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• Swarm sting Stealth

  28-01-2018 07:30 via abbynews.com
  Vancouver has no answer for Georgia’s fourth-quarter run during NLL action at Langley Events CentreThe post Swarm sting Stealth appeared first on Abbotsford News.
  
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• Accused B.C. murderer’s trial begins first of 82 days

  03-03-2026 22:00 via abbynews.com
  The trial for a B.C. gangster facing a charge for first-degree murder has started in Kelowna and expected to take up to 82 days.
  The 26-year-old Eneke Dillichuwu Anigbo, who the Vancouver Police Department named one of B.C.’s most dangerous gangsters in 2021, took to the stand on Monday, March 2 at the Kelowna Law Courts for the first day of a long trial period.
  Crown prosecutors are pushing for first-degree murder charges for Anigbo in relation to the 2021 killing of 57-year-old Kathleen
  
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• Abbotsford Traditional Titans capture Grade 8 boys basketball provincial title

  03-03-2026 21:22 via abbynews.com
  For the first time ever, the Abbotsford Traditional School Titans have captured the Grade 8 boys provincial basketball championship.
  The Titans earned the banner with a 79-67 win over the Vancouver College Fighting Irish in Chilliwack on Feb. 28.
  Titans player Anand Dhaliwal was named the tournament’s most valuable player, with teammates Jayden Duhra and Charlie Nyvall both named to the tournament’s first team all-star squad. Head coach Harkiret Mann noted that players Pavit Sidhu, P
  
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• Country rocker Koe Wetzel steers new tour to Abbotsford

  03-03-2026 21:15 via abbynews.com
  Only a couple of weeks after Hardy blew the roof off Rogers Forum, another American musician who boasts a blend of country and rock has announced he is coming to Abbotsford as well.
  Koe Wetzel has been pursuing music for years, which is something he inherited from his mother, Julie Wetzel, who spent years singing in various bands and introduced her son to the stage life at an early age.As an adult, the Texan has intertwined several different genres, creating what he describes as a unique blend o
  
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• Debra Holly Vanderveen (née Howarth)

  03-03-2026 20:30 via abbynews.com
  APRIL 29, 1957 – FEBRUARY 17, 2026
  With deep love and profound sadness, we announce the passing of Debra Vanderveen (née Howarth), born April 29, 1957, to Bridie and Norman Howarth. She passed away on February 17, 2026, at the age of 68, after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
  Nearly ten years ago, Debra was given just six months to live. True to who she was, she faced that diagnosis with strength and determination, choosing to focus not on the illness, but on truly living e
  
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• Senior who ran into 2 teens in Abbotsford gets 1-year driving ban

  03-03-2026 20:28 via abbynews.com
  An 86-year-old man who was charged with driving into two teens who were playing Nicky Nicky Nine Doors in Abbotsford in 2024 has been sentenced to a one-year driving ban and one year of probation.
  Michael Gerty was sentenced Monday (March 2) in Abbotsford provincial court after pleading guilty to a charge of dangerous driving. Three counts of assault with a weapon were stayed.
  The Abbotsford Police Department initially reported that two people were taken to hospital after being intentionally hit
  
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• B.C. hockey star with PWHL potential aims for national title with UBC

  03-03-2026 20:13 via abbynews.com
  It’s been another tremendous season for women’s hockey superstar and White Rock native Grace Elliott.
  The University of B.C. Thunderbird, currently the reigning Canada West and U Sports Player of the year, finished the regular season as the top scorer in her conference — and in the entire country, leading the conference with 37 points and 24 goals in 28 games. She also broke the program’s all-time Canada West points record in December.
  After sweeping the Trinity Western U
  
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• B.C. to strengthen crane safety protection, expand firefighters’ cancer coverage

  03-03-2026 19:53 via abbynews.com
  B.C. announced a pair of workplace safety changes on Tuesday, introducing stronger crane safety protections and expanding presumptive cancer coverage for firefighters.
  The proposed crane safety changes follow seven worker fatalities over the past five years. In response to those incidents, the Labour Ministry created a crane safety working group that includes government, labour, industry and regulators. The changes will require legislation to take effect.
  “It was clear that what we have in
  
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• UVic Vikes chase back-to-back U Sports titles in Final 8 basketball showdown

  03-03-2026 19:15 via abbynews.com
  If you want to be a dynasty, March is when you prove it.
  After grinding through another Canada West season and cutting down the nets at home, the University of Victoria Vikes are back where they expected to be – playing meaningful games in March with a national championship on the line.
  Victoria heads into the U Sports Final 8 following an 89-74 win over UBC on Feb. 27, earning the program’s 19th Canada West banner in front of a sold-out crowd at CARSA.
  Now, the No. 1-ranked team in
  
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• B.C. Southern Interior businesses share $13M in federal tariff funding

  03-03-2026 19:05 via abbynews.com
  Canada’s minister of housing and infrastructure Gregor Robertson was in Castlegar on Monday, March 2, to announce more than $13 million in investments for ten Regional Tariff Response Initiative projects across B.C.’s Southern Interior.
  The tariff response initiative is a $1 billion national program aimed at helping businesses adapt to tariffs and new economic and trade realities by boosting production, strengthening supply chains and accessing new markets.
  “Tariffs are having
  
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• B.C. chief coroner announces inquest into Tumbler Ridge mass shooting

  03-03-2026 18:40 via abbynews.com
  In wake of the Tumbler Ridge shooting, many support services are available to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week: 310-Mental Health Support at 310-6789; Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868; Suicide Crisis Helpline: 988; KUU-US (Indigenous) Crisis Line: 1-800-588-8717; Métis Crisis Line: 1-833-638-4722; Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868.
  B.C.’s chief coroner has called an inquest into the Feb. 10 mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge.
  Chief Coroner Dr. Jatinder
  
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• Injured woman airlifted after explosion and fire at Abbotsford RV park

  03-03-2026 17:52 via abbynews.com
  A 68-year-old woman was airlifted to hospital after a fire in an RV park in Abbotsford on Monday night (March 2).
  Const. Paul Walker, media officer with the Abbotsford Police Department, said patrol officers were travelling west on Fraser Highway near Ross Road at about 7:15 p.m. when they saw a large plume of smoke.
  When they arrived in the area, they located a trailer fully engulfed in flames at the Aloha RV Park and Campsite at 29666 Fraser Highway.
  Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service (AFRS) and B
  
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• Anne Thiessen

  03-03-2026 15:30 via abbynews.com
  January 13, 1936 – February 23, 2026
  In the midst of tremendous sadness there is great joy as Anne Thiessen’s joined the ranks of heaven on February 23, 2026 at age 90.
  Anne will be remembered by her five children: Don (Suzanne), Bev, Rick (Monika), Eleanor (Graham) and Len (Frieda); along with 11 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren as well as many relatives and friends.
  The family would like to thank the staff at Tabor Court assisted living for their care and compassion towards
  
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• Bichsel nets 2 as Dallas Stars thump slumping Canucks 6-1

  03-03-2026 06:35 via abbynews.com
  Lian Bichsel scored twice, lifting the streaking Dallas Stars to an easy 6-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Monday at Rogers Arena.
  Adam Erne, Jason Robertson, Matt Duchene and Colin Blackwell also scored for the Stars (37-14-9), who have won nine straight games. Sam Steel and and Miro Heiskanen each had two assists for the winners, with Jake Oettinger stopping 13 shots for the netminding win.
  Evander Kane scored for the struggling Canucks (18-35-7), who have dropped six games in a
  
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• Ex-husband’s Kelowna murder trial delayed as Crown gets new disclosure

  03-03-2026 03:00 via abbynews.com
  The trial for a man charged with first-degree murder in the death of his estranged ex-wife is being delayed as Crown counsel has received another disclosure set from police.
  James Plover is facing a first-degree murder charge after Bailey McCourt died following a violent assault in a Kelowna parking lot on July 4, 2025.
  Plover was to appear in court on Monday, March 2, to schedule a trial date. Now, however, the scheduling has been adjourned until Tuesday, April 7, at 2 p.m. as Crown counsel nee
  
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• B.C. begins court-ordered negotiations with Cowichan Tribes

  03-03-2026 01:05 via abbynews.com
  The B.C. government is beginning its court-ordered negotiations to resolve issues of conflicting title claims on private land encompassed by the Cowichan Tribes land rights case.
  There are still several appeals being made in the case, but the government is choosing to begin this work anyway.
  “The court has required us to enter into negotiations with the Cowichan as part of the judgment,” Premier David Eby said on Monday (March 2). “We are doing that in good faith.”
  Vancou
  
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• Abbotsford sees small increase in drug deaths in 2025

  03-03-2026 00:10 via abbynews.com
  Fatal drug overdoses are once again on the rise in Abbotsford, despite the rest of the province seeing a substantial decrease for 2025.
  The year-end report from the BC Coroners Service revealed that Abbotsford is one of the few cities that had more deaths in 2025 than in 2024, climbing from 75 to 76.
  This ties Greater Nanaimo for the sixth-most drug deaths last year, which is worse than 2024, when Abbotsford had the ninth-most drug deaths in the province.
  The small increase is more significant w
  
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• Province taking Okanagan unhoused encampment to court

  02-03-2026 23:20 via abbynews.com
  The provincial government is turning to the courts in the latest attempt to deal with the encampment of unhoused individuals living next to Highway 97 in Penticton.
  The civil suit, filed on Feb. 3 against John Doe, Jane Doe, and between 20 to 25 unnamed other residents of the Fairview Encampment, is currently scheduled to be heard in court starting on March 23.
  The case is being brought by the Minister of Transportation and Transit and the B.C. Attorney General, who claim that the residents of t
  
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• Abbotsford’s MEI Eagles win Grade 8 girls provincial crown

  02-03-2026 22:51 via abbynews.com
  Add another provincial championship banner to the rafters at MEI.
  The MEI Eagles Grade 8 girls captured gold with a 39-30 win over the Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers in Chilliwack on Saturday (Feb. 28).
  MEI has never won the Grade 8 girls provincial title and this is the first time an Abbotsford-based team has scored gold since the William A. Fraser Falcons did in 2014.
  View this post on InstagramA post shared by V I J A Y M A N U E L(@headofschools)The Eagles entered the tournament as the three-seed
  
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• 2 Chilliwack men charged in daytime break-and-enter after 1 identified on video

  02-03-2026 22:39 via abbynews.com
  A police investigation into a recent residential break-and-enter incident on Ashwell Road has netted criminal charges for two Chilliwack men thanks in part to a member of the public who recognized one of the suspects.
  ”Chilliwack RCMP can confirm that charges have now been laid against two Chilliwack men in connection with a residential break and enter reported last month,” said Cpl. Carmen Kiener.
  The call to report the residential B&E on Ashwell Road came in on Feb. 4.
  “T
  
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• Time change fatigue lingers longer than B.C. drivers think

  02-03-2026 22:30 via abbynews.com
  Clocks will spring forward an hour in the early morning hours of Sunday, March 8, when B.C. moves to daylight saving time, and while losing an hour of sleep might not seem significant, it can have long-lasting effects on driver safety.
  The province announced on March 2 that it will adopt permanent, year-round daylight saving time after clocks shift ahead this weekend. However, it still means that British Columbians have to deal with “springing ahead” one more time, and Road Safety at
  
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• B.C. police watchdog investigating RCMP shooting incident in Kelowna

  02-03-2026 22:30 via abbynews.com
  An incident involving Kelowna Mounties is being investigated by the Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO).
  At around 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26, RCMP officers stopped a black Mercedes sedan on Snowsell Street North near Glenmore Road.
  There was only one person in the vehicle – the driver – and after communicating with the police, they drove away. During the altercation, an officer was dragged by the car, receiving minor injuries.
  During the incident, the IIO says one off
  
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• Abbotsford athletes heat up BC Winter Games with medal wins

  02-03-2026 21:30 via abbynews.com
  Another BC Winter Games has now come and gone as more than a thousand teens from across the province gathered in the West Kootenays to compete in a wide variety of cold-weather sports.
  While the temperatures might have been cold, the competition was red hot, with the Abbotsford teens putting on a show and bringing home more than a dozen medals in their respective sports.
  Among the local competitors were a couple of multi-medalists, including Avnoorat (Noor) Watts and Evelyn Hui.
  Watts dominated
  
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• Eby announces permanent move to Daylight Saving Time, end of clock changes

  02-03-2026 21:28 via abbynews.com
  B.C. is ending the practice of changing the clocks for daylight saving time, opting to stay on summer time in perpetuity.
  “This decision isn’t just about clocks,” Premier David Eby said in a written statement. “It’s about making life easier for families, reducing disruptions for businesses and supporting a stable, thriving economy.”
  This means that when the clocks spring forward on the morning of March 8, they will stay that way forever. Technically, daylight
  
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• ‘A first step to a happier Iran’: Okanagan reacts to death of Supreme Leader

  02-03-2026 21:05 via abbynews.com
  Celebrations rang throughout downtown Kelowna as hundreds gathered to usher in what they believe may be a new chapter for Iran after the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
  After months of protests around the world, the Islamic Republic of Iran is facing a crisis as American and Israeli air strikes continue to fall in Tehran and other Iranian cities.
  On Saturday, Feb. 28, the official state media of the Islamic Republic confirmed its leader, Khamenei, was killed in an air strike targeting his comp
  
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• Police say ‘no foul play’ suspected after body of woman, 68, found in the Chilliwack River Valley

  02-03-2026 20:43 via abbynews.com
  Chilliwack RCMP will not be identifying the body of a 68-year-old woman recovered Saturday in a remote area along a forest service road in the Chilliwack River Valley.
  Police have since confirmed for media that “foul play” is not suspected after the initial call came in to RCMP at about 4:17 p.m. Saturday (Feb. 27).
  Officers and Chilliwack Search and Rescue volunteers responded to the report of possible human remains on Pale Creek Forest Services Road in the CRV.
  An RCMP helicopter a
  
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• Vanderhoof RCMP investigating unfounded threats at Nechako Valley Secondary School

  02-03-2026 20:30 via abbynews.com
  Threats made to Nechako Valley Secondary School were found to be not credible, according to Vanderhoof RCMP.
  Police received a report of possible threats to the school on March 1. Following an investigation, Cpl. Brett, RCMP spokesperson, said no information has been identified to suggest the threats are credible.
  However, out of an abundance of caution, Vanderhoof RCMP have increased patrols in the area of the school. These additional patrols are intended to provide visibility and reassurance t
  
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• Driver, 19, allegedly hits building and 2 cars in Abbotsford

  02-03-2026 19:55 via abbynews.com
  Charges are pending against a 19-year-old driver after she allegedly hit a building and two vehicles lin Abbotsford on Sunday.
  According to a social media post by the Abbotsford Police Department, the driver first collided with a building on Marshall Road.
  Before police arrived, she fled onto Highway 1 and struck two more vehicles, the post states. No serious injuries occurred.
  The driver was arrested, and charges are pending for impaired driving, hit-and-run and dangerous driving, according to
  
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• Abbotsford’s MEI Eagles senior girls basketball team earns provincial bronze

  02-03-2026 19:45 via abbynews.com
  For the second consecutive year, the MEI Eagles senior girls basketball team is leaving provincials with a medal.
  The Eagles completed the 2025-26 season with an 84-55 win over the Semiahmoo Thunderbirds in the third place game to earn the 4A bronze medal on Saturday (Feb. 28).
  MEI opened up a 23-13 lead after one quarter and never trailed for the rest of the game. They lead 41-25 at halftime and were also up 64-39 after three.
  View this post on InstagramA post shared by Kobe Li (@mambasphotogra
  
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• VIDEO: Worker trapped in emergency at Langley Events Centre

  02-03-2026 18:25 via abbynews.com
  Langley Township firefighters and BC Ambulance paramedics were on scene for an emergency at the new arena complex at the Langley Events Centre on Monday morning.
  A worker was apparently trapped in an excavation, possibly between foundation walls, sometime before 8:30 a.m.
  Just before 9:30 a.m., firefighters extracted a person from the gap. He appeared to be conscious, and was being attended to by first responders.
  There were two ambulances, three fire trucks, and Langley RCMP on scene.
  The Langl
  
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