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• AHL Game Preview: Abbotsford Canucks at Henderson Silver Knights with Projected Lines 02/20/2026 - Inside The Rink

  20-02-2026 23:57 via news.google.com
  AHL Game Preview: Abbotsford Canucks at Henderson Silver Knights with Projected Lines 02/20/2026  Inside The Rink
  
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• 1,826 people died from toxic drugs in B.C. in 2025, a 21% decrease from 2024

  20-02-2026 23:52 via abbynews.com
  Preliminary data from the B.C. Coroners Service shows more than 1,800 people died from toxic drugs in 2025, a 21 per cent decrease from the previous year.
  The latest data, released Thursday (Feb. 20), says 1,826 people fatally overdosed in 2025 from unregulated drugs in the province. It’s the first time since 2020 that deaths due to fatal overdoses totalled fewer than 2,000 people within a year.
  The B.C. Coroners Service also released the overdose numbers for the final months of 2025: Nove
  
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• Community gathers to watch hundreds of fish enter Abbotsford lake - Abbotsford News

  20-02-2026 23:02 via news.google.com
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• Avalanche kills man heli-skiing in Columbia Mountains with B.C. company

  20-02-2026 23:00 via abbynews.com
  A Revelstoke heli-skiing company has shared that one of its guests died in an avalanche Thursday during a guided excursion in the Selkirk Mountains.
  In a release sent to Black Press Media, Selkirk Tangiers Heli Skiing (STHS) reported that a Size 2 avalanche was triggered around 2 p.m. Feb. 19 by a guest skier on a guided tour east of Revelstoke, riding down a southeast aspect at 2,150 metres elevation.
  “Tragically, that skier was overtaken by the avalanche and was buried by it,” read
  
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• 3 men charged in fatal downtown Chilliwack shooting - Abbotsford News

  20-02-2026 22:58 via news.google.com
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• Community gathers to watch hundreds of fish enter Abbotsford lake

  20-02-2026 22:50 via abbynews.com
  Children, fishermen, and other curious locals gathered around the Mill Lake beach area on Friday (Feb. 20) to watch as a major fish restock took place.
  Hundreds of trout flowed from the Freshwater Fisheries Society of B.C. truck into the lake, which is home to a large number of Largemouth Bass and Rainbow Trout.
  A total of 500 trout were stocked to help the local ecosystem and support the recreational fishing scene, with multiple eager anglers stationed at the nearby floating dock to take advant
  
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• B.C. forests minister says the province rethinking FireSmart funding model - Abbotsford News

  20-02-2026 22:38 via news.google.com
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• B.C. forests minister says the province rethinking FireSmart funding model

  20-02-2026 22:30 via abbynews.com
  B.C. Forest Minister Ravi Parmar says the province is planning to rethink how it funds community FireSmart initiatives after topping up the program with a one-time $15 million boost in the latest budget.
  “There’s been a lot of success, but I need to ensure that that program is meeting the needs of communities,” Parmar said on Thursday, Feb. 20.
  The province introduced the FireSmart Community Funding and Supports programs in 2018, providing approximately $175 million since then
  
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• Abbotsford auction seeks to raise over $500K for farmers in rural Africa - Fraser Valley Today

  20-02-2026 22:26 via news.google.com
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• 3 men charged with Chilliwack killing have Abbotsford connections - Abbotsford News

  20-02-2026 22:23 via news.google.com
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• 3 men charged with Chilliwack killing have Abbotsford connections

  20-02-2026 22:21 via abbynews.com
  Three men charged this week with a fatal shooting in Chilliwack have criminal histories in Abbotsford.
  Jason Himpfen, 50, Zoltan Losier, 34, and Christopher Meischl, 40, have been charged in relation to the killing of Kristopher Benson, 48, on Feb. 15 at a home on Mellard Avenue in Chilliwack.
  A second man was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team announced on Friday (Feb. 20) that the three men had each been charged with second-degree murde
  
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• National Collective Convention debuting in Abbotsford next month - Chilliwack Progress

  20-02-2026 20:40 via news.google.com
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• National Collective Convention debuting in Abbotsford next month

  20-02-2026 20:36 via abbynews.com
  One of the biggest collectible shows to hit Abbotsford in decades is set to debut next month.
  Bossa Productions has announced that the inaugural National Collective Convention will take over Tradex on March 28 and 29.
  View this post on InstagramA post shared by Bossa Productions (@bossa.sports)More than 600 vendors from all across North America are planning to showcase over 200,000 square feet of premium collectibles over the two-day show.
  Items including Pokémon, sports cards, toys, vide
  
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• John Murray Lochrie

  20-02-2026 20:30 via abbynews.com
  September 12, 1929 – February 2, 2026
  John Murray Lochrie passed away peacefully on February 2, 2026, at the age of 96.
  Born on September 12, 1929, in Butte Montana, John devoted much of his life to service and family. He was a proud member of the Canadian military, serving with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI). After a distinguished military career, which included serving in the Korean War, several missions as a UN peacekeeper in Cyprus, and being awarded the
  
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• Canada will play for men’s Olympic hockey gold after 3-2 win over Finland

  20-02-2026 19:20 via abbynews.com
  Canada will play for Olympic gold.
  Nathan MacKinnon scored the winner with 35 seconds left as Canada came from behind to edge Finland 3-2 in men’s hockey semifinal action Wednesday at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games.
  Sam Reinhart and Shea Theodore also scored for Canada, with Connor McDavid adding two assists. Jordan Binnington earned the win in goal, making 15 saves.
  Mikko Rantanen and Erik Haula scored for Finland, with goalie Juuse Saros playing well in defeat, stopping 36
  
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• ‘Liberation day’: U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Trump tariffs

  20-02-2026 18:55 via abbynews.com
  The U.S Supreme Court has struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping import tariffs in a 6-3 decision released on Friday, Feb. 20.
  B.C. Premier David Eby was cautiously optimistic at an appearance before the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade shortly after the news broke.
  “Good morning, everybody, and happy Liberation Day,” he said. “We’ll see, right?”
  The implications of the decision are not yet known, but the 170-page opinion is clear that Trump cannot rely
  
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• 3 men charged in fatal downtown Chilliwack shooting

  20-02-2026 18:25 via abbynews.com
  Second-degree murder charges have been laid against three men in the Feb. 15 shooting that killed Kristopher Benson, 48 in downtown Chilliwack.
  IHIT officers, with help from the regional Emergency Response Team, arrested one suspect in Chilliwack and a second man at a residence in Abbotsford on Feb. 18.
  A third man was arrested by officers the next afternoon, Feb. 19, at a Chilliwack residence.
  One count of second-degree murder was approved by the B.C. Prosecution Service against Jason Himpfen,
  
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• 3 men charged in downtown Chilliwack shooting

  20-02-2026 18:25 via abbynews.com
  Charges have been laid against three men in the Feb. 15 shooting that killed Kristopher Benson, 48 in Chilliwack.
  On the evening of February 18, 2026, IHIT investigators, with assistance from the Lower Mainland District Integrated Emergency Response Team (LMD IERT), arrested one man in Chilliwack and a second man at a residence in Abbotsford in relation to the shooting.
  On the afternoon of February 19, 2026, a third man was arrested by IHIT and LMD IERT members at a residence in Chilliwack.
  The
  
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• Prince Rupert lobbies Alaska to reinstate ferry service link to B.C.

  20-02-2026 15:15 via abbynews.com
  The City of Prince Rupert is looking to advance transportation between the North Coast and parts of the United States to strengthen regional resilience and renew an important cultural corridor.
  Mayor Herb Pond and Chief Administrative Officer Richard Pucci travelled to Juneau, Alaska, earlier this month to advocate for the reinstatement of the Alaska Marine Highway connection between Prince Rupert and Ketchikan, Alaska—Prince Rupert’s sister city, with which the city shares deep hist
  
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• PHOTOS: Abbotsford Canucks vs. Henderson Silver Knights – 02/20/2026 - Inside The Rink

  20-02-2026 09:00 via news.google.com
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• B.C. to buy U.S. nasal naloxone as Vancouver company says it can make a cheaper option

  20-02-2026 02:00 via abbynews.com
  B.C. is investing $18 million to buy tens of thousands of take-home nasal spray naloxone kits for distribution at 2,400 locations starting in April.
  Tracy Thompson, the South Island harm reduction coordinator for Island Health, said that more and more people are requesting the nasal version of the anti-opioid overdose drug as opposed to the more common injectable version.
  “These requests are not just about convenience,” Thompson said at a Thursday (Feb. 19) press conference in Victor
  
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• Abbotsford rental prices back on the rise - Abbotsford News

  20-02-2026 01:27 via news.google.com
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• Anti-gang unit makes arrests, seizes drugs and weapons in South Okanagan

  20-02-2026 01:20 via abbynews.com
  A B.C. police unit has arrested multiple individuals for drug trafficking offences in the South Okanagan and Similkameen after being deployed to the region last week.
  The anti-gang team from the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia (CFSEU-BC), along with the RCMP, also arrested a “wanted high-risk offender” in Osoyoos before recovering a stolen vehicle and seizing illicit drugs, cash, and weapons, including firearms.
  Officers were deployed to Princeton, Pentic
  
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• Abbotsford rental prices back on the rise

  20-02-2026 01:20 via abbynews.com
  After experiencing nearly half a year of declining prices, the Abbotsford rental market has once again begun to ascend, climbing more than half a percent in the first month of 2026.
  The recent report from Rentals.ca revealed that the average asking price for condos and apartments in the city was $1,858 in January, which is a small $11 increase from December.
  Despite this price increase, Abbotsford remains the cheapest rental city in the province – a title it held throughout all of 2025.
  Th
  
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• B.C. health-care workers snooped 71 times after Lapu Lapu tragedy: Report

  20-02-2026 01:16 via abbynews.com
  B.C.’s information and privacy commissioner has found 71 incidents of snooping by 36 health-care workers in B.C., following the Lapu Lapu Day tragedy in April 2025.
  Commissioner Michael Harvey said 16 people who were sent to medical facilities after the vehicle attack in Vancouver had their privacy breached. That’s half of the individuals sent to medical facilities, according to the investigation publicly released Wednesday (Feb. 18).
  Harvey also found that the 16 people weren’
  
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• Driver arrested in Abbotsford on suspicion of impaired driving with kids in vehicle - Abbotsford News

  20-02-2026 00:31 via news.google.com
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