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• 19 provincial election candidates finalized for 5 Abbotsford ridings

  05-10-2026 18:52 via abbynews.com
  
  A total of 19 candidates have been finalized for the five Abbotsford ridings in the upcoming provincial election.
  Nominations closed at 1 p.m. on Saturday (Oct. 3) and Elections BC released the final list of candidates later that day.
  Three candidates from the cancelled Sept. 26 Abbotsford-Mission byelection will return to the ballot for Oct. 24, while the BC Conservatives introduce a new candidate for the riding following the resignations of former MLA Reann Gasper and former party leader Kerry
  
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• Four-peat: Victoria named world’s best small city once again

  07-10-2026 19:10 via abbynews.com
  
  Move over, Venice and Florence. For the fourth year running, travellers have declared Victoria the undisputed king of small cities.
  The waterfront capital took first place in the 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards by Condé Nast Traveler, beating out renowned global hotspots including Porto, Dubrovnik, Amalfi and San Sebastián.
  The award recognizes cities with populations under 350,000.
  Nearly 800,000 readers across the United States took part in the annual survey to rate their trave
  
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• BC NDP promises new support for small businesses hit by U.S. trade war

  07-10-2026 18:38 via abbynews.com
  
  BC NDP leader David Eby says small businesses hit by U.S. tariffs will be eligible for interest-free loans to help them get through Trump’s trade war with Canada.
  Eby is in Surrey Wednesday morning (Oct. 7) as leaders continue their provincial tours in advance of the Oct. 24 B.C. election.Eby also announced that the BC NDP will also introduce a new tax credit for businesses that provide a young person with their first job, as well as expanding support for those businesses that want to expo
  
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• B.C. ball hockey team completes undefeated run to capture national title

  07-10-2026 18:00 via abbynews.com
  
  A year after a quiet quarterfinal exit, a Langford ball hockey team stormed through New Jersey to capture a national title.
  The West Coast Giants capped a perfect season by winning the National Ball Hockey League (NBHL) Tier 2 championship, finishing an undefeated six-game run with a 5-2 victory over the South Jersey Soul on Sept. 20.
  It was a dominant tournament for the club, which plays out of Eagle Ridge Community Centre in Langford.
  The Giants also went 10-0 during the regular season against
  
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• Break point: Kelowna to continue with indoor tennis court plan after terminating contract with partner

  07-10-2026 17:39 via abbynews.com
  
  Almost a year and a half after a new indoor tennis court was announced, the City of Kelowna is looking for a new partner.On Tuesday, Oct. 6, the City announced it is still moving ahead with the project at Mission Recreation Park, but has terminated its agreement with Tennis Clubs of Canada (TCC).
  “Our focus is on moving this project forward responsibly as the need for more year-round tennis opportunities in Kelowna has not changed,” said Doug Nicholas, City of Kelowna sport and event
  
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• REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: Project Name: 2026-01 PFN Home Raising Progressive Design-Build

  07-10-2026 17:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Peters First Nation (PFN) invites proposals from qualified design-builders for the PFN Home Raising Project. The work consists of raising two existing single family homes above the designated Flood Construction Level, including foundation and structural work, civil landscaping, utilities, and associated finishings. The project is structured as a CCDC 32 progressive design-build with two phases. The first phase includes site investigations, 60% design development, 90% design development services,
  
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• WOLF: Remembering Mum, nearly 40 years later

  07-10-2026 14:45 via abbynews.com
  
  Oct. 7 is always a bittersweet day for me.
  I’ll cry. I’ll smile and enjoy a flood of happy memories. I’ll phone my sister and lament the what ifs and celebrate the what was. I’ll listen to some old tunes.I hate Oct. 7 for what it means. I love Oct. 7 for what it meant. I wish I never had to think about Oct. 7.Oct. 7 marks the anniversary of the day (39 years ago) we lost Mum. She was just 44. Cancer.It boggles my mind she’s been gone so long, given it still seems li
  
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• Catherine Rose Fraser

  07-10-2026 07:32 via abbynews.com
  
  In Loving Memory ~
  20 January, 1927 ~ 25 September, 2026
  We are saddened to announce that our mother, Catherine Rose Fraser, passed away at Abbotsford Hospital on Friday, September 25th at the age of 99. She had a wonderful long life and almost made it to her goal of 100. Cathy was born in Grosswerder, Saskatchewan on January 20th, 1927. She grew up in the Macklin and Provost areas then went to Langenburg in 1946. She left for Abbotsford in 1947, found work and met James (Jim) Fraser. They were
  
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• Chapman, Findlay step away from B.C. politics after ‘threats and abuse’

  07-10-2026 03:36 via abbynews.com
  
  A total of five candidates are running in the upcoming provincial election to represent the riding of Surrey South – but former Surrey South MLA Brent Chapman won’t be among them after all.
  Chapman – who had been listed as the OneBC South Surrey candidate prior to Saturday – is missing from the Elections BC candidate list, as is his wife, Kerry-Lynne Findlay, who stepped down as Conservative Party of BC leader on Sept. 20 after several MLAs left, or were asked to leave, t
  
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• Philadelphia fugitive wanted on international warrant arrested in B.C. traffic stop

  07-10-2026 02:06 via abbynews.com
  
  A 25-year-old Philadelphia fugitive wanted for violent offences was arrested during a routine traffic stop in Vancouver on Friday (Oct. 2).
  The suspect has been identified as Halil Abrahim Akbalik, according to a news release from Vancouver police Tuesday. He is wanted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for charges of rape and other offences. Police added that Akbalik is also the subject of an ongoing investigation by Toronto Police Service’s fugitive team
  A Vancouver police officer stopped a w
  
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• UFV Cascades men’s soccer team earns national top-10 ranking for first time

  07-10-2026 01:50 via abbynews.com
  
  For the first time ever, the University of the Fraser Valley men’s soccer program has cracked the top-10 in the country.
  U Sports released its weekly rankings on Monday (Oct. 5) and the Cascades have jumped to number 10 in Canada, up from 14th spot the week prior.
  The school has never achieved top-10 status since moving from the Pacwest and joining what was formerly known as Canadian Interuniversity Sport conference in 2006.
  The team impressed the ranking committee after playing the Calgar
  
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• Experts to talk water in Kelowna at Environmental Flows Conference

  07-10-2026 01:36 via abbynews.com
  
  The Okanagan Basin Water Board, Okanagan Nation Alliance and the Canadian Water Resources Association are ready to talk all things water at the third event in the Environmental Flows Conference.From Oct. 7-9, experts in water will be gathered at Coast Capri Hotel in Kelowna to discuss water scarcity, drought, and access for people while balancing healthy rivers, fish and ecosystems.The event will centre on the theme of ‘Siwɬkʷ (water) For All – Our Responsibility’.
  Ke
  
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• B.C. NDP promises faster health care with new diagnostic equipment

  07-10-2026 01:21 via abbynews.com
  
  B.C. NDP Leader David Eby is promising new diagnostic equipment that will shorten health-care wait times.
  Eby promised to add eight new MRI machines, including one at Eagle Ridge Hospital in Coquitlam near where his announcement was Tuesday (Oct. 6) and 10 CT scanners. He also promised, if his government is re-elected, to introduce co-ordinated regional surgical waitlists that let patients choose the shortest wait.
  The B.C. NDP, in a news release, touted that since first forming government in 20
  
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• B.C. Conservative, NDP leaders rally election support in Vernon

  07-10-2026 01:20 via abbynews.com
  
  As provincial election campaigns ramp up, two party leaders made stops in Vernon over the weekend to rally support and hear from constituents, while offering voters two distinct options in what is shaping up to be a highly contested riding.B.C. Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson was at Okanagan Spirits Craft Distillery for a campaign event Friday, Oct. 2, while B.C. NDP leader David Eby’s bus pulled up on 30th Avenue Saturday for an event that highlighted several of his party’s Okana
  
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• B.C. Conservatives plan to hire more police, stop illegal drug use in hospitals, shelters

  07-10-2026 00:38 via abbynews.com
  
  B.C. Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson used the backdrop of a graffitied alleyway in downtown Vancouver Tuesday (Oct. 6) to lay out his party’s plans to address public safety and street disorder.
  Doerkson said a B.C. Conservative government would bring “order, security, and compassionate care back to British Columbia’s streets,” adding the time to act is now.
  He promised to deploy more police to hard-hit neighbourhoods to deal with street-level crime. That includes hirin
  
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• CONCERTS: Sting starts fall tour in Vancouver with 2 nights of pop hits as a no-frills trio

  06-10-2026 23:49 via abbynews.com
  
  Sting turned 75 last Friday but you’d never guess it given his fitness and jet-setting ways.
  On Saturday he was in London, England starring in The Last Ship, capping a two-week run of his own musical, rooted in childhood memories in the British shipbuilding town of Wallsend, at Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
  Just two nights later in Vancouver, on Monday (Oct. 5), the Police singer-bassist kicked off a fall tour of North America with the first of two nights at Queen Elizabeth Theatre, where anot
  
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• ‘This happens all the time’ Mid Island resident died without access to modern cardiac care, NRGH doctor reports

  06-10-2026 23:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Without access to a cardiac cath lab in Nanaimo, local residents may pay the price with their lives.
  This is according to Dr. David Forrest, head of infectious disease and critical care at NRGH, who pressed the need for a cardiac cath lab and new patient tower, to attendees at the Fair Care For All Public Health Forum on Sept. 24.Forrest said recently, medical staff responded to a case of a 65-year-old woman who collapsed in the washroom, which was heard by her husband, who found her barely brea
  
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• Abbotsford’s Aaden “The Drill” Marsman wins Boxing BC super heavyweight crown

  06-10-2026 22:58 via abbynews.com
  
  Abbotsford’s Aaden “The Drill” Marsman is Boxing BC’s 2026 provincial super heavyweight champion after a strong showing at the Chilliwack eventThe Abbotsford Boxing-trained athlete advanced to the provincial final with a unanimous decision win over opponent Alex Weering in the semifinal on Sept. 26. Marsman controlled the first two rounds and held off Weering to earn the win and compete for the title on Sept. 27.
  Marsman competed against a rested Shad Nasim from Monarch B
  
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• Oliver sex offender dies in Agassiz prison

  06-10-2026 22:02 via abbynews.com
  
  WARNING: This article contains descriptions of sexual assault, and could negatively affect someone who has experienced similar trauma.
  A convicted sex offender has died at Agassiz’s medium-security Mountain Institution.According to the Correctional Service Canada (CSC), Regis Patrick Palmer has died in custody of apparent natural causes. He was 70 and had been serving nine years and 11 months since July 6, 2023. His next of kin has been notified.In 2022, Justice S.A. Donegan convicted Palm
  
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• Abbotsford home sales and prices take dip in September

  06-10-2026 21:12 via abbynews.com
  
  The temperature isn’t the only thing getting colder, with the Abbotsford housing market also undergoing a cooling effect in September.
  The latest report from the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB) revealed that after a sales-heavy end to the summer, the Abbotsford housing market sales numbers have now flipped and are once again on the decline.
  In September, the biggest change in sales was for townhouses, which fell by 37.2 per cent compared to August.
  Detached home sales dropped by 19
  
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• International rinks earn curling Prestige in B.C.

  06-10-2026 21:00 via abbynews.com
  
  With precision and timing, Switzerland’s Marco Hoesli found himself in the winner’s circle at the Prestige Hotels and Resorts Curling Classic Monday, Oct. 5, at the Vernon Curling Club.
  The two-time World Junior Curling silver medalist rallied from an early 4-0 deficit to defeat Japan’s Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi 7-6 in an extra end in Monday’s final.
  With the victory, Hoesli will join Prestige Classic women’s champ Eunji Gim of Korea in the field at the Grand Slam of Curli
  
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• Cliffhanger: B.C. firefighters offer helping hoof to stranded goat

  06-10-2026 20:43 via abbynews.com
  
  A Metchosin domestic goat with mountain goat-like ambitions found itself in a rather precarious situation and in need of a little help getting all four hooves back on solid ground.
  The animal spent Sunday night (Oct. 4) stranded on a cliff-face ledge on its owner’s property after tumbling over the edge and finding itself unable to scramble back to safety.
  To the rescue came the Metchosin Fire Department.
  Firefighters and trained rope rescue technicians were called to the property early Mon
  
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• PHOTOS: Powwow draws dancers, drummers from across Canada, U.S. to Chilliwack

  06-10-2026 20:40 via abbynews.com
  
  Indigenous dancers, drummers and singers from across Western Canada and the U.S. gathered in Chilliwack for an annual powwow marking National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
  The fifth annual Orange Shirt Day Powwow took place Oct. 2-3 at Chilliwack Secondary School.
  At the free event, people witnessed various styles of drumming and dancing including specials like the Orange Regalia Special and the Owl Dance, which is a couples dance.
  The powwow also included a vendors’ market and a free
  
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• Award-winning investigative journalist Rick Westhead speaking at UFV in Abbotsford

  06-10-2026 20:39 via abbynews.com
  
  Award-winning investigative journalist Rick Westhead is coming to Abbotsford later this month.
  The TSN senior correspondent is appearing at the University of the Fraser Valley’s President’s Leadership Lecture Series and is discussing the stories behind some of the controversial topics he has explored during his career.
  Westhead’s event occurs at UFV’s Building J Community Hall in Abbotsford from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22.
  He is a two-time winner of the Canadia
  
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• Chilliwack golfer storms from behind to win PGA of BC event in Vernon

  06-10-2026 19:59 via abbynews.com
  
  He played well in the opening round, but Kevin Stinson felt he didn’t get the score he wanted.
  That changed in the final 18 holes of the 2026 Srixon/Cleveland Golf Club Professional Championship Tuesday, Sept. 29, at the Vernon Golf and Country Club.
  Stinson, from Chilliwack’s Cheam Mountain Golf Course, fired a bogey-free 7-under-par 65 to finish at seven-under 137 for the 36-hole event.
  He overcame a three-shot deficit, earning a four-shot victory over Padraic O’Rourke (Marin
  
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• Person from Washington State arrested in connection with Tumbler Ridge shooting

  06-10-2026 19:55 via abbynews.com
  
  A person has been arrested on a charge of conspiracy to murder persons in a foreign country in connection with the fatal Tumbler Ridge mass shooting, U.S. officials say.
  The suspect is a 30-year-old from western Washington State, according to a news release from acting United States Attorney Charles Neil Floyd.U.S. law enforcement officials and RCMP officials will be holding a news conference at noon to provide more information.
  More to come.
  
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• Nominees announced for 30th annual Abbotsford Business Excellence Awards

  06-10-2026 19:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Nominees have been revealed for the 30th annual Abbotsford Business Excellence Awards.
  The event, set for the Clarion Hotel and Conference Centre on Nov. 12, is presented by the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce and the Abbotsford News.
  Organizers stated that this year’s nominees showcase the innovation, resilience and entrepreneurial spirit that continue to move Abbotsford forward.
  For 30 years, the awards have celebrated the people and organizations that make Abbotsford special. According t
  
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• Body found on Highway 1 in Burnaby, police seek witnesses

  06-10-2026 19:29 via abbynews.com
  
  Police are seeking information after a man’s body was found on Highway 1 in Burnaby Tuesday morning (Oct. 6).
  Burnaby RCMP received a call at 5:54 a.m. that an adult male’s body was lying in the eastbound lanes of Highway 1, just east of Kensington Avenue, according to a news release from B.C. Highway Patrol.
  Police say the man was “obviously deceased,” with injuries consistent with being hit by a vehicle.
  B.C. Highway Patrol has taken over the investigation because the v
  
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• Abbotsford Police announce new ‘Public Safety Collaboration Hub’

  06-10-2026 18:40 via abbynews.com
  
  The Abbotsford Police Department has announced that a new project will open at Highstreet Shopping Centre in January.
  The Abbotsford Public Safety Collaboration Hub brings together the AbbyPD, the Abbotsford Restorative Justice and Advocacy Association (ARJAA) and the Abbotsford Police Foundation (APF) under one roof.
  Sgt. Paul Walker, media officer with the Abbotsford Police Department, said the hub will be a “collaborative and accessible community space dedicated to enhancing public safe
  
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• One dead after shooting at Langley restaurant

  06-10-2026 18:30 via abbynews.com
  
  One person is dead after a shooting near the Langley Cactus Club late on Monday, Oct. 5.
  Langley RCMP were called to 200 Street and the Langley Bypass for a report of shots fired
  First responders promptly arrived in the area and located one individual in medical distress.
  “Despite life saving efforts, the individual succumbed to their injuries at the scene,” said Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, of the Langley RCMP. “The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has been called in.&rdqu
  
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