Property tax increase
District of Kent could raise property taxes by nearly 7%
AGASSIZ - The District of Kent is projecting a possible property tax increase of nearly seven per cent in conjunction with its proposed 2025-2029 Financial Plan.According to a summary of its meeting held Monday, March 10, mayor and council received the draft five-year financial plan. Councillor Stan Watchorn noted that...
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Snowfall warning
Snowfall warning in effect from Hope to Merritt
COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY - A pair of snowfall warnings are in effect for the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt and the Okanagan Connector from Merritt to Kelowna.Environment Canada says a low-pressure system passing through the southern interior will bring 15 centimetres of snow to the highways until Thursday (March 13...
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Property tax increase
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Chilliwack North MLA says 2025 B.C. budget falls short on infrastructure, public safety needs
CHILLIWACK - Chilliack North MLA Heather Maahs says the 2025 B.C. budget as introduced by the governing New Democratic Party falls woefully short on critical infrastructure and public safety projects. According to a statement, Maahs, who was elected in October 2024 with 54 per cent of the vote, says the budget neglects...
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UPDATE: Driver of car that struck property eludes AbbyPD officers as manhunt ends
UPDATE 2:45 P.M. WEDNESDAY: Abbotsford PD says the police search has ended, but the driver remains outstanding. The investigation is in its early stages and is continuing. Original story from 12:10 p.m. today: ABBOTSFORD/MATSQUI FIRST NATION - Abbotsford Police Department officers have converged in Matsqui First Natio...
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Real estate
Chilliwack home sales drop in February as uncertainty grips market
CHILLIWACK - Home sales in the Chilliwack area dropped sharply in February as economic uncertainty loomed over the real estate market.The Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board says 187 homes were sold through the MLS system last month, a 13.8 per cent decline from February 2024. Sales were also well below historica...
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Convenience store
Chilliwack convenience store owners dismayed by RCMP investigation into break and enter
CHILLIWACK - Unsworth Market owners Moe and Nina, a husband and wife team, say they're dismayed at what they say is a lack of police investigation into an attempted break and enter that happened about two months ago.On Sunday, January 12, a stolen pickup truck forcibly backed into the convenience store during an attemp...
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British Columbia
Trump family fortune began in a Canadian brothel-hotel
In one of history's little-known ironies, the Maple Leaf country pushing back against Donald Trump's annexation bid is also host to a tiny, remote restaurant and brothel that helped launch the U.S. president's family fortune more than 100 years ago. To find it, look west. Way west. On a quiet, remote trail in British C...
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RCMP, Crime Stoppers start awareness campaign over spiked drinks in Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - Police in Nanaimo, B.C., say they're spearheading a public awareness campaign with local bar owners and Crime Stoppers over "several reports" of drinks being drugged at local nightclubs in recent months. Police say people have reported having a drink and immediately having trouble breathing an...
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B.C. doctors get new guidance on involuntary care for people who use drugs
VICTORIA - British Columbia clinicians have received new guidance about involuntary care for people who use drugs, which includes physicians being told it can't be used to prevent harmful "risk-taking" by someone who isn't impaired by a mental disorder. The guidance from Dr. Daniel Vigo, B.C.'s first chief sc...
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'Several critical safety failures' behind B.C. workers death, WorkSafeBC says
RICHMOND, B.C. - WorkSafeBC says a worker killed in Vancouver last year when a mould used for concrete fell 26 storeys should never have been able to stand where she was. The report released by the province's worker safety agency says "several critical safety failures" are to blame for the death of the woman ...
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YouTuber sues B.C. conservation officer, government over alleged profit losses
VANCOUVER - A YouTube hunting personality is suing British Columbia's Conservation Officer Service alleging one of its officers defamed and targeted him in a "malicious, obsessive and compulsive fashion," allegedly causing him to lose sponsorship deals. The B.C. Supreme Court lawsuit says it started in May 20...
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B.C.'s New Democrat government and Greens finalize confidence agreement
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Canada
Media outlets start receiving Google payments from Online News Act: journalism group
Money has started to flow to Canadian news outlets from the $100 million Google agreed to pay them in exchange for an exemption from the Online News Act, the organization administering the fund said. The Canadian Journalism Collective announced Thursday that the first portion of cash sent to eligible news businesses am...
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'Get ready for a wild ride': Weather Network issues Canada's spring forecast
Canada's recent flirtation with balmy temperatures will give way to spring's characteristically volatile weather, the Weather Network's chief meteorologist said, with a new seasonal forecast suggesting winter may still deliver some parting punches. Spring may be slightly chillier in Western Canada but otherwise close t...
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In the news today: Tariff talks in Washington and G7 foreign ministers in Quebec
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Ministers, premier to meet with Lutnick in D.C. Canadian officials are set to meet with the U.S. commerce secretary in Washington today - days after a dust-up with U.S. President Donald Trump that ended with Ontario pausing its su...
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Mountain biking groups 'stretched thin' with trail work as popularity grows
VANCOUVER - The outdoors were a refuge for many during the pandemic as people hit their local trail networks to mountain bike, hike, run and walk, but advocates in British Columbia say the value of trails isn't reflected in the level of support they receive. Deanne Cote, executive director of the North Shore Mountain B...
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Canadian ministers, Ontario premier to meet with Lutnick as tariff fight continues
WASHINGTON - Canadian officials are set to meet with the U.S. commerce secretary in Washington today - days after a dust-up with U.S. President Donald Trump that ended with Ontario pausing its surcharge on electricity exports to the United States. Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman...
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Trump family fortune began in a Canadian brothel-hotel
In one of history's little-known ironies, the Maple Leaf country pushing back against Donald Trump's annexation bid is also host to a tiny, remote restaurant and brothel that helped launch the U.S. president's family fortune more than 100 years ago. To find it, look west. Way west. On a quiet, remote trail in British C...
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World
Trump administration withdraws nomination of David Weldon for CDC director
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House has withdrawn the nomination of Dr. David Weldon, a former Florida congressman, to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Senate health committee announced Thursday morning that it was canceling a planned hearing on Weldon's nomination because of the withdrawal. A per...
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Russia says it has retaken Kursk's biggest town from Ukraine as US awaits Putin's ceasefire response
Russian forces have driven the Ukrainian army out of the biggest town in Russia's Kursk border region, officials claimed Thursday, as U.S. officials sought the Kremlin's response to a proposed 30-day ceasefire in the three-year that Ukraine has endorsed. The Ukrainian army's seven-month foothold in Kursk has been under...
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Kuwait frees a group of jailed Americans, including contractors held on drug charges
WASHINGTON (AP) - Kuwait has released a group of American prisoners, including veterans and military contractors jailed for years on drug-related charges, in a move seen as a gesture of goodwill between two allies, a representative for the detainees told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The release follows a recent v...
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Sports
The Thunder swept Boston in the season series. Their next meeting would be in the NBA Finals
BOSTON (AP) - The Oklahoma City Thunder clinched a spot in the playoffs, and they did it against the team they could face when the NBA postseason reaches its peak. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, of Hamilton, Ont., scored 34 and Chet Holmgren added 23 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Thunder to a 118-112 victory over Boston...
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Brignone closes gap on super-G leader Gut-Behrami in race won by Germany's Aicher
LA THUILE, Italy (AP) - Federica Brignone closed the gap to leader Lara Gut-Behrami in the World Cup super-G standings to 45 points in a race on a shortened course won by German prodigy Emma Aicher on Thursday. Earning her second career win, Aicher edged Sofia Goggia by 0.06 seconds. Racing close to her Italian hometow...
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Mountain biking groups 'stretched thin' with trail work as popularity grows
VANCOUVER - The outdoors were a refuge for many during the pandemic as people hit their local trail networks to mountain bike, hike, run and walk, but advocates in British Columbia say the value of trails isn't reflected in the level of support they receive. Deanne Cote, executive director of the North Shore Mountain B...
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