Strike at Abbotsford company
Unifor announces strike action at Abbotsford company
ABBOTSFORD - Canada's largest private sector union announced Wednesday that hundreds of highly-skilled aviation workers walked off the job at an aviation company in Abbotsford. According to a statement from the union, Unifor Local 114 members previously voted 95 per cent in favour of strike action on June 2, 2025, and ...
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Rookie mistake
Langley RCMP roast 20-year-old driver with 'L' license caught doubling the speed limit
LANGLEY - A 20-year-old Fraser Valley motorist with a learner's permit will have to find an alternate ride after blazing at more than double the posted speed limit this past week, with three friends along for the ride. Mounties in Langley posted to social media this past week that the motorist tried to re-enact a scene...
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B.C. man charged with murdering Bailey Plover was convicted of assault hours earlier
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Strike at Abbotsford company
Unifor announces strike action at Abbotsford company
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Coffee with your local MLA
Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA to host sit-down coffee event this week
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA Á'a:líya Warbus hopes to meet some of her constituents this week over a cup of coffee in Sardis.Warbus, a longtime Chilliwack-area resident who was first elected to the B.C. legislature in October 2024, invites the community to meet her this Friday, July 11 from 2 p...
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Police seek missing man
Still no sign of Mission man who left his residential care facility: RCMP
MISSION - One year after his reported disappearance, despite an extensive investigation, authorities still don't know the whereabouts of Darion Parker or whether he's in a safe place. Parker, now 24 years old, was reported missing on July 7, 2024, after he did not return to his residential care facility in Mission the ...
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Spilled produce
Pickup driver spills tens of thousands of blueberries, gets cited by Mission RCMP
MISSION - Mounties in Mission say a Ford pickup truck driver has been cited after crates full of freshly-picked blueberries crashed onto a busy Mission highway in late June, creating a sticky mess. In a cheeky social media post, Mission RCMP say a white Ford pickup truck pulled up to the intersection of Wren Street and...
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Overnight fire in Langley
Langley RCMP investigating overnight fire at home under construction
LANGLEY - Mounties in Langley are investigating an overnight structure fire at a home under construction. According to a statement from RCMP Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, Langley RCMP responded to a report of a structure fire in the 19600 block of 48 Avenue in Langley at approximately 12:25 a.m. on Wednesday, July 9. Once they a...
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British Columbia
B.C. man charged with murdering Bailey Plover was convicted of assault hours earlier
The man accused of murdering his estranged wife, Bailey Plover, in a Kelowna, B.C., parking lot last week had been convicted of choking someone and uttering threats just hours before Friday's attack that also left a second woman seriously hurt. The BC Prosecution Service says James Plover was originally charged in June...
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Traffic jam: RCMP clean up blueberry spill on B.C. highway
MISSION, B.C. - Police in Mission, B.C., say they were recently called to a "juicy incident" which then set off a series of puns from the local RCMP detachment. Police say a loaded pickup spilled crates of freshly picked blueberries at the intersection of Lougheed Highway and Wren Street on June 29. Thousands...
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Fire sparked by RCMP trailer near Lytton, B.C., is being held and will be downgraded
A wildfire near Lytton, B.C., that ignited when a wheel fell off an RCMP trailer and prompted evacuations is now classified as "being held" and is no longer likely to spread. The BC Wildfire Service says the change is due to "significant efforts" of firefighters with the help of favourable weather, ...
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Demand from 'buy Canadian' movement pushes Purdys to move into grocer Save-On-Foods
Purdys Chocolatier says the buy Canadian movement has generated so much demand for its products that it decided to sell them outside its own stores for the first time in its 118-year history. The Vancouver-based confectionary company's products can now be found on the shelves of Save-On-Foods, a western Canadian grocer...
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Safety report expected after 11 killed in vehicle ramming at Vancouver festival
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is expected to release a report today on ways to improve safety and security at events two months after 11 people were killed in a vehicle ramming at a Vancouver festival. Premier David Eby asked retired B.C. Supreme Court chief justice Christopher Hinkson to conduct the comm...
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Man dead after B.C. RCMP shooting, woman's body found in home
SURREY - RCMP say British Columbia's Independent Investigations Office has been called in after officers shot and killed a man at a home in Surrey after responding to a reported assault on Monday evening. Police say they were called to the home in the Metro Vancouver suburb, where officers shot a man who had a weapon, ...
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Canada
B.C. man charged with murdering Bailey Plover was convicted of assault hours earlier
The man accused of murdering his estranged wife, Bailey Plover, in a Kelowna, B.C., parking lot last week had been convicted of choking someone and uttering threats just hours before Friday's attack that also left a second woman seriously hurt. The BC Prosecution Service says James Plover was originally charged in June...
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Canada continuing to lag in the number of EV charging stations needed to meet goals
OTTAWA - Canada still doesn't have the network of public charging stations it needs to meet its electric vehicle goals, researchers say. With a little more than 35,000 charging stations in service across the country, Canada is falling well short of the 100,000-plus stations it needed by this year, according to experts ...
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Quebec won't accept some applications for sponsorship of immigrants until 2026
MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it won't accept new applications from residents who want to sponsor their spouses, common-law partners or adult children for immigration until next year. The Immigration department says in a news release that it has reached its cap for sponsorship in those categories. As a result, ...
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Quebec government reassigns head of auto insurance board amid scandal
QUÉBEC - The Quebec government has reassigned the president and CEO of the province's auto insurance board. Éric Ducharme's dismissal from the top job was confirmed by a government source who was not authorized to speak publicly. Ducharme was appointed to the position in April 2023 to restore order at the...
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Ottawa's national security review, shutdown order 'procedurally unfair': Hikvision
OTTAWA - A Chinese maker of surveillance camera systems says the national security review process that led the federal government to order it to shut down its Canadian operations was unfair. Hikvision makes the arguments in a court filing challenging a June 27 directive from the federal government to close down its bus...
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Wisconsin and Minnesota Republicans call on Canada to curb wildfire smoke
WASHINGTON - Six Republican lawmakers have sent a letter to Canada's ambassador calling for action on wildfires they say have sent smoke billowing across the international border into their states. In a Tuesday letter to Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman, Reps. Tom Tiffany, Brad Finstad, Tom Emmer, Michelle Fischb...
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World
Iga Swiatek's first Wimbledon semifinal comes against Belinda Bencic. Djokovic to face Sinner
LONDON (AP) - Iga Swiatek reached the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over 19th-seeded Liudmila Samsonova that went from a stroll to a bit of a struggle in the late stages Wednesday. "Even though I'm in the middle of the tournament, I already got goosebumps after this win," sai...
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Iga Swiatek's first Wimbledon semifinal comes against Belinda Bencic. Sinner beats Shelton
LONDON (AP) - Iga Swiatek reached the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over 19th-seeded Liudmila Samsonova that went from a stroll to a bit of a struggle in the late stages Wednesday. "Even though I'm in the middle of the tournament, I already got goosebumps after this win," sai...
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Syria's government and Kurds still at odds over merging forces after latest talks, US envoy says
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - A U.S. envoy said on Wednesday that Syria's central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging forces after the latest round of talks. U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack, who is also a special envoy to Syria, told The Associated Press after meetings in Damascus that differen...
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Sports
CFL suspends Turay, fines three others for their roles in post-game melee
TORONTO - The CFL on Wednesday suspended B.C. Lions defensive lineman Kemoko Turay for one game and fined three others for their roles in a post-game altercation last week. which ended on Sean Whyte's 43-yard field goal. Turay and Montreal defensive lineman Isaac Adeyemi-Berglund became involved in an altercation outsi...
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Iga Swiatek's first Wimbledon semifinal comes against Belinda Bencic. Djokovic to face Sinner
LONDON (AP) - Iga Swiatek reached the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over 19th-seeded Liudmila Samsonova that went from a stroll to a bit of a struggle in the late stages Wednesday. "Even though I'm in the middle of the tournament, I already got goosebumps after this win," sai...
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Iga Swiatek's first Wimbledon semifinal comes against Belinda Bencic. Sinner beats Shelton
LONDON (AP) - Iga Swiatek reached the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over 19th-seeded Liudmila Samsonova that went from a stroll to a bit of a struggle in the late stages Wednesday. "Even though I'm in the middle of the tournament, I already got goosebumps after this win," sai...
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