

Local partnership
Chilliwack students gifted with fishing rods and gear, as RCMP partner with local school
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack RCMP member took time out of his schedule earlier this month to help students from a Chilliwack school with hooks and proper technique during a special fishing club session at Cultus Lake. Chilliwack RCMP Constable Bradley Holditch from the Indigenous Police Services division joined students o...
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Oil spill
Chilliwack Fire Dept. paged Monday night after tractor leaks oil onto South Sumas Road
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack fire crews were dispatched Monday evening for the report of an oil spill on South Sumas Road. According to scanner traffic, Chilliwack Engine 4-2 and Air Support 4 were asked to attend South Sumas Road for the report of an oil spill on the road. The page came in at about 9:36 p.m. Monday night. ...
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Local partnership
Chilliwack students gifted with fishing rods and gear, as RCMP partner with local school
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Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
Vancouver Whitecaps, expansion side San Diego FC to battle for top of the West
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Maine governor tells N.B. that drop in Canadian tourism hurting small businesses
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Fraser Valley


Prisoner hospitalized
Fraser Valley prisoner hospitalized after assault
ABBOTSFORD - Correctional Service Canada says a Fraser Valley inmate at a medium-security prison was hospitalized this past week after being assaulted. According to a statement from federal correctional staff, an inmate at Matsqui Institution in Abbotsford was the victim of an unspecified assault on Friday, June 20. Ma...
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Motor vehicle incident
Two-vehicle crash slows South Sumas Road traffic Tuesday morning
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Fire Department and Chilliwack RCMP personnel were dispatched for a two-vehicle crash on South Sumas Road Tuesday morning. The call first came in at approximately 8:19 a.m. for the report of a rear ender. The two vehicles involved were a Chevrolet pickup truck, which sustained significant front ...
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Buddies hit the jackpot
Two buddies from Harrison Mills and Mission will split a $1 million B.C. Lottery jackpot
The B.C. Lottery Corporation says Richard Courteen-Nurse and David Fisher, two colleagues who later became friends, enjoy playing the lottery together. The two buddies got an unexpected surprise of a lifetime earlier this month when they found out they won $1 million from the June 14, 2025 Lotto 6/49 draw. "I was ...
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Vehicle fire
Truck catches fire, impacts Eagle Landing traffic Monday night
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Fire Department and Chilliwack RCMP personnel were dispatched Monday evening after a Ford pickup truck caught fire Monday night on Eagle Landing Parkway. Scanner traffic indicates the call first came in at about 8:25 p.m. Monday evening. First responders were notified about a vehicle fire on Eag...
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Local partnership
Chilliwack students gifted with fishing rods and gear, as RCMP partner with local school
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Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
Oil spill
Chilliwack Fire Dept. paged Monday night after tractor leaks oil onto South Sumas Road
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Transit fares
Transit fares in Chilliwack could increase with council vote this week
Jun 16, 2025
One child killed, another in hospital after Vancouver speed boat crash
Jun 08, 2025
STRUCTURE FIRE
RCMP respond to barn fire in Langley early Friday afternoon
Jun 06, 2025
British Columbia


B.C. Conservatives start voting on Rustad's leadership in marathon six-month process
VICTORIA - The Conservative Party of British Columbia has quietly begun voting on the leadership of John Rustad in a marathon process that could last about six months. Rustad says in-person voting has already taken place in at least two ridings and he expects the ballot to be completed in December, once members in all ...
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Nigerian judge convicts man of sextorting B.C. teen who died by suicide
Nigeria's financial crimes agency says a man who tried to blackmail a Surrey, B.C., teenager by posting his intimate images online has been sentenced to prison terms totalling 76 years. RCMP have said that the boy's sudden death in 2023 came after he fell victim to "financial sextortion." Nigeria's Economic a...
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Man arrested for allegedly running police blockade in B.C.
A man accused of crashing into a police car while trying to evade a blockade on Vancouver Island now faces several charges. West Shore RCMP say the crash happened at around midnight Sunday when a patrol officer in Langford saw a 2002 Chevrolet Malibu sedan with a licence plate that had been reported as stolen. Police s...
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Cool weather, rain expected to aid B.C. fire fight but drought persists in northeast
The BC Wildfire Service says cool and rainy weather that has helped temper fire activity is expected to continue this week, though drought conditions will persist in the northeast. It says that means that region remains dry and at risk for new fire starts. The service says isolated thunderstorms are forecast for the so...
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Judge refuses to allow more avian flu tests on ostriches at B.C. farm
OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal is refusing to allow the owners of a British Columbia ostrich farm to conduct further testing of their flock for avian flu in a bid to avert a cull ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The same ruling that was issued on Friday but only published online on Monday grants a ...
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Police in B.C. say suspect known as 'Mr. X' in 1985 Air India bombing is dead
Police in British Columbia say a suspect known as "Mr. X" who is believed to have helped test a bomb before the 1985 Air India terror attack has died before facing charges. The statement from the RCMP's Pacific Region comes as families commemorate the 40th anniversary of the attack, where two bombs targeting ...
Jun 23, 2025
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Canada


Maine governor tells N.B. that drop in Canadian tourism hurting small businesses
FREDERICTON - On a visit to New Brunswick, the governor of Maine issued renewed pleas for Canadian tourists to return to the United States, despite their apparent anger over the political climate. Janet Mills says the words of Donald Trump are not those of the American people, and that many of them were "appalled&...
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Provincial police divers recover body of crew member in Airmedic helicopter crash
MONTREAL - Provincial police divers have found the body of one of the crew members aboard a medical transport helicopter that crashed on Quebec's North Shore last week. Rescue crews found one survivor last week whose life is not in danger. Search efforts to find the aircraft and three other missing people are ongoing. ...
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More than 100 people on Canadian chartered flight leaving Middle East tonight: Anand
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says a Canadian chartered flight will leave Jordan this evening with more than 100 people on board. Speaking from The Hague, Anand says Canada is also helping allied nations get their citizens out of the Middle East but adds the number of foreign nationals asking for help i...
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Inflation holds steady at 1.7% in May as rent hikes cool
OTTAWA - The annual pace of inflation held steady at 1.7 per cent in May as cooling shelter costs helped tame price pressures, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. Shelter costs rose three per cent in May, StatCan said, marking a slowdown from 3.4 per cent in April. The agency singled out Ontario as the major source of rent...
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In the news today: Trump announces ceasefire in Iran-Israel war
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Trump announces a ceasefire in Iran-Israel war U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Iran had agreed to a "complete and total ceasefire" soon after Iran launched a limited missile attack Monday on a U.S. ...
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Review of fossil fuel subsidies stalls as Argentina ceased communication with Canada
OTTAWA - A peer review of fossil fuel subsidies between Canada and Argentina - already years behind schedule - stalled after Argentina ceased communication following its 2023 election and subsequent change in government. The review was first launched in 2018 as part of a G20 commitment to eliminate all "inefficien...
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World


Temperature in New York City reaches 100 degrees as eastern US swelters under extreme heat wave
NEW YORK (AP) - The temperature in New York City reached 100 degrees Tuesday as the eastern U.S. sweltered under an extreme heat wave. Kennedy International Airport recorded 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) at midday, according to the National Weather Service. Large swaths of the country were broiling under a heat d...
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Israel says Iran launched more missiles after ceasefire started. Iranian military denies that
BEERSHEBA, Israel (AP) - A tentative truce faltered Tuesday when Israel accused Iran of launching missiles into its airspace after the ceasefire was supposed to take effect and vowed to retaliate. Iran's military denied firing on Israel, state media reported - but explosions boomed and sirens sounded across northern Is...
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Trump expresses frustration with Israel and Iran as ceasefire deal teeters and strikes continue
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Israel and Iran violated ceasefire terms by carrying out attacks against each other after an early Tuesday deadline to stop hostilities but Israel was going to "turn around" its jets and stop its assault. Trump, in comments to reporters at the White House before d...
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Sports


Vancouver Whitecaps, expansion side San Diego FC to battle for top of the West
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps were the team to watch through the first half of the Major League Soccer season, earning gutsy, offensively dominant victories against some of the continent's top teams. And the 'Caps (10-2-5) know their journey is far from over as the second half of the campaign begins Wednesday. &q...
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Diallo advances to Mallorca quarterfinals with win over Djere
SANTA PONSA - Montreal's Gabriel Diallo continued his successful grass-court season with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win over Serbia's Laslo Djere in second-round action Tuesday at the Mallorca Championship. Diallo scored his second break of the match to go up 5-3 in the third set, then set up match point with back-to-back aces be...
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Branstine upsets Boisson in Wimbledon qualifying, will face Andreescu next
LONDON - Carson Branstine upset top seed Lois Boisson on Tuesday as several Canadians moved to the second round of the Wimbledon women's qualifying tournament. Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., also won her first-round qualifying match against Brazil's Laura Pigossi and will next face Branstine on Wednesday. The t...
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