

Enbridge sells stake
Indigenous Chilliwack chief welcomes historic deal between First Nations and Enbridge for stake in oil pipeline
CHILLIWACK - Squiala First Nation Chief David Jimmie is welcoming a historic deal, announced Thursday, that would see an Indigenous alliance of 36 First Nations in B.C. purchase a stake in Enbridge Inc.'s Westcoast pipeline. According to a news report from the Canadian Press via reporter Lauren Krugel, Enbridge Inc.'s ...
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Police incident
Driver of stolen semi-truck arrested after rig plunges into Fraser River: Langley RCMP
FRASER VALLEY - A Langley RCMP spokesperson says one person has been arrested and remains in custody after what authorities called a dangerous series of events connected to a suspected stolen semi-truck Wednesday evening.According to a statement from RCMP Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, officers from the Langley Special Response T...
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Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
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Coquitlam snow removal firm places ads in the Chilliwack River Valley, claims ATV owners can make thousands
CHILLIWACK - A Coquitlam snow removal company has resorted to an unusual tactic as it tries to recruit more contractors ahead of winter later this year. The company, Snow Queen Winter Management, has placed at least two signs in the Chilliwack River Valley in the past week seeking ATV owners and operators to contract w...
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Mission Memorial Hospital
Fraser Health announces major upgrades at Mission Memorial Hospital
MISSION - A Fraser Health spokesperson says Mission Memorial Hospital is moving forward with an $18 million renovation project of its emergency department. According to a statement from FHA spokesperson Amory Wong, the expanded emergency department will be 35 per cent larger, increasing care spaces by 17 to a total of ...
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Stabbings
Two people hospitalized after stabbings in Langley: RCMP
LANGLEY - Mounties in Langley say a 33-year-old man has been arrested after two people were stabbed early Thursday morning (May 15).According to a statement from Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, Langley RCMP members responded to a report of a disturbance in the 19800 block of 56 Avenue. On arrival, officers found and identified two...
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Overnight car fire
Chilliwack Fire Dept. confirms 'multiple' explosions heard around time of car fire in Promontory
UPDATE 9:30 P.M., WEDNESDAY: Chilliwack Assistant Fire Chief Krista Minar has confirmed that "multiple" explosions were reported around the time of a car fire on MacSwan Drive in Promontory. "Just after 11:45 p.m. on (Tuesday) May 13, 2025, firefighters from Hall 4 responded to a vehicle fire in the 4700...
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Enbridge sells stake
Indigenous Chilliwack chief welcomes historic deal between First Nations and Enbridge for stake in oil pipeline
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Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
Police incident
Driver of stolen semi-truck arrested after rig plunges into Fraser River: Langley RCMP
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Officer with the Central Saanich, B.C., police charged with driving offence
VICTORIA - The BC Prosecution Service says an officer with the Central Saanich Police Service has been charged for driving without due care and attention. The charge against Cpl. Phillip DiBattista is in relation to a crash with a cyclist that happened on May 21, 2024. The prosecution service says B.C.'s police watchdo...
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Investigation in limbo of N.S. police actions in wrongful conviction of Glen Assoun
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's police watchdog is awaiting word on whether another oversight agency will investigate potential police misconduct in the wrongful conviction of Glen Assoun. It has been five years since the provincial government promised an investigation of police actions in the case of Assoun, who spent 17 year...
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B.C. minister says government erred in not consulting First Nations on legislation
VICTORIA - B.C.'s Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma says her government "made an error" in not adequately consulting First Nations on a bill proposing to speed up private and public infrastructure projects. Her admission came during debate on Bill 15 in the legislature about concerns relayed by the First Nati...
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Police in B.C. say three face charges over stolen beer, food and toilet paper
BURNABY - Mounties in Burnaby, B.C., have recovered pallets of beer, food and enough toilet paper and paper towels to supply a town in an investigation into the theft of shipping containers. RCMP say in a news release that three containers that held merchandise worth about $125,000 were stolen last August from a busine...
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Enbridge sells stake in Westcoast pipeline to B.C. First Nations group for $715M
CALGARY - For more than 65 years, Enbridge Inc.'s Westcoast pipeline has been pumping natural gas through First Nations territories across British Columbia. Under a deal announced Thursday, three dozen of those communities are to see long-term financial benefits from the 2,900-kilometre system that stretches from B.C.'...
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Home sales down almost 10% annually last month: Canadian Real Estate Association
The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in April fell 9.8 per cent compared with the same month last year, as the national housing market has returned "to the quiet markets we've experienced since 2022." A total of 44,300 residential properties changed hands across Canada last month, compared wit...
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Prosecutors seek prison for men guilty of human smuggling in Manitoba border deaths
FERGUS FALLS - U.S. attorneys have filed sentencing submissions for two men convicted after a family froze to death while trying to walk across the Canada-U.S. border in Manitoba. A Minnesota jury found Steve Shand and Harshkumar Patel guilty of human-smuggling charges after the parents and two children from India were...
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DEA threat assessment points to fentanyl 'super laboratories' in Canada
WASHINGTON - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration's latest threat assessment says fentanyl "super laboratories" in Canada are a growing source of concern. U.S. President Donald Trump has used cross-border traffic in the deadly drug to justify hitting imports of Canadian goods with tariffs. The an...
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Partner of Quebec man who received MAID after bedsores says hospital ignored her
MONTREAL - The partner of a man who received a medically assisted death after developing a severe bedsore in a Quebec hospital says medical staff didn't listen to her. Sylvie Brosseau spoke outside the Montreal courtroom where a coroner is holding hearings into the death of her partner Normand Meunier. Brosseau says Me...
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Almost half of Canadians say Carney 'stood up' for country in Trump meeting: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests nearly half of Canadians think Prime Minister Mark Carney "stood up" for Canada in his recent face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. The Leger poll says 48 per cent of poll respondents think Carney "clearly stood up for Canada's interests" in his meeting ...
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Supreme Court won't review school board's decision to sanction trustee over remarks
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not review the Toronto Catholic District School Board's decision to sanction a trustee over comments he made during a debate. At a November 2019 public meeting of trustees, the board considered a motion to add four new grounds for barring discriminatory practices: gender identi...
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In Canada's housing crisis, are modular homes a cheaper and faster solution?
TORONTO - When a church in Toronto's west end was converted into affordable housing nearly 15 years ago, the group behind the project was already thinking ahead. Andrea Adams, the executive director of the non-profit developer St. Clare's, said she was "daydreaming" about what could be built on the yard next ...
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Autopsies misclassified in-custody deaths that were actually homicides, Maryland officials say
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - An audit of Maryland autopsies has uncovered at least 36 in-custody police deaths that should have been considered homicides, state officials announced Thursday following a comprehensive review of such cases spurred by widespread concerns about the former state medical examiner's testimony in the ...
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DeSantis signs a bill making Florida the 2nd state to ban fluoride from its water system
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a measure Thursday prohibiting local governments from adding fluoride to their water systems, making it the second state in the country after Utah to implement a statewide ban on the mineral. DeSantis signed the bill at a public event in Dade City...
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Ukraine's Zelenskyy says he is sending a delegation to Istanbul for peace talks with Russia
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday he will send a team headed by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov to the Turkish city of Istanbul for peace talks with a Russian delegation. Zelenskyy told a news conference in the Turkish capital Ankara that the Russian delegation doesn't include &...
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Sports


Vancouver selected to host FIFA Congress ahead of the 2026 World Cup
Vancouver will host the 76th FIFA Congress on April 30, 2026, bringing representatives of all 211 members of the world governing body of soccer to Canada ahead of the World Cup. The announcement was made Thursday at the 75th FIFA Congress in Asuncion, Paraguay. "I am delighted to confirm that the 76th FIFA Congres...
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Veteran linebacker Cam Judge back with Toronto Argonauts
GUELPH - Cameron Judge wasn't looking for a change, but he is thankful his new football home is a familiar one. The veteran linebacker is preparing for his second stint with Toronto after being traded Jan. 10 by Calgary for defensive lineman Folarin Orimolade. The six-foot, 230-pound Judge, from Montreal, played nine g...
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Canadian bantamweight Charles (Air) Jourdain returns to UFC action in June in Atlanta
Canadian bantamweight Charles (Air) Jourdain will face American Ricky Simon on a June 14 UFC Fight Night card in Atlanta. The main event at State Farm Arena sees former welterweight champion Kamaru (The Nigerian Nightmare) Usman, a Nigerian-born American currently ranked fifth among 170-pound contenders, against No. 7 ...
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