CRIME STOPPERS: ‘Most wanted’ for the week of April 11

Police tape is shown in Toronto Tuesday, May 2, 2017. Statistics Canada says the country's crime rate ticked up again in 2018, for a fourth year in a row, though it was still lower than it was a decade ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
Crime Stoppers’ weekly list based on information provided by police investigators

People walk past the Olympic rings in Whistler, B.C., Friday, May 15, 2020. Whistler which is a travel destination for tourists around the world is seeing the effects of travel bans due to COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Adults living, working in Whistler, B.C., eligible for COVID-19 vaccine on Monday
RCMP crest. (Black Press Media files)

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Reservations open April 13 for these guided Rocky Mountain hikes!

Reservations open April 13 for these guided Rocky Mountain hikes!

Cali Martinez carries Sheba to safety after being stuck on an Ocean Park cliffside. (Nicole Lunde photo)

Senior dog rescued after being stuck on Surrey cliffside for 10 days
RCMP display some of the fish seized from three suspects who pleaded guilty to violating the Fisheries Act in 2019, in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - RCMP

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      A man wearing a protective face mask to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 checks his phone as the sun sets in English Bay in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, April 5, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

      From now on, all COVID-19 cases in B.C. presumed to be more infectious variants: Henry

      A server clears a table on a patio at a restaurant, in Vancouver, on Friday, April 2, 2021. B.C. has banned indoor dining at restaurants and bars as part of a three-week measure to curb the spread of COVID-19 amid growing concern about the spread of COVID-19 variants. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

      B.C. businesses hurt by COVID ‘circuit breaker’ can apply for grants up to $10K

      A basket of needles containing Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine waits to be administered to patients at a COVID-19 clinic in Ottawa on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

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      A cross made out of hockey sticks at a makeshift memorial is silhouetted against the setting sun at the intersection of a fatal bus crash near Tisdale, Sask., on Monday, April, 9, 2018. A virtual tribute is planned to mark the third anniversary of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

      VIDEO: Humboldt Broncos team to be honoured on third anniversary of fatal bus crash

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      Conservative leader Erin O’Toole holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 6, 2020. Top Tory leaders of past and present will speak with supporters today about what a conservative economic recovery from COVID-19 could look like. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

      Erin O’Toole says ‘I didn’t hide who I was’ running for Conservative leader

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      Paramedics bring a person into a hospital in Montreal, Sunday, April 11, 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

      Canada nearing peak of next wave of COVID-19, Tam says as Ontario sets case record

      The percentage of patients in intensive care who were aged 18 to 39 also doubled from January to March

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      FILE - An arena worker removes the net from the ice after the Vancouver Canucks and Calgary Flames NHL hockey game was postponed due to a positive COVID-19 test result, in Vancouver, British Columbia, in this Wednesday, March 31, 2021, file photo. As vaccinations ramp up past a pace of 3 million a day in the U.S, the NHL is in a tougher spot than the other three major North American professional sports leagues because seven of 31 teams are based on Canada. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

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      University of Victoria rowing coach Barney Williams at the University of Victoria in Victoria, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

      UVic, women’s rowing coach deny former athlete’s allegation of verbal abuse

      Lily Copeland alleges coach Barney Williams would stand close to her and speak aggressively in the sauna

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      Chef Trevor Randle will be presenting a variety of educational cooking demonstrations, where he will guide participants through a series of B.C. grown, quick and budget-friendly recipes. (Special to The News)

      Free virtual cook-alongs by Maple Ridge chef for Earth Week

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      Linda Peters want to start a Butterflyway in the community. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)

      Maple Ridge gardener rallying community to create a ‘butterflyway’

      Linda Peters has volunteered with the David Suzuki Foundation to become a butterflyway ranger

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      Mar 28th, 2021

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      Mar 28th, 2021

      Helen Jean LOVERIDGE

      Mar 26th, 2021

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      Mar 26th, 2021

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      Mar 21st, 2021

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      Mar 20th, 2021

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      Entertainment
      People stroll through rows of tulips in bloom during the Tulips of the Valley Festival on May 2, 2017. The colourful spring event, now called Chilliwack Tulips, opens on Sunday, April 11, 2021. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)

      Fraser Valley tulip attraction returns this weekend for 1 month

      More than 6.5 million bulbs in all at this year’s colourful Chilliwack Tulips event

      Surrey’s Joy Chapman in a video of her working on scales before her successful world-record attempt to sing the lowest female note. (Photo: youtube.com)

      VIDEO: B.C. singer hits world’s lowest female note after ‘ridiculous’ ordeal to set record

      ‘I’m going to do another attempt to smash the record,’ Surrey’s Joy Chapman promises

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      B.C. Premier John Horgan speaks by video link to the annual Council of Forest Industries convention, April 8, 2021. (COFI video)

      Horgan says B.C. logging licences to be bought back, redistributed

      Premier ‘disappointed’ in big forest companies’ efforts

      The new Corus logo at Corus Quay in Toronto is photographed on Friday, June 22, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin

      Corus, Hulu announce ‘breakthrough’ multi-year streaming deal

      Its Corus Studios division has signed a deal to sell more than 200 episodes of programming to Hulu

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      Two-year-old Ivy McLeod, seen here on April 9, 2021 with four-year-old sister Elena and mom Vanessa, was born with limb differences. The family, including husband/dad Sean McLeod, is looking for a family puppy that also has a limb difference. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

      B.C. family looking for puppy with limb difference, just like 2-year-old Ivy

      Ivy McLeod born as bilateral amputee, now her family wants to find ‘companion’ puppy for her

      Four members with Divers for Cleaner Lakes and Oceans were out at Cultus Lake on March 28 and 29 hauling trash out of the waters. (Henry Wang)

      PHOTOS: Out-of-town divers remove 100s of pounds of trash from Cultus Lake

      Members of Divers for Cleaner Lakes and Oceans hauled out 470 pounds of trash over two days

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      Marnie Naka . Photography by Darren Hull

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        Chris Turyk, Marketing Director, stands outside the tasting room at Unsworth Vineyards. Don Denton photo

        Secrets and Lives Interview with Chris Turyk

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