MISSING MAN
Chilliwack RCMP seek missing 39-year-old man
CHILLIWACK - Police are seeking the public's help in locating a 39-year-old man who has been missing since late June.Brent Saretske was last seen on June 22 in the area of Margaret Avenue and reported missing on June 25. He is described as a white male, 5'8", 145 pounds, with shaved brown hair. He was last seen we...
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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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Chilliwack RCMP seek missing 39-year-old man
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Wimbledon: Defending champion Barbora Krejcikova loses to American Emma Navarro in the third round
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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...
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Fire near Hope
Valley Helicopters aids wildfire fight near Hope, now classified as held
HOPE - Valley Helicopters in Hope, B.C., helped battle a small wildfire that ignited earlier this week just south of Highway 1 in Hope. The BC Wildfire Service says in an update on Friday that the fire was discovered Wednesday near the popular Serpent's Back hiking trail and is now classified as being held. According t...
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IIO INVESTIGATION
IIO seeks witnesses for Langley crash that injured 2 officers, 1 civilian April
LANGLEY - The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) is now seeking witnesses to a Langley car crash that left three people injured nearly three months ago. On April 10, at around 2:30 p.m., the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU) and police dog services were following a car thought to be involved i...
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British Columbia
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...
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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...
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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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B.C. police arrest two over extortion involving South Asian community
SURREY - RCMP in Surrey, B.C., say two suspects have been arrested in their investigation into extortion that has targeted the South Asian business community. Police say they've been looking into the allegations since 2023, where victims have reported receiving threats demanding large sums of money, sometimes followed ...
Jul 03, 2025
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Climate justice advocate joins race for B.C. Greens leadership
VICTORIA - The B.C. Green Party says a 24-year-old advocate for climate justice and Indigenous solidarity has joined the party's leadership contest. Emily Lowan is the second person to announce their candidacy in the race after Comox town councillor and physician Jonathan Kerr. The candidates are seeking to replace Son...
Jul 03, 2025
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Canada
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...
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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 ...
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Ottawa talking to metals giant Rio Tinto about cash flow help amid U.S. tariffs
OTTAWA - Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says the federal government is talking to mining and metals giant Rio Tinto about helping the company with cash flow problems caused by the United States' global steel and aluminum tariffs. During a visit to Saguenay, Que., on Thursday to meet with businesses in the provin...
Jul 04, 2025
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World
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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24 dead in Texas floods and more than 20 children missing from a girls summer camp
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) - Months worth of heavy rain fell in a matter of hours on Texas Hill Country, leaving 24 people dead and many more unaccounted for Friday, including more than 20 girls attending a summer camp, as search teams conducted boat and helicopter rescues in fast-moving floodwaters. Desperate pleas peppere...
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Sports
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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Edmonton-born forward starts for France against All Blacks in rugby test match
Edmonton-born forward Tyler Duguid made his debut for fourth-ranked France in a 31-27 loss to the second-ranked All Blacks on Saturday in Dunedin, New Zealand. The 24-year-old Duguid, who represented Canada at the under-20 level, qualifies for France via residency after moving to Europe to pursue his rugby career as a ...
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Tour de France: Philipsen wins first stage, Pogačar finishes safely
LILLE, France (AP) - Jasper Philipsen won the opening stage of the Tour de France in a sprint to the line while defending champion Tadej Pogačar finished safely on Saturday. Pogačar is looking to win the showcase race for a fourth time on the back of great form this season. Stage 1 took riders on a 185-kilometer (115...
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