Community vigil
Chilliwack residents to hold candlelight vigil in memory of Lapu Lapu Day festival victims
CHILLIWACK - A candlelight vigil will be held this week in Chilliwack to remember the 11 victims of last weekend's horrific mass casualty incident at the Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver. According to the text of a flyer sent to Fraser Valley Today, Chilliwack-area residents are invited to come to Central Community ...
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Canadian Olympic Committee
Chilliwack leader in sport named to Canadian Olympic Committee board
CHILLIWACK - A distinguished Chilliwack leader in sport administration and Indigenous sport development who has dedicated her career to fostering positive change through sports has been named to the board of directors for the Canadian Olympic Committee. According to a news release, Lara Mussell Savage has joined the bo...
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After skipping multiple debates pre-election, Fraser Valley politician issues statement now that he won
FRASER VALLEY - A 25-year-old businessman and political newcomer who hid from voters by skipping multiple candidates forums in the Abbotsford-South Langley riding has issued a statement following his victory on Monday night. Sukhman Gill, whose absence from an Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce forum generated an online pe...
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Public Safety
Police release sketch in connection with alleged abduction and sexual assault in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford are appealing for witnesses and dash camera footage after a woman was allegedly abducted and sexually assaulted early Monday morning. The incident occurred around 5:30 a.m. in the 33900 block of Gladys Avenue, where a woman was waiting for a friend. Image: AbbyPD has released a sketch ...
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BCHL
Chilliwack Chiefs add sniper for the '25-'26 season
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Chiefs have announced the commitment of forward Rylan Bissett for the 2025-26 BCHL season.The 2007 born product of Prince George starred with the Cariboo Cougars U18 AAA squad last season, recording 35 goals and 60 points in 36 regular-season games. He added 11 points in eight playoff appear...
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Pedestrian fatality
Adult male pedestrian dies after being struck by vehicle on Highway 1 east of Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Mounties say they are investigating a fatal motor vehicle incident that claimed the life of an adult male pedestrian.According to a statement from RCMP Sgt. Andy Lot, Agassiz RCMP frontline members were advised on Monday night (Apr. 29) at about 9:53 p.m. that a pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle on H...
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British Columbia
Vancouver artist who was mother of two identified among Vancouver festival victims
VANCOUVER - Family members and friends of those killed in a vehicle attack at a Vancouver festival are coming forward to tell the stories of their loved ones. A 30-year-old man faces a series of second-degree murder charges over the attack that killed 11 people at the Lapu Lapu Day festival. Here is what we know about ...
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Canadian Press NewsAlert: Canadian Tire bidding on Hudson's Bay assets, sources say
TORONTO - Beleaguered retailer Hudson's Bay has attracted a bid from Canadian Tire, two sources familiar with the sales process say. The sources, who are not being named because they were not authorized to speak about the matter, say the household goods chain has made a bid for some of the faltering department store's ...
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Advocate fears mental health stigma after Vancouver festival tragedy
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia advocate says people with mental illness and those who work with them are afraid of the consequences that could come in reaction to the festival tragedy that killed 11 people in Vancouver on Saturday. Health officials have said the suspect, Adam Kai-Ji Lo, was under the care of a mental h...
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TransLink to expand Metro Vancouver bus service with newly approved investment plan
BURNABY - Metro Vancouver's transportation authority says a plan is in place to fund the largest increase in bus service in the region since 2018, in addition to expansions and improvements approved last year. A statement from TransLink says its board of directors and the Mayors' Council on Regional Transportation appr...
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Mental health trouble leads to public safety issues, Vancouver's mayor says
VANCOUVER - People are "sick and tired" of inquiries and reviews into a recurring pattern of people in a mental health crisis becoming involved in violent incidents, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said Wednesday. His comments came days after an SUV was driven at high speed through a crowd at a Vancouver festival hel...
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Filipino nurses shaken by Vancouver festival attack say tragedy 'will not define us'
Filipino-Canadian nurse Glesy Banton-Victoria says she had planned to attend the Lapu Lapu Day street festival in Vancouver on Saturday but took a nap instead, exhausted by a funeral earlier in the day. When she learned that a vehicle sped into a crowd of festivalgoers at the Filipino community event, she says she was ...
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Canada
Here's what the Liberals promised for health care. But can they deliver?
TORONTO - Until U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and threats to Canadian sovereignty came along, many thought health care would be a key issue in the federal election. Instead, it came across as an after-thought to more immediate economic concerns that often hijacked campaign headlines. "I can't recall an ele...
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Alberta seeks court ruling on constitutionality of Ottawa's clean electricity plan
EDMONTON - Alberta's government is seeking a court ruling on the constitutionality of Ottawa's clean electricity grid regulations. The regulations were finalized late last year and lay out a plan to decarbonize electricity grids across Canada by 2025. Abandoning the regulations is one of nine demands Premier Danielle S...
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Top court to look at whether challenge of ethics ruling in Trudeau case can proceed
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will look at whether a group's challenge of a federal ethics report on Justin Trudeau's involvement in a decision about WE Charity can proceed. In May 2021, then-federal ethics commissioner Mario Dion concluded that Trudeau, prime minister at the time, did not breach the Conflict of...
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Indigenous chiefs call for Alberta Premier Smith to stop stoking separatism talk
EDMONTON - Two First Nations chiefs are accusing Alberta Premier Danielle Smith of "attempting to manufacture a national unity crisis" and are calling on her to stop stoking the fires of separatism. Smith's government has proposed legislation that would make it easier for citizens to call for a referendum on ...
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Vancouver artist who was mother of two identified among Vancouver festival victims
VANCOUVER - Family members and friends of those killed in a vehicle attack at a Vancouver festival are coming forward to tell the stories of their loved ones. A 30-year-old man faces a series of second-degree murder charges over the attack that killed 11 people at the Lapu Lapu Day festival. Here is what we know about ...
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Ontario man arrested in Dominican Republic still stuck after charges dropped: family
The wife of a Canadian man who was arrested in the Dominican Republic after he was accused of smuggling drugs says all charges against him have been dropped, but he remains stuck there indefinitely. Jane Wilcox and her husband David Bennett had spent a week at a resort in the Dominican Republic with two friends and wer...
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World
Judge bars deportations of Venezuelans from South Texas under 18th-century wartime law
A federal judge on Thursday barred the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans from South Texas under an 18th-century wartime law. U.S. District Court Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. is the first judge to rule that the Alien Enemies Act cannot be used against people whom the Republican administration claims ar...
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Trump national security adviser Mike Waltz is out in first major shakeup of Trump's second term
WASHINGTON (AP) - White House national security adviser Mike Waltz is set to depart the administration, according to two people familiar with the matter on Thursday, marking the first major staff shakeup of President Donald Trump's second term. Waltz came under searing scrutiny in March after revelations that he added ...
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Weekend round of nuclear talks between US and Iran are postponed, Oman says
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Planned negotiations between Iran and the United States this weekend over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program have been postponed, Oman announced Thursday. A message online from Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi made the announcement in a post on the social platform X. &qu...
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Sports
Winnipeg Jets forward Mark Scheifele out for Game 6 against St. Louis Blues
WINNIPEG - Winnipeg forward Mark Scheifele will not play in Game 6 when the Jets hope to eliminate the St. Louis Blues with a road victory. Speaking today during a media availability at the Winnipeg airport, head coach Scott Arniel says that Scheifele would not be travelling south with the team. Scheifele took two puni...
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Leafs go with same lineup for Game 6, Pacioretty to play with Tavares, Nylander
OTTAWA - Craig Berube is standing pat - with a slight adjustment. The Maple Leafs head coach will go with the same lineup for Game 6 of his team's first-round playoff series against the Ottawa Senators despite consecutive losses that cut Toronto's lead to 3-2. Berube had the option to bring forwards Nick Robertson or D...
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Tyler Mazereeuw named Canadian Elite Basketball League president
TORONTO - Tyler Mazereeuw has been named the new president of the Canadian Elite Basketball League. Mazereeuw will focus on leading and strengthening the league's sales and marketing efforts to elevate its commercial presence. He has held senior roles with several prominent organizations over a 20-year career, includin...
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