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Abbotsford performers DJ Heer and A.S.M. have dropped a new single to support the Vancouver Canucks on the team’s upcoming playoff journey. (Facebook photo)

Abbotsford performers release Vancouver Canucks inspired music video ahead of playoffs

Game Night features the work of Abbotsford’s DJ Heer and rapper A.S.M.

 

Bradner Road rest stop in Abbotsford on April 5. (Ryleigh Mulvihill/Abbotsford News)

Encampment at Abbotsford’s Bradner rest area displaced for construction

Rest area to close this summer; Ministry of Transportation will offer support

 

Abbotsford’s Cade Smith had a successful debut on the Major League Baseball mound with the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday (March 30). (MLB photo)

B.C.’s Cade Smith impresses in MLB debut with Cleveland

MEI grad strikes out five in two innings as the Guardians defeat Oakland Athletics

 

Kevin Bergstresser displays his Lego replica of Fort Langley Community Hall. (Submitted photo)

Abbotsford man participates in largest public exhibition of Lego in B.C.

Kevin Bergstresser builds models of buildings and city landscapes

Kevin Bergstresser displays his Lego replica of Fort Langley Community Hall. (Submitted photo)
Sheldon Guy speaks to St. John Brebeuf students. (Ryleigh Mulvihill/Abbotsford News)

VIDEO: Blind basketball coach inspires Abbotsford high school students

Langley Secondary School coach Sheldon Guy shares lessons learned since losing his sight in 2021

Sheldon Guy speaks to St. John Brebeuf students. (Ryleigh Mulvihill/Abbotsford News)
Abbotsford wrestler Sunny Dhinsa – aka: Akam – makes his WrestleMania debut on Sunday (April 7). (WWE photo)

B.C. pro wrestler making WrestleMania debut on Sunday

W.J. Mouat grad Sunny Dhinsa – aka: Akam – competing in Philadelphia Street Fight

Abbotsford wrestler Sunny Dhinsa – aka: Akam – makes his WrestleMania debut on Sunday (April 7). (WWE photo)
Abbotsford’s Cade Smith had a successful debut on the Major League Baseball mound with the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday (March 30). (MLB photo)

B.C.’s Cade Smith impresses in MLB debut with Cleveland

MEI grad strikes out five pitchers in two innings as the Guardians defeat Oakland Athletics

Abbotsford’s Cade Smith had a successful debut on the Major League Baseball mound with the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday (March 30). (MLB photo)
Thousands of cheerleaders were in Abbotsford for the BC Provincial Championships 2024 at the Tradex in Abbotsford on Saturday, March 9, 2024. (John Morrow/ Abbotsford News)

PHOTOS: Thousands of B.C. athletes in Abbotsford for cheer championships

BC Sport Cheer held provincial championships at Tradex in Abbotsford

Thousands of cheerleaders were in Abbotsford for the BC Provincial Championships 2024 at the Tradex in Abbotsford on Saturday, March 9, 2024. (John Morrow/ Abbotsford News)
Friends and family gather at Ben Lee Park for a vigil for 15-year-old Tristan Seeger who was stuck and killed by a vehicle on Oct. 21. The incident is being investigated as a homicide. (Brittany Webster/Black Press Media)

Kelowna mom who lost son speaks out after B.C. teens ‘deliberately’ hit by car

Youth were chased and struck by a vehicle in Abbotsford on Feb. 14

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Friends and family gather at Ben Lee Park for a vigil for 15-year-old Tristan Seeger who was stuck and killed by a vehicle on Oct. 21. The incident is being investigated as a homicide. (Brittany Webster/Black Press Media)
Paula Deschamps and her son Justin. (Special to the Langley Advance Times)

Convicted killer receives major inheritance from late Aldergrove boss

The son of a woman killed by William McSpadden was shocked to hear the news

Paula Deschamps and her son Justin. (Special to the Langley Advance Times)
Nick Taylor, of Canada, celebrates his win over Charley Hoffman on the 18th green on the second playoff hole of the Phoenix Open golf tournament Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

B.C.’s Nick Taylor wins Phoenix Open with birdie on 2nd hole

35-year-old Abbotsford resident faced off against Charley Hoffman Sunday

Nick Taylor, of Canada, celebrates his win over Charley Hoffman on the 18th green on the second playoff hole of the Phoenix Open golf tournament Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Abbotsford’s Chrissa Perez has advanced to week two of The Bachelor. She is the first Abbotsford resident to earn a rose on the hit show.

B.C. resident earns rose on week one of The Bachelor

Abbotsford’s Chrissa Perez one of 22 women to advance to week two on the hit show

Abbotsford’s Chrissa Perez has advanced to week two of The Bachelor. She is the first Abbotsford resident to earn a rose on the hit show.
An Abbotsford women refused to believe a fellow gym patron was a woman and insisted she did not belong in the She’s Fit section at Trevor Linden Fitness.

VIDEO: Abbotsford woman berated at gym for working out in women’s only section

Parneet Khangura told by fellow patron to leave female section of Abbotsford gym despite being woman

An Abbotsford women refused to believe a fellow gym patron was a woman and insisted she did not belong in the She’s Fit section at Trevor Linden Fitness.
Katerina Hill (left), her sister Rose Hill (middle) and sister Taysia Hill have launched a fundraiser to travel to the Philippines next month to compete at the World Skate Championships. (Submitted)

After mom’s death, B.C.’s Hill sisters launch fundraiser for skate championships trip

Top-ranked Katerina Hill becomes legal guardian of siblings after mom’s death, now all three compete

Katerina Hill (left), her sister Rose Hill (middle) and sister Taysia Hill have launched a fundraiser to travel to the Philippines next month to compete at the World Skate Championships. (Submitted)
Abbotsford’s Sophie Schmidt will play her final game in Canadian colours on Tuesday (Dec. 5). (Instagram photo)

Abbotsford’s Sophie Schmidt playing final game for Canada

Schmidt will wear the red and white for the final time at BC Place on Dec. 5

Abbotsford’s Sophie Schmidt will play her final game in Canadian colours on Tuesday (Dec. 5). (Instagram photo)
Chilliwack farmer Bill Shoker uploaded several videos to his public Facebook page prior to a crash reportedly involving his tractor on the highway later in the day. (Bill Shoker/Facebook)

Chilliwack farmer part of anti-SOGI convoy when tractor crashed on highway

Bill Shoker recorded videos saying stunt was part of anti-SOGI 123 protest

Chilliwack farmer Bill Shoker uploaded several videos to his public Facebook page prior to a crash reportedly involving his tractor on the highway later in the day. (Bill Shoker/Facebook)
Protestors run to the back of the farm at Abbotsford’s Excelsior Hog Farm on Sunday morning. (Ben Lypka/Abbotsford News)

Awaiting decision on appeal for re-trial of convicted B.C. hog farm activists

Activists Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer filed the appeal in April 2022

Protestors run to the back of the farm at Abbotsford’s Excelsior Hog Farm on Sunday morning. (Ben Lypka/Abbotsford News)
Former MMA fighter Kultar Gill has been charged with dangerous operation of a vehicle casing bodily harm in connection to an incident in Aldergrove on Sunday, Oct. 29. (Ben Lypka/Black Press Media)

‘Black Mamba’ charged, car rams B.C. RCMP station as woman hangs out door

New charges against former MMA fighter Kultar Gill in Langley police station crash

Former MMA fighter Kultar Gill has been charged with dangerous operation of a vehicle casing bodily harm in connection to an incident in Aldergrove on Sunday, Oct. 29. (Ben Lypka/Black Press Media)
Canucks players take a knee as medical staff tends to teammate Vasily Podkolzin, who suffered a serious injury on Wednesday (Oct. 25) against Colorado. (Kevin Gillies photo)

Abbotsford Canucks win, but all attention on Podkolzin after scary incident

Canucks prospect slammed awkwardly to ice by Eagles defender, left playing surface on stretcher

Canucks players take a knee as medical staff tends to teammate Vasily Podkolzin, who suffered a serious injury on Wednesday (Oct. 25) against Colorado. (Kevin Gillies photo)
Zachary Clay performs on Pommel during the Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus Final at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games. (Santiago2023 Daniel Lea)

Fraser Valley’s Zachary Clay becomes first Canadian to win Pan Am gold in pommel horse

Chilliwack resident, Abbotsford-trained athlete has already won two medals at Pan Am Games

Zachary Clay performs on Pommel during the Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus Final at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games. (Santiago2023 Daniel Lea)