Taya Fast
Video Journalist at Global News
Video Journalist @globalbc | Abbotsford based
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1 month ago |
globalnews.ca | Taya Fast
After a school year marked by disruptions, some parents in an Abbotsford neighbourhood are demanding answers from local officials in the face of ongoing school bus cancellations. “We rely on the bus system,” said parent Krista Reid, noting that her family lives in Auguston, which makes it difficult for her kids to walk to school. “We’re often left with an hour’s notice to scramble around. For working parents, that’s extremely difficult.
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1 month ago |
globalnews.ca | Amy Judd |Taya Fast
The family of a B.C. pastor killed in a fiery crash is calling for reforms to the province’s justice system in cases involving mental health. Pastor Tom Cheung was killed in May 2019 when another vehicle slammed into his minivan in a border lineup.
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1 month ago |
globalnews.ca | Amy Judd |Taya Fast
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is revealing some details about a multi-day border checkpoint operation that caused major northbound delays for travellers heading back into Canada. Multiple unexpected checkpoints appeared just before the Peace Arch border crossing this past week. “Every single car, they opened up the hood,” U.S. immigration lawyer, Len Saunders, who has worked in Blaine WA. for 25 years said. “They went through the trunk of the car. They asked questions. It was not a random search.
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1 month ago |
globalnews.ca | Simon Little |Taya Fast
There is renewed frustration in B.C.’s Fraser Valley after a pair of collisions involving commercial vehicles with oversized loads and local infrastructure. Both vehicles, operated by different trucking companies, were carrying identical loads from the same shipper. The first strike happened around 2:45 p.m., when a tractor-trailer with an overweight load hit the Number 3 Road overpass eastbound on Highway 1 in Chilliwack.
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2 months ago |
globalnews.ca | Simon Little |Taya Fast
A longtime Conservative stronghold in B.C.’s Fraser Valley has become a key riding to watch in Monday’s federal election, thanks to a former MLA’s independent run. Abbotsford-South Langley is a new riding, but the area has gone to the Conservatives or their predecessors for decades. “Abbotsford and the Fraser Valley generally historically has been a very conservative place,” said University of the Fraser Valley political scientist Hamish Telford.
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