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• 3 Surrey men killed Abbotsford couple for money, says Crown

  12-01-2026 23:07 via abbynews.com
  Three men accused of killing an elderly Abbotsford couple in 2022 were motivated by “debt, financial pressure and greed,” a packed courtroom was told Monday (Jan. 12) at the opening of their trial.
  Co-Crown counsel Dorothy Tsui, in her opening statements in B.C. Supreme Court in Abbotsford, said Khushveer Toor, Gurkaran Singh and Abhijeet Singh of Surrey acted together to commit first-degree murder.
  “The ultimate cost of accomplishing their shared objective of stealing money we
  
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• Travel between U.S. and Canada continues to plummet

  12-01-2026 23:00 via abbynews.com
  Canadian residents continue to make fewer trips to the United States, according to the latest travel report from Statistics Canada.
  Return automobile trips to the U.S. by Canadian residents declined in December for the 12th consecutive month. At 1.3 million, returns by auto are now down 30.7 per cent from the same month a year ago.
  Travel by air is also down. There were 470,700 Canadian resident return trips by air from the U.S. in December, 18.7 per cent fewer compared to the year prior. Return
  
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• Nelson Nicholas Drozdowich

  12-01-2026 22:30 via abbynews.com
  Nelson Nicholas Drozdowich passed away peacefully surrounded by family in Mission, BC on December 26, 2025 at the age of 95. The day before (Dec 25th), he was able to celebrate a final Christmas with family and friends.
  Nelson is survived by: his spouse of 74 years Irene (Gilda) {nee Borland}, Mission BC; his sister Mary Daykin, Victoria BC (passed away January 7, 2026); his children: Susan Lay (spouse Dan), Williams Lake BC; Diane Miller {formerly Barnes} (spouse DJ), Abbotsford BC; Dale Drozdo
  
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• Judith (“Judy”) Horner

  12-01-2026 22:30 via abbynews.com
  Judy died peacefully on December 30, 2025 in her 87th year. Missing Mum/ Gran are her children Brenda (Ron), Nicola and Roger, and her beloved grandchildren Shannon, Ian, Erika and Natalie, as well as her brother Peter (Ellen). Also saddened by her passing are her step-granddaughters Carley (Jeff), Ashley (Ryan) and other extended family members. Mum has been reunited in heaven with the love of her life, her husband of 56 years, Geoff, who predeceased her in 2017, as well as her parents Anna and
  
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• Dr. Severino (Bernie) Canque Emnacen, Jr.

  12-01-2026 22:30 via abbynews.com
  In Loving Memory ~
  September 25, 1932 – December 28, 2025
  It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved father, Dr. Severino Canque Emnacen Jr., who left us peacefully on December 28, 2025 at the age of 93.
  Dr. Emnacen, known as Bernie or “Doc” to friends and family, was a man of quiet strength, unwavering kindness, and deep devotion to his family. Born in Tinaan, Naga, Cebu, Philippines, he built a life rooted in integrity, generosity, and service. As one
  
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• Additional buses now serving Fraser Valley Express route

  12-01-2026 22:30 via abbynews.com
  Those who rely on public transit in the Fraser Valley now have even more options at their disposal, with the recent expansion of the Fraser Valley Express line.
  The Ministry of Transportation and Transit announced that this expansion, which was put in place on Jan. 4, means additional service hours and even more buses running on the vital Fraser Valley route.
  New morning and afternoon trips are now available on weekdays, while the weekends have their own improvements as well.
  Saturdays now have
  
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• Abbotsford Canucks average 3,783 fans per game over first half of AHL season

  12-01-2026 22:11 via abbynews.com
  At the half-way mark of the Abbotsford Canucks 2025-26 home schedule, the defending Calder Cup champions are averaging 3,783 fans per game.
  The club’s game against the Calgary Wranglers on Sunday (Jan. 11) was the 18th out of 36 scheduled for this season.The Canucks attendance ranks them 25th in the 32-team American Hockey League and third out of the six Canadian teams. They are also sixth for attendance in the 10-team Pacific Division.
  It’s a 4.6 per cent drop from the first 18 home
  
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• B.C. ends tough economic year by shedding 3,300 jobs

  12-01-2026 21:30 via abbynews.com
  The latest figures from Statistics Canada show B.C. ended the year with fewer people and fewer jobs.
  There were 3,300 job losses in B.C. in December compared to the previous month. Because the population is also in decline, the province’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 6.4 per cent.
  The federal unemployment rate rose 0.3 percentage points to 6.8 per cent over the same period.
  B.C.’s population is estimated at 5,683,201 in the fourth quarter of 2025, compared to 5,697,536 in
  
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• Eagle Gold Mine loan extended to 2026 as Yukon government awaits buyer

  12-01-2026 21:00 via abbynews.com
  An extension to the Eagle Gold Mine’s receivership loan is adding another layer to an already complex chapter in Yukon mining, as the territory pushes the credit agreement to April 1, 2026, while the future of the site remains unsettled.
  The decision keeps the maximum loan at $220 million, with no new funding added, according to a Jan. 5 Yukon government news release.
  The extension has been confirmed as stabilization work continues on the heap leach pad, and the court-appointed Receiver, P
  
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• Mable Karoline Hunt (née Borglund)

  12-01-2026 20:30 via abbynews.com
  February 4, 1928 – January 2, 2026
  Mable Karoline Hunt (née Borglund) passed away peacefully on January 2, 2026, at Menno Hospital in Abbotsford, British Columbia, at the age of 97.
  Born on February 4, 1928, in Glendon, Alberta, Mable spent most of her life in Abbotsford, building a home filled with love, hard work, and quiet strength. Mable and her family have had a constant presence in the village of Clayburn dating back to the late 1930’s. In those early Clayburn years, her
  
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• Prime Minister to meet with Coastal First Nations in Prince Rupert this week

  12-01-2026 20:11 via abbynews.com
  Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to make a pit stop in northern B.C. this week to meet with the Coastal First Nations (CFN).
  Carney is travelling to Prince Rupert today (Jan. 12) along with Energy and Natural Resource Minister Tim Hodgson, and Housing and Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson, to discuss major projects in a sit-down meeting with the Alliance of First Nations, which the coastal nations had previously requested last July.
  The meeting will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 13, before
  
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• Construction beginning on new transit exchange in west Abbotsford

  12-01-2026 19:55 via abbynews.com
  A new transit exchange is coming to west Abbotsford later this year.
  The City of Abbotsford, along with the provincial government and BC Transit, announced the construction of an $8.1 million transit exchange in the Highstreet area of Mt. Lehman Road. The project is funded in part thanks to a $3.2 million investment by the provincial government through BC Transit.
  The new exchange will be located on Highstreet Access Road, which runs parallel to Highstreet Shopping Centre and between Mt. Lehman
  
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• Surrey firefighters find 1 person dead in Panorama Ridge house fire

  12-01-2026 19:49 via abbynews.com
  Police are investigating a fatal early-morning fire in Surrey’s Panorama Ridge neighbourhood.
  Surrey Police Service and Surrey Fire Service are investigating the blaze, which was reported shortly after 7 a.m. Monday (Jan. 12) morning.
  Fire crews “arrived to find a large detached residential structure fully involved, with heavy fire and smoke …
  they advanced inside and conducted a search. Unfortunately, they did find one one person deceased inside the structure,” Surrey F
  
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• One B.C. player named to women’s Olympic hockey team

  12-01-2026 19:39 via abbynews.com
  Surrey’s Jenn Gardiner has been named to the Team Canada women’s Olympic hockey team.
  The Pride of Cloverdale has enjoyed early success with the expansion Vancouver Goldeneyes in the PWHL. She’s notched five points in 12 games, two goals and three assists. And although her team is sitting in eighth place, in a very competitive league, the squad is only six points out of third and seven points out of second.
  Gardiner—the only B.C.-born player on the team—said she was
  
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• Abbotsford Canucks post pair of wins over Calgary Wranglers

  12-01-2026 18:45 via abbynews.com
  For just the second time this season, the Abbotsford Canucks earned a home sweep with a pair of wins over the Calgary Wranglers on Saturday (Jan. 10) and Sunday (Jan. 11).
  Abbotsford’s much needed four points came after a 4-3 shootout win on Saturday and a 3-2 regulation win on Sunday.
  Saturday’s game saw the return of sniper Jonathan Lekkerimaki to the lineup after missing several weeks of action due to lingering injury issues. The 2022 first round pick wasted little time making an
  
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• Heavy rain, low visibility on Coquihalla, Highway 3

  12-01-2026 18:40 via abbynews.com
  An atmospheric river will continue to affect the South Coast on Monday, Jan. 12, giving heavy rain to the Coquihalla Highway and the Manning – Skagit Valley region. The heavy rain is expected to ease into the evening.
  As much as 70 millimetres is anticipated throughout the day between Hope and Merritt on Highway 5.
  While on Highway 3 between 50 to 70 mm of rain is expected.
  Drivers can expect water pooling and limited visibility in some areas.
  
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• Kelowna sees large gathering supporting protesters in Iran

  12-01-2026 18:25 via abbynews.com
  The chant, “Javid Shah, Javid Shah,” could be heard throughout the downtown Kelowna waterfront on Jan. 11, as more than a hundred protesters gathered to support Iranians during times of turmoil.
  In recent days, protests in the Middle Eastern country, which first started in December, against the Iranian theocratic regime have escalated, turning deadly on both sides.
  As of Jan. 11, Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) said they have confirmed the deaths of 544 people during the no
  
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• Surrey home targeted with gunfire for 2nd time in less than 1 month

  12-01-2026 17:20 via abbynews.com
  A Cloverdale home was targeted with gunfire for the second time in less than a month after an overnight shooting Sunday in Surrey.
  Surrey Police Service and RCMP Surrey Provincial Operations Support Unit are investigating the shooting, which happened around 2:20 a.m. Sunday (Jan. 11) in the 18700 block of 54 Avenue.
  Upon arrival, police located a home that had been damaged; fortunately, nobody was injured as a result of the incident, SPS said in a release, adding RCMP SPOSU General Investigation
  
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• VIDEO: Vancouver Giants coach ‘infuriated’ with Wild after 3-2 shootout loss

  12-01-2026 17:00 via abbynews.com
  An angry Vancouver Giants head coach Parker Burgess had nothing good to say about the rival Wenatchee Wild after losing 3-2 in a shootout at Town Toyota Center in a game that injured another top player, again.
  “I am absolutely infuriated,” Burgess said after Sunday’s game that saw new team captain Ryan Lin taken out. Late in the third period, Lin was forced to leave the game after taking a high hit just inside the Giants blue line. He did not return for overtime or the shootout
  
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• Victim killed in ‘targeted shooting’ identified as 28-year-old Abbotsford man

  12-01-2026 16:27 via abbynews.com
  Investigators identified the victim of a “targeted shooting” in Abbotsford on Friday (Jan. 9) as 28-year-old Navpreet Dhaliwal.
  According to a news release from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT), Dhaliwal was from Abbotsford and known to police.
  IHIT said the investigation indicates that the shooting was linked to “the ongoing B.C. gang conflict.”
  “This was a targeted and brazen shooting that took place in the middle of the day,” IHIT Cpl. Esth
  
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• Abbotsford murder victim was subject of 2024 police warning

  12-01-2026 16:27 via abbynews.com
  A man who was one of two people named by police in 2024 as a “significant public safety risk” has been identified as the victim of the homicide in Abbotsford on Friday (Jan. 9).
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has identified Navpreet Dhaliwal, 28, as the man fatally shot in a home in the 3200 block of Siskin Drive.
  The Abbotsford Police Department (APD) in August 2024 issued a public warning about Dhaliwal and another man – Anmol Sandhu – who they said were con
  
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• Fraser Valley on flood watch as rainfall warning continues

  12-01-2026 16:02 via abbynews.com
  The Fraser Valley is on flood watch as an atmospheric river continues to bring heavy rain to the region.
  A yellow rainfall warning from Environment Canada remains in place on Monday (Jan. 12) with between 75 and 100 mm of rain expected through the evening.
  “The heavy rain will gradually ease tonight as the atmospheric river shifts north and weakens,” the warning reads. “Water will likely pool on roads and in low-lying areas. Visibility will likely be suddenly reduced at times.
  
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• Lawsuit tied to 2018 B.C. highway acid spills remains unresolved years later

  12-01-2026 15:31 via abbynews.com
  More than seven years after two sulphuric acid spills along Highway 3B in Trail prompted thousands of insurance claims, a civil lawsuit launched by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) remains unresolved in B.C. Supreme Court.
  The public insurer filed a notice of civil claim in October 2018 on behalf of affected policyholders against a range of parties, including Teck Metals Ltd., International Raw Materials Ltd. and Westcan Bulk Transport Ltd., alleging negligence linked to two
  
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• B.C. researchers link anti-South Asian sentiment to wider trend

  12-01-2026 14:30 via abbynews.com
  A local rise in online anti-South Asian hate is part of a larger trend, according to two professors at the University of the Fraser Valley.
  Dr. Hassan Javid, a professor of sociology at UFV, said it’s part of a broader anti-migrant sentiment around much of the Western world, concurrent with the rise of right-wing populist politics.
  “There’s really been a spike in that kind of rhetoric – that narrative about migration and the allegedly problematic or detrimental effects mi
  
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• Punjabi man killed in daylight ‘targeted and brazen’ shooting in Canada’s Abbotsford - The Indian Express

  12-01-2026 09:55
  Punjabi man killed in daylight ‘targeted and brazen’ shooting in Canada’s Abbotsford  The Indian Express
  
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• Shootout triumph: Abbotsford Canucks edge Calgary Wranglers on ice - The Rink Live

  12-01-2026 08:43
  Shootout triumph: Abbotsford Canucks edge Calgary Wranglers on ice  The Rink Live
  
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• Worried about winter driving? Try these tips out of B.C.’s Rogers Pass country

  12-01-2026 06:34 via abbynews.com
  For highway drivers throughout the rugged expanses of B.C.’s sprawling Interior, the most challenging time of the year has returned.
  A man with plenty of first-hand experience with those challenges has some words of wisdom for motorists venturing out this winter.
  Fire Chief Steven DeRousie of Revelstoke Fire Rescue Services (RFRS) says planning ahead, coming prepared with emergency supplies and plenty of fuel, and driving relative to the weather are all key.
  RFRS plays a major part in emer
  
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• Strong third period wins it for Abbotsford Canucks against Calgary Wranglers - The Rink Live

  12-01-2026 03:56
  Strong third period wins it for Abbotsford Canucks against Calgary Wranglers  The Rink Live
  
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• IHIT identifies Abbotsford shooting victim - Global News

  12-01-2026 03:09
  IHIT identifies Abbotsford shooting victim  Global News
  
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• Vancouver Island First Nation finds ‘increments of hope’ in kelp farming

  12-01-2026 02:00 via abbynews.com
  Amid a recent sobering report from the B.C. government on climate-related disasters, Tsawout First Nation Councillor Mavis Underwood is finding hope in something small and close to home: a patch of seaweed.
  In June 2025, the Vancouver Island-based Tsawout became shareholders of Sidney-based Cascadia Seaweed, a company that cultivates kelp responsibly to create sustainable agricultural products.
  Cascadia was founded in 2019, the same year Underwood reached out to the company with an interest in p
  
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• Police release name of victim in fatal Abbotsford shooting - CityNews Vancouver

  12-01-2026 00:22
  Police release name of victim in fatal Abbotsford shooting  CityNews Vancouver
  
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