Dump truck driver busted
Fraser Valley dump truck driver garners 90-day ban for impaired driving: RCMP
LOWER MAINLAND - Less than a month after an Abbotsford commercial driver was caught for being impaired in Chilliwack, police say a dump truck has been impounded for 30 days, and its Fraser Valley driver has received a 90-day driving suspension for being impaired, following a commercial vehicle check earlier this month....
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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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AbbyPD looks to ID suspect possibly connected to fraud, credit card scams
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say they're appealing to the public for help in identifying a man believed to be connected to a new credit card scam targeting residents in Abbotsford.According to a social media post from police, several individuals have reported receiving phone calls from someone posing as a represen...
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Assault
Agassiz inmate hospitalized after assault
AGASSIZ - Correctional staff at an Agassiz prison say an inmate was hospitalized after an assault last week.According to a statement from Correctional Service Canada, authorities say the assault happened last Tuesday, May 13 at Mountain Institution, a medium-security federal prison.Mounties with the Agassiz RCMP detach...
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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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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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British Columbia
Port says dredging of Vancouver's Burrard Inlet underway, a project touted by Carney
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says preliminary work on a plan to dredge Burrard Inlet to accommodate fully loaded oil tankers is now underway It says the project, which was recently floated by Prime Minister Mark Carney, will proceed through permitting processes including consultation with First Natio...
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B.C. Mounties find body of missing man while executing search warrant
VICTORIA - Mounties on Vancouver Island say officers found the body of a missing person while they were executing a search warrant at a mobile home park on Songhees Reserve lands. They say the May 14 search was in relation to drug trafficking, but the discovery of the human remains in the home led police to execute a s...
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B.C. RCMP say man impersonated police, then called 9-1-1 to make report
RICHMOND - Mounties in Richmond, B.C., say they have arrested a man who they believe impersonated a police officer and conducted a traffic stop, then called 9-1-1 to report his own actions. The RCMP say they received a report around 1 p.m. on Sunday from a man who said he was pulled over by a driver in a Ford Mustang e...
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B.C. regulator temporarily restricts Vancouver crypto firm from securities activity
VANCOUVER - The BC Securities Commission says a Vancouver cryptocurrency firm has been temporarily banned from trading securities and other market activities. The commission says Xeltox Enterprises Ltd., which does business as Cryptomus, may be violating registration requirements of the province's Securities Act. The r...
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Float plane crash near Powell River, B.C., injures three
POWELL RIVER - Three people have been injured in a float plane crash along the British Columbia coastline. Powell River RCMP say the crash happened Monday at around 7 p.m. near Refuge Cove, about 200 kilometres northwest of Vancouver. Police say the flight was part of a sightseeing tour, and the plane was landing near ...
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Nanaimo, B.C., RCMP officer charged with breach of trust in July 2024 incident
NANAIMO - The BC Prosecution Service says a Nanaimo RCMP officer has been charged with breach of trust. It says in a news release that the charge against Const. Mark Tyler Hilland stems from an incident between July 2 and 3, 2024. But it did not disclose what exactly happened in the statement. The prosecution service s...
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Canada
Kahnawake casino owners sue Mohawk council, grand chief for $220 million
MONTREAL - Two owners of a casino in a First Nations community southwest of Montreal are suing the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake for more than $200 million. They say the council ignored their right to due process when it abruptly shut down the Magic Palace casino in March 2024, leaving them with little recourse. The clos...
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Hockey player continues testimony at former world junior teammates' trial
A former member of Canada's world junior hockey team is expected to continue his testimony today at the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates. Brett Howden, who now plays in the NHL for the Vegas Golden Knights, began testifying by videoconference Tuesday. Michael McLeod, Dillon Dube, Alex Formenton, Carter ...
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G7 finance ministers to discuss global economy, Ukraine at Banff summit
BANFF - Top economic officials from the G7 are gathering for a full day of closed-door discussions in Banff, Alta., to examine pressing topics including the global economy and the war in Ukraine. The meeting in the Rocky Mountains, which wraps up Thursday, is a prelude to the G7 leaders summit in June in nearby Kananas...
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Union head says new federal government needs to regain public servants' trust
OTTAWA - The head of one of Canada's largest federal unions says the federal government needs to focus on repairing the relationship between public servants and management. Nathan Prier, president of the Canadian Association of Professional Employees, said this is a "delicate moment" and that new Treasury Boa...
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Western premiers meet in Yellowknife to talk trade, energy and Arctic security
YELLOWKNIFE - Premiers from Western Canada are to meet Wednesday to kick off a two-day conference in Yellowknife. Set to attend are Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, British Columbia's David Eby, Saskatchewan's Scott Moe, Manitoba's Wab Kinew, Nunavut's P.J. Akeeagok, Yukon's outgoing Premier Ranj Pillai and Northwest Te...
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Port says dredging of Vancouver's Burrard Inlet underway, a project touted by Carney
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says preliminary work on a plan to dredge Burrard Inlet to accommodate fully loaded oil tankers is now underway It says the project, which was recently floated by Prime Minister Mark Carney, will proceed through permitting processes including consultation with First Natio...
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World
Putin visited the Kursk region for the first time since Russia said it expelled Ukrainian forces
Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the Kursk region for the first time since Russia said it expelled Ukrainian forces from the area in April. The Kremlin said Wednesday that Putin visited Kursk on the border with Ukraine the day before. Ukrainian forces made a surprise incursion into Kursk in August 2024 in t...
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Suicide car bomber strikes a school bus in southwestern Pakistan, killing 4 children, officials say
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide car bomber struck a school bus in restive southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least four children and wounding 38 others, a government official said. A local deputy commissioner, Yasir Iqbal, said the attack occurred in Khuzdar, a district in Balochistan province, as the bus...
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Justice Dept. investigating former New York Gov. Cuomo over pandemic testimony, AP source says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after congressional Republicans recommended that he be charged with lying over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday. The U.S. attorney's office in Washingt...
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Sports
Hockey player continues testimony at former world junior teammates' trial
A former member of Canada's world junior hockey team is expected to continue his testimony today at the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates. Brett Howden, who now plays in the NHL for the Vegas Golden Knights, began testifying by videoconference Tuesday. Michael McLeod, Dillon Dube, Alex Formenton, Carter ...
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Reigning Stanley Cup champ Florida Panthers beat Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 in Eastern final opener
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The reigning Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers wasted no time snatching home-ice advantage in the Eastern Conference final. Carter Verhaeghe and Aaron Ekblad scored two tone-setting first-period goals while Sergei Bobrovsky remained strong in net as the Panthers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2...
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Thunder rolls past rested Timberwolves 114-88 in Game 1 of West finals
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of Hamilton, Ont., scored 20 of his 31 points in the second half, and the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 114-88 on Tuesday night in Game 1 of the NBA's Western Conference finals. Gilgeous-Alexander, an MVP finalist, had nine assists. He made...
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