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Author: Andrea Woo
Publication Date: December 11, 2025 - 12:00
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Floods in B.C. force evacuations, highway closures between Lower Mainland and Interior
December 11, 2025
All major highways connecting British Columbia’s Lower Mainland and Interior remained closed Thursday morning after heavy rainfall triggered flood warnings and evacuations in the south of the province.
In Abbotsford, which declared a local state of emergency Wednesday night, 371 properties in Sumas Prairie West were ordered to evacuate. Evacuation alerts have been issued for Sumas Prairie East and Clayburn Village. All schools in the Fraser-Cascade School District, as well as Semá:th Elementary, are closed on Thursday.
A video taken on a WestJet flight leaving Edmonton has passengers decrying the shrinking size of airplane seats, but a passenger rights advocate says that aside from a change in the law there’s little travellers can do except fight back.
The video was posted to social media on Dec. 27 and has been seen more than a million times on TikTok and elsewhere.
In it, a couple can be seen wedged into their seats, the man’s legs disappearing unnaturally under the seat in front of him.
“Dad, can you just straighten out your legs there?” a voice asks. He replies: “It’s impossible to...
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