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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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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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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Mission Memorial Hospital
Fraser Health announces major upgrades at Mission Memorial Hospital
MISSION - A Fraser Health spokesperson says Mission Memorial Hospital is moving forward with an $18 million renovation project of its emergency department. According to a statement from FHA spokesperson Amory Wong, the expanded emergency department will be 35 per cent larger, increasing care spaces by 17 to a total of ...
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Stabbings
Two people hospitalized after stabbings in Langley: RCMP
LANGLEY - Mounties in Langley say a 33-year-old man has been arrested after two people were stabbed early Thursday morning (May 15).According to a statement from Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, Langley RCMP members responded to a report of a disturbance in the 19800 block of 56 Avenue. On arrival, officers found and identified two...
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Police incident
Driver of stolen semi-truck arrested after rig plunges into Fraser River: Langley RCMP
FRASER VALLEY - A Langley RCMP spokesperson says one person has been arrested and remains in custody after what authorities called a dangerous series of events connected to a suspected stolen semi-truck Wednesday evening.According to a statement from RCMP Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, officers from the Langley Special Response T...
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British Columbia
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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B.C. minister says government erred in not consulting First Nations on legislation
VICTORIA - B.C.'s Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma says her government "made an error" in not adequately consulting First Nations on a bill proposing to speed up private and public infrastructure projects. Her admission came during debate on Bill 15 in the legislature about concerns relayed by the First Nati...
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Canada
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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CP NewsAlert: Jury dismissed in sexual assault trial of five hockey players
Jurors in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team have been discharged. Ontario Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia did not give jurors reasons for her decision. More coming. The Canadian Press
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Carney travelling to Rome today, will be among world leaders at Pope's inaugural mass
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is flying to Rome today to attend the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV on Sunday. Carney is a devout Catholic and this will be his first official trip to the Vatican as prime minister. He was unable to attend Pope Francis's funeral three weeks ago because it fell two days before the fe...
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Recount confirms narrow Liberal victory in Milton East-Halton Hills South
OTTAWA - Liberal Kristina Tesser Derksen says she found out just before midnight on May 15 that a judicial recount had confirmed her victory in the federal Ontario riding of Milton East-Halton Hills South. The margin narrowed from 29 votes to 21 with the recount. Elections Canada ordered the recount last week after the...
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In the news today: Crews continue battle against Manitoba wildfires
roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Crews continue battle against Manitoba wildfires Fire crews in Manitoba continue to battle out-of-control wildfires, including one in the eastern part of the province, which has revealed the bodies of a couple in the ashes. In the Manitoba ...
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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
Halifax Wanderers to host Wrexham AFC in under-21 series in Atlantic Canada in July
HALIFAX - Halifax Wanderers will play Wrexham AFC in a three-game under-21 series in July in Atlantic Canada. The series will kick off July 5 at the Wanderers Grounds in Halifax before moving to Charlottetown on July 9 and Saint John, N.B., on July 12. Wrexham, co-owned by Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds and American acto...
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Jury dismissed in sexual assault trial of five ex-world junior hockey players
Jurors in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team have been discharged. Ontario Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia did not give jurors reasons for her decision. The trial began in late April and has heard evidence from several witnesses, including the complainant, who te...
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Hellebuyck gets run support, posts shutout in must-win Game 5 for Jets
WINNIPEG - His sometimes-struggling netminder just needed more run support, Winnipeg Jets coach Scott Arniel said after a 3-1 loss in Dallas on Tuesday. Well, it took awhile, but Connor Hellebuyck finally got that support to the tune of four goals. Hellebuyck stopped all 22 shots fired at him in Winnipeg's 4-0 victory ...
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