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Rice and noodle restaurant coming
Rice and noodle restaurant coming to Popkum
POPKUM - A rice and noodle restaurant currently under construction will be the final tenant in the same Rosedale Village shopping centre as Dairy Queen and Starbucks. A building permit sticker from the Faser Valley Regional District affixed to the window of unit 102 at 52964 Yale Road East in Popkum suggests the buildi...
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RCMP superintendent departs
Upper Fraser Valley RCMP leader moves on from Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - RCMP Superintendent Davy Lee has officially moved on from his leadership role with the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment in Chilliwack. Upper Fraser Valley RCMP Inspector Darren Pankrantz announced Supt. Lee's departure at Tuesday's Chilliwack council meeting. Lee's last day at the regional detachmen...
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Telus reports fourth-quarter profit and revenue up from year ago
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Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
Italian skier Brignone wins the GS at worlds as defending champ Shiffrin skips race
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Zelenskyy says he will not accept any agreements about Ukraine that do not include his country
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Fraser Valley
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Speed demon caught
Motorist with a lead foot nabbed for blazing through a school zone Wednesday: AbbyPD
ABBOTSFORD - A driver in Abbotsford will have several days to ponder their foolish actions without a vehicle after getting caught driving over 40 km/h above the speed limit in a school zone Wednesday afternoon. According to a social media post Wednesday, Abbotsford PD says proactive enforcement on area roadways remain...
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Chilliwack real estate
New Chilliwack real estate listings rank the highest in 15 years as home prices rise again
CHILLIWACK - Home sales in the Chilliwack area dropped more than 14 per cent in January compared to the year prior while the number of homes listed last month in the greater Chilliwack region hit a 15-year high. According to a statement from the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board, the number of homes sold throug...
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Unsworth Road
SD33 parents asked to stop blocking Unsworth Road during afternoon dismissal times
CHILLIWACK - The principal of Unsworth Elementary has asked parents, guardians and caregivers of students there to do their best to stop blocking Unsworth Road during afternoon dismissal times.According to the text of an email sent to parents Wednesday, Unsworth principal Ken Chater says it has been brought to the scho...
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Social media decision
Two Fraser Valley govt. agencies abandon X, formerly known as Twitter
CHILLIWACK - Two government agencies in the Fraser Valley have stopped posting on X, formerly known as Twitter, with one saying the platform no longer aligns with its values.The District of Hope made a statement Wednesday (Feb. 12) saying it will no longer be active on Twitter. Although the municipality hasn't posted o...
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Police investigation
Use of counterfeit money leads police to seize loaded guns associated to 2 teenagers: Mission RCMP
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Personalized Hearing Care
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From bagels to 'Canadianos,' Trump tariff threat inspires symbolic acts of patriotism
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RCMP Black Hawk helicopter patrolling B.C.-U.S. border as part of security plan
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Arrest
Update: Abbotsford day care owner, 60, charged with 6 counts of assault; day care identified
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Canada slaps retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of U.S. goods, outlines response plan
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British Columbia
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Telus reports fourth-quarter profit and revenue up from year ago
VANCOUVER - Telus Corp. reported its fourth-quarter profit and revenue rose compared with a year ago. The company says its net income attributable to common shares totalled $358 million or 24 cents per share for the quarter ended Dec. 31. The result compared with a profit of $288 million or 20 cents per share in the la...
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Report says ports need automation to boost efficiency - the evidence isn't so clear
MONTREAL - After a choppy couple of years for Canada's largest ports, a new paper argues that automation can provide a path to higher productivity. Terminals are in dire need of tech upgrades ranging from crane automation to robots that ferry cargo along the docks, despite union resistance, said Shal Marriott, who auth...
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Flu activity in B.C. peaking as COVID-19, respiratory virus decline
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is seeing "peaking influenza activity" even as other respiratory illnesses such as RSV and COVID-19 are in decline, and health officials are reminding people to get vaccinated. The BC Centre for Disease Control says influenza A infections remain high and continue to increase, with...
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Hundreds of pills seized in bust outside pharmacy in Prince George, B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Police in Prince George, B.C., say officers have seized hundreds of pills and other suspected drugs including fentanyl and methadone in an operation targeting trafficking outside a pharmacy. The ongoing operation comes after last week's leak of a Ministry of Health document revealing investigation...
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Two men plead guilty in fatal Fraser Valley hit-and-run where victim was dragged for blocks
Police say two men have pleaded guilty for their roles in a fatal hit-and-run in Surrey, B.C., last year where a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle then dragged for several blocks. Surrey police say Gaganpreet Singh and Jagdeep Singh were two of the three occupants in a red Ford Mustang that struck the male pedestrian ...
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Eby says U.S. economic integration 'last thing' B.C. wants, ahead of White House trip
British Columbia Premier David Eby says "the last thing" the province is considering is further economic integration with the United States, as he and other premiers prepare for a White House meeting with President Donald Trump's advisers. Eby says that instead B.C. is "looking for other customers" ...
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Foreign affairs minister travelling to France, Germany and Belgium
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is travelling to Europe today. The minister will be in Europe until Feb. 18, traveling to France, Germany and Belgium to take part in conferences, meet with officials to discuss topics like geopolitical conflicts and foreign interference and speak in a roundtable on...
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In the news today: Territorial premiers make pitch in DC, prorogation two-day hearing
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Territorial premiers to talk Arctic policy in D.C. Territorial premiers are making the case in Washington that Northern Canada is key to continental security, diplomacy and economic opportunity as Canadian leaders continue their d...
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Midway into Ontario election campaign, some parties still struggling with pitches
As Ontario's snap winter election campaign reaches its halfway point, Progressive Conservatives' main opponents are still scrambling to pitch themselves to voters, while polls suggest the incumbents maintain a significant lead. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford called the early vote for Feb. 27, more than a yea...
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Trump's threats against Canada could reduce visits to border peace garden
BOISSEVAIN, Man. - The International Peace Garden that straddles the Canada-United States border has for more than 90 years been a quiet, pastoral place to celebrate friendship between the two countries. People can stroll through flower gardens and see displays about international co-operation, often without noticing t...
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Many Canadians willing to ditch U.S. travel and alcohol but not streaming services
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests many Canadians are willing to use their spending power to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats and attacks on Canadian sovereignty - but not if it means they have to kick their Netflix and Disney+ addictions. A Leger survey that polled 1,590 Canadians between Feb. 7 and Feb....
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Some whales sing low enough to be 'acoustically invisible' to predators: research
New research suggests male baleen whales looking for love sing a different tune when attracting a mate, and it all depends on if they are more likely to fight or flee from a predator. Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales - those that eat using a system in their mouths to sieve their plankton die...
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Zelenskyy says he will not accept any agreements about Ukraine that do not include his country
KHMELNYTSKI, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday he will not accept any agreements about Ukraine that do not include his country in talks. In his first comments to journalists since U.S. President Donald Trump held individual calls first with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and then Zelen...
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Hamas says it will release hostages as planned, apparently resolving ceasefire dispute
CAIRO (AP) - Hamas said Thursday it would release Israeli hostages as planned, apparently resolving a major dispute that threatened the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The militant group said Egyptian and Qatari mediators have affirmed that they will work to "remove all hurdles," and that it would implement the ...
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Saudi educator known for charity and prisoner work wins $1 million Global Teacher Prize
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A Saudi educator known for his charity work and instructing prisoners won the $1 million Global Teacher Prize on Thursday. Mansour al-Mansour received the award at the end of the World Governments Summit in Dubai, an annual event that draws leaders from across the globe. Al-Mansour is...
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Italian skier Brignone wins the GS at worlds as defending champ Shiffrin skips race
SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) - Federica Brignone won the women's giant slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships on Thursday. The Italian skier beat Alice Robinson of New Zealand by 0.90 seconds for her second medal from these worlds after earning silver in super-G a week ago. Paula Moltzan of the United St...
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Krista McCarville's road to hometown Scotties Tournament of Hearts intense
Her face plastered on billboards in her hometown of Thunder Bay, Ont., turned up the heat on Krista McCarville's curling team this winter. Marketing aside, she and her teammates still had to win Northern Ontario to gain entry to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts starting Friday in Thunder Bay's Fort William Gardens. Mc...
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A capsule look at teams in the 2025 Canadian women's curling championship
A capsule look at the teams competing in the 2025 Canadian women's curling championship Feb. 14-23 in Thunder Bay, Ont. Teams' seeds (in brackets) via Curling Canada's Canadian Team Ranking System (CTRS). Team members listed third to alternate: POOL A Rachel Homan - Defending champion (1) Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sar...
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