Staff departure
SD33 Assistant Secretary Treasurer set to leave Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Mark Friesen, the assistant secretary-treasurer for the Chilliwack School District, has accepted a similar position with the Nicola-Similkameen School District. According to a news release, Friesen has been appointed as secretary treasurer and chief financial officer for SD58. His last day with the Chilliw...
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Property acquisition
Amid rising enrolment, Chilliwack school board OK's church purchase for site expansion
CHILLIWACK - The seven-member Chilliwack Board of Education approved the purchase of Christ Lutheran Church in Chilliwack at its meeting Tuesday night (June 17). In a statement released Tuesday night, the school district says the property at 9460 Charles Street next to Chilliwack Middle School affords SD33 with a "...
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CSIS says India is a continued foreign interference threat as Canada renews diplomacy
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Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
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Evacuation orders lifted for Kiskatinaw wildfire in northeast B.C.
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Fraser Valley
Fraser Valley man killed
22-year-old Fraser Valley man killed in hit and run Sunday in central B.C.
B.C. INTERIOR - A spokesperson for the B.C. Highway Patrol has confirmed that a 22-year-old pedestrian from the Fraser Valley was struck and killed while walking on Highway 97 south of Oliver, B.C., this past weekend. According to a statement from B.C. Highway Patrol spokesperson Constable Clyde Feero, Mounties from th...
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Othello Tunnels
Province to open more of Othello Tunnels later this month
HOPE - The B.C. Ministry of Environment and Parks says three more tunnels at the historic Othello Tunnels provincial park will be open in just weeks. According to a statement from the province Tuesday, the B.C. government says the park is being repaired in phases due to the complexity of the restoration work, following...
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Charges laid
43-year-old man, Jaswinder Deol, charged in death of senior who was committed to his faith, family and city
ABBOTSFORD - A 43-year-old man faces multiple charges from a two-vehicle crash in February 2024 that claimed the life of an 84-year-old man. According to a statement from AbbyPD Sgt. Paul Walker, the AbbyPD's Major Crime Unit worked over the past 16 months to present evidence following a tragic vehicular crash on Febru...
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Chilliwack Chamber CEO recognized
Chilliwack Chamber CEO garners Executive of the Year award
CHILLIWACK - Leanna Kemp of Chilliwack has been recognized for making the Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce one of the most outstanding chamber organizations in British Columbia. In a statement, the Chamber of Commerce Executives of British Columbia (CCEBC) acclaimed Kemp as one of the 2025 recipients of the Gerry Frederi...
Jun 17, 2025
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British Columbia
Evacuation orders lifted for Kiskatinaw wildfire in northeast B.C.
The Peace River Regional District has cancelled four evacuation orders and one alert for properties near a wildfire that is burning out of control in northeastern British Columbia. The Kiskatinaw River blaze is currently listed as more than 266 square kilometres in size and classified as one of the three so-called wild...
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Teck receives provincial certificate for to extend B.C. Interior copper mine
Vancouver-based mining company Teck Resources says it has received an environmental assessment certificate from the B.C. government to extend the life of the Highland Valley Copper Mine. Teck says in a release that the positive decision supports the extension for Canada's largest copper mine. The mine is located about ...
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Premier Eby says deal to hire Chinese shipyard not "preferred" but will not interfere
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier David Eby says he shares the concerns of union leaders who have criticized BC Ferries' decision to build four large ferries in China. But Eby says he will not interfere with the company's decision to contract a Chinese shipyard owned by the Communist government to build four new ferries, calling...
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B.C. mall owner offers $6 million for three Hudson's Bay leases: court documents
New court documents show the B.C. mall owner hoping to buy dozens of Hudson's Bay leases has offered $6 million to take over three of the properties the department store used in malls she owns. The filing says Ruby Liu Commercial Investment Corp. offered $2 million each for Bay leases at Tsawwassen Mills, Mayfair Shopp...
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Eby to ask prime minister to declare India's Bishnoi gang a terrorist group
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says he will ask Prime Minister Mark Carney that the Lawrence Bishnoi gang be declared a terrorist organization in Canada. Police have said members of the South Asian community are being extorted of cash under threat of death or violence and the India-based gang has been li...
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Wildfire in B.C. central Interior triggers evacuation alert, fire crews on scene
Cariboo Regional District has issued an evacuation alert for properties near a wildfire that is burning out of control in British Columbia's central Interior. The Martin Lake fire was discovered Sunday and is burning about 220 kilometres west of Williams Lake. The district says the purpose of the alert is to allow peop...
Jun 17, 2025
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Canada
CSIS says India is a continued foreign interference threat as Canada renews diplomacy
OTTAWA - The latest annual report of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service says Indian officials and their proxy agents in Canada, engage in a range of activities that seek to influence Canadian communities and politicians. The report comes as Canada renews diplomatic ties with India after Prime Minister Mark Carn...
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Calls mount for pause on Canada's digital services tax targeting tech giants
OTTAWA - Ottawa is under pressure to pause digital services tax legislation that directs large tech companies to make a big retroactive payment by June 30. Canadian and U.S. business groups, organizations representing U.S. tech giants and American members of Congress have signed letters calling for the tax to be elimin...
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Food processing company pleads guilty to workplace safety charge in smokehouse death
EDMONTON - A commercial food processing company has pleaded guilty to a workplace safety charge after an Edmonton worker became trapped in a smokehouse and died. The Crown has asked for 25 other charges to be withdrawn against Ontario-based Sofina Foods Inc. A judge has yet to rule on a sentence. The company was charge...
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Quebec to jail inmates according to anatomical sex, not gender identity
MONTREAL - Quebec's public security minister says transgender inmates will be incarcerated according to their anatomical sex, not their gender identity. François Bonnardel says in a statement the measure is to ensure the safety of all inmates. He says inmates' bodies will be scanned to determine which detention ...
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Few Canadians support Canada Post privatization, but open to sweeping changes: survey
A new survey finds less support among Canadians for the privatization of Canada Post, but many are open to large-scale changes. Survey results from the Angus Reid Institute, released Wednesday, found 59 per cent said they were opposed to the government selling off Canada Post. Meanwhile, 47 per cent of respondents said...
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Major projects bill moving ahead despite pushback from Indigenous groups, MP
OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee is scheduled to sit until midnight to study legislation that would give the government sweeping powers to drive forward major projects. But Bill C-5 will be pushed through the House this week with limited study, despite warnings from environmental and Indigenous groups. Some Libera...
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World
Ghazala Hashmi wins Democratic nomination for Virginia lieutenant governor
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The candidates for Virginia's lieutenant governor are set to make history after Sen. Ghazala Hashmi won the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor on Wednesday. Hashmi is the first Muslim and the first Indian-American to be nominated to appear on the ballot for a Virginia statewide office. S...
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Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors, big loss for transgender rights
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a stunning setback to transgender rights. The justices' 6-3 decision in a case from Tennessee effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts by President Donald Trump's Republican administra...
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Princess of Wales pulls out of engagement at Royal Ascot
LONDON (AP) - The Princess of Wales canceled plans to attend Royal Ascot on Wednesday as she continues to balance the demands of her public duties against the realities of her recovery from cancer. Kate, as Prince William's wife is commonly known, has been gradually returning to public duties since last fall, when she ...
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Sports
Stamps place star receiver Reggie Begelton on six-game injury list
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders have placed receiver Reggie Begelton on the six-game injury list, the CFL team announced Wednesday. Begelton injured his right knee in the Stampeders' 29-19 win at Toronto last Saturday. Begelton, a three-time 1,000-yard receiver, went down on the Stampeders' second play from scrimmage....
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Midfielder Kianz Froese returns to his Manitoba roots, signs with Valour FC
After nine years in Germany, Kianz Froese was working on the family's coffee plantation/farm in Cuba when he got a call from Josh Carabatsakis, Valour FC's director of football operations. The message was simple. "(He) told me I should come play," Froese recalled. "And then presented me the opportunity t...
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Elks look for first home-opening win in four years as Alouettes roll into Edmonton
EDMONTON - Apple co-founder Steve Jobs once said: "don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice." A catchy sound bite that's easier said than done, but that's what the Edmonton Elks are hoping to achieve this week in preparation for their CFL home opener Thursday against the Montreal...
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