Break and enter suspects caught
Break and enter suspects caught in the act on Riverside Drive: Chilliwack RCMP
CHILLIWACK - A male and female thought they could get away with a little weekend mischief at a construction side north of downtown Chilliwack. But their criminal deeds were exposed after police caught them in the act red handed. According to a news brief from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, Mountie...
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Assault at downtown supermarket
Male assaults loss prevention officer after stealing ice cream at downtown Chilliwack Save-On-Foods
CHILLIWACK - An unidentified man faces a double whammy after being caught trying to steal ice cream from the downtown Chilliwack Save-On-Foods on Yale Road. According to a news brief from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, a loss prevention officer from the downtown Save-On-Foods reported being assaul...
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B.C. govt. contributes quarter-million to help Chilliwack Search and Rescue with new facility
CHILLIWACK - Three months after Chilliwack Search and Rescue broke ground on its new facility thanks to a $1 million funding commitment from the City of Chilliwack, the provincial government will pitch in likewise to help get the facility off the ground. The B.C. government announced Wednesday morning (Apr. 24) that $5...
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Missing Alberta man last seen in Hope
Missing Alberta man may have been in Hope
CALGARY - Calgary Police Services continues to appeal for assistance from the public in locating a 24-year-old Calgary man who went missing over the weekend and is believed to have been last seen in Hope on his way to Vancouver and other parts of British Columbia. According to a news release from police, Enea was last ...
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Mission RCMP investigating
Mission RCMP investigating paintballs shot at pedestrians; one person was hit in the head
MISSION - Mounties in Mission say they're investigating several recent incidents where paintballs were shot at people and businesses, including one disturbing incident where a person was hit in the head with a paintball. According to a statement from Mission RCMP Corporal Harrison Mohr, spokesperson for the detachment,...
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Provincial housing goals
B.C. govt. to require City of Chilliwack to hit housing targets
CHILLIWACK - The British Columbia government has named another 20 cities and towns as priority communities for housing targets over the next five years. The government says in a statement the communities are in high-growth, high-need regions of B.C. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says the goal is to complement work those...
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Parole documents reveal B.C. teen's killer thinks TV show about crime 'disrespectful'
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Reena Virk's killer told parole officials that a television series about the Victoria, B.C., teen's murder is "disrespectful" and will "re-victimize" Virk's family. Documents released by the Parole Board of Canada Wednesday say Virk's killer Kelly Ellard - who changed her name to...
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Stall, downdraft, decision making may have played roles in B.C. air-taxi crash: TSB
VANCOUVER - The Transportation Safety Board says several factors may have played a role in the crash of an air taxi in B.C.'s Chilcotin region two years ago, including poor visibility and the pilot's motivation to get to Lorna Lake after cancelling earlier in the day. The pilot and two of the five passengers aboard th...
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Man stabbed to death in White Rock, B.C., days after similar knife attack in area
WHITE ROCK, B.C. - A man has been killed in a stabbing in White Rock, B.C., and police say there are "apparent similarities" to another knife attack in the same area two days earlier. RCMP say the latest incident happened late Tuesday, when a man was reported to have been stabbed near the White Rock Pier. Pol...
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B.C. imposes five-month ban on large open fires in Interior
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service has announced a five-month open fire ban covering much of the province's Interior, as fire season gets off to an early start. The ban on Category 3 fires in the Kamloops fire centre will run from May 3 to Oct. 11 and will prohibit people burning three or more fires on a property...
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BoC officials split on when to start cutting interest rates, summary shows
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is offering more details today about its discussions on rate cut timing. The central bank released its summary of deliberations, which detailed the governing council's discussions during its most recent decision. The bank held its key rate steady at five per cent but members of the governin...
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B.C. government to set out housing targets for 20 more communities
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has named another 20 cities and towns as priority communities for housing targets over the next five years. The government says in a statement the communities are in high-growth, high-need regions of B.C. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says the goal is to complement work those...
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Canada
In the news today: Are doctors' retirement savings doomed?
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Are doctors' retirement savings doomed? The Canadian Medical Association says the Liberals' proposed changes to capital gains taxation will put doctors' retirement savings in jeopardy. The federal b...
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Honda expected to announce Ontario EV battery plant, part of a $15B investment
TORONTO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Honda executives are expected to announce today that the Japanese automaker is building an electric vehicle battery plant in Alliston, Ont., part of a $15-billion investment. Senior sources with information on the project have told The Canadian Pres...
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Mom distributes air quality monitors after 9-year-old's asthma death during wildfires
Nine-year-old Carter Vigh was having a great day last July 11, visiting a waterpark, enjoying a picnic lunch and playing soccer with other kids at a day camp run by his mother, Amber Vigh. At the time, wildfires were raging throughout parts of British Columbia and so Amber checked the air quality index on a weather app...
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Doctors say capital gains tax changes will jeopardize their retirement. Is that true?
OTTAWA - The Canadian Medical Association asserts the Liberals' proposed changes to capital gains taxation will put doctors' retirement savings in jeopardy, but some financial experts insist incorporated professionals are not as doomed as they say they are. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government presented a federa...
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Jury selection begins for Winnipeg trial of man accused of killing four women
WINNIPEG - Jury selection is set to start today for the trial of a Winnipeg man accused of killing four women. Jeremy Skibicki has pleaded not guilty to four counts of first-degree murder. The partial remains of Rebecca Contois were found in a garbage bin and at a city-run landfill in the spring of 2022. Police have s...
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Former Saskatchewan Mountie who shot lover in park to be sentenced for manslaughter
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A former Saskatchewan Mountie who shot and killed his lover is to be sentenced today for manslaughter. Bernie Herman was convicted in January for the death of 26-year-old Braden Herman. The two men are not related. Braden Herman's naked body was found in 2021 in a park on the outskirts of Prince ...
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World
With war in Ukraine on its border, Poland should be among countries setting EU agenda, minister says
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski told parliament on Thursday that the government wants to return to the group of countries which sets the agenda of the European Union. Sikorski was describing the new direction of the government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, explaining to a world audience ...
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Reggie Bush is reinstated as 2005 Heisman Trophy winner, with organizers citing NIL rule changes
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Reggie Bush has his Heisman back. The Heisman Trust reinstated the former Southern California tailback as the 2005 Heisman Trophy winner on Wednesday, citing fundamental changes in the structure of college athletics during the 14 years since Bush forfeited the trophy and the honor. Bush gave up his H...
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Arizona grand jury indicts 11 Republicans who falsely declared Trump won the state in 2020
PHOENIX (AP) - Eleven Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Donald Trump beat Joe Biden in Arizona in the 2020 presidential election were charged Wednesday with conspiracy, fraud and forgery, marking the fourth state to bring charges against "fake electors." The 11 people who...
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Sports
Kopitar's OT winner lifts Kings to 5-4 win over Oilers, even series at 1-1
EDMONTON - Anze Kopitar scored the overtime winner and had a pair of assists as the Los Angeles Kings knocked off the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 to tie their opening-round playoff series 1-1 on Wednesday. Kopitar scored just 2:07 into overtime after a weird bounce gave him a lane up the centre of the ice and he beat Stuart Sk...
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Gilgeous-Alexander's 33 points lead Thunder past Pelicans 124-92; OKC takes 2-0 lead
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Canada's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 33 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the New Orleans Pelicans 124-92 on Wednesday night to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round Western Conference playoff series. Chet Holmgren had 26 points and seven rebounds and Jalen Williams added 21 points for th...
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Alec Marsh and 4 relievers combined for a 6-hitter as the Royals beat the Blue Jays 3-2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Alec Marsh and four relievers combined for a six-hitter as the Kansas City Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 Wednesday night. Maikel Garcia and Salvador Perez each had two hits and an RBI for Kansas City, which bounced back from a loss in the series opener on Monday to win two straight. John...
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