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• B.C. politicians react to Democrats’ midterm landslide

  04-11-2026 23:36 via Abbotsford News
  
  Some B.C. politicians were optimistic that the Democrats’ sweeping midterm gains could help ease trade tensions with the United States, but incoming premier Lorne Doerkson expressed doubt.
  He is skeptical that the midterm results would suddenly end the trade war and allow goods to flow freely between the countries again.
  “I don’t see that happening next week, and I wish it would,” he said.
  Doerkson called Trump a “bully” and blamed the NDP government for failing to ready the province
  
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• VIDEO: Langley woman who attended school with dead soldier part of crowd honouring him

  14-11-2026 02:04 via Abbotsford News
  
  Amelia Tolonics is still shocked that the boy she grew up with, who made her and her classmates laugh, and who was the first one to offer to lend a hand is gone.
  The 19-year-old woman was among the large crowd standing along Fraser Highway on Friday, Nov. 13, waiting for the procession that brought the body of Hayden Lykkemark home to Langley for burial. The 19-year-old private in the Canadian Forces died, along with three other military members, at CFB Wainwright on Oct. 17.
  “He always had a
  
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• Grounded planes at U.S. airports may lead to delays, cancellations for Canadian flights

  14-11-2026 01:41 via Abbotsford News
  
  The grounding of flights at all U.S. airports is beginning to have international impacts.
  The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop Friday afternoon (Nov. 13), citing telecommunications issues. The agency said in a post to X that a temporary telecommunications outage has led to the ground stop “out of an abundance of caution.”
  The post adds that every flight has been accounted for and international flights will be handled on a case by case basis.
  The post did not say when the
  
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• Mission RCMP surround residence on 287 Street

  14-11-2026 01:19 via Abbotsford News
  
  Police were out in force at what appeared to be a standoff in the Ruskin area on Friday afternoon, Nov. 13.
  Neighbours reported that a man had barricaded himself inside a home at Triple Creek Estates, and firearms were known to be in the residence.
  There was an explosive sound as police deployed what sounded like a flashbang grenade at the scene. There was a police dog team, and officers could be heard calling to the man to come out. There was a large convoy of about 10 police vehicles that roll
  
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• Highway 1 diversions in place in Abbotsford this weekend

  14-11-2026 00:03 via Abbotsford News
  
  Fraser Valley commuters travelling down Highway 1 this weekend may have to deviate from their paths due to another round of off-ramp closures in Abbotsford.
  The Ministry of Transportation and Transit announced on Nov. 13 that the ramps connecting Highway 1 to Mount Lehman Road and Fraser Highway will be closed throughout most of the weekend.
  These closures will begin at 9 p.m. on Friday (Nov. 13) and will remain in place through 5 a.m. on Monday (Nov. 16).
  During this time, drivers will be unabl
  
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• Indigenous healer appeals assault sentence in Kelowna courts

  13-11-2026 23:33 via Abbotsford News
  
  Members of the Okanagan Indian Band filled a small courtroom in Kelowna the morning of Nov. 13 to listen to the appeal for a man no longer allowed in their community.
  Donald Ashley, a First Nations healer, appeared at the Kelowna Law Courts to appeal his 2025 sentence for simple assault of a client in 2022.
  Ashley was originally charged with six counts of sexual assault for allegations of inappropriate touching of six complainants during one-on-one healing sessions in October 2022. One of the ch
  
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• Ottawa supplying $200M for B.C.’s Woodfibre LNG project

  13-11-2026 23:07 via Abbotsford News
  
  Federal Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson announced Friday that Ottawa is giving Woodfibre LNG $200 million to help enable the company to ship more gas when the export terminal comes online.
  The money will be used to boost expected production from 2.1 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas per year to between 2.5 and 2.6 million tonnes per year, and to fund exploration for a potential phase 2 expansion.
  Woodfibre LNG is expected to start shipping gas from Howe Sound near Squamish in late
  
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• Flights within Canada not impacted as FAA grounds planes at U.S. airports

  13-11-2026 22:43 via Abbotsford News
  
  A “communication issue” has led to a ground stop for all U.S. airports, the country’s transportation secretary says.
  Transport Secretary Sean Duffy posted to social media at 2:16 p.m. Pacific Time that the Federal Aviation Administration has issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. airports following the communication issue that is impacting all air route traffic control centres.
  He added that Federal Aviation Administration technicians are investigating the issue.
  A post to X from the
  
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• Federal Aviation Administration issues ground stop for all U.S. airports

  13-11-2026 22:43 via Abbotsford News
  
  A “communication issue” has led to a ground stop for all U.S. airports, the country’s transportation secretary says.
  Transport Secretary Sean Duffy posted to social media at 2:16 p.m. Pacific Time that the Federal Aviation Administration has issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. airports following the communication issue that is impacting all air route traffic control centres.
  He added that Federal Aviation Administration technicians are investigating the issue.
  Transport Canada’s
  
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• 2026 Abbotsford Business Excellence award winners crowned

  13-11-2026 22:03 via Abbotsford News
  
  A baker’s dozen of Abbotsford businesses were recognized for their outstanding work over the last year at the 2026 Abbotsford Business Excellence Awards on Thursday (Nov. 12).
  The awards, hosted by the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce and the Abbotsford News, celebrated its 30 anniversary at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Centre and added 13 winners to the impressive list of historical local success stories.
  “For 30 years, these awards have recognized the businesses and people who move Abbot
  
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• Reach Gallery in Abbotsford receives top history-museum award

  13-11-2026 21:46 via Abbotsford News
  
  The Reach Gallery Museum in Abbotsford is being recognized with the country’s most prestigious history-museum award.
  The Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Museums: History Alive! honours individuals or institutions that have made a significant achievement in sharing an aspect of Canada’s history.
  The Reach is being honoured for is exhibition Parallax(e): Perspectives on the Canada-U.S. Border.
  The exhibition is a bilingual examination of how the Canada-U.S border upended I
  
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• Cheers: Federal Budget 2026 vows to continue supporting Okanagan wine industry

  13-11-2026 21:44 via Abbotsford News
  
  Wine growers are raising a glass to the Canadian Federal Government following MP Stephen Fuhr’s announcement in Kelowna on Friday, Nov. 13, that promises to renew the Wine Sector Support Program for another three years.
  ​Budget 2026 proposes $176.9 million for the program starting in 2027-2028 that will provide financial support to help licensed Canadian wineries adapt to ongoing and emerging challenges faced in the industry.
  ​Fuhr made the announcement at Sandhill Winery in downtown Kelow
  
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• Former CentreBC Leader Elenore Sturko steps down, leaves partisan politics

  13-11-2026 21:36 via Abbotsford News
  
  Former Surrey MLA Elenore Sturko has announced she’s leaving partisan politics and will no longer be leader of the CentreBC party.Sturko ran in the Surrey South riding in the Oct. 24 provincial election, a seat won by former White Rock mayor and Conservative candidate Megan Knight.Sturko was elected to the Surrey South riding in a 2022 byelection when former MLA Stephanie Cadieux left electoral politics to become Canada’s first Chief Accessibility Officer. She crossed the floor from the BC U
  
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• Former CentreBC Leader Elenore Sturko steps down, leave partisan politics

  13-11-2026 21:36 via Abbotsford News
  
  Former Surrey MLA Elenore Sturko has announced she’s leaving partisan politics and will no longer be leader of the CentreBC party.Sturko ran in the Surrey South riding in the Oct. 24 provincial election, a seat won by former White Rock mayor and Conservative candidate Megan Knight.Sturko was elected to the Surrey South riding in a 2022 byelection when former MLA Stephanie Cadieux left electoral politics to become Canada’s first Chief Accessibility Officer. She crossed the floor from the BC U
  
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• B.C. track star Matti Erickson signs pro contract with Nike

  13-11-2026 21:00 via Abbotsford News
  
  Now that his college career is over, Matti Erickson’s race is only just starting.
  The Nelson, B.C., track star has signed a pro contract with Nike Swoosh TC, which is the sportswear giant’s distance running team. The deal will see Erickson compete for Nike through 2028.
  Erickson graduated from the University of Oregon this year and considered becoming a math teacher, but ultimately decided that, at 23 years old, he still has plenty of track ahead of him.
  “I thought I’m just too far along
  
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• Highways, properties, key infrastructure at risk after Pear Lake fire: report

  13-11-2026 20:58 via Abbotsford News
  
  A preliminary assessment of the post-wildfire hazards of the Pear Lake wildfire near Clinton this past summer show that homes, highways, and infrastructure such as the CN rail line and a BC Hydro substation are at elevated risk from flooding, debris flows, and landslides in the fire’s aftermath.
  The Pear Lake wildfire was reported on July 17, and was not declared under control until Sept. 14. It burned a total area of 165,909 hectares (1,659 square kilometres), forced the evacuation of thousan
  
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• B.C. police help in crackdown of international cybercrime network

  13-11-2026 20:55 via Abbotsford News
  
  Police in Vancouver, along with the help of international partners, cracked down on a Russia-based cybercrime network.
  The RCMP Federal Policing Pacific Region cybercrime investigation team in Vancouver is the lead Canadian police agency in the international joint forces operation targeting initial access malware. It was dubbed Operation Endgame, according to a news release from RCMP Friday (Nov. 13). The Vancouver team contributed coders, analysts and investigators.
  Police say the Russia-based
  
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• Victoria named among North America’s top 10 fairytale cities

  13-11-2026 20:30 via Abbotsford News
  
  Victoria has been recognized as one of North America’s top 10 fairytale cities, thanks to its British-inspired architecture, historic landmarks and waterfront scenery.
  Travel Off Path released its list of 10 Fairytale Cities in North America on Oct. 31, placing Victoria seventh among destinations in Canada, the United States and Mexico. The list highlights cities offering European-style experiences without the need for a transatlantic flight.
  Victoria was compared to London and described as a
  
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• Multitasking motorist fined for laptop use while driving

  13-11-2026 19:56 via Abbotsford News
  
  Many people are still working remotely, but BC Highway Patrol (BCHP) is reminding drivers that vehicles are not offices, and using your laptop while operating a vehicle could land you with a steep fine.
  A 52-year-old West Kelowna woman found that out the hard way, and is now facing a $368 fine for allegedly driving while using her laptop during a recent BCHP distracted driving operation in Vernon.
  The stop occurred on Nov. 5, just after 4:30 p.m., when a BC Highway Patrol officer observed a blue
  
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• Abbotsford’s Bateman Timberwolves advance in junior varsity football playoffs

  13-11-2026 19:55 via Abbotsford News
  
  The Robert Bateman Timberwolves junior varsity football team is moving on after a dominant 42-8 win over the Terry Fox Ravens in the wild card round of the playoffs on Thursday (Nov. 12).
  Bateman entered the postseason after a perfect 6-0 record and have earned home turf advantage for most of the playoffs.
  The Ravens arrived at Abbotsford’s Jim Latham Field with a regular season record of 1-3 and struggled to break through Bateman’s defence in the first half.Opening kickoff as @BatemanFootba
  
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• Award-winnning opera singer and pianist bring emotional show to Abbotsford

  13-11-2026 19:36 via Abbotsford News
  
  Benjamin Butterfield and Sarah Hagen have merged the old with the new in their concert series, which is coming to Abbotsford on Nov. 20.
  This show stretches across time to include works from a wide range of composers, including Robert Schummann and Randy Newman.
  Butterfield and Hagen will begin with a performance of Schumann’s Liederkreis, Op. 24.
  This approximately 20-minute German piece was created in 1840 during Schumann’s Year of Song, and covers the journey of a heartbroken man as he at
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP investigating ‘disturbing’ video of teenagers assaulting girl in park

  13-11-2026 19:28 via Abbotsford News
  
  Warning: this story contains graphic details that some readers may find disturbing.
  Chilliwack RCMP is investigating an incident involving an alleged assault of a teenaged girl that was caught on video and circulated on social media.
  Police received reports of the incident on Sunday (Nov. 8). On Friday (Nov. 13), police received additional reports after the video was spread online.
  Investigators are working with the Chilliwack School District as part of the investigation to support student safet
  
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• Striking Surrey golf course workers ‘cautiously optimistic’ with 3 mediation dates set

  13-11-2026 19:14 via Abbotsford News
  
  The union representing striking workers at a South Surrey Golf Course is headed back to the mediation table.Approximately 30 restaurant and grounds crew employees at Nico Wynd Golf Course, a nine-hole course that is owned and operated by the strata representing the surrounding townhome community with the same name, are represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU 2).
  They’ve been on strike since Oct. 1, and say they’ve been in a long dispute with their employer and had to r
  
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• B.C. activists rally in Surrey to protest Build Canada Strong Act

  13-11-2026 19:00 via Abbotsford News
  
  Activists rallied outside Surrey-Newton MP Sukh Dhaliwal’s office on Nov. 12 to demand he reject the Build Canada Strong Act (Bill C-39) as the final-reading vote nears.
  The protest was part of a National Day of Action coordinated by the climate justice movement 350Canada and local groups against the enactment of Bill C-39 proposed by the Liberal government. Sixty-five rallies to pressure the MPs were carried out across the country on Nov. 12, according to 350Canada.Constituents across Canada
  
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• Agassiz RCMP impound false police vehicle in Popkum

  13-11-2026 18:52 via Abbotsford News
  
  The Agassiz RCMP recently impounded a vehicle in Popkum displaying flashing blue and red lights that was not a police vehicle.The officers attempted to stop the vehicle while on patrol, and the suspect vehicle fled into a rural area. The vehicle was later found with a man in the driver’s seat who was found to be prohibited from driving prior to the incident. The officers arrested the man and seized the lighting equipment as part of the investigation. The vehicle was unregistered and subsequent
  
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• VIDEO: Langley soldier returns home for funeral

  13-11-2026 18:40 via Abbotsford News
  
  Hayden Lykkemark will arrive home Friday afternoon.
  The private in the Canadian Forces was killed Oct. 17 at CFB Wainright in Alberta. A total of four soldiers were killed and more than two dozen injured in a fire-related training incident.
  Lykkemark is being escorted by a local RCMP member. His body is being flow into Vancouver and driven from YVR to a Langley City funeral home.
  Members of the public and others are expected to being along the route to honour the young man whose private funeral
  
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• 2 dead, 1 missing after boating incident in Squamish area following flooding

  13-11-2026 18:27 via Abbotsford News
  
  Two people are dead and one person is missing after a boating incident in the Squamish Valley Thursday (Nov. 12).
  Squamish RCMP responded to the boat incident that involved multiple people around 1:52 p.m. on Thursday. Two people have since been confirmed dead and another is unaccounted for.
  Police say all other people have been accounted for.
  RCMP said that due to water levels and challenging weather conditions, search and rescue and recovery efforts were “extremely difficult and unsafe” fo
  
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• Abbotsford pair charged with $11K fraud of non-profit organization

  13-11-2026 18:02 via Abbotsford News
  
  A 42-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman are facing a combined 16 fraud and forgery charges following an investigation into the loss of $11,000 from a local non-profit organization.
  A press release from the Abbotsford Police Department states that Matthew Wittick and Kristina Warkentin allegedly obtained the funds from the Cedar Outreach Society by falsifying and depositing forged cheques over several months.
  Police say the investigation began on June 18, 2025, after a representative from Cedar
  
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• Abbotsford pair charged with $11K fraud of non-profit that helps vulnerable people

  13-11-2026 17:56 via Abbotsford News
  
  A 42-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman are facing a combined 16 fraud and forgery charges following an investigation into the loss of $11,000 from a local non-profit organization.
  A press release from the Abbotsford Police Department states that Matthew Wittick and Kristina Warkentin allegedly obtained the funds from the Cedar Outreach Society by falsifying and depositing forged cheques over several months.
  Police say the investigation began on June 18, 2025, after a representative from Cedar
  
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• Tournament of Champions returning to Abbotsford’s Bradner Hall

  13-11-2026 17:25 via Abbotsford News
  
  Fight night returns to the Bradner Hall with the Tournament of Champions event on Saturday (Nov. 14).
  Abbotsford Boxing hosts the event, with 13 bouts scheduled. Saturday marks the 58th event that Abbotsford Boxing has promoted.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Abbotsford Boxing & Fitness(@abbotsford_boxing_and_fitness)The main event features Abbotsford’s Aseem Bassi taking on Maple Ridge’s Tobyn Driver in the 125-pound junior male division. Bassi is looking to bounce back afte
  
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