others also read... Regional politicians have voted to strongly oppose Port Metro Vancouver’s move to buy up scarce farmland for future port terminals.

others also read... Metro Vancouver mayors have enlisted influential new allies representing business, environment and labour to help press their case for new TransLink funding sources to enable an ambitious transit system expansion.

others also read... A jump in the number of salmonella infections in recent weeks has prompted health officials to urge the public to be careful about cooking eggs and chicken.

others also read... A 60-year-old man is dead following an altercation at his business in South Burnaby Thursday morning.

Shaun Redmond, a deputy fire chief for the Burnaby Fire Department, says a change to provincial building codes to allow the construction of wood frame buildings up to six storeys will create problems for firefighters, including how they have to train to gain access to such buildings.

Kelowna residents will soon find their water bills going up, as they are encouraged to use less H2O. Got a News tip?

Polcie have now ruled out foul play in the death of a Penticton woman. Got a News tip?

The driver of the ambulance that plowed into a van will not be facing charges. Got a News tip?

A thrill seeking Kelowna man has died after a tragic accident last night on Spiers road. Got a News tip?

In the last month eight people have died in accidents involving motorcycles in our region. R.C.M.P. are warning bikers to be more aware of the dangers of riding on Okanagan roads.

Police are now saying suicide, not foul play, is the reason an adult male's body was found Friday in Bridal Falls provincial park east of Chilliwack.

School sports may take a hit after a $1.3 million award was made to a Chilliwack student injured in P.E. class.

others also read... A three-year-old Chilliwack boy is in Abbotsford hospital with close to 100 stitches in his face after being mauled by a dog on Monday evening.

No criminal charges are going to be laid by police in connection with a three-year-old boy mauled by a family dog in a Chilliwack home Monday night.

A second fire broke out at the Lanai Apartments early Wednesday morning, apparently the result of careless smoking.

Notes from the District of 100 Mile House meeting held June 22.

The Canim Lake Band has a five-year sustainability plan and the federal government bought into that plan June 25.

Interior Health has announced that the expansion of Fischer Place/Mill Site Lodge is going ahead with a call for tenders issued June 26.

Cathy McLeod, Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP, is home for the summer and looking forward to meeting with her constituents.

Bridge Lake residents are up in arms over a school district decision to cut teachers and have two classrooms with four grades in each.

Two of these kittens came to the Abbotsford SPCA after a man found them abandoned a week ago. They were accepted by Peggy, a mother cat at the shelter who gave birth in mid-June to four. The kittens are among 120 felines at the local shelter needing homes.

others also read... On Thursday, July 9, The Abbotsford News will mark the end of a long broadsheet era, and the launch of a bold new look and format.

Dianna Holden received an unexpected gesture of goodwill while at hospital with her children. others also read...

others also read... To Patricia Ross, Metro Vancouver’s strategy to build waste-fired energy plants is diametrically opposed to its past positions in defence of Lower Mainland air quality.

others also read... The cost of attracting a top bureaucrat from eastern Canada came at a price for local taxpayers, with Abbotsford city manager Frank Pizzuto accumulating close to $40,000 in expenses in 2008.

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“We have had speeds of 103 kph today…. It could happen again,” said Farlin, standing alongside Murray’s memorial, as the holiday traffic flew past. Constable Chad Gravelle with the Boston Bar RCMP remained by the roadside handing out tickets and reminding people of Murray’s accident.

The group came together in early 2008, when Hope Chamber of Commerce representatives were invited to apply to host a provincial soccer tournament. It was clear that good-quality fields would be required, so the group set about planning to improve the condition of school district and municipal fields.

Scouts Canada luckily averted a near tragedy, Monday morning, June 29, after a bus transporting over 20 young scouts on a trip up the Fraser Canyon was rear ended by a pick-up truck, near the Sailor Bar Tunnel in the Fraser Canyon.

B.C. Lions' receiver Ryan Grice-Mullen dropped a Hail Mary pass with 13 seconds to go that would have won the game, a back-and-forth 28-24 Roughriders' win that featured a whopping 15 turnovers.

More than 300 people gathered at a funeral home in Delta on Friday to pay their respects to a Surrey teenager killed in a car crash.

A van sought in connection with the death of a Burnaby businessman on Thursday may be linked to a theft that took place in the city two weeks ago.

The Grouse Grind trail on Vancouver's North Shore reopened Friday afternoon after being closed due to falling rock.

Historically low interest rates and discounted housing prices are fuelling a real estate boom on B.C.'s south coast with sales in Vancouver up 75 per cent compared to June of last year.

As the first Canadian in the Tour de France in more than 10 years, and only the fourth Canuck rider in Tour history, Ryder Hesjedal of Victoria was a bit of a novelty item last year.

Brush up your résumés and check out our list of 126 employers. They need workers.

When the legislature sits next month, the B.C. Liberals' promised "seismic change" in the relationship with First Nations will likely be high on the agenda.

VANCOUVER - For the second time in less than two years, an employee of the Canada Border Services Agency is accused of misusing his position to help international drug traffickers smuggle cocaine into B.C.

Four long-time managers from Thrifty Foods have banded together to buy the Red Barn Market chain, a group of three fresh produce, meat and deli stores in Saanich.

This is the first of four stories by our columnists about their most cherished mementos. On Tuesday, Pete McMartin writes about a favourite print he gave to his wife Sue.

In 1983, a disillusioned Tien Ching left China, deprived by fate and Chairman Mao Zedong's cultural revolution from receiving a university education.

We were 1,800 feet in the air over North Surrey at 1 a.m. Friday when a strong green light sliced through the darkness, angled directly at the RCMP's Air 2 helicopter.

Work to curb the spread of AIDS in British Columbia hasn't slowed down any in the years since doctors here -- joined by Vancouver artist Tiko Kerr -- took on the federal government in a fight to save the lives of four men.

Gordana Nikic was just 18 years old when the siege of Sarajevo began.