Road safety
Abbotsford teen facing multiple fines after being clocked at 180 km/h in Popkum
POPKUM - A teenager's trip in his step-mother's BMW ended with a collision and nearly $1,800 in fines after an incident on July 21 that caught the attention of the RCMP BC Highway Patrol.Police say they recorded the teen driving a grey BMW sedan at 180 km/h in a 100 km/h zone on Highway 1 at Popkum. Due to the excessiv...
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Ongoing police incident in Bridal Falls
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack RCMP are investigating an incident that blocked access to a resort area in Bridal Falls through part of the night. A witness reported seeing a burning car on Cheam Avenue around 11:45 p.m. Sunday (Jul. 27). The fire was located behind the Shell gas station and outside The Cottages at Bridal Fall...
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Driver suffers life-altering injuries in Abbotsford crash
ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford police say one person was airlifted to hospital following a serious single-vehicle crash in the 1000 block of Echo Road early Sunday (Jul. 27) morning.AbbyPD says the crash occurred shortly after midnight.The driver and lone occupant was taken by air ambulance to a Vancouver area hospital. Polic...
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CAT RESCUE
Abbotsford cat rescue launches business fundraiser for new adoption centre, thrift store
ABBOTSFORD - The Abby Cat Daddy Feline Advocate Society is now gearing up to open its first brick-and-mortar space, which will house a thrift store, cat adoption centre and non-profit spay/neuter clinic. To kick off the new place, the Abby Cat Daddy is calling on local businesses to join its "Change for Cats"...
Jul 27, 2025
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HOUSE FIRE
Crews respond to house fire in Chilliwack Saturday afternoon
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack firefighters have tackled a house blaze in the Sardis area on Saturday afternoon (July 26). At around 4 p.m., the Chilliwack Fire Department were called out to a report of a residential structure fire in the 44000 block of Sherry Drive. Twenty-two firefighters from Halls 1 and 4 responded to the...
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CHILLIWACK CHORUS
Chilliwack choir hits a high note in local long-term care facilities
CHILLIWACK - Local seniors have recently enjoyed live music performances from the comfort of their long-term care homes, thanks to continued generous funding from a donor in Chilliwack. In early May, the Chilliwack Harmony Chorus performed for Heritage Village residents and, more recently, at the Bradley Centre. Both e...
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British Columbia
Heat warnings span B.C. Interior, southern areas to see temperatures up to 37 C
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued heat warnings for a swath of British Columbia's Interior stretching from Grand Forks near the U.S. border to areas north of Prince George. The weather agency says the heat is expected to arrive with a ridge of high pressure on Tuesday and persist until at least Thursday. The bu...
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Ottawa, B.C. provide $77M to bring high-speed internet to nearly 7,000 households
ARMSTRONG, B.C. - The federal and B.C. governments are providing more than $77 million in combined funding to bring high-speed internet to more than 6,900 homes in the province. A statement from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada says the funding is part of an agreement struck in 2022 that committed up...
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Man believed drowned after falling into Coquihalla River near Hope, B.C.
Access to the Othello Tunnels in Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park near Hope, B.C., has been closed as emergency responders work to recover the body of a man believed to have drowned. RCMP say police received a call Saturday evening that a 19-year-old man had fallen into the Coquihalla River near the tunnels. Officers,...
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Residential fire kills two people in Prince George, B.C., RCMP say
PRINCE GEORGE - A residential fire has killed two people in Prince George, B.C. A statement from the RCMP says firefighters told police they were responding to the blaze shortly before 2:30 p.m. on Friday. It happened at a home at the corner of Strathcona Avenue and Quince Street. The Mounties say the BC Coroners Servi...
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Guilty plea in murder of Alexander Lo, brother of festival suspect Adam Kai-Ji Lo
VANCOUVER - A man has pleaded guilty to the murder of Alexander Lo, the brother of Lapu Lapu festival attack suspect Adam Kai-Ji Lo. The BC Prosecution Service says Dwight Kematch pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder on Friday. Kematch's sentencing hearing has been scheduled for Aug. 11 in British Columb...
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B.C. Premier Eby says Ottawa must increase its subsidy for B.C. ferry users
VICTORIA - Premier David Eby says it is time for the federal government to float more money for ferry users in British Columbia after Ottawa cut ferry rates in Atlantic Canada. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that starting Aug. 1, there will be a 50 per cent fare cut for passenger, vehicle and commercial users of ...
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Canada
Lack of action on Gaza erodes Muslims' sense of belonging in Canada: envoy
OTTAWA - Ottawa's approach to the war in Gaza is eroding many Muslim-Canadians' "sense of belonging" in this country, says the federal special representative on combating Islamophobia. "This ongoing, horrifying situation is deeply, deeply damaging the sense of belonging that people feel," Amira Elgh...
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Harper says Carney team sought his trade advice, advises looking outside U.S.
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper says he's urging Ottawa to find new trading partners outside the United States. Harper says he was approached by the government two weeks ago and advised Ottawa to work out a short-term deal with U.S. President Donald Trump while expanding trade in other markets. At a confe...
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Guilty plea in murder of Alexander Lo, brother of festival suspect Adam Kai-Ji Lo
VANCOUVER - A man has pleaded guilty to the murder of Alexander Lo, the brother of Lapu Lapu festival attack suspect Adam Kai-Ji Lo. The BC Prosecution Service says Dwight Kematch pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder on Friday. Kematch's sentencing hearing has been scheduled for Aug. 11 in British Columb...
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B.C. Premier Eby says Ottawa must increase its subsidy for B.C. ferry users
VICTORIA - Premier David Eby says it is time for the federal government to float more money for ferry users in British Columbia after Ottawa cut ferry rates in Atlantic Canada. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that starting Aug. 1, there will be a 50 per cent fare cut for passenger, vehicle and commercial users of ...
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Advocates question fairness as federal government backs away from pharmacare program
OTTAWA - Health advocates say they're shocked to hear the federal government may not sign more pharmacare funding deals, which would leave coverage uneven across the country. The first phase of the Pharmacare Act, passed last fall by the Liberals and the NDP, calls for the federal government to fund the cost of contrac...
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MAGA singer: Religious group denounces Montreal for fining church after concert
MONTREAL - A Quebec religious group is accusing the City of Montreal of censorship for fining a local church after it hosted a concert over the weekend by a Christian singer. Ministerios Restauración Church is facing a $2,500 fine for hosting singer Sean Feucht, a rising star in the MAGA political movement tied ...
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World
Tropical Storm Keli forms and is second cyclone now in central Pacific Ocean
HONOLULU (AP) - A second tropical cyclone has formed in the central Pacific Ocean alongside a Category 1 hurricane. The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Keli has maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) on Monday. The storm is centered east of Hurricane Iona which formed Monday. Iona is a Category 1 hurr...
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Guards' All-Star Emmanuel Clase placed on paid leave as part of MLB sports betting investigation
Cleveland Guardians All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase has been placed on non-disciplinary paid leave as part of a Major League Baseball investigation into sports betting. Clase becomes the second Guardians pitcher to be placed on leave in connection with a sports gambling probe. Right-hander Luis Ortiz is on non-disciplin...
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Shooting with multiple injuries reported at Reno, Nevada, casino with a suspect in custody
RENO, Nev. (AP) - A gunman opened fire outside a casino and resort in Reno, Nevada, shooting multiple people Monday morning, police said. The conditions of the victims were not immediately known, said Reno police spokesperson Chris Johnson. The gunman was taken into custody and was being treated at a hospital, Johnson ...
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Sports
After tough start to season, Canada's Leylah Fernandez rides momentum into NBO
MONTREAL - Leylah Fernandez won't sugar-coat it. Less than 24 hours after winning the D.C. Open, Fernandez offered a blunt assessment of her season before that title run. "The rest of the year hasn't been great," she said. "It's been pretty shit, to be honest." Before Washington, Fernandez held a 16...
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Canadian midfielder Mathieu Choiniere joins Los Angeles FC on loan from Swiss club
LOS ANGELES - Canadian international midfielder Mathieu Choiniere is returning to Major League Soccer, joining Los Angeles FC on loan from Grasshopper Club Zurich through the end of the year. The 26-year-old from St-Alexandre, Que., made 18 appearances for the Swiss club, including eight starts, since arriving last Aug...
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Vicky Sunohara returns as head coach of Canadian women's under-18 hockey team
CALGARY - Vicky Sunohara returns as head coach of the Canadian women's under-18 hockey team, and Alison Domenico will coach the women's development team a second straight year. Toronto's Sunohara, a two-time Olympic gold medallist who was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Hall of Fame this year, coached the un...
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