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• Eby promises Langley long-term care facility

  24-10-2026 02:16 via Abbotsford News
  
  NDP leader David Eby said the 300-bed long-term care facility his government promised Langley before the last election would be built if he’s re-elected.
  Eby met with Langley-Willowbrook NPD candidate Andrew Mercier and Langley-Walnut Grove’s hopeful Holly Isaac on Friday, Oct. 23, in Langley City, visiting several local stores and chatting with people on the street in the final hours before the provincial election.
  Asked about the promised local facility, which was to be built on the ground
  
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• ‘Clearly a mistake’: Candidates, experts reflect on snap election call

  27-10-2026 00:57 via Abbotsford News
  
  As the dust settles on the 2026 snap B.C. election, the Conservative Party is poised to take two-thirds of the legislative seats, and the NDP is looking for a new leader.
  Ravi Parmar, who eked out a third victory for the NDP in Langford-Highlands, says voters “sent a message” that the snap election was the “wrong decision.”
  “It was clearly a mistake. No question,” Parmar said in a Monday morning interview. “We spent the entire election campaign answering the question, ‘ Why did
  
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• Langley man charged with hate-related assault in public park

  26-10-2026 23:27 via Abbotsford News
  
  A 23-year-old Langley man has been arrested and charged for an alleged hate-motivated assault.
  A statement by Langley RCMP said on Oct. 20, a Tuesday, police received a report from multiple witnesses of an assault on a mother and her children by a man near Douglas Park in Langley City.
  “It is alleged that the accused assaulted the mother and her two children and uttered racial slurs,” the statement said. “Multiple witnesses observed the incident and contacted the police.”
  The suspect fle
  
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• Abbotsford 4-H community gets colourful

  26-10-2026 22:48 via Abbotsford News
  
  The dozens of Abbotsford 4-H members will soon be green, but not with envy.
  As part of National 4-H Month this November, clubs all across Canada will be donning green on Nov. 4 for the Show Your 4-H Colours campaign.
  Victoria Pitsiaeli, B.C. representative for the Canadian 4-H Youth Advisory Council, said this campaign is meant to raise awareness about the many positive contributions that 4-H groups make to their local communities.
  This organization has been available to youth between the ages o
  
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• Fake campaign signs pop up in B.C. riding on election eve

  26-10-2026 22:44 via Abbotsford News
  
  Who would bother to make fake election campaign signs and put them up without a candidate’s consent?
  Tim Binnema sure wants to know.
  Green Party candidate in Surrey-Fleetwood, Binnema says someone put up hundreds of unauthorized signs with his name and photo last Friday (Oct. 23), a day before final voting in the B.C. election.
  “It’s somewhere between 100 and 200 (signs), I would say,” Binnema estimated Saturday. “It was shocking, to be tell you the truth. When I turned around the corn
  
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• B.C. North Coast LNG project draws nearer to final investment decision

  26-10-2026 22:08 via Abbotsford News
  
  A floating LNG liquefaction facility proposed for north of Prince Rupert has now secured binding contracts for more than half its planned production.On Oct. 26, Ksi Lisims LNG announced it had converted its May 2026 heads of agreement to a binding sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with Securing Energy for Europe (SEFE), a state-owned German energy company. Under the agreement, SEFE would purchase one million tonnes of LNG per annum (mtpa) over 20 years.
  This brings Ksi Lisims completed binding S
  
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• B.C. election outcome does not reflect popular vote

  26-10-2026 21:51 via Abbotsford News
  
  The British Columbia provincial election on Oct. 24 gave the Conservatives a majority government, winning 64 of 93 seats in the legislature, with the New Democratic Party winning 27 seats and the BC Greens winning two.
  However, the voter statistics told a different story: fewer than half of voters marked their ballots for a Conservative.
  A total of 48.1 per cent of voters cast ballots for the Conservatives, while 37.4 per cent voted for a BC NDP candidate and 11 per cent supported a BC Green can
  
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• Court orders Penticton unhoused encampment be cleared

  26-10-2026 21:40 via Abbotsford News
  
  Around two years after it was established, the encampment of unhoused individuals off Highway 97 in Penticton has been ordered to be cleared by a B.C. Justice.In her oral reasons for judgement, Justice Briana Hardwick issued an injunction barring the occupation of the road dedication that had been transformed into an impromptu fenced community of tents and temporary structures, with it coming into effect at noon on Oct. 30.
  The injunction requires all of the temporary structures to be cleared, a
  
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• BC Ferries CEO replaced amid review of services

  26-10-2026 21:40 via Abbotsford News
  
  BC Ferries’ CEO Nicolas Jimenez has moved on for unspecified reasons, and BC Ferries’ board says it initiated a leadership transition and launched a revitalization review.
  According to BC Ferries, Brian Anderson, vice president of strategy and planning, has been appointed as the interim CEO, while Dallyn Willis, executive vice president and chief financial officer, assumes responsibility for strategy and planning and leads the revitalization review with oversight from the board.
  “The ferry
  
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• BC NDP candidate pulls ahead by 13 votes after results corrected in Ladysmith-Oceanside riding

  26-10-2026 21:29 via Abbotsford News
  
  BC NDP candidate Stephanie Higginson has pulled ahead in the Ladysmith-Oceanside riding, after preliminary results of the provincial election were corrected.
  Higginson now sits at 13,380 (44.37 per cent), 13 votes ahead of Kris McNichol of the BC Conservative Party’s 13,367 votes (44.33 per cent).
  Charlene Smylie of the BC Green Party sits in third place with 3,365 votes (11.16 per cent).
  Elections BC noted Monday that results reported on election night are preliminary and subject to change as
  
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• UFV Cascades men’s soccer clinch second place, finish with best record in program history

  26-10-2026 21:16 via Abbotsford News
  
  A historic regular season for the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades men’s soccer team was capped off by a 0-0 draw against the University of Victoria Vikes at Rotary Stadium on Sunday (Oct. 25).
  That result completed the Canada West playoff picture and it marked the first time ever that UFV finished in second. The club finished with a best-ever record of 8-3-5 and superstar goalkeeper Mattheus De Souza recorded his program record 12th shutout in the draw. The 29 points collected over th
  
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• Recipients presented with Community Builders’ Awards in Abbotsford

  26-10-2026 21:13 via Abbotsford News
  
  Two local individuals and three organizations have been presented with the Archway Community Builders’ Awards in Abbotsford.
  The 20th annual awards celebration was held Oct. 14 at Matsqui Centennial Auditorium.The program celebrates individuals, businesses and organizations whose contributions help make Abbotsford a more caring, connected and resilient community.
  “Tonight is about recognizing people who go above and beyond for others,” said Kim Halowski, community relations manager at Fort
  
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• Abbotsford dad releases book about son’s premature birth

  26-10-2026 20:12 via Abbotsford News
  
  An Abbotsford dad whose son was born 10 weeks early has written a book documenting the experience.
  Every Day Counts: A Premature Son, a Broken Plan, and Eight Friends by Isaac Jonas is based on the daily journal he wrote after his son was born Aug. 2 at Surrey Memorial Hospital.
  His son was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit and was later transferred to Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre.
  The 110-page book, published Oct. 2 documents 43 days of his son’s 48-day hospital s
  
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• Tips to keep pets and wildlife safe this Halloween

  26-10-2026 19:11 via Abbotsford News
  
  Halloween is a fun time for many people, but it can present plenty of hazards for animals, both domestic and wild.
  Loud noises such as doorbells ringing, unexpected visitors and open doors, fireworks, exposure to potential toxins, and discarded candy wrappers are all things that can make animals anxious or present health threats. It often leads to fear and unpredictable behaviour for animal companions and wildlife.
  Planning ahead of Halloween and the holiday season gives pets a better chance at
  
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• Abbotsford Canucks extend win streak to five games

  26-10-2026 18:37 via Abbotsford News
  
  The red-hot Abbotsford Canucks have won five straight and have catapulted into first place in the Pacific Division after a successful recent home stand.
  The club continued a strong October with 3-1 and 4-2 wins over the Calgary Wranglers in Abbotsford on Saturday (Oct. 24) and Sunday (Oct. 25).
  Saturday’s game saw Calgary’s Rory Kerins crack open a scoreless game with a power play goal at 2:31 of the second and after 40 minutes that was all the offence either team could muster.
  However, the
  
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• Abbotsford students transform blue wave into miniature rainbow in Student Vote BC

  26-10-2026 17:19 via Abbotsford News
  
  Abbotsford students would have voted in a completely different set of MLAs, including two BC NDP candidates and one from the CentreBC party.Results from the Student Vote BC program saw 669 schools from across the province cast 109,778 votes last week.Local students transformed Saturday’s (Oct. 24) Abbotsford blue wave into a miniature rainbow.
  The Abbotsford-Mission riding was won by the BC NDP’s Pam Alexis with 398 votes. She edged out Saturday’s winner Darryl Kropp of the Conservative Pa
  
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• UPDATE: Missing Abbotsford man, 19, found safe

  26-10-2026 17:14 via Abbotsford News
  
  UPDATE: The Abbotsford Police Department has reported that Mattias Kolodziej-Serwa was located safe on Saturday night (Oct. 24). The department said in a statement it “wishes to thank everyone who assisted with this investigation.”
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  The family of a missing Abbotsford man is appealing to the public to help locate him.
  Mattias Kolodziej-Serwa, 19, has been missing since Oct. 12. He was last seen at 4:15 p.m. in the 34000 block of Kent Avenue, located in east Abbotsford near Old C
  
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• Christmas Warehouse Sale taking over former London Drugs space at Abbotsford’s West Oaks Mall

  26-10-2026 16:45 via Abbotsford News
  
  After sitting vacant for more than three years, the former London Drugs location inside Abbotsford’s West Oaks Mall has found an occupant.
  Signage for a new Rippling World has appeared outside and inside the mall and the new plans for the space begin with a Christmas Warehouse Sale running from Nov. 20 to Dec. 31, 2026.
  According to the Rippling World Instagram page, items offered include baby essentials, kids clothing, toys, books, holiday-themed gifts and more. They state that many of the it
  
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• Collision involving semi slows Highway 1 traffic in Abbotsford

  26-10-2026 15:22 via Abbotsford News
  
  A collision involving a semi truck in Abbotsford slowed traffic on Highway 1 on Monday morning (Oct. 26).After a full westbound closure near Bradner Road earlier in the morning, one westbound lane has since reopened.According to the Abbotsford Police Department, no injuries have been reported due to the collision.More to come.
  
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• From rodeo rider to premier-elect: Meet ‘unknown’ BC Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson

  26-10-2026 13:00 via Abbotsford News
  
  British Columbians who didn’t stay up for the provincial election results on Saturday, Oct. 24, woke up on Sunday morning to find that the province has a new premier-in-waiting: Lorne Doerkson of the BC Conservatives, whose party swept into power for the first time since 1933.
  Few (if any) people still living will remember that last provincial Conservative government, but many will be asking themselves who Lorne Doerkson is. First elected provincially in the Cariboo-Chilcotin riding in 2020, a
  
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• Drivers beware: police warn about ghosts on B.C. roads

  26-10-2026 13:00 via Abbotsford News
  
  In the run-up to Halloween, BC Highway Patrol (BCHP) is warning drivers that there are ghosts on B.C.’s highways.
  They’re not talking about spooks and spectres, but about ghost cars. Also known as ghost cruisers, they’re unmarked police vehicles with fewer obvious emergency lights and markings than regular cruisers, but are otherwise fully functional police vehicles. Two recent excessive speed impounds were a direct outcome of using ghost cruisers to enforce safe driving near Prince George
  
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• Boos for Hughes: Wild win 4-2 as ex-Canucks captain jeered in return to Vancouver

  26-10-2026 05:42 via Abbotsford News
  
  Amid a steady chorus of boos, Quinn Hughes had a goal and an assist, lifting the visiting Minnesota Wild to a 4-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Sunday at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.
  Hughes, the superstar defenceman and former Canucks captain, was returning to Vancouver for the first time since being acquired by Minnesota on Dec. 12, 2025. He was loudly jeered every time he touched the puck, along with various derogatory chants during the game. A tribute video during a break seven m
  
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• VIDEO: Vancouver FC out of playoffs after loss in Calgary

  26-10-2026 00:40 via Abbotsford News
  
  After 14 weeks hanging on to the fourth playoff spot, Vancouver FC lost on Sunday, Oct. 25,the final day of the Canadian Premier League regular season, falling 1-0 to Cavalry in Calgary, while rival Supra Du Québec claimed the fourth and final spot with a 4-3 win over Halifax Wanderers.In the 29th minute a free-kick by Michael Baldisimo was tapped in by Ali Musse to give the hosts a 1-0 lead, and that was where the game finished.
  Going into the game, both Vancouver and Calgary had been predicti
  
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• 2026 B.C. election sees record low turnout as Conservatives win majority

  25-10-2026 22:35 via Abbotsford News
  
  A large number of British Columbians opted out of the democratic process in the 2026 provincial election, according to preliminary results.
  The elections, which resulted in a landslide victory for the BC Conservatives on Oct. 24, saw the lowest turnout in the province’s history, with only 48.1 per cent of registered voters casting their ballots with 99.75 per cent of boxes reporting. The result marks an over 10 per cent decrease in voter turnout percentage compared to the 2024 provincial elect
  
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• B.C. premier-designate Doerkson urges unity and promises swift action after decisive victory

  25-10-2026 20:31 via Abbotsford News
  
  B.C. Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson pitched unity and quick action in his first media appearance as premier-designate just 12 hours after a sweeping electoral victory.
  “To the British Columbians who voted for another party yesterday, I heard you,” he said. “Starting today, I am your premier as much as anyone else’s. You will have a government that listens to you, works for you, and respects you, however you marked your ballot.”
  Because he was appointed to lead his party just two da
  
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• B.C. premier-designate Doerkson addresses media after Conservative majority win

  25-10-2026 20:31 via Abbotsford News
  
  After making political history in B.C., Conservative interim Leader Lorne Doerkson is set to become the next premier after the party took the 2026 provincial election in a projected majority.
  And, just over 12 hours after taking the stage as elected premier-designate, Doerkson addressed the media in Vancouver.
  “Today I’m your premier,” Doerkson said. “No matter how you marked your ballot.”
  Doerkson is also being sent back to Victoria for the third time by the voters of his Cariboo Chil
  
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• PHOTOS: Abbotsford, Mission conservatives celebrate blue wave

  25-10-2026 20:25 via Abbotsford News
  
  The Conservative candidates had a lot to celebrate at Matsqui Hall on Saturday night (Oct. 24) as the province was swept by a sea of blue.
  MLA elects Darryl Kropp (Abbotsford-Mission), Bruce Banman (Abbotsford South), and Korky Neufeld (Abbotsford West) held a joint election party, with more than 100 supporters in attendance.The three candidates mingled with the attendees as they watched the election results roll in.
  Once all three had secured their wins, they each gave a victory speech, celebra
  
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• VIDEO: A shootout ends Vancouver Giants winning streak

  25-10-2026 19:14 via Abbotsford News
  
  Vancouver Giants epic winning streak came to an end Friday night in Kamloops.
  Going into the game, Giants had won six in a row, and they looked likely to make it seventh by coming back from a multi-goal third-period deficit for the second straight game, but the tie led to a shootout and the game ended with a 4-3 loss.Giants still hold first place in the B.C. Division with an 8-2-1-2 record. Kamloops improves to 7-3-2-0.
  Blake Chorney had another standout performance, scoring twice for his second
  
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• Explore winemaker Yeung’s 2025 releases

  25-10-2026 19:12 via Abbotsford News
  
  Winemaker Karen Yeung has put her stamp on the wines of Adega on 45th Estate Winery. We can explore the influence Karen is having on the 2025 releases, while we harken back to Adega’s founders, the Nunes and Farinha families and their earlier vintage Portuguese style red wines.Naramata Bench grown, the Adega 2025 Chardonnay is lightly oaked, dry and crisp. Hand picked and gently pressed; it highlights aromas and flavours of Okanagan stone fruits, spice and sage. We enjoyed it on a cool rainy d
  
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• David Eby steps down as B.C. NDP leader after party loses election

  25-10-2026 07:38 via Abbotsford News
  
  David Eby has conceded the 2026 B.C. election and stepped down as B.C. NDP leader.
  “This is obviously something I do with a heavy heart,” he told supporters gathered in downtown Vancouver on Saturday night. “But it is time for new leadership within our party.”
  Eby called the snap election on Sept. 22 as the opposition Conservative Party appeared to be in disarray. Former Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findaly had stepped down just two days earlier amid a caucus uprising, and the party a
  
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