

Administrative penalties
B.C. govt. refers Hope wastewater facility for administrative penalties due to alleged non-compliance
HOPE - The B.C. Ministry of Environment and Parks has referred the District of Hope for administrative penalties over alleged non-compliance of its wastewater treatment facility on Tom Berry Road in Hope. According to a B.C. government report dated March 7, 2025, involving file number 4125 and report number 238081, an ...
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Roundabout crash
Impairment not a factor in Saturday night's roundabout crash: Chilliwack RCMP
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson says impairment did not contribute to Saturday night's vehicle crash at the Tyson Road-Watson Road roundabout in Sardis. According to an email from RCMP spokesperson Debbie Sargent to Fraser Valley Today, Chilliwack RCMP received a call from B.C. Emergency Health Services Sat...
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Manitoba Bisons star Jackson Tachinski to pull double duty at CFL's national combine
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Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
Administrative penalties
B.C. govt. refers Hope wastewater facility for administrative penalties due to alleged non-compliance
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Judge rules DOGE's USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution
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Fraser Valley


Tulip festival returns
Tulip festival returns to Chilliwack in just over 3 weeks
CHILLIWACK - Spring is set to blossom in an array of dazzling colours in Chilliwack as the Botanica Tulip Festival gears up for a return to the Fraser Valley. Nearly two million bulbs spread across 14 acres of spectacular blooms await visitors to the second annual Botanica Tulip Festival, tentatively slated to open on ...
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Valley Huskers
Valley Huskers announce record-tying number of U Sports commits, highlighting Chilliwack club's ongoing success
CHILLIWACK - The Canadian Junior Football League member Valley Huskers have announced a record-tying number of U Sports commits this off-season, spotlighting the continued success of the club as a premier launching pad for aspiring football players eager to excel. With eight athletes officially moving on to the next le...
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Missing man
Langley RCMP appeal for help locating a missing 62-year-old man
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Langley are asking for the public's help in locating a 62-year-old male who was reported missing last week.According to a statement from Langley RCMP Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, Bernard Schon was reported missing on Monday, March 10. However, he was last seen on Friday, February 14, 2025. Description o...
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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,...
Mar 17, 2025
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Administrative penalties
B.C. govt. refers Hope wastewater facility for administrative penalties due to alleged non-compliance
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Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
Roundabout crash
Impairment not a factor in Saturday night's roundabout crash: Chilliwack RCMP
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Vehicle incident
UPDATE: Impairment not a factor as vehicle crashes into Chilliwack roundabout late Saturday
Mar 17, 2025
CAMPSITE BOOKINGS REOPEN
Golden Ears Park set to reopen months after flooding
Mar 15, 2025
ROLLER DERBY COMP
Local roller derby league set to take on U.S. team in Chilliwack
Mar 15, 2025
British Columbia


No charges for Vancouver officer involved in fatal 2022 shooting: prosecutors
VICTORIA - A Vancouver Police officer will not be charged over a fatal shooting in a city rooming house in May 2022. The British Columbia Prosecution Service says in a statement the shooting happened at the Patricia Hotel in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside shortly after staff called 911 to report a resident assaulting ot...
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Assault charges for man accused of bear-spraying Mounties in Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - RCMP have arrested a man who allegedly bear-sprayed two officers in Nanaimo, B.C. Police say they were called out Saturday afternoon to a report of a man throwing an axe into the back of a passing truck. They say officers who arrived at the scene recognized the suspect as someone with outstanding warran...
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McDonald's Canada testing a vegetable-based burger - again
BRAMPTON, Ont. - McDonald's Canada is trying its hand at a vegetable-based burger - again. The fast-food chain announced Tuesday that it will test its new McVeggie at some restaurants in Langley, Richmond and Surrey, B.C., as well as Brampton and Windsor, Ont., and Dieppe, Moncton, Riverview and Sussex, N.S., until Apr...
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It's not business as usual for Canadians who want to stay in the U.S., lawyers warn
VANCOUVER - Immigration lawyers say the case of a Vancouver woman detained in the United States over a denied visa is a warning to other Canadians that it's no longer business as usual when crossing the border for work. Jasmine Mooney returned to Vancouver this weekend after she was detained for about 12 days when she ...
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B.C. resident returns library book 64 years later, credits it for saving lives
VANCOUVER - An 83-year-old British Columbia man has returned a book to the University of B.C. Library 64 years late, but he had a good excuse. Librarian Susan Parker received a package from Robert Murray in the mail with the book, a $100 cheque for late fees and an explanation. Murray's letter says the book, a 1931 edi...
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Empty shelves, idle escalators: Shoppers look for piece of history at the Bay stores
Empty shelves and idle escalators greeted shoppers Monday as they poked through Hudson's Bay stores looking for bargains and perhaps a piece of history. In Edmonton, some racks at two Bay locations were picked clean as a mere handful of older men and women took advantage of 40, 50, 60 and even 70 per cent discounts. Th...
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Canada


Axworthy calls on Poland, Baltic states to abide by treaty banning landmines
OTTAWA - Former foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy says Canada should work to convince eastern European countries alarmed by Russian aggression to abide by a treaty banning the use of anti-personnel landmines. Poland and the three Baltic nations say they want to withdraw from the international treaty banning landm...
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List of nominations announced by the National Newspaper Awards
TORONTO - Finalists for the National Newspaper Awards include four nominations for the national news agency The Canadian Press/La Presse Canadienne. Here's look at the categories and contenders: ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT -Richie Assaly, Toronto Star, for his portfolio of stories about musicians Mustafa, John Kameel Farah ...
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Carney hopes recovering remains from Winnipeg landfill bring families closure
IQALUIT - Prime Minister Mark Carney says he hopes recovering the remains of two First Nations women murdered by a serial killer from a Manitoba landfill brings closure to their families. RCMP have confirmed two sets of remains discovered at the Prairie Green landfill in the past month belong to Morgan Harris and Marce...
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Ford says energy surcharge remains on table but he won't 'antagonize' U.S. in talks
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is keeping the possibility of reintroducing a surcharge on electricity exported to the United States in his back pocket, but for now he doesn't want to "antagonize" American officials. Ford was speaking today about the meeting he had last week with U.S. Secretary of...
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Two years after fatal fire, Montreal tightens rules on short-term rentals like Airbnb
MONTREAL - Montreal has passed tighter restrictions for short-term rentals on platforms like Airbnb in a bid to ease the city's housing crisis. City council adopted a new bylaw today to allow people to rent their homes for short stays only between June 10 and Sept. 10. The new rules come two years after seven people di...
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Four to be charged after organized crime-related police operation in Kanesatake
OKA, Que. - Quebec provincial police say four people are expected to appear in court this afternoon following a police operation linked to organized crime in a Mohawk settlement outside Montreal. Sgt. Marc Tessier says police arrested three men in their forties along with a 31-year-old woman and seized drugs and weapon...
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World


Presidents of Congo and Rwanda meet in Qatar to discuss insurgency in eastern Congo
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - The presidents of Congo and neighboring Rwanda met Tuesday in Qatar for their first direct talks since Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized two major cities in mineral-rich eastern Congo earlier this year, the three governments said. The meeting between Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwanda's P...
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Judge rules DOGE's USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development likely violated the Constitution and blocked billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from further cuts. U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland ordered the Trump administrati...
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Pentagon aims to cut up to 60,000 civilian jobs. About a third of those took voluntary resignations
WASHINGTON (AP) - Roughly 50,000 to 60,000 civilian jobs will be cut in the Defense Department, but fewer than 21,000 workers who took a voluntary resignation plan are leaving in the coming months, a senior defense official told reporters Tuesday. To reach the goal of a 5% to 8% cut in a civilian workforce of more than...
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Sports


Manitoba Bisons star Jackson Tachinski to pull double duty at CFL's national combine
Once again, Jackson Tachinski will pull double duty. The Manitoba Bisons star will perform at quarterback and receiver at the CFL's national combine, which begins Friday in Regina. Tachinski's prowess under centre is well known as he was Canada West's top player last season after passing for 1,842 yards and rushing for...
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Cortina's controversial Olympic sliding track slated for test runs by 60 athletes next week
ROME (AP) - The track's essential structure is done. The ice is being prepared. And next week, 60 athletes are slated to test the controversial sliding center for next year's Milan-Cortina Olympics. "The track's structure is done. We had it in our calendars to finish by March 16 and that's when it was finished,&qu...
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Canadian women to open Pacific Four Series title defence in Kansas City in May
The Canadian women's rugby team will open defence of its Pacific Four Series title on May 2 against the ninth-ranked United States at CPKC Stadium in Kansas City. Second-ranked Canada will then fly to Christchurch to face the third-ranked New Zealand Black Ferns on May 17 at Apollo Projects Stadium. The final game of t...
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