Commercial shopping centre
Chilliwack shopping centre fully leased
CHILLIWACK - A popular commercial shopping centre on Vedder Road in the heart of Sardis is now fully leased.William Wright Commercial Real Estate Services posted on social media last month that Vedder Pointe, a strategically located development at 6640 Vedder Road anchored by Tim Hortons, Shoppers and Dollarama, is now...
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New retailer in Chilliwack
New records store coming to Chilliwack, hiring employees
CHILLIWACK - A Canada-wide records store selling records and other physical media plans to open a new location in Chilliwack in 2025. According to an email of confirmation from the company itself, Sunrise Records will be coming to the Cottonwood Centre Mall in the coming months. "Hi Mike, we are coming to Chilliwa...
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Looming postal strike
City of Chilliwack reminds homeowners to pay property tax amid looming postal strike
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack is reminding homeowners to pay their property tax bills ahead of a looming strike by unionized postal workers at Canada Post. In a social media post Tuesday morning, the city says property tax notices were mailed out last week and payment is due July 2, 2025. However, with the Canada...
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New area code in British Columbia
British Columbia to add yet another new area code this week
CHILLIWACK - British Columbia will add a sixth area code to the province in response to the increasing demand for phone numbers. According to a statement Telecommunications Alliance, the new area code in B.C. will be 257 starting this Saturday, May 24. The new area code joins the existing area codes of 250, 604, 778, 2...
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BENCH DONATIONS
'Bench Guy' donates new additions to regional park in Hope, plans to make more
HOPE - If you're ever on one of roughly 34 scenic trails in Hope, B.C., you might eventually find yourself resting on the hard work of one Doug Lasser- also known as "The Bench Guy". Though Lasser has lived in Hope since 1981, Bench Guy's story started when he caught himself sitting uncomfortably on a fallen ...
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OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN
Abbotsford asking resident input on updated community plan
ABBOTSFORD - The City of Abbotsford is calling on residents to help shape the long-term future of their community by updating its Official Community Plan (OCP). "Abbotsforward 2050" is now in its final phase of public engagement, and any input gathered during this period will be used to finalize the updated O...
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British Columbia
Metro Vancouver area councillors urge more B.C. oversight of municipal spending
VICTORIA - Four Metro Vancouver area councillors have launched a petition asking the British Columbia government for closer oversight of municipal spending in the province, amid a police investigation into alleged misuse of a city hall gift card program. Richmond's Kash Heed, Daniel Fontaine and Paul Minhas from New We...
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BC Hydro's challenge: Powering province through surging demand, drought and trade war
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's power utility is facing transformational challenges of drought, rising costs and a trade war with the United States as it works to meet electricity demand that's surging after two decades of relative stability. An expected demand increase of 15 per cent by 2030 is sparking questions about...
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Environment Canada issues weather alerts for B.C. Interior highways
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued special weather statements for three major highways in the British Columbia Interior. The weather agency says a Pacific front began approaching the southwestern Interior on Monday morning, bringing wet snow to highway summits. The special weather statement covers some portions ...
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'Sullivan's Crossing' is a 'life-preserver in tumultuous times': Canadian showrunner
TORONTO - For Roma Roth, setting her show "Sullivan's Crossing" in Nova Scotia is a way to showcase more of Canada on the small screen. The London, Ont.-born executive producer and showrunner - who also works on the soapy Netflix series "Virgin River" shot in British Columbia - says it was time to i...
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22-year-old woman dies in slackline fall north of Vancouver
A 22-year-old woman is dead after a fatal slack line incident at a recreation area north of Vancouver. Squamish RCMP say they received a report on Saturday afternoon of a female falling from a slack line at Chek Canyon Recreation Area. The area is a popular climbing spot 87 kilometres north of Vancouver. Mounties say f...
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Vancouver Island University students are making the world's largest Nanaimo bar
NANAIMO - Students at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, B.C., are busy in the kitchen assembling the world's largest Nanaimo bar. The sweet treat will be unveiled to the public at noon on Saturday, and is expected to be 21.3 meters long, 0.9 meters wide and weigh nearly 500 kilograms. Aron Weber, chair of the pro...
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Canada
Kansas businesses hit by Trump's trade war are wooing Canadian customers
OTTAWA - The head of the Topeka Kansas Chamber of Commerce is in Ottawa this week seeking to strengthen ties as U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs continue to rattle cross-border business relationships. Juliet Abdel is meeting with federal and provincial officials, Canadian mayors and officials with the Canadian Pac...
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CRTC hears debate on including a 'cultural element' in new definition of CanCon
OTTAWA - The CRTC is considering whether it should include a "cultural element" in its new definition of Canadian content. A consumers' group says having a test that attempts to define who or what is culturally Canadian would be "highly problematic." The Public Interest Advocacy Centre says the Cana...
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Here's what you need to know about King Charles and Queen Camilla's visit to Ottawa
OTTAWA - People in Ottawa will have several chances to get a glimpse of the King and Queen during next week's royal visit to Canada, their first since King Charles's coronation. King Charles and Queen Camilla will arrive in the national capital on Monday and will greet the public and attend an event at Lansdowne Park i...
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Majority of Quebecers think province should end carbon pricing, survey says
MONTREAL - A new Léger poll says more than half of Quebecers want the province to abolish its price on carbon. Quebec has had some of the highest gas prices in the country since Prime Minister Mark Carney scrapped the federal consumer price on carbon in April. The province has maintained its own cap-and-trade ca...
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Ottawa claims child welfare talks stalled over AFN's 'unreasonable' requests
OTTAWA - The federal government has told the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal that negotiations with the Assembly of First Nations on reforming the child welfare system are stalled and the AFN's requests are "unreasonable." In a May 15 filing to the tribunal, Ottawa says it has made "intensive and meaningf...
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Netanyahu says Canada, U.K., France offering 'huge prize' to Hamas with Gaza letter
OTTAWA - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Canada, England and France are giving Hamas "a huge prize" by threatening to take action against Israel over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Prime Minister Mark Carney, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron issued...
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World
Maintenance worker says inmate threatened to shank him if he didn't assist in New Orleans jail break
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A New Orleans jail maintenance worker has been arrested on accusations that he turned water off to a toilet covering a hole in the wall that 10 men squeezed through to break out of jail. The inmates, six of whom remain on the lam, pulled off the daring escape early Friday by yanking open a faulty cel...
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Netanyahu says Canada, U.K., France offering 'huge prize' to Hamas with Gaza letter
OTTAWA - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Canada, England and France are giving Hamas "a huge prize" by threatening to take action against Israel over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Prime Minister Mark Carney, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron issued...
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Elon Musk says he will cut back on political spending after heavily backing Trump in 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) - Elon Musk, the richest person in the world and a key financial supporter of President Donald Trump, said Tuesday that he'll be spending less on political campaigns. His decision, which he disclosed via videoconference during a Bloomberg forum in Doha, Qatar, could be a setback for Republicans before n...
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Sports
Mboko advances to second round of French Open qualifying tournament
PARIS - Rising tennis star Victoria Mboko moved a step closer to qualifying for her first career Grand Slam main draw with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Austria's Sinja Kraus on Tuesday. The 18-year-old from Toronto fired five aces on the clay courts of Roland Garros while winning 79 per cent of first-serve points to advance to ...
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Veteran midfielder Desiree Scott set for international farewell in Winnipeg hometown
Veteran midfielder Desiree Scott, in her international swansong, leads the Canadian roster named for a pair of international friendlies against Haiti in the May/June FIFA international window. The 37-year-old Scott will call time on her international career May 31 in her hometown of Winnipeg. After the game at Princess...
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Cheverie, MacLeod, Ryan named PWHL's Coach of the Year finalists
TORONTO - Montreal Victoire's Kori Cheverie, Ottawa Charge's Carla MacLeod and Toronto Sceptres' Troy Ryan have been named the finalists for the PWHL's coach of the year. Cheverie of New Glasgow, N.S., is a finalist for a second straight year after guiding the Victoire to first place with a 12-7-3-8 record (regulation ...
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