Fraser Valley MLA speaks out
Fraser Valley MLA speaks out on delayed, over-budget completion of the Pattullo Bridge replacement
SURREY - Fraser Valley MLA and transportation critic Misty Van Popta says now is not exactly the time to celebrate the overdue, over-budget completion of the Pattullo Bridge replacement. According to a statement released Monday, Langley-Walnut Grove MLA Van Popta says Metro Vancouver needs major infrastructure that kee...
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Reported carjacking
Man known to police arrested after carjacking early Saturday morning in Abbotsford: AbbyPD
ABBOTSFORD - A spokesperson for the Abbotsford PD has confirmed that a truck was carjacked on Clearbrook Road in West Abbotsford early Saturday morning.According to a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, AbbyPD patrol officers responded to a reported carjacking on Saturday morning, Dec. 6, shortly befor...
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Fraser Valley MLA speaks out
Fraser Valley MLA speaks out on delayed, over-budget completion of the Pattullo Bridge replacement
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Hockey at the Winter Olympics will be played on shorter ice than NHL dimensions
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Fraser Valley
Child on kick scooter collides with car
8-year-old boy on kick scooter struck by passing car, transported to hospital: Mission RCMP
MISSION - A spokesperson for the Mission RCMP detachment says an 8-year-old boy was transported to hospital after being struck by a passing car last week. According to a statement from Mission RCMP spokesperson Corporal Harrison Mohr, first responders in Mission were called to Egglestone Avenue east of Cedar Street las...
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Police incident
Police presence surrounds Hope residence Sunday night
HOPE - A Hope RCMP spokesperson says two people were taken into custody Sunday night in Hope after police located a vehicle taken from Mission, B.C. without permission.According to a statement from Hope RCMP spokesperson Staff Sgt. Mike Sargent, Hope RCMP located a white Chevy Suburban in the area of Richmond Drive in ...
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Overnight detours on Highway 1
Highway 1 detours through Langley for the next 3 weeks will begin this Tuesday: B.C. govt.
LANGLEY - The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Transit says Highway 1 through Langley will be detoured in the late evening to overnight hours starting this week for the next three weeks.According to a statement from the provincial government, motorists should plan for overnight detours along Highway 1 at the 264 Str...
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Road project in Chilliwack
Multi-use pathway project on Knight Road in Chilliwack to wrap up next month
CHILLIWACK - A multi-use pathway project that began at the end of October is slated for completion by next month. The City of Chilliwack says the Knight Road multi-use pathway project was tendered under the 2025 Active Transportation Upgrades process. The multi-use pathway is being constructed on the south side of Knig...
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British Columbia
B.C. police say they know who killed Bradley Kline in 2018, as family pleads for help
SURREY - Police in British Columbia say they think they know who killed 26-year-old Bradley Kline seven years ago, but with no arrests made, investigators are appealing for fresh leads as his family says their "hope is fading." B.C.'s Integrated Homici...
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Indigenous Act can be repealed in days if Eby recalls legislature: Opposition leader
VICTORIA - The interim leader of the Conservative Party of B.C. says the Declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples Act can be repealed in a few days, if Premier David Eby immediately recalls the provincial legislature. Trevor Halford says Bri...
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Warnings about strong winds, rain or snow as system slides over B.C.
VANCOUVER - A strong Pacific frontal system is moving in over parts of British Columbia, bringing rain or snow, strong winds and poor driving conditions through to Tuesday. Environment Canada has issued yellow alerts - a caution of moderate impacts - ...
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B.C. First Nation meets with Alberta minister to oppose changing tanker ban
HARTLEY BAY - Leaders of a First Nation on British Columbia's northern coast say they met Friday with Alberta's minister of Indigenous relations to express opposition to any changes to Canada's tanker ban to service a potential new pipeline. The Gitga'...
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'One Battle After Another' dominates Toronto Film Critics Association Awards with 4 wins
TORONTO - "One Battle After Another" picked up one prize after another from the Toronto Film Critics Association on Sunday night. The action thriller about an ex-revolutionary turned stoner whose past catches up with him won four awards, including best...
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Wind warning
Wind warning in effect for the Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt, Crowsnest east of Hope
COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY/CROWSNEST HIGHWAY - Fraser Valley motorists who might be traveling to B.C.'s Interior could get a good jolt of wind on two major highways later today and into Monday night.Environment Canada has issued a wind warning amid strong southwesterly winds with gusts of up to 80 km/h expected later today and...
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Canada
Air Transat poised to start suspending flights as strike deadline looms
MONTREAL - Air Transat passengers face the prospect of flight suspensions this week as the leisure airline prepares to wind down operations ahead of a Wednesday strike deadline from pilots. Travel company Transat A.T. Inc., which owns the carrier, said...
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Coroner investigating after woman, 88, found dead outside retirement home in Laval
LAVAL - The coroner is investigating the death of an 88-year-old woman found outside a retirement home north of Montreal. Laval police say the woman was found on Monday morning near the Villagia de l'île Paton residence in Laval, Que. Police spokesman ...
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Gull-Masty signals go-slow approach to changing First Nations status eligibility
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty says the Assembly of First Nations sent a strong signal to her government to end the second-generation cutoff in the Indian Act, but her government won't make that change without broad consultation...
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Indigenous Act can be repealed in days if Eby recalls legislature: Opposition leader
VICTORIA - The interim leader of the Conservative Party of B.C. says the Declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples Act can be repealed in a few days, if Premier David Eby immediately recalls the provincial legislature. Trevor Halford says Bri...
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The salmonella outbreak linked to pistachios is still ongoing. What you need to know
As holiday baking season begins, federal health agencies are warning Canadians that an investigation into salmonella-contaminated pistachios is still ongoing. Since March, 155 people have been reported sick with the bacterial illness after eating vari...
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Plan in works to save some jobs slated to be cut at Algoma Steel: union
SAULT STE. MARIE - Plans are in the works to save hundreds of the roughly 1,000 jobs slated to be lost at Algoma Steel Inc. in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Bill Slater, president of United Steelworkers local 2724 that represents some of the affected employee...
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Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett is running for the US Senate in Texas. Allred to seek House seat
Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett launched a campaign Monday for the U.S. Senate in Texas, bringing a national profile to a race that may be critical to Democrats' long-shot hopes of reclaiming a Senate majority in next year's midterm ele...
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Trump's former lawyer Alina Habba resigns as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey
President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, Alina Habba, resigned Monday as the top federal prosecutor for New Jersey, leaving the job after an appeals court said she had been serving in the post unlawfully. In a sta...
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Settlement approved for New Orleans Archdiocese to pay hundreds of clergy abuse victims
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans Archdiocese will pay at least $230 million to hundreds of victims of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement approved Monday by a federal judge that follows years of negotiations. Richard T...
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Sports
Hockey at the Winter Olympics will be played on shorter ice than NHL dimensions
MILAN (AP) - Hockey, one of the premier events at the Winter Olympics and one that is welcoming NHL players back for the first time in more than a decade, will take place on ice that is shorter than NHL-regulation size. Men...
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Vancouver Whitecaps CEO, sporting director Schuster named MLS executive of the year
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Whitecaps sporting director and chief executive officer Axel Schuster has been named Major League Soccer's sporting executive of the year. The honour, announced Monday, comes after the club fell 3-1 to Inter Miami on Saturday in ...
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Veteran winger David Choiniere leaves Forge after seven seasons with CPL powerhouse
HAMILTON - Forge FC has confirmed the departure of winger David Choiniere after seven seasons with the Canadian Premier League powerhouse. The 28-year-old Choiniere has been linked to expansion FC Supra by Quebec media. Choiniere, whose younger brother...
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