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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...
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Overnight fire in Langley
Langley RCMP investigating overnight fire at home under construction
LANGLEY - Mounties in Langley are investigating an overnight structure fire at a home under construction. According to a statement from RCMP Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, Langley RCMP responded to a report of a structure fire in the 19600 block of 48 Avenue in Langley at approximately 12:25 a.m. on Wednesday, July 9. Once they a...
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British Columbia

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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Demand from 'buy Canadian' movement pushes Purdys to move into grocer Save-On-Foods
Purdys Chocolatier says the buy Canadian movement has generated so much demand for its products that it decided to sell them outside its own stores for the first time in its 118-year history. The Vancouver-based confectionary company's products can now be found on the shelves of Save-On-Foods, a western Canadian grocer...
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Safety report expected after 11 killed in vehicle ramming at Vancouver festival
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is expected to release a report today on ways to improve safety and security at events two months after 11 people were killed in a vehicle ramming at a Vancouver festival. Premier David Eby asked retired B.C. Supreme Court chief justice Christopher Hinkson to conduct the comm...
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Canada

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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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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Canada continuing to lag in the number of EV charging stations needed to meet goals
OTTAWA - Canada still doesn't have the network of public charging stations it needs to meet its electric vehicle goals, researchers say. With a little more than 35,000 charging stations in service across the country, Canada is falling well short of the 100,000-plus stations it needed by this year, according to experts ...
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