Agriculture
Sweet Spring festival kicks off the season at Greendale Acres
CHILLIWACK - Spring is set to bloom in Chilliwack as Greendale Acres Farm kicks off its seasonal festivities with the return of the Sweet Spring Flower and Animal Festival.The festival, running from March 27 to May 11, will welcome visitors of all ages to the farm to celebrate the beauty and bounty of spring.Visitors c...
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Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA to host office opening
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA Á'a:líya Warbus is inviting constituents to an open house at her new community office on March 26. The event runs from 4 to 6 p.m., giving residents a chance to meet Warbus and her team. "With so many new MLAs elected last October, it was no small task to get u...
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Mission expands business service partnership
MISSION - The City of Mission is expanding its business services agreement with the Mission Regional Chamber of Commerce to provide more support, events and resources for local businesses.Under the new three-year agreement, the Chamber will develop a comprehensive welcome package for new businesses, offering key tools ...
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Chilliwack RCMP seek public assistance to locate missing man
CHILLIWACK - Police are asking for the public's help in locating Jeffery Charles Zehr, 51, who was reported missing on March 11.Zehr, who also goes by Charlie, is described as a Caucasian man, five-foot-eight with a grey beard.Police and family are concerned for his well-being.Anyone with information on Zehr's whereabo...
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PM Mark Carney expected to call federal election on Sunday
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to call a federal election on Sunday for a vote as early as April 28. Sources would not confirm the specific date of the vote, but federal campaigns must run at least 37 days. This will be Canada's 45th federal election. Canada's political parties have been mobilizing cam...
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Special Weather Statement
Highways leading to the Interior from Hope could see significant snow Thursday night
HOPE - A taste of winter is expected to linger on the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt and from Hope to Princeton on the first night of spring.Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Highway 5 from Thursday night to Friday morning, warning that significant snowfall could accumulate.A simila...
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British Columbia
Man convicted of manslaughter in 2023 stabbing of teen on Surrey, B.C., bus
Homicide investigators say a man has been found guilty of manslaughter in the 2023 stabbing death of a 17-year-old boy on a bus in Surrey, B.C. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says in a statement that Kaiden Mintenko from Burnaby, B.C., was found guilty Thursday after a trial in B.C. Supreme Court in New Wes...
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Fire chief says blaze in Burnaby, B.C., highrise injures 15, three seriously
BURNABY, B.C. - A fire in a highrise in the Metro Vancouver suburb of Burnaby has sent 15 to hospital, three of them with serious injuries. Fire Chief Ian Hetherington says about four dozen firefighters responded to the blaze early Thursday in a 19-storey cement building and found the fourth floor full of heavy smoke. ...
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B.C. Wildfire Service sees record number of applications for 2025 season: province
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Wildfire Service has recorded its highest-ever number of applicants ahead of the 2025 season while expanding First Nations recruitment. A statement from the Forests Ministry says the service has received more than 1,700 applications since October, the highest number ever received. Nearly...
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One of 126 urban deer tests positive for wasting disease in B.C.
VICTORIA - One of 126 urban deer culled in southeastern British Columbia to determine if they were sick has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The government culled the animals in Cranbrook and Kimberley last month to determine if the disease was spreading in the urban deer population. Five other cases of chr...
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Trade war windfall for B.C. food bank - hundreds of kilograms of unsold U.S. produce
The trend toward buying Canadian has created a silver lining for a food bank in Nanaimo, B.C., which has been flooded with hundreds of kilograms of American produce. Peter Sinclair, executive director of Loaves & Fishes Community Food Bank, says a food recovery program allows them to accept surplus or unsold items ...
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Special Weather Statement
Highways leading to the Interior from Hope could see significant snow Thursday night
HOPE - A taste of winter is expected to linger on the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt and from Hope to Princeton on the first night of spring.Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Highway 5 from Thursday night to Friday morning, warning that significant snowfall could accumulate.A simila...
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Canada
Liberals revoke Arya's nomination, after removing him from leadership race
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Chandra Arya says his nomination to run for the party again in his Ottawa riding has been revoked. The 62-year-old has represented the city's Nepean seat since 2015. The decision to remove him comes almost two months after the party also told Arya it would not accept him as a candidate for the leade...
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Yukon pharmacare deal to cover contraceptives, diabetes meds at little or no cost
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon and federal governments have announced a $9.5-million pharmacare agreement over four years, giving universal access to contraceptive and diabetes medications for the territory's residents. A joint news release says the agreement will support reproductive freedom for up to 12,000 Yukoners and make...
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Man convicted of manslaughter in 2023 stabbing of teen on Surrey, B.C., bus
Homicide investigators say a man has been found guilty of manslaughter in the 2023 stabbing death of a 17-year-old boy on a bus in Surrey, B.C. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says in a statement that Kaiden Mintenko from Burnaby, B.C., was found guilty Thursday after a trial in B.C. Supreme Court in New Wes...
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Fire chief says blaze in Burnaby, B.C., highrise injures 15, three seriously
BURNABY, B.C. - A fire in a highrise in the Metro Vancouver suburb of Burnaby has sent 15 to hospital, three of them with serious injuries. Fire Chief Ian Hetherington says about four dozen firefighters responded to the blaze early Thursday in a 19-storey cement building and found the fourth floor full of heavy smoke. ...
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Canada pledges nearly $100M for Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are announcing nearly $100 million in humanitarian relief and governance support for Palestinians, days before a widely expected election. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, who took on the file of international development last week, is announcing funding for major agencies wor...
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World Happiness Report lists Canada as happiest G7 country
Canada may be the happiest member of the G7, according to the recently released World Happiness report, but it's taken quite a tumble over the past couple of decades. The report, edited by a professor at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, has Canada at No. 18, with the next closest G7 nation being Germany at No. 22....
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World
Florida man is executed for the killings of an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man who killed an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother on a night in which he drank heavily and used drugs was executed Thursday evening. Prison officials said Edward James, 63, was pronounced dead at 8:15 p.m. after receiving a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. He d...
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Jury convicts 2 men of plotting to assassinate an Iranian American journalist in New York
NEW YORK (AP) - A jury has convicted two men of plotting to assassinate Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad at her home in New York City in a murder-for-hire scheme that prosecutors said was financed by the Iranian government. The verdict was returned at a federal court in New York on Thursday, ending a two-week...
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Georgetown scholar detained over American wife's Palestinian ties, lawyer says
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday ordered immigration officials not to deport a Georgetown scholar that the government detained until the court has had a chance to rule. U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles in Alexandria, Virginia, ordered that Badar Khan Suri "shall not be removed from the...
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Sports
Ovechkin scores his 888th career NHL goal as the Capitals beat the Flyers 3-2
WASHINGTON (AP) - Alex Ovechkin scored his 888th career goal to continue his pursuit of the NHL record, and the Washington Capitals moved to the verge of clinching a playoff berth by beating the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Thursday night. Ovechkin beat Samuel Ersson with 5:35 left in the first period to move eight goals...
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Jets rebound with win over Oilers, reach 100-point milestone
EDMONTON - It didn't take long for the Winnipeg Jets to prove that Tuesday's 6-2 loss in Vancouver was an aberration. Playing another top Western Conference squad, Kyle Connor scored the overtime winner as the Jets came away with a narrow 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday. The Oilers were without the lea...
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Butler scores 18, but Curry injured in Warriors 117-114 win over Raptors
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Jimmy Butler had 18 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists for his second triple-double with Golden State, and the Warriors held on to beat the Toronto Raptors 117-114 on Thursday night after Stephen Curry left the game with an injury. Curry, who was held out of Tuesday's win over the Milwaukee Bucks t...
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