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• Should the Granville Bridge be reduced to four vehicle lanes?

  25-01-2019 23:39 via abbynews.com
  
  Vancouver city council is set to discuss a report on the eight-lane bridge next week
  
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• Theo, the 800-lb. pig, takes ferry to new Vancouver Island home

  25-01-2019 23:28 via abbynews.com
  
  Theodore is going to live at A Home for Hooves Farm Sanctuary in Duncan
  
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• Memos: Facebook allowed ‘friendly fraud’ to profit from kids - Abbotsford News

  25-01-2019 23:20 via abbynews.com
  Memos: Facebook allowed ‘friendly fraud’ to profit from kids  Abbotsford NewsFacebook allowed children to rack up huge bills on digital games while the company rejected recommendations for addressing what it dubbed “friendly fraud,” ...
  
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• Memos: Facebook allowed ‘friendly fraud’ to profit from kids

  25-01-2019 23:20 via abbynews.com
  
  The lawsuit, filed California, centred on allegations that Facebook knowingly milked teenagers
  
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• Teen charged after stabbing at Ontario mall

  25-01-2019 23:12 via abbynews.com
  
  A 16-year-old boy has been charged following an altercation
  
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• Women accused of stealing from B.C. hospice scheduled to plead guilty

  25-01-2019 23:10 via abbynews.com
  
  A woman accused of bilking the hospice association of thousands of dollars made a court appearance.
  
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• Rapper Nelly seeks dismissal of lawsuit alleging sex assault

  25-01-2019 23:00 via abbynews.com
  
  The lawsuit is before a U.K. court
  
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• Canadians rescue five injured peacekeepers in Mali

  25-01-2019 22:52 via abbynews.com
  
  This is the second medical-evacuation mission in less than a week
  
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• Sudden closure of Surrey trampoline park prompts outcry - Abbotsford News

  25-01-2019 22:14 via abbynews.com
  Sudden closure of Surrey trampoline park prompts outcry  Abbotsford NewsBusiness has operated in building near Pattullo Bridge since early 2016.
  
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• Transgender woman who was charged with murder loses extradition fight - Abbotsford News

  25-01-2019 22:04 via abbynews.com
  Transgender woman who was charged with murder loses extradition fight  Abbotsford NewsA transgender woman who was arrested in Abbotsford in 2014 as a suspect in a Washington state murder recently fought her extradition to the U.S, saying she ...
  
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• Transgender woman who was charged with murder loses extradition fight

  25-01-2019 22:04 via abbynews.com
  
  Kevin Patterson arrested in Abbotsford in 2014 for Washington State killing
  
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• Zimbabwe’s violent crackdown continues with reports of rapes - Abbotsford News

  25-01-2019 22:00 via abbynews.com
  Zimbabwe’s violent crackdown continues with reports of rapes  Abbotsford NewsA violent crackdown continued Friday in Zimbabwe as rights groups alleged that women had been raped during house-to-house searches, while the ...
  
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• Zimbabwe’s violent crackdown continues with reports of rapes

  25-01-2019 22:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Fearful residents in the capital, Harare, and second city, Bulawayo, are locking themselves in at night
  
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• Dueling Venezuela leaders dig in defending presidency claims

  25-01-2019 21:30 via abbynews.com
  
  President Nicolas Maduro dug in and accused his opponents of orchestrating a coup
  
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• Man charged in sex assault in Vancouver’s West End

  25-01-2019 21:12 via abbynews.com
  
  Tyler Emersen Gagnon, 35, faces several charges, including sexual assault with a weapon
  
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• Plecas: Christy Clark told MLAs to fire non-partisan constituency workers

  25-01-2019 20:50 via abbynews.com
  
  Former constituency assistant says Plecas returned from pre-election meeting ‘very upset’
  
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• Coastal GasLink stops work on pipeline over trapline dispute in northern B.C.

  25-01-2019 20:50 via abbynews.com
  
  Traps had been placed inside construction boundaries and people were entering the site, raising safety concerns
  
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• Trump announces deal to end record-long shutdown

  25-01-2019 20:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Some 800,000 federal workers have had to work without pay or have been kept from doing their jobs
  
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• Vancouver police officer charged after pedestrian hit - Abbotsford News

  25-01-2019 20:25 via abbynews.com
  Vancouver police officer charged after pedestrian hit  Abbotsford NewsConst. Andrew Peters is charged with dangerous driving causing bodily harm.
  
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• Vancouver police officer charged after pedestrian hit

  25-01-2019 20:25 via abbynews.com
  
  Const. Andrew Peters is charged with dangerous driving causing bodily harm
  
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• B.C. school district installs cameras on school buses to catch illegally passing drivers

  25-01-2019 20:10 via abbynews.com
  
  Residents warned about hefty fines
  
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• WATCH: Farmer brings water buffalo to see kids, after last year’s surprise visit

  25-01-2019 20:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Ebeneezer nuzzled kids and allowed himself to be petted during a school visit Friday.
  
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• B.C. town finally lifts curfew for teenagers

  25-01-2019 19:41 via abbynews.com
  
  Previously parents faced fines of up to $5 for having children out after dark
  
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• Lose the booze this February - Abbotsford News

  25-01-2019 19:30 via abbynews.com
  Lose the booze this February  Abbotsford NewsThe BC Cancer Foundation is challenging you to a dry February.
  
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• Lose the booze this February

  25-01-2019 19:30 via abbynews.com
  
  The BC Cancer Foundation is challenging you to a dry February
  
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• Rings stolen from hand of dying woman in Mission care home - Abbotsford News

  25-01-2019 18:51 via abbynews.com
  Rings stolen from hand of dying woman in Mission care home  Abbotsford NewsAn Abbotsford woman says two rings were stolen from the hand of her dying mother and a third was taken from a locked drawer in her room at a care home in ...
  
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• Rings stolen from hand of dying woman in Mission care home

  25-01-2019 18:51 via abbynews.com
  
  Abbotsford woman says her mom was violated when she was at her most vulnerable
  
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• Connecticut police: Woman drove drunk on vanilla extract

  25-01-2019 18:20 via abbynews.com
  
  Stefanie Warner-Grise, 50, found sitting in a car at an intersection, bottles of vanilla in backseat
  
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• Canada auto workers seek boycott of GM vehicles from Mexico

  25-01-2019 18:20 via abbynews.com
  
  Unifor says it will publicize the boycott with television, newspaper and billboard advertising
  
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• Abbotsford Airport is flying on Twitter! Follow @yxxairport for all of the latest information. https://t.co/apu07RaFRW

  25-01-2019 18:19 via twitter.com
  
  Abbotsford Airport is flying on Twitter! Follow @yxxairport for all of the latest information. https://t.co/apu07RaFRW
  
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• White Rock pier repairs could cost $16.2 million: report

  25-01-2019 18:16 via abbynews.com
  
  Consultant’s findings to be presented at Jan. 28 council meeting
  
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• Trump confidant Stone is arrested, faces obstruction charge

  25-01-2019 18:10 via abbynews.com
  
  Roger Stone faces a seven-count indictment in the first criminal case in months from special counsel Robert Mueller
  
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• Your daily commute and weather forecast: Jan. 25, 2019

  25-01-2019 17:07 via abbynews.com
  
  Major congestion backed up from Coquitlam to Surrey due to vehicle incident. Detour suggested.
  
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• B.C.’s Cassie Sharpe wins X Games gold in women’s ski superpipe

  25-01-2019 15:40 via abbynews.com
  
  Sharpe is a now a three-time X Games medallist, having won bronze in Aspen in her successful 2018 season and gold in 2016 at Oslo
  
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• Australia’s heatwave reaches nearly 50 degrees

  25-01-2019 15:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Power load sharing began with 30,000 households and businesses being switched off for up to two hours
  
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• Arrests made in national security investigation in Ontario

  25-01-2019 15:05 via abbynews.com
  
  RCMP are expected to give an update today and say there’s no immediate threat to public safety
  
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• Vibraphonist Marty Franklin plays House of James in Abbotsford - Abbotsford News

  25-01-2019 15:03 via abbynews.com
  Vibraphonist Marty Franklin plays House of James in Abbotsford  Abbotsford NewsVibraphonist Marty Franklin and friends will be in concert this Saturday, Jan. 26, at 7 p.m. at House of James coffeehouse in Abbotsford. Franklin first came to ...
  
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• Vibraphonist Marty Franklin plays House of James in Abbotsford

  25-01-2019 15:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Concert at coffeehouse on Saturday, Jan. 26
  
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• Artist Jolene Mackie Paints Dreamscapes

  25-01-2019 15:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Emily Carr University graduate brings art community together
  
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• Pizzagate: Tiger Woods denied a slice on the fairway - Abbotsford News

  25-01-2019 10:30 via abbynews.com
  Pizzagate: Tiger Woods denied a slice on the fairway  Abbotsford NewsTiger Woods doesn't always have everything go his way at Torrey Pines. Even when it comes to pizza. Woods was playing the pro-am at the Farmers Insurance ...
  
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• VIDEO: Vancouver Giants down top team in the country

  25-01-2019 08:30 via abbynews.com
  
  G-Men earned seventh-straight win, this one against the Raiders on home ice at Langley Events Centre
  
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• The No Sweat class at ARC has been changed to a Strength class on Tuesday, January 30th (9:15 - 10:15 a.m.) and Tue… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-01-2019 07:39 via twitter.com
  The No Sweat class at ARC has been changed to a Strength class on Tuesday, January 30th (9:15 - 10:15 a.m.) and Tue… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Gabriel Klein fit to stand trial for stabbing death of Abbotsford teen, B.C. judge rules - CBC.ca

  25-01-2019 05:35 via cbc.ca
  Gabriel Klein fit to stand trial for stabbing death of Abbotsford teen, B.C. judge rules  CBC.caA B.C. Supreme Court justice ruled Thursday that Gabriel Klein is fit to stand trial for the stabbing death of an Abbotsford teen. Klein is accused of stabbing and ...
  
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• Kelly Ellard’s day parole extended 6 months

  25-01-2019 02:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Ellard and several other teens swarmed and beat 14-year-old Reena Virk who later died in 1997
  
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• This year’s flu vaccine is way more effective than last year

  25-01-2019 01:41 via abbynews.com
  
  BC Centre for Disease Control says analysis shows shot has 91 per cent efficacy against H1N1 in kids
  
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• WATCH: Cutting-edge B.C. lab opens to detect fake honey

  25-01-2019 01:38 via abbynews.com
  
  The lab uses nuclear magnetic resonance to pinpoint the floral and geographic sources of honey samples
  
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• VIDEO: Carcass pits making bear problem worse in southeastern B.C.

  25-01-2019 01:18 via abbynews.com
  
  “Getting those carcasses off the landscape should improve human and bear safety.” - Clayton Lamb
  
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• VIDEO: Swoop looks to newly expanded Abbotsford airport as base for aircraft - Chilliwack Progress

  25-01-2019 00:51 via theprogress.com
  VIDEO: Swoop looks to newly expanded Abbotsford airport as base for aircraft  Chilliwack ProgressSwoop Airlines is looking to station two planes in Abbotsford by the end of the year, president Steven Greenway said Thursday at a ribbon cutting for the airport's ...
  
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• VIDEO: Swoop looks to newly expanded Abbotsford airport as base for aircraft - Abbotsford News

  25-01-2019 00:51 via abbynews.com
  VIDEO: Swoop looks to newly expanded Abbotsford airport as base for aircraft  Abbotsford NewsSwoop Airlines is looking to station two planes in Abbotsford by the end of the year, president Steven Greenway said Thursday at a ribbon cutting for the airport's ...
  
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• VIDEO: Swoop looks to newly expanded Abbotsford airport as base for aircraft

  25-01-2019 00:51 via abbynews.com
  
  Abbotsford would be the third location in Canada to station the airliner’s aircraft
  
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