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• Abbotsford Canucks celebrating Y2K and Women in Sports nights this weekend

  03-03-2026 23:38 via abbynews.com
  The Abbotsford Canucks are throwing back the clocks on Friday (March 6) and then celebrating women in sports on Saturday (March 7) as they host the Colorado Eagles for a pair of games with playoff implications.
  Y2K Night occurs on Friday, with the team celebrating the early-2000s in a number of unique ways.
  There are Y2K “price glitches” at Rogers Forum concessions, as a number of items will be priced to the 2000s-era. Special offers include:
  • $4 Beer (Molson Canadian, Coors Li
  
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• Abbotsford Canucks celebrating Y2K and Women in Sports night this weekend

  03-03-2026 23:38 via abbynews.com
  The Abbotsford Canucks are throwing back the clocks on Friday (March 6) and then celebrating women in sports on Saturday (March 7) as they host the Colorado Eagles for a pair of games with playoff implications.
  Y2K Night occurs on Friday, with the team celebrating the early-2000s in a number of unique ways.
  There are Y2K “price glitches” at Rogers Forum concessions, as a number of items will be priced to the 2000s-era. Special offers include:
  • $4 Beer (Molson Canadian, Coors Li
  
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• VIDEO: Ottawa invests more than $2M for Okanagan Indian Band youth project

  03-03-2026 23:30 via abbynews.com
  Okanagan Indian Band (OKIB) youth will be able to help build confidence, connection, and leadership through culturally grounded programming, thanks to a large donation from Ottawa.
  Kelowna MP Stephen Fuhr, the Secretary of State for Defence Procurement, announced on behalf of Minister of Public Safety Gary Anandasangaree, $2.14 million in federal support for the band through the Crime Prevention Action Fund.
  The announcement was made Tuesday, March 3, at the Head of the Lake Hall near Vernon.The
  
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• Vancouver Goldeneyes fall to Toronto Sceptres 2-1 in post-Olympic return

  03-03-2026 23:19 via abbynews.com
  The Vancouver Goldeneyes were defeated 2- 1 in their first game back after the Olympic break against the Toronto Sceptres.
  The Goldeneyes hosted the Scepteres at the Pacific Coliseum in front of 13,264 people.
  Toronto’s Raygan Kirk opened up the scoring in the 7th minute, followed by Lauren Messier less than a minute later. This was Messier’s first career professional women’s hockey league (PWHL) goal. Goaltender Raygan Kirk saved 25 of 26 shots on net.Izzy Daniel scored the on
  
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• New Save-On-Foods, apartments planned in Langley

  03-03-2026 23:15 via abbynews.com
  Jim Pattison Developments is planning to build a sizable new development in Langley, with 452 new apartments and 134,300 square feet of commercial and office space.
  Langley Township council passed first, second, and third readings of a rezoning bylaw of the site on Monday, Feb. 23.
  Located on a nine-acre site on the northeast corner of 32 Avenue and 200 Street, the site is in the area designated for a “commercial village” in the Brookswood-Fernridge Neighbourhood Plan. A proposed sit
  
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• Pride Tape: A game-changer for LGBTQ+ visibility in hockey

  03-03-2026 23:07 via abbynews.com
  Pride tape is increasing visibility for LGBTQ+ athletes and saving lives, one hockey stick at a time.
  The brightly coloured rainbow athletic tape was created in 2016 by Dr. Kristopher Wells and Jeff McLean.
  “The message is always about the importance of inclusion, and we like to say, all we really want is the game that you love to love you back,” Wells said.
  While in Surrey, B.C. for the NHL Unites Pride Cup, Wells said the idea came from a question he had as a professor at the Unive
  
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• B.C., property owner ordered to turn over communications in Cowichan Tribes case

  03-03-2026 23:02 via abbynews.com
  B.C. Supreme Court Justice Barbara Young has ordered the province and Montrose Properties to turn over all communications that could relate to the Cowichan Tribes land title case before she will hear arguments by the company in its petition to reopen the case and be added as a defendant.
  Montrose argues it did not fully understand the impact the case could have on its rights as a landowner, and that it wasn’t adequately informed.
  David Rosenberg, lawyer for the First Nation, successfully a
  
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• Victoria charity launches national youth contest to fight book bans

  03-03-2026 23:00 via abbynews.com
  A sharp rise in book challenges across Canada has prompted a Victoria-based charity to hand the keyboard to young readers themselves.
  Story Studio partnered with Canadian Authors and Illustrators Against Book Bans (CAIABB) to launch Words Without Walls, a national writing contest inviting youth aged 12 to 18 to reflect on intellectual freedom and the right to read.
  The contest comes amid what organizers describe as a dramatic increase in challenges to books in school libraries.
  Victoria-based au
  
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• Accused B.C. murderer’s trial begins first of 82 days

  03-03-2026 22:00 via abbynews.com
  The trial for a B.C. gangster facing a charge for first-degree murder has started in Kelowna and expected to take up to 82 days.
  The 26-year-old Eneke Dillichuwu Anigbo, who the Vancouver Police Department named one of B.C.’s most dangerous gangsters in 2021, took to the stand on Monday, March 2 at the Kelowna Law Courts for the first day of a long trial period.
  Crown prosecutors are pushing for first-degree murder charges for Anigbo in relation to the 2021 killing of 57-year-old Kathleen
  
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• Abbotsford Traditional Titans capture Grade 8 boys basketball provincial title

  03-03-2026 21:22 via abbynews.com
  For the first time ever, the Abbotsford Traditional School Titans have captured the Grade 8 boys provincial basketball championship.
  The Titans earned the banner with a 79-67 win over the Vancouver College Fighting Irish in Chilliwack on Feb. 28.
  Titans player Anand Dhaliwal was named the tournament’s most valuable player, with teammates Jayden Duhra and Charlie Nyvall both named to the tournament’s first team all-star squad. Head coach Harkiret Mann noted that players Pavit Sidhu, P
  
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• Country rocker Koe Wetzel steers new tour to Abbotsford

  03-03-2026 21:15 via abbynews.com
  Only a couple of weeks after Hardy blew the roof off Rogers Forum, another American musician who boasts a blend of country and rock has announced he is coming to Abbotsford as well.
  Koe Wetzel has been pursuing music for years, which is something he inherited from his mother, Julie Wetzel, who spent years singing in various bands and introduced her son to the stage life at an early age.As an adult, the Texan has intertwined several different genres, creating what he describes as a unique blend o
  
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• Debra Holly Vanderveen (née Howarth)

  03-03-2026 20:30 via abbynews.com
  APRIL 29, 1957 – FEBRUARY 17, 2026
  With deep love and profound sadness, we announce the passing of Debra Vanderveen (née Howarth), born April 29, 1957, to Bridie and Norman Howarth. She passed away on February 17, 2026, at the age of 68, after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
  Nearly ten years ago, Debra was given just six months to live. True to who she was, she faced that diagnosis with strength and determination, choosing to focus not on the illness, but on truly living e
  
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• Senior who ran into 2 teens in Abbotsford gets 1-year driving ban

  03-03-2026 20:28 via abbynews.com
  An 86-year-old man who was charged with driving into two teens who were playing Nicky Nicky Nine Doors in Abbotsford in 2024 has been sentenced to a one-year driving ban and one year of probation.
  Michael Gerty was sentenced Monday (March 2) in Abbotsford provincial court after pleading guilty to a charge of dangerous driving. Three counts of assault with a weapon were stayed.
  The Abbotsford Police Department initially reported that two people were taken to hospital after being intentionally hit
  
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• B.C. hockey star with PWHL potential aims for national title with UBC

  03-03-2026 20:13 via abbynews.com
  It’s been another tremendous season for women’s hockey superstar and White Rock native Grace Elliott.
  The University of B.C. Thunderbird, currently the reigning Canada West and U Sports Player of the year, finished the regular season as the top scorer in her conference — and in the entire country, leading the conference with 37 points and 24 goals in 28 games. She also broke the program’s all-time Canada West points record in December.
  After sweeping the Trinity Western U
  
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• B.C. to strengthen crane safety protection, expand firefighters’ cancer coverage

  03-03-2026 19:53 via abbynews.com
  B.C. announced a pair of workplace safety changes on Tuesday, introducing stronger crane safety protections and expanding presumptive cancer coverage for firefighters.
  The proposed crane safety changes follow seven worker fatalities over the past five years. In response to those incidents, the Labour Ministry created a crane safety working group that includes government, labour, industry and regulators. The changes will require legislation to take effect.
  “It was clear that what we have in
  
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• UVic Vikes chase back-to-back U Sports titles in Final 8 basketball showdown

  03-03-2026 19:15 via abbynews.com
  If you want to be a dynasty, March is when you prove it.
  After grinding through another Canada West season and cutting down the nets at home, the University of Victoria Vikes are back where they expected to be – playing meaningful games in March with a national championship on the line.
  Victoria heads into the U Sports Final 8 following an 89-74 win over UBC on Feb. 27, earning the program’s 19th Canada West banner in front of a sold-out crowd at CARSA.
  Now, the No. 1-ranked team in
  
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• B.C. Southern Interior businesses share $13M in federal tariff funding

  03-03-2026 19:05 via abbynews.com
  Canada’s minister of housing and infrastructure Gregor Robertson was in Castlegar on Monday, March 2, to announce more than $13 million in investments for ten Regional Tariff Response Initiative projects across B.C.’s Southern Interior.
  The tariff response initiative is a $1 billion national program aimed at helping businesses adapt to tariffs and new economic and trade realities by boosting production, strengthening supply chains and accessing new markets.
  “Tariffs are having
  
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• B.C. chief coroner announces inquest into Tumbler Ridge mass shooting

  03-03-2026 18:40 via abbynews.com
  In wake of the Tumbler Ridge shooting, many support services are available to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week: 310-Mental Health Support at 310-6789; Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868; Suicide Crisis Helpline: 988; KUU-US (Indigenous) Crisis Line: 1-800-588-8717; Métis Crisis Line: 1-833-638-4722; Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868.
  B.C.’s chief coroner has called an inquest into the Feb. 10 mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge.
  Chief Coroner Dr. Jatinder
  
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• Injured woman airlifted after explosion and fire at Abbotsford RV park

  03-03-2026 17:52 via abbynews.com
  A 68-year-old woman was airlifted to hospital after a fire in an RV park in Abbotsford on Monday night (March 2).
  Const. Paul Walker, media officer with the Abbotsford Police Department, said patrol officers were travelling west on Fraser Highway near Ross Road at about 7:15 p.m. when they saw a large plume of smoke.
  When they arrived in the area, they located a trailer fully engulfed in flames at the Aloha RV Park and Campsite at 29666 Fraser Highway.
  Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service (AFRS) and B
  
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• Anne Thiessen

  03-03-2026 15:30 via abbynews.com
  January 13, 1936 – February 23, 2026
  In the midst of tremendous sadness there is great joy as Anne Thiessen’s joined the ranks of heaven on February 23, 2026 at age 90.
  Anne will be remembered by her five children: Don (Suzanne), Bev, Rick (Monika), Eleanor (Graham) and Len (Frieda); along with 11 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren as well as many relatives and friends.
  The family would like to thank the staff at Tabor Court assisted living for their care and compassion towards
  
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• Bichsel nets 2 as Dallas Stars thump slumping Canucks 6-1

  03-03-2026 06:35 via abbynews.com
  Lian Bichsel scored twice, lifting the streaking Dallas Stars to an easy 6-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Monday at Rogers Arena.
  Adam Erne, Jason Robertson, Matt Duchene and Colin Blackwell also scored for the Stars (37-14-9), who have won nine straight games. Sam Steel and and Miro Heiskanen each had two assists for the winners, with Jake Oettinger stopping 13 shots for the netminding win.
  Evander Kane scored for the struggling Canucks (18-35-7), who have dropped six games in a
  
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• Ex-husband’s Kelowna murder trial delayed as Crown gets new disclosure

  03-03-2026 03:00 via abbynews.com
  The trial for a man charged with first-degree murder in the death of his estranged ex-wife is being delayed as Crown counsel has received another disclosure set from police.
  James Plover is facing a first-degree murder charge after Bailey McCourt died following a violent assault in a Kelowna parking lot on July 4, 2025.
  Plover was to appear in court on Monday, March 2, to schedule a trial date. Now, however, the scheduling has been adjourned until Tuesday, April 7, at 2 p.m. as Crown counsel nee
  
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• B.C. begins court-ordered negotiations with Cowichan Tribes

  03-03-2026 01:05 via abbynews.com
  The B.C. government is beginning its court-ordered negotiations to resolve issues of conflicting title claims on private land encompassed by the Cowichan Tribes land rights case.
  There are still several appeals being made in the case, but the government is choosing to begin this work anyway.
  “The court has required us to enter into negotiations with the Cowichan as part of the judgment,” Premier David Eby said on Monday (March 2). “We are doing that in good faith.”
  Vancou
  
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• Abbotsford sees small increase in drug deaths in 2025

  03-03-2026 00:10 via abbynews.com
  Fatal drug overdoses are once again on the rise in Abbotsford, despite the rest of the province seeing a substantial decrease for 2025.
  The year-end report from the BC Coroners Service revealed that Abbotsford is one of the few cities that had more deaths in 2025 than in 2024, climbing from 75 to 76.
  This ties Greater Nanaimo for the sixth-most drug deaths last year, which is worse than 2024, when Abbotsford had the ninth-most drug deaths in the province.
  The small increase is more significant w
  
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