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• Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA Á’a:líya Warbus accepts resignation of John Rustad for B.C. Conservatives

  04-12-2025 21:03 via abbynews.com
  Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA Á’a:líya Warbus announced her support of the new interim leader of the B.C. Conservatives, stating she believes that John Rustad has done “everything he could.”
  “Today the Conservative caucus officially accepts the resignation of MLA John Rustad as leader of the Conservative Party of British Columbia, the Official Opposition to the BC Government,” Warbus, who is also the house leader, said in her statement Dec. 4.
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• B.C. government asked to address rabbit abandonment

  07-12-2025 01:30 via abbynews.com
  As domestic rabbits hop around swaths of urban land on Vancouver Island, the provincial government is facing calls to create a co-ordinated strategy to address the problem.
  The Union of B.C. Municipalities executive passed a resolution last month requesting that the province develop a strategy to address the root causes of feral rabbit abandonment across B.C. It was one of 57 resolutions the union members voted on that didn’t make it to the floor during the convention earlier this year.
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• Vancouver Goldeneyes snap losing streak with impressive win over New York

  07-12-2025 00:44 via abbynews.com
  The Vancouver Goldeneyes goaltender, Emerance Maschmeyer, was the star of Saturday’s game as she led her team to a 4-0 win over the New York Sirens, saving all 28 shots on net.The Vancouver Goldeneyes hosted the New York Sirens at the Pacific Coliseum Saturday (Dec. 6) in front of a crowd of 9,500 people.
  Vancouver’s Abby Boreen scored the first goal of the game in the 4th minute, followed by Ashton Bell in the 16th minute.
  Surrey’s Jenn Gardiner and Goldeneyes forward scored h
  
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• Okanagan SAR teams find unhoused person unrelated to search for missing woman

  07-12-2025 00:35 via abbynews.com
  On a search for missing Lake Country woman Natalie “Chantelle” Taylor on Saturday, Dec. 6, search and rescue teams found a different unhoused individual.
  In total, 54 SAR volunteers from the Central Okanagan, Penticton, Oliver, Osoyoos, Vernon, Kamloops, and Nicola Valley, including three dog teams and a drone team, were out along Beaver Lake Road looking for Taylor.
  While crews were not able to find Taylor, COSAR search manager Duane Tresnich said the unhoused individual unrelated t
  
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• 7.0-magnitude earthquake felt in western Yukon: Earthquakes Canada

  07-12-2025 00:30 via abbynews.com
  The shaking of a 7.0-magnitude earthquake on the afternoon of Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, could be felt in western Yukon, according to Earthquakes Canada.
  The earthquake reportedly happened at about 1:41 p.m. Yukon time, as noted by Earthquakes Canada.
  The Yukon RCMP received two 911 calls reporting the event following the earthquake, according to spokesperson Calista MacLeod.
  Crews with Yukon Highways and Public Works are assessing whether the earthquake impacted infrastructure, spokesperson Kryste
  
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• Vancouver Whitecaps fall in MLS Cup 3-1 to Messi-led Miami squad

  06-12-2025 22:43 via abbynews.com
  A valiant playoff run by Vancouver Whitecaps FC fell short in Florida on Saturday, Dec. 6, when they lost the MLS Cup final.
  The Whitecaps played the Lionel Messi-led Inter Miami for the 2025 league title at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, 11:30 a.m. start Pacific time.
  The home team won 3-1.
  The Whitecaps were down 1-0 early on an own goal, but pressed for an equalizer as the first half continued.
  Early in the second half, Toronto-raised Canadian national player Ali Ahmed scored to tie the ma
  
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• Vancouver Whitecaps fall 3-1 in MLS Cup, won by Messi-led Miami team

  06-12-2025 22:43 via abbynews.com
  A valiant playoff run by Vancouver Whitecaps FC fell short in Florida on Saturday, Dec. 6, when they lost the MLS Cup final.
  The Whitecaps played the Lionel Messi-led Inter Miami for the 2025 league title at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, 11:30 a.m. start Pacific time.
  The home team won 3-1.
  The Whitecaps were down 1-0 early on an own goal, but pressed for an equalizer as the first half continued.
  Early in the second half, Toronto-raised Canadian national player Ali Ahmed scored to tie the ma
  
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• ‘Double doink’ nightmare as Whitecaps fall in MLS Cup

  06-12-2025 22:43 via abbynews.com
  A valiant playoff run by Vancouver Whitecaps FC fell short in Florida on Saturday, Dec. 6, when they lost the MLS Cup final.
  The Whitecaps played the Lionel Messi-led Inter Miami for the 2025 league title at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, 11:30 a.m. start Pacific time.
  The home team won 3-1.
  The Whitecaps were down 1-0 early on an own goal, but pressed for an equalizer as the first half continued.
  Early in the second half, Toronto-raised Canadian national player Ali Ahmed scored to tie the ma
  
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• Abbotsford police seek teen missing for over a week - Fraser Valley Today

  06-12-2025 22:08 via news.google.com
  Abbotsford police seek teen missing for over a week  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Abbotsford outlasts Newman Catholic in Marawood girls basketball crossover - Wausau Pilot & Review

  06-12-2025 21:01 via news.google.com
  Abbotsford outlasts Newman Catholic in Marawood girls basketball crossover  Wausau Pilot & Review
  
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• VIDEO: Last minute goal gets win for Vancouver Giants over Portland Winterhawks

  06-12-2025 21:00 via abbynews.com
  Vancouver Giants captain Ty Halaburda scored twice, the second time with 12.4 seconds to go in the game for a 3-2 win over the visiting Portland Winterhawks at Langley Events Centre Friday.Burke Hood picked up his 10th win of the season with another standout performance, making 39 saves on 41 shots. He is now 10-6-1 this season, including a 3-0-1 stretch over his last four with a .917 save percentage.
  Portland outshot Vancouver 41-22.
  Halaburda’s game-winner was his second goal of the nigh
  
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• Abbotsford Girls Basketball Downs Newman - onfocus.news

  06-12-2025 19:57 via news.google.com
  Abbotsford Girls Basketball Downs Newman  onfocus.news
  
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• Two seriously injured after fight on party bus in Surrey

  06-12-2025 18:39 via abbynews.com
  Two people were taken to the hospital with “serious injuries” after a fight on a party bus in Surrey early Saturday morning (Dec. 6), police said.
  Police responded to a 9-1-1 call from a party bus driver around 1 a.m., who stated that a fight had broken out on the bus. The driver had stopped eastbound on Highway 1 before the 192 Street exit, according to police.
  “At the same time, another 9-1-1 call was received from a passenger on the bus advising that several people had been
  
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• Circuit failures, downed trees cut power to customers in Chilliwack and Abbotsford - Fraser Valley Today

  06-12-2025 18:36 via news.google.com
  Circuit failures, downed trees cut power to customers in Chilliwack and Abbotsford  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Newman Catholic boys basketball blasts Abbotsford to earn first win of season - Wausau Pilot & Review

  06-12-2025 18:33 via news.google.com
  Newman Catholic boys basketball blasts Abbotsford to earn first win of season  Wausau Pilot & Review
  
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• Vancouver Goldeneyes’ star forward Sarah Nurse placed on long-term injured reserve

  06-12-2025 17:26 via abbynews.com
  Vancouver Goldeneyes forward Sarah Nurse has been placed on long-term injured reserve after suffering an upper-body injury.
  Nurse played in the first game of the season on Nov. 21, scoring the first goal in Goldeneyes’ history during its inaugural sold-out home opener.
  She had missed the last three games due to the injury, and the Goldeneyes announced Saturday (Dec. 6) that her long-term injury reserve designation would be retroactive to Nov. 21.
  Malia Schneider from the Goldeneyes reserve
  
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• Snowfall warning remains in place as 30-40cm expected on Coquihalla Highway

  06-12-2025 16:07 via abbynews.com
  A snowfall warning for the Coquihalla Highway issued by Environment Canada remains in place on Saturday, Dec. 6.
  Originally issued on Friday afternoon, the stretch of highway from Hope to Merritt is expecting 30-40cm of snow throughout the day on Saturday.
  “A moist frontal system is bringing continuous snow to the Coquihalla Summit, lasting until tonight,” said the government weather agency. “Snowfall totals could reach 30-40 cm by then, with the possibility of 10-15 cm today a
  
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• Vejmelka backstops Utah Mammoth to 4-1 victory over Canucks

  06-12-2025 05:50 via abbynews.com
  Karel Vejmelka made 31 saves, leading the visiting Utah Mammoth to a 4-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Friday night at Rogers Arena.
  Mikhail Sergachev and Kevin Stenlund each had a goal and an assist to pace the attack for Utah (14-12-3), while Nick Schmaltz and John Marino also scored. Arshdeep Bains had the lone goal for Vancouver (10-5-3), with Kevin Lankinen taking the loss in goal, stopping 14 of 17 shots.
  Sergachev opened the scoring on the power play 16 minutes into the fir
  
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• Search ends as 4 more grizzlies found unrelated to Bella Coola attack

  06-12-2025 02:05 via abbynews.com
  Another four bears have been ruled out as the B.C. Conservation Officer Service (COS) wraps up the search for the grizzlies that were involved in a harrowing attack in Bella Coola that left four people with serious injuries last month.
  The COS said it is no longer actively trying to capture bears, while calling the attack unlike anything ever before seen in Canada.
  The latest four bears were captured on Wednesday, Dec. 3. The COS received results Friday from a forensics lab that analyzed evidenc
  
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• 200 kilograms of opium found concealed in shipping container in Burnaby: CBSA

  06-12-2025 01:37 via abbynews.com
  Officers have seized more than 200 kilograms of opium at a Lower Mainland facility, the border agency says.
  Canada Border Services Agency officers found 209 kilograms of opium hidden in an inbound shipping container at the Burnaby Container Examination Facility on March 26. However, the border agency only publicly announced the seizure Friday (Dec. 5).
  The shipping container, which originated from the United Arab Emirates, was examined by the Canada Border Services Agency’s detector dog te
  
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• Track cleared for class-action suit 4.5 years after wildfire swallows most of Lytton

  06-12-2025 01:00 via abbynews.com
  The B.C. Supreme Court has given the go-ahead to a class-action lawsuit brought by residents of Lytton regarding the June 30, 2021 fire that destroyed 90 per cent of the buildings in the community’s downtown and killed two people, as well as destroying homes and buildings in the regional district and First Nations surrounding the village.
  The lawsuit is against Canada’s two main rail companies: Canadian Nation Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC). The mainlines of bot
  
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• At Canuck Place Children’s Hospice, the smallest moments become lasting memories - Abbotsford News

  06-12-2025 00:54 via news.google.com
  At Canuck Place Children’s Hospice, the smallest moments become lasting memories  Abbotsford News
  
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• Canada to play Switzerland, Qatar in Vancouver as World Cup groups revealed

  06-12-2025 00:23 via abbynews.com
  Qatar will play Canada in BC Place stadium on June 18. Switzerland takes on the home squad six days later.
  After years of anticipation, soccer fans across B.C. know details about how the initial stage of FIFA World Cup 2026 will enfold in Vancouver.
  Canada will play the winner of the European Play-Off Path A on 12 June in Toronto, Qatar on 18 June in Vancouver and Switzerland on 24 June in Vancouver in FIFA World Cup group stage, Canada Soccer confirmed on its website, Friday (Dec. 5).
  “Wh
  
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• Canada draws Switzerland, Qatar in FIFA World Cup 2026, with 1 team to come

  06-12-2025 00:23 via abbynews.com
  Team Canada now knows who they’ll battle in the opening round of FIFA World Cup 2026 next summer, following a star-studded “final draw” for the big soccer tournament Friday (Dec. 5) at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC.
  Canada is in Group B along with Qatar, Switzerland and the winner of UEFA Playoff A — either Italy, Wales, Northern Ireland or Bosnia and Herzegovina, with that team decided in March.
  Six of 48 national squads at World Cup 202
  
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• Ex-staffer lodges human rights complaint against Métis Nation of B.C.

  06-12-2025 00:00 via abbynews.com
  A Métis man who describes himself as “white presenting” has filed a discrimination-related-to-employment complaint against the Métis Provincial Council of British Columbia, claiming the respondents deemed him to be “not sufficiently attuned” to the culture.
  Tribunal member Steven Adamson noted is his reasons for decision, posted by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal on December 4, that Daniel Fontaine describes himself as “white presenting&rdqu
  
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• Man charged in Surrey child exploitation investigation

  05-12-2025 23:25 via abbynews.com
  A 41-year-old man has been charged in connection with a child exploitation investigation by Surrey Police Service.
  In January 2025, SPS Internet Child Exploitation officers investigated reports of a suspect who was allegedly in possession of child sexual abuse and exploitation material after receiving information from the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children.
  During the course of the investigation, SPS ICE members executed numerous search warrants, seized electronic devices, and id
  
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• Shopping local in Abbotsford easy to do for the holidays - Abbotsford News

  05-12-2025 23:19 via news.google.com
  Shopping local in Abbotsford easy to do for the holidays  Abbotsford News
  
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• Snowfall warning for Coquihalla Hwy. from Hope to Merritt as 30-40cm expected

  05-12-2025 23:17 via abbynews.com
  Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt.
  Around 30 cm to 40 cm of snow is expected to fall Friday evening, Dec. 5, and last till Saturday night, Dec. 6. According to Environment Canada a “moist frontal system will bring continuous snow to the Coquihalla Summit.” Drivers should expect around 15 cm of snow Friday night, between 10 cm to 15 cm during the day on Saturday, and another 5 cm to 10 cm of snow before it eases Saturday n
  
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• Recent shift to shopping local a positive sign for Mission, Abbotsford - Mission City Record

  05-12-2025 23:16 via news.google.com
  Recent shift to shopping local a positive sign for Mission, Abbotsford  Mission City Record
  
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• Man arrested in Mission after truck stolen from Chilliwack

  05-12-2025 23:02 via abbynews.com
  Charges are being recommended against the driver of a truck stolen from Chilliwack and spotted in Mission hours later.
  Mission RCMP said a caller reported a white Toyota Tacoma pickup truck they believed was evading police last Saturday (Nov. 29).
  Mounties spotted the truck on Dewdney Trunk Road but lost sight of it before confirming it was stolen from Chilliwack earlier in the day.
  The truck was discovered again speeding up the Burma Forest Service Road. Police say the truck stopped 13 kilometr
  
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