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• Teen, 16, found dead in Vancouver after being reported missing: Police - Abbotsford News

  30-12-2025 23:57 via news.google.com
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• On a wing and a prayer – release of a rescued hawk at Williams Lake First Nation

  30-12-2025 23:56 via abbynews.com
  Sandra Johnson became an animal rescuer after she was struck by a person with their truck while on the job flagging along a roadway.
  Looking for something to do with herself after she stopped working due to the injuries, she began volunteering with the organization Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society, known as OWL, in Delta, helping animals with their recovery journeys.
  The non-profit rescues and rehabilitates injured and orphaned raptors and helps educate the public on the importance of th
  
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• Teen, 16, found dead in Vancouver after being reported missing: Police

  30-12-2025 23:53 via abbynews.com
  Vancouver police say a 16-year-old girl is dead a day after she was reported missing.
  Officers were called to a home near East Pender and Renfrew streets shortly after 9 a.m. Tuesday (Dec. 30) where they found the 16-year-old girl dead, police said in a news release the same day.
  The girl had been reported missing Monday, and Vancouver police said her disappearance was the subject of an investigation by North Vancouver RCMP.
  The cause of her death is currently unknown and the Vancouver Police De
  
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• Langley-Abbotsford MLA likely to run for B.C. Conservative leadership

  30-12-2025 23:35 via abbynews.com
  Langley-Abbotsford MLA Harman Bhangu said he will likely run for leadership of the B.C. Conservatives in the wake of John Rustad stepping down from the role.
  Bhangu said that over the holidays he has been meeting with friends, family, and people from across the province, and that his family is supportive of him running for leader.
  “I am strongly considering it, and I’m pretty sure I will be,” he said.
  The party has been led by interim leader Trevor Halford since Rustad resigned
  
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• Vancouver woman dead after ‘mysterious’ Coquihalla Hwy. collision near Hope

  30-12-2025 23:14 via abbynews.com
  BC Highway Patrol are asking for the public’s help in solving a “mysterious collision” on the Coquihalla Highway near Hope that killed a Vancouver driver.
  According to police, the 21-year-old woman was fatally injured on Dec. 27 when the white Toyota Yaris she was driving, on the southbound lanes between the Sowaqua chain-up area and Othello Road, went down an embankment. The woman was taken to the hospital but succumbed to her injuries two days later.
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• Oliver twist: B.C. baby name battle rooted firmly in Dickensian literary conflict

  30-12-2025 23:00 via abbynews.com
  The latest round in a “battle” that has been going on since 1837 has seen Noah overtake Oliver as the most popular baby name in B.C.
  Noah was the top name for British Columbia babies in 2022 and 2023, before being overtaken by Oliver in 2024. However, “Noah” staged a comeback in 2025, with 198 more choices than Oliver.
  According to B.C.’s Vital Statistics Agency, the top 10 baby names in the province in 2025 were Noah, Oliver, Theodore, Liam, Olivia, Charlotte, Jack
  
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• B.C.’s North Coast highway shut down after heavy rainfall, washouts

  30-12-2025 22:49 via abbynews.com
  Extreme flooding caused by heavy rainfall continues to plague the North Coast.
  A 5.3-kilometre stretch of Highway 16 between Lawnhill Road and Miller Road on Haida Gwaii was shut down on Dec. 29 after a major washout.
  The highway closure was also extended between Prince Rupert and Terrace due to slushy and slippery sections, as well as rain on compact snow, cutting off access between the two cities.
  Assessments and construction are underway in all affected areas and there are no detours availabl
  
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• Ice flows threaten Skeena River ferry east of Terrace

  30-12-2025 22:30 via abbynews.com
  Crews worked through the night of Dec. 28-29 and are continuing into the today (Dec. 20) in an attempt to safely remove the Usk reaction ferry from the Skeena River after it was caught in ice flows over the Christmas weekend.
  The ferry connects a tiny community on the north side of the Skeena River, approximately 16 kilometres east of Terrace, to Hwy 16 on the Skeena’s south side.
  Trouble began on Dec. 24 when ice formed on the river due to the recent cold spell and pushed downstream, shif
  
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• Derek Dykshoorn

  30-12-2025 22:30 via abbynews.com
  November 13 1989 – December 23 2025
  Our hearts are broken and we may never fully understand but on December 23 2025, our Heavenly Father called Derek home.
  Derek loved fun and adventure, as a child he was often quiet, content in his own world for hours. He enjoyed growing up on the farm, he may not have had a great love for the cattle but he had a special gift for operating machinery.
  For many years Derek struggled with addiction and lived a hard life but throughout it all he never lost th
  
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• Financial authority issues suspension against Abbotsford real-estate company - Chilliwack Progress

  30-12-2025 21:47 via news.google.com
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• Financial authority issues suspension against Abbotsford real-estate company

  30-12-2025 21:44 via abbynews.com
  The brokerage licence has been suspended for an Abbotsford real estate company, and “significant restrictions” have been imposed on the licences of two of its employees.
  The BC Financial Services Authority (BCFSA) recently announced that it had taken regulatory action against Lighthouse Realty and managing brokers Colin McDonald and James Thiessen.
  A second business – Jovi Realty in Vancouver – and managing broker Ralph Oakes were also part of the action.
  “These act
  
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• Kittens found on Okanagan porch recovering in BC SPCA foster care

  30-12-2025 21:30 via abbynews.com
  A pair of five-week-old kittens found huddled together on a blanket on an Osoyoos porch are recovering in a foster home after being brought to the BC SPCA.
  The resident of the Osoyoos home who found the kittens on Dec. 11 took them to the BC SPCA South Okanagan/ Similkameen in Penticton, where they were cleaned up and brought to a vet.
  “The kittens were fearful and very dirty,” said Brittney Vazorka, manager of the BC SPCA South Okanagan/ Similkameen. “They both had upper respi
  
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• Fraser Valley realtors collect 900 bags of blankets for those in need

  30-12-2025 20:50 via abbynews.com
  Thousands of people throughout the Fraser Valley have received a helping hand in staying warm this winter season after local realtors and community members managed to collect a total of 907 bags of blankets and winter clothing.
  The annual Realtors Care Blanket Drive fundraiser involves members of the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB) and is responsible for helping keep vulnerable residents warm all the way from Abbotsford to North Delta.
  In its 31st year, the Blanket Drive was able to rais
  
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• Minimum wage increasing by 2.6% for B.C. piece-rate farmworkers

  30-12-2025 20:45 via abbynews.com
  The minimum piece-rates for farm workers who hand pick crops is increasing.
  Based on last year’s annual inflation rate, the B.C. government is raising the minimum piece rate for hand-harvest crops by 2.6 per cent.
  The changes will apply to 15 agricultural crops that need to be hand-harvested. These include: peaches, apricots, brussels sprouts, daffodils, mushrooms, apples, beans, blueberries, cherries, grapes, pears, peas, prune plums, raspberries and strawberries.
  Rates for each crop vary
  
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• Sounds fishy: B.C. biologists use AI to identify and decipher fish sounds

  30-12-2025 19:30 via abbynews.com
  Biologists from the University of Victoria discovered that even closely related fish species make unique and distinctive sounds, and they determined that it’s possible to differentiate between the sounds of different species.
  Using passive acoustics, researchers identified unique sounds for eight Vancouver Island fish species. They then developed a machine learning model that can predict which sounds belong to which species with 88 per cent accuracy.
  “We knew previously that many fis
  
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• Godzilla in the grid: BC Hydro shares wild and wacky outage calls of 2025

  30-12-2025 19:20 via abbynews.com
  After responding to more than 61,000 calls in 2025, BC Hydro says some were anything but ordinary.
  On Tuesday (Dec. 30), BC Hydro released a list of its most memorable outages of the year, which included a rogue inflatable godzilla, a crow colliding with a transformer, noisy nature and two ospreys dropping fish onto power lines.
  Dubbed “Godzilla in the grid,” BC Hydro says that after three major storms swept across B.C. in late December, the last one sent an inflatable Godzilla fly i
  
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• ‘Cowboy’ James Storm riding into Chilliwack for ASW title shot

  30-12-2025 19:05 via abbynews.com
  One of the most decorated stars in Total Nonstop Action history makes a stop in Chilliwack in January.
  ‘Cowboy’ James Storm, a former TNA world heavyweight champion and 14-time tag team champion with the U.S.-based promotion, challenges All Star Wrestling Trans-Canada heavyweight champion Shawn Murphy at the Evergreen Hall (9291 Corbould St.) for the Lights Out event on Saturday, Jan. 17.
  View this post on InstagramA post shared by ASW Canada (@aswcanada)Storm last appeared for ASW o
  
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• Former Vancouver FC coach says he loaned team $500k and they have refused to repay him

  30-12-2025 19:00 via abbynews.com
  Former Vancouver FC coach Afshin Ghotbi is suing the team owners, Six-Five Sports & Entertainment LP, saying he loaned the Langley-based Canadian Premier League (CPL) team $500,000 and they have not repaid him.
  In a Dec. 4 statement of claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court, Ghotbi says he made the loan in July of 2023 after Rob Friend, described as “one of Six-Five’s directors, the President and CEO of Vancouver FC and a friend of Mr. Ghotbi,” informed him Vancouver FC was &ldq
  
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• Bad haircuts and dirty dishes: B.C. callers dialling 911 redefining ‘emergency’

  30-12-2025 17:57 via abbynews.com
  Most people understand that calling 911 is for emergency, life-or-death situations.
  But, unfortunately for some of British Columbia’s E-Comm operators, that wasn’t the case in 2025, with some people calling the emergency number to simply complain.
  E-Comm is reminding residents across the province that if a store refuses to return your air fryer, or if an airline fines your oversized carry-on, or your dishwasher breaks, 911 is not the appropriate number to call.
  The provincial dispatc
  
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• Bad haircuts and dirty dishes: B.C. 911 callers redefining ‘emergency’

  30-12-2025 17:57 via abbynews.com
  Most people understand that calling 911 is for emergency, life-or-death situations.
  But, unfortunately for some of British Columbia’s E-Comm operators, that wasn’t the case in 2025, with some people calling the emergency number to simply complain.
  E-Comm is reminding residents across the province that if a store refuses to return your air fryer, or if an airline fines your oversized carry-on, or your dishwasher breaks, 911 is not the appropriate number to call.
  The provincial dispatc
  
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• 2025 winding down with heavy rainfall on B.C.’s North Coast, Haida Gwaii

  30-12-2025 16:50 via abbynews.com
  After a flood watch was issued for the North Coast and Haida Gwaii last week, a rainfall warning has now been issued.
  On Dec. 27, B.C.’s River Forecast Centre issued the flood warning as heavy rain and rising temperatures were expected over the weekend. Additional rainfall warnings were issued Monday morning (Dec. 29) by Environment Canada for the same areas.
  A long episode of heavy rain is expected, with 160 to 200 millimetres of rain for the North Coast – coastal sections and 70 to
  
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• ‘Allegiance’ pledged: Lead actor previews 3rd season of B.C.-based CBC police drama

  30-12-2025 15:00 via abbynews.com
  Starting Wednesday, Jan. 7 on CBC platforms, Season 3 of the Surrey-set police drama Allegiance promises more ripped-from-the-headlines stories involving gangs and informants, hostage situations and a domestic assault case that hits close to home.
  Familiar locations continue to show up on the small screen, too, such as when the body of a blueberry farmer is discovered in Surrey’s Serpentine River. That’s where detective Sabrina Sohal (played by Supinder Wraich) and the Canadian Feder
  
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• Trail and Rossland gearing up to co-host the 2026 B.C. Winter Games

  30-12-2025 14:35 via abbynews.com
  With the 2026 B.C. Winter Games less than two months away, Trail and Rossland are entering the final stretch of preparations, and the call for volunteers is only growing louder.
  The Games will bring over 1,200 athletes and coaches to the region from Feb. 25 to March 1, 2026, competing in 15 different sports across multiple venues.
  Organizers say they’ll need close to 1,700 volunteers to help make it all happen.
  Games board president Brian Stefani stressed the scale of what’s ahead.
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• Heavy snowfall blankets Whitehorse as city sets December precipitation record

  30-12-2025 14:30 via abbynews.com
  Whitehorse has been hit by a deluge of snow, with 52 centimetres on the ground as of Dec. 28, the fourth‑highest level on record. The highest was 65 centimetres in 1980, Environment Canada meteorologist Bobby Sekhon said.
  The city has also set a new Whitehorse December precipitation record, with 64 millimetres this month, the highest since local records began in 1940 and far above the long‑term average of 16 millimetres, Sekhon told the News.
  He said recent snowfall in the city amoun
  
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• ‘The best job no one wants’: early silence greets B.C. Conservative leadership void

  30-12-2025 14:00 via abbynews.com
  It’s more than three weeks since former B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad resigned, and no major political figures have stepped up to run for his old job.
  This is despite the very real possibility that the next leader of the Official Opposition could one day be premier.
  “It’s the best job in B.C. politics that no one wants,” said David Black, a political communications professor at Royal Roads University.
  So far, several prominent conservative politicians have announce
  
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• 2025 IN REVIEW: Looking at some of the stories that dominated the sports scene in B.C.

  30-12-2025 13:30 via abbynews.com
  2025 was a year that a world-class soccer star arrived and pushed the Whitecaps to new heights, even as the Canucks bid goodbye to perhaps the best defenceman the franchise has ever known.
  Here are the top British Columbia sports stories of 2025
  * Prince Harry was among the global star power that gathered in B.C. in February as we hosted an emotional and inspiring Invictus games.
  Retired air force officer bookends career with trip to Whistler for Invictus
  * Season-long controversy tied to allege
  
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• 2025 IN REVIEW: A look back at some of the stories that dominated the sports scene in B.C.

  30-12-2025 13:30 via abbynews.com
  2025 was a year that a world-class soccer star arrived and pushed the Whitecaps to new heights, even as the Canucks bid goodbye to perhaps the best defenceman the franchise has ever known.
  Here are the top British Columbia sports stories of 2025
  * Prince Harry was among the global star power that gathered in B.C. in February as we hosted an emotional and inspiring Invictus games.
  Retired air force officer bookends career with trip to Whistler for Invictus
  * Season-long controversy tied to allege
  
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• Derek Dykshoorn - Abbotsford News

  30-12-2025 09:00 via news.google.com
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• Öhgren nets shootout winner as Canucks take down Seattle Kraken 3-2

  30-12-2025 07:05 via abbynews.com
  Liam Öhgren scored the game-winning goal in a shootout, lifting the visiting Vancouver Canucks to a 3-2 victory over the Seattle Kraken Monday in NHL action at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.
  Linus Karlsson and centre Elias Pettersson scored for the Canucks (16-19-3) in regulation time. Goalie Kevin Lankinen was outstanding, stopping 37 of 39 shots, plus three more in the shootout, to earn the netminding win. Lankinen has stopped all 17 shootout shots he has faced this year.
  Jared McCann a
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP ask public to help locate missing 60-year-old man

  30-12-2025 02:20 via abbynews.com
  Chilliwack RCMP are looking for the public’s help to find a missing man.
  They received a report on Dec. 28 that a 60-year-old man, Brian Sicard is missing. He was last seen on Dec. 26, driving around in his Brown 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt with B.C. licence plate A30-3CE.
  The RCMP and his family are concerned for his wellbeing as he requires essential medication, a press release issued Dec. 29 said.
  Anyone with information is asked to call the Chilliwack RCMP at 604-792-4611 and reference file
  
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• VIDEO: Iconic B.C. farm sold for highest-ever MLS listing - Abbotsford News

  30-12-2025 01:28 via news.google.com
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• VIDEO: Iconic B.C. farm sold for highest-ever MLS listing

  30-12-2025 01:20 via abbynews.com
  Langley’s iconic Driediger Farms has a new owner.
  An online statement posted by B.C. Farm & Ranch Realty Corp. on Saturday, Dec. 28 announced the sale of the third and final portion of the 160 acre property, a 78-acre site at 7361 240 St. that includes a frozen fruit processing facility and farm.
  At a $26 million asking price for the 78-acre section, it was the highest sold farm on MLS ever, B.C. Farm & Ranch estimated.
  Rhonda Driediger, president and owner of Driediger Farms Ltd.
  
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• Vernon festival makes debut as provincial member

  30-12-2025 00:30 via abbynews.com
  With just one year under its belt, Vernon’s very first Performing Arts Festival has already reached a major milestone.
  The Vernon Performing Arts Festival (VPAF), which took place last year, has joined Performing Arts BC as an Official Member Festival.
  “This milestone gives local performers the opportunity to qualify for the Provincial Performing Arts Festival, showcasing Vernon’s artistic talent on a provincial stage,” said Becky Martselos, VPAF president.
  Performing Art
  
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• Nominations open for 2026 Fraser Valley Cultural Diversity Awards - Abbotsford News

  30-12-2025 00:18 via news.google.com
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• Nominations open for 2026 Fraser Valley Cultural Diversity Awards

  30-12-2025 00:15 via abbynews.com
  Nominations are now open for the 23rd Fraser Valley Cultural Diversity Awards.
  Since 2003, community members have nominated organizations and leaders that build inclusive and diverse communities in Abbotsford, Mission, Langley, Chilliwack and Hope.
  “This event is a wonderful reminder of the strength that comes from embracing diversity. Each year, we are inspired by the courage, creativity, and commitment of those who contribute to fostering equity and inclusivity across the Fraser Valley,&
  
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