Generous donation
Bannister auto dealerships in Chilliwack contribute more than $100,000 to Chilliwack Hospital Foundation
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Hospital Foundation says it is proud to recognize Bannister GM, Bannister Hyundai, Bannister Kia, and Bannister Nissan of Chilliwack for their extraordinary community spirit in donating more than $101,000 to support healthcare in Chilliwack. According to a news release from Chilliwack Hospit...
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Business expansion
Chilliwack business announces expansion within industrial park
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack gymnastics business that opened during the pandemic and has since grown to over 850 weekly participants has announced its expansion into a new facility just off Evans Road. Kirsten Backus, gym director of Fraser Valley Gymnastix/Ambition Parkour and Ninja Fitness Academy, told Fraser Valley To...
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Buck Pierce poised for first training camp as B.C. Lions head coach
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Personalized Hearing Care
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Newly elected MPs start parliamentary orientation sessions on days in Ottawa
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'Spring dip' causing steep uptick in active B.C. wildfires: BCWS information officer
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Fraser Valley
Missing person
Search and rescue activated for missing Langley senior
LANGLEY - Mounties in Langley say search and rescue personnel have been activated after a 68-year-old Caucasian male went missing earlier today (Monday, May 5). According to a statement from Langley RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, police say Lachlan Timothy Munro was last seen in the 22000 block of Fraser Highway...
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Dangerous offender
Dangerous offender charged with DTES robbery in Vancouver - while he was on statutory release
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say a dangerous offender who was on statutory release from prison has been charged with robbery in the Downtown Eastside.Police say 36-year-old Tyler Gordon Strathdee was the subject of a public warning by Vancouver Police in December 2024 when he had gained statutory release and began l...
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B.C. taxi driver busted
B.C. taxi driver busted for impaired driving - just after 8 in the morning
LOWER MAINLAND - A 33-year-old male taxi driver from the Lower Mainland is facing fines and other steep consequences after he was caught for impaired driving near a liquor store just after eight o'clock in the morning this past week. According to a statement from B.C. RCMP spokesperson Corporal Michael McLaughlin, poli...
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Chilliwack rescue mission
Chilliwack SAR lauds bravery, courage of rescued 7-year-old girl
CHILLIWACK - More details have emerged about the rescue mission involving a 7-year-old girl who wandered away from her Chilliwack River Valley home last Thursday, only to be rescued roughly 24 hours later. Chilliwack Search and Rescue now says 7-year-old Lily was located several kilometres from her home in heavily wood...
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British Columbia
'Spring dip' causing steep uptick in active B.C. wildfires: BCWS information officer
VANCOUVER - The number of wildfires in British Columbia has roughly doubled over the past several days, but an information officer with the BC Wildfire Service says the activity can be attributed to the annual "spring dip." Amanda Graves says the phenomenon is caused by a decrease in moisture in the needles o...
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'We will emerge stronger': Legislator praises resilience after festival attack
British Columbia legislator Mable Elmore says people must "continue to wrap our arms around" the Filipino community as it deals with the burden of the Lapu Lapu Day tragedy that claimed 11 lives. Elmore received a standing ovation on her first day back in the legislature since the April 26 attack when an SUV ...
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B.C. seeks more clean power projects, hoping to reduce U.S. reliance
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it's seeking new clean energy projects to provide enough electricity to power 500,000 homes, helping protect the province and reduce reliance on the United States amid threats from President Donald Trump. The province is launching a second "call for power" to ac...
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Premier Eby tells B.C. industry not to panic after Trump threatens film tariffs
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier David Eby says the provincial film industry should not "panic" over a plan by U.S. President Donald Trump to put a 100 per cent tariff on foreign films, adding that the implementation challenges would be "profound." Eby says his government will continue to stand with the film...
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Wildfire smoke linked to more ER visits for asthma, researchers urge preparedness
TORONTO - A new study says visits to emergency departments for asthma spiked during a first wave of unprecedented wildfire smoke in 2023, but patient numbers returned to normal during a second wave weeks later. The researchers say the first wave may have served as a wake-up call so people learned to protect themselves ...
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Residents of Mission, B.C., told to stay inside after derelict ferry burns
Residents in parts of Mission, B.C., have been told to shelter in place with their windows closed after a derelict ferry caught fire. A statement from the city says its emergency operations centre has been activated in response to a fire aboard the Queen of Sidney ferry currently moored in the Fraser River. It says res...
May 03, 2025
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Canada
Newly elected MPs start parliamentary orientation sessions on days in Ottawa
OTTAWA - Sima Acan took a seat Monday afternoon inside a room with 14 of her rookie colleagues for the first of a flurry of orientation sessions for her new job as a member of Parliament. Canadians elected 117 new MPs on April 28 - about one-third of total number of 343, and most will go through the same first day of s...
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Carney moving into Rideau Cottage while 24 Sussex remains vacant
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will soon move into Rideau Cottage, while the official residence of the prime minister at 24 Sussex Drive remains vacant. The Privy Council Office says that "at the strong recommendation of the RCMP and security officials," Carney has been temporarily staying at an official...
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'We will emerge stronger': Legislator praises resilience after festival attack
British Columbia legislator Mable Elmore says people must "continue to wrap our arms around" the Filipino community as it deals with the burden of the Lapu Lapu Day tragedy that claimed 11 lives. Elmore received a standing ovation on her first day back in the legislature since the April 26 attack when an SUV ...
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Windsor Liberal who lost by 77 votes files for judicial recount
OTTAWA - A failed Liberal candidate in Windsor who lost to his Conservative rival by just 77 votes in last week's federal election says he is filing for a judicial recount. Irek Kusmierczyk, a Liberal incumbent who ran in Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore, says in a social media post today that the "razor thin" marg...
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Longest ballot group takes aim at byelection where Poilievre plans to run
OTTAWA - The group that added dozens of candidates to the ballot in Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's riding in the recent federal election is planning to do the same in the upcoming byelection. Poilievre is expected to seek a seat in the House of Commons for the Alberta riding of Battle River-Crowfoot, after losi...
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Canada's resolve against U.S. threats should extend to human rights: Amnesty chief
OTTAWA - The global head of Amnesty International is calling on Ottawa to bring the same intensity it has used to call out U.S. tariffs and annexation threats to also call out breaches in human rights by Washington and other countries. Amnesty Secretary-General Agnès Callamard is making a rare visit to Canada, a...
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World
Trump administration says Harvard will receive no new grants until it meets White House demands
WASHINGTON (AP) - Harvard University will receive no new federal grants until it meets a series of demands from President Donald Trump's administration, the Education Department announced Monday. The action was laid out in a letter to Harvard's president and amounts to a major escalation of Trump's battle with the Ivy ...
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Army pausing helicopter flights near Washington airport after close calls
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Army is pausing flights near a Washington airport after two commercial planes had to abort landings last week because of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that was flying to the Pentagon. The commander of the 12th Aviation Battalion directed the unit to pause flight operations around Ronald Reagan Was...
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Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp won't run for US Senate seat in 2026 against Democrat Jon Ossoff
ATLANTA (AP) - Brian Kemp, Georgia's Republican governor, announced Monday that he's not running for U.S. Senate in 2026 against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff. Kemp, who will leave the governor's chair in 2027 after eight years due to term limits, has long been at the top of the GOP's wish list to challenge Ossoff, w...
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Sports
Buck Pierce poised for first training camp as B.C. Lions head coach
SURREY - Buck Pierce has been to plenty of training camps. This spring will be different. After decades as a player and on CFL sidelines, Pierce is preparing for his first season as head coach of the B.C. Lions. "Every off-season is different," the former quarterback said Monday. "This has been a change ...
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MLSE boss asks disgruntled Toronto FC fans to stick with the struggling MLS team
TORONTO - MLSE president and chief executive officer Keith Pelley has responded to fan frustration over Toronto FC's continued poor performances, acknowledging "there is obviously much more to do" in the MLS club's rebuild. Pelley offered no panacea but asked supporters to stick with the struggling 1-6-4 team...
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'He's unreal': Canadiens feel lucky to have Calder Trophy favourite Lane Hutson
MONTREAL - Lane Hutson's instant impact with the Montreal Canadiens this season didn't surprise defenceman Kaiden Guhle - he expected it. Guhle knew what the Canadiens had in the shifty blueliner the moment he stepped onto the ice for a brief cameo at the end of last season. "He played two games and was one of our...
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