Fraser Valley

Fatal collision
30-year-old B.C. man arrested in fatal collision that killed 2 young men
SPALLUMCHEEN - The BC Highway Patrol announced Monday (July 14) they have arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly driving the wrong way on Highway 97A, resulting in a head-on collision that claimed the life of two men ages 20 and 19. According to a statement from BC Highway Patrol spokesperson Corporal Michael McLaugh...
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Woman followed
Police investigating after woman alleges she was followed on a Langley-area walking trail
LANGLEY - Mounties in Langley are investigating a suspicious incident in which a woman reported being followed over the weekend while walking her dogs on a trail near 216 Street in Langley. According to a statement from Langley RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, frontline officers were dispatched Saturday morning, J...
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Serious motor vehicle incident
Police appeal for witnesses, video after motorcyclist hospitalized following collision with SUV
DELTA, B.C. - Police are appealing for witnesses and any dashcam video after a collision between a motorcyclist and an SUV in Delta Saturday morning. According to a statement from BCHP spokesperson Corporal Michael McLaughlin, police are appealing to the public for more information, including witnesses and dashcam vide...
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Woman seriously hurt
33-year-old woman severely burned in targeted assault: Langley RCMP
LANGLEY - Mounties in Langley say a 33-year-old woman was rushed to hospital over the weekend after suffering severe burns in what police are calling an assault. According to a statement from Langley RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, police responded to a woman in distress on Saturday evening, July 12, at approxima...
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Fraser Valley Weather

British Columbia

Plan to fence off Nanaimo, B.C., city hall to protect from overdose site disorder
VICTORIA - The City of Nanaimo, B.C., is considering building a 1.8-metre-high fence to protect its staff from "congregations" of people, violence and disorder associated with an overdose prevention site next to city hall. Staff proposing the $412,000 fence cite "intimidation and harassment" of empl...
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'Obscene brutality': Baseball-bat killer gets life term despite constitutional ruling
The B.C. Supreme Court has sentenced a man to life in prison without parole eligibility for 25 years for beating his ex-girlfriend to death with a baseball bat as she slept beside her young daughter in 2021. The court ruling posted Monday says Luciano Mariani's killing of Caroline Bernard in her home in Bowser, B.C., w...
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B.C. facing more adverse drought conditions this year as warm, dry weather expected
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's minister in charge of water is asking residents to do everything they can to conserve the resource in the coming weeks, as the province faces elevated drought conditions in the southern Interior. Randene Neill, the minister of water, land and resource stewardship, says they want people to...
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Federal Court of Appeal to hear arguments in B.C. ostrich farm avian flu case
OTTAWA - The B.C. ostrich farmers who lost dozens of birds in an outbreak of avian flu last winter will be heading to the Federal Court of Appeal on Tuesday as they try to stop the remainder of their herd from being culled. Universal Ostrich Farm near Edgewood, B.C., was ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency t...
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Airflow pattern brings potential for increased wildfires in coastal B.C.
VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says the Coastal Fire Centre is expected to get its first "outflow pattern" of the season, which could drive more significant fire behaviour. It says the pattern occurs when air flows out from the mountains towards the water, and will develop Monday and continue Tuesday in ...
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Woman severely burned by substance in 'intentional act' in Langley, B.C., police say
LANGLEY - Police in Metro Vancouver say a woman was taken to hospital suffering from "severe burns" after being exposed to an "unknown substance" in a targeted assault. A statement issued by Langley RCMP says officers responded to a report of woman in distress along a stretch of the Fraser Highway l...
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Canada

June price data coming from Statistics Canada as markets expect higher inflation
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is set to report inflation figures for June today. A Reuters poll of economists expect the annual pace of inflation rose to 1.9 per cent last month, up from 1.7 per cent in May. BMO expects inflation rose beyond that to two per cent in June as food and transportation costs pushed prices highe...
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Carney set to meet with cabinet to weigh response to Trump's 35% tariff threat
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with his cabinet today for the first time since U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose steep new tariffs on Canada. Trump said in a letter to Carney last week that the United States will put a 35 per cent tariff on Canadian goods starting Aug. 1. The White House s...
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Federal Court of Appeal to hear case of B.C. ostrich farm
OTTAWA - The B.C. ostrich farmers who lost 15 per cent of their herd in an outbreak of avian flu last winter are taking their fight to the Federal Court of Appeal today. The case is an appeal of a June ruling in the Federal Court which sided with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The agency ordered the owners of Uni...
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Plan to fence off Nanaimo, B.C., city hall to protect from overdose site disorder
VICTORIA - The City of Nanaimo, B.C., is considering building a 1.8-metre-high fence to protect its staff from "congregations" of people, violence and disorder associated with an overdose prevention site next to city hall. Staff proposing the $412,000 fence cite "intimidation and harassment" of empl...
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Carney to meet with Incident Response Group to discuss the wildfire situation
Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to convene the Incident Response Group in Ottawa today to discuss the ongoing wildfire situation across the country. Carney also convened the group of ministers and senior officials a little over a month ago in response to an earlier wave of wildfires, which peaked in May and Jun...
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Much of Canada smoky, other parts get heat, and some areas seeing both
Special air-quality statements caused by wildfire smoke remain in effect for many areas of the country, and in some places, people are also handling stifling heat and humidity as well as the haze. Much of Central Canada, Manitoba and Saskatchewan were placed under special air quality statements or warnings on Monday du...
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