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BCMay 07, 2025

Pedestrian dies after being hit by train in Chilliwack

A pedestrian has been reported dead after being hit by a train in Chilliwack. The incident happened around 9:30 a.m. The RCMP’s Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment reported the incident in a social media post. Police said the incident led to the closure of Young Road between Chilliwack Central Road and Alexander Avenue, adding that Broadway, which is between Chilliwack Central Road and First Avenue, was also closed due to the accident.
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CanadaMay 07, 2025

WestJet suspends 9 routes between Canada and the US due to low demand

WestJet has decided to suspend 9 routes between Canada and the US due to low demand, including the Edmonton to Atlanta route. Direct flights to Atlanta will continue until June, after which it will be suspended for the summer. Meanwhile, direct flights from Edmonton to Chicago will not begin until late June. WestJet has also reduced flights from Edmonton to San Francisco, Las Vegas, Los Angeles. Meanwhile, flights on the Vancouver to Austin route, which was scheduled to begin on May 11, have been postponed until October. Spokesperson Josh Yates said that other popular cross-border flights, i
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CanadaMay 07, 2025

Defence lawyers continue to cross-examine E.M.

The defense is cross-examining the complainant's statements today in a sexual assault trial involving five former players on Canada's World Junior Hockey Team. One of the lawyers representing Michael McLeod told the court on Tuesday that the complainant asked other players to come to the hotel room after having sex with McLeod. The woman, whose identity is being withheld under a publication ban, said she doesn't remember anything like that and doesn't think she said anything. She previously testified that when the players started coming to her room, she was naked and scared and felt she had
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CanadaMay 07, 2025

Gas prices rise in Metro Vancouver, up 8 cents per litre

Gas prices in Metro Vancouver rose by 8 cents per litre on Wednesday and are expected to rise further later this week. Petroleum analyst Dan McTeague says prices are expected to rise due to a refinery fire in California. According to him, prices could rise another two cents per litre on Thursday and could touch 174.9 cents per litre. McTeague said the best time to fill up with gas could be in the evening when some pumps reduce their retail margins. Meanwhile, motorists can save 20 cents per litre if they go to the US to fill up with gas, but many people are not doing so in support of the B
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BCMay 07, 2025

Surrey stabbing leaves one man in critical condition

A stabbing in Surrey's Whalley neighbourhood has sent one man to hospital in critical condition. Surrey police say the man came to a police station around 4 p-m on Tuesday with serious stab wounds to his torso. Officers provided emergency first aid and the man was taken to hospital by ambulance. Police say that while searching for evidence and witnesses, officers located a person of interest and took them into custody, but it's unknown if there are any other suspects.
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CanadaMay 07, 2025

Danielle Smith dismisses Doug Ford's warning against separatist threats from Alberta

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is urging her Ontario counterpart Doug Ford to mind his own business when it comes to talk of separating from Canada. Smith announced this week that she doesn’t want Alberta to leave Canada but, if enough residents sign a petition asking for a referendum on it, she’ll make sure it’s put to a vote in 2026. Ford, without mentioning Smith by name, says Canadian unity is critical as the country engages in a tariff fight with the United States and now is not the time to threaten to quit the country. Asked about his comment, Smith says she has a great friendship
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CanadaMay 07, 2025

Residents of areas northeast of Edmonton ordered to evacuate due to wildfires

Residents in rural areas northeast of Edmonton have been ordered to leave their homes because of separate wildfires. Thorhild County has issued a state of local emergency and an evacuation order for an area south of the hamlet of Radway, Alta., while Athabasca County has issued an evacuation order for an area south of the village of Boyle, Alta. The village has declared a state of local emergency and is under an evacuation alert, with residents being told to prepare to leave by packing a bag for the next 72 hours. Athabasca County is directing its evacuees to a reception centre at Parkland
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CanadaMay 06, 2025

In first face-to-face meeting, Carney tells Trump Canada will never be for sale

In their first face-to-face meeting today,Prime Minister Mark Carney told U.S. President Donald Trump thatCanada will ``never'' be for sale.When reporters questioned Trump in the Oval Office on his past comments about making Canada a U.S. state, Trump _ taking a tone very different from the one he's used in past months downplayed the suggestion.Trump said ``it takes two to tango'' but did not close the door on annexation, suggesting it would be a ``wonderful marriage if it could happen'' and he would ``never say never.''   Carney said there are some places that are not for sale and point
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CanadaMay 06, 2025

NDP appoints new acting president Don Davies

The NDP has appointedDon Davies, a longtime MP for Vancouver Kingsway, as its new acting president. Davies was confirmed by the party's national council on Monday night. Former NDP president Jagmeet Singh announced his resignation after losing the Burnaby Central seat in the April 28 election. The NDP won just seven seats in the election, losing its official party status in the House of Commons, the first time the party had won nine seats in 1993. It is noteworthy that the new acting leader of the federal NDP, Don Davies, has represented Vancouver Kingsway since 2008. As an NDP MP, he has pl

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WorldAug 15, 2025

Trump arrives in Alaska, talks with Putin on Ukraine war

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are holding talks on the Ukraine war in Anchorage, Alaska's largest city. The meeting is taking place behind closed doors. Trump waited on the plane for about half an hour for Putin to arrive in Alaska. Putin is in the US after 10 years. He was welcomed by a red carpet at the airport. The two leaders were initially expected to meet privately, but now senior American and Russian officials have also joined them. Volodymyr Zelensky, who was not invited to the meeting, says Ukraine trusts the US but there is no indication that Russia
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BCAug 15, 2025

White Rock RCMP appeals to be safe around tracks and trains

White Rock RCMP is reminding the public that trains can move without warning, stay off the tracks, follow signals and use designated crossings. On the evening of August 13, around 7:15 p.m., White Rock RCMP responded to a train stopped blocking the crossing near the pier head. While the train was stationary, some pedestrians, including parents with children crawled under it or walked along the tracks instead of using the Balsam Street crossing. This is extremely dangerous. A stopped train can move without warning, and anyone underneath or on the tracks is at serious risk of injury or death. Po
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BCAug 15, 2025

Officials hope rain clear heavy smoke from wildfire near Port Alberni, B.C.

Officials on Vancouver Island are hoping rain in the forecast can help clear up the air quality muddied by an out-of-control wildfire. The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District says wildland firefighters have said the rain may improve air quality locally, but that it's hard to be certain. The west central region is under an air quality statement, along with parts of Vancouver Island's east coast and the Sunshine coast region on the B.C. mainland. The intense Mount Underwood wildfire has grown to more than 34 square kilometres, with fire behaviour that the BC Wildfire Service says is "unusual" fo
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BCAug 15, 2025

First Nation in B.C. says 41 more graves found by penetrating radar at school site

The shishalh First Nation says 41 ``additional unmarked graves'' have been found as a result of a search with ground-penetrating radar on the site of a former residential school. The nation on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast says a team has been scanning the area around the St. Augustine's Residential School site for the last 18 months, at locations identified through interviews with survivors. It says the discovery brings the number of suspected graves at the site to 81, after initial findings that were announced in 2023. First Nations communities have tended to use careful language when an
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CanadaAug 15, 2025

Air Canada, flight attendants in final day before strike deadline

The union representing Air Canada's flight attendants has formally rejected the airline's request to enter binding arbitration. Air Canada had requested federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu step in and direct the parties to enter binding arbitration.   Now the Air Canada component of CUPE says Hajdu should also deny Air Canada's request for intervention saying --quote-- "Air Canada appears to have anticipated government intervention and has opted to suspend meaningful discussions, contrary to its legal obligation to bargain in good faith.''   Air Canada's executive vice-president has sa