Abbotsford news

• No G20 member has climate plan strong enough to meet Paris targets: report

  14-11-2018 23:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Canada’s push to be a world leader in the fight against climate change may be hampered by its distinction for producing the most greenhouse gas emissions per person among the world’s 20 largest economies.
  
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• City of Abbotsford seeks input on off-road trail strategy

  29-07-2026 21:14 via abbynews.com
  
  The City of Abbotsford is seeking the public’s input on a long-term city-wide strategy for off-road trails.
  Residents are invited to share their feedback through an online interactive map available at letstalkabbotsford.ca from now until Sept. 30, as well as through two public open houses and several roving pop-up events in parks and on trails from Aug. 10 to 20.
  The city says the trail strategy “will establish a shared vision for creating a more connected, accessible and sustainable
  
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• VIDEO: Last road trip a loss for Vancouver Bandits

  29-07-2026 20:45 via abbynews.com
  
  Vancouver Bandits final road game of the season was a defeat that did not dislodge the team from the top of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) western conference.
  Montreal Alliance defeated the Bandits 87-82 on Tuesday night, a game where three Bandits recorded their highest point totals of the season,including a season-high 25 points from Shamar Givance.Along with his 25 points, Givance also added eight rebounds and five assists in 36 minutes of action.“He was the definition of a
  
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• Proposed Northwest B.C. LNG facility signs major long-term export deal with German energy company

  29-07-2026 19:41 via abbynews.com
  
  Ksi Lisims LNG has signed a major long-term sale and purchase agreement with another German energy company.
  The deal, announced by Ksi Lisims and Uniper on July 29, would see the Dusseldorf-based European energy supplier purchase two million tonnes per year (Mtpa) of liquefied natural gas from the proposed floating facility north of Prince Rupert.
  “This milestone marks the first major long-term LNG supply agreement between Canada and Germany and represents a significant step in strengtheni
  
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• 4 arrested in investigation into under-construction Abbotsford drug lab

  29-07-2026 19:28 via abbynews.com
  
  Four people were arrested in three separate searches stemming from an investigation by B.C.’s anti-gang police into an under-construction drug lab in rural Abbotsford.
  Police searched three properties – the lab in Abbotsford and residences in Surrey and Enderby – on May 21 leading to the seizure of firearms, explosives and drugs, Sgt. Sarbjit K. Sangha told media during a Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit news conference in Surrey on Wednesday (July 29).
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• Abbotsford author releases second ‘Grod family’ children’s book

  29-07-2026 18:52 via abbynews.com
  
  An Abbotsford author whose book characters are loosely based on his own family has released the second children’s book in his Grod family series.
  Gord Yakimow will have a book-signing event on Sunday, Aug. 2 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Coles in Sevenoaks Shopping Centre for his new book, The Grods’ Verrry Long Road Trip.
  “Any family that has experienced a road trip with their kids will find something they can relate to in this story,” Yakimow said.“The characters and
  
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• $110K donated towards prostate cancer research in Kelowna

  29-07-2026 18:51 via abbynews.com
  
  Research and treatment against prostate cancer in the Central Okanagan is getting a healthy boost as a sizeable amount of money was donated to the BC Cancer Foundation on Wednesday, July 29.Through a year of fundraising efforts, the Motorcycle Ride for Dad Okanagan Chapter was able to gather $110,000 to donate towards cutting-edge research into prostate cancer and brachytherapy, as well as an awareness campaign.
  Since 2009, the Ride for Dad campaign has raised over $1.4 million for the fight aga
  
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• West Kootenay police looking for missing woman last seen at Shambhala Music Festival

  29-07-2026 18:41 via abbynews.com
  
  Salmo RCMP are asking for help after a 28-year-old woman went missing from the Shambhala Music Festival.
  Kayla Boisvert was last seen at the West Kootenay festival on Monday, July 27 around 2:15 a.m.
  She was reported missing on July 28.
  Boisvert is described as 6′ (183 cm) tall with black hair with long blonde braids and brown eyes.
  She was last seen wearing a blue head scarf, oversize graphic T-shirt and multicoloured scarves.
  Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Boisvert is urge
  
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• $75K fine upheld against Tolko almost a decade after landslide into Shuswap lake

  29-07-2026 18:30 via abbynews.com
  
  A Vernon forestry company’s bid to reduce a $75,000 fine, incurred after it caused a landslide in the Shuswap, has been denied.Tolko will have to pay the full amount after the Forest Appeals Commission found the fine was reasonable, nearly a decade after a logging road Tolko built caused an estimated 11,500 cubic metres of debris to slide into Rosemond Lake, just south of Mara Lake, in 2017, according to a decision published by the Commission July 15.The road had been constructed in 2011 t
  
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• Canada must act to save caribou from local extinction: Syilx Okanagan Nation

  29-07-2026 18:23 via abbynews.com
  
  The Syilx Okanagan Nation is urging the federal government to issue an Emergency Protection Order for the endangered Southern Mountain caribou, warning that the remaining herds in its territory face extinction.
  ​Syilx Okanagan Nation previously petitioned the Government of Canada on June 1, making the request under Section 80 of the Species at Risk Act.
  This comes after repeated warnings from the Syilx Okanagan Nation and scientists, who say habitat loss continues across the ranges of enda
  
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• OPINION: How Canada Post is strangling community newspapers

  29-07-2026 17:53 via abbynews.com
  
  The shuttering of Winnipeg’s Community Review means 200,000 households will no longer get the benefit of a free community newspaper delivered to their door. It also means that more than 800 people who deliver the paper and their families will be affected.
  This is an unforced error that never should have happened. How did we get here? The answer is complex.
  First, there is a high degree of concentration in the flyer printing market in Canada. Montreal-based TC Transcontinental enjoys the do
  
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• What we know about Facebook accounts tied to alleged foreign interference in B.C.

  29-07-2026 05:15 via abbynews.com
  
  Safe Surrey Coalition and former mayor Doug McCallum are alleging foreign interference in the upcoming municipal elections in Surrey, Delta and Vancouver and are calling for a formal investigation into several social media accounts they believe are behind it.McCallum’s Safe Surrey Coalition issued a press release July 28 concerning a “network” of at least four Facebook pages posing as local news in Surrey, Delta and Vancouver being operated out of India, “paid for in Indi
  
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• Water restrictions implemented in Salmon River to protect fish

  29-07-2026 02:10 via abbynews.com
  
  A new protection order aims has come downstream to safeguard salmon.
  As severe drought conditions continue to affect river levels in the Thompson Okanagan region, a fish population protection order will help protect endangered chinook salmon in Salmon River by temporarily restricting water use for forage crops and identified industrial purposes.
  Government, local communities, farmers and partners have been working together to support water conservation and voluntary irrigation schedules. Despite
  
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• Findlay says ‘no directive’ to B.C. Conservatives on First Nations terminology

  29-07-2026 02:02 via abbynews.com
  
  B.C. Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay says she doesn’t know where the information came from that alleges her MLAs were given a directive to no longer use the term ‘First Nations.’
  “I don’t know where that came from, he presented no evidence. There’s been no such directive, and I think that is mere speculation and I really don’t comment on hypotheticals,” she told Black Press Media in a one-on-one interview Tuesday (July 28).
  “It’
  
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• Former Kelowna care aide jailed for assault

  29-07-2026 01:55 via abbynews.com
  
  A former Kelowna care aide is behind bars for assaulting a client.The plaintiff’s and the victim’s identities are protected under a publication ban.Appearing in provincial court in Kelowna on July 28, the 25-year-old man is going to spend the next 18 months behind bars for assault, on more than one occasion, of a man he had been hired to look after.On multiple instances in April and May 2024, the plaintiff was seen on video from the victim’s room beating the man in the head, bo
  
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• Former Kelowna care aid jailed for assault

  29-07-2026 01:55 via abbynews.com
  
  A former Kelowna care aid is behind bars for assaulting a client.The plaintiff’s and the victim’s identities are protected under a publication ban.Appearing in provincial court in Kelowna on July 28, the 25-year-old man is going to spend the next 18 months behind bars for assault, on more than one occasion, of a man he had been hired to look after.On multiple instances in April and May 2024, the plaintiff was seen on video from the victim’s room beating the man in the head, bod
  
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• Repeat offenders in Abbotsford placed under extra surveillance

  29-07-2026 01:20 via abbynews.com
  
  A new provincial program has been launched to cut down on crimes committed by repeat offenders, which includes dozens of people in Abbotsford.
  This Chronic Property Offending Intervention Initiative (C-POII) dedicates more resources to monitoring these prolific offenders within B.C. communities.
  In the Lower Mainland alone, there are a total of 365 people involved in this initiative, including 25 in Abbotsford.
  Terry Yung, Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services, said many
  
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• Cultus Lake Waterpark announces reopening 6 weeks after electrical incident

  29-07-2026 00:45 via abbynews.com
  
  Business won’t look quite like usual when the Cultus Lake Waterpark reopens this week.The Chilliwack-area waterslide park has been closed for just over six weeks, following an electrical incident that caused burns to a dozen Coquitlam school kids on a June 15 field trip.On July 28, they announced they would re-open July 29 — but with a reduced number of slides and features, and slightly different hours. The park operator has also lowered ticket prices for the first few days of operat
  
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• VIDEO: Langley City Councillor drops F-bomb during meeting

  29-07-2026 00:17 via abbynews.com
  
  A Langley City Councillor who dropped an F-bomb while another councillor was speaking during a public meeting on Monday has issued an apology.
  Paul Albrecht, who was recorded on video saying “you’re a f____”while Delaney Mack was speaking, released a written statement Tuesday.
  “During the July 27, 2026, City Council meeting, in a moment of extreme frustration, I made a disrespectful comment that I should never have made,” Albrecht said.
  “I regret saying these
  
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• Conservation Officers issue nearly $22K in fines for illegal campfires in B.C.

  28-07-2026 23:38 via abbynews.com
  
  It was a busy weekend of putting out illegal campfires and handing out fines for the B.C. Conservation Officer Service.Conservation officers conducted campfire ban patrols over the weekend of July 25 across several regions in B.C.“Unfortunately, numerous illegal fires were discovered,” the service said on social media Monday.Nineteen violation tickets were issued, totalling $21,850 in fines.For those planning a camping trip this summer, the Conservation Officer Service advises checki
  
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• Eileen Daems

  28-07-2026 23:30 via abbynews.com
  
  In Loving Memory
  Mrs. Eileen Daems of Abbotsford passed away peacefully on July 9, 2026 at the age of 96. Eileen is survived by her daughter Val (Mark – deceased), their children Darcy Ebenal, Kevin (Cherie) Ebenal and Mandy (Graham) Stobbe, and their families and her son Ron (Cally) Daems and their children Riley, Chase, Remy, and Cyla Daems.
  Eileen was predeceased by her husband Joe Daems, her brothers Johnny and Terry Gaffney, her late husband Jack Bradford and her son Bruce Bradford, m
  
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• Court petition filed on behalf of teacher fired for residential-school comments in Abbotsford

  28-07-2026 23:23 via abbynews.com
  
  A petition for judicial review has been filed on behalf of a former high school teacher who says he was wrongfully fired in relation to a classroom discussion in Abbotsford about residential schools.
  The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms stated in a press release on Tuesday (July 28) that the petition is asking the Supreme Court of B.C. to review a decision of the Labour Relations Board (LRB) after Jim McMurtry’s union – the B.C Teachers’ Federation – declined to
  
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• Abbotsford athletes impress at Kelowna BC Summer Games

  28-07-2026 22:50 via abbynews.com
  
  Abbotsford athletes excelled at the Kelowna 2026 BC Summer Games, with several local athletes earning medals.
  The event ran from July 23 to 26 in the Okanagan city and saw over 3,000 athletes compete in 19 different sports.
  Dasmesh Punjabi School student and Valley Royals athlete Gavinjot Jhaj impressed at the event and was the lone local competitor to earn two gold medals. Jhaj captured first place in both male discus and hammer throw. He tossed the disc 49.36 metres and hurled the hammer 46.16
  
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• Abbotsford athletes impress at 2026 Kelowna BC Summer Games

  28-07-2026 22:50 via abbynews.com
  
  Abbotsford athletes excelled at the Kelowna 2026 BC Summer Games, with several local athletes earning medals.
  The event ran from July 23 to 26 in the Okanagan city and saw over 3,000 athletes compete in 19 different sports.
  Dasmesh Punjabi School student and Valley Royals athlete Gavinjot Jhaj impressed at the event and was the lone local competitor to earn two gold medals. Jhaj captured first place in both male discus and hammer throw. He tossed the disc 49.36 metres and hurled the hammer 46.16
  
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• McCallum claims Indian election interference in Surrey, demands investigation

  28-07-2026 22:16 via abbynews.com
  
  Surrey mayoral candidate Doug McCallum has dropped a political bombshell, demanding a federal investigation into alleged foreign election interference in Surrey, Delta and Vancouver.
  His Safe Surrey Coalition issued a press release July 28 concerning a “network” of at least six Facebook pages posing as local news in Surrey, Delta and Vancouver being operated out of India, “paid for in Indian rupees, and billed to an entity at a Government of India research facility” which
  
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• VIDEO: Try it Mike’s way, first Jersey Mike’s opens in B.C.

  28-07-2026 22:08 via abbynews.com
  
  Friends and family were invited to try it ‘Mike’s way’ at a soft opening of Jersey Mike’s first location in B.C.The American sub shop is expanding in Western Canada. The new location on Banks Road in Kelowna opens to the public on July 29.“This being our first location in B.C. and being a travelling hub makes us really, really excited,” said Regional Manager for Western Canada Paul Day. “We get to see guests from other provinces, which is really cool, an
  
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• Man with B.C.-wide warrant arrested after search at Kelowna senior housing complex

  28-07-2026 21:43 via abbynews.com
  
  The Kelowna RCMP recently executed a search warrant at a senior living complex, leading to the arrest of a man with an outstanding provincial-wide warrant.
  In early July, the Kelowna RCMP’s Target Team started to investigate a problem residence with the seniors housing building in the 800-block of Jones Street. The investigation began after multiple reports from the community, which were supported by the RCMP after observing the neighbourhood.
  According to the RCMP, the occupants of the un
  
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• Ontario victims believed to have also been human trafficked in B.C., Alberta

  28-07-2026 21:41 via abbynews.com
  
  A 10-month human-trafficking investigation involving a victim trafficked for more than a decade has led to multiple arrests, dozens of charges and connections to B.C. and Alberta.
  Halton Regional Police Service in Ontario announced Tuesday (July 28) that nine people were arrested and are facing 85 charges in Project Troubadour. Supt. Dave Constantini said there is evidence to believe the victims were being trafficked beyond Ontario and across the country, specifically B.C. and Alberta.
  He said t
  
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• Abbotsford’s Poshak Sachdeva receives second 30 under 30 honour

  28-07-2026 21:29 via abbynews.com
  
  Abbotsford’s Poshak Sachdeva has received his second 30 under 30 honour in less than six months.
  The executive director of the Irrigation Industry Association of British Columbia, who was also recognized in that age bracket by BCBusiness magazine back in March, was also named one of the inaugural NextGEN 30 under 30 recipients on July 25.
  Sachdeva picked up the award during the NextGEN Business Summit at the Anvil Centre in New Westminster. The summit saw entrepreneurs, investors, founders
  
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• Lower Mainland postmaster cat dies

  28-07-2026 21:10 via abbynews.com
  
  Sid, the honorary postmaster at the historical Whonnock Post Office, in east Maple Ridge, has passed away.
  Whonnock resident Paul Stanley made the announcement, saying the beloved 16-year-old cat had medical issues, and that he died peacefully.
  Sid was named honorary postmaster in March to get more people using the post office.Originally Stanley thought the orange, short haired, feline, who used to hang out between McFli’s Feed Delivery, on River Road at 272 Street, and the Whonnock Post O
  
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