Fraser Valley

NEW DETACHMENT LEADER
Upper Fraser Valley RCMP names new officer-in-charge
CHILLIWACK - The Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment (UFVRD) has announced a new officer-in-charge (OIC) following the departure of its previous leader in December 2024.Superintendent Darren Pankratz had been working as a 9-1-1 dispatcher when he decided to be more involved with public safety, joining the RCMP over...
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EXCESSIVE SPEEDING
Abbotsford police impound seven speeding cars Thursday, more than 250 since January
ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford Police Department has been keeping a close eye on the city's traffic offenders over the past six months, and just yesterday (July 10), seven vehicles were impounded for speeding within a 24-hour period. Three of the seven drivers exceeded the speed limit by double, including a 20-year-old N ...
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JUNE JOBS REPORT
Abby-Mission unemployment dips while Chilliwack loses 1,200 jobs in June: StatCan
CHILLIWACK - The labour pendulum has swung this summer, following months of steady employment in Chilliwack and rising joblessness in Abbotsford-Mission, according to the June jobs report. Chilliwack has lost 1,200 jobs and returned to its April unemployment rate of 6.1 per cent, after dipping below 6 per cent in May. ...
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COORDINATED THEFTS
Mission RCMP seek group of women allegedly on a shoplifting heist
MISSION - Police are warning businesses about some well-dressed ladies believed to have been coordinating a series of recent thefts in Mission.On Monday evening (June 30), three women went into the Shoppers Drug Mart on Lougheed Highway in Mission and reportedly stole an entire shelf's worth of beauty products. The nex...
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British Columbia

Union pleads for action four years after B.C. crane collapse that killed five people
BURNABY - Officials from a B.C. construction union say it's been four years since a crane collapse killed five people in Kelowna, and their families and the industry are still waiting for answers from WorkSafeBC about what happened, and from prosecutors about possible criminal charges. The International Union of Operat...
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Mayor seeks ban on online criminal content after shooting at Indian star's B.C. café
The mayor of Surrey, B.C., is urging social media platforms to ban criminal content after a video of someone shooting up a restaurant in the city, filmed from inside the attackers' car, was circulated online. Brenda Locke says she is appealing to companies such as Meta, X and TikTok to stop allowing content from violen...
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Man gets 3 1/2 years in prison for fatal stabbing in Whistler, B.C.
A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for manslaughter in the stabbing death of another man in Whistler, B.C., in 2021. Homicide investigators say Dedaar Jhooty of Delta, B.C., was sentenced by a B.C. Supreme Court judge on Tuesday. Police say Jhooty received a court-imposed DNA order as well as...
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B.C. provincial court gives former Mountie probation for Securities Act violations
SURREY, B.C. - The British Columbia provincial court has handed a retired RCMP officer a suspended sentence, saying the man was "reckless" but not deceitful when he convinced a neighbour to invest in his failing cannabis company. The court ruling says six years after Jasvindar Singh Basi retired from the RCMP...
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Health minister says rare-disease funds denied again for B.C. girl Charleigh Pollock
VICTORIA - A family from Langford, B.C., hoping to extend the life of their little girl who has a rare disease has been rejected again for coverage of medication that costs about $1 million a year. Health Minister Josie Osborne says in a statement that she knows the outcome of the review process is not what the family ...
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Cyclist struck while training with Mountie for B.C. fundraiser dies of injuries
PRINCE GEORGE - One of two cyclists who was struck in a hit and run earlier this week in Prince George, B.C., has died of his injuries. Mounties say Shane Kelly was a "community rider" who had been training with an officer from the detachment for the Cops for Cancer Tour de North fundraiser. Police said in an...
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Canada

Mayor seeks ban on online criminal content after shooting at Indian star's B.C. café
The mayor of Surrey, B.C., is urging social media platforms to ban criminal content after a video of someone shooting up a restaurant in the city, filmed from inside the attackers' car, was circulated online. Brenda Locke says she is appealing to companies such as Meta, X and TikTok to stop allowing content from violen...
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Canada's Supreme Court overturns second trial for Quebec man
MONTREAL - The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a Quebec man convicted of manslaughter in the death of his spouse will not face a second trial. The country's highest court overturned the Quebec Court of Appeal's decision to grant a new trial for Pascal Varennes. In 2020, Varennes was acquitted of second-degree mu...
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Carney's ethics filing reveals details of conflict of interest screen on Brookfield
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's chief of staff and the country's top public servant will be responsible for maintaining an ethics screen preventing him from making decisions that benefit his former employer. That information is part of a newly released disclosure from the office of the ethics commissioner. When C...
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What's known about the attack on eight-year-old girl in Quadeville, Ont.
Residents of a small eastern Ontario community will be seeking answers at a police town hall on Saturday about a disturbing attack on an eight-year-old girl that investigators initially linked to an animal, prompting fear and confusion. The gathering is expected to offer an opportunity for people in Quadeville, about 1...
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B.C. provincial court gives former Mountie probation for Securities Act violations
SURREY, B.C. - The British Columbia provincial court has handed a retired RCMP officer a suspended sentence, saying the man was "reckless" but not deceitful when he convinced a neighbour to invest in his failing cannabis company. The court ruling says six years after Jasvindar Singh Basi retired from the RCMP...
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Health minister says rare-disease funds denied again for B.C. girl Charleigh Pollock
VICTORIA - A family from Langford, B.C., hoping to extend the life of their little girl who has a rare disease has been rejected again for coverage of medication that costs about $1 million a year. Health Minister Josie Osborne says in a statement that she knows the outcome of the review process is not what the family ...
12h ago
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