Generous donation
Bannister auto dealerships in Chilliwack contribute more than $100,000 to Chilliwack Hospital Foundation
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Hospital Foundation says it is proud to recognize Bannister GM, Bannister Hyundai, Bannister Kia, and Bannister Nissan of Chilliwack for their extraordinary community spirit in donating more than $101,000 to support healthcare in Chilliwack. According to a news release from Chilliwack Hospit...
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Business expansion
Chilliwack business announces expansion within industrial park
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack gymnastics business that opened during the pandemic and has since grown to over 850 weekly participants has announced its expansion into a new facility just off Evans Road. Kirsten Backus, gym director of Fraser Valley Gymnastix/Ambition Parkour and Ninja Fitness Academy, told Fraser Valley To...
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Fraser Valley
Dangerous offender
Dangerous offender charged with DTES robbery in Vancouver - while he was on statutory release
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say a dangerous offender who was on statutory release from prison has been charged with robbery in the Downtown Eastside.Police say 36-year-old Tyler Gordon Strathdee was the subject of a public warning by Vancouver Police in December 2024 when he had gained statutory release and began l...
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B.C. taxi driver busted
B.C. taxi driver busted for impaired driving - just after 8 in the morning
LOWER MAINLAND - A 33-year-old male taxi driver from the Lower Mainland is facing fines and other steep consequences after he was caught for impaired driving near a liquor store just after eight o'clock in the morning this past week. According to a statement from B.C. RCMP spokesperson Corporal Michael McLaughlin, poli...
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Chilliwack rescue mission
Chilliwack SAR lauds bravery, courage of rescued 7-year-old girl
CHILLIWACK - More details have emerged about the rescue mission involving a 7-year-old girl who wandered away from her Chilliwack River Valley home last Thursday, only to be rescued roughly 24 hours later. Chilliwack Search and Rescue now says 7-year-old Lily was located several kilometres from her home in heavily wood...
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CHILLIWACK CHIEFS
Chilliwack Chiefs bounce back with 5-2 win over Victoria Saturday night
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Chiefs are back on the road after a Game 2 win over Victoria Saturday night. Grizzlies forward Reegan Hiscock scored the first goal of the evening, but it was soon followed by dual goals by Chiefs' Carter Anderson and blueliner Adam Boatter.The team continued their barrage third period, scor...
May 04, 2025
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British Columbia
How Lytton Chinese History Museum rose from the ashes, almost five years after fire
LYTTON - Lorna Fandrich recalled walking into the burned out site of the Lytton Chinese History Museum in October 2021, about four months after it and most of the village were destroyed by a wildfire that claimed two lives. Clad in protective gear, she sifted through foot-deep ashes in the hope of recovering some of th...
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'Spring dip' causing steep uptick in active B.C. wildfires: BCWS information officer
VANCOUVER - The number of wildfires in British Columbia has roughly doubled over the past several days, but an information officer with the BC Wildfire Service says the activity can be attributed to the annual "spring dip." Amanda Graves says the phenomenon is caused by a decrease in moisture in the needles o...
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'We will emerge stronger': Legislator praises resilience after festival attack
British Columbia legislator Mable Elmore says people must "continue to wrap our arms around" the Filipino community as it deals with the burden of the Lapu Lapu Day tragedy that claimed 11 lives. Elmore received a standing ovation on her first day back in the legislature since the April 26 attack when an SUV ...
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B.C. seeks more clean power projects, hoping to reduce U.S. reliance
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it's seeking new clean energy projects to provide enough electricity to power 500,000 homes, helping protect the province and reduce reliance on the United States amid threats from President Donald Trump. The province is launching a second "call for power" to ac...
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Premier Eby tells B.C. industry not to panic after Trump threatens film tariffs
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier David Eby says the provincial film industry should not "panic" over a plan by U.S. President Donald Trump to put a 100 per cent tariff on foreign films, adding that the implementation challenges would be "profound." Eby says his government will continue to stand with the film...
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Wildfire smoke linked to more ER visits for asthma, researchers urge preparedness
TORONTO - A new study says visits to emergency departments for asthma spiked during a first wave of unprecedented wildfire smoke in 2023, but patient numbers returned to normal during a second wave weeks later. The researchers say the first wave may have served as a wake-up call so people learned to protect themselves ...
May 05, 2025
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Canada
In the news today: Carney to meet Trump in Washington today
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney to meet Trump in Washington today Prime Minister Mark Carney will have to navigate a delicate balance during his first in-person meeting with Donald Trump today, following months of the U.S. president targeting Canada with ...
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New Conservative caucus set to meet in Ottawa as Poilievre pledges to learn, grow
OTTAWA - Newly elected Conservatives and returning MPs are set to meet in Ottawa this morning as the party charts its path forward after last week's election loss to the Liberals. Leader Pierre Poilievre, who lost his bid to continue representing the riding of Carleton after 20 years as the area's MP, will not be in th...
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How Lytton Chinese History Museum rose from the ashes, almost five years after fire
LYTTON - Lorna Fandrich recalled walking into the burned out site of the Lytton Chinese History Museum in October 2021, about four months after it and most of the village were destroyed by a wildfire that claimed two lives. Clad in protective gear, she sifted through foot-deep ashes in the hope of recovering some of th...
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Defence to continue cross-examining complainant today in hockey players' trial
Defence lawyers are expected to continue cross-examining the complainant today in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team. The woman began testifying last Friday, laying out her account of what happened at a bar and a hotel in downtown London, Ont., in June 2018. She told th...
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Carney set to meet with Trump at White House amid tariff turmoil today
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney will have to navigate a delicate balance during his first in-person meeting with Donald Trump today, following months of the U.S. president targeting Canada with tariffs and taunts. Carney and Trump will meet at the White House and the prime minister has said he expects "dif...
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Newly elected MPs start parliamentary orientation sessions on days in Ottawa
OTTAWA - Sima Acan took a seat Monday afternoon inside a room with 14 of her rookie colleagues for the first of a flurry of orientation sessions for her new job as a member of Parliament. Canadians elected 117 new MPs on April 28 - about one-third of total number of 343, and most will go through the same first day of s...
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World
Friedrich Merz's bid to become Germany's 10th chancellor fails first ballot by 6 votes
BERLIN (AP) - Friedrich Merz's bid to become Germany's 10th chancellor has failed in the first round of voting in parliament by six votes. Merz, the conservative leader, was expected to win the vote on Tuesday. He needed a majority of 316 out of 630 votes in a secret ballot. He only received 310 votes. The parties will...
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Trump administration says Harvard will receive no new grants until it meets White House demands
WASHINGTON (AP) - Harvard University will receive no new federal grants until it meets a series of demands from President Donald Trump's administration, the Education Department announced Monday. The action was laid out in a letter to Harvard's president and amounts to a major escalation of Trump's battle with the Ivy ...
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Army pausing helicopter flights near Washington airport after close calls
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Army is pausing flights near a Washington airport after two commercial planes had to abort landings last week because of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that was flying to the Pentagon. The commander of the 12th Aviation Battalion directed the unit to pause flight operations around Ronald Reagan Was...
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Sports
Sceptres set for playoff rematch against defending Walter Cup champion Frost
TORONTO - Natalie Spooner is happy to get a second crack at the post-season. Spooner and the Toronto Sceptres are locked into a best-of-five semifinal rematch against the defending Walter Cup champion Minnesota Frost in the Professional Women's Hockey League playoffs, with Game 1 going Wednesday at Coca-Cola Coliseum. ...
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Oilers, Golden Knights open second-round NHL playoff series tonight
LAS VEGAS - The Edmonton Oilers can be forgiven for holding their cards much closer to their chests this year - they're in Las Vegas, a place of broken dreams and sleepless nights. The Oilers open their second-round, best-of-seven NHL playoff series tonight at T-Mobile Arena against the Golden Knights, the second time ...
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Defence to continue cross-examining complainant today in hockey players' trial
Defence lawyers are expected to continue cross-examining the complainant today in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team. The woman began testifying last Friday, laying out her account of what happened at a bar and a hotel in downtown London, Ont., in June 2018. She told th...
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