Fraser Valley

Chawathil First Nation
Chawathil First Nation near Hope elects a new chief
CHAWATHIL FIRST NATION - The host of a popular podcast who served as an elected councillor and graduated from the Peter A. Allard School School of Law at UBC is the newly elected chief of a First Nation band located west of Hope. In a statement, Aaron Pete, who graduated with a criminology degree from UFV, announced Th...
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Highway 1 through Abbotsford
One lane of Hwy. 1 w/b through Abbotsford blocked due to vehicle incident
ABBOTSFORD - The morning drive westbound on Highway 1 between Abbotsford and Langley is a huge mess. DriveBC reported at 9:30 a.m. on its X/Twitter account that a westbound vehicle incident just west of Bradner Road, between exit 83 (Mt. Lehman) and exit 73 (264 St.) is blocking a lane. Motorists should expect delays d...
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Indigenous Powwow in the Fraser Valley
One of B.C.'s largest Indigenous powwows returns to the Fraser Valley this weekend
MISSION - One of British Columbia's largest Indigenous powwows returns to the Fraser Valley this weekend. The Visionary Youth Peers for Equity and Revitalization (VYPER), an Indigenous youth-led group, will hold its annual Reclaiming Youth Powwow Friday, July 11 to Sunday, July 13 on the grounds of the former St. Mary'...
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Chilliwack sports field
Chilliwack sports field impacted by repeated vandalism and damage, to remain off limits for casual usage
CHILLIWACK - An SD33 spokesperson has confirmed that access to the synthetic turf field at Stitó:s Lá:lém Totí:lt Elementary / Middle School will only be for school use and organized groups, and not for casual use by community members. Amy Dhanjal, communications manager for SD33, told Frase...
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British Columbia

Shots fired at Indian star Kapil Sharma's Surrey, B.C., restaurant
Police in British Columbia are investigating after shots were fired at a restaurant linked to a prominent Indian comedian, with apparent footage of the overnight incident widely shared on social media. Kap's Cafe is linked to comic and television host Kapil Sharma, who posted a video of the newly opened establishment o...
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B.C. man says son conceived in residential school abuse, both sue church
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia father and son are suing the Anglican Church of Canada, alleging the son was conceived as a result of sexual abuse by a female employee of St. Michael's Indian Residential School in Alert Bay in the late 1960s. The lawsuit says the father was 14 years old when he was victimized by a schoo...
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'Kind of stuck': Weak condo market means tough choices for potential move-up buyers
While optimism is building in some parts of Canada for a rebound in the real estate market, condominium dwellers wanting to move up to a larger space face tough choices amid little sign of improvement for that segment. Cities like Toronto and Vancouver have seen condo sales drop off, if not stagnate, in recent years fo...
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Vancouver council cuts speed limit to 30km/h on local streets to reduce collisions
VANCOUVER - Vancouver's city council has voted unanimously to reduce the speed limit on local streets to 30 kilometres per hour, down from the provincially mandated 50 kilometres per hour. The city says in a release that the vote "sets the stage" for the phased introduction of the new limit on residential str...
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Ontario bakers look to heat up friendly competition with B.C. over Nanaimo bar record
In the kitchen of Northwest Fudge Factory in Levack, Ont., a group of five children spent the better part of a day last month mixing hundreds of kilograms of butter, sugar, chocolate and graham crackers before carefully spreading distinct layers on top of each other. The result was a 544-kilogram Nanaimo bar that they ...
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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

Government extends temporary tariff relief measures for employment insurance
OTTAWA - The federal government is extending changes it made in March to the employment insurance program in response to the trade war with the U.S. The changes were meant to help businesses retain workers by reducing their hours and compensating them through employment insurance for lost wages. The changes to EI came ...
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Shots fired at Indian star Kapil Sharma's Surrey, B.C., restaurant
Police in British Columbia are investigating after shots were fired at a restaurant linked to a prominent Indian comedian, with apparent footage of the overnight incident widely shared on social media. Kap's Cafe is linked to comic and television host Kapil Sharma, who posted a video of the newly opened establishment o...
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B.C. man says son conceived in residential school abuse, both sue church
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia father and son are suing the Anglican Church of Canada, alleging the son was conceived as a result of sexual abuse by a female employee of St. Michael's Indian Residential School in Alert Bay in the late 1960s. The lawsuit says the father was 14 years old when he was victimized by a schoo...
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New report says Montreal should stop dismantling homeless encampments
MONTREAL - A new report says Montreal should stop dismantling homeless encampments until the city develops a policy to better care for the unhoused. Montreal's public consultation office says the city should instead create safer living conditions in the encampments by improving access to drinking water, toilets, waste ...
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NDP preparing to launch leadership race as financial questions linger
OTTAWA - The NDP national council is expected to meet Thursday evening to continue work on rules for the upcoming leadership race to replace Jagmeet Singh. Some in the party, including former MPs, say the race will help cover the party's campaign debt through increased fundraising efforts. But former party staffers and...
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New report says vast majority of U.S. fentanyl seizures linked to southern border
WASHINGTON - A new report from a New York-based think tank questions the drug trafficking rationale for U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada, saying the data shows the vast majority of fentanyl seizures in the United States are linked to the southern border. The Manhattan Institute analyzed newly released da...
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