Category Archives: Fraser Valley
RCMP responded to over 400 calls intimate partner violence last year in Mission
MISSION - Amid a campaign to raise awareness of intimate partner violence, Mission RCMP revealed they received 418 calls related to domestic incidents last year. A week after the launch of the 13th an...
Oct 12, 2024
Record number of voters on first day of advance voting in BC, over 12K from Fraser Valley
VICTORIA - Elections BC reported that Thursday saw the highest number of votes ever recorded for the first day of advance voting across the province. The non-partisan office responsible for conducting...
Oct 12, 2024 Image: Modfos / Dreamstime / Elections BC reported 171,381 votes were cast on the first day of advance voting across the province on Oct. 10.
Four-metre-long Great White Shark washes up on B.C. beach
A four-metre-long Great White Shark has washed up on a British Columbia beach. The Fisheries Department says their scientists confirmed the species by analyzing its tooth shape and the shape of its ta...
Oct 11, 2024
Report says at least 55 children died or disappeared at B.C. residential school
A British Columbia First Nation says at least 55 children died or disappeared while attending a residential school near Williams Lake, more than triple the number recorded for the institution in the N...
Oct 11, 2024
Vital signs machines featured in $35K donation to Mission Memorial Hospital
MISSION - Four vital signs machines highlight a $35,000 donation to Mission Memorial Hospital. The equipment, donated by the Mission Health Care Auxiliary Society, is expected to be deployed across se...
Oct 11, 2024
New bus to improve teen access at Abbotsford psychiatric program
ABBOTSFORD - A youth outpatient program helping those experiencing psychiatric difficulties has a new ride that is expected to provide safe and reliable transportation for treatment sessions. The Foun...
Oct 11, 2024
No jail time after fatal 2020 stabbing at Vancouver's former Biltmore Hotel
VANCOUVER - A man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the stabbing death of a 72-year-old man in a Vancouver rooming house nearly four years ago will not serve time in prison. The sentencing decisio...
Oct 11, 2024
Abbotsford's Gallery 7 holding auditions for Irena's Vow, set during the German occupation of Poland in World War II
ABBOTSFORD - Actor auditions for a forthcoming stage production set during the German occupation of Poland in World War II are scheduled for late October. Abbotsford-based Gallery 7 Theatre will be se...
Oct 11, 2024
City of Mission unveils new CEO for corporation expected to revitalize waterfront, industrial lands
MISSION - The corporation that spurs on revitalization projects in Mission has its inaugural Chief Executive Officer. The city has appointed Stacey Crawford as the CEO of Mission Bridgehead Investment...
Oct 11, 2024
Tracking device on stolen Sea-Doo leads to recovery of stolen watercraft in Pitt Meadows
MISSION - Police are crediting a tracking device on a personal watercraft for aiding seizures of stolen property in Pitt Meadows. RCMP say five stolen watercraft, including some Sea-Doo-branded vehicl...
Oct 11, 2024