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• Crime numbers falling in Chilliwack

  20-05-2024 18:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack crime statistics are down over the first three months of 2024 according to a report that will go before Chilliwack City Council Tuesday (May 21). Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment Superintendent Davy Lee is scheduled to present the report to elected officials.
  The report reveals overall property crimes are down 22 per cent from 424 in 2023 to 330 in 2024. Auto-related crimes make up the largest area of property crimes. Vehicle thefts dropped 27 per cent over t
  
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• José María Balcázar becomes Peru’s eighth president in a decade

  19-02-2026 06:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s Congress late Wednesday elected legislator José María Balcázar as the country's eighth president in a decade, replacing another interim leader who was ousted the previous day over corruption allegations just four months into his term.Balcázar, an 83-year-old former judge representing the leftist Perú Libre party, defeated three other candidates with a majority of the 130-member legislature. The revolving-door presidency in P
  
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• Vancouver Whitecaps open CONCACAF Champions Cup run with 0-0 draw vs. C.S. Cartagines

  19-02-2026 06:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CARTAGO — The Vancouver Whitecaps kicked off their 2026 campaign with a 0-0 draw against Costa Rican side C.S. Cartagines in CONCACAF Champions Cup play on Thursday.The 'Caps were the dominant side for much of the match, controlling 76.5 per cent of the possession across the game.The visitors also outshot Cartagines 15-7 with a 5-0 edge in on-target shots, but Vancouver couldn't get a ball past goalkeeper Kevin Briceño.
  The Whitecaps come into the tournament between the top teams in
  
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• Peru’s congress elects country’s eighth president in a decade

  19-02-2026 04:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s Congress on Wednesday elected legislator José María Balcázar as the country's eighth president in a decade, replacing another interim leader who was ousted the previous day over corruption allegations just four months into his term.Balcázar, an 83-year-old former judge representing the leftist Perú Libre party, defeated three other candidates with a majority of the 130-member legislature. The revolving-door presidency in Per
  
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• Bruce Meyer elevated to players’ association interim executive director

  19-02-2026 01:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Bruce Meyer was promoted to interim executive director of the baseball players’ association on Wednesday, a day after Tony Clark’s forced resignation, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press.The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the move had not yet been announced.Matt Nussbaum was promoted to interim deputy executive director from general counsel.The decisions by the Major League Baseball Players Association executive b
  
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• Agassiz prison under lockdown, exceptional search protocol

  19-02-2026 00:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  AGASSIZ — Federal correctional staff say a lockdown is currently in place at an Agassiz prison.
  According to a statement from the Correctional Service of Canada, a lockdown was put in place at Mountain Institution, a medium-security federal institution, starting Tuesday, February 17, to enable staff members to conduct an exceptional search.
  The search was ordered to ensure the safety and security of the correctional facility, its staff, and inmates, CSC says.
  Staff say visits have been sus
  
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• Jobs Minister Ravi Kahlon says federal strategy gets “two thumbs up” from B.C.

  19-02-2026 00:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Jobs Minister Ravi Kahlon says he will be meeting with federal Defence Minister David McGuinty to discuss shipbuilding in B.C. among other possibilities following the release of Canada's defence industrial strategy.
  Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled Canada's new plan this week worth $6.6 billion to boost defence spending, and Kahlon says his government sees "strong opportunities" flowing from the plan.B.C. released its own strategy last year to benefit from Ca
  
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• Police in Surrey, B.C., denied request to delay next step in transition plan: chief

  19-02-2026 00:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — The chief of the Surrey Police Service says his force, which has been swamped with extortion cases, has been denied by the B.C. government its request to delay the transition from the RCMP.
  Chief Norm Lipinski says in a statement that his officers had originally planned for a "staged transition" of the Cloverdale region, taking over policing on the south side in April and the north side in July.
  Lipinski says he asked four a four-month delay of the transition, in part due to staff
  
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• LeBlanc to meet with Trump’s trade czar to talk about CUSMA review

  19-02-2026 00:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — The minister in charge of Canada-U.S. trade says he will be sitting down with U.S. President Donald Trump's trade czar in the coming weeks to discuss the looming review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement.
  Dominic LeBlanc says he spoke with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on the phone after his American counterpart last week said Canadians had barriers that made it difficult to have bilateral trade talks.
  The Trump administration has been causing uncertainty about the
  
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• Tumbler Ridge victim’s mom says truck robbed, wounded daughter’s paddle board stolen

  18-02-2026 23:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The mother of 12-year-old Maya Gebala, who has been holding vigil at her bedside since she was gravely wounded in last week's school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., says her daughter's paddle board has been stolen from her vehicle.
  Cia Edmonds, who has been with Maya in BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver, says in social media post that someone stole the board from the back of her truck by slashing open the tonneau cover.
  Edmonds has been providing regular updates on Maya, who
  
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• Suspect sought in break and enter at hotel in Hope: RCMP

  18-02-2026 23:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HOPE — Mounties in Hope are appealing to the public for help in locating a 26-year-old man who is wanted for break and enter, assault with a weapon and theft under $5,000.According to a statement from Upper Fraser Valley RCMP spokesperson Constable Bradley Holditch, police in Hope responded to a report of a break and enter in progress at a local hotel in Hope on Monday, February 9, 2026. Mounties say two individuals allegedly entered the hotel’s office, assaulted an employee, damaged
  
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• Quebec Liberal Leader Charles Milliard won’t reinstate Marwah Rizqy in party caucus

  18-02-2026 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Newly acclaimed Quebec Liberal Leader Charles Milliard says he won't reinstate Marwah Rizqy in his party's caucus.
  Rizqy was booted from caucus in the fall by the party's former leader, Pablo Rodriguez, who said she had not consulted him before firing her chief of staff.Her expulsion kicked off a series of controversies that ended with Rodriguez resigning in December. Rizqy's former chief of staff, Geneviève Hinse, later launched a $500,000 wrongful dismissal case against her.
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• City of Chilliwack awards tender to fix ‘awkward’ Greendale intersection, notes concrete barriers are often struck

  18-02-2026 23:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack has awarded a tender to widen and improve what it calls an “awkward” intersection in Greendale where its concrete barriers are often struck and knocked over.
  Councillors voted unanimously on Tuesday (Feb. 17) to have Element Excavating Ltd. remediate the intersection of Chadsey Road and Keith Wilson Road.
  According to item 7.2 of Tuesday’s Chilliwack City Council agenda, Element Excavating Ltd. submitted the low bid of $219,958 to beat
  
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• Arjun Nimmala to get big-league reps with Blue Jays during World Baseball Classic

  18-02-2026 22:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  It took a full season of baseball, but Arjun Nimmala has learned that less is more.
  Nimmala spent all of the 2025 season with the single-A Vancouver Canadians, playing in 120 games with the Toronto Blue Jays' minor-league affiliate. The 20-year-old shortstop is spending spring training with the major-league roster, sharpening his skills on and off the field.
  "Just trying to keep the game as simple as possible, have as much fun as possible," said Nimmala on his goals. "Just mentally, I'm trying t
  
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• B.C. sets up condolence books to honour Tumbler Ridge victims and support community

  18-02-2026 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — An online condolence book has been set up to honour the victims of last week's shootings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., where eight victims were shot dead.
  The British Columbia government says the book is for people to share messages of "condolence, support and unity" with the community after the "devastating tragedy."
  A physical condolence book has also been set up in the Hall of Honour at the B.C. legislature building in Victoria.
  Both books will be available to sign until Feb. 20, a
  
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• Veteran receivers Daniels, Rhymes among players still on CFL’s open market

  18-02-2026 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  There's still quality available more than a week after the start of CFL free agency.
  Over 250 players hit the open market Feb. 10. Many signed extensions with their current teams, others moved on while some simply retired.
  However, good players remain, including proven American receivers DaVaris Daniels and Dominique Rhymes.
  Daniels, 33, has spent nine seasons with Calgary (2016-18), Edmonton (2019) and Toronto (2021-25). The six-foot, 203-pound Daniels is a three-time Grey Cup champion, was the
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Canada’s Dubois wins short-track gold at Milan Cortina Games

  18-02-2026 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MILAN — Canadian short-track speedskater Steven Dubois has won gold in the men’s 500 metres at the Milan Cortina Olympics. It is Canada's 14th medal of the Games.
  More to come.
  The Canadian Press
  
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• Bhangu makes 11 running for the leadership of the B.C. Conservative Party

  18-02-2026 21:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANGLEY — Harman Bhangu, the member of the legislature for Langley-Abbotsford, has announced he's running to become leader of the British Columbia Conservative Party.Bhangu becomes the 11th person to want the job and says he's wants to be the leader and the next premier of the province because too many B.C. residents are paying the price for decisions they didn't make.Before running in the last election, Bhangu was a vice-president in the party and says he helped build it from nothing beca
  
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• Democrats say they’re escalating investigation into Gordie Howe bridge debacle

  18-02-2026 21:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Democrats say they are escalating an investigation into U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to stall the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge.
  Democrats allege Trump's social media post last week came hours after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick met with the billionaire owner of a competing bridge.
  The Gordie Howe bridge, which will connect Ontario to Michigan, has for decades faced massive pushback from the Moroun family, which owns the rival Ambassador Bridge an
  
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• B.C. paramedics vote for strike action, need essential services agreement first

  18-02-2026 21:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  RICHMOND — The union representing British Columbia paramedics and emergency dispatchers says its members have voted in favour of strike action, but that doesn't mean workers are walking off the job.
  Ambulance Paramedics of British Columbia says its members voted 97 per cent in favour of strike action in a vote that took place over two weeks this month.
  The union, which has 6,000 members, has previously said that workers would be in a legal strike position once an essential services order i
  
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• NewsAlert: Canadian speedskaters win bronze in women’s short-track relay

  18-02-2026 21:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MILAN — Canada's speedskaters have won bronze in the women's 3,000-metre short-track relay at the Milan Cortina Olympics.
  The team of Danaé Blais, Florence Brunelle, Kim Boutin and Courtney Sarault reached the podium behind South Korea and Italy.
  More to come.
  The Canadian Press
  
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• City of Chilliwack numbers reveal rapid expansion of child care programs, spaces in the past 6 years

  18-02-2026 20:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Newly released statistics from the City of Chilliwack reveal there’s been a rapid expansion of child care facilities, spaces and programs across the city the past six years.
  According to a city staff report introduced at Tuesday’s council meeting, nearly 100 new child care programs have opened between 2019 and 2025, leading to the creation of 1,891 new child care spaces.Drilling down, there are now at least 191 facilities and 256 programs in Chilliwack, creating 4,
  
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• B.C. First Nation says there may never be ‘full consensus’ on potential burial site

  18-02-2026 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KAMLOOPS — The British Columbia First Nation that announced the discovery of 215 potential unmarked graves at a former residential school in 2021, catapulting the issue into public discourse, says there may never be consensus on what to do with the site.
  A statement from the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation says possible future outcomes for the Kamloops Indian Residential School property include excavation or preserving its orchard as a sacred site, "a place of memory and healing."
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• Eight backcountry skiers found dead and 1 still missing after California avalanche

  18-02-2026 20:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEVADA CITY, Calif. (AP) — Crews found the bodies of eight backcountry skiers and are searching for one more who is still missing after an avalanche in the mountains near Lake Tahoe, authorities said Wednesday, making it the deadliest U.S. avalanche in nearly half a century.Authorities have told the families the mission has moved from rescue to recovery, Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon said during a news conference.Six others from the same group of skiers were rescued Tuesday. They were
  
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• Vancouver-based foundation acquires rare old-growth forest inholdings in the Fraser Canyon for local band

  18-02-2026 20:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  FRASER CANYON — The Nature-Based Solutions Foundation in Vancouver says it has recently acquired two clusters of private land inholdings totaling just over 55 hectares within the traditional territory of the Kanaka Bar Band in the Fraser Canyon for conservation purposes.
  According to a news release from the conservation organization, the 55 hectares of land are inside the boundaries of Kanaka Bar’s proposed Indigenous Protected & Conserved Area (IPCA).
  The foundation says the acq
  
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• Vancouver waits to see if flakes count as city’s first snowfall

  18-02-2026 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Snowflakes fell in Vancouver on Wednesday but an Environment Canada meteorologist says it's too soon to know if it will be enough to register as the city's first snowfall of the winter.
  Colin Fong says flurries have been spotted across the city on-and-off but it won't officially register unless the observer at the weather station at Vancouver International Airport records at least one centimetre on the ground.
  Vancouver has been waiting for its first official snowfall of the se
  
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• Technical Safety BC releases report into gondola failure at resort near Golden, B.C.

  18-02-2026 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Technical Safety BC says a missed crack in a component of the gondola system at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort was one factor out of "several abnormal conditions" that led to a cabin falling to the ground last March.A report from the safety agency says eight passengers were inside the cabin on March, 10, 2025, when a hanger arm broke shortly after leaving the station at the bottom of the mountain.The report says the cabin fell about 1 1/2 metres, and passengers reported minor in
  
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• Ottawa extends express immigration entry to researchers, military applicants

  18-02-2026 19:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Lena Diab is adding three new permanent residency streams to Canada's express entry program that cover a variety of professions, including researchers and military personnel.The new streams are also open to senior managers with Canadian work experience and are part of what Diab calls a federal strategy to attract "top talent" to the country.
  The transport sector is also being targeted with express entry for pilots, aircraft mechanics and inspectors.
  There will
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Marner scores in OT, Canada beats Czechia 4-3

  18-02-2026 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MILAN — Mitch Marner has scored in overtime as Canada defeats Czechia 4-3 in their Olympic men's hockey quarterfinal.
  More to come.
  The Canadian Press
  
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• Hall of Fame defenceman Paul Coffey to make return to Oilers bench

  18-02-2026 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Paul Coffey is back behind the Edmonton Oilers bench.
  The former Oilers defenceman and Hall of Famer returns to the coaching staff after a previous two-year stint leading the club’s defensive corps.
  He had returned to his role as a special adviser to ownership and hockey operations in July.From the time of his first hire back on Nov. 13, 2023, through the end of the 2024-25 season, the Oilers allowed 2.78 goals per game, which was the fifth-best mark in the league over tha
  
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