Train derailment
Train derails in Abbotsford near Canada-U.S. border
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford are advising the public about a train derailment that happened late Thursday night in Abbotsford near the Canada-U.S. border.According to a social media post, the train derailment happened on 4th Avenue near Riverside Road, causing a significant roadblock in both westbound and eastboun...
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Missing senior
Chilliwack RCMP seek help locating a 73-year-old man with dementia who left CGH on Wednesday
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack are asking for help from the public to help locate a 73-year-old man with dementia who left Chilliwack General Hospital earlier this week. According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Alexandra Mulvihill, police received a report earlier today (Thursday, July 17) t...
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No date set for reopening of Chilliwack Community Policing office
CHILLIWACK - Several businesses in downtown Chilliwack remain closed after a structure fire early Wednesday caused extensive damage, including to a local RCMP community policing office.More than a day after the fire, police don't have a date for the reopening of the office, only saying it will remain closed for the for...
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Former yarn shop repurposed
Former yarn shop and studio in downtown Chilliwack to be repurposed
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack has confirmed that a former yarn shop in downtown Chilliwack will undergo improvements for a different type of business.Jaimie Tocher, a communications assistant for the city, told Fraser Valley Today in an email that the city's building department has issued a building permit for th...
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Restaurant closure
Chinese buffet in Chilliwack sets closure date for later this summer
CHILLIWACK - After its building and property were purchased earlier this year, a longtime Chilliwack restaurant appears poised to close its doors on a specific date later this summer. Jennifer Leong Tatlay posted to Facebook on Wednesday that her grandparents' final day of business at Mandarin Garden Buffet on Luckakuc...
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Missing person
UPDATE: Missing 13-year-old boy located: AbbyPD
UPDATE: AbbyPD posted to social media at 1:43 p.m. Thursday that the 13-year-old boy who was last seen earlier this week has been found safe. "Thank you for the public's help in locating him," AbbyPD wrote.
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British Columbia
How Vancouver's urban orcas create connections and community among followers
VANCOUVER - Chatchawan Jaksuwong says he used to feel empty when he looked at the ocean. But after encounters with whales in the urban waters of Vancouver the photographer now feels a deep sense of connection, and he's found community with fellow enthusiasts. "It's a switch from that feeling that I used to have be...
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B.C. Health Ministry restores drug funding for girl with rare disease
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Health Minister Josie Osborne says she has reinstated funding for a nine-year-old girl who has an extremely rare disease. Charleigh Pollock has Batten disease, and the drug Brineura costs around $1 million a year. Osborne says she spoke with the girl's family tonight and told them that the...
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CP NewsAlert: B.C. Health Ministry restores drug funding for girl with rare disease
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Health Minister Josie Osborne says she has reinstated funding for nine-year-old Charleigh Pollock's drug coverage. The Vancouver Island girl suffers from Batten disease, and the drug Brineura costs around $1 million a year. The British Columbia government had previously said in June 2025 i...
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B.C. limits sales of two more diabetes drugs amid off-label use for weight loss
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Health Ministry is limiting the sales of two more diabetes drugs to curb their off-label use for weight loss and preserve supply for people who are diabetic. The limits on sales of Type 2 diabetes drugs tirzepatide and dulaglutide come after a 2023 regulation limited sales of semaglutide, ...
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B.C. Premier David Eby leans on Ravi Kahlon again as he reshuffles cabinet
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier David Eby has leaned on Ravi Kahlon from the moment Eby officially sought the government's top job, with Kahlon co-chairing his leadership campaign. When Eby created the province's stand-alone housing ministry in 2022, he asked Kahlon to head it, and when U.S. President Donald Trump launched his...
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Country singer Josh Ross, 'American Idol' star Cameron Whitcomb lead CCMA Awards noms
TORONTO - Breakout country singer Josh Ross and "American Idol" star Cameron Whitcomb are the leading nominees heading into this year's Canadian Country Music Association Awards. Both musicians picked up six nods each, including for fans' choice, male artist, entertainer and single of the year. They're traile...
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Canada
In the news today: Jasper fire report cites provincial interference
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Jasper fire report cites provincial interference A report into a wildfire that devastated the Rocky Mountain resort town of Jasper last summer says crews did their best but command and control was hampered by the Alberta governmen...
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Some of the best-known Canadian UFO sightings over the years
OTTAWA - Some of the best-known Canadian cases of unusual sightings in the sky: May 20, 1967, near Falcon Lake, Man.: Stefan Michalak, who claimed to have encountered a landed UFO while prospecting for minerals, was allegedly burned by a blast of hot gas or air. Oct. 4, 1967, Shag Harbour, N.S.: Witnesses reported seei...
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Pair of rare, multicoloured lobsters new summer stars of Dartmouth ocean centre
DARTMOUTH - Burrowing under seaweed and crawling around a large open-top tank at an ocean centre in Dartmouth, N.S., are two beady-eyed alien-like creatures named Moonmist and Bingo. One of them is half bright red and half black while the other has baby-blue and white "cotton candy" colours. Moonmist and Bing...
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How Vancouver's urban orcas create connections and community among followers
VANCOUVER - Chatchawan Jaksuwong says he used to feel empty when he looked at the ocean. But after encounters with whales in the urban waters of Vancouver the photographer now feels a deep sense of connection, and he's found community with fellow enthusiasts. "It's a switch from that feeling that I used to have be...
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Robust federal collection, analysis of UFO data could dispel misinformation: report
OTTAWA - Systematic government collection and analysis of data about mysterious sightings in the sky could help Canada better prepare for incidents like the sudden appearance of several high-altitude balloons over North America two years ago, says a report from the federal science adviser. One of the balloons, which wa...
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CP NewsAlert: B.C. Health Ministry restores drug funding for girl with rare disease
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Health Minister Josie Osborne says she has reinstated funding for nine-year-old Charleigh Pollock's drug coverage. The Vancouver Island girl suffers from Batten disease, and the drug Brineura costs around $1 million a year. The British Columbia government had previously said in June 2025 i...
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World
School bus crash in southwest England leaves 1 student dead, 2 seriously injured
LONDON (AP) - A bus carrying middle school children overturned and slid on its roof down a steep embankment in southwest England on Thursday, killing one student and seriously injuring two, authorities said. Three helicopters and 20 ambulances dispatched to the crash took 21 people to the hospital and crews treated oth...
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Louisiana cancels $3B repair coastal restoration funded by Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana is officially halting a $3 billion coastal restoration funded by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement money, state and federal agencies confirmed Thursday. The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project had been intended to rebuild upward of 20 square miles (32 kilometers) of land in so...
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Man who sent Facebook message about committing a campus sexual assault pleads guilty
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) - An American accused of sexually assaulting a fellow Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said "So I raped you" has pleaded guilty months after being extradited from France to face the allegations. Ian Cleary, 32, who was raised in Silicon Va...
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Sports
With all-star break complete, first-place Toronto Blue Jays set to welcome Giants
TORONTO - After a strong performance over the first half of the season, the first-place Toronto Blue Jays are hoping to pick up where they left off now that the all-star break is complete. Chris Bassitt is scheduled to start for the Blue Jays tonight as Toronto welcomes the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a three...
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Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto begins today at Exhibition Place
TORONTO - The Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto kicks off with a full day of practices and qualifying this morning. Headlined by an IndyCar Series race on Sunday, there's a total of nine races from several series and a variety of automobile classes over the weekend. All of the races will take place around a street cou...
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Canada's Denis Shapovalov posts 6-3, 6-2 win over Australia's Tristan Schoolkate
LOS CABOS - Canada's Denis Shapovalov reached the semifinals at the Mifel Tennis Open on Thursday with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Australia's Tristan Schoolkate. Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., needed one hour 17 minutes to complete the victory. He had a 10-2 edge in aces and converted all four of his break-point opport...
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