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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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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...
21h ago
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British Columbia

'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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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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Canada

In the news today: U.S. smoke complaints, Vancouver safety review, weak condo market
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Republicans call on Canada to curb wildfires Six Republican lawmakers have sent a letter to Canada's ambassador calling for action on the wildfires, sending smoke billowing across the international border into their states. In a T...
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Newfoundland couple's love note in a bottle found 13 years later on Irish shore
ST. JOHN'S - A romantic message in a bottle thrown from the cliffs of an island off Newfoundland nearly 13 years ago was found on a beach in Ireland this week - and the couple behind it are still in love. Brad and Anita Squires had been dating for about a year when they decided to end a quiet September picnic on Bell I...
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Just for Laughs founder says his life has been ruined by sex assault allegations
MONTREAL - Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon says he's been treated like a pariah in the eight years since he was publicly accused by multiple women of sexual assault. The disgraced former comedy mogul says the allegations have ruined his life and cost him his company. Rozon is being sued by nine women for a total ...
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Canada to 'align' with U.S. airport screening rules as TSA drops shoes-off policy
OTTAWA - Ottawa says it will work to align its flight security regulations with those in the U.S. after Washington dropped a rule that required passengers to remove their shoes during security screenings. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Tuesday that passengers at American airports no longer need ...
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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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Canadian pharmaceutical industry alarmed after Trump floats 200 per cent tariff
WASHINGTON - A pharmaceutical industry representative says Canada likely isn't the main target of U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose a 200 per cent tariff on pharmaceutical imports - but his plan could still put parts of the Canadian sector in peril. Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association president Jim...
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