http://ca.news.yahoo.com/localnews/9827/Abbotsford+BC Yahoo! Canada Local News - Abbotsford, BC The kids returned to flood-dampened Alexander Elementary School Dec. 11. others also read... http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/78923912.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:55:29 +0000 others also read... The Capital Regional District will meet its deadline to have sewage treatment plans on the environment minister's desk. http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/78924292.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:55:20 +0000 A Nickel Brothers truck backs a house onto a barge at McNeill Bay. Homeowners in Oak Bay save money on disposal fees if they recycle or move a house from its original location. http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/78923502.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:48:00 +0000 VANCOUVER -- A Senate amendment that would soften a bill designed to impose mandatory sentences on persons illegally growing marijuana will likely result in the proliferation of smaller growing operations, says the head of Vancouver Police's anti-gang and drug section. http://www.vancouversun.com/Vancouver+police+fear+watering+down+growing/2322792/story.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:42:40 +0000 METRO VANCOUVER -- Within the last month, Langley RCMP have discovered five marijuana-growing operations inside semi-trailers. http://www.vancouversun.com/marijuana+growers+change+tactics+trailers/2322797/story.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:42:21 +0000 others also read... A multi-car accident has tracked backed up in both directions on Highway 97 near Duck Lake, north of Kelowna. http://www.bclocalnews.com/breaking_news/78921732.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:25:29 +0000 others also read... Police are investigating an early morning drive-by shooting in the city. Police were called to the 1400 block of Milburn Street at about 5:30 Wednesday morning. A number of shots were fired into two residences. Police have recovered five shell casings. http://www.bclocalnews.com/breaking_news/78922327.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:25:19 +0000 METRO VANCOUVER -- The British Columbia Institute of Technology announced today it will be eliminating 82 positions of a total 1,700 positions at the post-secondary institution. http://www.vancouversun.com/BCIT+positions/2322766/story.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:12:21 +0000 An inquest continues into a fatal 2007 accident that involved transporting farm labourers. others also read... http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/theprogress/news/78912417.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:04:22 +0000 Polygon Homes chairman continues his philanthropic service to Vancouver http://www.vancouversun.com/Michael+Audain+gives+million+Museum+Anthropology/2322711/story.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:57:20 +0000 B.C. Supreme Court justice rejects defence lawyers' motion to dismiss second-degree murder charges. http://www.timescolonist.com/Judge+rules+Murder+charges+proceed+Brotherston+brothers/2322728/story.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:48:47 +0000 Victoria may get snow, or rain on weekend, while snow plows are in full force elsewhere http://www.timescolonist.com/live+here+Victoria+could+snow+dusting+while+east+gets+pounded+weather/2322699/story.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:45:58 +0000 The 2010 Olympics will pump $800 million in travel-related spending to the Metro Vancouver economy next year, helping the regional economy grow by 3.9 per cent after shrinking by 2.1 per cent this year, according to a Central 1 Credit Union forecast. The forecast said the impact would have been closer to $1 billion if the global recession hadn't taken place, reducing the number of Games visitors ... http://www.vancouversun.com/Olympics+pump+800m+travel+spending+into+Vancouver+economy+2010+forecast/2322691/story.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:42:21 +0000 A group of scientists says climate change played a major role in decimating millions of Fraser River sockeye salmon in what was supposed to be a bumper year. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/12/09/bc-scientists-sockeye-climate-change.html?ref=rss Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:41:31 +0000 Graylen Cameron loads bags of coats and other winter gear earlier today in preparation for delivering them to those in need. others also read... http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/abbynews/news/78914862.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:30:41 +0000 MPs in the House of Commons voted 253-37 Wednesday in favour of a harmonized sales tax for Ontario and B.C. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/12/09/hst-vote-parliament.html?ref=rss Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:26:31 +0000 others also read... An escort service was needed in Parksville to keep the large population of elderly men happy since the invention of Viagra. It would cost $120,000 to start the enterprise, and the “crime ring” agreed to supply the start-up cash. http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/abbynews/news/78915562.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:16:12 +0000 others also read... The court system is failing to address the persistent problem of property crime, research out of the University of Fraser Valley suggests. http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/abbynews/news/78914587.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:16:02 +0000 others also read... donation in exchange for payback time with a personal trainer. Kick the Trainer’s Butt takes place Saturday, Dec. 12 from noon to 2 p.m. at World Gym in Abbotsford. http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/abbynews/news/78914552.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:15:43 +0000 Davie Tree Service has taken down the last of five trees identified as high-risk danger trees within Memorial Park after the 2007 windstorm. http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/hopestandard/news/78914957.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:11:04 +0000 Abbotsford Police earlier today investigated a property in the 2300 block of Queen Street where a stolen dump truck and backhoe were discovered over the weekend. http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/abbynews/news/78914262.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:01:57 +0000 A streak of bad luck is following a local woman – first losing her home to an accidental fire in November, and now she has been forced out of her new rental home due to a second fire. http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/hopestandard/news/78914442.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:56:24 +0000 Burnaby's existing waste-to-energy plant. A second incinerator will be built if Metro's proposed solid waste management plan passes. The Tsawwassen First Nation (TFN) may be willing to host a new regional garbage incinerator for Metro Vancouver, says Chief Kim Baird. http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/hopestandard/news/78913002.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:56:14 +0000 Burnaby's existing waste-to-energy plant. A second incinerator will be built if Metro's proposed solid waste management plan passes. The Tsawwassen First Nation (TFN) may be willing to host a new regional garbage incinerator for Metro Vancouver, says Chief Kim Baird. http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/theprogress/news/78913002.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:49:20 +0000 Golfing giant Tiger Woods has never faced a series of hazards like the ones he's having to negotiate this week. Having failed to negotiate the trees and a water hazard — a fire hydrant — on his front lawn, the Woods story ended up way out of bounds as his life unraveled like a pair of sweatshop-made pantaloons. http://www.timescolonist.com/Tiger+text+messages+hottie+made+public+Gatorade+drops+Tiger+sports+drinks/2322580/story.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:48:36 +0000 Alcohol consumption has increased almost twice as much in British Columbia as it has in the rest of the country, according to a new study. http://www.timescolonist.com/Drinking+rises+faster+than+rest+Canada+UVic+study/2322114/story.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:18:34 +0000 Canada's Winter Olympic athletes are calling on the prime minister to support an agreement on cutting greenhouse gases at the UN conference on climate change in Copenhagen. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/12/09/calgary-winter-olympic-athletes-climate-change-harper.html?ref=rss Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:11:41 +0000 Legislation to create a single 13 per cent sales tax in Ontario passed third and final reading Wednesday despite strong objections and delaying tactics by the Opposition. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/12/09/ont-hst.html?ref=rss Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:11:31 +0000 Flu shots now available to everyone http://www.timescolonist.com/shot+clinic+locations/2322454/story.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:49:34 +0000 Police say they don't need the force option given to them by new provincial legislation for taking street people to shelters in extreme weather. http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/hopestandard/news/78905917.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:41:16 +0000 Police say they don't need the force option given to them by new provincial legislation for taking street people to shelters in extreme weather. http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_cariboo/100milefreepress/news/78905917.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:40:37 +0000 Police say they don't need the force option given to them by new provincial legislation for taking street people to shelters in extreme weather. http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/theprogress/news/78905917.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:34:20 +0000 Police say they don't need the force option given to them by new provincial legislation for taking street people to shelters in extreme weather. http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/ahobserver/news/78905917.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:32:47 +0000 The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has awarded a Vancouver woman more than $7,000 after she became the victim of sexual harassment on her first day of work. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/12/09/bc-human-rights-tribunal-sexual-harassment.html?ref=rss Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:11:31 +0000 Manuel, a member of the Hope Eagles ladies Auxiliary, recently lost her trailer at the Crystal River Trailer Park to a fire. http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/hopestandard/news/78903267.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:11:04 +0000 Alexia Lippert (right) asks Cpl. Melissa Korycki (left) a question during a meeting for women whose husbands, boyfriends and brothers are in Afghanistan. http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/theprogress/news/78729647.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:04:19 +0000 The BC Cancer Foundation has received a $500,000 donation from David Black, one of the vice-chairs of the Inspire the World capital campaign http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_cariboo/100milefreepress/news/78830757.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:40:37 +0000 100 Mile RCMP responded to 50 complaints and calls for service over the last week. http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_cariboo/100milefreepress/news/78830732.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:40:27 +0000 Thar’s gold in them thar snowmobile trails, and once they are built, the South Cariboo will have a unique marketing tool to draw winter recreational enthusiasts to its doorstep. http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_cariboo/100milefreepress/news/78830627.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:12:23 +0000 Local sporting events have been handed http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_cariboo/100milefreepress/news/78830647.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:12:12 +0000 Premier Gordon Campbell says 'global unanimity' isn't necessary to take action on climate change. VICTORIA – Premier Gordon Campbell heads to the United Nations climate conference in Denmark next week to talk up B.C.'s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/theprogress/news/78824627.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:06:57 +0000 Premier Gordon Campbell says 'global unanimity' isn't necessary to take action on climate change. VICTORIA – Premier Gordon Campbell heads to the United Nations climate conference in Denmark next week to talk up B.C.'s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/ahobserver/news/78824627.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:03:36 +0000 Housing starts and prices for commodities such as lumber are showing signs of recovery. VICTORIA – B.C. is emerging from its economic slump with a small improvement in growth projections for 2010, according the latest report from the B.C. Economic Forecast Council. http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/ahobserver/news/Forecasts_brighter_for_BC_in_2010.html Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:18:24 +0000 Merle McDiarmid was one of several special guests at Harrison Hot Springs Elementary on November 20, when the school celebrated 60 years of serving the community. McDiarmid was a secretary at the school for 30 years. http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/ahobserver/news/78345777.html Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:18:24 +0000 VICTORIA – The B.C. Nurses' Union is in for a battle in its effort to take over representation of more than 5,000 licensed practical nurses, says the president of the Hospital Employees' Union. http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/ahobserver/news/78470832.html Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:48:34 +0000 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:55:29 +0000