https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/en-caCopyright (C) 2026 newslocker.comSat, 12 Sep 2026 00:31:00 +0200 The report also estimates that $413 million would have ended up in government coffers, offsetting construction costs.
In May of 2025, BC Ferries selected a Chinese state-owned shipyard as the winning bidder to build four new massive hybrid-electr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/building-new-bc-ferries-in-china-cost-canada-15b-in-lost-gdp-report-finds/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/building-new-bc-ferries-in-china-cost-canada-15b-in-lost-gdp-report-finds/ The report also estimates that $413 million would have ended up in government coffers, offsetting construction costs.
In May of 2025, BC Ferries selected a Chinese state-owned shipyard as the winning bidder to build four new massive hybrid-electr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/bc-loses-15b-gdp-boost-by-building-ferries-in-china-report-finds/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/bc-loses-15b-gdp-boost-by-building-ferries-in-china-report-finds/ Kendal Lee Campeau, 31, was three years into his seven-year sentence when he died from a methadone overdose on Nov. 14, 2021.
Although originally from Saskatchewan, Campeau had been transferred to the Abbotsford institution after being assaulted in a different prison in 2019.
It was while in custody at the Pacific Instituti]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/bc-coroners-service-launches-inquiry-into-abbotsford-inmate-death/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/bc-coroners-service-launches-inquiry-into-abbotsford-inmate-death/https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/conditional-discharge-for-ex-bc-mountie-who-had-sex-with-vulnerable-woman/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/conditional-discharge-for-ex-bc-mountie-who-had-sex-with-vulnerable-woman/ The Saddle Lake Cree Nation announced it would be pursuing these measures as a response to a series of bills from the Alberta government that place severe restrictions on transgender youth and their families. The announcement was made during a Treaty 6 gathering in Fort Pitt, Sask on Wednesday (Sept. 9).
Dr. James Makokis, a Nehiyo two-spirit fami]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/alberta-first-nation-moving-ahead-with-plans-to-protect-gender-affirming-care/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/alberta-first-nation-moving-ahead-with-plans-to-protect-gender-affirming-care/ The changes are part of ongoing work related to the widening of the freeway through the Fraser Valley.
Starting at 9 p.m. on Friday, the westbound Fraser Highway on-ramp to Highway 1 will be closed until 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 13.
Drivers will be detoured via the westbound Mt. Lehman Road on-ramp. All other ramps will remain open.
Additional traffic-pattern changes will be in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/temporary-traffic-changes-in-effect-to-fraser-highway-freeway-on-ramp-in-abbotsford/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/temporary-traffic-changes-in-effect-to-fraser-highway-freeway-on-ramp-in-abbotsford/https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/williams-lake-joins-firefighters-in-remembering-those-lost-in-911/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/williams-lake-joins-firefighters-in-remembering-those-lost-in-911/ “All four occ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/one-airlifted-to-hospital-following-single-vehicle-collision-west-of-williams-lake/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/one-airlifted-to-hospital-following-single-vehicle-collision-west-of-williams-lake/ “All four oc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/one-air-lifted-to-hospital-following-single-vehicle-collision-west-of-williams-lake/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/one-air-lifted-to-hospital-following-single-vehicle-collision-west-of-williams-lake/ More than 70 community partners, dignitaries, supporters and guests were on hand see the transformed space at Matsqui Recreation Centre and to celebrate its importance to local youth.
The afternoon included an open house followed by remarks from AYC executive director Bev Olfert and Mayor Ross Siemens, and an official ribbon cutting with the mayor and MRC youth.
Fo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/youth-centre-in-abbotsford-celebrates-grand-reopening/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 21:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/youth-centre-in-abbotsford-celebrates-grand-reopening/https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/bc-cattlemen-partner-with-alberta-beef-producers-to-provide-feed-to-local-ranchers-in-need/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 21:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/bc-cattlemen-partner-with-alberta-beef-producers-to-provide-feed-to-local-ranchers-in-need/ “After careful consideration, I have decided to join Peter and the growing team of sitting MLAs to help build this new party,” Wat said in a news release announcing her decision. “I believe that this party can bring people together from across our province and replace the NDP as Bri]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/former-bc-conservative-teresa-wat-joining-peter-milobars-new-party/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 20:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/former-bc-conservative-teresa-wat-joining-peter-milobars-new-party/ Hosted by the Fraser Valley Conservancy, this annual event offers people the chance to grab a native tree, shrub, or fern to add to their yards while supporting the local ecosystem.
Fraser Valley Conservancy executive director Joanne Neilson said this sale contains some native plants that are otherwise difficult to find.
She]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/plant-sale-fundraiser-offers-fraser-valley-fall-foliage-finds/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 20:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/plant-sale-fundraiser-offers-fraser-valley-fall-foliage-finds/ Comprised of an RV sitting on a raft made of barrels, what appear to be aluminum or steel beams, and strips of plywood attached together with some kind of straps, the floating vessel is moored on the Nicomekl River in Surrey, near Nicomekl Portage Park and the old Elgin Road bridge behind the Crescent Road Esso.
On social media, photos of the project started circulatin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/floating-rv-on-bc-river-sparks-social-media-speculation/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/floating-rv-on-bc-river-sparks-social-media-speculation/ Cribbage players.
I don’t say that – well, yes, I suppose I do – because I’m a participant in the gruelling card game that has fractured familial relationships.
At least, in my family.
Take my late, great Uncle Norm, for example, who once infuriated his brother – my father, Bill – with, as my dad so elequently put it, “such *&^&^%$#@! luck” in a cribbage game that Bill rip]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/seniors-glory-in-the-cards-at-55-bc-games-in-kamloops/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/seniors-glory-in-the-cards-at-55-bc-games-in-kamloops/ Statistics Canada revealed that 700 local jobs were added last month, bringing the city to a total of 90,100.As a result, the employment rate saw a slight bump from 61.3 to 61.5 per cent.
The local unemployment rate saw an equal change in the opposite direction, dropping from its multi-year high of 8.6 per cent to 8.4 per cent.B.C. as a whole experienced a rough August, with the pr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/abbotsford-adds-700-jobs-in-august-as-province-loses-thousands/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/abbotsford-adds-700-jobs-in-august-as-province-loses-thousands/ Dhami, who is also a land-use consultant, made the announcement on Friday (Sept. 11), saying he is running with the message, “We can do more, and we can get more done for more people.”
He said he running to “bring new energy, responsiveness and a better customer/resident experience to city hall.”
Dhami, raised and educated in Abbotsford, said he knows the city is r]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/sukhi-dhami-enters-mayoral-race-in-abbotsford/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/sukhi-dhami-enters-mayoral-race-in-abbotsford/ A few days ago, Maple Ridge fire chief Dave Samson was watching one such video of New York firefighters racing into one of the towers when he caught the name on the firefighter’s turnout coat.It read “Burnside.”
Samson recognized it immediately. Turns out that back in 2001, day]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/911-a-solemn-reflection-by-a-lower-mainland-fire-chief/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/911-a-solemn-reflection-by-a-lower-mainland-fire-chief/ The pair of games run on Saturday (Sept. 12) at 4 p.m. and Sunday (Sept. 13) at 1 p.m. The Canucks also host a practice at Rogers Forum on Friday (Sept. 11) at 11 a.m.
Abbotsford Canucks fans will be familiar with several of the players hitting the ice including: forwards Vilmer Alriksson, Austin Brimmer, Ty M]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/vancouver-canucks-seattle-kraken-reveal-rosters-for-prospects-showcase-in-abbotsford/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:41:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/vancouver-canucks-seattle-kraken-reveal-rosters-for-prospects-showcase-in-abbotsford/ The Ministry of the Attorney General announced Thursday (Sept. 10) that the intersection cameras at some of B.C.’s highest-risk intersections will be getting the upgraded technology.
ICBC has selected Jenoptik Canada through a competitive procurement to supply and install the new cameras and to maintain them for as long as 10 years, the ministry said. The cost comes in at $67 million over the life of the contract.
With]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/icbc-to-replace-all-140-intersection-cameras-with-updated-technology/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 01:53:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/abbotsford/icbc-to-replace-all-140-intersection-cameras-with-updated-technology/