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).Crews were called out to a motor vehicle incident shortly before 3 p.m. at Yale Road and Reeves Road, in which the vehicle struck a tree 10 feet off the road. One occupant was...
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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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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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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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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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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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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...
May 16, 2025
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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
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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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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World
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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Portugal holds its 3rd general election in 3 years but the vote might not restore stability
LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Voters in Portugal return to the polls Sunday for a third general election in three years, as the country's increasingly fragmented political landscape defies efforts to unite behind policies on pressing national issues such as immigration, housing and the cost of living. Hopes that the ballot m...
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Russia launches one of biggest drone attacks on Ukraine since start of war, killing at least 1
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia overnight into Sunday launched one of its most intense drone attacks on Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion in 2022. Russia fired a total of 273 exploding drones and decoys overnight, Ukraine's air force said. Of those, 88 were intercepted and a further 128 lost, likely ha...
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Sports
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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Oilers packing for Texas to face Stars on Wednesday in Western Conference final
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers now know their opponent and starting date for the NHL's Western Conference final. The Oilers, who needed five games to eliminate the Vegas Golden Knights in their second-round, best-of-seven playoff series, will open the West final at American Airlines Center on Wednesday night, facing th...
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Harley scores power-play goal in OT as Stars beat Jets 2-1 to win series
DALLAS (AP) - Thomas Harley scored on a power play 1:33 into overtime and the Dallas Stars advanced to the Western Conference final for the third season in a row, beating the top-seeded Winnipeg Jets 2-1 in Game 6 on Saturday night. Mark Scheifele scored for the Jets hours after the unexpected death of his father, but ...
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