Fraser Valley

WEATHER STATEMENT
Special weather statement issued for possible snow on Coquihalla overnight
HOPE - Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt on Friday (Jun. 20). It may be the first day of summer, but an upper disturbance travelling over southern B.C. is bringing widespread showers and possibly - wet snow - over the highway summits. Snow levels m...
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SUPER SAVE FIRE
Firefighters quickly put out blaze at Super Save in Surrey Friday morning
FRASER VALLEY - Surrey firefighters were in and out of an incident at a local Super Save early Friday morning (Jun. 20).Witnesses reported seeing the fire on the Langley Bypass at around 8:30 a.m. The Surrey Fire Fighters Association then shared a post shortly before 9 a.m., saying crews were on scene at the Super Save...
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ABBOTSFORD CANUCKS
Abbotsford Canucks take 3-1 series lead in Game 4 Thursday night
ABBOTSFORD - The Abby Canucks have been on fire over the ice this season- going from a historic franchise first in the Western Conference Final, to only being one win away from the 2025 Calder Cup. With a synergetic team and Artūrs Šilovs blocking 30 out of 32 shots against him, Abbtosford took a 3-2 win in Gam...
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Cultus Lake Day
Cultus Lake Day parade, community activities happening lakeside on Saturday
CULTUS LAKE - Rain or shine, Cultus Lake Day is back for another year of community spirit with a full roster of activities. Cultus Lake Day kicks off at the Cultus Lake Fire Hall with a pancake breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., followed by the parade at 11 a.m. Image: Kevin Plastow Photography, via Cultus Lake Pa...
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Fraser Valley Weather

British Columbia

Life sentence with no parole for 12 years for killer of Chilliwack, B.C., man
CHILLIWACK - The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a man arrested for murder in January 2023 has been given a life sentence without the chance of parole for 12 years in the death of a man in Chilliwack, B.C. The team says in a news release that the sentence for 27-year-old Matthew Bauer was handed down Thursd...
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Control zones set up in Fraser Valley, B.C., after Newcastle disease detected
CHILLIWACK - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has put up controls on the movements of birds around two commercial poultry farms experiencing the first outbreaks of virulent Newcastle disease in Canada in more than 50 years. The establishment of the primary control zones in the Fraser Valley means that birds, byprodu...
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B.C. Public Safety Minister says program funding targets repeat violent offenders
SURREY - British Columbia's public safety minister says the provincial government is adding another $6 million to a policing initiative targeting repeat violent offenders. Gary Begg says the money for the Special Investigation and Targeted Enforcement program will build on the initiative's past successes in leading to ...
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Wildfire of note downgraded in B.C., remains burning out of control
A recent soaking of rain in northeastern British Columbia has helped to remove the one remaining fire out of the so-called wildfire of note category, although the Summit Lake blaze is still labelled as burning out of control. Two other wildfires of note, meaning they are highly visible or a threat to communities, were ...
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B.C. mall owner's push to buy 25 Hudson's Bay leases faces landlord opposition: docs
TORONTO - New court documents show that the landlords of former Hudson's Bay properties overwhelmingly oppose the department store's sale of leases to a B.C. entrepreneur. The documents filed by a court monitor appointed to help the Bay through creditor protection say landlords representing 23 leases in a group of 25 W...
Jun 19, 2025
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B.C. coroner won't call inquest into death of woman, hit by police anti-riot rounds
VICTORIA - British Columbia's chief coroner is taking the unusual step of not calling an inquest into the death of Lisa Rauch, who died after being hit by two plastic bullets fired by a Victoria police officer. While an inquest is mandatory after deaths in police custody, Coroner Dr. Jatinder Baidwan says in a statemen...
Jun 19, 2025
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Canada

Control zones set up in Fraser Valley, B.C., after Newcastle disease detected
CHILLIWACK - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has put up controls on the movements of birds around two commercial poultry farms experiencing the first outbreaks of virulent Newcastle disease in Canada in more than 50 years. The establishment of the primary control zones in the Fraser Valley means that birds, byprodu...
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CP NewsAlert: Federal Appeal Court grants B.C. ostriches stay of cull pending review
OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal has granted a stay, pausing the potential cull of nearly 400 ostriches at a B.C. farm. Court records show that a motion to pause plans for the cull, pending an appeal, was granted this afternoon in Ottawa. More coming. The Canadian Press
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Predicting deadly rockfall would have been impossible, say geologists
Geologists say it would have been impossible for Parks Canada to predict or prevent the massive rockfall that killed two people in Banff National Park on Thursday, with pressure building over many years released as hikers were below. University of Calgary Prof. Daniel Shugar says water from a lake above the cliff at Bo...
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Canada-Europe security and defence pact to be signed Monday in Brussels
OTTAWA - A security and defence partnership pact Prime Minister Mark Carney will sign with European leaders in Brussels on Monday will be among the most wide-ranging agreements with a third country Europe has ever reached, a senior EU official said on Friday. Carney is flying to Europe Sunday for a Canada - EU Summit, ...
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Don't regulate us like radio, music streamer Spotify tells CRTC
OTTAWA - Music streamer Spotify says Canada's federal broadcast regulator shouldn't impose rules meant for radio on streaming services. Appearing before a CRTC hearing today, company representatives compared regulating Spotify like a radio station to treating Uber like a horse and buggy. In its written submission, Spot...
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VIA Rail and Unifor reach tentative agreement, strike averted
MONTREAL - Via Rail has reached a tentative deal with the union representing 2,400 workers across the country. The deal averts a walkout involving members of Unifor, who had voted for a strike mandate to be exercised as early as Sunday. Unifor says the tentative agreement offers gains in wages, job security and working...
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