Fraser Valley

Timber sales in Mission
City of Mission experiences significant profit from 2025 timber sales
MISSION - The City of Mission says sales from its municipal forestry operation saw a significant profit, one that more than doubled its initial expectations. According to a statement from the municipality, despite ongoing uncertainty around tariffs on softwood lumber, the City of Mission's forestry operation reported a...
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Foreign national convicted
Foreign national convicted of trying to enter B.C. with 6 undeclared guns, CBSA says man 'may be' removed from Canada
VICTORIA - The Canada Border Services Agency says a 44-year-old foreign national has been sentenced to four years in prison after he tried to enter British Columbia with six undeclared firearms in his vehicle. However, the CBSA can't say the man whether the foreign national will be definitively removed from Canada once...
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Man arrested, drugs and weapons seized
39-year-old Mission man arrested, drugs and weapons seized in search warrant: RCMP
MISSION - Mounties in Mission say a 39-year-old man has been arrested and remains in custody for possession of firearms, multiple IDs in other people's names and other items consistent with drug trafficking. According to a statement from Mission RCMP spokesperson Corporal Harrison Mohr, officers pulled over a vehicle t...
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Snowfall warning
Snowfall warning issued for the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt
HOPE - A snowfall warning is in effect for the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt following a night of snowy chaos.Environment Canada says around 15 to 20 centimetres of snow is expected for the stretch of Highway 5 Monday (March 9), with periods of heavy snow at times.The weather agency says flurries are expected...
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British Columbia

B.C. to bring in safety zones, ban harassment around sites of worship
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is bringing in legislation to prevent intimidation, mental and physical harassment, and obstruction of people from going to their temples, churches and other places of worship. The 20-metre protection zones f...
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Overseas trade propels Port of Vancouver to record cargo volumes
MONTREAL - The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says a record amount of cargo flowed through its terminals last year as shippers sought to grow overseas markets far from an increasingly protectionist United States. Freight volumes at the Port of Vancouv...
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Lawyer says no proof of his client was at B.C. double murder scene
ABBOTSFORD - One of three men accused of killing an Abbotsford, B.C., couple has conceded that evidence against him shows he knew of the planned home invasion that resulted in the murders, but his lawyer says the prosecution hasn't proven the man was a...
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Gray likely died of cardiac arrest, complicated by police actions: pathologist
VANCOUVER - The forensic pathologist who performed an autopsy on Myles Gray in the days after he died following a beating by Vancouver police officers said Monday that there was no single, definitive cause of death. Rather, Dr. Matthew Orde said he ide...
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Man accused of killing B.C. Mountie Shaelyn Yang testifies at fitness hearing
VANCOUVER - The man accused of killing RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang in a Burnaby, B.C., park is testifying at a hearing in Vancouver to determine whether he is fit to stand trial. Jongwon Ham, appearing in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Monday, is char...
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200 alleged victims of Vancouver-area Catholic school abuse could share $30M
VANCOUVER - Lawyers say a $30-million class-action settlement over child abuse allegedly committed for decades at two Vancouver-area Catholic schools could be shared by more than 200 ex-students. Joe Fiorante with Vancouver-based CFM Lawyers said Monda...
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Canada

B.C. to bring in safety zones, ban harassment around sites of worship
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is bringing in legislation to prevent intimidation, mental and physical harassment, and obstruction of people from going to their temples, churches and other places of worship. The 20-metre protection zones f...
1h ago
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Submarine company taps former news anchor Peter Mansbridge to voice ad
OTTAWA - South Korean firm Hanwha Oceans has tapped former TV news anchor Peter Mansbridge to voice an ad as it looks to secure a multi-billion-dollar procurement contract from Ottawa. Peter Mansbridge, the former voice of CBC's The National, can be he...
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CP NewsAlert: Carney heading to Norway to watch NATO exercises, meet with PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to travel to Norway on Friday to observe the Norwegian-led NATO Cold Response exercise above the Arctic Circle. Cold Response is run by NATO every two years and involves about 25,000 troops from 14 nations trai...
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Lawyer says no proof of his client was at B.C. double murder scene
ABBOTSFORD - One of three men accused of killing an Abbotsford, B.C., couple has conceded that evidence against him shows he knew of the planned home invasion that resulted in the murders, but his lawyer says the prosecution hasn't proven the man was a...
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Gray likely died of cardiac arrest, complicated by police actions: pathologist
VANCOUVER - The forensic pathologist who performed an autopsy on Myles Gray in the days after he died following a beating by Vancouver police officers said Monday that there was no single, definitive cause of death. Rather, Dr. Matthew Orde said he ide...
2h ago
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Automaker allowed more tariff-free U.S. imports due to higher Canadian production
OTTAWA - Ottawa is letting an unnamed automaker import a higher quota of U.S.-made vehicles without tariffs because the company is selling and making more cars in Canada than first expected. While the Liberal government dropped the bulk of its counter-...
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