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• Internet safety while social distancing: expert says monitor internet use

  24-03-2020 23:30 via abbynews.com
  
  More opportunities for scams, cyber criminals, sexual predators
  
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• B.C. COVID-19 tests up to 3,500 a day, care home staffing to change

  24-03-2020 23:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Massage therapists, chiropractors told to treat urgent cases only
  
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• 28% of B.C.’s COVID-19 cases have recovered: provincial health officer

  24-03-2020 23:15 via abbynews.com
  
  Total case count grows to at least 617
  
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• Cities need more power to deal with ‘idiots’ who violate COVID-19 orders, Abbotsford mayor says

  24-03-2020 21:54 via abbynews.com
  
  Henry Braun says more powers from the province, not local state of emergency, needed
  
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• Urgent letter about COVID-19 goes out to the communities of the Eastern Fraser Valley

  24-03-2020 21:45 via abbynews.com
  
  ‘What the public does now will impact the health of British Columbians in the weeks and months ahead’
  
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• Popular buy-and-sell Facebook groups in Abbotsford freeze auctions amid COVID-19 - Abbotsford News

  24-03-2020 21:30
  
  Popular buy-and-sell Facebook groups in Abbotsford freeze auctions amid COVID-19  Abbotsford News
  
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• Popular buy-and-sell Facebook groups in Abbotsford freeze auctions amid COVID-19

  24-03-2020 21:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Abbotsford Bidding Wars and Abbotsford Buy & Sell have over 45,000 members
  
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• COVID-19 Canadian update: Massive job cuts at Westjet, Parliament session suspended

  24-03-2020 21:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Coronavirus news from around Canada
  
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• WestJet lays off nearly 7,000 employees, cutting staff in half amid COVID-19 crisis

  24-03-2020 21:20 via abbynews.com
  
  Calgary-based company the latest airline to be hit by layoffs
  
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• Abbotsford restaurant offering free tiffin service today - Abbotsford News

  24-03-2020 21:10
  
  Abbotsford restaurant offering free tiffin service today  Abbotsford News
  
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• Abbotsford restaurant offering free tiffin service today

  24-03-2020 21:10 via abbynews.com
  
  Veerji Fish ‘n’ Grill’s Abbotsford & Aldergrove locations running service on March 24 from 3 to 5 p.m.
  
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• Local state of emergency for COVID-19 could create conflict: Abbotsford mayor - CityNews Vancouver

  24-03-2020 21:08
  
  Local state of emergency for COVID-19 could create conflict: Abbotsford mayor  CityNews Vancouver
  
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• Crime Stoppers warning of COVID-19 related scams - Abbotsford News

  24-03-2020 21:07
  
  Crime Stoppers warning of COVID-19 related scams  Abbotsford News
  
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• Crime Stoppers warning of COVID-19 related scams

  24-03-2020 21:07 via abbynews.com
  
  It has issued a public warning about some of the scams out there, which in particular target the elderly
  
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• Driver’s licence renewals, 90-day payment deferral now available online, ICBC says

  24-03-2020 20:50 via abbynews.com
  
  Phone and online deferrals available
  
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• Cloverdale’s Fraser Downs closure leaves some horsemen and horses with nowhere to go

  24-03-2020 20:50 via abbynews.com
  
  Sandra Roberts says horsemen’s welfare not being addressed
  
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• BC closes camping, day services at provincial parks for COVID-19 - Abbotsford News

  24-03-2020 20:50
  
  BC closes camping, day services at provincial parks for COVID-19  Abbotsford News
  
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• B.C. closes camping, day services at provincial parks for COVID-19

  24-03-2020 20:50 via abbynews.com
  
  Miracle Beach, Wells Gray facilities open for day-use only
  
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• Abbotsford News temporarily switching to one print edition per week - Abbotsford News

  24-03-2020 20:15
  
  Abbotsford News temporarily switching to one print edition per week  Abbotsford News
  
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• Abbotsford News temporarily switching to one print edition per week

  24-03-2020 20:15 via abbynews.com
  
  The move to one newspaper delivered Thursdays amid global COVID-19 pandemic
  
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• $1,000 payment for COVID-19 affected workers won’t come till May: B.C. finance ministry

  24-03-2020 20:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Payment will go to those who qualify for EI or other COVID-19 related unemployment help
  
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• BC SPCA seeks help for 36 neglected mini-horses, 17 other farm animals

  24-03-2020 19:30 via abbynews.com
  
  The BC SPCA rescued 53 animals from a property in the B.C. Interior this month
  
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• Wineries and liquor stores should be essential services: B.C. Wine Institute

  24-03-2020 19:20 via abbynews.com
  
  The institute said you don’t have to travel to support B.C. wine
  
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• Trump’s impatience with coronavirus measures continues to escalate - Abbotsford News

  24-03-2020 19:20
  
  Trump’s impatience with coronavirus measures continues to escalate  Abbotsford News
  
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• Trump’s impatience with coronavirus measures continues to escalate

  24-03-2020 19:20 via abbynews.com
  
  The number of infections is doubling every three days in New York, the centre of the U.S. outbreak
  
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• City of Abbotsford issues reminder to not flush ‘unflushables’

  24-03-2020 18:54 via abbynews.com
  
  Paper towels, sanitizing wipes and baby wipes should be placed in garbage
  
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• Avalanche Canada to stop avalanche forecasting early

  24-03-2020 18:52 via abbynews.com
  
  The organization said decision is due to lack of reliable data and concerns for healthcare system
  
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• Tories will support aid to Canadians, not Liberal ‘power grab’: Scheer - Abbotsford News

  24-03-2020 18:30
  
  Tories will support aid to Canadians, not Liberal ‘power grab’: Scheer  Abbotsford News
  
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• Tories will support aid to Canadians, not Liberal ‘power grab’: Scheer

  24-03-2020 18:30 via abbynews.com
  
  MPs are supposed to debate and vote on legislation to deliver an $82-billion aid package
  
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• No immediate plans to use cell phone tracking in COVID-19 fight: Trudeau

  24-03-2020 18:15 via abbynews.com
  
  Prime minister said that all options are on the table to keep Canadians safe during exceptional times
  
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• Parks Canada to close access to trails

  24-03-2020 18:07 via abbynews.com
  
  The agency is urging people to stay at home; will close parking lots at midnight
  
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• National coronavirus update, March 24: Parliament suspends emergency session

  24-03-2020 18:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Coronavirus news from around Canada, updated at 10 a.m.
  
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• Abbotsford’s New Wave Distilling assisting the COVID-19 battle - Abbotsford News

  24-03-2020 17:48
  
  Abbotsford’s New Wave Distilling assisting the COVID-19 battle  Abbotsford News
  
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• Abbotsford’s New Wave Distilling assisting the COVID-19 battle

  24-03-2020 17:48 via abbynews.com
  
  Local distillery offering frontline healthcare workers free bottles of sanitizer
  
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• Trio of events postponed at Abbotsford Centre - Abbotsford News

  24-03-2020 17:10
  
  Trio of events postponed at Abbotsford Centre  Abbotsford News
  
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• Trio of events postponed at Abbotsford Centre

  24-03-2020 17:10 via abbynews.com
  
  Jeff Dunham, 90s Nostalgia and Iron Assassin’s Demolition Derby moving dates
  
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• Trudeau: More ‘stringent measures’ will come if Canadians ignore COVID-19 guidelines

  24-03-2020 16:45 via abbynews.com
  
  Parliament to debate emergency spending and government powers in COVID-19 fight
  
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• Construction company shuts down all job sites, says new B.C. guidelines are ‘too little, too late’

  24-03-2020 16:44 via abbynews.com
  
  ‘The time has come for us to lay down our tools and stay at home,’ according to Algra Bros
  
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• Fine Canadians for ignoring COVID-19 orders or face consequences: doctor

  24-03-2020 15:55 via abbynews.com
  
  Vancouver city council voted unanimously Monday to permit fines as high as $50,000
  
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• Parliament to debate emergency spending and government powers in COVID-19 fight

  24-03-2020 15:45 via abbynews.com
  
  Opposition parties said they would back the $82 billion aid package Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised
  
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• 85% of new infections, deaths coming from Europe and US, UN says

  24-03-2020 15:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Spain registered a record daily increase of 6,584 new infections and a leap of 500 in the death toll
  
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• Tokyo Olympics officially postponed until 2021

  24-03-2020 15:15 via abbynews.com
  
  The IOC said the games will be held ‘not later than summer 2021’
  
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• Close call has B.C. senior warning of an unexpected fire hazard

  24-03-2020 14:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Ruth Kaspick’s couch cushions went up in flames when a smouldering heat pack was hit with oxygen
  
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• March 24 world COVID-19 update: Olympics postponed, confusion in Britain

  24-03-2020 13:30 via abbynews.com
  
  WHO official predicts disease toll to rise dramatically today
  
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• City of Abbotsford issues reminder to not flush 'unflushables' - BCLocalNews

  24-03-2020 08:00
  
  City of Abbotsford issues reminder to not flush 'unflushables'  BCLocalNews
  
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• Gabby’s Country Cabaret in Langley visited by patron with confirmed case of COVID-19

  24-03-2020 06:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Those in attendance on February 29 and March 14 may have been exposed to a coronavirus
  
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• Canadian coronavirus evening update: Premiers’ call focuses on Emergencies Act

  24-03-2020 04:24 via abbynews.com
  
  Ottawa health officials consider analyzing cellphone data to see if people are self-isolating
  
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• World COVID-19 news, 8 p.m. update: Italian Patient No. 1 recovers, Wuhan reports just one case

  24-03-2020 03:30 via abbynews.com
  
  World COVID-19 news, 8 p.m. update: Italian Patient No. 1 recovers, Wuhan reports just one case
  
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• B.C. moves to prevent people being fired due to COVID-19 consequences

  24-03-2020 01:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Employment law changes cover isolation, child care, travel bans
  
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• Abbotsford won't declare local state of emergency, mayor says - Abbotsford News

  24-03-2020 00:25
  
  Abbotsford won't declare local state of emergency, mayor says  Abbotsford News
  
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