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• Program offers free wellness classes for youth

  27-01-2018 22:00 via abbynews.com
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• B.C. killer complains he was interrupted during parole board hearing

  23-03-2026 20:45 via abbynews.com
  Twenty-five years after he was imprisoned for killing two people in Langley City, William James McCotter remains a “moderate to high risk for violence,” a risk that is “not considered manageable in the community.”
  The words appear in a March 10 decision by a Parole Board of Canada Appeal Division which rejected McCotter’s claim that his human rights were violated when the board refused to approve his release from prison.
  McCotter, now 63, is serving a life sentence
  
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• Country newcomer Gavin Adcock makes Abbotsford debut

  23-03-2026 20:35 via abbynews.com
  Despite only being in the music industry for five years, Gavin Adcock has already managed to carve out his own dedicated community of country music lovers, including fans in B.C.
  He’ll now be bringing his music to these fans as part of his new The Day I Hang It Up Tour, which stops off in Abbotsford this summer.
  Adcock first rose to prominence with the release of his 2023 single A Cigarette, which has been certified platinum and received nearly 150 million streams on Spotify.The song was l
  
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• Archway in Abbotsford seeks board members for new term

  23-03-2026 20:05 via abbynews.com
  Archway Community Services in Abbotsford is currently accepting applications for volunteer board members.
  CEO Rod Santiago said members play a vital role in guiding the organization’s “fiduciary, strategic, generative thinking, and risk duties.”
  “Archway’s strong future depends on leadership that is both skilled and grounded,” he said.
  “We are seeking candidates who are simultaneously eager to share their expertise, as well as possessing meaningful conne
  
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• Threatfuli: Meet Revelstoke’s internationally acclaimed butterfly guy

  23-03-2026 18:00 via abbynews.com
  Walking around downtown Revelstoke every day, 81-year-old Dave Threatful always has time to chat about anything — but of all topics, butterflies strike a chord.
  He enjoys stopping by the Revelstoke Review office each week to discuss the latest news, as well as the diverse range of wildlife that the inland temperate rainforest has to offer.
  Several times in the last year, Threatful has helped Black Press Media identify butterfly species photographed around Revelstoke and Rogers Pass. In the
  
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• Soprano Suzie LeBlanc and friends perform in Abbotsford

  23-03-2026 17:21 via abbynews.com
  The Valley Concert Society presents Canadian soprano Suzie LeBlanc and colleagues on Friday, March 27 in Abbotsford.
  The concert, titled Wish You Were Here!, starts at 7:30 p.m. at Matsqui Centennial Auditorium.
  LeBlanc will be joined by three of Canada’s finest early-music performers.
  Alexander Weimann is a noted harpsichordist and conductor who has appeared on nearly 100 recordings. He will perform a solo by the the Italian composer Bernardo Storace.
  Baroque violinist Chloe Meyers is con
  
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• Tick talk: take care, as creatures can spread disease

  23-03-2026 17:15 via abbynews.com
  Interior Health is warning people to beware of ticks, hard on the heels of a report of a six-year-old boy in Merritt who was partially paralyzed by a tick bite after a walk on March 8.
  Milo Stevens was out hiking with his father Jamie in a grassy area near their Merritt home on Sunday, March 8. On Thursday, March 12 Milo woke up and was unable to walk, but doctors were unable to discover the cause.
  A family member suggested to Jamie that he check Milo for ticks, and a search revealed an engorged
  
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• Man convicted for 2023 murder in Mission

  23-03-2026 17:12 via abbynews.com
  A man has been convicted for the 2023 homicide of 42-year-old Jesse Kennedy in Mission.
  John Ross Powers was found guilty of second-degree murder in a decision at Abbotsford Law Courts on Friday (March 20).
  The conviction comes with a mandatory life sentence for Powers with no chance of parole for 10 to 25 years. Moving forward, Powers will have sentencing hearing to decide parole eligibility.
  His next appearance is slated for May 25 for a pre-sentence report.
  Powers was charged in August 2023 a
  
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• VIDEO: Police investigating early-morning shooting at Surrey business

  23-03-2026 16:53 via abbynews.com
  Police in Surrey are investigating an early-morning shooting at a business in the Cloverdale neighbourhood.
  At approximately 3:35 a.m. on Monday (March 23), RCMP Surrey Provincial Operations Support Unit members responded to reports of a shooting in the 5400-block of Production Boulevard.
  Upon arrival, police located a business that had been damaged.
  Fortunately, nobody was injured as a result of the incident, a Surrey Police Service release noted.Police at scene of shooting on Surrey-Langley bo
  
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• VIDEO: Police investigating early-morning shooting at business near Surrey-Langley border

  23-03-2026 16:53 via abbynews.com
  Police in Surrey are investigating an early-morning shooting at a business in the Cloverdale neighbourhood.
  At approximately 3:35 a.m. on Monday (March 23), RCMP Surrey Provincial Operations Support Unit members responded to reports of a shooting in the 5400-block of Production Boulevard.
  Upon arrival, police located a business that had been damaged.
  Fortunately, nobody was injured as a result of the incident, a Surrey Police Service release noted.Police at scene of shooting on Surrey-Langley bo
  
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• VIDEO: Police investigating early-morning shooting at business at Surrey-Langley border

  23-03-2026 16:53 via abbynews.com
  Police in Surrey are investigating an early-morning shooting at a business in the Cloverdale neighbourhood.
  At approximately 3:35 a.m. on Monday (March 23), RCMP Surrey Provincial Operations Support Unit members responded to reports of a shooting in the 5400-block of Production Boulevard.
  Upon arrival, police located a business that had been damaged.
  Fortunately, nobody was injured as a result of the incident, a Surrey Police Service release noted.Police at scene of shooting on Surrey-Langley bo
  
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• Police investigating early-morning shooting at Surrey business

  23-03-2026 16:53 via abbynews.com
  Police in Surrey are investigating an earl-morning shooting at a business in the Cloverdale neighbourhood.
  At approximately 3:35 a.m. on Monday (March 23), RCMP Surrey Provincial Operations Support Unit members responded to reports of a shooting in the 5400-block of Production Boulevard.
  Upon arrival, police located a business that had been damaged.
  Fortunately, nobody was injured as a result of the incident, a Surrey Police Service release noted.
  RCMP SPOSU General Investigation Unit has taken
  
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• Truck hits black ice, rolls over on Coquihalla Highway near Hope

  23-03-2026 15:48 via abbynews.com
  First responders attended a rollover crash on the Coquihalla Highway north of Hope on Monday (March 23).
  BC Highway Patrol said in a statement that a grey pickup lost control due to black ice patches on shady areas of the highway before it spun out and rolled over.
  Both the 67-year-old driver and 68-year-old passenger from Alberta sustained minor injuries in the crash and are expected to make a full recovery.
  The rollover occurred near Exit 192 (Sowaqua Creek Road) off Highway 5 at 6:53 a.m., ac
  
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• Rollover into ditch reported on Coquihalla Highway near Hope

  23-03-2026 15:48 via abbynews.com
  First responders are attending a reported rollover crash on the Coquihalla Highway north of Hope on Monday (March 23).
  Drive BC said in a social media post that the vehicle reportedly spun out and rolled over into the ditch near Exit 192 (Sowaqua Creek Road) off Highway 5.
  According to the Pulse Point app, the crash occurred at 6:53 a.m. and multiple ambulances are on scene.
  More to come.
  
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• M4.0 earthquake registers off Tofino’s coast

  23-03-2026 14:19 via abbynews.com
  A magnitude 4.0 earthquake was reported off Tofino on Sunday afternoon.
  The U.S. Geological Survey reported the earthquake happened 261 kilometres west-southwest of Tofino, at a depth of 10 kilometres.
  Emergency Info B.C. posted that no injuries or damage were expected.
  No tsunami was expected from the earthquake.
  
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• Visitor unleashes power of ‘unconditional positive regard’ on B.C. residents

  23-03-2026 13:30 via abbynews.com
  Building bridges with strangers might be Paul Jenkinson’s super power.He starts with a physical installation and “unconditional positive regard.”Two chairs, a table and a sign with words that promise a safe space, free of judgment or shame; You are not alone – I will listen.The Nova Scotia man faced a pivotal moment when he turned 70. He could slide into invisibility, or use valuable tools honed over a lifetime while he still had the capacity.“I had a choice to quie
  
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• VIDEO: Empanadas Ilegales set to shake up Harrison stage

  23-03-2026 13:00 via abbynews.com
  On April 4, it won’t just be the hot springs that bring the heat in Harrison.
  Vancouver-based septet Empanadas Ilegales is coming to Harrison Hot Springs as part of the Season of Performing Arts, gracing the Memorial Hall stage next Saturday.
  The music of Empanadas Ilegales is described as “tropical psychedelic music” that blends multiple styles of Amazonian, Latin-Caribbean and Andean traditional music with surf rock and jazz. Their music and kinetic performance is bound to g
  
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• Abbotsford Canucks eliminated from AHL playoffs

  23-03-2026 00:42 via abbynews.com
  One season after winning the Calder Cup, the Abbotsford Canucks have become the first team eliminated from American Hockey League playoff contention.
  The defending champions entered Sunday’s (March 22) game against the San Jose Barracuda riding a four-game losing streak and had to post a regulation win in order to stay alive in the playoff race.
  A regulation win Sunday would have meant that Abbotsford could qualify for the postseason by winning all eight final games in regulation and prayi
  
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• Comox Hells Angels trial faces stay bid over Charter breaches

  23-03-2026 00:00 via abbynews.com
  Defence lawyers are seeking a stay of proceedings in a high-security trial in Victoria, alleging Charter violations during a year-long police investigation into a cocaine trafficking network in the Comox Valley and Campbell River involving alleged Hells Angels associates.
  What started in February, and will likely go into the summer, is the trial of Jeff Pasanen, Randall King and Jonathan Clifford, who face a total of 16 charges, including participating in activities of a criminal organization, c
  
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• Man found dead in Surrey, IHIT takes over investigation

  22-03-2026 18:25 via abbynews.com
  One man is dead and a suspect is in custody after what police describe as an isolated incident in Surrey.
  Surrey Police Service (SPS) says that RCMP Surrey Provincial Operations Support Unit (SPOSU) officers responded to assist a situation that occurred yesterday (March 21) at approximately 11:15 a.m.
  SPOSU officers were called to help BCEHS and Surrey Fire Services with an unresponsive injured man in the 9800 block of Foxglove Drive, Surrey.
  Upon arrival, officers found a man receiving treatmen
  
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• BC Ferries cancels multiple Swartz Bay–Tsawwassen sailings

  22-03-2026 18:11 via abbynews.com
  Several ferry sailings between Victoria and Tsawwassen have been cancelled Sunday, March 22, after a mechanical problem with a vessel’s generator, according to BC Ferries.
  Cancellations for the day include the 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. sailings from Swartz Bay, as well as the 1 p.m., 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. departures from Tsawwassen.#ServiceNotice Due to a mechanical difficulty with the vessel’s starboard generator, additional sailings between #SwartzBay – #Tsawwassen today have be
  
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• Iain Black endorsed for Conservative leadership by Vernon MP who once held the job

  22-03-2026 18:00 via abbynews.com
  Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee MP Scott Anderson has endorsed Iain Black as the candidate he’d most like to see win the B.C. Conservative Party’s leadership race.
  Anderson was the leader of the Conservatives from 2017 to 2019, when the party was on the margins of B.C. politics. The party’s next leader will take over the province’s Official Opposition.
  Black previously spoke to The Morning Star during a stop at Jitter Beans Coffee House in Lumby last month, when he described
  
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• VIDEO: Vancouver Giants end regular season with overtime loss to Kamloops

  22-03-2026 17:00 via abbynews.com
  Vancouver Giants ended their regular season with an overtime loss to the Kamloops Blazers Saturday night at Langley Events Centre on Fan Appreciation Night.Kamloops took a 1-0 lead late in the first and extended it to 2-0 early in the second. Vancouver cut into the lead with a goal from Ethan Mittelsteadt at the 6:41 mark of the second period and then got the tying goal from Joe Iginla late in the middle frame. Vancouver took their first lead of the game with a goal from Mathis Preston midway th
  
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• VIDEO: Best-attended, most-watched All-Native tournament wraps in B.C.

  22-03-2026 04:00 via abbynews.com
  The big one is done.
  More than 300 games over five days, featuring 129 teams from across the province, came to a close Friday at the finals of the 50th annual Junior All Native Tournament (JANT 2026) at Langley Events Centre.
  It was the biggest Indigenous competition of its kind in B.C., the best-attended and most-watched ever, with 2,400 fans watching at Centre Court for the highest attended championship finals day in tournament history, while online, more than 373,000 cumulative viewers tuned
  
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• Buchnevich leads visiting St. Louis Blues to 3-1 win over Canucks

  22-03-2026 02:40 via abbynews.com
  Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and an assist, lifting the visiting St. Louis Blues to a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Saturday at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.
  Pius Suter had the other goal for the Blues (28-30-11), with Logan Mailloux adding two assists. Jordan Binnington picked up the win in goal, making 14 saves.
  Filip Hronek had the lone goal for Vancouver (21-40-8). Kevin Lankinen took the loss in net, stopping 18 shots.
  The teams battled through a low-event first period, with
  
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• No injuries after small airplane makes hard landing at B.C. airport

  22-03-2026 01:02 via abbynews.com
  Update: 5 p.m.
  There were no injuries after an airplane made an emergency landing at the Vernon Airport Saturday afternoon.
  A privately registered twin-engine plane advised that it had a mechanical issue with the aircraft’s nose landing gear around 1:30 p.m. March 21, according to City of Vernon spokesperson Jessica Hewitt.
  As a safety precaution, emergency crews were dispatched to the airport for standby.
  The aircraft had one person aboard. It landed safely at 1:48 p.m., Hewitt said.
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• VIDEO: Early morning blast and fire rocks rural Langley

  22-03-2026 01:00 via abbynews.com
  Six Township fire trucks and 30 firefighters spent several hours battling a massive barn fire on 256 St. north of 24 Ave. in Langley Saturday morning.
  It took several hours to extinguish and forced a shutdown of the street. No injuries were reported.
  Neighbour Art Bandeniuks, who used to own the property where the barn was located, said the area was rocked by “a gigantic blast” that sent a fireball and clouds of smoke billowing high into the air, destroying the strcuture, a former da
  
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• Vancouver Goldeneyes fall to Minnesota Frost 3-1

  22-03-2026 00:58 via abbynews.com
  The Vancouver Goldeneyes’ five-game homestand ended in defeat, as the team lost to the Minnesota Frost 3-1.
  Vancouver hosted the Frost Saturday (March 21) at the Pacific Coliseum in front of a crowd of 10,366 people.
  This was Minnesota’s fifth consecutive win, and they are currently tied for first place in the league with 42 points.
  The Frost’s Natalie Buchbinder opened up the scoring in the first period on a power play. Kelly Pannek and Britta Curl-Salemme also scored. Goalten
  
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• Flood watch for Fraser Valley downgraded to high streamflow advisory

  21-03-2026 22:33 via abbynews.com
  A flood watch that was issued for the Fraser Valley three days ago was downgraded to a high streamflow advisory by B.C.’s River Forecast Centre on Saturday (March 21).
  The flood watch was issued for the Lower Fraser tributaries and the Fraser Valley, plus other areas on the South Coast, on March 18.
  The Fraser Valley Regional District declared a state of local emergency for Electoral Area E on March 19 due to an atmospheric river in the Chilliwack River Valley and surrounding areas. Proper
  
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• VIDEO: A road loss to Kamloops for Vancouver Giants

  21-03-2026 19:00 via abbynews.com
  Vancouver Giants were within reach of a win in Kamloops Friday, but it wasn’t their night, as a Blazer surge in the third took them down 7-3 at the Sandman Centre.
  Giants Assistant Coach Gaelan Patterson described it as a “very offensively driven game for both teams. We get into the third and we’re a goal away and we have a couple opportunities. It gets away from us in the end, but it was a close game. We were happy with the work ethic that we put in.”Kamloops draft-eligi
  
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