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• Gas prices likely driving Canadians to US pumps

  24-03-2018 20:51 via abbynews.com
  
  Customs say cost of fuel, nice weather, spring break are contributing factors of uptick of trafficThe post Gas prices likely driving Canadians to US pumps appeared first on Abbotsford News.
  
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• B.C. whale watchers join forces to help tangled humpback ‘Pop Tart’

  11-07-2026 17:42 via abbynews.com
  
  When a humpback whale named Pop Tart found itself in a tangle, Greater Victoria’s whale watching community sprang into action.
  Identified as the 2016 calf of famed Salish Sea humpback whale Big Mama, Pop Tart spent nearly a week entangled in fishing gear, described as a buoy with a rope more than 30 metres long.
  The Pacific Whale Watch Association (PWWA) has praised the collaboration between Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Marine Mammal Response Team and professional whale watchers from
  
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• Survey ranks Victoria 2nd-best city in Canada

  11-07-2026 16:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Among the hundreds of towns and cities that pepper Canada’s forests, coastlines and prairies, Victoria has been named one of the best.
  Travel + Leisure recently released its 2026 World’s Best Award, which annually ranks the best places to stay, eat and explore in Canada and beyond, as decided by its readers.
  This year, Victoria was voted the second-best city in Canada, behind Quebec City.
  Victoria received an 83.77 score, while Quebec City took home an 86.99 ranking.
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• WORLD CUP DAILY, July 11: Spain heads to semi-finals

  11-07-2026 16:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Daily FIFA World Cup soccer match updates and news for Black Press Media publications.
  Spain is heading to the semi-finals after defeating Belgium 2-1 on Friday (July 10).It is a busy day at the World Cup today (July 11), with two quarter-final matches. Norway will take on England at 2 p.m. PT in Miami, followed by Argentina vs. Switzerland at 6 p.m. PT in Kansas City.
  QUARTER-FINALS
  Friday, July 10:
  Spain vs. Belgium at 12 p.m. in Los Angeles
  Saturday, July 11
  Norway vs. England at 5 p.m. in Mi
  
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• Gone Country: Jamestown about so much more than music

  11-07-2026 02:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Sharing a beer after a charity concert on Vancouver Island earlier this year, country music artist JoJo Mason – who’s done a lot of work with Gone Country through the years – invited the fundraiser’s co-founders Chris and Jamie Ruscheinski back stage.
  Little did the twin brothers and Langley philanthropists know that invitation would lead to booking that event’s headliners – the James Barker Band – to the top billing at this Saturday’s (July 11&rsq
  
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• How the Chilliwack Chiefs helped transform Caleb Malhotra into a top pick

  11-07-2026 01:34 via abbynews.com
  
  When Caleb Malhotra arrived to the Chilliwack Chiefs in 2024 the expectations were high, but the red carpet wasn’t exactly rolled out for the prospect – and head coach Brian Maloney said that was by design.
  Malhotra made headlines last month by being selected third overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the NHL Draft and is a big future piece for the NHL franchise. He also appeared at the recent Canucks Development Camp in Abbotsford earlier this month.
  The 16-year-old Malhotra had to b
  
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• New involuntary care facilities to be opened in Surrey and Prince George

  11-07-2026 00:14 via abbynews.com
  
  The B.C. government is creating two new secure facilities to involuntarily hold and treat people with combined mental health and addiction diagnoses, one in Surrey and another in Prince George.
  Premier David Eby announced the plans on Friday, July 10, at the site of the new facility in Prince George. Both units will be located in already-existing structures to save costs.
  The Prince George centre, previously announced without site details, will be located on Gunn Road in a renovated youth correc
  
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• B.C.’s jobless rate stable, but some age groups and areas still having hard time

  11-07-2026 00:00 via abbynews.com
  
  The latest job numbers from Statistics Canada for June show slightly increased hiring in B.C. overall, but also reveal major remaining demographic and regional disparities, including stubbornly high youth unemployment and rising joblessness in the Interior.
  “People are maybe tired of hearing about tariffs, but they have an impact,” said Ravi Kahlon, B.C.’s jobs minister. “They have an impact directly, but also it creates uncertainty, which is a real challenge.”
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• Free bird: White Rock firefighters rescue baby seagull from rooftop

  10-07-2026 23:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Not all heroes wear capes.
  They often wear reflective-striped, protective firefighting gear, like the White Rock firefighters who showed up to rescue a baby seagull from a high rooftop Tuesday (July 7) evening.
  The baby gull was trapped in netting around a rooftop chimney on Magdalen Avenue early Tuesday evening, with a few locals posting about it on social media community groups.
  “Desperately seeking help for baby seagull trapped in a net over chimney on roof of house across from us! Plea
  
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• Special mediators appointed amid B.C. Nurses’ Union job action

  10-07-2026 22:33 via abbynews.com
  
  Labour Minister Jennifer Whiteside has appointed two special mediators in the dispute between the B.C. Nurses’ Union and the Health Employers Association of B.C.
  Long-time mediator Vince Ready and Amanda Rogers were named special mediators Friday, July 10, eight days after job action began.
  Ready and Rogers will work wth the two parties for 10 days with the aim of helping to reach a settlement, or if needed, to provide recommendations to the minister.
  The ministry says the two appointed un
  
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• Chilliwack construction worker taken to hospital after house fire in Mission

  10-07-2026 22:03 via abbynews.com
  
  A 31-year-old construction worker from Chilliwack was taken to hospital in serious but stable condition after a house fire in Mission on Thursday (July 9).
  Mission Fire Rescue Service (MFRS) responded to the Cherry Avenue blaze at approximately 6 p.m. after reports of possible patients on scene.
  In a news release, Mission RCMP said that three workers were renovating a deck at the residence when a large container of vinyl adhesive caught fire.
  “The burning material reportedly also came into
  
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• Abbotsford surpasses 20 drug-related deaths in 2026

  10-07-2026 21:45 via abbynews.com
  
  Another batch of fatal drug overdoses has hit Abbotsford, increasing the city’s total to 24 so far this year.
  Six of these deaths occurred in May, which is actually a slight decrease from April, but was still enough to make the city climb the list of townships with the highest number of drug deaths.
  Abbotsford’s 24 deaths make it the sixth-deadliest in the province and the biggest source of deaths in the Fraser East Health Service Delivery Area, which also includes Hope, Chilliwack,
  
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• Chilliwack gearing up to host PGA Scramble golf qualifier

  10-07-2026 21:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Amateur golfers will have the chance to compete in the Chilliwack qualifier of the PGA Scramble at the end of July.
  It’s being hosted at Chilliwack Golf Club on Monday, July 27 and it is the largest grassroots amateur golf program in Canada taking place at more than 185 locations.
  Registration for the Chilliwack event closes on July 17.
  The winners of each local qualifier are invited to participate in one of 13 regional finals later this summer. From there, regional winners can take part i
  
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• UPDATE: Amber Alert cancelled in Alberta, but RCMP say 6-year-old still missing

  10-07-2026 20:20 via abbynews.com
  
  UPDATE: Friday, 3:59 p.m. Pacific Time
  Beaverlodge RCMP say the Amber Alert for six-year-old Lanakai Morrison is being cancelled as of Friday afternoon (July 10).
  However, Lanakai, his mother Krista Morrison, her partner Daniel Ludwig and four-year-old Karl Morrison are still missing.
  “This alert was cancelled as there is no reasonable expectation the public, in Alberta, will be able to action the instructions in the alert.”
  The Amber Alert was extended to B.C., the Yukon and the Nor
  
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• UPDATE: Alberta Amber Alert continues with ‘number’ of B.C. sightings

  10-07-2026 20:20 via abbynews.com
  
  UPDATE: Friday, 12:44 p.m. Pacific Time
  Police say there have been “a number of sightings” in B.C. of Lanakai Morrison, 6, who is the subject of an ongoing Amber Alert out of Alberta.
  RCMP issued the latest update Friday (July 10) at 12:44 p.m. after Beaverlodge RCMP confirmed a sighting of Lanakai in Fort St. John on Wednesday, July 8 at approximately 9:30 a.m. Previous Amber Alert updates gave an incorrect date.
  Fort St. John is about 160 kilometres, or about a two-hour drive, nort
  
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• Alberta Amber Alert extends into 2nd day, last sighting in Fort St. John, B.C.

  10-07-2026 20:20 via abbynews.com
  
  The six-year-old who is the subject of an Amber Alert originating out of Alberta was last seen in northeastern B.C. on Thursday morning.
  Lanakai Morrison, 6, was last seen in Fort St. John, B.C. on July 9 at approximately 9:30 a.m., according to an Amber Alert update from Beaverlodge RCMP around 9:25 p.m. Pacific time Thursday.
  Fort St. John is about 160 kilometres, or about a two-hour drive, northwest of Valhalla Centre where Lanakai was reportedly taken from.
  The sighting came about nine hours
  
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• Wrestler Ethan Carter III debuting in British Columbia at Abbotsford Agrifair

  10-07-2026 19:50 via abbynews.com
  
  The top one per cent of professional wrestling is set to make his British Columbia debut at Abbotsford Agrifair.
  Former TNA and NWA world heavyweight champion Ethan Carter III will appear for All Star Wrestling during the annual event on Aug. 1 and 2.
  TNA star Eric Young was initially slated to appear at Agrifair, but ASW stated that due to contractual obligations he is now unable to perform. It has been reported that Young has signed a deal with WWE and will be used for a role as both an in-rin
  
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• City of Surrey tackles ‘inaccurate claims’ about property acquistions

  10-07-2026 19:50 via abbynews.com
  
  Surrey city hall’s property acquisitions process has come under a microscope in the wake of accusations related to a “questionable” real estate transaction, a “bail out” for a land developer, a call for a judicial review, and a councillor calling for a full-on police investigation.
  In response, the City of Surrey’s communications department issued a press release July 9 including a summary of property acquisitions from June 2025 to July 2026 that indicates cit
  
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• Nursing picket lines to expand across B.C. as bargaining reaches ‘impasse’

  10-07-2026 19:19 via abbynews.com
  
  More nurses are expected to join the picket lines outside hospitals across British Columbia in the coming weeks, as negotiations have once again reached an “impasse,” the B.C. Nurses’ Union announced on Thursday, July 9.
  Picket lines were established at Vancouver General Hospital on Tuesday, July 7, and new lines began forming outside Surrey Memorial Hospital and the Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre in Surrey early on Thursday, July 9.
  “Nurses do not want t
  
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• B.C. Supreme Courts in Lower Mainland set to resume regular operations after ‘FIFA Period’

  10-07-2026 19:10 via abbynews.com
  
  B.C. Supreme Courts in Vancouver, New Westminster, Abbotsford and Chilliwack will resume regular operations on Monday (July 13), including criminal and civil jury trials, now that the “FIFA period” has come to an end.
  Chief Justice Ron Skolrood announced last July that the Supreme Courts in the four cities would be impacted from June 12 till July 8 and only urgent and time-sensitive criminal hearings, such as bail applications, would be heard during this time.
  “The adjustments
  
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• Mission paddleboarder drowns in Hayward Lake

  10-07-2026 19:01 via abbynews.com
  
  A 58-year-old Mission man drowned while paddleboarding at Hayward Lake on Thursday (July 9).
  According to a news release from Mission RCMP, it is believed the man lost his balance on the paddleboard and fell into the water.“He was not wearing a personal flotation device, and reportedly had limited swimming abilities,” the detachment said.
  Police say the man’s wife began yelling for help from the shore and a passerby rushed over to help. The passerby spotted the victim underwate
  
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• B.C. volunteer braves Ukraine war for all creatures great, small and bizarre

  10-07-2026 18:43 via abbynews.com
  
  The bond between a person and their pet knows no bounds, capable of enduring even the horrors of war.
  On the front lines of Eastern Ukraine, Sooke volunteer Jesse Adams experiences firsthand just how unbreakable those bonds can be.
  “When you love something, you’ll put yourself in the way of danger to take care of it, to make sure it’s safe,” he says. “Ukrainians love their animals, and from what I’ve seen, they will do anything to help protect those animals, e
  
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• Police watchdog seeks more witnesses, video in fatal Boxing Day crash in Chilliwack

  10-07-2026 18:12 via abbynews.com
  
  B.C.’s police watchdog is looking for more witnesses following a fatal crash that happened on Boxing Day last year in Chilliwack.
  The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) put the call out on July 10 as part of their investigation into the Dec. 26, 2025 on Yale Road.
  Shortly after 10:15 p.m., a white Ford pickup truck driven by a man was involved in a single-vehicle collision near the intersection of Yale and Banford roads.
  Paramedics and the fire department attended, but the man d
  
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• Windy, dry conditions lead to continued growth of Fraser Canyon wildfires: BCWS

  10-07-2026 17:15 via abbynews.com
  
  Wildfires in the Fraser Canyon continued to see growth and “elevated fire behaviour” amidst warm, dry and windy conditions on Thursday (July 9).
  BC Wildfire Service’s latest update on Thursday night about the Brunswick Complex, which includes the Brunswick Creek and Ainslie Creek fires, continues to list both blazes as out of control. The out-of-control label is used for fires that are spreading or anticipated to spread beyond their current perimeter or control line.
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• Wind pushing Brunswick Creek wildfire away from communities: BCWS

  10-07-2026 17:15 via abbynews.com
  
  Wildfires in the Fraser Canyon continued to see growth and “elevated fire behaviour” amidst warm, dry and windy conditions on Thursday (July 9).
  BC Wildfire Service’s latest update on Thursday night about the Brunswick Complex, which includes the Brunswick Creek and Ainslie Creek fires, continues to list both blazes as out of control. The out-of-control label is used for fires that are spreading or anticipated to spread beyond their current perimeter or control line.
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• WORLD CUP DAILY, July 10: France heads to the semi-finals

  10-07-2026 16:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Daily FIFA World Cup soccer match updates and news for Black Press Media publications.
  France is heading to the semi-finals after defeating Morocco 2-0 on Thursday (July 9).
  They will play the winner of today’s Spain vs. Belgium match in Dallas on Tuesday (July 14).
  QUARTER-FINALS
  Friday, July 10:
  Spain vs. Belgium at 12 p.m. in Los Angeles
  Saturday, July 11
  Norway vs. England at 5 p.m. in Miami
  Argentina vs. Switzerland at 8 p.m. in Kansas City
  SEMI-FINALS
  Tuesday, July 14
  France vs. winn
  
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• North Okanagan orchardists propose drilling into aquifer to alleviate drought

  10-07-2026 14:00 via abbynews.com
  
  As an unprecedented drought carries on with next to no relief in the form of rain in the North Okanagan, drastic Greater Vernon water restrictions continue to hammer agriculturalists.
  But two Coldstream orchardists are proposing a solution that could help their orchards survive this year, while taking pressure off the water system next year when conditions could be just as dry.
  Local agriculturalists have been informed they can only use 30 per cent of their remaining water allocation for the yea
  
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• Victoria’s Fairmont Empress named Canada’s top city hotel for second year

  10-07-2026 07:40 via abbynews.com
  
  The Fairmont Empress has once again been named Canada’s top city hotel, earning the No. 1 spot in Travel + Leisure‘s 2026 World’s Best Awards for the second consecutive year.
  The Victoria landmark received a reader score of 96.08, placing it ahead of Vancouver’s Rosewood Hotel Georgia, which scored 95.62, and Québec City’s Auberge Saint-Antoine at 95.13.
  The annual awards are based on reader surveys that evaluate hotels on criteria including rooms, facilities
  
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• Shelter-in-place order lifted in Vanderhoof after police incident

  10-07-2026 05:15 via abbynews.com
  
  VANDERHOOF – A shelter-in-place order issued Thursday afternoon for the District of Vanderhoof and Electoral Area F has now been lifted following a major police response in Vanderhoof.
  The emergency alert was issued at approximately 2:24 p.m. at the request of Vanderhoof RCMP, instructing residents to shelter in place while officers responded to an unfolding incident.
  People across the community reported seeing a large police presence and being evacuated from several locations.
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• Shelter-in-place order lifted in Vanderhoof after fatal crash, 1 arrested

  10-07-2026 05:15 via abbynews.com
  
  A shelter-in-place order issued Thursday afternoon for the District of Vanderhoof and Electoral Area F was lifted just as quickly as it was sent out following a major police response to a fatal crash.
  The emergency alert was issued at approximately 2:24 p.m. at the request of Vanderhoof RCMP, instructing residents to shelter in place while officers responded to an unfolding incident.
  According to the North District Major Crimes Unit, police were called to the 1500 block of Ring Road for a report
  
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