Fraser Valley

Charges laid
Multiple extortion charges laid following shooting at Abbotsford business: AbbyPD
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford now say a 22-year-old man is facing additional criminal charges for his alleged role in an extortion-related shooting at a business on King Road in Abbotsford in December 2025. According to a statement from Abbotsford PD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, frontline officers were dispatched...
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Police investigation
Male youth arrested in connection with 2 street robberies in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford Police Department now says a male youth has been arrested for his alleged role in a pair of street robberies that happened in April. According to a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, AbbyPD patrol officers initiated an investigation into a street robbery that occurred on Tu...
11h ago
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Call for assistance
RCMP officers respond to Harrison Lake after getting SOS from stranded boat
HARRISON LAKE - Mounties in Agassiz say they were able to assist a vessel on Harrison Lake after getting an SOS signal from the boat over the long weekend. According to a statement from police, Agassiz RCMP responded to an SOS signal from a vessel on Harrison Lake after the boat experienced mechanical failure and was u...
12h ago
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Motor vehicle accident
Youth dirt bike rider hospitalized after accident in Chilliwack backcountry
CHILLIWACK - A dirt bike rider was transported to hospital Sunday evening after suffering an injury from a motor vehicle incident in the Chilliwack River Valley backcountry. According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, officers were out doing proactive ATV patrols when they came ac...
13h ago
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British Columbia

Washing ceremony marks settlement of Canadian Tire racial profiling complaint
VANCOUVER - An Indigenous woman in British Columbia who filed a human rights complaint along with her father against Canadian Tire says she's relieved the case has been settled years later and hopes it will help others avoid the same thing. In a settle...
3h ago
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Man suspected of impaired driving held when vehicle crashes through B.C. restaurant
NANAIMO - A man has been detained by police after the vehicle he was driving crashed through the front of a restaurant on Vancouver Island. Mounties say they were called about a report of a vehicle that had smashed into a sushi restaurant Monday evenin...
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Mission, B.C., man injured after confronting bear on his back porch
MISSION, B.C. - British Columbia's Environment Ministry says conservation officers are investigating after a man was swatted by a bear on the back porch of his home. The ministry says in a statement that the man was alerted to the black bear at his ho...
4h ago
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Union 'disappointed' as feds fund outside staff to guard immigration holding centres
OTTAWA - The union representing Canada Border Services Agency workers says it's disappointed by the federal government's decision to provide funding for the agency to hire private sector guards on contract for immigration holding centres, arguing the w...
6h ago
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B.C. Premier Eby says Canada won't work if Ottawa favours separatist premiers
VICTORIA - Canada cannot work if "separatist premiers" get all of the attention of the federal government, B.C. Premier David said Tuesday. Eby said that is the message he'll relay to Prime Minister Mark Carney, when they meet Wednesday after Carney's...
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Man charged in three B.C. extortion attacks in Surrey, Abbotsford
SURREY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - A man arrested in December in Abbotsford, B.C., has been charged with extortion using a firearm after being linked to two other cases in the Metro Vancouver city of Surrey. Police in both jurisdictions say 22-year-old...
7h ago
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Canada

Washing ceremony marks settlement of Canadian Tire racial profiling complaint
VANCOUVER - An Indigenous woman in British Columbia who filed a human rights complaint along with her father against Canadian Tire says she's relieved the case has been settled years later and hopes it will help others avoid the same thing. In a settle...
3h ago
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CBC pausing production on satirical Indigenous show
OTTAWA - The CBC is pausing production on a satirical show on Indigenous issues after blowback from some who claimed false pretences were used to lure high-profile guests. CBC spokesperson Chuck Thompson says the public broadcaster is halting productio...
4h ago
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Union 'disappointed' as feds fund outside staff to guard immigration holding centres
OTTAWA - The union representing Canada Border Services Agency workers says it's disappointed by the federal government's decision to provide funding for the agency to hire private sector guards on contract for immigration holding centres, arguing the w...
6h ago
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B.C. Premier Eby says Canada won't work if Ottawa favours separatist premiers
VICTORIA - Canada cannot work if "separatist premiers" get all of the attention of the federal government, B.C. Premier David said Tuesday. Eby said that is the message he'll relay to Prime Minister Mark Carney, when they meet Wednesday after Carney's...
6h ago
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Canadians say they saw beatings, felt helpless as Israel intercepted Gaza flotilla
As an unmarked speedboat approached the ship that had been her home for two weeks, Luiza Ravalli heard a voice over a loudspeaker issue an ominous command: "Turn back or you'll be boarded." Ravalli, a primary care nurse from the Greater Toronto Area, a...
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Ottawa proposes $164M in whale protection funding for waters off B.C. coast
VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Ottawa says it has proposed spending about $164 million to protect whales and their habitat off British Columbia, including working with BC Ferries to reduce underwater vessel noise by half. The federal government s...
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