
Fraser Valley

Rezoning application
Rezoning application could change look and feel of 6 downtown Chilliwack properties
CHILLIWACK - A rezoning application could change the look and feel of six properties in downtown Chilliwack, on which several retail stores currently sit.According to the text of a city planning sign, the City of Chilliwack has received a rezoning application for properties at 46245, 46257, 46263, and 46267 Yale Road, ...
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Motor vehicle incident
2 pedestrians struck by car, driver flees scene Wednesday night: AbbyPD
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford are investigating a hit and run Wednesday evening in which a vehicle struck two pedestrians and fled before first responders could arrive on scene. According to a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, AbbyPD patrol officers were called to the intersection of Simpson Road...
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Motor vehicle incident
Rollover on Highway 1 in Abbotsford Thursday morning may be connected to road-rage incident: AbbyPD
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say one person has been transported to hospital after a rollover on Highway 1 in Abbotsford Thursday morning, and it may be connected to a possible road-rage incident. According to a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, police were called to a rollover collision on west...
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Motor vehicle accident
Medical fitness test submitted for 1 of 2 drivers in crash that damaged an Abbotsford bank
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford have submitted a medical fitness test to the province after a two-vehicle crash Monday night caused a motorist to leave the roadway and strike an Abbotsford bank earlier this week. According to a statement from Abbotsford PD spokesperson Paul Walker, AbbyPD patrol officers were called ...
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Police incident
3 arrested amid heavy police presence outside Chilliwack apartment complex (VIDEO)
CHILLIWACK - Details are limited at this early stage of the investigation, but an RCMP spokesperson has confirmed the arrest of three people Wednesday morning following a police incident near downtown Chilliwack. According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, police were called to Fl...
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Alberta boy, 13, sentenced to secure custody for trying to kill younger brother
LETHBRIDGE - An Alberta judge sentenced a 13-year-old boy Wednesday to three years in an intense rehabilitation program for trying to stab his younger brother to death. The attacker was 12 when he repeatedly stabbed the seven-year-old in the family's L...
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British Columbia

CP NewsAlert: Prime Minister Mark Carney to attend vigil in Tumbler Ridge on Friday
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit Tumbler Ridge, B.C., to attend a vigil on Friday. The Prime Minister's Office says Carney was invited by the town's mayor and that he has invited all other federal party leaders to join him. Nine people, m...
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Advocates, experts warn against vilifying transgender people in wake of Tumbler Ridge shooting
Advocates and experts are warning about the danger of vilifying an entire demographic based on the actions of one transgender person in the wake of the school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Their comments come after an independent provincial legislato...
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Tumbler Ridge 'one big family,' mayor tells vigil as community reels from shootings
TUMBLER RIDGE - A memorial of flowers, lights and stuffed animals grows in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., as the community grapples with the fallout of a mass shooting that killed nine people, mostly children, along with the 18-year-old shooter who police say to...
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History of Tumbler Ridge, a mining boom town with a wounded heart
TUMBLER RIDGE - Tumbler Ridge in the remote Peace region of northeast British Columbia was once best known as a coal mining boom town that was built from scratch in the 1980s, then faced challenges from shifts in its economic fortunes. Now it is grappl...
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B.C. throne speech cancelled because of Tumbler Ridge shooting
VICTORIA - The three official parties in British Columbia's provincial legislature have announced the cancellation of Thursday's "traditional" throne speech because of the mass shooting that claimed nine lives in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. The cancellation co...
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Montreal shooting survivor shares how she regained sense of safety
TORONTO - École Polytechnique shooting survivor Nathalie Provost says it took her several weeks to return to the site of the Montreal massacre, but doing so allowed her to reclaim her life and create a sense of safety again. She was shot in the leg, f...
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Canada

Feds say $20M loss at emergency stockpile was caused by open freezer door
OTTAWA - Federal public health officials say a freezer door was left open at the national emergency stockpile in December 2024, causing the loss of $20 million worth of medication. Officials from the Public Health Agency of Canada were called before th...
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'You're making this up,' Miller tells Tory MP over media producers group comments
OTTAWA - Culture Minister Marc Miller has accused a Conservative MP of misleading a Parliamentary committee over a comment made by the head of an independent producers' group. During a Heritage committee hearing today, MP Rachael Thomas mentioned the h...
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Diab says C-12 could ease some refugee claims, critics call it a two-tier system
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Lena Diab says changes to the refugee status claim process proposed in Bill C-12 are "better for the applicants" even as multiple organizations are heavily critical of the plan. The government's broad border and immigratio...
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Military sexual assault investigation was rushed, biased, watchdog commission says
OTTAWA - The Military Police Complaints Commission has found that an internal investigation into an alleged sexual assault by an air force officer who later took his own life was conducted in a rushed, superficial and biased manner. Its conclusion come...
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TSB says still 'too early' to determine cause of Pearson plane crash, one year later
TORONTO - It's still "too early" to draw conclusions about the cause of the Delta Air Lines plane crash at Toronto's Pearson Airport, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said Thursday in an update on its investigation as the one-year anniversary ...
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CP NewsAlert: Prime Minister Mark Carney to attend vigil in Tumbler Ridge on Friday
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit Tumbler Ridge, B.C., to attend a vigil on Friday. The Prime Minister's Office says Carney was invited by the town's mayor and that he has invited all other federal party leaders to join him. Nine people, m...
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World

Judge blocks Pentagon from punishing Sen. Mark Kelly for call to resist unlawful orders
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge agreed Thursday to block the Pentagon from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders. U.S. District Judge Rich...
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Oklahoma carries out its first execution of 2026 on a man convicted of double killing
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - A man who admitted to killing two men in a drive-by shooting in 2006 was put to death Thursday in Oklahoma's first execution of the year. Kendrick Simpson, 45, was pronounced dead at 10:19 CST following a three-dru...
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Trump's defamation lawsuit against the BBC is set to go to trial in 2027, US judge says
LONDON (AP) - President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC can go to trial in 2027, a U.S. judge has said. Judge Roy K. Altman of the federal court for the Southern District of Florida rejected an attempt by Britain's nati...
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Sports

Berrios apologies to teammates, fans for absence during Blue Jays' post-season run
DUNEDIN - Jose Berrios has apologized to his Toronto Blue Jays teammates and the fans for his absence during last year's run to the World Series. Berrios spoke to media at the second day of the Blue Jays spring training camp. He was put on Toronto's in...
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CP NewsAlert: Canada opens Olympic men's hockey tourney with 5-0 win over Czechia
MILAN - The Canadian men's hockey team have opened the Milan Cortina Olympics with a 5-0 win over Czechia. Macklin Celebrini opened the scoring, Connor McDavid had three assists, and goaltender Jordan Binnington made 26 saves for the shutout. More com...
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CP NewsAlert: Canada blanks Finns 5-0 in women's hockey, faces Germany in quarters
MILAN - Emily Clark scored twice for Canada in a 5-0 win over Finland in Olympic women's hockey Thursday. Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press
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