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• Okanagan Mountain Park fire an enduring memory

  17-08-2023 17:00 via abbynews.com
  
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• Abbotsford hospice society launches heart-themed fundraiser for Valentine’s Day

  29-01-2026 21:10 via abbynews.com
  As the most romantic day of the year draws nearer, the Abbotsford Hospice and Grief Support Society wants to spread the love all around the city by launching its latest fundraising campaign.
  Businesses all throughout the community are invited to participate in this initiative, which is called Hearts for Hospice.
  By choosing to participate, each business will get a stack of hearts to create their very own wall display celebrating the work the hospice society does.
  Customers can be invited to make
  
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• Smith won’t ‘demonize’ Albertans, as Eby points to ‘treasonous’ actions

  29-01-2026 21:00 via abbynews.com
  B.C. Premier David Eby pulled no punches on Thursday, discussing the push for independence within Alberta.
  As premiers gathered in Ottawa this week, Eby said that actions from parties within Alberta seeking potential financing from the U.S. for separation may amount to treason.
  Eby referenced a report in the Financial Times that discussed the Alberta Prosperity Project, a group which has purported to have had meetings with senior U.S. officials regarding a line of credit of $500 billion (USD) if
  
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• Essay highlights gaps in coverage of missing, murdered Indigenous men in Quesnel

  29-01-2026 20:00 via abbynews.com
  For Haileigh Laurent, some stories never truly leave a family. They wait quietly, carried through years of unanswered questions, resurfacing when someone finally gives them the space to be told.
  Laurent, a Nazko First Nation band member and second-year Bachelor of Arts student at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, recently wrote an essay titled Forgotten Stories: Media Silence and Indigenous Representation.
  The paper examines how Indigenous men who go missing or are murdered often receive m
  
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• 1 hospitalized, 1 arrested in Lower Mainland standoff

  29-01-2026 20:00 via abbynews.com
  A man barricaded himself inside a house in east Maple Ridge late Wednesday afternoon, prompting response from local Mounties, the police dog unit, and the emergency response team to draw him out.
  According to Ridge Meadows RCMP, the incident began at about 5 p.m. in the 11700-block of 231 B Street, with reports of an assault with a weapon.
  When officers arrived, they located a male suspect alone outside a residence.
  “The suspect was exhibiting signs of mental distress and was not complying
  
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• B.C. mom has ‘hope again’ after donors approved for liver transplant

  29-01-2026 19:45 via abbynews.com
  A Kelowna woman has good news in regards to her needed liver transplant.
  On Wednesday, Jan. 28, Lyndsay Richholt shared on social media that BC Transplant has confirmed two donors have been approved and are ready to help her, while 21 back-ups are on a waitlist just in case.
  “My family and I have hope again and a strong belief this is finally happening,” shared Richholt.
  Earlier this month, Kelowna-Centre MLA Kristina Loewen said in a press release that Richholt was “entering e
  
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• Pair of Abbotsford athletes named Sport BC high school athletes of the year

  29-01-2026 18:40 via abbynews.com
  Sport BC has chosen Abbotsford athletes as the both the female and male high school athlete of the year.
  MEI’s Adrianna Buitlelaar and W.J. Mouat’s Elijah Black earned the titles respectively and were revealed in a press release by Sport BC and BC School Sports on Jan. 28.
  Buitelaar is a highly decorated track and field athlete at the provincial and national level. She set a new all-time BCSS provincial record in the 1500 metres in 2025 and won gold at the BCSS cross country champion
  
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• VIDEO: Pedestrian fatally struck by train at busy Fort Langley intersection

  29-01-2026 17:55 via abbynews.com
  Emergency personnel are at the scene of a fatal collision involving a train Thursday morning.
  Langley RCMP was called at about 7:44 a.m. on Jan. 29 to the incident at Glover Road and Billy Brown Road between a pedestrian and the train.
  Front-line officers immediately responded to the area and located an individual who had been struck by the train, explained Sgt. Zynal Sharoom.
  “Despite life saving efforts, the individual succumbed to their injuries at the scene,” he said.
  Motorists a
  
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• Pedestrian fatally struck by train at busy Fort Langley intersection

  29-01-2026 17:55 via abbynews.com
  Emergency personnel are at the scene of a fatal collision involving a train Thursday morning.
  Langley RCMP was called at about 7:44 a.m. on Jan. 29 to the incident at Glover Road and Billy Brown Road between a pedestrian and the train.
  Front-line officers immediately responded to the area and located an individual who had been struck by the train, explained Sgt. Zynal Sharoom.
  “Despite life saving efforts, the individual succumbed to their injuries at the scene,” he said.
  Motorists a
  
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• Vancouver Goldeneyes fall to Minnesota Frost 4-1 before Olympic break

  29-01-2026 17:25 via abbynews.com
  The Vancouver Goldeneyes lost their last game before the Olympic break on Wednesday (Jan. 28).
  The Minnesota Frost defeated Vancouver 4-1 at the Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul, MN, in front of a crowd of 5,249.
  The Frost secured the lead early with three goals in the first period, with goals by rookie Kendall Cooper, Britta Curl-Salemme and Kelly Pannek. Curl-Salemme scored again in the third period on an empty net, while goaltender Maddie Rooney saved 31 of 32 shots on goal.
  Kendall Cooper said
  
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• Border runner arrested in Abbotsford

  29-01-2026 16:56 via abbynews.com
  A border runner was arrested in Abbotsford on Wednesday night (Jan. 28).
  According to a social media post from the Abbotsford Police Department, officers responded to a man who crossed illegally near Zero Avenue and Mt. Lehman Road just before 9 p.m.
  Police say a service dog helped with the arrest.
  The man was turned over to Canada Border Services Agency.
  
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• THE MOJ: Grades lacking when it comes to review of Rutherford’s Canuck contracts

  29-01-2026 15:30 via abbynews.com
  If you need to know why the Vancouver Canucks have been a major disappointment this season, you have to look at the foundation of the hockey club – the so-called core which ultimately defines the culture of the group.
  As a president or general manager, the key to success is finding a solid core and surrounding them with good depth pieces. You have to have the wherewithal not to envision what a player will do next year, but for several years moving forward.
  Are his physical skills in declin
  
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• ‘I’m grateful it’s over’: B.C.woman wins appeal over $110K B.C. tax bill

  29-01-2026 02:00 via abbynews.com
  In May of 2025, Maureen Washington recieved a letter from the Ministry of Finance stating that she owed $110,076.91 in relation to the Speculation and Vacancy Tax (SVT). On Jan. 13, she received another letter confirming the debt had been fully cancelled following a successful appeal.
  Washington described the eight months between those two moments as a fight for her home.
  “I was relieved, but relieved in a way that’s hard to put into words,” Washington said of opening the lette
  
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• Millions spent at B.C. ostrich farm

  29-01-2026 01:59 via abbynews.com
  More than $6 million was spent leading up to the killing, and the execution, of more than 300 ostriches in Edgewood last year.
  Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee MP Scott Anderson sought out these figures in the House of Commons, questioning the Ministry of Agriculture and Agri-Food on Dec. 9.
  The numbers in response to action against the Universal Ostrich Farm were provided and tabled on Monday, Jan. 26.
  “The drama significantly affected the Canadian public’s distrust of federal instituti
  
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• B.C. paramedics plan strike vote over 2-week period in February

  29-01-2026 01:37 via abbynews.com
  The union representing more than 6,000 ambulance paramedics and emergency dispatchers says a strike vote will begin in early February.
  The Ambulance Paramedics of B.C. said in a news release Tuesday (Jan. 27) that the union has reached an impasse and a strike vote is “imminent.”
  Union president Jason Jackson said the union met with the employer, the provincial government, in an effort to advance negotiations and avoid any disruptions to services. But Jackson said “no positive p
  
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• Salvation Army shelter in Abbotsford plans to increase capacity from 19 to 36

  29-01-2026 01:33 via abbynews.com
  A new housing agreement that would see the Salvation Army in Abbotsford double the capacity of its emergency shelter on Gladys Avenue is nearing final approval.
  City council on Tuesday (Jan. 27) approved third reading of the related bylaw.
  Under the new agreement, the agency will accommodate up to 36 people – 26 men and 10 women.
  The previous agreement, which had been in place since 2004, permitted up to 19 men over the age of 18.
  The new housing agreement, which permits the continued oper
  
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• IHIT has investigated 307 cases in Surrey to date

  29-01-2026 01:16 via abbynews.com
  Since the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team assumed the responsibility for investigating homicides from the Surrey RCMP serious crimes section in June 2003 it has taken conduct of 307 mandated cases in this city.
  This includes all homicides – culpable or not – and suspicious sudden deaths and missing persons cases where foul play is suspected.
  Sergeant Freda Fong said four cases have since been transferred to either another investigative unit or were returned to the police of ju
  
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• ‘Borderline friendly’: B.C. Premier Eby meets with Alberta’s Smith, PM Carney

  29-01-2026 01:11 via abbynews.com
  The prime minister met with the premiers of Alberta and B.C. on Wednesday (Jan. 28) in Ottawa, with the premiers finding some “common ground” but continuing to strike different notes on their desire for a new oil pipeline from the oilsands to the west coast.
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said the trio talked about the memorandum of understanding (MOU) that commits to working toward a new oil pipeline to the B.C. coast. She and Prime Minister Mark Carney signed the agreement in Novem
  
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• VIDEO: Vancouver FC prepares for game against Mexico’s Cruz Azul

  29-01-2026 01:00 via abbynews.com
  With less than two weeks to go before Vancouver FC faces Mexico’s Cruz Azul, the Langley team took a flight to Phoenix, Arizona for a pre-season training camp on Jan. 22.
  It was a lot warmer, 19 Celsius under sunny skies as of Sunday.
  Back in Langley, at the VFC home stadium in Willoughby, it was also a sunny Sunday, but just four degrees.
  As part of their preparation, VFC was scheduled to have two “friendlies” – tune-up games against United Soccer League side Phoenix Ris
  
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• No charges approved against VicPD officer in fatal 2021 shooting

  29-01-2026 00:53 via abbynews.com
  The BC Prosecution Service (BCPS) announced today that no charges will be laid against a VicPD officer following a five-year investigation into a fatal shooting.
  On Sept. 21, 2021, VicPD officers responded to a report of a man in distress who had allegedly committed a theft and was threatening self-harm with a knife.
  Upon arrival, officers located the man near a shopping mall. Police attempted to contain the situation while a trained crisis negotiator engaged the individual in an effort to de-es
  
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• 3 of Canada’s Top 100 most romantic restaurants found in Kelowna, Vernon

  29-01-2026 00:00 via abbynews.com
  This season of love around the corner, Central Okanagan residents can celebrate at some of the most romantic spots in Canada.
  On Wednesday, Jan. 28, OpenTable released its Top 100 Most Romantic restaurants for 2026. The list was compiled of over 900,000 diner reviews, ratings, and reservation demands from Dec. 1, 2024 to Nov. 20, 2025.
  Of the 100 restaurants across the country, with three local restaurants made the cut:Old Vines Restaurant at Quails’ Gate Winery (West Kelowna);
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• New urgent and primary care centre opens in Surrey

  28-01-2026 23:58 via abbynews.com
  B.C.’s minister of health was in Surrey Wednesday for a soggy press conference to announce the opening of a new urgent and primary care centre.
  Despite the chill and rain, several politicians and dignitaries showed up just before the new Cloverdale urgent and primary care centre (UPCC) opened Wednesday (Jan. 28), including Minister of Health Josie Osborne and parliamentary secretary for primary care Stephanie Higginson.
  The new centre, located at 5711 176A St., offers year-round, seven-day
  
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• Verbal sparring at Langley Township council as opposition councillor’s motion delayed

  28-01-2026 23:25 via abbynews.com
  It’s unusual for municipal councils to spend much time on approving their meeting agendas, but that process turned into a 20-minute argument at Langley Township on Monday, Jan. 26.
  The current council is divided between five members of Mayor Eric Woodward’s Progress for Langley slate and four independent councillors.
  Independent Councillor Margaret Kunst had a motion on Monday’s agenda about municipal wells, and the potential to drill new ones to reduce Township reliance on Met
  
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• Coastal First Nations condemn Fulmer for spreading ‘disinformation’ about group

  28-01-2026 23:00 via abbynews.com
  Coastal First Nations President Marilyn Slett is pushing back on B.C. Conservative leadership candidate Yuri Fulmer’s assertion that the alliance is “just an advocacy organization,” calling his comments in a video and on social media, “disinformation.”
  “We’re a coalition, an alliance of communities that have very ancient and old relations amongst each other, that ties us together,” said Slett, who is also the chief of the Heiltsuk Nation. The allia
  
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• Abbotsford Film Society screens Sorry to Bother You

  28-01-2026 23:00 via abbynews.com
  The Abbotsford Film Society (AFS) celebrates Black History Month in February with a special screening of Sorry To Bother You, the directorial debut from Boots Riley.
  The screening takes place Friday, Feb. 6, at The Banquet Room (3471 Clearbrook Rd.).
  Riley has described the film as “an absurdist dark comedy with aspects of magical realism and science fiction inspired by the world of telemarketing.”
  The film follows the life of Cassius Green, a young African-American telemarketer who
  
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• ‘I feel alive’: Kelowna man receives kidney transplant after six months of waiting

  28-01-2026 22:30 via abbynews.com
  After a long battle with health struggles, Kelowna resident Troy Chapman, is on the road to recovery from a kidney transplant.
  Chapman was one of 357 people to receive a kidney transplant in British Columbia last year, a new record BC Transplant announced on Wednesday, Jan. 28. In 2025, 525 B.C. residents received an organ transplant, also a record-high.
  “I feel alive!” said Chapman. “I now have all this energy to get active, get out in the bush with my 4×4 and enjoy time
  
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• PHOTOS: New departure lounge open to travellers at Kelowna airport

  28-01-2026 21:50 via abbynews.com
  After nearly two-and-a-half years of construction, the new Kelowna International Airport (YLW) departures lounge is now open to the public.
  Travellers flocked to YLW in droves on Jan. 28, getting a chance to use the new amenities for the first time.
  The opening of the new lounge represents a key milestone in the Airport Terminal Building expansion project, the first phase of which is set to complete later this year. In total, it adds 5,590 square metres of new space to the terminal building.
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• U.S. ICE wants to buy B.C.’s Jim Pattison Group-owned building in Virginia

  28-01-2026 21:35 via abbynews.com
  The development arm of B.C.’s Jim Pattison Group won’t be commenting on the private transaction of the sale of one of its buildings to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
  A statement to Black Press Media Wednesday (Jan. 28) acknowledges the “conversation around immigration policy and enforcement is particularly heated, and has become much more so over the past few weeks.”
  However, the statement pointed to the company’s policy that is doesn’t comment
  
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• SkyTrain line to Langley on track for late 2029 opening

  28-01-2026 21:35 via abbynews.com
  The SkyTrain line between Whalley and Langley City is on track to be opened for service in late 2029. Gilles Assier, executive project director of the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain Project, presented an update to Surrey’s council-in-committee on January 26.
  He outlined “key progress” looking ahead that includes most guideway foundations and substructure being completed this year.
  “All stations will be under construction in the first half of this year which is another big step f
  
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• No clean getaway in case of stolen trailer full of sinks

  28-01-2026 20:35 via abbynews.com
  The police got back a stolen trailer unit now they have to figure out who owns what’s inside.
  On Saturday, Jan. 23, Langley RCMP recovered a 53-foot trailer containing a large quantity of new sinks.
  Investigators have since spoken with the registered owner of the trailer. They don’t belong to the trailer owner.
  Police believe the property maybe unreported stolen goods and are working to identify the rightful owner, explained Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, of the Langley RCMP.
  “We believe
  
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