Power outage in Chilliwack
UPDATE 7:40 P.M.: Power restored to over 1,300 customers in Chilliwack Tuesday night
UPDATE: BC Hydro's online dashboard at 7:38 p.m. no longer shows any outages in Chilliwack. Original story from 6:58 p.m.: CHILLIWACK - Despite sunny skies, a lack of strong winds and pleasantly nice weather around the Fraser Valley tonight, a power outage with no apparent cause just yet has left over 1,300 customers i...
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Chilliwack used book store
Chilliwack bookstore owner apologizes for delays in reopening after fire above his store
CHILLIWACK - The owner of a used book store in downtown Chilliwack says he's eager to reopen his business after it sustained water damage from a fire in the upstairs living units in July 2025. According to handwritten messages left outside his retail storefront, Neil Stad of Nuggets Used Books at 45832 Wellington Avenu...
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Popkum Fire to conduct training exercise at abandoned house Tuesday night
CHEAM FIRST NATION - Residents of Popkum, Rosedale and Cheam First Nation might see smoke or flashing emergency lights coming from a training scenario later today. In a social media post, Cheam First Nation (Xwchíyò:m) says the Popkum Fire Department will be conducting structure firefighting training on M...
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Great Blue Heron Reserve
Key pedestrian bridge at Chilliwack nature reserve to reopen
CHILLIWACK - A key pedestrian bridge connecting trails and other interesting lookout points at a Chilliwack nature reserve is slated to reopen today.Earlier this year, the Great Blue Heron Reserve notified the public about failing infrastructure underneath the Centre Trail Bridge. Due to safety concerns, GBHR closed th...
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BC Transit
B.C. Transit announces seasonal bus service changes in Chilliwack, Cultus Lake and Agassiz-Harrison
CHILLIWACK - School bus trips on Route 51 in Chilliwack will resume in the coming weeks, while service to Cultus Lake will wrap up just after Labour Day. In a statement, B.C. Transit, FVRD and the City of Chilliwack say seasonal service changes take effect on Tuesday, September 2. In Chilliwack, school trips on Route 5...
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Proposed housing development
Two formerly dilapidated homes in Chilliwack could be converted into low rise apartments
CHILLIWACK - A Surrey-based development company's application to have two Williams Street properties rezoned where a pair of formerly dilapidated homes once sat is coming back to Chilliwack City Council today. According to a staff report in April 2025 prepared by city planner Sean Roufosse, Common Ground Consulting of ...
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British Columbia
Media challenge publication ban on Lapu Lapu attack suspect's fitness hearing
VANCOUVER - A media consortium has challenged a publication ban on evidence at a hearing to determine if the man accused of killing 11 people at Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day festival is fit to stand trial. The ban, which is supported by both prosecutors and the defence, says evidence in the British Columbia provincial cou...
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Thieves tug at heartstrings in string of Canada-wide distraction thefts, police say
EDMONTON - Police in Alberta say the public should mind strangers asking for hugs or sharing sob stories after three people were arrested in a string of "distraction" thefts across Canada. Edmonton police say officers have received at least 63 reports since May of people having belongings stolen while being d...
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B.C.'s Joffre Lakes Park closing for a month for recovery, First Nations' practices
PEMBERTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - British Columbia's government says Joffre Lakes Park will shut for a month in about two weeks' time, to allow it to "recover from a busy summer" and allow First Nations to carry out cultural practices. It says the closure from Sept. 2 to Oct. 3 is also in recognition of t...
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B.C. resort destroyed by 2023 Okanagan wildfire sues over insurance 'gaps'
VANCOUVER - A lakeside British Columbia resort that was destroyed by a wildfire in 2023 says it can't rebuild due to "gaps" in its insurance coverage that it allegedly wasn't told about. Lake Okanagan Resort and a related holding company say in a lawsuit filed last week in B.C. Supreme Court that its parent c...
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Plane, bus or car? Travellers scramble for solutions after Air Canada strike ends
Noha Zaher and Ibraheem Sabry still hadn't made it home to Ottawa despite enduring nearly 60 hours of travel chaos and confusion after their vacation abroad. The couple and their two kids spent Tuesday at Toronto's Pearson airport after they were denied boarding twice in Cairo because their flights with two different a...
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B.C. Ombudsperson says whistleblower protection law 'falling short' in some areas
VICTORIA - New reports by British Columbia's ombudsperson on a whistleblower protection law show that it is "falling short" in some areas in its first five years. The four reports released by BC Ombudsperson Jay Chalke say that while the law has "worked well in many aspects," some public sectors and...
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Canada
In the news today: Air Canada flying again; Canada Post, workers pick up negotiations
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Air Canada's North American routes ramp up today Air Canada flights within North America are expected to ramp up this morning as the airline continues its operational restart following a three-day flight attendants' strike. The co...
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Canada Post heads back into bargaining with union after delay
OTTAWA - Canada Post and the union representing postal workers are set to return to the bargaining table today. Plans to rekindle talks late last week were delayed due to a lack of federal government mediators. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers claimed labour unrest at Air Canada was pulling attention from the posta...
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After Air Canada strike, Section 107 of labour code is 'dead,' says union leader
OTTAWA - A rare show of defiance by Air Canada flight attendants in the face of a back-to-work order from the government has proven the ineffectiveness of the section of Canada's labour code that allows a minister to order the end to a strike or lockout, the president of the Canadian Labour Congress said. On Aug. 16, j...
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Quebec government renews promise to make changes to forestry reform bill
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is renewing its promise to modify a forestry bill that has provoked blockades and growing tension in the province. Indigenous Affairs Minister Ian Lafrenière said Tuesday evening that the forestry reform bill must be amended to take into account the rights of First Nations. His s...
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Air Canada routes within North America to ramp up this morning as restart continues
Air Canada flights within North America are expected to ramp up this morning as the airline continues its operational restart following a three-day flight attendants' strike. The company resumed flights Tuesday afternoon after a complete halt to Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge routes that began early Saturday morning. ...
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Media challenge publication ban on Lapu Lapu attack suspect's fitness hearing
VANCOUVER - A media consortium has challenged a publication ban on evidence at a hearing to determine if the man accused of killing 11 people at Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day festival is fit to stand trial. The ban, which is supported by both prosecutors and the defence, says evidence in the British Columbia provincial cou...
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World
Israel approves settlement project that could divide West Bank
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel gave final approval for a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank that would effectively cut the territory in two, and that Palestinians and rights groups say could destroy plans for a future Palestinian state. Settlement development in E1, an open tract of land east of...
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Bus crash in Afghanistan kills more than 70 Afghans returning from Iran
A bus crash in northwestern Afghanistan killed at least 79 people returning from Iran, including 19 children, an official said. Two people were also injured in the crash, Ministry of Interior spokesperson Abdul Mateen Qani told The Associated Press. Tolo News, citing the official, said the accident happened Tuesday aro...
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Israeli military will call up 50,000 reservists as it plans new phase of war in Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli military official said on Wednesday that the country's top generals had approved plans to begin a new phase of operations in some of Gaza's most densely populated areas. Speaking on the condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak publicly, the official said that the military...
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Sports
Canada focuses on netting bronze after losing to U.S. in Americas Cup semifinals
BOGOTÁ - Team Canada's shot at a berth in the gold-medal final came up about a quarter short at the IWBF Americas Cup on Tuesday. The national senior men's wheelchair basketball team dropped a 70-57 semifinal decision to the United States, and will now...
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Scherzer, Springer, Kirk lead Blue Jays to 7-3 win over Pirates
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Max Scherzer pitched six strong innings to notch his 220th career win, and George Springer hit an early two-run home run as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3 on Tuesday night. Scherzer (4-2) allowed one run and...
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B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke returning to rarefied form
SURREY - James Butler isn't surprised when he watches Nathan Rourke successfully lob a 49-yard pass up the field. It's what the running back has come to expect from the B.C. Lions star quarterback. "To me, that's just Nate being Nate. It's on brand f...
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