Youth and child advocacy centre
New youth and child advocacy centre to open in downtown Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack announced Tuesday that a new youth and child advocacy centre will open later this year in downtown Chilliwack. According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP Corporal Carmen Kiener, who works as a supervisor in the Serious Crime Unit, the opening of the Chilliwack Child and Youth Advo...
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Frustration over commercial rent hikes
Mission mayor frustrated over retail rent hikes causing small businesses to close or relocate
MISSION - Mission Mayor Paul Horn has written a letter to the B.C. government urging them to address excessive commercial rent hikes that he says are causing small businesses to close or relocate in downtown Mission. According to the text of a letter dated June 16, 2025 from the City of Mission, Mayor Horn asks Diana G...
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Youth and child advocacy centre
New youth and child advocacy centre to open in downtown Chilliwack
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Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
B.C. Coastal First Nations issue open letter to Carney opposing suggested pipeline
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B.C. Coastal First Nations issue open letter to Carney opposing suggested pipeline
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Fraser Valley
Free guided mural tours
Chilliwack company to offer free guided tours during upcoming Mural Festival
CHILLIWACK - Amid news earlier this year that the Vancouver Mural Festival is shutting down, the Chilliwack Mural Festival has teamed up with a local tour guide company based in Chilliwack to fill the void. During the upcoming Chilliwack Mural Festival slated for August 7-17, Chilliwack Tours will offer 14 guided walki...
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Traffic stop
Traffic stop leads to driving ban for 60-year-old woman from Abbotsford
MISSION - Mounties in Mission say two witnesses were instrumental in getting an impaired female driver from Abbotsford off the road nearly two weeks ago. According to a police blotter-style social media post, Mission RCMP say two witnesses reported seeing a possible impaired driver in a parking lot at Cedar Valley Conn...
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Non-profit CEO bids farewell
Fraser Valley non-profit CEO bids farewell after answering the call to serve
ABBOTSFORD - Karyn Santiago's time with Communitas Care Society in Abbotsford has come full circle.Back in the early 2010s, Santiago had been working for a sister charity and felt convinced that her time there was wrapping up, but she had no idea where she thought God would lead her next. All she knew at the time was t...
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Small fire ignites
Small wildfire ignites across the Fraser River, northwest of Chilliwack, late Monday night
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack firefighters were dispatched for a possible fire near Chilliwack Mountain Monday night, only to find out the fire appeared near Deroche, northwest of Chilliwack and north of the Fraser River.According to scanner traffic, Chilliwack fire crews from Engine 1 (Cheam Avenue firehall) were paged shor...
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British Columbia
B.C. Coastal First Nations issue open letter to Carney opposing suggested pipeline
VANCOUVER - Coastal First Nations in British Columbia have issued an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, asking him to reject any new proposal for a crude oil pipeline to the northwest coast. The move comes as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith pushes for a new private-sector pipeline that would send crude oil to th...
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Danielle Smith backs better way than cull at B.C. ostrich farm hit by avian flu
HUNTSVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith thinks authorities should be looking for a "better way" than a mass cull to deal with a British Columbia ostrich farm that suffered an outbreak of avian flu. Smith says there should be a new approach because most of the flock at Universal Ostrich Fa...
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B.C. court records show second charge against alleged hijacker Shaheer Cassim
RICHMOND - The man accused of hijacking a plane and triggering a security scare at Vancouver International Airport last week faces a second charge related to the rogue flight. B.C. online court records say a charge of damaging or interfering with a navigation system was sworn Friday against Shaheer Cassim. Cassim was a...
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Murder probe after boy, 15, stabbed to death on downtown Vancouver street
VANCOUVER - Police say a 15-year-old boy was stabbed to death near Vancouver's Robson Square over the weekend and the killing is being investigated as a murder. No arrests have been made, and police say they are not releasing the name of the victim, who was from Surrey, B.C. Police are asking anyone with information ab...
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RCMP may need to review training involving Indigenous people, B.C. watchdog says
SURREY - British Columbia's police watchdog says RCMP policy or training may need to change to better respond to calls involving Indigenous people after complaints that police actions were more forceful than necessary. The assessment comes in a report released this month about the suicide of an Indigenous man in Willia...
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Former B.C. nurse files human rights complaints against college, employer
VANCOUVER - The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms says a former nurse who was sanctioned by the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives has filed two human rights complaints with the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal. A disciplinary panel with the college determined Amy Hamm committed unprofessional conduct f...
Jul 21, 2025
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Canada
B.C. Coastal First Nations issue open letter to Carney opposing suggested pipeline
VANCOUVER - Coastal First Nations in British Columbia have issued an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, asking him to reject any new proposal for a crude oil pipeline to the northwest coast. The move comes as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith pushes for a new private-sector pipeline that would send crude oil to th...
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CP NewsAlert: Autopsy shows Montreal girl, 9, drowned in New York state
New York State Police say the nine-year-old Montreal girl whose body was found over the weekend died from asphyxia due to drowning. Police released autopsy results for Melina Frattolin from Dr. Michael Sikirica at Glens Falls Hospital in Glens Falls, N.Y. Luciano Frattolin, 45, is facing charges in New York state of se...
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Regional authority announces review of Nunavik police after third fatal shooting
MONTREAL - A regional authority in northern Quebec has launched a review into the Nunavik Police Service after the third fatal police-involved shooting in eight months. The Kativik Regional Government says three deadly incidents since November 2024 is "three too many." The authority says it is overseeing an a...
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Canadians proud to be considered 'nasty' in defending sovereignty, Eby says
British Columbia Premier David Eby says "most Canadians would be proud" to be considered mean and "nasty" for standing up for their sovereignty and economy in the face of threats from U.S. President Donald Trump's administration. But he says Americans are friends, colleagues and family members, and ...
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Vancouver airport hijacking suspect Shaheer Cassim makes video court appearance
RICHMOND - The man accused of hijacking a plane on Vancouver Island and flying it back and forth above Vancouver International Airport last week made a brief court appearance by video in Richmond, B.C. Shaheer Cassim appeared on Tuesday via video link, dressed in an orange prison outfit and speaking only his name when ...
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First Nations call off talks on forestry bill, say Quebec disrespecting rights
MONTREAL - First Nations in Quebec are suspending consultations with the government on its planned forestry reform because they say the province is not respecting their rights. The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador says in an open letter that Quebec's minister of natural resources has failed to recognize the st...
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World
Smoking or oxygen machine issue may have caused deadly fire at Massachusetts assisted-living home
FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) - The cause of a fire at a Massachusetts assisted-living facility that left 10 people dead remains undetermined for now as officials investigate whether smoking and an issue with a medical oxygen machine may have been factors, officials said Tuesday. The state fire marshal, Jon Davine, said the p...
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Interpol takes anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson off its most-wanted list
PARIS (AP) - Interpol said Tuesday it was removing a most-wanted designation for anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson, who is sought by Japan over an encounter with a whaling ship and who was jailed for several months last year in Greenland. Watson, 74, is a former head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, whose hi...
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Federal judge gives ex-officer nearly 3 years in Breonna Taylor raid
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A federal judge on Monday sentenced an ex-Kentucky police officer to nearly three years in prison for using excessive force during the 2020 deadly Breonna Taylor raid, declining a Justice Department recommendation that he be given no prison time. Brett Hankison, who fired 10 shots during the raid...
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Sports
Riders' Trevor Harris, Ticats Destin Talbert both earn CFL honour roll awards
TORONTO - Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Trevor Harris and defensive back Destin Talbert of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats were the top players in the CFL's weekly honour roll Tuesday. Harris earned a second straight offensive player honour after registering a grade of 93.0 for his play in Saskatchewan's 33-27 win over ...
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Paret-Peintre wins Tour de France stage on Mont Ventoux, where Pogačar deals Vingegaard another blow
MONT VENTOUX, France (AP) - Valentin Paret-Peintre triumphed on Mont Ventoux to become the first home rider to win a stage at this year's Tour de France, while Tadej Pogačar consolidated his overall lead Tuesday. Paret-Peintre followed former yellow jersey holder Ben Healy on a breakaway and then beat the Irish rider ...
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NHL, NHLPA announce content partnership with Italy's Serie A ahead of 2026 Olympics
TORONTO - The NHL and NHLPA announced a content partnership with top-flight Italian soccer league Lega Serie A on Tuesday ahead of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics. NHL players will return to Olympic ice for the first time since 2014 when the men's hockey tournament begins Feb. 11 in Milan. The NHL-Serie A partnership i...
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