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• Highway 1 gets ramp closures this weekend

  23-10-2026 01:21 via Abbotsford News
  
  Drivers travelling down Mount Lehman Road this weekend may have to deal with some detours as the highway ramps undergo intermittent closures.
  The Ministry of Transportation and Transit announced the closures on Thursday (Oct. 22), with these changes impacting late-evening and overnight commuters.
  The first of the changes begins on Friday (Oct. 23) at 9 p.m. and continues until 7 a.m. on Saturday.
  During this time, traffic will not be able to access the westbound Highway 1 off-ramps to Fraser Hig
  
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• Gallery 7 Theatre in Abbotsford presents Frozen

  27-10-2026 20:25 via Abbotsford News
  
  Gallery 7 Theatre opens its 2026-27 season with its production of Disney’s Frozen, starting Nov. 6.
  The show runs until Nov. 22 at the Abbotsford Arts Centre, 2329 Crescent Way.
  The Broadway adaptation of the beloved animated film features favourites like Let It Go and For the First Time in Forever, alongside new songs written for the stage, including Monster and I Can’t Lose You.
  In the kingdom of Arendelle, sisters Anna (Ash Nardi) and Elsa (Jaimee Huttema) have grown increasingly distant.
  
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• High school cross country provincial championships coming to Abbotsford

  27-10-2026 19:39 via Abbotsford News
  
  Abbotsford Christian School and the Valley Royals Track and Field Club have joined forced to help bring the 2026 BC High School Cross Country Provincial Championships to Cleabrook Park.
  The event runs on Saturday, Nov. 7 and features senior, junior and para high school athletes.
  ACS is the host school and the Royals are the lead sport technical role for the event.
  Senior athletes run a five-kilometre course, junior runners have a 4.1 km course and para athletes have a two km course. Hundreds are
  
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• Several B.C. rugby players included in Rugby Canada’s Nations Cup squad

  27-10-2026 19:30 via Abbotsford News
  
  Rugby Canada has selected 36 players for the senior men’s team’s final three 2026 Nations Cup matches in November.
  Head coach Stephen Meehan said the squad includes the return of several France-based players and a few who have signed professional contracts in England after a landmark deal with CHAMP Rugby, the country’s second-tier league. One is Courtenay’s Foster DeWitt, who signed with Nottingham Rugby in October. DeWitt was also part of Canada’s Pacific Nations Cup squad earlier th
  
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• ‘Absolutely incredible fish’: Female angler reels in massive sturgeon with Chilliwack guide

  27-10-2026 19:17 via Abbotsford News
  
  A Chilliwack-based fishing guide is calling it one of the largest sturgeons ever caught by a female angler on the Fraser River.
  Sturgeon Slayers was out on a guiding trip with her when she reeled in an untagged 11-foot, 4-inch white sturgeon. It had a 60-inch pectoral girth and a 70-inch belly girth.
  “This was an absolutely incredible fish,” said Kevin Estrada, owner of Sturgeon Slayers. “When you see a fish with these kinds of measurements, you realize how special the Fraser River is. And
  
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• ‘Absolutely incredible fish’: Female angler reels in massive sturgeon in Chilliwack

  27-10-2026 19:17 via Abbotsford News
  
  A Chilliwack-based fishing guide is calling it one of the largest sturgeons ever caught by a female angler on the Fraser River.
  Sturgeon Slayers was out on a guiding trip with her when she reeled in an untagged, 1,200-pound, 11-foot-4-inch white sturgeon in Chilliwack. It had a 60-inch pectoral girth and a 70-inch belly girth.
  “This was an absolutely incredible fish,” said Kevin Estrada, owner of Sturgeon Slayers. “When you see a fish with these kinds of measurements, you realize how speci
  
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• IIO investigation clears Victoria Police officers of wrongdoing in June arrest

  27-10-2026 18:00 via Abbotsford News
  
  The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) has concluded its investigation into the arrest of a man in Victoria last summer.
  The incident that sparked the investigation began around 3 p.m. on June 7 when Victoria Police officers were at a liquor store in a commercial plaza in the 170-block of Wilson Street to arrest a man who was not permitted to be there.
  Officers arrested the man and took him to the police department, but on July 6, the IIO was notified about the incident by the man, wh
  
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• Loss of B.C. shoppers a $64 million hit for Washington State border towns

  27-10-2026 17:48 via Abbotsford News
  
  Businesses in Washington State’s Whatcom County on the border with Canada lost “in the range of” $64 million U.S. from 2024 to 2025 because far fewer B.C. residents are driving south to purchase merchandise, clothing, gas, food and beverages.
  The estimate was published in an online report by Western Washington University’s Border Policy Research Institute (BPRI).
  “Whatcom County’s Cross-Border Retail Economy,” a collection of interactive maps and data charts, shows Canadian shoppin
  
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• 1 person ‘unaccounted for’ after massive blaze destroys former Victoria hotel: police

  27-10-2026 17:48 via Abbotsford News
  
  Amid the lingering smoky smell from the massive Saturday fire, investigators expect to begin delving into the charred debris of a former hotel for a cause and potential victims.
  Victoria police and fire departments are investigating the major fire that tore through a former Travellers Inn at 760 Blanshard Street on Oct. 24.Firefighters arrived just before 4 a.m. to find heavy flames extending up the exterior of the building. Crews began an interior attack, but intense heat and fire conditions fo
  
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• ‘Great example of cooperation’: Mounties help Island resident rescue deer from pool

  27-10-2026 17:40 via Abbotsford News
  
  A deer that found itself in an unusual predicament was safely rescued by police and a resident last week.
  At approximately 8:53 a.m. on Oct. 23, Sidney/North Saanich RCMP received a report from a resident of Downey Road in North Saanich that a deer was trapped in a backyard swimming pool.
  An officer attended the residence and found an adult buck unable to get out of the pool on its own.
  Working together, the officer and the homeowner used a large strap to help guide the deer safely from the wate
  
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• Vancouver Island dog rescuer killed helping animals in war-torn Ukraine

  27-10-2026 16:07 via Abbotsford News
  
  Animal advocates across the province are mourning the loss of a leader, reporting the death of RainCoast Dog Rescue Society founder Jesse Adams.“It’s with a heavy heart that we, RainCoast Dog Rescue Society, have to announce the passing of our founder Jesse Adams,” reads a post from the Victoria Humane Society. “After a life lived in service to animal welfare, Jesse made the ultimate sacrifice to his beliefs on the frontlines of Ukraine.”
  The bond between a person and their pet knows n
  
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• Snow to fall in parts of the Cariboo: Environment Canada

  27-10-2026 15:42 via Abbotsford News
  
  Old man winter is making his first visit of the season to the Cariboo region.
  On Tuesday, Oct. 27, Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Kamloops, Clearwater, Barriere, Ashcroft, 100 Mile Ranch, and north to Anahim Lake due to “heavy banded snow giving locally high accumulations and poor visibility.” Williams Lake, Quesnel, and Prince George were not issued the weather statement.According to the government weather agency, the snow will start on Tuesday afternoon in th
  
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• Impaired driver crashes into utility pole in Abbotsford

  27-10-2026 15:22 via Abbotsford News
  
  A 49-year-old impaired driver was arrested in Abbotsford on Sunday night (Oct. 25) after crashing into a utility pole.According to a news release from the Abbotsford Police Department, the pickup truck driver initially came to the attention of a gang crime unit officer on McCallum Road near Highway 1. The unmarked police car was allegedly sideswiped by the pickup.During an attempted traffic stop, police said the driver initially slowed but then accelerated and fled.Police say the 49-year-old dro
  
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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.”
  ORIGINAL STORY
  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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