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Election season has one more stop. With the municipal results in across the Fraser Valley, B.C. voters head back to the polls this Saturday, October 24, for the provincial election. Polls are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and if you haven’t registered yet, you can do it at your polling place. Your Where to Vote card is handy to bring, but you can vote without it. The basics are in the news summaries below.

If you’re looking for something to do before Saturday, the Chilliwack Piecemakers Quilt Guild is showing off its 2026 quilts at Chilliwack Alliance Church on October 23 and 24, with everything from traditional patterns to contemporary designs.

– Emily

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🚘 Driving today? Check the current traffic situation via Google, and find DriveBC’s latest updates.

🛣 Click here for links to road cameras across the Fraser Valley, including those for the Coquihalla, Highway 7, Hope-Princeton, Fraser Canyon, and Highway 1 in Langley and Abbotsford.

🏠 Abbotsford’s 2026 Point-in-Time Count found 521 people experiencing homelessness, down 133 from 654 in 2025 and the city’s first decline in several years, according to the city. [City of Abbotsford]

⚖️ A B.C. judge ruled that the 25-year parole ineligibility for the three men convicted of killing Arnold and Joanne De Jong in Abbotsford in 2022 breaches their Charter rights, pushing sentencing to February. [CBC News]

📰 BC Conservative candidate Heather Maahs is standing by a 2021 blog post, written while she was a Chilliwack school trustee, that defended a school fundraiser called “Slave for a Day” and a student’s use of Blackface in a school play, Press Progress reports. She says teachers were “using drama for instruction.” [Press Progress]

🗳️ B.C. voters head to the polls October 24, with voting from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and anyone not yet registered can sign up at their polling place. [Langley Advance Times]

🚲 UFV and its community partners are offering free access to five adaptive bikes for the Vedder Rotary Trail, trained student and faculty volunteers will support riders. [UFV]

🇨🇦 Langley City and the District of Hope have lowered flags to half-mast to honour the four soldiers killed and those injured at CFB Wainwright. [City of Langley, District of Hope]

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Stories of Place: The first chapter of a free, five-part public series, “Belonging Begins with Welcome,” runs October 23 at UFV’s Abbotsford campus, with storytellers Stephanie Ohlmann, Akberet Beyene, and Albino Nyuol sharing what helps people feel they belong.

Chilliwack PieceMakers Quilt Show: The Chilliwack Piecemakers Quilt Guild shows off quilts from traditional patterns to contemporary designs at Chilliwack Alliance Church on October 23 and 24.

Edge of the Knife: The Abbotsford Film Society screens the first feature film made in the Haida language, a story set in 19th-century Haida Gwaii, at the Abbotsford Arts Centre on October 23.

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