Road closure
Oversized big rig load knocks out numerous communications lines in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say Clearbrook Road is currently closed between two primary streets after an oversized big rig took out numerous communications lines sometime Tuesday afternoon (Apr. 29). According to a statement from police, police say Clearbrook Road remains closed between South Fraser Way and Hillc...
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Public Safety
No public risk as Agassiz RCMP apprehend man Monday night
AGASSIZ - Agassiz RCMP are releasing details of an incident Monday evening (Apr. 28) in the Mount Woodside area. Police say officers were called to a residence to deal with a man who police say was experiencing mental health issues. The RCMP Integrated Emergency Response Team managed to take the man into custody safely...
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'I can trust myself': Olympic fencing medal brings confidence for Canada's Harvey
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Public Safety
RCMP respond to two high-risk incidents in Mission
MISSION - Mission RCMP dealt with a pair of high-risk calls Sunday (Apr. 27), including a standoff involving a loaded compound bow and a domestic assault case.Mounties were first called around 2:30 p.m. to a rural property on Silverdale Avenue where a dispute between neighbours escalated to one man pointing a loaded co...
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Natural Causes
Pacific Institution inmate dies while in custody
ABBOTSFORD - Corrections Canada says an inmate at the Pacific Institution in Abbotsford died while in custody over the weekend.According to a news release, 81-year-old Darwin Heilman died of apparent natural causes Sunday (Apr. 27).Heilman had been in custody since 1971 and was serving an indeterminate sentence.Correct...
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Road Safety
Abbotsford police arrest local driver who tried to flee from authorities
ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford Police say officers were able to arrest a 20-year-old man who attempted to flee from authorities Sunday (Apr. 27) night.Police say they spotted the prohibited driver near South Fraser Way and Emerson Street around 6:40 p.m. Once the driver failed to stop, police say they used covert tactics to c...
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Land Development
Abbotsford city council submits application for new recreation and sports park
ABBOTSFORD - The City of Abbotsford has submitted an application to the Agricultural Land Commission as it considers the creation of a new sports and recreation park in the city's UDistrict neighbourhood.The proposed site is located near King and McKenzie Roads. Mayor Ross Siemens says the city has conditionally acquir...
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British Columbia
As deadlines near for Hudson's Bay and its leases, there are glimmers of hope
TORONTO - The clock is ticking down on two deadlines that may determine the fate of Hudson's Bay. Anyone interested in buying Canada's oldest company or assets like the rights to its iconic Stripes brand has until Wednesday at 5 p.m. to submit binding proposals. Those wanting to take on leases held by the 355-year-old ...
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Ontario, Prairies blocked Liberals from an election-night majority blowout
OTTAWA - The Liberals rose from the ashes under Prime Minister Mark Carney in a stunning reversal of fortunes this year, but the party's failure to sweep many of the ridings it sought Monday night denied it a resounding majority mandate. A big part of that failure happened in Ontario, where the party lost many incumben...
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Questions swirl around decimated NDP in former British Columbia strongholds
VANCOUVER - Questions are swirling around the fate of the federal New Democrats in British Columbia, including the matter of leadership, after devastating election losses in the former provincial stronghold. The NDP emerged from Monday's election with only three seats in B.C. after winning 13 in 2021, and none of the w...
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Black bear killed after attacking woman in Whistler, B.C.
WHISTLER - Conservation officers in British Columbia say they killed a black bear after it attacked a woman walking her dog in Whistler. A statement posted online by the Conservation Officer Service says the woman was walking her leashed dog in the Kadenwood neighbourhood around 8:30 p.m. on Monday when she was knocked...
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B.C.'s auditor general finds legal aid lacks processes to ensure timely services
VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general says the body in charge of providing legal aid for those with low incomes doesn't have processes or information to ensure people get timely and high-quality help. The report from acting auditor general Sheila Dodds says Legal Aid BC decided its funding needs based on curren...
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Rick Tocchet steps away as Vancouver Canucks head coach after turbulent season
VANCOUVER - Rick Tocchet will not return as the Vancouver Canucks head coach next season. The Canucks announced the news on Wednesday, saying Tocchet has chosen to step away after discussions with the team and management. Tocchet had a 108-65-27 record after taking over the Vancouver bench on Jan. 22, 2023, and his con...
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Canada
In the news today: Deadlines near for Hudson's Bay and its leases
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... As deadlines near for Hudson's Bay and its leases, there are glimmers of hope Two deadlines that will determine the fate of Hudson's Bay are coming this week, but hope may already be on the horizon. Anyone interested in buying Can...
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'Still fresh in minds': Vietnamese community marks 50 years since fall of Saigon
EDMONTON - Seventy-year-old Tan Hoang vowed he would never return to Vietnam after fleeing the country with his family on a makeshift wooden boat. Officers in Vietnam remind him of the communist soldiers who once stormed and captured Saigon, the former South Vietnam capital now called Ho Chi Minh City. The fall of Saig...
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A family of three migrants from Colombia among Vancouver festival victims
VANCOUVER - More of the dead are being identified in the attack where an after an SUV drove down a street crowded with people at a Vancouver festival. Police also say that 10 people remain in hospital, including a 22-month-old boy who is in serious condition. DANIEL SAMPER, GLITZA MARIA CAICEDO AND THEIR DAUGHTER GLITZ...
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Democrat lawmakers celebrate Carney's Liberal win, most Republicans remain silent
WASHINGTON - Democrat lawmakers in the United States applauded the Liberals' election win under Mark Carney on Tuesday - while most Republican lawmakers stayed silent about an election campaign that turned into a rebuke of U.S. President Donald Trump's taunts and tariffs. "I congratulate Prime Minister Mark Carney...
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CP NewsAlert: Liberals projected to finish just shy of majority in razor-close race
OTTAWA - The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting Prime Minister Mark Carney will lead a minority Liberal government. Elections Canada has nearly wrapped up counting all the ballots in what turned out to be a razor-close race that will leave the Liberals three seats short of winning a majority. Recounts in some r...
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Notable Canadian cases where an accused was found not criminally responsible
A judge has ruled that Pierre Ny St-Amand, 53, was not criminally responsible for the 2023 bus attack on a Laval, Que., daycare that killed two small children and injured six others. Superior Court Justice Éric Downs concluded Ny St-Amand was experiencing psychosis and could not discern right from wrong. He has ...
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World
The US government has a new policy for terminating international students' legal status
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government has begun shedding new light on a crackdown on international students, spelling out how it targeted thousands of people and laying out the grounds for terminating their legal status. The new details emerged in lawsuits filed by some of the students who suddenly had their status can...
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Wisconsin high court suspends Milwaukee judge accused of helping man evade immigration authorities
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities. The FBI took Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan into custody on Friday morning at the county courthouse. She faces federal charges of concealing an individual to prevent his discovery ...
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Trump administration tells Congress it plans to label Haitian gangs as foreign terror organizations
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration has told Congress that it intends to designate Haitian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations, according to people familiar with the notification. The State Department had similarly labeled eight Latin American crime organizations as it ratcheted up pressure on cartels opera...
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Sports
'I can trust myself': Olympic fencing medal brings confidence for Canada's Harvey
VANCOUVER - Eleanor Harvey made history when she stepped onto the podium in Paris. Winning bronze in individual women's foil - Canada's first Olympic fencing medal - was only the beginning. Since the 2024 Games, Harvey has medalled in four of the six tournaments she's competed in, and captured Canada's first World Cup ...
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Persistent Oilers push Kings to the brink of elimination with Game 5 win
LOS ANGELES - Zach Hyman knows people started counting the Oilers out after Edmonton stumbled to start this season's playoff campaign. The team didn't give up and, on Tuesday, that persistence was rewarded with a 3-1 win over the L.A. Kings in Game 5. Edmonton now holds a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series and can ad...
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Mattias Janmark's goal sends dominant Oilers past Kings 3-1. They take a 3-2 series lead to Edmonton
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mattias Janmark scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-1 Tuesday night for their third consecutive victory and a 3-2 lead in their first-round series. Evander Kane and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also scored and Calvin Pickard made 20 saves for t...
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