Fraser Valley health care rally
Fraser Valley health care workers rally to demand restoration of immigration pathways
FRASER VALLEY - Health care workers and their supporters rallied outside Surrey Memorial Hospital Thursday (Apr. 17) to seek justice for migrant health care workers facing deportation due to federal allocation cuts to the provincial nominee program.According to a news release from the over 60,000-member strong Hospital...
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Cleanup event/meet and greet
Chilliwack-Hope Green Party candidate to hold Earth Day cleanup event at Cultus Lake next week
CHILLIWACK - Salina Derish, the Green Party candidate for Chilliwack-Hope in the upcoming federal election, wants to meet local constituents next week and give back to the community in a practical way.Derish, a former Army reservist, correctional officer and entrepreneur, is getting into the swim of things by organizin...
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B.C. researchers confirm footprints of three-toed dinosaur with club-like tail
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Vital health care equipment
New cancer detection equipment arrives in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - The Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation says advanced medical equipment that will significantly enhance early detection of cervical cancer has arrived at Abbotsford Regional Hospital. The foundation says a new state-of-the-art colposcope has been delivered to ARH thanks to the generous support of the foun...
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Federal election
As MP Strahl maintains lead, advance voting begins tomorrow in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Voters in Chilliwack who can't wait to cast their ballot in the upcoming federal election can do so during advance voting this Easter long weekend. According to the Elections Canada website, Chilliwack residents can vote between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. starting Friday, Apr. 18 to Monday, Apr. 21. They can refer ...
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Graduated driver licensing changes
B.C. govt. announces sweeping changes to graduated drivers licensing
CHILLIWACK - The B.C. government announced Wednesday (Apr. 16) that it will make significant changes to its graduated drivers licensing regime that will remove the need for a second road test in order to obtain full licensing privileges. Public Safety Minister Garry Begg says the changes, if approved, will see new driv...
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Prison seizure
Prison staff seize over $124,000 of contraband on periphery of Agassiz prison
AGASSIZ - Correctional Service Canada says prison staff at an Agassiz correctional institution have seized over $124,000 worth of contraband from the periphery of the prison grounds. According to a statement, two packages containing contraband and other illicit items were confiscated on the perimeter of Mountain Instit...
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British Columbia
B.C. researchers confirm footprints of three-toed dinosaur with club-like tail
Armoured dinosaurs with clubbed tails once roamed in what is now northeastern British Columbia, a new study suggests, leaving three-toed footprints across the landscape when the Rocky Mountains were still in their infancy. The study published this month in the peer-reviewed Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology analyzed f...
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Vancouver Park Board preparing for 'unpermitted' cannabis events on 4-20
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Park Board says it's gearing up for "unpermitted" events on April 20 including on Sunset Beach, where thousands of people gathered in recent years to smoke cannabis to the chagrin of city officials and police. The board says in a statement that it's aware of one "informal" ...
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B.C. premier says talk of Western Canada separation 'needs to stop'
British Columbia Premier David Eby says talk of western provinces separating from the rest of Canada is a "tired trope" that wastes time and "needs to stop." Eby says he doesn't think there's any credible threat to Canadian unity and accused people like former Reform Party leader Preston Manning of ...
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Eby says Canadians need to 'keep the pressure up' despite California's charm campaign
VICTORIA - British Columbia's premier says Canadians need to "keep the pressure up" on the United States by buying local and avoiding travel there, despite a recent push from California to draw visitors from Canada. David Eby says he spoke with Californian Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday - the same day the go...
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Air traffic back to normal at Vancouver's airport after days of delays
RICHMOND - The agency that provides air traffic control for Canada's airports says traffic flow at Vancouver International Airport has resumed normal operations in time for Easter weekend travel. The update from Nav Canada comes after the agency issued posts to social media on Tuesday and Wednesday warning of flight de...
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B.C. operation by police, regulators finds losses of $4M in assets to crypto fraud
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's securities regulator says a recent two-day operation to identify victims of a specific type of cryptocurrency fraud has found 89 people who were drained of more than $4 million in assets. The B.C. Securities Commission says the agency brought together regulators, police, crypto trading pl...
Apr 17, 2025
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Canada
B.C. researchers confirm footprints of three-toed dinosaur with club-like tail
Armoured dinosaurs with clubbed tails once roamed in what is now northeastern British Columbia, a new study suggests, leaving three-toed footprints across the landscape when the Rocky Mountains were still in their infancy. The study published this month in the peer-reviewed Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology analyzed f...
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'Freedom Convoy' organizer asks for stay of proceedings after guilty verdict
OTTAWA - "Freedom Convoy" organizer Chris Barber has asked for a stay of proceedings, two weeks after an Ontario judge found him and Tamara Lich guilty of mischief for their roles in the 2022 mass protest in Ottawa. According to a news release from the non-profit helping his defence, Barber is arguing the pro...
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Frank Stronach committed to stand trial after preliminary inquiry into two charges
TORONTO - An Ontario court has committed billionaire businessman Frank Stronach to stand trial on two charges related to two complainants as part of his Toronto sexual assault case. Ontario Court Justice Jacqueline Freeman made the ruling at the end of a preliminary inquiry that dealt exclusively with those two charges...
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U.S. students look north as Trump freezes funding to American universities
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia has briefly reopened admissions for its graduate programs to take applications from U.S. citizens in what is a growing trend for Canadian institutions as the American president denigrates higher learning. Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., and the University of Toro...
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Trump says tariffs making America rich while also suggesting trade deals are coming
U.S. President Donald Trump showed little signs of backing down on his plans to tariff the world today - even as members of his administration continue to claim the duties will lead to the negotiation of new trade deals. Trump says nothing he heard during a meeting with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval...
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Eby says Canadians need to 'keep the pressure up' despite California's charm campaign
VICTORIA - British Columbia's premier says Canadians need to "keep the pressure up" on the United States by buying local and avoiding travel there, despite a recent push from California to draw visitors from Canada. David Eby says he spoke with Californian Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday - the same day the go...
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World
NY Rangers' Panarin, MSG made settlement payments after employee sexual assault allegations: report
NEW YORK (AP) - The NHL said the New York Rangers informed the league last year they were looking into sexual assault allegations by a team employee against player Artemi Panarin after a report detailing the situation and settlement payments made to the woman surfaced Thursday. "The club retained an outside law fi...
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Federal judge in Baltimore temporarily limits DOGE access to Social Security data
BALTIMORE (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday imposed new restrictions on billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, limiting its access to Social Security systems that hold personal data on millions of Americans. U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander issued a preliminary injunction in the case, which wa...
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Florida State gunman used deputy mom's former service weapon to kill 2 and wound 6, authorities say
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The 20-year-old son of a sheriff's deputy opened fire Thursday at Florida State University with his mother's former service weapon, killing two people and wounding at least six others, investigators said. Officers quickly arrived and shot and wounded the shooter after he refused to comply with ...
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Sports
Crosby and Ovechkin shine in Penguins' 5-2 win over Capitals
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin put on a show in the regular-season finale on Thursday night, showcasing their greatness in the Pittsburgh Penguins' 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals. Ovechkin finished his record-breaking season by netting his 897th career goal in the second period. Crosby, meanwhi...
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Parekh, Morton score in NHL debuts, and the Flames beat the playoff-bound Kings 5-1
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sam Morton and Zayne Parekh scored in their NHL debuts, Nazem Kadri had two goals and the Calgary Flames beat the playoff-bound Los Angeles Kings 5-1 on Thursday night in the regular-season finale. Taylor Ward scored in his NHL debut for the Kings, whose four-game winning streak ended with only their...
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Yankees were winners as visitors for the first time in their spring training home
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The New York Yankees were winners as visitors in their spring training home for the first time. New York was back at Steinbrenner Field for a four-game series against the displaced Tampa Bay Rays, who are using their AL East rival's ballpark for their home games this season. Ben Rice had his first bi...
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