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• PHOTO: Run for the Cure

  05-10-2018 18:45 via abbynews.com
  
  Annual breast cancer fundraiser was held in AbbotsfordThe post PHOTO: Run for the Cure appeared first on Abbotsford News.
  
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• VIDEO: Abbotsford plainclothes officer wrestles suspected thief to the ground

  19-09-2026 00:38 via abbynews.com
  
  Social media has recently been abuzz with a video showing an Abbotsford plainclothes officer wrestling with a suspect on the ground.
  The recorded incident occurred on Thursday evening (Sept. 17) just before 6 p.m. at the intersection of Townline Road and Maclure Road.
  According to the Abbotsford Police Department (APD), the physical altercation stemmed from a shoplifting incident that occurred in the 3200 block of Mt. Lehman Road.
  Officers responded to a business shortly after 5 p.m., where it w
  
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• Woman killed, man injured after West Coast Express collision in Mission

  19-09-2026 00:24 via abbynews.com
  
  A woman was killed and a man taken to hospital with serious injuries after they were struck by a West Coast Express commuter train in Mission on Thursday evening (Sept. 17).
  According to a statement from Mission RCMP, the incident occurred on the train tracks south of Wren Street at approximately 5:40 p.m. when the train was heading into Mission.“Initial evidence from the scene indicated that a man and a woman had been walking on or near the train tracks, when they were both struck by the
  
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• Break-in at Nanaimo hobby shop nets thief almost $6,000 in Pokémon cards

  19-09-2026 00:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Allan Mah hasn’t left his shop on Bowen Road since it was broken into in the early morning hours of Thursday.
  At 3:50 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 16, someone smashed through the glass of the front door of All Elite Cards & Games, entered the store and stole eight sealed boxes of Pokémon box sets and some other items that were worth up to $6,000.
  The culprit was in and out in exactly one minute and 37 seconds, according to the store’s security cameras, and was gone before Mah a
  
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• Construction begins on major Abbotsford overpass

  18-09-2026 23:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Crossing Highway 1 will soon be even easier for Abbotsford commuters, with the construction of the new Peardonville Road overpass recently getting underway.
  This overpass project is part of the Fraser Valley Highway 1 Corridor Improvement Program and is the final part of the program to begin construction.
  While the current Peardonville Road crossing is only two lanes, this new overpass will be expanded to include four lanes, with 1.6 km of Highway 1 surrounding the overpass also getting new HOV
  
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• Okanagan councillor guilty: ‘Used coach position to find boys for companionship’

  18-09-2026 23:07 via abbynews.com
  
  Penticton City Coun. James Miller was found guilty of multiple charges of sexual interference and one count of invitation to sexual touching for incidents taking place in Ontario decades prior.
  Ontario Superior Court Justice Russell Raikes delivered his verdict on Sept. 18 as Miller appeared in person in Sarnia, where the offences largely took place.
  Miller was charged in two separate cases involving three complainants of allegations dating back to the 90s, while he was a coach of the Sarnia Min
  
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• B.C. player makes first CFL start

  18-09-2026 23:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Third game, first start.
  Vernon’s Brady Szeman of the Hamilton Tiger Cats will make his first-ever Canadian Football League (CFL) start Friday, Sept. 18, when the Ti-Cats host the Montreal Alouettes (4:30 p.m., TSN 1/3) in the league’s annual Hall of Fame game.
  It’s one of multiple moves made by Hamilton prior to the contest.
  Offensive lineman Liam Dobson shifts from centre to guard, paving the way for Szeman to start under quarterback Harrison Frost. The move came after Jonath
  
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• World figure skaters land in Vernon

  18-09-2026 22:53 via abbynews.com
  
  Toe jumps. Edge jumps.Solo efforts. Team work makes the dream work.
  Fantastic outfits.
  And an abundance of smiles.Close to 300 skaters from a dozen countries lutzed and salchowed their way to Vernon for Skate Canada’s International Adult Figure Skating Competition.
  The four-day event began Wednesday, Sept. 16, and wraps up Saturday, Sept. 19, at Kal Tire Place.
  “We worked on a bid together with the City of Vernon and we were selected to host this event,” said Danielle Williams,
  
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• Golden retriever stolen from secure backyard on Vancouver Island

  18-09-2026 22:30 via abbynews.com
  
  The owner of a four-year-old purebred golden retriever named Ginger is praying for her safe return after the dog was stolen from her secure backyard in North Cowichan.
  Ginger was last seen in her fully fenced backyard on Deborah Drive around 7:15 p.m. on Sept. 14.“The neighbour stopped hearing her collar around 8:30 p.m.,” explained Julie Dann. Dann had been out of the house at the time.“She was in a seven-foot-tall, fully enclosed yard with a latched gate,” said Dann.
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• Milobar taking over Centre B.C., MLAs Banman and Warbus joining

  18-09-2026 22:27 via abbynews.com
  
  Kamloops Centre MLA Peter Milobar is taking over as leader of the Centre B.C. party.
  Milobar and Mike Bernier, a former B.C. Liberal MLA and cabinet minister, held a joint press conference in Vancouver Friday to announce that Milobar and the six MLAs announced as part of his yet-to-be-named party would instead be joining Centre B.C.
  In total, there are eight sitting MLAs with Centre B.C. now. The party plans to run candidates across the province, if an election is called.
  Milobar said there will
  
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• Milobar taking over Centre B.C., 8 MLAs ready to run as election call looms

  18-09-2026 22:27 via abbynews.com
  
  Kamloops Centre MLA Peter Milobar is taking over as leader of the Centre B.C. party.Milobar and Mike Bernier, a former MLA, held a joint press conference in Vancouver Friday to announce that the Milobar and the six MLAs announced as part of his yet-to-be-named party would instead be joining Centre B.C.
  Bernier, the former leader of the party, announced he would step down from the role to allow Milobar to be leader.More to come.
  
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• PHOTOS: Cabot Revelstoke deciding golf rates, mosquito management ahead of July 2027 opening

  18-09-2026 22:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Tahlon Sweenie is hardly phased when a black bear sow and cub emerge onto the distant golf green.
  After 15 years running golf operations for Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge Golf Course, he’s more accustomed to seeing elk and grizzlies on the fairway.
  Just weeks into his new job as golf operations director for Cabot Revelstoke, with the course set to open July 2, 2027, Sweenie met with Black Press Media to discuss where things stand.
  The rolling 18-hole course at the base of Revelstoke Mountain
  
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• Abbotsford businesses showcased at third annual Manufacturing Industry Tour

  18-09-2026 21:35 via abbynews.com
  
  Unique business success stories in Abbotsford were celebrated at the third annual Manufacturing Industry Tour on Sept. 11.
  The event, hosted by the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce and the city of Abbotsford, recognized local titans that help fuel one of the most important aspects of the local economy. According to the chamber, manufacturing generates more than $1 billion in sales annually and supports thousands of jobs.
  This year’s tour saw attendees stop at Mainland Machinery, Overlanders
  
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• Eby suspends planned B.C. PST expansion, pledges future ferries to be built locally

  18-09-2026 21:18 via abbynews.com
  
  Premier David Eby used his annual speech at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention to announce that his government plans to put off a planned expansion of the provincial sales tax and instruct BC Ferries to build future vessels within the province.
  PST taxes were to be added to services such as engineering and accounting. These changes were deeply unpopular in the business community.
  The premier said he is reconsidering in response to the trade war with the United States, and the impact tar
  
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• Roy Linden Wilcox

  18-09-2026 21:00 via abbynews.com
  
  In Loving Memory ~
  September 20, 1935 – August 14, 2026
  Roy Linden Wilcox passed away suddenly from a heart attack on Friday, August 14, 2026. He was predeceased by his wife, Elsie, and his son, Randy.
  Roy will be lovingly remembered by his children, Willy (Cheryl) and Lynn (Leigh); his grandchildren, Kristi, Chayla (Victor), Archie (Chyann), Leigh, Damon, Kristine (Jeremy), Roy (Cameron), and Katie; and his great-grandchildren, Grayson, Annabelle, Eleanor, Kayla and Kaylee. Roy is also re
  
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• Abbotsford police deemed not at fault for fatal high-speed crash

  18-09-2026 20:46 via abbynews.com
  
  A high-speed crash that led to the death of one person on March 17 has officially been deemed not the fault of the Abbotsford Police Department (APD).
  The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) released a report on Sept. 18 that detailed the fatal crash and everything that led up to it.
  In the report, it said an APD officer in an unmarked police vehicle first noticed a black Dodge Ram pickup truck driving down Maclure Road at a high rate of speed at 11:36 p.m.
  The officer turned on his emergenc
  
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• Skeena MLA Rattée says she’s ‘not going anywhere,’ slams Conservative leader

  18-09-2026 20:42 via abbynews.com
  
  Skeena MLA Claire Rattée claimes B.C. Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay is trying to further shrink the party by attempting to oust members from caucus.Rattée issued a lengthy statement on social media Friday (Sept. 18), saying that she is “not going anywhere.”
  “I was elected as a BC Conservative MLA and that’s not going to change. I’m not going anywhere. I will continue to fight for the people of Skeena and British Columbia.”
  In the statem
  
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• 3 more MLAs out from B.C. Conservatives

  18-09-2026 20:42 via abbynews.com
  
  The B.C. legislature clerk’s office has confirmed three more MLAs are out from the B.C. Conservative Party.
  The clerk office confirmed to Today In BC that the Office of the Speaker received notification Friday (Sept. 18) that Skeena MLA Claire Rattée, Nechako-Lakes MLA John Rustad and Surrey – White Rock Trevor Halford are no longer affiliated with the B.C. Conservative caucus.Skeena MLA Claire Rattée claims B.C. Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay is trying to furt
  
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• UPDATE: Motorcyclist dies in collision that closed Harvey Avenue in Kelowna

  18-09-2026 19:16 via abbynews.com
  
  UPDATE: 10:10 a.m.
  The RCMP confirmed Friday morning (Sept. 18) that the two-vehicle collision involving a motorcycle and sedan resulted in death.
  According to police, the crash took place at the intersection of Harvey Avenue and Ethel Street.Upon police arrival, RCMP learned that the motorcycle rider was deceased.“The driver of the sedan remained on scene and is cooperating with the investigation,” said Media Relations Officer Cpl. Steven Lang.“The circumstances of the collisi
  
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• Abbotsford South Conservative riding association president supporting Kerry-Lynne Findlay in byelection

  18-09-2026 18:56 via abbynews.com
  
  The president of the Conservative Party of British Columbia’s Abbotsford South riding association is standing behind embattled leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay and expressed disappointment at last month’s departure of MLA Bruce Banman.
  Board president Don Stahl said that his association backs Findlay and is sending members to help out on her byelection campaign in the nearby Abbotsford-Mission riding.
  “The Abbotsford South Riding Association board supports Kerry-Lynne Findlay as the
  
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• Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge to undergo $33-million upgrade

  18-09-2026 18:31 via abbynews.com
  
  The Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge will be undergoing major upgrades this fall.The provincial government recently announced that they have awarded a $33-million major works contract to Graham Infrastructure LP for bridge rehabilitation.
  This project will extend the life of the bridge, addressing structural steel and concrete deterioration and improving drainage. The work is expected to extend the bridge’s lifespan by another 50 years.The work will include replacing deck extension joints, removing
  
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• UBCM endorses Nanaimo call to ban raw log exports

  18-09-2026 18:28 via abbynews.com
  
  The Union of British Columbia Municipalities have endorsed Nanaimo’s request that the province ban raw log exports out of B.C.
  UBCM met from Sept. 16-18, voting on a range of resolutions that the union will use when advocating to the province on changes to policy and law, including the banning of all raw logs and lumber from B.C.
  Originally coming from the City of Nanaimo, the resolution argues that “the lack of adequate and affordable fibre supply has been identified as a key factor
  
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• ‘Harm reduction has not failed’: Coalition calls on province for comprehensive response to drug crisis

  18-09-2026 18:02 via abbynews.com
  
  Drug user groups and supporters of harm reduction plan to gather for a die-in and speak-out outside the 2026 Union of B.C. Municipalities annual general meeting Friday (Sept. 18) at noon.The goal is to highlight the ongoing public health crisis posed by the toxic drug supply and to call for harm reduction, evidence-based treatment options, and a comprehensive, rational and compassionate drug policy.“We’re here today to remind Premier Eby and the municipal politicians that we are stil
  
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• Conservative MPs criticize harm reduction strategy at Vernon town hall on addiction

  18-09-2026 14:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Though his flight was delayed due to heavy fog in Prince George, Todd Doherty arrived at a town hall on addiction in Vernon just in time to deliver an impactful message Tuesday evening.
  Earlier in the evening, those in attendance had been asked to raise their hand if they’d ever been directly or indirectly impacted by addiction. Pretty well everyone in the room raised their hand.The message imparted by Doherty, MP for Cariboo-Prince George, was impactful because while he was not there yet
  
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• Kelowna RCMP investigate serious collision involving flames that shuts Hwy.97

  18-09-2026 09:15 via abbynews.com
  
  UPDATE: 12 p.m.
  RCMP have closed down Harvey Avenue and taped off the area of Ethel Street following a collision reportedly between a motorbike and a car.
  A seriously damaged black four-door sedan, with its airbags deployed, is in the northbound lanes of Ethel Street off Harvey Avenue.
  Multiple RCMP are investigating what appears to be the remains of a motorbike. Metal and debris are scattered across the highway.
  Three BC Ambulance crews attended and were on scene for about an hour.
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• Gun control groups call for transparency of firearms used in Tumbler Ridge shooting

  18-09-2026 05:56 via abbynews.com
  
  A gun-control advocacy group says that seven months after a fatal mass shooting, the public still lacks “basic and essential information about the tools used to quickly produce such human carnage.”
  PolySeSouvient, a group formed following the 1989 massacre at École Polytechnique in Montreal, has once again penned a letter to RCMP Commissioner Michael Duheme, dated Sept. 14, calling for more transparency around the Feb. 10 mass shooting.
  It’s co-signed by representatives
  
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• Attempted murder, assault charges laid against man involved in knife attack at Vancouver Island college

  18-09-2026 02:12 via abbynews.com
  
  Comox Valley RCMP announced that the BC Prosecution Service has approved one count of attempted murder and two counts of aggravated assault against the man accused of the knife assault inside a North Island College (NIC) campus residence.
  Julian Nathyn Smith from Burnaby has been identified as the accused in the assault.
  “Comox Valley RCMP investigators have advanced the investigation into a violent assault at a North Island College residence building, resulting in an attempted murder char
  
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• UBCM president urges premier to hold off on provincial election call

  18-09-2026 01:50 via abbynews.com
  
  The Union of B.C. Municipalities is pushing back on the possibility of a snap provincial election period overlapping with local municipal elections.
  “There is a need for some sober second thoughts by all concerned,” UBCM President Cori Ramsay said. “UBCM is standing up for the public interest, and the public interest is not at all served by an overlapping provincial election.”
  Premier David Eby threw election speculation into high gear on Wednesday by saying his party is
  
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• Earl Storey enters 2026 Abbotsford school trustee race

  18-09-2026 01:29 via abbynews.com
  
  Longtime Abbotsford resident Earl Storey has announced his entry into the Abbotsford school trustee race.
  This marks the third time that Storey has participated in the trustee election. He finished 10th in 2018 with 8,514 and 10th in 2022 with 6,486.Storey stated he has lived in Abbotsford for 40 years and has worked for the last 47 years in the plumbing industry. He is an account manager for the Abbotsford-based Robinson Supply and has served on the Fraser Valley chapter of the board of directo
  
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• B.C. Conservative party official allegedly hired private investigator to scrutinize MLAs

  18-09-2026 01:01 via abbynews.com
  
  A senior B.C. Conservative Party official allegedly hired a private investigator to scrutinize several sitting members of the legislature — some of whom still belong to the party — as well as at least one journalist.
  “Confirmation that a private investigator was assigned and that I was being investigated only reinforces why I chose to part company with [party Leader] Kerry-Lynne Findlay and the Conservatives,” Courtenay-Comox MLA Brennan Day said in a written statement to
  
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