7/29/2010BC Crews Battling Four Wildfires This Morning
Fire crews around BC are at the scene of at least four wildfires today.
Crews in Kamloops are keeping an eye on yesterday's Barnharvale fire that forced the evacuation of 150 people.
Those residents are back home but there is still an evacuation alert in place.
A fast-moving fire near Barriere had about 125 people scrambling to get out yesterday.
That blaze grew to more than one and a half square kilometres in a couple of hours yesterday.
Air tankers will be on scene today trying to contain the fire.
East of Kelowna there's an 8 hectare fire in the Joe Rich neighbourhood.
Officials say that fire flared up after a lightning storm last night and is moving at up to 3 metres a minute.
And twenty people near Williams lake are temporarily homeless as a wildfire rages there.
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7/29/2010Sockeye Salmon Commission Coming to Chilliwack
Chilliwack's chance to carp about the sockeye is September 29th.
The Cohen Commission is charged with looking into declining sockeye stocks in the Fraser River.
The Commission will be visiting communities along the Fraser in August through to early October.
That's on top of all the experts and scientists at the more formal judicial hearing.
The Commission's spokesperson Carla Shore says it's the public's chance to speak to the commission in person.
She's says their goal is to get out into the community, to give people in communities along the Fraser a chance to talk to them about the things they see about the decline of the sockeye salmon.
All the info from the forums will be part of the commission's final report.
That's due May 2011.
Shore says people will be able to get their names on the speakers list via the website, or give a written submission.
She says people need to keep an eye on cohencommission.ca for the application form
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7/29/2010Field Trip Geared Toward Easing Tensions on the Fraser River
They're trying to cast lines of communication on the Fraser River.
Dave Moore with the Fraser River Salmon Table says they're holding a field trip next month.
Moore says the plan is to get leaders from the Sport and First Nation Fishery to go out on the river and observe the Fishery together
Moore says they want to hold it during the height of the sockey fishery.
He says hopefully it will ease tension and build communication between sport and First Nations fishers.
The conflict between the two groups on the Fraser came to a violent head last year with threats and a pellet gun being fired.
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7/29/2010Six Years of Research Wraps Up on Sto:lo Settlement
They're getting ready to pack up, replace all the soil, and leave the site as they found it.
For the past six weeks a group of professional and budding archaeologists have been working on a former Sto:lo village just outside Hope
UCLA Professor Anthony Graesch is leading the dig
He says it's an archaeological interest now, but was once a thriving community
He says the settlement exploded in population, became really large to the point that Hudson's Bay Company Fort Hope is established in 1847
The original settlement dates back to 13 hundred AD
The dig wraps up this week, then all the samples and information gathered goes back to UCLA for analysis and cataloging
The project is an active collaboration between Sto:lo, the Chawathil First Nation and UCLA
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7/29/2010Chilliwack Helicopter Crashes in Lilooet
Chilliwack's Transwest Helicopters says both their pilots are okay
Two men have survived the crash of a helicopter that was helping battle a wildfire near Lillooet.
Co owner Alison Maas says the co pilot has been released from hospital
She says the Pilot is in a Kamloops hospital with a concussion and leg injury
However she says he spoken to staff over the phone, and seems to be okay'
She says it's too early to say what happened
But Maas says they were carrying a full bucket of water at a high altitude on a very hot day
She says that's a real strain on the machine
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7/29/2010Cigarette-Caused Wildfires Costing Taxpayers
The Coastal Fire Centre's Mike McCulley says humans are to blame for most wildfires and taxpayers are footing the bill.
McCulley says 65% of the region's wildfires are caused by industrial burning, campfires and backyard burns.
He says that on average the fire centre sees about 9 fires a year caused by cigarettes.
And he says those blazes cost taxpayers about $97,000 a year.
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7/29/2010Vancouver Island Meat Could Cause Botulism
Pepperoni enthusiasts beware -- especially if you've been to Vancouver Island recently.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning that pepperoni products sold at the Cowichan Valley Meat Market in Duncan may cause botulism.
Botulism is a life-threatening illness.
Eating certain kinds of pepperoni from the market could cause nausea, vomiting, fatigue or paralysis.
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7/29/2010Chilliwack Fire Department Wants People to Butt Out Safely
Lisa Axelson wishes people in Chilliwack would butt out-safely.
Axelson, with Chilliwack's Fire Department says they deal with 6 to 12 bark mulch fires a day.
All from people carelessly tossing lit cigarettes out the windows of their cars.
And she says recent hot winds could turn a nuisance into a serious situation.
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7/28/2010Walks Prove Popular for YMCA
Chilliwack Walks are on for the 4th year in a row.
The YMCA's Andrea Gieselman says people are loving it this year.
She says they've had over 200 people per walk so far.
Gieselman says they still have 4 walks to go.
They're held at different places every Tuesday at 6.45pm.
And there are short and long routes.
For more information about where to meet visit the city of Chilliwack's website or drop by the YMCA.
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7/28/2010Evacuations on Tap for Kamloops
Hundreds of homes near Kamloops are at risk of going up in smoke
A 50 hectare wildfire is moving fast on the edge of the City
An air tanker and four helicopters have been requested to join the fight as crews battle erratic winds, steep terrain and bone-dry trees.
As many as 150 people have been evacuated from a trailer park nearest the flames.
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7/28/2010Enbridge Cleaning Up in Kalamazoo
Enbridge has got a leak in Kalamazoo.
About 200 workers in southern Michigan are in the Kalamazoo River, working to contain and clean up more than three million litres of oil that leaked from a Canadian pipeline.
Pat Daniel, C-E-O of Calgary-based Enbridge, says crews are starting to dig up the pipe in order to figure out what caused it to leak.
Enbridge is also in the process of trying to build a pipeline from the Alberta Oil Sands to Kitimat.
It would then be loaded onto tankers destined for Asia
Meanwhile there is now word from the Gulf of Mexico that oil is breaking up faster than expected from the BP Oil well
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7/28/2010Hope Still Allowing Campfires Until Tomorrow
The Coastal Fire Centre issued a fire ban last week but campfires are still burning in Hope.
Hope Fire Chief Tom Desorcy says the district is following the Fire Centre's lead this week.
DeSorcy says if municipalities have fire bylaws in place they are exempt from the Coastal Fire Centre's blanket ban.
He says because they're a volunteer department they need the time to make sure everything's in place before they issue the ban.
But he says because of the hot, dry conditions their campfire ban officially comes into effect tomorrow at noon.
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7/28/2010Vancouver's Beaches are Smoke-Free, But You Can Still Light Up at Cultus Lake
The continued sunshine and dry weather means Vancouver is bringing in a smoking ban.
Smoking will be banned on beaches, in parks and public spaces like golf courses because of fire risks.
But Park Board Chair Brian Nokleby says that wouldn't be so easy up at Cultus Lake.
He says their small bylaw enforcement body wouldn't be able to keep up on the busy summer weekends.
Still, Nokleby says if residents bring the issue up, the board would definitely consider it.
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7/28/2010Chilliwack Man Says Another Pickton Trial Pointless
Chilliwack's Ernie Crey says a second trial for serial killer Robert Pickton would be pointless.
Crey's sister's DNA was found on Pickton's farm, but he says Pickton can't be any more guilty and the punishment would be the same.
Pickton finds out Friday whether the country's highest court will grant him a new trial.
If Pickton wins the Supreme Court of Canada appeal the Crown says it will proceed with a new trial that includes another 20 murder counts.
But if Pickton loses the appeal his six convictions for second-degree murder will stand.
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7/28/2010Abby Police say Shooting was Targeted
Abbotsford Police say a fatal shooting early this morning appears targeted.
A silver vehicle was seen speeding away from around Polar Avenue and Townline Road after several shots were fired at two people in an SUV.
A woman in the Chevy Tahoe died at the scene while the second person was not hurt.
Police say both of the occupants are known to them.
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7/28/2010Sex Tourist Gets Tougher Sentence Ever
Kenneth Klassen has been sentenced to 11 years in prison
The so called sex tourist was sentenced today
The Burnaby native got 10 years for sex tourism, and one year for importing pornography
Back in May he plead guilty to having sex with girls in Cambodia and Columbia
Some as young as 8 years old
He unsuccessfully challenged Canada's sex tourism law when he argued that the incidents happened in other countries where Canadian courts have no jurisdiction.
Justice Austin Cullen rejected the defence argument that Klassen was just a ``customer'' in a transaction with sex-trade workers, saying the girls were very young and vulnerable.
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7/28/2010Kamloops Wildfire Forcing Residents to Flee
Kamloops is BC's latest hotspot.
A wildfire broke out there last night and has forced about 150 people from their homes.
Residents in nearby subdivions are also on alert as unpredictable winds stoke the quick-moving fire.
The blaze is moving at about three metres a minute and has grown to 50 hectares overnight.
Crews estimate the fire is about 55% contained.
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7/27/2010BP CEO to Step Down in October
BP CEO Tony Hayward is on his way out.
This morning British Petroleum confirmed Hayward will step down as Chief Executive Officer of the company in October.
BP says the decision was mutual and necessary to rebuild the company after the Gulf of Mexico oil distaster.
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7/27/2010Commons Committee Wants Answers from Canada's Industry Minister
Canada's Industry Minister Tony Clement is on the hot seat today.
Clement will be grilled by a Commons committee about his decision to scrap the long-form census.
The former head of Statistics Canada, who resigned over Clement's decision, is expected to testify.
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7/27/2010UN Recommends Protecting BC's Flathead River Valley
The United Nations has stepped in to help protect a pristine wilderness area in southeastern BC.
A report by a UN organization says part of the Flathead River Valley should be a part of the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park in Alberta and Montana.
The document says the BC and Ottawa should work together to make sure the park has the same ecological protection it has in the surrounding areas.
A spokesperson for a Canadian conservation group says protecting the region is a no-brainer.
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7/27/2010Grant Sanborn in Chilliwack Court Today
Grant Sanborn gets his first day in court today.
The former approving officer with the City of Chilliwack is charged with three counts of breach of trust by a public officer.
The charges are linked to his approval of two subdvisions in Chilliwack between 1994 and 1999.
Special prosecutor Robin McFee says Sanborn failed in his public duty when he allowed to subdivisions on Rosebank and the Trails at Longhorn Creek.
Former Chilliwack Mayor and current MLA John Les was also investigated.
But McFee says the evidence against Les didn't add up to a breach of trust.
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7/27/2010Poco Mayor and Council Vote for Raises for Themselves
Elected officials in Port Coquitlam are looking at a pay raise.
Last night the civic politicians voted in favour of bumping up their paycheques.
Mayor Greg Moore will get a 27% increase while councillors are looking at a 42% raise.
Councillor Michael Wright says the jump in pay isn't extravagant since council members in some nearby municipalities still get paid more.
Burnaby's mayor and council also voted themselves a pay raise last week.
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7/27/2010Supreme Court Decides on Pickton Appeal on Friday
We find out Friday whether Robert Pickton gets a new trial
The convicted serial killer appealled his second degree murder convictions to the The Supreme Court of Canada
It was on the grounds that the judge made a mistake in his instructions to the jury.
But B.C. prosecutor John Gordon told the high court during arguments earlier this year that even if there were errors, they didn't warrant a new trial.
The prosecution has said that if Pickton's conviction is upheld, they will not proceed to trial on the remaining charges.
But if it is overturned, they want to retry Pickton for all 26 deaths.
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7/27/2010Berner Found Guilty in Middelaer Death
Fifty-seven-year-old Carol Berner has been found guilty on all four counts impaired driving and dangerous driving causing death
The crash killed four year old Alexa Middelaer of Delta and severely injured her aunt.
The victims were hit after Berner lost control of her car and slammed into them at high speed as they stood at the side of a road feeding a horse in May of 2008.
Berner admitted to drinking wine before the crash but argued mechanical failure caused her to lose control of her car
The judge however said high speed was likely the main cause of the crash.
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7/27/2010Gaetz says Chilliwack Council Will Never See a 42 Percent Raise
When it comes to Chilliwack's mayor and council, their paychecks are down to a fine art.
Yesterday Port Coquitlam's council and mayor voted to give themselves a 42 percent raise.
Mayor Sharon Gaetz says she doesn't think they had seen a raise in 15 years.
But she says Chilliwack has a bylaw that takes all the guesswork out.
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7/27/2010Sanborn Back in Court September 2nd
Grant Sanborn will be back in court September 2nd
The former Chilliwack approving officer had his first day in court today.
His lawyer was there for him.
Sanborn is charged with three counts of breach of trust
Special prosecutor Robin McFee says Sanborn failed in his public duty in the 90s when he allowed two subdivisions on Rosebank and the Trails at Longhorn Creek.
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7/26/2010West Kelowna Fire Has Residents on Alert
West Kelowna residents are on alert after a wildfire broke out there yesterday.
People living in the Sailview Bay area weren't immediately threatened.
But officials were still mopping up the 2 hectare fire last night.
Ten firefighters, along with two helicopters and three airtankers were working to put out the blaze.
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7/26/2010Lickman Road Construction Done For Now
Workers are dusting themselves off and putting away their hard hats.
The first phase of construction on the Lickman Road interchange is finished.
Chilliwack Mayor Sharon Gaetz says the interchange will be up and running today.
She says it's finished ahead of schedule and she thinks drivers will find the turning areas greatly improved.
There's still more work to be done.
But Gaetz says this short term solution and the new Evans Road overpass will help with the traffic issues on Lickman.
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7/26/2010Lillooet Fire 15% Contained
The 6 square kimometre wildfire in Lillooet is about 15% contained this morning.
About 100 firefighters are still on hand making sure the fire doesn't spread to the crowns of the pine trees.
Officials say a lightning strike on Wednesday is to blame for the blaze.
An evacuation alert continues for about 85 residents of farms and ranches in the Yalakom Valley, about 35 kilometres northwest of Lillooet.
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7/26/2010BC Conservation Officer Says Be Bear Aware and Pack the Pepper Spray
Forewarned is forearmed.
The best thing you can do to avoid coming across bears while out hiking or camping this summer is to make noise to warn them you're around.
But BC Conservation Officer Don Stahl says it's always a good idea to be prepared in case a bear does attack.
He says a 40 dollar investment in bear spray or pepper spray could save your life.
Stahl says black bears will usually only attack if they're defending their cubs or their food source.
He says if you play dead in those cases, the bear will likely leave you alone.
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7/26/2010Campfire Gone Awry Scorches Side of Mount Seymour
There was a small bush fire in North Vancouver last night.
The flames on Mount Seymour covered about 2,000 square metres, a fraction of a hectare, before it was contained.
Several witnesses say it looks like a small campfire may have flared out of control, because several camp chairs surrounded the flames.
North Vancouver RCMP say there is no damage to property and no one has been hurt.
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7/26/2010''Prolific Offender'' in Chilliwack Provincial Court Tuesday
An eye witness and a fast footed cop foiled a car break in on Friday
July 23rd RCMP were called to a parking lot on the 45800 block of Yale Rd
Someone was spotted rifling through a parked car
The suspect dropped what he was holding and ran off the moment he saw the police show up
The Mounties were able to run after him and slap on the cuffs
Floyd Peter Herrling is charged with Theft, Mischief and Breach of Recognizance
He will be back in Chilliwack Provincial Court tomorrow
RCMP describe him as a prolific offender
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7/26/2010Ruth and Naomi's Waiting for New Digs
Ruth and Naomi's is going through a transition.
Their old building on the corner of Fletcher and Margaret is a scrap heap.
Soon however the Chilliwack Mission will have a brand new, eight thousand square foot building.
The Mission's Ted Stoker says the new building will allow them to really look after their clients.
He says it will feature a complete commercial kitchen, dining area for 200 people, 24 beds upstairs for their new step up program and 15 transitional beds downstairs.
They are currently serving up their three meals a day in a trailer
Stoker says their old building was built in 1938, and was beyond saving.
The new building will be on the same spot as the old one, and should be built in the new year.
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7/26/2010Abbotsford Woman was Murdered
The RCMP Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says 34 Amarjit Khosa was murdered
Last week IHIT was called to the 32 thousand block of Austin Avenue in Abbotsford.
They found a 34 year old woman in an apartment.
RCMP now say the autopsy results have come in, and the cause of death is murder.
Investigators spent the weekend doing several searches.
They say there was no link to gangs or drugs or organized crime.
Anyone with any information is asked to call police or crimestoppers.
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7/26/2010Commodore 64 can now be Recycled in Chilliwack
There's finally a place for your Sony walkman.
And no, it isn't the back of your closet.
Joyce Thayer, the executive director of the electronic waste recycling program in BC says now bottle depots will take things like computer scanners for free.
You can take your outdated electronic junk to the Encorp bottle depots on Tretheway Ave in Chilliwack and Lark Road in Sardis.
For more information visit the city's website.
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7/26/2010Fire in Mobile Home Kills One Man
A Chilliwack man is dead after a mobile home fire.
At one this afternoon the Fire Department and Ambulance were called to a mobile home park on the 5700 block of Unsworth.
One person was airlifted to hospital with smoke inhalation and burns.
Fire crews inspected the site once the fire was out, and found the body inside.
The cause is under investigation.
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7/25/2010Families Wait Nevously at Home in Lillooet
The alert is on once again in Lillooet.
Twenty families have been told to be ready to evacuate their homes at a moment's notice because of a wildfire 30-kilometres northwest of Lillooet.
The blaze covers about six square kilometres.
It's being battled by about 80 firefighters and seven helicopters.
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7/25/2010Air Show Continues in Lethbridge After Deadly Crash
A fighter jet that's on display at an airshow in southern Alberta where another of the jets crashed Friday is getting a lot of attention.
Meantime the pilot continues to recover in hospital from injuries he got after he ejected.
Lethbridge International Airshow president Robb Engen says it's amazing how many people are turning out to look at the other CF-18 at the show.
Officials are still investigating the cause of the crash.
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7/25/2010Search Continues For Federici
RCMP are still on the look out for Frank Joseph Ferderici, who is wanted on a Canada Wide Warrant for Breach of Parole.
He's a 33 year old Caucasian Male, about 5 foot 6, and 160 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes
Federici has ties to Chilliwack, Abbotsford and Mission.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call Chilliwack RCMP at 604-792-4611
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7/25/2010No Winning Lotto Ticket
No one has the winning ticket for the 11 (m) million dollar jackpot in last night's Lotto 6-49 draw.
The jackpot for the next 6-49 draw on Wednesday will be about 16 (m) million
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7/25/2010Campsites Remain Fire Free
The coastal fire centre wants to remind campers that the fire ban remains in effect.
Areas include Chilliwack, Harrison, and Hope.
The ban covers any open fires as well as fireworks, tiki torches and burning barrels. People can still use cooking stoves powered by gas, propane or briquettes.
A fine of 345 can be handed out if your caught with a campfire.
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7/24/2010Chilliwack Residents set to 'Flush' Old System Down the Drain
All three levels of government came together to talk sewer, roads and dyke upgrades yesterday.
Yesterday Chilliwack mayor Sharon Gaetz, MLAs John Les , Barry Penner and MP Chuck Strahl discussed the results of seven million dollars in infrastructure funding
Half a million of that is to get 450 homes in the Tyson Stevenson Road area off their septic systems, and onto the city's sewer system.
Mayor Gaetz says it's important for two reasons.
One, most of those septic systems have reached the end of their life span, and it will save those residents a lot of money.
The rest of the money is being used for the Lickman Road Interchange and the East and West Dyke upgrade
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7/24/2010New Ruling in Supreme Court
The country's highest court says Canadians whose charter rights are breached can now sue for damages, even if authorities acted in good faith.
The Supreme Court of Canada has unanimously upheld five-thousand dollars in damages awarded to Vancouver lawyer Cameron Ward.
Ward was strip-searched in 2002 when he was wrongly suspected of plotting to throw a pie at then prime-minister Jean Chretien.
He sued the city and the province.
Ward says the high court's decision to uphold his award will have a far-reaching impact on a variety of cases.
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7/24/2010Pilot Survives Crash
Investigators are eager to interview the pilot of a Canadian jet fighter that crashed in Lethbridge, Alberta.
Captain Brian Bews was practising for today's Alberta International Airshow when his C-F-18 banked, then crashed in a massive fireball.
Bews, who is 36, ejected just before impact.
He was taken to hospital for treatment of minor injuries, and released.
Bews has been in the military for 11 years, and is based in Quebec.
His C-F-18 was only used in air shows.
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7/24/2010Campfire Ban Continues
The recent warm weather has snuffed out camp fires.
Campsites in the area will continue to be fire free this weekend.
The coastal fire centre has banned fires on the south coast of BC, including Chilliwack, Harrison, and Hope.
The ban covers any open fires as well as fireworks, tiki torches and burning barrels. People can still use cooking stoves powered by gas, propane or briquettes.
The fire hazard is listed as high.
Anyone caught violating the ban can be issued a $345 ticket.
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7/23/2010Reminder: Campfire Ban Starts Today
Starting at noon today the ban is on.
Rosalie Macaulay with the Coastal Fire Centre says starting today there's a campfire prohibition on all over the South coast of BC including Chilliwack, Hope and Harrison.
She says the fire hazard is at high but it could go to extreme.
She says most kinds of flames are a no-no as of noon.
She says portable tiki torches and fireworks are also prohibited.
Macaulay says propane stoves are still ok.
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7/23/2010Western Toads on the Move in Ryder Lake
The toads are on the move.
Lisa Fox with the Fraser Valley Conservancy says the western toad migration has started up at Ryder Lake.
She says the young toads are moving from the wetland across the roads up into the forests.
She says roads will be closed temporarily to accomodate their migration across Ryder Lake and Elkview Roads starting at 8am today.
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7/23/2010Police Warn Holidaymakers About Facebook Felons
Saanich police are warning the public not to post their summer holiday plans on Twitter and Facebook.
The department says would-be thieves are watching the social networking sites and waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike.
Sergeant Dean Jantzen says some Twitter and Facebook users have thousands of friends and letting that many people know when you're out of town is a recipe for disaster.
Saanich police don't yet have any reports of social networking related break-ins.
But police in Indiana arrested two men last month after they allegedly robbed the home of a Facebook friend who said she was going to a concert.
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7/23/2010New Cases of HIV in Fraser Valley on the Way Down
While new cases of HIV and AIDS are creeping up in Canada, the numbers are in the Fraser Valley are actually going down
Thursday delegates at the International AIDS Conference in Austria were told the number of cases in Canada were the same as in 1982
That's when health agencies first started tracking the disease.
But Fraser Health spokesperson Roy Thorpe says they've seen their lowest numbers in years.
Thorpe says for 2008, they have the lowest number of new cases both in terms of rate and absolute number. We've seen a gradual decline in cases since the peak in BC in 1987.
However he says while that's certainly a good thing, no one is walking around saying their work is done
Thorpe says their harm reduction strategies and outreach like needle exchanges are the reason for the decline
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7/23/2010No Food Means No Bears in the Backyard
A Vancouver Island man is recovering after getting attacked by a bear this week.
Another was shot in a Chilliwack mobile home park last month.
Don Stahl, a B-C Conservation Officer says if bears are coming into our backyards, they're almost always after one thing, food.
Stahl says the best thing people can do is put garbage out the morning of pickup, not the night before.
And he says people should make sure not to leave any food out that would attract a bear.
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7/23/2010Wildfire has 30 on Evacuation Alert
No one is sleeping on the gym floor yet, but 30 properties near Lillooet are on evacuation alert.
Changing winds and hot weather are making it tough to battle a wildfire in the Yalakom Valley
That's 30 kilometers to the northwest
Forestry officials say it has not grown from six square kilometers since yesterday
Eighty firefighters are now working to build a guard around the eastern flank of the blaze.
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7/23/2010Mounties Looking for Three Medical Grow Op Rippers
A man is recovering, a woman shaken up after a medical marijuana grow op in Hope was raided yesterday
Thursday three masked men, one with a gun, the two others with knives burst into a home on St Elmo road
The two people inside were held captive by one of the rippers, while the two others loaded up the pot
They then jumped in a car and took off
Hope RCMP are asking anyone who say anything suspicious between quarter to two and quarter three in the morning on Thursday to please call them
Mounties are also reminding medical pot growers to keep quiet about what they are doing
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7/23/2010Chair of Metro Waste Committee Says Don't Panic on Incineration Issue
The chair of Metro Vancouver's waste committee says don't throw the baby out with the bath water.
Wednesday the committee voted 7 to 5 to go ahead with the plan to incinerate their garbage, and use the heat to generate energy.
A plan that has been routinely dumped on by the Fraser Valley Regional District, the City of Chilliwack and the Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce.
Committee chair and Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore says those feelings are the reason he voted against the plan.
But he says people need to look at the entire plan, not just one part of it.
He says there are some very innovative goals of 70 percent diversion rate in five years, and 80% in the next 10 years.
But at the end of the day they'll still be stuck with some garbage, and they need to figure out what to do with it.
The entire plan can be found on metrovancouver.org.
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7/22/2010Delays to Continue on Highway One
Anyone passing Abbotsford as they leave Chilliwack or on their way to Chilliwack knows it's been a little congested on highway 1.
Art Kastelein with the City of Abbotsford says construction will cause more disruption next month at the Clearbrook exit.
Kastelein says that means traffic in both directions will be merged down to one lane each but cars will stay on the freeway.
He says people still stand to run into delays travelling:
Westbound between 9:00 in the morning and 1:00 in the afternoon
and Eastbound 8:00 in the morning to 1:00 in the afternoon until construction is done.
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7/22/2010Mounties Investigate Murder in Abbotsford
Homicide investigators are searching an Abbotsford home after a woman's body was found inside.
The R-C-M-P's Integrated Homicide Investigation team was called shortly after the body was found in an apartment suite in the 32000 block of Austin Avenue yesterday evening.
Abbotsford police say the death appears suspicious but they haven't said how the 34-year-old woman died.
The death does not appear to be linked to gangs or drugs and although an arrest has not been made, police say the general public is not at risk.
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7/22/2010Flood Money Trickles in for Saskatchewan Farmers
It's barely enough to build an Arc
950 Flood victims are getting $3,000 in disaster relief money from the Saskatchewan government
The provinces Public Safety Minister says those with damages of greater than $3,000 will receive more assistance as claims are adjusted.
In total two thousand claims were submitted to the provincial disaster assistance program
Torrential rains flooded sections of the province, making it impossible to plants crops
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7/22/2010Pre Trial Date set for Colonel Accused of Murders
Colonel Russel Williams will be in court August 26th for a pre trial hearing
The Former Commander of the Canadian Forces Base in Trenton Ontario is charged with first degree murder in the deaths of Corporal Marie France Comeau and Jessica Lloyd
Williams is also charged with sex assaults against other women in addition to 82 charges related to break and enter.
Williams was posted to CFB Chilliwack when he first joined the Army over 20 years ago
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7/22/2010FVRD Chair Hopeful for Failure of Incineration Plan
Metro Vancouver's waste management committee has approved a plan to burn their garbage for energy.
The same plan brought out over 200 Chilliwack residents who were opposed to it at a public forum last month.
Patricia Ross, chair of the Fraser Valley Regional District says it feels like they haven't been listened to.
She says environmental and business groups across Metro Vancouver and into the Fraser Valley are against the plan to build another garbage incinerator.
But she's hopeful it will get stopped by Metro's Board on July 30th or by the Environment Minister.
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7/22/2010Yale Road East Accident All Clear Today
Just after 4pm yesterday traffic got messy because of an accident on Yale Road East near Banford Road.
RCMP say it looks like a truck was turning left when a motorcycle came around a curve and smashed into it.
A man was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries and a woman is being treated for minor injuries.
Yale Road East was closed for about three hours between Banford Road and Gibson Road yesterday but that's all clear this morning.
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7/22/2010Queen of the North Settlement Could be Reached Today
Four years after the ''Queen of the North'' ferry sank off the BC coast, lawyers will be in court today asking a judge to approve a 350,000 dollar class-action settlement.
More than 40 passengers filed suit against BC Ferries after the ship ran aground south of Prince Rupert, killing two people.
Once legal fees are deducted from the settlement, more than 40 eligible passengers will split 140,000 dollars.
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7/22/2010Friends of the Chilliwack River Valley Go Head to Head with Government
Friends of the Chilliwack River Valley are stating their case to the powers that be today.
The group is sitting down with the Fraser Valley Regional District, Environment Minister Barry Penner and top officials from the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.
A spokesperson with the group says after the meeting, they're hoping the ministers will step in and stop a proposed gravel pit in their valley.
They want it halted mainly because of environmental concerns.
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