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• Dallas Brodie back in charge of One B.C. party, will sit as party’s lone MLA

  23-12-2025 23:30 via abbynews.com
  Vancouver-Quilchena MLA Dallas Brodie is back in charge of the One B.C. party after a disagreement with Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream MLA Tara Armstrong led to a party split.
  “As you may be aware, OneBC has gone through a difficult ten days where control over the party was being contested,” Brodie wrote in a Dec. 21 social media post. “After negotiations, I have regained control of the party and have reassumed my position as leader of OneBC effective immediately.”
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• Harlem Globetrotters celebrate 100 years of wowing crowds with Abbotsford show

  23-12-2025 23:10 via abbynews.com
  For an entire century, audiences around the world have been watching the entertaining antics of the Harlem Globetrotters.
  To celebrate this major milestone, the team of acrobatic athletes is once again bringing their unique brand of basketball to B.C., including a show right here in Abbotsford.
  The event taking place at Rogers Forum on Jan. 29 features not just an elevated game of basketball, but also some additional opportunities, such as meet-and-greets with the players and an interactive on-c
  
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• Judge tells failed Okanagan AirBNB venture business partners to ‘move on with lives’

  23-12-2025 22:40 via abbynews.com
  A “vicious and prolonged” private litigation battle came to an end on Dec. 18, mostly in a stalemate.
  After a failed Airbnb venture, the relationship between an ex-Kelowna realtor and a former Alberta CIBC mortgage advisor soured as the two tried to get each other arrested, fired and ultimately sued each other.
  In April 2021, plaintiff Jennifer Schwitzer had entered into an informal agreement to become partners in a business venture with defendant Jillian Little as the two came into
  
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• Elderly Kelowna couple grateful for donations after fire destroys house, cars

  23-12-2025 22:10 via abbynews.com
  A senior couple in Kelowna remains in good spirits despite being displaced after a fire ripped through their home on Orchard Drive Saturday night, Dec. 20.
  Elaine and Chuck Staton, their 19-year-old cat Sobey, and the two tenants in the home all made it out safely after a fire sparked in the carport around 4:30 p.m.
  The only items saved from the home were a laptop and a tablet of the tenants and photo albums of the Staton’s, including photos of Elaine’s late parents.Physical donation
  
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• Thief snatches necklace off 98-year-old woman in busy B.C. neighbourhood

  23-12-2025 21:55 via abbynews.com
  Oak Bay police are working with officers across the region to identify someone who snatched a gold chain from the neck of a 98-year-old resident.Officers from Oak Bay and Saanich flooded the area of the 2000-block of Goldsmith Avenue after the incident on Dec. 21, but did not locate a suspect.
  The thief is described as female, 5’8” with a heavy build and wearing all black.The necklace is valued at $3,000.“Targeting a member of our senior community is unacceptable,” Oak Ba
  
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• Thief snatches necklace off 98-year-old in busy B.C. neighbourhood

  23-12-2025 21:55 via abbynews.com
  Oak Bay police are working with officers across the region to identify someone who snatched a gold chain from the neck of a 98-year-old resident.Officers from Oak Bay and Saanich flooded the area of the 2000-block of Goldsmith Avenue after the incident on Dec. 21, but did not locate a suspect.
  The thief is described as female, 5’8” with a heavy build and wearing all black.The necklace is valued at $3,000.READ ALSO: Greater Victoria teen transforms ‘pain into purpose’ in l
  
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• B.C. couple have logged over 3,600 hours to food bank

  23-12-2025 21:30 via abbynews.com
  Two local heroes have been highlighted for their dedication to serving others at the Central Okanagan Food Bank (COFB).
  Kelowna residents Warren and Donna Grasdal recently got the opportunity to travel to Lower Mainland to see the Vancouver Canucks play.
  They were honoured at the match as part of the BCLC Community Heroes segment, as they cranked the game horn to get the crowd cheering.
  Warren and Donna were chosen because of their “tireless dedication” to the COFB mission.
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• Abbotsford students create 1,300 anti-drunk-driving liquor-store bags

  23-12-2025 21:26 via abbynews.com
  This holiday season, Abbotsford residents might receive a heartfelt, personalized reminder to drive safe and sober.
  The Abbotsford Police Department (APD) – in partnership with local Angry Otter Liquor Stores, the Abbotsford school district and ICBC – has again launched the annual Think of Me: Don’t Drive Impaired campaign to remind motorists to take extra care.
  The initiative involves middle and high school students decorating paper bags with colourful images and powerful mess
  
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• VIDEO: Barenaked Ladies make season bright in Agassiz

  23-12-2025 20:50 via abbynews.com
  Thousands of people gathered in Agassiz as the CPKC Holiday Train made its annual stop in the townsite.
  Canadian music icons The Barenaked Ladies played in front of a huge crowd in Agassiz on Friday, Dec. 19. In addition to some Christmas classics like I Saw Three Ships a Sailing, the Scarborough-born pop rock band performed some of their familiar songs, including One Week and If I Had $1000000.
  The CPKC Holiday Train travels across North America every year, featuring their fully decorated and
  
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• Boston Bar man who once killed neighbour’s dog now sentenced for obstructing a peace officer

  23-12-2025 20:12 via abbynews.com
  A Boston Bar man who killed his neighbour’s dog in 2022 was found guilty on Dec. 18 in Chilliwack provincial court of obstructing a peace officer.
  Court records show that Behrouz Rahmani Far was charged with uttering threats and obstructing a peace officer on Aug. 5, 2024. He was found guilty of the obstruction charge and has been sentenced to one year of probation. The other charge was stayed.
  No details were available about the incident that led to the charges.
  Rahmani Far was previously
  
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• Boston Bar man who killed neighbour’s dog sentenced with obstructing a peace officer

  23-12-2025 20:12 via abbynews.com
  A Boston Bar man who killed his neighbour’s dog in 2022 was found guilty on Dec. 18 in Chilliwack provincial court of obstructing a peace officer.
  Court records show that Behrouz Rahmani Far was charged with uttering threats and obstructing a peace officer on Aug. 5, 2024. He was found guilty of the obstruction charge and has been sentenced to one year of probation. The other charge was stayed.
  No details were available about the incident that led to the charges.
  Rahmani Far was previously
  
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• Boston Bar man who killed neighbour’s dog sentenced for obstructing a peace officer

  23-12-2025 20:12 via abbynews.com
  A Boston Bar man who killed his neighbour’s dog in 2022 was found guilty on Dec. 18 in Chilliwack provincial court of obstructing a peace officer.
  Court records show that Behrouz Rahmani Far was charged with uttering threats and obstructing a peace officer on Aug. 5, 2024. He was found guilty of the obstruction charge and has been sentenced to one year of probation. The other charge was stayed.
  No details were available about the incident that led to the charges.
  Rahmani Far was previously
  
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• Boston Bar man who killed neighbour’s dog charged with a obstructing peace officer

  23-12-2025 20:12 via abbynews.com
  A Boston Bar man who killed his neighbour’s dog in 2022 was found guilty on Dec. 18 in Chilliwack provincial court of obstructing a peace officer.
  Court records show that Behrouz Rahmani Far was charged with uttering threats and obstructing a peace officer on Aug. 5, 2024. He was found guilty of the obstruction charge and has been sentenced to one year of probation. The other charge was stayed.
  No details were available about the incident that led to the charges.
  Rahmani Far was previously
  
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• Langley-based Vacterra penalized $9,586 for liquid waste discharge in Chilliwack

  23-12-2025 20:02 via abbynews.com
  Langley-based Vacterra Hydrovac Inc. has been fined $9,586 for allowing a waste slurry to be discharged into the ground at a Rosedale facility in Chilliwack, about 30 metres from the Hope Slough.
  The company’s actions were referred for an “administrative penalty” from B.C. Ministry of Environment’s compliance and enforcement branch in March 2025, for contravening the Environmental Management Act’s guidelines (EMA), according to the Nov. 4 report.
  MOE said that Vacte
  
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• Langley-based Vacterra fined $9,586 for liquid waste discharge in Chilliwack

  23-12-2025 20:02 via abbynews.com
  Langley-based Vacterra Hydrovac Inc. has been fined $9,586 for allowing a waste slurry to be discharged into the ground at a Rosedale facility in Chilliwack, about 30 metres from the Hope Slough.
  The company’s actions were referred for an “administrative penalty” from B.C. Ministry of Environment’s compliance and enforcement branch in March 2025, for contravening the Environmental Management Act’s guidelines (EMA), according to the Nov. 4 report.
  MOE said that Vacte
  
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• Mission clinic to transition to new funding model: Ministry of Health

  23-12-2025 19:59 via abbynews.com
  B.C. clinics with cancelled population-based funding are being transitioned to a different compensation model, including one in Mission, according to the Ministry of Health.
  On Friday (Dec. 19), a news release from the BC Conservative Caucus and Abbotsford-Mission MLA Reann Gasper said the cancellation of population-based funding for a Mission medical clinic could leave almost 1,900 patients without a family doctor.
  However, a Ministry of Health representative said the intention of changing the
  
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• Modern Bakeshop: a century legacy of baking for Revelstoke heritage building

  23-12-2025 19:22 via abbynews.com
  Running for 20 straight years in a restored heritage building, one Revelstoke bakery’s bread-making legacy goes back much further — more than a century back, in fact.
  Modern Bakeshop and Cafe, tucked in along Mackenzie Avenue next to city hall, has seen different names and ownership working out of the same edifice for the last 100 years, and the present owner says it’s the old recipes, customer memories and Canadian mountain town friendliness that help give this bakery its mode
  
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• Last-minute shoppers can pick up gifts on Christmas Eve

  23-12-2025 19:21 via abbynews.com
  Shipping costs, package delays, items lost in transit – a plethora of new and tiresome issues can potentially plague shoppers choosing to buy gifts the online route.
  A fun and easy way around that is to avoid all those calamities and get all your shopping done in one convenient trip by visiting one of Abbotsford’s local shopping malls.
  Sevenoaks Shopping Centre is Abbotsford’s longest-running mall and is celebrating 50 years of business in 2025.
  Sevenoaks officially opened on O
  
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• Abbotsford is built on small businesses

  23-12-2025 19:19 via abbynews.com
  While Abbotsford is home to many big brands, it is the small businesses and local entrepreneurs like Josh Vanderheide that have helped transform it into a strong business-minded community.
  Launching Field House Brewing was just one of many accomplishments that Vanderheide has achieved in this city’s food scene.
  When he launched the Abbotsford brewery and tasting room, it wasn’t simply about craft beer; it was about creating a place that felt like the heartbeat of a growing city.
  With
  
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• Rural RCMP officers disrupt major fraud scheme targeting B.C. First Nation

  23-12-2025 19:17 via abbynews.com
  Alert Bay RCMP has successfully intervened in a complex, multi-jurisdictional fraud investigation targeting the ‘Namgis First Nation, preventing a total loss of funds intended for the construction of a new wellness and treatment centre.
  On May 13, the First Nation reported being defrauded of roughly $406,000 after a fraudulent email redirected a payment meant for contractors to a fake account.
  “Through swift investigative action, RCMP frontline officers were able to freeze a signific
  
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• Dog recovering in Kamloops after being hit by ‘slow-moving’ train

  23-12-2025 19:09 via abbynews.com
  An Australian shepherd-Kelpie mix is recovering in Kamloops after being hit by a train.
  It was on Dec. 8 that two CN Railway employees noticied something on the tracks in the railyard, according to a release from the BC SPCA Tuesday (Dec. 23). It was a dog that was “helpless and unmoving,” and “in obvious medical distress, seemingly having been hit by a slow-moving train.”
  The two workers rushed the dog to BC SPCA Kamloops and she was brought to a vet for urgent medical c
  
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• Chamber warns people of new scam targeting Abbotsford members

  23-12-2025 18:45 via abbynews.com
  Members of the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce have been receiving more than friendly holiday wishes lately, with many people being the target of a new scam going around.
  The chamber recently warned its members about a troubling trend involving scammers impersonating the chamber and contacting members to try to extort personal or financial information.
  This is something that many Canadians have had to deal with recently, with the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre reporting that nearly $650 million was s
  
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• Arson suspected in fire that destroyed a northwest B.C. rural church

  23-12-2025 18:36 via abbynews.com
  A fire that destroyed a church in Burns Lake along Hwy 35 was possibly the work of an arsonist.
  Fire crews were called out at 5 a.m. on Dec. 20 to the Island Gospel Church.
  According to Burns Lake RCMP, the fire was immediately considered suspicious, and through an investigation a suspect was identified and has been arrested.
  Many factors are being considered as police actively explore all possible avenues. A search warrant was executed as police continue to gather evidence.
  “Burns Lake RC
  
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• Arson suspected in fire that destroyed a northwest B.C. church

  23-12-2025 18:36 via abbynews.com
  A fire that destroyed a church in Burns Lake along Hwy 35 was possibly the work of an arsonist.
  Fire crews were called out at 5 a.m. on Dec. 20 to the Island Gospel Church.
  According to Burns Lake RCMP, the fire was immediately considered suspicious, and through an investigation a suspect was identified and has been arrested.
  Many factors are being considered as police actively explore all possible avenues. A search warrant was executed as police continue to gather evidence.
  “Burns Lake RC
  
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• Multiple crashes close Coquihalla Highway all night, remains shut down

  23-12-2025 16:40 via abbynews.com
  The Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt has been closed for around 10 hours and will remain shut down for a while longer.
  Multiple vehicle crashes in various locations caused the highway to close in both directions on Monday, Dec. 22 around 9:30 p.m.
  As of 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22, the highway remains closed. According to DriveBC, an assessment is still in progress, with the next update coming around 8:15 a.m.
  On Monday night just before 6:30 p.m., DriveBC issued a travel advisory for the
  
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• Be more Charleigh: B.C. mom sends a message of hope after battle to save daughter

  23-12-2025 15:30 via abbynews.com
  In 2025, Charleigh Pollock and her mom Jori Fales became household names – but not by choice.
  Thrusting the pair into the spotlight was a fight with the B.C. government to keep the medication that was slowing the progression of the 10-year-old’s terminal illness.
  The battle stretched on for nearly six months, with hopes continually raised and dashed while the province reviewed its decision, until eventually it was reversed.
  For Fales, those months were defined by fear.
  “It took
  
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• Thieves ruin grieving mother’s Christmas display in Chilliwack

  23-12-2025 14:30 via abbynews.com
  A Chilliwack woman who decorated her yard to honour her late daughter has been visited by a thief.
  Rosie Nand said that at about 3 a.m. on Saturday morning (Dec. 20), a few of the expensive and sentimental items from her front yard display were stolen.
  “I’m very disappointed and very upset,” she said. “I moved to Chilliwack last year and I lost my daughter. I only put the decoration on for my daughter because she loved Christmas and now all my reindeer and my Christmas tr
  
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• B.C. siblings make Canada’s ‘most promising’ Olympics cross-country teams in years

  23-12-2025 14:30 via abbynews.com
  Two of Rossland’s top cross-country skiers will race for Team Canada at the 2026 Olympic Games in Milano Cortina, Italy.
  Siblings Jasmine and Rémi Drolet will experience the Winter Games together after being selected following the Nordiq Canada 2026 Olympic Winter Games Trials in Vernon Dec. 14-16.
  The Drolets were en route for Europe on Monday, Dec. 22 to train with Team Canada in Toblach, Italy and compete on the World Cup circuit’s Tour de Ski, when the Times contacted thei
  
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• VIDEO: B.C. Church steps outside to celebrate holidays with Nativity

  23-12-2025 14:00 via abbynews.com
  It was the second year of the live outdoor Nativity organized by Meadows Church in Langley, an event Pastor Mike Olynyk said began because of an unexpected setback last year.
  “Four days before we were supposed to have our Sunday service, we had a call from the district saying, ‘Sorry, your rental’s been canceled because we’re renovating the floor,’ Pastor Olynyk recalled.
  “And so, we prayed about it, and we thought about it, and went, let’s just do it ou
  
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• A tough year furthers the ‘maturation’ of B.C. Premier David Eby

  23-12-2025 14:00 via abbynews.com
  Just like becoming a father, serving as premier of British Columbia has changed David Eby.
  The one-time activist lawyer is now dealing with the full depth of the “complexities” that come with governing.
  “As a father and as an almost 50-year-old, there’s been a maturation in my view around issues and increased recognition of the complexity of some of the challenges that the province faces,” Eby said in a year-end interview with Black Press Media.
  The last year has pr
  
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• 2025 IN REVIEW: A look back at news stories that dominated headlines in B.C.

  23-12-2025 13:30 via abbynews.com
  It would be a unique year that passed without its share of crisis and tragedy dominating the media headlines. For Black Press Media journalists in British Columbia, 2025 was no exception.
  Here are some of the news stories that captured much of our attention across the province this year:
  Street Festival tragedy
  Eleven people, including a 5-year-old girl were among the victims as a joyful Vancouver street celebration was rocked by one of the worst acts of public violence in B.C. history.
  Kai-Ji A
  
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• Grebenkin counts 2 points as Flyers thump Vancouver Canucks 5-2

  23-12-2025 04:20 via abbynews.com
  Nikita Grebenkin scored once and added an assist, lifting the Philadelphia Flyers to a 5-2 win over the visiting Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Monday at Xfinity Mobile Arena.
  Carl Grundstrom, Christian Dvorak, Owen Tippett and Matvei Michkov also scored for the Flyers (18-10-7), with Rodrigo Abols adding two assists and Dan Vladar making 22 saves for the goaltending win.
  Max Sasson and Drew O’Connor scored for Vancouver (15-18-3). Thatcher Demko took the loss in goal, making 34 saves. Th
  
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• New gym opening up at Abbotsford’s West Oaks Mall

  23-12-2025 01:12 via abbynews.com
  A new gym is coming to central Abbotsford in the spring.
  Anytime Fitness has revealed they are taking over Unit 76 32700 South Fraser Way on the east side of West Oaks Mall.
  View this post on InstagramA post shared by Anytime Fitness Clearbrook Abbotsford (@anytimefitnessclearbrook)The gym is located right in between Party City and Canadian Blood Services.
  An Instagram post from the company states that the gym offers 8,000 square feet of workout area. The approximate opening date of this locatio
  
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