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From CFL sidelines to Huskers spring camp, Chilliwack's Piché brings pro-level insight
CHILLIWACK - It was a full-circle moment for Valley Huskers special teams coordinator and running backs coach Ryk Piché, catching up with a former high school player of his who now leads one of the CFL's storied franchises.Piché recently traveled to Saskatoon to attend the Saskatchewan Roughriders' main t...
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More pain at the pump
More pain at the pump for Chilliwack motorists as gas prices spike once again
CHILLIWACK - Just when you thought Chilliwack gas prices were dropping a few cents here and there to around $1.559 per litre this week, motorists around Chilliwack saw an unexpected double-digit increase Wednesday. Gas prices rose Wednesday nearly 20 cents at some Chilliwack gas stations, increasing from about $1.569/l...
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New family doctors in Chilliwack
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B.C. Crown counsel group files workload grievance, says staff shortages slow justice
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CP NewsAlert: Israeli ambassador meets with Canadian officials after summons
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Helping local food banks
Pattison Food Group stores in Chilliwack, Fraser Valley to support local food banks this week
CHILLIWACK - Western Canadians can do their part to help local food banks, the backbone of many communities these days, this week by purchasing Western Family products at Pattison Food Group supermarkets in Chilliwack, Hope, the Fraser Valley and the rest of the Lower Mainland. All Save-On-Foods, Buy-Low Foods, Nesters...
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Vehicle strikes Hydro pole
Vehicle vs. BC Hydro pole snarls Chilliwack traffic Wednesday afternoon
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack fire crews and RCMP members were dispatched Wednesday afternoon to Prest Road after a vehicle struck a BC Hydro pole.According to scanner traffic, Chilliwack first responders attended Prest Road, about halfway between Prairie Central Road and McGuire Road, at about 3 p.m. after a vehicle collide...
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Hit-and-run
Langley man charged with striking, seriously injuring a traffic police officer: RCMP
LANGLEY - A Langley man faces multiple charges for his alleged actions during an August 2024 traffic stop that left a uniformed police officer seriously injured. According to a statement from Langley RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, a Langley RCMP officer was tasked with traffic enforcement duties in the 5000 bloc...
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Small Sardis park for sale
City of Chilliwack seems poised to sell small Sardis park, despite media coverage and petition
CHILLIWACK - Despite extensive media coverage and a petition opposing the transfer of public land to a private buyer, the City of Chilliwack appears unlikely to change course from its current plan to sell a small Sardis park on Cumberland Avenue. According to the text of an email sent from Mayor Ken Popove to a Sardis ...
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British Columbia
B.C. Crown counsel group files workload grievance, says staff shortages slow justice
VANCOUVER - The BC Crown Counsel Association says it has filed a formal workload grievance against the BC Prosecution Service over what it calls "inadequate staffing" in its Okanagan and Kootenay offices. The association representing 550 Crown prosecutors across B.C. says that while staffing and resource shor...
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Western premiers to finish talks on trade, Arctic security in Yellowknife
YELLOWKNIFE - Premiers from Western Canada are scheduled to wrap up a two-day conference in Yellowknife. The annual meeting of leaders from British Columbia, the Prairie provinces and the northern territories comes two weeks before all Canada's premiers are to gather with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Saskatoon. Northw...
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Most Canadians feel attached to their home, though only half trust governments: poll
OTTAWA - Most Canadians feel attached to their country, province and municipality but only about half of them trust their governments, a new poll suggests. The Leger survey, which polled 1,537 Canadians between May 16 and 18, suggests that 82 per cent of Canadians feel attached to their country. Because the poll was co...
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B.C. seen as 'final frontier' for federal NDP as leadership question looms
VICTORIA - Kelowna resident and former federal NDP candidate Cade Desjarlais sees the party in "disarray." Desjarlais, who ran for the NDP in Kelowna-Lake Country in 2021 but voted for the successful Liberal candidate in the redrawn riding of Kelowna last month, said the NDP needed a working-class reset, a le...
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B.C. municipalities join First Nations in criticism of tariff bills
VICTORIA - Municipal leaders from across British Columbia have joined First Nations to ask the provincial government to withdraw or delay proposed legislation to fast-track major projects in response to U.S. tariffs. But the president of the Union of B.C. Municipalities says there's no sign the government is changing c...
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RCMP visits B.C. ostrich farm to prepare for potential arrests
RCMP liaison officers have visited a British Columbia ostrich farm to prepare for potential arrests at the property where protesters are trying to prevent a cull of about 400 birds ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Multiple livestreams broadcasting from the Universal Ostrich Farm, in Edgewood, B.C., show ...
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Canada
CP NewsAlert: Israeli ambassador meets with Canadian officials after summons
OTTAWA - Israeli Ambassador to Canada Iddo Moed says he met with senior officials from the foreign affairs ministry after Israeli soldiers fired warning shots near a diplomatic tour in the West Bank that included four Canadians. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand issued a formal summons to the ambassador to discuss t...
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Carney 'devastated and appalled' by killing of 2 Israeli embassy staff in Washington
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says he is "devastated and appalled" by the killing of two Israeli embassy staff in Washington yesterday. The two staff members were leaving an event at a Jewish museum when they were shot and killed. Police said the suspect yelled, "Free, free Palestine" after hi...
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Supreme Court won't review decision to send seized material to U.S. authorities
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not review a decision to send information to U.S. authorities investigating commercial espionage allegations. The United States asked for Canada's assistance in 2017 to obtain and execute a search warrant at JYS Technologies' office in Brossard, Que. The federal justice ministe...
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CP NewsAlert: Prime Minister Mark Carney sworn in as MP for Ottawa riding of Nepean
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has been officially sworn in as MP for the Ottawa riding of Nepean. The ceremony took place on Parliament Hill this morning. More coming. David Baxter, The Canadian Press
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In the news today: Do Canadians trust their government? G7 finance summit wraps up
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Half of Canadians trust their governments: poll Most Canadians feel attached to their country, province and municipality but only about half of them trust their governments, a new poll suggests. The Leger survey, which polled 1,53...
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Western premiers to finish talks on trade, Arctic security in Yellowknife
YELLOWKNIFE - Premiers from Western Canada are scheduled to wrap up a two-day conference in Yellowknife. The annual meeting of leaders from British Columbia, the Prairie provinces and the northern territories comes two weeks before all Canada's premiers are to gather with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Saskatoon. Northw...
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World
Tennessee man is executed for killing his wife and her 2 sons, 3 years after last-minute reprieve
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee inmate Oscar Smith was executed by lethal injection on Thursday morning for the 1989 murders of his estranged wife Judith Smith and her teenage sons, Jason and Chad Burnett. Smith, 75, was scheduled to receive a lethal injection of the barbiturate pentobarbital at 10:10 a.m. The 75-yea...
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Prosecutor says Michigan police officer who killed Black motorist won't face a second trial
DETROIT (AP) - A Michigan police officer who fatally shot a Black man in the back of the head after a tumultuous traffic stop will not face a second trial, a prosecutor said Thursday, two weeks after a trial ended without a unanimous verdict. The decision by prosecutor Chris Becker is certain to anger civil rights acti...
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Judge blocks Trump administration's mass layoffs at the Education Department
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump's executive order to shut down the Education Department and ordered the agency to reinstate employees who were fired in mass layoffs. U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in Boston granted a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump administration f...
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Sports
Former Football Australia CEO James Johnson named head of Canadian Soccer Business
TORONTO - Canadian Soccer Business has named former Football Australia CEO James Johnson to its newly created position of group chief executive officer. CSB, whose investor group and board includes the Canadian Premier League owners, looks after marketing and broadcast rights for both Canada Soccer and the CPL, now in ...
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Chicago Blackhawks hire Jeff Blashill as head coach, hoping for a turnaround
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Blackhawks hired Jeff Blashill on Thursday, giving him a second chance to prove himself as a head coach in the NHL. Blashill, a 51-year-old Michigan native, coached the Detroit Red Wings for seven seasons. He was let go after the team went 32-40-10 during the 2021-22 season. While Blashill ha...
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Poulin, Fast, Knight named finalist for PWHL's Billie Jean King MVP award
TORONTO - Montreal Victoire captain Marie-Philip Poulin, Toronto Sceptres defender Renata Fast and Boston Fleet forward Hilary Knight have been named finalists for the Professional Women's Hockey League's Billie Jean King MVP award. Poulin, also a finalist in the PWHL's inaugural 2024 season, led the league with 19 goa...
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