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• UPDATE: Three power outages affect 5,000 customers in Abbotsford and Aldergrove

  04-07-2023 19:17 via abbynews.com
  
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• PHOTOS: Surrey students at the FIFA World Cup

  14-07-2026 23:15 via abbynews.com
  
  With FIFA World Cup matches taking place in Vancouver, Surrey students from across the district were granted the opportunity to take part in FIFA’s Player Escort Program, walking alongside the world’s best soccer players as they accompanied each team onto the field at BC Place.
  Surrey Schools shares that this opportunity came about through the Surrey Schools’ Community-Schools Partnership (CSP) department and its ongoing work with Canada SCORES, which is said to deliver inclusi
  
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• Charges laid in relation to drug ring in Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Langley

  14-07-2026 22:10 via abbynews.com
  
  A Langley man who was recently charged with several drug-trafficking and gun offences in Abbotsford now faces six more charges related to an investigation in Chilliwack.
  A press release on Tuesday (July 14) states that Tyler Missen, 36, was charged July 2 as part of a drug-trafficking investigation led by the Chilliwack RCMP.
  Media relations officer Cpl. Carmen Kiener said the investigation into a suspected drug-trafficking ring in Chilliwack began in April of this year.
  Investigators determined
  
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• ’Significant’ wildfire events likely in B.C. later this week: officials

  14-07-2026 22:00 via abbynews.com
  
  B.C. wildfire officials presented a grim forecast on Tuesday (July 14).
  Despite B.C. experiencing a relatively light wildfire season so far, extremely dry forest fuels and a high likelihood of lightning without rain mean fresh fires are expected in the coming days.
  Dry lightning and wind are forecast across most of B.C. starting Wednesday afternoon and expected to continue into Thursday and Friday. Southern parts of the province will see the highest risk.
  “This is absolutely the time to be
  
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• Abbotsford’s Matt Revel named assistant coach, assistant general manager for Chilliwack Chiefs

  14-07-2026 21:23 via abbynews.com
  
  Abbotsford’s Matt Revel is joining the Chilliwack Chiefs organization as both the club’s assistant coach and assistant general manager.
  The BCHL team made the announcement of his addition on Tuesday (July 14).
  He spent the 2025-26 season as the head coach of the Yale Hockey Academy U17 Prep program. That club finished in ninth place in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League standings with a record of 18-9-3. Yale were then bounced from round one of the playoffs to conclude the seaso
  
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• White Rock set to host diamond-anniversary sea festival

  14-07-2026 20:55 via abbynews.com
  
  There’s a noteworthy sparkle to this year’s White Rock Sea Festival, as the city gears up to host its 75th return.
  The diamond-anniversary iteration will once again take over the Marine Drive waterfront for the B.C. Day weekend, July 31 and Aug. 1-2, offering three days of family-friendly fun and entertainment.
  “Seventy-five years is a remarkable milestone, and we are proud to celebrate this special weekend with residents and visitors alike,” Mayor Megan Knight said in a
  
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• Sooke pilot dies in helicopter crash while battling Colorado wildfire

  14-07-2026 19:15 via abbynews.com
  
  A veteran firefighting pilot from Sooke has died after the helicopter he was flying crashed into a Colorado reservoir while battling a wildfire.
  The Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office identified the pilot as Nicholas Dale, 56, of Sooke. Dale was flying a Kaman K-1200 K-MAX helicopter conducting aerial suppression work on the Gold Mountain Fire when it crashed into Silver Jack Reservoir shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday, July 12.
  Dale was the aircraft’s only occupant. His body was recovered f
  
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• Man arrested in Kamloops for violent offences in Cranbrook, Chilliwack

  14-07-2026 18:49 via abbynews.com
  
  Police have arrested a man in Kamloops for serious violent offences that took place in Chilliwack and Cranbrook.
  Zachary Ortloff, 24, was arrested on two warrants, on June 24 at about 11:30 a.m.
  Kamloops RCMP stated that an officer with their Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) “observed, identified and confirmed” it was Ortloff, and he was arrested safely by officers.
  The warrants were related to serious violent offences which included aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and assault ca
  
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• Medical emergency turns BC Ferries vessel back to Victoria, delays sailings

  14-07-2026 18:47 via abbynews.com
  
  A medical emergency onboard a BC Ferries vessel is impacting sailings Tuesday morning (July 14).
  BC Ferries said a Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen vessel is returning to dock due to a medical emergency.
  Currently, the 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. sailings from Swartz Bay are expected to be delayed as a result.
  “We will keep you informed as more information becomes available,” said a BC Ferries advisory. “As soon as the matter is resolved, the vessel will resume service.”
  
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• WORLD CUP DAILY, July 14: Semi-finals start today

  14-07-2026 16:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Daily FIFA World Cup soccer match updates and news for Black Press Media publications.
  The semi-finals start today with France taking on Spain in Dallas at 12 p.m. PT.
  Spain has the upper hand, having won seven of their last ten encounters, including a 2-1 win in the 2024 EURO semi-finals and a 5-4 victory at the 2024-25 UEFA Nations League semi-finals.
  However, France has won 17 of its last 20 World Cup matches.
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  “Kylian Mbappé scored the winner when France defeated Sp
  
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• Fire ban lands Thursday across south coast of B.C.

  14-07-2026 15:15 via abbynews.com
  
  A fire ban comes in place for much of the south coast starting Thursday (July 16) at noon.
  Category 1, 2 and 3 open fires will be prohibited through much of the Coastal Fire Centre jurisdiction, with exceptions for campfires in parts of the North Island and Sunshine Coast.
  “Conditions are continually monitored, and restrictions are implemented where they are needed most to reduce the risk of human-caused wildfires and help protect communities, responders and our forests,” BC Wildfire
  
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• Dog poo DNA matching keeps pet owners honest at Langford condo building

  14-07-2026 14:45 via abbynews.com
  
  Errant dog poop on the grounds of City Gate by High Street is a rarity, as the Langford building management is among the residences in Greater Victoria that uses DNA to hold dog owners accountable.They’re sadly common images across the region – a sneaky pile left behind when no one is looking, or a bag snagged on the bushes after a summer fling is revealed as leaves fall in autumn.But in the building where Marie Allen and Daisy live, the grounds are fairly safe – residents ther
  
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• Agassiz couple raises funds for 3-year-old niece fighting leukemia

  14-07-2026 14:00 via abbynews.com
  
  It has been an emotional few weeks for the Wouda family.
  Two weeks after welcoming their newborn son, Mack, into the world, Michael and Alannah Wouda received the devastating news that their three-year-old daughter, Callie, was diagnosed with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL).
  Emily and Curtis Vermeer of Agassiz have organized a GoFundMe campaign to help ease the finanical burden while their niece, Callie, fights her cancer.
  “While we know the journey ahead will be long and fille
  
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• Surrey mayor scolds council rivals for ‘unfounded’ claims, spreading ‘misinformation’

  14-07-2026 06:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke scolded rival council members straight out of the gate during Monday night’s meeting for what she called “unfounded” public allegations and she also had city solicitor Philip Huynh recite the Council Code of Conduct to her fellow politicians.
  Locke specifically targeted Councillor Linda Annis, mayoral candidate for the Surrey First slate, and Safe Surrey Coalition Councillor Mandeep Nagra.
  “It has been a concern of mine that some on this council
  
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• Trio of stranded Skagit River rafters bushwhacked their way to helicopter rescue

  14-07-2026 03:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Hope Search and Rescue (SAR)has issued some advice to those hoping to raft along the Skagit River — don’t do it.
  The volunteer rescue organization has already been called out three times to rescue rafters along the waterway just outside of Hope.
  After the third incident on Sunday (July 12) that required some bushwacking and a helicopter rescue, they sent out the advisory note on their Facebook page.
  “Hope SAR was tasked out last night to rescue three stranded rafters on the Ska
  
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• VIDEO: B.C. cathedral bells still ringing strong after 90 years of history

  14-07-2026 01:15 via abbynews.com
  
  The bells of Victoria’s Christ Church Cathedral rang for an extended period on the morning of July 12 as the cathedral marked the 90th anniversary of its first ringing.
  Beginning at 9:30 a.m., members of the Cathedral Guild of Ringers performed a quarter peal — a 45-minute change-ringing performance involving 1,260 unique bell sequences.The 10 ringers – each assigned to a specific bell – used the same technique believed to have been used during the original performance wh
  
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• Security increased after vandalism incident at B.C. sand sculpture competition

  14-07-2026 01:15 via abbynews.com
  
  Parksville Beach Festival is increasing security on-site after suspected vandalism to several sculptures at the Quality Foods Sand Sculpting Competition over the weekend.
  Cheryl Dill, president of the Parksville Beach Festival Society, said the number of security guards has been doubled, as well as patrols by an additional company.
  “We have increased security and feel confident in the improvements so far,” Dill told the PQB News. “The cameras in the community park have been ver
  
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• B.C. Nurses’ Union to pause picket lines as mediation begins

  14-07-2026 00:58 via abbynews.com
  
  In a gesture of “good faith,” the B.C. Nurses’ Union has agreed to pause picket lines as it enters mediated talks with the Health Employers’ Association of B.C., the union announced on Monday, July 13.
  Picket lines will be paused at the end of the day on Tuesday.
  Nurses’ union president Adriane Gear issued a statement saying the union is entering mediation with “cautious optimism” that it can reach terms to resolve members’ complaints on staff safe
  
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• Abbotsford rugby players join BC Bears for national championships

  14-07-2026 00:55 via abbynews.com
  
  Just over a week after teams from all across B.C. battled it out in Abbotsford at the Provincial Regional Championships, the BC Bears have now selected some of the top performers for their U17 and U19 rosters at this year’s national competitions.
  Girls and boys squads in each division will be competing in Ontario from July 20 to 26, hoping to bring back some shiny new hardware.
  For the U17 teams, it’s the O’Neills Challenge Cup that’s up for grabs as both BC Bears squads
  
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• B.C. grants environmental assessment for sand mine near Prince George

  14-07-2026 00:30 via abbynews.com
  
  B.C. has issued an environmental assessment certificate for a new open-pit silica sand mine north of Prince George.
  The Vitreo Minerals-owned Angus Project, roughly 60 kilometres north of Prince George and 10 kilometres east of Bear Lake, is expected to generate $300 million in investment, creating 150 jobs during construction and 140 during operations.
  The type of sand produced by this mine is used in hydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as fracking, to prop open the fractures created in
  
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• Abbotsford Cardinals drop two of three games, eye Road to Okotoks event

  13-07-2026 23:19 via abbynews.com
  
  The Abbotsford Cardinals Premier Division team got in the win column for the first time this month, but the club’s struggles in July continued after they lost two of three games on Friday (July 10) and Saturday (July 11).
  The Cards hosted the top-ranked Langley Blaze at DeLair Park on Friday and managed just two hits a 3-0 loss.
  Langley got on the board in the second inning and added two more runs in the fourth to earn the win. Blaze starting pitcher Deven Simonovic pitched a complete game
  
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• Council to consider new ice arena at Abbotsford Exhibition Park

  13-07-2026 22:48 via abbynews.com
  
  A proposal from city staff calls for a new publicly funded ice arena at Abbotsford Exhibition Park.
  The plan, set to come before city council on Tuesday (July 14) for approval, would replace a prior proposal for a new arena to be built on private land with the city acting as an anchor tenant.
  The private-public partnership was among nine actions listed in the city’s Arena Services and Facilities Strategy approved by council in May 2025.
  The strategy provides a guideline for the city’
  
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• Abbotsford loses 700 jobs, dropping employment rate by 0.4%

  13-07-2026 21:50 via abbynews.com
  
  After experiencing a substantial jump in unemployment in May, Abbotsford has managed to hold steady in June, maintaining the worst unemployment rate the city has seen in more than four years.
  Statistics Canada reported that 700 local jobs were lost last month, bringing the city to its lowest number of jobs since November 2025.As a result of these lost jobs, the local employment rate dropped from 61.5 per cent to 61.1 per cent. Abbotsford hasn’t seen a lower employment rate in almost two an
  
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• B.C. nurses expand strike to Vancouver Island as bargaining stalls

  13-07-2026 21:10 via abbynews.com
  
  Picket lines expanded to Vancouver Island on July 12 as the British Columbia Nurses’ Union (BCNU) intensified job action after bargaining with health employers reached another impasse.
  Union members began picketing outside Victoria General Hospital early Sunday morning, with additional job action planned at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital and Royal Jubilee Hospital.
  In an address to a large crowd of nurses waving flags and ringing bells outside the hospital, union president Adriane Gear
  
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• Specialty ‘custom cutters’ added to BC Timber Sales program

  13-07-2026 20:41 via abbynews.com
  
  B.C.’s Forests ministry is expanding a program that allows value-added manufacturers to access BC Timber Sales logs to include specialty “custom cutters” who supply unique wood products to buyers around the world.
  These manufacturers supply wood for everything from specialty windows and doors to Japanese temples. But unlike other value-added manufacturers that use BC Timber Sales logs, these businesses don’t have their own mills.
  There are about 40 custom cutter companies
  
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• Baynes Sound observatory upgrade supports B.C. shellfish industry

  13-07-2026 19:44 via abbynews.com
  
  The Baynes Sound shellfish industry generates approximately $180 million in economic activity for the province, providing year-round jobs to rural and Indigenous communities and food security for the region.
  Thanks to upgrades made at Ocean Network Canada’s (ONC) Baynes Sound ocean observatory, the shellfish industry will be benefit from more comprehensive monitoring of the effects of ocean acidification and hypoxia (decrease in oxygen). Warming temperatures and increased carbon dioxide in
  
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• Baynes Sound observatory upgrade supports BC shellfish industry

  13-07-2026 19:44 via abbynews.com
  
  The Baynes Sound shellfish industry generates approximately $180 million in economic activity for the province, providing year-round jobs to rural and Indigenous communities and food security for the region.
  Thanks to upgrades made at Ocean Network Canada’s (ONC) Baynes Sound ocean observatory, the shellfish industry will be benefit from more comprehensive monitoring of the effects of ocean acidification and hypoxia (decrease in oxygen). Warming temperatures and increased carbon dioxide in
  
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• VIDEO: Vancouver FC out of Canadian championship

  13-07-2026 19:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Vancouver FC has been eliminated from the TELUS Canadian Championship quarterfinals after back-to-back losses to CF Montréal.During game 2 at Stade Saputo on Sunday, July 13, Eagles were unable to exploit a man advantage after Montreal’s Efrain Morales was shown a second yellow card and sent off.
  Going into a scoreless second half, Montreal’s Brendan Craig sent a free kick curling past Callum Irving and into the net to make it 1-0 in the match.Montreal extended the lead to 2-0
  
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• Graeme Hutchison enters Abbotsford school trustee race

  13-07-2026 18:44 via abbynews.com
  
  Graeme Hutchison has become the fourth person to enter this fall’s Abbtosford school trustee race.
  Hutchison made the announcement in a press release on Sunday (July 12) night.
  He most recently ran in the 2025 Abbotsford school trustee byelection and placed fourth with 276 votes. Hutchison also ran as the NDP candidate for Abbotsford West in the provincial election in October 2024 and placed second with 7,255 votes.
  Hutchison is known to some in the community as a veteran soccer referee, b
  
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• Train strikes crashed car at Deroche rail crossing

  13-07-2026 18:34 via abbynews.com
  
  No one was injured after a train struck a crashed car at a rail crossing in Deroche on Sunday (July 12).
  According to a news release from Mission RCMP, a witness called 911 at approximately 4 p.m. to report the initial crash at the Lougheed Highway and North Deroche Road crossing.
  “The car reportedly took the corner too fast, and collided with a train signal pole,” RCMP said.
  Two 18-year-olds — the driver and passenger — were uninjured and exited the vehicle. A freight tr
  
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