Supportive housing
Chilliwack council sets public hearing for apt. complex purchased by RAN for women's supportive housing
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack councillors have given first and second reading, but not final approval, for a rezoning application of a four-unit apartment complex on Maple Avenue that was purchased by Ruth and Naomi's for a women's supportive housing complex.According to a staff report from City of Chilliwack senior planner ...
2h ago
Read More
Chilliwack City Council
Chilliwack councillors OK demolition of Young Road home that city bought for nearly $1 million in 2024
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack councillors have accepted a submitted bid of just over $120,000 for the demolition of a Young Road home and garage that the City of Chilliwack purchased for a little less than a million dollars last year. According to a staff report prepared by Eric Schulz, the City of Chilliwack issued a reques...
4h ago
Read More
What's Trending
Senators look to bounce back at home down 2-0 to Leafs in Battle of Ontario
5m ago
Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
Canada women's soccer coach Casey Stoney adds three full-tie assistants to her staff
5m ago
'To honour him': Canadian Bishops, Métis leader attending funeral for Pope Francis
10m ago
Fraser Valley
Volunteers clean up
Volunteers clean up garbage strewn throughout riverfront site in Hope
HOPE - Volunteers from Hope and Chilliwack alike teamed up over the Easter long weekend to remove a multitude of accumulated garbage near a riverfront site in Hope. Aided by longtime Chilliwack resident Ross Aikenhead, Jim Lasser from Tri-West Contracting, and others like backhoe operator Darcy Baker, volunteers spent ...
1h ago
Read More
Body cameras
Abbotsford Police Dept. to roll out body-worn cameras next month
ABBOTSFORD - Frontline police in Abbotsford will begin donning Axon body-worn cameras as early as next month for a six-month pilot project. According to an emailed statement from AbbyPD Sgt. Paul Walker, frontline patrol officers on two separate shifts will take part in the initiative that the department says underscor...
3h ago
Read More
IHIT deployed to Chilliwack
IHIT deployed to Chilliwack after body of 37-year-old female found behind former Canadian Tire building
CHILLIWACK - IHIT detectives have confirmed that the body of a 37-year-old female was found on Monday in Chilliwack behind the former Canadian Tire building. According to a statement from IHIT spokesperson Sgt. Freda Fong, Chilliwack RCMP responded on Monday, April 21, 2025 at about 11 a.m. for the report of a suspicio...
21h ago
Read More
Coquihalla Highway crash
Two semi-truck drivers seriously injured in Coquihalla Highway crash
COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY - A collision between two semi-trucks on the Coquihalla Highway south of Merritt Monday evening sent both drivers to hospital with serious injuries.Merritt RCMP say officers were called to the stretch of Highway 5 shortly after 6 p.m. Monday (April 21) as two semi tractors with attached trailers had ...
21h ago
Read More
British Columbia
Man missing, woman and infant found alive on shore after B.C. boat accident
LANGFORD - A man is missing after three people, including an infant, were thrown overboard in a boating accident on Finlayson Arm northwest of Victoria. West Shore RCMP say they responded to a report of an unoccupied boat on the ocean inlet of Finlayson Arm Tuesday evening. The Canadian Coast Guard and the Joint Rescue...
1h ago
Read More
B.C. invests $11 million on value-added lumber manufacturing amid U.S. uncertainty
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is investing up to $11 million toward four projects in the province aimed at boosting the local mass-timber manufacturing sector. Jobs and Economic Development Minister Diana Gibson says in a statement that the funding comes at a time when government investment is needed to st...
1h ago
Read More
Poilievre defends economic growth projections in Conservative platform as 'essential'
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre is defending the Conservative campaign platform's heavy reliance on economic growth in a period of deep uncertainty. The Conservative leader was in Hamilton, Ont., on Wednesday, with just days to go before the federal vote on Monday and a day after he released the party's costed campaign platf...
4h ago
Read More
Crews fight fire in downtown Vancouver as smoke spreads across city
VANCOUVER - Firefighters are fighting a large blaze in downtown Vancouver that's sending a smoky haze and the smell of smoke across the city. An assistant fire chief with Vancouver Fire Rescue Services says crews responded just before 4 a.m. to the 2200 block of East Hastings Street, between Garden Drive and Nanaimo St...
4h ago
Read More
Bryan Adams plans 19 Canadian stops on North American tour
TORONTO - Bryan Adams is setting forth on an extensive run of Canadian concert dates later this year. The "Summer of '69" rock singer has announced plans to perform 19 dates across the country as part of his Roll With the Punches tour. The Canadian leg begins in Kamloops, B.C. on Sept. 11 and rolls through Ca...
4h ago
Read More
Hikers scramble for alternatives after damage shuts B.C.'s popular Juan de Fuca Trail
Trish Fougner still remembers the taste of the beer she enjoyed after completing the 47-kilometre Juan de Fuca Trail on Vancouver Island two years ago. "Like I had never had a beer in my life, which is not true," Fougner said. But now the resident of Victoria is among hikers with a sour taste in their mouth a...
12h ago
Read More
Canada
'To honour him': Canadian Bishops, Métis leader attending funeral for Pope Francis
Donald Bolen, the archbishop of Regina, is travelling to Vatican City for Saturday's funeral of Pope Francis - a journey, he says, is to honour a pontiff who mirrored his vision and his compassion. "When (Francis) put out a book called 'The Name of God is Mercy,' I smiled. Because my episcopal motto is 'mercy with...
14m ago
Read More
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon to represent Canada at Pope Francis's funeral Saturday
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will not be taking time away from the federal election campaign to attend the funeral for Pope Francis. He says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon will represent Canada alongside a senior delegation at the Vatican ceremony on Saturday. A spokeswoman for the Prime Minister's Office says the rest of...
32m ago
Read More
China says it wants to partner with Canada to push back against American 'bullying'
OTTAWA - China's ambassador says Beijing is offering to form a partnership with Canada to push back against American "bullying," suggesting the two countries could rally other nations to stop Washington from undermining global rules. "We want to avoid the situation where humanity is brought back to a wor...
1h ago
Read More
Quebec not ruling out expanding religious symbol ban to daycare workers: minister
QUEBEC CITY - The Quebec minister responsible for secularism says the government isn't ruling out expanding its religious symbols ban to include daycare employees. Jean-François Roberge says "everything is on the table" when it comes to strengthening secularism in the province, including extending the ...
2h ago
Read More
Poilievre defends economic growth projections in Conservative platform as 'essential'
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre is defending the Conservative campaign platform's heavy reliance on economic growth in a period of deep uncertainty. The Conservative leader was in Hamilton, Ont., on Wednesday, with just days to go before the federal vote on Monday and a day after he released the party's costed campaign platf...
4h ago
Read More
In the news today: Federal leaders spar over platforms, bells toll for Pope Francis
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Leaders trade jabs as election campaign nears end The clock is ticking before Canadians head to the polls to cast their ballot in the April 28 election, and attacks from federal party leaders are heating up. Both the Liberals and ...
11h ago
Read More
World
Trump says Zelenskyy is prolonging war in Ukraine by resisting calls to cede Crimea to Russia
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday lashed out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying the Ukrainian leader is prolonging the 'killing field' after he pushed back on ceding Crimea to Russia as part a potential peace plan. Zelenskyy on Tuesday ruled out the idea of Ukraine ceding territor...
3h ago
Read More
India suspends water treaty with Pakistan, demands it stop supporting 'terrorism'
SRINAGAR, India (AP) - India on Wednesday suspended a water-sharing treaty with rival Pakistan, indicating it was blaming its neighbor for the previous day's attack by gunman that killed 26 people in Indian-controlled Kashmir. India's foreign secretary, Vikram Misri, announced the move at a news conference in New Delhi...
3h ago
Read More
New York police ID woman and child whose remains were discovered near Gilgo Beach
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - A woman and her child whose remains were discovered scattered along an oceanfront highway not far from Long Island's Gilgo Beach were identified by police Wednesday, nearly three decades after they first went missing. Police in Nassau County said the mother, previously nicknamed "Peaches"...
4h ago
Read More
Sports
Senators look to bounce back at home down 2-0 to Leafs in Battle of Ontario
OTTAWA - Down 2-0 in their NHL first-round playoff series against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Ottawa Senators find themselves facing an uphill battle. The Senators are now back home, looking to draw on the hard lessons of the past few years and push back with everything they've got in Game 3 on Thursday. "I think...
10m ago
Read More
Canada women's soccer coach Casey Stoney adds three full-tie assistants to her staff
Canada women's soccer coach Casey Stoney has added Natalie Henderson, Neil Wood and Ian Willcock as full-time members of her coaching staff. The three join performance analyst Yianni Michelis on Stoney's staff. Wood was a member of former coach Bev Priestman's staff at the Paris Olympics Henderson, a native of Newcastl...
10m ago
Read More
Versatile Jets forward Alex Iafallo ready to lend a hand on and off the ice
WINNIPEG - Alex Iafallo is always willing to lend a helping hand - on and off the ice. The Winnipeg Jets forward has moved up and down the lineup this season without a complaint. He also signed a three-year contract extension before the NHL playoffs for less money than his previous deal. And during the COVID-19 pandemi...
25m ago
Read More