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• New year, new looks: B.C. stylist shares men’s fashion tips for 2026

  10-01-2026 21:00 via abbynews.com
  As someone who has lived in Europe and travelled around the globe, stylist, fashion teacher and artist Michael “Ozzie” Osbourne has noticed that men in North America often have a harder time stepping out the box when it comes to fashion.
  “It’s really hard for men, I find, to be stylish – they don’t want to seem too feminine,” he said. “It’s more difficult for them to step outside the box of jeans and t-shirts or hoodies.”
  For Osbourne,
  
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• Motorist fined for travelling 55 km/h over speed limit in Kelowna

  10-01-2026 20:30 via abbynews.com
  The Kelowna RCMP recently took another dangerous speeder off the streets.
  On Friday, Jan. 9, the policing agency posted on social media that a member of the municipal traffic unit caught an individual driving 115 km/h in a 60 km/h zone.
  The vehicle has been impounded and the driver was fined for excessive speed.
  “Police are asking drivers to slow down,” reads the post. “Despite the unseasonable drier road conditions, there can be overnight freezing or black ice on the roads. Pl
  
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• Vancouver Goldeneyes fall short as Ottawa secures fifth straight victory

  10-01-2026 18:21 via abbynews.com
  The Vancouver Goldeneyes were unable to break the Ottawa Charge’s winning streak Friday (Jan. 9) after two empty net goals secured the Charge’s 4-2 victory.
  The Charge celebrated their fifth straight win and defeated the Goldeneyes in front of a crowd of 7,889 fans at TD Place in Ottawa.
  The Charge are the only second team in the PWHL this season to win five consecutive games following the Boston Fleet’s five-game winning streak at the start of the season.
  Charge defender, Ronj
  
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• Humans blamed for enticing bears out of hibernation on southern Vancouver Island

  10-01-2026 17:00 via abbynews.com
  Vancouver Islanders are often surprised to see bears wandering through neighbourhoods in the middle of winter. The sight raises the question of whether the Island’s bears don’t go into hibernation.
  To clear the doubts, Black Press Media talked to Mollie Cameron, the president of Wild Wise Society. Her explanation of the issue circles back to humans.
  According to Cameron, the bears on the Island don’t actually hibernate the way they do in other parts of British Columbia.
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• NDP will find rebirth in rural ridings, says B.C.-based federal leadership candidate

  10-01-2026 16:00 via abbynews.com
  One of the five contenders seeking to be the next leader of the federal NDP hit Port Alberni, Tofino and Ucluelet on her Vancouver Island tour in between Christmas and New Year’s.
  Tanille Johnston is a city councillor in Campbell River and was narrowly defeated in the 2025 federal election in the North Island-Powell River riding where she ran for the New Democrats. She stopped in several places in the Courtenay-Alberni riding during her Vancouver Island tour as well as places such as Comox
  
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• Expert pans economic case for new pipeline, argues Venezuela impact unlikely

  10-01-2026 02:00 via abbynews.com
  The United States intervention in Venezuela and seizure of the country’s president immediately raised questions about what impact American stewardship of the oil-rich nation could have on demand for Canadian bitumen.
  But Werner Antweiler, an associate professor at the University of British Columbia and expert on international oil economics, argues it won’t make a new pipeline from Alberta to B.C.’s coast any more necessary, or economically viable.
  He called the arguments otherw
  
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• Abbotsford finishes 2025 on high note with low unemployment rate

  10-01-2026 01:20 via abbynews.com
  Abbotsford is beginning 2026 with a relatively healthy labour market, as the unemployment rate dipped to a nearly year-low level in December.
  The latest report from Statistics Canada revealed that as the city’s labour force experienced sizable growth, so too did the employment rate, rising to 62.1 per cent.
  This is the highest it has been since last summer and brings Abbotsford’s rate even higher above the provincial average, which remained steady at 60.8 per cent in December.
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• Macario “Caring” Bihis Calinisan

  10-01-2026 00:30 via abbynews.com
  Macario Calinisan, born March 10, 1934, passed away peacefully on December 21, 2025, at Abbotsford Regional Hospital. Predeceased by his parents Basilia Bihis and Benito Natanuan Calinisan, Macario was the second youngest of 8 siblings: Virginia ‘Vinying’ Degrano (Jacinto), Flaviano ‘Faving’ Calinisan (Edna), Aurora ‘Auring’ Gonzales (Miguel), Celerino ‘Celi’ Calinisan (Rosita), Nonato ‘Noni’ Calinisan (Amalia), and Adela Diego. He is s
  
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• B.C. snow levels slightly above normal

  10-01-2026 00:18 via abbynews.com
  Snow pack levels in British Columbia are higher than normal this year.
  The Jan. 1 snow survey and water supply bulletin, which was issued on Jan. 9, showed the province’s snow pack is at 107 per cent of its normal levels.
  One year earlier, on Jan. 1, 2025, the provincial average was 87 per cent of normal.
  The information from the Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship showed the snow pack in the South Coast basin was 67 per cent of normal, and on Vancouver Island, it was 58 per c
  
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• Chilliwack girl, 4, diagnosed with leukemia on Christmas Day

  10-01-2026 00:02 via abbynews.com
  A Chilliwack family was given a difficult diagnosis on Christmas Day.
  Joel and April Korytko had taken their youngest daughter Asha into an emergency room for fever and vomiting on Christmas Eve. That turned into an emergency hospital transfer, and on Dec. 25, a team of doctors had performed a bone marrow biopsy on the four-year-old.
  They confirmed she has acute myeloid leukemia — and will be in hospital full-time for the next eight to 10 months.
  A family friend who started a GoFundMe to a
  
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• Ukrainian family of 8 living in Okanagan shelter looking for help

  10-01-2026 00:00 via abbynews.com
  Alina Tymoshchuk came to Canada with her family seeking refuge from the Ukrainian war three years ago.
  After starting in Quebec, Tymoshchuk, along with her elderly mother and six kids moved to Kelowna where they’ve been the last two and a half years.
  Last June, the family’s fresh start came to a crashing halt when Tymoshchuk and her children were involved in a serious car incident that left her unable to physically recover or work.
  Because of that, the family lost their rental home i
  
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