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• Flood watch for Fraser Valley downgraded to high streamflow advisory

  21-03-2026 22:33 via abbynews.com
  A flood watch that was issued for the Fraser Valley three days ago was downgraded to a high streamflow advisory by B.C.’s River Forecast Centre on Saturday (March 21).
  The flood watch was issued for the Lower Fraser tributaries and the Fraser Valley, plus other areas on the South Coast, on March 18.
  The Fraser Valley Regional District declared a state of local emergency for Electoral Area E on March 19 due to an atmospheric river in the Chilliwack River Valley and surrounding areas. Proper
  
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• VIDEO: A road loss to Kamloops for Vancouver Giants

  21-03-2026 19:00 via abbynews.com
  Vancouver Giants were within reach of a win in Kamloops Friday, but it wasn’t their night, as a Blazer surge in the third took them down 7-3 at the Sandman Centre.
  Giants Assistant Coach Gaelan Patterson described it as a “very offensively driven game for both teams. We get into the third and we’re a goal away and we have a couple opportunities. It gets away from us in the end, but it was a close game. We were happy with the work ethic that we put in.”Kamloops draft-eligi
  
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• ‘Potential risk’: Canada ends longtime Weatheradio service, leaving some forecast-less

  21-03-2026 16:33 via abbynews.com
  When one Revelstoke resident and former search and rescue volunteer recently tuned into Weatheradio — a service providing daily forecasts for communities across Canada — he was surprised to find the local channel turned off.
  On Monday, March 16, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) ended Weatheradio and telephone-based Hello Weather amid federal budget cuts, leaving a hole in valuable forecasting for rural communities.
  Launched in 1976, Weatheradio played an important role ke
  
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• 6 B.C. temperature records broken on first day of spring, all in Okanagan region

  21-03-2026 15:20 via abbynews.com
  The heat was felt on the first day of spring as more temperature records were broken.
  On Friday, Mar. 20, six temperature records were broken in B.C., all in the Okanagan region.
  The Peach City itself, Penticton was the warmest place on Friday, reaching 22 C. That broke the 98-year Mar. 20 record of 17.8 C in 1928.
  Next was Osoyoos, where the temperature reached 21.4 C, a full degree more than the 2024 record of 20.4 C.
  Temperatures reaching 20 C broke an 111-year-old record in Salmon Arm on Fri
  
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• PHOTOS: Sidney dive reveals years worth of ‘ghost gear’ tangled on the seabed

  21-03-2026 13:30 via abbynews.com
  Generations of residents have enjoyed the fish and crab caught from the pier in Sidney.
  A giant pile of “ghost gear” – abandoned traps, pots, lines and nets – tangling the waters and nestled into the sea bottom serves as a testament to the cut lines“What we found down there was eye opening. The seafloor beneath the pier is littered with years worth of lost and discarded traps, many of which have been there so long they’re falling apart on the bottom,” sa
  
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• B.C. allowing old-growth logging despite protection promise, experts say

  21-03-2026 01:40 via abbynews.com
  Some of B.C.’s rarest and most irreplaceable old-growth trees are being cut down despite the land having been set aside for protection, according to a leaked letter to the premier from a panel of experts.
  “We are causing extinction,” ecologist and panel member Rachel Holt said in an interview. “We are causing significant global impact with the logging of some of these forests. And we need to do something about that.”
  Holt is one of five experts who were appointed to
  
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• Abbotsford named third-best Canadian city to live in

  21-03-2026 00:30 via abbynews.com
  Abbotsford residents are living in the third-best city in Canada, according to a recent study from marketing agency dNOVO Group.
  This study analyzed various qualities of the 28 biggest cities in the country and ranked them based on how livable they are.
  The most impactful categories were disposable income and quality of life, while safety accounted for 20 per cent of the total rating, and pollution and number of attractions were the least impactful.
  Abbotsford came in at number three, only being
  
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