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Matsqui First Nation Chief Alice McKay speaks Wednesday morning (Feb. 21) at a press conference at the band’s community centre. (Ryleigh Mulvihill/Abbotsford News)

B.C. First Nation community receives $59M for lands taken by power company

Federal government provides compensation to Matsqui band in Abbotsford

Matsqui First Nation Chief Alice McKay speaks Wednesday morning (Feb. 21) at a press conference at the band’s community centre. (Ryleigh Mulvihill/Abbotsford News)
Items recently seized during an investigation led by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit included contraband tobacco and alcohol, drugs, 32 guns, and eight vehicles. (CFSEU photo)

Police record largest tobacco bust in B.C. history, valued at $11M

CFSEU executes search warrants in Langley, Abbotsford, Surrey and Victoria

Items recently seized during an investigation led by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit included contraband tobacco and alcohol, drugs, 32 guns, and eight vehicles. (CFSEU photo)
Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer spoke outside the Abbotsford Law Courts on Oct. 12, 2022 prior to their sentencing. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)

Guilty verdicts stand for 2 Abbotsford hog-farm protesters

Amy Soranno and Nick Schafter now plan to appeal 30-day sentence

Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer spoke outside the Abbotsford Law Courts on Oct. 12, 2022 prior to their sentencing. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)
An online fundraising campaign has begun in support of Warren and Jen Maarhuis, who are both battling cancer. They are pictured with their daughters Charlotte and Hailey.

Abbotsford cop and wife both battle cancer; online campaign underway

GoFundMe page to help ease financial strain for couple with two daughters

An online fundraising campaign has begun in support of Warren and Jen Maarhuis, who are both battling cancer. They are pictured with their daughters Charlotte and Hailey.
Methamphetamine and cocaine were found hidden in a suitcase at Abbotsford International Airport in March 2023. Martha Alvarado Lopez of Mexico has now been sentenced for drug smuggling. (CBSA photo)

Mexican traveller gets 6 years for smuggling drugs at Abbotsford airport

Martha Alvarado Lopez had meth and cocaine hidden in suitcase

Methamphetamine and cocaine were found hidden in a suitcase at Abbotsford International Airport in March 2023. Martha Alvarado Lopez of Mexico has now been sentenced for drug smuggling. (CBSA photo)
Roy Heide of Abbotsford has received just under five years in prison after his 21st conviction for impaired driving. (Facebook photo)

B.C. man convicted of impaired driving for 21st time; most in Canadian history

Roy Heide, 66, sentenced to five years in prison on Dec. 15

Roy Heide of Abbotsford has received just under five years in prison after his 21st conviction for impaired driving. (Facebook photo)
Katie Hobson of Abbotsford now has a customized trailer to live in following a GoFundMe campaign that was started more than three years ago. (Submitted photo)

B.C. woman battling severe allergies finally gets her ‘tiny home’ sanctuary

Abbotsford’s Katie Hobson has extreme food and environmental sensitivities to almost everything

Katie Hobson of Abbotsford now has a customized trailer to live in following a GoFundMe campaign that was started more than three years ago. (Submitted photo)
Businesses in Abbotsford, Surrey and Vancouver have received extortion letters saying “Indian gang members” are demanding “protection money” of $2 million.

Extortion letters demand $2M, take credit for shootings at B.C. houses

Messages sent to businesses suggest they were sent by ‘Indian gang members’

Businesses in Abbotsford, Surrey and Vancouver have received extortion letters saying “Indian gang members” are demanding “protection money” of $2 million.
Abbotsford’s Skully White, who owns and operates Lullys Food Experience hotdog stand, is the subject of a new documentary by Lizzy Elliott. (Screengrab from video)

‘Hotdogs For Life’: B.C.’s kidney-donor ‘Hotdog King’ showcased in new film

Skully White’s efforts supporting kidney donations featured in Lizzy Elliott ‘s Telus Storyhive film

Abbotsford’s Skully White, who owns and operates Lullys Food Experience hotdog stand, is the subject of a new documentary by Lizzy Elliott. (Screengrab from video)
A large police presence is at Robertson Avenue and Ware Street in Abbotsford on Thursday evening (Nov. 30). (Facebook photo)

Man dies after being shot by officer in Abbotsford

Incident begins with reports of man with a weapon threatening hospital staff

A large police presence is at Robertson Avenue and Ware Street in Abbotsford on Thursday evening (Nov. 30). (Facebook photo)
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Abbotsford man charged with 11 sexual offences involving children

Investigation involving David Massie Douglas, 62, began in March 2023

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The Abbotsford Police Department says a confidential police document related to the B.C. gang conflict was posted on a news website. An investigation has now been launched by the RCMP. (Abbotsford News file photo)

Abbotsford Police say leak of gang-related document is under investigation

‘Sensitive’ materials containing names was posted on media website

The Abbotsford Police Department says a confidential police document related to the B.C. gang conflict was posted on a news website. An investigation has now been launched by the RCMP. (Abbotsford News file photo)
The group Animal Justice has released video that they say shows animal cruelty at Excelsior Hog Farm in Abbotsford, including piglets being crushed by their “caged mother.”

Abbotsford hog farm faces more animal-cruelty allegations

Animal Justice releases video they say was secretly recorded at Excelsior Hog Farm

The group Animal Justice has released video that they say shows animal cruelty at Excelsior Hog Farm in Abbotsford, including piglets being crushed by their “caged mother.”
Ernest and Nancy Ledwehr were killed in a collision in California in June 2021. Ernest’s family has launched a wrongful-death lawsuit in which an Abbotsford trucking company has been named.

B.C. trucking firm named in $10M lawsuit tied to crash that killed US couple

Husband and wife killed in 2021 California collision involving impaired commercial truck driver

Ernest and Nancy Ledwehr were killed in a collision in California in June 2021. Ernest’s family has launched a wrongful-death lawsuit in which an Abbotsford trucking company has been named.
An anti-SOGI protest was held outside of the Abbotsford school district administration office during the public board of education meeting on Tuesday night (Sept. 26). (Screengrab from video)

Police escort Abbotsford trustees from meeting amid anti-SOGI protest

School board meeting disrupted after 300 demonstrators gather

An anti-SOGI protest was held outside of the Abbotsford school district administration office during the public board of education meeting on Tuesday night (Sept. 26). (Screengrab from video)
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Alleged impaired driver arrested 2 days in a row in Abbotsford

Man faces charges that include assaulting police officer

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The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. investigated a March 2021 incident in which a police dog seriously injured a suspect in Abbotsford, but the BC Prosecution Service has decided that charges are not warranted against the officer involved. (File photo)

Cop whose dog injured man during Abbotsford arrest will not face charges

BC Prosecution Service concludes that officer did not use excessive force

The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. investigated a March 2021 incident in which a police dog seriously injured a suspect in Abbotsford, but the BC Prosecution Service has decided that charges are not warranted against the officer involved. (File photo)
A new report compiled for the provincial government details a shortage of sheriffs across B.C., resulting in court closures and delays. (Photo: Province of B.C.)

B.C. sheriff shortage results in court closures and delays, says leaked report

Low pay and benefits listed as main issue affecting retention and recruitment

A new report compiled for the provincial government details a shortage of sheriffs across B.C., resulting in court closures and delays. (Photo: Province of B.C.)
An Abbotsford company is seeking almost $2.5 million (CAN) in damages from the insurance company Lloyd’s Underwriters after more than two million pounds of blueberries were lost in 2019 after they thawed in a freezer. (Stock photo from Pixabay)

Abbotsford company seeks almost $2.5M after loss of 2M pounds of blueberries

Valley Select Foods says insurance company should pay after frozen fruit thaws

An Abbotsford company is seeking almost $2.5 million (CAN) in damages from the insurance company Lloyd’s Underwriters after more than two million pounds of blueberries were lost in 2019 after they thawed in a freezer. (Stock photo from Pixabay)
High temperatures contributed to an air quality advisory issued Thursday (July 6) for Metro Vancouver and the eastern Fraser Valley. The advisory was lifted on Friday. (File photo)

UPDATE: Air quality advisory lifted for Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley

Cooler temperatures and ‘favourable winds’ result in change

High temperatures contributed to an air quality advisory issued Thursday (July 6) for Metro Vancouver and the eastern Fraser Valley. The advisory was lifted on Friday. (File photo)