Abbotsford News

Vancouver school board mandates masks for K-3 students, citing uptick in COVID among kids

Provincial health order only mandates masks for children in Grade 4 and up

VIDEO: Joyce Echaquan’s loved ones urge action on racism on anniversary of her death

Mother of seven was mocked by staff as she lay dying in a Quebec hospital

  • Sep 28, 2021

White House says Biden pressed China’s Xi to release Canada’s two Michaels

Presidential press secretary played down any link between the release and the Meng Wanzhou case

  • Sep 28, 2021

White Rock resident calls out ‘sadistic’ practice after raccoon caught in leg-hold trap

Juvenile raccoon was spotted dragging the trap around the city's west end

‘Removing the gift of life’: COVID-19 wave pushing back organ transplants

Staff being redeployed in Saskatchewan to care for fourth wave of COVID-19 patients

  • Sep 27, 2021

Abbotsford referee receives opportunity at Canucks scrimmage

Brayden Stewart, who also plays for the Mission City Outlaws, officiated Friday scrimmage

Alberta doctors raise alarm on specialist staff shortages in intensive care wards

Alberta Health Services briefing doctors on criteria to use should the health system collapse

  • Sep 27, 2021

Anita Hill still waits for change, 30 years after testimony

Woman at the centre of landmark sexual harassment case releases book on gender violence

  • Sep 27, 2021

Annamie Paul stepping down as leader of federal Green Party

Paul came in fourth in Toronto Centre, her third failed attempt to win the riding

  • Sep 27, 2021

Asian woman, 82, shoved from behind in Vancouver; 1 person arrested in possible hate crime

Attacks against people of Asian descent have increased sharply during the pandemic

B.C. allocates $1.5M to mental health services for Indigenous Peoples, residential school survivors

Money will go towards providing culturally safe, trauma informed services

B.C. confirms 2,239 more COVID-19 cases since Friday, 18 deaths

5 new health-care outbreaks, 5 more declared over

B.C. doubles grants for new technology jobs, eases degree rules

$29M program redirected to under-represented groups

Businesses, schools and cities observing National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Sept. 30 set aside to mark the history of and intergenerational trauma caused by residential schools

  • Sep 27, 2021

Direct passenger flights from India resume as Canada lifts ban

Direct flights from India can land in Canada, but travellers must have a negative COVID-19 test

  • Sep 27, 2021

Ekman-Larsson has 2 points as Canucks down Flames 4-2 in NHL exhibition action

Vancouver doubles up on Calgary in game played in Abbotsford

  • Sep 27, 2021

Ex-B.C. MP says Tories could have done better job talking to Chinese Canadians

Kenny Chiu says false online posts were made about Conservative discrimination

  • Sep 27, 2021

Fast-spreading disease has ‘100s’ of deer dropping dead on Vancouver Island

Never seen before in B.C. Adenovirus hemorrhagic disease poses no risk to humans, livestock or pets

Father struck, killed by pickup truck in Okanagan in front of young son

The victim's 12-year-old son witnessed tragic incident that closed Hwy. 6 in Coldstream Friday evening

  • Sep 27, 2021

Former Kelowna social worker pleads guilty to defrauding youth in his care

Saunders is accused of stealing money from at-risk youth in his care, many of whom are Indigenous

  • Sep 27, 2021