Tulip festival returns
Canada's largest tulip festival farm experience to open soon in Agassiz
AGASSIZ - Buoyed by the arrival of spring conditions, Canada's largest tulip festival farm experience is less than two weeks away from opening its 40 breathtaking acres of vibrant blooms to the public in gorgeous Agassiz. With a projected opening date of April 15, the Harrison Tulip Festival beckons to spectators and f...
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Homeless encampment
Chilliwack First Nation issues call to action surrounding homeless camp near Vedder Bridge
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack First Nation plans to ask residents of a homeless encampment near the Vedder Bridge to leave this weekend due to numerous issues associated with the camp. According to a event flyer containing the Soowahlie FN logo on it, and brought to the attention of Fraser Valley Today by Chilliwack reside...
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Elbows Up! Latest chapter of Canada-U.S. rivalry set for Friday at curling worlds
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Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
U-Vic's overdose polices didn't 'meet the moment' before student's death: report
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U-Vic's overdose polices didn't 'meet the moment' before student's death: report
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Fraser Valley
Construction site fall
WorkSafeBC to issue report on fall at Yarrow construction site
CHILLIWACK - WorkSafeBC says an inspection report could be issued next week in response to a reported fall earlier this week at a construction site in Yarrow. Chilliwack first responders were dispatched to the 42400 block of Yarrow Central Road Monday morning (Mar. 31) after a trades worker fell from the construction s...
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Early resolution process
B.C. govt. expands resolution process for family law matters to Chilliwack, Abbotsford
CHILLIWACK - The provincial government says families in the Fraser Valley will be able to resolve family law matters faster and save money due to the expansion of the early resolution process. According to a statement Thursday, the early resolution process became available in Chilliwack, Abbotsford and New Westminster ...
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Police investigation
Chilliwack RCMP attend Windsor Street home amid criminal code investigation
CHILLIWACK - A spokesperson for the Upper Fraser Valley RCMP detachment in Chilliwack has confirmed that police executed a search warrant Wednesday at a Windsor Street home. According to a statement, RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener says police carried out the search warrant at a home in the 9000 block of Winds...
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Federal election
Update: Chilliwack-Hope Liberal Party candidate says he's 'humbled and honored' to run
UPDATE: Zeeshan Khan has issued a statement on Facebook about being acclaimed as the Liberal Party candidate for Chilliwack-Hope: "Thirteen years ago in April, Gulrukh & I made one of the hardest decisions of our lives. We left behind our careers, our family, and our friends-all in search of a better future. W...
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British Columbia
U-Vic's overdose polices didn't 'meet the moment' before student's death: report
VICTORIA - There were several points at which a University of Victoria student could have been saved before she died of a drug overdose last year, but instead a report says she didn't get the naloxone or respiratory support needed to survive. The report by former Abbotsford, B.C., police chief Bob Rich looks into the J...
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B.C. bumps up rental subsidy programs for seniors, low-income families
Recipients of two British Columbia programs aimed at making rent more affordable for seniors and families in need will see a bump in their subsidies starting this month. The province says the average family supplement under the Rental Assistance Program will go from $400 to $700 per month while qualifying seniors under...
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Rise in retail theft, worker safety prompts Vancouver security task force
VANCOUVER - A spike in retail theft, in what the City of Vancouver says is led by organized crime and repeat offenders, has prompted the launch a retail security task force. Vancouver council passed a motion creating the initiative aimed at curbing the thefts and improving safety for businesses and their employees. May...
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B.C. government grilled after January death of Indigenous teen in care
British Columbia Premier David Eby says a youth in government care "shouldn't have died" earlier this year and that her death represents a "failure." The province's Opposition Conservative Party used much of its time during Wednesday's question period to grill the government on its treatment of chil...
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CP NewsAlert: S&P downgrades B.C.'s credit rating again
VICTORIA - Credit rating agency S&P has downgraded British Columbia's rating for the fourth time in four years, citing record capital spending and a "fiscal mismatch" in its operations. S&P Global Ratings cut the province's long-term issuer credit rating to A+ from AA-. More coming. The Canadian Press
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Critically endangered sunflower sea stars are seeking refuge in B.C. fiords
Alyssa Gehman vividly recalls seeing starfish for the first time while on a kayaking trip in British Columbia's Desolation Sound in Grade 8. "I just remembered (seeing) a lot of the colours and the excitement of the colours in the water," said Gehman, who is now a scientist with the Hakai Institute, a group t...
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Canada
U-Vic's overdose polices didn't 'meet the moment' before student's death: report
VICTORIA - There were several points at which a University of Victoria student could have been saved before she died of a drug overdose last year, but instead a report says she didn't get the naloxone or respiratory support needed to survive. The report by former Abbotsford, B.C., police chief Bob Rich looks into the J...
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Bill 40: Court of Appeal sides with English boards over Quebec government reforms
MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has upheld a lower-court ruling that found a provincial law abolishing school boards violated English-language minority education rights. The Quebec English School Boards Association called today's decision a recognition of the anglophone community's constitutional right to manage an...
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Judge finds Ottawa man guilty on terror, hate charges related to neo-Nazi propaganda
OTTAWA - A Superior Court judge has found Ottawa-area graphic designer Patrick Macdonald guilty on three counts of terror and hate-related charges related to the production of antisemitic propaganda for the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division. Superior Court Justice Robert Smith found Macdonald guilty this week on all t...
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Quebec government tables bill to combat election disinformation and interference
QUÉBEC - The Quebec government has introduced a bill to preserve the integrity of the electoral process by tackling deliberate disinformation and election interference. The bill tabled today by the province's minister for democratic institutions would make it an offence to knowingly spread false information to i...
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Quebec premier throws support behind 'targeted' response to U.S. tariffs
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier François Legault is endorsing Ottawa's response to U.S. tariffs, saying any retaliation must be targeted to avoid doing more damage to Canadian industries. Legault says Canada was "relatively spared" by U.S. President Donald Trump's move on Wednesday to levy tariffs on most co...
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Rise in retail theft, worker safety prompts Vancouver security task force
VANCOUVER - A spike in retail theft, in what the City of Vancouver says is led by organized crime and repeat offenders, has prompted the launch a retail security task force. Vancouver council passed a motion creating the initiative aimed at curbing the thefts and improving safety for businesses and their employees. May...
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World
Pentagon's watchdog to review Hegseth's use of Signal app to convey plans for Houthi strike
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon's acting inspector general announced Thursday that he would review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen. The review will also look at other defense officials' use of the publicly available ...
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Israeli strike on a school in Gaza kills at least 27 people, Palestinian health officials say
DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli airstrike on Thursday killed at least 27 Palestinians sheltering at a school in northern Gaza and wounded 70 more, said Health Ministry spokesman Zaher al-Wahidi, as Israeli forces have expanded their strikes and evacuation orders across the war-torn territory in recent days....
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Trump moves to fire several national security officials over concerns they're not loyal: AP sources
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has moved to fire several senior White House National Security Council officials soon after he was urged by far-right activist Laura Loomer to purge staffers she deemed insufficiently committed to his Make America Great Again agenda, according to several people familiar with the...
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Sports
Elbows Up! Latest chapter of Canada-U.S. rivalry set for Friday at curling worlds
MOOSE JAW - Three fights in nine seconds? Now that would be a story. Elbows up? Only if you count the arm motion from heavy sweeping. The latest on-ice battle between Canada and the United States is set for Friday night in the round-robin finale at the BKT World Men's Curling Championship. But unlike the fiery showdown...
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Canada men continue climb back to HSBC SVNS circuit via second-tier Challenger Series
Alex Russell will captain Canada in the final round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Krakow, Poland, where the Canadian men will look to take a step closer to regaining their spot in the elite HSBC SVNS circuit. After the April 11-12 event at Henryk Reyman Municipal Stadium, the top four Challenger S...
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Former Argos president Cooper feels Johnston brings many tangibles to CFL's head job
Former Toronto Argonauts president Brian Cooper has no doubt the Canadian Football League got it right hiring longtime television executive Stewart Johnston as its new commissioner. The CFL announced Johnston's appointment Wednesday. The president of TSN assumes his new role April 24. "Stewart is a great leader, a...
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