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• Fatalities, injuries after fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta

  18-10-2026 05:51 via Abbotsford News
  
  National Defence Minister David McGuinty confirms there have been both fatalities and injuries after an incident at CFB Wainwright in Alberta.
  McGuinty provided the update in a late-night news conference in Ottawa Saturday.
  “I’m saddened to share that there have been both fatalities and injuries as a result of an incident on the base.
  McGuinty couldn’t provide specific numbers on those dead or injured. He called it an “active and delicate situation.”
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• WWE announces Vancouver return for Jan. 30

  05-11-2026 20:58 via Abbotsford News
  
  World Wrestling Entertainment is returning to Vancouver’s Rogers Arena in 2027.
  The Road to Royal Rumble tour makes a local stop on Saturday, Jan. 30.
  According to a post from Rogers Arena social media, stars scheduled to appear include: Cody Rhodes, CM Punk, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Charlotte Flair and more.The @WWE Road to Royal Rumble Tour comes to Rogers Arena on January 30, 2027! See your favourite WWE Superstars from Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown, including The American Nigh
  
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• 14th annual Toys for Tots Breakfast supports Christmas Bureau in Abbotsford

  05-11-2026 20:43 via Abbotsford News
  
  The 14th annual Archway Toys for Tots Christmas Breakfast takes place in Abbotsford on Sunday, Nov. 22.
  The event – held from 9 a.m. to noon at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Centre – supports the Archway Food Bank’s Christmas Bureau.
  Rebecca Thuro – manager of food security programs at Archway – estimates the Christmas Bureau will provide gifts for more than 1,500 children, 750 teens and 280 seniors this holiday season, along with the ingredients to prepare a traditional Christmas m
  
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• UVic sociologist weighs in on rise of white nationalists in B.C.

  05-11-2026 20:40 via Abbotsford News
  
  Victoria resident Julie Baetz was on her daily commute to work when she spotted a peculiar sight at the B.C. Legislature. A dozen people, all dressed in black and wearing masks, walked up the steps of the legislative building before unfurling a banner bearing the word “remigration” and the name Loyalist Pioneers.
  Watching from a distance, Baetz took a few pictures, and a quick online search confirmed her suspicion that the group was a white nationalist organization, making an appearance the
  
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• 25 Canadian Armed Forces members remain in hospital after Wainwright fire

  05-11-2026 19:55 via Abbotsford News
  
  Four Canadian Armed Forces members injured in the fire at CFB Wainwright have been transferred to health-care facilities in B.C. and Ontario.
  The transfers follow “careful medical assessment and recommendations from medical professionals,” according to the latest update from the Department of National Defence Wednesday (Nov. 4). The four were moved to be closer to their home communities where they can continue receiving the medical care they need, while being closer to family and loved ones,
  
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• National pizzeria chain with Abbotsford roots celebrates 40th birthday

  05-11-2026 19:34 via Abbotsford News
  
  What started as a small group of Abbotsford pizzerias in 1986 has since grown to approximately 170 locations all across Canada.
  Panago was first launched under the name Panagopoulos 2 for 1 Pizza Place by the Rooke family, who also created several other local businesses.
  After a number of name changes and expansions in the decade after opening, the company also added Sean DeGregorio to its team, who now serves as Panago’s CEO.
  Being involved from so early on in the company’s journey has been
  
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• RCMP issues warning after needle found in Halloween candy in North Cowichan on Vancouver Island

  05-11-2026 18:56 via Abbotsford News
  
  The North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP on Vancouver Island has issued a warning after a needle was found in Halloween candy.
  A sewing-like needle was found in the candy of a child who had been trick or treating in the area just below Berkey’s Corner in North Cowichan. Specifically police reported that the child had been going house to house in the area of Lane Road, Drinkwater Road, Herons Way, Highfield Road and Westview Street.
  “Thankfully, the needle was found before anyone was hurt,” RCMP said
  
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• Roughly 150K ballots still to be counted in B.C. election

  05-11-2026 17:59 via Abbotsford News
  
  Elections BC says it is set to begin counting roughly 150,000 absentee, mail-in and assisted telephone ballots not included in initial election-day counts.
  This will add significantly to the nearly 1.8 million ballots counted so far in the 2026 provincial election and could alter the result in several races.
  In Cowichan Valley, Conservative Bert Chen leads NDP’s Debra Toporowski by 151 votes. In Kelowna Centre, Conservative Kristina Loewen is ahead of the NDP’s Loyal Wooldridge by 132 votes.
  
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• Abbotsford Police issue 944 tickets to drivers in Highway 1 construction zones

  05-11-2026 17:06 via Abbotsford News
  
  A recent traffic enforcement blitz around Highway 1 construction zones in Abbotsford resulted in 944 violation tickets being issued, representing around $170,000 in fines.
  A press release on Thursday (Nov. 5) states that the Abbotsford Police Department’s traffic enforcement unit conducted the project from July to October across 80 policing shifts.
  The blitz targeted both the Highway 1 corridor and adjacent roads.
  “The goal was simple: ensure the safety of those working in active constructio
  
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• Abbotsford business awards celebrate both longtime and new entrepreneurs

  05-11-2026 16:51 via Abbotsford News
  
  This year’s nominees for the Business Excellence Awards include a wide range of local entrepreneurs, many of whom are expected to be at the Nov. 12 gala hosted by the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce and Abbotsford News.
  Eric Modghill, co-owner of Sweat and Shiver, knows just how much this annual awards gala means to the local business community, especially when being honoured with one of the many awards.
  Sweat and Shiver won New Business of the Year in 2025, which Modghill said was a major mile
  
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• Film shot in Penticton to debut on Netflix

  05-11-2026 15:26 via Abbotsford News
  
  Penticton will once again be hitting the small screen as its serves as the backdrop for a new film releasing on streaming at the start of November.Shot in December of 2025, A Dog’s Perfect Christmas stars Dennis Quaid and scenes at the outdoor skating rink and the holiday light tunnel.The tunnel, which has more than 30,000 lights, is a staple of Magic on Main and will be back once again with the annual Santa Parade.The film shoot’s time in Penticton lasted several days, and both Visit Pentic
  
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• Chronic illness clinic in B.C. ‘a shadow of what it used to be’ after fee changes

  05-11-2026 14:30 via Abbotsford News
  
  Tia Leschke has come to rely on a group of strangers she is unlikely to ever meet in person for health care.
  Leschke of Winlaw, B.C., suffers from fibromyalgia, a chronic illness that causes pain throughout the body as well as fatigue. Leschke’s family doctor didn’t know how to treat her condition, and referred her to an online clinic for support.
  The BC Centre for Long COVID, ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis) and Fibromyalgia (BC-CLMF) treats approximately 8,500 patients in virtual group s
  
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• Chilliwack Military Museum tells story of ‘once upon a time’

  05-11-2026 13:30 via Abbotsford News
  
  Ahead of Remembrance Day, familiarize yourself with Chilliwack’s history of military service at a museum directly in the centre of the city.
  The Chilliwack Military Museum, located on Wellington Avenue, preserves, researches and displays military artifacts from the history of Canadian military service.
  The museum also has an electronic database of photographs and records that began in the summer of 2022.
  “It’s taken a long time for us as a museum, as a sort of consortium group, to get to a
  
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• UPDATE: 20 injured in bus crash near Mackenzie, police seek witnesses

  05-11-2026 01:09 via Abbotsford News
  
  B.C. Highway Patrol is looking for witnesses and video footage of a bus crash that left 20 people injured.
  Police received a call about a single-vehicle crash on Highway 39, about four kilometres south of Mackenzie, on Wednesday at 9:10 a.m., according to an updated release from B.C. Highway Patrol Wednesday afternoon.
  When officers arrived, they found a northbound white shuttle bus in a ditch. There were about 20 passengers and the driver with injuries ranging from minor to serious, police said
  
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• Tribunal declines to levy another $100K fine on X for failing to fully remove intimate images

  05-11-2026 00:56 via Abbotsford News
  
  B.C.’s Civil Resolution Tribunal declined to charge the social media platform X an additional $100,000 penalty for failing to remove intimate images from its platform.
  Instead of taking down the images entirely, X “geoblocked” them so they cannot be viewed legally in Canada.
  While this fails to adhere to the letter of the law, the company successfully argued that the tribunal could not enforce B.C. law outside Canada, and that X had made a reasonable attempt to comply.
  The B.C. legislature
  
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• Motorcade escorts remains of soldier killed at CFB Wainwright to B.C. funeral home

  05-11-2026 00:49 via Abbotsford News
  
  The remains of Pte. Aidan Goulding, who was killed in the fire at CFB Wainwright last month, arrived in Vancouver Wednesday.
  A motorcade excorted the hearse as it left Vancouver International Airport and headed to a funeral home in New Westminster on Nov. 4. Media were invited to the motorcade at the request of Goulding’s family.
  Goulding, who was from North Vancouver, was one of four people killed in the fire on Oct. 17. Thirty-nine others were seriously injured.
  Along with Goulding, the othe
  
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• U.S. skiers latest to be fined for entering closed backcountry in Rogers Pass

  05-11-2026 00:40 via Abbotsford News
  
  Two U.S. skiers are the latest to be penalized by a provincial court judge for entering a backcountry area of Rogers Pass that was closed for avalanche risk.
  Jacob A. Gordon and Jack William Elder appeared at the Revelstoke Courthouse on Oct. 7, each charged on one count of prohibited or restricted activity under Section 7.4 of Parks Canada’s general regulations.
  On April 14, the two men parked their Montana plate-bearing vehicle at the Loop Brook parking lot in Glacier National Park to go ski
  
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• Investigation launched into Crime Stoppers tip breach, B.C. privacy watchdog says

  05-11-2026 00:12 via Abbotsford News
  
  The province’s privacy watchdog is investigating B.C. Crime Stoppers to determine if it took adequate steps to protect the personal information of tipsters.
  The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia launched the investigation into the breach Tuesday (Nov. 3), according to a release.
  The privacy watchdog says it’s investigating whether the British Columbia Crime Stoppers Society took adequate steps to protect personal information gathered from people who rep
  
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• Mango Market founder says Business Excellence Awards in Abbotsford ‘incredibly humbling’

  05-11-2026 00:06 via Abbotsford News
  
  An Abbotsford business owner says being recognized for the passion and vision she has put into her work has been incredibly meaningful.
  Amanda Mango, founder of The Mango Market, is among the past recipients – and current nominees – of the annual Business Excellence Awards in Abbotsford. This year’s awards are presented Nov. 12 at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Centre.
  Mango was first recognized by the program in 2021, when she was named Entrepreneur of the Year.
  She had just left her jo
  
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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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• Man who beat wife to death with a hammer denied request for parole in Victoria

  04-11-2026 23:02 via Abbotsford News
  
  A man with Victoria connections, who bludgeoned his new wife Iris McNeil to death in their Lower Mainland home while she slept in the summer of 1997 has once again been denied parole.The Parole Board of Canada denied both parole and day parole for James Shortreed, who beat McNeil with a claw hammer and stabbed her with a knife then stuffed her body into a freezer on July 23, 1997.The now 71-year-old would “present an undue risk to society if released,” the decision reads.“Regarding conditi
  
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• WHL awards Chilliwack expansion franchise to group led by former Abbotsford Canucks head coach

  04-11-2026 20:35 via Abbotsford News
  
  The Western Hockey League has announced they have awarded the Chillliwack expansion franchise to an ownership group led by Jeremy Colliton, Brett Motherwell, Mason Raymond, Mario Amantea, and Patrick Lathrop.The WHL revealed the news in a press release on Wednesday (Nov. 4).
  Colliton, a former head coach of the AHL’s Abbotsford Canucks and the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks, as well as a former assistant coach with the New Jersey Devils, will also serve as the franchise’s governor, general manag
  
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• THE MOJ: B.C. Lions can’t beat themselves in Western Final versus Elks

  04-11-2026 19:24 via Abbotsford News
  
  HERE WE GO: As the B.C. Lions prepare to take on the Edmonton Elks at Commonwealth Stadium in the Western Final this Saturday (4:30 p.m., TSN; 730 CKNW; Sher-E-Punjab Radio AM 600), this agent has been asked on numerous occasions what the Lions need to do to beat the Elks. The answer is simple — don’t beat themselves. The Elks have feasted on their opponents’ mistakes this season, turning a league-high 53 takeaways into 178 points off turnovers — also a CFL best. That’s a staggering 33
  
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• Condolences pour in for mother, daughter killed in suspected Bella Coola bear attack

  04-11-2026 19:00 via Abbotsford News
  
  Messages of heartfelt condolences are being shared across B.C. following the death of a mother and daughter killed in a suspected grizzly bear attack west of Williams Lake in Bella Coola.Family have identified the victims as Jennifer Balcarras, 48, and her daughter Selah Reed, 20.BC Conservation Officer Service confirmed on social media their bodies were located in the Snooka West Trail area Nov. 2 and 3.On Facebook the Central Coast Teacher’s Association (CCTA) wrote it is deeply saddened by
  
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• Highway 39 south of Mackenzie closed due to bus crash, injuries reported

  04-11-2026 18:37 via Abbotsford News
  
  Police say there are serious injuries after a bus left the roadway south of Mackenzie Wednesday, leading to a highway closure.
  Mackenzie RCMP say the detachment was alerted to a report of a bus that had left Highway 39, south of Mackenzie, on Nov. 4. Police say multiple injuries have been reported, including serious injuries.
  Police say that at this early stage of the investigation, limited details are available.
  Mackenzie RCMP, B.C. Emergency Health Services and fire crews are all on scene. Pol
  
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• Rhonda Pauls chosen as new chair of Abbotsford board of education

  04-11-2026 18:21 via Abbotsford News
  
  The new look Abbotsford board of education has selected Rhonda Pauls to serve as chair.
  The decision to choose Pauls as board chair was made at the new board’s inaugural meeting inside Abbotsford Senior Secondary School on Tuesday (Nov. 3) night.
  Pauls had previously served as both chair and vice-chair during her first run on school board, which lasted from 2011 to 2022. She said that the work now begins for this new group of school trustees.“It is an honour to serve our community as chair o
  
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• B.C.’s shellfish producers sue the Village of Cumberland over Baynes Sound pollution

  04-11-2026 18:16 via Abbotsford News
  
  Three of B.C.’s leading shellfish producers have filed legal action against the Village of Cumberland.
  Fanny Bay Oysters, Stellar Bay Shellfish, and Macs Oysters allege that the Village of Cumberland has been in long-standing violation of wastewater treatment standards and has been severely polluting Baynes Sound over the past decade, causing long-term harvest closures.
  Cumberland Mayor Vickey Brown confirmed the village received a notice of civil claim from Baynes Sound Oyster producers.“Gi
  
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• Russian hockey players won’t be granted visas for World Juniors in Alberta: Carney

  04-11-2026 17:44 via Abbotsford News
  
  Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced Russian hockey players will not be granted visas for the 2027 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships in Red Deer and Edmonton.
  The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled in late October that the Russian Ice Hockey Federation will be allowed to enter a Russian team in all IIHF Championships “with immediate effect.”
  “The IIHF disagrees with this aspect of the ruling and maintains that its decisions were necessary to protect the safety and security
  
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• UPDATE: Abbotsford police find missing Indigenous man

  04-11-2026 16:30 via Abbotsford News
  
  An Abbotsford man has been missing for over a week, and police are now asking for the public’s help in locating him.
  A request was put out on Tuesday (Nov. 3) for assistance in finding Donovan Adams, 36, who was last spotted near 272 Street and Fraser Highway in Langley just before 8 a.m. on Oct. 26.
  Adams is described as an Indigenous male, approximately 5’10” tall, weighing 190 lbs, with a thin build, short black hair, and a goatee.
  The Abbotsford Police Department said he has full sleev
  
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• 30 years of Abbotsford excellence celebrated at annual business awards

  04-11-2026 15:30 via Abbotsford News
  
  For three decades, Abbotsford companies of all sizes have had their hard work and successes celebrated at the annual Business Excellence Awards, which return again on Nov. 12.
  This year’s event marks the 30th anniversary of the awards, which Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce CEO Alex Mitchell said were started only one year after the amalgamation of Abbotsford and Matsqui into the City of Abbotsford.
  From the very start, the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce and Abbotsford News have combined their e
  
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