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Jimmy Rackstraw and Carrie Bradley watch the
fast-flowing Fraser River from an old log sort yard in Mission Wednesday
evening.
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WATCHING, WAITING: Flood threat eases but river still rising
Should they stay or should they go? Nicomen Island dairy farmer Sid Stoker didn't sleep the last couple of nights, then decided it was time to take his dairy herd off the 72-acre farm that's outside the Fraser dikes.
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Schools instill calm in face of flood
As the Fraser River rises, two Mission principals, armed with a plan, hope for the best but are ready for the worst.
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Genstar offers high land
Genstar Development Company is pitching in to help Mission residents in the event of a flood.
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Prisons plan for transfer
Several maximum-security federal institution prisoners may have to be moved from Kent Institution should the Fraser River flood.
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Fraser Health flood plan 'a disaster'
A former Mission councillor says the Fraser Health Authority needs to have a more detailed plan in the event of a flood - and should communicate that plan to Mission.
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Flood-related funding on agenda for Mission council
There's water on the minds of council members in Mission.
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Flood supplies nabbed
Thieves made off with thousands of dollars worth of supplies from an Emergency Social Services trailer recently - supplies intended to help in the event of a flood evacuation.
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NEW FIRE CHIEF: Nothing fights fire like a Beer
Firefighting is in his blood. Abbotsford deputy fire chief Don Beer, who will be the Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service fire chief as of July 1, says firefighting is something he's familiar with - through family.
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One teen held, another released after stone assault
A 14-year-old Abbotsford boy charged with assault causing bodily harm and threatening was released from youth court on Tuesday. He and an 18-year-old man were arrested on May 29 near Clearbrook Village after an elderly Indo-Canadian couple was pelted with stones.
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POST-PARTUM: More than just the blues
Some mothers take all the sharp knives from the kitchen and hide them.
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