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• UPDATE: Missing Abbotsford man, 19, found safe

  26-10-2026 17:14 via Abbotsford News
  
  UPDATE: The Abbotsford Police Department has reported that Mattias Kolodziej-Serwa was located safe on Saturday night (Oct. 24). The department said in a statement it “wishes to thank everyone who assisted with this investigation.”
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  The family of a missing Abbotsford man is appealing to the public to help locate him.
  Mattias Kolodziej-Serwa, 19, has been missing since Oct. 12. He was last seen at 4:15 p.m. in the 34000 block of Kent Avenue, located in east Abbotsford near Old C
  
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• Abbotsford students transform blue wave into miniature rainbow in Student Vote BC

  26-10-2026 17:19 via Abbotsford News
  
  Abbotsford students would have voted in a completely different set of MLAs, including two BC NDP candidates and one from the CentreBC party.Results from the Student Vote BC program saw 669 schools from across the province cast 109,778 votes last week.Local students transformed Saturday’s (Oct. 24) Abbotsford blue wave into a miniature rainbow.
  The Abbotsford-Mission riding was won by the BC NDP’s Pam Alexis with 398 votes. She edged out Saturday’s winner Darryl Kropp of the Conservative Pa
  
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• Christmas Warehouse Sale taking over former London Drugs space at Abbotsford’s West Oaks Mall

  26-10-2026 16:45 via Abbotsford News
  
  After sitting vacant for more than three years, the former London Drugs location inside Abbotsford’s West Oaks Mall has found an occupant.
  Signage for a new Rippling World has appeared outside and inside the mall and the new plans for the space begin with a Christmas Warehouse Sale running from Nov. 20 to Dec. 31, 2026.
  According to the Rippling World Instagram page, items offered include baby essentials, kids clothing, toys, books, holiday-themed gifts and more. They state that many of the it
  
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• Collision involving semi slows Highway 1 traffic in Abbotsford

  26-10-2026 15:22 via Abbotsford News
  
  A collision involving a semi truck in Abbotsford slowed traffic on Highway 1 on Monday morning (Oct. 26).After a full westbound closure near Bradner Road earlier in the morning, one westbound lane has since reopened.According to the Abbotsford Police Department, no injuries have been reported due to the collision.More to come.
  
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• From rodeo rider to premier-elect: Meet ‘unknown’ BC Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson

  26-10-2026 13:00 via Abbotsford News
  
  British Columbians who didn’t stay up for the provincial election results on Saturday, Oct. 24, woke up on Sunday morning to find that the province has a new premier-in-waiting: Lorne Doerkson of the BC Conservatives, whose party swept into power for the first time since 1933.
  Few (if any) people still living will remember that last provincial Conservative government, but many will be asking themselves who Lorne Doerkson is. First elected provincially in the Cariboo-Chilcotin riding in 2020, a
  
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• Drivers beware: police warn about ghosts on B.C. roads

  26-10-2026 13:00 via Abbotsford News
  
  In the run-up to Halloween, BC Highway Patrol (BCHP) is warning drivers that there are ghosts on B.C.’s highways.
  They’re not talking about spooks and spectres, but about ghost cars. Also known as ghost cruisers, they’re unmarked police vehicles with fewer obvious emergency lights and markings than regular cruisers, but are otherwise fully functional police vehicles. Two recent excessive speed impounds were a direct outcome of using ghost cruisers to enforce safe driving near Prince George
  
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• Boos for Hughes: Wild win 4-2 as ex-Canucks captain jeered in return to Vancouver

  26-10-2026 05:42 via Abbotsford News
  
  Amid a steady chorus of boos, Quinn Hughes had a goal and an assist, lifting the visiting Minnesota Wild to a 4-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Sunday at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.
  Hughes, the superstar defenceman and former Canucks captain, was returning to Vancouver for the first time since being acquired by Minnesota on Dec. 12, 2025. He was loudly jeered every time he touched the puck, along with various derogatory chants during the game. A tribute video during a break seven m
  
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• VIDEO: Vancouver FC out of playoffs after loss in Calgary

  26-10-2026 00:40 via Abbotsford News
  
  After 14 weeks hanging on to the fourth playoff spot, Vancouver FC lost on Sunday, Oct. 25,the final day of the Canadian Premier League regular season, falling 1-0 to Cavalry in Calgary, while rival Supra Du Québec claimed the fourth and final spot with a 4-3 win over Halifax Wanderers.In the 29th minute a free-kick by Michael Baldisimo was tapped in by Ali Musse to give the hosts a 1-0 lead, and that was where the game finished.
  Going into the game, both Vancouver and Calgary had been predicti
  
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• 2026 B.C. election sees record low turnout as Conservatives win majority

  25-10-2026 22:35 via Abbotsford News
  
  A large number of British Columbians opted out of the democratic process in the 2026 provincial election, according to preliminary results.
  The elections, which resulted in a landslide victory for the BC Conservatives on Oct. 24, saw the lowest turnout in the province’s history, with only 48.1 per cent of registered voters casting their ballots with 99.75 per cent of boxes reporting. The result marks an over 10 per cent decrease in voter turnout percentage compared to the 2024 provincial elect
  
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• B.C. premier-designate Doerkson urges unity and promises swift action after decisive victory

  25-10-2026 20:31 via Abbotsford News
  
  B.C. Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson pitched unity and quick action in his first media appearance as premier-designate just 12 hours after a sweeping electoral victory.
  “To the British Columbians who voted for another party yesterday, I heard you,” he said. “Starting today, I am your premier as much as anyone else’s. You will have a government that listens to you, works for you, and respects you, however you marked your ballot.”
  Because he was appointed to lead his party just two da
  
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• B.C. premier-designate Doerkson addresses media after Conservative majority win

  25-10-2026 20:31 via Abbotsford News
  
  After making political history in B.C., Conservative interim Leader Lorne Doerkson is set to become the next premier after the party took the 2026 provincial election in a projected majority.
  And, just over 12 hours after taking the stage as elected premier-designate, Doerkson addressed the media in Vancouver.
  “Today I’m your premier,” Doerkson said. “No matter how you marked your ballot.”
  Doerkson is also being sent back to Victoria for the third time by the voters of his Cariboo Chil
  
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• PHOTOS: Abbotsford, Mission conservatives celebrate blue wave

  25-10-2026 20:25 via Abbotsford News
  
  The Conservative candidates had a lot to celebrate at Matsqui Hall on Saturday night (Oct. 24) as the province was swept by a sea of blue.
  MLA elects Darryl Kropp (Abbotsford-Mission), Bruce Banman (Abbotsford South), and Korky Neufeld (Abbotsford West) held a joint election party, with more than 100 supporters in attendance.The three candidates mingled with the attendees as they watched the election results roll in.
  Once all three had secured their wins, they each gave a victory speech, celebra
  
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• VIDEO: A shootout ends Vancouver Giants winning streak

  25-10-2026 19:14 via Abbotsford News
  
  Vancouver Giants epic winning streak came to an end Friday night in Kamloops.
  Going into the game, Giants had won six in a row, and they looked likely to make it seventh by coming back from a multi-goal third-period deficit for the second straight game, but the tie led to a shootout and the game ended with a 4-3 loss.Giants still hold first place in the B.C. Division with an 8-2-1-2 record. Kamloops improves to 7-3-2-0.
  Blake Chorney had another standout performance, scoring twice for his second
  
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• Explore winemaker Yeung’s 2025 releases

  25-10-2026 19:12 via Abbotsford News
  
  Winemaker Karen Yeung has put her stamp on the wines of Adega on 45th Estate Winery. We can explore the influence Karen is having on the 2025 releases, while we harken back to Adega’s founders, the Nunes and Farinha families and their earlier vintage Portuguese style red wines.Naramata Bench grown, the Adega 2025 Chardonnay is lightly oaked, dry and crisp. Hand picked and gently pressed; it highlights aromas and flavours of Okanagan stone fruits, spice and sage. We enjoyed it on a cool rainy d
  
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• David Eby steps down as B.C. NDP leader after party loses election

  25-10-2026 07:38 via Abbotsford News
  
  David Eby has conceded the 2026 B.C. election and stepped down as B.C. NDP leader.
  “This is obviously something I do with a heavy heart,” he told supporters gathered in downtown Vancouver on Saturday night. “But it is time for new leadership within our party.”
  Eby called the snap election on Sept. 22 as the opposition Conservative Party appeared to be in disarray. Former Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findaly had stepped down just two days earlier amid a caucus uprising, and the party a
  
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• Langley-Walnut Grove stays Conservative in B.C. election

  25-10-2026 07:18 via Abbotsford News
  
  Incumbent Conservative MLA Misty Van Popta held her riding again, and will now be heading to Victoria as part of the governing party.
  With all the election day ballots reporting and three of four advance ballot boxes counted, Van Popta was ahead with 7,552 votes, or 55.44 per cent of the total cast. Holly Isaac of the NDP received 4,362 votes, or 32.02 per cent.
  Green Party’s Sam Meyer received 1,107 votes for 8.13 per cent, and Kyle Stevenson of CentreBC took 586 votes, or 4.3 per cent.
  The p
  
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• Conservatives win in Langley-Willowbrook

  25-10-2026 07:13 via Abbotsford News
  
  B.C. Conservative incumbent Jody Toor held her position as MLA for Langley-Willowbrook on Saturday, as her party took enough seats to easily form a majority government.
  The incumbent MLA held off Andrew Mercier, who had held the seat from 2020 to 2024 for the NDP.
  “I’m feeling fantastic,” Toor said after it became clear that she was well ahead, as was her party.
  “This is overwhelming,” Toor said. “People are ready for a change.”
  She said her priority, one she’s worked towards whi
  
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• ‘This is a big blue wave’: Conservative Gavin Dew re-elected in Kelowna-Mission riding

  25-10-2026 07:02 via Abbotsford News
  
  Incumbent MLA Gavin Dew has been re-elected in Kelowna-Mission, representing the Conservative Party in the 2026 B.C. Provincial Election.
  ​It was a landslide victory for the Conservative Party on Saturday, Oct. 24, over one million British Columbians went to the polls and ultimately voted for the Conservatives after nine years of an NDP government.
  ​Dew, who was initially voted in as an MLA for Kelowna-Mission in 2024, tells Black Press Media he is ready to advocate for change with a majorit
  
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• ‘It is an honour to serve you’: McCall re-elected in West Kelowna-Peachland

  25-10-2026 06:59 via Abbotsford News
  
  Macklin McCall has been re-elected in West Kelowna-Peachland in a landslide vote.
  With just two ballot boxes left to be counted, McCall has more than 62 per cent of the vote, according to the preliminary numbers.
  “What a humbling and exciting night, I am honoured to be re-elected as your MLA and grateful for the trust our community has placed in me once again,” McCall said in an emailed statement to Black Press Media. “This is an opportunity to get results on the priorities that matter mos
  
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• Doerkson set to become B.C. premier after projected Conservative majority win

  25-10-2026 06:58 via Abbotsford News
  
  Lorne Doerkson is poised to become British Columbia’s next premier after leading the Conservative Party to a projected majority government Saturday, Oct. 24, barely five weeks after taking over a party struggling with internal divisions.
  A projected Conservative majority was solidified shortly after 9 p.m., prompting loud cheers and sustained applause from supporters gathered at the party’s election-night headquarters at Rocky Mountaineer Station in Vancouver.
  An estimated 500 to 600 people
  
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• B.C. Votes 2026: BC Conservative Pavneet Singh wins Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream riding

  25-10-2026 06:49 via Abbotsford News
  
  Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream has a new MLA, as the BC Conservatives’ Pavneet Singh has been elected.
  Singh beat out BC NDP candidate Binny Boparai, Green candidate Carter Mochinski and OneBC candidate Alexandra Wright to win the riding.
  In a brief interview with media, Singh thanked volunteers and supporters.
  Media, including Black Press, were barred by the Conservative campaign managers on scene from listening to Singh’s victory speech at the Fairfield Inn on Powick Road on election nigh
  
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• CentreBC headquarters, Sturko remain positive despite election night results

  25-10-2026 06:35 via Abbotsford News
  
  With a Conservative Party of BC majority government forecast, and with Conservative candidate Megan Knight projected to win the riding of Surrey South, CentreBC leader and Surrey South candidate Elenore Sturko was a little emotional as she spoke to her team at CentreBC headquarters Saturday night.The CentreBC office was filed with positive energy throughout election night, despite the party not being projected to win any seats in the provincial legislature.“I’m a bit emotional as I deliver t
  
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• VIDEO: Harman Bhangu wins his second campaign for Langley-Abbotsford

  25-10-2026 06:15 via Abbotsford News
  
  Langley-Abbotsford incumbent Harman Bhangu was celebrating.
  “I’m just really thankful to my constituents, the people in Langley-Abbotsford that put their faith in me for the second time to represent them,” he told the Langley Advance Times just before he headed to Vancouver where the Conservatives were rejoicing with their new leader and premier-elect Lorne Doerkson.
  Bhangu said what appeared to be a larger margin of victory was the result of learning from his first win.
  “I come from a s
  
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• VIDEO: Harman Bhangu leads in his second campaign for Langley-Abbotsford

  25-10-2026 06:15 via Abbotsford News
  
  Langley-Abbotsford incumbent Harman Bhangu was celebrating.
  “I’m just really thankful to my constituents, the people in Langley Abbotsford that put their faith in me for the second time to represent them” he told the Langley Advance Times just before he headed to Vancouver where the Conservatives were celebrating.
  He said what appeared to be a larger margin of victory was the result of learning from his first win.
  “I come from a sport background. I felt like [I was] going through tryouts
  
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• Harman Bhangu leads in his second campaign for Langley-Abbotsford

  25-10-2026 06:15 via Abbotsford News
  
  While final numbers are still coming in for the Langley ridings, including the Langley-Abbotsford riding of incumbent Harman Bhangu, his supporters are gathering at the Langley Banquet Centre in Aldergrove in hopes of celebrating with the re-elected MLA.
  Just after 10 p.m., ballot boxes were still being tallied in his riding. But with 66 of 82 boxes already counted from Saturday’s votes, plus three of four of the advance polling boxes tabulated, he held a hefty lead over his NDP competitor. He
  
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• Harman Bhangu leads his second campaign for Langley-Abbotsford

  25-10-2026 06:15 via Abbotsford News
  
  While final numbers are still coming in for the Langley ridings, including the Langley-Abbotsford riding of incumbent Harman Bhangu, his supporters are gathering at the Langley Banquet Centre in Aldergrove in hopes of celebrating with the re-elected MLA.
  Just after 10 p.m., ballot boxes were still being tallied in his riding. But with 66 of 82 boxes already counted from Saturday’s votes, plus three of four of the advance polling boxes tabulated, he held a hefty lead over his NDP competitor. He
  
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• Conservative Darryl Kropp wins Abbotsford-Mission riding

  25-10-2026 06:12 via Abbotsford News
  
  Darryl Kropp of the Conservative Party of BC will be Abbotsford-Mission’s next MLA.
  With all 80 polls reporting, Kropp has defeated Pam Alexis of the BC NDP, Lakhwinder Jhaj of Centre BC, Virender Dass of OneBC, and Jeff Monds of the Libertarian Party.The Conservative Party of B.C. is projected to form a majority government.Kropp finished with 11,655 votes, ahead of the former MLA Alexis by about 20 per cent.The preliminary results are:
  1. Darryl Kropp (Conservative Party of BC) – 11,655 vot
  
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• Abbotsford West: Conservative Korky Neufeld wins second term

  25-10-2026 06:09 via Abbotsford News
  
  Conservative candidate Korky Neufeld has won his second term as the MLA for Abbotsford West.
  Neufeld celebrated his victory Saturday night (Oct. 24) at Matsqui Community Hall with fellow elected Conservatives Bruce Banman (Abbotsford South) and Darryl Kropp (Abbotsford-Mission).With a few polls left to count as of 10:10 p.m., preliminary counts show Neufeld with 4,358 votes, compared to 2,045 votes for the NDP’s Jules Cote and 652 votes for CentreBC’s Gurpreet Chahal.
  Neufeld was serving his
  
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• B.C. Votes 2026: Conservative Kevin Acton elected as Vernon-Lumby MLA

  25-10-2026 06:06 via Abbotsford News
  
  Kevin Acton has been elected as Vernon-Lumby’s MLA in Saturday’s provincial snap election.The B.C. Conservative candidate has secured his first term in the B.C. Legislature, while the Conservatives have won a projected majority government.Acton celebrated the victory with friends, family and supporters at Okanagan Spirits Craft Distillery in Vernon.“I’m pretty excited, as anybody would be. It’s a massive effort that was put out by myself and my team. I don’t think anybody on my team
  
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• Conservative Darryl Kropp projected to win Abbotsford-Mission riding

  25-10-2026 05:53 via Abbotsford News
  
  Darryl Kropp of the Conservative Party of BC will be Abbotsford-Mission’s next MLA.
  With 74 of 80 polls reporting, Kropp is projected to defeat Pam Alexis of the BC NDP, Lakhwinder Jhaj of Centre BC, Virender Dass of OneBC, and Jeff Monds of the Libertarian Party.Polls across the province closed at 8 p.m. on Saturday (Oct. 24) for the 2026 B.C. election and results are coming in.Kropp currently has 11,153 votes and leads Alexis by 20 per cent with six polls left to be reported.The preliminary
  
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