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Vancouver Canucks sign general manager Patrik Allvin to extension
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have signed general manager Patrik Allvin to a multi-year contract extension. Allvin, 49, was hired as the team's general manager on Jan. 26, 2022, replacing the fire...
Jan 31, 2024
Abbotsford robotics students drive a lunar rover like the one that will be used in the Artemis moon mission
ABBOTSFORD - Some Abbotsford school students enjoyed a day they will never forget this week. . The Grade 8 Robotics class at St. John Brebeuf (SJB) engaged in a unique lunar rover mission on Monday mo...
Jan 31, 2024
Economic bounce back at the end of 2023 could push back rate cuts, economists say
OTTAWA - Canada's economy appears to have ended 2023 on a stronger note than expected, which economists say could push back the timeline for interest rate cuts this year. Statistics Canada reported We...
Jan 31, 2024
YOUR PERSPECTIVE: B.C. once again braces for rising gas prices
As the cost of living continues to soar, people in the Lower Mainland are once again being told to prepare themselves for rising fuel prices at their local gas stations. The temporary closure of a loc...
Jan 31, 2024
Heavy rains lead to evacuation orders for some homes in Pemberton
VANCOUVER - Days of heavy rain and snowmelt from record-high temperatures have pushed rivers over their banks, prompting flooding and warnings in southwestern B.C. A state of local emergency remains i...
Jan 31, 2024
Province looking to spur development of secondary suites in Fraser Valley
VICTORIA - The B-C government has expanded its secondary suite incentive program to 16 more regional districts in the province. The three-year pilot program will launch in April with the hope of putti...
Jan 31, 2024
Russia and Ukraine swap scores of POWs despite tensions over a plane crash last week
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia and Ukraine have exchanged about 200 prisoners of war each, the countries said Wednesday, despite tensions stemming from last week's crash of a military transport plane tha...
Jan 31, 2024
Criminal Code applies on ice, says B.C. minister after apparent chokehold during game
British Columbia's health minister has weighed in on hockey violence, saying the Criminal Code applies both on and off the ice, after an incident in which a player appeared to put a goalie in a chokeh...
Jan 30, 2024
Anxiety rises with water levels, as rain and record warmth add up to flooding in B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Heavy rain and record-breaking warmth in southwestern British Columbia this week has brought back some bad memories for Abbotsford dairy farmer Matt Dykshoorn. The unseasonable warm...
Jan 30, 2024
Trans-Canada highway through Fraser Canyon reopened
CHILLIWACK - Highway 1 through the Fraser Canyon was reopened to traffic Tuesday (Jan. 30) following flooding that scattered debris across the highway.In a social media post, DriveBC says motorists sh...
Jan 30, 2024