Diversity and Inclusion
Fraser Valley residents, organizations honoured at annual diversity awards
ABBOTSFORD - Six individuals and groups have recently been recognized for their efforts in championing diversity and inclusion across the Fraser Valley.The 23rd annual Fraser Valley Cultural Diversity Awards welcomed 350 guests to the Clarion Hotel and Conference Centre on March 4, with international leadership expert ...
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J.T. Veney Commits to Long Island University
Chilliwack, B.C. - The Chilliwack Chiefs are proud to announce that defenceman J.T. Veney has committed to Long Island University and will join the LIU Sharks for the upcoming season. Veney has been a key presence on the Chiefs' blue line, using his size, reach, and mobility to impact the game in all zones. Known [...]
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Gausman fans 11, Okamoto scores winning run in ninth as Blue Jays beat Athletics 3-2
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Guide Dogs
CNIB in need of volunteers to foster future service dogs across Canada
Site C work camp moved to support nation-building project in northern B.C.
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Site C work camp moved to support nation-building project in northern B.C.
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Fraser Valley
Public Safety Notice
Violent sex offender set to be released in Abbotsford Monday
ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford Police Department is advising the public about the release of a sex offender into the community. Police say 46-year-old Stephen Bradley Ewing is scheduled for release from William Head Institution on Monday, March 30, and will be living in the Abbotsford area. The Port Alberni man was facing...
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Another One
Police seek auto transport truck that kept moving after hitting Langley overpass
LANGLEY - BC Highway Patrol (BCHP) is once again seeking a driver who failed to stop after hitting the Highway 1 overpass between Glover Road and 232nd Street in Langley. The incident happened on the highway's westbound lanes on March 24, just before 4 p.m. - this time involving an auto transport trailer. "The dri...
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Heavy Smoke
Firefighters tackle house fire in Mission Thursday morning
MISSION - Crews put out a major house fire in a Mission neighbourhood on Thursday (Mar. 26).At around 11 a.m., four members of the Mission Fire Rescue responded to the call about a burning two-storey residence on Fennel Street and found heavy flames and smoke coming from the home.All occupants were safely evacuated whi...
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Whatcom Road Park & Ride
Fire breaks out at homeless encampment in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - The site of a fatal shooting Monday night is now the site of a large fire. Thick black smoke is rising from the Whatcom Road Park and Ride.Abbotsford Police have closed North Parallel Road is currently closed in both directions between Whatcom Road and Fooks Road to allow emergency crews to deal with the f...
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British Columbia
Site C work camp moved to support nation-building project in northern B.C.
VANCOUVER - BC Hydro says it's relocating and repurposing the majority of its work camp for building the Site C hydroelectric dam to support the construction of the North Coast Transmission Line project, as its construction will begin this summer. A s...
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Joint federal-provincial commission into Tumbler Ridge shooting an option: minister
VICTORIA - A joint federal-provincial commission could look into the shooting that killed eight people in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., says British Columbia's public safety minister. Nina Krieger says a joint commission is an "option," citing the one that inv...
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A year after the tragedy, Lapu Lapu festival victims question donations
VANCOUVER - Family members of the Lapu Lapu Day festival tragedy victims said they are not getting as much financial support as they expected, and are calling on organizers to halt plans for this year's event. Filipino BC announced this year's Lapu La...
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Political science lecturer says calls for resignation of MLA Chan hold water
VICTORIA - A University of British Columbia political analyst says calls for the resignation of Independent MLA Hon Chan are appropriate, after the legislator was charged this week in relation to an alleged incident of intimate partner violence in 2024...
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Man faces one count of bestiality after alleged horse assault in Vernon, B.C.
VERNON - A man in Vernon, B.C., has been charged with bestiality after he was allegedly captured on security cameras trespassing on a rural property occupied by a horse jumping and training business in January. Court records show the man is due in cou...
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Family of China murder victim loses B.C. lawsuit against family of executed killer
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the family of a man murdered in a "contract killing" in 2017 in China, against the family of the killer who they say used the victim's funds to buy homes in Metro Vancouver. Justice Go...
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Canada
Site C work camp moved to support nation-building project in northern B.C.
VANCOUVER - BC Hydro says it's relocating and repurposing the majority of its work camp for building the Site C hydroelectric dam to support the construction of the North Coast Transmission Line project, as its construction will begin this summer. A s...
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Canada launches inquiry on frozen and canned vegetable imports
OTTAWA - The federal government has launched a trade inquiry on global imports of frozen and canned vegetables. A statement from the Department of Finance says the government sought the inquiry in response to a request from the Canadian Association of ...
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Political science lecturer says calls for resignation of MLA Chan hold water
VICTORIA - A University of British Columbia political analyst says calls for the resignation of Independent MLA Hon Chan are appropriate, after the legislator was charged this week in relation to an alleged incident of intimate partner violence in 2024...
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Alberta premier's constitutional affairs lead supports separatist petition
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith's parliamentary secretary for constitutional affairs is encouraging Albertans to sign a petition that calls for a vote on separation from Canada. Jason Stephan, a United Conservative Party legislature member, penned hi...
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Pierre Poilievre backs J.K. Rowling's support for new Olympic gender policy
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is supporting a ruling this week by the International Olympic Committee that bans transgender women from women's sports at the Games. The policy change comes ahead of the next Olympics in Los Angeles in 202...
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Man faces one count of bestiality after alleged horse assault in Vernon, B.C.
VERNON - A man in Vernon, B.C., has been charged with bestiality after he was allegedly captured on security cameras trespassing on a rural property occupied by a horse jumping and training business in January. Court records show the man is due in cou...
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World
Tiger Woods' rollover crash is golfer's fourth high-profile car accident and second DUI arrest
JUPITER ISLAND, Fla. (AP) - Tiger Woods' arrest Friday for a car crash in Florida was at least the fourth auto-related incident involving the golfer and the second in which he was charged with driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. ...
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Iranian attack on Saudi base wounds at least 10 US troops and damages several planes
WASHINGTON (AP) - An Iranian missile attack Friday wounded at least 10 U.S. service members and damaged several planes at a military base in Saudi Arabia, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the situation. Two of the troops were...
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2 students dead and at least 7 others injured in Tennessee school bus crash
HUNTINGDON, Tenn. (AP) - Two students were killed and at least seven other people were injured Friday in a school bus crash in west Tennessee, officials said. The crash involving a Tennessee Department of Transportation dump truck, a Chev...
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Sports
Gausman fans 11, Okamoto scores winning run in ninth as Blue Jays beat Athletics 3-2
TORONTO - Kazuma Okamoto scored the winning run in his Blue Jays debut and Kevin Gausman had 11 strikeouts as Toronto opened its 50th anniversary season with a 3-2 walkoff victory over the Athletics on Friday night. Okamoto hit a two-out single in t...
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Aerin Frankel earns third straight shutout as Fleet take 4-0 win over Sceptres
TORONTO - Aerin Frankel made 18 saves for her third straight shutout and seventh of the season as the Boston Fleet topped the Toronto Sceptres 4-0 on Friday in the Professional Women's Hockey League. Liz Schepers, with two goals, Jessie Eldridge and So...
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Gary Woodland surges to a 3-shot lead at the Houston Open, shortly after revealing PTSD diagnosis
HOUSTON (AP) - Gary Woodland felt a weight lifted from speaking publicly about his mental health struggles, and he looked freer than ever Friday with a 7-under 63 in the Houston Open to build a three-shot lead going into the weekend at Memorial Park. W...
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