CANOE SLALOM GOLD
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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Pope Francis has died, the Vatican camerlengo, announces
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis died Monday morning, Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced. "At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of the Father. His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and of his Church,″ Farrell said in the announcemen...
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Kenya's John Korir follows brother's advice to men's Boston Marathon title, place in history
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Collision snarls westbound traffic along Highway 1 near Abbotsford
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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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HOUSING PROJECT
New 40-unit cohousing project breaks ground in Langley
LANGLEY - A more than 46,000-square-foot housing project has broken ground in the Township of Langley. Compass Cohousing will be a unique residential space located at 6644 203 Street, featuring condominium and townhouse units that share common facilities and amenities. The concept originated in Denmark in the 1960s and...
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Vehicle fire
Hope firefighters quickly extinguish vehicle fire on Easter Sunday
HOPE - Seven firefighters from the Hope Fire Department acted quickly to contain a vehicle fire on Easter Sunday along Water Avenue in Hope. The department says the vehicle fire appears to have originated in the engine compartment. The fire is not believed to be suspicious in nature. All occupants were out of the vehic...
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BALLET PERFORMANCE
Chilliwack Cultural Centre to host ballet retelling of Macbeth in May
CHILLIWACK - A Shakespearean tragedy is coming to Chilliwack this spring- On May 10, the Chilliwack Cultural Centre will be hosting Macbeth as told through contemporary dance. Ballet Kelowna will be performing choreography by Alysa Pires, with music by Adam Sakiyama and visuals created by Okanagan landscape artist Jane...
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British Columbia
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...
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Day 3 of advance polls finds Liberals in Ottawa, NDP, Conservatives in BC
OTTAWA - Canadians continue to head to the polls in advance voting today as federal leaders find themselves out West and in the capital. Both NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre remain in British Columbia on Sunday, where they will both make announcements. Liberal Leader Mark Carney is sch...
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B.C. shooting suspect dies after allegedly setting fire to apartment building: RCMP
FORT ST. JOHN - Police in northern British Columbia say a man was found dead inside a car Friday after he allegedly set fire to an apartment building and drove into the flames. Fort St. John RCMP say in a statement that the man had been a suspect in a shooting outside the same apartment complex that day. The Mounties s...
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Homicide team called to investigate 'suspicious' death, fire in Langley, B.C.
LANGLEY - Police in Metro Vancouver say they're treating the death of a person inside a burned home as suspicious and homicide investigators have taken the case. Langley RCMP say in a statement they received a report of a structure fire near the intersection of 56 Avenue and Glover Road at about 7:24 a.m. on Friday. Th...
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Canada
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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Canadians remember Pope Francis for historic apology for residential schools
TORONTO - Pope Francis will be remembered by Canadian Catholics as a progressive leader whose approach to the papacy helped usher in a new era of Indigenous relations and make the church more responsive to its rank and file. The Vatican says the pontiff died Monday at age 88. Francis was the global leader of Canada's m...
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In the news today: Advance polls open for final day before election
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Advance polls open for final day before election 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...
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World
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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A Wyoming judge suspends abortion clinic regulations while a lawsuit proceeds
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Wyoming's only abortion clinic can resume providing surgical abortions after a judge on Monday suspended two state laws. District Judge Thomas Campbell issued the ruling in a lawsuit filed by Wellspring Health Access and others to challenge the laws. One law requires clinics providing surgical abo...
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Gunman who killed 23 in a racist attack at a Walmart in El Paso pleads guilty to capital murder
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at a Walmart in El Paso - one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history - pleaded guilty Monday to capital murder in a state district court. Patrick Crusius was automatically be sentenced to life in prison without parole in the massacre near...
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Sports
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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Edmonton Oilers name Stuart Skinner starting goalie to begin playoff run
LOS ANGELES - Stuart Skinner will start in goal for the Edmonton Oilers when they begin their playoff run against the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night. Head coach Kris Knoblauch confirmed his starting netminder for Game 1 of the first-round playoff series after morning skate. Skinner was the Oilers starter through muc...
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Hawks promote Canada's Saleh to replace fired Landry Fields as general manager
The Atlanta Hawks promoted Edmonton's Onsi Saleh to general manager after firing Landry Fields on Monday. Landry was GM for three seasons in Atlanta, with the team missing the playoffs in the last two of those. The Hawks also announced that they have opened a search for a president of basketball operations. Atlanta wen...
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