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Chilliwack Fair to host double-platinum selling country music star this summer
CHILLIWACK - A double-platinum selling country music artist will light up the stage at this summer's 153rd annual Chilliwack Fair. In a news release S...
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'Bench Guy' donates new additions to regional park in Hope, plans to make more
HOPE - If you're ever on one of roughly 34 scenic trails in Hope, B.C., you might eventually find yourself resting on the hard work of one Doug Lasser...
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British Columbia

BC Hydro's challenge: Powering province through surging demand, drought and trade war
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's power utility is facing transformational challenges of drought, rising costs and a trade war with the United States as it works to meet electricity demand that's surging after two decades of relative stability. An expecte...
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Environment Canada issues weather alerts for B.C. Interior highways
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued special weather statements for three major highways in the British Columbia Interior. The weather agency says a Pacific front began approaching the southwestern Interior on Monday morning, bringing wet snow to ...
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'Sullivan's Crossing' is a 'life-preserver in tumultuous times': Canadian showrunner
TORONTO - For Roma Roth, setting her show "Sullivan's Crossing" in Nova Scotia is a way to showcase more of Canada on the small screen. The London, Ont.-born executive producer and showrunner - who also works on the soapy Netflix series "Virgin River"...
May 18, 2025
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22-year-old woman dies in slackline fall north of Vancouver
SQUAMISH - A 22-year-old woman is dead after a fatal slack line incident at a recreation area north of Vancouver. Squamish RCMP say they received a report on Saturday afternoon of a female falling from a slack line at Chek Canyon Recreation Area. The a...
May 18, 2025
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Canada
Here's a list of April inflation rates for selected Canadian cities
OTTAWA - Canada's annual inflation rate was 1.7 per cent in April, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely because they are based on small statistical samples (previ...
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Here's a list of April inflation rates for Canadian provinces
OTTAWA - Canada's annual inflation rate was 1.7 per cent in April, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrador: 0.4 per cent (1.1) - Prince Edward Island: 0.6 per cent (1.8) - ...
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In the news today: Canada Post workers poised to strike Friday
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada Post workers poised to strike Friday Canada Post received a strike notice Monday from the union representing more than 55,000 postal workers, with operatio...
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Inflation slows sharply to 1.7% in April as consumer carbon price ends
OTTAWA - The end of the consumer carbon price at the start of April drove inflation down sharply, Statistics Canada said Tuesday, but there were signs of pressure building at the grocery store. The annual pace of inflation cooled to 1.7 per cent last m...
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World

U.K. suspends free trade talks with Israel and announces sanctions over West Bank settlers
LONDON (AP) - The British government says it is suspending free trade negotiations with Israel and has leveled new sanctions targeting West Bank settlements as it criticizes Israel's military actions in Gaza. Tuesday's acti...
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Man executed for the 2000 killing of a police officer in Indiana's second execution in 15 years
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) - An Indiana man convicted in the fatal shooting of a police officer in 2000 was executed Tuesday by lethal injection in the state's second execution in 15 years. Benjamin Ritchie, 45, had been on ...
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Strikes on Gaza kill at least 60 people, local officials say, as criticism against Israel mounts
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli strikes pounded Gaza overnight and into Tuesday, hitting a family home and a school-turned-shelter, and killing at least 60 people, Palestinian health officials said, as Israel pressed its war aga...
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Democratic Rep. McIver charged with assault after skirmish at ICE center, New Jersey prosecutor says
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver is being charged with assault after a skirmish with federal officers who arrested the Newark mayor outside an immigration detention center, New Jersey's top federal prosecutor announced M...
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Sports

DaShaun Amos, Jamal Peters together again with Hamilton Tiger-Cats
HAMILTON - Jamal Peters and DaShaun Amos are together again. The veteran defensive backs reunited this off-season when Amos signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. They were 2022 Grey Cup champions with the Toronto Argonauts. Amos, a field-side halfback, ...
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After success in France, Canadian defender Vanessa Gilles joins Bayern Munich
MUNICH - Canadian international defender Vanessa Gilles, who spent the last three seasons with France's Lyon on loan from Angel City FC of the NWSL, has been sold to Bayern Munich. Angel City said the 29-year-old centre back from Ottawa will join the G...
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Former hockey player under cross-examination at ex-teammates' sex assault trial
A former member of Canada's world junior hockey team is set to continue testifying today at the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates. Tyler Steenbergen began testifying by video conference last week and is expected to face more cross-examin...
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Sports scoreboard for Monday, May 19, 2025
Monday's Scoreboard World Hockey Championship Preliminary Round At Stockholm, Sweden Finland 2 Canada 1 (SO) Slovenia 3 France 1 At Herning, Denmark Czechia 5 Germany 0 Norway 1 Hungary 0 --- MLB American League Houston 4 Tampa Bay 3 Seattle 5 Chicago ...
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