Chilliwack news

• ‘He was a fighter’: Tributes to former B.C. premier John Horgan

  12-11-2024 22:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Tributes to former British Columbia premier John Horgan are flowing after his death on Tuesday at the age of 65.Here are some of them:
  “John embodied kindness and courage. He was a fighter. He will be celebrated for his leadership and the progress he made on so many important issues. Above all, we will remember how John made us feel. His warmth. His positivity. His ability to connect with people irrespective of their politics or beliefs. John leaves behind a profound legacy that will inspi
  
  Read more

• Tavares scores in OT as Maple Leafs rally to clip Capitals 4-3

  14-11-2024 04:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch Marner tied it in the final minute of the third period, John Tavares scored the overtime winner and the Toronto Maple Leafs rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Wednesday night.
  William Nylander sparked the comeback with his goal with 4:09 left and set up Marner’s 6-on-4 power-play goal with 47.8 seconds left in regulation with goaltender Joseph Woll pulled for an extra attacker and Washington’s Nic Dowd in the penalty b
  
  Read more

• Republicans win 218 US House seats, giving Donald Trump and the party control of government

  14-11-2024 04:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump.
  A House Republican victory in Arizona, alongside a win in slow-counting California earlier Wednesday, gave the GOP the 218 House victories that make up the majority. Republicans earlier gained control of the Senate from Democrats.
  With hard-fought yet thin majorities, Republican leader
  
  Read more

• Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani wins reelection to Arizona US House seat

  14-11-2024 04:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani won reelection to a U.S. House seat in southeastern Arizona in a rematch that pitted him against the Democrat he narrowly beat two years ago.
  Ciscomani defeated Democrat Kirsten Engel in the race for Arizona’s 6th Congressional District, which runs from Tucson east to the New Mexico state line and includes a stretch of the Arizona-Mexico border.
  With Ciscomani’s win, Republicans have enough seats to control the U.S. House, completin
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Mike Miller making first Grey Cup appearance as Bombers special-teams coach

  14-11-2024 02:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Mike Miller is back in the Grey Cup but with a different twist.
  Miller helped Winnipeg make three straight appearances — winning twice — before being sidelined last year with a neck injury that ultimately ended his CFL career. On Sunday, the 35-year-old native of Riverview, N.B., will be on the field as the Bombers’ special-teams coordinator when they meet the Toronto Argonauts at B.C. Place Stadium.
  “It’s certainly different,” Miller said du
  
  Read more

• Sri Lanka votes in a parliamentary election that’s key for its new Marxist-leaning president

  14-11-2024 02:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key for the country’s new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party’s power and follow through on promises of economic recovery.
  President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won the presidential election on Sept. 21 in a victory that marked a rejection of the traditional political parties, which have governed the island nation since its independence from British rule in 1948.
  However,
  
  Read more

• Abbotsford, B.C., man pleads guilty to trafficking in black bear paws

  14-11-2024 02:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. — British Columbia’s Conservation Officer Service says a man from Abbotsford, B.C., has pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking in black bear paws.
  A statement from the service says Hong Tao Yang entered his pleas in a Port Coquitlam, B.C., courtroom on Wednesday, where he was ordered to pay a penalty and victim surcharge worth a total of $8,625.
  The service says it began an investigation into the illegal trafficking of wildlife parts after receiving a tip fr
  
  Read more

• Clearbrook Waterworks rescinds boil water notice in Abbotsford

  14-11-2024 01:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Clearbrook Waterworks District says it has terminated the boil water notice that was issued last week, in consultation with Fraser Health Authority.
  In a statement from the company, Clearbrook Waterworks says it has taken the necessary steps to remedy the situation. The company says Fraser Health has confirmed through extensive sampling that there are no signs of contamination in the water supply, meaning it is safe to drink.Residents within the Clearbrook Waterworks service a
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• RCMP warn against vigilantism in Squamish, B.C., as concerns circulate online

  14-11-2024 01:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SQUAMISH, B.C. — Police in Squamish, B.C., have issued a warning against vigilante action over safety concerns they say are circulating on social media.
  The statement from Sea to Sky RCMP says police want to “reassure” residents of the community about 60 kilometres north of Vancouver that “there is no current threat to public safety.”
  The Mounties’ statement doesn’t provide details, but there has been a flurry of posts and comments on social media making
  
  Read more

• At least 1 explosion outside Brazil’s Supreme Court leaves 1 dead, forces evacuation

  14-11-2024 01:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAO PAULO (AP) — At least one explosion outside Brazil’s Supreme Court killed one person and forced the justices and staff to evacuate the building in the capital of Brasilia, police and firefighters said.
  A police statement said an artifact exploded outside the court without providing more details. Local firefighters confirmed that one person died at the scene, but did not identify the victim.The court’s justices and staff safely left the building after the incident, which too
  
  Read more

• Update: Report of assault with a weapon prompted hold and secure at AD Rundle Wednesday

  14-11-2024 00:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UPDATE 3:55 P.M. WEDNESDAY: A Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson says RCMP members responded to an assault with a weapon call in the area of AD Rundle. Members attended the area and out of precaution, advised school staff to hold and secure. Police quickly determined that the assault occurred at another location nowhere near the school. School staff were advised the hold and secure was not required. Third party reporting had provided the wrong location of the occurrence, according to RCMP spokesperson
  
  Read more

• Argos returner Grant says ‘nothing personal’ about playing his old team in Grey Cup

  14-11-2024 00:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — With a smile, and a shake of his head, Janarion Grant says there’s nothing personal for him about Sunday’s Grey Cup game even though the CFL’s top punt returner will be facing his old team when the Toronto Argonauts play the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at BC Place Stadium.No thoughts of revenge, maybe vindication?
  “It’s not personal,” Grant said during Wednesday’s media day. “It’s another Grey Cup game. I’m blessed to be par
  
  Read more

• AD Rundle Middle School placed on brief hold and secure Wednesday

  14-11-2024 00:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A.D. Rundle Middle School in Chilliwack was placed in a brief hold and secure Wednesday (Nov. 12).According to an email sent to parents by AD Rundle principal Sarah Gamboa, the school was notified by Chilliwack RCMP at about noon Wednesday that it would be placed on a hold and secure. Gamboa told parents police did not specify why.“At 12:21 p.m. we were notified by RCMP that our hold and secure was complete and we could resume normal business,” Gamboa said.Gamboa p
  
  Read more

• Freeland finds safety in numbers on digital sales tax

  13-11-2024 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland isn’t showing signs of worry that the U.S. can now launch a trade challenge against the Liberal government’s controversial digital services tax.
  The Liberals are slapping a three-per-cent tax on the Canadian revenues of digital giants, which will affect major U.S. tech companies such as Google and Apple.
  The U.S. government formally challenged the tax under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement in August and as of today can now request a d
  
  Read more

• Alberta man charged in relation to semi-trailer crash in Chilliwack last week

  13-11-2024 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A BC Highway Patrol spokesperson says a 28-year-old Alberta semi trailer driver has been charged for driving without due care and attention after he lost control of his big rig last week and crashed near Annis Road in Chilliwack.
  According to a statement from BCHP spokesperson Corporal Michael McLaughlin, an off-duty BC Highway Patrol member is being credited with providing key evidence that has resulted in charges against a semi-trailer driver for his role in a collision that
  
  Read more

• Sceptres veterans taking responsibility for rookies getting up to speed in PWHL

  13-11-2024 23:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto Sceptres captain Blayre Turnbull expects the team’s veterans to help rookies navigate through expectations and pressure of playing in the Professional Women’s Hockey League.
  The Sceptres have seven rookies on their training camp roster, with four of them signed and the others trying to earn roster spots in camp. The team has two pre-season scrimmages on Nov. 20 and Nov. 22 before opening the season on Nov. 30.
  “I think it’s a huge responsibility on
  
  Read more

• Savannah Grewal needs solid showing at the ANNIKA to clinch 2025 LPGA Tour card

  13-11-2024 23:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  There are four rounds left in the LPGA Tour’s regular season, and rookie Savannah Grewal is determined to be mentally present for all 72 holes.
  Grewal, from Mississauga, Ont., and Hamilton’s Alena Sharp are the only Canadians at this week’s The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge. The 23-year-old Grewal is right on the cusp of earning a card for the 2025 LPGA Tour season, but she needs to at least make the cut at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Fla., to clinch it.
  “Honestly just o
  
  Read more

• Senators finding their way under Travis Green: ‘We know what we’ve got to do’

  13-11-2024 22:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Travis Green saw a locker room hungry for success.
  Hired to lead a skilled group that had fallen well short of expectations, the Ottawa Senators new head coach also found a talented core acutely aware of its own shortcomings.
  “They’re all very coachable,” Green said. “As much as they’re part of the answer to winning, they’ve been part of the problem.”
  The Senators, it seems, are finally starting to figure out the formula.
  Without a playoff appearance sin
  
  Read more

• Lab confirms Canada’s first case of avian flu infection in humans in B.C.

  13-11-2024 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s Public Health Agency has confirmed that a British Columbia teenager hospitalized last Friday is the country’s first ever human case of domestically acquired avian flu.
  The agency says in a statement that testing at Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg confirms the teen did contract the H5N1 avian flu, the same strain related to viruses found in B.C. flocks in an ongoing outbreak at poultry farms.
  The statement says it was notified by the office of B.C.
  
  Read more

• Quebec’s police watchdog investigating after person seriously injured in Montreal

  13-11-2024 22:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s independent police watchdog has launched an investigation after a person was seriously injured during a police intervention in Montreal this morning.
  The Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes says Montreal police received a 911 call at 2:15 a.m. about a person in a state of crisis in a residence in the city’s east end.
  The BEI says police arrived at the scene five minutes later, entered the home, and a person was seriously injured during the interve
  
  Read more

• Proline players favour Mike Tyson to win boxing bout against Jake Paul

  13-11-2024 21:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Proline bettors firmly believe in Mike Tyson.
  The former world heavyweight boxing champion returns to the ring Friday night to face Jake Paul. According to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., 81 per cent of Proline wagers are on Tyson to win the bout.
  On Sunday, Leo Chenal bailed out Proline bettors in helping the Kansas City Chiefs remain unbeaten. Chenal, a linebacker, got his hand on Wil Lutz’s 35-yard field goal try as time expired, allowing the Chiefs to hold on for a 16-14 win over
  
  Read more

• Bad traffic, changed plans: Toronto braces for uncertainty of its Taylor Swift Era

  13-11-2024 21:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Will Taylor Swift bring chaos or do we all need to calm down?It’s a question many Torontonians are asking this week as the city braces for the arrival of Swifties, the massive fan base of one of the world’s biggest pop stars.
  Hundreds of thousands are expected to descend on the downtown core for the singer’s six concerts which kick off Thursday at the Rogers Centre and run until Nov. 23.
  And while their arrival will be a boon to tourism dollars — the city
  
  Read more

• Tributes to John Horgan as B.C. New Democrat members are sworn in

  13-11-2024 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Former British Columbia premier John Horgan loomed large over the swearing-in ceremony for 47 New Democrat members of the legislature, a day after his death.Before the ceremony, Songhees Nation elder Butch Dick sang a prayer and offered words of sympathy for the family of Horgan, who died Tuesday at the age of 65 after a third battle with cancer.
  Dick says Horgan was a “friend of the people,” while Legislature Clerk Kate Ryan-Lloyd paid tribute to Horgan for his serv
  
  Read more

• Police ID body in Montreal park as abducted crypto influencer missing since June

  13-11-2024 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say a body found in a nature park last month was that of a cryptocurrency influencer who had been missing since he was kidnapped from his Old Montreal condo in June.
  Police say Kevin Mirshahi’s remains, discovered on Oct. 30 at Montreal’s Parc de l’Île-de-la-Visitation, were formally identified by the coroner’s office.
  Mirshahi, 25, had been missing since he and three other people in their 20s were kidnapped from the parking
  
  Read more

• With Kelly out, ground game to take on added significance for Argos in Grey Cup

  13-11-2024 21:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Ka’Deem Carey, Deonta McMahon and Canadian Daniel Adeboboye have all been key figures in the Toronto Argonauts’ offence this season, but their abilities will take on added significance in the Grey Cup on Sunday.
  The trio anchored a Toronto rushing game that led the CFL in attempts (417) and was second in yards (121.3 per game). With starting quarterback Chad Kelly injured, the Argos will rely heavily upon their three running backs when they face the Winnipeg Blue Bo
  
  Read more

• Build vaccine stockpile, use wastewater testing for H5N1 bird flu, experts urge

  13-11-2024 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Health Canada has authorized three influenza vaccines that could be used if bird flu became a pandemic, the agency says.The federal government also has an agreement with vaccine manufacturer GSK for domestic vaccine production that could be accelerated if needed, the Public Health Agency of Canada told The Canadian Press in an email.There are no indications that H5N1 bird flu would spark a pandemic, but experts urged preparedness — including increased flu surveillance, earl
  
  Read more

• Trump picks Sen. Marco Rubio as his Secretary of State

  13-11-2024 21:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump named Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida as his nominee for secretary of state on Wednesday, setting up a onetime critic who evolved into one of the president-elect’s fiercest defenders to become the nation’s top diplomat.
  The conservative lawmaker is a noted hawk on China, Cuba and Iran, and was a finalist to be Trump’s running mate this summer.On Capitol Hill, Rubio is the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Commit
  
  Read more

• G.W. Graham gears up for quarterfinals after thrilling comeback to win wild card playoff

  13-11-2024 21:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — In a nail-biting battle of the Grahams, the G.W. Graham senior varsity football team delivered an improbable comeback at home that completely defied the odds.Grade 10 quarterback Lincoln Boyd threw for 144 yards, and Ridley Mastin bulldozed his way for 152 rushing yards, as the Grizzlies came back from a second half deficit to narrowly defeat North Vancouver’s Carson Graham 31-30 in a wild card playoff game Friday night at Exhibition Stadium in Chilliwack.Leading the Gri
  
  Read more

• Defender Alistair Johnston thriving at Celtic and about to hit milestone with Canada

  13-11-2024 20:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Alistair Johnston is thriving at Celtic, even if he has had to learn how to live in the fishbowl for a soccer player that is Glasgow.
  The city is divided between Celtic and Rangers supporters. And there are lots of each.
  According to a September UEFA report, Celtic was one of 16 European clubs to have enjoyed home league attendance of one million-plus in the 2023-24 season, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid, Arsenal, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Liverpool and Manche
  
  Read more

• Beetles from B.C. settling in Nova Scotia, taking up the fight to rescue hemlocks

  13-11-2024 20:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FREDERICTON — The offspring of beetles imported from British Columbia are ready to take up the fight against an invasive insect that is killing hemlock trees in Nova Scotia.
  Last fall and spring, about 5,000 Laricobius nigrinus beetles — affectionately called Lari by scientists — made an overnight journey from the West Coast.
  Lucas Roscoe, research scientist with the Canadian Forest Service, says in the fight against the woolly adelgid that is destroying swaths of hemlock trees
  
  Read more

Follow @NewsChilliwack on Twitter!