IMPROVING CONDITIONS
Abbotsford lifts evacuation alerts for over 1,000 properties, downgrades orders for 160 more
ABBOTSFORD - The City of Abbotsford has modified numerous evacuation alerts and orders as floodwaters continue to recede in the area.Existing evacuation alerts for 1,069 properties in Sumas Prairie West and Sumas Prairie East have been lifted as of 7:30 p.m. Saturday, December 13.A total of 160 properties in the wester...
2h ago
Read More
Most Wanted
CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted - Week of December 14, 2025
CHILLIWACK - Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.Name: Quintanna GauleyAge: 41Height: 5'10" ft Weight: 161lbsHair: Black/Brown Eyes: BrownWanted: Assault x3, Mischief $5000 or Under, Breach of UndertakingWarrant in effect: December 7, 2025Parole J...
2h ago
Read More
What's Trending
SERIOUS COLLISION
2 seriously injured after pedestrian crash in Abbotsford Saturday afternoon
34m ago
Guide Dogs
CNIB in need of volunteers to foster future service dogs across Canada
Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski tells AP of Belarus prison ordeal in first interview after release
42m ago
Toronto synagogue says Hanukkah celebration to continue
1h ago
Fraser Valley
Crews working to reopen Hwy. 1
BREAKING: Highway 1 westbound from No. 3 Road in Abbotsford reopens
UPDATE #2: DriveBC reported at 6:15 p.m. Saturday evening that Highway 1 westbound from No. 3 Road is officially open again, after being closed for nearly 48 hours due to flooding. Eastbound between Sumas Way (exit 92) and No.Road (exit 104) remains closed due to water on the road, AbbyPD Sgt. Paul Walker said. UPDATE ...
16h ago
Read More
Fatal crash in Abbotsford
1 person deceased after car crashes into water-filled ditch: Abbotsford PD
ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford Police Department says one person is deceased after a single-vehicle crash Saturday morning in which a vehicle rolled off the roadway into a water-filled ditch. According to a statement from AbbyPD Sgt. Paul Walker, AbbyPD patrol officers were paged at 11:20 a.m. to a reported collision in t...
20h ago
Read More
Missing woman
35-year-old woman reported missing: Chilliwack RCMP
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack are asking for the public's help in locating a 35-year-old woman who was last seen this past Wednesday afternoon.According to a statement, the whereabouts of 35-year-old Tiffany Lewis are currently unknown. She was last seen in Chilliwack at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 10. Police say s...
20h ago
Read More
HEAVY RAINFALL
Flood warning maintained for Sumas River
FRASER VALLEY - Despite dropping levels on the rivers surrounding the Fraser Valley, the River Forecast Centre is maintaining its flood warning on the Sumas River due to the upcoming rainfall event.A series of storms is expected to begin late Saturday evening (Dec. 13) and continue through next week, with heavy rainfal...
21h ago
Read More
British Columbia
Rain warnings as wet weather hits B.C.'s flood-soaked Fraser Valley
ABBOTSFORD - Rainfall warnings have gone up across British Columbia's flood-drenched Fraser Valley as another wave of soaking weather hits the region. Environment Canada says the valley, including Abbotsford, which was inundated by cross-border floodin...
5h ago
Read More
Alberta-Ottawa agreement on methane targets stokes dismay for some, relief for others
CALGARY - The prospect of building a new bitumen pipeline to the West Coast has garnered most of the attention since Ottawa and Alberta announced their sweeping energy accord late last month, but another item has left environmentalists dismayed and ene...
7h ago
Read More
Many evacuation orders, alerts lifted as floodwaters recede in B.C.'s Fraser Valley
ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford, B.C., resident Teresa Vogel showed up Saturday at Delair Park, where her son plays baseball, to see the damage from floodwaters for herself after heavy rain flooded parts of the city and closed roads, including a stretch of the...
Dec 13, 2025
Read More
Eby plans $150 million in loan guarantees for Cowichan land owners
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said his government plans to offer private owners of land in the Cowichan Aboriginal title area more than $150 million in loan guarantees, amid fears about the impact of the landmark ruling on their financi...
Dec 12, 2025
Read More
B.C. guidance on youth involuntary care criticized by two independent officers
VICTORIA - Two independent provincial officers in British Columbia have separately criticized a recent decision to release guidelines aimed at increasing involuntary care among youth. B.C. Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender says she has "serious...
Dec 12, 2025
Read More
Head-on semi-truck crash on Highway 1 kills one in B.C., east of Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE - Mounties in Revelstoke say one person has been killed in a head-on crash involving two semi-trucks on the Trans-Canada Highway in the British Columbia Interior. Police say the crash happened at around 9:20 a.m. on Highway 1 east of the cit...
Dec 12, 2025
Read More
Canada
Toronto synagogue says Hanukkah celebration to continue
TORONTO - The rabbi of a Toronto synagogue says Hanukkah celebrations will continue as planned tonight in the wake of a deadly mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia on Sunday. Levi Gansburg, the rabbi at Chabad on Bayview, says his syna...
1h ago
Read More
Rain warnings as wet weather hits B.C.'s flood-soaked Fraser Valley
ABBOTSFORD - Rainfall warnings have gone up across British Columbia's flood-drenched Fraser Valley as another wave of soaking weather hits the region. Environment Canada says the valley, including Abbotsford, which was inundated by cross-border floodin...
5h ago
Read More
Churchill Falls agreement could be jeopardized by Quebec election, minister says
QUÉBEC - The Quebec government is warning that a draft energy deal with Newfoundland and Labrador could be at risk if it's not settled before next year's provincial election. In a recent interview with The Canadian Press, Economy Minister Christine Fr...
Dec 13, 2025
Read More
Fan-favourite lion put down at Toronto Zoo after months of veterinary care
TORONTO - The Toronto Zoo says it has euthanized one of its lions after the animal spent several months undergoing veterinary care for a gastrointestinal symptoms. In a Friday social media post the zoo says Fintan, a 13-year-old "majestic male white l...
Dec 13, 2025
Read More
Métis Nation of Ontario say academic gathering is an attempt to erase their history
OTTAWA - Members of the Métis Nation of Ontario say an upcoming academic summit in the province amounts to an attack on their history because it questions the legitimacy of their connection to Métis heritage and territorial claims. But the First Nation...
Dec 13, 2025
Read More
Many evacuation orders, alerts lifted as floodwaters recede in B.C.'s Fraser Valley
ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford, B.C., resident Teresa Vogel showed up Saturday at Delair Park, where her son plays baseball, to see the damage from floodwaters for herself after heavy rain flooded parts of the city and closed roads, including a stretch of the...
Dec 13, 2025
Read More
World
Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski tells AP of Belarus prison ordeal in first interview after release
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) - Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski arrived for an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, direct from a dentist appointment. The 63-year-old veter...
42m ago
Read More
Police have person of interest in custody over Brown University deadly shooting
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Police in Rhode Island said early Sunday that they had a suspect in custody after a shooting that rocked the Brown University campus during final exams, leaving two people dead and nine others wounded. ...
6h ago
Read More
Chile holds an election that could deliver its most right-wing president since dictatorship
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - As Chileans vote on Sunday, even detractors of ultra-conservative former lawmaker José Antonio Kast say the candidate whose radical ideas lost him the past two elections is likely to become the country's next leade...
7h ago
Read More
Sports
Morgan Frost scores in OT to lift the Flames past the Kings, 2-1
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Morgan Frost scored in overtime and Blake Coleman had a short-handed goal in the Calgary Flames' 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night. Dustin Wolf made 20 saves for the surging Flames....
11h ago
Read More
Morgan Frost scores in OT to lift Flames past the Kings 2-1
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Morgan Frost scored in overtime and Blake Coleman had a short-handed goal in the Calgary Flames' 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night. Dustin Wolf made 20 saves for the surging Flames. They have won eight of their...
11h ago
Read More
Hellebuyck all smiles in winning return from knee surgery
WINNIPEG - Connor Hellebuyck was flashing some smiles after his return from injury helped the Winnipeg Jets take down the Washington Capitals 5-1 on Saturday. The reigning Hart and Vezina Trophy winner had arthroscopic knee surgery exactly three weeks ...
13h ago
Read More