New business sponsor
New business sponsor steps forward at Chilliwack Cultural Centre venue
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Arts & Cultural Centre Society says a new company has stepped forward as the underwriting sponsor of the venue's art gallery.Society staff say the O'Connor Group Art Gallery has been renamed as the Odlum Brown Art Gallery, a move that recognizes the O'Connor Group as an avid supporter of...
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Fire inside Chilliwack barn
Chilliwack firefighters respond to fire inside barn on Annis Road Wednesday night
CHILLIWACK - Multiple Chilliwack Fire Department engines were paged Wednesday night shortly after 9:30 p.m. for the report of a barn fire in the 8900 block of Annis Road in Chilliwack. According to a voice recording provided by Chilliwack resident Julie Hiscock, Engines 1, 2, and 4, Tower 1 and the duty chief were aler...
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SURREY - Homicide investigators in British Columbia have been deployed following a daytime shooting Wednesday in the 15900 block of 84 Avenue in Surrey that left one man dead.According to a statement from Surrey Police Service spokesperson Sgt. Tige Pollock, frontline officers from the RCMP Surrey Provincial Operations...
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RCMP investigating origin of massive fire in Squamish
SQUAMISH - Mounties in Squamish are investigating the cause of the massive Dryden Creek Area fire that grew from five hectares to 54 hectares. On Monday, June 9, at approximately 5:30 p.m., Squamish RCMP and Squamish Fire Rescue were first notified of smoke on the hillside at the end of Tantalus Road. Due to dry condit...
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Sexual assault
Abbotsford PD investigating sexual assault, release photo of person they hope to identify
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford are investigating a sexual assault that happened Wednesday afternoon in the Fishtrap Creek Park area and have released a picture of the person they'd like to identify. According to a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Constable Jody Thomas, police responded to a report that a female wa...
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Missing teen
16-year-old boy reported missing: Chilliwack RCMP
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack are appealing to the public for help in locating a 16-year-old boy. According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Alexandra Mulvihill, Gia Bao Ly was last seen on Sunday, June 8 at approximately 9:30 a.m. in the 45800 block of Wellington Avenue. Police say Ly goes b...
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B.C. man gets 3 1/2 years for arson at Ukrainian pastor's home
VICTORIA - A man who set fire to a pastor's family home attached to a Ukrainian church in Victoria has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison. Victoria police say Walter Machinski was sentenced after pleading guilty to one count of arson with disregard for human life after setting the fire in the early morning of Apri...
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RCMP officer rescues injured hawk found
RCMP officer rescues injured hawk found in middle of Burnaby road
LOWER MAINLAND - Mounties in Burnaby say an RCMP member rescued an injured hawk after it was located in the middle of a road near Kingsway and Hall Avenue earlier this month. According to a statement from RCMP Corporal Mike Kalanj, a Burnaby RCMP frontline officer was advised of an injured bird by a concerned citizen o...
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B.C. provincial park evacuated, RCMP appeal for information on Squamish wildfire
An out of control wildfire near Squamish, B.C., has grown to nearly 55 hectares and forced the evacuation of the nearby Alice Lake Provincial Park. The District of Squamish says increased wind activity Wednesday afternoon led to growth along the north flank of the Dryden Creek wildfire. It says in a social media post t...
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How undervaluation of Vancouver sites could cost millions in property taxes
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Decision coming over officer's use of anti-riot gun in B.C. woman's death
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Federal union restarting contract talks for more than 120,000 public servants
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Some 30 per cent more Quebec homes to be in flood zones when new mapping takes effect
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B.C. man gets 3 1/2 years for arson at Ukrainian pastor's home
VICTORIA - A man who set fire to a pastor's family home attached to a Ukrainian church in Victoria has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison. Victoria police say Walter Machinski was sentenced after pleading guilty to one count of arson with disregard for human life after setting the fire in the early morning of Apri...
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California senator removed from room after interrupting news conference by Kristi Noem
LOS ANGELES (AP) - U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed after he interrupted a Los Angeles news conference on immigration held Thursday by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Padilla, a California Democrat, began shouting over Noem before he was removed from the room. Noem said Padilla did not ask for a mee...
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Harvard researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos is released from federal custody on bail
BOSTON (AP) - A judge released a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos into the United States on bail Thursday after a brief hearing. Kseniia Petrova, 30, who was brought into court wearing an orange jumpsuit, had been in federal custody since February. She was see...
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At least 4 dead and 2 missing in San Antonio after heavy rains flood parts of Texas
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Grand Slam Track scraps LA event, leaving 2028 Olympic host without a major track meet this summer
Grand Slam Track canceled the final meet of its first season, in Los Angeles, leaving the host of the 2028 Olympics and the country's second-largest city without a major track meet this summer. The news Thursday about the abrupt scrubbing of the meet, scheduled for the last weekend in June at Drake Stadium, combines wi...
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Prime Minister Carney and Alberta Premier Smith won't take in Stanley Cup Game 5
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says she and Prime Minister Mark Carney won't be watching the Edmonton Oilers battle the Florida Panthers on home ice Saturday. Smith extended an invitation last week for Carney to join her for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final. The premier's press secretary, Sam Blacket...
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