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• Put your phones away to enjoy dinner: UBC study

  28-02-2018 01:00 via Abbotsford News
  Researchers find smartphones actually add to the boredom when eating out with friends and familyThe post Put your phones away to enjoy dinner: UBC study appeared first on Abbotsford News.
  
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• ‘Time to go big’ for B.C. dance music festival, now 3 days and 80,000 projected attendance

  03-11-2026 23:00 via Abbotsford News
  
  Next summer’s FVDED in the Park dance music festival will grow to three days at Holland Park in Surrey.
  While no DJs are announced yet, the festival website shows 2027 dates of July 9, 10 and 11.
  FVDED has always been a two-day dance party in Surrey over the past decade-plus.
  “A 15-year milestone deserves main-character energy,” fest organizers post on social media Nov. 2. “FVDED is bringing 3 days, 4 stages and over 75+ international artists to Holland Park. Time to go big.”
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• Abbotsford police searching for missing Indigenous man

  03-11-2026 22:53 via Abbotsford News
  
  An Abbotsford man has been missing for over a week, and police are now asking for the public’s help in locating him.
  A request was put out on Tuesday (Nov. 3) for assistance in finding Donovan Adams, 36, who was last spotted near 272 Street and Fraser Highway in Langley just before 8 a.m. on Oct. 26.
  Adams is described as an Indigenous male, approximately 5’10” tall, weighing 190 lbs, with a thin build, short black hair, and a goatee.
  The Abbotsford Police Department said he has full sleev
  
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• Free Cirque du Soleil tickets for ‘junior critics’ picked to review LUZIA in Vancouver

  03-11-2026 22:49 via Abbotsford News
  
  Kids who want to see Cirque du Soleil’s LUZIA in Vancouver have a chance to get in free as a “junior critic” of the travelling circus show, which opens Wednesday, Nov. 4 at Concord Pacific Place.
  Requirements include “a sharp eye for the things grown-ups miss.”
  Selected young critics (under age 12) will get four tickets for family to see LUZIA under the Big Top the week of Nov. 16, with great seats, snacks and merchandise included — a $1,100 prize value. Post-show, the junior critics
  
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• Victoria runner ‘Crazy Legs’ conquers all six Marathon Majors at 76

  03-11-2026 22:37 via Abbotsford News
  
  Joseph Camilleri has run thousands of kilometres to reach the finish line. At 76, he finally has all six medals to show for it.
  The Victoria runner completed the Abbott World Marathon Majors Six Star Challenge on Sept. 27, crossing the finish line at the Berlin Marathon in 4:51:25 to complete a journey that began in Boston in 2018.
  The challenge requires runners to complete six of the world’s major marathons: Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York City.
  Born in Malta, Camilleri fi
  
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• Accused in fatal Vancouver Lapu Lapu car-ramming pleads not guilty to 42 charges

  03-11-2026 22:12 via Abbotsford News
  
  Adam Kai-Ji Lo, the accused in the fatal car ramming at the 2025 Lapu Lapu event in Vancouver, has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
  The B.C. Prosecution Service confirmed to Today In BC that Lo pleaded not guilty to the 11 second-degree murder charges and the additional 31 attempted murder charges in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Monday (Nov. 2).
  Lo is in the midst of a 22-day voir dire, a mini hearing to determine whether evidence can be admitted at trial.
  A provincial court judge, Regi
  
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• Mercer International files for bankruptcy, says B.C. operations will continue as usual

  03-11-2026 22:02 via Abbotsford News
  
  Mercer International, which employs over 1,000 people in British Columbia, has filed for bankruptcy in the United States.
  Mercer employs about 400 people at the Celgar pulp mill in Castlegar as well as 360 people at Mercer Peace River, 70 at Mercer Forestry Services in Lumby, 95 at Mercer Okanagan in Penticton/Okanagan Falls and 80 at Mercer International in Vancouver. The company also has operations in Germany and the U.S.
  Indications of financial difficulties have been surfacing for several mo
  
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• 3 sought by RCMP in West Kelowna kidnapping investigation

  03-11-2026 22:01 via Abbotsford News
  
  The West Kelowna RCMP are searching for three people who are wanted in connection to an alleged kidnapping and aggravated assault investigation.The police are asking the public to keep an eye out for Crystal Richard, Briaden Rosch and Scott Chambers, who have warrants stemming from an incident that occurred in the late hours of Aug. 26 where a victim was allegedly assaulted and taken from a business located on West Kelowna’s Industrial Road.“This investigation remains active and investigator
  
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• 1 dead, 1 missing after suspected bear attack near Bella Coola

  03-11-2026 20:59 via Abbotsford News
  
  One person has been found dead following a suspected grizzly bear attack near Bella Coola, as search efforts continue for a second missing individual.
  According to a social media post by the BC Conservation Officer Service (BCCOS), officers are in Bella Coola investigating a suspected fatal bear attack in the Snooka West Trail area.
  BCCOS said the individual was located deceased in the Snooka West Trail area on Monday, Nov. 2, in the afternoon after search efforts involving the RCMP and Bella Co
  
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• Abbotsford student-athlete launches GoFundMe for rugby trip to New Zealand

  03-11-2026 20:52 via Abbotsford News
  
  An Abbotsford student is hoping to travel to New Zealand and compete on the rugby pitch with Indigenous-inspired Thunder Rugby program.
  Abbotsford Senior Secondary School Grade 12 student Damen Williams has launched a GoFundMe to aid in his travel and is seeking donations to help him reach the goal of $2,200.
  The 17-year-old is an Indigenous athlete and said he wants to use this trip as a way to better himself on and off the pitch.
  “This trip is a chance to grow as both an athlete and a person
  
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• Abbotsford student-athlete launched GoFundMe for rugby trip to New Zealand

  03-11-2026 20:52 via Abbotsford News
  
  An Abbotsford student is hoping to travel to New Zealand and compete on the rugby pitch with Indigenous-inspired Thunder Rugby program.
  Abbotsford Senior Secondary School Grade 12 student Damen Williams has launched a GoFundMe to aid in his travel and is seeking donations to help him reach the goal of $2,200.
  The 17-year-old is an Indigenous athlete and said he wants to use this trip as a way to better himself on and off the pitch.
  “This trip is a chance to grow as both an athlete and a person
  
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• Water level low in Okanagan Lake

  03-11-2026 20:18 via Abbotsford News
  
  The water level in Okanagan Lake is considerably lower than normal this fall.
  “We’re significantly down,” said Nelson Jatel, water stewardship director with the Okanagan Basin Water Board. “We need to be talking about how we will approach 2027.”
  This year, the peak level at the lake was 341.41 metres, which is 1,066 millimetres below full pool.
  Since that time, the lake level has fallen by 76 millimetres and as of Nov. 1, was at 1,147 millimetres below full pool, according to water boa
  
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• Veterans to get free TransLink service in Metro Vancouver on Remembrance Day

  03-11-2026 19:56 via Abbotsford News
  
  TransLink is offering free transit for veterans and active military members on Remembrance Day in Metro Vancouver.
  Eligible personnel will be able to travel for free on TransLink services – bus and HandyDART all day and SkyTrain and SeaBus from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. – on Nov. 11, the company announced Monday (Nov. 2).
  Free transit is available to veterans, active members of the Canadian Armed Forces, police and fire personnel, Canadian Coast Guard members, officers from the Department of Fisherie
  
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• Abbotsford homes flying off shelf as October brings major spike in sales

  03-11-2026 19:56 via Abbotsford News
  
  It’s fair to say that the Abbotsford housing market has successfully recovered following what was a slow September, with October sales skyrocketing across the board.
  According to the most recent Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB) report, Abbotsford homebuyers were very busy last month, as all three property types experienced a more than 50 per cent increase in sales.
  The biggest change was among detached homes, which shot up by 60 per cent compared to September. The 72 local sales also re
  
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• ‘Heated Rivalry’ star faces questions from B.C. interviewers in The Assembly’s 2nd season

  03-11-2026 19:30 via Abbotsford News
  
  Season 2 of unscripted series The Assembly launched Sunday, Nov. 1, with several Surrey/White Rock interviewers asking questions of celebrities and public figures from across Canada and the world.
  An expanded cast of more than 30 neurodivergent and autistic adults is featured on the award-winning series, an adaptation of a French show.
  Each episode sees a different high-profile person take part in an ask-anything interview with unpredictable and direct questions.First up this fall is Heated Riva
  
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• Union representative alleges she was struck by car on South Surrey picket line

  03-11-2026 17:42 via Abbotsford News
  
  A strike representative says she was hit by a woman driving a car while on a picket line at a South Surrey golf course.
  Service Employees International Union Local 2 workers have been striking at Nico Wynd Golf Course since Oct. 1. The union represents approximately 30 restaurant and grounds crew employees at the nine-hole golf course, which is owned and operated by the strata representing the townhome community with the same name that surrounds the course.
  Dallis Van Steinburg, who is also the
  
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• ‘A labour of love’: Foundation plans memorial for B.C. hockey player

  03-11-2026 17:30 via Abbotsford News
  
  Former teammates, coaches and friends of Grant Gilbertson are being asked to donate their old hockey sticks to help create a memorial honouring the late Sooke player.
  The Grant Gilbertson Memorial Foundation (GGMF) is seeking 30 to 45 used sticks to build a Christmas tree-shaped sculpture. The memorial is planned for display at SEAPARC Recreation Complex during its Festival of Trees from Nov. 24 to Dec. 27, before heading to the annual memorial game honouring Gilbertson on Jan. 3 in North Saanic
  
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• Man handed 7.5 year sentence for 2017 Oak Bay machete attack

  03-11-2026 16:11 via Abbotsford News
  
  A man who pled guilty to aggravated assault and break and enter has been handed a 7.5-year sentence for breaking into an Oak Bay home and attacking a house-sitter with a machete in 2017.
  On Sept. 28, Justice Gareth Morley handed the sentence to Kaspar Handspiker, who attacked Nermeen Alireza in the Esplanade Road home she was watching. The sentence was a joint submission from the defence and the Crown lawyers.
  “She noticed he was holding her handbag. She screamed at him to get out, and grabbed
  
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• Author digs into scandalous royal connection kept secret by Shuswap grandmother

  03-11-2026 15:36 via Abbotsford News
  
  Sometimes attics reveal family “treasures,” but few are as intriguing as the secrets hidden by the late Evelyn Codd, her daughter Joyce Hearn and their predecessors.
  They were the keepers of the family’s stunning secret that, if revealed, would have rocked the Government of England in the 19th century.
  According to family lore passed down through generations, Ann Thomas was the hidden sister of Queen Victoria. Her existence, and the scandal surrounding her, was said to have been deliberate
  
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• Saanich kid’s book idea balloons to raise funds for groundbreaking cancer research

  03-11-2026 14:44 via Abbotsford News
  
  When they say laughter is the best medicine, it’s not likely to come from a 12-year-old with a recent history of debilitating cancer treatments.But the isolation treatment can create, and the way his community rallied to combat that feeling, are at the heart of Eamonn Millar’s foray into the publishing world, with a goal to raise funds for groundbreaking pediatric cancer research.
  It also happens to be the name of his first book.Laughter is the Best Medicine is also rooted in two solid commu
  
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• Robert Derik Neiman

  03-11-2026 05:35 via Abbotsford News
  
  In Loving Memory ~
  April 17, 1966 ~ October 13, 2026
  Rob was born in Lethbridge, Alberta to Judy Thomson (McCuaig) and Derek Neiman, and passed away at Holmberg House Hospice from brain cancer at the age of 60.
  He is survived by his wife of 35 years, San, his siblings Toby, Jody, and Shelly, his aunt Diane, his uncles Tim and David, plus cousins, nieces, and nephews.
  As a teenager, he moved to BC, fell in love with its natural beauty, and stayed. Rob did not complete high school the first time a
  
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• Harold John Ludwig

  03-11-2026 05:26 via Abbotsford News
  
  1945~2026
  Harold John Ludwig passed away on October 20, 2026. Beloved husband of Tina for 55 years, father of nine, grandfather of 22, and great-grandfather of three. He will be deeply missed by his family and church community.
  
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• Reinder (Ron) Apperloo

  03-11-2026 05:14 via Abbotsford News
  
  In Loving Memory ~
  July 30, 1935 ~ October 21, 2026
  On October 21, 2026, Ron Apperloo passed away peacefully into the arms of his loving heavenly Father. He will lovingly be remembered by his wife, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
  Memorial service details can be found at: www.wiebeandjeskefh.com in the menu under tributes.
  
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• Feds ‘all in’ on new Fraser River crossing, whether bridge or tunnel

  03-11-2026 01:18 via Abbotsford News
  
  Ottawa will stand behind its $3-billion commitment towards replacing the George Massey Tunnel, whatever form that project ultimately takes.
  Federal Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon confirmed his government’s position during a press conference in Delta on Friday, Oct. 30 to announce listing the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 (RPT2) port expansion as a project of national interest, a designation that will allow the government to streamline permitting and approvals, and accelerate the new facility’
  
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• B.C. ostrich farm files lawsuit against CFIA, government and RCMP

  03-11-2026 01:16 via Abbotsford News
  
  Almost one year after more than 300 ostriches were killed, the owners are suing.
  Universal Ostrich Farm and Landco Ventures filed a multi-million dollar civil claim Oct. 30 against the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Attorney General of Canada and the RCMP.
  The farm’s representatives Karen Espersen and Katiey Pasitney, say the lawsuit arises from a series of aggressive and intrusive regulatory actions that culminated in an invasive 52-day occupation of the plaintiffs’ Edgewood, B.C.,
  
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• Vernon, B.C. woman leads Team Canada to gold

  03-11-2026 01:05 via Abbotsford News
  
  Team Canada collected gold and silver this weekend with a local lady leading the charge.
  The country’s 3×3 National Teams made history at the FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup 2026, with the women returning to the top of the podium following a victory over the United States, while the men captured their first-ever silver medal in El Salvador Nov. 1.
  The women opened the third day of competition with a 21-6 victory over host El Salvador.
  Vernon’s Cassandra Brown led the way with nine points and six reboun
  
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• Abbotsford’s Bateman Timberwolves, Chilliwack’s G.W. Graham Grizzlies battle for first on Friday (Nov. 6)

  03-11-2026 00:39 via Abbotsford News
  
  The AAA East senior varsity football division title is up for grabs in Chilliwack on Friday (Nov. 6) night.
  It’ll be an eastern Fraser Valley battle for the crown, as Abbotsford’s Robert Bateman Timberwolves (4-1) travel to Chilliwack’s Exhibition Stadium and take on the G.W. Graham Grizzlies (4-1).
  The regular season finale winner will not only earn division bragging rights, but also have an easier road in the upcoming playoffs.
  Bateman and Graham last met in Abbotsford on Oct. 17 2025, w
  
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• Abbotsford’s Bateman Timberwolves, Chilliwack’s G.W. Graham Grizzlies battle for first on Friday

  03-11-2026 00:39 via Abbotsford News
  
  The AAA East senior varsity football division title is up for grabs in Chilliwack on Friday (Nov. 6) night.
  It’ll be an eastern Fraser Valley battle for the crown, as Abbotsford’s Robert Bateman Timberwolves (4-1) travel to Chilliwack’s Exhibition Stadium and take on the G.W. Graham Grizzlies (4-1).
  The regular season finale winner will not only earn division bragging rights, but also have an easier road in the upcoming playoffs.
  Bateman and Graham last met in Abbotsford on Oct. 17 2025, w
  
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• COLUMN: Bubbles, for an intimate evening

  03-11-2026 00:26 via Abbotsford News
  
  Just as we have expunged any thought of a semi-annual time change, I say it is time to end any notion that sparkling wine has a season. As everyday is a good day for “Bubbles.” Sparkling wine is perfect for a family celebration or an intimate evening. It is ideal alongside popcorn, a charcuterie or Sunday morning brunch. Here is a small selection of B.C. sparkling wines, both Charmat and Traditional Method that will support my belief.A Chardonnay, Pinot Noir blend, Secco is the first Charmat
  
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• Bubbles, for an intimate evening, with popcorn or Sunday brunch

  03-11-2026 00:26 via Abbotsford News
  
  Just as we have expunged any thought of a semi-annual time change, I say it is time to end any notion that sparkling wine has a season. As everyday is a good day for “Bubbles.” Sparkling wine is perfect for a family celebration or an intimate evening. It is ideal alongside popcorn, a charcuterie or Sunday morning brunch. Here is a small selection of B.C. sparkling wines, both Charmat and Traditional Method that will support my belief.A Chardonnay, Pinot Noir blend, Secco is the first Charmat
  
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