BOY FOUND SAFE
Mission boy found safe after joint search including helicopter, police dogs
MISSION - A 5-year-old boy has been found safe after he wandered away from a children's day camp in the Stave Falls area of Mission on Tuesday (Mar.18). The children had been playing hide-and-seek in a forested area when the boy walked away from the rest of the group. His parents and staff searched the area for about a...
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Snowfall Warning
Snowfall Warnings in place for mountain highways east of Hope
CHILLIWACK - Spring may have arrived on the calendar this week but winter still has a firm grip on the mountain passes including the Coquihalla Highway and Highway 3.Environment Canada has a Snowfall Warning in place for the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt, as well as the Alison Pass along Highway 3.The nat...
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Mayors of border cities call on Ottawa for funding, support as tariff war continues
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Economic News
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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Information sought
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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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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Community Builders
MP Strahl awards King Charles III Coronation Medal to 20 local residents
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl has awarded 20 residents of the region with the King Charles III Coronation Medal, recognizing their leadership, service and dedication to the community.The award, created to mark the King's coronation, is being given to 30,000 Canadians. Each MP could nominate 20 recipients,...
Mar 20, 2025
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British Columbia
Ottawa to provide $1.5 billion for Metro Vancouver's transit service over a decade
VANCOUVER - The federal government has committed more than $1.5 billion over 10 years for Metro Vancouver's beleaguered transit network. A statement from the Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities says the funding deal for TransLink is the first metro-region agreement under the new Canada Public Transit ...
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Special avalanche warning for central Rockies with 'highly volatile' conditions
Avalanche Canada has issued a public warning for the central Rockies saying there have been several large avalanches over the last two weeks. It says two slides have been fatal and the snowpack "remains primed for human-triggering." The warning covers Banff and Jasper national parks and the Kananaskis area in...
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Premium Brands reports Q4 profit more than doubles, revenue up
VANCOUVER - Premium Brands Holdings Corp. reported its fourth-quarter profit more than doubled compared with a year earlier as it saw record revenue for the quarter. The specialty food company says it earned $37.3 million or 84 cents per share for the 13-week period ended Dec. 28. The result compared with a profit of $...
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Nearly half of landslides during B.C. disaster linked to logging, wildfire: study
VANCOUVER - A study has found nearly half of the landslides, debris flows and washouts that occurred during British Columbia's atmospheric river disaster in November 2021 originated in areas that had been logged or burned by wildfire. Severe rains triggered a landslide that killed five people on a stretch of Highway 99...
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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
Mayors of border cities call on Ottawa for funding, support as tariff war continues
Mayors of several Canadian border cities and towns are calling for support from the federal government as the tariff war with the United States starts to hurt their communities. They say their communities are disproportionately impacted because local businesses rely heavily on cross-border movement of goods and visitor...
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Carney confirms Liberals won't proceed with planned capital gains tax change
OTTAWA - Days before he's expected to call a federal election, Prime Minister Mark Carney is confirming he won't move ahead with a key Liberal tax policy. The Prime Minister's Office says a plan to hike the inclusion rate on capital gains, first pitched in the federal budget last year, will not move forward. The propos...
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Syrian-Canadians call on Ottawa to drop sanctions, reach out to war-ravaged country
OTTAWA - Canadians with ties to Syria say it's time for Ottawa to drop sanctions on the country and help nudge its new leaders toward a democratic, pluralistic future. "There's a lot to be lost if we do not support Syria at this vulnerable time," said Bayan Khatib, co-founder of the Syrian Canadian Foundation...
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Quebec town says U.S. is limiting Canadian access to border-straddling library
STANSTEAD, Que. - The town of Stanstead, Que., says U.S. authorities have unilaterally decided to close the main Canadian entrance to the Victorian-style library that straddles the border between the two countries. For decades, Canadian visitors to the town have been able to walk across the border into Derby Line, Vt.,...
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Toronto flights from Heathrow cancelled after London fire causes power outage
TORONTO - Toronto's Pearson airport says all arriving flights from Heathrow have been cancelled after an overnight fire caused a power outage and forced the British airport to close for the day. Pearson airport lists at least five scheduled arriving flights from Heathrow as cancelled, as well as two departing flights. ...
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Poilievre outlines plan to boost apprenticeships, training for trades workers
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is announcing a plan to boost training and jobs for workers in skilled trades. In a news release this morning, Poilievre says his plan for "more boots, less suits" will expand training halls and provide direct grants and faster employment insurance for apprentices...
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World
Israel's top court halts Netanyahu's dismissal of the country's internal security chief
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's top court on Friday ordered a temporary halt to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's dismissal of the country's domestic security chief until his appeal can be heard. The Supreme Court's decision came hours after Netanyahu's Cabinet unanimously approved his request to fire the head of the Shin ...
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Sudan's military says it has retaken the last area of the capital held by rival paramilitary forces
CAIRO (AP) - Sudan's military said it retook the Republican Palace in Khartoum, the last bastion in the capital of rival paramilitary forces, after nearly two years of fighting. Social media videos showed its soldiers inside giving the date as the 21st day of Ramadan, which was Friday. A Sudanese military officer weari...
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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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Sports
Rugby Canada names 14-player roster for Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens later this month
Taylor Perry has been named to Canada's team for the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens, returning to the rugby sevens squad for the first time since winning silver at last summer's Paris Olympics. Perry has been playing 15s rugby in England with the Exeter Chiefs. Exeter teammate Sabrina Poulin also returns for the first ti...
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Auger-Aliassime into third round at Miami Open with win over Aussie qualifier
MIAMI - Montreal's Félix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the third round of the Miami Open with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Australian qualifier Tristan Schoolkate on Friday. The 24-year-old Canadian was solid on serve, converting 84 per cent of service points with six aces. He saved the only break point he faced and scored...
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Canadian kickboxer looks to take a step closer to regaining One Championship title
Canadian kickboxer Jonathan Di Bella looks to take a step closer to regaining his One Championship's strawweight world title Sunday when he takes Thailand's Sam-A Gaiyanghadao at One 172 in Saitama, Japan. The two are fighting for the One Championship interim crown. That's because Thailand's Prajanchai PK Saenchai hold...
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