{"id":884729,"date":"2026-01-13T07:20:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T13:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/13\/in-the-news-b-c-flooding-continues-another-conservative-crosses-the-floor\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T07:20:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T13:20:24","slug":"in-the-news-b-c-flooding-continues-another-conservative-crosses-the-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/13\/in-the-news-b-c-flooding-continues-another-conservative-crosses-the-floor\/","title":{"rendered":"In the news: B.C. flooding continues, another Conservative crosses the floor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy: The Canadian Press<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Posted: <strong><time datetime=\"2025-12-12 03:38:10\">3:38 AM CST Friday, Dec. 12, 2025<\/time><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Read this article for free:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>To continue reading, please subscribe:<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h4>Monthly Digital Subscription<\/h4>\n<p><strong>$0 for the first 4 weeks<\/strong>*<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com<\/li>\n<li>Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper<\/li>\n<li>Access News Break, our award-winning app<\/li>\n<li>Play interactive puzzles<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>*No charge for 4 weeks then price increases to the regular rate of $19.95 plus GST every four weeks. 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Cancel any time.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Read unlimited articles for free today:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed \u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flooding in Fraser Valley could peak today as B.C. prepares for second system<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Flooding in the Fraser Valley, caused by overflow from the Nooksack River in Washington state, is expected to peak today as residents wait to see the severity of the inundation.<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/f18531cd7f580ebd3fe0db1f5fa4e68ac992693d7ce07294e5e277197c59a300.jpg?w=1000\" data-pswp-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/f18531cd7f580ebd3fe0db1f5fa4e68ac992693d7ce07294e5e277197c59a300.jpg?w=320 320w, https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/f18531cd7f580ebd3fe0db1f5fa4e68ac992693d7ce07294e5e277197c59a300.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/f18531cd7f580ebd3fe0db1f5fa4e68ac992693d7ce07294e5e277197c59a300.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" data-pswp-width=\"1024\" data-pswp-height=\"682\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/f18531cd7f580ebd3fe0db1f5fa4e68ac992693d7ce07294e5e277197c59a300.jpg?w=1000\" alt=\"A car crosses a flooded street in Abbotsford B.C., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Ethan Cairns\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><figcaption>A car crosses a flooded street in Abbotsford B.C., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Ethan Cairns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>David Campbell with the BC River Forecast Centre says water levels across the border were already receding, but floodwaters the river is pouring north into the Sumas area were expected to keep rising overnight.<\/p>\n<p>He says rainfall warnings are down, but the forecast shows another round of atmospheric river and stormy systems is expected Sunday and may bring with it increased flood hazards.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Abbotsford, which is under a state of emergency, says residents of more than 450 properties have been told to get out immediately, with more than 1,000 others under evacuation alert.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Another Conservative MP crosses the floor to join Liberal caucus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Toronto-area MP Michael Ma left the Conservatives to join the Liberal caucus Thursday, leaving Prime Minister Mark Carney just one seat shy of a coveted majority government.<\/p>\n<p>Ma was welcomed with a standing ovation at the Liberal holiday party in Ottawa, where Carney invited his newest MP to join him on stage.<\/p>\n<p>He is the second MP elected as a Conservative in April to cross the floor to the Liberals this fall, after Nova Scotia MP Chris d\u2019Entremont made the move in early November \u2014 the day the Liberals tabled the federal budget.<\/p>\n<p>The floor crossing also comes less than two months before Pierre Poilievre faces a leadership review vote at the party\u2019s convention in Calgary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>House of Commons rises for six-week holiday break<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The House of Commons has started its winter break \u2014 without the government\u2019s lengthy budget implementation bill becoming law.<\/p>\n<p>House leader Steven MacKinnon told reporters Thursday the past 11 weeks of the fall sitting have seen \u201cvery hard work\u201d by the government to protect jobs and reduce the cost of living.<\/p>\n<p>This was the first full sitting since Prime Minister Mark Carney took office in the spring and it saw MPs pass legislation to speed up major projects and remove interprovincial trade barriers.<\/p>\n<p>Asked how he thought this sitting of Parliament has gone, Carney said things are \u201cfunctioning well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer accused the Liberals of delaying the passage of their own legislative agenda and failing to work with other parties to tackle affordability concerns.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Canada Post says it won\u2019t axe library shipping program despite proposal in budget<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Canada Post says it will not axe a program to offset shipping costs for libraries, despite a federal bill that proposes its end.<\/p>\n<p>Bill C-15 removes a clause in Canada Post legislation providing reduced shipping rates for books and other materials mailed between libraries or to library users, instead proposing that Canada Post set its own rates.<\/p>\n<p>Mary Chevreau with the Canadian Urban Libraries Council says the special rate is needed to protect interlibrary loan programs and to keep rural libraries open.<\/p>\n<p>In Newfoundland and Labrador, the St. John\u2019s Public Libraries Board says losing the rate program would be \u201ccatastrophic\u201d for rural libraries and literacy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Claims period closes Friday in $500-million bread price-fixing settlement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today is the last day to get a slice of the $500 million settlement in the class-action suit, related to Loblaw Cos. Ltd. and its parent company George Weston Ltd., of alleged industry-wide price fixing of bread.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian shoppers who bought packaged bread between January 2001 and December 2021 can file a claim on the Canadian Bread Settlement website without proof of purchase.<\/p>\n<p>Those who file a claim could receive $25 within six to 12 months after the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>The $500 million settlement includes a combined $404 million to be paid by Loblaw and George Weston.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 12, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/javascript:window.print();\" title=\"Print In the news: B.C. flooding continues, another Conservative crosses the floor\"><i><\/i> Print<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:?subject=In the news: B.C. flooding continues, another Conservative crosses the floor - via the Winnipeg Free Press&#038;body=https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/canada\/2025\/12\/12\/in-the-news-b-c-flooding-continues-another-conservative-crosses-the-floor\" title=\"Share by Email\" target=\"_blank\"><i><\/i> Email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<a title=\"Bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/#\"><span><i><\/i><i><\/i><\/span> Read Later<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/canada\/2025\/12\/12\/in-the-news-b-c-flooding-continues-another-conservative-crosses-the-floor\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: The Canadian Press Posted: 3:38 AM CST Friday, Dec. 12, 2025 Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed \u2026 Read this article for free: To continue reading, please subscribe: Monthly Digital Subscription $0 for the first 4 weeks* Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com Read<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":884730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22823,27543],"tags":[5756,10268],"class_list":{"0":"post-884729","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-continues","8":"category-flooding","9":"tag-continues","10":"tag-flooding"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=884729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/884730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=884729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=884729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}