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• Highway 1 reopens after large fire at Abbotsford mill Wednesday

  10-08-2017 15:04 via vancouversun.com
  Roads in and out of Abbotsford were snarled Wednesday evening after a large fire broke out at a mill on the west side of the city. 
  The blaze, which has been extinguished except for a few hot spots, according to Abbotsford fire chief Don Beer, was located at Precision Custom, a lumber yard at the 30500 block of Matsqui Place, just across the freeway from the Highstreet Shopping Centre. 
  Precision Custom specializes in dry wood and had two kiln buildings that were at risk.
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• International: 30 bestselling books of the week for July 4

  10-07-2026 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
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• Truck brings down power lines, starts small brush fire on Malahat

  10-07-2026 19:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  The incident occurred at approximately 3:40 p.m. on July 9. Shawnigan Lake RCMP responded to the area of South Shawnigan Lake Road and the Trans-Canada Highway.
  
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• Canada orders deportation of ‘bottom-tier’ member of Bishnoi gang

  10-07-2026 19:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  While Bishnoi gang leaders face racketeering charges, Jashandeep Singh is among the lower-level suspects Canada has opted to deport rather than prosecute.
  
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• This B.C. island has been named the best in Canada 

  10-07-2026 18:56 via vancouversun.com
  
  Canada is home to more than 52,000 islands. And the best one is apparently right off the coast of B.C. Read More
  
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• Conversations That Matter: How to stop child sex trafficking

  10-07-2026 16:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  “If a young teen sends a nude photo of themself in exchange for a gift card or a ride or something else that they want, they are being sex trafficked," says Cathy Peters, the author of Child Sex Trafficking in the U.S.A. and How to Stop It. Read More
  
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• World Cup 2026: Lessons Vancouver learned and what comes next

  10-07-2026 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Vancouver streets and restaurant patios near World Cup fan zones have largely been electric for the last four weeks, exceeding many expectations for how this city would embrace being a FIFA host. Read More
  
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• Is there room for an oil shipping terminal at Roberts Bank with a second container port planned?

  10-07-2026 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  There is a big question hanging over the choice of Roberts Bank in Delta as the location for a new oil shipping terminal. Read More
  
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• Douglas Todd: Why is Kerrisdale Village thriving while nearby Dunbar and Point Grey struggle?

  10-07-2026 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  The sidewalks of Kerrisdale Village shopping district were hopping this week. Read More
  
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• Amelia Boultbee's floor-crossing could give B.C. NDP ability to court centrist voters, say experts

  10-07-2026 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  The NDP received good news last week with the floor-crossing of independent Penticton-Summerland MLA Amelia Boultbee, but experts say that what this means for the governing party's electoral prospects remains unclear. Read More
  
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• Second boat was with B.C. charter before fatal sinking, raising rescue questions

  10-07-2026 13:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Six people were lost at sea — now feared drowned — and a rescue operation was underway that saved four others, after a fishing boat sank off the coast of Vancouver.
  
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• ‘Every day matters’: One B.C. family’s race to save their little boy

  10-07-2026 04:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  His family noticed Clyde was stumbling and could no longer use the stairs he was diagnosed with metachromatic leukodystrophy, a genetic disease that attacks the nervous system.
  
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• ‘Extraordinarily rare’ dolphin sightings reported in B.C.’s waters

  10-07-2026 04:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Video shot in Esperanza Inlet on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island captured an extremely rare sighting of a long-beaked common dolphin.
  
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• Amber alert issued for six-year-old Lanakai Morrison from Alberta

  10-07-2026 04:03 via vancouversun.com
  
  Mounties in Beaverlodge, Alberta are searching for an abducted boy, who was last seen Thursday morning in B.C. Read More
  
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• Amber alert issued for six-year-old Alberta boy last seen in B.C.

  10-07-2026 04:03 via vancouversun.com
  
  Mounties in Beaverlodge, Alberta are searching for an abducted boy, who was last seen Thursday morning in B.C. Read More
  
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• Passenger disputes with Canadian airlines can't be kept secret: Court ruling

  10-07-2026 03:34 via vancouversun.com
  
  An Ontario court has ordered a federal government tribunal to make public its decisions about passengers’ complaints against Canadian airlines, after the judge agreed that keeping them secret was unconstitutional. Read More
  
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• First Nation challenges port plan to dredge Metro Vancouver's Second Narrows for oil tankers

  10-07-2026 02:25 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Tsleil-Waututh Nation is asking a court to stop the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority from dredging the Second Narrows, a scheme to accommodate fuller oil tankers shipping crude from the Trans Mountain pipeline. Read More
  
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• Chainsaw-wielding man in Vancouver's West End arrested and charged

  10-07-2026 02:06 via vancouversun.com
  
  A man has been charged following a chainsaw incident in Vancouver's West End on Wednesday night. Read More
  
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• Chainsaw-wielding man arrested and charged in Vancouver's West End

  10-07-2026 02:06 via vancouversun.com
  
  A man has been charged following a chainsaw incident in Vancouver's West End on Wednesday night. Read More
  
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• Canada sub decision a big deal for B.C.-based Seaspan Shipyards

  10-07-2026 01:56 via vancouversun.com
  
  The dust has barely settled from Ottawa's decision this week to select a German-Norwegian group to build new Royal Canadian Navy submarines, but B.C.'s Seaspan is already launching into the next round for its role in the deal. Read More
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Weeks after half-baked condo announcement, government still mum on details

  10-07-2026 01:48 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA —The federal and provincial plan to buy up unsold condos for first-time homeowners remains shrouded in mystery, denial and backtracking, three weeks after Premier David Eby and Prime Minister Mark Carney promised it. Read More
  
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• B.C. wants millions in assets from accused in massive U.S. drug and extortion case

  10-07-2026 01:41 via vancouversun.com
  
  The B.C. government wants to keep three properties worth more than $11 million linked to an accused drug smuggler whom U.S. authorities allege aided an Indian-based gang involved in extortions and contract killings. Read More
  
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• Westbank CEO accused of 'hobnobbing with the rich and powerful' during World Cup instead of attending deposition in court case

  10-07-2026 01:33 via vancouversun.com
  
  The CEO of Westbank Corp., a top Vancouver developer, has been accused of skipping a scheduled deposition in a court case in favour of "hobnobbing with the rich and powerful" while the World Cup was in town. Read More
  
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• B.C. resort owner says devastating wildfire was like a ‘Michael Bay film’

  10-07-2026 01:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  The owners and staff are now facing their most challenging summer yet after a devastating wildfire swept through their property this week.
  
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• World Cup: Mbappé missed his moment for France; so he conjured another

  10-07-2026 00:20 via theprovince.com
  
  He stuttered, he started, and then stumbled when France needed him most. Kylian Mbappé’s first-half missed penalty kick against Morocco loomed like an angry boil in the World Cup quarterfinal, the best scoring chance Les Bleus had mustered against Morocco. Read More
  
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• France 2, Morocco 0: Les Bleus send Morocco home for the second-straight World Cup

  10-07-2026 00:20 via theprovince.com
  
  He stuttered, he started, and then stumbled when France needed him most. Kylian Mbappé’s first-half missed penalty kick against Morocco loomed like an angry boil in the World Cup quarterfinal, the best scoring chance Les Bleus had mustered against Morocco. Read More
  
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• Man sentenced to life in prison for shooting death of Vancouver teen bystander

  10-07-2026 00:07 via vancouversun.com
  
  Kane Carter, the man found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of a teenage passerby eight years ago in Vancouver, has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 17 years. Read More
  
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• WATCH: Global Okanagan News at 5:30 p.m. – July 9

  10-07-2026 00:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Watch the online news edition of Global Okanagan at 5:30 p.m.
  
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• WATCH: Global News Hour at 6 BC: July 9

  10-07-2026 00:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Watch the online edition of Global News Hour at 6 BC.
  
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• Another Ontario police service warns of distraction thefts

  09-07-2026 23:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Brockville police are warning the public after another distraction-style jewelry theft, the latest in a string of similar scams reported across Canada.
  
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