Abbotsford News

Denied cross-border shoppers, some U.S. companies opt to export to Canada instead

Ongoing closure of the Mexican and Canadian land borders is costing U.S. businesses $1.5 billion a month

  • Sep 26, 2021

Fishers, experts await details on Ottawa’s latest plan to save Pacific salmon

Fisheries and Oceans said stocks are declining to 'historic lows' due to climate change, habitat loss

  • Sep 26, 2021

Indigenous Tim Hortons owners drive campaign for residential school survivors

Tim Hortons will donate 100 per cent of the retail price of orange-sprinkled doughnuts for one

  • Sep 26, 2021

Kraken released: Seattle opens NHL preseason with 5-3 win over Vancouver Canucks

Expansion side rallies from 2-0 deficit to earn the victory

  • Sep 26, 2021

Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor back in Canada after detention in China

Meng's arrest in Vancouver in December 2018 at the behest of the U.S. has been a source of simmering tensions

  • Sep 26, 2021

Missing teen boy, 15, found dead northeast of Squamish

Richie Stelmack had been missing since Sept. 22

Plastic resin emerges as tiniest example of enduring COVID-19 supply chain crunch

Experts say plastic prices are one a factor pushing up the cost of materials and contributing to inflation

  • Sep 26, 2021

Survivor offers advice on how to honour National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Geraldine Shingoose believes it's important to listen to survivors' experiences

  • Sep 26, 2021

U.S. investigators probe Amtrak derailment that killed 3 people

Train was carrying about 141 passengers and 16 crew members and had 2 locomotives and 10 cars

Body found in burnt-out pickup truck in Maple Ridge

Homicide investigators called in

Canadian Catholic bishops ‘apologize unequivocally’ for residential schools

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops agreed to the wording of the one-page statement

  • Sep 25, 2021

Dave Sidhu wins Abbotsford city council byelection

Sidhu collects 7,829 votes to eclipse the competition by a large amount

Fraser Valley naturopath fights order to stop selling human poop in dubious treatments

Jason Klop takes legal action against College of Naturopathic Physicians of B.C.

  • Sep 25, 2021

Kovrig and Spavor on way back to Canada after nearly three years detention in China

Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig were free and bound for home late Friday

  • Sep 25, 2021

PHOTOS: Vancouver Canucks hold final day of training camp in Abbotsford

NHL team next travels to Spokane to take on the Seattle Kraken on Sunday night

Search of Naomi Onotera house wraps up

Police leave scene, remove barricades, at home of missing Langley City woman

There are new rules about employment insurance. Here’s what you need to know.

The employment insurance system is set for another round of pandemic-related changes

  • Sep 25, 2021

VIDEO: Payton Mount leads Giants to 3-1 victory over Prince George

A hat trick in the last pre-season game

  • Sep 25, 2021

WATCH: Extinction Rebellion leads climate protest down Vancouver’s Main Street

Organizers are gearing up for further action in October

  • Sep 25, 2021

‘It’s really frustrating’: BCTF fears more school closures due to lack of COVID safety measures

BCTF president Teri Mooring renews calls for K–12 mask mandate and ventilation improvements

  • Sep 24, 2021