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• Man found dead in Surrey, IHIT takes over investigation

  22-03-2026 18:25 via abbynews.com
  One man is dead and a suspect is in custody after what police describe as an isolated incident in Surrey.
  Surrey Police Service (SPS) says that RCMP Surrey Provincial Operations Support Unit (SPOSU) officers responded to assist a situation that occurred yesterday (March 21) at approximately 11:15 a.m.
  SPOSU officers were called to help BCEHS and Surrey Fire Services with an unresponsive injured man in the 9800 block of Foxglove Drive, Surrey.
  Upon arrival, officers found a man receiving treatmen
  
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• BC Ferries cancels multiple Swartz Bay–Tsawwassen sailings

  22-03-2026 18:11 via abbynews.com
  Several ferry sailings between Victoria and Tsawwassen have been cancelled Sunday, March 22, after a mechanical problem with a vessel’s generator, according to BC Ferries.
  Cancellations for the day include the 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. sailings from Swartz Bay, as well as the 1 p.m., 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. departures from Tsawwassen.#ServiceNotice Due to a mechanical difficulty with the vessel’s starboard generator, additional sailings between #SwartzBay – #Tsawwassen today have be
  
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• Iain Black endorsed for Conservative leadership by Vernon MP who once held the job

  22-03-2026 18:00 via abbynews.com
  Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee MP Scott Anderson has endorsed Iain Black as the candidate he’d most like to see win the B.C. Conservative Party’s leadership race.
  Anderson was the leader of the Conservatives from 2017 to 2019, when the party was on the margins of B.C. politics. The party’s next leader will take over the province’s Official Opposition.
  Black previously spoke to The Morning Star during a stop at Jitter Beans Coffee House in Lumby last month, when he described
  
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• VIDEO: Vancouver Giants end regular season with overtime loss to Kamloops

  22-03-2026 17:00 via abbynews.com
  Vancouver Giants ended their regular season with an overtime loss to the Kamloops Blazers Saturday night at Langley Events Centre on Fan Appreciation Night.Kamloops took a 1-0 lead late in the first and extended it to 2-0 early in the second. Vancouver cut into the lead with a goal from Ethan Mittelsteadt at the 6:41 mark of the second period and then got the tying goal from Joe Iginla late in the middle frame. Vancouver took their first lead of the game with a goal from Mathis Preston midway th
  
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• VIDEO: Best-attended, most-watched All-Native tournament wraps in B.C.

  22-03-2026 04:00 via abbynews.com
  The big one is done.
  More than 300 games over five days, featuring 129 teams from across the province, came to a close Friday at the finals of the 50th annual Junior All Native Tournament (JANT 2026) at Langley Events Centre.
  It was the biggest Indigenous competition of its kind in B.C., the best-attended and most-watched ever, with 2,400 fans watching at Centre Court for the highest attended championship finals day in tournament history, while online, more than 373,000 cumulative viewers tuned
  
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• Buchnevich leads visiting St. Louis Blues to 3-1 win over Canucks

  22-03-2026 02:40 via abbynews.com
  Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and an assist, lifting the visiting St. Louis Blues to a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Saturday at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.
  Pius Suter had the other goal for the Blues (28-30-11), with Logan Mailloux adding two assists. Jordan Binnington picked up the win in goal, making 14 saves.
  Filip Hronek had the lone goal for Vancouver (21-40-8). Kevin Lankinen took the loss in net, stopping 18 shots.
  The teams battled through a low-event first period, with
  
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• No injuries after small airplane makes hard landing at B.C. airport

  22-03-2026 01:02 via abbynews.com
  Update: 5 p.m.
  There were no injuries after an airplane made an emergency landing at the Vernon Airport Saturday afternoon.
  A privately registered twin-engine plane advised that it had a mechanical issue with the aircraft’s nose landing gear around 1:30 p.m. March 21, according to City of Vernon spokesperson Jessica Hewitt.
  As a safety precaution, emergency crews were dispatched to the airport for standby.
  The aircraft had one person aboard. It landed safely at 1:48 p.m., Hewitt said.
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• VIDEO: Early morning blast and fire rocks rural Langley

  22-03-2026 01:00 via abbynews.com
  Six Township fire trucks and 30 firefighters spent several hours battling a massive barn fire on 256 St. north of 24 Ave. in Langley Saturday morning.
  It took several hours to extinguish and forced a shutdown of the street. No injuries were reported.
  Neighbour Art Bandeniuks, who used to own the property where the barn was located, said the area was rocked by “a gigantic blast” that sent a fireball and clouds of smoke billowing high into the air, destroying the strcuture, a former da
  
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• Vancouver Goldeneyes fall to Minnesota Frost 3-1

  22-03-2026 00:58 via abbynews.com
  The Vancouver Goldeneyes’ five-game homestand ended in defeat, as the team lost to the Minnesota Frost 3-1.
  Vancouver hosted the Frost Saturday (March 21) at the Pacific Coliseum in front of a crowd of 10,366 people.
  This was Minnesota’s fifth consecutive win, and they are currently tied for first place in the league with 42 points.
  The Frost’s Natalie Buchbinder opened up the scoring in the first period on a power play. Kelly Pannek and Britta Curl-Salemme also scored. Goalten
  
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