Fraser Valley

Motor vehicle incident
2 pedestrians struck by car, driver flees scene Wednesday night: AbbyPD
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford are investigating a hit and run Wednesday evening in which a vehicle struck two pedestrians and fled before first responders could arrive on scene. According to a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, AbbyPD patrol officers were called to the intersection of Simpson Road...
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Motor vehicle incident
Rollover on Highway 1 in Abbotsford Thursday morning may be connected to road-rage incident: AbbyPD
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say one person has been transported to hospital after a rollover on Highway 1 in Abbotsford Thursday morning, and it may be connected to a possible road-rage incident. According to a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, police were called to a rollover collision on west...
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Motor vehicle accident
Medical fitness test submitted for 1 of 2 drivers in crash that damaged an Abbotsford bank
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford have submitted a medical fitness test to the province after a two-vehicle crash Monday night caused a motorist to leave the roadway and strike an Abbotsford bank earlier this week. According to a statement from Abbotsford PD spokesperson Paul Walker, AbbyPD patrol officers were called ...
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Police incident
3 arrested amid heavy police presence outside Chilliwack apartment complex (VIDEO)
CHILLIWACK - Details are limited at this early stage of the investigation, but an RCMP spokesperson has confirmed the arrest of three people Wednesday morning following a police incident near downtown Chilliwack. According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, police were called to Fl...
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Alberta boy, 13, sentenced to secure custody for trying to kill younger brother
LETHBRIDGE - An Alberta judge sentenced a 13-year-old boy Wednesday to three years in an intense rehabilitation program for trying to stab his younger brother to death. The attacker was 12 when he repeatedly stabbed the seven-year-old in the family's L...
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Two arrested after alleged robbery, assault in Hope: RCMP
HOPE - Mounties in Hope say two people have been arrested following reports of a robbery and an assault earlier this week. According to a statement from Upper Fraser Valley RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, RCMP members responded Monday evening, Feb. 9, at 10:02 p.m., to an alleged robbery at a hotel in Hope. W...
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British Columbia

Advocates, experts warn against vilifying transgender people in wake of Tumbler Ridge shooting
Advocates and experts are warning about the danger of vilifying an entire demographic based on the actions of one transgender person in the wake of the school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Their comments come after an independent provincial legislato...
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Tumbler Ridge 'one big family,' mayor tells vigil as community reels from shootings
TUMBLER RIDGE - A memorial of flowers, lights and stuffed animals grows in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., as the community grapples with the fallout of a mass shooting that killed nine people, mostly children, along with the 18-year-old shooter who police say to...
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History of Tumbler Ridge, a mining boom town with a wounded heart
TUMBLER RIDGE - Tumbler Ridge in the remote Peace region of northeast British Columbia was once best known as a coal mining boom town that was built from scratch in the 1980s, then faced challenges from shifts in its economic fortunes. Now it is grappl...
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B.C. throne speech cancelled because of Tumbler Ridge shooting
VICTORIA - The three official parties in British Columbia's provincial legislature have announced the cancellation of Thursday's "traditional" throne speech because of the mass shooting that claimed nine lives in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. The cancellation co...
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Montreal shooting survivor shares how she regained sense of safety
TORONTO - École Polytechnique shooting survivor Nathalie Provost says it took her several weeks to return to the site of the Montreal massacre, but doing so allowed her to reclaim her life and create a sense of safety again. She was shot in the leg, f...
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Sexual assault
Transit Police investigating sexual assault in parking lot, as victim fought off her attacker
SURREY - Metro Vancouver Transit Police say they are investigating a report of a sexual assault that occurred at the Scott Road Park and Ride Lot A, adjacent to Scott Road SkyTrain Station in North Surrey, last month. According to a statement, Transit Police say they've exhausted all investigative avenues and are askin...
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Canada

Diab says C-12 could ease some refugee claims, critics call it a two-tier system
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Lena Diab says changes to the refugee status claim process proposed in Bill C-12 are "better for the applicants" even as multiple organizations are heavily critical of the plan. The government's broad border and immigratio...
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Military sexual assault investigation was rushed, biased, watchdog commission says
OTTAWA - The Military Police Complaints Commission has found that an internal investigation into an alleged sexual assault by an air force officer who later took his own life was conducted in a rushed, superficial and biased manner. Its conclusion come...
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TSB says still 'too early' to determine cause of Pearson plane crash, one year later
TORONTO - It's still "too early" to draw conclusions about the cause of the Delta Air Lines plane crash at Toronto's Pearson Airport, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said Thursday in an update on its investigation as the one-year anniversary ...
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PM Carney to visit Tumbler Ridge, B.C., following mass shooting
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit Tumbler Ridge, B.C., in the near future, says a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office. The statement says details, including the timing of the visit, are being worked out with community officials...
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What we know about the victims in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting
TUMBLER RIDGE - Details are beginning to emerge about the people killed and injured in the mass shooting at a high school and a home in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Here's what is known so far: Kylie Smith, 12 Multiple media reports have identified Kylie as amo...
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Advocates, experts warn against vilifying transgender people in wake of Tumbler Ridge shooting
Advocates and experts are warning about the danger of vilifying an entire demographic based on the actions of one transgender person in the wake of the school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Their comments come after an independent provincial legislato...
2h ago
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