Former B.C. teacher, 85, guilty of indecent assaults on his Grade 6 students
NORTH VANCOUVER - A B.C. provincial court judge has found an 85-year-old former elementary school teacher guilty of nine sex-related charges, most involving his former Grade 6 students. There were 12 complainants, all male, who said Brian Moore assaulted them when they were children, ranging in age from seven to 12 yea...
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RIVER INITIATIVE
Chilliwack group returns for river spring cleaning this weekend
CHILLIWACK - As the Soowahlie First Nation prepares to clean up one end of the Chilliwack River and its surrounding area this weekend, a local group is hosting a biannual Adopt-A-River campaign tomorrow (Apr. 5). The Chilliwack/Vedder River Cleanup Society (CVRCS) has teamed up with the City of Chilliwack and the Frase...
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CFSEU INVESTIGATION
Police seize cocaine, fentanyl, Tesla Model 3 in joint Lower Mainland investigation
FRASER VALLEY - Police have found a number of drugs, cash and guns after a week-long investigation across the Lower Mainland, including the Fraser Valley. Source: Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit - British ColumbiaAccording to a news release on Friday (Apr. 4), the Uniform Gang Enforcement Team found the items ...
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IIO INVESTIGATION
No police offence found in 2022 crash injuring 4 people near Agassiz
AGASSIZ - B.C.'s police watchdog has finished investigating a 2022 crash that left four people seriously injured in the Harrison Mills area near Agassiz. At about 12:40 a.m. on September 17, 2022, police tried to conduct a traffic stop on a Toyota Matrix possibly harboring people associated with several crimes in the F...
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MARCH JOBS REPORT
Abbotsford loses jobs as first month of U.S. tariffs hit Canadian workforce: StatCan
ABBOTSFORD - March labour figures from Statistics Canada are painting a clearer picture of the United States-imposed tariffs across the country. Abbotsford lost 700 jobs, while unemployment went up from 5.5 in February to 6.1 per cent last month- a 23.7 per cent jump from March 2024. On the other hand, Chilliwack has s...
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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...
Apr 03, 2025
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British Columbia
Vancouver voters look to fill two council seats in municipal byelection
VANCOUVER - Voters in Vancouver are heading to the polls today - but not for the federal election that's still weeks away from its conclusion. Vancouverites will instead cast their ballots in the municipal byelection to select two new councillors to fill seats vacated by the Green Party's Adriane Carr and OneCity's Chr...
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Whitecaps, City of Vancouver in talks over new soccer stadium
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have entered talks with the City of Vancouver about building a new soccer stadium. The Whitecaps ownership group issued a statement Friday saying the club and municipality are discussing the construction of a purpose-built venue at the PNE fairgrounds on the city's eastern edge. The ...
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Former B.C. teacher, 85, guilty of indecent assaults on his Grade 6 students
NORTH VANCOUVER - A B.C. provincial court judge has found an 85-year-old former elementary school teacher guilty of nine sex-related charges, most involving his former Grade 6 students. There were 12 complainants, all male, who said Brian Moore assaulted them when they were children, ranging in age from seven to 12 yea...
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Carney, Singh pledge support for CBC to defend sovereignty, fight misinformation
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney and the NDP's Jagmeet Singh expressed support Friday for federal spending to ensure a strong national public broadcaster, a notion Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre dismissed as something Canada simply can't afford. On the federal election trail, Carney and Singh each said a healt...
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B.C. touts speed of major housing program to mark one-year anniversary
NORTH VANCOUVER - British Columbia's government celebrated the first anniversary of one of its cornerstone housing programs at the groundbreaking of a 179-unit rental building in North Vancouver, which it says went from concept to construction in 14 months. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says approximately 1,400 homes ar...
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B.C. police investigate after rock thrown through Tesla windshield strikes passenger
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver are investigating whether a Tesla was intentionally targeted when a rock smashed through its windshield, seriously injuring a passenger. A statement from the Vancouver Police Department says the woman was struck in East Vancouver on Sunday night. The statement says the pregnant woman had...
Apr 03, 2025
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Canada
Federal leaders set to campaign across the country today
OTTAWA - Federal party leaders are starting the second full weekend of the federal election campaign at opposite ends of the country. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is in B.C. while NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is in Atlantic Canada. Singh is set to make an announcement in St. John's in the morning, before travelling...
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Quebec's high court rejects random police stops ahead of Supreme Court hearing
MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has refused the provincial government's request to allow arbitrary police traffic stops to continue until a legal challenge of the practice is heard by the Supreme Court of Canada. In a decision rendered earlier this week, the province's high court said the negative impacts of random...
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Recruiters say surge in U.S. doctors looking to move to Canada since Trump election
HALIFAX - Recruiters say there's been a surge of interest from American doctors considering moving to Canada since the election of U.S. president Donald Trump in November. Katrina Philopoulos, recruitment director for Nova Scotia Health, says 27 American doctors are in serious negotiations to move, which to date has re...
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In the news today: Party leaders campaigning in Quebec today, job numbers due
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Federal party leaders are campaigning in Quebec today Party leaders will be in Quebec today as the second week of the federal election campaign comes to a close. Leader of the Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre will hold a press ...
Apr 04, 2025
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StatCan's March jobs figures to give glimpse at tariff hit to labour market
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is expected to release employment figures for March today. Economists polled by Reuters expect a gain of 10,000 jobs in the month, and for the unemployment rate to rise by a tenth of a point to 6.7 per cent. RBC Economics expects the economy instead shed 10,000 jobs last month. Canada's labou...
Apr 04, 2025
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Nuclear waste agency looking for Canada's second deep geological repository
TORONTO - An organization tasked with managing Canada's nuclear waste found one site to store millions of bundles of radioactive used fuel for thousands of years hundreds of metres underground - and now it's looking for a second. As the Nuclear Waste Management Organization begins the regulatory process for a deep geol...
Apr 04, 2025
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World
Senate GOP approves framework for Trump's tax breaks and spending cuts after all-night session
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts framework, hurling past a hard line of Democratic opposition toward what President Donald Trump calls the "big, beautiful bill" that's central to his a...
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Gretzky witnesses Ovechkin moving 1 goal back of his record as he joins the chase in person
WASHINGTON (AP) - Wayne Gretzky witnessed Alex Ovechkin scoring his 893rd goal to move one back of tying his NHL record, as the Canadian great made his first in-person appearance during this chase. Gretzky said it was important to "the integrity of the game" to make sure he was there in case Ovechkin broke hi...
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Ovechkin scores his 893rd goal. He needs 1 to tie Gretzky and 2 to break the NHL record
WASHINGTON (AP) - Alex Ovechkin did not take long to move one goal away from tying and two from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record. Ovechkin beat Spencer Knight 3:52 into the Washington Capitals' home game against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night. He took a pass from Dylan Strome behind the net and banked the pu...
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Sports
How close is Alex Ovechkin to breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goals record?
Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals has tied the NHL goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin scored twice on home ice Friday night and needs one more to take sole possession of the record. Ovechkin entered the season 42 short of breaking the regular-season record by "The Great One" that had l...
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Rose scores, Canadian women's soccer team blanks Argentina 3-0
VANCOUVER - Jade Rose scored her first goal for Canada's women's soccer team, helping the country to a 3-0 victory over Argentina in a friendly matchup on Friday. The 22-year-old defender from Markham, Ont., touched a ball over the line off of a free kick in the 24th minute to open the scoring. Nichelle Prince also sco...
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Korda won't defend Match Play title on the weekend after a rough day for the world's top players
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) - Nelly Korda, the world's top-ranked player, won't be around this weekend to defend her T-Mobile Match Play championship. She needed to defeat Ariya Jutanugarn, but lost 1-up Friday on the final day of round-robin play and failed to qualify for the round of 16. Korda's struggles typified the...
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