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• BCHL Today: Problems with playoffs and Victoria Grizzlies make do without Newhook

  16-02-2018 18:45 via abbynews.com
  BCHL Today is a (near) daily look at what’s going on around the league and the junior A world.The post BCHL Today: Problems with playoffs and Victoria Grizzlies make do without Newhook appeared first on Abbotsford News.
  
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• Pair of Abbotsford 7-Eleven’s shuttering

  24-06-2026 20:27 via abbynews.com
  
  Abbotsford will be down two 7-Eleven convenience stores starting in July.
  The stores located at 1520 McCallum Rd. and 2387 McCallum Rd. are set for closure.
  The location at 2387 McCallum Rd. (near Jubilee Park) closed earlier in June, with 2387 McCallum Rd. (near UFV) set to shut down shop officially on June 30.End of an era at the @7ElevenCanada on McCallum Road/King Road.
  They close permanently on June 30, but everything in the store is 50 per cent off right now(while supplies last) pic.twitte
  
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• Wild and precious life: four marmots released on Mount Washington

  24-06-2026 20:01 via abbynews.com
  
  The Marmot Recovery Foundation and marmot enthusiasts ventured up to Mount Washington on June 23 to participate in releasing marmots into the wild.
  The one female and three male marmots were raised as a part of a breeding program to help this critically endangered species unique to Vancouver Island.
  In fact, Marmota vancouverensis is the only mammal endemic to the island, and in 2003, there were fewer than 30 left in the wild. Due to the hard work of the Marmot Recovery Foundation, its partners,
  
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• UVic researcher speaks on MAID after Parliament committee recommendation

  24-06-2026 19:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Since the landmark Carter V. Canada decision in 2015, Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID) for those experiencing mental illness and suicidal tendencies has been a hot-button topic on Parliament Hill – resulting in a number of reports, studies and debates among politicians, psychologists, physicians and academics.
  On June 17, the Special Joint Committee of Medical Assistance in Dying tabled their last report, recommending that the federal government exclude people whose sole underlying condi
  
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• Karen Marie Stoney

  24-06-2026 19:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Karen Marie Stoney passed away peacefully on June 16, 2026 at the age of 65, surrounded by family. Karen is survived by her husband of 46 years Rodney Stoney, her two daughters Drew Anderson (Taylor), Tamara Stratis (Carter), grandchildren Beau Stratis, Mack Anderson, Karen’s brother Kevin Olscamp (Luella), and sister Kim Anger. Karen devoted her life to raising her family, raising her wine glass, and raising spirits in Cariboo, BC with her family. Karen was an avid sports fan with a conta
  
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• Back-to-back days of record-setting temperatures in Abbotsford

  24-06-2026 19:25 via abbynews.com
  
  For the second day in a row, Abbotsford has been subjected to historic levels of heat, with Tuesday (June 23) smashing the previous temperature record set in 1992.
  Environment Canada reported that Abbotsford reached 33 C, which was one of the highest temperatures in the province.
  It is also far higher than the 30.2 C that had previously marked the hottest June 23 for the city since weather records started being tracked in 1944.
  Abbotsford wasn’t alone in reaching new temperature heights on
  
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• Syilx Okanagan file emergency order for Canada to save southern B.C. caribou

  24-06-2026 19:20 via abbynews.com
  
  A B.C. First Nation is petitioning the federal government to act swiftly to protect a prized and threatened caribou species that continues to fall off the map near Revelstoke and Nakusp.
  On May 28, the Syilx Okanagan Nation announced it had filed for an emergency order under Section 80 of Canada’s Species at Risk Act (SARA) to press Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) to conserve federally threatened southern mountain caribou.
  The Nation says continued logging of critical old-grow
  
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• Surrey Schools seeks $5.5B from B.C. to address future growth, overcrowding

  24-06-2026 19:01 via abbynews.com
  
  Surrey Schools is asking the province for billions of dollars to help accommodate the district’s student population growth.
  At its final meeting of the 2025-26 school year, held June 10, the Surrey school board approved its 2027-28 Five-Year Capital Plan.
  The plan requests $5.49 billion from the Ministry of Education and Child Care for 76 major capital projects aimed at addressing overcrowding and future enrolment growth.
  Included in this plan were requests for 29 new schools, 19 school ad
  
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• Over a half-tonne of opium seized at Tsawwassen inspection facility

  24-06-2026 19:00 via abbynews.com
  
  More than half a tonne of opium was seized from a marine container at Canada Border Services Agency’s Tsawwassen Container Examination Facility.
  CBSA announced the seizure in a press release issued Tuesday (June 23), though the contraband was found over five months prior.
  According to the release, the container was referred for examination by border services officers on Jan. 14 based on information provided by the CBSA’s National Targeting Centre, Pacific Regional Intelligence Sectio
  
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• World’s largest EV battery repurposing facility opens in Surrey

  24-06-2026 18:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Moment Energy now operates what the company calls the world’s largest EV battery repurposing facility at a Bridgeview industrial building.
  The new facility, dubbed Megafactory 1, transforms retired EV batteries into “cost-effective, rapidly deployable energy storage systems that support critical infrastructure, including data centres, hospitals, factories and microgrids,” the company boasts.
  At 12850 112B Ave., a ribbon-cutting event Tuesday (June 23) celebrated work to bring d
  
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• Kelowna Rockets forward Tij Iginla named CHL second-team all-star

  24-06-2026 18:20 via abbynews.com
  
  Tij Iginla has been recognized as one of the best junior hockey players from the 2025-26 season.
  On Wednesday, June 24, the Kelowna Rockets forward was named a second-team all-star by the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), which is made of the WHL, OHL, and OMJHL.
  The Utah Mammoth prospect from Lake Country led the CHL in points per game (1.88) as he collected 90 points (41 points, 49 assists) in 48 games played.
  He was named a second-team all-star along with Markus Ruck (Medicine Hat Tigers), Nikita
  
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• Interchange work to cause nighttime slowdowns on Highway 1 in Langley

  24-06-2026 18:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Overnight traffic diversions on Highway 1 began on Tuesday, June 23 and are expected to take place again in the coming days.
  Announced on the afternoon of June 23, the changes are part of ongoing construction work on widening the highway through Langley and replacing the 232 Street interchange. Specifically, crews are pouring concrete on the new interchange’s deck.
  The diversions will see drivers cross over from one side of the highway to the other, putting all traffic first on one side of
  
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• Kelowna sprinter set to represent Canada at 2026 Commonwealth Games

  24-06-2026 17:52 via abbynews.com
  
  Kelowna’s Jerome Blake will compete in his first Commonwealth Games this summer.
  On Wednesday, June 24, the 30-year-old sprinter was named by Commonwealth Sport Canada (CSC) and Athletics Canada to the roster, along with 50 other athletes, for the 2026 games, taking place in Glasgow, Scotland.
  Blake will be sprinting in the 4×100 metre relay with his teammates who he won gold with at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown, and Brendon Rodney. He’ll also b
  
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• WORLD CUP DAILY, June 24: Canada continues march to Round of 32 vs. Switzerland, noon today

  24-06-2026 16:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Daily FIFA World Cup soccer match updates and news for Black Press Media publications.
  There are six matches today to avoid “fixing” on the final day of play for Groups A, B and C, with two at a time at noon, then 3 and 6 p.m.
  Canada will clinch top spot in Group B with a win or tie vs. Switzerland today, noon start in Vancouver.
  The march to the match promises another flag-waving celebration outside BC Place Stadium, to be filled with 52,000 soccer fans for the afternoon clash.
  The
  
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• Defence argues mental illness in long-running Kelowna homicide trial

  24-06-2026 14:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Five years after Darren Middleton died of blunt force trauma to the head, suffered a severed penis, missing his testicles, and was found in a bathroom of the home in Rutland, the second-degree murder trial for the woman accused of his death is one step closer to being completed.
  Gabriella Sears was first arrested and charged on the morning of June 17, 2021, with the killing of 49-year-old Middleton.
  Sears had confessed to police that she had killed Middleton following her arrest, but after a voi
  
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• Gone Country helping rebuild new breast cancer clinic

  24-06-2026 14:00 via abbynews.com
  
  What’s the association between a mammogram and a country singer belting out popular tunes to some 3,000-plus fans during a music festival in a purpose-built western movie set on 100-acres in northeast Langley?
  Most would be hard pressed to guess the connection.
  But if they have lived in Langley for long, have followed the local country music scene, or contributed to cancer-related charity efforts in town in recent years – it becomes a little easier to connect those dots.
  It’s t
  
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• Despite recent modest increase in visits, cross-border traffic still down from 2024

  24-06-2026 05:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Southbound trips across the border are still far below 2024 levels in B.C., despite a recent modest increase reported by Statistics Canada.
  When the federal agency reported a 9.5 per cent increase in Canadian-resident return trips in May of this year, it was seen in some news reports as an easing of the travel reluctance that was trigggered when U.S. president Donald Trump launched a trade war and suggested Canada should become the 51st state.
  However, a review of cross-border travel statistics
  
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• Advocates press B.C. to curb NDAs in harassment, abuse cases

  24-06-2026 02:05 via abbynews.com
  
  For several years now, advocates in the legal profession have been calling for the B.C. government to create new rules restricting the use of non-disclosure agreements in cases of sexual assaults, harassment or abuse.
  In 2024, the Canadian Bar Association’s B.C. Division sent Attorney General Niki Sharma a letter urging changes.
  Sharma responded at the time, saying that B.C. is monitoring other jurisdictions while participating in a working group on the subject, “all in the aid of de
  
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• Trial begins for Kelowna equestrian coach accused of sex crimes, child luring

  24-06-2026 01:30 via abbynews.com
  
  A high-performance equestrian coach based in Kelowna appeared in B.C. Supreme Court on June 23 for day one of his criminal trial.
  Sebastien Devrainne, originally from France, has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual touching, sexual exploitation and making sexually explicit material available to minors for incidents that are alleged to have occurred as early as 2011.
  Crown counsel called its first witness to the stand, a former student of Devrainne. The witness was a minor at the time of the
  
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• First freestyle scootering competition in B.C. set to take over the Chilliwack Landing Skatepark

  24-06-2026 01:27 via abbynews.com
  
  The inaugural BC Open is coming to Chilliwack next weekend.
  It’s the first-ever Canadian freestyle scootering competition slated to take over the Chilliwack Landing Skatepark on the morning of July 4.
  Roller Sports Canada puts on several provincial competitions across Canada every year “but this is the first in B.C. and Chilliwack is hosting it,” said Erica Weight, the Chilliwack event organizer for RSC.
  Weight’s son CJ, 15, is a scooter rider who will be taking part.
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• First freestyle scootering competition in B.C. set to take over the Chilliwack Landing Skate Park

  24-06-2026 01:27 via abbynews.com
  
  The inaugural BC Open is coming to Chilliwack next weekend.
  It’s the first-ever Canadian freestyle scootering competition slated to take over the Chilliwack Landing Skate Park on the morning of July 4.
  Roller Sports Canada puts on several provincial competitions across Canada every year “but this is the first in B.C. and Chilliwack is hosting it,” said Erica Weight, the Chilliwack event organizer for RSC.
  Weight’s son CJ, 15, is a scooter rider who will be taking part.
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• Hundreds without power after fire contained near Agassiz

  24-06-2026 01:24 via abbynews.com
  
  Update: 5:56 p.m.
  A second outage has affected more than 200 customers in the Agassiz townsite. It is not clear if this outage is related to the fire.
  There are witness reports that say one person was injured and five or six trailers were destroyed in a separate fire in Harrison Hot Springs.
  Original story:
  A downed hydro line has started a wildfire east of Agassiz.
  Fire crews have contained a blaze along Scott Road near the Lougheed Highway on Tuesday afternoon. Repair to the fallen power line
  
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• Downed wire sparks wildfire near Agassiz

  24-06-2026 01:24 via abbynews.com
  
  A downed hydro line has started a wildfire east of Agassiz.
  Fire crews have contained a blaze along Scott Road near the Lougheed Highway on Tuesday afternoon. Repair to the fallen power line is in progress. Two firefighters are being treated for heat exhaustion.
  Trees in the area are wicking and embers are drifting toward the Seabird Island community. Those in the area are asked to remain vigilant and aware of their surroundings.
  “As a precaution, this is an appropriate time to have your g
  
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• 900 without power as downed wire sparks wildfire near Agassiz

  24-06-2026 01:24 via abbynews.com
  
  A downed hydro line has started a wildfire east of Agassiz.
  Fire crews have contained a blaze along Scott Road near the Lougheed Highway on Tuesday afternoon. Repair to the fallen power line is in progress. Two firefighters are being treated for heat exhaustion.
  Trees in the area are wicking and embers are drifting toward the Seabird Island community. Those in the area are asked to remain vigilant and aware of their surroundings.
  “As a precaution, this is an appropriate time to have your g
  
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• Public urged to stay away from fire at RV park in Harrison Hot Springs

  24-06-2026 01:10 via abbynews.com
  
  A fire has reportedly broken out at Springs RV Resort on Tuesday (June 23) afternoon.
  Witnesses report propane tanks exploding. There are currently no reports of injuries or the extent of any damage.
  The Harrison Hot Springs Fire Department advises the public to stay away from the area.
  “​We are currently aware of an active fire on Hot Springs Road,” the fire department stated. “​All available crews are currently on scene working diligently alongside Agassiz Fire to
  
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• Multiple trailers destroyed in RV park fire in Harrison

  24-06-2026 01:10 via abbynews.com
  
  Update: 5:51 p.m.
  Witnesses say five or six trailers burned in Tuesday afternoon’s fire at Springs RV Resort in Harrison Hot Springs. There are reports of one injury but this has not been confirmed with the Harrison Hot Springs Fire Department.Original story:
  A fire has reportedly broken out at Springs RV Resort on Tuesday (June 23) afternoon.
  Witnesses report propane tanks exploding. There are currently no reports of injuries or the extent of any damage.
  The Harrison Hot Springs Fire Depa
  
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• Fire at campground in Harrison Hot Springs

  24-06-2026 01:10 via abbynews.com
  
  A fire has reportedly broken out at Harrison Springs Campground on Tuesday (June 23) afternoon.
  Witnesses report propane tanks exploding. There are currently no reports of injuries or the extent of any damage.
  More to come.
  
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• 3 B.C. clean-energy projects among $16M announced from feds

  24-06-2026 00:59 via abbynews.com
  
  Three clean-energy projects in B.C. are among the $16 million in funding announced by the federal government Tuesday (June 23).
  The federal government announced five projects would be getting the funding: three in B.C., one in the Yukon and one in the Northwest Territories.
  In B.C., the three projects are located in Penticton, Prince Rupert and Vanderhoof.
  The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen is the recipient of the Penticton project funding, which is for renewable and electrification f
  
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• Province launches program targeting repeat property crime offenders across B.C.

  24-06-2026 00:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Repeat property-crime offenders are now in the crosshairs of the province and RCMP.
  Public Safety Minister and Solicitor General Nina Krieger was joined by Sheila Malcolmson, MLA for Nanaimo-Gabriola, Insp. Donavan Tait, from the Nanaimo RCMP, and other officials in Nanaimo on Monday, June 22, to announce the province is investing $16 million over two years to launch the Chronic Property Offending Intervention Initiative province-wide.
  Tait said the C-POII is modelled on the successful Repeat Vi
  
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• Vernon resident swings her way to a world record

  24-06-2026 00:08 via abbynews.com
  
  On June 19 Tammy Kovaluk broke the world record for most weight lifted by kettle bell swing in 12 hours.
  After 10,105 reps of kettle bell swings for a total of 416,326 pounds swung, the record was hers.
  “The women’s record I did it kind of halfway through. The men’s record was like 11 and a half hours,” said Kovaluk.
  The previous mens record was 410,896 pounds.
  In 2021, Kovaluk broke two Guinness world records for most chest to ground burpees by a female for both 12 hours
  
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