Abbotsford news

• Mosque killer Bissonnette could receive longest prison term ever in Canada

  08-02-2019 17:50 via abbynews.com
  
  Alexandre Bissonnette pleaded guilty to six counts of first-degree murder and six of attempted murder
  
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• Entire city block evacuated after gas leak reported in downtown Chilliwack

  15-06-2026 18:16 via abbynews.com
  
  The entire block of downtown Chilliwack was being evacuated at 9 a.m. Monday (June 15) after a gas leak was reported at a Wellington Avenue address.
  Emergency responders were called to the alley at the rear of Wellington Avenue where someone had called in the smell of gas.
  Investigating fire officials determined the entire commerical/residential block had to be evacuated from Young Road to Wellington Avenue to Mill Street, to Victoria Avenue.
  Crews responded to the call for service after it was
  
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• Vehicle incident closes Coquihalla Highway northbound between Hope and Merritt

  15-06-2026 17:59 via abbynews.com
  
  The Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt is closed northbound on Monday morning due to a vehicle incident.
  The incident happened northbound on the highway close to Comstock Road just after 8 a.m. on June 15.
  According to DriveBC, travellers should expect the road to be closed for several hours. There is no estimated time of re-opening.
  An assessment is underway and multiple agencies are on scene including emergency services and the RCMP.CLOSED – #BCHwy5 / #CoquihallaHwy is CLOSED northb
  
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• Motorcycle rider airlifted to hospital after Abbotsford crash

  15-06-2026 16:56 via abbynews.com
  
  A motorcycle rider was airlifted to hospital on Saturday (June 13) after a serious collision on Whatcom Road in Abbotsford.
  According to social media posts from the Abbotsford Police Department, an officer was also injured while managing the scene when a vehicle failed to stop at the road closure and drove through the collision area.
  Emergency crews responded to the collision between a motorcycle and SUV at the Whatcom Road and South Parallel Road intersection at approximately 2:06 p.m.
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• WORLD CUP DAILY, June 15: Germany, Sweden win big Sunday; 4 matches today

  15-06-2026 16:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Daily soccer match updates and news about the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
  Dominant performances by two European nations highlighted Sunday action at the FIFA World Cup.
  Not surprisingly, Germany dismantled Curacao 7-1 in Houston before Sweden stunned Tunisia 5-1 in Monterrey on a day when four matches were played, with four more scheduled today (Monday) on Day 5 of the men’s soccer tournament.Yasin Ayari buries a ROCKET after a disaster in the Tunisia box to put Sweden up by one! pic.twitter.com/
  
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• PHOTOS: Sasquatch Days celebrates Sts’ailes culture in Harrison

  15-06-2026 14:00 via abbynews.com
  
  A time-honored celebration of Indigenous culture and sport drew in thousands of people to Harrison Hot Springs.
  Sás’qets Swáyel – Sasquatch Days – returned to the shores of Harrison Lake this past weekend.
  Sasquatch Days has been celebrated on the site of the ancient Sts’ailes village of Qwó:íls (now Harrison Hot Springs) since 1938. About 2,000 First Nations people came to Harrison Lake to compete in war canoe races and celebrate their heritag
  
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• Mitch Creek returns to Vancouver Bandits

  15-06-2026 01:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Some sharp-eyed fans in the stands at Langley Events Centre on Saturday may have recognized the 6’5” 225 lb. visitor who was cheering on the Bandits as they avenged their defeat earlier in the month by flattening Ottawa BlackJacks.On Sunday, the team announced fan favourite Mitch Creek would be returning to the Bandits for Monday’s game against Scarborough Shooting Stars.
  In an enthusiastic online message , Creek made it clear it was a brief return, but he would be back after j
  
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• Police investigating fatal traffic incident in Maple Ridge

  14-06-2026 20:50 via abbynews.com
  
  Maple Ridge RCMP are investigating what they described as a fatal motor vehicle incident Saturday night at Lougheed Hwy and 287 St.
  Staff Sgt. Marcel Pinto said it happened around 8:45 p.m. between 287 St. and Hayward St. in Mission.
  Westbound traffic on Lougheed Hwy was closed until 4:35 a.m. Sunday.
  “The scene was cleared, there’s no risk to the public [and] everything should be open,” Pinto said.
  In the early stages of the investigation, there was “no criminality at th
  
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• VIDEO: Vancouver Bandits get their revenge on Ottawa

  14-06-2026 18:20 via abbynews.com
  
  Vancuver Bandits learned from their loss to Ottawa BlackJacks earlier in the month, and the result was a 104-95 victory over the Ottawa BlackJacks Saturday night on Envision Financial Court at Langley Events Centre.“The way they beat us was pretty evident and obvious,” said Vancouver Bandits coach Kyle Julius of the earlier meeting on June 2. “So, I thought we did a great job – for the most part – correcting what hurt us, so that was nice to see.”Play hard, ce
  
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• WORLD CUP DAILY, June 14: ‘Socceroos’ win historic match in Vancouver; 4 games Sunday

  14-06-2026 16:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Daily soccer match updates and news about the 2026 FIFA World Cup, continuing until July 19.
  Australia and Türkiye soccer fans flooded Vancouver for the city’s first-ever FIFA World Cup match on Saturday evening (June 13).
  Australian 20-year-old Nestory Irankunda raced down the pitch to open scoring in the 27th minute, netting the historic first World Cup goal ever scored at BC Place Stadium as yellow-clad “Socceroos” celebrated.20-year-old Nestory Irankunda stuns Tür
  
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• QUIZ: A celebration of summer sports

  14-06-2026 14:20 via abbynews.com
  
  During the long, hot days of summer, there are plenty of opportunities for sport.
  Soccer, football, baseball and other team sports are popular. Solitary pursuits, including triathlon also take place during the summer months.
  In celebration of summer activities, here are a dozen questions about sports and sporting culture. How many can you answer correctly?
  Good luck.
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• Harris tosses 3 TDs as Roughriders trip B.C. Lions 31-27 in CFL thriller

  14-06-2026 04:10 via abbynews.com
  
  Trevor Harris threw for 417 yards and three touchdowns – all to Samuel Emilus – lifting the host Saskatchewan Roughriders to a thrilling 31-27 win over the B.C. Lions in the 2026 CFL season opener for both teams Saturday at Mosaic Stadium in Regina.
  Kian Schaffer-Baker had 11 receptions for 165 yards for the winners (1-0), with KeeSean Johnson catching nine balls for 131 yards. Kicker Alex Hale booted three field goals and three converts.
  Quarterback Nathan Rourke was 24-for-37 for 3
  
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• Driver, 48, nabbed for going 48 kms over speed limit in Abbotsford school zone

  13-06-2026 17:54 via abbynews.com
  
  A 48-year-old driver in Abbotsford was pulled over after they were clocked going more than twice the speed limit in a school zone.
  Abbotsford Police Department were outside Godson Elementary School on Bevan Avenue conducting speed enforcement when the driver sped through the area on Friday, June 12.
  “The most significant stop, just after 12 p.m., involved a vehicle travelling at 78 km/h in the posted 30 km/h school zone,” according to an AbbyPD post on social media.
  The driver had th
  
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• WORLD CUP DAILY, June 13: Show time in Vancouver tonight; Canada ties opener

  13-06-2026 17:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Daily soccer match updates and news about the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which continues until July 19.
  It’s time for Vancouver to shine on the FIFA World Cup stage tonight (Saturday) when Australia takes on Türkiye, 9 p.m. start at BC Place Stadium.
  Saturday is a busy four-match day in the tournament with Qatar playing Switzerland in Group B action (noon, in San Francisco), Brazil battling Morocco (3 p.m., New York) and Haiti facing Scotland (6 p.m., Boston), prior to the late game in Vanc
  
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• ‘Not negotiable’: Syilx Okanagan Nation says Brodie, One B.C. not welcome

  13-06-2026 16:00 via abbynews.com
  
  The Syilx Okanagan Nation is “outraged” that Vancouver-Quilchena MLA Dallas Brodie and her One B.C. party will hold a town hall at Kelowna’s Parkinson Recreation Centre on June 14.
  The Okanagan Nation Alliance issued a statement on Friday, June 12, following a similar release from the Kelowna Pride Society, which called on the City of Kelowna “to reaffirm its commitments to reconciliation, the BC Human Rights Code, UNDRIP, DRIPA, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Ca
  
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• Unique Spirit of Tomorrow car drives to inspire at Vancouver Island museum

  13-06-2026 14:00 via abbynews.com
  
  A unique new installation at Heritage Acres features sleek lines crafted at the hands of an innovative mind.The Spirit of Tomorrow was a fast car back in its day. Not many cars were hitting 100 miles an hour back in 1939, notes Tim Lindsay, nephew-in-law to the man who built it.He’s become the caretaker and historian, documenting the Spirit’s travels and history in hopes of inspiring other young minds in the future.
  It’s why Lindsay made a website, and the root of seeking out a
  
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• Stranded dog ‘in good health’ after being rescued north of Harrison Hot Springs

  13-06-2026 14:00 via abbynews.com
  
  A dog that was stranded north of Harrison Hot Springs is alive and safe thanks to the efforts of a community.
  Ed Miller, who is trained in Search and Rescue, and his girlfriend acted on their own to save the dog that found herself stranded on a high ledge north of the Rainbow Falls Recreation Area off East Harrison Forest Service Road. Several agencies had been contacted in an attempt to save the dog; two amateur climbers also made their own efforts to save the stranded dog to no success on Frid
  
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• How are ticket prices looking in Vancouver on FIFA World Cup Eve?

  13-06-2026 08:35 via abbynews.com
  
  ‘Twas the night before FIFA World Cup and all through B.C., ticket prices were higher than a Douglas fir tree.
  Abbotsford grass has been installed inside BC Place with care, as fans have dreams that Messi or Mbappe could be there.
  History will be made when Australia and Turkey square off at BC Place on Saturday (June 13) for the first-ever men’s World Cup game in Vancouver.
  That same history will likely extend to the box office, with the most astronomical get-in prices in provincial
  
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• A world-class Tudor treasure: B.C. hotel reigns as Canada’s best

  13-06-2026 02:02 via abbynews.com
  
  Another hotel in Greater Victoria is making headlines after entering a world ranking. Abigail’s Hotel in Victoria has been named Canada’s best hotel and the seventh best in the world by TripAdvisor.
  It was recognized as the best hotel in Canada for the second year in a row, and is the only Canadian hotel to be included in the global ranking list.
  Abigail’s Hotel, located at 906 McClure Street, is a 30-room, adult-only boutique property that has been operating since the 1930s.
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• B.C. seeks national rules to rein in gambling advertising

  13-06-2026 02:00 via abbynews.com
  
  A new study commissioned by the B.C. government’s gambling regulator suggests that nearly one-fifth of British Columbians engaged in moderate- to high-risk gambling behaviour in the past year.
  In response, B.C. is calling on the federal government to create a national framework of advertising controls to tackle the “normalization” of gambling, particularly among youth.
  Nina Krieger, B.C.’s Solicitor General and Public Safety minister, wrote to her federal counterparts on
  
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• PHOTOS: Fraser Valley Bosnians catch World Cup fever

  13-06-2026 01:55 via abbynews.com
  
  There were fewer than 200 people watching from the Colombia Valley Community Centre as Bosnia-Herzegovina and Canada had their opening FIFA World Cup match on Friday (June 12), but the vigorous cheers made it seem like as many as a thousand.
  Bosnians from all over the Lower Mainland had travelled out to Lindell Beach to join the watch party being hosted by the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Cultural Center.
  When Jovo Lukic scored the opening goal for Bosnia-Herzegovina in the first half, the community ce
  
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• Former Langley Mountie convicted of assault should be jailed for three months: Crown

  13-06-2026 01:36 via abbynews.com
  
  LANGLEY ADVANCE TIMES – Crown prosecutors say a former Langley Mountie should serve three months behind bars for assault, while his defence lawyers argued for a suspended sentence with no jail time.
  Former staff sergeant Damian Volk was in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster on Friday, June 12 for a sentencing hearing on a single charge of assault.
  The assault took place in the summer of 2020 when a man named Dalibor Kuzmanovic, who has since died, was being booked into the holding cells
  
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• Okanagan world champion martial artist home for a rest

  13-06-2026 01:30 via abbynews.com
  
  The heart of a champion is rarely satisfied.
  There is a yearning, a hunger, to always improve and do better.
  Lillian Marchand has that heart.
  The 19-year-old Okanagan Indian Band (OKIB) member from Vernon won her first International Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation world championship as a black belt, taking the 69 kilogram class at the recent Gi (the robe worn by athletes) World Championships May 28 to 31 in Long Beach, Cal.
  While she’s happy and grateful to be crowned a world champion, it&r
  
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• Charges upgraded in Vancouver vehicle-ramming incident that left 1 dead: police

  13-06-2026 01:29 via abbynews.com
  
  Vancouver police say the accused in a May vehicle-ramming incident in the West End has had his charges upgraded after one of the victims died.
  Tadd Bali, 34, is not facing one count each of second-degree murder and attempted murder, as well as two counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm, a news release from the Vancouver Police Department said on Friday (June 12).
  Bali remains in custody. Police have said he has had “extensive interactions” with police in
  
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• UPDATE: Dog rescued from mountain north of Harrison Hot Springs

  13-06-2026 01:07 via abbynews.com
  
  Update: 10:13 p.m.: The dog has been successfully rescued. Witnesses say a former Search and Rescue volunteer is responsible for securing the dog.
  The rescue can safely be called a community endeavour. Throughout rescue efforts, multiple people offered funding, shelter for the dog upon rescue and other ways to help.
  The dog is set to see a veterinarian as soon as possible.
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  Original story: Multiple agencies have been contacted in an effort to save a dog stranded on a high ledge north of Harris
  
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• Dog stranded on mountain north of Harrison Hot Springs

  13-06-2026 01:07 via abbynews.com
  
  Multiple agencies have been contacted in an effort to save a dog stranded on a high ledge north of Harrison Hot Springs.
  The Agassiz RCMP, Kent-Harrison Search and Rescue, BCSPCA and local animal control have been called to help the dog. Lori Honey, a witness in the area, said two men have scaled the mountain above the dog in an attempt to reach it but have not yet been successful.
  The dog is said to be above Lake Berg Bay north of Rainbow Falls Recreation area. It is reported the dog has been t
  
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• Courts strike down challenge against City of Victoria park sheltering ban

  13-06-2026 00:40 via abbynews.com
  
  B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner said she was disappointed with the Supreme Court’s decision, upholding the City of Victoria’s authority to make bylaws that that restrict people from sheltering in city parks.
  In October 2024, Krystle Fox, Kimberly Scheu and Shea Smith filed a petition to the Supreme Court of B.C., saying the City of Victoria’s decision to ban overnight sheltering at Victoria West Park and Irving Park was “unreasonable” and failed to proportion
  
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• World Cup, heat wave could lead to record-setting electricity usage: BC Hydro

  13-06-2026 00:19 via abbynews.com
  
  With a heat wave in the forecast coinciding with an influx of tourists amid World Cup could lead to record-breaking spring electricity usage.
  BC Hydro said Friday (June 12) that a heat wave was beginning Friday and would peak Sunday and Monday, with electricity levels expected to be the highest on Monday. Peak loads are forecast to be up to 8,500 megawatts.
  A summer record of 8,652 megawatts was set in August 2025.
  BC Hydro says that air conditioning use and large gatherings will both contribute
  
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• Condolences pour in following death of longtime Salmon Arm Councillor Kevin Flynn

  12-06-2026 23:17 via abbynews.com
  
  The flags at city hall were at half mast Friday following the sudden loss of Kevin Flynn.
  In a brief post shared via social media just before 1 p.m. on Friday, June 12, the city acknowledged the recent passing of the long-time city councillor
  “We honour Kevin’s remarkable life, his lasting contributions to the community and send love to his cherished family and friends,” reads the post, immediately prompting condolences and kind words.
  At the start of the April 27 council meeti
  
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• Abbotsford Coun. Patricia Driessen creates Abbotsford Voice slate ahead of election

  12-06-2026 23:16 via abbynews.com
  
  An Abbotsford councillor has created a new elector organization ahead of the 2026 municipal election.
  Documents publicly shared by Elections BC has revealed that Coun. Patricia Driessen has formed the Abbotsford Voice slate.
  View this post on InstagramA post shared by Patricia Driessen (@patriciadriessen)Driessen ran for council for the first time in 2022 and collected the fourth-most votes with 9,507. She is born and raised in Abbotsford and opened her business, Perfect Sense Events, in 2011.
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