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• Transformer-manufacturing company to shut down its Chilliwack facility

  11-07-2026 20:28 via abbynews.com
  
  A transformer-manufacturing facility in Chilliwack will be shutting down at the end of August, citing economic pressures and the high cost of tariffs.
  Cam Tran is closing its Chilliwack location which has been around for nearly 30 years. The company was purchased by an American company two years ago.
  They make various transformers including overhead ones attached to hydro poles, and pad-mounted transformers often identified as green, metal boxes.
  Cam Tran made the announcement on July 10.
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• ‘Highlight of my summer’: Chance the Rapper wows at B.C. capital festival

  11-07-2026 18:49 via abbynews.com
  
  If there was any doubt that the Phillips Backyard Festival has become Victoria’s marquee summer music event, Friday (July 10) night erased it.
  A capacity crowd of roughly 5,000 packed the backyard of Phillips Brewing Co. as the annual festival opened with one of its biggest headliners yet, three-time Grammy Award winner Chance the Rapper.
  By the time his set wrapped, fans weren’t rushing for the exits, they were standing in groups, reliving what they had just watched.
  “Wow, I m
  
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• B.C. whale watchers join forces to help tangled humpback ‘Pop Tart’

  11-07-2026 17:42 via abbynews.com
  
  When a humpback whale named Pop Tart found itself in a tangle, Greater Victoria’s whale watching community sprang into action.
  Identified as the 2016 calf of famed Salish Sea humpback whale Big Mama, Pop Tart spent nearly a week entangled in fishing gear, described as a buoy with a rope more than 30 metres long.
  The Pacific Whale Watch Association (PWWA) has praised the collaboration between Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Marine Mammal Response Team and professional whale watchers from
  
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• Survey ranks Victoria 2nd-best city in Canada

  11-07-2026 16:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Among the hundreds of towns and cities that pepper Canada’s forests, coastlines and prairies, Victoria has been named one of the best.
  Travel + Leisure recently released its 2026 World’s Best Award, which annually ranks the best places to stay, eat and explore in Canada and beyond, as decided by its readers.
  This year, Victoria was voted the second-best city in Canada, behind Quebec City.
  Victoria received an 83.77 score, while Quebec City took home an 86.99 ranking.
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• WORLD CUP DAILY, July 11: Spain heads to semi-finals

  11-07-2026 16:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Daily FIFA World Cup soccer match updates and news for Black Press Media publications.
  Spain is heading to the semi-finals after defeating Belgium 2-1 on Friday (July 10).It is a busy day at the World Cup today (July 11), with two quarter-final matches. Norway will take on England at 2 p.m. PT in Miami, followed by Argentina vs. Switzerland at 6 p.m. PT in Kansas City.
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  Friday, July 10:
  Spain vs. Belgium at 12 p.m. in Los Angeles
  Saturday, July 11
  Norway vs. England at 5 p.m. in Mi
  
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• Gone Country: Jamestown about so much more than music

  11-07-2026 02:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Sharing a beer after a charity concert on Vancouver Island earlier this year, country music artist JoJo Mason – who’s done a lot of work with Gone Country through the years – invited the fundraiser’s co-founders Chris and Jamie Ruscheinski back stage.
  Little did the twin brothers and Langley philanthropists know that invitation would lead to booking that event’s headliners – the James Barker Band – to the top billing at this Saturday’s (July 11&rsq
  
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• How the Chilliwack Chiefs helped transform Caleb Malhotra into a top pick

  11-07-2026 01:34 via abbynews.com
  
  When Caleb Malhotra arrived to the Chilliwack Chiefs in 2024 the expectations were high, but the red carpet wasn’t exactly rolled out for the prospect – and head coach Brian Maloney said that was by design.
  Malhotra made headlines last month by being selected third overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the NHL Draft and is a big future piece for the NHL franchise. He also appeared at the recent Canucks Development Camp in Abbotsford earlier this month.
  The 16-year-old Malhotra had to b
  
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• New involuntary care facilities to be opened in Surrey and Prince George

  11-07-2026 00:14 via abbynews.com
  
  The B.C. government is creating two new secure facilities to involuntarily hold and treat people with combined mental health and addiction diagnoses, one in Surrey and another in Prince George.
  Premier David Eby announced the plans on Friday, July 10, at the site of the new facility in Prince George. Both units will be located in already-existing structures to save costs.
  The Prince George centre, previously announced without site details, will be located on Gunn Road in a renovated youth correc
  
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• B.C.’s jobless rate stable, but some age groups and areas still having hard time

  11-07-2026 00:00 via abbynews.com
  
  The latest job numbers from Statistics Canada for June show slightly increased hiring in B.C. overall, but also reveal major remaining demographic and regional disparities, including stubbornly high youth unemployment and rising joblessness in the Interior.
  “People are maybe tired of hearing about tariffs, but they have an impact,” said Ravi Kahlon, B.C.’s jobs minister. “They have an impact directly, but also it creates uncertainty, which is a real challenge.”
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