Most Wanted
CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted - Week of May 18, 2025
CHILLIWACK - Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.Name: Dina AnthonyAge: 61Height: 5'7" ft Weight: 130lbsHair: Brown Eyes: BrownWanted: Possess Drug/Substance for Trafficking x7 and Load/Unload Prohibited/ Restricted FirearmWarrant in effect: May 6...
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Fatal hiking accident
Woman, 22, dies after hiking accident north of Squamish: RCMP
SQUAMISH - A B.C. RCMP spokesperson has confirmed that a 22-year-old female has died after falling from a slack line at Chek Canyon Recreation Area north of Squamish. According to a statement from B.C. RCMP Sgt. Vanessa Munn, Squamish RCMP and other first responders were dispatched Friday following a fatality at a popu...
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SAR RESEARCH
UFV research highlights impact of women in search and rescue across Canada
ABBOTSFORD - New research from the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) is looking to shine a light on the women who voluntarily risk their lives in some of Canada's riskiest environments. Associate Professor Dr. Jelena Brcic is leading a two-year study on the critical impact of women in Search and Rescue (SAR). As a ...
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VEHICLE INCIDENT
1 taken to hospital after car crash off road in Rosedale
CHILLIWACK - A patient has been taken to hospital after a car crash that left them injured in Rosedale, east of Chilliwack, on Saturday (May 17). At 2:43 p.m., emergency crews were called out to a motor vehicle incident at Yale Road and Reeves Road, in which the vehicle struck a tree 10 feet off the road. One occupant ...
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VEHICLE INCIDENT
Chilliwack driver allegedly bolts after striking power pole on Ashwell Road
CHILLIWACK - A section of the road has been shut down after a male driver struck a power pole head-on in a corner of Ashwell Road- then allegedly made a run for it. At around 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 17, crews were called to the scene of a single-vehicle collision on Amadis Crescent and Ashwell Road. BC Hydro crews wer...
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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 accident 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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British Columbia
22-year-old woman dies in slackline fall north of Vancouver
A 22-year-old woman is dead after a fatal slack line incident at a recreation area north of Vancouver. Squamish RCMP say they received a report on Saturday afternoon of a female falling from a slack line at Chek Canyon Recreation Area. The area is a popular climbing spot 87 kilometres north of Vancouver. Mounties say f...
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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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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...
May 16, 2025
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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...
May 16, 2025
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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...
May 16, 2025
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Canada
'A family is torn apart': 3 kids killed in suspected drunk driving crash in Toronto
TORONTO - An early-morning crash has torn one family apart, Toronto police said Sunday as they announced three children had died in a collision allegedly caused by an impaired teen driver. Police revealed details at a news conference hours after the crash, which took place shortly after midnight at the eastbound offram...
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Carney leads Canadian delegation to the Vatican for Pope's inaugural mass
ROME - Prime Minister Mark Carney is at the Vatican today, leading a Canadian delegation attending the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV. Carney, a devout Catholic, will be among a number of world leaders and heads of state in attendance who will all have a brief meeting with the pontiff inside Saint Peter's Basilica afte...
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Manitoba bear cub that sustained burns from forest fire dies from injuries
The operator of a bear rescue organization in Manitoba delivered sad news on Saturday about a tiny, seven-pound black bear cub that had been rescued with burns to her paws, nose and lips from a forest fire. Judy Stearns of Black Bear Rescue Manitoba said the female cub, whose progress was being followed by many support...
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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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World
Federal officials launch investigation into Mexican tall ship that struck Brooklyn Bridge
NEW YORK (AP) - Federal transportation officials have launched an investigation into why a Mexican navy tall ship hit the Brooklyn Bridge in a collision that snapped the vessel's three masts, killed two crew members and left some sailors dangling from harnesses high in the air. The ship known as the Cuauhtemoc was visi...
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Suicide attacker in Somali capital kills 13 at a military recruitment center
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A suicide bomber in the Somali capital on Sunday targeted young recruits waiting to register at a military camp, killing at least 13 and wounded 21 others, witnesses said. Mogadishu has been repeatedly targeted by the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group, which has waged an insurgency for...
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Pope Leo XIV takes his first popemobile ride through St. Peter's Square ahead of installation
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Leo XIV took his first popemobile ride through St. Peter's Square ahead of installation on Sunday, waving from the back of the open-back truck to the crowd waving flags and cheering "Viva il Papa!" The bells of St. Peter's Basilica tolled as Leo waved from the back of the truck that l...
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Sports
Maple Leafs winger Matthew Knies to suit up for in Game 7 against Panthers
TORONTO - Matthew Knies is good to go for Game 7. Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube confirmed following Sunday's morning skate the big winger will suit up in his usual spot on Toronto's top line in the winner-take-all finale against Florida. Knies took a reverse hit from Panthers defenceman Aaron Ekblad in the first ...
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Phillies closer José Alvarado suspended for 80 games for positive drug test
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia Phillies closer José Alvarado was suspended for 80 games on Sunday following a positive test for external testosterone under Major League Baseball's drug-testing program. Alvarado became the second player suspended this year under the big league testing program after Atlanta outf...
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Jets eliminated by Stars as overtime loss in Game 6 caps emotional day
DALLAS - As the horn blared throughout American Airlines Center on Saturday night, an emotionally drained Mark Scheifele turned to his teammates for support. One by one the players embraced the veteran forward, who played in Winnipeg's Game 6 loss to Dallas even after learning his father had died the night before. The ...
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