New Chilliwack business
New culinary business opens in District 1881
CHILLIWACK - A unique culinary experience is set to open in District 1881 in Chilliwack today, specializing in healthy meal prep, catering, workshops and more. Shauna's Kitchen is set to host its grand opening Thursday, Apr. 24 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 106-45950 Thunderbird Lane in downtown Chilliwack. According to the...
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New elementary school in Chilliwack
Opening of new Chilliwack elementary school pushed back a year
CHILLIWACK - A spokesperson for the Chilliwack School District says SD33 has revised its projected opening date for the new elementary school in Rosedale. According to a statement from spokesperson Amy Dhanjal, communications manager for SD33, bids for the construction of the new East Side Elementary School on McGrath ...
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Canada's Auger-Aliassime ousted in straight sets at Madrid Open
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Personalized Hearing Care
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Fraser Valley prison
Prison staff seize meth, fentanyl on perimeter of Fraser Valley prison
ABBOTSFORD - Federal prison officials say a package containing contraband was seized on the perimeter of Fraser Valley Institution, a multi-level federal institution in Abbotsford, last week. According to a statement from Correctional Service Canada, the contraband seized on Wednesday, April 16 included cannabis concen...
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Sexual assault investigation
AbbyPD confirms sexual assault at Downes Park was targeted, ID's suspect
ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford Police Department has confirmed that a sexual assault at an Abbotsford park earlier this month was targeted. According to a social media post from the department Thursday morning, the AbbyPD Sex Crimes Unit continues to investigate and has confirmed that this incident was targeted, not rando...
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Casting call
Chilliwack dealership seeks local talent for paid social media gig
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack car dealership has put out a casting call seeking local talent for a paid gig.Murray Honda at 44954 Yale Road just north of Highway 1 in Chilliwack says it's looking for local talent (ages 19-30) to be highlighted in a branded outdoor lifestyle video. The dealership says no acting experience i...
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Abbotsford Police Department
Construction wraps up on phase 1 of expanded Abbotsford PD headquarters
ABBOTSFORD - Municipal leaders in Abbotsford are lauding the successful completion of phase one of the Abbotsford Police Department's expansion project. In a statement from the City of Abbotsford Thursday morning (Apr. 25), the completed addition which opened today signals a significant milestone in the ongoing effort ...
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British Columbia
Vancouver Police Board says report on complaint of arrest quotas coming in June
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Police Board says a "full report" into a complaint about political motivations and arrest quotas for a crack down on crime in the Downtown Eastside will be delivered in June. Director Allan Black has told a board meeting the complaint centred on the Vancouver Police Department's &quo...
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New B.C. corrections unit offers involuntary care for mental health, addictions
SURREY - British Columbia has opened the first of the government's promised secure units to provide involuntary treatment for people with brain injuries and overlapping mental-health and addiction concerns. Standing outside the Surrey Pretrial Centre, Premier David Eby says the 10-bed unit will provide involuntary care...
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Federal party leaders work to drive home key messages as election day approaches
OTTAWA - Party leaders emphasized familiar themes Thursday as they criss-crossed the country to shore up support in the final stretch of the federal election campaign. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre began Thursday in Halifax - where he pitched a promise of change for Canadians struggling to afford life's essentia...
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B.C. First Nation at UN calling for government help in battling toxic drug crisis
NEW YORK - Members of the Tsilhqot'in Nation in British Columbia are at the United Nations headquarters in New York City calling for the provincial and Canadian governments to fund recovery beds and other supports in the battle against the toxic drug crisis. Chief Roger William with the Tsilhqot'in National Government ...
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Man given five months in U.S. jail for smuggling people across border from B.C.
SEATTLE - The U.S. District Attorney's office in Seattle says a 27-year-old man has been sentenced to five months in jail for helping smuggle eight Indian nationals across the border between British Columbia and Washington state. It says Rajat Rajat, an Indian citizen who lives in California, was indicted alongside thr...
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One year after B.C.'s short-term rental crackdown, has it made housing cheaper?
Marv Gandall says living in one of Victoria's largest residential buildings a year ago meant a parade of people with suitcases, stuffed visitors parking and slow elevators. Gandall, who has lived in the Era on Yates complex for a decade, described long waits, packages going missing and scratched walls from the high num...
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Canada
In the news today: Poilievre campaigning in Conservative-safe ridings
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Poilievre campaigning in Conservative-safe ridings Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is campaigning in what polls suggest are Conservative-safe ridings today as election day approaches. Poilievre is set to begin his day in Sask...
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Canadians rate U.S. relations as poor as ties with Russia, worse than links to China
OTTAWA - Canadians say their relations with Washington are just as bad as ties with Moscow, according to polling that suggests an openness to improving links with China and especially Mexico. Just 16 per cent of Canadians polled by Leger say Canada has a good relationship with the U.S., compared to 15 per cent for ties...
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New B.C. corrections unit offers involuntary care for mental health, addictions
SURREY - British Columbia has opened the first of the government's promised secure units to provide involuntary treatment for people with brain injuries and overlapping mental-health and addiction concerns. Standing outside the Surrey Pretrial Centre, Premier David Eby says the 10-bed unit will provide involuntary care...
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B.C. First Nation at UN calling for government help in battling toxic drug crisis
NEW YORK - Members of the Tsilhqot'in Nation in British Columbia are at the United Nations headquarters in New York City calling for the provincial and Canadian governments to fund recovery beds and other supports in the battle against the toxic drug crisis. Chief Roger William with the Tsilhqot'in National Government ...
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Man given five months in U.S. jail for smuggling people across border from B.C.
SEATTLE - The U.S. District Attorney's office in Seattle says a 27-year-old man has been sentenced to five months in jail for helping smuggle eight Indian nationals across the border between British Columbia and Washington state. It says Rajat Rajat, an Indian citizen who lives in California, was indicted alongside thr...
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Supreme Court to review mandatory minimum sentence in prostitution case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to examine the constitutionality of a mandatory minimum sentence for purchasing sexual services from someone under age 18. The decision comes in a case involving police publishing fictitious online escort service ads. An undercover police officer told a man at least four ...
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World
Trump says 'Crimea will stay with Russia' as he seeks end to war in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - President Donald Trump said in an interview published on Friday that "Crimea will stay with Russia," the latest example of the U.S. leader pressuring Ukraine to make concessions to end the war while it remains under siege. "Zelenskyy understands that," Trump said, referring to U...
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A Russian general was killed by a car bomb just outside Moscow
MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian general was killed by a car bomb on Friday, Russia's top criminal investigation agency said, in the second such attack on a top Russian military officer in four months. The Investigative Committee said that Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of the main operational department in the Gener...
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Immigration is Trump's strongest issue, but many say he's gone too far, a new AP-NORC poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's handling of immigration remains a point of strength as he takes wide-ranging actions to ramp up deportations and target people in the U.S. illegally, according to a new poll. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that 46% of U.S. ad...
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Sports
Canada's Auger-Aliassime ousted in straight sets at Madrid Open
MADRID - Montreal's Félix Auger-Aliassime is out of the Madrid Open after a straight-set loss to Argentina's Juan Manuel Cerundolo, 7-6 (7), 6-4, in the Round of 64 on Friday. Auger-Aliassime, seeded 18th and last year's tournament runner-up, fired eight aces and won 86 per cent of his second-serve points but al...
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Peterman, Gallant aim to secure Olympic spot at world mixed doubles curling playdowns
Curlers Brett Gallant and Jocelyn Peterman have already earned the right to wear the Maple Leaf should Canada qualify for mixed doubles at the Winter Olympics. Now the husband-and-wife duo just has to go out and secure the country's berth. Gallant and Peterman will represent Canada at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Ch...
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Schmidt scores again, Bobrovsky has 19 saves as Panthers beat Lightning for 2-0 series lead
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Nate Schmidt scored his third goal in two games, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 19 shots and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 on Thursday night to take a 2-0 lead in the first-round playoff series. Sam Bennett added an empty-netter with 4 seconds left. Bobrovsky got his fourth career p...
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