Fraser Valley

Weekly Round-Up
Police tackle trouble from out-of-towners in Mission: RCMP Community Connection
MISSION - The RCMP's latest weekly round-up says local Mounties were paged out to more than 360 calls for service last week, but not all of them involved Mission residents.On August 3, a man from Burnaby took his family to Hayward Lake and found the parking lot full, but realized that a grey Honda Civic was taking up t...
12h ago
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Regional Tariff Response Initiative
Abbotsford, Agassiz businesses receive nearly $3M in federal tariff supports
ABBOTSFORD - Four businesses in the Fraser Valley are getting federal support to build stronger opportunities amid ongoing trade disruptions. Longboard Architectural Products, Dynamic Fenestration, and One Degree Organic Foods in Abbotsford have each received assistance through Ottawa's Regional Tariff Response Initiat...
14h ago
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Welcome Day Event
Residents invited to 4th annual Welcome Day in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - A local nonprofit is looking to help newcomers feel more at home in the city of over 150,000 people.This September, Archway Community Services is partnering with the City of Abbotsford to host its fourth annual Welcome Day celebration."Welcome Day is an opportunity for individuals to get together and ...
15h ago
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Retail Safety
Maple Ridge RCMP arrest 7 property offenders in two-day shoplifting enforcement blitz
MAPLE RIDGE - Local Mounties are continuing efforts to crack down on general street disorder and property crime in downtown Maple Ridge.Police say Crime Reduction Unit officers arrested seven "prolific" property offenders during a two-day retail shoplifting enforcement blitz in late July.The efforts are part ...
17h ago
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Fraser Valley Weather

British Columbia

More evacuees can return to Summerland as long road to recovery awaits many
SUMMERLAND - More evacuees can make their way home to Summerland, B.C., after a set of three evacuation orders were downgraded to evacuation alerts near Okanagan Lake. The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen says the alerts are in effect for prop...
2h ago
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Fire in Port Coquitlam destroys two homes, one firefighter hospitalized
PORT COQUITLAM - A fire in Port Coquitlam, B.C., has destroyed two homes and sent one firefighter to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Jason Marshall, deputy fire chief with the Port Coquitlam Fire Department, says officers received repo...
9h ago
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Wildfires shut down B.C. wineries' peak tourism season, leaving financial strain
VANCOUVER - Mike Stohler, who runs a winery with his wife in Summerland, B.C., finally got a chance to visit his vineyards, nearly a week after being evacuated due to the ferocious Bald Range wildfire that threatened the town. Stohler was allowed back ...
Aug 16, 2026
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Bear Attack
Conservation officers confirm bear shot by RCMP mauled child in Maple Ridge
MAPLE RIDGE - Conservation officers in British Columbia say a black bear that was killed by RCMP officers last Sunday was, "in fact," responsible for an attack that had left a three-year-old girl with injuries. Conservation officers took to social med...
Aug 15, 2026
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B.C. wildfire evacuees return home to assess the damage, start to rebuild
CLINTON - At the age of 52, Steve Larabie is facing the daunting task of rebuilding his home and business from scratch after losing everything when ferocious wildfires roared into the outskirts of Clinton, B.C., last month. "It's all gone. I have noth...
Aug 15, 2026
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'We don't even have a phone': Aging B.C. wildfire evacuees faced unique challenges
VANCOUVER - Helen Benallick said she was fast asleep with her husband at their home in Summerland, B.C., last week when she was woken up by neighbours ringing her doorbell. They told the couple they needed to escape the Bald Range wildfire that was rac...
Aug 15, 2026
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Canada

In the news today: LeBlanc meets U.S. envoy, gas price relief, Hayden Panettiere dead
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... LeBlanc meets with U.S. trade representative as tariff deadline looms Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc spent the weekend in Washington to work with Donal...
2h ago
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Carney to make announcement in St. John's with Quebec, N.L. premiers
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to make an announcement about energy security after reports that Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador have reached a deal regarding Churchill Falls. Carney's public itinerary says he will be joined by Newfound...
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Statistics Canada to report how rebounding gas prices affected inflation in July
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is set to report fresh inflation figures for July this morning. A poll of economists expects the annual rate of inflation ticked up to 2.9 per cent last month after cooling sharply to 2.8 per cent in June, according to LSEG D...
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Inside the Montreal lab working to prepare Canada against future pandemics
MONTREAL - In a biomedicine laboratory at Polytechnique Montréal, animal protein grows in a bubbling orange solution as researchers in white lab coats take samples with large syringes. Neatly-labelled glass bottles filled with clear liquid line the she...
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Conservatives call for extension of temporary gas price relief until next summer
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the federal government should give Canadians at least another 10 months of relief at the pumps. The Liberals suspended the federal fuel excise tax in April in response to global price shocks sparked b...
15h ago
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Ontario, Canada governments announce $1 billion for infrastructure to support housing
OTTAWA - Ontario and Ottawa are announcing up to $1 billion to help municipalities in the province build infrastructure for more homes. The money will go to municipalities that do not collect development charges for things like roads, bridges and water...
15h ago
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