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Lower Mainland manufacturer to close and lay off over 170, citing tariff uncertainty: Unifor
DELTA - Canada's largest private sector union claims a furniture manufacturer south of Vancouver is prepared to lay off more than 170 people and shift Canadian operations to the U.S. According to a st...
Mar 11, 2025
Inclusive playground equipment unveiled in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack says a community celebration will be held this week to mark the addition of inclusive swing equipment at a downtown Chilliwack park.According to a news release Tues...
Mar 11, 2025
SD33 trustee removes online video containing crude hand gesture inside a classroom
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack trustee who works as a teacher in SD78 has removed an obscenity-laden video from her social media page in which she exhibited a crude hand gesture inside a classroom. Dr. Car...
Mar 11, 2025
Regional septage facility being considered in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - A regional septage facility could be constructed on reserve land just north of Highway 1 in Chilliwack. According to a PowerPoint slide presentation from Monday night's District of Hope c...
Mar 11, 2025
Police confirm remains found in Washington state are those of Mission, B.C. teen
OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASHINGTON STATE - Authorities have now confirmed that human remains that washed up on the shore of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state in 2008 are those of a Mission, B.C. te...
Mar 11, 2025
Abbotsford school board censures 2 trustees for social media post involving gender identity
ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford Board of Education has officially reprimanded two of its elected board members for breaching its trustee code of ethics. In a statement, the board found that Jared White's ...
Mar 10, 2025
B.C. expands alcohol ban in its liquor stores to all U.S. booze
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says Americans can "keep their watery beer" as he announces an expansion of the U.S. alcohol ban from provincial liquor stores. The province had removed a...
Mar 10, 2025
Garbage truck strikes overpass on Highway 99 in Lower Mainland: BCHP
DELTA - A spokesperson for the BC Highway Patrol has confirmed that a Lower Mainland overpass was struck by a garbage truck Monday morning on Highway 99. According to a statement from BC Highway Patro...
Mar 10, 2025
CP NewsAlert: 3 B.C. Conservatives kicked from the party will sit as Independents
VICTORIA - A group of three former B.C. Conservative legislators have announced they will sit as Independents in the provincial legislature. Dallas Brodie was kicked out of the party on Friday over he...
Mar 10, 2025 MLA Tara Armstrong (left) has resigned as a B.C. Conservative Party member.
Newest SD33 trustee to be sworn in as fellow board member extends olive branch
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack's newest school board member will be sworn in this week, as one fellow trustee has extended a warm welcome to the winner of the by-election held earlier this month. After winni...
Mar 10, 2025