Ongoing Construction
Even more traffic pattern changes on Highway 1 in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - As crews work on one end of Highway 1 near Langley, another set of traffic pattern changes is coming to the stretch of highway at Mount Lehman Road this weekend.The westbound Fraser Highway on-ramp to Highway 1 will be closed from 9 p.m. tonight (Sept. 11) to 7:30 a.m. on Sunday as part of ongoing highway ...
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Lotto 6/49
Lottery player in Agassiz bags $1M prize
AGASSIZ - An Agassiz lottery ticket holder just won a windfall from one of this week's Lotto 6/49 draws.The BCLC website shows that a white ball drawn for Wednesday's Lotto 6/49 Gold Ball Jackpot went to one lucky person who bought their ticket in the area, with the winning ticket number being 19425350-01.Specific reta...
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Orioles score five runs in second inning of 7-4 victory over Blue Jays
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Former Oilers goaltender Connor Ingram retires from NHL
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Jays and Orioles meet again, 25 years after their Sept. 11, 2001 game was postponed
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Fraser Valley
Man faces 22 charges over four shootings in Surrey, B.C., in 2025 and 2026
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., say a man is facing numerous charges after four shootings in the Metro Vancouver city, including three shots-fired incidents at the same home. The shootings at the home on 140A Street happened last December, with an ass...
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Community Development
Abbotsford council approves plans for new rec park on Lefeuvre Road after last ALC rejection
ABBOTSFORD - Officials in Abbotsford are moving ahead with new plans for the future of sports and recreation in the city following the Agricultural Land Commission's (ALC) rejection of their bid to use the King Road site in August.Staff have been instructed to proceed with site and design works at a City-owned, 39-acre...
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Charges Approved
Suspect arrested after allegedly assaulting victim, crashing into his car, then chasing him with knife: Surrey Police
SURREY - A man has now been charged with multiple offences after a chaotic incident in South Surrey earlier this week. On Wednesday (Sept. 9), at 4:44 p.m., the Surrey Police Service says several officers were paged out to an alleged assault in Redwood Park near 179 Street and 20 Avenue, in which the victim reportedly ...
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Abbotsford Election
Small business owner, farmer announces Abbotsford mayoral bid
ABBOTSFORD - An Abbotsford local has now thrown his hat into the ring to serve as the city's next mayor in the upcoming municipal election.Sukhi Dhami, an Abbotsford-born and raised small business owner, farmer and land-use consultant, is aiming to bring new perspectives and experience to City Hall."I've spent yea...
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British Columbia
Man faces 22 charges over four shootings in Surrey, B.C., in 2025 and 2026
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., say a man is facing numerous charges after four shootings in the Metro Vancouver city, including three shots-fired incidents at the same home. The shootings at the home on 140A Street happened last December, with an ass...
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Teresa Wat becomes sixth legislator to join new party of former B.C. Conservatives
VICTORIA - The newest member of a still-unnamed party acknowledged she and five other former provincial Conservative legislators are in for the "long-haul" if they want to throw out British Columbia's NDP government, while urging others to join them. T...
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On top of tariffs, shippers face jacked-up border enforcement and penalties
MONTREAL - Enforcement on cross-border cargo has ramped up enormously under the Trump administration, costing time and money and acting as a trade deterrent, shippers say. As a tariff wall rises along the 49th parallel, transport industry insiders say ...
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How drones helped rescue climber stranded on B.C. cliff face
SQUAMISH - Two drones played key roles in the nighttime rescue of a climber stranded 77 metres up a British Columbia cliff face this week, one helping deliver a rope and the other lighting the way. Squamish Search and Rescue says in a social media stat...
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Sept. 11 first responders tell of Canada-U.S. bonds at B.C. border ceremony
SURREY - New York first responders on Sept. 11, 2001, have spoken of the enduring bonds between Canada and the United States at a ceremony along the border between British Columbia and Washington state to mark the 25th anniversary of the attacks. They ...
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Group seeks to resuscitate 'mainstream' BC United, calls on Falcon to quit as leader
VICTORIA - Politics in British Columbia could be getting more crowded as a group tries to take over and revive the moribund BC United party, to give voters what they call a "principled, mainstream centre-right alternative" in the province. The group ca...
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Canada
Ottawa begins rolling out long-awaited supplemental funding for national sport groups
OTTAWA - The federal government is rolling out more money for amateur sports organizations and will host a national "playground to podium" summit for stakeholders this fall. Secretary of state for sport Adam van Koeverden announced Friday that Alpine C...
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Teresa Wat becomes sixth legislator to join new party of former B.C. Conservatives
VICTORIA - The newest member of a still-unnamed party acknowledged she and five other former provincial Conservative legislators are in for the "long-haul" if they want to throw out British Columbia's NDP government, while urging others to join them. T...
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Ottawa ends permanent residency exemption for refugees with undeclared family
OTTAWA - The immigration minister has quietly ended a policy that helped some refugees sponsor their children or partners for permanent residency, while offering refugee advocates no explanation for the change. The temporary policy allowed certain refu...
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No need to set time limit for sentencing proceedings, Supreme Court of Canada rules
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a man is entitled to a reduction in his sentence for sexual assault because the post-verdict sentencing phase of the case took too long. But the top court also says there is no need for a set time limit for det...
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Conversations on trade with U.S. officials haven't stopped: LeBlanc
BANFF - Conversations between Canadian and American officials have not stopped, even if no formal trade talks are currently scheduled, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Friday. LeBlanc was in Banff, Alta., on Friday for the two-day Libera...
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Thousands sign petition calling on Edmonton Oilers to reverse Formenton signing
EDMONTON - An online petition calling on the Edmonton Oilers to reverse the signing of Alex Formenton had collected more than 19,000 signatures as of Friday morning. The petition was started by longtime Oilers superfan Mary Loewen, known as "Mama Stanl...
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World
North Korea fires ballistic missiles toward sea after rivals' military drill it sees as provocation
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Saturday, its neighbors said, a day after the U.S., South Korea and Japan ended their trilateral military drill that North Korea views as a provoca...
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Mississippi police arrest a man in the death of Tasia Fortune
Mississippi police have arrested a man in the death of Tasia Fortune, a Black woman found hanging from a tree last month. Jackson Police Chief RaShall Brackney said at a news conference Friday that police had secured search and arrest wa...
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UK lawmakers vote down bill to allow assisted dying in England and Wales
LONDON (AP) - U.K. lawmakers on Friday voted down legislation to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives. Following an impassioned four-hour debate in the elected House of Commons, the Terminally Ill ...
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Sports
Orioles score five runs in second inning of 7-4 victory over Blue Jays
TORONTO - Dylan Beavers hit a leadoff homer and the Baltimore Orioles tacked on five more runs in the second inning en route to a 7-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night at Rogers Centre. Colton Cowser had a two-run double and Beavers ad...
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Former Oilers goaltender Connor Ingram retires from NHL
Connor Ingram has called it a career. The 29-year-old goaltender made the announcement on his Instagram page on Friday saying, "Don't be sad it's over, be happy it happened. Thanks hockey, I owe ya." He last played for the Edmonton Oilers in 2025-26 af...
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Jays and Orioles meet again, 25 years after their Sept. 11, 2001 game was postponed
TORONTO - After an off-day in September 2001, former Blue Jays manager Buck Martinez was driving from New Jersey to Baltimore for a series against the Orioles when news of the U.S. terror attacks came across his car radio. When he arrived in the Maryla...
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