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• Liberals told to build new benefits for ill, unemployed workers, docs show

  09-10-2018 17:10 via abbynews.com
  
  Liberals given an ambitious plan to close gaps in the social safety net for ill and unemployed Canadians among other ideas that have since made their way into federal policy.The post Liberals told to build new benefits for ill, unemployed workers, docs show appeared first on Abbotsford News.
  
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• Inquest date set — again —for woman found dead in White Rock RCMP cells in 2016

  04-09-2026 01:19 via abbynews.com
  
  Another date has been set for an inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman in White Rock RCMP cells more than 10 years ago.
  Patricia Ann Wilson, 58, was found unresponsive the morning of March 29, 2016, following “events involving civilian jail guards and members of the White Rock RCMP,” according to a 2025 BC Coroners Service release.
  That release announced the inquest into the circumstances surrounding Wilson’s death would take place in Burnaby from June
  
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• Work begins on B.C’s North Coast Transmission Line

  04-09-2026 00:49 via abbynews.com
  Construction has begun on a massive electrical transmission line being built to span northern B.C. and power ambitious plans for expanded regional resource extraction.
  B.C. Premier David Eby announced the project’s groundbreaking in Prince George on Thursday, Sept. 3.
  “It’s a massive generational project, the kind of project that we hope that the next generation will look back and say, ‘I’m really glad that this was done,'” he said.
  The B.C. government has est
  
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• Chilliwack school trustee candidate responds to DPAC statement on resignation

  04-09-2026 00:41 via abbynews.com
  
  A Chilliwack school trustee candidate has responded to comments he made earlier this year regarding Muslim people “breeding.”Cary Moore, who is part of a five-person slate called Trustees for Change, said a single screenshot from a Facebook group “was stripped of its context.”He said this in response to a public statement made by the Chilliwack District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC), who posted a statement to their Facebook page on Wednesday (Sept. 2) regarding social me
  
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• Fraud, theft charges for Vancouver cop who runs Surrey foundation for kids

  04-09-2026 00:37 via abbynews.com
  
  A Vancouver Police detective and the founder and CEO of Surrey-based KidsPlay Foundation was charged with fraud and theft of over $5,000 on Thursday (Sept. 3).Kal Dosanjh has been with Vancouver Police Department for over 25 years and has served in many roles, including senior detective in the Financial Crimes Unit.He has been charged with four counts of fraud, four counts of theft over $5,000 and breach of trust by a public officer. Court Services Online show the offences occurred on Jan 13, 20
  
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• Cyclists tracking birds from Alaska to Patagonia reach Williams Lake

  04-09-2026 00:22 via abbynews.com
  
  After passing through pouring rain, darkness and a gruelling climb, two cyclists on a 30,000 kilometre journey from Alaska to Patagonia arrived in Williams Lake to the sights of city lights.
  Leanna Carriera, Canadian endurance athlete and adventurer, while Timm Dobert is a conservation scientist and ecologist, and together, they are the team behind the Wings of Survival.
  The duo pedalled into town on Aug. 29 some time after 9 p.m., taking the Rudy Johnson Bridge route rather than staying on the
  
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• Disputes between OneBC MLA and former staff escalates into series of litigation

  03-09-2026 23:38 via abbynews.com
  
  OneBC Leader Dallas Brodie is suing a former party staff member, alleging he damaged her reputation through a series of slanderous social media posts.
  In the lawsuit filed on Aug. 31, Brodie alleged that former OneBC staffer Othman Mekhloufi has “engaged in a sustained campaign of online defamation” directed at her from his X account.
  The filing says that Mekhloufi’s statements caused and continue to cause injury, loss and damage, and that they were “deliberately calculat
  
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• Family shocked as B.C. teen’s killer moved to minimum-security facility

  03-09-2026 22:47 via abbynews.com
  
  One of the two men convicted of killing Langford teenager Kimberly Proctor in 2010 has been transferred to a minimum-security facility in Mission.
  Proctor’s aunt, Jo-Anne Landolt, said the family was notified more than a month ago that Cameron Moffat had applied for a voluntary transfer and was invited to submit victim impact statements in response.
  Despite the family’s appeals, Landolt said they recently received confirmation that Moffat’s request has been approved.
  Landolt re
  
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• Bear with unusual backside captured on Comox porch cam

  03-09-2026 22:05 via abbynews.com
  
  As autumn approaches in the Comox Valley, residents are starting to see a familiar seasonal sight: black bears foraging for food before their winter torpor.
  Typically, many local bears make a b-line to the salmon spawning in the Puntledge River and other waterways, but a Comox porch camera captured a unique bear that some valley residents are calling “Bimothy.”
  Just like Jimothy, the Seattle raccoon who went media viral this summer, the black bear spotted in the Comox home’s se
  
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• Manning Park marketing video draws divisive feedback

  03-09-2026 22:04 via abbynews.com
  
  A marketing video by Manning Park Resort has received tens of thousands of views and its fair share of criticism after some people said the images were tone deaf amidst a summer filled with drownings.
  The video was originally published on Aug. 30 and depicts scenes of people appearing unconscious on trails and in water as they “absorb Manning Park’s healing frequency.”View this post on InstagramA post shared by Manning Park Resort (@manningpark)Manning Park Resort general manag
  
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• 2 charged for keeping an illegal gaming house in the Lower Mainland

  03-09-2026 20:34 via abbynews.com
  
  Two people from the Lower Mainland are facing charges for allegedly keeping an illegal gaming house, police say.Burnaby resident Shahrouz Younesi, 54, and Vancouver resident Xiaoyi “Karen” Zhang, 46, are each facing a charge of keeping a common gaming house, contrary to section 201(1) of the Criminal Code.Younesi is also charged with the sale of unstamped tobacco products.The charges were approved by the B.C. Prosecution Service on Aug. 26.
  They’re both expected to appear in co
  
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• VIDEO: Dash cam captures 2 cars racing through Abbotsford playground zone

  03-09-2026 20:33 via abbynews.com
  
  The Abbotsford Police Department is trying to identify and locate two drivers who were filmed driving recklessly in a playground zone on Wednesday (Sept. 2).
  The footage, which was caught on another driver’s dash cam and posted on social media, was taken at around 11 a.m. on Old Yale Road west of McMillan Road.
  That stretch of road runs past Crossley Park and has a posted speed limit of 30 km/h, which, as a playground zone, is in effect every day from dawn to dusk. Yale Secondary is locate
  
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• Dash cam captures 2 cars racing through Abbotsford playground zone

  03-09-2026 20:33 via abbynews.com
  
  The Abbotsford Police Department is trying to identify and locate two drivers who were filmed driving recklessly in a playground zone on Wednesday (Sept. 2).
  The footage, which was caught on another driver’s dash cam and posted on social media, was taken at around 11 a.m. on Old Yale Road west of McMillan Road.
  That stretch of road runs past Crossley Park and has a posted speed limit of 30 km/h, which, as a playground zone, is in effect every day from dawn to dusk. Yale Secondary is locate
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP appeal to public for more info 2 years after woman’s ‘suspicious’ death

  03-09-2026 20:29 via abbynews.com
  
  Two years after a missing woman was found dead along the Fraser River, Chilliwack RCMP are turning to the public in hopes that someone has more information on what police are calling a “suspicious” death.
  Tania Langley, 53, was reported missing on Sept. 5, 2024 after she was last seen in Chilliwack on Aug. 29 of that same year. Her body was later found 12 days later in Mission, on Sept. 17 along the Fraser River.
  Investigators continue to examine the disappearance and death of Langle
  
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• Trail Blazers: Meet the Trail researcher who helped turn waste into a critical mineral

  03-09-2026 20:22 via abbynews.com
  
  A major announcement about the future of critical-mineral production at the Trail smelter has uncovered the story of a local trailblazer who helped lay its foundation decades ago.
  The connection began when longtime Trail Times reader Walter Siemens, who now lives in the Lower Mainland, read the newspaper’s July 23 story, “What is gallium? The little-known metal that could shape Trail’s future.”
  The story examined gallium and its potential importance to Trail following a J
  
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• WorkSafeBC report details asbestos risks at Williams Lake Sandman Hotel

  03-09-2026 19:45 via abbynews.com
  
  Williams Lake Sandman Hotel’s chain operator Northland Properties Corporation has been hit with $624,051.48 penalty in May.
  The stop-work order was issued at the site after the inspection, the report informed.
  According to the report, the officer found a garbage bin containing mixed building materials, including baseboards with mould and paint debris from drywall. Workspace says ”asbestos contaminated waste was improperly handled as baseboards pulled from asbestos-containing walls we
  
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• Mission businesses grapple with uncertainty amid Canada-U.S. trade war

  03-09-2026 19:43 via abbynews.com
  
  For Mission businesses enduring the trade war with the United States, uncertainty is the real killer.
  TD Steel general manager Bob Cowan said it’s very tough to plan for the future and “right now there is no strategy” for businesses.
  “I wish I had a crystal ball,” Cowan said.
  JBS Equipment employs approximately 170 people and 70 per cent of its business is exported, including to the United States.
  Owner Justin Bond said business has been on edge since COVID, and the
  
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• Ontario suspect with connections to Fraser Valley facing 1st-degree murder charge

  03-09-2026 19:41 via abbynews.com
  
  Two suspects in an Ontario homicide have had their charges upgraded to first-degree murder and the two are still on the run.Ontario Provincial Police announced the upgraded charges against Ottawa men, 34-year-old Joseph Madore and 28-year-old Brayton Kennedy, on Thursday (Sept. 3). They were both previously facing second-degree murder charges previously. Both have warrants for their arrest.
  Police are also still warning that Madore and Kennedy remain at large.
  Madore is believed to be in B.C., a
  
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• Canadian Coast Guard’s Inshore Rescue Boat stations winding down for season

  03-09-2026 19:39 via abbynews.com
  
  The Canadian Coast Guard’s Inshore Rescue Boat stations in B.C. are winding down their seasonal maritime search and rescue service.
  These stations will close on Sept. 8:Cortes Bay, Cortes Island
  Sointula, Malcolm Island
  Nootka Sound
  Kelsey BayThe Inshore Rescue Boat program employs and trains post-secondary students across Canada, to provide additional maritime search and rescue services during the busy summer season.
  The Canadian Coast Guard’s Search and Rescue stations along coasta
  
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• Arsh Kaler seeks re-election to Abbotsford board of education

  03-09-2026 19:08 via abbynews.com
  
  Abbotsford’s youngest ever elected official is seeking another term as a school trustee.
  Arsh Kaler, who was first elected in a byelection in October 2025 at the age of 22, announced on Thursday (Sept. 3) that he is seeking re-election to the board of education.
  Kaler said his first year in office has given him the experience, relationships and understanding of the district needed to continue representing Abbotsford.
  “Last year, Abbotsford placed its trust in me, and from day one, I
  
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• VIDEO: Tesla driver fined for allegedly sleeping in moving car on highway in Langley

  03-09-2026 19:03 via abbynews.com
  
  A Tesla driver was fined after a BC Highway Patrol officer spotted him allegedly sleeping behind the wheel on Highway 1 near 248 Street in Langley.
  The incident happened on Aug. 27 at about 7:45 a.m. during the morning rush hour.
  The officer was responding to a priority call when he apparently saw the Tesla with the driver’s eyes closed and both hands off the steering wheel. The officer diverted from the call to stop the vehicle.
  “The police officer’s observations and his Body
  
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• True Kelowna friends take on Japan by bike

  03-09-2026 18:25 via abbynews.com
  
  Two friends and filmmakers from Kelowna have set off on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure overseas, attempting to bike across Japan, all the way from Cape Soya to Kagoshima, a distance of more than 2,700 kilometres.
  ​Lucas Cullen and Tommy DeWitt left Canada with nothing but their bikes, some camera gear, a laptop, a few clothes, and other essentials, ready to rediscover the beauty of Japan while capturing it on camera for a documentary called True Friends.
  ​“The number one goal i
  
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• Counterfeit money found circulating in Lower Mainland community

  03-09-2026 18:00 via abbynews.com
  
  In the last month, Maple Ridge RCMP has received at least eight separate reports of counterfeit cash circulating in the city.
  Counterfeit Canadian bank notes of $50 and $100 were used at various businesses, most of which spotted the fraudulent money and reported it to police.
  In some cases, however, the business was left on the hook for the loss of income.
  The Maple Ridge RCMP is now warning that it is a criminal offense to knowingly possess or use counterfeit money.
  And, businesses that accept
  
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• Okanagan woman answers calls for help, builds livestock evacuation app amid wildfires

  03-09-2026 14:45 via abbynews.com
  
  A B.C. woman is aiming to better coordination when it comes to livestock evacuations after experiencing the chaos first hand while answering calls for help during the Bradley Creek and Bald Range wildfires in the Okanagan this August.
  Coldstream’s Meagan Bucar drove into the fire zone when the Bradley Creek wildfire broke out at the north end of Okanagan Lake after a woman had put out a call for help in rescuing her horses. Bucar responded to the request to drive in with her horse trailer
  
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• Peacekeeping on the river: RCMP monitor Fraser on Indigenous policing jet boat in Chilliwack

  03-09-2026 14:30 via abbynews.com
  
  The unlikeliness of a recreational sockeye opening this year could mean an increase in fishing-related disputes on the Fraser River, according to RCMP.
  Const. Bradley Holditch is a member of the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment (UFVRD) Indigenous Policing Services (IPS), which has been partnering with Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) for years to maintain a visible presence on the water on the IPS jet boat.
  “One of our mandates and duties is ‘peacekeeping’
  
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• Peacekeeping on the river: RCMP monitor Fraser on Indigenous jet boat in Chilliwack

  03-09-2026 14:30 via abbynews.com
  
  The unlikeliness of a recreational sockeye opening this year could mean an increase in fishing-related disputes on the Fraser River, according to RCMP.
  Const. Bradley Holditch is a member of the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment (UFVRD) Indigenous Policing Services (IPS), which has been partnering with Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) for years to maintain a visible presence on the water on the IPS jet boat.
  “One of our mandates and duties is ‘peacekeeping’
  
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• Nelson’s WildSafeBC coordinator steps down after grizzly bear deaths

  03-09-2026 05:37 via abbynews.com
  
  Nelson’s WildSafeBC Community Coordinator, Lisa Thomson, has officially stepped down from her position after a month of emotional stress and online attacks.After a grizzly sow and one of her yearlings were euthanized by the B.C. Conservation Officer Service (BCCOS) in Nelson on Aug. 12 and Aug. 14, Thomson felt her time working with WidSafeBC had come to an end after five seasons.
  Much like everyone else in the Nelson community, Thomson also found out about the conservation officer’s
  
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• Mystery of missing island near Mackenzie solved, BC Hydro says

  03-09-2026 02:08 via abbynews.com
  
  Thanks to a combination of satellite imagery, observations from small aircraft and reports from boaters, BC Hydro says the mystery of a disappearing island has been solved.The floating island on Williston Reservoir, near Mackenzie, became one of Canada’s “most famous islands,” BC Hydro said after news stories – nationally and internationally – of it mysteriously appearing near Finlay Bay and then seemingly vanishing.BC Hydro now says it has been found and has come t
  
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• Mystery of missing island near Mackenzie solved: BC Hydro

  03-09-2026 02:08 via abbynews.com
  
  Thanks to a combination of satellite imagery, observations from small aircraft and reports from boaters, BC Hydro says the mystery of a disappearing island has been solved.The floating island on Williston Reservoir, near Mackenzie, became one of Canada’s “most famous islands,” BC Hydro said after news stories – nationally and internationally – of it mysteriously appearing near Finlay Bay and then seemingly vanishing.BC Hydro now says it has been found and has come t
  
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• Man dies following targeted Lower Mainland shooting

  03-09-2026 01:30 via abbynews.com
  
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has taken over the investigation of a shooting in Maple Ridge after the victim died from his injuries.Just after 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 18, Maple Ridge RCMP were called to the 11400 block of 236 Street, where they found a 56-year-old man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound inside a vehicle.The man was transported to hospital in critical condition, but died from his injuries on Monday, Aug. 31.IHIT is now working in close partnership with t
  
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