suspicious death
AbbyPD asking for information on suspicious death earlier this month
ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford Police Department's Major Crime Unit (MCU) has launched an investigation into the suspicious death of a 63-year-old man. The man was discovered in medical distress in the area of Sunnyside Street and Old Yale Road in Abbotsford on April 9. Emergency responders helped to transport the man to ...
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Food Security
Minister visits Chilliwack Food Hub program
CHILLIWACK - The B.C. Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction was in Chilliwack Friday to meet with residents who are behind a program to improve food security for those in the region.Sheila Malcolmson visited the Upper Fraser Valley Food Hub at the Salvation Army Care and Share Centre in Chilliwack Friday...
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AbbyPD asking for information on suspicious death earlier this month
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Highway 1 through the Fraser Canyon set for closures
LYTTON - Efforts to restore reliable travel through the Fraser Canyon are underway as work progresses to permanently repair the damage caused by an atmospheric river event in the fall of 2021. Work over the coming weeks will result in two full closures of Highway 1.On Tuesday, April 23, 2024, from 4:30 a.m. until 8:30 ...
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Lougheed Highway
Mission school bus crash investigation is ongoing
MISSION - Mission RCMP are continuing to investigate a crash involving a school bus Wednesday east of Mission. Investigators are asking the public to come forward with any information they may have on the case.The two-vehicle crash between a school bus and a pickup truck occurred along the Lougheed Highway near Johnson...
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BCHL
Chilliwack opens playoff series with Alberni Valley Friday
CHILLIWACK - The second round of the BCHL playoffs begin Friday night (Apr. 19) across the league, including a game at the Chilliwack Coliseum between the Chiefs and the Alberni Valley Bulldogs.The Chiefs haven't played since completing a four-game sweep of Langley on April 9. The Bulldogs needed seven games to defeat ...
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Forest fire north of Chilliwack Lake Rd.
Forest fire breaks out Thursday afternoon just north of Chilliwack Lake Road; fire appears to be out as of 5 p.m.
CHILLIWACK - Multiple Chilliwack Fire Department engines along with forestry personnel have been dispatched for a forest fire just north of 46145 Chilliwack Lake Road Thursday afternoon. The fire was reported to dispatch at 4:12 p.m., prompting at least six fire engines to be dispatched. Flames and smoke emanated from ...
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British Columbia
First Nation solar farm in B.C. expected to save 1.1 million litres of diesel a year
ANAHIM LAKE, B.C. - A First Nation in central British Columbia will build what the federal government says will likely be the largest off-grid solar project in Canada. Nearly $16 million in federal and provincial funding is going toward the solar farm in Anahim Lake, home to the Ulkatcho First Nation, where power is cu...
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Lululemon cutting over 100 jobs in Washington distribution centre closure
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. says it is cutting more than 100 jobs as it plans to close a distribution centre in Washington state. It says some employees at the Sumner, Wash. centre will be retrained and relocated to other facilities, but that "just over" 100 positions with be eliminated because of th...
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Polish leader tells B.C. audience NATO allies need to spend more on defence
VANCOUVER - Poland's president says members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, including Canada, must raise defence spending to three per cent of GDP to deter Russia's war in Ukraine from spreading. Andrzej Duda made the comments at a speech in Vancouver on Friday, a day ahead of his meeting with Prime Ministe...
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Coroner's inquest to probe death of B.C. man shot dozens of times by police in 2018
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The British Columbia Coroners Service says it will hold an inquest into the death of a man who died in a hail of police gunfire after starting a shootout with RCMP officers in Kamloops. The service says the inquest will begin on May 6 at the Kamloops law courts to determine the facts related to the de...
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Province calls Gate Gourmet, striking airline catering workers back to bargaining
The union representing striking airline catering workers says Ontario mediators have called them back to the table for talks with employer Gate Gourmet. About 800 food service staff at Toronto's Pearson airport went on strike Tuesday, leaving thousands of passengers without meals this week. The workers cook, package an...
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Bigger boats, more nets, people arrive in Zeballos for new orca rescue attempt
ZEBALLOS - A large seine fishing vessel capable of casting a net strong enough to hold a nearly 700-kilogram killer whale calf has arrived in Zeballos to participate in the latest attempt to rescue the young orca stranded in a remote tidal lagoon. The flat-bottom aluminum vessel has a built-in crane-like device for lif...
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Canada
U.S. FAA to probe baseball coach in cockpit during a flight from Denver to Toronto
LOS ANGELES - Authorities in the United States are investigating after a video surfaced on social media of a hitting coach for the Colorado Rockies sitting in the cockpit of an aircraft "at cruise altitude," while bound for Toronto. A statement from the Federal Aviation Administration says an investigation i...
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Police to search Saskatoon landfill for woman missing since 2020
SASKATOON - Police are planning to search a Saskatoon landfill for a woman who has been missing for almost four years. Mackenzie Lee Trottier was last seen in December 2020. Police say a substantial amount of data was collected late last year that identifies a specific area of the landfill that may contain evidence in...
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Disability expert resigns from federal advisory group over benefit program
OTTAWA - One of Canada's leading disability scholars is quitting a federal advisory board, saying the government failed to properly fund the disability benefit. Michael Prince, a professor of social policy at the University of Victoria, says he's deeply disappointed with the Canada Disability Benefit. He's resigning f...
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Polish leader tells B.C. audience NATO allies need to spend more on defence
VANCOUVER - Poland's president says members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, including Canada, must raise defence spending to three per cent of GDP to deter Russia's war in Ukraine from spreading. Andrzej Duda made the comments at a speech in Vancouver on Friday, a day ahead of his meeting with Prime Ministe...
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Liberal and NDP MPs lament departure of longtime Tory MP as status of women chair
OTTAWA - Liberal and NDP MPs are lamenting the loss of the longtime Conservative chair of the parliamentary committee on the status of women. Government members say they were disappointed to learn this week that Karen Vecchio would no longer be at the helm, after having first served as chair in 2017. The House of Com...
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Quebec Liberals will choose new leader during convention in June 2025
QUEBEC - The Quebec Liberal Party says its leadership race will begin next January and the winner will be chosen in June 2025. Former leader Dominique Anglade stepped down weeks after the 2022 provincial election, during which the party maintained official Opposition status but lost 10 seats. Marc Tanguay has served as...
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World
The Latest | A second alternate has been picked for Trump's hush money trial, 4 more still needed
NEW YORK (AP) - Lawyers in former President Donald Trump 's hush money case shifted their attention Friday to picking alternates as jury selection resumed for a fourth day. The proceedings began again with the questionnaire phase of jury selection and 22 possible jurors were brought in. A second alternate was picked ju...
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Ukraine, Israel aid back on track as House pushes toward weekend votes
WASHINGTON (AP) - With rare bipartisan momentum, the House pushed ahead Friday on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian support as a coalition of lawmakers helped it clear a procedural hurdle to reach final votes this weekend. Friday's vote produced a seldom-seen outcome in t...
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Jury selection could be nearing a close in Donald Trump's hush money trial in New York
NEW YORK (AP) - A third panel of potential jurors will be questioned Friday in Donald Trump's hush money case, drawing jury selection a step closer to completion in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president. After a jury of 12 New Yorkers was seated Thursday, lawyers are now expected to turn their attention t...
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Sports
Ingram, Valanciunas lift Zion-less Pelicans past Kings and into the playoffs
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Brandon Ingram scored 24 points, Jonas Valanciunas added 19 points and 12 rebounds, and the New Orleans Pelicans booked a spot in the NBA playoffs with a 105-98 victory over the Sacramento Kings in a play-in tournament elimination game on Friday night. The Pelicans won without leading-scorer Zion Wil...
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Justin Turner's homer, RBI single highlight Blue Jays' 5-1 win over the Padres
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Justin Turner hit a solo homer and drove in another run with a single as the Toronto Blue Jays won for the fifth time in six games, beating the San Diego Padres 5-1 on Friday night. Toronto reliver Bowden Francis (2-2) picked up the win, allowing one hit and no runs in two innings. San Diego starter Ma...
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The Heat are headed to Boston after ousting the Bulls 112-91 in East play-in finale
MIAMI (AP) - Tyler Herro scored 24 points and was an assist shy of a triple-double, rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 21 points and the Miami Heat grabbed the last spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs, running away from the Chicago Bulls 112-91 in a play-in tournament elimination game Friday night. Kevin Love scored 16 ...
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