

Wanted person
Mission RCMP seek help locating woman recently convicted of robbery, assault
MISSION - Mounties in Mission are appealing to the public for help in locating a 47-year-old woman they say was recently convicted of robbery, assault with a weapon and possession of stolen property.According to a news release, 47-year-old Julie Matthew was recently convicted in B.C. Supreme Court of robbery, assault w...
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New businesses in Chilliwack
New businesses coming to Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Two new businesses set to open soon in Chilliwack include an indoor playground for kids and a bubble tea franchise. Play Abby Chilliwack has set up shop inside suites 206 and 207 at 44921 Commercial Court, near Petro Canada on Evans Road, north of the Evans roundabout. Play Abby, with an existing location ...
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Montreal Alouettes sign quarterback Cameron Dukes, place McLeod Bethel-Thompson on IL
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Guide Dogs
CNIB in need of volunteers to foster future service dogs across Canada
Kontinental Hockey League's Shanghai Dragons name Gerard Gallant new head coach
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Lung cancer survival rate has doubled, but it still causes the most cancer deaths: StatCan
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Fraser Valley


Online pet auction
Chilliwack start-up pet society helps over 1,500 animals as it seeks to raise funds through online auction
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack start-up non-profit society is doing its part to help pet owners who might not be able to afford pet food or other essential supplies. The group of Chilliwack-area volunteers associated with Zoey's Pawsome Pet Society is currently running an online auction to support their goal of ensuring eve...
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Man charged with sexual assault
Man charged in Fraser Valley sexual assault
FRASER VALLEY - A 58-year-old man has been charged with sexual assault in an incident outside two stores in the Fraser Valley earlier this month.According to a statement from Surrey Police Service, Abdulkarim Ahmad Alhamid, a 58-year-old male, has been arrested and one charge of sexual assault approved by the BC Prosec...
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Power outage
UPDATE: Power restored after nearly 5,000 lose electricity Tuesday afternoon in Abbotsford
UPDATE 4:45 P.M., TUESDAY: Power has now been restored to nearly 5,000 customers in Abbotsford. Original story: ABBOTSFORD - Nearly 5,000 residential customers lost power Tuesday afternoon in east Abbotsford, Sumas Mountain and the surrounding areas, on a day when temperatures soared well above 30 degrees Celsius. Acc...
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Public works project
Bridge replacement to improve Highway 1 through Fraser Canyon
FRASER CANYON/LYTTON - The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Transit says construction will begin this fall on replacements to an aging bridge on the Trans-Canada Highway east of Lytton. According to a statement from the province, work will commence in fall 2025 to overhaul the aging Sackum overhead bridge, thereby e...
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Wanted person
Mission RCMP seek help locating woman recently convicted of robbery, assault
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Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
New businesses in Chilliwack
New businesses coming to Chilliwack
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B.C. First Nation wins rights, title along Fraser River's south arm in Lower Mainland
Aug 08, 2025
Doctors, lawyers, artists and First Nations leaders named to the Order of B.C.
Aug 04, 2025
Magnitude 4.0 earthquake recorded off B.C. coast, no damage expected
Aug 03, 2025
British Columbia


B.C. residential unit sales up in July but down year-to-date, association says
VANCOUVER - Sales of homes in British Columbia grew in July compared with the same month last year, but year-to-date numbers show transactions remain slower. The British Columbia Real Estate Association says there were about 7,000 residential unit sales in the province last month, up 2.2 per cent from the numbers repor...
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Wildfire raging near Port Alberni, B.C., grows again overnight
PORT ALBERNI - A raging wildfire that has forced evacuations near Port Alberni, B.C., has grown again overnight to more than 20 square kilometres in size as it continues to burn out of control. The fire on Vancouver Island has led to evacuation orders from both the Alberni-Clayoquot and Cowichan Valley regional distric...
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Former top general says reviewing medals for Afghan vets a 'no-brainer' for Carney
OTTAWA - A former top general who led the military during the Afghanistan conflict is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney's government to revisit the files of soldiers who served there to see if any of their awards should be upgraded to the Victoria Cross. Rick Hillier said that despite the failure of recent attempts to ...
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Cowichan title lands encompass multimillion-dollar mansions in Richmond, B.C.
A landmark Aboriginal title claim successfully established by Cowichan Nation last week appears to encompass land occupied by a stretch of multimillion-dollar homes and an 18-hole golf course in Richmond, B.C. A map of the Cowichan title lands that was part of the B.C. Supreme Court ruling, combined with publicly avail...
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Surrey police test biometric scanning of detainees' vital signs in jail cells
SURREY - The Surrey Police Service has begun using live biometric scanners in its jail cells to monitor the health of people being detained. It says in a news release that it began installing the scanners in several adult and youth detention cells in March as part of a pilot project. The release says the radar technolo...
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Man thrown from vehicle in crash involving commuter train in Metro Vancouver
The West Coast Express commuter rail service in Metro Vancouver was disrupted when a train collided with a pickup truck in Port Moody, B.C. Police say emergency responders were called to the crash site at the crossing at Reed Point Marina on Tuesday morning. Investigators say the driver of the pickup was thrown from th...
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Canada


Lung cancer survival rate has doubled, but it still causes the most cancer deaths: StatCan
TORONTO - Statistics Canada says five-year survival rates for people with lung cancer have doubled since the 1990s. The report released today says the number of people living five years after they were diagnosed jumped from 13 per cent to 27 per cent between 1992 and 2021. It says new treatments, including immunotherap...
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Wildfire raging near Port Alberni, B.C., grows again overnight
PORT ALBERNI - A raging wildfire that has forced evacuations near Port Alberni, B.C., has grown again overnight to more than 20 square kilometres in size as it continues to burn out of control. The fire on Vancouver Island has led to evacuation orders from both the Alberni-Clayoquot and Cowichan Valley regional distric...
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How Canadians can prepare for wildfire evacuations, from emergency plans to go bags
Wildfires are threatening communities across Canada, raising questions about how people can best prepare for evacuations. Officials ordered the evacuation of parts of a suburb of St. John's, N.L., on Tuesday, and thousands more in the metropolitan area may need to flee at a moment's notice as they remain under an evacu...
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Irwin Cotler joins thousands of prominent Jews calling on Israel to end war in Gaza
OTTAWA - Former Liberal justice minister Irwin Cotler has joined thousands of Jews calling on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war and starvation in Gaza. The longtime human rights activist, a strong supporter of Israel, has signed an open letter saying Netanyahu's policies on Palestinians "are...
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Air Canada flight attendants' union serves 72-hour strike notice
The union representing around 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants has signalled its intent to strike Saturday. Flight attendants have issued 72-hour strike notice and could walk off the job at 12:58 a.m. ET on Saturday if a deal isn't reached to avoid a work stoppage. In an update posted online, the union said it has m...
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In the news today: No Air Canada strike or lockout yet, Google AI summaries concerns
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Air Canada, attendants yet to call job action There's no official word yet whether Air Canada and the union representing some 10,000 of its flight attendants have averted a possible strike or lockout that could begin as soon as Sa...
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World


Venus Williams gets a US Open wild card at age 45 and will be the oldest in singles since 1981
NEW YORK (AP) - Venus Williams will make her return to Grand Slam tennis at the U.S. Open after a two-year absence, receiving a wild-card invitation on Wednesday to compete in singles at Flushing Meadows at age 45. The American will be the oldest entrant in singles at the tournament since Renee Richards was 47 in 1981,...
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Parents and child killed when tree falls on car amid heavy rain, flooding in Tennessee
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A mother, father and child were killed when a tree fell on their car amid heavy rain and flooding in Tennessee, an official said Wednesday. The three were killed when saturated ground caused a large tree to fall in the Chattanooga suburb of East Ridge just after midnight, Hamilton County Offic...
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Zelenskyy to visit Berlin for meetings ahead of Trump-Putin summit
BERLIN (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit Berlin on Wednesday to join German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for talks with European and U.S. leaders ahead of the Trump-Putin summit later this week, the German government said. Merz has convened a series of virtual meetings on Wednesday in an attempt to...
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Sports


Montreal Alouettes sign quarterback Cameron Dukes, place McLeod Bethel-Thompson on IL
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes signed quarterback Cameron Dukes and placed McLeod Bethel-Thompson on the six-game injured list on Wednesday. Dukes arrives in Montreal after playing two seasons with the Toronto Argonauts before he was cut from training camp this year. The 27-year-old American completed 143 of 199 pas...
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Kontinental Hockey League's Shanghai Dragons name Gerard Gallant new head coach
SHANGHAI - Gerard Gallant has been named the new head coach of the Kontinental Hockey League's Shanghai Dragons. Gallant last coached the New York Rangers for two seasons, earning back-to-back 100-point seasons, but he left the NHL team after its first-round playoff exit in 2023. He has a 369-262-70 coaching record in ...
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Thomas Müller jokes he's missing Manuel Neuer as Vancouver adventure begins
MUNICH (AP) - Thomas Müller has a lot to adapt to with the Vancouver Whitecaps after 25 years at Bayern Munich. First up, flying without an old friend. Aboard the plane taking him to Canada and Major League Soccer, Müller joked it was the first time in 15 years he'd flown without Manuel Neuer, the goalkeeper ...
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