RUN FOR MOM
Annual Run for Mom event returns in Chilliwack for Mother's Day
CHILLIWACK - The 25th annual Run for Mom is back to raise funds for the Chilliwack General Hospital. Proceeds will go directly to a meaningful art project in the Hospital's maternity ward- Cheam First Nation Indigenous artist Carrielynn Victor is set to create a series of birthing-themed murals offering warmth and vibr...
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FLOOD PROTECTION
Merritt receives over $3.4M provincial grant for flood protection diking project
MERRITT - The City of Merritt has received $3.4 million from the provincial government to construct new flood protections. Phase 1 of the Middlesboro Diking Project will install a critical section of dikes in Merritt, which would safeguard homes, businesses and other vital buildings. The project includes a setback dike...
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Quebec coroner calls for tougher controls over diphenhydramine sales after 2023 death
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Personalized Hearing Care
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RUN FOR MOM
Annual Run for Mom event returns in Chilliwack for Mother's Day
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Fraser Valley
VEHICLE FIRE
Traffic lane blocked due to car fire on Coquihalla Highway
UPDATE 2:55 P.M. FRIDAY, MAY 9: DriveBC reports that roads have now reopened. Original story below: HOPE - Traffic on one section of the Coquihalla Connector from Hope to Merritt has been blocked off after a vehicle incident late Friday morning, May 9. Social media users reported a northbound vehicle fire just past the...
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OCP PARTY
Residents invited to host pizza parties discussing Chilliwack community plan
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack is launching a new engagement project to get people talking about their community in the long run.Residents are invited to host an "OCPizza Party" with friends and family to discuss the City's Official Community Plan (OCP). "This plan, called Chilliwack 2050, will guid...
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Missing woman
Chilliwack RCMP seek help locating missing 55-year-old female
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack are appealing to the public for help in locating a 55-year-old female who was last spoken to about six weeks ago. According to a statement from B.C. RCMP, Lara Kinley was reported missing on Friday, May 2. Lara is described as: Female 55-years-old 5'5" Thin build Blue eyes Dark ...
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CHILLIWACK CHIEFS
Chilliwack Chiefs head to Game 5 at home with 3-1 series lead
CHILLIWACK - The Chiefs are back from the road with a hopeful 3-1 series lead over the Victoria Grizzlies. At the Q Centre in Victoria on Tuesday (May 6), Grizzlies kicked off Game 3 with their only goal of the first period before the Chiefs dominated the next 20 minutes of play with forwards Connor Dick, Carter Anders...
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British Columbia
Five youth plead guilty in 2024 swarming of girl in Kelowna, B.C.
KELOWNA - Prosecutors say five youth involved in a violent swarming of a girl in Kelowna, B.C., last year have entered guilty pleas. Damienne Darby, a spokeswoman for the BC Prosecution Service, says one young person pleaded guilty to one count of assault in January and was handed a sentence of two years' probation in ...
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Onex selling minority stakes in WestJet to Delta and Korean Air
Onex Corp. has sold a minority stake in WestJet to Delta Air Lines and Korean Air in a US$550-million deal that aims to position the Calgary-based airline for growth abroad amid intensifying domestic competition and plummeting demand for flights to the U.S. Under the deals announced Friday, Delta will acquire a 15 per ...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney to unveil his new cabinet on Tuesday
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to unveil his new cabinet at Rideau Hall on Tuesday - and it's expected to be a slimmed-down front bench meant to signal a more businesses-minded approach to government. Rideau Hall confirmed the timing of the swearing-in ceremony in a media release on Friday. Marci Surkes of ...
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Pembina Pipeline sees enough demand for potential expansion to Cedar LNG project
CALGARY - The chief executive of Pembina Pipeline Corp. says he believes there will be enough demand to support an expansion to the Cedar LNG project on the B.C. coast as it looks to sign on more shippers for the first phase now in early construction. Pembina has shortlisted the preferred counterparties, and has begun ...
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Newly discovered wildfires reported burning out of control in B.C.
KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service says four new wildfires are burning out of control in the Prince George Fire Centre. It says all of the new blazes were discovered Thursday. The service says all four fires, which range in size from one to 80 hectares, are suspected to be caused by lightning. It also says another fire...
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Filipino BC confirms identities of all 11 people killed in Vancouver festival attack
VANCOUVER - The group that organized the Lapu Lapu Day festival where 11 people were killed last month has released the names of the dead. Filipino BC says in a social media post that its members honour the lives lost in the tragedy and hold their families close in their thoughts. "May their memory live on in the ...
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Canada
Quebec coroner calls for tougher controls over diphenhydramine sales after 2023 death
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner is recommending that diphenhydramine - an antihistamine and sedative sometimes used to sleep better - should be better managed in pharmacies after the overdose death of an 18-year-old man south of Montreal in December 2023. The young man, whose identity is not revealed in the report made pub...
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Canadians could stay visa-free longer in U.S. under proposed bill
Canadian snowbirds could stay longer in the United States without a visa if a bill recently proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law. The bipartisan bill put forward by Reps. Elise Stefanik of New York, Laurel Lee of Florida and Greg Stanton of Arizona proposes to extend the time Canadian citizens can ...
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Ottawa looks to off-load costly, seldom-used mobile hospitals bought for the pandemic
OTTAWA - The federal government expects to spend about $7 million this fiscal year to store and maintain four custom-made, portable hospitals that cost taxpayers more than $200 million to buy - facilities meant to bolster overwhelmed hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic that were barely used. Early on in the pandemic...
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Indigenous groups keen to see Pope Leo continue reconciliation work
OTTAWA - Indigenous groups in Canada say they want to see Pope Leo XIV continue the reconciliation work started by his predecessor, the late Pope Francis. Francis was recognized as an ally of Canada's Indigenous Peoples and was known for advancing reconciliation efforts and apologizing - both in the Vatican and in Cana...
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'Policing in Nunavik is broken': Inuit group wants change after latest fatal shooting
MONTREAL - The political organization that represents Inuit in Quebec says policing in the Far North is "broken" after an officer shot and killed an Inuk man on Tuesday. The shooting by the Nunavik Police Service is the second officer-involved death in the northern region since November. Makivvik, a group tha...
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Liberal candidate says judicial recount ordered in Ontario riding he narrowly lost
OTTAWA - A Liberal candidate who lost to his Conservative rival by just 77 votes in the federal election says his request for a judicial recount has been granted. Irek Kusmierczyk, the Liberal incumbent in Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore, argues in a social media post today that several ballots were "wrongly rejected.&...
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World
Pope Leo XIV lays out his vision and identifies AI as a main challenge for humanity
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Leo XIV made a surprise visit Saturday to a sanctuary south of Rome that is dedicated to the Madonna. Italy's TV2000 showed images of residents in the town of Genazzano gathered outside the church housing the Madre del Buon Consiglio sanctuary, where the pope arrived to pray some 20 minutes ear...
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An earthquake of 4.1 preliminary magnitude has been reported in Tennessee and was felt in Atlanta
ATLANTA (AP) - An earthquake of 4.1 preliminary magnitude was reported Saturday morning in Tennessee and was felt in Atlanta, Georgia, and western North Carolina, according to the U.S. Geological Survey and local news reports. The website for USGS said the earthquake originated shortly after 9 a.m. EDT about 12 miles (...
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European leaders arrive in Kyiv amid push for 30-day cease-fire
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The leaders of four European countries arrived in Kyiv Saturday in a joint show of support as calls intensify for Russia to agree to a monthlong cease-fire in the war. The leaders of France, Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom arrived together at the train station in Kyiv, where they are expecte...
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Sports
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime withdraws from Italian Open tennis tournament
ROME - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime withdrew from Italian Open tennis tournament Saturday. Auger-Aliassime, of Montreal, was slated to face Braziian Thiago Seyboth Wild on Saturday. No reason was given for his withdrawal. Bolivian Hugo Dellien replaced Auger-Aliassime in the main draw and was to face Seyboth Wild. Th...
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Stuart Skinner replaces injured Calvin Pickard as Oilers' starter for Game 3
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers switched goaltenders for Game 3 of their playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights with Stuart Skinner replacing Calvin Pickard. Pickard, who took over as Edmonton's starter during a first-round series against the Los Angeles Kings, was said to be day-to-day by Oilers head coach Kri...
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Canada downs Slovenia 4-0 to open world men's hockey championship event
STOCKHOLM - Bo Horvat scored twice while Dylan Garand stopped 11 shots as Canada defeated Slovenia 4-0 on Saturday in its first game of the world hockey championship. Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and two assists for Canada, which outshot Slovenia 44-11. Noah Dobson had the other goal. "We thought we could have scor...
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