COTTAGE AND WORTHINGTON
End-of-Life room in Abbotsford long-term care facility gets new sofa
ABBOTSFORD - An Abbotsford long-term care facility has received a comforting addition to a room that regularly sees some of the worst days in families' lives. Cottage and Worthington Pavilion now has a new sofa in its end-of-life room after a donation from the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation (FVHCF). "Grief a...
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HOUSING SUPPORT
67 new homeless shelter spaces opening in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - The B.C. government is working to open more doors for Abbotsford residents who have nowhere else to go. At 2539 Montvue Ave., 30 shelter spaces are now complete, and people can start moving in in June. Renovations for the Sparrow Shelter at 1661 McCallum Rd. will also begin this summer, with the shelter ex...
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Patients in Quebec's Nunavik region evacuated over persistent water shortages
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Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
Bryde's whale washes ashore in only known sighting of the animal in B.C.
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Sweden blanks newcomer Slovenia and Switzerland shuts out Norway at ice hockey worlds
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Fraser Valley
BC HIGHWAY PATROL
BC Highway Patrol ramps up efforts for Victoria Day long weekend
LOWER MAINLAND - The familiar red, blue and yellow stripes of the BC Highway Patrol (BCHP) cars will be everywhere this May long weekend. Police are set to ramp up their efforts as part of the month-long High Risk Driving and Motorcycle Awareness campaign. Motorists will see roving patrols, unmarked police cars and che...
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CHILLIWACK FIRE
Residents urged to stay safe after several apartment fires in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Fire Department is urging residents to stay fire-safe after extinguishing a recent trail of apartment blazes. Throughout the first few months of this year, many residents have been displaced due to a number of fires in apartment buildings, homes and other private properties. The Fire Departm...
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Tax evasion
Fraser Valley bookkeeper caught cooking the books: CRA
FRASER VALLEY - The Canada Revenue Agency says a Fraser Valley bookkeeper has pleaded guilty to willfully evading remittance tax and making false statements about tax returns. According to a news release, Aeddy Leung of Surrey received a conditional sentence order for two years less a day and two years probation on Apr...
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Chilliwack Community Band
Chilliwack Community Band to present an evening of live music and vibrant dance
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Community Band invites the community to a spectacular night of live local music and vibrant dance at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre on Tuesday, May 27 at 7:30 p.m. This unique concert fuses rhythms of traditional band music with the beauty of dance, creating an engaging performance the whole...
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British Columbia
Bryde's whale washes ashore in only known sighting of the animal in B.C.
PORT MCNEILL - Another dead whale has washed ashore on a British Columbia beach, the third over two weeks, but a marine wildlife expert says there's likely no connections to the deaths. The Namgis First Nation says in a statement that a resident reported finding the whale Wednesday on a beach near Port McNeill, B.C., a...
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B.C. sending almost 100 firefighters to Ontario, after 42 deployed to Manitoba
VICTORIA - British Columbia Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says the province is sending almost 100 wildland firefighters to Ontario, where fires have been threatening several communities near the Manitoba border. Parmar says the deployment comes after B.C. sent 42 firefighters to Manitoba, where a blaze in the Rural Muni...
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Rural B.C. officials receive 'gratitude' over landfill resolution before ostrich cull
NAKUSP - A member of a British Columbia regional district says a decision not to allow the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to dispose of ostrich carcasses in its landfills pending further testing of the birds has been met with "gratitude." The Regional District of Central Kootenay board resolved "to with...
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B.C. man gets hunting ban, $13,000 penalty after illegally killing bighorn ram
NORTH VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man has been banned from hunting sheep in the province for three years after he illegally killed a bighorn ram and lied to authorities about where the hunt took place. B.C.'s Conservation Officer Service says in a statement posted to Facebook that Heith Proulx of Kelowna killed the ...
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Overnight Surrey house fire spreads to neighbouring homes, police investigating cause
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., are investigating an early morning house fire in the city's Bridgeview neighbourhood. They say officers responded to a report of a structure fire around 1:35 a.m. in the area of 127 Street and 113A Avenue. Police say firefighters extinguished the blaze, but remained on scene around 8:15...
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Inquest rules B.C. student's overdose death accidental, recommends naloxone training
BURNABY - A coroner's jury in British Columbia has recommended high schools provide resuscitation training and demonstrations of how to use naloxone after ruling that the overdose death of a University of Victoria student last year was accidental. The inquest found 18-year-old Sidney McIntyre-Starko died of brain injur...
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Canada
Patients in Quebec's Nunavik region evacuated over persistent water shortages
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is evacuating patients from a health facility in the province's Far North because of persistent water shortages in a community. The Health Department says two patients were flown 1,600 kilometres south to the Montreal area from the Inuit village of Puvirnituq late Thursday, with more ex...
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Bryde's whale washes ashore in only known sighting of the animal in B.C.
PORT MCNEILL - Another dead whale has washed ashore on a British Columbia beach, the third over two weeks, but a marine wildlife expert says there's likely no connections to the deaths. The Namgis First Nation says in a statement that a resident reported finding the whale Wednesday on a beach near Port McNeill, B.C., a...
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B.C. sending almost 100 firefighters to Ontario, after 42 deployed to Manitoba
VICTORIA - British Columbia Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says the province is sending almost 100 wildland firefighters to Ontario, where fires have been threatening several communities near the Manitoba border. Parmar says the deployment comes after B.C. sent 42 firefighters to Manitoba, where a blaze in the Rural Muni...
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Rural B.C. officials receive 'gratitude' over landfill resolution before ostrich cull
NAKUSP - A member of a British Columbia regional district says a decision not to allow the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to dispose of ostrich carcasses in its landfills pending further testing of the birds has been met with "gratitude." The Regional District of Central Kootenay board resolved "to with...
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N.S. health minister admits 'growing pains' with new free-parking policy at hospitals
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia has become the latest province to discover that offering free parking at hospitals can become a hot-button issue. At the big hospitals in Halifax, tensions are growing as unauthorized motorists are routinely taking up too many spots, leaving health-care staff scrambling as they show up for work. P...
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Amazon, worker union before Quebec labour tribunal over warehouse closures
MONTREAL - A Quebec labour tribunal has begun hearing a case against Amazon over the e-commerce giant's closure in January of seven warehouses in the province. Some 1,700 employees lost their jobs following Amazon's sudden termination of its Quebec warehouse operations months after workers at a Montreal-area facility u...
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World
Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to resume quick deportations of Venezuelans under 18th century law
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the Trump administration's appeal to quickly resume deportations of Venezuelans under an 18th century wartime law. Over two dissenting votes, the justices acted on an emergency appeal from lawyers for Venezuelan men who have been accused of being gang members, a de...
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Authorities say 11 inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail; 10 still missing after one recaptured
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Authorities in Louisiana say they are in pursuit of 10 inmates - at least one of whom is convicted of murder - who escaped from a New Orleans jail. Another inmate was captured Friday after a brief foot chase through the French Quarter, the Louisiana State Police said in a post on the social media pla...
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Jury convicts ex-Tennessee House speaker and his aide in legislative mail scheme
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Tennessee House speaker and his onetime chief of staff in a scheme to win taxpayer-funded mail business from state lawmakers even after scandals drove the two out of political power. Former Republican Rep. Glen Casada was found guilty of all 19 charges...
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Sports
Sweden blanks newcomer Slovenia and Switzerland shuts out Norway at ice hockey worlds
STOCKHOLM (AP) - Elias Lindholm scored a hat trick as Sweden blanked newcomer Slovenia 4-0 to keep a perfect record of five wins from five games at the ice hockey world championship on Friday. Sweden has the sole lead of Group A with Canada in second three points behind and a game in hand against Slovakia on Saturday. ...
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Western Conference-leading Vancouver Whitecaps look for repeat performance in Austin
VANCOUVER - Austin, Texas, will always be a special place for Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Ali Ahmed. The Canadian international made his Major League Soccer debut there on April 23, 2022, with his family looking on from the stands. "Everytime I go back there, you kind of reminisce a little bit," he said th...
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Defender Jalen Neal flourishing in starting role with CF Montreal
MONTREAL - CF Montreal's sporting project aimed at developing and showcasing young talent has had mixed results over its five years. Fortunately, the Major League Soccer club has been able to balance that by finding success in the trade market. Montreal has repeatedly converted undervalued or misused pieces in other sq...
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