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Environment Canada warns of further wind, rain for Lower Mainland

Rain is expected to continue for the Fraser Valley on Tuesday (Dec. 16) with between 50 and 70 mm in the forecast. Environment Canada issued a “yellow” rainfall warning for parts of the Fraser Valley and Metro Vancouver early this morning, including Abbotsford, Chilliwack, North Vancouver, Coquitlam and Maple Ridge. The new colour-coded weather alerts […]

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Tips to make Christmas season merry, bright, and safe from B.C.’s holiday Grinches

In the air there’s a definite feeling of Christmas, and with just one week to go before Dec. 25 there will be lots of packages arriving, plenty of shopping trips, visits to crowded malls, and perhaps plans to head somewhere else for the holidays. Unfortunately, this time of year also sees a rise in mail

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Driver fined $4,500, banned after twice ignoring Rogers Pass closure

A recent provincial court hearing landed a motorist a $4,500 fine and a two-year park access prohibition for entering a closed section of the Trans-Canada Highway in Rogers Pass — not once, but twice — during avalanche control. In a statement to Black Press Media, Parks Canada shared that, last winter, a traveller drove through

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