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• Two storms headed to the Interior

  27-01-2018 15:25 via abbynews.com
  Snowfall warnings are in effect Saturday for the Shuswap and Coquihalla highwayThe post Two storms headed to the Interior appeared first on Abbotsford News.
  
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• Abbotsford Canucks outshoot the Wranglers with two shootout wins

  02-03-2026 00:20 via abbynews.com
  The long and winding road for Abbotsford Canucks goalie Ty Young to finally get his first AHL win this season finally ended in Calgary on Sunday (March 1).
  Young and the Canucks hung on for a 3-2 shootout win to take two wins from the Wranglers and provide a little bit of life in the team’s attempt to crawl back into the playoff picture.
  The 2022 Canucks fifth round draft pick entered Sunday’s game with a record of 0-8-0-0, a goals against average of 4.65 and a save percentage of .84
  
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• Trail-Rossland wraps up a memorable 2026 BC Winter Games

  01-03-2026 19:30 via abbynews.com
  The Trail-Rossland 2026 BC Winter Games wrapped up after a memorable and incredible three days of intense, exciting, friendly and fun competition.More than 1,400 athletes, coaches, and officials attended the Games joined by another 1,600 volunteers from across the West Kootenay making sure that the event went off without too many hitches, and provided support for the athletes, parents, and visitors throughout the Games.
  Events were held at a variety of facilities including the Black Jack Ski Clu
  
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• VIDEO: Penalties and power plays lead to defeat for Vancouver Giants in Kamloops

  01-03-2026 16:00 via abbynews.com
  Two third-period power-play goals gave Kamloops Blazers a 4-3 win over Vancouver Giants on Saturday.
  Giants and Blazers were deadlocked 1-1 entering the third period, before Kamloops took their first lead early in the final frame. They extended their 2-1 advantage to 4-1 with two power play markers in a 66-second span after a four-minute power play was called against the Giants. Vancouver scored two of their own 1:39 apart to cut the deficit to 4-3, but that was as close as they’d come.Mis
  
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• Eberle scores 2, leading Kraken to 5-1 win over Vancouver Canucks

  01-03-2026 06:35 via abbynews.com
  Jordan Eberle scored twice, lifting the Seattle Kraken to a 5-1 win over the visiting Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Saturday at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.
  Chandler Stephenson had a goal and two assists for the Kraken (28-22-9), with Vince Dunn and Matty Beniers adding single goals. Joey Daccord earned the win in goal, making 27 saves.
  Liam Öhgren had the lone goal for the Canucks (18-33-7), who remain last overall in the league standings. Kevin Lankinen took the netminding loss, sto
  
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• WOLF: Does anyone else regularly read the obituaries?

  01-03-2026 04:35 via abbynews.com
  Anyone else routinely read the obituaries?
  I’ve read newspapers, in print and later online, for as long as I can remember. Still do, every day.
  But only recently have I begun to semi-regularly check the obituaries (of my hometown paper). Is that morbid? A routine concession to advancing age? Just something lots of folks do because it’s part of the package?
  Obviously I’ve been aware of the obits all this time and have unfortunately read many of the over the year when some I knew
  
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• UPDATE: Fuel spill response underway after plane crash in Delta’s Burns Bog

  01-03-2026 02:16 via abbynews.com
  Update: Saturday, Feb. 28, 7:39 p.m.
  Metro Vancouver has taken command of a hazardous spill response related to a small-plane crash in Delta’s Burns Bog on Saturday, Feb. 28.
  The Ministry of Environment and Parks reports that a response is underway in the bog after the plane went down shortly after 10:30 a.m. The pilot – who was alone in the plane – suffered only minor injuries.
  The City of Delta and Metro Vancouver ensured that booms, absorbent material and silt curtains were
  
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• Pilot escapes with minor injuries after plane crash in Delta’s Burns Bog

  01-03-2026 02:16 via abbynews.com
  A small plane crashed into Burns Bog Saturday morning (Feb. 28), leaving the pilot with minor injuries.
  Delta Police were notified of the crash just after 10:30 a.m., a press release notes.
  A Black Press freelancer on scene said crews had a difficult time reaching the site, located in a remote wet and muddy area south of 80th Street and Highway 17.
  The pilot, the lone occupant of the plane, suffered minor injuries and was transported to hospital for assessment, police said.
  Delta Fire Department
  
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• Final day of Trail-Rossland Winter Games spotlights rhythmic gymnastics

  28-02-2026 20:42 via abbynews.com
  Saturday, Feb. 28 marks the final day of competition at the Trail-Rossland 2026 BC Winter Games.
  While medals are being decided across venues throughout the region, inside Glenmerry Elementary School a different kind of intensity is unfolding, one built on flexibility, precision and performance.
  Rhythmic gymnastics has taken over the school gym, where athletes move through carefully choreographed routines set to music, combining dance and gymnastics with apparatuses that include ribbon, hoop, an
  
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• History in Saskatchewan: Penticton Vees set new CHL expansion wins record

  28-02-2026 19:40 via abbynews.com
  The Penticton Vees now stand alone among all major junior hockey expansion franchises.
  Louis Wehmann scored the only goal in a six-round shootout to lift the visiting Vees to a 3-2 win over the Eastern Conference-leading Prince Albert Raiders on Feb. 27, helping Penticton break the new Canadian Hockey League (CHL) expansion wins record.
  The Vees (38-13-4-4) passed the 1982-1983 Longueuil Chevaliers of the QMJHL to set the mark.
  Longueuil, coached by future Stanley Cup-winning bench boss Jacques
  
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• Royal Canadian Air Force helps Northern B.C. SAR teams with snowmobile rescue

  28-02-2026 19:00 via abbynews.com
  A collaborative effort by Quesnel and Prince George Search and Rescues, as well as the Royal Canadian Air Force, saved a snowmobiler who got separated from its group on Friday afternoon, Feb. 27.
  The individual was “trapped in a large drainage deep within avalanche terrain,” said QSAR in a Facebook post.
  Both SAR teams from Quesnel and Prince George were drafting an “on the ground” plan as there was “considerable” avalanche risk. However, due to the risk and t
  
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• PWHL thrives post-Olympics with record attendance and increased popularity

  28-02-2026 18:20 via abbynews.com
  The PWHL has seen a “groundswell of enthusiasm for women’s hockey” since the Olympics, with record attendance highlighting the growing popularity of women’s professional hockey.
  Vancouver Goldeneyes forward Sarah Nurse stated that, in the past, fans could only watch some of the best female hockey players compete every four years in the winter Olympics.
  Millions often tune in to the gold medal game, but there was nowhere to watch them compete afterward. In this Olympics, m
  
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• VIDEO: Goaltending makes all the difference in Vancouver Giants loss to Thunderbirds

  28-02-2026 18:00 via abbynews.com
  Seattle Thunderbirds goaltender Marek Sklenicka has a very good night, which meant a bad night for Vancouver Giants, who fired 39 shots on on Friday night, but only beat Sklenicka once in a 4-1 loss at Langley Events Centre.
  Giants earned a 1-0 and 12-4 edge in shots on goal after one period.
  Seattle responded with two second periods goals, then added a power play marker and empty-netter in the third period to secure the win.
  Tobias Tomik had the lone goal for Vancouver.
  Noah Kosick, Sawyer Maye
  
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• ‘Distasteful’: Canadian players back U.S. women’s hockey team after Trump comments

  28-02-2026 16:58 via abbynews.com
  Vancouver Goldeneyes players are speaking up in support of their American counterparts after U.S. President Donald Trump’s “distasteful” comments about women’s hockey.
  The Goldeneyes had a media availability Friday (Feb. 27) with their Olympic players – and questions inevitably turned to Trump’s now-infamous call with the U.S. men’s hockey team after their gold-medal win.
  Shortly after the Americans won gold against Canada, FBI director Kash Patel visite
  
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• Friday night lights and 1,700 burgers fuel Trail-Rossland Winter Games

  28-02-2026 06:00 via abbynews.com
  Organizing 15 sports venues across four rural communities is no small task.
  But figuring out how to feed nearly 1,000 hungry teenage athletes, along with their coaches and officials, after a full day of competition?
  That’s an entirely different ballgame.
  By 3 p.m. Friday, the operation was already underway outside the Trail Memorial Centre in the Cominco parking lot.
  Volunteers were in position, grills were heating up and the scent of barbecue was starting to drift through the air.
  By 5 p.
  
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• 64-year-old man reported missing in Abbotsford - Fraser Valley Today

  28-02-2026 03:59 via news.google.com
  64-year-old man reported missing in Abbotsford  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Trail-Rossland Winter Games archers take aim at gold

  28-02-2026 03:30 via abbynews.com
  If you followed the sound of steady thuds and the occasional burst of cheers inside J.L. Crowe Secondary this week, it likely led you straight to the Willi Krause Fieldhouse.
  That’s where archers from across the province are taking aim at the Trail-Rossland 2026 BC Winter Games.
  Among them are four teen athletes representing Zone 1 Kootenays: Taryn Mutcher of Fernie and Cranbrook teammates Jorja Shortridge, Delilah Gawryluk and Kinsley Brulotte.
  The quartet shot Thursday, Feb. 26, and now
  
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• 1 suspect at large as 3 charged with extortion in 2025 Surrey shooting

  28-02-2026 02:45 via abbynews.com
  Extortion charges have been laid against three men in connection with a shooting in Surrey in November – one of whom remains at large.
  The BC RCMP announced the charges on Friday evening (Feb. 27) in connection with shots fired at a home in the 17000-block of 32 Avenue on Nov. 8, 2025. The same rural mansion was hit by gunfire again four days later, on Nov. 12.
  The B.C. Extortion Task Force took over the investigation.
  On Dec. 8, 2025, the task force announced that the B.C. Prosecution Ser
  
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• Open AI vows reforms after Tumbler Ridge shooting review

  28-02-2026 01:31 via abbynews.com
  In June 2025, a ChatGPT account was shut down by parent company OpenAI after “detecting a violation” of the company’s usage policy.
  OpenAI’s automated system detected the account, and it was then sent to “human review” to determine whether the company’s usage policies were violated and whether the account warranted referral to law enforcement.
  “Based on what we could see at that time, the account was banned in June 2025. We did not identify credibl
  
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• ‘Not a luxury’: Outgoing B.C. merit commissioner warns axing role hurts accountability

  28-02-2026 01:17 via abbynews.com
  B.C. Merit Commissioner David McCoy said he is “saddened” by the government’s decision to dissolve his independent office, warning that it will make the public service less accountable.
  “Independent oversight is not, in my opinion, a luxury,” he said in a Friday (Feb. 27) interview with Black Press Media. “It’s a foundational safeguard.”
  The decision to close the Independent Office of the Merit Commissioner was revealed on Feb. 17 as part of the pr
  
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• Win for Abbotsford Canucks against Calgary Wranglers after penalty shootout - The Rink Live

  28-02-2026 01:08 via news.google.com
  Win for Abbotsford Canucks against Calgary Wranglers after penalty shootout  The Rink Live
  
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• 2026 Abbotsford Canucks vs Calgary Wranglers - FloHockey

  28-02-2026 01:05 via news.google.com
  2026 Abbotsford Canucks vs Calgary Wranglers  FloHockey
  
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• Clearwater man chases bear from garage

  28-02-2026 00:45 via abbynews.com
  A Clearwater man chased a black bear from his garage after he found the animal rustling through his recycling and garbage.
  Todd Leppky said the incident happened shortly after midnight on Thursday, Feb. 26, on Musgrave Road. He explained he heard something in the garage and assumed it may have been a person trying to steal something. He went to check and much to his surprise, he found not a human burglar but a black bear, who had knocked over his recycling and garbage can. In a Facebook post, he
  
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• John Rubin Stobbe

  28-02-2026 00:30 via abbynews.com
  A kind, true, and gentle man has left a lasting footprint in the hearts of his friends and family.
  On February 16, 2026, Dad stepped into heaven with an eternal spring in his step.
  With his easy laugh and quick wit, Johnny effortlessly drew people in—making friends wherever he went and endearing himself deeply to his family. His patience and loyalty strengthened his bonds with his wife Lydia and their children, Charlene (Barry) and Glen (Celina), as well as his grandchildren and great-gran
  
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• Replay: Home - 2026 Abbotsford vs Calgary | Feb 27 @ 12 PM - FloHockey

  28-02-2026 00:23 via news.google.com
  Replay: Home - 2026 Abbotsford vs Calgary | Feb 27 @ 12 PM  FloHockey
  
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• Fraser Lake RCMP recover body following inn fire - Abbotsford News

  28-02-2026 00:11 via news.google.com
  Fraser Lake RCMP recover body following inn fire  Abbotsford News
  
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• Wheelchair basketball brings fast-paced action to Trail-Rossland Winter Games

  28-02-2026 00:00 via abbynews.com
  If you’re looking for fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat action in Trail this weekend, head to the gym at J.L. Crowe Secondary School.
  Wheelchair basketball is underway at the Trail-Rossland 2026 BC Winter Games, and it’s easily one of the most entertaining events in town.
  From the opening tip to the final buzzer, there’s no slowing down.
  The chairs spin, players jostle for position, and the ball moves up the court in a blur.
  Two days into the Games, Fraser Valley Zone 3 athlete Ele
  
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• Another pedestrian killed by train in Maple Ridge on Friday, second in five days

  27-02-2026 23:45 via abbynews.com
  Another pedestrian has been killed by a train in Maple Ridge, and at almost the same place as the last victim, just five days ago.
  On Friday afternoon, Feb. 27, at about 2 p.m. emergency responders in Maple Ridge were called to a report a pedestrian may have been struck by a train.
  Train operators reported seeing a person on the tracks just west of the Port Haney West Coast Express Station, near the scene were a female pedestrian was struck by a freight train and killed on Sunday night, Feb. 22.
  
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• Clare, Kooner out of B.C. Conservative leadership race

  27-02-2026 23:09 via abbynews.com
  B.C. Conservative MLAs Steve Kooner and Sheldon Clare are out of the party leadership race.
  Both announced their intentions via social media.
  Clare, who represents Prince George-North Cariboo, told Black Press Media he failed to get the required 250 signatures from party members. He had signed up 281, he said, but upon party review, not all of those qualified, and he fell 27 short in the end (It might have been as many as 29, but he said the party did not provide him a final count).
  The applicat
  
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• Donations pour in to honour Victoria triathlete killed in Arizona

  27-02-2026 22:30 via abbynews.com
  A fundraising campaign launched in memory of Hannah Henry has raised more than $17,500 in its first two days, as friends, family and supporters work to create a lasting tribute in her name.
  Henry, 26, died on Feb. 8 after she was allegedly struck by Eric Hodge in a hit-and-run while cycling in Phoenix, Arizona.
  Hodge was charged with reckless manslaughter, leaving the scene of a deadly accident, possession of narcotic drugs, and possession of drug paraphernalia. According to court documents, he
  
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