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• Mistrial declared in Jamie Bacon murder plot trial

  26-05-2019 17:45 via abbynews.com
  
  Bacon was on trial for counselling to commit the murder of Person X
  
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• Fundraiser gala all about saving kids’ lives, says Chilliwack mom who lost son to cancer

  25-01-2026 00:00 via abbynews.com
  An annual gala, started by a Chilliwack mom who lost her son to cancer, is back to raise money for childhood cancer research.
  The fourth annual Hearts of Gold Gala is set for Saturday, Feb. 7 at Evergreen Hall in Chilliwack.
  It was launched by Carmen Putz in honour of her son Dylan who died of rhabdomyosarcoma, a highly aggressive and rare form of pediatric cancer. He was diagnosed at the age of 17 and died two years later.
  “The event is getting bigger every year, becoming a highly anticip
  
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• B.C. promoters say Facebook link-limiting would add major marketing hurdle

  24-01-2026 23:00 via abbynews.com
  Some Vancouver Island event producers are worried about how a limited Meta experiment could eventually affect their ability to market their events.
  As of early 2026, Meta is experimenting with restricting certain Facebook users to only two external link posts per month unless they have a paid Meta Verified subscription, which starts at $11.99 per month.
  While there was not a public press release, Meta confirmed the test to Victoria News.
  “This is a limited test that does not include Canada
  
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• Man arrested in Costa Rica allegedly part of Okanagan’s ‘most significant drug and gun seizure’

  24-01-2026 20:20 via abbynews.com
  An alleged drug dealer with Lake Country ties was recently arrested in Costa Rica.
  According to CR Hoy, a news publication in Costa Rica, 35-year-old Jesse Michael Valentino Bou-Saleh was caught by The Costa Rican office of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) with help from the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) on Thursday, Jan. 22.
  He was taken into custody placed under the jurisdiction of the San José Criminal Court to begin the extradition process, stated the Co
  
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• BREAKING: 1 man dead, 1 wounded in Surrey shooting

  24-01-2026 19:49 via abbynews.com
  An early morning shooting in Surrey on Saturday, Jan. 24 has left one man dead and another transported to hospital with gunshot wounds.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has taken over investigation of the shooting, which happened in the 12500-block of 91 Avenue at about 4:55 a.m. Saturday morning.
  Surrey Police Service officers called to the shooting found two men apparently suffering from gunshot wounds, an SPS release says. SPS officers, Surrey Fire Services and BCEHS rendered
  
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• Joe and Amy and dementia: B.C. couple faces their daily loss with new friends

  24-01-2026 17:00 via abbynews.com
  In an apartment home offering bright, wide views over Victoria and its shoreline, Amy Cameron sometimes feels trapped in a prison.
  Once a confident leader in the IT world, someone who organized and hosted amazing events from barbecues to galas, Amy struggles if husband Joe loses track of time, engrossed in something else.“I used to go wherever I wanted, whenever I wanted,” she said.Joe and Amy spent much of their working lives overseas before retiring to Greater Victoria.Their plan w
  
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• VIDEO: Vancouver Giants fall behind in Prince George

  24-01-2026 16:30 via abbynews.com
  Four second period goals from Prince George made the difference, as Vancouver Giants fell 7-2 on Friday night to the Prince George Cougars at CN Centre.Tobias Tomik and Colton Gerrior supplied the goals for the Giants.
  Kooper Gizowski scored twice for the Cougars, who also got single tallies from Carson Carels, Brock Souch, Jett Lajoie, Dmitri
  Vancouver now has a record of 18-26-1-2 (39 points) and sit seven points back of the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Prince Georg
  
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• Tofino waves wrap Okanagan adventurer’s epic 3-ocean journey across Canada

  24-01-2026 16:00 via abbynews.com
  A victorious holler cascaded across the crashing waves at Vancouver Island’s Chesterman Beach as adventurer Bruce Shouldice triumphantly stomped his foot in the tide.
  The ecstatic celebration completed Shouldice’s epic accomplishment of putting his foot in all three oceans touching Canada over a 48-day solo-saga. Driving his Nissan Xterra with a small trailer in tow, he started with the Arctic and then the Atlantic before wrapping it all up in the Pacific near Tofino.
  “I love T
  
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• Chilliwack man honoured with provincial ‘Outstanding Young Farmer’ award

  24-01-2026 14:30 via abbynews.com
  A young Chilliwack farmer has been recognized provincially for excellence in his profession of floral agricultural.
  Corne Quik of Quik’s Farm Ltd. was named the British Columbia/Yukon Outstanding Young Farmer for 2026.
  Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers Program is an annual competition that “recognizes farmers who exemplify excellence in their profession and highlight agriculture’s vital contributions,” according to the press release from BC & Yukon Outstanding
  
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• Glass nets 2 as visiting New Jersey Devils hang on to trip Canucks 5-4

  24-01-2026 06:30 via abbynews.com
  Cody Glass scored two goals and helped on another, leading the visiting New Jersey Devils to a 5-4 win over the Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Friday at Rogers Arena.
  Lenni Hameenaho, Nico Hischier and Connor Brown also scored for the Devils (27-22-2). Former Canuck Jacob Markstrom earned the win in goal, making 21 saves.
  Linus Karlsson, Teddy Blueger, Zeev Buium and Conor Garland replied for the Canucks (17-29-5). Kevin Lankinen took the netminding loss, stopping 19 of 24 shots.
  The Devils ope
  
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• The Offspring come out and play 4 B.C. concerts with Bad Religion this week

  24-01-2026 05:43 via abbynews.com
  A blast of ‘90s pop-punk hits Vancouver on Saturday when The Offspring and Bad Religion team up for a concert at Rogers Arena.
  Announced last October, their SUPERCHARGED Worldwide tour kicked off last Friday in Bakersfield, California, and stops in several B.C. cities this week including Victoria (Thursday), Vancouver, Kelowna (Sunday) and Prince George (Tuesday) before heading east in Canada.
  Saturday’s date in Vancouver looks close to a sell-out, judging by the seating map on ticke
  
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• Man charged in connection with B.C. prison escape returned to Canada

  24-01-2026 01:36 via abbynews.com
  One of the men charged in connection with the 2022 B.C. prison escape of Rabih Alkhalil has been returned to Canada.
  John Potvin was extradited from Spain and is now in custody in B.C., the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of B.C. said in a Friday (Jan. 23) news release.
  The special enforcement unit, with the help of the RCMP, took custody of Potvin on Thursday from Spanish authorities. He is scheduled to appear at the Vancouver Law Courts on Friday.
  Potvin, 49, was arrested in Spain in
  
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• Lifetime of Vancouver Landfill in Delta extended to 2050

  24-01-2026 01:30 via abbynews.com
  The lifetime of the Vancouver Landfill in Delta is being extended until 2050, without increasing the dump’s area or height.
  The landfill, which is owned and operated by the City of Vancouver while Metro Vancouver oversees regional solid waste planning and management, was previously expected to close as early as 2030. However, settlement and optimized operations at the facility mean more volume is available within the existing footprint than previously estimated.
  “Being able to extend
  
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• World’s longest, toughest horse race ahead for B.C. rider

  24-01-2026 01:20 via abbynews.com
  A former Surrey resident has qualified to ride in the 2027 Mongol Derby, described as the longest and toughest horse race in the world.
  Langley-raised Michelle Van Baalen, now an equestrian instructor and horse trainer in Penticton, was told that she’s the only Canadian entered in next year’s 1,000-kilometre derby through the Mongolia wilderness.
  Recreating Genghis Khan’s 13th-century postal system, riders travel 12 hours a day for 10 days, changing semi-wild horses every 35 ki
  
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• One B.C.’s Dallas Brodie gets chased off UBC campus, calls event ‘successful’

  24-01-2026 01:20 via abbynews.com
  One B.C. Leader Dallas Brodie defended her appearance at the University of British Columbia in which she was chased off campus by several hundred protesters as an attempt at “dialogue.”
  “If you don’t allow people to speak, guess what? The temperature rises out there, and people get mad,” Brodie told Black Press Media on Friday, Jan. 23, the day after the event. “Because dialogue is the only way to fix things.”
  But Brodie acknowledged that it was also her
  
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• Surrey loses power line court fight with $41M at stake

  24-01-2026 00:30 via abbynews.com
  The City of Surrey has lost an appeal court fight – with $41 million at stake – against the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority and British Columbia Utilities Commission related to relocating power lines to accommodate the extension of 72 Avenue, after a judge decided the city’s proposed appeal “does not pass muster.”
  “I conclude that none of Surrey’s grounds of appeal are arguable,” Justice Paul Riley found. “The transmission line rel
  
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• Surrey loses court fight with $41M at stake

  24-01-2026 00:30 via abbynews.com
  The City of Surrey has lost an appeal court fight – with $41 million at stake – against the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority and British Columbia Utilities Commission related to relocating power lines to accommodate the extension of 72 Avenue, after a judge decided the city’s proposed appeal “does not pass muster.”
  “I conclude that none of Surrey’s grounds of appeal are arguable,” Justice Paul Riley found. “The transmission line rel
  
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• ‘Impasse’ over, B.C. Teachers’ Federation, province set to resume bargaining

  24-01-2026 00:18 via abbynews.com
  Collective bargaining for the B.C. Teachers’ Federation and the provincial government is set to resume after the union declared an impasse earlier in the month.
  The B.C. Teachers’ Federation said Friday (Jan. 23) the resumed talks would begin the week of Jan. 26, “following meaningful commitment from the provincial government that honours our members’ priorities.”
  The union declared an impasse in negotiations over classroom conditions on Jan. 13. At the time, the un
  
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• Summerland athlete to coach Canadian Olympic bobsleigh team

  24-01-2026 00:15 via abbynews.com
  A Summerland athlete has been named as a coach of Team Canada’s Milano Cortina 2026 bobsleigh team for this year’s Winter Olympics.
  Justin Kripps has been named as a team coach, along with Lyndon Rush and Chris Spring.
  Kripps has had a lengthy career in bobsleigh. He has competed internationally and competed in the Winter Olympics three times.
  In 2018, at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, Kripps and Alexander Kopacz tied for gold in the two-man bobsleigh competition.
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• 200 B.C. paramedics are first to see ‘Code 3’ comedy movie about life on job

  24-01-2026 00:02 via abbynews.com
  Write what you know, a college instructor once told Patrick Pianezza, whose homework assignment two decades ago evolved into a movie script for a new comedy-drama about tough life on the job as a paramedic.
  Starring The Office favourite Rainn Wilson, Code 3 offers both laughs and heartbreaking moments as an overworked, underpaid paramedic crew clocks a 24-hour shift in Los Angeles.
  A paramedic in Long Beach, Pianezza was at Surrey City Hall on Thursday night (Jan. 22) for an invite-only screenin
  
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• Man charged with pointing fake gun on bus in Abbotsford

  23-01-2026 23:29 via abbynews.com
  A man has now been charged in relation to an incident in Abbotsford on Thursday (Jan. 22) in which he allegedly pointed a fake gun at passengers on a city bus.
  James Earl Desjarlais, 31, has been charged with robbery and using an imitation firearm.
  He was arrested after police responded just before 1:30 p.m. to reports of a man pointing a gun on a bus in the area of McCallum Road and Highway 1.
  Officers located the man and arrested him, and a fake gun was located on the scene.
  Desjarlais remains
  
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• Abbotsford Chamber CEO Alex Mitchell earns recognition for economic growth contributions

  23-01-2026 22:35 via abbynews.com
  Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce CEO Alex Mitchell has been recognized as one of 20 leaders across western Canada who have contributed to economic growth.
  Mitchell is one of 20 recipients of The West 20 list, which was announced at the third annual Western Canada Economic Fourm in Winnipeg on Jan. 22 and 23.
  Criteria for achieving status on the list includes:
  ● typically 10 years or more of economic development experience
  ● recent or clear career progression in the economic development
  
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• Responses to BC Hydro’s latest call for power include 13 wind projects, 1 solar

  23-01-2026 22:30 via abbynews.com
  Proposals are in for the latest BC Hydro call for power that was announced last July, with nearly double the generation capacity sought by the utility on offer.
  BC Hydro’s 2025 call for power is seeking 5,000 gigawatt-hours per year of added electricity generation, enough to power 500,000 homes, the Crown corporation announced on Wednesday (Jan. 21). The projects must provide renewable energy and be at least 25 per cent First Nation-owned.A total of 14 proposals were submitted by independe
  
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• Kelowna manslaughter sentencing paused as accused fails to return to court

  23-01-2026 21:30 via abbynews.com
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  An arrest warrant has been issued for Ka-Mikosit Mae Favelle after she failed to return to the Kelowna courthouse for her sentencing hearing on Jan. 23.
  Defence lawyer Paul McMurray returned at 2 p.m. without his client, telling the court Favelle was rushed to Kelowna General Hospital over the lunch break following a suspected overdose.
  Justice Murray issued the warrant under section 512.3 of the Criminal Code which states a warrant can be issued if there are reasonable grounds to
  
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• Judge looks at higher sentence than Crown requested in Kelowna manslaughter case

  23-01-2026 21:30 via abbynews.com
  A Kelowna woman who struck and killed her ex-partner with a vehicle in 2022 could see more than seven years behind bars.
  “I’m considering a higher sentence than the Crown has asked me to consider,” stated Justice Murray at the conclusion of the defence’s arguments on Friday, Jan. 23.
  Ka-Mikosit Mae Favelle was in Kelowna Supreme Court for day two of her sentencing hearing after pleading guilty to manslaughter in relation to the death of her ex-partner, Adam Briand-Lawrenc
  
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• Contractor fatally injured at Cariboo Gold Project site near Wells B.C.

  23-01-2026 21:10 via abbynews.com
  A contractor working at surface suffered a fatal injury following an isolated incident at the Cariboo Gold Project.
  In a press release from Osisko Development, it states the incident happened on Jan. 22 at the site near the Interior B.C. community of Wells.
  An investigation of the incident is underway.
  Activities at the project have been temporarily suspended to allow for an investigation.
  “We are deeply saddened by this tragic accident and extend our heartfelt condolences and support to o
  
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• B.C. teachers voice concerns over lack of resources, ask for provincial support

  23-01-2026 20:30 via abbynews.com
  The union representing teachers in Princeton has written to the provincial government with concerns about their needs.
  The letter from the Princeton District Teachers’ Union, dated Jan. 15, was sent to Premier David Eby, Minister of Finance Brenda Bailey and Minister of Education and Child Care Lisa Beare.
  It comes as collective bargaining is underway between the province’s 52,000 teachers in 60 school districts and the BC Public School Employers’ Association.
  The teachers&rsqu
  
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• December floods caused $74 million in damage to Fraser Valley

  23-01-2026 19:15 via abbynews.com
  It’s been over a month since the most recent flooding submerged large portions of the Fraser Valley, and the full extent of the damage caused has only recently come to light.
  Data from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. revealed that the December flooding resulted in nearly $90 million in insured damages across the province and sections of Alberta.
  While this is nowhere near the $675 million in insured damages that occurred during the catastrophic 2021 floods, it still signifies t
  
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• Grants fund several Abbotsford Police programs

  23-01-2026 18:30 via abbynews.com
  The Abbotsford Police Foundation (APF) has presented a series of grant awards to several programs of the Abbotsford Police Department.
  The funded initiatives include violence prevention, youth leadership, community engagement, volunteer support, and wellness programs.
  “Each of these grants represents an investment in people — supporting victims, empowering youth, strengthening community trust, and ensuring AbbyPD members and volunteers have the tools they need to serve our city,&rdqu
  
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• 20+ weapons, drugs, cash seized, 28 arrested in collaborative Kelowna police effort

  23-01-2026 18:22 via abbynews.com
  A five-day collaborative effort pulled a multitude of guns and drugs off the streets of Kelowna.
  From Jan. 12-16, the Kelowna RCMP worked with a Uniform Gang Enforcement Team (UGET) from the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU) to identify, find, and remove firearms and illegal drugs around town.
  In total, the teams initiated more than 20 new investigations, resulting in 28 arrests and the seizure of more than 20 weapons, a “significant quantity of drugs’ and around $5,00
  
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