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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Officials say Syria has asked Turkey for defense support after sectarian clashes
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Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
Indian police arrest a suspected scammer running a fake embassy near New Delhi
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In the news today: Convoy leaders to be sentenced, festival attack suspect in court
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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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British Columbia
'We have to improve or we'll die': B.C. ranchers seek water solutions in long drought
Rancher John Parkes wants more water storage in B.C.'s Interior, which is suffering the impacts of a multi-year drought. But Parkes, manager of Nicola Ranch near Merritt, says it's not just for irrigation - water from dams is released into drying rivers to maintain flows and river ecosystems. "My predecessors, ove...
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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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Canada
In the news today: Convoy leaders to be sentenced, festival attack suspect in court
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Sentencing begins for 'Freedom Convoy' leaders The sentencing hearing for "Freedom Convoy" leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber is set to begin Wednesday morning, months after the two were found guilty of mischief. Two d...
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Canadian researchers create tool to remove anti-deepfake watermarks from AI content
OTTAWA - University of Waterloo researchers have built a tool that can quickly remove watermarks identifying content as artificially generated - and they say it proves that global efforts to combat deepfakes are most likely on the wrong track. Academia and industry have focused on watermarking as the best way to fight ...
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A timeline of sexual assault allegations against former Hockey Canada junior players
A timeline of events that led to former Canada world junior hockey team players Michael McLeod, Alex Formenton, Carter Hart, Dillon Dube and Cal Foote being charged with sexual assault. Jan. 5, 2018 - Canada's world junior hockey team defeats Sweden in the gold-medal final in Buffalo, N.Y. June 18, 2018 - Hockey Canada...
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Premiers entering final day of meetings with public safety, internal trade on agenda
Canada's premiers are set to meet for the third and final day of their gathering in Ontario's cottage country, with internal trade, public safety and health care on the agenda. The premiers met with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Huntsville, Ont., on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing trade war with U.S. President Donald Tr...
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Canada should follow U.K.'s move to lower voting age to 16, says senator
OTTAWA - Now that the British government has vowed to lower its voting age to 16 by the next general election, one Canadian senator says it's past time for Canada to do the same. The U.K. announced last week that it would lower its voting age from 18 to 16 in a bid to strengthen British democracy and restore trust in p...
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Hockey players' sex assault trial: What court heard about each of the 5 accused
An Ontario judge is set to deliver her ruling Thursday in the case of five hockey players accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a London, Ont., hotel room seven years ago. Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote have all pleaded not guilty to sexual assault in the June 2018 encount...
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World
Officials say Syria has asked Turkey for defense support after sectarian clashes
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Syria's interim government has requested Turkey's support to strengthen its defense capabilities, Turkish officials said, following sectarian violence over the past two weeks that increased tensions in Syria and drew intervention by Israel. The defense ministry officials, who spoke on condition of...
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Indian police arrest a suspected scammer running a fake embassy near New Delhi
NEW DELHI (AP) - Indian police have arrested a man accused of running a bogus embassy from a rented residential building near the capital, New Delhi, and recovered cars with fake diplomatic plates. The suspect impersonated an ambassador and allegedly duped people for money by promising overseas employment, said senior ...
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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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Sports
A timeline of sexual assault allegations against former Hockey Canada junior players
A timeline of events that led to former Canada world junior hockey team players Michael McLeod, Alex Formenton, Carter Hart, Dillon Dube and Cal Foote being charged with sexual assault. Jan. 5, 2018 - Canada's world junior hockey team defeats Sweden in the gold-medal final in Buffalo, N.Y. June 18, 2018 - Hockey Canada...
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Hockey players' sex assault trial: What court heard about each of the 5 accused
An Ontario judge is set to deliver her ruling Thursday in the case of five hockey players accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a London, Ont., hotel room seven years ago. Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote have all pleaded not guilty to sexual assault in the June 2018 encount...
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Judge set to deliver ruling after turbulent sexual assault trial of five hockey players
Seven years after an encounter that put sports culture under a national microscope and sparked a new wave of conversations about consent, a judge is set to rule this week on whether the actions of five hockey players inside a London, Ont., hotel room that night constituted sexual assault. Ontario Superior Court Justice...
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