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• ‘Put on the map’: Blue Jays gift $50K to Victoria baseball, softball academy

  03-07-2026 04:08 via abbynews.com
  
  A wave of disbelief hit Graham Campbell when a former major league outfielder told him the Toronto Blue Jays were sending a major grant to Saanich.
  The Blue Jays and Jays Care Foundation are donating $50,000 to the Lambrick Park Baseball and Softball Academy. The funds are part of the Jays Care First Pitch Fund, distributing $300,000 across Canada to celebrate the franchise’s 50th season.The local academy was selected for the financial boost by former major league outfielder and 2004 Lambr
  
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• Alberta government submits West Coast pipeline application

  03-07-2026 02:58 via abbynews.com
  
  Alberta has officially submitted an application to the federal Major Projects Office for listing as a project of national interest to build a new pipeline to the West Coast.
  The proposed pipeline runs through southern British Columbia, largely following the existing Trans Mountain pipeline corridor to a deep-water, VLCC-capable port terminal on B.C.’s southwest coast.
  To facilitate this project, Alberta’s government will enter into a partnership with Trans Mountain Corporation and Pe
  
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• Albert government submits West Coast pipeline application

  03-07-2026 02:58 via abbynews.com
  
  Alberta has officially submitted an application to the federal Major Projects Office for listing as a project of national interest to build a new pipeline to the West Coast.
  The proposed pipeline runs through southern British Columbia, largely following the existing Trans Mountain pipeline corridor to a deep-water, VLCC-capable port terminal on B.C.’s southwest coast.
  To facilitate this project, Alberta’s government will enter into a partnership with Trans Mountain Corporation and Pe
  
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• 75-year-old in critical condition, attacked Canada Day in Langley

  03-07-2026 01:40 via abbynews.com
  
  A 75-year-old is in critical condition after being attacked downtown on Canada Day.
  At approximately 9:48 p.m., Langley RCMP received reports of a man in distress near Park Avenue and Douglas Crescent.
  Frontline officers, along with paramedics from the British Columbia Ambulance Service and firefighters from the Langley Fire Rescue Service, responded to the area and located a 75-year-old Langley resident suffering from serious injuries. The victim was transported to a local hospital, where he re
  
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• PHOTOS: Vancouver Canucks draftees get first taste of action at Abbotsford camp

  03-07-2026 01:30 via abbynews.com
  
  The public got its first look at the new class of Vancouver Canucks in action on Thursday (July 2) as the team held a three-on-three scrimmage at Rogers Forum.
  The mini tournament capped off a development camp in Abbotsford, which included 25 players hoping to skate for the Canucks in the upcoming season.
  Included among the group was the third overall pick of the 2026 NHL Draft, Caleb Malhotra, who is also the son of new Canucks head coach Manny Malhotra.
  In addition to running various shooting,
  
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• Campbell Riverite goes from local mascot to Trooper drummer

  03-07-2026 01:30 via abbynews.com
  
  “I’ve never played a Trooper song in my life and I’d rather keep it that way.”
  That’s what Clayton Hill told a bandmate during a 2006 fill-in gig in Quesnel, moments before floundering his way through the classic rock staple We’re Here for a Good Time (Not a Long Time). Less than a day later, he got a phone call on his Nokia that would change his life, an invitation to audition as the new drummer for Trooper, one of Canada’s most enduring rock bands.
  Hil
  
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• Recording project an act of kindness for Communitas in Abbotsford

  03-07-2026 01:21 via abbynews.com
  
  Communitas Supportive Care Society in Abbotsford is celebrating its annual theme of Kindness Connects through an original song written by one of its staff.
  Communications manager Angelika Dawson said the agency was looking for creative ways to celebrate the theme and came up with the idea of commissioning an original song.
  Dawson knew that the organization’s IT manager, Ray Klassen, is a songwriter, writing under the name Ornery Pilgrim. She also knows musician and recording artist Scott C
  
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• Man dead after Cranbrook arrest, police watchdog investigating

  03-07-2026 01:08 via abbynews.com
  
  B.C.’s police watchdog agency is investigating after a man died at East Kootenay Regional Hospital after being taken into custody following a police incident on June 27.
  According to the Independent Investigations Office, preliminary information provided by RCMP states that around 9:15 p.m. on June 27, 2026, officers responded to a call about a man on the roof of a building near the intersection of Briar Avenue and 5th Street.
  Police arrived and located the man, who was in possession of we
  
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• Surrey judge sets 4-year sentence for driving ‘rampage’ that led to 13 crashes, 9 victims injured

  03-07-2026 00:15 via abbynews.com
  
  A Surrey provincial court judge has sentenced Harinder Singh Sihota to four years in prison after he pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing bodily harm to two people, dangerous driving and failing to remain at the scene of a crash that occurred late at night on Sept. 16, 2023.
  With credit for time served, Sihota has 874 days left to serve.
  Judge Reginald Harris also ordered Sihota, a 41-year-old heavy duty mechanic, to pay to victims Stacey Johnson $26,845.98 and Krystle Zimmer $12,543.07 in
  
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