Special weather statement
Chilliwack, Abbotsford could get pummeled by thunderstorms, heavy rain later today
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack and the rest of the Fraser Valley could get hammered by heavy downpours and thunderstorms later today. According to a special weather statement issued at 9:40 a.m. Wednesday morning (Mar. 26) by the national weather forecaster, Environment Canada says the threat of thunderstorms will increase th...
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Waste companies merge
Chilliwack-area disposal company set to merge next week with area firm
CHILLIWACK - Two Fraser Valley disposal companies are set to merge next week. Mountain View Disposal, which provides commercial garbage, recycling and organic waste management services in Chilliwack and Abbotsford, announced last week that it will merge with White Disposals. "We're very excited to announce that we...
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Special weather statement
Chilliwack, Abbotsford could get pummeled by thunderstorms, heavy rain later today
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Waste companies merge
Chilliwack-area disposal company set to merge next week with area firm
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B.C. man charged
B.C. man charged with multiple offences in incident that shut down Kelowna bridge in January
KELOWNA - A 61-year-old man from Kelowna has been charged with multiple offences in connection with a police incident that closed the William R. Bennett Bridge for most of the day in late January 2025. According to a statement from police, Roy Winter has been charged with arson, making or possessing explosive devices, ...
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Sexual assault
AbbyPD investigates sexual assault at Mill Lake Park
ABBOTSFORD - A spokesperson for the Abbotsford Police Department says police are investigating a sexual assault that occurred Monday night (Mar. 24) at Mill Lake Park in Abbotsford. According to a statement from Sgt. Paul Walker, AbbyPD patrol officers responded to a report of a sexual assault at Mill Lake Park that ha...
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Carbon tax
B.C. carbon tax to be axed effective April 1
VICTORIA - The provincial government announced Tuesday afternoon (Mar. 25) that the consumer carbon tax will be eliminated on April 1. According to a news release, the province says people will see immediate savings through the elimination of the consumer carbon tax in British Columbia. With the federal government remo...
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Vehicle incident
Update: Power restored after single-vehicle collision on Luckakuck Way in Chilliwack
UPDATE 2:32 p.m., TUESDAY: Power has now been restored to the Cottonwood Centre mall and surrounding businesses after the power outage at 11:36 a.m. Original story below: CHILLIWACK - A motor vehicle accident on Luckakuck Way near Envision Financial has led to a power outage involving more than 550 customers in Chilli...
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British Columbia
Explosives charges for man over bomb scare that shut Okanagan Lake bridge
KELOWNA, B.C. - Mounties in Kelowna, B.C., say a 61-year-old man has been charged after an explosives scare that shut down a bridge across Okanagan Lake for about 11 hours earlier this year. In a previous news release posted on Jan. 27, the RCMP said a man parked a white panel van across multiple lanes of the William R...
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B.C. energy minister says treaty not a 'bargaining chip' in U.S. trade dispute
VICTORIA - British Columbia Energy Minister Adrian Dix says U.S. President Donald Trump's claims about Canada supplying water through the Columbia River Treaty are "not accurate," and the U.S. can manage the water that flows over the border "however they see fit." Dix says there has been speculation...
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B.C. to bring in legislation to end its carbon tax on consumers starting April 1
VICTORIA - British Columbia's government says it will table legislation on Monday that eliminates the consumer carbon tax in the province. It says in a statement that the tax will be removed April 1, and it is notifying fuel sellers and natural gas retailers now so they stop collecting the tax as of that date. B.C. Pre...
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B.C. drug decriminalization and safer supply associated with more overdoses: study
VANCOUVER - A study into safer supply and drug decriminalization policies in British Columbia has found that both were associated with increased opioid overdose hospitalizations. The report says that there was no change in deaths associated with safer supply, while neither policy appeared to mitigate the opioid crisis ...
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CP NewsAlert: Three heli-skiers killed in B.C. avalanche
KASLO, B.C. - Three men have been killed in an avalanche on the east side of Kootenay Lake in southeast B.C. RCMP say the avalanche happened in an alpine area on Monday, sweeping away a group of four heli-skiers. More coming. The Canadian Press
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BC Ferries says it had no involvement in 6 sick passengers on Saturday
VICTORIA - BC Ferries says it has nothing to do with a medical incident that left six passengers sickened, including two who had to be taken to hospital. The incident occurred Saturday on an afternoon sailing preparing to leave from Swartz Bay for Tsawwassen when six people were ill in a stairwell and required medical ...
Mar 24, 2025
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Canada
Trudeau was warned about Trump's trade plans before phone call: briefing note
WASHINGTON - Then-prime minister Justin Trudeau went into his first phone call with a newly re-elected Donald Trump aware that the U.S. president likely was looking to reopen the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement - just a few weeks before he first threatened devastating economy-wide tariffs. A briefing note prepared ahead o...
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CP NewsAlert: Chief says fourth victim of Winnipeg serial killer is Ashlee Shingoose
WINNIPEG - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says the fourth victim of a Winnipeg serial killer has been identified as Ashlee Shingoose of St. Theresa Point First Nation. Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says she has spoken with the woman's parents and offered her condolences. Police are scheduled to confirm t...
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In the news today: Carney, Poilievre in Quebec, vacation homes prices on the rise
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Liberals and Conservatives shifting to Quebec Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Liberal Leader Mark Carney are shifting their campaigns to Quebec. Poilievre, who held a rally in Hamilton on Tuesday night with an estimated c...
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Liberals and Conservatives taking their federal election campaigns to Quebec
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Liberal Leader Mark Carney are shifting their campaigns to Quebec. Poilievre, who held a rally in Hamilton on Tuesday night with an estimated crowd of about 4,500 people, is expected at a news conference in Montmagny, Que., around noon and at a rally in Quebec City in t...
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B.C. energy minister says treaty not a 'bargaining chip' in U.S. trade dispute
VICTORIA - British Columbia Energy Minister Adrian Dix says U.S. President Donald Trump's claims about Canada supplying water through the Columbia River Treaty are "not accurate," and the U.S. can manage the water that flows over the border "however they see fit." Dix says there has been speculation...
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B.C. to bring in legislation to end its carbon tax on consumers starting April 1
VICTORIA - British Columbia's government says it will table legislation on Monday that eliminates the consumer carbon tax in the province. It says in a statement that the tax will be removed April 1, and it is notifying fuel sellers and natural gas retailers now so they stop collecting the tax as of that date. B.C. Pre...
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World
Trump asks Supreme Court for OK to cut teacher-training money as part of anti-DEI push
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is at the Supreme Court with a new emergency appeal Wednesday, this time seeking approval to go ahead with cuts of hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training. A federal judge in Boston temporarily blocked the cuts, finding they were already affecting training program...
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Majority of Brazil's Supreme Court panel accepts coup charge against ex-President Bolsonaro
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A majority of a panel of justices of Brazil's Supreme Court has accepted charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro over an alleged attempt to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat. Three justices voted in favor of putting Bolsonaro on trial. The result will be official after all five...
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Captured Ukrainians convicted on terrorism charges by Russia in what Kyiv called a sham trial
Russia on Wednesday convicted 23 captured Ukrainians on terrorism charges stemming from the war in Ukraine in a military court trial that Kyiv denounced as a sham and a violation of international law. The defendants included current or former fighters of the elite Azov brigade, which Russia designated a terrorist group...
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Sports
Goalie interference is back in the spotlight as NHL playoff races and emotions about it heat up
Earlier during what is likely to be his third Vezina Trophy-winning season, Connor Hellebuyck pretty much gave up trying to figure out exactly what constitutes goaltender interference. Winnipeg's star goaltender has served on competition committees. He has given spiels and offered clips as exhibits to explain what shou...
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'Along for the ride': Capitals soaking up Ovechkin's pursuit of Gretzky's goal record
WINNIPEG - Dylan Strome wasn't alive when Wayne Gretzky passed Gordie Howe. The Great One scored the 802nd regular-season goal of his NHL career on March 23, 1994, to unseat Mr. Hockey for top spot in the record book. Strome wouldn't be born for three more years. The Washington Capitals centre has, however, seen the re...
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Play Ball: A look at five talking points as the Blue Jays kick off the 2025 season
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays will kick off their regular season at home on Thursday against the Baltimore Orioles. Here's a look at five talking points ahead of the new campaign: FACE OF THE FRANCHISE As Vladimir Guerrero Jr. enters his walk year, his long-term future will continue to be a hot topic even if he and t...
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