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• Vancouver Giants fall with only 10 second left against Victoria

  18-02-2018 16:30 via abbynews.com
  A Langley hockey team dropped a 4-3 game on the Island, before returing home to play Red Deer today.The post Vancouver Giants fall with only 10 second left against Victoria appeared first on Abbotsford News.
  
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• Council and mayoral hopefuls clash on future vision for sports and recreation in Abbotsford

  06-10-2026 01:00 via abbynews.com
  
  The challenging puzzle of the current Abbotsford sports and recreation scene was discussed heavily during the Sport Abbotsford all-candidates debate, which occurred inside the Abbotsford Curling Club on Saturday (Oct. 3).
  The event allowed mayor and councillor hopefuls the opportunity to share their vision for the next four years and explain how they would achieve those goals.
  Recreation has transformed into one of the more talked-about issues in the 2026 Abbotsford municipal election, with some
  
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• Lorne Doerkson pledges to create $50M fund to address emergency room closures

  06-10-2026 00:28 via abbynews.com
  
  A Conservative government would create a $50-million fund to help address rural healthcare emergency room closures and staffing shortages.
  Lorne Doerkson, the Conservative Party of B.C.’s interim leader and the incumbent MLA for the Cariboo-Chilcotin, made the announcement in 100 Mile House on Monday, Oct. 5, outside the District General Hospital. Doerkson also pledged not to cut the 2026 healthcare budget and to make healthcare funding a priority in future budgets, if elected premier.
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• Former B.C. cop who murdered wife gets day parole extended again

  05-10-2026 23:43 via abbynews.com
  
  A retired Summerland RCMP officer who murdered his wife in 2011 has had his day parole extended for another six months.
  According to a Parole Board of Canada decision on Sept. 22, Keith Gregory Wiens, now 71, had his day parole extended for a second time as he approached a year on limited release to a halfway house in Ontario.
  Wiens was first approved for day parole in September 2025 for six months, then extended in March 2026 for six more months.
  In 2011, Wiens shot and killed his common-law pa
  
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• NDP announces seniors’ health care plan at Victoria stop

  05-10-2026 22:36 via abbynews.com
  
  After watching a few shots at the Victoria Curling Club, NDP leader David Eby, joined by other South Island NDP candidates, laid out a seniors’ health care plan as the campaign trail continues ahead of Oct. 24.
  “In terms of health care, though, when I think about groups that are particularly concerned about and interested in the future of health care in the province, it’s the people who helped build this province, the seniors,” he told media. For seniors in our province,
  
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• 20 school trustee candidates in Abbotsford participate in forum

  05-10-2026 22:28 via abbynews.com
  
  The 20 people seeking the seven available seats on the board of education in the upcoming municipal election responded to five questions during an all-candidates meeting last Thursday (Oct. 1).
  The event, hosted by the Abbotsford District Parent Advisory Council, was held at the Abbotsford Arts Centre.
  Each candidate had 90 seconds to provide an opening statement, 45 seconds to respond to each question and 30 seconds for closing remarks.
  The questions touched on the topics of disability supports
  
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• Thousands of Fraser Valley homes without power after massive substation fault

  05-10-2026 21:45 via abbynews.com
  
  BC Hydro is scrambling to restore power to more than 55,000 Fraser Valley homes on Monday afternoon after a major equipment failure caused widespread outages.
  The incident is the result of a substation fault, according to BC Hydro. However, the specifics of the issue had not yet been determined as of 12:45 p.m.
  The power interruption occurred at approximately 12:05 p.m., with a total of 55,842 homes being affected across Abbotsford, Chilliwack, and Kent.
  BC Hydro reported that crews were already
  
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• Thousands of Fraser Valley homes lose power after massive substation fault

  05-10-2026 21:45 via abbynews.com
  
  BC Hydro has now restored power to more than 60,000 Fraser Valley homes on Monday afternoon after a major equipment failure caused widespread outages.
  The incident was the result of a substation fault, according to BC Hydro. However, the specifics of the issue had not yet been determined as of 1:20 p.m.
  The power interruption occurred at approximately 12:05 p.m., with a total of 60,525 homes being affected across Abbotsford, Chilliwack, and Kent.
  BC Hydro reported that crews had begun restoring
  
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• Kelowna General Hospital Foundation raises over $45M to improve care

  05-10-2026 21:15 via abbynews.com
  
  After four years, the Closer to Home Than You Think campaign for Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) Foundation has closed, surpassing its goal by over $5-million.“What our community has accomplished through this campaign goes far beyond exceeding an ambitious fundraising goal,” said Allison Young, CEO of the KGH Foundation. “Thousands of people chose to invest in a shared vision for better health care here in the Interior, and the result is an impact that will be felt by hundreds o
  
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• Options being considered for B.C.’s Historic O’Keefe Ranch

  05-10-2026 21:03 via abbynews.com
  
  After investing $4.12 million over the last 30 years, the City of Vernon is cutting off the Historic O’Keefe Ranch and Interior Heritage Society.The lease is up for the Ranch on March 31, 2027 and will not be extended as the city says it is looking at future options for the property, “that will provide a financially sustainable path forward while recognizing the importance of the Ranch to our community,” an Oct. 1 letter to the society reads from Vernon’s chief administra
  
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• ‘Life behind each name’: Victoria monument honours Japanese Canadians interned during WW2

  05-10-2026 20:57 via abbynews.com
  
  A sprawling new monument just minutes from the B.C. Legislature honours the Japanese Canadians interned during the Second World War.
  “A monument does not restore homes, businesses, fish boats, property or years that were taken, but it can make a positive record permanent,” said Japanese Canadian Legacies Society President Paul Kariya. “Here in granite, in the provincial capital, the names of those who were uprooted will endure.”
  The centrepiece of the monument, located at
  
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• 1 dead in single-vehicle crash on Highway 93 in Kootenay National Park

  05-10-2026 20:22 via abbynews.com
  
  A 23-year-old Invermere man is dead after a crash on Highway 93 in Kootenay National Park on Friday (Oct. 2).
  Columbia Valley RCMP received a report of a single-vehicle crash on the highway, just north of the Floe Lake trailhead, on Friday around 11:10 p.m., according to a news release from B.C. Highway Patrol.
  Police found a black Nissan Maxima on its side after leaving the road and travelling down an embankment.
  The female driver wasn’t “seriously hurt,” police said, but the
  
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• B.C. man creates local election quiz to help increase voter turnout in Kelowna

  05-10-2026 20:09 via abbynews.com
  
  A Kelowna man wants to make it easier for residents to engage with municipal politics, and he’s created a tool to do so.
  Giuseppe Gaspari, a software developer by day, has recently found himself more interested in the workings of the City of Kelowna ever since the birth of his child this year.
  “I really care about the kind of city that my son is going to be growing up in,” he said.
  For around two weeks, after his work and responsibilities, Kelowna born-and-raised Gaspari would
  
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• Curling Classic wraps today in Vernon

  05-10-2026 20:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Eunji Gim’s curling stay in B.C. has been extended.
  The 2024 Women’s World Curling bronze medalist and her Korean teammates earned a spot in the Grand Slam of Curling’s Co-Op Invitational Oct. 13-18 in Victoria by capturing the women’s championship at the Prestige Hotels and Resorts Curling Classic.
  Gim, a 15-time Korean women’s champion, defeated Japan’s Yuina Miura 5-2 in the championship Sunday, Oct. 4, at the Vernon Curling Club. The victory earned Gim a s
  
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• Ontario man sentenced for attempting to smuggle cannabis on Vancouver-London flight

  05-10-2026 19:49 via abbynews.com
  
  A man who attempted to smuggle cannabis in his suitcase on a flight to London’s Heathrow Airport has been sentenced.
  Alaaddin Koc, from Windsor, Ont., pled guilty to possession of cannabis for the purpose of exportation on July 27 following an investigation by the RCMP’s Federal Policing Pacific Region. He was given a one-year prison sentence and a lifetime firearms ban on Sept. 1.
  Koc, 56, was caught attempting to smuggle cannabis in his luggage on a flight from Vancouver Internatio
  
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• High-risk sex offender to live in Vancouver, police warn

  05-10-2026 19:24 via abbynews.com
  
  Vancouver police are alerting the public that a high-risk sex offender will be living in Vancouver.
  Skylar Wayne Pelletier poses a “significant risk” to women in the community, Vancouver police warned in a news release Friday (Oct. 2). He has prior convictions of sexual assault, commit sex assault, break and enter and assault.
  Pelletier is Indigenous. He is described as six-foot-one and 180 pounds, with a medium build. He has short black hair and brown eyes.
  Police say that while liv
  
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• 19 provincial election candidates finalized for 5 Abbotsford ridings

  05-10-2026 18:52 via abbynews.com
  
  A total of 19 candidates have been finalized for the five Abbotsford ridings in the upcoming provincial election.
  Nominations closed at 1 p.m. on Saturday (Oct. 3) and Elections BC released the final list of candidates later that day.
  Three candidates from the cancelled Sept. 26 Abbotsford-Mission byelection will return to the ballot for Oct. 24, while the BC Conservatives introduce a new candidate for the riding following the resignations of former MLA Reann Gasper and former party leader Kerry
  
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• Candidates finalized in all 93 ridings for B.C. election

  05-10-2026 18:39 via abbynews.com
  
  Only one party is running candidates in all 93 ridings, according to the finalized list from Elections BC.
  Candidate nominations for the provincial election later this month closed at 1 p.m. on Saturday (Oct. 3). There are 93 ridings across B.C.
  There are 335 candidates for the snap election, with 340 of those representing 10 political parties. Fifteen candidates are running as independents or unaffiliated, Elections BC said in a news release Sunday.
  The B.C. Conservatives is the only party to h
  
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• Hope veteran’s death shines spotlight on little-known Legion service

  05-10-2026 18:22 via abbynews.com
  
  When William James (Jim) Earnest Ager passed away, Charlene Pacholuk knew she wanted her longtime friend to have a ceremonious send-off.
  As a veteran of the Korean War, it only seemed right that Ager would get the kind of funeral service befitting a Canadian veteran.
  Pacholuk said she attempted to figure out how to make this happen without many resources at her disposal, and eventually discovered what she was looking for after talking to former Royal Canadian Legion Branch 228 president Ian Will
  
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• Gatcomb nets winner as Golden Knights earn 3-2 win over Vancouver Canucks

  05-10-2026 05:47 via abbynews.com
  
  Marc Gatcomb’s goal stood up as the winner, helping the visiting Vegas Golden Knights to a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Sunday at Rogers Arena.
  Mitch Marner and Victor Olofsson also scored for Vegas (2-1-0), with Adin Hill making 17 saves to pick up the goaltending victory.
  Paul Cotter and Jonathan Lekkerimaki replied for the Canucks (2-2-0). Kevin Lankinen stopped 25 of 28 shots and took the loss.
  Lankinen, who gave up eight goals in his last start against Edmonton, wa
  
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• B.C. NDP leader Eby promises tax hike on wealthy to fund health care

  05-10-2026 05:38 via abbynews.com
  
  At a Victoria rally, B.C. NDP leader David Eby announced his plan to tax the wealthy to help pay for health care.
  If elected, Eby will increase income tax for the top two tax brackets and create a new bracket for those earning $1 million or more.
  “We’re going to be honest with people about how we’re going to pay for these things, because these things do in fact cost money,” he told the crowd gathered in the Fernwood Neighbourhood House Sunday evening (Oct. 4).
  “Can&
  
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• BC Conservative Party leader Lorne Doerkson hits campaign trail in Cariboo-Chilcotin

  05-10-2026 02:45 via abbynews.com
  
  B.C. Conservative interim leader Lorne Doerkson spent Sunday (Oct. 4) swinging through the southern part of his riding, where he met with residents at events in Savona, Cache Creek, and Clinton.
  At the Cache Creek stop, Doerkson emphasized that while he is the interim party leader, he was there campaigning to be the MLA for Cariboo-Chilcotin, the riding he has represented since first being elected in 2020.
  “I’ve enjoyed being your MLA. I’m unbelievably committed to the Cariboo-
  
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• Kelowna metal band named best in Western Canada

  05-10-2026 02:15 via abbynews.com
  
  Up-and-coming Kelowna band Freeze the Fall is getting national-level recognition after being named the Metal & Hard Music Artist of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards.Freeze the Fall beat out four other metal bands such as Archspire (B.C.), Blue Youth (Sask.), Gnarwhal (N.W.T.) and Valley of Despair (Alta.) to win the award. The Kelowna band was presented the award in Victoria last week on Oct. 1.The band will soon be returning to Kelowna. On Oct. 17 they will be playing at Red Bi
  
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• PHOTOS: B.C. witches take to the waters of Semiahmoo Bay

  04-10-2026 22:31 via abbynews.com
  
  Around 50 witchy individuals traded their broomsticks for paddleboards Sunday morning (Oct. 4) as they took to the water for White Rock’s annual Witch Rock paddle.The group launched from the boat ramp at Bayview Park around 11 a.m., making their way toward the White Rock Pier before paddling back.The fog was thick over the water, giving the paddle a particularly spooky backdrop as witches in pointed hats, black clothing and capes moved through the mist.Participants ranged from children to
  
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• Third-period explosion lifts Vancouver Canucks to 4-1 win over Calgary Flames

  04-10-2026 07:11 via abbynews.com
  
  The Vancouver Canucks erupted for four third-period goals, erasing a 1-0 deficit and earning a 4-1 win over the visiting Calgary Flames in NHL action Saturday at Rogers Arena.
  Liam Ohgren, defenceman Elias Pettersson, Drew O’Connor and Aatu Räty scored for the Canucks (2-1-0), with Linus Karlsson and Tom Willander each dishing out a pair of assists. Leevi Merilainen made 23 saves to earn the win in goal, his first as a Canuck.
  Matt Coronato had the lone goal for Calgary (0-2-0), with
  
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• Abbotsford Canucks open season with pair of losses to Calgary Wranglers

  04-10-2026 05:15 via abbynews.com
  
  The Abbotsford Canucks sit pointless after a pair of 4-2 losses to the Calgary Wranglers to open the AHL regular season.
  One of the more positive stories for Abbotsford from opening weekend was the play of rookie Braeden Cootes, who recorded his first professional goal on Saturday (Oct. 3) and fired nine shots over the two games.
  Cootes used a screen from line mate Ilya Safonov to fool Wranglers goalie Kirill Zarubin at 16:16 of the third period to suddenly make it a 3-2 game. Abbotsford pushed
  
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• Whyte boots 8 field goals as B.C. Lions hang on for 24-17 win over Toronto Argonauts

  03-10-2026 23:58 via abbynews.com
  
  Sean Whyte booted eight field goals and the B.C. Lions came up with a huge goal-line stand late in the fourth quarter, as they held on for a 24-17 win over the host Toronto Argonauts in CFL action Saturday at BMO Field in Toronto.
  Whyte’s eight three-pointers set a B.C. franchise record for field goals and eclipsed his previous personal best of seven.
  Quarterback Nathan Rourke threw for 254 yards and ran for 50 more for the Leos (9-6), who won their third straight game and are two games ba
  
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• Drugs, cash seized after Abbotsford Police witness woman openly using drugs in vehicle

  03-10-2026 19:03 via abbynews.com
  
  Multiple people were arrested and items were seized after officers with the Abbotsford Police Department witnessed a woman openly consuming drugs in a vehicle this week.
  The incident happened on Wednesday (Sept. 30) where plainclothes officers were conducting proactive enforcement in the 2400 block of Crescent Way.
  They made a traffic stop and arrested the occupants in the vehicle for drug possession offences, AbbyPD stated in an Oct. 3 social media post.
  “A subsequent search of the vehicl
  
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• Kelowna man faces life sentence for 2023 murder, parole eligibility to be decided

  03-10-2026 01:57 via abbynews.com
  
  This article discusses intimate partner violence and may be triggering to some readers. If you or someone you know is experiencing violence or abuse contact the Kelowna Women’s Shelter 24/7 support line at 250-763-1040 or text 236-970-0704. In an emergency, call 911.A Kelowna man will spend life behind bars for the murder, however, it’s yet to be decided when he could be eligible for parole.
  Brandon Davina appeared in a Kelowna Supreme Court on Friday, Oct. 2, to be sentenced for the
  
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• ‘An investment B.C. has to make’: Conservatives aim to increase wildfire protection

  03-10-2026 01:48 via abbynews.com
  
  The B.C. Conservatives are pledging to expand the province’s wildfire-fighting arsenal, saying the plan would largely pay for itself.
  Interim Leader Lorne Doerkson and Penticton-Summerland candidate Tracy St. Claire met Faulder resident Joel Patan at his burned-out family home on Oct. 2.
  The house and the surrounding area were destroyed by the Bald Range wildfire that erupted on Aug. 7.
  “At 5:25 that evening, my neighbour texted me that there was a fire about 11 kilometres west of us
  
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