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• Russian meddling has implications for Canada

  22-11-2017 16:10 via abbynews.com
  Kosovo president Hashim Thaci warns that Russian meddling has implications for CanadaThe post Russian meddling has implications for Canada appeared first on Abbotsford News.
  
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• Farnworth says no to road pricing

  20-03-2026 20:30 via abbynews.com
  British Columbia’s Transportation and Transit Minister Mike Farnworth told a Surrey business crowd on March 18 that there will be no road pricing on his watch.
  Road pricing involves charging motorists for using roads through tolls, or fees based on distance or time travelled, or imposing a congestion levy.
  Mike Farnworth was the guest speaker, focusing on transportation and networks and infrastructure for Surrey, White Rock and the surrounding region during a luncheon at the Sheraton Vanco
  
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• Layoffs hit University of the Fraser Valley amid $20 million deficit

  20-03-2026 20:25 via abbynews.com
  Universities across B.C. have been feeling the squeeze following the federal government’s cap on international students, with layoffs hitting dozens of these institutions, including the University of the Fraser Valley.
  A total of 45 faculty and staff members were recently laid off in an attempt to bridge the $20 million deficit impacting UFV in the 2026/27 fiscal year.
  UFV has campuses in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Mission, and Hope.
  The school’s Faculty and Staff Association (FSA), whi
  
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• Driver pleads guilty in crash that killed former Abbotsford trustee

  20-03-2026 19:37 via abbynews.com
  A driver who was responsible for the crash that killed former Abbotsford school trustee Phil Anderson has pleaded guilty to one of the three charges he faced.
  According to court records, Jaswinder Deol, 44, pleaded guilty on March 13 in Abbotsford provincial court to a count of dangerous driving causing death.
  Two charges of impaired driving causing death are expected to be stayed at sentencing.
  Deol’s next court appearance is scheduled for July 30 for a pre-sentence report.
  The two-vehicl
  
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• ‘Keeping residents safe, protecting homes’ the focus in the Chilliwack River Valley, says area rep

  20-03-2026 18:31 via abbynews.com
  Preventative flood mitigation was underway along Sheldon Road on Thursday, March 19 in the FVRD’s Electoral Area E where several properties are the subject of an evacuation alert from the Fraser Valley Regional District.
  “With the State of Local Emergency in place, our focus continues to be on keeping residents safe and protecting homes throughout the Chilliwack River Valley,” said Patti MacAhonic, FVRD Area E Director.
  “Today, proactive work was completed along Sheldon R
  
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• Chilliwack River Valley focus is on ‘keeping residents safe, protecting homes’: FVRD rep

  20-03-2026 18:31 via abbynews.com
  Preventative flood mitigation was underway along Sheldon Road on Thursday, March 19 in the FVRD’s Electoral Area E where several properties are the subject of an evacuation alert from the Fraser Valley Regional District.
  “With the State of Local Emergency in place, our focus continues to be on keeping residents safe and protecting homes throughout the Chilliwack River Valley,” said Patti MacAhonic, FVRD Area E Director.
  “Today, proactive work was completed along Sheldon R
  
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• Travel advisory issued for Highway 1 from Rosedale to Hope

  20-03-2026 18:30 via abbynews.com
  Drive BC has issued a travel advisory along Highway 1 from Rosedale to Hope.
  On Friday morning, Drive BC advised motorists to use caution on Highway 1 between Bridal Falls Road (exit 138) to Old Hope-Princeton Highway (Exit 171) in both directions. Drivers are advised to use caution according to conditions, watch for potholes and obey signage in the area.
  There may be intermittent lane closures as crews work to repair potholes.
  More to come.
  
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• Surrey road survey says 82% of respondents drive to work

  20-03-2026 18:25 via abbynews.com
  Eighty-two per cent of people who responded to a recent Surrey roads survey looking at more than 4,500 lane kilometres of roadway said they drive themselves to work, while eight per cent work from home, seven per cent use transit, two per cent walk and one per cent cycle.
  So reveals the Surrey & White Rock Board of Trade’s 10th annual Surrey Roads Survey Report for 2026, conducted from Dec. 17, 2025 to Jan. 23, 2026 and presented by the board’s CEO Joslyn Young during a luncheon
  
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• West Coast Express back to normal service, slide cleared in Maple Ridge

  20-03-2026 18:15 via abbynews.com
  A mudslide in Maple Ridge has been cleared from the railway tracks, and the West Coast Express will run on time Friday evening, March 20.
  The commuter trains were stopped from reaching the easternmost stations after heavy rains brought a slide onto the Canadian Pacific Kansas City tracks near the Port Haney Station. Riders had their evening commute disrupted on Thursday night, diverted to Skytrain and buses to get back home.#WCE UPDATE: West Coast Express track issue has been resolved and regula
  
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• Maple Ridge pharmacist suspended, fined $30k

  20-03-2026 17:45 via abbynews.com
  A Maple Ridge pharmacist has been suspended for three years and fined $30,000 over his handling of controlled drugs.
  The College of Pharmacists of BC conducted an inspection at Lougheed Pharmacy, which was managed by Sahil Sharma, almost two years ago, in May 2024. An investigation by the college followed.
  A college inquiry committee and Sharma agreed to resolve all issues by a consent agreement, which came into effect last month. The college also issued a public notification on its bcpharmacist
  
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• City of Nelson pushes for federal ‘duty of care’ law for digital platforms

  20-03-2026 17:40 via abbynews.com
  Is it a municipal government’s job to confront online companies such as Open AI, X, and Roblox about the online harms they cause?
  Nelson city councillor Keith Page thinks it is.
  He says society expects a car manufacturer or a food producer to be held accountable for the quality of their products and to face consequences if that product proves to be harmful. Online platforms, he says, should be held to the same duty of care.
  At council’s Feb. 3 meeting, Page proposed that Nelson counc
  
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• Flatdeck crane strikes Langley’s Highway 1 rail overpass

  20-03-2026 17:30 via abbynews.com
  The police are investigating after a commercial flatdeck struck the CP Rail overpass on the TransCanada Highway in Langley Thursday.
  The B.C. Highway Patrol said the strike happened Thursday, March 19, at 2:52 p.m., when a white, eastbound flatdeck truck with a crane boom struck the CPKC Rail overpass between Glover Road and 232 Street.
  “We know that the truck stopped briefly before leaving the scene, but the driver did not meet the legal obligation to wait for police or report the inciden
  
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• Major weather damage to Columbia Valley Road near Cultus Lake forces emergency assessment

  20-03-2026 17:29 via abbynews.com
  Geotechnical experts will be assessing Columbia Valley Road on Friday (March 20) after days of heavy rains toppled a massive tree causing a section of the road to collapse near Sunnyside Campground.
  Avoid the area around Cultus Lake completely if possible, say officials.
  The roadway is going to require extensive repair in the coming weeks, according to FVRD director Taryn Dixon for Electoral Area H.
  The damaged section of the road had already been assessed by Thursday night, and had been deemed
  
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• Major damage to Columbia Valley Road near Cultus Lake forces emergency assessment amid heavy rains

  20-03-2026 17:29 via abbynews.com
  Geotechnical experts will be assessing Columbia Valley Road on Friday (March 20) after days of heavy rains toppled a massive tree causing a section of the road to collapse near Sunnyside Campground.
  Avoid the area around Cultus Lake completely if possible, say officials.
  The roadway is going to require extensive repair in the coming weeks, according to FVRD director Taryn Dixon for Electoral Area H.
  The damaged section of the road had already been assessed by Thursday night, and had been deemed
  
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• Iran war hits close to home for Mission resident

  20-03-2026 16:46 via abbynews.com
  For Mission resident Melody Moheb, watching the war in Iran from afar has been an emotional experience.
  Moheb’s mother and sister still live in Rasht, Iran, and staying connected with them over the past few weeks has been difficult. If something were to happen, Moheb says she would be unlikely to find out for a few days.
  “I couldn’t get hold of them for a whole week,” Moheb said.
  “It took me a whole week to ask someone to ask someone to ask someone to ask them to gi
  
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• 3 B.C. Interior cities break temperature records on last day of winter

  20-03-2026 16:17 via abbynews.com
  The warm weather on the last day of winter broke more temperature records across the Okanagan.
  On Thursday, Mar. 19, three temperatures records were broken in B.C., all in the Interior region.
  Kamloops was the warmest place in the province on Thursday, topping out at 21.2 C. This broke a 79-year record as it was 21.1 C on Mar. 19, 1947.
  Summerland broke a 98-year record for Mar. 19 as temperatures reached 19.5 C on Thursday. This broke the record of 18.3 C, set in 1928.
  And Vernon broke a two-ye
  
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• Wind, rain warnings scattered across Okanagan highways, region

  20-03-2026 16:00 via abbynews.com
  The term ‘spring showers’ is reigning true on the first day of spring as multiple rain and wind warnings have been issued for Okanagan highways on Friday, Mar. 20.
  As of 7:45 a.m., all warnings issued by Environment Canada are yellow, the most common warning.
  The Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt and Merritt to Kamloops as well as the Okanagan Connector from Merritt to Peachland is under a wind warning. On top of the major highways, the warning is also in place for Ashcroft, Ka
  
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• Rainfall warning remains in place for Fraser Valley as heavy rain continues

  20-03-2026 15:30 via abbynews.com
  A prolonged atmospheric river event for the Fraser Valley is expected to continue Friday and begin to taper off in the afternoon, according to Environment Canada.
  The yellow rainfall warning was upgraded to orange for the region, including Agassiz, Hope, Chilliwack, Abbotsford and Mission. While yellow warnings have moderate impacts, orange warnings expect major impacts with severe weather “likely to cause significant damage, disruption, or health impacts”.
  “Periods of heavy ra
  
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• University of Victoria students rope in climbers for rising business venture

  20-03-2026 13:30 via abbynews.com
  Faced with gruelling class schedules and potential for mounting debt, a pair of UVic students opted for the flexibility of creating their own business.
  Kathryn Meers and Dylan Gyr embarked on a dog brand – but it didn’t sit right.
  “It was kind of lame, we weren’t proud of what we were doing,” said Meers, an environmental studies student. “It didn’t make me feel very happy creating something that would end up in the landfill.”
  Then Gyr saw a video o
  
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• QUIZ: A celebration of spring

  20-03-2026 13:20 via abbynews.com
  It is time to welcome spring, the season of rejuvenation and renewal.
  In 2026, the first day of spring is March 20.
  There are plenty of spring-themed traditions and celebrations, as well as historical events that occurred during past springs.
  And there are also places and objects with the word “spring” in their names.
  If you are ready to spring into spring, put your trivia knowledge to the test with these 10 questions.
  Good luck.READ MORE: QUIZ: Exploring visions of the future
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• VIDEO: Small species, big stakes at the Greater Vancouver Zoo

  20-03-2026 02:00 via abbynews.com
  The most interesting sounds at the Greater Vancouver Zoo don’t always come from the lions.
  Inside a series of low, water-filled tanks tucked behind the public exhibits, a quieter effort is underway, one that has taken decades to refine and is now producing thousands of endangered amphibians each year.
  If you listen close enough, you can hear a sound similar to a soft knocking, a mating call of the Oregon spotted frog, a species once thought to have disappeared from Canada entirely, explain
  
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• Princeton mill celebrates approval of tenure transfer to Gorman Group’s Similkameen Forest Products

  20-03-2026 01:30 via abbynews.com
  Princeton’s mill celebrated not just new owners but a new name as well with the handover of forestry tenures from Weyerhaeuser to West Kelowna-based Gorman Bros on March 19.
  The provincial government’s approval of tenure transfer was the last step in a process that began with Gorman’s purchase of the mill and tenures in 2025, which will now operate as Similkameen Forest Products.
  The transfer of the timber tenures has happened quickly since being announced in September 2025, as
  
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• Kelowna MP Fuhr details $339M plan to modernize Armed Forces

  20-03-2026 01:30 via abbynews.com
  Canada is launching two multimillion-dollar procurement projects to strengthen the Canadian Armed Forces.
  Secretary of State and Kelowna MP Stephen Fuhr made the announcements at separate events on Wednesday and Thursday, March 18 and 19, outlining plans to support the country’s space surveillance and bring modern equipment to the military.
  The investments, which combined total $339 million, are part of a larger plan to revitalize the CAF.
  Fuhr’s Defence Investment Agency (DIA) facil
  
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• Killer dies while serving time in Abbotsford prison

  20-03-2026 00:14 via abbynews.com
  A former Cape Breton man who strangled his roommate to death in 2012 has died in an Abbotsford prison.
  A press release on Thursday (March 19) from the Correctional Service of Canada states that Charles Wheeliker, 59, died Tuesday (March 17) from apparent natural causes while in custody at Matsqui Institution.
  Wheeliker had been serving a life sentence, which began in December 2013, after his conviction for second-degree murder.
  News articles indicate that Wheeliker was living with Troy Francis J
  
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• Time travel: B.C. councillor says time switch puts students at risk

  20-03-2026 00:13 via abbynews.com
  While folks across B.C. look forward to longer summer days ahead, Langford Coun. Kimberley Guiry already has winter on her mind.
  With the jump now made to permanent daylight saving time, Guiry has flagged concerns about longer dark fall and winter mornings and the impact on children’s safety.
  From early November until the end of February, she warns that kids who begin their commute around 8 a.m. will be walking to school in the dark.
  Of particular concern for Guiry are the older Langford n
  
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• B.C.’s credit rating downgrade blamed on ‘deterioration’ of fiscal management

  19-03-2026 23:44 via abbynews.com
  Moody’s credit rating agency has downgraded B.C. a notch, blaming “entrenched deficits” and a “deterioration in long-term fiscal management.”
  The Thursday (March 19) decision is the agency’s second downgrade for the province in two years, lowering B.C. to Aa2, or two notches below the top Aaa status. These credit rating decisions signal to investors that the province is a riskier place to lend money to, which, in turn, may cause B.C.’s borrowing costs to
  
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• B.C.’s credit rating downgrade blamed on ’deterioration’ of fiscal management

  19-03-2026 23:44 via abbynews.com
  Moody’s credit rating agency has downgraded B.C. a notch, blaming “entrenched deficits” and a “deterioration in long-term fiscal management.”
  The Thursday (March 19) decision is the agency’s second downgrade for the province in two years, lowering B.C. to Aa2, or two notches below the top Aaa status. These credit rating decisions signal to investors that the province is a riskier place to lend money to, which, in turn, may cause B.C.’s borrowing costs to
  
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• Spill containment and cleanup underway after train derailment near Prince Rupert

  19-03-2026 23:33 via abbynews.com
  A mudslide triggered by heavy rain derailed a freight train near Prince Rupert earlier this week, disrupting service along the key northern corridor to the city’s port—and later revealing a significant diesel spill.
  On March 16, 27 CN Rail cars derailed approximately 20 kilometres south of Prince Rupert, near Mile 80 on Highway 16.
  Initial reports indicated that no spills had occurred, but subsequent assessments confirmed that at least one car was leaking, according to the Ministry o
  
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• Sexism or playful parody? B.C. car commercial sparks debate

  19-03-2026 21:30 via abbynews.com
  Some people aren’t happy with a Vernon Kia parody car commercial that pokes fun at female stereotypes.
  And while the car dealership’s commercial has sparked a degree of online backlash, one of the saleswomen that stars in the video suggests some people are missing the point.
  “You can absolutely trust us to sell you a car, maybe just don’t let us drive it,” says saleswoman Nicole Zbitnoff in the video titled Vernon Kia Girls Parody Commercial next to her female sales
  
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• Atmospheric river up to 50-80 mm of rain prompts warning for Coquihalla, Highway 3

  19-03-2026 20:52 via abbynews.com
  Heavy rain is making its way to two stretches of B.C. Interior highway.
  Just after 11 a.m. on Thursday, Mar. 19, Environment Canada issued yellow-coded rainfall warnings for the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt and Highway 3 from Hope to Princeton due to heavy rain and high freezing levels.
  From now until Friday afternoon, the Coquihalla stretch is expecting 50-80 mm of rain, while Highway 3 is forecasted close to 50 mm.
  “An atmospheric river will remain over southern B.C. today thr
  
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