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Salmon stocks on the Fraser have tumbled in the past decade, leading Fisheries and Oceans Canada to limit Indigenous food fisheries on the river, even as some recreational fishing is allowed.

Body of missing fisherman found in Fraser River A spokesperson for the Chilliwack RCMP confirmed that Damian Dutrisacs body was found on the shores of a gravel quarry in the Upper Sumas Mountain area along the Fraser River.  Social Sharing Damian Dutrisac went missing May 7 when the anchor of his boat got caught, sending him into the Sumas River CBC News · Damian Dutrisac and his fiancée Karyssa Mclean.(Submitted by Karyssa McLean) After two months of searching, the body of a missing B.C. ...

The provincial government has suspended a permit allowing an Abbotsford, B.C., quarry to set off explosives near a peregrine falcon nest, alleging that the company failed to maintain an adequate buffer zone between the blast area and the ledge on which the falcons live.

  VANCOUVER -- People spent hours Wednesday searching along the Fraser River and surrounding shoreline for any sign of a missing Abbotsford man. Twenty-nine-year-old Damian Dutrisac hasn’t been seen since the boat he was fishing in sank on May 7 near Chilliwack. Dutrisac was out fishing last Friday afternoon on the Fraser River near the mouth of the Sumas River when the boat’s anchor got stuck, and the vessel went under. Kristen Parker’s boyfriend Andrew was in the boat with Damian, a...

  VANCOUVER -- Ever since Karyssa Mclean and her fiancée Damian Dutrisac got engaged last fall, they’ve been planning their upcoming wedding, and their future together. “One of the last messages he ever sent to me was telling me how excited he was to get married,” she said. “It doesn’t seem real to have your whole life planned out like this, and for it just to be taken away so quick.” Mclean is now praying for Dutrisac to come home, after the boat he was out fishing in went un...

Search continues for missing sturgeon fisherman as fiancée waits for word Dozens of fishing boats are searching the Fraser River between Chilliwack and Mission for a missing 29-year-old Abbotsford man who fell into the icy water on Friday, while sturgeon fishing with a friend. Social Sharing He was really, really loving — I was so lucky, Karyssa Mclean says of man she planned to marry in October Posted: May 12, 2021 2:30 PM PT | Last Updated: May 12 Damian Dutrisac and Karyssa Mclean we...

3 min read Abbotsford charity Run For Water has been hosting runs in the Fraser Valley since 2008 to raise awareness and funds for clean water projects in Ethiopia, a country where one-third of the population lacks access to clean water. Run For Water partners with the Ethiopian-run charity Imagine1day which builds clean water systems in the most rural villages of Ethiopia in order to allow young girls to be able to attend school. You can feel amazing about giving to Run For Water as 100 per c...