Abbotsford news

• QUIZ: A celebration of love and romance

  14-02-2026 14:20 via abbynews.com
  Feb. 14 is St. Valentine’s Day, a day to celebrate love and romance.
  The day is celebrated around the world and is associated with courtship and romantic love. Themes of love also show in music, television, movies and popular culture.
  To honour the spirit of the day, here are 12 questions about love. How many can you answer correctly?
  Good luck.
  (By the way, if you haven’t picked up a Valentine’s Day gift, this would be a good time to do some shopping.)READ MORE: QUIZ: The purs
  
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• B.C. wants to reduce the deficit, maintain core services in upcoming budget

  14-02-2026 02:45 via abbynews.com
  The goal of B.C.’s next budget is to reduce the deficit, keep personal income taxes for people earning less than $150,000 per year the lowest in the country and cut spending while maintaining core services.
  This was the message in a briefing for reporters on Thursday (Feb. 12) in the legislature.
  How these lofty and somewhat conflicting goals will be achieved is unknown. And what is included in core services was not well-defined beyond the fact that it includes, but is not limited to, fron
  
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• Cowichan Tribes case back in court as Montrose Properties seeks to reopen case

  14-02-2026 02:00 via abbynews.com
  The Cowichan Tribes land title claim was back in court on Friday as Montrose Properties seeks to have the case reopened.
  Montrose’s lawyers say the company was not made aware of the implications of the case before it went to trial.
  But the opening salvo related to this new application belonged to the First Nation.
  Its lawyer wants to force the company and the province to reveal all correspondence the two parties had related to the case in the 12 years leading up to the final judgment last
  
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• Ugandan humanitarian work changes B.C. chiropractor’s life

  14-02-2026 00:48 via abbynews.com
  Dr. Marco De Ciantis has been to the type of places that most Canadians will never see. He has traveled to remote villages where there is no medical care, no electricity, no running water. He has spent tens of thousands of dollars to sleep in odd places, skip meals and endure physical discomforts.
  But the Castlegar chiropractor says it is all worthwhile.
  Since 2019, De Ciantis has been volunteering with Bridge to Health, an international non-profit organization that delivers mobile medical care
  
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• B.C. Interior locals supporting Nordic skiers behind the scenes at Paralympics

  14-02-2026 00:45 via abbynews.com
  For Jess Kryski, an exercise physiologist who’s lived in Nakusp for five years, traveling with Team Canada to Italy next Sunday, Feb. 22, will mark the start of her third Paralympics.
  While not competing as an athlete at the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games, running from March 6 to 15, Kryski will play an integral role behind the scenes for cross-country and biathlon events as an integrated sport team lead and physiologist.
  “It will be nice to be a non-COVID games,”
  
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• Two pedestrians struck by hit-and-run driver in Abbotsford

  14-02-2026 00:16 via abbynews.com
  Two pedestrians were struck by a vehicle that left the scene Wednesday (Feb. 11) in Abbotsford, and investigators are now hoping to talk to a driver who might have witnessed the incident.
  Sgt. Paul Walker, media officer with the Abbotsford Police Department, said the collision occurred just after 7 p.m. at the intersection of Ross and Simpson roads in west Abbotsford.
  The two pedestrians were taken to hospital, one with serious – but not life-threatening – injuries.
  Walker said the v
  
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• ‘Margaritaville’ in Surrey as new band plays Jimmy Buffett’s island-vibe songs

  14-02-2026 00:13 via abbynews.com
  Tribute concerts are nothing new at Bell Performing Arts Centre in Surrey, but none have ever celebrated the music of Jimmy Buffett, the American singer-songwriter known for “island escapism” songs and Parrothead super-fans who love a good Hawaiian shirt.
  Now along comes Volcano, an eight-member band launched in 2025 to recreate the tropical-rock vibes of Buffett’s music on concert stages in Metro Vancouver and beyond.
  Alex Whittaker, a talented singer/guitarist, jingle writer
  
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