Fraser Valley

New middle school
New middle school in Langley will have an Indigenous name
LANGLEY - The Langley Board of Education announced this week that a new middle school in the Willoughby Slope area of Langley will be an Indigenous one. According to a statement from SD35, the new school in the Smith neighbourhood will be named stɑtl̓əw̓ Middle School.The district says stɑtl̓əw̓ is a word that ...
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Critical medical equipment
Abbotsford businessman funds life-saving equipment at ARH, gives back to city that welcomed him 40 years ago
ABBOTSFORD - A Fraser Valley businessman who arrived in Abbotsford four decades ago as a refugee and made it his mission to give back to the community that welcomed him has funded a critically important piece of medical equipment at Abbotsford Regional Hospital.A new electrocardiograph, or ECG/EKG, has been added to th...
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Vandalism
Transit Police investigating over 35 incidents of vandalism to bus shelters, likely from projectile
LOWER MAINLAND - Transit Police in Metro Vancouver say they're investigating a rash of vandalism to bus shelters in several cities like Surrey, Burnaby and New Westminster.In a statement, Metro Vancouver Transit Police say they were notified on Monday, February 2, by Coast Mountain that multiple bus shelters had been d...
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Road conditions
Mayor apologizes for Chilliwack's 'crappiest piece of road', cites delays in getting permits from B.C. govt.
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove has issued an apology over the condition of Prest Road while faulting the provincial government for not granting permits to the city fast enough in order to finish the Prest Road project in a timely fashion. During a casual visit to 89.5 JR Country last Thursday, Morning host Gl...
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Sikh Canadians say state violence a continued threat ahead of Carney going to India
OTTAWA - Some Canadian Sikhs are calling on the government to take a firmer stand on India as Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to travel there this week on his mission to expand Canada's non-U.S. trade. B.C. Sikh activist Moninder Singh, who receive...
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B.C. judge dismisses convicted killer's bid to have case thrown out over delay
NEW WESTMINSTER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has dismissed an application by a man convicted of first-degree murder to have the case thrown out over his claim that trial delays violated his Charter rights. The BC Prosecution Service confirm...
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RCMP officer cleared in shooting injury of a man with a weapon: B.C. police watchdog
SURREY - An RCMP officer who shot and injured a man outside a home in Burnaby, B.C., has been cleared of any wrongdoing. The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. says in a statement that there are no reasonable grounds to believe the officer may ...
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Heavy snow forecast for B.C. Interior, with Coquihalla Highway expecting up to 60cm
COQUIHALLA - Motorists planning to travel between British Columbia's Lower Mainland and the province's Interior are being warned to brace for a "long duration" of heavy snowfall that's likely to disrupt travel on the Coquihalla Highway. Environment Can...
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Vancouver councillor denounced for video saying rivals used and distributed drugs
VANCOUVER - Several Vancouver municipal councillors say they want a review and "unequivocal censure" of comments by council colleague Lenny Zhou, who accuses his party's rivals of being drug users who distributed drugs on the streets in a Chinese-langu...
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Report details B.C. First Nation, Vancouver Police Board collaboration breakdown
VANCOUVER - A man who was handcuffed by police along with his 12-year-old granddaughter after being falsely accused of trying to use a fake status card to open a bank account in 2019 says the Vancouver Police Board and the officers involved have shown ...
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Canada

Sikh Canadians say state violence a continued threat ahead of Carney going to India
OTTAWA - Some Canadian Sikhs are calling on the government to take a firmer stand on India as Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to travel there this week on his mission to expand Canada's non-U.S. trade. B.C. Sikh activist Moninder Singh, who receive...
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Canada and South Korea set to sign a defence agreement today
OTTAWA - Canada and South Korea are set to sign a defence agreement today, roughly a month after Prime Minister Mark Carney urged middle powers to band together in the face of "great power" economic coercion. Following negotiations that concluded in Oc...
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Vancouver council motion to oppose ICE at World Cup is ruled out of order
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver council motion to oppose deployment of American Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the city for the World Cup did not go to a vote after it was ruled out of order. The motion had said allowing allegedly undertrained f...
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B.C. judge dismisses convicted killer's bid to have case thrown out over delay
NEW WESTMINSTER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has dismissed an application by a man convicted of first-degree murder to have the case thrown out over his claim that trial delays violated his Charter rights. The BC Prosecution Service confirm...
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Métis leaders unveil 1920s model dog sled repatriated from Vatican
OTTAWA - Métis leaders on Wednesday unveiled a model dog sled repatriated to their communities after more than a century in the Vatican collection. The sled, made in the 1920s of leather, wood and glass beads, was one of 62 items repatriated to Indigen...
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Ministers raise prospect of new AI safety regulations as shooting questions mount
OTTAWA - Two federal ministers signalled today that Ottawa could act to improve online safety related to artificial intelligence as questions mount about OpenAI's decision not to warn police about Tumbler Ridge shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar. The company...
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