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UPDATE: Woman arrested by Langley RCMP pleads guilty to human trafficking, sexual exploitation of minors
LANGLEY - UPDATE at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 31 - This story was updated with specific charges and information around the Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking. LANGLEY - A B.C. woman who was arrested by Langley RCMP officers in late 2023 after a lengthy investigation has pleaded guilty to charges of human trafficking, assaul...
Jan 30, 2025
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Hope cleanup
Hope volunteers remove an entire trailer full of rubbish from homeless camp
HOPE - Hope-area resident Ryan Smith and his fellow volunteers took matters in their own hands Wednesday morning. Smith had disseminated a call for like-minded residents to join him to remove trash and other debris from a homeless encampment on a mountain bike trail at Hope Mountain. He and his fellow volunteers manage...
Jan 30, 2025
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Police incident
IHIT deployed after one person found dead at Langley homeless camp along Highway 1: RCMP
LANGLEY - Mounties in Langley say one person has been found dead after a fire at an encampment in the 19700 block of Highway 1 Thursday morning (Jan. 30). According to a brief statement from Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, Langley RCMP received a report of a fire at an encampment along Highway 1 at 4:50 a.m. One person was found d...
Jan 30, 2025
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Vehicle incident
Multi-vehicle crash on Hwy. 1 in Langley sends 2 to hospital Thursday morning
LANGLEY - A spokesperson for the B.C. Highway Patrol says a vehicle crash on Highway 1 in Langley Thursday morning involved four vehicles and sent two people to hospital. According to BCHP spokesperson Corporal Michael McLaughlin, the vehicle incident partially shut down eastbound traffic on Highway #1 near 200 Street....
Jan 30, 2025
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Fraser Valley Weather

British Columbia

Forecasters say B.C. 'well-positioned' despite uncertainty of tariff threat: province
VICTORIA - British Columbia's finance minister says she expects uncertainty and instability over the four years of Donald Trump's U.S. presidency, but private-sector forecasters have indicated the province is in a good position to meet the challenges of Trump's promised tariffs on Canadian goods. Brenda Bailey says in ...
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Weather prompts record 1.4 million electricity outages for BC Hydro customers in 2024
VANCOUVER - Nearly 1.4 million BC Hydro customers lost their power last year due to weather-related events, setting an all-time record for the utility. BC Hydro says in a statement that the unprecedented number of outages was primarily due to three powerful storms that hit the South Coast and Vancouver Island in Novemb...
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Avalanche warning issued for B.C. as winter weather forecasted
VANCOUVER - Avalanche Canada is warning anyone planning to head into British Columbia's backcountry that incoming winter weather is expected to bring a "major increase in avalanche danger." The forecaster says the past three weeks of dry conditions have formed layers that won't bond with new snow, so as amoun...
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Wendy Cocchia sworn in as B.C.'s 31st lieutenant-governor
VICTORIA - Premier David Eby has introduced British Columbia's new lieutenant-governor, saying Wendy Cocchia's lifelong leadership and dedication to community service sets an example for everyone. Cocchia, a longtime businesswoman and philanthropist, was sworn in at a ceremony at B.C.'s Parliament buildings on Thursday...
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B.C. court finds Criminal Code first-degree murder parole provision unconstitutional
Luciano Mariani broke into the Vancouver Island home of his former girlfriend Caroline Bernard in August 2021 and bludgeoned her with a baseball bat while she slept, leaving the "ghastly scene" for the woman's young daughter to find, a B.C. court heard. He had planned the murder over months, evidently intent ...
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B.C. woman pleads guilty to multiple charges of human trafficking after 2023 arrest
A British Columbia woman has pleaded guilty to charges of human trafficking, assault, unlawful confinement and sexual exploitation of minors. Jennifer Stephens was arrested by Langley RCMP officers in December 2023 after an investigation that began in March of that year. The Mounties issued a statement at the time sayi...
Jan 30, 2025
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Canada

Forecasters say B.C. 'well-positioned' despite uncertainty of tariff threat: province
VICTORIA - British Columbia's finance minister says she expects uncertainty and instability over the four years of Donald Trump's U.S. presidency, but private-sector forecasters have indicated the province is in a good position to meet the challenges of Trump's promised tariffs on Canadian goods. Brenda Bailey says in ...
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Montreal asks Quebec for help with language laws after English book club rejected
MONTREAL - The City of Montreal says it needs more guidance from the Quebec government in applying the province's language laws after a local library refused to offer space for an English-language book club. Christopher DiRaddo, the author behind the Violet Hour book club, says the city told him today that he can hold ...
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Don't wait to act on opioid deaths, coroner warns in report on Quebec teen's death
MONTREAL - The death of a Quebec teen who was poisoned from a synthetic opioid should raise alarm bells for authorities to do more to prevent similar tragedies. Coroner Stéphanie Gamache issued the call this week in a report into the death of 15-year-old Mathis Boivin. Boivin died in December 2023 after he consu...
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Conservative fundraising for 2024 nearly doubles Liberal, NDP totals
OTTAWA - The Conservative Party had a banner fundraising year in 2024, when it nearly doubled the combined total collected by the Liberals and NDP by raising almost $41.8 million. The Conservatives brought in nearly $12.8 million in the final quarter of 2024, according to filings with Elections Canada. In all of 2024, ...
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Here's the latest as Trump tariff deadline looms
U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will impose a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods as early as Saturday. Politicians and business groups are making a final push today in the hope of avoiding or mitigating the move, and the economic uncertainty that would follow. Here's the latest (all times Eastern): --- 11:20 ...
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Google payments for news organizations to begin later than expected
Canadian journalism organizations are having to wait a bit longer for their share of the $100 million Google agreed to pay news outlets to be exempt from the Online News Act. The organization administering the money now says funds will flow to outlets later than the January timeline it first provided. The Canadian Jour...
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