Residential Fire
Early morning fire impacts two homes in Mission
MISSION - Ten people are out of their homes as a result of a fire overnight in Hatzic. Mission Fire Rescue says it was called to a home on Catchpole Avenue around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday (Jul. 15). They arrived to find a house fully engulfed in flames. In addition, the fire had spread to a neighbouring home.Fire crews were a...
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Prison Assault
Abbotsford area inmate sent to hospital following prison assault
ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford Police and Corrections Canada are investigating an incident that sent one inmate to hospital from the Pacific Institution / Regional Treatment Centre.According to a Corrections Canada news release, an inmate assaulted another inmate on Wednesday, July 9. The victim was taken to a hospital in the...
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Big rig rolls over on Golden Ears Bridge, causing huge traffic delays
GOLDEN EARS BRIDGE - A commercial big rig has rolled over on the Golden Ears Bridge Monday morning, causing significant delays. According to a social media post from Langley RCMP, first responders were dispatched Monday after a semi trailer tipped over and crashed. The Golden Ears Bridge connects Langley with Pitt Mead...
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Woman followed
Police investigating after woman alleges she was followed on a Langley-area walking trail
LANGLEY - Mounties in Langley are investigating a suspicious incident in which a woman reported being followed over the weekend while walking her dogs on a trail near 216 Street in Langley. According to a statement from Langley RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, frontline officers were dispatched Saturday morning, J...
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Woman seriously hurt
33-year-old woman severely burned in targeted assault: Langley RCMP
LANGLEY - Mounties in Langley say a 33-year-old woman was rushed to hospital over the weekend after suffering severe burns in what police are calling an assault. According to a statement from Langley RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, police responded to a woman in distress on Saturday evening, July 12, at approxima...
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Confirmed fatality
43-year-old Chilliwack woman dies after being struck by train: RCMP
CHILLIWACK - Details are limited at this point, but a spokesperson for the Chilliwack RCMP detachment has confirmed that a 43-year-old woman died after being struck by a train Sunday morning (July 13) in Chilliwack. "On July 13, 2025, at approximately 6:30 a.m., Chilliwack RCMP responded to a report of a pedestria...
Jul 14, 2025
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British Columbia
Plan to fence off Nanaimo, B.C., city hall to protect from overdose site disorder
VICTORIA - The City of Nanaimo, B.C., is considering building a 1.8-metre-high fence to protect its staff from "congregations" of people, violence and disorder associated with an overdose prevention site next to city hall. Staff proposing the $412,000 fence cite "intimidation and harassment" of empl...
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'Obscene brutality': Baseball-bat killer gets life term despite constitutional ruling
The B.C. Supreme Court has sentenced a man to life in prison without parole eligibility for 25 years for beating his ex-girlfriend to death with a baseball bat as she slept beside her young daughter in 2021. The court ruling posted Monday says Luciano Mariani's killing of Caroline Bernard in her home in Bowser, B.C., w...
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B.C. facing more adverse drought conditions this year as warm, dry weather expected
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's minister in charge of water is asking residents to do everything they can to conserve the resource in the coming weeks, as the province faces elevated drought conditions in the southern Interior. Randene Neill, the minister of water, land and resource stewardship, says they want people to...
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Federal Court of Appeal to hear arguments in B.C. ostrich farm avian flu case
OTTAWA - The B.C. ostrich farmers who lost dozens of birds in an outbreak of avian flu last winter will be heading to the Federal Court of Appeal on Tuesday as they try to stop the remainder of their herd from being culled. Universal Ostrich Farm near Edgewood, B.C., was ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency t...
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Fatal collision
30-year-old B.C. man arrested in fatal collision that killed 2 young men
SPALLUMCHEEN - The BC Highway Patrol announced Monday (July 14) they have arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly driving the wrong way on Highway 97A, resulting in a head-on collision that claimed the life of two men ages 20 and 19. According to a statement from BC Highway Patrol spokesperson Corporal Michael McLaugh...
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Airflow pattern brings potential for increased wildfires in coastal B.C.
VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says the Coastal Fire Centre is expected to get its first "outflow pattern" of the season, which could drive more significant fire behaviour. It says the pattern occurs when air flows out from the mountains towards the water, and will develop Monday and continue Tuesday in ...
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Canada
VIA Rail plans to use refurbished cars to improve service between Halifax-Montreal
HALIFAX - The CEO of Via Rail says the Crown corporation wants to use refurbished rail cars to improve service between Halifax and Montreal. Mario Péloquin made the comments after a ceremony marking the completion of renovations to Via's Halifax station. Péloquin also noted that last year was the 120th an...
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Number of Canadians with favourable view of U.S. has fallen, poll suggests
WASHINGTON - Amid months of tariffs and taunts from U.S. President Donald Trump, a new poll suggests the percentage of Canadians who have a favourable view of the United States has fallen and is now on par with the number who think positively about China. The survey by the Pew Research Center suggests one-third of Cana...
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Quebec urged to reconsider $30M fine against college over English-language enrolment
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is being urged to show leniency toward a Montreal college facing a $30-million fine for enrolling too many students in its English-language programs. An association representing private subsidized colleges says LaSalle College risks "irreversible consequences" if the provincia...
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First Nations to launch legal challenge against Ontario, federal bills 5 and C-5
TORONTO - Lawyers representing nine Ontario First Nations say they are launching a constitutional challenge against provincial and federal laws meant to fast-track infrastructure projects that the Indigenous communities say infringes upon their rights. Details of the legal challenge have not yet been made public, but t...
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June price data coming from Statistics Canada as markets expect higher inflation
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is set to report inflation figures for June today. A Reuters poll of economists expect the annual pace of inflation rose to 1.9 per cent last month, up from 1.7 per cent in May. BMO expects inflation rose beyond that to two per cent in June as food and transportation costs pushed prices highe...
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Carney set to meet with cabinet to weigh response to Trump's 35% tariff threat
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with his cabinet today for the first time since U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose steep new tariffs on Canada. Trump said in a letter to Carney last week that the United States will put a 35 per cent tariff on Canadian goods starting Aug. 1. The White House s...
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World
Vandals who cut down Sycamore Gap tree sentenced in England to more than 4 years in prison
LONDON (AP) - Two men who cut down England's beloved Sycamore Gap tree were sentenced Tuesday to more than four years in prison. The tree stood for nearly 150 years before Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers carried out what a prosecutor called a "moronic mission" and cut it down in the middle of the night, top...
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The UK says thousands of Afghans have been brought to Britain under a secret resettlement program
LONDON (AP) - Thousands of Afghans, including many who worked with British forces, have been secretly resettled in the U.K. after a leak of data on their identities raised fears that they could be targeted by the Taliban, the British government revealed Tuesday. The government now plans to close the route, which the me...
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Mariners' Cal Raleigh becomes first catcher, switch-hitter to win Home Run Derby
ATLANTA (AP) - Seattle's Cal Raleigh won his first All-Star Home Run Derby after leading the big leagues in long balls going into the break, defeating Tampa Bay's Junior Caminero 18-15 in the final round Monday night. The Mariners breakout slugger nicknamed Big Dumper advanced from the first round on a tiebreaker by le...
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Sports
FIFA says applications for first World Cup ticket draw will open Sept. 10
TORONTO - Soccer fans looking to take in the 2026 World Cup will be able to apply for FIFA's first ticket draw starting Sept. 10, soccer's world governing body announced Tuesday in a release. FIFA did not say when the draw would take place for the tournament in Canada, the United States and Mexico, but said tickets wou...
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Howell, Swords power Canada past China at U19 basketball World Cup
BRNO - Avery Howell scored a game-high 26 points, Syla Swords added 20 points and nine rebounds, and Canada thumped China 115-52 in its final group-stage game at the FIBA Under-19 World Cup on Tuesday. Cearah Parchment also chipped in 17 points as Canada had six players reach double figures. Kejia Ran led China with 14...
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Jays slugger to start at first base, bat fifth for American League at all-star game
ATLANTA - Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. will start at first base and bat fifth for the American League in tonight's Major League Baseball all-star game. Guerrero will anchor a powerful heart of the American League batting order, hitting second behind Yankees slugger Aaron Judge and ahead of Mariners c...
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