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CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted - Week of March 16, 2025
CHILLIWACK - Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.Name: Christopher Lutz-VeinotAge: 30Height: 6'1" ft Weight: 205lbs Hair: Brown Eyes: HazelWanted: Unlawfully at LargeWarrant in effect: March 8, 2025Parole Jurisdiction: VancouverName: Ronald Duguay...
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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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CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted - Week of March 16, 2025
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Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
Carney wants call with Trump, PM 'respects' president's economic goals: ambassador
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Canada's Homan beats Sweden's Hasselborg at women's world curling championship
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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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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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HELP AFTER LOSING HOME
Chilliwack residents who lost home in Sunday fire appeal for community support
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack couple is garnering support after losing their home in an apartment fire on Sunday (Mar. 9). Shortly before 1 p.m., fire crews quickly extinguished a blaze in a ground-floor apartment unit in the 46000 block of Yale Road. Although the fire didn't spread to other units, it still displaced two p...
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British Columbia
Canadian woman returns home after being detained by U.S. immigration officials
VANCOUVER - The mother of a British Columbia woman who was detained for nearly two weeks by immigration officials in the United States says her daughter is back on home soil. Alexis Eagles confirmed Saturday that her daughter, Jasmine Mooney, landed at the Vancouver International Airport at around midnight and returned...
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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...
Mar 15, 2025
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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...
Mar 14, 2025
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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
Mar 14, 2025
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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...
Mar 14, 2025
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Canada
Carney wants call with Trump, PM 'respects' president's economic goals: ambassador
OTTAWA - Canada's ambassador to the U.S. says Prime Minister Mark Carney is looking to set up a conversation with President Donald Trump "as soon as possible." In an interview with Fox News on Sunday morning, Ambassador Kirsten Hillman said the Canadian side has reached out to the U.S. since Carney was sworn ...
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Art of medicine: Quebec doctors in training visit museum to better diagnose patients
MONTREAL - Classes on disease and anatomy are par for the course in traditional medical training, but a new program at a Quebec university is making visits to the art museum a mandatory part of the curriculum for physicians in training. Through portraits and sculptures, medical students at Université de Montr&ea...
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So Donald Trump wants more border security? Here's how the RCMP is ramping up efforts
WINDSOR, Ont. - Ian Smith used to spend most of his days behind a desk in the RCMP's Windsor, Ont., detachment, working on investigations and performing administrative duties. As a member of the force's border integrity unit, the constable says he didn't even have to wear his uniform. But that recently changed. Smith n...
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Canadian woman returns home after being detained by U.S. immigration officials
VANCOUVER - The mother of a British Columbia woman who was detained for nearly two weeks by immigration officials in the United States says her daughter is back on home soil. Alexis Eagles confirmed Saturday that her daughter, Jasmine Mooney, landed at the Vancouver International Airport at around midnight and returned...
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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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World
51 dead and dozens more injured in nightclub fire in North Macedonia
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) - A massive fire that broke out early Sunday in a nightclub in North Macedonia's eastern town of Kocani has killed 51 people and injured about 100 more, interior minister Panche Toshkovski told a press conference. The blaze began around 2:35 a.m. during a concert by a local pop group, accor...
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Rebels in Yemen say death toll from US strikes has climbed to 31, including women and children
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The Houthi rebel-run Health Ministry says the death toll from U.S. strikes on Yemen has climbed to 31, including women and children. Anees al-Asbahi, a spokesperson for the ministry, said Sunday that another 101 people were wounded in the overnight strikes. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. A...
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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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Sports
Canada's Homan beats Sweden's Hasselborg at women's world curling championship
UIJEONGBU-SI - Canada's Rachel Homan made a draw for a single in the 10th end for a 9-7 win over Sweden's Anna Hasselborg on Sunday at the LGT world women's curling championship. Homan, from Ottawa, improved her round-robin record to 2-1 with the victory at Uijeongbu Arena. Hasselborg, also 2-1, scored three points in ...
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Elias Pettersson producing as Vancouver Canucks push for playoffs
VANCOUVER - Elias Pettersson is feeling good - and that's good news for the Vancouver Canucks. The Swedish centre scored his 15th goal of the season and contributed an assist Saturday, helping the Canucks trounce the Chicago Blackhawks 6-2. Pettersson now has four goals in his last five games. "Yeah, can you belie...
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NHL roundup: Ovechkin moves closer to Gretzky's record as Capitals beat Sharks 5-1
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Alex Ovechkin scored his 887th career goal Saturday to move within eight of breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record and the Washington Capitals beat the San Jose Sharks 5-1. Ovechkin deflected a shot from Martin Fehervary past Georgi Romanov with 9:06 remaining in the third period. Romanov is the NH...
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