OCP PARTY
Residents invited to host pizza parties discussing Chilliwack community plan
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack is launching a new engagement project to get people talking about their community in the long run.Residents are invited to host an "OCPizza Party" with friends and family to discuss the City's Official Community Plan (OCP). "This plan, called Chilliwack 2050, will guid...
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Police investigation
Police look to ID two individuals possibly connected to Nowell Street residential fire in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Police in Chilliwack are asking for the public's help in identifying two individuals who may have information about a residential fire that happened on Nowell Street last month. According to a statement from the UFVRD media relations unit, Chilliwack RCMP members responded to a report of a structure fire i...
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Pakistan's army spokesman says India has fired missiles at 3 Pakistani air bases
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Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
Five youth plead guilty in 2024 swarming of girl in Kelowna, B.C.
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VEHICLE FIRE
Traffic lane blocked due to car fire on Coquihalla Highway
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Fraser Valley
VEHICLE FIRE
Traffic lane blocked due to car fire on Coquihalla Highway
UPDATE 2:55 P.M. FRIDAY, MAY 9: DriveBC reports that roads have now reopened. Original story below: HOPE - Traffic on one section of the Coquihalla Connector from Hope to Merritt has been blocked off after a vehicle incident late Friday morning, May 9. Social media users reported a northbound vehicle fire just past the...
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CHILLIWACK CHIEFS
Chilliwack Chiefs head to Game 5 at home with 3-1 series lead
CHILLIWACK - The Chiefs are back from the road with a hopeful 3-1 series lead over the Victoria Grizzlies. At the Q Centre in Victoria on Tuesday (May 6), Grizzlies kicked off Game 3 with their only goal of the first period before the Chiefs dominated the next 20 minutes of play with forwards Connor Dick, Carter Anders...
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APRIL JOBS REPORT
Chilliwack, Abbotsford add more jobs as national unemployment rate ticks up to 6.9%: StatCan
CHILLIWACK - The job market seemingly sprang into motion across the Fraser Valley, as provincial and national labour figures slowly ticked up in April. Chilliwack continued to gain significant job momentum last month, adding 900 jobs and cutting down the unemployment rate from 6.6 per cent in March to 6.1 per cent in A...
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Downtown Chilliwack café
Downtown Chilliwack café to hold soft opening Friday
CHILLIWACK - A downtown Chilliwack café appears poised to open its doors to the public this week under new management. Harvest Store + Café plans to welcome customers back to its store at 9343 Mill Street with a soft opening on Friday, May 9 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The cozy storefront will have limited sele...
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British Columbia
Five youth plead guilty in 2024 swarming of girl in Kelowna, B.C.
KELOWNA - Prosecutors say five youth involved in a violent swarming of a girl in Kelowna, B.C., last year have entered guilty pleas. Damienne Darby, a spokeswoman for the BC Prosecution Service, says one young person pleaded guilty to one count of assault in January and was handed a sentence of two years' probation in ...
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Onex selling minority stakes in WestJet to Delta and Korean Air
Onex Corp. has sold a minority stake in WestJet to Delta Air Lines and Korean Air in a US$550-million deal that aims to position the Calgary-based airline for growth abroad amid intensifying domestic competition and plummeting demand for flights to the U.S. Under the deals announced Friday, Delta will acquire a 15 per ...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney to unveil his new cabinet on Tuesday
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to unveil his new cabinet at Rideau Hall on Tuesday - and it's expected to be a slimmed-down front bench meant to signal a more businesses-minded approach to government. Rideau Hall confirmed the timing of the swearing-in ceremony in a media release on Friday. Marci Surkes of ...
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Pembina Pipeline sees enough demand for potential expansion to Cedar LNG project
CALGARY - The chief executive of Pembina Pipeline Corp. says he believes there will be enough demand to support an expansion to the Cedar LNG project on the B.C. coast as it looks to sign on more shippers for the first phase now in early construction. Pembina has shortlisted the preferred counterparties, and has begun ...
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Newly discovered wildfires reported burning out of control in B.C.
KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service says four new wildfires are burning out of control in the Prince George Fire Centre. It says all of the new blazes were discovered Thursday. The service says all four fires, which range in size from one to 80 hectares, are suspected to be caused by lightning. It also says another fire...
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Filipino BC confirms identities of all 11 people killed in Vancouver festival attack
VANCOUVER - The group that organized the Lapu Lapu Day festival where 11 people were killed last month has released the names of the dead. Filipino BC says in a social media post that its members honour the lives lost in the tragedy and hold their families close in their thoughts. "May their memory live on in the ...
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Canada
'Policing in Nunavik is broken': Inuit group wants change after latest fatal shooting
MONTREAL - The political organization that represents Inuit in Quebec says policing in the Far North is "broken" after an officer shot and killed an Inuk man on Tuesday. The shooting by the Nunavik Police Service is the second officer-involved death in the northern region since November. Makivvik, a group tha...
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Liberal candidate says judicial recount ordered in Ontario riding he narrowly lost
OTTAWA - A Liberal candidate who lost to his Conservative rival by just 77 votes in the federal election says his request for a judicial recount has been granted. Irek Kusmierczyk, the Liberal incumbent in Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore, argues in a social media post today that several ballots were "wrongly rejected.&...
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White House downplays North American auto industry's concerns about U.K. trade deal
WASHINGTON - The White House is downplaying the North American automobile industry's claim that U.S. President Donald Trump's new trade deal with the United Kingdom could make the sector less competitive. The preliminary deal announced Thursday would drop tariffs on U.K. automobiles to 10 per cent for a quota of 100,00...
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Ontario First Nation seeks emergency relief in Federal Court over water crisis
A First Nation in northwestern Ontario is seeking $200 million in emergency relief from the federal government to address the "critical" state of its water and sewage system as part of legal action launched in Federal Court, lawyers for the community said Friday. Pikangikum First Nation submitted a motion Thu...
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Hearing in September on whether Quebec daycare crash accused is high-risk offender
LAVAL - A court hearing will take place in September into whether a man who killed two children by driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare should be declared a high-risk offender. Superior Court Justice Éric Downs today set aside one week beginning Sept. 15 to hear arguments from prosecutors and the defe...
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Filipino BC confirms identities of all 11 people killed in Vancouver festival attack
VANCOUVER - The group that organized the Lapu Lapu Day festival where 11 people were killed last month has released the names of the dead. Filipino BC says in a social media post that its members honour the lives lost in the tragedy and hold their families close in their thoughts. "May their memory live on in the ...
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World
Pakistan's army spokesman says India has fired missiles at 3 Pakistani air bases
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's army spokesman said that India has fired missiles at three air bases inside the country, but most of the missiles have been intercepted. Lt. Gen. Ahmad Sharif said in a televised address that all Pakistan Air Force assets are safe. He added that some of the Indian missiles also hit...
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New Jersey mayor arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting, prosecutor says
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at an ICE Detention Center where he was protesting its opening, a federal prosecutor said. Alina Habba, acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, said on the social platform X that Baraka committed trespass and ignored warnings from Homeland Security personnel ...
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Pentagon directs military to pull library books that address diversity, anti-racism, gender issues
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon has ordered all military leaders and commands to pull and review all of their library books that address diversity, anti-racism or gender issues by May 21, according to a memo issued to the force on Friday. It is the broadest and most detailed directive so far on Defense Secretary Pete He...
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Sports
Ticats to add offensive lineman Miles Gorrell to their Wall of Honour
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will add Hall of Famer Miles Gorrell to their Wall of Honour this summer. The six-foot-eight, 285-pound Gorrell played on Hamilton's offensive line from 1985-91 and again in 1996. He will be formally inducted Aug. 7 at Hamilton Stadium. "Miles Gorrell was the heart of our offensi...
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Oilers in the driver's seat heading home in series against Golden Knights
LAS VEGAS - The Edmonton Oilers head home from Las Vegas with the odds in their favour. Teams that win the first two games of a best-of-seven series that starts on the road are 88-22 for a winning percentage of .800, according to the NHL. The Oilers taking two at T-Mobile from the Vegas Golden Knights was the first tim...
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Toronto FC coach understands fan unrest but says club is working hard to fix things
TORONTO - Toronto FC coach Robin Fraser says he understands fan unrest at the MLS team's recent struggles, but says the club is working hard to change its fortunes. Toronto has not made the playoffs since 2020 and currently sits 28th in the 30-team league at 1-6-4. "Without a doubt I understand and appreciate the ...
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