Fraser Valley

Overnight outage
Tree branch responsible for overnight outage impacting 3,200+ in Aldergrove, Abbotsford area
ABBOTSFORD - A tree branch is to blame for an overnight power outage that impacted over 3,200 BC Hydro customers in Aldergrove and west Abbotsford. According to BC Hydro's online dashboard, the outage began at 1:40 a.m. and affected 3,266 customers. BC Hydro spokesperson Kevin Aquino says the cause of the outage was du...
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Police investigation
Break and enter suspect in two business burglaries arrested, charged: Abbotsford PD
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say a suspect in two business break and enters that happened in May 2026 has been arrested and formally charged.Abbotsford PD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker says AbbyPD patrol officers responded to an overnight break and enter on Tuesday, May 19, at a business in the 2200 block of Townl...
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Highway 1 traffic
Update: Highway 1 w/b through Abbotsford now clear
UPDATE, 8:45 A.M. TUESDAY: Highway 1 westbound is now clear through Abbotsford, DriveBC says. Original story: ABBOTSFORD - One lane of westbound Highway 1 is blocked Tuesday morning due to a motor vehicle incident. DriveBC and Emil Anderson Maintenance, the highway service contractor, are both reporting that a vehicle...
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Judicial sentencing
Sentencing begins for Fraser Valley woman convicted of sex trafficking of minors, assault
LOWER MAINLAND - A Crown attorney says prosecutors want a 13-year prison sentence for a Fraser Valley woman who was first arrested in Langley and later pleaded guilty to 17 criminal charges related to sex trafficking of minors, and several counts of assault. Prosecutor Catherine Rose read out an agreed statement of fac...
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British Columbia

Ksi Lisims LNG signs benefit agreements with First Nations
The lead developer of the Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas project planned for the West Coast has announced benefit agreements with three First Nations in northern British Columbia. Houston-based Western LNG says two of those communities - the Metlaka...
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Overnight outage
Tree branch responsible for overnight outage impacting 3,200+ in Aldergrove, Abbotsford area
ABBOTSFORD - A tree branch is to blame for an overnight power outage that impacted over 3,200 BC Hydro customers in Aldergrove and west Abbotsford. According to BC Hydro's online dashboard, the outage began at 1:40 a.m. and affected 3,266 customers. BC Hydro spokesperson Kevin Aquino says the cause of the outage was du...
42m ago
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Three arrested over alleged online drug sales to teens in Mission, B.C.
MISSION, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Three people have been arrested in British Columbia's Fraser Valley after a months-long investigation into an operation allegedly selling illicit drugs directly to youth in the area. Mission RCMP say police began the...
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Police investigation
Break and enter suspect in two business burglaries arrested, charged: Abbotsford PD
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say a suspect in two business break and enters that happened in May 2026 has been arrested and formally charged.Abbotsford PD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker says AbbyPD patrol officers responded to an overnight break and enter on Tuesday, May 19, at a business in the 2200 block of Townl...
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Search warrants executed
Mission RCMP targets drug website allegedly selling magic mushrooms, cannabis to youth
MISSION - Mounties in Mission say they've arrested three people and carried out search warrants at two properties in Abbotsford in connection with a website that was allegedly providing magic mushrooms and cannabis to teens and doing same-day deliveries. Mission RCMP Corporal Harrison Mohr says police in Mission receiv...
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Watchdog investigating after fatal shooting of home invasion suspect in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's police watchdog has launched an investigation after police in East Vancouver fatally shot a person while responding to a home invasion involving a hostage. The Independent Investigations Office says in a statement that Va...
7h ago
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Canada

PQ threatens to withdraw Quebec from high-speed rail project if it forms government
QUÉBEC - The Parti Québécois is threatening to withdraw Quebec from the federal government's proposed high-speed rail network if the party wins the October provincial election. PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says he can't justify to Quebecers that ...
53m ago
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Police investigation
Break and enter suspect in two business burglaries arrested, charged: Abbotsford PD
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say a suspect in two business break and enters that happened in May 2026 has been arrested and formally charged.Abbotsford PD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker says AbbyPD patrol officers responded to an overnight break and enter on Tuesday, May 19, at a business in the 2200 block of Townl...
58m ago
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Artificial intelligence 'promising and problematic' for courts, chief justice says
OTTAWA - Chief Justice Richard Wagner says artificial intelligence is proving to be both promising and problematic for Canadian courtrooms. At his annual news conference today, Wagner said distinguishing fact from fiction has become more difficult - an...
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Ancient squirrel feces offer 'time capsule' of environment thousands of years ago
A researcher in British Columbia recently discovered that ancient squirrel scat can still smell just as fresh today as it did some 700,000 years ago. Tyler Murchie, a scientist with the Hakai Institute, says the dung preserved by permafrost and collect...
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Ottawa's new Digital Safety Act expected to include under-16 social media ban
OTTAWA - The federal government is expected to bar kids under the age of 16 from social media in new legislation set to be introduced as early as Wednesday. The government gave notice Tuesday that it will introduce a bill "to enact the Digital Safety A...
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Carney says opening of Gordie Howe Bridge an important symbol of Canada-U.S. ties
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said it's good news that the Gordie Howe Bridge between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit will get its official opening at the end of the week. Carney said Tuesday the bridge is an important symbol of the enduring strength ...
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