Chilliwack news

• Work begins to replace battered Glover Road overpass - Chilliwack Progress

  14-11-2022 23:00 via news.google.com
  Work begins to replace battered Glover Road overpass  Chilliwack Progress
  
  Read more

• Private jet with 8 aboard crashes on takeoff in Maine, FAA says

  26-01-2026 04:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A private aircraft carrying eight people crashed on takeoff Sunday night at Maine’s Bangor International Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said.The Bombardier Challenger 600 crashed around 7:45 p.m. There was no immediate word on the conditions of those aboard.The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating. The crash occurred as New England and much of the country grappled with a massive winter storm. Bangor had steady snowfall
  
  Read more

• Quickley posts 23 points and 11 rebounds to lead rolling Raptors past Thunder 103-101

  26-01-2026 04:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Immanuel Quickley had 23 points and 11 rebounds to help the Toronto Raptors defeat the NBA-leading Oklahoma City Thunder 103-101 on Sunday night.
  R.J. Barrett scored 14 points and Scottie Barnes added 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Raptors, who won their fourth straight.
  Canadian Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led Oklahoma City with 24 points on 8-for-11 shooting. He scored at least 20 points for the 117th consecutive game, the second-longest streak in NBA history.
  Lu Dort
  
  Read more

• Gardiner, Daniel and Karvinen score, Goldeneyes beat Torrent 3-1

  26-01-2026 02:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DENVER (AP) — Jenn Gardiner, Izzy Daniel and Michelle Karvinen each scored a goal on Sunday to help the Vancouver Goldeneyes beat the Seattle Torrent 3-1 at Ball Arena as part of the PWHL’s Takeover Tour.
  Emerance Maschmeyer had 33 saves for the Goldeneyes.
  Jessie Eldridge scored a goal for Seattle (4-1-2-6), which beat Toronto 6-4 on Tuesday but has lost three of four. Hannah Murphy had 28 saves.After Murphy stopped a one-timer by Gardiner, Hannah Miller passed it to Daniel for a ta
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Kindel, Skinner help surging Penguins get past Canucks 3-2

  26-01-2026 02:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Rookie Ben Kindel scored two second-period goals as the Pittsburgh Penguins used a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday afternoon to sweep a four-game Western Canada NHL road trip.
  A large contingent of supporters was on hand to cheer the native of nearby Coquitlam, B.C., who recorded his second multi-goal game. The 18-year-old has 10 goals and 12 assists in 48 games.
  Veteran Evgeni Malkin also scored for the Penguins (26-14-11).
  Goals by Jake DeBrusk and Teddy Blueger
  
  Read more

• Ferry with more than 350 people sinks in the southern Philippines leaving at least 15 dead

  26-01-2026 02:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A ferry with more than 350 people on board sank during the night early Monday near an island in the southern Philippines and rescuers have saved at least 316 passengers and retrieved 15 bodies, officials said.The M/V Trisha Kerstin 3, an inter-island cargo and passenger ferry, was sailing to southern Jolo island in Sulu province from the port city of Zamboanga with 332 passengers and 27 crew members when it apparently encountered technical problems and sank after
  
  Read more

• Scheffler starts new season with win in PGA Tour opener

  26-01-2026 02:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler started his season as though nothing had changed, running off four birdies in a six-hole stretch Sunday to blow past 18-year-old Blades Brown and the rest of the field. He closed with a 6-under 66 for a four-shot victory in The American Express.
  Scheffler won for the 20th time on the PGA Tour — all in the last four years — to earn a lifetime membership. More indicative of his dominance in the game is winning nine of those 20 tournament
  
  Read more

• Ferry with more than 350 people sinks in south Philippines, leaving at least 13 dead, dozens missing

  26-01-2026 02:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A ferry with more than 350 people on board sank near an island in the southern Philippines early Monday and rescuers have saved at least 244 passengers and retrieved 13 bodies, officials said.The M/V Trisha Kerstin 3, an inter-island cargo and passenger ferry, was sailing to southern Jolo island in Sulu province from the port city of Zamboanga with 332 passengers and 27 crew members when it apparently encountered technical problems and sank after midnight, coast
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Halliday, Cozens help Senators whip Golden Knights 7-1

  26-01-2026 01:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Encouraged by the return of goaltender Linus Ullmark to the active roster, the Ottawa Senators celebrated with a 7-1 whipping of the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday.
  Ullmark drew into the lineup minutes before puck drop for the first time since Dec. 27 to back up starter Mads Sogaard. Ullmark — the 2022-23 Vezina Trophy winner — was out of the lineup for personal reasons.
  Stephen Halliday and Dylan Cozens each scored twice for the Senators (24-21-7), who led 1-0 after t
  
  Read more

• Museum in Vancouver puts personal failures on display, encouraging people to move on

  26-01-2026 01:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A dead aloe plant, an old wedding dress that symbolized a failed marriage and a rejection letter for a job application are all exhibits that are part of a display of personal failure at a Vancouver mall.
  Eyvan Collins, curator of the Museum of Personal Failure, says he started putting up posters online last year, inviting people to submit items representing their failures as a way for him to cope with "big heartbreak" after two of his relationships ended.
  Collins says people st
  
  Read more

• Minneapolis mourns ICU nurse killed by a Border Patrol agent as a warmhearted neighbor and caregiver

  26-01-2026 00:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As Minneapolis mourned the intensive care nurse killed by Border Patrol officers in a hail of gunfire, those who knew Alex Pretti came forward Sunday to dispute the narrative of top Trump administration officials that he was a violent “domestic terrorist” and would-be assassin.Pretti, 37, was remembered as kind and warm-hearted by his family, neighbors and the loved ones of the ailing veterans he treated at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center.A video posted to
  
  Read more

• Ferry carrying more than 350 people sinks in southern Philippines and rescuers have saved 215

  26-01-2026 00:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A ferry with more than 350 people on board sank in the southern Philippines after midnight and rescuers have saved at least 215 passengers and retrieved seven bodies, officials said Monday.The M/V Trisha Kerstin 3, an inter-island cargo and passenger ferry, was sailing to southern Jolo island in Sulu province from the port city of Zamboanga with 332 passengers and 27 crew members when it apparently encountered technical problems and sank, coast guard officials sa
  
  Read more

• ‘That’s a choice’: Maple Leafs searching for answers after another home-ice loss

  26-01-2026 00:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Craig Berube saw a team on the upswing.
  The Toronto Maple Leafs came off a successful road trip looking to make inroads at Scotiabank Arena in a congested Eastern Conference playoff race.
  Following a disastrous, uninspiring week, they're again searching for answers — and confidence.
  The Colorado Avalanche got a pair of goals off the stick of Brock Nelson inside the game's first eight minutes before grinding out a 4-1 victory Sunday afternoon to hand the Maple Leafs a fourth
  
  Read more

• Ferry carrying more than 350 people sinks in southern Philippines and rescuers have saved 200

  25-01-2026 23:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An inter-island ferry with more than 350 on board sank in the southern Philippines after midnight and rescuers have saved at least 215 passengers and retrieved seven bodies, officials said Monday.The M/V Trisha Kerstin 3, a cargo and passenger ferry, was sailing to southern Jolo island in Sulu province from the port city of Zamboanga with 332 passengers and 27 crew members when it apparently encountered technical problems and sank, coast guard officials said.Muji
  
  Read more

• 25 killed in attack by Islamic State-backed group in eastern Congo, rights group says

  25-01-2026 23:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GOMA, Congo (AP) — An attack by an Islamic State-linked militant group in eastern Congo killed at least 25 people early Sunday, a rights group based in Ituri province said.The dead from the attack by the Alliance Democratic Force include 15 men who were burned alive in a house and seven who were shot in the village of Apakulu in the Irumu territory of Ituri province. Three others were killed in Walese Vonkutu administrative area.“This tragedy occurred around 4 a.m. and claimed the li
  
  Read more

• PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says QC referendum campaign is already underway

  25-01-2026 23:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAINT-HYACINTHE — Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says the referendum campaign for Quebec independence is already underway, suggesting it was the prime minister who launched it.
  Speaking to hundreds of party members at a PQ convention in Saint-Hyacinthe on Sunday, St-Pierre Plamondon blamed recent comments by Prime Minister Mark Carney for effectively launching the federalist “No” campaign.Carney, speaking earlier this week about the Plains of Abra
  
  Read more

• Goaltender Linus Ullmark to return as backup for Senators’ game vs. Golden Knights

  25-01-2026 22:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Linus Ullmark will dress as a backup for the Ottawa Senators' home game against the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday.
  Mads Sogaard will start in net for Ottawa.
  Ullmark has not played since Dec. 27 after taking a personal leave of absence from the team.
  The 32-year-old netminder missed 14 games for the Senators, who sit last in the Atlantic Division.
  Ullmark has a 14-8-5 record with a 2.95 goals-against average and .881 save percentage on the season.
  This report by The Canadian Pres
  
  Read more

• If elected, the Parti Québécois would not necessarily oppose new gas or oil pipelines

  25-01-2026 22:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAINT-HYACINTHE — A future Parti Québécois government would not rule out oil or gas pipeline projects in Quebec.Party members voted down a resolution at a PQ convention in Saint-Hyacinthe, in the Montérégie region in Quebec, on Sunday that would have barred such developments.Opponents of the motion argued it could prevent industrial facilities from accessing natural gas needed for operations and economic development.The proposal was defeated by a strong majority
  
  Read more

• Nelson, Blackwood pace Avalanche to 4-1 victory over struggling Maple Leafs

  25-01-2026 22:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Brock Nelson scored goals 72 seconds apart early in the first period before sealing his fifth career hat trick into the empty net as the Colorado Avalanche cruised to a 4-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday afternoon.Jack Drury had the other goal for Colorado (35-6-9). MacKenzie Blackwood made 32 saves.
  Max Domi replied late on a power play for Toronto (24-19-9). Joseph Woll stopped 33 shots.
  The Maple Leafs picked up a 4-3 overtime victory against the Avalanche in D
  
  Read more

• Abbotsford police seek owner of possibly stolen load of lumber

  25-01-2026 21:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department is hoping to bark up the right tree after two stolen semi-trailers were recovered last month.
  At the end of December, AbbyPD patrol officers recovered the two semis carrying a large load of lumber.
  Source: AbbyPD
  “The lumber found on these trailers does not belong to the registered trailer owner,” said the police in a social media post.
  “Investigators believe the lumber is stolen property, but the rightful owner has not yet be
  
  Read more

• Federal and state officials both claim moral high ground in immigration crackdown after shooting

  25-01-2026 21:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In dueling news conferences, federal and state officials offered starkly different messages Sunday about the immigration crackdown that has swept across Minneapolis and surrounding cities, with both claiming the moral high ground in the wake of another shooting death by federal agents.“Which side do you want to be on?" Gov. Tim Walz asked the public. "The side of an all-powerful federal government that could kill, injure, menace and kidnap its citizens off the stre
  
  Read more

• Ice from winter storm leaves hundreds of thousands of customers without power across the South

  25-01-2026 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A massive winter storm dumped sleet, freezing rain and snow across much of the U.S. on Sunday, bringing subzero temperatures and paralyzing air and road traffic. Tree branches and power lines snapped under the weight of ice, and hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the Southeast were left without electricity.The ice and snowfall were expected to continue into Monday in much of the country, followed by very low temperatures, which could cause “dangerous travel and infrastructure
  
  Read more

• UFV professor’s Canada-Africa trade report brought to Senate amid U.S. tariff uncertainty

  25-01-2026 21:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A researcher at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) is looking to pitch a new trade frontier as economic uncertainty continues seeping up from across the U.S. border. 
  Dr. Edward Akuffo has contributed to two recently published federal government reports on Canada-Africa trade relations, including the latest 61-page follow-up urging officials to make Africa a “strategic priority”.
  “Canada is at least two decades behind when it comes to broadening a
  
  Read more

• Canadian veterans outraged by Trump’s NATO comments: “A great deal of disrespect”

  25-01-2026 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A Canadian veteran said U.S. President Donald Trump's recent remarks about the contribution of NATO soldiers in Afghanistan show "a great deal of disrespect" toward those killed while fighting.In an interview with Fox News on Thursday, Trump described NATO partners' role in Afghanistan as small, saying that "we never needed them, we have never really asked anything of them," adding that "they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines."Matthew Luloff was livid after hearing Trump's comme
  
  Read more

• Ice from winter storm leaves a million customers without power across the South

  25-01-2026 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A massive winter storm dumped sleet, freezing rain and snow across much of the U.S. on Sunday, bringing subzero temperatures and paralyzing air and road traffic. Tree branches and power lines snapped under the weight of ice, and about a million homes and businesses in the Southeast were left without electricity.The ice and snowfall were expected to continue into Monday in much of the country, followed by very low temperatures, which could cause “dangerous travel and infrastructure impacts&
  
  Read more

• Opposition to press Liberals on backing up promises with action to bolster economy

  25-01-2026 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Opposition members say they will press Prime Minister Mark Carney to back up his bold words about Canada's future with concrete action as Parliament resumes Monday after the holiday break.
  Carney returns to the front bench of the House of Commons after travelling the globe to spur exports and drum up investment from new sources amid deep uncertainty about Canada's trading relationship with the United States.
  In a high-profile speech in Switzerland, the prime minister urged other m
  
  Read more

• Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’ comes to Chilliwack in flamenco performance Valentine’s Day

  25-01-2026 19:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A Vancouver dancer is sparking fire on the Chilliwack stage with a flamenco rendition of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons”.
  On Valentine’s Day, Karen Flamenco will be combining a live performance of the classical masterpiece with the rhythmic castanets and footwork of Spanish dance.
  “Each season unfolds with vivid storytelling—Spring’s renewal, Summer’s heat, Autumn’s abundance, and Winter’s stark beauty— brought to life
  
  Read more

• Latest shooting in Minnesota enforcement surge fuels more calls for immigration agents to leave

  25-01-2026 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Local leaders and Democrats across the country demanded federal immigration officers leave Minnesota after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis and set off clashes with protesters in a city already shaken by another shooting death weeks earlier.The latest shooting has sparked a legal fight over control of the investigation amid the immigration surge that has swept across Minneapolis and surrounding cities.Video shot by bystanders and reviewed by The As
  
  Read more

• Maltais, sprint team earn Canada two silvers at final speedskating World Cup

  25-01-2026 18:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  INZELL — Valérie Maltais earned her second podium of the weekend on Sunday, bringing home silver in the women’s mass start to conclude the final speedskating World Cup event of the season.
  The 35-year-old from La Baie, Que., finished the 16-lap race in eight minutes 38.77 seconds, behind Marijke Groenewoud of the Netherlands (8:38.32)."Obviously, I wanted a podium but today was more about how I felt while racing," Maltais said. "I’m kind of surprised with my weekend. I j
  
  Read more

• Canada’s Mboko, American Jovic fall in second round of doubles at Australian Open

  25-01-2026 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MELBOURNE — Canada's Victoria Mboko and Iva Jovic of the United States fell 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (10) to Belgium's Elise Mertens and China's Zhang Shuai in second-round women's doubles action on Monday.Mboko was coming off being eliminated in singles play by world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the fourth round.Mboko and Jovic carried their momentum from the second set into the third, taking a 4-1 lead in the final set.However, Mertens and Zhang stormed back to tie, with both sides going back and forth
  
  Read more

Follow @NewsChilliwack on Twitter!