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Floodwaters from the Nooksack River have crossed into Abbotsford on Thursday (Dec. 11) morning and have led to evacuation orders for 82 properties in the Huntingdon Village area. The orders cover Sumas Way up to 2nd Avenue in south Abbotsford near the Sumas border crossing. BREAKING: Floodwaters have crossed into Abbotsford from across the border […]

A home destined for demolition has been preserved thanks to a major move orchestrated seamlessly near Vernon today. The house at 7581 Baker Hogg Road was literally moved 400 metres down the road to its new home at 7868 Baker Hogg Rd. Nickel Bros., a home moving company based in the Lower Mainland, handled the

A 24-year-old man has been arrested following an armed robbery crime spree last weekend in Maple Ridge and Langley. Police received six separate reports of robbery between Friday, Dec. 5, and Sunday, Dec. 7 – all believed to have been committed by the same suspect. Four of the incidents occurred in Maple Ridge and two

Hope’s riverbanks held strong against heavy rainfall and atmospheric river conditions Wednesday (Dec. 10). Despite receiving 140 millimetres of rain Wednesday night the District of Hope said that the riverbanks “largely held with freeboard to spare.” “There are localized areas of flooding in low-lying areas that tend to flood when events like this occur,” said

Several major highways out of Hope remain closed due to flooding and mudslides. The Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt, the eastbound lane of Highway 1 between Chilliwack and Hope and Highway 3 between Hope and Princeton all remain closed. Highway 1 eastbound in the Bridal Falls area is closed due to a mudslide. Engineers have