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 home sales show signs of momentum after weak start to 2025: CADREB president
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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Online pet auction
Chilliwack start-up pet society helps over 1,500 animals as it seeks to raise funds through online auction
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack start-up non-profit society is doing its part to help pet owners who might not be able to afford pet food or other essential supplies. The group of Chilliwack-area volunteers associated with Zoey's Pawsome Pet Society is currently running an online auction to support their goal of ensuring eve...
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Pedestrian struck
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
FRASER VALLEY - A 58-year-old man has been charged with sexual assault in an incident outside two stores in the Fraser Valley earlier this month.According to a statement from Surrey Police Service, Abdulkarim Ahmad Alhamid, a 58-year-old male, has been arrested and one charge of sexual assault approved by the BC Prosec...
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Families whose ancestors gave up Indigenous status sue for rights return
VANCOUVER - A proposed class-action lawsuit filed in Federal Court says the Canadian government wrongfully denies people status under the country's Indian Act if their ancestors "voluntarily" gave up Indigenous status under laws that predate Confederation. Plaintiffs Charles Wesley, Christopher Wesley, Sharon...
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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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Canada
Preliminary search of Winnipeg landfill for victim of serial killer underway: Kinew
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says a preliminary search of a Winnipeg landfill for the remains of a victim of a serial killer has started. Kinew says the province is in the test phase of the search at the city-run Brady Road landfill for the remains of Ashlee Shingoose. Shingoose was one of the four First Natio...
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More than 14,000 people voted early in Alberta byelection
OTTAWA - More than 14,000 people cast their ballots early in the Battle River-Crowfoot byelection, Elections Canada says. Elections Canada says an estimated 14,452 voters made their way to the advance polls. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is running in Battle River-Crowfoot after losing his Ottawa-area seat in th...
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Families whose ancestors gave up Indigenous status sue for rights return
VANCOUVER - A proposed class-action lawsuit filed in Federal Court says the Canadian government wrongfully denies people status under the country's Indian Act if their ancestors "voluntarily" gave up Indigenous status under laws that predate Confederation. Plaintiffs Charles Wesley, Christopher Wesley, Sharon...
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Man charged in attack on Jewish dad to undergo evaluation at psychiatric hospital
MONTREAL - A Montreal man charged with assaulting a Jewish father at a park last week will be sent to a psychiatric hospital for a 30-day evaluation to determine criminal responsibility. Sergio Yanes Preciado appeared before a Quebec court judge on Wednesday afternoon after meeting with a criminologist for an evaluatio...
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Ottawa funds $25M for companies to build EV chargers, buy natural gas-powered trucks
OTTAWA - The federal government announced $25 million in funding today for companies to build more than 850 electric vehicle chargers, mostly in Quebec. The money will also help companies finance the purchases of natural gas-powered transport and recycling trucks to help companies lower emissions. According to the gove...
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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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World
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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Sports
NBA approves sale of Boston Celtics to private equity mogul Bill Chisholm for record $6.1 billion
BOSTON (AP) - The NBA on Wednesday unanimously approved the sale of the Boston Celtics to a group led by private equity mogul Bill Chisholm, a deal that values the franchise at more than $6.1 billion - the largest ever for an American professional sports team. The league said the transaction is expected to close shortl...
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Humana-Paredes, Wilkerson back at Montreal beach volleyball stop after Olympic silver
MONTREAL - Brandie Wilkerson and Melissa Humana-Paredes know they're in for a warm welcome this week in Montreal - especially as Olympic medallists. Set to compete on home soil for the first time since winning silver at last summer's Paris Games, Canada's beach volleyball stars can already sense the excitement, whether...
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Canada's Erin Brooks named rookie of the year on World Surf League Championship Tour
Canada's Erin Brooks has been named the 2025 Rookie of the Year for the World Surf League Championship Tour. The only women's rookie to make the mid-season cut, Brooks finished her debut season ranked eighth in the world. The 18-year-old is the first Canadian to qualify for the tour, Brooks debuted with high expectatio...
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