Municipal
Chilliwack City Council expected to finalize 7.17 tax increase Tuesday
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack City Council will meet Tuesday to vote on a bylaw that would see residential property taxes rise by more than seven per cent this year.The rate must be set by May 15 and follows the adoption of the city's 2025 Financial Plan.Council has already approved a 7.17 per cent tax increase as part of th...
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Victim identified in Langley homicide investigation
LANGLEY - Police have identified the victim in a Langley homicide that began as a suspicious fire late last week. Langley RCMP were called to a structure fire in the 20500 block of 56 Avenue around 7:24 a.m. on April 18, where a body was discovered inside. The death was deemed suspicious and the Integrated Homicide Inv...
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Abbotsford Police nab Porch Pirate in the act Sunday morning
ABBOTSFORD - A man is in custody after Abbotsford police caught him stealing Amazon packages from a porch early Sunday morning. Patrol officers were driving along McCallum Road around 5:42 a.m. when they spotted the theft in progress and arrested the suspect. Police say the 32-year-old suspect was already out on bail a...
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Environment
On the eve of Earth Day, Abbotsford residents urged to pitch in for Community Clean-Up Month
ABBOTSFORD - There's still time to get involved in Community Clean-Up Month, and the City of Abbotsford is encouraging residents to take part before the end of April.While the month-long campaign is already well underway, residents can still register and access free cleanup supplies from the city, including gloves, gar...
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Crash
Collision snarls westbound traffic along Highway 1 near Abbotsford
CHILLIWACK - A late Monday morning collision along Highway 1 between Mt. Lehman Road and Bradner Road has blocked two westbound lanes.According to DriveBC, the left lane and the centre lane have been closed by the crash. A long line of traffic has already formed behind the scene of the collision. Authorities are on the...
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Local athlete wins U18 gold in 2025 Pan American Championships
CHILLIWACK - A 15-year-old athlete has stirred some local pride recently after nabbing gold at the 2025 Pan American Championships in Montgomery, U.S.A. On March 23, Chilliwack local Michal Smiesko placed ninth in the heats and beat five other Canadian boats to the A finals. He then placed sixth in the Men's Kayak Fina...
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British Columbia
Tugboat brings in B.C. ferry after mechanical failure on busy Easter weekend
NORTH VANCOUVER - A BC Ferries vessel had to be assisted into Horseshoe Bay in North Vancouver by a tugboat after suffering a mechanical failure at the end of the busy holiday weekend. The company says the problem with the Queen of Coquitlam's pitch control has been repaired and testing was conducted before a possible ...
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Vancouver Island city-owned clinic on track to sign two more doctors, mayor says
COLWOOD - The mayor of a Vancouver Island community hiring doctors as city employees says it is "very close" to signing two more physicians for its clinic even as other communities inquire about replicating its model. Colwood Mayor Doug Kobayashi says the city's clinic currently has one doctor on staff, anoth...
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Police identify Tyler Smith as homicide victim found in burned home in Langley, B.C.
LANGLEY - British Columbia's Homicide Investigation Team is identifying the person who was found dead inside a burned Langley home hoping to further its investigation. It says the death of 47-year-old Tyler Smith has been confirmed as a homicide, adding that he had recently moved to the area. Langley RCMP previously sa...
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Advance polls open for last day as election campaign heads into final week
OTTAWA - Canadians hoping to vote early in the upcoming federal election have until the end of the day to visit an advance polling station as the campaign enters its final week. Today is the fourth and final day that advance polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. before the general election date of April 28. And unti...
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Police say two people airlifted to hospital after 'serious' crash in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD - Police in British Columbia's Lower Mainland say two people were airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries Sunday after a crash involving two vehicles. Abbotsford Police say emergency workers who responded to the crash at about 7:28 a.m. and found a Dodge Charger and a BMW sedan with "signif...
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Lost hiker dies in North Vancouver's Mount Seymour area: police
NORTH VANCOUVER - Police say a hiker has died in North Vancouver's Mount Seymour area. RCMP say in a social media post that officers had worked with the local search and rescue team in an effort to find the hiker, who had become lost on Saturday. But the post from about 4:20 p.m. that day says the person had been found...
Apr 20, 2025
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Canada
'Man of compassion:' Indigenous leaders, residential school survivors on Pope Francis
It's been nearly three years since Pope Francis travelled to Canada to apologize for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools. But for some Indigenous survivors, memories of the historic day remain fresh in their minds. "His statements of apology still have a lot of impact to a lot of us residential schoo...
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Vancouver Island city-owned clinic on track to sign two more doctors, mayor says
COLWOOD - The mayor of a Vancouver Island community hiring doctors as city employees says it is "very close" to signing two more physicians for its clinic even as other communities inquire about replicating its model. Colwood Mayor Doug Kobayashi says the city's clinic currently has one doctor on staff, anoth...
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None of Canada's five cardinals likely to be next pope, Vatican experts say
MONTREAL - A Canadian cardinal was a top contender the last time a new pope was elected, but observers say that's unlikely to be the case this time around. Canada's five cardinals all have marks against them, ranging from advanced age to inexperience to allegations of sexual misconduct, according to Vatican experts. &q...
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'Humility, compassion and care for others': How Canadians are remembering Pope Francis
Canadians are reacting to Pope Francis's death on Easter Monday, which came more than two months after he was hospitalized for a respiratory infection. Here's what some notable Canadians have to say. "Pope Francis was a voice of moral clarity, spiritual courage, and boundless compassion. He was in many respects th...
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Some emergency departments installing AI weapons detection amid rising violence
TORONTO - London Health Sciences Centre is the latest Canadian hospital to install a weapons detection system in its emergency department as health-care workers across the country continue to grapple with increasing violence. The southwestern Ontario health-care network started using one of the artificial intelligence-...
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Pope Francis apologized for residential schools on historic Canadian visit
On a warm July day in 2022, thousands of dignitaries, Indigenous leaders and residential school survivors travelled from across Canada to powwow grounds in central Alberta. For some, the journey took days. For others, decades. They had all come to hear Pope Francis apologize for the Catholic Church's role in residentia...
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World
Harvard sues Trump administration to stop the freeze of more than $2 billion in grants
BOSTON (AP) - Harvard University announced Monday that it was suing the Trump administration to halt a freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration's demands to limit activism on campus. In a letter to Harvard earlier this month, Trump's administration had...
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Wife of former US Sen. Bob Menendez convicted in bribery scheme
NEW YORK (AP) - Nadine Menendez, the wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, was convicted Monday of teaming up with her husband to accept bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car from three New Jersey men looking for help with their business dealings or legal troubles. The jury returned its verdict in the same federa...
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Kenya's John Korir follows brother's advice to men's Boston Marathon title, place in history
BOSTON (AP) - Six months after claiming the top spot on the podium at the Chicago Marathon, John Korir toed the start line of his third Boston Marathon feeling good about his chances for another strong performance. After finishing one place short of the top 3 at the Boston Marathon a year ago, the 28-year-old Kenyan be...
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Sports
Canadiens encouraged by comeback despite Game 1 loss to physical Capitals, Ovechkin
WASHINGTON - Martin St. Louis wanted a victory. It didn't happen Monday night, but the way his young group rallied after a difficult start gave the Montreal bench boss reason to think a win might not be far away. The underdog Canadiens showed they're ready for a fight despite losing Game 1 of their first-round playoff ...
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Connor's heroics help Jets get over Game 2 hump, lead Blues 2-0 in series
WINNIPEG - Kyle Connor smiled when asked if he was only scoring game-winners in the playoffs. "Yeah, I'll take it," the Winnipeg Jets top winger said Monday after another timely goal. Connor scored his second consecutive game-winner in the third period and Mark Scheifele had a goal and assist to propel Winnip...
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Edmonton's Jeff Skinner finally makes playoff debut after 15 NHL seasons
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Edmonton Oilers forward Jeff Skinner has finally made his Stanley Cup playoff debut after 15 seasons and a league-record 1,078 regular-season games. Skinner was in Edmonton's lineup for Game 1 of its first-round series against the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night, ending the longest wait for a post-...
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