Sumas News

Manager Steve Lawrenson fronts bottles at the Blaine Liquor Outlet in Blaine, May 15, 2012.

The City of Abbotsford is readying for rising river levels due to larger than usual snow packs in the province's Interior and is advising residents to do the same.

Work will begin Monday, May 7, to create three northbound lanes leading up to the Sumas border crossing into Canada.

Government spokesman Shimeles Kemal said Sunday that the attackers wounded nine people as they shot indiscriminately late Saturday at workers on the vast farm.

Colacurcio Brothers Construction will install bike lanes along a heavily used corridor between Interstate 5 and downtown, repave various streets and make safety improvements to Indian Street.