Fraser Valley

FERRY FIRE
Update: Derelict ferry fire in Mission under control, shelter-in-place advisory now lifted
UPDATE 1:23 P.M. SATURDAY: The shelter-in-place advisory has been lifted for the area between Chester Street and 287 Street, south of Lougheed Highway. However, residents are asked to keep windows and doors closed in case smoke persists intermittently. The fire is now largely under control, but may continue to smoulder...
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LOCAL PERFORMANCE
B.C.-based music duo to perform in Chilliwack restaurant Saturday night
CHILLIWACK - Two B.C.-based musicians are descending in Chilliwack tonight (May 3) for their "Sun and Stars" road tour. Master of ivories Matthew Presidente and folk-rock artist Kele Fleming are stopping by Bozzini's (45739 Hocking Avenue) in a tour that will see stops on Vancouver Island, Metro Vancouver, th...
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FUNDRAISING HELP
Chilliwack family appeals for support after losing home in late April fire
CHILLIWACK - Once the smoke cleared at this single structure in the Fairfield Island area, the Tawileh family found they were left without a home. Just before 4 a.m. on April 27, a fast-moving fire went through their house in the 10000 block of Fairbanks Crescent. Mohammad Tawileh, his wife, and their children quickly ...
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MOTOR INCIDENT
Lougheed Highway collision shuts down Deroche Bridge, cuts power to thousands
MISSION - Over 4,300 customers lost power after a motor vehicle incident on Deroche Bridge, between Athey Road and Taylor Road, on Saturday, May 3. At roughly 7:15 a.m., scanners said a vehicle hit a pole, causing power lines to go down across Highway 7. BC Hydro reported that a crew will be heading to an outage affect...
May 03, 2025
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Fraser Valley Weather

British Columbia

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...
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A family and a festival: How Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day tragedy unfolded
VANCOUVER - In January last year, Cirque du Soleil usher Alexander Lo made his final public post on his Facebook timeline, promoting the circus' Kooza show. Four days later, his brother responded. "Brother, we will get to see this together sometime," wrote Adam Kai-Ji Lo. But he knew it wasn't to be. Alexande...
May 03, 2025
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More memorial masses planned for victims in Vancouver festival attack
VANCOUVER - People in Vancouver and beyond remain in mourning one week after a deadly attack on a Filipino street festival. The Vancouver archdiocese says on social media that additional memorial masses are being planned to remember the 11 people killed at the Lapu Lapu Day festival last Saturday. It says events are be...
May 03, 2025
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International fugitive returned to B.C. after being arrested in Middle East
An international fugitive and one of Canada's most wanted is back behind bars following a Vancouver Police Department investigation that lasted three years, spanned 14 countries and ended in the Middle East. Cody Casey has been back in Canada since April 24 following his arrest by police in Oman on Oct. 5, 2024, and an...
May 02, 2025
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Girl missing after following dog into wooded area in Chilliwack, B.C.
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in British Columbia are looking for a seven-year-old child who went missing in Chilliwack on Thursday after following her neighbour's dog into a wooded area. They say the girl was last seen around 4 p.m. on the 50800 block of Winona Road. Police describe the girl as Caucasian, four feet tall with ...
May 02, 2025
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Wildfire that forced evacuations in Fort St. John, B.C., not threatening buildings
FORT ST. JOHN - The City of Fort St. John, B.C., says a wildfire that prompted evacuations last night is not actively threatening any structures. But in an update posted at 8:40 p.m. Thursday, it says the blaze is moving beyond the Community Forest into the Peace River Regional District. The BC Wildfire Service's lates...
May 02, 2025
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Canada

Canadian students in Netherlands for 1945 liberation celebrations
HALIFAX - As the Netherlands marks the 80th anniversary of the country's liberation by the Canadian Army, more than 1,000 Canadian students will take part in events where they are expected to sense both the horror of war and the reverence of the Dutch for their liberators. Upwards of 175,000 Canadians fought as part of...
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Seven foreign policy challenges facing PM Mark Carney that aren't about Donald Trump
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has many foreign policy issues on his plate - and they're not all about U.S. President Donald Trump. Here are six of the key challenges Ottawa will be navigating in the coming months during a turbulent time in world politics. Trump in Alberta for G7 In just six weeks, Carney will wel...
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Canada's deepening dependence on U.S. has been a decades-long evolution, experts say
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has repeatedly accused the Liberal government of entrenching Canada's economic dependence on the United States. But political scientists say the reality is more complex, noting a broad trend toward continental integration of national economies that began almost 40 years ago...
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Experts see hopeful signs as Mark Carney prepares to talk trade with Trump
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney will be watched closely by Canadians infuriated by Donald Trump - and by an anxious business community looking for tariff relief - when he meets with the U.S. president Tuesday in Washington. After months of Trump's annexation threats, the newly elected prime minister will be tas...
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Albertans rally for separation, saying things won't change under Confederation
EDMONTON - Katheryn Speck said she used to be a Canadian nationalist, travelled the world with a maple leaf on her backpack and once lived in Quebec so she could become fluently bilingual. But on Saturday she was among hundreds of people who rallied at the Alberta legislature to support separation from Canada, with man...
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Manitoba warns of new measles exposure sites south of Winnipeg
WINKLER - Public health officials in Manitoba are warning of new measles exposure sites in two communities south of Winnipeg, including a medical centre and an elementary school. Officials say people may have been exposed to the virus at the C. W. Wiebe Medical Centre and the Dynacare blood and medical test lab in Wink...
23h ago
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