Henry Braun

• Senate report calls for comprehensive Fraser Valley flood plan

  Flood waters due to a series of atmospheric rivers last November inundated 15,000 hectares of land and affected about 1,000 farms and 2.5 million livestock.

  Canada

  Oct 28, 2022
  
• Regina educator Henry Braun honoured after passing away at the age of 91

  Families of Henry Braun Elementary School gathered for an open house and a memorial Thursday night to honour the life of Henry Braun, after whom the school is named.

  Canada

  Sep 23, 2022
  
• Advertisement
• New $84.4M-water system in Abbotsford, B.C., aims for climate resilience

  The City of Abbotsford is getting funding help from the B.C. government to bolster its drinking water system against floods, wildfires and other climate-related disasters.

  Environment

  Sep 14, 2022
• Advertisement
• Abbotsford police step up patrols after couple in their 70s killed in home

  Homicide investigators have yet to determine whether the killing of Arnold and Joanne De Jong was targeted or random.

  Crime

  May 12, 2022
• Sumas Prairie residents file class action lawsuit over damage caused by B.C. floods

  The plaintiffs allege local authorities and the province failed to adequately warn residents of the impending disaster, limiting their ability to save their belongings.

  Weather

  Jan 1, 2022
• 2021 year in review: B.C.’s political newsmakers of the year

  This is a compilation of some of the people who stood out politically in B.C. in 2021 and made headlines for their actions and decisions.

  Politics

  Dec 27, 2021
• Cars, couches, propane and fuel tanks among debris from record flooding in B.C.

  The mayor of Abbotsford says a second waste transfer station is expected to open for "mountains" of trash left outside homes after record rainfall drenched southern B.C.

  Weather

  Dec 16, 2021
• Abbotsford, B.C. lifts final evacuation order, but warns of disaster if dikes aren’t updated

  Abbotsford needs $1 billion to upgrade the Sumas and Matsqui dikes, said Mayor Henry Braun, and it's 'impossible' to obtain that kind of cash without help from B.C. and Ottawa.

  Weather

  Dec 10, 2021
• Advertisement
• Only one evacuation order is left in B.C.’s flood-ravaged Sumas Prairie

  Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun said he hopes to lift the final evacuation order in Sumas Prairie in the 'near future,' so the recovery phase of operations can begin.

  Weather

  Dec 8, 2021
• Advertisement
• ‘This remains the most pressing conversation’: Abbotsford, B.C. mayor on funding for dike repairs

  Meanwhile, residents of the Sumas Prairie's central zone can now return home, though the local state of emergency has been extended again.

  Weather

  Dec 6, 2021