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‘My best little buddy’: Family of 17-year-old stabbed and killed on Surrey bus speak out

The family of the 17-year-old boy who was stabbed on a Surrey bus Tuesday evening still haven’t returned to their home.

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B.C. floods: New evacuation alerts issued as latest rain storm arrives

Southern B.C. remained on “red alert” Saturday, as the first of back-to-back storms began drenching the already flood-weary part of the province.

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Highway 1 through B.C.’s Fraser Valley set to reopen to traffic on Thursday

Highway 1 through the Fraser Valley.Transportation Minister Rob Fleming said Wednesday that crews are hoping to open Highway 1 through the valley on Thursday. ‘A monumental task’: B.C.

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New satellite images show extent of flooding in B.C.’s Sumas Prairie

New satellite images show the harrowing extent of the record-breaking flood damage to B.C.’s Fraser Valley.

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COVID-19: Reaction to new public health orders for Fraser Valley

Tougher COVID-19 restrictions are coming to the eastern Fraser Valley. Starting today gatherings will be affected in Abbotsford, Hope, Chilliwack, Agassiz, Mission, and Harrison. Grace Ke has reaction.

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The numbers behind the new COVID-19 restrictions in the eastern Fraser Valley

Global’s Keith Baldrey breaks down the number of COVID-19 infections in the eastern Fraser Valley that have prompted Dr. Bonnie Henry to impose more restrictions in that region.

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New COVID-19 restrictions coming to B.C.’s eastern Fraser Valley on Tuesday

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced the B.C.

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Where COVID-19 case numbers are rising in B.C.

Global’s Keith Baldrey has a look at where COVID-19 numbers are rising in our province – including the uptick in cases in the Fraser Valley.

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Fundraising campaign for Fraser Valley father who died trying to save special needs son

A tragic story in the Fraser Valley, where a father drowned while trying to save his special needs son. As Grace Ke reports, a fundraising campaign has begun for his devastated family.

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Extreme heat across B.C. creating worsening conditions

The extreme heat settling into parts of the province has created worsening conditions with an air quality advisory issued for eastern Metro Vancouver and the central Fraser Valley. Emad Agahi reports.

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Housing sales break records in B.C.’s Fraser Valley

COVID-19 pandemic.More than 3,700 properties were sold in the month of February, according to numbers from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, a 73-per cent increase from a year ago and nearly 43 per cent higher than the 10-year average for the month.Sales are particularly strong in the Fraser Valley.Last month’s housing sales in the region were the highest in history, according to the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board.February marked the sixth consecutive month for record-breaking sales in the valley,“This is new territory for us,” Fraser Valley Real Estate Board president Chris Shields said.

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B.C. judge dismisses province’s application for injunction to stop in-person church services

judge has dismissed the B.C. government’s application for an injunction against three churches accused of defying COVID-19 health orders in the Fraser Valley.Lawyers for the government went to court asking for enhanced powers to stop the services happening at the Riverside Calvary Chapel in Langley, the Immanuel Covenant Reformed Church in Abbotsford and Free Reformed Church of Chilliwack.Paul Jaffe, who is representing the churches, said previously his clients were taking stringent precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among their congregants.

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Rising COVID-19 concerns in Fraser Health

Global’s Keith Baldrey has more on the growing concern about the ‘R’ rate and positivity rate especially in the Fraser Valley.

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Thousands show their support for Mission teen targeted in attack

A car rally is held in the Fraser Valley in the wake of video that shows a disturbing and brutal assault on a grade 8 student. Paul Johnson reports.

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Health worker to be first person in B.C. to receive COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday

COVID-19 vaccinations will be administered.A front-line health worker in Metro Vancouver will be the first person in the province to receive the Pfizer vaccine on Tuesday afternoon.About 4,000 of the 30,000 doses that Canada has received are being transferred to two sites in the Lower Mainland: one in Metro Vancouver and one in the Fraser Valley.The exact locations are not being disclosed due to concerns about sabotage or tampering.Officials expect the vaccine to become available to those first in line all around the province next week.

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B.C.’s first COVID-19 vaccine doses to arrive this week

COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in the province.The first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived in Canada on Sunday evening. The doses will now be sent to 14 distribution sites across the country.About 4,000 of the 30,000 doses that Canada received will be sent to two sites in the Lower Mainland: one in Metro Vancouver and one in the Fraser Valley.The exact locations are not being disclosed due to concerns about sabotage or tampering.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The new Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine must be kept at a temperature of -70 C to remain stable.

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B.C. looks at speedy increase in fines for repeat COVID-19 offenders

COVID-19 laws multiple times.“I do know there are some legal issues in terms of what can be done administratively rather than through the legislature, which takes time,” Farnwoth said Tuesday.“I think the message is really clear: Abide by these rules. The sooner we defeat this virus, the sooner life will be able to get back to normal.”The comment followed incidents at a handful of churches, mainly in the Fraser Valley, in which congregants have refused to obey the provincial orders that ban in-person religious services.Last month, the Riverside Calvary Chapel in Langley was fined $2,300 for being open even after it was ordered to close.

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COVID-19 outbreak declared at mink farm in B.C.’s Fraser Valley

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]In Denmark, government officials ordered the culling of 17 million mink after scientists discovered a strain of the novel coronavirus had passed from humans to mink, then back to humans in mutated form.Spain and the Netherlands have culled mink due to similar outbreaks, and cases have also been identified on mink farms in the United States.It was not immediately clear if any of the mink at the farm were infected.

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Vancouver holiday events face uncertainty amid new COVID-19 restrictions

COVID-19 restrictions.The sweeping health order was unveiled Thursday, amid rising COVID-19 cases driven by spikes in transmission in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.The order banned social gatherings of any type province-wide, and restricted community events until Dec. 7.

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Vancouver Islanders urged to avoid Lower Mainland amid surging COVID-19 cases

COVID-19 cases in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.Dr. Richard Stanwick, chief medical health officer for the Island Health Region, said Thursday that a new outbreak at the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital’s transitional care unit was likely transmitted to the facility by someone who’d been in Metro Vancouver.

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Massive train derailment in B.C.’s Fraser Valley

There was a massive train derailment in British Columbia on Monday, with multiple train cars seen dangling off the tracks.

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Small plane crashes in Mission, B.C., 2 people injured

plane crashed on a rural airstrip on the north end of Stave Lake in Mission, B.C. Monday evening, but the conditions of those onboard are not yet clear.The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) said two people were on board the Cessna 170 plane when it went down around 6 p.m.

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Inmate at B.C. prison says response to massive COVID-19 outbreak was ‘not nice at all’

COVID-19 in Canada says staff at the facility wasted weeks when responding to the rapidly spreading health crisis, and even slowed progress further to quell rising fears.The inmate, whom Global News is not identifying so as to ensure his safety, is among the 120 inmates at Mission Institution in B.C.’s Fraser Valley who got infected with the novel coronavirus earlier this year. About a dozen staff members also tested positive before the outbreak was declared over on May 28, and one of the inmates later died of the disease.The outbreak forced the prison to go into lockdown in early April, which remains largely in place to prevent future cases within the facility.

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Major prison outbreak over as B.C. reports 9 new cases of COVID-19

British Columbia has confirmed nine new cases of COVID-19, along with two additional deaths — both in long-term care in the Fraser Heath region.

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Coronavirus: Efforts launched to help B.C. truckers access food, washrooms during pandemic

Coronavirus closures and restrictions are creating problems for truck drivers who are having trouble accessing food and washrooms on the road.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0