Chilliwack news

• Dr. Bonnie Henry ends mask mandate at B.C. hospitals, health-care facilities

  06-04-2023 23:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, announced Thursday (Apr. 6) that previous restrictions instituted by her office will be lifted.In a statement from the provincial government, universal mask-wearing by all staff and visitors in health-care facilities is no longer mandatory effective Thursday, April 6.“It’s important to recognize that COVID-19 is still with us, and as such, we must remain vigilant and continue surveillance to monitor the situation,&rd
  
  Read more

• Gausman leads Blue Jays to 3rd straight win over Royals, 6-3

  06-04-2023 23:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kevin Gausman pitched six scoreless innings, Vlad Guerrero Jr. and Cavan Biggio hit home runs and the Toronto Blue Jays won their third straight game, 6-3, over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday to take the four-game series.
  Gausman (1-1) gave up just four hits to the struggling Royals, striking out seven and walking two. Kansas City did not have a runner reach second base until the sixth inning. The Royals scored three runs in the eighth to avoid their fourth shut
  
  Read more

• B.C. lifts health-care mask rules as province emerges from pandemic, Henry says

  06-04-2023 23:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia is lifting pandemic restrictions like mandatory mask-wearing in health-care settings and visitor restrictions and proof of vaccination in care homes.
  Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the requirement for health-care workers to be fully vaccinated remains, but the steady decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations indicates the province is “emerging” from the pandemic.
  Henry says that despite the continued presence of COVID infections in the ne
  
  Read more

• SFU researchers looking to fight drug-resistant superbugs - Chilliwack Progress

  06-04-2023 23:31 via news.google.com
  
  SFU researchers looking to fight drug-resistant superbugs  Chilliwack Progress
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• US would bar full ban on trans athletes but allow exceptions

  06-04-2023 22:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Schools and colleges across the U.S. would be forbidden from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes under a proposal released Thursday from the Biden administration, but teams could create some limits in certain cases — for example, to ensure fairness.
  The proposed rule sends a political counterpunch toward a wave of Republican-led states that have sought to ban trans athletes from competing in school sports that align with their gender identities. If finali
  
  Read more

• No evidence of homicide in case of woman’s remains found in Winnipeg landfill: police

  06-04-2023 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Winnipeg police say they have no evidence to suggest the death of an Indigenous woman whose body was found in a landfill Monday was a homicide.
  Police chief Danny Smyth says 33-year-old Linda Beardy was seen climbing into a garbage bin alone after exiting a store and was not seen afterward.
  Smyth says the bin was picked up by a truck a few hours later, its contents were emptied and taken to a city-run landfill where Beardy’s body was found shortly afterward.
  Smyth says the autopsy is ongoi
  
  Read more

• Rockets fired at Israel from Lebanon raise risk of conflict

  06-04-2023 21:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Militants in Lebanon fired a heavy barrage of rockets at Israel on Thursday, the Israeli military said, forcing people across Israel’s northern frontier into bomb shelters, wounding at least two people and ratcheting up regional tensions a day after Israeli police raided Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site.
  Israel’s military said 34 rockets had been fired across the border, and that 25 were shot down by its Iron Dome aerial defense system. Another five r
  
  Read more

• Cottonwood Centre says A&W now closed, food court vendors gone by end of April

  06-04-2023 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The days of food court vendors at the Cottonwood Centre mall in Chilliwack are quickly vanishing.
  Mark Davis, general manager for PCI Warrington Management, confirmed in an email Thursday morning that A&W in the food court has now closed.The four remaining vendors, including Chilli Thai, Big Orange, Ono’s Japan, and Fortune Star, will be closed at the end of this month, Davis said.The food court had been a popular gathering spot for Chilliwack seniors to have coffee
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Wildfire threat grows as Florida drought gets steadily worse

  06-04-2023 21:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The threat of wildfires is growing in Florida over the coming weeks as more than half the state is experiencing severe to extreme drought conditions likely to persist until rainy season resumes around mid-May, state and federal officials said Thursday.
  The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center reported Thursday that 55% of Florida is in the severe to extreme drought category, with most of the rest of the state listed as “abnormally dry
  
  Read more

• High court: Trans girl can run girls track in West Virginia

  06-04-2023 21:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a 12-year-old transgender girl in West Virginia to continue competing on her middle school’s girls sports teams while a lawsuit over a state ban continues.
  The justices refused to disturb an appeals court order that made it possible for the girl, Becky Pepper-Jackson, to continue playing on her school’s track and cross-country teams, where she regularly finishes near the back of the pack.
  Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence
  
  Read more

• Snake on a plane! South African pilot finds cobra under seat

  06-04-2023 21:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A pilot in South Africa made a hasty emergency landing after discovering a highly venomous cobra hiding under his seat.
  Rudolf Erasmus had four passengers on board the light aircraft during Monday’s flight when he felt “something cold” slide across his lower back. He glanced down to see the head of a fairly large Cape Cobra “receding back under the seat,” he said.
  “It was as if my brain didn’t know what was going on,&
  
  Read more

• Armed robbery suspect shot, killed by police at Surrey, B.C., motel

  06-04-2023 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — British Columbia’s police watchdog is investigating officers’ actions following a fatal shooting in Surrey.
  The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. says in a news release that Surrey RCMP responded to a report of a suicidal person at a motel on Wednesday, but while they were there, the staff reported an armed robbery in progress.
  It says police identified two robbery suspects and, during an altercation, an officer shot and killed a man.  
  The authority
  
  Read more

• Alberta premier says politicians cannot talk to accused, but her call was OK

  06-04-2023 20:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, a week after she was overheard on a leaked phone call offering to help an accused with his upcoming criminal trial, says MLAs and cabinet ministers are not free to engage in such discussions because the system must be independent.
  Smith says her conversation with Calgary street pastor Artur Pawlowski about his trial stemming from a COVID-19 protest does not represent a policy change by her government.
  She also says she did nothing irregular on the
  
  Read more

• GOP lawmakers to vote on expelling Democrats in gun protest

  06-04-2023 20:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Thousands flocked to the Tennessee Capitol on Thursday to support three Democratic lawmakers facing possible expulsion for their role in a gun-control demonstration, cheering and chanting outside the House chamber so loudly that the noise drowned out the proceedings.
  The GOP-dominated House was set to vote on whether to oust Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, an extraordinary move that the chamber has used only a handful of times since the Civil
  
  Read more

• Court says trans girl can run girls track in West Virginia

  06-04-2023 20:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a 12-year-old transgender girl in West Virginia to continue competing on her middle school’s girls sports teams while a lawsuit over a state ban continues.
  The justices refused to disturb an appeals court order that made it possible for the girl, Becky Pepper-Jackson, to continue playing on her school’s track and cross-country teams, where she regularly finishes near the back of the pack.
  Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence
  
  Read more

• Thirty per cent of Defence Department procurement positions vacant: internal report

  06-04-2023 20:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — An internal Defence Department report has found that a shortage of procurement officials is hindering efforts to buy much-needed equipment for the Canadian Armed Forces.
  Recently published online, the report appears to offer an explanation for some of the delays that have plagued Canada’s efforts to purchase new warships, aircraft and other military gear.
  The report says the lack of trained procurement experts represents a “key risk” for the department, with 30 p
  
  Read more

• Police: 4 dead in plane crash off Florida’s Gulf Coast - Chilliwack Progress

  06-04-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
  Police: 4 dead in plane crash off Florida’s Gulf Coast  Chilliwack Progress
  
  Read more

• King Charles III supports probe into monarchy’s slave ties - Chilliwack Progress

  06-04-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
  King Charles III supports probe into monarchy’s slave ties  Chilliwack Progress
  
  Read more

• Police respond to yet another school threat in Lower Mainland

  06-04-2023 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORT COQUITLAM — For the third time in the past week and a half, police in the Lower Mainland have responded to an apparent threat directed at a school.Coquitlam RCMP frontline officers responded to a telephone threat report at Terry Fox Secondary in Port Coquitlam shortly before 8:30 a.m. Thursday morning (Apr. 6). As a precaution, the school activated their own lockdown procedures.
  As police investigated the threat, there was a significant police presence surrounding the school campus.
  P
  
  Read more

• Germany beats Sweden 6-2 at women’s world hockey championship

  06-04-2023 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRAMPTON, Ont. — Celina Haider had two goals and two assists as Germany beat Sweden 6-2 at the women’s world hockey championship on Thursday.
  Germany’s Franziska Feldmeier also scored twice, with Laura Kluge and Svenja Voigt providing the other goals.
  Hilda Svensson scored both goals for Sweden, including the opener 10 seconds into the game.
  Sandra Abstreiter made 31 saves in the German goal. Emma Soderberg allowed five goals on 27 shots in Sweden’s tournament-opening los
  
  Read more

• Blue Jays unveil completed Phase 1 of Rogers Centre renovations ahead of home opener

  06-04-2023 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto Blue Jays fans can expect new ways to experience a baseball game live this season.
  The Blue Jays unveiled the completed first phase of renovations at Rogers Centre today ahead of the team’s home opener next week.
  All 500-level seats have been replaced largely to make room for open social spaces, including a park-like area for families and a rooftop patio to take in views of Toronto’s skyline.
  The outfield walls and bullpens have been raised, meaning relief pitchers will be wa
  
  Read more

• Dive team unable to locate missing Chilliwack man: RCMP

  06-04-2023 20:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The search has been called off in the case of a missing 48-year-old Chilliwack man who was last seen operating a boat on the Harrison River near Kilby just last week.Agassiz RCMP Sgt. Mike Sargent, spokesperson for the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment, said Thursday morning that a dive team from the B.C. RCMP Underwater Recovery Team was out this past Monday and Tuesday, April 3-4, but were unable to locate Patrick Jordan.
  Jordan was last seen on Thursday evening, March
  
  Read more

• Biden review of chaotic Afghan withdrawal blames Trump

  06-04-2023 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An interagency review led by the National Security Council of the chaotic 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan largely lays the blame on former President Donald Trump, saying President Joe Biden was “severely constrained” by the decisions of his predecessor.
  The White House on Thursday publicly released a 12-page summary of the results of the so-called “hotwash” of U.S. policies around the ending of the nation’s longest war, taking
  
  Read more

• AFN seeks more time to develop plan implementing UN declaration on Indigenous rights

  06-04-2023 19:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Assembly of First Nations passed a resolution today that calls on the federal Liberals to extend the deadline to finalize a plan on the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
  First Nations chiefs gathered for a special meeting this week to discuss the draft plan the Department of Justice published last month, and spent more than an hour debating a resolution setting out their response.The document seeks to lay out the first steps
  
  Read more

• BVMR says the public strongly supports its ski resort project east of Chilliwack

  06-04-2023 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The group behind a proposed ski resort and gondola east of Chilliwack says over 80 per cent of the people they’ve surveyed support the Bridal Veil Mountain Resort.
  At the same time, they’re eager to maintain their active PR campaign showcasing the potential beauty of an all-season mountain resort just east of Chilliwack.
  Robert Wilson, president of BVMR, released a statement on Monday, April 3 in which he touted the ongoing efforts to promote what the group calls &
  
  Read more

• MPs accuse officials of obstructing study on alleged foreign meddling in elections

  06-04-2023 19:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Members of a parliamentary committee say they continue to wait for information about when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was briefed about Beijing’s alleged interference in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.MPs from the procedure and House affairs committee have sent a letter to Canada’s top civil servant, the clerk of the Privy Council, following up on their previous request for answers.The letter obtained by The Canadian Press was signed by Conservative, Bloc Qu&eac
  
  Read more

• Toronto FC coach says Lorenzo Insigne close to returning but not this week

  06-04-2023 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Coach Bob Bradley sees light at the end of the Toronto FC injury tunnel, but the wait on Italian star Lorenzo Insigne continues.
  Toronto (1-1-4) will be without Insigne for the sixth game in a row Saturday when it visits Nashville SC (3-2-1). The former Napoli captain has not played since hobbling off in the 34th minute of the Feb. 25 season-opening 3-2 loss to D.C. United with a groin problem.
  “Lorenzo’s doing a little bit on the field. (He’s) not yet in full t
  
  Read more

• Live Updates| Norway’s Hovland early leader at Masters

  06-04-2023 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Latest from the first round of the Masters (all times local):
  12:45 p.m.
  Norway’s Viktor Hovland has raced to the early first round lead at the Masters at 5-under par through nine holes on an 81-degree day at Augusta National.
  Hovland is one of 16 golfers under par with the afternoon groups set to tee off.
  He has seven career wins but has never won at major, eagled the par-5 second hole to gain some early momentum and followed with birdies at Nos. 6, 8 and 9 t
  
  Read more

• Canada’s Gilgeous-Alexander leads Thunder rebuild after stars exodus

  06-04-2023 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Canada’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander seemed like a nice pickup for Oklahoma City Thunder, a secondary piece in the trade that sent Paul George to the Los Angeles Clippers four years ago.
  The Hamilton native has turned out to be more than an afterthought — much more.
  He has blossomed into an All-Star, the unquestioned leader of the Thunder’s rebuilding efforts and the centerpiece of a Canadian national team that could be a medal contender at the Paris Game
  
  Read more

• Chilliwack Chiefs on verge of taking first round BCHL playoff series ... - Chilliwack Progress

  06-04-2023 18:50 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Chiefs on verge of taking first round BCHL playoff series ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
  Read more

• House Republicans subpoena former prosecutor in Trump case

  06-04-2023 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Thursday subpoenaed one of the former Manhattan prosecutors who had been leading a criminal investigation into Donald Trump before quitting last year in a clash over the direction of the probe.Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, ordered Mark Pomerantz to testify before the committee by April 30. The subpoena, reviewed by The Associated Press, is the latest escalation by Republicans as they probe Manhattan District Attorney Alvi
  
  Read more

• Simon Fraser University ceases its football program - Chilliwack Progress

  06-04-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
  Simon Fraser University ceases its football program  Chilliwack Progress
  
  Read more

• Are robot waiters the future? Some restaurants think so - Chilliwack Progress

  06-04-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
  Are robot waiters the future? Some restaurants think so  Chilliwack Progress
  
  Read more

• Women’s soccer teams to follow Canada’s example and wear purple wristbands

  06-04-2023 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The purple wristbands the Canadian women’s soccer team wore during the SheBelieves Cup to symbolize its fight for equality will be on show worldwide during the FIFA April international window.
  FIFPro, the union representing professional footballers, says women’s national team players will wear the purple wristbands “in a show of collective solidarity and desire for positive change.”
  The union notes the Canadian women started the trend, symbolizing equality, to publicize t
  
  Read more

• Troubles shadow lingers as Northern Ireland marks 25 years of peace - Chilliwack Progress

  06-04-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
  Troubles shadow lingers as Northern Ireland marks 25 years of peace  Chilliwack Progress
  
  Read more

• B.C. athletes join Canada Soccer Women’s U20 team - Chilliwack Progress

  06-04-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
  B.C. athletes join Canada Soccer Women’s U20 team  Chilliwack Progress
  
  Read more

• Sebov named replacement for Andreescu for upcoming Billie Jean King Cup qualifier

  06-04-2023 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Katherine Sebov is set to replace Bianca Andreescu for Canada’s upcoming qualifier tie at the Billie Jean King Cup.
  Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., suffered two torn ligaments in her left ankle during a match at the Miami Open on March 27.
  In an update she had provided via Twitter on March 29, the 22-year-old said “it’s tough to say how long it will take, but let’s just say it could have been much worse.”
  Toronto’s Sebov will join Leylah Fernandez, Rebecca Mar
  
  Read more

• Canada’s Gushue beats Germany’s Totzek 9-4 at world men’s curling championship

  06-04-2023 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s Brad Gushue defeated Germany’s Sixten Totzek 9-4 on Thursday at the world men’s curling championship.Gushue and teammates Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden and Geoff Walker were in full control of the morning matchup at TD Place.
  Canada improved to 7-2 with five draws remaining.Gushue was scheduled to play Scotland’s Bruce Mouat in the evening draw.
  Switzerland’s Yannick Schwaller (8-1) started the day on top of the 13-team round-robin standings. No
  
  Read more

• UK envoy says new Pacific Rim trade deal quota can sidestep ongoing beef spat

  06-04-2023 17:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Britain’s envoy to Canada says an uproar in the Prairies over an expanded trade deal could be overcome by ranchers rejigging their beef operations to meet U.K. standards.
  In an interview, British High Commissioner to Canada Susannah Goshko says Brits don’t want their government to budge on barring imports of beef raised with certain hormones.
  But groups like the Canadian Cattle Association say that concern isn’t based in science, and that the U.K. is already expo
  
  Read more

• Humboldt holds tribute five years after deadly bus crash - Chilliwack Progress

  06-04-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
  
  Humboldt holds tribute five years after deadly bus crash  Chilliwack Progress
  
  Read more

• Montreal Canadiens forward Denis Gurianov won’t take warmup on Pride night Thursday

  06-04-2023 17:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal Canadiens forward Denis Gurianov won’t participate in warmup for the team’s Pride night on Thursday ahead of a game against the Washington Capitals, head coach Martin St. Louis said.
  The Canadiens will wear rainbow-coloured warmup jerseys as part of the Pride night celebration.  
  St. Louis said Gurianov’s decision was for family reasons. 
  The jerseys will be auctioned off after the game, with proceeds benefitting You Can Play, a non-profit committed to fighti
  
  Read more

• Hall of Famer Darren Flutie to join Tiger-Cats Wall of Honour

  06-04-2023 17:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — CFL Hall of Fame receiver Darren Flutie will be added to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Wall of Honour at Tim Hortons Field on Aug. 17, the team announced Thursday.
  Flutie, who won a Grey Cup with the Ticats in 1999, will become the 26th person to receive the honour. His No. 82 will join the other 25 honorees on the Wall of Honour, which is on the stadium’s west side.
  The now 56-year-old from Manchester, Md., played 86 games with Hamilton, earning two CFL East all-star nods (1998
  
  Read more

• Police watchdog called in after fatal police-involved shooting in Surrey - Chilliwack Progress

  06-04-2023 17:05 via news.google.com
  
  Police watchdog called in after fatal police-involved shooting in Surrey  Chilliwack Progress
  
  Read more

• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Cracking down on those who profit from crime

  06-04-2023 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Too many people are recruited into organized crime with dreams of exotic cars, opulent homes and a glamourous lifestyle. That’s why our government is taking steps to remove the incentive to commit crime, by equipping law enforcement with more of the tools they need to seize the proceeds of crime and make gang life unprofitable.
  Last week, our government introduced unexplained wealth orders as part of amendments to the Civil Forfeiture Act. Unexplained wealth orders will be a key tool in ou
  
  Read more

• Judge weighs request to toss Chasing Horse’s sex abuse case - Chilliwack Progress

  06-04-2023 17:00 via news.google.com
  
  Judge weighs request to toss Chasing Horse’s sex abuse case  Chilliwack Progress
  
  Read more

• NewsAlert: Feds say four women, 10 children on way to Canada from Syrian prison camps

  06-04-2023 16:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government says today it is bringing home four Canadian women and 10 children from prison camps in northeastern Syria.
  The Canadians are among the many foreign nationals in Syrian camps run by Kurdish forces that reclaimed the war-torn region from the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. 
  The long-anticipated flight to Canada had been expected to bring more people home.
  Lawyer Lawrence Greenspon reached an agreement with the federal government in Januar
  
  Read more

• Sapporo election could restart bid for 2030 Winter Olympics - Chilliwack Progress

  06-04-2023 16:15 via news.google.com
  
  Sapporo election could restart bid for 2030 Winter Olympics  Chilliwack Progress
  
  Read more

• Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear appeal involving private health care

  06-04-2023 16:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a challenge of a British Columbia law intended to preserve public health care through measures against extra-billing and certain private insurance.
  Two Vancouver private health facilities and four patients argued that provisions of the Medicare Protection Act violate constitutional rights due to long waits for care in B.C.’s publicly funded system.
  They said this amounted to a breach of the patients’ life, liberty and security
  
  Read more

• Eight sheltered but more spaces needed as Vancouver seeks rooms for displaced campers

  06-04-2023 15:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A handful of homeless people set up tents overnight along a stretch of Vancouver’s Hastings Street that was cleared Wednesday in a co-ordinated effort by city officials and Vancouver police.
  Mayor Ken Sim ordered the long-standing encampment removed after the city’s police and fire chiefs warned of escalating crime and an unacceptable fire risk.
  At the camp’s peak, about 180 structures covered the sidewalk along the busy street.
  Now there are questions about w
  
  Read more

• Italy’s Berlusconi diagnosed with leukemia, doctors say

  06-04-2023 15:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROME (AP) — Doctors for Italian former Premier Silvio Berlusconi say he is being treated for a lung infection that suggests he has a “chronic blood condition” that is a kind of leukemia.
  Berlusconi’s personal physician, Alberto Zangrillo, signed off on a medical bulletin issued Thursday afternoon that said Berlusconi “has had for some time” leukemia in a “persistent chronic phase.”The 86-year-old media mogul who served three terms as Italy’s
  
  Read more

Follow @NewsChilliwack on Twitter!