REAL ESTATE
Fraser Valley real estate stays in buyers' market despite high inventory and low cost
ABBOTSFORD - Despite a slight, optimistic rise in home sales last month, the Fraser Valley real estate market still remains below its 2024 levels. The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB) recorded a total of 1,401 active listings in Abbotsford, Mission, and Langley in June -a 24 per cent increase from 2024. Those fi...
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Police say motorcyclist dead after Friday morning crash in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., say a motorcyclist is dead after colliding with a vehicle Saturday morning. Surrey police have confirmed the RCMP is investigating the crash that happened at the intersection of 132 Street and Crescent Road. Police say emergency crews tried to save the motorcyclist's life, but the man d...
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Trade war supercharges Montreal Comiccon attendance, spokesman says
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Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
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MISSING MAN
UPDATE: Chilliwack RCMP find missing 39-year-old man
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MISSING MAN
UPDATE: Chilliwack RCMP find missing 39-year-old man
CHILLIWACK - The missing 39-year-old has been found in Chilliwack on Saturday afternoon (July 5). All identifying information has been removed for privacy.
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High-risk sex offender
Vancouver PD warns community about risk posed by convicted sex offender, especially to boys
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say a high-risk sex offender who served a sentence for possessing child porn has been released into the community and poses a substantial risk to boys. According to a statement, VPD says 53-year-old Kelly Isbister was released from custody on Tuesday, July 1 and will be residing in Vanco...
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WEEKLY ROUND-UP
Mission RCMP respond to burnt-out cars, road rage in latest community round-up
MISSION - Mission Mounties' latest Community Connection has reported a busy week on the roads leading up to Canada Day. RCMP responded to 346 calls for service from June 23 to 29, and a number of them involved incidents involving different sets of wheels. On June 29, at around 12:30 p.m., an incident on Lougheed Highwa...
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CITY FUNDING
Mission residents raise concerns on $25M City Hall ahead of council meeting Monday
MISSION - Mission city councillors are addressing their community after questions have been raised about a proposed City Hall in Outlook Village. The City of Mission recently announced "Mission Next" - a platform that outlines council's key capital projects over the next two years. Initiatives include recreat...
Jul 04, 2025
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British Columbia
B.C. judge says concerns 'overblown' in court challenge to Squamish townhouse project
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court says concerns raised by Squamish, B.C., residents in a legal challenge to a townhouse development project are "overblown," paving the way for high-density housing in one of the country's fastest-growing communities. A ruling issued Thursday says Dennis and Andrea Smith wante...
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Police say motorcyclist dead after Friday morning crash in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., say a motorcyclist is dead after colliding with a vehicle Saturday morning. Surrey police have confirmed the RCMP is investigating the crash that happened at the intersection of 132 Street and Crescent Road. Police say emergency crews tried to save the motorcyclist's life, but the man d...
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B.C. cabinet minister says she's 'fortunate' to have just half a dozen death threats
VANCOUVER - British Columbia infrastructure minister says in her eight years as a member of the legislature, she can recall receiving about half a dozen death threats, and considers herself "pretty fortunate" as a provincial politician. Bowinn Ma says she knows it's strange to say, but she is aware of other e...
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Stranded man plucked off cliff amid B.C. wildfire lands in jail
There's been an unusual addition to a wildfire fight in steep terrain burning near Hope, B.C. RCMP say their officers arrived to help other first responders on Thursday as the fire burned on the side of a mountain when they heard a man yelling for help. Once the fire was contained in the area, police say search and res...
Jul 04, 2025
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B.C. funds more policing as hate crimes rose by 23 per cent between 2022 to 2023
Hate aimed at religion, sexual orientation and race or ethnicity has jumped in British Columbia, setting off a funding increase for the RCMP's hate crimes unit. Public Safety Minister Garry Begg announced an additional $734,000 for the RCMP's anti-hate crime unit in the province as police-reported hate crimes rose by a...
Jul 04, 2025
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B.C. field coroners get $32 an hour to face scenes of death. Some say it's not enough
They work on gruesome scenes of death, sometimes traversing rough terrain to access bodies in various states of decomposition. British Columbia field coroner Leena Chandi said the things that she and her colleagues encounter "are not what most people see, and nobody should have to see that." "But somebod...
Jul 04, 2025
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Canada
Trade war supercharges Montreal Comiccon attendance, spokesman says
MONTREAL - A spokesperson for the Montreal Comiccon says the trade war with the United States could supercharge attendance at the colourful pop culture gathering. A large crowd of people, some dressed as superheroes and TV and movie characters, were already filtering into Montreal's convention centre shortly after door...
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Quebec bar suspends law licence of alleged Mafia leader Leonardo Rizzuto
MONTREAL - Quebec's bar association has suspended the lawyer's licence of Leonardo Rizzuto, who was one of 11 people arrested last month in a police operation targeting organized crime. The Barreau du Québec announced this week that it had provisionally suspended Rizzuto's licence as of July 2. The 56-year-old i...
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B.C. cabinet minister says she's 'fortunate' to have just half a dozen death threats
VANCOUVER - British Columbia infrastructure minister says in her eight years as a member of the legislature, she can recall receiving about half a dozen death threats, and considers herself "pretty fortunate" as a provincial politician. Bowinn Ma says she knows it's strange to say, but she is aware of other e...
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Canada's environment ministers endorse updated air quality standards
YELLOWKNIFE - Canada's environment ministers have endorsed stronger air quality standards for fine particulate matter, while acknowledging the struggles caused by wildfires that can blanket the country in smoke advisories. Provincial, territorial and federal environment ministers met in Yellowknife for the annual meeti...
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B.C. funds more policing as hate crimes rose by 23 per cent between 2022 to 2023
Hate aimed at religion, sexual orientation and race or ethnicity has jumped in British Columbia, setting off a funding increase for the RCMP's hate crimes unit. Public Safety Minister Garry Begg announced an additional $734,000 for the RCMP's anti-hate crime unit in the province as police-reported hate crimes rose by a...
Jul 04, 2025
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Norwegian company has plans for LNG export project in Quebec
MONTREAL - A subsidiary of a Norwegian energy company wants to build a liquefied natural gas export project in Quebec. Marinvest Energy Canada says there's a strong business case for an LNG project in Quebec to export Canadian natural gas to Europe. The company is offering few details about the project, but an elected ...
Jul 04, 2025
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World
Iran's supreme leader makes first public appearance since Iran-Israel war started
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran' s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday made his first public appearance since the 12-day war between Israel and Iran began, attending a mourning ceremony on the eve of Ashoura. The absence of Khamenei during the war had suggested heavy security for the Iranian leader, who has fina...
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Wimbledon: Defending champion Barbora Krejcikova loses to American Emma Navarro in the third round
LONDON (AP) - Defending Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova lost to No. 10 seed Emma Navarro 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the third round on Saturday, extending a recent run of one-and-done winners at the All England Club. Krejcikova faded in the third set, getting her blood pressure checked at the changeover after Navarro broke...
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Desperate search for missing girls from summer camp after Texas floods kill at least 24
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) - At least 24 people were killed and a frantic search continued overnight for many others missing in the Texas Hill Country, including more than 20 from a girls camp, after a storm unleashed nearly a foot of rain and sent floodwaters spilling out of the Guadalupe River. The destructive force of th...
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Sports
Canada's Dabrowski, Croatia's Mektic fall in mixed doubles at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON - Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and Croatia's Nikola Mektic fell 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 to American Robert Galloway and Indonesia's Aldila Sutjiadi in second-round mixed doubles tennis action at Wimbledon on Saturday. Dabrowski and Mektic, the fifth seeds, fired six aces to four double faults and won 61 per cent of thei...
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Blue Jays place Yimi Garcia on 15-day IL, recall Pina from Triple-A Buffalo
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have placed right-hander Yimi Garcia on the 15-day injured list due to a left-ankle sprain. In a corresponding move, Toronto recalled right-hander Robinson Pina from Triple-A Buffalo. Pina will be active for the team's Saturday afternoon game against the Los Angeles Angels. Garcia last p...
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Wimbledon: Defending champion Barbora Krejcikova loses to American Emma Navarro in the third round
LONDON (AP) - Defending Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova lost to No. 10 seed Emma Navarro 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the third round on Saturday, extending a recent run of one-and-done winners at the All England Club. Krejcikova faded in the third set, getting her blood pressure checked at the changeover after Navarro broke...
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