Abbotsford news

• Abbotsford Cardinals drop two of three games, eye Road to Okotoks event

  13-07-2026 23:19 via abbynews.com
  
  The Abbotsford Cardinals Premier Division team got in the win column for the first time this month, but the club’s struggles in July continued after they lost two of three games on Friday (July 10) and Saturday (July 11).
  The Cards hosted the top-ranked Langley Blaze at DeLair Park on Friday and managed just two hits a 3-0 loss.
  Langley got on the board in the second inning and added two more runs in the fourth to earn the win. Blaze starting pitcher Deven Simonovic pitched a complete game
  
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• Council to consider new ice arena at Abbotsford Exhibition Park

  13-07-2026 22:48 via abbynews.com
  
  A proposal from city staff calls for a new publicly funded ice arena at Abbotsford Exhibition Park.
  The plan, set to come before city council on Tuesday (July 14) for approval, would replace a prior proposal for a new arena to be built on private land with the city acting as an anchor tenant.
  The private-public partnership was among nine actions listed in the city’s Arena Services and Facilities Strategy approved by council in May 2025.
  The strategy provides a guideline for the city’
  
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• Abbotsford loses 700 jobs, dropping employment rate by 0.4%

  13-07-2026 21:50 via abbynews.com
  
  After experiencing a substantial jump in unemployment in May, Abbotsford has managed to hold steady in June, maintaining the worst unemployment rate the city has seen in more than four years.
  Statistics Canada reported that 700 local jobs were lost last month, bringing the city to its lowest number of jobs since November 2025.As a result of these lost jobs, the local employment rate dropped from 61.5 per cent to 61.1 per cent. Abbotsford hasn’t seen a lower employment rate in almost two an
  
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• B.C. nurses expand strike to Vancouver Island as bargaining stalls

  13-07-2026 21:10 via abbynews.com
  
  Picket lines expanded to Vancouver Island on July 12 as the British Columbia Nurses’ Union (BCNU) intensified job action after bargaining with health employers reached another impasse.
  Union members began picketing outside Victoria General Hospital early Sunday morning, with additional job action planned at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital and Royal Jubilee Hospital.
  In an address to a large crowd of nurses waving flags and ringing bells outside the hospital, union president Adriane Gear
  
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• Specialty ‘custom cutters’ added to BC Timber Sales program

  13-07-2026 20:41 via abbynews.com
  
  B.C.’s Forests ministry is expanding a program that allows value-added manufacturers to access BC Timber Sales logs to include specialty “custom cutters” who supply unique wood products to buyers around the world.
  These manufacturers supply wood for everything from specialty windows and doors to Japanese temples. But unlike other value-added manufacturers that use BC Timber Sales logs, these businesses don’t have their own mills.
  There are about 40 custom cutter companies
  
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• Baynes Sound observatory upgrade supports B.C. shellfish industry

  13-07-2026 19:44 via abbynews.com
  
  The Baynes Sound shellfish industry generates approximately $180 million in economic activity for the province, providing year-round jobs to rural and Indigenous communities and food security for the region.
  Thanks to upgrades made at Ocean Network Canada’s (ONC) Baynes Sound ocean observatory, the shellfish industry will be benefit from more comprehensive monitoring of the effects of ocean acidification and hypoxia (decrease in oxygen). Warming temperatures and increased carbon dioxide in
  
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• Baynes Sound observatory upgrade supports BC shellfish industry

  13-07-2026 19:44 via abbynews.com
  
  The Baynes Sound shellfish industry generates approximately $180 million in economic activity for the province, providing year-round jobs to rural and Indigenous communities and food security for the region.
  Thanks to upgrades made at Ocean Network Canada’s (ONC) Baynes Sound ocean observatory, the shellfish industry will be benefit from more comprehensive monitoring of the effects of ocean acidification and hypoxia (decrease in oxygen). Warming temperatures and increased carbon dioxide in
  
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• VIDEO: Vancouver FC out of Canadian championship

  13-07-2026 19:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Vancouver FC has been eliminated from the TELUS Canadian Championship quarterfinals after back-to-back losses to CF Montréal.During game 2 at Stade Saputo on Sunday, July 13, Eagles were unable to exploit a man advantage after Montreal’s Efrain Morales was shown a second yellow card and sent off.
  Going into a scoreless second half, Montreal’s Brendan Craig sent a free kick curling past Callum Irving and into the net to make it 1-0 in the match.Montreal extended the lead to 2-0
  
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• Graeme Hutchison enters Abbotsford school trustee race

  13-07-2026 18:44 via abbynews.com
  
  Graeme Hutchison has become the fourth person to enter this fall’s Abbtosford school trustee race.
  Hutchison made the announcement in a press release on Sunday (July 12) night.
  He most recently ran in the 2025 Abbotsford school trustee byelection and placed fourth with 276 votes. Hutchison also ran as the NDP candidate for Abbotsford West in the provincial election in October 2024 and placed second with 7,255 votes.
  Hutchison is known to some in the community as a veteran soccer referee, b
  
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• Train strikes crashed car at Deroche rail crossing

  13-07-2026 18:34 via abbynews.com
  
  No one was injured after a train struck a crashed car at a rail crossing in Deroche on Sunday (July 12).
  According to a news release from Mission RCMP, a witness called 911 at approximately 4 p.m. to report the initial crash at the Lougheed Highway and North Deroche Road crossing.
  “The car reportedly took the corner too fast, and collided with a train signal pole,” RCMP said.
  Two 18-year-olds — the driver and passenger — were uninjured and exited the vehicle. A freight tr
  
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• PHOTOS: Berry Fest takes to the streets of downtown Abbotsford

  13-07-2026 18:33 via abbynews.com
  
  The annual Berry Fest took place in Abbotsford’s historic downtown core on Saturday, July 11.
  The event, held in the area of Essendene and Montrose avenues, featured a mix of entertainment, family-friendly activities, food and community fun.
  New activities included a Cooldown Corridor, the Reptile Guy, a rock wall and a sports zone.
  Returning for 2026 were a skate park, face-painting, a photo booth, the Fun Gym Bus, a sensory-friendly calm corner, Berry’s Backyard Games, an artisan m
  
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• Man presumed dead after falling from tube into Okanagan Lake

  13-07-2026 18:10 via abbynews.com
  
  West Kelowna RCMP is investigating after a man presumably drowned during an outing on the lake.At around 11:53 a.m. on Saturday, July 11, the 45-year-old man was thrown into Okanagan Lake and did not resurface.
  Following this, a search was conducted for the man on Okanagan Lake with the Central Okanagan Search and Rescue (COSAR) deploying its marine and air resources to help find him.
  During the evening of July 11, the search was suspended as authorities could not establish a reliable search are
  
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• Response continues as Fraser Canyon wildfires remain out of control

  13-07-2026 17:22 via abbynews.com
  
  BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) will be building a contingency fire guard in the Boston Bar and Canyon Alpine areas in the coming days in response to the Brunwick Complex wildfires, according to a notice from the Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD).
  FVRD notified affected residents on Sunday (July 12) that BCWS will be building the guard “on or adjacent to your property”, beginning on Tuesday (July 14).
  The notice says the measure is aimed to increase community protection and reduce th
  
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• WORLD CUP DAILY, July 13: No matches Monday

  13-07-2026 16:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Daily FIFA World Cup soccer match updates and news for Black Press Media publications.
  It is the first time since 1990 that all four semi-finalists are prior World Cup champions.
  There are no matches until Tuesday, when France takes on Spain in the semifinals in Dallas at 12 p.m. PT.
  England will take on Argentina on Wednesday at 12 p.m.
  If England’s Harry Kane scores Wednesday, he would be tied with England’s Gary Lineker’s record of scoring in four
  successive World Cup appear
  
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• Winners unveiled at B.C.’s international sand sculpting festival

  13-07-2026 06:50 via abbynews.com
  
  The duo of Hanneke Supply and Helena Bangert took first place in the doubles category of the 2026 Quality Foods Sand Sculpting Competition in Parksville on July 12.
  The three-day competition in the community park drew 30 sand sculptors from all over Canada and the world to create their best representation of the ‘Beauties and Beasts’ theme within 30 hours.
  ‘Touched by the Beast’ by Supply and Bangert is about staying connected to nature, rather than a screen.
  It features
  
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