Fraser Valley

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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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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Traffic violation
Mercedes driver pays the price for absurdly high speed in an 80 km/h zone
ABBOTSFORD - The driver of a Mercedes in Abbotsford is a little lighter in the wallet after being clocked at an absurdly high rate of speed Wednesday morning. According to a social media post, the Abbotsford Police Department says one of its traffic enforcement officers observed a vehicle committing several traffic vio...
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Popular farm coming to Fraser Valley
Popular B.C. farm to bring its produce to Hope this week
HOPE - A farm in B.C.'s Interior that has garnered a huge following both online and in person at pop-up events is coming to Hope later this week for a one-day event. Desert Hills Ranch, located in Ashcroft, B.C., plans to set up shop this Sunday, July 20 in Hope selling fresh local items like pickling cucumbers, aspara...
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British Columbia

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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B.C. Premier Eby reshuffles cabinet to boost economy, but Opposition says it's 'smoke and mirrors'
VICTORIA - British Columbia's cabinet has been reworked in what Premier David Eby says is a strategic shift in order to focus on jobs and the economy. Former housing minister Ravi Kahlon takes over as minister responsible for jobs from Diana Gibson, who moves into the citizens' services role previously held by George C...
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B.C. Premier David Eby reshuffles cabinet to boost economy and jobs
VICTORIA - British Columbia's cabinet has been reworked in what Premier David Eby says is a strategic shift in order to focus on jobs and the economy. Former housing minister Ravi Kahlon takes over as minister responsible for jobs from Diana Gibson, who moves into the citizens' services role previously held by George C...
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Woman arrested in Langley, B.C., for assault causing severe burns
LANGLEY - Mounties in Langley, B.C., say a 25-year-old woman has been charged with an assault that sent another woman to hospital with "severe burns." They previously said officers responded to a report of a woman in distress along a stretch of the Fraser Highway lined with businesses near the city's downtown...
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Canada

CP NewsAlert: Jasper fire report says Alberta government complicated response
JASPER - A report into a wildfire that devastated the Rocky Mountain resort town of Jasper says crews did their best but command and control was hampered by the Alberta government. The report was commissioned by the town and surveyed participants and firefighters who battled the wind-whipped blaze that destroyed a thir...
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Ottawa army unit head removed as part of social media misconduct probe
OTTAWA - The head of an Ottawa-based Canadian Army regiment has been temporarily removed as part of an investigation into alleged online behaviour that the commander of the army says disgraced the military. Lt.-Gen. Michael Wright says the commanding officer of the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa has been removed from hi...
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Timeline of 4 women slain in Winnipeg, searching landfills for their remains
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government said Thursday that the search of a landfill for the remains of two slain First Nations women has concluded and that there would soon be a new search at a different site for another victim. Serial killer Jeremy Skibicki was convicted of first-degree murder in the deaths of four women. ...
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Major projects: How Bill C-5 works and why Indigenous leaders are so concerned
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney held a meeting with hundreds of First Nations chiefs Thursday, amid widespread skepticism and frustration over his controversial major-projects legislation. Bill C-5 gives the federal government sweeping new powers to speed up permitting for what the Liberals call "nation-buildi...
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CP NewsAlert: Search of Manitoba landfill for more remains of slain women concludes
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says a search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two First Nations women killed in 2022 has finished. The province began searching the Prairie Green Landfill, north of Winnipeg, in December for the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran. Some remains of the women were...
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Toronto's 2005 Boxing Day gunman faces first-degree murder charge in Montreal
MONTREAL - A man convicted in Toronto's fatal 2005 Boxing Day shootout has been charged with murder in Montreal. Jeremiah Valentine, 43, faces one count of first-degree murder in the killing this week of Abdeck Kenedith Ibrahim, 33, who was gunned down in a downtown Montreal square. Valentine was among those convicted ...
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