Most Wanted
CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted - Week of June 22, 2025
CHILLIWACK - Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.Name: Shawn RiversAge: 43Height: 5'11" ft Weight: 175lbsHair: Blonde/Brown Eyes: GreenWanted: Assault Causing Bodily HarmWarrant in effect: June 16, 2025Parole Jurisdiction: ChilliwackName: Roy Pelg...
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Checkers beat Canucks 4-3 in OT to force Game 6 in Calder Cup final
ABBOTSFORD - Jesse Puljujarvi spoiled the party in Abbotsford on Saturday night when he scored at 15:22 of overtime to lift the visiting Charlotte Checkers to a 4-3 victory over the Canucks. A sold-out crowd at Abbotsford Centre was hoping to see the Canucks - who entered the game leading 3-1 in the best-of-seven champ...
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Fraser Valley
VEHICLE INCIDENT
Traffic stalled after crash on Highway 1 near Langley Saturday afternoon
LANGLEY - Drivers have been left stalled on a portion of Highway 1 after a motor vehicle incident early Saturday afternoon (Jun. 21).At 12:37 p.m., BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) received a call about the incident at around 236 St. and Highway 1 in Langley. BCEHS Communications Officer Vincent Chou told Fraser Va...
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BRAIN INJURY AWARENESS MONTH
Fraser Health introduces support for patients with brain injury from toxic drug use
ABBOTSFORD - The region's health authority is looking to raise awareness about some services available to brain injury survivors, especially those who suffered from toxic drug poisoning. Fraser Health has contracted Lookout Housing and Health Society and Connective Support Society to provide complete, wraparound care a...
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UFV AWARD
UFV grad from Mission receives Governor General's Silver Medal
MISSION - A Mission resident went back to school after a 20-year break- and her hard work has been rewarded with the Governor General's Silver Medal at the University of the Fraser Valley's convocation ceremony earlier this month. On June 10, Thea Bramer received her award along with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Child ...
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HUMANITARIAN AID
'We have to help each other': Chilliwack resident returns from refugee camp in South Sudan
CHILLIWACK - Andy Harrington is happily back in Chilliwack after being away on a humanitarian visit a few months ago. Speaking with Fraser Valley Today from his home on the lush green pastures of Ryder Lake, the Canadian Foodgrains Bank executive recollected his time spent on the dry tropical savanna of South Sudan. Th...
Jun 21, 2025
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British Columbia
Possible heavy rain, wet snow and storms in parts of B.C.'s southern Interior
Environment Canada is warning residents of British Columbia's southern Interior of possible heavy rain and thunderstorms as flood risks rise in the region. The weather agency says areas including the Fraser Canyon, the Okanagan, Kamloops and parts of the Shuswap could see overall rainfall of up to 40 millimetres, along...
Jun 21, 2025
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Federal Transportation Minister Freeland 'dismayed' about choice of Chinese shipyard
VICTORIA - Federal Transportation Minister Chrystia Freeland says she is "dismayed" that BC Ferries has contracted a Chinese state-owned shipyard to build four new vessels in the current geopolitical context that includes "unjustified" tariffs on Canada. Freeland says in a letter sent to provincial ...
Jun 21, 2025
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Life sentence with no parole for 12 years for killer of Chilliwack, B.C., man
CHILLIWACK - The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a man arrested for murder in January 2023 has been given a life sentence without the chance of parole for 12 years in the death of a man in Chilliwack, B.C. The team says in a news release that the sentence for 27-year-old Matthew Bauer was handed down Thursd...
Jun 20, 2025
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Control zones set up in Fraser Valley after Newcastle disease detected in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has put up controls on the movements of birds around two commercial poultry farms experiencing the first outbreaks of virulent Newcastle disease in Canada in more than 50 years. The establishment of the primary control zones in the Fraser Valley means that birds, byprodu...
Jun 20, 2025
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B.C. Public Safety Minister says program funding targets repeat violent offenders
SURREY - British Columbia's public safety minister says the provincial government is adding another $6 million to a policing initiative targeting repeat violent offenders. Gary Begg says the money for the Special Investigation and Targeted Enforcement program will build on the initiative's past successes in leading to ...
Jun 20, 2025
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Wildfire of note downgraded in B.C., remains burning out of control
A recent soaking of rain in northeastern British Columbia has helped to remove the one remaining fire out of the so-called wildfire of note category, although the Summit Lake blaze is still labelled as burning out of control. Two other wildfires of note, meaning they are highly visible or a threat to communities, were ...
Jun 20, 2025
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Canada
Iranians in Canada watch and worry after U.S. strikes on nuclear sites
MONTREAL - Iranian-Canadians say they fear an escalation of violence in the Middle East after the United States carried out strikes against three Iranian nuclear sites. Nimâ Machouf, a member of a Montreal Iranian women's association, says family members in Iran are living "from one bomb to another." Th...
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CP NewsAlert: Former Liberal minister John McCallum dead at 75
OTTAWA - John McCallum, a former Liberal cabinet minister, has died at age 75, his family confirms. McCallum was a veteran politician, diplomat, academic and accomplished economist. More coming. The Canadian Press
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Carney says Middle East 'highly volatile' after U.S. strikes Iran, calls for calm
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling for de-escalation after the United States carried out strikes against Iranian nuclear sites early Sunday. Carney issued a social media post saying the U.S. military action was "designed to alleviate" threats posed by Iran, but the situation in the Middle East rem...
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Carney travelling to Europe for security, defence talks with EU, NATO
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will depart for Europe on Sunday for back-to-back summits where he is expected to make major commitments for Canada on security and defence. Carney will be joined by Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand, Defence Minister David McGuinty and secretary of state for defence procurement S...
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CP NewsAlert: Jury finds Quebec man guilty in 2023 truck attack in Amqui, Que.
RIMOUSKI - A Quebec man has been found guilty of three counts of 1st degree murder in the deaths of three men he struck with his truck. Steeve Gagnon learned his fate following two days of deliberation by the jury, who found him guilty on all counts. Gagnon was on trial for three counts of first-degree murder and two c...
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Four missing after Airmedic helicopter crash in northeastern Quebec: police
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say an operation is underway after a helicopter crash in northeastern Quebec that has left four people unaccounted for. They say the aircraft operated by Airmedic was involved in an accident about 10:30 p.m. near Natashquan, Que., a little more than 1,000 kilometres northeast of Mont...
Jun 21, 2025
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World
Kevin Durant is going from the Suns to the Rockets in a blockbuster trade, AP source says
The Houston Rockets are acquiring 15-time All-Star and four-time Olympic gold medalist Kevin Durant from the Phoenix Suns in a blockbuster deal struck Sunday, a person with knowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press. The Rockets are giving up Dillon Brooks, Jalen Green and six future picks - including the No....
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Suicide bomber kills at least 9 in Syrian church near Damascus during mass
DWEIL'A, Syria (AP) - A suicide bomber in Syria on Sunday detonated himself inside a church filled with people, killing at least nine, Syrian state media reported. The explosion in Dweil'a in the outskirts of Damascus took place as people were praying inside the Mar Elias Church. SANA, citing the Health Ministry said t...
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Pentagon says US doesn't want to pursue war with Iran after bombing 3 of its nuclear sites
WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday that America "does not seek war" with Iran in the aftermath of a surprise attack overnight on three of that country's nuclear sites. The mission, called "Operation Midnight Hammer," involved decoys and deception, and met with no Iranian re...
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Sports
Kevin Durant is going from the Suns to the Rockets in a blockbuster trade, AP source says
The Houston Rockets are acquiring 15-time All-Star and four-time Olympic gold medalist Kevin Durant from the Phoenix Suns in a blockbuster deal struck Sunday, a person with knowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press. The Rockets are giving up Dillon Brooks, Jalen Green and six future picks - including the No....
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Kevin Durant is going from the Suns to the Rockets in a blockbuster trade, AP source says
The Houston Rockets are acquiring 15-time All-Star and four-time Olympic gold medalist Kevin Durant from the Phoenix Suns in a blockbuster deal struck Sunday, a person with knowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press. The Rockets are giving up Dillon Brooks of Mississauga, Ont., Jalen Green and six future pick...
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Osorio returns to Toronto after suffering lower-body injury training with Canada
HOUSTON - Veteran midfielder Jonathan Osorio has left the Canada camp at the CONCACAF Gold Cup with a lower-body injury. Canada Soccer, in a social media post, said the Toronto FC captain will miss the rest of the tournament. The injury occurred in training the day before Canada's 1-1 draw with Curaçao on Saturd...
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