Police incident
Police in Abbotsford apprehend armed man with knife, IIO notified
ABBOTSFORD - A spokesperson for the Abbotsford Police Department has confirmed that police apprehended an armed man with a knife by deploying less-lethal bean bag rounds earlier this week. According to a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, AbbyPD patrol officers were dispatched to the 32400 block of Em...
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Chilliwack School District
SD33 to consider leasing property on Luckakuck Way as an alternate school campus option
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack School District trustees will consider a motion today (June 26) to lease property on Luckakuck Way for students connected to Kwiyeqel Secondary School (KSS) and SD33's secondary schools. According to the text of a motion on today's special meeting agenda, SD33 trustees will be asked to approve f...
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Police incident
Police in Abbotsford apprehend armed man with knife, IIO notified
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Fraser Valley
Another power outage
Major power outage leaves over 1,500 customers in Agassiz, Cheam FN and Popkum without power
AGASSIZ/CHEAM FN/POPKUM - Yet another power outage has been reported in the eastern Fraser Valley Thursday. A substation fault is being blamed for a power outage that cut power to over 1,500 customers in Agassiz, Cheam First Nation, Rosedale and Popkum Thursday afternoon. According to BC Hydro's dashboard, 1,554 custom...
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Wanted man
Man wanted on warrant for first-degree murder could be in the Lower Mainland: SPVM
MONTREAL, QUEBEC - Police in Montreal say a 38-year-old Quebec man who is wanted on a warrant for first-degree murder may be in British Columbia's Lower Mainland. According to a statement circulated to news outlets by the B.C. RCMP, Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (Montreal Police Service) say Pierry P...
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Power outage
Power restored to Fairfield Island customers after bird gets stuck on wires
UPDATE 2:52 P.M.: Power has now been restored to the 174 customers in Fairfield Island who lost power earlier today. UPDATE 11:34 A.M.: BC Hydro now says crews are on site in Fairfield Island and power should be restored by 12:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon. Original story below: CHILLIWACK - Nearly 175 customers in Fairf...
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OPINION
YOUR PERSPECTIVE: MLA Maahs says foster parenting should always be about a child's well-being
Has the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) completely lost interest in upholding the best interests of children when it comes to foster parenting placements? A series of recent incidents has demonstrated how bureaucrats are choosing considerations such as ethnicity ahead of well-being, and as a result, ...
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British Columbia
Minister says police intelligence behind B.C. call for Bishnoi gang's terror listing
British Columbia's public safety minister says police intelligence has linked many cases of extortion against the South Asian community to India's Lawrence Bishnoi gang, giving the government confidence to recently seek its listing as a terrorist organization. Garry Begg, who is also solicitor general, says the governm...
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Federal bank loaning $1B for BC Ferries to buy Chinese-made ships
VICTORIA - A federal Crown corporation is loaning BC Ferries $1 billion to help buy four Chinese-made ferries, a purchase that federal transport minister Chrystia Freeland recently said was dismaying and should involve no federal funds. Canada Infrastructure Bank confirmed the loan on Thursday, saying the new electric ...
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Six still in hospital, two months after attack on Vancouver's Lapu Lapu festival
VANCOUVER - Police say six victims remain in hospital two months after the attack on Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day street festival that killed 11 people. Vancouver police say in an email response that one child victim who had been in hospital until recently has now been released and is recovering at home. Police say they c...
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Life sentence with no parole for 12 years for killer of Mission, B.C., man
ABBOTSFORD - The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a man arrested for murder in January 2023 has been given a life sentence without the chance of parole for 12 years in the death of a man in Mission, B.C. The team says in a news release that the sentence for 27-year-old Matthew Bauer was handed down Thursday ...
Jun 25, 2025
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B.C.'s premier says measles spikes across Canada a result anti-vax 'recklessness'
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the growing spread of measles across Canada is "the sadly predictable outcome" of the "recklessness" of anti-vaccination politicians. Eby says the disease is "no joke," given the potentially serious impact on those infected, and it's prev...
Jun 25, 2025
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Western Canada glaciers melting twice as fast as in previous decade, research says
Researchers say some glaciers in Western Canada and the United States lost 12 per cent of their mass from 2021 to 2024, doubling melt rates compared to the previous decade. The research led by University of Northern British Columbia professor Brian Menounos says low snow accumulation over winter, early-season heat wave...
Jun 25, 2025
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Canada
Premier Smith says Albertans' desire for leaving Canada has never been higher
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the public desire in her province to quit Canada has never been higher. Smith says a recent byelection that saw a separatist candidate garner almost 18 per cent of the vote shows Albertans are deeply frustrated and angry with Ottawa. Smith says she takes that frustration se...
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Minister says police intelligence behind B.C. call for Bishnoi gang's terror listing
British Columbia's public safety minister says police intelligence has linked many cases of extortion against the South Asian community to India's Lawrence Bishnoi gang, giving the government confidence to recently seek its listing as a terrorist organization. Garry Begg, who is also solicitor general, says the governm...
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Major projects: How Bill C-5 works and why it alarms its critics
OTTAWA - Parliament has passed controversial major projects legislation that Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada needs to shore up its economy in the face of a trade war with the United States. Bill C-5 gives the federal government sweeping new powers to speed up permitting for what the Liberals call "nation-bu...
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CP NewsAlert: Senate passes controversial bill to fast-track major projects
OTTAWA - The Senate has passed C-5, the Liberal government's controversial major projects bill. The legislation gives the federal government the power to fast-track projects to boost the national economy. More coming. Nick Murray, The Canadian Press
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Just for Laughs founder's sex-assault civil trial disrupted by insults and threats
MONTRÉAL - One of the women accusing Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon of sexual assault lashed out at him during a break in his civil trial today. Actress Danie Frenette shouted in the courtroom that Rozon is a liar after he denied during his testimony her allegations and those of her stepdaughter. Her husb...
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A 49-year-old Canadian has died while in ICE custody in Florida
OTTAWA - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says that a 49-year-old Canadian has died while in its custody. A detainee death notification from the agency, commonly known as ICE, says that Johnny Noviello was pronounced dead by the Miami Fire Rescue Department at 1:36 p.m. on Monday. The agency says he was found u...
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World
Tampa Bay Rays' Wander Franco found guilty in sex abuse case, receives 2-year suspended sentence
PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic (AP) - Wander Franco, the suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop facing sexual abuse charges, was found guilty on Thursday but received a two-year suspended sentence. Franco was arrested last year after being accused of having a four-month relationship with a girl who was 14 at the time, an...
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Prosecutors tell judge government plans to deport Abrego Garcia to a country that's not El Salvador
Federal prosecutors told a judge Thursday that the government plans to initiate removal proceedings against Kilmar Abrego Garcia and to deport him to a country that is not El Salvador upon his release from a Tennessee jail. But the prosecutors also said that they would comply with all court orders and that they're plan...
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Iran's Supreme Leader makes first public statement since ceasefire declared in Israel-Iran war
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei claimed victory over Israel on Thursday in his first public statement since a ceasefire was declared in the war between the two countries. Khamenei hasn't been seen in public since taking shelter in a secret location after the outbreak of the war Jun...
11h ago
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Sports
Judge, Ohtani elected to start in All-Star Game as top vote-getters
NEW YORK (AP) - The Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani and the New York Yankees' Aaron Judge were the first players picked for the July 15 All-Star Game at Atlanta's Truist Park, elected as starters by fans on Thursday. Judge led the major leagues with 4,012,983 votes in the first round of fan balloting and the outfiel...
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While a date with top-ranked U.S. looms, Canada not looking past No. 43 Costa Rica
TORONTO - With a date with the top-ranked United States looming Wednesday in Washington, D.C., the Canadian women take to the field Friday in Toronto against Costa Rica. At No. 43, the Central Americans are ranked 35 places below Canada. But Canada coach Casey Stoney is wary of what awaits at BMO Field. "I think i...
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Tampa Bay Rays' Wander Franco found guilty in sex abuse case, receives 2-year suspended sentence
PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic (AP) - Wander Franco, the suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop facing sexual abuse charges, was found guilty on Thursday but received a two-year suspended sentence. Franco was arrested last year after being accused of having a four-month relationship with a girl who was 14 at the time, an...
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