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YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Chilliwack MLA responds to Chilliwack Teachers' Association op-ed
I appreciate the Chilliwack Teachers' Association (CTA) taking the time to engage with my op-ed and to highlight their commitment to public education. Collaboration and collegiality are indeed essential in delivering meaningful services to students, and I welcome the opportunity to work together to ensure the best outc...
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Structure fire sends 1 to hospital
Structure fire in Mission Sunday night sends 1 to hospital
MISSION - Mission Fire Rescue Service says one person has been hospitalized after a structure fire Sunday night in Mission. According to a statement, firefighters were called to a home on Olson Road shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday. The first responding fire truck witnessed heavy smoke and flames coming from the front of t...
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Abbotsford Police Department
Alarming number of impaired drivers removed from Abbotsford roads
ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford Police Department says it has pulled over and removed an alarming number of impaired drivers this month that is more than double that of the same period in 2024. According to a social media post, AbbyPD officers removed 33 impaired drivers from Abbotsford-area roads in just three days over t...
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Paid camping job
Paid camping position through B.C. government opens up in the Chilliwack River Valley
CHILLIWACK - Getting paid to camp in the greater Chilliwack area isn't an opportunity that avails itself everyday. But that's essentially what the B.C. government is looking for in advance of the 2025 camping season in the Chilliwack River Valley. According to a Facebook post, Recreation Sites and Trails B.C. says it i...
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B.C.'s finance minister says retaliatory tariffs could target Republican 'red states'
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's finance minister says the province could focus on Republican-held states as it responds to the threat of U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods that President Donald Trump suggests could start on Feb. 1. Minister Brenda Bailey says targeting "red states" for possible retaliatory tariffs...
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Vancouver home offers space for family, and history as Hells Angels clubhouse
VANCOUVER - A newly listed house for sale in East Vancouver is being marketed as a "rare find" that offers easy access to shops and schools - but the previous owners weren't the typical family. Solicitor General Garry Begg announced the government has put the former gang clubhouse of the Hells Angels up for s...
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Four British Columbia communities get 26 new addiction treatment beds
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's minister of health says the province has opened 26 new treatment beds for people with addictions in four communities over the last several months. Minister Josie Osborne says the beds in Nanaimo, Kelowna, Prince Rupert and Vancouver's Downtown Eastside are part of 248 treatment beds that ...
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Jump in number of respiratory cases at B.C. Children's Hospital emergency room
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Children's Hospital says it's seen a steady rise in the number of children coming in with respiratory symptoms. The hospital says in a statement that about 44 per cent of total visits from children to the emergency department involve respiratory illness. It says families need to consider ...
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Killer on parole is arrested in B.C. over threats made when his points card failed
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say they've arrested a 66-year-old man for uttering threats against a gas station clerk and only later learned the suspect was a convicted murderer out on parole from a life sentence. They say the alleged threat was made to the attendant on Saturday when the man's points card wouldn't wo...
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B.C. launches short-term rental registry with annual fees to rein in 'speculators'
VANCOUVER - Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says B.C. is launching a registry for short-term rentals to further crack down on "speculators" operating illegally. Kahlon says all short-term rental operators on platforms such as Airbnb and Vrbo must apply for a registration number to be displayed on all online list...
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Canada

Authorities say a US border patrol agent was fatally shot in Vermont south of border
A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot Monday on a highway in northern Vermont south of the Canadian border, authorities said. The death was confirmed by the FBI and Benjamine Huffman, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in Washington. In a statement, the FBI said that in addition to the agent,...
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Alberta government lifts coal mining moratorium, critics say it's 'open season'
EDMONTON - Alberta's government has quietly rescinded its moratorium on new coal exploration and development in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. It's a move critics say means the province has declared open season on renewed coal mining. In a letter to the Alberta Energy Regulator posted to its website Monday,...
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Salmonella linked to recalled mini pastries may have infected nearly 1,600: PHAC
TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada said nearly 1,600 people may have been infected with salmonella linked to the recall of mini pastries. The federal agency's director of outbreak management said Monday that calculation is based on the agency's estimation that for every reported case there's another 26.1 in t...
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Environment minister says Donald Trump pulling out of Paris pact is "deplorable"
MONTEBELLO, QUEBEC - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says it's "deplorable" that President Donald Trump is again pulling the U.S. out of the 2015 Paris Accord. He says it's "quite ironic" that President Trump is abandoning the global environmental pact while California is experiencing one of ...
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Federal immigration department to cut more than 3,300 jobs, unions say
OTTAWA - Two federal public service unions say the Immigration Department is set to cut 3,300 jobs. The Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Canada Employment and Immigration Union say in a joint statement that the department has not said who will be affected by the cuts. The unions say more information is expecte...
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Mass of Arctic air invades parts of Canada, sends mercury plunging
FREDERICTON - A mass of cold air that meandered south from the Arctic has sent temperatures plunging across parts of Canada from New Brunswick to eastern Alberta. Peter Kimbell, meteorologist with Environment Canada, says winds circulating from west to east cause Arctic air to occasionally invade the southern latitudes...
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