

Crime rate
Chilliwack sees drop in violent crime, but has the highest crime rate in Canada
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack has seen a substantial drop in its violent crime rate year over year, but still has the highest reported crime rate of any census metropolitan area in Canada. According to new numbers released by Statistics Canada, police reported 11,352 crimes per 100,000 population in Chilliwack in 2024, the h...
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Small fire ignites
UPDATE: 4 firefighters assigned to wildfire east of Mission
UPDATE 4:05 P.M. TUESDAY: The City of Mission says it is aware of a small wildfire that has ignited within the Norrish Creek watershed near Nicomen Slough. A four-person BC Wildfire Crew is now on site with one water tender. The City of Mission added that the fire is outside of the portion of the watershed that supplie...
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What's Trending
Rice's late homer lifts Yankees over Blue Jays 5-4 to cut Toronto's AL East lead to 3
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Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
45-year-old Venus Williams becomes the oldest woman since Martina Navratilova to win a match
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45-year-old Venus Williams becomes the oldest woman since Martina Navratilova to win a match
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Fraser Valley


New wildfire
New wildfire ignites near Hemlock Valley, NW of Harrison Hot Springs
HEMLOCK VALLEY - The B.C. Wildfire Service says a new wildfire has been identified near Hemlock Valley.The small wildfire, estimated at less than a hectare in size, was located earlier today, Tuesday (July 22). The location has been designated as Weaver Lake. The cause is under investigation.There is no immediate infor...
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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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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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Crime rate
Chilliwack sees drop in violent crime, but has the highest crime rate in Canada
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Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
Small fire ignites
UPDATE: 4 firefighters assigned to wildfire east of Mission
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Trade top of mind as Canada's premiers are set to hold three-day meeting in Ontario
Jul 20, 2025
Second-degree murder charge laid against Richmond, B.C., man in partner's death
Jul 19, 2025
B.C. Health officials set up mosquito traps in the Sea to Sky region for study
Jul 18, 2025
British Columbia


Three more murder charges laid in Vancouver festival attack, police say
VANCOUVER - The man accused of plowing a vehicle through a crowd at a Vancouver street festival faces more charges of second-degree murder. Police say the number of charges against Adam Kai-Ji Lo, 30, has been increased from eight to 11, matching the number of people who died in the attack at the Lapu Lapu festival on ...
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Teen arrested in fatal downtown Vancouver stabbing of 15-year-old boy
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say they have arrested a 17-year-old suspect in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old boy near Robson Square over the weekend. Vancouver police say in a release that the suspect was arrested late Monday after surrendering to a patrol officer. Police say the suspect is a Surrey, B.C., resid...
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B.C. inks trade deals with Manitoba, Yukon a day after agreement with Ontario
HUNTSVILLE, ONTARIO - British Columbia has signed two more internal trade agreements with other Canadian jurisdictions to boost trade and labour mobility, a day after a similar deal with Ontario was announced. B.C. Premier David Eby says in a statement that the province has signed separate deals with Manitoba and Yukon...
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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...
Jul 21, 2025
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Canada


Vigil held in New York state for nine-year-old Montreal girl found in pond
TICONDEROGA - Residents of an upstate New York town have held a candlelight vigil for a nine-year-old Montreal girl whose body was found in their community over the weekend. Scores of people in Ticonderoga gathered at a local park in an emotional tribute to nine-year-old Melina Frattolin. The young girl was found dead ...
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Teen arrested in fatal downtown Vancouver stabbing of 15-year-old boy
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say they have arrested a 17-year-old suspect in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old boy near Robson Square over the weekend. Vancouver police say in a release that the suspect was arrested late Monday after surrendering to a patrol officer. Police say the suspect is a Surrey, B.C., resid...
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CP NewsAlert: Three more murder charges laid in Vancouver festival attack, police say
VANCOUVER - The man accused of plowing a vehicle through a crowd at a Vancouver street festival faces more charges of second-degree murder. Police say the number of charges against Adam Kai-Ji Low has been increased from eight to 11, matching the number of people who died in the attack at the Lapu Lapu festival on Apri...
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B.C. inks trade deals with Manitoba, Yukon a day after agreement with Ontario
HUNTSVILLE, ONTARIO - British Columbia has signed two more internal trade agreements with other Canadian jurisdictions to boost trade and labour mobility, a day after a similar deal with Ontario was announced. B.C. Premier David Eby says in a statement that the province has signed separate deals with Manitoba and Yukon...
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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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World


45-year-old Venus Williams becomes the oldest woman since Martina Navratilova to win a match
WASHINGTON (AP) - Venus Williams became the second-oldest woman to win a tour-level singles match in professional tennis, delivering some of her familiar big serves and groundstrokes at age 45 while beating Peyton Stearns - 22 years her junior - by a 6-3, 6-4 score at the DC Open on Tuesday night. This was the first si...
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Driver accused of ramming into LA crowd charged with 37 counts of attempted murder, prosecutor says
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles prosecutors announced felony charges Tuesday in connection with a car crash outside a nightclub over the weekend that injured at least 37 people and led to the driver being shot. Partygoers were leaving the Vermont Hollywood venue at the end of a reggae hip-hop event early Saturday when a...
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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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Sports


Rice's late homer lifts Yankees over Blue Jays 5-4 to cut Toronto's AL East lead to 3
TORONTO - Ben Rice's ninth-inning home run helped the New York Yankees salvage a 5-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday. Jazz Chisholm Jr., had a three-run homer in the first inning and Cody Bellinger added a solo shot in the fifth for an early New York (56-45) lead. Cam Schlittler gave up seven hits and three w...
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45-year-old Venus Williams becomes the oldest woman since Martina Navratilova to win a match
WASHINGTON (AP) - Venus Williams became the second-oldest woman to win a tour-level singles match in professional tennis, delivering some of her familiar big serves and groundstrokes at age 45 while beating Peyton Stearns - 22 years her junior - by a 6-3, 6-4 score at the DC Open on Tuesday night. This was the first si...
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Kraken sign forward Kaapo Kakko to three-year contract
SEATTLE (AP) - Forward Kaapo Kakko signed a three-year contract with the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday with an average annual value of $4.525 million. The Kraken acquired the 24-year-old Kakko from the New York Rangers on Dec. 18 in exchange for defenceman Will Borgen, a 2025 third-round pick and a 2025 sixth-round pick. T...
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