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• Is Michael Dyck about to return to the Vancouver Giants?

  23-06-2026 04:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Is Michael Dyck returning to the Vancouver Giants?
  There are unconfirmed reports speculating the Langley-based team is about to announce Dyck will be coming back in a dual capacity as their general manager and head coach.
  Langley Advance Times has reached out to the Giants for comment.
  Dyck was Giants head coach for five seasons between 2018 and 2023, and during his first season with the G-Men he led them to overtime in Game 7 of the WHL Championship Series against Prince Albert.
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• Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society in B.C. developing framework for beaver translocation

  23-06-2026 01:05 via abbynews.com
  
  Beavers Nelson and Tina from the Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society are helping shape the future of relocation for the species.
  The pair first came to the rehabilitation centre in the summer of 2024.
  “Tina was still at nursing age; they were both far too young to be wandering alone outside of their respective lodges,” reads the release by Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society.
  “These kits were not conflict beavers, but orphaned and transferred to the Interior Wildlife
  
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• 105-year-old dies of smoke inhalation days after fire at Mission seniors complex

  23-06-2026 00:41 via abbynews.com
  
  Elsie Hellstrom thought she would die “freezing in a fire”.
  For two hours on March 9, the 105-year-old resident of Chartwell Carrington House in Mission was left behind in the second floor stairwell while the seniors complex was engulfed in flames around her.
  Firefighters managed to rescue Hellstrom from the burning building, but she died five days later on March 14 after suffering from smoke inhalation, dehydration, and hypothermia.
  “She was just telling everybody how scared s
  
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• Man allegedly bear sprays cricketers, breaks player’s arm in Vancouver: Police

  23-06-2026 00:39 via abbynews.com
  
  A man has been arrested after allegedly bear-spraying cricketers and breaking the arm of a player in Vancouver, police say.
  The department is investigating the alleged assault that took place at 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 20 at Connaught Park in Kitsilano where a 45-year-old man allegedly bear sprayer a group of cricket players and broke the arm of one.
  Police say a game was underway when the suspect allegedly walked across the pitch and “repeatedly interrupted the play.” He was asked
  
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