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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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 in B.C. say three face charges over stolen beer, food and toilet paper
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Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
Andrighetto scores 4 goals in Switzerland's win over Germany at ice hockey worlds
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Autopsies misclassified in-custody deaths that were actually homicides, Maryland officials say
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Fraser Valley
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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Overnight car fire
Chilliwack Fire Dept. confirms 'multiple' explosions heard around time of car fire in Promontory
UPDATE 9:30 P.M., WEDNESDAY: Chilliwack Assistant Fire Chief Krista Minar has confirmed that "multiple" explosions were reported around the time of a car fire on MacSwan Drive in Promontory. "Just after 11:45 p.m. on (Tuesday) May 13, 2025, firefighters from Hall 4 responded to a vehicle fire in the 4700...
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Vehicle fire
Chilliwack firefighters extinguish truck fire at Coast Hotel
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack firefighters were dispatched just before 10 a.m. Wednesday morning after a work truck erupted in flames in the parking lot of a local hotel. According to scanner traffic, Chilliwack Fire Department crews were dispatched at 9:53 a.m. Wednesday (May 14) for a truck on fire at 45920 First Avenue, t...
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Public hearing called
Public hearing to be held next week for proposed affordable housing complex in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - A public hearing will be held next week that could pave the way for a 75-unit apartment complex offering affordable housing for seniors, single-parent families and individuals with low to moderate incomes, next to Ruth and Naomi's. According to the text of an ad from the City of Chilliwack that was publish...
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British Columbia
Police in B.C. say three face charges over stolen beer, food and toilet paper
BURNABY - Mounties in Burnaby, B.C., have recovered pallets of beer, food and enough toilet paper and paper towels to supply a town in an investigation into the theft of shipping containers. RCMP say in a news release that three containers that held merchandise worth about $125,000 were stolen last August from a busine...
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Enbridge sells stake in Westcoast pipeline to B.C. First Nations group for $715M
CALGARY - For more than 65 years, Enbridge Inc.'s Westcoast pipeline has been pumping natural gas through First Nations territories across British Columbia. Under a deal announced Thursday, three dozen of those communities are to see long-term financial benefits from the 2,900-kilometre system that stretches from B.C.'...
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Home sales down almost 10% annually last month: Canadian Real Estate Association
The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in April fell 9.8 per cent compared with the same month last year, as the national housing market has returned "to the quiet markets we've experienced since 2022." A total of 44,300 residential properties changed hands across Canada last month, compared wit...
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Eleven killed in festival attack included families, artist, visitor from Philippines
Eleven people were killed at the Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver on April 26, when an SUV drove through a crowd at high speed. Here is what we know about the victims, whose identities have been confirmed by Vancouver police and festival organizer Filipino BC: Jendhel Sico Filipino BC and the Lapu Lapu Day festival ...
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Family in B.C. festival tragedy celebrates small victories on long road to recovery
VANCOUVER - Even the smallest victories are being celebrated by Roland Nulada and his family, as he recovers from devastating injuries suffered in the Lapu Lapu festival attack in Vancouver. On Monday, it was Nulada's first meal in 16 days - soup and baked macaroni, "the very soft ones," says his older sister...
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Coroner says 275 died of toxic drugs in B.C. in February and March in downward trend
VICTORIA - The BC Coroners Service says overdose deaths have been trending downward in the province, with 275 people dying in February and March due to the toxic drug supply. The service says in a statement that March is the sixth consecutive month in which fewer than 160 people died due to unregulated drug toxicity. I...
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Canada
Partner of Quebec man who received MAID after bedsores says hospital ignored her
MONTREAL - The partner of a man who received a medically assisted death after developing a severe bedsore in a Quebec hospital says medical staff didn't listen to her. Sylvie Brosseau spoke outside the Montreal courtroom where a coroner is holding hearings into the death of her partner Normand Meunier. Brosseau says Me...
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Almost half of Canadians say Carney 'stood up' for country in Trump meeting: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests nearly half of Canadians think Prime Minister Mark Carney "stood up" for Canada in his recent face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. The Leger poll says 48 per cent of poll respondents think Carney "clearly stood up for Canada's interests" in his meeting ...
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Supreme Court won't review school board's decision to sanction trustee over remarks
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not review the Toronto Catholic District School Board's decision to sanction a trustee over comments he made during a debate. At a November 2019 public meeting of trustees, the board considered a motion to add four new grounds for barring discriminatory practices: gender identi...
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In Canada's housing crisis, are modular homes a cheaper and faster solution?
TORONTO - When a church in Toronto's west end was converted into affordable housing nearly 15 years ago, the group behind the project was already thinking ahead. Andrea Adams, the executive director of the non-profit developer St. Clare's, said she was "daydreaming" about what could be built on the yard next ...
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Bloc Québécois to challenge Terrebonne election result in court
OTTAWA - The Bloc Québécois will launch a legal challenge of the controversial election result in the federal riding of Terrebonne. Speaking in Ottawa this morning, Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet said his party intends to contest the result. The Liberals initially won the riding but it flipped ...
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Poilievre says the lack of a federal budget sends a 'bad signal' to investors
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the lack of a federal budget sends "a bad signal" to investors and credit rating agencies. Poilievre told a press conference on Parliament Hill today that he wants Prime Minister Mark Carney to "steal his ideas" and offered to help him draft a feder...
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World
Autopsies misclassified in-custody deaths that were actually homicides, Maryland officials say
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - An audit of Maryland autopsies has uncovered at least 36 in-custody police deaths that should have been considered homicides, state officials announced Thursday following a comprehensive review of such cases spurred by widespread concerns about the former state medical examiner's testimony in the ...
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DeSantis signs a bill making Florida the 2nd state to ban fluoride from its water system
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a measure Thursday prohibiting local governments from adding fluoride to their water systems, making it the second state in the country after Utah to implement a statewide ban on the mineral. DeSantis signed the bill at a public event in Dade City...
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Ukraine's Zelenskyy says he is sending a delegation to Istanbul for peace talks with Russia
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday he will send a team headed by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov to the Turkish city of Istanbul for peace talks with a Russian delegation. Zelenskyy told a news conference in the Turkish capital Ankara that the Russian delegation doesn't include &...
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Sports
Andrighetto scores 4 goals in Switzerland's win over Germany at ice hockey worlds
HERNING, Denmark (AP) - Sven Andrighetto scored four goals to lift Switzerland to a 5-1 victory over Germany at the ice hockey world championship on Thursday. Switzerland moved atop Group B in Herning with 10 points. Germany trails by a point in second after registering its first loss. After Damien Riat opened the scor...
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CFL adopting six minor rules adjustments for upcoming season
TORONTO - A modified roughing-the-passer penalty will be among six minor rules adjustments implemented by the CFL this season. The league announced Thursday the modifications have been approved by the CFL's board of governors. Among them is an enhanced grade 2 roughing the passer penalty. The CFL has always had two gra...
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Canada Soccer names roster for CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship in Costa Rica
Midfielder Jeneva Hernandez Gray and high-scoring forward Anabelle Chukwu lead Canada's 21-player squad for the 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, which kicks off later this month in Costa Rica. The eight-team CONCACAF tournament, which runs May 29 to June 8 at Alejandro Morera Soto Stadium in Alajuela, will send...
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