Fraser Valley

Strategic Priorities Fund
Hope receives $175K funding for wastewater planning
HOPE - The federal government is looking to build stronger communities in B.C., including the Fraser Valley, with a new round of infrastructure funding. Fifty-four new building projects in the province are being supported through the Strategic Priorities Fund, a program allotted for projects that are beyond the financi...
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Kidney Care
Surrey Memorial Hospital opens new renal facility
SURREY - Patients with kidney concerns may now have better access to care in the region with the opening of a new renal facility at Surrey Memorial Hospital.The recently opened facility is adding 21 new hemodialysis treatment stations, bringing the total to 60 in the hospital.Surrey Hospitals Foundation supported the $...
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Multi-Vehicle Crash
3 in hospital after collisions on Yale Road Sunday
CHILLIWACK -Three people have been taken to hospital after a motor vehicle incident on Yale Road Sunday (Aug. 2). The Chilliwack Fire Department, along with roughly four RCMP vehicles and three ambulances, were paged out to the crash in the intersection of Yale Road and Kerr Avenue at around 10:55 a.m. (Image Credit: W...
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Water Restrictions
Irrigation industry calls for better water management as Abby-Mission enters Stage 2 restrictions
ABBOTSFORD - An irrigation industry group is asking officials to get better water-efficiency methods as Abbotsford-Mission enters Stage 2 water restrictions in response to rising demand.Both municipalities implemented new restrictions on July 31 as outdoor watering in the summer, primarily in lawns, created a "sig...
Aug 02, 2026
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Fraser Valley Weather

British Columbia

Okanagan wildfires force expanded orders, alerts as First Nation assesses losses
VERNON - Wildfires burning on the west side and north end of Okanagan Lake have forced more evacuation orders and alerts. Central Okanagan Emergency Management issued a further evacuation order because of the Quilpituk Creek wildfire, bringing the to...
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Lakeside homes destroyed, evacuations expanded as B.C. wildfires surge
VERNON - A wildfire fanned by 115-kilometre-per-hour winds razed homes along the west side of British Columbia's Okanagan Lake, forcing many residents to escape to safety. Video and photos posted online showed flames in the night sky engulfing propert...
Aug 02, 2026
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Elizabeth May says Greens can win byelection by campaigning on PM's climate record
OTTAWA - Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says she thinks the Greens can pull off an upset in one of the upcoming byelection races by campaigning on Liberal rollbacks of climate policy. The Greens are running Shelley Luce - an environmental scientist w...
Aug 02, 2026
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'It's a responsibility': animals moved out as B.C. fire risk looms
Will Unruh says the 13 bison he cares for at his ranch near the shores of British Columbia's Green Lake know that something is amiss. Smoke from a nearby wildfire is in the air, and they are staying close. "They're hanging out right in this little corr...
Aug 01, 2026
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Class-action lawsuit over sexual abuse at Metro Vancouver schools settled for $30M
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has approved a $30-million settlement of a class-action lawsuit filed over historical claims of physical, psychological and sexual abuse at two schools in Metro Vancouver run by the Catholic Church. The court approve...
Aug 01, 2026
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RCMP continue careful recovery of sunken fishing charter in B.C. waters
RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Mounties say raising a sunken fishing charter in the Straight of Georgia near Richmond, B.C., where six people are presumed drowned, needs to be done carefully as the vessel is considered evidence in their investigation. P...
Jul 31, 2026
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Canada

Okanagan wildfires force expanded orders, alerts as First Nation assesses losses
VERNON - Wildfires burning on the west side and north end of Okanagan Lake have forced more evacuation orders and alerts. Central Okanagan Emergency Management issued a further evacuation order because of the Quilpituk Creek wildfire, bringing the to...
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Duelling symbols: Alberta and Canada flags creating division ahead of referendum
EDMONTON - Sarah Batchelor says it started a few weeks ago when a large blue flag bearing Alberta's shield of arms appeared on her neighbour's window in Airdrie, a city north of Calgary. The 49-year-old music teacher, who has lived in the province fo...
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WestJet, CUPE reached tentative deal after company offered pay bump
OTTAWA - WestJet and the union representing about 4,400 flight attendants reached a new deal after the company made an offer that included a pay bump, increases in meal allowances, and a top-up for cabin crew while they're on duty. The two sides reache...
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Some Canadians tell Carney Ottawa's spelling protocol should lean British
OTTAWA - It seems some Canadians feel quite at home with the federal government's preference for British spelling. Messages to Prime Minister Mark Carney on the matter indicate several correspondents see the affectation as a way of countering U.S. cult...
10h ago
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Hundreds protest Meta's plan for massive data centre in northern Alberta county
MORINVILLE - Hundreds of protesters chanted "Down, down with corporations" outside a northern Alberta county office on Sunday to voice their opposition to tech giant Meta's plan to build a data centre. The morning protest took place in Morinville, a to...
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Montreal's Jewish community on edge after blaze guts kosher restaurant
MONTREAL - Montreal police are investigating after a fire heavily damaged a kosher restaurant overnight Saturday in the city's Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough. Police said the case is being investigated as arson and that all hypotheses rem...
Aug 02, 2026
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