Category Archives: Post to Social

Calls for national flood insurance program rise following latest atmospheric river to hit B.C.
VANCOUVER - The Insurance Bureau of Canada continues to push for flood protection in high-risk areas through a partnership between governments and the insurance industry.A statement from the bureau sa...
Dave Barry Feb 01, 2024

Calgary Flames deal Lindholm to Vancouver Canucks for Kuzmenko, draft picks
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have acquired forward Elias Lindholm from the Calgary Flames, the team announced Wednesday night. In exchange, the Flames will receive forward Andrei Kuzmenko, defenc...
Dave Barry Jan 31, 2024

Alberta to require parental consent for name, pronoun changes in schools
Premier Danielle Smith has announced a raft of changes affecting transgender Albertans, including requiring parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at sch...
Dave Barry Jan 31, 2024

Prolific offender arrested following a string of break-and-enters in Abbotsford in 2023
ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford police department's Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) is reporting an arrest in their investigation into a string of break-and-enters plaguing the community since July 2023. The s...
Dave Barry Jan 31, 2024

Seahawks to hire Ravens defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald as new coach, AP source says
RENTON, Wash. (AP) - It was a defensive-centric head coach that brought the Seattle Seahawks their only Super Bowl title. The Seahawks are hoping a newer - albeit much younger - version can return the...
Dave Barry Jan 31, 2024

Ending drug decriminalization won't save lives, B.C. minister says on anniversary
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Mental Health and Addictions Minister Jennifer Whiteside says ending the province's three-year drug decriminalization project won't save "a single life," as the overdose ...
Dave Barry Jan 31, 2024

Farmers anxious as carbon price carve out bill faces uncertain future
OTTAWA - Canadian farmers may have to wait months to find out if they'll owe thousands of dollars for carbon pricing this year. Legislation designed to exempt farms from the levy on natural gas and pr...
Dave Barry Jan 31, 2024

Trudeau says Ottawa 'actively working' to find missing Palestinian Canadian in Gaza
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is "actively engaged" after a Palestinian Canadian was reported missing in the Gaza Strip. Mansour Shouman was in the region to help document...
Dave Barry Jan 31, 2024

Abbotsford launches process to update Official Community Plan
ABBOTSFORD - In a step to responsibly plan for the growth of the community in the coming decades, the City of Abbotsford has unveiled Abbotsforward 2050, a comprehensive update to the city's Official ...
Dave Barry Jan 31, 2024

A controversial theory linking climate change to Arctic cold snaps, explained
The capricious start to the winter season has already seen dramatic temperature swings across much of Canada, with energy grid-disrupting cold snaps giving way to an ice-thawing warm spell. Scientists...
Dave Barry Jan 31, 2024