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• Workers shouldn’t be used as ‘pawns’ in minimum wage fight: Wynne

  20-01-2018 16:30 via abbynews.com
  Comments from Kathleen Wynne after demonstrators rallied outside Tim Hortons locations across Canada
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• B.C. loses $1.5B GDP boost by building ferries in China, report finds

  12-09-2026 00:31 via abbynews.com
  
  Building four new BC Ferries ships in China will cost roughly $1.5 billion in lost GDP and cede the equivalent of 10,000 person-years of employment, according to a new report prepared for a group of unions pushing for future ferries to be built locally.
  The report also estimates that $413 million would have ended up in government coffers, offsetting construction costs.
  In May of 2025, BC Ferries selected a Chinese state-owned shipyard as the winning bidder to build four new massive hybrid-electr
  
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• BC Coroners Service launches inquiry into Abbotsford inmate death

  12-09-2026 00:10 via abbynews.com
  
  Nearly five years after the death of an inmate at Pacific Institution, the provincial government is now launching an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding this incident.
  Kendal Lee Campeau, 31, was three years into his seven-year sentence when he died from a methadone overdose on Nov. 14, 2021.
  Although originally from Saskatchewan, Campeau had been transferred to the Abbotsford institution after being assaulted in a different prison in 2019.
  It was while in custody at the Pacific Instituti
  
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• Conditional discharge for ex-B.C. Mountie, who had sex with vulnerable woman

  12-09-2026 00:08 via abbynews.com
  
  A former Vancouver Island RCMP officer, who interacted with a vulnerable woman while on duty and had sex with her after work, will not have a criminal record, provided he completes a probation order.Mark Tyler Hilland, 47, pleaded guilty to breach of trust by a public officer for a July 2, 2024 incident and was sentenced in B.C. provincial court in Nanaimo by Judge Reginald Harris on Friday, Sept. 11. Andrew McLean, Crown counsel sought a suspended sentence, which would lead to a criminal record
  
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• Alberta First Nation moving ahead with plans to protect gender-affirming care

  12-09-2026 00:03 via abbynews.com
  
  A First Nation in Alberta is planning to make its reserve lands a safe haven for gender-affirming care for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
  The Saddle Lake Cree Nation announced it would be pursuing these measures as a response to a series of bills from the Alberta government that place severe restrictions on transgender youth and their families. The announcement was made during a Treaty 6 gathering in Fort Pitt, Sask on Wednesday (Sept. 9).
  Dr. James Makokis, a Nehiyo two-spirit fami
  
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• Temporary traffic changes in effect to Fraser Highway freeway on-ramp in Abbotsford

  11-09-2026 23:49 via abbynews.com
  
  Drivers are advised to expect traffic-pattern changes on Highway 1 at Mt. Lehman Road, starting on Friday (Sept. 11).
  The changes are part of ongoing work related to the widening of the freeway through the Fraser Valley.
  Starting at 9 p.m. on Friday, the westbound Fraser Highway on-ramp to Highway 1 will be closed until 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 13.
  Drivers will be detoured via the westbound Mt. Lehman Road on-ramp. All other ramps will remain open.
  Additional traffic-pattern changes will be in
  
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• Williams Lake joins firefighters in remembering those lost in 9/11

  11-09-2026 23:20 via abbynews.com
  
  “Where were you when the world stopped turnin’ that September day?” by Alan Jackson played outside the Williams Lake Fire Hall on Friday, Sept. 11 as firefighters prepared to climb in remembrance of the 343 New York City Fire Department members who lost their lives 25 years ago.To honour and remember the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the Williams Lake Fire Department (WLFD) held an honour guard march before inviting everyone to join them and climb the WLFD tower starti
  
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• One airlifted to hospital following single-vehicle collision west of Williams Lake

  11-09-2026 23:12 via abbynews.com
  
  A single-vehicle collision near Riske Creek west of Williams Lake on Friday, Sept. 11, resulted in one person being airlifted to hospital.According to a news release, Williams Lake RCMP received a report of the incident at a remote location off Farwell Canyon Road at approximately 6:53 a.m.RCMP, BC Emergency Health Services, and Central Cariboo Search and Rescue personnel attended the scene, where they determined the vehicle had left the roadway and rolled down an embankment.
  “All four occ
  
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• One air-lifted to hospital following single-vehicle collision west of Williams Lake

  11-09-2026 23:12 via abbynews.com
  
  A single-vehicle collision near Riske Creek west of Williams Lake on Friday, Sept. 11, resulted in one person being air-lifted to hospital.According to a news release, Williams Lake RCMP received a report of the incident at a remote location off Farwell Canyon Road at approximately 6:53 a.m.RCMP, BC Emergency Health Services, and Central Cariboo Search and Rescue personnel attended the scene, where they determined the vehicle had left the roadway and rolled down an embankment.
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• Youth Centre in Abbotsford celebrates grand reopening

  11-09-2026 21:51 via abbynews.com
  
  The Abbotsford Youth Commission (AYC) celebrated the grand reopening of its newly refreshed MRC Youth Centre on Wednesday (Sept. 9).
  More than 70 community partners, dignitaries, supporters and guests were on hand see the transformed space at Matsqui Recreation Centre and to celebrate its importance to local youth.
  The afternoon included an open house followed by remarks from AYC executive director Bev Olfert and Mayor Ross Siemens, and an official ribbon cutting with the mayor and MRC youth.
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• B.C. Cattlemen partner with Alberta Beef Producers to provide feed to local ranchers in need

  11-09-2026 21:38 via abbynews.com
  
  The B.C. Cattlemen’s Association (BCCA) is teaming up with the Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) to support ranchers and livestock producers impacted by the 2026 wildfire season.On Friday, Sept. 11, the BCCA put out a release announcing the partnership. By working with the ABP, the BCCA aims to connect B.C. livestock producers facing feed shortages and/or wildfire impacts with Alberta livestock producers who have extra feed, pasture, or other cattle-feeding capacity.“This has been an incr
  
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• Former B.C. Conservative Teresa Wat joining Peter Milobar’s new party

  11-09-2026 20:20 via abbynews.com
  
  Richmond-Bridgeport MLA Teresa Wat announced Friday that she is joining the new political party — as yet unnamed — currently led on an interim basis by Kamloops Centre MLA Peter Milobar.
  “After careful consideration, I have decided to join Peter and the growing team of sitting MLAs to help build this new party,” Wat said in a news release announcing her decision. “I believe that this party can bring people together from across our province and replace the NDP as Bri
  
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• Plant sale fundraiser offers Fraser Valley fall foliage finds

  11-09-2026 20:19 via abbynews.com
  
  Even with the autumn weather fast approaching, there is still plenty of plant-related fun to be had, including the fall native plant sale throughout the month of September.
  Hosted by the Fraser Valley Conservancy, this annual event offers people the chance to grab a native tree, shrub, or fern to add to their yards while supporting the local ecosystem.
  Fraser Valley Conservancy executive director Joanne Neilson said this sale contains some native plants that are otherwise difficult to find.
  She
  
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• Floating RV on B.C. river sparks social media speculation

  11-09-2026 19:17 via abbynews.com
  
  A homemade “houseboat” on a South Surrey river has stirred up some attention on local social media community groups.
  Comprised of an RV sitting on a raft made of barrels, what appear to be aluminum or steel beams, and strips of plywood attached together with some kind of straps, the floating vessel is moored on the Nicomekl River in Surrey, near Nicomekl Portage Park and the old Elgin Road bridge behind the Crescent Road Esso.
  On social media, photos of the project started circulatin
  
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• Seniors glory in the cards at 55+ BC Games in Kamloops

  11-09-2026 19:10 via abbynews.com
  
  You know who has it rough at the 55+ BC Games in Kamloops this week?
  Cribbage players.
  I don’t say that – well, yes, I suppose I do – because I’m a participant in the gruelling card game that has fractured familial relationships.
  At least, in my family.
  Take my late, great Uncle Norm, for example, who once infuriated his brother – my father, Bill – with, as my dad so elequently put it, “such *&^&^%$#@! luck” in a cribbage game that Bill rip
  
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• Abbotsford adds 700 jobs in August as province loses thousands

  11-09-2026 19:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Despite many parts of the province bleeding jobs in August, Abbotsford went through a period of significant growth.
  Statistics Canada revealed that 700 local jobs were added last month, bringing the city to a total of 90,100.As a result, the employment rate saw a slight bump from 61.3 to 61.5 per cent.
  The local unemployment rate saw an equal change in the opposite direction, dropping from its multi-year high of 8.6 per cent to 8.4 per cent.B.C. as a whole experienced a rough August, with the pr
  
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• Sukhi Dhami enters mayoral race in Abbotsford

  11-09-2026 18:35 via abbynews.com
  
  Small-business owner and farmer Sukhi Dhami has announced his candidacy to be Abbotsford’s next mayor.
  Dhami, who is also a land-use consultant, made the announcement on Friday (Sept. 11), saying he is running with the message, “We can do more, and we can get more done for more people.”
  He said he running to “bring new energy, responsiveness and a better customer/resident experience to city hall.”
  Dhami, raised and educated in Abbotsford, said he knows the city is r
  
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• 9/11: A solemn reflection by a Lower Mainland fire chief

  11-09-2026 14:00 via abbynews.com
  
  In the days leading up to the 25th anniversary of 9/11, social media exploded with videos of the terrifying moments in New York City after two airplanes plowed into both towers of the World Trade Center.
  A few days ago, Maple Ridge fire chief Dave Samson was watching one such video of New York firefighters racing into one of the towers when he caught the name on the firefighter’s turnout coat.It read “Burnside.”
  Samson recognized it immediately. Turns out that back in 2001, day
  
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• Vancouver Canucks, Seattle Kraken reveal rosters for Prospects Showcase in Abbotsford

  11-09-2026 07:41 via abbynews.com
  
  Some of the top prospects for both the Seattle Kraken and the Vancouver Canucks are invading Abbotsford’s Rogers Forum this weekend and both teams have shared who is making the trip.
  The pair of games run on Saturday (Sept. 12) at 4 p.m. and Sunday (Sept. 13) at 1 p.m. The Canucks also host a practice at Rogers Forum on Friday (Sept. 11) at 11 a.m.
  Abbotsford Canucks fans will be familiar with several of the players hitting the ice including: forwards Vilmer Alriksson, Austin Brimmer, Ty M
  
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• ICBC to replace all 140 intersection cameras with updated technology

  11-09-2026 01:53 via abbynews.com
  
  The 140 aging intersection cameras across B.C. are set for replacement.
  The Ministry of the Attorney General announced Thursday (Sept. 10) that the intersection cameras at some of B.C.’s highest-risk intersections will be getting the upgraded technology.
  ICBC has selected Jenoptik Canada through a competitive procurement to supply and install the new cameras and to maintain them for as long as 10 years, the ministry said. The cost comes in at $67 million over the life of the contract.
  With
  
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• Michael Bublé in Surrey for demolition of Safeway building on arena site

  11-09-2026 01:23 via abbynews.com
  
  Demolition of an old Safeway store in Surrey began Thursday, Sept. 10, on the proposed future site of an arena, conference centre, hotel, entertainment district and housing.Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke operated an excavator that ripped into the brick building at King George Boulevard and 104 Avenue, where plans are to build a 10,000-seat arena and event plaza with the Western Hockey League’s Vancouver Giants as anchor tenant, in a move from Langley Events Centre.
  Michael Bublé, Giants
  
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• ‘People are scared’: B.C. politicians push for safer Highway 1 after string of fatal collisions

  11-09-2026 01:20 via abbynews.com
  
  The provincial and federal politicians for Revelstoke are pushing B.C.’s transport minister to take swift action to improve safety along the Trans-Canada Highway, in the wake of recent tragedies.
  Four vehicle collisions on Highway 1 within 68 hours between Sicamous and Revelstoke resulted in at least six injuries and three fatalities, Black Press Media reported last week.
  This string of crashes and hours-long closures has peaked fear among residents and travellers who rely on the highway.
  
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• Proposed WorkSafeBC changes would require employers to consider ‘psychosocial hazards’

  11-09-2026 01:17 via abbynews.com
  
  WorkSafeBC is proposing rule changes that would require employers to limit “psychosocial hazards” in the workplace, revisions that would label many normal parts of a job or jobsite as a potential source of harm.
  Industry advocates say this would create an impossible standard, allowing employees to challenge everything from how hard they are asked to work to crew size to the way a boss speaks to them.
  “Essentially, they’re saying every part of a job is a hazard, whether it
  
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• Kootenay family asks for support after aggressive Stage 4 cancer diagnosis

  10-09-2026 23:52 via abbynews.com
  
  A family in Gray Creek have started a GoFundMe page to help with travel and living expenses while a member of the family battles cancer.
  At only 38 years-old, John Tallman, has been diagnosed with aggressive grade 4 astrocytoma, which is a type of Stage 4 brain cancer.
  This is not Tallman’s first battle with cancer. About four years ago, he fought and beat the cancer twice; however, in July 2026, the cancer returned.Tallman received brain surgery at Foothills Hospital in Calgary at the beg
  
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• UBCM to take province to task for secrecy, funding cuts at annual conference

  10-09-2026 23:25 via abbynews.com
  
  Local government leaders gathering in Vancouver next week plan to press the province on its ever-increasing “climate of secrecy,” as well as the withdrawal of key local funding streams.
  Three special resolutions are being introduced at the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) conference to advocate for renewed FireSmart funding, the reinstatement of $775 million in axed payouts from the Community Housing Fund, and for the provincial government to stop the “misuse” o
  
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• Former northwest B.C. teacher banned following sexual relationship with former student

  10-09-2026 23:12 via abbynews.com
  
  WARNING: This article contains details about a sexual assault and may be disturbing to some readers. If you or someone you know has been impacted by sexual violence, contact the 24-hour Sexual Assault Support Crisis line at 1-877-954-6242 or the RCMP.
  A former teacher with School District 82 has agreed to a lifetime ban on teaching in any position requiring a provincial qualification certificate after admitting to having a sexual relationship with a former student.
  Ted Ewald, who has taught at C
  
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• Man arrested after alleged South Surrey assault, crash

  10-09-2026 23:09 via abbynews.com
  
  A man has been arrested and charged after allegedly assaulting someone at a South Surrey park.
  On Wednesday (Sept. 9), Surrey Police Service was called to Redwood Park near 179 Street and 20 Avenue in Surrey around 4:45 p.m., after a man allegedly assaulted someone else.
  When the alleged assault victim attempted to drive away in his Ford pickup truck, the suspect drive his Jeep Wrangler into it, an SPS release shared, and when the victim ran from the truck, the suspect allegedly brandished a kni
  
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• Car show draws thousands, 1,500 cars to Langley

  10-09-2026 22:54 via abbynews.com
  
  As the car show hits Aldergrove for its 27th annual event, organizers are balancing the history that has made the Langley Good Times Cruise-In a local tradition with new additions.
  “We always want to give people a reason to come back and experience something new each year,” said Cruise-In president Braden Ulvild.
  “That means bringing in new voices, new displays, new entertainment, and new experiences, while still holding onto the things people have always loved about the show.&
  
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• Reflecting on 10 years of community forest investment: FESBC

  10-09-2026 22:36 via abbynews.com
  
  The Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC) marked its 10th anniversary by reflecting on community forests across the province.The reflection came in a Sept. 9 press release, titled “A Decade of Impact: Investing in Community Forests for the Long-Term,” and speaks of the investments that have supported community forest projects across B.C.“From wildfire risk reduction and ecosystem restoration to better fibre utilization and local employment, these investments have helped comm
  
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• Patricia Eveleen Norgaard

  10-09-2026 22:30 via abbynews.com
  
  October 30, 1940 – August 12, 2026Our wonderful mother, grandmother, sister and friend, Patricia (Patsy) Norgaard passed away peacefully at the Royal Columbian Hospital on August 12th, 2026. Her sister, son and daughter were all by her side as she passed.
  Patsy was born in Vancouver but lived most of her early years in Vanderhoof, BC, the daughter of Jerrold and Florence Johnson (both deceased). She was the oldest of three children. Her younger brother Larry predeceased her a number of yea
  
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