BC HIGHWAY PATROL
BC Highway Patrol ramps up efforts for Victoria Day long weekend
LOWER MAINLAND - The familiar red, blue and yellow stripes of the BC Highway Patrol (BCHP) cars will be everywhere this May long weekend. Police are set to ramp up their efforts as part of the month-long High Risk Driving and Motorcycle Awareness campaign. Motorists will see roving patrols, unmarked police cars and che...
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Tax evasion
Fraser Valley bookkeeper caught cooking the books: CRA
FRASER VALLEY - The Canada Revenue Agency says a Fraser Valley bookkeeper has pleaded guilty to willfully evading remittance tax and making false statements about tax returns. According to a news release, Aeddy Leung of Surrey received a conditional sentence order for two years less a day and two years probation on Apr...
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CHILLIWACK FIRE
Residents urged to stay safe after several apartment fires in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Fire Department is urging residents to stay fire-safe after extinguishing a recent trail of apartment blazes. Throughout the first few months of this year, many residents have been displaced due to a number of fires in apartment buildings, homes and other private properties. The Fire Departm...
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Chilliwack Community Band
Chilliwack Community Band to present an evening of live music and vibrant dance
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Community Band invites the community to a spectacular night of live local music and vibrant dance at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre on Tuesday, May 27 at 7:30 p.m. This unique concert fuses rhythms of traditional band music with the beauty of dance, creating an engaging performance the whole...
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Lotto Max winner
Fraser Valley resident wins record-breaking $80 million Lotto Max jackpot
FRASER VALLEY - Fraser Valley resident Justin Simporios will be able to help his sister with her medical school debt and ensure that his mom retires early now that he has won the largest jackpot in British Columbia, and the largest won by a single individual in Canadian history. BC Lottery Corporation says Simporios ha...
May 15, 2025
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Enbridge sells stake
Indigenous Chilliwack chief welcomes historic deal between First Nations and Enbridge for stake in oil pipeline
CHILLIWACK - Squiala First Nation Chief David Jimmie is welcoming a historic deal, announced Thursday, that would see an Indigenous alliance of 36 First Nations in B.C. purchase a stake in Enbridge Inc.'s Westcoast pipeline. According to a news report from the Canadian Press via reporter Lauren Krugel, Enbridge Inc.'s ...
May 15, 2025
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British Columbia
B.C. man gets hunting ban, $13,000 penalty after illegally killing bighorn ram
NORTH VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man has been banned from hunting sheep in the province for three years after he illegally killed a bighorn ram and lied to authorities about where the hunt took place. B.C.'s Conservation Officer Service says in a statement posted to Facebook that Heith Proulx of Kelowna killed the ...
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Overnight Surrey house fire spreads to neighbouring homes, police investigating cause
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., are investigating an early morning house fire in the city's Bridgeview neighbourhood. They say officers responded to a report of a structure fire around 1:35 a.m. in the area of 127 Street and 113A Avenue. Police say firefighters extinguished the blaze, but remained on scene around 8:15...
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Inquest rules B.C. student's overdose death accidental, recommends naloxone training
BURNABY - A coroner's jury in British Columbia has recommended high schools provide resuscitation training and demonstrations of how to use naloxone after ruling that the overdose death of a University of Victoria student last year was accidental. The inquest found 18-year-old Sidney McIntyre-Starko died of brain injur...
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B.C. appoints council to improve forest sector, and the forestry ecosystem
VICTORIA - A council made of forestry professionals, educators, union and former industry officials has been brought together to find a balance between healthy forests and a prosperous industry. The B.C. government announced the Provincial Forest Advisory Council on Thursday, appointed under the co-operation agreement ...
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B.C. winner of record $80M lottery jackpot quits job, vows to give back to community
VANCOUVER - The winner of what the B.C. Lottery Corp. says is the biggest jackpot ever awarded to a single person in Canada says the $80 million prize is "life-changing." Justin Simporios from Surrey, B.C., says his priority is to give back to the community, pay off his sister's medical school debt and help h...
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Officer with the Central Saanich, B.C., police charged with driving offence
VICTORIA - The BC Prosecution Service says an officer with the Central Saanich Police Service has been charged for driving without due care and attention. The charge against Cpl. Phillip DiBattista is in relation to a crash with a cyclist that happened on May 21, 2024. The prosecution service says B.C.'s police watchdo...
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Canada
Amazon, worker union before Quebec labour tribunal over warehouse closures
MONTREAL - A Quebec labour tribunal has begun hearing a case against Amazon over the e-commerce giant's closure in January of seven warehouses in the province. Some 1,700 employees lost their jobs following Amazon's sudden termination of its Quebec warehouse operations months after workers at a Montreal-area facility u...
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Stockwell Day supports Alberta vote on separation, warns it's dangerous for Tories
OTTAWA - Former Conservative member of Parliament Stockwell Day says Alberta separatism poses a threat to the federal Conservative party - which risks seeing a return to the kind of vote-splitting that was common before the party united in 2003. Day, who was part of Stephen Harper's cabinet from 2006 to 2011, says he's...
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Hockey Canada interviews among evidence excluded from ex-junior players' jury trial
Three of the five hockey players accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a London, Ont., hotel room in 2018 spoke about the events of that night with an investigator hired by Hockey Canada, but those statements are not part of their criminal trial. Prosecutors wanted to use the interviews to cross-examine Michael McL...
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CP NewsAlert: Report says Lapu Lapu festival planning followed rules
VANCOUVER - A preliminary report by the City of Vancouver and police into last month's Lapu Lapu Day festival attack says authorities are considering safety enhancements for outdoor events in light of the attack. But the report says planning for the festival appears to have followed prescribed processes, and Vancouver ...
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NewsAlert: Canada Post report recommends phasing out daily door-to-door mail delivery
OTTAWA - The Industrial Inquiry Commission report on the labour dispute at Canada Post recommends phasing out daily door-to-door letter mail delivery for individual addresses, while daily delivery to businesses should be maintained. It also says the moratoriums on rural post office closures and community mailbox conver...
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CRTC should equalize CanCon spending for streamers, broadcasters: Corus
OTTAWA - Corus is urging the CRTC to require traditional broadcasters and online players to pay the same amount into the Canadian content system. The broadcaster, which owns Global TV, says both should contribute 20 per cent of their revenue towards Canadian content. The federal broadcast regulator is holding a two-wee...
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World
Authorities say 11 inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail; 10 still missing after one recaptured
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Authorities in Louisiana say they are in pursuit of 10 inmates - at least one of whom is convicted of murder - who escaped from a New Orleans jail. Another inmate was captured Friday after a brief foot chase through the French Quarter, the Louisiana State Police said in a post on the social media pla...
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Jury convicts ex-Tennessee House speaker and his aide in legislative mail scheme
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Tennessee House speaker and his onetime chief of staff in a scheme to win taxpayer-funded mail business from state lawmakers even after scandals drove the two out of political power. Former Republican Rep. Glen Casada was found guilty of all 19 charges...
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ICC prosecutor Karim Khan steps aside pending outcome of sexual misconduct investigation
BRUSSELS (AP) - The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court will temporarily step down pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct, the court announced Friday. Karim Khan has categorically denied accusations that he tried for more than a year to coerce a female aide into a...
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Sports
Veteran QB Fajardo excited to be part of Elks camp: 'I feel like a rookie again'
EDMONTON - Listening to Cody Fajardo speak several days into the Edmonton Elks' training camp, one would not know he has two Grey Cup championships and a Cup most valuable player award on his resume. Instead, the 33-year-old, eleven-year CFL veteran quarterback sounds a lot like a rookie eager to kick off his career. O...
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With Dru Brown leading the offence, Redblacks look to take another step in 2025
After reaching the CFL playoffs last year for the first time since 2018, the Ottawa Redblacks are focused on taking the next step. The building blocks for the upcoming season are being laid down at training camp on campus at Queens University in Kingston, Ont., and the foundation starts at quarterback. After his first ...
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Florida Panthers embrace former foe Brad Marchand: 'Enjoy him on this side of things'
FORT LAUDERDALE - Nate Schmidt smiled and let out a little sigh. The Florida Panthers defenceman then gave a cheeky, side-eyed glance. "I had a lot different things to say to you three months ago," Schmidt eventually replied when asked what it's been like getting to know and playing alongside Brad Marchand. &...
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