Abbotsford news

• Wild and precious life: four marmots released on Mount Washington

  24-06-2026 20:01 via abbynews.com
  
  The Marmot Recovery Foundation and marmot enthusiasts ventured up to Mount Washington on June 23 to participate in releasing marmots into the wild.
  The one female and three male marmots were raised as a part of a breeding program to help this critically endangered species unique to Vancouver Island.
  In fact, Marmota vancouverensis is the only mammal endemic to the island, and in 2003, there were fewer than 30 left in the wild. Due to the hard work of the Marmot Recovery Foundation, its partners,
  
  Read more

• Prison guard from Abbotsford sentenced for giving cellphone to inmate

  24-06-2026 21:25 via abbynews.com
  
  A former B.C. correctional officer who had a relationship with an inmate received a two-year conditional sentence on Wednesday (June 24) for supplying him with a cellphone.
  Ramandeep Rai (previously Bassi), 31, of Abbotsford was sentenced in Port Coquitlam provincial court after previously pleading guilty to a charge of breach of trust by a public officer.
  A second count of breach of trust was stayed.
  Judge Diba Majzub said Rai’s offence was “very serious.”
  “Her actions j
  
  Read more

• WORLD CUP: Switzerland scores another vs. Canada with Group B up for grabs

  24-06-2026 21:05 via abbynews.com
  
  1:28 p.m.
  See previous comment.
  1:27 p.m.
  Eustaquio with another corner.
  1:20 p.m.
  Stephen Eustaquio takes a corner, but no goal for Canada.
  1:16 p.m.
  Canada now down 2-0 as Switzerland’s Johan Manzambi scores.
  1:04 p.m.
  Switzerland scores first, with Rubén Vargas putting one past Crepeau 46 minutes into the game.
  1:03 p.m.
  Canada’s 11 remain the same as the second half starts.
  12:52 p.m.
  Halftime stats: Switzerland controlled 70 per cent of possession to Canada’s 30 per
  
  Read more

• WORLD CUP: Canada puts one past Switzerland with Group B up for grabs

  24-06-2026 21:05 via abbynews.com
  
  1:49 p.m.
  Six minutes of extra time added.
  1:45 p.m.
  Yet another corner for Canada, guess who’s taking it? Laryea out and Jacob Shaffelburg in prior to this, at the 83 minute mark.
  1:32 p.m.
  Promise David comes in for Tajon Buchanan and scores for Canada, now 2-1.
  1:30 p.m.
  A foul from Johnston right before the hydration break. Switzerland up 2-0.
  1:28 p.m.
  See previous comment.
  1:27 p.m.
  Eustaquio with another corner.
  1:20 p.m.
  Stephen Eustaquio takes a corner, but no goal for Canada.
  1:1
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• WORLD CUP: Canada loses 2-1 and top spot in Group B to Switzerland

  24-06-2026 21:05 via abbynews.com
  
  1:55 p.m.
  Canada loses 2-1, but will still move on to the knockout round. Await second place from Group A for a game Sunday, June 28 in Los Angeles. Potential teams: Czechia, South Africa, or South Korea.
  1:49 p.m.Six minutes of extra time added.
  1:45 p.m.
  Yet another corner for Canada, guess who’s taking it? Laryea out and Jacob Shaffelburg in prior to this, at the 83 minute mark.
  1:32 p.m.
  Promise David comes in for Tajon Buchanan and scores for Canada, now 2-1.
  1:30 p.m.
  A foul from Joh
  
  Read more

• WORLD CUP: Canada battles Switzerland for top spot in Group B

  24-06-2026 21:05 via abbynews.com
  
  12:24 p.m.
  Injured Ismaël Kone gives encouragement to Canadian players at water break.
  12:22 p.m.
  Going into the hydration break, Canada-Switzerland deadlocked at 0-0.
  12:14 p.m.
  By the way, for those just tuning in to the game, Canada is in white kit, not red.
  12:13 p.m.
  Cyle Larin misses chance, but eventually declared offside.
  12:10 p.m.
  Maxime Crepeau makes great save for Canada, stopping Swiss.
  12:06 p.m.
  Live from Surrey.Another SRO crowd at Surrey Soccer Fan Zone forvsmatch, a massiv
  
  Read more

• Ultimate Father’s Day: 2 holes-in-one at B.C. course

  24-06-2026 21:00 via abbynews.com
  
  It was a tee-riffic Father’s Day for two Vernon golfers.
  It’s a Father’s Day tradition for Matthew Roth and his dad Brian to have a round of golf.
  It was Brian’s first round of the year on Sunday, June 21, and Matthew had only played nine holes, as they took to the Hillview Golf Course.
  “The round started off a little shaky, being that neither of us golf that often. We tee up on the fourth at the meadows and dad takes a perfect swing on the Callaway with his nine ir
  
  Read more

• Lumby murder suspect’s trial evidence ‘an insult to to logic,’ says Crown lawyer

  24-06-2026 20:55 via abbynews.com
  
  A Crown prosecutor in a high-profile North Okanagan murder case says the evidence is “overwhelming” that the accused, Vitali Stefanski, stabbed his ex-wife Tatjana Stefanski to death, and that his intent to kill her was equally clear from the evidence jurors have witnessed over the past month.
  Vitali’s second-degree murder trial saw closing arguments from the Crown Tuesday, with prosecutor Laura Drake urging jurors to weigh the evidence fairly and with the use of logic, common
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Lumby murder suspect’s trial evidence ‘an insult to logic,’ says Crown lawyer

  24-06-2026 20:55 via abbynews.com
  
  A Crown prosecutor in a high-profile North Okanagan murder case says the evidence is “overwhelming” that the accused, Vitali Stefanski, stabbed his ex-wife Tatjana Stefanski to death, and that his intent to kill her was equally clear from the evidence jurors have witnessed over the past month.
  Vitali’s second-degree murder trial saw closing arguments from the Crown Tuesday, with prosecutor Laura Drake urging jurors to weigh the evidence fairly and with the use of logic, common
  
  Read more

• Abandoned bunnies create population boom in Lower Mainland

  24-06-2026 20:45 via abbynews.com
  
  Lower Mainland residents who think they’re seeing a lot more rabbits than usual this summer are probably right, advocates said.
  Sorelle Saidman, founder and president of the Rabbitats Rescue Society, which operates two micro-sanctuaries in Langley, has been warning the rabbit population, much of it consisting of former pets that have been set loose, is growing out of control.
  “We were saying that for the European rabbits, the point of no return was going to be 2025,” Saidman ob
  
  Read more

• Anti-gang police seize $1.5M in cash, drugs in Lower Mainland bust

  24-06-2026 20:35 via abbynews.com
  
  B.C.’s anti-gang police says an investigation led by the North District Team has led to $1.5 million in cash, drugs and firearms seized in the Lower Mainland.
  The investigation began in December 2024 and continued through to early 2026, according to a news release Wednesday (June 24) from the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit. During the investigation, police seized multiple kilograms of cocaine and methamphetamine in what is alleged to be an inter-provincial drug-trafficking scheme
  
  Read more

• Pair of Abbotsford 7-Elevens shuttering

  24-06-2026 20:27 via abbynews.com
  
  Abbotsford will be down two 7-Eleven convenience stores starting in July.
  The stores located at 1520 McCallum Rd. and 2387 McCallum Rd. are set for closure.
  The location at 2387 McCallum Rd. (near Jubilee Park) closed earlier in June, with 2387 McCallum Rd. (near UFV) set to shut down shop officially on June 30.End of an era at the @7ElevenCanada on McCallum Road/King Road.
  They close permanently on June 30, but everything in the store is 50 per cent off right now(while supplies last) pic.twitte
  
  Read more

• Pair of Abbotsford 7-Eleven’s shuttering

  24-06-2026 20:27 via abbynews.com
  
  Abbotsford will be down two 7-Eleven convenience stores starting in July.
  The stores located at 1520 McCallum Rd. and 2387 McCallum Rd. are set for closure.
  The location at 2387 McCallum Rd. (near Jubilee Park) closed earlier in June, with 2387 McCallum Rd. (near UFV) set to shut down shop officially on June 30.End of an era at the @7ElevenCanada on McCallum Road/King Road.
  They close permanently on June 30, but everything in the store is 50 per cent off right now(while supplies last) pic.twitte
  
  Read more

• UVic researcher speaks on MAID after Parliament committee recommendation

  24-06-2026 19:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Since the landmark Carter V. Canada decision in 2015, Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID) for those experiencing mental illness and suicidal tendencies has been a hot-button topic on Parliament Hill – resulting in a number of reports, studies and debates among politicians, psychologists, physicians and academics.
  On June 17, the Special Joint Committee of Medical Assistance in Dying tabled their last report, recommending that the federal government exclude people whose sole underlying condi
  
  Read more

• Karen Marie Stoney

  24-06-2026 19:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Karen Marie Stoney passed away peacefully on June 16, 2026 at the age of 65, surrounded by family. Karen is survived by her husband of 46 years Rodney Stoney, her two daughters Drew Anderson (Taylor), Tamara Stratis (Carter), grandchildren Beau Stratis, Mack Anderson, Karen’s brother Kevin Olscamp (Luella), and sister Kim Anger. Karen devoted her life to raising her family, raising her wine glass, and raising spirits in Cariboo, BC with her family. Karen was an avid sports fan with a conta
  
  Read more

• Back-to-back days of record-setting temperatures in Abbotsford

  24-06-2026 19:25 via abbynews.com
  
  For the second day in a row, Abbotsford has been subjected to historic levels of heat, with Tuesday (June 23) smashing the previous temperature record set in 1992.
  Environment Canada reported that Abbotsford reached 33 C, which was one of the highest temperatures in the province.
  It is also far higher than the 30.2 C that had previously marked the hottest June 23 for the city since weather records started being tracked in 1944.
  Abbotsford wasn’t alone in reaching new temperature heights on
  
  Read more

• Syilx Okanagan file emergency order for Canada to save southern B.C. caribou

  24-06-2026 19:20 via abbynews.com
  
  A B.C. First Nation is petitioning the federal government to act swiftly to protect a prized and threatened caribou species that continues to fall off the map near Revelstoke and Nakusp.
  On May 28, the Syilx Okanagan Nation announced it had filed for an emergency order under Section 80 of Canada’s Species at Risk Act (SARA) to press Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) to conserve federally threatened southern mountain caribou.
  The Nation says continued logging of critical old-grow
  
  Read more

• Surrey Schools seeks $5.5B from B.C. to address future growth, overcrowding

  24-06-2026 19:01 via abbynews.com
  
  Surrey Schools is asking the province for billions of dollars to help accommodate the district’s student population growth.
  At its final meeting of the 2025-26 school year, held June 10, the Surrey school board approved its 2027-28 Five-Year Capital Plan.
  The plan requests $5.49 billion from the Ministry of Education and Child Care for 76 major capital projects aimed at addressing overcrowding and future enrolment growth.
  Included in this plan were requests for 29 new schools, 19 school ad
  
  Read more

• Over a half-tonne of opium seized at Tsawwassen inspection facility

  24-06-2026 19:00 via abbynews.com
  
  More than half a tonne of opium was seized from a marine container at Canada Border Services Agency’s Tsawwassen Container Examination Facility.
  CBSA announced the seizure in a press release issued Tuesday (June 23), though the contraband was found over five months prior.
  According to the release, the container was referred for examination by border services officers on Jan. 14 based on information provided by the CBSA’s National Targeting Centre, Pacific Regional Intelligence Sectio
  
  Read more

• World’s largest EV battery repurposing facility opens in Surrey

  24-06-2026 18:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Moment Energy now operates what the company calls the world’s largest EV battery repurposing facility at a Bridgeview industrial building.
  The new facility, dubbed Megafactory 1, transforms retired EV batteries into “cost-effective, rapidly deployable energy storage systems that support critical infrastructure, including data centres, hospitals, factories and microgrids,” the company boasts.
  At 12850 112B Ave., a ribbon-cutting event Tuesday (June 23) celebrated work to bring d
  
  Read more

• Kelowna Rockets forward Tij Iginla named CHL second-team all-star

  24-06-2026 18:20 via abbynews.com
  
  Tij Iginla has been recognized as one of the best junior hockey players from the 2025-26 season.
  On Wednesday, June 24, the Kelowna Rockets forward was named a second-team all-star by the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), which is made of the WHL, OHL, and OMJHL.
  The Utah Mammoth prospect from Lake Country led the CHL in points per game (1.88) as he collected 90 points (41 points, 49 assists) in 48 games played.
  He was named a second-team all-star along with Markus Ruck (Medicine Hat Tigers), Nikita
  
  Read more

• Interchange work to cause nighttime slowdowns on Highway 1 in Langley

  24-06-2026 18:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Overnight traffic diversions on Highway 1 began on Tuesday, June 23 and are expected to take place again in the coming days.
  Announced on the afternoon of June 23, the changes are part of ongoing construction work on widening the highway through Langley and replacing the 232 Street interchange. Specifically, crews are pouring concrete on the new interchange’s deck.
  The diversions will see drivers cross over from one side of the highway to the other, putting all traffic first on one side of
  
  Read more

• Kelowna sprinter set to represent Canada at 2026 Commonwealth Games

  24-06-2026 17:52 via abbynews.com
  
  Kelowna’s Jerome Blake will compete in his first Commonwealth Games this summer.
  On Wednesday, June 24, the 30-year-old sprinter was named by Commonwealth Sport Canada (CSC) and Athletics Canada to the roster, along with 50 other athletes, for the 2026 games, taking place in Glasgow, Scotland.
  Blake will be sprinting in the 4×100 metre relay with his teammates who he won gold with at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown, and Brendon Rodney. He’ll also b
  
  Read more

• WORLD CUP DAILY, June 24: Canada continues march to Round of 32 vs. Switzerland, noon today

  24-06-2026 16:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Daily FIFA World Cup soccer match updates and news for Black Press Media publications.
  There are six matches today to avoid “fixing” on the final day of play for Groups A, B and C, with two at a time at noon, then 3 and 6 p.m.
  Canada will clinch top spot in Group B with a win or tie vs. Switzerland today, noon start in Vancouver.
  The march to the match promises another flag-waving celebration outside BC Place Stadium, to be filled with 52,000 soccer fans for the afternoon clash.
  The
  
  Read more

• Defence argues mental illness in long-running Kelowna homicide trial

  24-06-2026 14:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Five years after Darren Middleton died of blunt force trauma to the head, suffered a severed penis, missing his testicles, and was found in a bathroom of the home in Rutland, the second-degree murder trial for the woman accused of his death is one step closer to being completed.
  Gabriella Sears was first arrested and charged on the morning of June 17, 2021, with the killing of 49-year-old Middleton.
  Sears had confessed to police that she had killed Middleton following her arrest, but after a voi
  
  Read more

• Gone Country helping rebuild new breast cancer clinic

  24-06-2026 14:00 via abbynews.com
  
  What’s the association between a mammogram and a country singer belting out popular tunes to some 3,000-plus fans during a music festival in a purpose-built western movie set on 100-acres in northeast Langley?
  Most would be hard pressed to guess the connection.
  But if they have lived in Langley for long, have followed the local country music scene, or contributed to cancer-related charity efforts in town in recent years – it becomes a little easier to connect those dots.
  It’s t
  
  Read more

• Despite recent modest increase in visits, cross-border traffic still down from 2024

  24-06-2026 05:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Southbound trips across the border are still far below 2024 levels in B.C., despite a recent modest increase reported by Statistics Canada.
  When the federal agency reported a 9.5 per cent increase in Canadian-resident return trips in May of this year, it was seen in some news reports as an easing of the travel reluctance that was trigggered when U.S. president Donald Trump launched a trade war and suggested Canada should become the 51st state.
  However, a review of cross-border travel statistics
  
  Read more

• Advocates press B.C. to curb NDAs in harassment, abuse cases

  24-06-2026 02:05 via abbynews.com
  
  For several years now, advocates in the legal profession have been calling for the B.C. government to create new rules restricting the use of non-disclosure agreements in cases of sexual assaults, harassment or abuse.
  In 2024, the Canadian Bar Association’s B.C. Division sent Attorney General Niki Sharma a letter urging changes.
  Sharma responded at the time, saying that B.C. is monitoring other jurisdictions while participating in a working group on the subject, “all in the aid of de
  
  Read more

• Trial begins for Kelowna equestrian coach accused of sex crimes, child luring

  24-06-2026 01:30 via abbynews.com
  
  A high-performance equestrian coach based in Kelowna appeared in B.C. Supreme Court on June 23 for day one of his criminal trial.
  Sebastien Devrainne, originally from France, has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual touching, sexual exploitation and making sexually explicit material available to minors for incidents that are alleged to have occurred as early as 2011.
  Crown counsel called its first witness to the stand, a former student of Devrainne. The witness was a minor at the time of the
  
  Read more

• First freestyle scootering competition in B.C. set to take over the Chilliwack Landing Skatepark

  24-06-2026 01:27 via abbynews.com
  
  The inaugural BC Open is coming to Chilliwack next weekend.
  It’s the first-ever Canadian freestyle scootering competition slated to take over the Chilliwack Landing Skatepark on the morning of July 4.
  Roller Sports Canada puts on several provincial competitions across Canada every year “but this is the first in B.C. and Chilliwack is hosting it,” said Erica Weight, the Chilliwack event organizer for RSC.
  Weight’s son CJ, 15, is a scooter rider who will be taking part.
  Fro
  
  Read more

Follow @AbbotsfordNws on Twitter!