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• Premier says goal is to deliver ‘what local policing is meant to be’

  03-02-2026 23:43 via abbynews.com
  Premier David Eby put the Surrey Police Service and police board under a microscope Tuesday during a meeting with Surrey business leaders related to the ongoing extortion crisis plaguing South Asian businesses and residents in this city.
  Eby expressed concern about “inconsistent communications” between the extortion task force and the Surrey Police Service to the community. “These inconsistent communications result in the community feeling that everybody is not on the same page
  
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• B.C. premier says goal is to deliver ‘what local policing is meant to be’

  03-02-2026 23:43 via abbynews.com
  Premier David Eby put the Surrey Police Service and police board under a microscope Tuesday during a meeting with Surrey business leaders related to the ongoing extortion crisis plaguing South Asian businesses and residents in this city.
  Eby expressed concern about “inconsistent communications” between the extortion task force and the Surrey Police Service to the community. “These inconsistent communications result in the community feeling that everybody is not on the same page
  
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• New community advisory group will work with B.C. extortion task force

  03-02-2026 23:31 via abbynews.com
  A community advisory group is being created to help “close gaps” between the community and the B.C. extortion task force amidst the ongoing extortion-related violence in Surrey and other B.C. communities.
  The chair of the committee will be announced tomorrow, Premier David Eby said Tuesday (Feb. 3) after meeting with Surrey business leaders in Vancouver.
  The group will be made up of community members who will be working alongside the task force and ensuring they understand “the
  
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• VIDEO: ‘Nothing to lose’ as Vancouver FC prepares to meet Cruz Azul

  03-02-2026 23:00 via abbynews.com
  Vancouver FC team captain Callum Irving and head coach Martin Nash said the Langley-based pro soccer team has ‘nothing to lose’ in Wednesday’s match against Mexican powerhouse Cruz Azul as the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup gets underway.
  In a question-and-answer session with reporters before the game at Willoughby stadium, Nash described it as a great opportunity for VFC.
  ”We say we’ve got nothing to lose, but we’ll give everything we have,” Nash said.
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• B.C. Premier David Eby warns of cuts in upcoming budget

  03-02-2026 22:54 via abbynews.com
  B.C.’s next budget is set to be revealed on Tuesday, Feb. 17.
  Premier David Eby said to expect cuts.
  “Absolutely, we’ll be reducing spending in the next budget,” he said in an unrelated news conference on Tuesday, Feb. 3. “But the reductions will be focused on administrative cost, bureaucracy, while we’re preserving frontline services for British Columbians.”
  The latest quarterly financial update from the province projects the 2025/26 deficit at nearly $
  
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• Inquest hears B.C. man suffered a mental health crisis days before his family was found dead

  03-02-2026 22:26 via abbynews.com
  The second morning of a coroner’s inquest into the deaths of a Prince Rupert family in 2023 has heard that the father, Christopher Duong, may have suffered a mental health crisis just days before the family of four was found dead.
  Former RCMP Const. Matt Jones testified that he apprehended Duong under the Mental Health Act during a traffic stop in the early morning of June. 10, 2023. Duong had been driving around with his wife, Janet Nguyen, and their two children, Alexander and Harlan Duo
  
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• Salmon Arm woman holding top spot in Maxim Cover Girl contest

  03-02-2026 22:20 via abbynews.com
  Jessi Day isn’t just in the running to be Maxim Magazine’s next Cover Girl, she’s currently one of the leading contestants.
  As of Monday afternoon, Feb. 2, three days remained to round one in the U.S. publication’s Cover Girl 2026 competition, and the 31-year-old Salmon Arm woman was in first place in her cohort, with 25 cohorts of up to 100 people in each in the running.
  “I’ve been in first place for the last couple days now and it just absolutely blew my min
  
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• FVRD floats options to address flood management in Hatzic watershed

  03-02-2026 22:09 via abbynews.com
  Three options have been proposed to address flooding in the Hatzic watershed, each with different financial implications for both residents of the Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) and the City of Mission.
  The FVRD is seeking feedback on flood management options at an open house on Thursday (Feb. 5) at Dewdney Elementary from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. An online option to leave comments is also open on FVRD’s Have Your Say platform through Friday (Feb. 6).
  The three options for flood governa
  
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• If I had $3M dollars: White Rock resident wins VGH+ Millionaire Lottery

  03-02-2026 22:02 via abbynews.com
  A White Rock resident is the lucky winner of the VGH+ Millionaire Lottery.
  The grand prize draws happened Monday, Feb. 2, and E. Fedewich of White Rock bought the winning ticket — 9119227 — and now gets to choose one of 10 grand prize options.
  Those options include homes in South Surrey, Vancouver, Burnaby, Langley, Courtenay, Sooke, Colwood or Kelowna (two homes), or $3 million cash.
  “And we have a winner! From White Rock, B.C. … we might even be able to see you from ov
  
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• Kelowna cat claws its way into America’s Favourite Pet competition

  03-02-2026 22:00 via abbynews.com
  Currently ranked at number three, Askhim the cat is relying on community support to win America’s Favourite Pet competition.
  In 2018, Askhim was caught in an arson fire with his sister, CleoKatra. His owner, Blaine Busslinger, came home to the wreckage the next day and was confronted by his landlord, who, at the time, did not allow pets in his building.
  “The manager said ‘he had met my roommate’, meaning Askhim, my cat. I replied ‘both?’
  He said that I could k
  
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• Clean sweep of B.C. baseball awards for Vernon team

  03-02-2026 22:00 via abbynews.com
  Three strikes, goes the ol’ baseball adage, and you’re out.
  But three awards recognizes a pretty good year.
  The Vernon Canadians swept the three awards in the 18U Division at the B.C. Minor Baseball Association’s Coaches Conference Luncheon in Langley Saturday, Jan. 31.
  The Canadians, who captured the B.C. and Western Canadian 18U AA Championships in 2025, were named Team of the Year. Pitcher Koen Holmes was named Player of the Year. And manager Dan Braddick was selected Coach
  
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• B.C. rugby star highlights Rugby Canada’s financial plight on Dragons’ Den

  03-02-2026 22:00 via abbynews.com
  Sophie de Goede is used to pressure moments. Stepping into the Dragons’ Den was just another kind of tunnel.
  The Oak Bay product was front and centre on the Jan. 29 episode of CBC’s Dragons’ Den.
  She appeared alongside members of Canada’s women’s and men’s national rugby teams to pitch a $250,000 premium, one-year sponsorship on behalf of Rugby Canada ahead of the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup.
  “This honestly feels like we are going into a game. It
  
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• Chilliwack cat welfare non-profit undergoing ‘transition’ says revamped board

  03-02-2026 21:41 via abbynews.com
  Major changes have been taking place at a beloved cat welfare organization in Chilliwack, causing speculation and concern from its supporters.
  On Jan. 28, the Chilliwack Animal Safe Haven Society issued a statement announcing three new directors for their board, along with an “experienced organizational consultant,” Eyal Lichtmann.
  That statement was met with numerous comments on the non-profit’s Facebook page, all of which have since been deleted.
  On Tuesday (Feb. 3), the soci
  
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• Invermere woman sentenced to two years jail for crash that killed three

  03-02-2026 21:25 via abbynews.com
  An Invermere woman has been sentenced to two years in jail for being impaired and behind the wheel during a truck crash that killed three people nearly two years ago.
  Gavin Murray, Brady Tardif and Jackson Freeman were killed when a truck driven by Haley Watson, whose blood alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit, went off the road in a rural area near Invermere on July 9, 2024.
  Watson, who previously pled guilty, was sentenced in Cranbrook Supreme Court on Jan. 30 by Justice Lindsay
  
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• Abbotsford’s Zoe Tessier signs with UFV Cascades women’s soccer team

  03-02-2026 21:06 via abbynews.com
  Abbotsford’s Zoe Tessier has signed with the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades women’s soccer program.
  The Cascades announced the signing of the Grade 12 W.J. Mouat Secondary student on a social media post on Jan. 21.
  The 5-8 defender played club soccer for the Surrey-based Coastal FC and also played high school soccer for the Hawks.
  Tessier was part of a history-making senior girls Hawks team in 2024 that saw the club go undefeated in both the regular season and playoffs to c
  
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• Abbotsford artist brings digital art into the physical realm with new piece

  03-02-2026 20:45 via abbynews.com
  Two worlds collide in the latest piece from Abbotsford Renaissance man Avery Lake, with this new artwork scheduled to be unveiled on Saturday, Feb. 7.
  The Swiss-Canadian artist has been exploring the relationship that humans have with technology and how it has changed in the last few years, which is reflected in his new artwork called I, Human.
  This hand-drawn QR code is displayed on glass to provide a reflective screen that shows the viewer themselves, just like a phone screen, which is an effe
  
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• Abbotsford mayor and First Nation chief head to Ottawa for flood-funding talks

  03-02-2026 19:58 via abbynews.com
  Abbotsford Mayor Ross Siemens and Sumas First Nation Chief Dalton Silver will be in Ottawa on Wednesday and Thursday (Feb. 4 and 5) for meetings on flood-infrastructure funding.
  The pair will accompany B.C. emergency management minister Kelly Greene to meet with senior members of the federal cabinet.
  A press release states that the group will discuss “crucial flood-reduction infrastructure projects and emergency preparedness” in B.C.
  Sumas Prairie has experienced two flooding events
  
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• Castlegar woman glad to be alive after CO poisoning

  03-02-2026 19:44 via abbynews.com
  Janice Johnson thought her time on Earth was coming to an end.
  Over the course of fall 2025, the 77-year-old’s health steadily declined. She was experiencing a deep fatigue and lethargy that she just couldn’t shake. She stopped walking her dog and going to social events, and had difficulty completing routine tasks.
  Multiple visits to doctors and a myriad of tests couldn’t find a reason for the decline.
  Johnson decided her heart must be failing.
  “I was concerned, and thoug
  
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• Yukon judge releases detailed reasons in Jack Hulland school settlement case

  03-02-2026 19:30 via abbynews.com
  The Yukon Supreme Court has approved a settlement for former students of Jack Hulland Elementary School, clearing the way for a compensation process for children who were subjected to holds, restraints, and seclusion over a 15-year period.
  The decision was delivered orally in November 2025, but the court’s written reasons, released Jan. 28, 2026, outline how eligible former students can claim between $10,000 and $1 million through a three‑tier compensation process, depending on the t
  
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• ‘Criminalizing homelessness’: The flip-side of Victoria’s encampment cleanups

  03-02-2026 19:30 via abbynews.com
  Nahil Mustafa sat quietly in a small folding chair, hands clenched together, feet turned inward. Her head was down and her expression sombre. Wrapped in a heavy blanket, she has all her life’s possessions neatly stacked behind her.
  Just outside Victoria’s Our Place Society, on the south side of the 900-block of Pandora Avenue, she waited for what’s commonly known as a street sweep – or what local governments prefer to call an encampment cleanup.Nihal Mustafa sits quietly
  
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• Landlord at Langley casino sues City over losing 40 parking stalls to SkyTrain

  03-02-2026 19:10 via abbynews.com
  The landlord of Langley’s casino is suing the City, claiming they were underpaid when the City expropriated part of the casino parking lot for SkyTrain station-related work.
  Cascades Casino Langley, in the 20300 block of Fraser Highway, is directly across a lane and cul-de-sac from the future site of the Langley City SkyTrain station, where construction has been ongoing for most of the last year.
  According to a statement of claim filed Jan. 20 in B.C. Supreme Court, in February 2025, the C
  
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• ‘My life is great’: Island lung transplant recipient thanks B.C. donors

  03-02-2026 19:04 via abbynews.com
  Kathy Green could hardly breathe when it came time for a long-awaited trip to Vancouver.
  In 2013, the then 63-year-old View Royal resident travelled to Vancouver General Hospital for an operation that would change her life forever.
  When Green woke up from the anesthesia that had kept her unconscious for hours, she could breathe again – all thanks to the new set of lungs inflating and deflating in her chest.
  “All of a sudden, it’s like a miracle – it’s better,”
  
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• VIDEO: Netflix, Hollywood star’s surprise visit to B.C. Fire Department

  03-02-2026 18:39 via abbynews.com
  The glitz and glamour of Hollywood made an unexpected appearance at Victoria Fire Department’s headquarters.
  Rubbing shoulders with Victoria’s firefighters was American film and TV actor Holt McCallany, who stopped by to catch up with old friends and explore the Johnson Street building.
  McCallany is known for his role in the critically-acclaimed Netflix psychological crime thriller Mindhunter, plus a plethora of movies including Fight Club, The Iron Claw, Alien 3 and Mission: Impossi
  
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• 6th maternity diversion in White Rock, B.C. health minister won’t say if it’s a crisis

  03-02-2026 18:30 via abbynews.com
  Yet another maternity ward diversion is scheduled at Peace Arch Hospital in White Rock.
  The diversion, set to take place from Feb. 5 at 8 a.m. to Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 8 a.m., is the sixth since December, in what Fraser Health is calling temporary maternity diversions, which are also occurring at Ridge Meadows Hospital in Maple Ridge due to a shortage of obstetrician-gynecologists at both facilities.
  Provincial Health Minister Josie Osborne, who was in Surrey last week to announce a new urgent and
  
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• 12 months on, border travel is still down at Aldergrove-Lynden crossing

  03-02-2026 17:52 via abbynews.com
  January was the 12th straight month of shorter lineups and wait times at the Aldergrove/Lynden border crossing, according to a website that tracks cross-border trips.
  Figures collected by the Cascade Gateway portal show the number of B.C. vehicles going south from Aldergrove through the Kenneth G. Ward U.S. land crossing in Lynden was 1,036 on the last day of January, compared to 1,382 the same day a year ago.
  That is a drop of 25 per cent overall, in line with figures from the Cascade website s
  
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• Narda Bouman

  03-02-2026 17:30 via abbynews.com
  March 1932 – January 2026
  “With heavy hearts, we share that our Mom, Narda Bouman, passed away peacefully on January 17, 2026.
  Born in the Netherlands, Mom followed the love of her life, Art, to Canada, where together they built a beautiful life and raised four children: Jeanette (Andy) Noordam, Joyce (John) Sprietsma, Roy (Caroline) Bouman, and Teresa (Mike) Floris. She was extremely proud of her family and was blessed with thirteen grandchildren and twenty-one great-grandchildren.
  
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• B.C.’s Tess Critchlow withdraws from 2026 Winter Olympics

  03-02-2026 17:03 via abbynews.com
  Tess Critchlow will not be competing in her third career Winter Olympic Games.
  On Monday, Feb. 2, the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canada Snowboard announced that Critchlow has withdrawn from the 2026 games in Milano Cortina due to injury.
  The 30-year-old from Big White was named to Canada’s snowboard cross team on Jan. 22.
  While the injury in relation to her withdrawal is unknown at this time, Critchlow underwent knee surgery last September. In her recovery, she had the goal of making t
  
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• Schmaltz hat trick powers Utah Mammoth to convincing 6-2 win over Canucks

  03-02-2026 06:05 via abbynews.com
  Nick Schmaltz had three goals and an assist, leading the Utah Mammoth to a 6-2 win over the visiting Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Monday at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
  Mikhail Sergachev, Lawson Crouse and JJ Peterka also scored for the Mammoth (29-23-4), with Karel Vejmelka earning the win in goal, making 21 saves.
  Liam Öhgren and Teddy Blueger scored for the Canucks (18-32-6). Kevin Lankinen absorbed the loss in the Vancouver net, stopping 14 of 20 shots.
  Schmaltz opened t
  
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• RCMP investigating fatal Stavely-area collision involving junior hockey players

  03-02-2026 03:12 via abbynews.com
  A hockey team in southern Alberta is mourning the loss of three of its players following a motor vehicle collision on Feb. 2, which took their lives.
  In a statement to social media, the Southern Alberta Mustangs confirmed that three players were killed while travelling to a team practice.
  “There are no words that can adequately express the depth of our grief,” states the social media message. “These young men were more than hockey players – they were teammates, sons, brot
  
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• Alberta ‘heartbroken’ after 3 junior hockey players killed in collision with semi-truck

  03-02-2026 03:12 via abbynews.com
  A hockey team in southern Alberta is mourning the loss of three of its players following a motor vehicle collision on Feb. 2, which took their lives.
  In a statement to social media, the Southern Alberta Mustangs confirmed that three players were killed while travelling to a team practice.
  “There are no words that can adequately express the depth of our grief,” states the social media message. “These young men were more than hockey players – they were teammates, sons, brot
  
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• UPDATE: Highway 1 in Abbotsford reopens after police incident involving man with weapon - Fraser Valley Today

  03-02-2026 02:03 via news.google.com
  UPDATE: Highway 1 in Abbotsford reopens after police incident involving man with weapon  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Abbotsford hospital celebrates site coordinator with Lifetime Achievement Award - Abbotsford News

  03-02-2026 01:42 via news.google.com
  Abbotsford hospital celebrates site coordinator with Lifetime Achievement Award  Abbotsford News
  
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• Abbotsford hospital celebrates site coordinator with Lifetime Achievement Award

  03-02-2026 01:30 via abbynews.com
  Not many people spend more than three decades with the same company, but Tina McLachlan has done exactly that, with the Abbotsford Regional Hospital medical imaging site coordinator recently receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award to celebrate her dedication.
  McLachlan’s history with Fraser Health extends back long before the existence of the current Abbotsford hospital, which opened in 2008.
  Fresh out of school, McLachlan began working as an X-ray technologist in mammography and interventi
  
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• Abbotsford filmmakers take home Best Picture at Young Moviemakers awards - Chilliwack Progress

  03-02-2026 00:53 via news.google.com
  Abbotsford filmmakers take home Best Picture at Young Moviemakers awards  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Victoria metal band gives ‘powerful’ performance at the 2026 Grammy Awards

  03-02-2026 00:45 via abbynews.com
  In a historic performance, metal band Spiritbox performed at the Grammy’s, a rare chance to highlight the genre on the Grammy stage.
  The band, originally formed in Victoria in 2017 by husband-and-wife duo Courtney LaPlante, vocalist, and guitarist Mike Stringer, was also nominated for best metal performance for their heavy anthem, Soft Spine.
  This is the third year in a row the band was nominated in the category, and the third year they did not win.
  At this year’s awards, Spiritbox w
  
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• B.C. senior receives national nod for decades of volunteer efforts

  03-02-2026 00:25 via abbynews.com
  When it comes to keeping secrets, Gérald Young doesn’t have the strongest history – any gift the White Rock senior has ever bought for “my dearest” over their decades together has never made it to the occasion it was chosen for.
  So it’s no wonder his wife June was stunned to learn last fall that he’d been holding onto a doozy for four years: that he’d submitted her name back in October 2021 for one of Canada’s highest honours: the Governor G
  
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