Homicide team investigates fatal shooting in Maple Ridge, B.C.
MAPLE RIDGE - Homicide detectives are investigating a fatal shooting overnight in Maple Ridge, B.C. Police say officers were called to reports of a shooting in the area of 246 Street and 124 Avenue early Tuesday, and found a man inside a vehicle not far away with an apparent gunshot wound. Emergency responders attempte...
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New businesses in Chilliwack
New businesses coming to Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Two new businesses set to open soon in Chilliwack include an indoor playground for kids and a bubble tea franchise. Play Abby Chilliwack has set up shop inside suites 206 and 207 at 44921 Commercial Court, near Petro Canada on Evans Road, north of the Evans roundabout. Play Abby, with an existing location ...
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CHILLIWACK - The president of the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board says home sales are showing some signs of rebounding after a weak start to 2025. According to a news release from CADREB, 211 homes changed hands in July 2025, a drop of 9.4 per cent from July 2024. As a whole, home sales were 4.5 per cent belo...
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Chilliwack start-up pet society helps over 1,500 animals as it seeks to raise funds through online auction
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Pedestrian struck Tuesday night in Chilliwack, airlifted to hospital
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Fire, Chilliwack RCMP and B.C. EHS personnel were dispatched Tuesday night after a pedestrian was struck at an intersection in Promontory. According to scanner traffic, paramedics were called to Teskey Road and Promontory Road in Chilliwack just after 7 p.m. for a traffic collision involving a p...
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Man charged with sexual assault
Man charged in Fraser Valley sexual assault
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Man facing second-degree murder charge in fatal assault in Coquitlam, B.C.
COQUITLAM - A 59-year-old man faces a second-degree murder charge after an alleged attack with a weapon resulted in the death of another man in Coquitlam, B.C. Homicide investigators say it happened on Aug. 1 in the 400 block of Midvale Street, where responding officers found a man with serious injuries. The accused wa...
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Homicide team investigates fatal shooting in Maple Ridge, B.C.
MAPLE RIDGE - Homicide detectives are investigating a fatal shooting overnight in Maple Ridge, B.C. Police say officers were called to reports of a shooting in the area of 246 Street and 124 Avenue early Tuesday, and found a man inside a vehicle not far away with an apparent gunshot wound. Emergency responders attempte...
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B.C. residential unit sales up in July but down year-to-date, association says
VANCOUVER - Sales of homes in British Columbia grew in July compared with the same month last year, but year-to-date numbers show transactions remain slower. The British Columbia Real Estate Association says there were about 7,000 residential unit sales in the province last month, up 2.2 per cent from the numbers repor...
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Wildfire raging near Port Alberni, B.C., grows again overnight
PORT ALBERNI - A raging wildfire that has forced evacuations near Port Alberni, B.C., has grown again overnight to more than 20 square kilometres in size as it continues to burn out of control. The fire on Vancouver Island has led to evacuation orders from both the Alberni-Clayoquot and Cowichan Valley regional distric...
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Former top general says reviewing medals for Afghan vets a 'no-brainer' for Carney
OTTAWA - A former top general who led the military during the Afghanistan conflict is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney's government to revisit the files of soldiers who served there to see if any of their awards should be upgraded to the Victoria Cross. Rick Hillier said that despite the failure of recent attempts to ...
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Cowichan title lands encompass multimillion-dollar mansions in Richmond, B.C.
A landmark Aboriginal title claim successfully established by Cowichan Nation last week appears to encompass land occupied by a stretch of multimillion-dollar homes and an 18-hole golf course in Richmond, B.C. A map of the Cowichan title lands that was part of the B.C. Supreme Court ruling, combined with publicly avail...
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Carney, world leaders meet ahead of Trump-Putin summit on Ukraine war
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney met today with the "Coalition of the Willing," a group of nations who've agreed to support Ukraine in its fight against Russian invasion, ahead of the ceasefire negotiations set for Friday. U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to meet in ...
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François Legault taking crushing byelection loss to the PQ with 'humility'
QUEBEC CITY - Quebec Premier François Legault says he is taking Monday's byelection loss to the Parti Québécois with humility. Legault's Coalition Avenir Québec finished fourth in the Arthabaska riding with seven per cent of the vote - down from the 52 per cent the party collected in the dis...
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Low water levels in Quebec rivers spur navigation warnings, watering bans
MONTREAL - Boat pilots on the St. Lawrence River are being asked to take cautions because of low water levels that can cause navigation hazards. Kevin Lajoie, spokesman for the company that manages the St. Lawrence Seaway, says the corporation has restricted speeds in response to lower water levels on Lake St. Louis. F...
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Federal ministers meet with canola lobby to discuss new China tariffs
OTTAWA - Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald and International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu are meeting with canola groups this afternoon following China's announcement that it will hit Canada with a 75.8 per cent tariff on the crop. The ministers are set to meet with the Canola Council of Canada and the Canadian Can...
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CUPW to hold two says of talks with Canada Post, overtime ban remains in effect
OTTAWA - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it will hold two days of talks with Canada Post. The union, which represents about 55,000 postal workers, says both sides met with federal mediators on Tuesday and it has agreed to meet with Canada Post on Friday and Monday. The talks come after workers rejected Canada...
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Conservative MP calls on Ottawa to do more on wildfires, attacks forest entry ban
OTTAWA - An Alberta Conservative MP says the federal government needs to do more to combat Canada's devastating forest fires. Asked by reporters at a morning press conference today for her thoughts on the provincial bans on entering forests in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Michelle Rempel Garner said Ottawa's inaction...
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A boat carrying migrants capsizes off Italy, killing at least 26
ROME (AP) - A boat carrying nearly 100 migrants capsized Wednesday in international waters off the Italian island of Lampedusa, killing at least 26 people and leaving about a dozen missing, the Italian coast guard and U.N. agencies said. Sixty survivors were brought to a center in Lampedusa, said Filippo Ungaro, a UNHC...
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Venus Williams gets a US Open wild card at age 45 and will be the oldest in singles since 1981
NEW YORK (AP) - Venus Williams will make her return to Grand Slam tennis at the U.S. Open after a two-year absence, receiving a wild-card invitation on Wednesday to compete in singles at Flushing Meadows at age 45. The American will be the oldest entrant in singles at the tournament since Renee Richards was 47 in 1981,...
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Parents and child killed when tree falls on car amid heavy rain, flooding in Tennessee
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A mother, father and child were killed when a tree fell on their car amid heavy rain and flooding in Tennessee, an official said Wednesday. The three were killed when saturated ground caused a large tree to fall in the Chattanooga suburb of East Ridge just after midnight, Hamilton County Offic...
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Ticats face tough challenge in trying to resume winning ways versus Riders
Bo Levi Mitchell and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats have a tough challenge in trying to resume their winning ways. Hamilton (6-3) had its six-game win streak snapped last week with a 41-38 overtime loss to the B.C. Lions. The Ticats visit the Saskatchewan Roughriders (7-1) on Saturday afternoon. Not only is this contest a bat...
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Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon strikes tentative deal to buy the Portland Trail Blazers
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A group led by Carolina Hurricanes owner Don Dundon has reached a tentative agreement with Paul Allen's estate to buy the Trail Blazers and keep the team in Portland. Dundon confirmed the agreement in a text exchange with The Associated Press on Wednesday. His group includes Portland-based Sheel T...
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Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon strikes tentative deal to buy the Portland Trail Blazers
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Paul Allen's estate has agreed to a tentative agreement to sell the Portland Trail Blazers to a group led by Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon. Dundon confirmed the agreement in a text exchange with The Associated Press on Wednesday. He also confirmed plans to keep the team in Portland. The gro...
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