Murder
With help from Abbotsford and Surrey police, 2 B.C. men arrested in murder of 51-year-old man
LOWER MAINLAND - With help from police departments in Abbotsford and Surrey, homicide detectives from the Peel Regional Police Homicide Bureau in Ontario say two men from the Lower Mainland have been arrested for their alleged role in the murder of a 51-year-old man that happened in Mississauga in May. According to a s...
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New business in downtown Chilliwack
Ice cream shop applies for business license in downtown Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - A new ice cream shop could be coming to downtown Chilliwack in the coming months. Fraser Valley Today has learned that a company named Penguin Ice Cream has applied for a business license under that name with the City of Chilliwack. Not a lot is known about the company at this point. According to the text ...
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Ice from Oiler hometown rinks added to Edmonton arena ahead of Stanley Cup Final
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Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
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Fraser Valley
Fraser Valley real estate sales
Fraser Valley housing sales rise double digits as single-family home prices drop
FRASER VALLEY - Home sales throughout the Fraser Valley rebounded in May with a double-digit increase compared to April, while the benchmark price for single-family homes actually dropped over one per cent. Representing a region stretching from Abbotsford to White Rock, the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board says it recor...
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Valedictorians for Class of 2025
Hope Secondary announces its 2025 valedictorians
HOPE - Two outstanding students who epitomize leadership, community service and exemplary involvement in campus activities have been named valedictorians for the Class of 2025 at Hope Secondary School. Hope Secondary staff say Ty-Rean Foster & Griffin Larson embody what it means to be a Mustang through their involv...
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Backcountry rescue
Valley Helicopters instrumental in backcountry rescue southeast of Hope Monday
HOPE - With the help of Valley Helicopters, Hope Search and Rescue says it carried out a rescue mission Monday (June 2) involving an injured biker on the Skagit River Trail southeast of Hope. In a statement posted to social media, Hope SAR says it was tasked with rescuing a biker who had suffered injuries on the trail,...
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Weekend motor vehicle incident
Witness believes Chilliwack RCMP member was speeding prior to Young Road crash
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack resident who witnessed Friday's motor vehicle incident involving an RCMP SUV and a passenger vehicle says the RCMP member was speeding on Young Road just before the collision. According to scanner traffic, the two-car crash occurred at about 6:40 p.m. Friday night at the intersection of Young ...
Jun 02, 2025
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British Columbia
Two men arrested in B.C., charged with murder in Mississauga, Ont. shooting: police
Peel Region police say two men were arrested in British Columbia and charged with murder in the shooting death of a man in Mississauga, Ont., last month. Police say 51-year-old Harjeet Dhadda of Brampton, Ont., was allegedly approached by a suspect and shot multiple times in a Mississauga parking lot the morning of May...
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Alaska Highway reopened after nearby wildfire forced closure near Fort Nelson, B.C.
The stretch of the Alaska Highway near Fort Nelson, B.C., that closed Monday due to a nearby wildfire has reopened to single lane traffic. Drive BC announced the update in a post around 9:30 p.m., saying the status could change quickly depending on wildfire activity. The BC Wildfire Service says the blaze is about 26 s...
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Blaze forces Alaska Highway closure as B.C. wildfire season ramps up
Fire season is ramping up in British Columbia as the province's wildfire service warns of hot, dry and windy conditions in the forecast. The service's latest bulletin says the combination of factors is likely to intensify fire behaviour this week, especially in areas experiencing prolonged drought. It says that include...
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Review of B.C. home-sharing program for adults with developmental disabilities
The British Columbia government is commissioning an independent review of the province's home-share program, months after an inquest into the starvation death of a woman with Down syndrome in a Port Coquitlam share home. A statement from the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction says the review will asse...
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B.C. primary care review underway, part of NDP's confidence deal with Greens
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has launched a review of its primary health care system, in accordance with the ruling New Democrats' confidence agreement with the Green Party. The assessment is being co-ordinated by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the two-member Green caucus. The government say...
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B.C. provides peek into $2.95B SkyTrain tunnel, set to open in 2027
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has provided a glimpse of progress on the Broadway subway tunnel, which is set to expand Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain capacity significantly in 2027. Transportation Minister Mike Farnworth led a media tour of the construction of the tunnel, part of a 5.7-kilometre extension of ...
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Canada
Ice from Oiler hometown rinks added to Edmonton arena ahead of Stanley Cup Final
EDMONTON - Home ice advantage will take on a whole new meaning for some Edmonton Oilers as they head into the Stanley Cup Final. Over the weekend, ice from the hometown rinks of six Oilers players was scraped into Thermoses, shipped to Edmonton and added to the Rogers Place ice sheet mix for Game 1 against the Florida ...
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Israeli envoy pushes back as Ottawa calls out 'disturbing' food restrictions on Gaza
OTTAWA - The MP overseeing Canada's foreign aid is calling on Israel to stop restricting the flow of food aid to the Gaza Strip - while Israel's ambassador is pushing back on Ottawa's suggestion that his country is violating humanitarian law. "Gaza is officially the hungriest place on earth. This is profoundly dis...
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Opposition MPs add call for a spring economic update to throne speech
OTTAWA - Government whip Mark Gerretsen insists nothing went wrong with a throne speech sub-amendment vote that now calls on the government to table an economic update before Parliament breaks for the summer. The Liberals were defeated 166 to 164 Monday evening after four Liberal MPs did not vote because of paired abst...
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Newfoundland voters concerned after apparent voter mistakes void hundreds of ballots
ST. JOHN'S - Two voters in Newfoundland say they hope Elections Canada can learn from a dramatic judicial recount that revealed hundreds of people in their riding may have marked their ballots in the wrong spot. Jennifer Barnett says she didn't receive instructions about how to mark her ballot when she voted for Conser...
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Duty free stores look for financial support as cross-border traffic drops
OTTAWA - An association representing duty free stores and a group of 15 border city mayors have written a letter to the federal government asking for financial support and clarity on export rules. The Frontier Duty Free Association says its members have seen their revenue decline by 60 to 80 per cent as cross-border tr...
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In the news today: More join the thousands fleeing wildfires in Sask.
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... More join the thousands fleeing wildfires in Sask. The latest wildfire evacuees in Saskatchewan are arriving in Prince Albert after being ordered to leave the northern town of La Ronge due to a wildfire. The Saskatchewan Public Sa...
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World
Newark mayor sues New Jersey's top federal prosecutor after arrest at immigration detention site
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sued New Jersey's top federal prosecutor on Tuesday over his arrest on a trespassing charge, which was later dropped, at a federal immigration detention facility. Barak, who leads New Jersey's biggest city, is a candidate in a crowded primary field for the Democratic nominati...
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Poland's Tusk sets confidence vote on his government for next week due to 'new political reality'
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday that parliament will hold a confidence vote on his government on June 11, as the country faces a "new political reality." He called for the vote after his political ally, the liberal Warsaw mayor, lost Poland's weekend presidential electio...
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Far-right lawmaker Wilders pulls his party out of ruling Dutch coalition in dispute over migration
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Far-right lawmaker Geert Wilders pulled his party out of ruling four-party Dutch coalition Tuesday in dispute over a crackdown on migration. Wilders announced his decision in a message on X after a brief meeting in parliament of leaders of the four parties that make up the 11-month-old adm...
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Sports
Ice from Oiler hometown rinks added to Edmonton arena ahead of Stanley Cup Final
EDMONTON - Home ice advantage will take on a whole new meaning for some Edmonton Oilers as they head into the Stanley Cup Final. Over the weekend, ice from the hometown rinks of six Oilers players was scraped into Thermoses, shipped to Edmonton and added to the Rogers Place ice sheet mix for Game 1 against the Florida ...
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Simone Inzaghi resigns as coach of Inter Milan amid Saudi interest
MILAN (AP) - The 5-0 rout by Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final was Simone Inzaghi's final match in charge of Inter Milan. "The time has come for me to say goodbye to this club after a run of four years during which I gave everything," Inzaghi wrote in a letter to Inter fans on the club website...
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Sinclair, Martin, Guay among inductees to Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2025
CALGARY - Soccer star Christine Sinclair, curler Kevin Martin and alpine skier Erik Guay are among the athletes who will be inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame this year. Wheelchair racer Michelle Stilwell and softball player Darren Zack will join them in the athlete category, while NHL coach Ted Nolan and sport...
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