CAMPSITE BOOKINGS REOPEN
Golden Ears Park set to reopen months after flooding
MAPLE RIDGE - Visitors can soon start camping at Golden Ears Provincial Park, which was shut down last fall due to damage from an atmospheric river weather system. According to a release by the Ministry of Environment and Parks, storm repairs are well underway at the popular site north of Maple Ridge. If construction g...
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ROLLER DERBY COMP
Local roller derby league set to take on U.S. team in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Hard-hitting blocks, high-speed wheels and jam-packed action are rolling into the Chilliwack Landing Sports Centre next week as the city's own NWO Roller Derby league goes head-to-head with Portland's Rose City Wreckers. "The energy on game day is unreal," said NWO Roller Derby Board Member Eryne...
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Fraser Valley
Howden and Drury return to podium on four-medal day for Canada at ski cross World Cup
THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, Ont. - Reece Howden and Kevin Drury returned to the podium Saturday on a four-medal day for Canada at a ski cross World Cup at Craigleith Ski Club. Howden, from Cultus Lake, B.C., finished second behind Germany's Florian Wilmsmann after taking gold a day earlier. Drury, from Toronto, took his second...
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IMPAIRED DRIVERS
Nearly 300 impaired drivers removed from Abbotsford roads since January
ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford Police Department is looking to remind motorists to "Drive sober or get pulled over."Throughout March, AbbyPD officers from Patrol Shift 3 are conducting "Project Julian"- an enforcement campaign to remove impaired drivers from local roads. According to a social media pos...
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IHIT investigation
Second-degree murder charge laid against Agassiz inmate allegedly involved in deadly cafeteria fight
AGASSIZ - The B.C. Prosecution Service has approved one count of second-degree murder against an inmate at an Agassiz prison for his alleged role in an assault involving multiple inmates in December 2024. According to a statement from IHIT spokesperson Sgt. Freda Fong, Agassiz RCMP members responded to an altercation o...
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B.C. university lays off faculty
B.C. university with 2 Fraser Valley campuses issues multiple lay-off notices
FRASER VALLEY - A Metro Vancouver university with campuses in the Fraser Valley says about 70 of its faculty members received lay-off notices after a sharp decline in international students reduced the school's revenue by about $49 million. Laurie Clancy, vice-president of human resources at Kwantlen Polytechnic Univer...
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British Columbia
B.C. prison inmate charged with second-degree murder after fatal cafeteria fight
AGASSIZ, B.C. - An inmate at a British Columbia prison has been charged with second-degree murder over a death in a cafeteria fight. Homicide investigators say Therae Racette-Beaulieu has been charged in the death of Christopher Braun, who was fatally injured in the fight on Dec. 15. Police say several inmates attacked...
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Eby responds to Alaskan senator's threat to have cruise ships bypass B.C. ports
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he is standing firm behind the legislation granting the province the ability to levy new fees on U.S. commercial trucks heading to Alaska, despite political threats involving the cruise ship sector from an Alaskan senator. Eby says in response to comments made by U.S. Sen. Dan Su...
Mar 14, 2025
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B.C. CARBON TAX
B.C. government to cut carbon tax after Liberal government removes consumer federal carbon price
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier David Eby has announced that the Province is following suit on Prime Minister Mark Carney's move to end consumer carbon pricing. In a statement Friday afternoon (Mar. 14), Eby said this comes as part of a provincial commitment last year to get rid of the carbon tax as soon as the feds remove the...
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CP NewsAlert: Eby announces ending of provincial carbon tax
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's Premier David Eby says his government will repeal the province's carbon tax this legislative session, after new Prime Minister Mark Carney moved to eliminate the federal version of the tax. More coming. The Canadian Press
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Advocates and family of man shot by RCMP launch 'people's tribunal' to probe police
VANCOUVER - Legal advocates and relatives of an Indigenous man shot dead by RCMP officers in Campbell River, B.C., in 2021 have launched what they call a "people's tribunal" to investigate crimes committed by police. Laura Holland, the mother of Jared Lowndes, says she's "tired of waiting" for justi...
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RCMP arrest suspects in shooting in Penticton, B.C.
PENTICTON, B.C. - Mounties in Penticton, B.C., say they've arrested the final two suspects in a shooting in the city earlier this month. No one was hurt in the shooting and police say one suspect was taken into custody immediately after the incident on March 6, but two other people escaped. The Emergency Response Team ...
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Canada
Canadian officials, Muslim leaders call for action against Islamophobia
MONTREAL - Federal officials marked International Day to Combat Islamophobia Saturday by calling on Canadians to push back against bigotry directed at the country's Muslim communities. But one organization that defends the civil rights of Canada's Muslim says not enough is being done to counter the rising tide of hate....
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Clients of Halifax 'rage room' take aim at portraits of U.S. President Donald Trump
HALIFAX - After placing a framed photo of U.S. President Donald Trump on a table, Matthew Burke steps back and takes a mighty swing with a baseball bat. Glass shatters as the frame explodes. The obliterated image vanishes. Satisfied with his effort, the 14-year-old - dressed in dark coveralls, a paintball mask and body...
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Canada and Greece sign memorandum of understanding on tourism between the countries
MONTREAL - Canada and Greece have signed a memorandum of understanding to promote tourism between the two countries, a type of agreement one tourism expert says will become more common as Canada strengthens its bonds with European Union nations and looks for tourism markets beyond the United States. Innovation, Science...
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Carney orders review of F-35 fighter jet purchase from U.S.'s Lockheed Martin
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked for a review of Canada's plan to purchase a fleet of F-35 fighter jets. The deal with Lockheed Martin and the U.S. government is for 88 planes at a cost of about US$85 million each. A spokesperson for Defence Minister Bill Blair says Carney has asked Blair to look into whet...
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King Charles signalling support for Canada as Trump talks annexation: royal watchers
A maple tree, a red dress and a ceremonial sword may seem like cold comfort for Canadians hoping to hear their head of state defend them against U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated pitches to annex their country. But royal watchers say King Charles is showing subtle support for Canada in the only way he can, given h...
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Quebec company hopes its plan to sell bananas, other exotic produce bears fruit
SAINT-EUSTACHE, Que. - Thick, humid air envelopes Myriam Claude's banana tree, which bears a beautiful cluster of fruit, not yet ripe. Beside it are several trees blossoming with flowers, citrus fruit, and tiny pomegranates waiting to explode with flavour. But Claude's bounty isn't in the tropics. It's in an 8,750-squa...
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At least 26 dead in massive US storm after Kansas reports 8 fatalities
Violent tornadoes ripped through parts of the U.S., wiping out schools and toppling semitractor-trailers in several states, part of a monster storm that has killed at least 26 people as more severe weather was expected late Saturday. The number of fatalities increased after the Kansas Highway Patrol reported eight peop...
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Trump invokes 18th century law to declare invasion by gangs and speed deportations
Claiming the United States was being invaded by a Venezuelan gang, President Donald Trump on Saturday invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a sweeping war time authority that allows the president broader leeway on policy and executive action, to speed up mass deportations of people in the country illegally - potential...
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Trump signs a bill funding the government for 6 months, avoiding a shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation funding the government through the end of September, ending the threat of a partial government shutdown and capping off a struggle in Congress that deeply divided Democrats. Harrison Fields, White House principal deputy press secretary, said in a ...
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Sports
J.J. Spaun grabs lead at The Players Championship on windy day, Conners four shots back
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - J.J. Spaun watched his 25-foot putt swirl 360 degrees around the cup and drop for par, a fitting end to a wild, windy, round-wrecking Saturday at The Players Championship that gave him a one-shot lead going into the final round of the richest tournament in golf. The par gave Spaun a 2-und...
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Ovechkin scores 887th goal, moves within 8 of breaking Gretzky's record
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Alex Ovechkin scored his 887th career goal Saturday against the San Jose Sharks to move within eight of breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record. Ovechkin deflected a shot from Martin Fehervary past Georgi Romanov with 9:06 remaining in the third period. Romanov is the NHL-record 182nd goalie that Ov...
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With Maschmeyer out, Philips gets her chance in the Ottawa Charge net
OTTAWA - Injuries are part of the game but nothing can prepare a team for losing a top goaltender as it looks to make a push for the playoffs. Such is life for the Ottawa Charge in the Professional Women's Hockey League. Backup netminder Gwyneth Philips stopped 24 of 27 shots in a 5-2 loss to Boston on Saturday. The Fl...
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