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• Snowfall warning remains in place as 30-40cm expected on Coquihalla Highway

  06-12-2025 16:07 via abbynews.com
  A snowfall warning for the Coquihalla Highway issued by Environment Canada remains in place on Saturday, Dec. 6.
  Originally issued on Friday afternoon, the stretch of highway from Hope to Merritt is expecting 30-40cm of snow throughout the day on Saturday.
  “A moist frontal system is bringing continuous snow to the Coquihalla Summit, lasting until tonight,” said the government weather agency. “Snowfall totals could reach 30-40 cm by then, with the possibility of 10-15 cm today a
  
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• Rainfall warning, high streamflow advisory in effect for Fraser Valley - Abbotsford News

  09-12-2025 17:09 via news.google.com
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• Inquest to be held in shooting death of neurodivergent B.C. teen

  09-12-2025 17:00 via abbynews.com
  The B.C. Coroners Service (BCCS) has announced they will hold an inquest in the shooting death of Clayton Heights teen Chase de Balinhard.
  In a Dec. 8 press release, BCCS announced the inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Chase de Balinhard will be held in the new year.
  “A presiding coroner and a jury will hear evidence from witnesses under oath to determine the facts surrounding this death,” Holly Tally, BCCS communications manager wrote in the release. “The
  
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• Seed planted in Abbotsford for creation of B.C.’s first memorial forest - Nanaimo News Bulletin

  09-12-2025 16:59 via news.google.com
  Seed planted in Abbotsford for creation of B.C.’s first memorial forest  Nanaimo News Bulletin
  
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• Grads reflect on B.C. opportunities as ground shifts for international students

  09-12-2025 16:30 via abbynews.com
  One ruined piece of meat showed Steven Mathews that studying and working in Nelson was the right career move.
  Mathews was a student in the kitchen at Selkirk College’s culinary management program when he accidentally wrecked specialty meat he was using in a recipe.
  At a school or kitchen in India, where he was grew up and received a bachelor’s degree in hotel management before enrolling in Selkirk in 2022, Mathews says he would have been scolded or failed for the mistake.
  But Mathews
  
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• Rainfall warning, high streamflow advisory in effect for Fraser Valley

  09-12-2025 16:22 via abbynews.com
  A rainfall warning is in effect for the Fraser Valley with between 60 and 80 mm of rain forecast for the region starting tonight.
  According to Environment Canada, periods of heavy rain are expected from Tuesday evening (Dec. 9) through Wednesday evening (Dec. 10).
  The warning includes the Fraser Valley, including Mission, Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Agassiz and Hope.
  “An atmospheric river will arrive on the south coast of B.C. bringing heavy rain tonight through Wednesday. Warm air with the sy
  
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• B.C. actor jumps from vacation to debut role as ‘chief elf’ in Netflix holiday film

  09-12-2025 16:00 via abbynews.com
  Langford’s Dominic Fox was on vacation when he received the call to audition for the My Secret Santa film for Netflix, which is currently ranking in the Top 10 movies on Netflix Canada.
  Fox, who started his acting career at the age of 11, graduated from the Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in 2024.
  This rising local talent is spreading festive cheer this season, making waves both locally and on the big screen as he builds an impressive early career portfolio with his first ever feature fi
  
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• ‘Last Logging Show’ earns B.C. author national non-fiction writing award

  09-12-2025 15:01 via abbynews.com
  A book that aims to show both sides of the logging industry and the conflict that ensues from it has now won an award.
  Aaron Williams is an author and also a third-generation British Columbia logger who returned to the forests of Haida Gwaii to witness what he calls a way of life in the “grip of change.”
  Wilfrid Laurier University has named Williams the winner of its 2025 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction for his book The Last Logging Show: A Forestry Family at the End of
  
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• Kelowna’s Big White named best international ski resort for families

  09-12-2025 13:00 via abbynews.com
  Big White Ski Resort is a popular choice for families.
  The resort was recently voted the winner of Best International Ski Resort for Families in the 2025 Out and About with Kids Readers’ Choice Awards.
  This is Big White’s first win in the category since 2024, with more than 40,000 Australian families taking part in the voting.
  In an effort to make Big White even more family friendly, it is preparing to open phase two of its Kids’ Centre expansion in the Village Centre Mall for
  
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• Gibson earns 25th career shutout as Red Wings blank Canucks 4-0

  09-12-2025 06:40 via abbynews.com
  Goalie John Gibson made 39 saves for his 25th career shutout, leading the visiting Detroit Red Wings to a 4-0 win over the Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Monday at Rogers Arena.
  James van Riemsdyk, Andrew Copp, Nate Danielson and Dylan Larkin scored for the Wings (16-11-3). Kevin Lankinen took the goaltending loss for the Canucks (11-16-3), stopping 10 of 13 shots before being relieved by Nikita Tolopilo, who stopped all six shots he saw in the final period.
  The Canucks carried the play for muc
  
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• Sturko hasn’t ruled out B.C. Conservative return, bid for party leadership

  09-12-2025 02:32 via abbynews.com
  Elenore Sturko, MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale, has not ruled out a run for the leadership of the B.C. Conservative Party—and she’d consider rejoining the party, if invited back.
  Sturko, former Conservative and now independent MLA, left the party after butting heads with former Conservative Party leader John Rustad. With the party caucus recently removing Rustad as leader, that leaves the path open for Sturko to find her way back to the party – or even to run for leader.
  “I th
  
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• B.C. considers changing Indigenous rights law after DRIPA court ruling

  09-12-2025 01:30 via abbynews.com
  B.C. Premier David Eby says legislative amendments are in the works after a court judgment invalidated part of a provincial law because it fails to adequately align with the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA).
  Eby warns the judgment could put the courts in the “driver’s seat” for determining what must be included in provincial legislation.
  “It will take some time for us to come up with the appropriate amendments, but clearly amendments are needed,
  
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• B.C. considering changing Indigenous rights law after DRIPA court ruling

  09-12-2025 01:30 via abbynews.com
  B.C. Premier David Eby says legislative amendments are in the works after a court judgment invalidated part of a provincial law because it fails to adequately align with the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA).
  Eby warns the judgment could put the courts in the “driver’s seat” for determining what must be included in provincial legislation.
  “It will take some time for us to come up with the appropriate amendments, but clearly amendments are needed,
  
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• VIDEO: Free community Tuba Christmas concert goes on despite rain

  09-12-2025 01:09 via abbynews.com
  Chilliwack’s second annual Tuba Christmas brought some holiday cheer to an otherwise dreary Saturday.
  About two dozen tuba and euphonium players gathered in District 1881 to play an hour of Christmas music.
  Organizers set up tents to keep the musicians mostly dry as they worked through their set.
  The free concert is one of several events planned downtown this holiday season. It was first brought to life by organizer Zach Power last year, with an open call to musician is the community to co
  
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• Three students, school bus driver sent to hospital after bus crash in Hope

  09-12-2025 01:08 via abbynews.com
  A school bus driver and three students have been taken to the Fraser Canyon Hospital for observation after the bus hit two parked cars in Hope.
  Hope RCMP were on scene Monday, Dec. 8, after 3 p.m. after a school bus, transporting students from Silver Creek Elementary School (SCES) to Coquihalla Elementary School, hit a black car and a red car parked on 4th Avenue.
  “We are grateful to share that there are no reports of serious injuries,” said Balan Moorthy, Fraser-Cascade School Distr
  
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• BREAKING: 1 charged in extortion-related shooting in Surrey

  09-12-2025 00:59 via abbynews.com
  A 21-year-old man has been charged in connection with an extortion-related shooting in South Surrey on Nov. 12.
  Avtar Singh faces one charge of unlawfully discharging a firearm in connection with the Nov. 12 shooting in the 17000-block of 32 Avenue.
  A rural mansion was hit by gunfire at about 7:35 p.m. that night – the second time in less than a week that the same house was shot. It was also previously hit by gunfire on Nov. 8.
  Singh was arrested on Dec. 5 and is in custody in connection w
  
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• Whitecaps player moves post-Cup, FIFA World Cup news in Vancouver

  09-12-2025 00:41 via abbynews.com
  Metro Vancouver-area soccer fans had plenty to chew on last weekend with Whitecaps FC losing the MLS Cup to Inter Miami and 2026 FIFA World Cup matches announced for BC Place Stadium next summer.
  The Whitecaps battled viliantly Saturday (Dec. 6) but fell 3-1 in Florida to the Lionel Messi-led Miami squad at Chase Stadium.
  It’s a very short break for the Whitecaps who have a “report date” of Jan. 13 for the next MLS season, which kicks off at home Feb. 21 against Real Salt Lake.
  
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• B.C. police watchdog notified after in-custody medical emergency in Surrey

  08-12-2025 23:45 via abbynews.com
  After a 64-year-old man was found unresponsive in the back of a Surrey Police Service vehicle, the provincial police watchdog has been notified.
  Surrey Police Service notified the Independent Investigations Office of B.C. after a medical emergency suffered by a man in SPS custody, a Monday (Dec.. 8) SPS release said.
  On Saturday (Dec. 6), at around 9:30 p.m., a 64-year-old man was arrested at an incident involving an alleged assault, the release continued.
  The man was transported to SPS cells an
  
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• First memorial forest in B.C. proposed for Abbotsford

  08-12-2025 23:38 via abbynews.com
  The City of Abbotsford is planning to create the first “memorial forest” in B.C. to commemorate loved ones who have passed.
  A proposal comes before city council on Tuesday afternoon (Dec. 9) to designate Hughes Park at 1395 Clearbrook Rd. for the program.
  The park is currently the site of a baseball diamond, but a staff report to council states the last booking for the park was in April 2017.
  The report indicates there are currently 11 trees on site – mainly spruce and Douglas
  
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• Abbotsford Canucks swept by Coachella Valley Firebirds on home ice - Chilliwack Progress

  08-12-2025 23:06 via news.google.com
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• Abbotsford Canucks swept by Coachella Valley Firebirds on home ice

  08-12-2025 22:55 via abbynews.com
  The Abbotsford Canucks struggles on home ice continued this season, as the club posted two more losses to the Coachella Valley Firebirds inside the Rogers Forum on Saturday (Dec. 6) and Sunday (Dec. 7).
  The club’s home record has dipped to 2-8-0-2 and they are tied for the worst home winning percentage in the AHL at .250. The Canucks have been outscored 48-21 in 12 games at home and have the worst goal differential in the AHL at -27 this season.
  Abbotsford fell 4-3 in the shootout on Satur
  
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• Abbotsford restaurant puts gifts in the hands of lonely seniors - Abbotsford News

  08-12-2025 22:34 via news.google.com
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• Heroes with fur: Goodest boys and girls urged to donate to B.C. pet blood bank

  08-12-2025 22:30 via abbynews.com
  Not all heroes wear capes.
  Some have fur.
  ‘Tis the season of giving, and there’s alwasy a need for blood — including dog and cat blood, which a Surrey veterinary hospital is encouraging pet guardians throughout the Lower Mainland to consider.
  While many humans donate their own blood whenever possible, they might not realize that their pets may one day, need the same, noted Boundary Bay Veterinary Specialty Hospital veterinarian Dr. Sheila Hoe.
  As a specialist hospital, they oft
  
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• Abbotsford restaurant puts gifts in the hands of lonely seniors

  08-12-2025 22:30 via abbynews.com
  An Abbotsford restaurant is working hard to ensure that seniors who are unable to spend the holidays with loved ones won’t go empty-handed.
  For the second year in a row, Abbotsford’s The Old Spaghetti Factory has brought back its Angel Tree program, which invites people to purchase wish-list items for local seniors.
  The Christmas tree in the restaurant lobby is filled with tags that provide details and gift options for a local senior who won’t be receiving any gifts this year.
  
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• Man known to police arrested after carjacking early Saturday morning in Abbotsford: AbbyPD - Fraser Valley Today

  08-12-2025 21:09 via news.google.com
  Man known to police arrested after carjacking early Saturday morning in Abbotsford: AbbyPD  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Gift-wrapping booth supports newcomer programs in Abbotsford - Abbotsford News

  08-12-2025 21:09 via news.google.com
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• Gift-wrapping booth supports newcomer programs in Abbotsford

  08-12-2025 21:04 via abbynews.com
  Shoppers at Sevenoaks Shopping Centre can save time and support a great cause by visiting Archway Community Services’ gift-wrapping booth until Dec. 24.
  Since 2021, the booth – located beside Urban Planet (the former Hudson’s Bay) – has raised $13,775 in support of Archway’s Community Connections and Immigrant Youth Services programs.
  These initiatives provide educational classes, after-school homework clubs, social activities and events that help newcomers build co
  
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• UBCM asks province to amend legislation to ban hybrid wolf-dogs

  08-12-2025 21:00 via abbynews.com
  The Union of BC Municipalities has endorsed a resolution that calls on the provincial government to “immediately” amend either the Controlled Alien Species Regulation or the Wildlife Act to prohibit the breeding and keeping of wolf-dog hybrids.
  Resolution NR76, passed during UBCM’s quarterly meeting on Nov. 13 and Nov. 14, noted that exotic animals and their hybrids are not domesticated and “suffer physically and psychologically when bred, kept, displayed and sold in capt
  
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• Montana movie filmed in small B.C. town

  08-12-2025 20:15 via abbynews.com
  Hollywood has put some roadblocks in Enderby.
  Filming for a movie is underway in downtown Enderby Monday, Dec. 8.
  Called Billings, the film is based on Billings, Montana and reportedly stars Alexander Ludwig.Produced by Enderby Entertainment – the company founded by Enderby native Rick Dugdale – filming is underway at Enderby’s library.
  Portions of Cliff Avenue and Belvedere Street are closed to vehicle traffic.
  Intersections at Belvedere/Mill and Cliff/Vernon will generally be
  
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• Abbotsford Canucks goaltender Ty Young reassigned to ECHL Kalamazoo - Canucks Army

  08-12-2025 20:00 via news.google.com
  Abbotsford Canucks goaltender Ty Young reassigned to ECHL Kalamazoo  Canucks Army
  
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