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• Family behind OxyContin calls opioid suit false, misleading - Abbotsford News

  02-04-2019 23:53 via abbynews.com
  Family behind OxyContin calls opioid suit false, misleading  Abbotsford NewsMassachusetts authorities created a false picture of the Sackler family's role in promoting OxyContin, the Sacklers said Tuesday in their first court response to ...
  
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• Family behind OxyContin calls opioid suit false, misleading

  02-04-2019 23:53 via abbynews.com
  
  Opioids, including illicit drugs such as heroin and fentanyl, were involved in 48,000 deaths in 2017
  
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• Justice minister troubled by calls for conscientious objection to religious symbols ban

  02-04-2019 23:52 via abbynews.com
  
  Legislation would prohibit public servants in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols
  
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• Sturgeon fishing closures coming to side channels in the Lower Fraser - Abbotsford News

  02-04-2019 23:48 via abbynews.com
  Sturgeon fishing closures coming to side channels in the Lower Fraser  Abbotsford NewsThree channels in the Fraser River between Chilliwack and Hope are being closed to catch-and-release sturgeon fishing for most of the upcoming summer to ...
  
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• Sturgeon fishing closures coming to side channels in the Lower Fraser

  02-04-2019 23:48 via abbynews.com
  
  Under review for species at risk designation, the closures are precautionary, says the province
  
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• BMO CEO says Canada’s economic growth ‘moderating’, but ‘no screeching halt’ - Abbotsford News

  02-04-2019 23:45 via abbynews.com
  BMO CEO says Canada’s economic growth ‘moderating’, but ‘no screeching halt’  Abbotsford NewsBank of Montreal's chief executive Darryl White says economic growth in Canada is “moderating” but it's “no screeching halt” and the risk of a recession in the ...
  
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• BMO CEO says Canada’s economic growth ‘moderating’, but ‘no screeching halt’

  02-04-2019 23:45 via abbynews.com
  
  Predicts the country’s GDP growth will be in the range of 1.5 per cent
  
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• BC NDP avoids questions about $40M union-only assistance fund - Abbotsford News

  02-04-2019 23:40 via abbynews.com
  BC NDP avoids questions about $40M union-only assistance fund  Abbotsford NewsMLAs push for answers about social *service* 'low-wage redress'
  
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• Officers alleging systemic sexism take case to Ontario’s top court - Abbotsford News

  02-04-2019 23:30 via abbynews.com
  Officers alleging systemic sexism take case to Ontario’s top court  Abbotsford NewsThe police *service* has denied the unproven claims.
  
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• Officers alleging systemic sexism take case to Ontario’s top court

  02-04-2019 23:30 via abbynews.com
  
  The police service has denied the unproven claims
  
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• RCMP hunt for driver clocked excessively speeding through two B.C. school zones

  02-04-2019 22:10 via abbynews.com
  
  Witnesses to ‘so dangerous’ driving sought through White Rock
  
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• Teen racing to raise autism awareness stops by Lower Mainland schools

  02-04-2019 22:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Ontario’s Austin and Jason Riley stopped by West Langley Elementary School on April 1.
  
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• LETTERS: Student demand to stop carbon fuel use can’t be achieved

  02-04-2019 21:50 via abbynews.com
  
  Nuclear power is the only technology that would do it quickly
  
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• Police seek tips on 2007 disappearance of Abbotsford woman - Chilliwack Progress

  02-04-2019 21:32 via theprogress.com
  Police seek tips on 2007 disappearance of Abbotsford woman  Chilliwack ProgressSingle mom Candace Shpeley of Abbotsford was visiting friends in Surrey and was expected to pick up her three kids the following day, but she never arrived.
  
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• Police seek tips on 2007 disappearance of Abbotsford woman

  02-04-2019 21:32 via abbynews.com
  
  Candace Shpeley last seen in Surrey, car found abandoned in Vancouver
  
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• Student, 23, charged with arson in connection to Langara College fires - Abbotsford News

  02-04-2019 21:30 via abbynews.com
  Student, 23, charged with arson in connection to Langara College fires  Abbotsford NewsNasradin Abdusamad Ali of Surrey charged with arson, possessing incendiary material.
  
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• Student, 23, charged with arson in connection to Langara College fires

  02-04-2019 21:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Nasradin Abdusamad Ali of Surrey charged with arson, possessing incendiary material
  
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• Preliminary search finds no reports of coerced sterilization to police: RCMP - Abbotsford News

  02-04-2019 21:30 via abbynews.com
  Preliminary search finds no reports of coerced sterilization to police: RCMP  Abbotsford NewsThe head of the RCMP says the police force is looking into whether any complaints about forced or coerced sterilizations have been made to law-enforcement ...
  
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• Preliminary search finds no reports of coerced sterilization to police: RCMP

  02-04-2019 21:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Dozens of Indigenous women say they’ve been pressured into sterilizations they didn’t want
  
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• Canada’s failure to fight climate change ‘disturbing,’ environment watchdog says - Abbotsford News

  02-04-2019 21:25 via abbynews.com
  Canada’s failure to fight climate change ‘disturbing,’ environment watchdog says  Abbotsford NewsEnvironment Commissioner Julie Gelfand says Canada is not doing enough to combat climate change. Gelfand delivered her final audits Tuesday before her ...
  
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• Canada’s failure to fight climate change ‘disturbing,’ environment watchdog says

  02-04-2019 21:25 via abbynews.com
  
  Canada is not on track to hit its 2030 target
  
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• Butts, Wilson-Raybould texts show mounting anger, frustration over shuffle - Abbotsford News

  02-04-2019 21:20 via abbynews.com
  Butts, Wilson-Raybould texts show mounting anger, frustration over shuffle  Abbotsford NewsText messages between Jody Wilson-Raybould and one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's top advisers suggest she initially tried to prevent her move out of the ...
  
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• UPDATE: Woman on life support after daylight shooting in North Vancouver - Abbotsford News

  02-04-2019 21:05 via abbynews.com
  UPDATE: Woman on life support after daylight shooting in North Vancouver  Abbotsford NewsIntegrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over the case.
  
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• VIDEO: Chilliwack fire department tackles tire fire on dairy farm - Abbotsford News

  02-04-2019 21:01 via abbynews.com
  VIDEO: Chilliwack fire department tackles tire fire on dairy farm  Abbotsford NewsWind blew flames from controlled burn into tire storage on rural property in Greendale.
  
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• Hidden cameras discovered on Abbotsford pig farm - Mission City Record

  02-04-2019 20:30 via missioncityrecord.com
  Hidden cameras discovered on Abbotsford pig farm  Mission City RecordDevices installed inside and outside of barn on Harris Road.
  
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• Hidden cameras discovered on Abbotsford pig farm - Aldergrove Star

  02-04-2019 20:27 via aldergrovestar.com
  Hidden cameras discovered on Abbotsford pig farm  Aldergrove StarDevices installed inside and outside of barn on Harris Road.
  
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• Hidden cameras discovered on Abbotsford pig farm - Abbotsford News

  02-04-2019 20:22 via abbynews.com
  Hidden cameras discovered on Abbotsford pig farm  Abbotsford NewsDevices installed inside and outside of barn on Harris Road.
  
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• BC takes aim at 'shell companies' hiding property ownership - Abbotsford News

  02-04-2019 20:00 via abbynews.com
  BC takes aim at 'shell companies' hiding property ownership  Abbotsford NewsThe B.C. government is changing legislation to force businesses and partnerships to disclose the actual owners of property, as part of its effort to curtail tax ...
  
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• Homicide detectives seek clues in disappearance of Abbotsford woman - Vancouver Sun

  02-04-2019 19:49 via vancouversun.com
  Homicide detectives seek clues in disappearance of Abbotsford woman  Vancouver SunCandace Shpeley, a young mother of three, disappeared from Abbotsford in 2007.
  
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• ‘She just comforts us:’ Mother says baby named after Broncos player a gift

  02-04-2019 19:20 via abbynews.com
  
  On June 4, Logan Humble Strong was born at the Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert, Sask.
  
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• Metro Vancouver’s dismal home sales in March blamed on government policies - Abbotsford News

  02-04-2019 19:00 via abbynews.com
  Metro Vancouver’s dismal home sales in March blamed on government policies  Abbotsford NewsHome sales in Metro Vancouver in March plunged to levels not seen in more than three decades and real-estate experts blame government policies, not a lack ...
  
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• Metro Vancouver’s dismal home sales in March blamed on government policies

  02-04-2019 19:00 via abbynews.com
  
  A news release from board president Ashley Smith calls the trend largely policy induced
  
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• Williams Lake bus company to expand service across B.C.’s Interior

  02-04-2019 18:40 via abbynews.com
  
  Adventure Charters will operate from Prince George to Surrey and Williams Lake to Kamloops
  
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• Mission woman nets PETA award for pulling cup off skunk’s head - Abbotsford News

  02-04-2019 18:30 via abbynews.com
  Mission woman nets PETA award for pulling cup off skunk’s head  Abbotsford NewsVideo of Tanya Krasuin helping an animal in distress went viral.
  
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• Mission woman nets Peta award for pulling cup off skunk’s head

  02-04-2019 18:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Video of Tanya Krasuin helping an animal in distress went viral
  
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• Cabinet members openly debate Jody Wilson-Raybould’s future in Liberal caucus

  02-04-2019 18:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Ontario’s Liberal MPs are due to have a mid-day meeting to discuss the issue
  
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• Chilliwack Tulip Festival begins with hyacinths and daffodils

  02-04-2019 18:19 via abbynews.com
  
  Annual festival draws in tens of thousands of visitors, keen to enjoy floral displays
  
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• Abbotsford Tulip Festival to open in two weeks - Abbotsford News

  02-04-2019 18:15 via abbynews.com
  Abbotsford Tulip Festival to open in two weeks  Abbotsford NewsSteep discount on tickets for locals on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
  
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• Abbotsford Tulip Festival to open in two weeks

  02-04-2019 18:15 via abbynews.com
  
  Steep discount on tickets for locals on Tuesday and Thursday evenings
  
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• Fraser Valley Thunderbirds swept in BCMML final

  02-04-2019 18:12 via abbynews.com
  
  Cariboo Cougars eliminate T-birds in two games
  
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• Kids rescue elderly woman who fell, was left lying outside home for 10 hours

  02-04-2019 17:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Children in Nanaimo respond to cries of injured elderly woman who’d spent the night in her doorway
  
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• Wildfire breaks out northeast of Squamish - Abbotsford News

  02-04-2019 15:45 via abbynews.com
  Wildfire breaks out northeast of Squamish  Abbotsford NewsA wildfire broke out northeast of Squamish on Monday night, according to the BC Wildfire *Service*. The agency said crews and air support are responding to the ...
  
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• Wildfire breaks out northeast of Squamish

  02-04-2019 15:45 via abbynews.com
  
  BC Wildfire says 3.5 hectare blaze isn’t at risk of damaging buildings
  
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• Women have ‘legitimate claims’ for justice, equality: Pope

  02-04-2019 15:35 via abbynews.com
  
  The document calls for an urgent reform of Catholic schools and youth ministry programs
  
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• 2nd woman recounts unwanted touching by Joe Biden

  02-04-2019 15:30 via abbynews.com
  
  The developments underscored the challenge facing Biden should he decide to seek the White House
  
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• New Zealand lawmakers pass initial vote for new gun controls in wake of shooting

  02-04-2019 15:25 via abbynews.com
  
  The bill would ban the types of weapons a gunman used to kill 50 people at two mosques last month
  
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• Mistakes on mobile, internet and TV bills is No. 1 issue on tally by ombudsman

  02-04-2019 15:15 via abbynews.com
  
  Incorrect billing charges accounted for 16.5 per cent of all issues raised
  
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• Air Canada revises schedule for May as Boeing 737 Max remains grounded

  02-04-2019 15:15 via abbynews.com
  
  The airline says it expects to cover 98 per cent of previously planned flying for the month
  
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• Parents could face tax charges, big fines in admissions scam

  02-04-2019 15:10 via abbynews.com
  
  Among the 33 prominent parents charged in the case are Hollywood stars Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman
  
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• Valley Concert Society presents eight cellists in concert - Abbotsford News

  02-04-2019 15:00 via abbynews.com
  Valley Concert Society presents eight cellists in concert  Abbotsford NewsO-Celli performs Friday, April 5 at Matsqui Centennial Auditorium.
  
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