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Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, with up to 60 millimetres expected by Monday morning. A person rides their bicycle in the rain at Locarno Beach in Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Environment Canada issues rainfall warning for Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley

Up to 60 millimetres expected to fall by Monday morning

A practice session held at NVSS gym ahead of the event. (Jim Vallance Scholarship photo)

Renowned songwriter Jim Vallance returns to give Juno, scholarships to B.C. high school

Vallance, writer of hits such as Bryan Adams’ ‘Summer of 69’ attended high school in Vanderhoof

Verna Susan Bjerky went missing after attempting to hitchhike a ride to Kamloops from Hope back in May of 1981. Some believe she fell prey to serial killer Clifford Olson. Family and friends continue to search for her remains to this day. (Submitted photo)

43 years later, friend of Verna Susan Bjerky says search for her still continues in Hope

Cathy Lamberton remembers Bjerky as a fun and hardworking girl

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The Boothroyd Indian Band, with the assistance of the BC Wildfire Service (BWS), will be conducting a cultural burn. (Boothroyd Indian Band)

Boothroyd Indian Band conducting cultural burn in the Fraser Zone on May 2

The cultural burn will take place with the assistance of the BC Wildfire Service

The Boothroyd Indian Band, with the assistance of the BC Wildfire Service (BWS), will be conducting a cultural burn. (Boothroyd Indian Band)
Jared Lowndes’ friend Jason Watt makes a statement at Lowndes’ memorial. Photo by Marc Kitteringham / Campbell River Mirror

First Nations Leadership Council joins call for probe into lack of police prosecutions

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Jared Lowndes’ friend Jason Watt makes a statement at Lowndes’ memorial. Photo by Marc Kitteringham / Campbell River Mirror
Six student and worker unions for the University of Victoria signed a letter urging the province to consider reforming post-secondary funding amid a $13 million budget cut. (Photo courtesy of UVic)

Univ. of Victoria unions call for post-secondary funding reform amid budget cuts

Student and worker unions call on the province for change during $13 million budget cuts

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Darwin, a Japanese Macaque, is shown at the Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary in Sunderland, Ont., on Tuesday, August 16, 2016. Darwin, also known as the Ikea monkey, was found wandering a parking garage at the furniture chain’s North York store wearing a shearling coat and a diaper. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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The Juan de Fuca Trail is on the west side of Vancouver Island. B.C. Parks says hikers should be prepared for uneven ground and slippery conditions. (Landon Copplestone/Contributed)

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Bradner Road rest stop in Abbotsford on April 5. (Ryleigh Mulvihill/Abbotsford News)

Encampment at Abbotsford’s Bradner rest area displaced for construction

Rest area to close this summer; Ministry of Transportation will offer support

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From left to right: Hannah Lee, Teresa Lee and Nancy Golinia. Donations from the proposed petting days will go to the Prince Rupert Wildlife Centre, which is run by Golinia. (Seth Forward/The Northern View)

Goats welcomed back to downtown Prince Rupert after council overturns ban

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From left to right: Hannah Lee, Teresa Lee and Nancy Golinia. Donations from the proposed petting days will go to the Prince Rupert Wildlife Centre, which is run by Golinia. (Seth Forward/The Northern View)
A small wildfire was discovered west of Merritt on Tuesday, Apr. 2. (BC Wildfire Map)

UPDATE: Wildfire west of Merritt confirmed to be human-caused

The blaze was found Tuesday afternoon

A small wildfire was discovered west of Merritt on Tuesday, Apr. 2. (BC Wildfire Map)
Community members tried to save a beached mother orca near the village of Zeballos on Vancouver Island on Saturday, March 24, 2024. (Screenshot/Tracy Smith/Facebook)

DFO trying to return young whale to pod after beached mother died on Vancouver Island

Whale beached on Saturday, March 23

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Community members tried to save a beached mother orca near the village of Zeballos on Vancouver Island on Saturday, March 24, 2024. (Screenshot/Tracy Smith/Facebook)
Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada president Lisa Koperqualuk, Heiltsuk Hereditary Chief Harvey Humchitt, Chief Marilyn, Coun. Maria Martin and traditional leader Rory Housty appear as a delegation before the International Maritime Organization in London, England Monday, March 18. (Heiltsuk Nation photo)

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It is not known at this time when the cats and kittens will be available for adoption. (BC SPCA photo)

BC SPCA rescues 18 cats and 2 kittens from Delta home

Followed an investigation into suspected animal neglect

It is not known at this time when the cats and kittens will be available for adoption. (BC SPCA photo)
A special weather statement was issued by Environment Canada on Monday morning (Feb. 26) for the Lower Mainland with snow and rain expected to begin Tuesday evening (Feb. 27). /File Photo

Snow and rain expected Tuesday for Lower Mainland

Environment Canada issues weather statement for wintry precipitation

A special weather statement was issued by Environment Canada on Monday morning (Feb. 26) for the Lower Mainland with snow and rain expected to begin Tuesday evening (Feb. 27). /File Photo
Kelowna city council members and Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Housing at STEP Place. (Jacqueline Gelineau/ Capital News)

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Kelowna city council members and Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Housing at STEP Place. (Jacqueline Gelineau/ Capital News)
Colleen Findlay’s killer, Jeremy Wade Vojkovic, has been allowed a unescorted temporary absence from prison, to attend a Vancouver Island facility. (Pixabay)

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Colleen Findlay’s killer, Jeremy Wade Vojkovic, has been allowed a unescorted temporary absence from prison, to attend a Vancouver Island facility. (Pixabay)
An Abbotsford women refused to believe a fellow gym patron was a woman and insisted she did not belong in the She’s Fit section at Trevor Linden Fitness.

VIDEO: Abbotsford woman berated at gym for working out in women’s only section

Parneet Khangura told by fellow patron to leave female section of Abbotsford gym despite being woman

An Abbotsford women refused to believe a fellow gym patron was a woman and insisted she did not belong in the She’s Fit section at Trevor Linden Fitness.
Mail delivery has been suspended on Vancouver Island and the City of Vancouver for Wed, Jan. 17 due to snow. (Photo by Canada Post)

Canada Post suspends delivery on Island, Metro Vancouver due to weather

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  • Jan 17, 2024
Mail delivery has been suspended on Vancouver Island and the City of Vancouver for Wed, Jan. 17 due to snow. (Photo by Canada Post)
Snow is expected to continue to fall through to early this evening (Jan. 17) in the Lower Mainland, with schools closed throughout the region./City of Mission Photo

Snow continues to fall in Lower Mainland as schools close

Weather warning from Environment Canada remains in effect with snow expected until early evening

Snow is expected to continue to fall through to early this evening (Jan. 17) in the Lower Mainland, with schools closed throughout the region./City of Mission Photo