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• Abbotsford Canucks forward Arshdeep Bains recalled to Vancouver after latest injury - Fraser Valley Today

  02-01-2026 23:36 via news.google.com
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• BC Transit sues insolvent Aldergrove bus builder over leaky buses - Abbotsford News

  02-01-2026 22:33 via news.google.com
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• 2 properties outside Vancouver crack the list for 10 most expensive in B.C.

  02-01-2026 22:32 via abbynews.com
  It’s a new year, which means BC Assessment has unveiled the latest data on the most expensive properties throughout the province.
  Released Friday (Jan. 2), the assessments are based on the market values as of July 1, 2025. There were more than 2.23 million properties across B.C. assessed last year, for a total value of $2.75 trillion. It’s down slightly from the total value of $2.83 trillion in 2024.
  BC Assessment also breaks down the data by regions: the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Is
  
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• Flooding advisory issued for Lower Mainland including Surrey, White Rock - Abbotsford News

  02-01-2026 22:13 via news.google.com
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• Flooding advisory issued for Lower Mainland including Surrey, White Rock

  02-01-2026 22:12 via abbynews.com
  Environment Canada has issued a coastal flooding advisory for several areas around the Lower Mainland, including Vancouver’s coastline, Surrey, White Rock and Boundary Bay.
  Abnormal high tides combined with low pressure may produce minor to moderate coastal flooding, as elevated water levels accompanied by strong winds and waves are expected, exceeding highest astronomical tides, the federal agency noted.
  The risk of flooding is the highest this weekend, with the highest risk of coastal fl
  
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• Another rally at Kamloops hospital pressing for better maternity care

  02-01-2026 21:40 via abbynews.com
  Maternity Matters Kamloops is staging a third rally outside Royal Inland Hospital, calling for better maternity care in the wake of seven obstetrician-gynecologist (OB/GYN) specialist resignations at the Kamloops hospital late last year.
  The grassroots organization will hold the rally on Saturday, Jan. 3 from 1 to 2 p.m. in front of the hospital, with the aim of putting continued pressure on Interior Health and the Ministry of Health to take “immediate, accountable action to address ongoin
  
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• BC Transit sues insolvent Aldergrove bus builder over leaky buses

  02-01-2026 20:59 via abbynews.com
  BC Transit is suing a defunct Aldergrove-based bus manufacturer for $5 million, claiming that many of its buses leaked, causing water damage to 118 of them.
  Vicinity Motor Corporation assembled conventional and electric buses and electric trucks in Aldergrove and in a larger facility in Washington State.
  One of the company’s largest clients was BC Transit, which provides public transit to all areas of the province outside of Metro Vancouver, including on Vancouver Island and the Fraser Val
  
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• B.C.’s homeowner grant threshold set at $2.075M for 2026 - Abbotsford News

  02-01-2026 19:53 via news.google.com
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• B.C.’s homeowner grant threshold set at $2.075M for 2026

  02-01-2026 19:49 via abbynews.com
  The provincial government says the basic homeowner grant for 2026 remains unchanged.
  The Finance Ministry announced Friday (Jan. 2) that the threshold for homeowner grants for residential properties in B.C. has been set at $2.075 million for 2026. It’s down from $2.175 million in 2025.
  Homes valued above the threshold, according to the ministry, may qualify for a partial homeowner grant, as it is gradually phased out at the rate of $5 per $1,000 of the assessed value. Homes phase out at $2
  
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• Peace Arch ‘Hands Across the Border’ memories spark quest for 1953 reconnection

  02-01-2026 18:55 via abbynews.com
  It’s been more than 70 years since Irene Morgan went with her Lynden Grade School class to Peace Arch Park to participate in Hands Across the Border.
  The annual event, for decades, drew thousands of children and youth from Canada and the U.S., to celebrate cross-border friendships, trade mementos and more, before it was cancelled in 2013 due to a lack of funding. (It made a comeback in 2015 and has been held in other years since – either in-person or online.)
  With memories of her &ld
  
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• Police investigating early-morning shots fired in North Surrey - Abbotsford News

  02-01-2026 17:25 via news.google.com
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• Police investigating early-morning shots fired in North Surrey

  02-01-2026 17:23 via abbynews.com
  RCMP are investigating an early-morning shooting in North Surrey.
  On Friday (Jan. 2) at around 12:30 a.m., police responded to reports of shots fired in the area of 111 Avenue and 160 Street.
  The person who reported the shots fired also advised police that there was a distraught man at the door, a release noted.
  RCMP Surrey Provincial Operations Support Unit members arrived on scene and found and detained the man. Police also found bullet casings and damage to two vehicles and two homes.
  No inju
  
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• Shots fired inside Surrey home send 1 person to hospital - Abbotsford News

  02-01-2026 17:07 via news.google.com
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• Shots fired inside Surrey home send 1 person to hospital

  02-01-2026 16:50 via abbynews.com
  One man was taken to hospital with an apparent gunshot wound after a shooting in Surrey’s Newton neighbourhood Thursday.
  Surrey Police Service is investigating the shooting, which happened Thursday (Jan. 1) around 11:45 p.m.
  Police responded to reports of shots fired inside a home in the area of 140B Street and 59 Avenue, an SPS release noted.
  SPS officers arrived on scene and found an injured male who was transported to hospital with an apparent gunshot wound, the release said, adding he
  
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• BREAKING: Police watchdog now investigating fatal Boxing Day crash in Chilliwack

  02-01-2026 12:07 via abbynews.com
  B.C.’s police watchdog organization says it was not initially informed about a fatal crash in Chilliwack that may have involved the RCMP, but is now handling the investigation.
  The crash took place on Yale Road near Banford Road on Dec. 26 at about 10:15 p.m.
  A white Ford pickup truck crashed into a utility pole near a sharp corner in Yale Road. Paramedics and the fire department attended the scene, where the 27-year-old driver was pronounced dead.
  The Chilliwack RCMP initially told media
  
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• AHL Series Recap: Abbotsford Canucks vs Manitoba Moose (01/02/2026) - Inside The Rink

  02-01-2026 09:00 via news.google.com
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• ‘Aftershocks’ continue weeks after 7.0M earthquake at Yukon-Alaska border - Abbotsford News

  02-01-2026 05:15 via news.google.com
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• ‘Aftershocks’ continue weeks after 7.0M earthquake at Yukon-Alaska border

  02-01-2026 05:03 via abbynews.com
  Several earthquakes that struck near the Yukon-Alaska border late on New Year’s Eve are part of an ongoing series of aftershocks following one of the biggest earthquakes ever recorded in Canada.
  The 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck on Dec. 6, 2025 was one of the largest recorded earthquakes in the country since seismologists started tracking these kinds of events about 100 years ago, according to Nick Ackerley, a seismologist with the Canadian Hazards Information Service of Natural Res
  
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• Tractor-trailer in multi-vehicle crash near Surrey-Langley border - Abbotsford News

  02-01-2026 04:45 via news.google.com
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• Tractor-trailer in multi-vehicle crash near Surrey-Langley border

  02-01-2026 04:41 via abbynews.com
  A New Year’s Day collision near the Surrey-Langley border between a tractor-trailer and two passenger vehicles has sent three people to hospital – with at least two in critical condition.
  The multi-vehicle collision happened on Jan. 1 at about 5:20 p.m., according to a Surrey Police Service news release.
  The crash involving a tractor-trailer and two vehicles happened near the intersection of 32 Avenue and 194 Street. SPS officers, Surrey Fire Service and BCEHS were all called to the
  
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• First baby of New Year in Fraser Health born at Maple Ridge hospital

  02-01-2026 03:00 via abbynews.com
  A baby born at Ridge Meadows Hospital is Fraser Health’s first baby of 2026.
  The baby boy named Beckett was born at 12:53 a.m. on Thursday Jan. 1, weighing eight pounds and three ounces, to parents Breanna and Pedro.
  British Columbia’s first baby arrived at 12:18 a.m. at Kelowna General Hospital weighing six pounds and eight ounces.
  The B.C. Ministry of Health explained that each year the New Year’s baby symbolizes the start of the new year and represents the first of approxima
  
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