Commercial vehicle fire
Hope firefighters contain commercial vehicle fire before it spreads
HOPE - Hope Fire Department says two of its engines were dispatched Friday afternoon for a commercial vehicle trailer on fire.According to a social media post, Hope fire crews were dispatched at 4:49 p.m. Friday, March 14 after a semi trailer caught fire on Corbett Street between 4th and 5th Avenues. Once they arrived,...
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Chilliwack River Valley
Abandoned motor home found junked in the Chilliwack River Valley
CHILLIWACK - Exasperated by the presence of unsightly vehicles that get dumped along Chilliwack Lake Road or nearby forest service roads, Chilliwack cleanup volunteer Ross Aikenhead says yet another abandoned motor home has been located in the Chilliwack River Valley.Aikenhead, who devotes several hours each week to pi...
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Langley RCMP arrest 37-year-old man for alleged assault of a nurse, suspect already released
LANGLEY - Mounties in Langley say they're investigating an alleged assault on a nurse at Langley Memorial Hospital that happened earlier this month. According to a statement from Langley RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, police responded to the report of an assault in progress on Saturday, March 8 at about 12:15 a....
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FortisBC won't immediately raise gas rates for many of its customers
CHILLIWACK - FortisBC Energy Inc. says it has received regulatory approval to maintain the current cost of gas rate for many of its customers. According to a statement from the company, the British Columbia Utilities Commission has approved FortisBC's request to maintain the gas rate cost for its customers at $2.230 pe...
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Vehicle incident
Vehicle crashes into Chilliwack roundabout late Saturday, damages signs
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Fire Department and Chilliwack RCMP personnel were dispatched late Saturday night (Mar. 15) after a vehicle incident at the roundabout at Tyson Road and Watson Road in Chilliwack. According to scanner traffic, Chilliwack Fire Engines 1 and 4 were called for the report of an accident at about 11:...
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Cross-border smuggler
Zimbabwean man caught smuggling drugs between area southeast of Hope, B.C., and Washington
ROSS LAKE/NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK - A Zimbabwean citizen has pleaded guilty to gun and drug crimes after he illegally crossed into the U.S. from Canada, between an area southeast of Hope, B.C., and Western Washington, on two occasions with the intent to distribute narcotics. According to a statement from the U.S. ...
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British Columbia
Ayurvedic medicine tainted with heavy metals in B.C., linked to lead poisoning case
Fraser Health says a case of lead poisoning in Surrey, B.C., has been connected to unauthorized Ayurvedic alternative medicine, prompting a warning about the products being sold at a grocery store in the city. The health authority says the products that were sold at the All in One Wholesale Cash and Carry on 85th Ave. ...
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B.C. hydro rates to increase in 2025, 2026 but remain among lowest in North America
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's energy minister says the province is setting annual rate increases for electricity for the next two years in response to rising demand for power and economic uncertainty. Adrian Dix says the government will be submitting a "rate stability direction" to the B.C. Utilities Commiss...
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First Nation gets village site back from pulp company on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast
POWELL RIVER, B.C. - The Tla'amin First Nation and forestry giant Domtar have reached an agreement for the nation to reacquire a large portion of a historic village site along the B.C. Sunshine Coast. The nation and Domtar issued a joint statement saying the two sides took part in a ceremony to sign the agreement that ...
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Marathon Vancouver airport hotel strike ends after 1,411 days
RICHMOND, B.C. - The union representing workers at the Radisson Blu Vancouver Airport Hotel says staff have ratified a new collective agreement, ending a nearly four-year-long strike. Unite Here Local 40 says the 1,411-day strike was the longest in Canadian history and the agreement provides a pathway back to work for ...
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Canadians join 'Tesla Takedown' protests
Canadians join 'Tesla Takedown' protests against Musk, Trump in the Fraser Valley
SURREY, B.C. - Canadians in several cities have joined a series of "Tesla Takedown" protests happening across the United States and parts of Europe. Protesters say they have been moved to act by Tesla CEO Elon Musk's "interfering" in politics and his role advising U.S. President Donald Trump, who ha...
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B.C. police watchdog called after RCMP shoot, injure man suspected of carrying a gun
PENTICTON, B.C. - Mounties in British Columbia's southern Interior say the province's police watchdog has been called in after a shooting involving an officer that sent one man to hospital with gunshot injuries. A statement from the RCMP says officers from Penticton had attempted to conduct a traffic stop for a person ...
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Canada
Court denies certification of $2.5-million Black class action lawsuit
OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge has dismissed a motion to certify a proposed class action lawsuit that was launched by Black public servants in 2020 who alleged there was systemic racism within the public service. In an "order and reasons" document, Justice Jocelyne Gagné says the case doesn't sufficien...
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Former prime minister Brian Mulroney to be featured on Canada Post stamp
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Second set of remains found at Manitoba landfill confirmed as Marcedes Myran
WINNIPEG - A second set of remains found in a Winnipeg-area landfill have been identified as Marcedes Myran, who died at the hands of a serial killer in 2022, RCMP said Monday. The news came after one set of remains found during a search of the Prairie Green landfill was confirmed earlier this month to belong to anothe...
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Rainy, warm weather leads to flooding, school closures in parts of Quebec
MONTREAL - Record warm weather has sent several Quebec rivers spilling over their banks, leading to school and road closures and voluntary evacuation notices in some parts of the province. In Beauceville, Que., south of Quebec City, officials cancelled classes and opened an evacuation centre at the local arena after an...
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Marathon Vancouver airport hotel strike ends after 1,411 days
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M23 rebels withdraw from planned talks with Congo government, citing international sanctions
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured key areas of Congo's mineral-rich east said Monday they were withdrawing peace talks this week with the Congolese government, saying that international sanctions that have been imposed on the group's members undermine such dialogue. The talks scheduled to star...
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A judge ordered a Brown University professor not be deported. She was sent back to Lebanon anyway.
BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge wants to know why a doctor from Lebanon with a U.S. visa was deported, after he ordered that she not be removed until he could hear her case. Dr. Rasha Alawieh, 34, had been granted the visa on March 11 and arrived at Boston Logan International Airport on Thursday, according to a complaint...
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Trump says he will talk to Putin on Tuesday as he pushes for end to Ukraine war
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said he would speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday as he pushes to end the war in Ukraine. The U.S. leader disclosed the upcoming conversation to reporters while flying from Florida to Washington on Air Force One on Sunday evening. "We will see if we have so...
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Sports
Canada's road to the Women's T20 World Cup end in qualifying loss to the U.S.
BUENOS AIRES - The United States dominated Canada in a 78-run win Monday at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Region Qualifier to advance to the final stage of T20 World Cup qualifying, once again barring the Canadians from moving on. The American women scored runs late to beef up their total, finishing at 131 for...
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NHL general managers zero in on goaltender interference and other coach's challenges
MANALAPAN, Fla. (AP) - Coaches are challenging goals one way or the other for goaltender interference at the highest rate in six seasons, playoff races across the NHL are tight and the chase for the Stanley Cup is a month away. Because of all that, video review - and particularly coach's challenges for goalie interfere...
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Roden and Straw show their mettle in push for outfielder jobs with Toronto Blue Jays
Alan Roden is proving he's up for the challenge. Myles Straw is showing he can also hang at the big-league level. The Toronto Blue Jays outfielders have been in the spotlight for different reasons in recent weeks and their strong pre-season play has left team brass with some tough decisions to make ahead of the club's ...
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