Chilliwack news

• Chileans resoundingly reject new progressive constitution

  05-09-2022 02:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chileans resoundingly rejected a new constitution to replace a charter imposed by the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet 41 years ago, dealing a stinging setback to President Gabriel Boric who argued the document would have ushered in a progressive era.
  With 96% of the votes counted in Sunday’s plebiscite, the rejection camp had 61.9% support compared to 38.1% for approval amid what appeared to be a heavy turnout with long lines at polling states. Voting was
  
  Read more

• Canadian Cooper Gallant skyrockets into top-10 at Elite Series event in Alabama

  07-02-2026 02:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SCOTTSBORO — It was moving day for Canadian Cooper Gallant on Friday.Gallant, of Bowmanville, Ont., went from 51st overall to No. 9 after the second day of the Elite Series season-opening event on Lake Guntersville. Gallant's five-fish limit weighed 23 pounds, 10 ounces -- the day's heaviest bag -- giving him 40 pounds, 13 ounces overall.
  Gallant's total Friday was anchored by an eight-pound, four-ounce fish, the biggest of the tournament thus far.
  Cory Johnston, of Cavan, Ont., -- who led
  
  Read more

• Colorado funeral home owner who abused nearly 200 corpses gets 40 years, decried as a ‘monster’

  07-02-2026 01:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies in a building over four years and gave grieving families fake ashes was sentenced to 40 years in state prison Friday.During the sentencing hearing, family members told Judge Eric Bentley they have had recurring nightmares about decomposing flesh and maggots since learning what happened to their loved ones.They called defendant Jon Hallford a “monster” and urged the judge to give him
  
  Read more

• B.C.’s Warm weather forces those in ice-fishing derby into boats

  07-02-2026 01:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Krista Clark is an avid ice fisher, but it was a late start to the season in British Columbia's East Kootenay region where she's lived for 47 years.
  "This year, it's been just waiting and waiting for ice conditions to even appear," she said.Now, fishers in the region say unseasonably warm temperatures are causing local lakes to melt earlier than normal, forcing an annual derby to rely on boats and causing emergency officials to warn of the risk.
  Environment Canada said 17 B.C. communities saw th
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Colorado man who abused nearly 200 corpses gets 40 years, families call him a ‘monster’

  07-02-2026 01:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies in a building over four years and gave grieving families fake ashes was sentenced to 40 years in state prison Friday.During the sentencing hearing, family members told Judge Eric Bentley they have had recurring nightmares about decomposing flesh and maggots since learning what happened to their loved ones.They called defendant Jon Hallford a “monster” and urged the judge to give him
  
  Read more

• China overturns death sentence for Canadian Robert Schellenberg: NYT report

  07-02-2026 01:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — China's highest court has overturned a Canadian man's death sentence, The New York Times is reporting.
  The death sentence ordered for British Columbia native Robert Lloyd Schellenberg in 2019 after he was convicted on drug smuggling charges was overturned by the Supreme People’s Court, the newspaper said Friday.
  The decision comes just weeks after Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Beijing for meetings with President Xi Jinping and other officials.
  During that visit, the coun
  
  Read more

• Feds can’t withhold social service funds from 5 Democratic states amid fraud claims, judge rules

  07-02-2026 01:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's administration must keep funds flowing to child care subsidies and other social service programs in five Democratic-controlled states — at least for now.U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick in New York, who was nominated by former President Barack Obama, granted the states' request for a preliminary injunction and a stay against the administration to bar it from withholding the money while a lawsuit works its way through the courts
  
  Read more

• CP NewsAlert: China overturns death sentence for Canadian: report

  07-02-2026 00:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — China's highest court has overturned a Canadian man's death sentence, The New York Times reports.
  The newspaper says the death sentence ordered for B.C. native Robert Lloyd Schellenberg after he was convicted on drug smuggling charges in 2019 has been overturned by the Supreme People’s Court.
  The decision comes just weeks after Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Beijing for meetings with President Xi Jinping and other officials.
  Clémence Grevey, a spokesperson for Glob
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• New AbbyPD extortion task force makes 2 arrests, responds to 11 incidents so far in 2026

  07-02-2026 00:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department is releasing figures from its newly established extortion task force for the past quarter. 
  Operation Community Shield was launched in September, in collaboration with provincial and federal partners, to help combat local extortion cases.
  Between October and December, the internal task force undertook several initiatives, including establishing a full-time victim services position, expanding public safety camera coverage, and conducting 1,
  
  Read more

• Test B

  07-02-2026 00:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Test B
  
  Read more

• Test A

  07-02-2026 00:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  test A
  
  Read more

• Ex-MLB player Yasiel Puig found guilty of obstruction and lying to federal officials

  06-02-2026 23:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury has found former major league outfielder Yasiel Puig guilty of obstruction of justice and lying to federal officials investigating an illegal gambling operation, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Friday.The verdict came after a multiweek trial that featured testimony from Major League Baseball officials and Donny Kadokawa, a Hawaii baseball coach that Puig placed bets through. Puig now faces up to 20 years in federal prison.Puig initially pled guilty to a felo
  
  Read more

• Toronto Argonauts re-sign all-star returner Janarion Grant

  06-02-2026 23:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts have locked up a key piece, re-signing American return specialist Janarion Grant.Grant played 15 games the Argos last season, averaging 22.9 yards per kick return and 12.8 yards per punt return.The 32-year-old Rutgers product spent the first four seasons of his CFL career with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, winning the Grey Cup in 2019 and 2021, then signed in Toronto in May 2024 and added another CFL championship to his name that year.He was named the CFL's mos
  
  Read more

• High streamflow advisory in place in Lower Fraser as moderate to heavy rainfall expected in region

  06-02-2026 23:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — B.C.’s River Forecast Centre has issued a high streamflow advisory for parts of the province ahead of expected rainfall this weekend.
  The advisory is in place for the Lower Fraser and its tributaries along the northern Fraser Valley, as well as the South Coast.
  A frontal system bringing moderate to heavy rainfall is expected to impact the south coast of British Columbia on Saturday, February 6. 
  The agency says current weather forecasts indicate an estimated 30 to 6
  
  Read more

• Candidate says he plans to run for Conservatives in Poilievre’s former riding

  06-02-2026 23:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Blair Turner, a police officer from the Ottawa area, says he plans to run for the Conservative nomination in Pierre Poilievre's former riding of Carleton.
  Turner ran for the Tories in Ottawa South in the most recent federal election in April losing to Defence Minister David McGuinty.
  Poilievre lost the seat he had held for 20 years and had to run in a byelection in a rural Alberta riding last summer.
  Former MP Damien Kurek, who stepped down to let the party leader run in Battle Ri
  
  Read more

• Police say threats made against schools in Coquitlam, B.C., for third straight day

  06-02-2026 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  COQUITLAM — Police in the Metro Vancouver community of Coquitlam say more threats have been made toward local schools, setting off safety protocols.
  Coquitlam RCMP did not say how many schools were targeted in the latest round of threats but has confirmed that authorities have received additional reports of alleged threats Friday.
  It comes after a series a threats were made on Wednesday against nine schools in the Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody, in addition to another two schools
  
  Read more

• Blue Bombers sign American DL Jake Ceresna to two-year contract

  06-02-2026 23:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed American defensive lineman Jake Ceresna to a two- year contract, the CFL club announced Friday.
  Ceresna’s rights were transferred by the Edmonton Elks to Winnipeg.
  The 31-year-old is a two-time CFL all star who earned his 2022 nod with Edmonton and was recognized again in 2024 with the Toronto Argonauts.
  Ceresna is coming off an injury-plagued 2025 campaign with the Elks.
  He finished the season with 16 defensive tackles, one sack and o
  
  Read more

• Pipeline protest created safety risks, but journalists were let in, says RCMP officer

  06-02-2026 22:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The senior RCMP officer co-ordinating enforcement at a British Columbia pipeline protest in 2021 says journalists were permitted to go through an "access control point" set up by police, and anyone who claimed to be media was allowed in.
  Asst. Commissioner John Brewer is testifying in a case brought by news organization The Narwhal and photojournalist Amber Bracken, seeking a declaration that the arrest of Bracken at the site was unlawful.
  Brewer says people claiming to be jour
  
  Read more

• Accusations against Nova Scotia hockey players prompt scrutiny of hazing

  06-02-2026 22:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Tim Skuce recalls the culture of silence he encountered among hockey players he once interviewed for research about the masculine identity of elite-level players.
  When asked questions about hazings or other questionable behaviour, they told him they had witnessed it, but they didn’t stop it.
  “They would say, ‘I was in the dressing room,’ or ‘I was at a private function and this was happening,” Skuce, an associate professor at Brandon University
  
  Read more

• B.C. asks top court to hear DRIPA appeal, saying ‘core democratic values’ at stake

  06-02-2026 22:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — British Columbia has applied to the Supreme Court of Canada to hear an appeal against a landmark court ruling that found the province's mineral claims regime was “inconsistent" with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, embodied in a provincial law known as DRIPA.
  The filing, which were sent to Canada's highest court on Tuesday, says "reconciliation and core democratic values" are at stake as a result of last year's ruling by the B.C. Court of
  
  Read more

• Canada’s Auger-Aliassime rolls past France’s Fils to advance to Open Occitanie semis

  06-02-2026 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTPELLIER — Canadian tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime is off to the men's singles semifinals at the Open Occitanie.
  The Montreal native defeated France's Arthur Fils 6-4, 6-2 on Friday to advance.
  Auger-Aliassime, the tournament's top seed, had 12 aces without any double faults, won 93 per cent of his first-serve points and broke on three of his five opportunities.
  He also held Fils without a break-point chance.
  Fils, the sixth seed, had two aces and one double fault, and won just 55 pe
  
  Read more

• Felony assault charge against top NHL prospect Gavin McKenna withdrawn

  06-02-2026 21:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  STATE COLLEGE — A Pennsylvania district attorney’s office has withdrawn a felony aggravated assault charge against top NHL prospect Gavin McKenna and will proceed instead with a misdemeanour simple assault charge, citing insufficient evidence to support the felony count.
  A criminal complaint filed Wednesday alleged McKenna, a star hockey player at Penn State University, punched a man twice on the right side of the face after two groups exchanged words in the downtown neighbourhood of
  
  Read more

• Canadian Tire ordered to pay nearly $1.3 million for false advertising

  06-02-2026 21:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Canadian Tire has been ordered to pay just under $1.3 million after pleading guilty to 74 counts of violating sections of Quebec's Consumer Protection Act related to false advertising.
  Crown prosecutor Jérôme Dussault says the Canadian retail giant agreed to the settlement after initially pleading not guilty.
  At the Montreal courthouse, Quebec court Judge Simon Lavoie approved the agreement, which includes fines and costs ranging from $15,625 to $18,150 per count.
  T
  
  Read more

• Lamborghini driver caught doing 197 km/h over Metro Vancouver bridge

  06-02-2026 20:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DELTA — A Lamborghini driver from Surrey, B.C., will be without his car for a week and thousands of dollars after police say they caught him driving nearly 200 km/h.
  B.C. Highway Patrol says the 51-year-old man was spotted driving Wednesday over the Alex Fraser Bridge in Delta.
  A statement from police says a laser reader clocked the Lamborghini SUV doing 197 km/h in a 70 zone.
  Police say the man told them he was showing his out-of-country cousins the sights of Metro Vancouver.
  Between tick
  
  Read more

• Felony assault charge against NHL prospect Gavin McKenna withdrawn

  06-02-2026 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  STATE COLLEGE — A Pennsylvania district attorney’s office has withdrawn a felony aggravated assault charge against top NHL prospect Gavin McKenna and will proceed instead with a misdemeanour simple assault charge, citing insufficient evidence to support the felony count.
  A criminal complaint filed Wednesday alleged McKenna, a star hockey player at Penn State University, punched a man twice on the right side of the face after two groups exchanged words in the downtown neighbourhood of
  
  Read more

• A fourth N.S. youth is facing sexual assault charges tied to a hockey team hazing

  06-02-2026 20:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — The RCMP in Nova Scotia say they have arrested a fourth youth in an ongoing sexual assault investigation into a boys' hockey team’s hazing ritual last fall.Police say the youth is facing charges of sexual assault and assault with choking.
  The Mounties say they arrested the youth without incident on Thursday, which was the same day they announced the first three arrests in the investigation into hazing involving a hockey team in the Truro area, north of Halifax.
  A provincial
  
  Read more

• Fitness trial begins for man accused of killing B.C. Mountie Shaelyn Yang in 2022

  06-02-2026 20:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The hearing to determine if a man accused of killing RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang is fit to stand trial has begun in the BC Supreme Court in Vancouver.
  Jongwon Ham, who appeared at the hearing Friday wearing a grey suit and white sneakers, is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Yang in October 2022.
  The three-day hearing comes after Justice Michael Tammen ordered a fitness assessment on the day Ham's judge-alone trial was set to begin last month.
  An interim pu
  
  Read more

• B.C. needs new mental health hospital, psychiatrist tells inquest into family’s death

  06-02-2026 20:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BURNABY — A psychiatrist with British Columbia's Northern Health authority called for a new mental health hospital in B.C. in her testimony to an inquest into the deaths of a Prince Rupert family.
  The coroner's inquest has heard that Christopher Duong was suspected by police to have killed his wife Janet Nguyen and their two young sons on June 13, 2023, three days after he was detained under the Mental Health Act but then released a few hours later.
  Dr. Barbara Kane was asked if resources
  
  Read more

• Section of Schweyey Road to close for sewer main upgrades Monday

  06-02-2026 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Drivers may have to alter their travel routes as crews perform sewer infrastructure work on a portion of Schweyey Road over the next couple of weeks. 
  Starting February 9, the road between Chilliwack Mountain Road and Cedarbrook Road will be closed Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  Traffic to and from Schweyey Road will have to detour via the Chilliwack Mountain, Lickman, Yale, Evans, Ashwell, and Wolfe Roads, as well as Eagle Landing Parkway. 
  “Please expect
  
  Read more

• Boldy, Horvat, Vejmelka named NHL’s stars of the week

  06-02-2026 19:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Minnesota Wild winger Matt Boldy, New York Islanders centre Bo Horvat and Utah Mammoth goalie Karel Vejmelka have been named the NHL's stars of the week.Boldy got top honours after putting up three goals and three assists over two games, and helping the Wild extend their win streak to five games.It took the 24-year-old forward just 12 minutes and 58 seconds to score a hat trick in Minnesota's 6-5 overtime victory against the Nashville Predators on Wednesday.
  Horvat was named sec
  
  Read more

Follow @NewsChilliwack on Twitter!