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$5M for Harrison Lake dike upgrade included in B.C. funding seeking to reduce climate disasters
HARRISON HOT SPRINGS - A $5 million investment in the Harrison Lake dike upgrade is one of several initiatives that will receive funding from a provincial program addressing climate-related emergencie...
Sep 18, 2024
Chilliwack firefighters contain Yale Road shed fire before it spreads to nearby homes
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Fire Department crews managed to contain a shed fire on a residential property that sent columns of smoke into the air in the area of Little Mountain early Wednesday morning (S...
Sep 18, 2024
Province, feds renew $1.5M in programs helping B.C. farmers adapt to climate change
VICTORIA - B.C. farmers and ranchers will receive another $1.5 million as part of an ongoing federal and provincial initiative addressing climate change impacts on local acreages.The funding is part o...
Sep 18, 2024
Canadian Coast Guard crew member lost at sea off Newfoundland
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A crew member of a Canadian Coast Guard ship has been lost at sea off southern Newfoundland. The agency said in a release today that an extensive search and rescue effort for the ma...
Sep 18, 2024
Semi truck catches fire in Rosedale Wednesday, explosions heard nearby
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Fire Department crews were called to the area of Yale Road and Reeves Road in Rosedale Wednesday morning after a semi truck caught fire. According to a dispatch recording provi...
Sep 18, 2024
Federal Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez to seek Quebec Liberal leadership
OTTAWA - Federal Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez is expected to resign from cabinet to seek the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party. A federal Liberal source, who was not authorized to speak pub...
Sep 18, 2024
Five things to know about Rogers deal to buy Bell's MLSE stake
TORONTO - Rogers has inched closer to having complete reign over the Toronto sports landscape, buying out Bell's 37.5 per cent share of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment for $4.7 billion. Once com...
Sep 18, 2024
UN General Assembly widely supports a Palestinian resolution demanding Israel end its occupation
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. General Assembly strongly supported a nonbinding Palestinian resolution Wednesday demanding that Israel end its "unlawful presence" in Gaza and the occupied West Bank wi...
Sep 18, 2024
Abbotsford man, 22, dies after head-on collision Tuesday night on Fraser Highway
LANGLEY - Mounties in Langley say they are investigating a fatal crash in which a 22-year-old Abbotsford motorcyclist collided head-on with a Dodge pickup Tuesday night (Sept. 17). Langley RCMP say we...
Sep 18, 2024
Conservatives' non-confidence motion will make no mention of carbon price
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has confirmed he will ask the other opposition parties to bring down the Liberal government next week with a non-confidence motion. A Conservative spokesp...
Sep 18, 2024