Smile Cookie campaign
Smile Cookie campaign raises five figures for Chilliwack General Hospital equipment needs
CHILLIWACK - Those Smile cookies at Tim Hortons are hard to resist. Chilliwack-area residents opened their wallets last month for a great cause, raising over $14,000 for the Chilliwack Hospital Foundation through the purchase of cookies at local Tim Hortons restaurants. "What a reason to SMILE! An amazing communit...
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Chilliwack businesses sold
Chilliwack businesses sold to new ownership
CHILLIWACK - Two retail establishments under one roof in Chilliwack known for selling a variety of hot dogs and smoked meat, as well as colossal cinnamon buns, have been sold and will have new owners by next week. Kerry Krahn and Claudette Krahn say that after nearly five years of making cinnamon buns and cooking meat,...
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No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka ends Iga Swiatek's 26-match French Open winning streak and reaches the final
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Stolen AirPods
Stolen AirPods lead to arrest of career criminal from Mission
MISSION - Mounties in Mission say a 29-year-old prolific offender from Mission was arrested last week for his alleged role in stealing AirPods, after police executed a search warrant at his residence.According to a statement from Mission RCMP spokesperson Corporal Harrison Mohr, an Abbotsford resident noticed on Thursd...
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Search warrants
Police execute search warrants amid spike in rural crime in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - A spokesperson for the Abbotsford Police Department has confirmed that authorities executed two search warrants last month amid a significant increase in property crime in Sumas Prairie. AbbyPD Sgt. Paul Walker says police in Abbotsford have observed a 67 per cent increase in property crime in Sumas Prairi...
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Chilliwack business closing
Longtime interior design and home furnishings store in Chilliwack in process of closing
CHILLIWACK - After years of serving customers in Chilliwack and beyond, a Young Road business specializing in interior design and home furnishings is in the process of liquidating its inventory.Decor West Interiors, located at 9232 Young Road above Room by Room Furniture, announced on its Facebook and Instagram pages i...
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100th anniversary
Chilliwack church to mark 100th anniversary of its denominational founding
CHILLIWACK - A church in Sardis will mark the 100th anniversary of its denominational founding next week with bell ringing and refreshments for anyone who would like to mark the occasion. Carman United Church on Vedder Road in Sardis will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the United Church of Canada on Tuesday, June...
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British Columbia
B.C. fire crews set up sprinklers to defend buildings as blaze grows near Kelly Lake
The BC Wildfire Service says an out-of-control blaze that has triggered evacuation orders near Kelly Lake in the province's northeast is not currently threatening the community but is growing in its direction. The service says in an update Thursday morning that firefighters from several fire departments across the prov...
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Memorial masses to be held throughout the city 40 days after Lapu Lapu tragedy
VANCOUVER - Members of Vancouver's Filipino community and others will honour and pray for victims of the Lapu Lapu festival attack at a memorial mass today, 40 days after the tragedy that left 11 people dead. The date is significant in Filipino Catholic tradition as the end of a mourning period, and Rev. Francis Galvan...
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B.C. First Nation builds small island, fisheries officials check for habitat damage
VICTORIA - A British Columbia First Nation has built up a small artificial island in the tidal shallows of Coles Bay off Vancouver Island, triggering an investigation by fisheries officials into whether it involved habitat destruction and if authorization should have been required. Two yellow excavators could be seen a...
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CP NewsAlert: B.C. port supervisors' union, employers ratify 4-year deal
VANCOUVER - Maritime employers in British Columbia and the union representing port supervisors say they have ratified a new four-year collective agreement, after a dispute that saw workers locked out of container terminals last year. More coming. The Canadian Press
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Winds expected to drive wildfire towards Kelly Lake, B.C., near Lillooet, in 'high-risk' situation
The British Columbia Wildfire Service is warning that incoming winds are expected to drive an out-of-control wildfire towards the community of Kelly Lake, about 80 kilometres south of Dawson Creek in the province's northeast. Karley Desrosiers, an information officer with the service, told a briefing hosted by the Peac...
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Criticism of Lapu Lapu memorial event surprises Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says he's surprised by criticism of plans for a large memorial event this month to honour victims of the Lapu Lapu festival attack, which a Filipino advocacy group says was arranged without proper consultation. Filipino BC says it wasn't told in advance about a vote approving the eve...
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Canada
'Lost Canadians' bill tabled after judge sets November deadline for passage
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Lena Diab tabled legislation today to restore citizenship to "Lost Canadians" after a court found the existing law unconstitutional. "Lost Canadians" refers to people who were born outside of the country to Canadian parents who were also born in another country. In 2009...
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Memorial masses to be held throughout the city 40 days after Lapu Lapu tragedy
VANCOUVER - Members of Vancouver's Filipino community and others will honour and pray for victims of the Lapu Lapu festival attack at a memorial mass today, 40 days after the tragedy that left 11 people dead. The date is significant in Filipino Catholic tradition as the end of a mourning period, and Rev. Francis Galvan...
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McGuinty says Ottawa reviewing defence spending 'top to bottom' ahead of NATO summit
OTTAWA - Defence Minister David McGuinty says Ottawa is reviewing its defence spending plans "from top to bottom" as Canada comes under pressure from allies to ramp up spending to levels not seen since the height of the Cold War. Speaking with European news media outside NATO headquarters in Brussels, McGuint...
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Canada Post union files labour practices complaint
OTTAWA - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it has filed an unfair labour practice complaint against Canada Post related to ongoing contract bargaining. The union alleges in the complaint that the Crown corporation is bargaining directly with members, interfering with the union's exclusive bargaining rights and ...
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Body of Israeli-Canadian Judih Weinstein held by Hamas recovered
OTTAWA - Israel has recovered the bodies of two hostages taken in Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack that ignited the war in the Gaza Strip, including one Canadian citizen. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the remains of Judih Weinstein and Gad Haggai were recovered and returned to Israel in a special operation by the ar...
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CP NewsAlert: Canada posts largest merchandise trade deficit on record
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country posted its largest merchandise trade deficit on record in April at $7.1 billion as exports fell 10.8 per cent. More coming. The Canadian Press
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World
Israel says it has recovered the bodies of 2 Israeli-American hostages from the Gaza Strip
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel has recovered the bodies of two Israeli-American hostages taken in Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack that ignited the war in the Gaza Strip. Israeli strikes overnight and into Thursday meanwhile killed at least 13 people, including three local journalists, according to health officials in the t...
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David Jolly, a Trump critic and former GOP congressman, to run for Florida governor as a Democrat
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A former Republican congressman and vocal critic of Donald Trump says he wants to become governor in the president's adopted home state of Florida, and that he's running as a Democrat. David Jolly formally announced his bid Thursday, becoming the latest party convert hoping to wrest back contro...
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South Korean lawmakers approve special investigations into martial law and Yoon's wife
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's liberal-led legislature overwhelmingly passed bills Thursday to launch special investigations into former President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of martial law in December and criminal allegations against his wife, targeting the ousted conservative a day after his liber...
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Sports
No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka ends Iga Swiatek's 26-match French Open winning streak and reaches the final
PARIS (AP) - No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka ended Iga Swiatek's 26-match French Open unbeaten streak and reached the final in Paris for the first time by using her pure power to dominate down the stretch and win their semifinal 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-0 on Thursday. Sabalenka's victory prevented Swiatek from becoming the first w...
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PWHL Vancouver signs former Charge goaltender Maschmeyer to two-year contract.
VANCOUVER - Vancouver's Professional Women's Hockey League team continued to add to its initial roster Thursday by signing goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer to a two-year contract. Maschmeyer spent the last two seasons with the Ottawa Charge. She was one of the franchise's three foundational signings in the PWHL's inaugur...
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Blue Jackets centre Monahan awarded Masterton Trophy for resilience and leadership
NEW YORK - Columbus Blue Jackets centre Sean Monahan has been awarded the 2024-25 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, the NHL announced Thursday. The award honours perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to hockey, commemorating Bill Masterton, a Minnesota North Stars player who died from an on-ice injury in 1968, and ...
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