.According to an email from Jamie Leggatt, director of communications and legislative services for the City of Chilliwack, bylaw enforce...
Jan 22, 2025
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British Columbia
Laundering of fentanyl cash linked to online betting sites, intelligence agency warns
OTTAWA - Canada's financial intelligence agency suspects online gambling platforms are being used to launder proceeds from fentanyl dealing and production. In an operational alert, the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada says there is reason to believe people are depositing and withdrawing fund...
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Advocate tells B.C. inquest that home-share providers are burnt out, need better pay
BURNABY, B.C. - The independent advocate in charge of helping adults with developmental disabilities navigate B.C. government supports says his office often hears about home-share providers who are exhausted and constantly in "crisis mode." Cary Chiu, the province's advocate for service quality, says more mon...
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Supreme Court certifies B.C.'s class-action lawsuit against opioid providers
British Columbia's attorney general says the Supreme Court of Canada has certified the province's class-action lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors. Niki Sharma says B.C. can now proceed as a representative plaintiff on behalf of other Canadian governments with the litigation aimed at recovering the co...
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Mount Polley boss says 2014 B.C. mine spill not toxic as firm faces fisheries charges
The president of the company involved in the Mount Polley environmental disaster that poured millions of cubic metres of mine tailings into B.C. waterways 10 years ago says the material spilled wasn't toxic. Imperial Metals Corp. and two other firms were charged last month with 15 alleged Fisheries Act breaches, accuse...
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B.C. First Nation leader apologizes, walks back on Northern Gateway pipeline support
The president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs is apologizing and walking back comments suggesting he supported reviving the Northern Gateway pipeline project, and now says he doesn't support "resuscitating dead projects." In a statement released by the union, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip says the pipeline rej...
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Fewer black bears killed by conservation officers in B.C. last year
VICTORIA - There were 303 black bears killed by conservation officers in British Columbia last year, a low not seen since predator statistics were first published online in 2011. The Conservation Officer Service says in a statement there were 603 black bears culled in 2023, and the drop last year represents a 49.7 per ...
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Canada
CP NewsAlert: Ex-priest pleads guilty to indecent assaults of children in Nunavut
IQALUIT - Defrocked Catholic priest Eric Dejaeger has pleaded guilty to seven counts of indecent assault against children in Nunavut. Court has heard the offences took place between 1978 and 1982 at or near the hamlet of Igloolik. More coming. The Canadian Press
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Documentary 'Sugarcane' about a B.C. residential school among Canadian Oscar nominees
Secwépemc filmmaker Julian Brave NoiseCat and Toronto journalist Emily Kassie are among the Canadians up for Oscars. The pair got a best documentary feature nod for their film "Sugarcane," which follows an investigation into abuse and missing children at a residential school near Sugar Cane reserve in ...
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In the news today: Liberal leadership deadline, Trump versus Canada's digital tax
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Deadline arrives for Liberal leadership candidates The federal Liberal caucus is meeting today and tomorrow on Parliament Hill as the party searches for its next leader. Candidates who want to run to replace Justin Trudeau as part...
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Supreme Court to decide whether to hear challenge of Quebec secularism law
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is set to announce this morning whether it will hear a challenge of Quebec's controversial secularism law, known as Bill 21. In 2024, the Quebec Court of Appeal upheld the law, which prohibits some public sector workers such as teachers and police officers from wearing religious sym...
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Canada's digital services tax, online regulation bills a likely Trump trade target
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has spent years touting its efforts to make tech giants pay. Now, those pieces of legislation could be a target of the Trump administration - particularly the digital services tax that requires large tech companies to make a hefty retroactive payment in June. The heads of the biggest U.S...
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Field of Liberal leadership contenders nearly set as deadline day arrives
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal caucus is meeting today and tomorrow on Parliament Hill as the party searches for its next leader. Candidates who want to run to replace Justin Trudeau as party leader are almost out of time to confirm their bids. Leadership hopefuls face a 5 p.m. deadline to declare they will run and submi...
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World
Mikaela Shiffrin healed from puncture wound suffered in ski crash, will race next week in France
Six weeks ago, Mikaela Shiffrin didn't have the core strength to even rise out of a chair. A sneeze or a laugh brought on instant pain. That was all due to a serious crash in a giant slalom race on Nov. 30 in Killington, Vermont, where something punctured her in the side - still a mystery - and caused severe trauma to ...
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The AP NFL MVP finalists are Josh Allen, Saquon Barkley, Joe Burrow, Jared Goff and Lamar Jackson
Josh Allen, Saquon Barkley, Joe Burrow, Jared Goff and Lamar Jackson are finalists for The Associated Press 2024 NFL Most Valuable Player award. Barkley, Burrow and Jackson also are finalists for Offensive Player of the Year and Burrow is also in the running for Comeback Player of the Year. The winners will be announce...
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Mikaela Shiffrin healed from puncture wound suffered in ski crash, will race next week in France
Mikaela Shiffrin has recovered from her ski crash two months ago and told The Associated Press she plans to return to racing next Thursday at a World Cup slalom in Courchevel, France. Shiffrin's been out since her serious fall in a giant slalom race on Nov. 30 in Killington, Vermont, where something punctured her in th...
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Sports
PWHL's Montreal Victoire to host Boston Fleet at Bell Centre on March 1
MONTREAL - The Montreal Victoire will host the Boston Fleet in a Professional Women's Hockey League game at the Bell Centre on March 1. Last season, a women's hockey attendance record of 21,105 fans filled the building when Montreal lost 3-2 in overtime to Toronto on April 20 at the home of the NHL's Canadiens. The sel...
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Veteran forward Mo Babouli rejoins Forge FC after stint with CPL rival York United
HAMILTON - Veteran forward Mo Babouli has rejoined Forge FC from local CPL rival York United FC. The 32-year-old Babouli spent 2020 and 2021 with Hamilton-based Forge before signing with Toronto's York in August 2022. He is signed through the 2025 Canadian Premier League season with Forge. "We're excited to have M...
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Mikaela Shiffrin healed from puncture wound suffered in ski crash, will race next week in France
Six weeks ago, Mikaela Shiffrin didn't have the core strength to even rise out of a chair. A sneeze or a laugh brought on instant pain. That was all due to a serious crash in a giant slalom race on Nov. 30 in Killington, Vermont, where something punctured her in the side - still a mystery - and caused severe trauma to ...
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