Agassiz News

The last of three people arrested in connection with a series of bank and credit union robberies during the fall of 2008 was sentenced this week in Abbotsford Provincial Court.

Hemp plant investors and producers sought. Jason Finnis of Naturally Advanced Technologies, left, and Sean Crew of Hemp Oil Canada speak at the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance Convention in Winnipeg.

The murky issue of ditch cleaning has once again resurfaced in Agassiz. And with an annual general meeting coming up next week for the District of Kent's ditching and diking committee, certain topics are likely to be bandied about for the next little while.

Gina Flukiger, who is taking an Agriculture Course at Olds College in Alberta was unable to come home to Agassiz for the annual 4-H awards night for the Agassiz-Harrison Rainbow club.

Getting the H1N1 flu vaccine in Chilliwack should be easier now as more clinics are being held and, if Saturday's clinic at Vedder middle school is any gauge, demand seems to be on the wane.

In the film, 'The Day After Tomorrow' the world enters the icy grip of a new glacial period within the space of just a few weeks.

Jim Paxman is a believer in farm safety. Ten years ago, he survived having two 1,600 pound round bales bounce off his back.

Paramedics aren't pleased about the recent legislation that's ended their "working strike," says Agassiz's Paramedic Chief Larry Kennedy.

More paramedics showed up for work in the Lower Mainland on Sunday than on Saturday after the union and management spent a day wrangling before the B.C. Labour Relations Board.

The B.C. Ambulance Service is warning low-priorty calls will be delayed Saturday because of a staffing shortage.

In this 1953 black and white photo released by the National Archives of Australia shown are British orphans at Melrose House, near Parramatta, Australia.

Lake Agassiz, which covered much of Central Canada, was formed about 30,000 years ago and eventually held a greater total volume than all of today's Great Lakes combined.

More than 50 B.C. paramedics book off Saturday shifts Escalating labour dispute leaves 23 ambulances out of service in the Lower Mainland, the Fraser Valley and the Sea-to-Sky corridor Vancouver - Published on Saturday, Nov.

About 1,000 residents came out to take part in the Remembrance Day ceremonies on Wednesday in Agassiz.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has declared a man convicted of brutal sex attacks, including one near the Cheam First Nation, to be a dangerous offender.

A U.N. conference in Copenhagen next month is due to agree a new pact to combat global warming after mounting evidence that human activity is disrupting the climate.

A new committee has formed with the dream of opening a First Nations Friendship Centre in Hope.

" Debate heated up Tuesday on the B.C. Liberal government's surprise move to impose a contract on ambulance paramedics and dispatchers on the eve of a membership vote on their latest contract offer.

There is more than enough H1N1 vaccine to go around in this community, says the local public health nurse.

During the course of the summer the Chamber together with Tourism Harrison conducted a second annual survey of visitors to the Harrison Hot Springs area.