Vedder Mountain
Male, 34, reportedly suffers spinal injury in biking accident on Vedder Mountain Saturday
CHILLIWACK - Cultus Lake Fire was dispatched at around noon Saturday (May 17) for a reported medical aid call involving a 34-year-old male who had a mountain biking incident on Vedder Mountain. According to scanner traffic, Cultus Lake's duty chief was advised at about 11:58 a.m. for a traumatic injury reported two kil...
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Vehicle crash
Multiple Chilliwack RCMP units converge on Little Mountain after truck rolls over Friday night
CHILLIWACK - Multiple Chilliwack RCMP units responded to Little Mountain late Friday after night after a truck rolled over. According to pictures and witness descriptions provided by Chilliwack resident Sara Kerkhoff, police were called to Yale Road in front of Kent's Ice Cream Co. (47582 Yale Road) after a truck rolle...
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EUROPA SUPER CIRCUS
International circus sticks the landing in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Guests are invited to hoot, holler and wonder at a spectacle built on generations of European circus talent this weekend.The Europa Super Circus is in town, right under the Big Top at Chilliwack Coliseum. "With talent from all over the globe, performances include tight-wire acrobats, the Wheel of Deat...
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ART INSTALLATION
Indigenous-led public art installation launches at Peach Park
CHILLIWACK - At the entrance of a park overlooking the Chilliwack River, there now stands a space that invites residents to reflect, gather and share stories for generations to come.The Good Neighbours Lhewá:mel Project is a new public art installation along the Vedder Rotary Trail, at the mouth of Peach Park. T...
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LEGACY AWARD
UFV honours supporters across five decades with Legacy Awards
CHILLIWACK - The University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) recently wrapped up its golden anniversary celebrations by honouring the people who helped build it over the last five decades. At a special ceremony hosted by UFV President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Joanne MacLean, Legacy Awards were presented to various honourees, ...
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COTTAGE AND WORTHINGTON
End-of-Life room in Abbotsford long-term care facility gets new sofa
ABBOTSFORD - An Abbotsford long-term care facility has received a comforting addition to a room that regularly sees some of the worst days in families' lives. Cottage and Worthington Pavilion now has a new sofa in its end-of-life room after a donation from the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation (FVHCF). "Grief a...
May 16, 2025
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British Columbia
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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Vancouver officer charged a year after pedestrian strike in Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER - The BC Prosecution Service says a Vancouver police officer has been charged under the Motor Vehicle Act for driving without reasonable consideration for others, a year after a pedestrian was hit in the city's Downtown Eastside. The prosecution service says Const. Aaron Carter faces the charge after B.C.'s p...
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Search underway for B.C. woman missing after empty boat washes ashore
NANAIMO - Police in Nanaimo, B.C., say a search is underway both at sea and on land after a woman's sailboat was discovered washed ashore and empty. Mounties say 34-year-old Amber Nitchman is the registered owner of the 10-metre white sailboat that was found Thursday near Bayshore Drive and Hammond Bay Road off Nanaimo...
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City and police say Vancouver festival planning followed rules before attack
VANCOUVER - Sixteen 320-kilogram barriers arrived in Vancouver this week, specially designed to block vehicles trying to enter public spaces. The barriers were ordered in February, about two months before the Lapu Lapu Day festival attack that killed 11 people, when an SUV plowed through a crowded street. But police sa...
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Bryde's whale washes ashore in only known sighting of the animal in B.C.
PORT MCNEILL - Another dead whale has washed ashore on a British Columbia beach, the third over two weeks, but a marine wildlife expert says there's likely no connections to the deaths. The Namgis First Nation says in a statement that a resident reported finding the whale Wednesday on a beach near Port McNeill, B.C., a...
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B.C. sending almost 100 firefighters to Ontario, after 42 deployed to Manitoba
VICTORIA - British Columbia Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says the province is sending almost 100 wildland firefighters to Ontario, where fires have been threatening several communities near the Manitoba border. Parmar says the deployment comes after B.C. sent 42 firefighters to Manitoba, where a blaze in the Rural Muni...
May 16, 2025
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Canada
Elections Canada confirms win for NDP incumbent Lori Idlout in Nunavut
IQALUIT - Elections Canada has confirmed NDP incumbent Lori Idlout has won the riding of Nunavut over Liberal challenger Kilikvak Kabloona. The results were posted on Elections Canada's website Friday evening after a vote validation process. In that process, the federal agency double checks the numbers reported on the ...
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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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A one-teen prom on Newfoundland's Northern Peninsula brings small community together
MAIN BROOK - Breanna Bromley-Clarke may be the sole graduate of her all-grades school on Newfoundland's Northern Peninsula, but her prom helped bring many in her community together. The 18-year-old celebrated the end of her high-school years on May 2 in a pink dress she says was inspired by the main character of the Ba...
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Notman Photographic Archives receives UNESCO Memory of the World Register distinction
MONTREAL - The Notman Photographic Archives, a collection of photographs described as a Canadian treasure, has been inscribed into UNESCO's Memory of the World Register. The McCord Stewart Museum in Montreal is the home of the collection, which contains 400,000 prints and 200,000 glass plate negatives as well as record...
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Rain provides respite in Manitoba wildfire fight, but evacuation order still in place
LAC DU BONNET - Evacuation orders remain in place for the Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet as crews continue to battle wildfires in eastern Manitoba. While recent rainfall has helped, officials say the state of local emergency remains in place in the community where a fire destroyed 28 homes and cottages and left tw...
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CBC has escaped defunding, for now. So what happens next?
OTTAWA - At the beginning of the year, CBC was facing the very real prospect of being defunded by a Conservative government. But after the political winds shifted in favour of Mark Carney's Liberals, the public broadcaster was granted a reprieve - giving the minority Liberal government what could be a short runway to i...
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World
Police and firefighters respond to an explosion rocking the California city of Palm Springs
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) - Officials in California say police and firefighters are responding to an explosion that rocked the city of Palm Springs. The city of Palm Springs said Saturday in a social medial post that the explosion happened at 11 a.m. local time and that residents were being asked to avoid the area arou...
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Severe Midwest weather leaves 9 dead in Kentucky, 7 killed in Missouri
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Storm systems sweeping across the Midwest have left at least 16 dead, including nine people killed after a tornado sparked what authorities called a mass casualty event in southeastern Kentucky. Kentucky authorities said there were also severe injuries when a twister tore across Laurel County late Frid...
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Israel launches a new military operation in Gaza to pressure Hamas to release hostages
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel said Saturday it has launched a new military operation in the Gaza Strip to pressure Hamas to release the remaining hostages. Israel's defense minister said Operation Gideon Chariots began and was being led with "great force" by Israel's army. The announcement comes after days of inten...
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Sports
Ernie Clement hits walk-off single, Toronto Blue Jays beat Detroit Tigers 2-1
TORONTO - Ernie Clement's ninth-inning walk-off single to centre field lifted the Toronto Blue Jays to a 2-1 come-from-behind win against the Detroit Tigers on Saturday. With Daulton Varsho on third base after his one-out double down the right-field line, Clement cashed in his teammate with a hard-hit smash up the midd...
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Crosby, Celebrini lead Canada in dominant 7-0 win over Slovakia at worlds
STOCKHOLM - Sidney Crosby had two goals and two assists and Macklin Celebrini scored once with two helpers to lead Canada past Slovakia 7-0 in world hockey championship action Saturday. Crosby, Canada's 37-year-old captain, and the 18-year-old Celebrini combined twice in a three-goal second period for the Canadians at ...
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Bernardeschi scores twice, Toronto FC routs CF Montreal 6-1 in rivalry matchup
MONTREAL - Federico Bernardeschi scored twice as Toronto FC took advantage of a 20th-minute red card to Joel Waterman and throttled rival CF Montreal 6-1 in MLS action on Saturday. Theo Corbeanu also scored twice while Tyrese Spicer and Ola Brynhildsen provided the other goals for Toronto (3-7-4) at Stade Saputo. Giaco...
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