CHILLIWACK CHIEFS
Chilliwack Chiefs tie BCHL playoff series ahead of Game 3
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Chiefs are coming home with a hopeful 1-1 series tie for the Fred Page Cup Final. Brooks Bandits may have taken Game 1 on Friday, May 16, but the Chiefs quickly rebounded the next day with a hard-fought 4-3 win. Chiefs peppered the second period of Game 2 with goals as center Brady Milburn n...
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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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CHILLIWACK CHIEFS
Chilliwack Chiefs tie BCHL playoff series ahead of Game 3
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Torkelson three-RBI effort leads MLB-best Tigers past Blue Jays 3-2
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Fraser Valley
SUBSTANCE USE CARE
Specialized addiction nurses join nine hospitals in Fraser Valley
FRASER VALLEY - The B.C. government is continuing its efforts to improve substance-use care in the Fraser Health region. Addiction assessment nurses have now joined nine emergency departments, including the Abbotsford Regional, Chilliwack General and Langley Memorial hospitals. "People facing substance-use challen...
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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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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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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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British Columbia
'Sullivan's Crossing' is a 'life-preserver in tumultuous times': Canadian showrunner
TORONTO - For Roma Roth, setting her show "Sullivan's Crossing" in Nova Scotia is a way to showcase more of Canada on the small screen. The London, Ont.-born executive producer and showrunner - who also works on the soapy Netflix series "Virgin River" shot in British Columbia - says it was time to i...
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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...
May 17, 2025
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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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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 ...
May 17, 2025
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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...
May 17, 2025
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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...
May 17, 2025
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World
Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his office said Sunday. Biden was seen last week by doctors after urinary symptoms and a prostate nodule was found. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer on Friday, with the cancer cells having spread to the bone. "While this rep...
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Authorities investigating Palm Springs, California, fertility clinic explosion identify suspect
Authorities identified the suspect in the explosion at a Palm Springs, California, fertility clinic as Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, of Twentynine Palms, saying at a news conference Sunday that he is the man suspected to have died in the bombing that injured four other people. Akil Davis, the head of the FBI's Los Angeles fi...
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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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Sports
Rookie goalie Philips gaining confidence as key cog in Charge's PWHL playoff run
OTTAWA - Gwyneth Philips has gained confidence from the confidence she's felt from her teammates in her capabilities. Philips turned heads with her stellar goaltending throughout the Charge's semifinal series, playing a pivotal role in eliminating the league-best Montreal Victoire and securing Ottawa's spot in the Walt...
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Torkelson three-RBI effort leads MLB-best Tigers past Blue Jays 3-2
TORONTO - Spencer Torkelson drove in all three of the Detroit Tigers' runs to push his team to a series-clinching 3-2 win against the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. After a two-run double to right centre in the first inning, the right-handed hitting Torkelson knocked in the winning run with a line-drive single to centre ...
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Leafs, Maurice reflect on Scheifele's performance for Jets after father's death
TORONTO - Scott Laughton has crossed paths with Mark Scheifele through the years. As hockey players of the same Ontario vintage, they run in similar circles from time to time. Laughton, a Maple Leafs forward preparing for the biggest game of his life, was a huge Scheifele fan Saturday. He wasn't alone. The Jets centre ...
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