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13-year-old boy reported missing: Abbotsford PD
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford are appealing to the public for help in locating a 13-year-old boy who was last seen earlier this week.According to AbbyPD media relations officer Constable Scott MacClure, police say 13-year-old Malcolm Gerbrand was last seen on Tuesday, July 15 at 2 p.m. at the Cyrus Centre in Abbots...
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Traffic violation
Mercedes driver pays the driver for absurdly high speed in an 80 km/h zone
ABBOTSFORD - The driver of a Mercedes in Abbotsford is a little lighter in the wallet after being clocked at an absurdly high rate of speed Wednesday morning.According to a social media post, the Abbotsford Police Department says one of its traffic enforcement officers observed a vehicle committing several traffic viol...
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B.C. Premier David Eby reshuffles cabinet to boost economy and jobs
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Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
Missing person
13-year-old boy reported missing: Abbotsford PD
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B.C. Premier David Eby reshuffles cabinet to boost economy and jobs
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Fraser Valley


Fraser Valley zoo determined to save B.C.'s only native turtle
Menita Prasad knows that turtles don't rate the same kind of attention from the public as a "cute, fluffy mammal." The director of animal care at Greater Vancouver Zoo says that's one reason why British Columbia's endangered western painted turtles deserve special care. The zoo is part of a decade-long projec...
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Woman arrested
25-year-old female arrested in connection with targeted assault involving severe burns: Langley RCMP
LANGLEY - Mounties in Langley now say a 25-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with an incident in which a woman was found in distress suffering from severe burns last weekend.According to a statement from Langley RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, police responded to a woman in distress last Saturday, Ju...
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Fatality
Abbotsford surveyor, 48, killed after being hit by dump truck east of Mission on Tuesday: RCMP
HATZIC - Mounties in Mission have confirmed that a 48-year-old surveyor from Abbotsford was killed on Tuesday after being struck by a dump truck while on the job. According to a statement from Mission RCMP spokesperson Corporal Harrison Mohr, the tragic incident occurred on Tuesday just after 1 p.m., while the victim w...
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Prison violence
Staff member assaulted at Kent Institution in Agassiz
AGASSIZ - A staff member at Kent Institution was assaulted Monday (Jul. 14), prompting an investigation by RCMP and the Correctional Service Canada.A Correctional Service Canada news release states the staff member was evaluated and treated following the assault. The nature and extent of the injuries were not released,...
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Missing person
13-year-old boy reported missing: Abbotsford PD
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Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
Traffic violation
Mercedes driver pays the driver for absurdly high speed in an 80 km/h zone
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Popular farm coming to Fraser Valley
Popular B.C. farm to bring its produce to Hope this week
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Residential Fire
Early morning fire impacts two homes in Mission
Jul 15, 2025
Prison Assault
Abbotsford area inmate sent to hospital following prison assault
Jul 15, 2025
British Columbia


B.C. Premier David Eby reshuffles cabinet to boost economy and jobs
VICTORIA - British Columbia's cabinet has been reworked in what Premier David Eby says is a strategic shift in order to focus on jobs and the economy. Former housing minister Ravi Kahlon takes over as minister responsible for jobs from Diana Gibson, who moves into the citizens' services role previously held by George C...
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Woman arrested in Langley, B.C., for assault causing severe burns
LANGLEY - Mounties in Langley, B.C., say a 25-year-old woman has been charged with an assault that sent another woman to hospital with "severe burns." They previously said officers responded to a report of a woman in distress along a stretch of the Fraser Highway lined with businesses near the city's downtown...
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Man charged with impersonating North Vancouver Mountie
NORTH VANCOUVER - Mounties in North Vancouver say a man has been charged after allegedly pulling over a Tesla and falsely identifying himself as an RCMP officer. They say the man was driving a Ford F-150 with lights that resembled emergency vehicle lights. Police say the man was arrested shortly after and was released ...
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E-scooter injuries are on the rise among both kids and adults, data and doctors say
TORONTO - The Canadian Institute for Health Information says e-scooter injuries are on the rise across the country. "We thought it was really important to shed light on this important topic, given that regulations really vary across the jurisdictions," said Tanya Khan, manager of CIHI's hospital data advancem...
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Slow and steady progress in decade-long project to save B.C.'s only native turtle
Menita Prasad knows that turtles don't rate the same kind of attention from the public as a "cute, fluffy mammal." The director of animal care at Greater Vancouver Zoo says that's one reason why British Columbia's endangered western painted turtles deserve special care. The zoo is part of a decade-long projec...
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Ex-pilot called himself messiah on climate-change mission, day before alleged hijack
The day before the suspected hijacking of a light aircraft triggered a security scare at Vancouver's airport this week, former commercial pilot Shaheer Cassim posted on social media that he was a "messenger of Allah" sent to save humanity from climate change. A 39-year-old man with the same name has now been ...
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Canada


B.C. Premier David Eby reshuffles cabinet to boost economy and jobs
VICTORIA - British Columbia's cabinet has been reworked in what Premier David Eby says is a strategic shift in order to focus on jobs and the economy. Former housing minister Ravi Kahlon takes over as minister responsible for jobs from Diana Gibson, who moves into the citizens' services role previously held by George C...
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Canada's envoy for combatting antisemitism Deborah Lyons leaving post early
OTTAWA - Canada's special official for fighting antisemitism says she is retiring her post, three months before the end of her term. Deborah Lyons served as Canada's Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism since October 2023 and has not explained why she is leaving before her appoi...
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Montreal police recover body of man who went missing in St. Lawrence River
MONTREAL - Montreal police say they've recovered the body of a 32-year-old man who went missing in the St. Lawrence River on Tuesday night. Police said their divers found the man's body at around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the water near Verdun, a southwestern borough. The death is the third since June in the water near a ...
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In the news today: Defence spending won't slow recession, P.M. to meet First Nations
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Defence spending to boost Canada's economy: report Ottawa's ramped up defence-spending plans will give the economy a lift, but not enough to save it from a recession, a newly released report forecasts. The updated analysis from Ox...
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Defence spending will lift Canada's economy, but not out of a recession: report
OTTAWA - Ottawa's ramped up defence-spending plans will give the economy a lift, but not enough to save it from a recession, a newly released report forecasts. The updated analysis from Oxford Economics published Wednesday projects that Canada's defence spending commitments will raise the country's real gross domestic ...
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Carney to meet with First Nations today on major projects legislation
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet today with First Nations leaders about his government's controversial major projects legislation. The closed-door meeting was promised by Carney in June after chiefs said their rights were not respected by the rush to push the Building Canada Act through Parliament in June....
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World


Trump administration hands over nation's Medicaid enrollee data, including addresses, to ICE
WASHINGTON (AP) - Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation's 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home addresses and ethnicities, to track down immigrants who may not be living legally in the United States, according to an agreement obtained by The Associ...
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Just 1 in 4 US adults say Trump's policies have helped them, a new AP-NORC poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) - Only about one-quarter of U.S. adults say that President Donald Trump's policies have helped them since he took office, according to a new poll that finds underwhelming marks for him on key issues, including the economy, immigration, government spending and health care. In fact, the Republican preside...
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Zelenskyy shakes up Ukrainian Cabinet, appointing new prime minister to reinvigorate war effort
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine's economy minister and the key negotiator in the mineral deal with the U.S, Yuliia Svyrydenko, has been appointed as new prime minister, becoming its first new head of government since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. Svyrydenko is one of a group of officials taking on new...
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Sports


Pogačar powers to big Pyrenees win to reclaim Tour de France yellow jersey
HAUTACAM, France (AP) - Tadej Pogačar powered to an impressive stage win on the first day in the Pyrenees to take back the Tour de France yellow jersey on Thursday. On a day when many wondered if he would suffer any ill effects from his crash the day before, Pogačar showed none and put himself in prime position for h...
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Marathon world record-holder Chepngetich suspended for positive doping test
MONACO (AP) - Women's marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich was provisionally suspended for a positive doping test on Thursday. Track and field's Athletics Integrity Unit said Chepngetich tested positive for a banned diuretic and masking agent in March and "opted for a voluntary provisional suspension whil...
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Canada's Olivia Smith signed by Arsenal for world record women's soccer fee
Canada forward Olivia Smith became the most expensive player in women's soccer history at a reported one million pounds (US$1.34 million) when Arsenal signed her from Liverpool on Thursday. The new benchmark in women's soccer would surpass the 900,000 pounds ($1.1 million) Chelsea paid when signing Naomi Girma from the...
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