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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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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CP NewsAlert: Report says Lapu Lapu festival planning followed rules
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CHILLIWACK FIRE
Residents urged to stay safe after several apartment fires in Chilliwack
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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...
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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 ...
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Chilliwack River Valley
Coquitlam snow removal firm places ads in the Chilliwack River Valley, claims ATV owners can make thousands
CHILLIWACK - A Coquitlam snow removal company has resorted to an unusual tactic as it tries to recruit more contractors ahead of winter later this year. The company, Snow Queen Winter Management, has placed at least two signs in the Chilliwack River Valley in the past week seeking ATV owners and operators to contract w...
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British Columbia
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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Investigation in limbo of N.S. police actions in wrongful conviction of Glen Assoun
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's police watchdog is awaiting word on whether another oversight agency will investigate potential police misconduct in the wrongful conviction of Glen Assoun. It has been five years since the provincial government promised an investigation of police actions in the case of Assoun, who spent 17 year...
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Canada
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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Clock starts on timing of byelection Poilievre hopes to use to return to Parliament
OTTAWA - The Conservatives know more today about when their leader could return to the House of Commons, now that Damien Kurek has been officially declared the member of Parliament for Battle River-Crowfoot. Kurek, who won the election in the rural Alberta riding with more than 80 per cent of the vote, has promised to ...
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Concerns over protesters, man with smart glasses raised during hockey players' trial
The sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team will now continue with a judge alone after the jury was dismissed. The move comes after a juror sent a note to the judge Thursday indicating some members of the panel felt two of the defence lawyers were laughing at them as they came i...
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University of Calgary launches program to study new relationship with the U.S.
CALGARY - The University of Calgary is launching an initiative to study how Canada's relationship with the United States is changing with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House. Researchers at the New North America Initiative, based in the university's School of Public Policy, have been tasked with coming up wi...
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World
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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Russia and Ukraine hold their first direct peace talks in 3 years amid low expectations
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - Russia and Ukraine held their first direct peace talks in three years Friday, gathering in Istanbul for Turkish-brokered negotiations, but officials and observers expected them to yield little immediate progress on stopping the more than three-year war. A Ukrainian delegation led by Defense Mini...
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Trump says Iran has a proposal from the US on its rapidly advancing nuclear program
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Iran has an American proposal over its rapidly advancing nuclear program as negotiations between the two countries go on. Trump made the comment aboard Air Force One as he ended his trip to the United Arab Emirates, the last stop on his...
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Sports
Stars captain Benn fined for sucker-punching Jets centre Scheifele
NEW YORK - The NHL has fined Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn US$5,000 for punching Jets forward Mark Scheifele during Game 5 of the team's second-round playoff series. Benn sucker-punched Scheifele during a scrum at 13:28 of the third period of the game Thursday night in Winnipeg. Scheifele, who sustained a concussion ...
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Canadian women to face Costa Rica in 'Pride Celebration' friendly in June in Toronto
TORONTO - The Canadian women's soccer team will host Costa Rica in Toronto on June 27 in a "Pride Celebration" friendly. After the BMO Field game, the seventh-ranked Canadian women will travel to Washington, D.C., to face the top-ranked U.S. in a previously announced game on July 2 at Audi Field. Both games f...
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Concerns over protesters, man with smart glasses raised during hockey players' trial
The sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team will now continue with a judge alone after the jury was dismissed. The move comes after a juror sent a note to the judge Thursday indicating some members of the panel felt two of the defence lawyers were laughing at them as they came i...
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