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From left: Abbotsford MP Ed Fast, Mission Mayor James Atebe, diking engineer Paula Santos, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Minister of Agriculture Chuck Strahl discuss the threat of a flood in Mission on Thursday.

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PM visits Mission, funds flow for flood
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Agricultural Minister Chuck Strahl stopped at a Mission log sorting yard and took a helicopter tour of the eastern Fraser River floodplain before announcing that the federal government will contribute $16.5 million to flood mitigation already underway.
 

'We're going through hell': dad
A Mission man is hoping someone knows what happened to his son.
 

Tougher building codes urged
Developers may want to rejig their plans for any highrise towers, after the recent discovery of about a dozen shallow fault lines in the region, the closest one in Kendall, a small community on the way to Mount Baker, and less than 20 km southeast of Abbotsford and Sumas, Wash.
 

Girl, 17, thrown from car
A Mission teenager was airlifted to hospital in critical condition late Wednesday night, following an accident that spanned both sides of the Langley-U.S. border.
 

Safer crossing coming soon
Prince Charles Elementary parents and children have been high-tailing it across McKee Road for a long time.
 

UCFV features art with heart
If you walk into the gallery at UCFV this month your eyes will move from wall to wall, spurred on by a full pallet of colour and a full range of artistic mediums.
 

MLAs like the idea of getting a pay raise
Pay raises for politicians are usually not popular.
 

New seatbelt rules for everyone
The province is making significant changes to the Motor Vehicle Act that will make seatbelts mandatory for everyone immediately.
 

Young gentlemen, start your engines
Two W.J. Mouat students will be under the hood in Burnaby today to test their automotive knowledge against gear-heads from other B.C. schools.
 

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