Vehicle incident
UPDATE, 3:25 P.M. WEDNESDAY: One lane of w/b Hwy. 1 blocked 13 km east of Chilliwack after big rig crashes
UPDATE, 3:25 P.M. WEDNESDAY: One lane of w/b Hwy. 1 roughly 13 kms east of Chilliwack remains blocked, roughly three hours after a tractor trailer jackknifed. Like DriveBC said at 12:44 p.m. today, motorists should expect delays due to congestion. Original story below: HERRLING ISLAND - A tractor trailer has crashed o...
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Business closure
Chilliwack business announces closure, thanks loyal customers of 15 years
CHILLIWACK - A longtime business in Chilliwack has announced that it will close its doors in the coming months after 15 years of operation, but will maintain its other location in Kamloops and an online presence. Earlier this week, Jason Flynn, who also goes by "Flynn" to his loyal customer base, posted on In...
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Two climbers, one of them injured, plucked off sheer mountain face in B.C.
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Stolen bike
AbbyPD goes searching for child's stolen bike on Facebook Marketplace - and succeeds
ABBOTSFORD - The bad guys didn't win this time around, thanks to some nifty work by the Abbotsford Police Department in the past 24 hours. In a social media post, police in Abbotsford say a child's bike was stolen from a home on McKenzie Road Tuesday night, causing considerable angst among one local family and their ch...
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Thousands lose power
Thousands lose power in the Fraser Valley Wednesday morning
FRASER VALLEY - Thousands of residential customers are without power in the Fraser Valley Wednesday morning for unknown reasons. While showers have been falling throughout the Fraser Valley Wednesday morning, it's not clear why 1,289 customers in Langley and Abbotsford saw their electricity go out at 6:47 a.m. Wednesda...
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Traffic stop
Impaired driver who tried to flee on foot can't elude AbbyPD officer, an experienced marathon runner
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say an impaired driver who tried to flee after getting pulled over during a traffic stop earlier this week was no match for a constable who just happened to be an experienced marathon runner. On Sunday, August 3, just after 4 p.m., a member of the AbbyPD's Traffic Enforcement Unit was ...
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Fire at Chilliwack strata complex
UPDATE: Multiple units suffer damage from Chilliwack fire Tuesday night, 2 treated for smoke inhalation
UPDATE, 11:15 A.M., WEDNESDAY: Chilliwack Assistant Fire Chief Chris Wilson says roughly 25 firefighters from three halls responded to Tuesday night's fire at an apartment on First Avenue. Responding firefighters discovered a fire in the second floor of a two-storey apartment building. Due to heavy smoke conditions pre...
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British Columbia
First Nation disappointed as B.C. court rejects challenge to Mount Polley dam level
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed a First Nation's bid to stop a tailings dam from being raised at the Mount Polley mine site, which suffered a catastrophic dam collapse that spilled millions of litres of waste and water 11 years ago. The Xatsull First Nation claimed the province's approval of the plan t...
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Immigration lawyers say rising number of CSIS security screenings causing delays
OTTAWA - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it's dealing with a growing number of immigration security screening requests - and immigration lawyers say their clients are coping with long delays as a result. The intelligence agency says in its latest annual report it received over 538,000 screening requests...
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Chilliwack man found not criminally responsible for wife's stabbing death in 2024
CHILLIWACK - The B.C. Supreme Court says a Chilliwack man who stabbed his wife to death in 2024 was suffering from a "delusional belief" when the violent killing occurred, finding him not criminally responsible for her murder. The court ruling posted online Wednesday says Joseph Berkiw, now 70, killed his wif...
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Amazon's bid to overturn B.C. labour ruling on workers' unionization rejected
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Labour Relations Board has rejected a bid by e-commerce giant Amazon to overturn an earlier decision that awarded union certification to workers at a facility in Delta, B.C. In a new decision dated Tuesday, a Labour Relations Board panel ruled that it agrees with the board's original deci...
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Low-income renters press governments for ways to cool apartments in heat waves
HALIFAX - Sandra Walsh was struggling to breathe in her apartment when temperatures across Nova Scotia soared in July, but the woman on social assistance says her pleas for a government-funded air conditioner have been ignored. "With the high humidity, it effects my breathing and I have to gasp for air," says...
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Rain, cooler weather helping to hold wildfire burning on Vancouver Island
Light rain and higher humidity have helped British Columbia firefighters in their work to contain a wildfire burning out of control on Vancouver Island. The roughly five-square-kilometre wildfire has forced those living in almost 390 homes in the Regional District of Nanaimo to flee. The BC Wildfire Service says crews ...
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Canada
Two climbers, one of them injured, plucked off sheer mountain face in B.C.
NORTH VANCOUVER - Members of three search and rescue groups combined efforts to save two climbers off the sheer rock face of Yak Peak near Hope, B.C., early Wednesday after one of the climbers fell and injured their head. North Shore Search and Rescue says in a social media statement that they went in late Tuesday, but...
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Yukon First Nation to oppose all new mining claims on its territory during planning
A Yukon First Nation says it will oppose any new mining claims on its traditional territory as it begins a regional land-use planning process with the territory's government. The First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun says in a post on Facebook that it is issuing a notice to the mining industry that it will oppose any claim &...
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Salmonella outbreak linked to pistachios, Dubai chocolate likely to expand, PHAC says
TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says it expects to report more salmonella cases linked to certain brands of pistachios and pistachio-containing products in the coming months, adding to the dozens of infections already confirmed in four provinces. On Tuesday, the federal agency said 52 have been sickened af...
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Canada pushing to include Indigenous rights in United Nations plastics treaty
OTTAWA - Canada is pushing to bring language recognizing the rights of Indigenous peoples back into a United Nations plastics pollution treaty. Delegates from more than 170 countries are in Geneva to resume negotiations on a treaty that was supposed to be finalized last year. Countries are at odds on how far the legall...
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Immigration lawyers say rising number of CSIS security screenings causing delays
OTTAWA - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it's dealing with a growing number of immigration security screening requests - and immigration lawyers say their clients are coping with long delays as a result. In its new annual report, the intelligence agency says it received more than 538,000 screening reque...
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More Republican lawmakers call out Canada over wildfire smoke
WASHINGTON - More Republican lawmakers are calling out Canada because of wildfires sending smoke billowing across the international border into their states. Wisconsin state Rep. Calvin Callahan has joined other Republican state lawmakers from Iowa, Minnesota and North Dakota in filing a formal complaint against Canada...
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World
Man accused of killing Israeli Embassy staffers indicted on federal hate crimes charges
WASHINGTON (AP) - The man accused of fatally shooting two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington outside a Jewish museum has been indicted on federal hate crimes charges, according to court documents unsealed Wednesday. The indictment, filed in federal court in Washington, charges Elias Rodriguez with nine ...
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MLB is calling up its first female umpire, promoting Jen Pawol for Saturday's Marlins-Braves game
NEW YORK (AP) - Jen Pawol is set to become the first woman to umpire a game in Major League Baseball when she works games this weekend between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves. Pawol will work the bases in Saturday's doubleheader at Truist Park and the plate on Sunday, MLB said Wednesday. Pawol, a 48-year-old from ...
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5 soldiers shot at Army's Fort Stewart in Georgia, base reports
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Five soldiers were shot on Wednesday at the Army's Fort Stewart in Georgia, the base said in a social media post. Parts of the Fort Stewart in southeast Georgia were locked down after an active shooter was reported on the sprawling Army post, a spokesperson said. A post on Fort Stewart's Facebook p...
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Sports
Guerrero and Blue Jays rout Rockies 20-1 to cap Coors Field barrage
DENVER (AP) - Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had four hits, including a home run, and Davis Schneider went deep twice as the Toronto Blue Jays capped their Coors Field onslaught Wednesday with a 20-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies. The first-place Blue Jays finished with five homers and 24 hits to set a major league record w...
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Road to CFL hasn't been an easy one for Lions receiver Ayden Eberhardt
Resiliency has led Ayden Eberhardt to where he's at. The 27-year-old American receiver is enjoying a solid season with the B.C. Lions with 21 catches for 366 yards (17.4-yard average) and two touchdowns. But Eberhardt's path to the CFL hasn't been easy. He suffered a serious knee injury as a senior at Wyoming in 2021. ...
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Josh Allen's NFL success not a surprise to former teammate Eberhardt
Ayden Eberhardt isn't the least bit surprised that Josh Allen has developed into one of the NFL's top quarterbacks. Long before Allen led the Buffalo Bills to dominance in the AFC East, he spent three years (2015-17) at Wyoming, where he and Eberhardt were teammates for two years. The six-foot-one, 200-pound Eberhardt ...
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