Fraser Valley

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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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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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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