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B.C. deficit to grow: finance minister  

VICTORIA – B.C. Finance Minister Colin Hansen admitted Thursday that the province is headed for a deficit much larger than the $495 million promised during the spring election campaign. Hansen insist… more

Armed robber steals cash from Chances

Police are looking for a suspect who held up Chances Boardwalk Mission at gunpoint Thursday afternoon around 1:40 p.m. According to Mission RCMP Sgt. Greg Pridday, the lone male entered the business, … more
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Police identify Abbotsford murder victim and charge suspect

Homicide investigators have laid charges and identified the victim of Tuesday's murder in rural Abbotsford.… more

THE CHANGING FACE OF ABBOTSFORD

Who is the typical Abbotsfordian? Is it the aging conservative who works on a dairy farm all week and attends church on … more

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NEW MALLS Two commercial centres in the east Abbotsford area – less than one kilometre apart – have been given first r… more

CITY OF CHANGES: Affordability key to move here

Sarah and Jerad Forsberg moved to Abbotsford five years ago when they bought their first home. They found they could get… more

CITY OF CHANGES: Abbotsford was their No. 1 choice

The lintel of the Uppals’ home on McKinley Drive is adorned with the image of the elephant-headed Hindu deity Ganesha. … more

CITY OF CHANGES: Growth – Look up, way up

From years of sitting vacant, a patch of land becomes a hive of activity as backhoes carve up the earth, and trucks tran… more

CITY OF CHANGES: Agriculture as important as ever

Abbotsford’s appearance may have changed dramatically in its urban core, but the city’s rural outskirts are a different … more

CITY OF CHANGES: The difference of a lifetime

His clothes may have been drenched in sweat from a day spent in the blazing midsummer sun, but that wasn’t enough to det… more
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