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• Heat, air quality warnings remain in effect for Fraser Valley

  22-07-2026 17:42 via abbynews.com
  
  Heat and air quality warnings from Environment Canada remain in effect for the Fraser Valley on Wednesday (July 22).
  Hot temperatures are expected to continue today with daytime highs projected to be in the low to mid 30s. Environment Canada says a gradual cooling trend will begin Thursday (July 23).
  The combination of hot weather and wildfire smoke has also increased smog concentrations in the Fraser Valley and Metro Vancouver areas, according to the air quality warning.
  Smoke from wildfires in
  
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• United Way seeks donations for B.C. wildfire recovery fund

  22-07-2026 14:00 via abbynews.com
  
  United Way BC is putting the call out for financial donations to help the thousands of people in B.C. currently under wildfire evacuation orders and alerts.
  People are being asked to donate to the United for BC Wildfire Recovery Fund which provides immediate and long-term support for nearly 10,000 people in several communities affected by about 90 wildfires province-wide.The fund provides assistance not only during emergencies, but throughout the months and years of recovery that follow. Donatio
  
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• Amber Alert activated for 4 year old boy reportedly taken by mother from West Kelowna

  22-07-2026 07:19 via abbynews.com
  
  An Amber Alert is being issued to locate a four-year-old boy reported missing from West Kelowna on July 21.
  RCMP are investigating the parental abduction of Atlas Andrews and issued the alert just after midnight on July 22.Ryan Atlas Andrews (Atlas) is described as:
  * Age: four years old
  * Hair: Brown
  * Eyes: Hazel
  * Race: Caucasian* Descriptors: 3 feet tall and 51 pounds
  Police are also looking for Alisse Andrews who is described as:
  • Age: 40-years-old• Hair: Brown
  • Eyes: Brown
  
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• New wildfire discovered near Boston Bar; evacuations updated

  22-07-2026 03:36 via abbynews.com
  
  A new wildfire ignited south of Boston Bar and was spreading quickly due to strong winds Tuesday evening, prompting a highway closure and urgent evacuation order.The Fraser Valley Regional District issued a notice about the fire at 5:07 p.m. on July 21, urging anyone remaining in the area to leave immediately.“A new wildfire has ignited south of Boston Bar and is spreading quickly in strong winds,” the notice read. “For your safety, residents who have remained in the community,
  
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• More evacuation orders as new fire near Boston Bar grows to 1,000 hectares

  22-07-2026 03:36 via abbynews.com
  
  UPDATE 10:45 p.m.
  The new fire south of Boston Bar discovered on Tuesday (July 21) has gown to 1,000 hectares, and the Fraser Valley Regional District has expanded evacuation orders and alerts in the area.
  The fire — V11090 — continues to spread rapidly.An evacuation order has been issued for properties on Scuzzy Creek Road, while an evacuation alert is now in effect for the area south of Hell’s Gate to Alexandra Bridge.
  Anyone who is still in the area and is trying to evacuate
  
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• 55-year-old woman’s body found outside Lower Mainland home

  22-07-2026 02:45 via abbynews.com
  
  Maple Ridge Mounties say they are working closely with the BC Coroners Service and other support units as they investigate the death of a woman on Monday, July 20.
  At around 7:30 a.m., RCMP responded to a report of the deceased individual outside of a residence in the 11800-block of 207 Street in Hammond.
  The deceased person is believed to be a 55-year-old woman of no fixed address.Cause of death is currently unknown, said the Maple Ridge RCMP.
  However, part of the police investigation is to see
  
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• Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee MP vocal over provincial strategy ‘failures’

  22-07-2026 02:04 via abbynews.com
  
  As the Member of Parliament (MP) for Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee, Scott Anderson vows not to stay silent because issues may fall under another level of government.
  Standing in front of Vernon city council Monday, July 20, Anderson – who served from 2014 to 2022 as a Vernon councillor before losing the 2022 mayoral election to Victor Cumming – said he’ll speak up when provincial or municipal decisions affect the people he now represents.
  And he spoke loud.
  Appearing before coun
  
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• ‘Not a chance in hell’ that B.C. is putting U.S. liquor back on shelves: Eby

  22-07-2026 01:44 via abbynews.com
  
  Premier David Eby is standing firm on his government’s decision to keep American alcohol products off B.C. Liquor Store shelves.
  “There is not a chance in hell that U.S. alcohol is going back on the shelf in British Columbia – and I’m proud of that and I know that British Columbians support that.”
  Eby was in Charlottetown Tuesday for the beginning of a three-day meeting of the Council of the Federation with other provincial and territorial leaders and Prime Minister
  
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• New Abbotsford Canucks head coach Ryan Papaioannou aims to strengthen winning culture

  22-07-2026 01:38 via abbynews.com
  
  The Trans Mountain pipeline runs from Alberta through the Fraser Valley and all the way to the coast, but for new Abbotsford Canucks head coach Ryan Papaioannou, a different conduit connects his coaching journey to Abbotsford, starting in Brooks, Alta.
  Five Alberta Junior Hockey League titles, three Centennial Cup crowns, a Western Canada Cup championship and one BCHL title pepper Papaioannou’s resume over the 16 seasons he spent behind the bench of the dynastic Brooks Bandits.Papaioannou,
  
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• B.C. forgives legal debts of staffer involved in 2013 ‘quick wins’ scandal

  22-07-2026 00:47 via abbynews.com
  
  B.C. will forgive most of the $460,000 legal debt incurred by former communications staffer Brian Bonney defending himself for his part in the “quick wins” scandal that engulfed Christy Clark’s B.C. Liberal government in 2013, according to the Finance Ministry.
  The scandal centred around a multiculturalism outreach plan that was found to have inappropriately used government resources for partisan purposes.
  There were staff resignations, and John Yap stepped down from a minister
  
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• 600 B.C. properties under evacuation order, 5,700 under alerts amid wildfires

  22-07-2026 00:17 via abbynews.com
  
  More than 33,000 lightning strikes across B.C. last week has led to an increase in the number of active wildfires in the province.There are 87 active wildfires, including four that started in the last 24 hours, as of Tuesday morning (July 21). Twenty-four were declared out in the same period, Forests Minister Ravi Parmar said in a provincial wildfire and drought update.
  Parmar said the forecast is showing more “challenging weather” ahead, with hot, dry conditions and limited rain in
  
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• Chilliwack teen with replica firearm arrested at SkyTrain station

  22-07-2026 00:01 via abbynews.com
  
  A Chilliwack teen who allegedly had a firearm on the SkyTrain was arrested on Saturday (July 18).
  The incident happened around 5:25 p.m. when the Vancouver Police Department were called to report from the Nanaimo SkyTrain station of someone with a firearm on the train.
  “A teenager allegedly exposed a firearm to a passenger before boarding an eastbound train,” VPD stated in a July 21 press release.
  Police immediately broadcasted the suspect’s description to regional law enforcem
  
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• Attorney General comments on rural B.C., Indigenous land rights issues in Revelstoke interview

  22-07-2026 00:00 via abbynews.com
  
  On an unofficial visit to Revelstoke last Saturday, July 18, Attorney General Niki Sharma connected with Black Press Media to share her remarks on rural B.C. and what legal issues are front of mind for the province.
  Sharma, MLA for Vancouver—Hastings, grew up in Sparwood and is no stranger to small-town mountain life somewhere such as Revelstoke.
  “Coming to this place, it’s just part of our lifestyle, to connect with these mountain towns,” she said, chatting in the Revels
  
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