Category Archives: Fraser Valley

Body found in burned out vehicle at Sumas Mountain Regional Park in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford police are investigating the discovery of human remains in a burned out vehicle at Sumas Mountain Regional Park on Friday (Jan. 3) afternoon. Abbotsford Police Patrol Officers ...
Dave Barry Jan 04, 2025

IHIT involved in investigation into suspicious death in Port Moody
PORT MOODY - Police are investigating the suspicious death of a woman whose body was discovered at Reed Point Marina on New Year's Day.Port Moody Police responded to a report of a deceased person in t...
Dave Barry Jan 04, 2025

Influenza cases on the rise across B.C.
VANCOUVER - BC Centre for Disease Control says it is seeing an increase in cases of influenza across the province.The provincial health agency says that during it's latest period between December 22 a...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 04, 2025

Abbotsford squads win their divisions at Pat Quinn Classic minor hockey tournament
BURNABY - A pair of Abbotsford-based minor hockey clubs came away with the top prize at the Pat Quinn Classic tournament in Burnaby.The Fraser Valley Thunderbirds knocked off another Abbotsford-based ...
Dave Barry Jan 03, 2025

Canada pausing applications for parent, grandparent permanent residency sponsorships
OTTAWA - Canada will not accept new parent and grandparent permanent residency sponsorship applications until further notice, according to a ministerial directive. The directive published in the Canad...
Dave Barry Jan 03, 2025

Museum of whale skeletons, painstakingly rebuilt over years, consumed by B.C. fire
It takes years to rebuild a whale. Just ask Jim Borrowman, co-founder of the Whale Interpretive Centre museum that housed numerous whale skeletons on the boardwalk of Telegraph Cove on Vancouver Islan...
Dave Barry Jan 03, 2025

Woman dies after being struck by train in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - A woman was struck and killed by a train early Friday morning near the Yale Road Overpass and McIntosh Drive in Chilliwack. Chilliwack RCMP say officers responded to the scene at approxim...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 03, 2025

Snowfall warning issued for Hope region
HOPE - Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the eastern region of the Fraser Valley including Hope. The national weather agency is expecting up to 5 centimetres of snow to fall Friday ...
Dave Barry Jan 03, 2025

2024 was Vancouver's wettest year so far this century: Environment Canada data
VANCOUVER - Vancouver lived up to its soggy reputation last year, with Environment Canada data showing 2024 was the city's wettest year so far this century. Meteorologist Chris Doyle says more than 1,...
Dave Barry Jan 03, 2025

Case of Fraser Valley teen with avian flu shows 'worrisome' mutation of virus
Infectious disease experts say the avian flu case that infected a 13-year-old in the Fraser Valley shows "worrisome" signs that the virus could be mutating to more easily infect humans, but that the t...
Dave Barry Jan 02, 2025