Abbotsford news

• Give & Get is back at Wok Box for 2019!

  21-11-2019 23:45
  
  Spice Up Your Life and Someone’s Stocking this Christmas with Wok Box Give and Get
  (Surrey, BC) Jingle all the way into Wok Box from now until December 31 and give the gift of amazing flavours to every Wok Box lover in your office, at the rink or in your family!
  Give and Get is back at Wok Box for another holiday season! Buy a $25 gift card and get a $10 gift certificate for your very own favourite box, sidekick or poutine. With Give and Get, there’s no Christmas line ups or running
  
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• Abbotsford Pilots Post 4-2 Win Over Langley

  21-11-2019 23:42
  
  LANGLEY – In their final visit to the George Preston Recreation Centre on their season schedule, the Abbotsford Pilots (8-12-0-0) were able to come out victorious over the Langley Trappers (10-9-1-0) Wednesday night by a score of 4-2. The effort was thanks in part to four unanswered goals scored by the Pilots in the first period. Brock Machholz made 25 saves between the pipes for Abbotsford, bringing his record so far in 2019/20 to an even 7-7-0. Ajeetpal Gundarah and Cooper Giesbrecht sha
  
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• THE DEBATERS LIVE ON TOUR HOLIDAY SPECIAL – November 22 at Abby Arts Centre

  21-11-2019 23:37
  
  THE DEBATERS LIVE ON TOUR HOLIDAY SPECIAL
  November 22 at Abby Arts Centre
  FEATURING HOST STEVE PATTERSONWITH COMIC ALL-STARS DEANNE SMITH+ GRAHAM CHITTENDEN
  (TORONTO, ON) – Following in the footsteps of their highly successful theatre tours of the last two years, The Debaters Live are back and just in the St. Nick of time!
  Here comes The Debaters Live on Tour Holiday Special to theatres throughout Ontario and Western Canada featuring the one and only Steve Patterson and two of his funniest
  
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• Three cops investigated in connection to ex-Vancouver detective’s sexual misconduct

  21-11-2019 23:25 via abbynews.com
  
  Fisher was convicted in 2018 after pleading guilty to kissing two young women who were witnesses in a criminal case
  
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• Violence response procedures updated for B.C. schools, police

  21-11-2019 23:00 via abbynews.com
  
  ERASE program expands to target gangs, bullying of students
  
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• Algae bloom killing farmed fish on Vancouver Island’s West Coast

  21-11-2019 22:30 via abbynews.com
  
  DFO says four Cermaq Canada salmon farms affected, fish not infectious
  
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• A pawsitive ending: Missing puppy found after nine-day search in Chilliwack

  21-11-2019 22:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Pit bull Frankie ran from dog sitter booked through app
  
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• VIDEO: ‘Climate emergency’ is Oxford’s 2019 Word of the Year

  21-11-2019 22:12 via abbynews.com
  
  Other words on the shortlist included ‘extinction,’ ‘climate denial’ and ‘eco-anxiety’
  
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• More rescues, less flames: Future of Abbotsford firefighting up for discussion

  21-11-2019 21:45 via abbynews.com
  
  Mayor says talks with province needed, councillors suggest city may need more full-time firefighters
  
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• SkyTrain workers vote 96.8% in favour of job action, union says

  21-11-2019 21:41 via abbynews.com
  
  CUPE 7000’s main issues have been wages, staffing, overtime and sick leave
  
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• What you should know for the 2020 Toyota Corolla

  21-11-2019 21:40 via abbynews.com
  
  A car known for being safe and reliable now has other attributes: More style and technology
  
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• Lincoln takes its luxury utility vehicle to new heights

  21-11-2019 21:40 via abbynews.com
  
  With the 2020 Aviator, the Lincoln brand is introducing a completely new model
  
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• Federal laws at heart of West’s anger up for debate, as Liberals begin outreach

  21-11-2019 21:20 via abbynews.com
  
  Vancouver mayor to Trudeau’s western critics: ‘Get over yourselves’
  
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• Snowboard pioneer Jake Burton Carpenter dies at 65

  21-11-2019 21:08 via abbynews.com
  
  He was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2011
  
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• B.C. judge tosses ‘N’ driver’s claim he was just using phone to decline his mom’s call

  21-11-2019 21:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Distracted driving laws are more strict for Class 7, or Novice drivers, the judge noted
  
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• Harrison outdoor skating rink to open this weekend

  21-11-2019 20:57 via abbynews.com
  
  Public skating will be open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily
  
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• Check on elderly neighbours as Metro Vancouver transit shutdown looms: care providers

  21-11-2019 20:50 via abbynews.com
  
  Three-day lockout by bus operators is imminent if an agreement is not reached between Unifor and Coast Mountain
  
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• Convicted child kidnapper remains threat to public: VPD

  21-11-2019 20:10 via abbynews.com
  
  Brian Abrosimo is living in Vancouver as his sentence nears its end
  
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• Woman calls 911 to say she was late for train, asks Ontario police for ‘emergency ride’

  21-11-2019 19:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Peel Regional Police received more than 180,000 improper calls so far this year
  
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• It could take you 218 years to save up for a house in this B.C. neighbourhood

  21-11-2019 19:30 via abbynews.com
  
  It would take 27 years in the most affordable city in the Lower Mainland
  
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• It could take you 218 years to save up for a house in this B.C. city

  21-11-2019 19:30 via abbynews.com
  
  It would take 27 years in the most affordable city in the Lower Mainland
  
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• String of purse snatches at Mill Lake in Abbotsford

  21-11-2019 19:01 via abbynews.com
  
  Two women were mugged in a three week period starting Sept. 30
  
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• UPDATED: Police believe 47-year-old man shot in Langley targeted

  21-11-2019 17:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Officers are on scene
  
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• Shots fired in Langley, one person with non-life threatening injuries

  21-11-2019 17:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Police are on scene
  
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• Mission principal saves goat, praised as hero by kindergarten students

  21-11-2019 17:15 via abbynews.com
  
  ‘Today I get to be the hero in their eyes, changing the world one stuck goat at a time.’
  
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• ‘Actors can play any roles’: Debate over ‘colour-blind’ casting after Victoria lawsuit

  21-11-2019 17:15 via abbynews.com
  
  Tenyjah Indra McKenna filed a complaint over racially-motivated casting
  
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• VIDEO: UBC students offered $1,000 to help with leaving Hong Kong

  21-11-2019 17:00 via abbynews.com
  
  The university said 31 of its students were attending four universities in Hong Kong
  
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• VIDEO: UBC exchange students offered $1,000 to help with leaving Hong Kong

  21-11-2019 17:00 via abbynews.com
  
  The university said 31 of its students were attending four universities in Hong Kong
  
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• Infants more vulnerable to measles than previously thought: Canadian study

  21-11-2019 17:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Babies typically don’t receive the measles vaccine until they are 12 months old
  
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• Doctors alarmed by Ontario teen’s brush with death due to vaping-related disease

  21-11-2019 17:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Boy went from being in perfect health to being on life support after just five months
  
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• Shatner, Obomsawin among 39 inductees to Order of Canada today

  21-11-2019 16:40 via abbynews.com
  
  Shatner is being given one of Canada’s highest civilian honours for his 60-year career
  
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• VIDEO: One man dead after early morning house fire in Langley

  21-11-2019 16:27 via abbynews.com
  
  Two other people were sent to hospital with injuries
  
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• Snow clearing facts: One fine issued last year for not clearing sidewalks in Abbotsford

  21-11-2019 16:00 via abbynews.com
  
  City used 3,500 tons of salt last year, paid just 5 cents/pound
  
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• Teacher tells B.C. Supreme Court that student was ‘happy’ to watch smudging ceremony in classroom

  21-11-2019 15:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Case being heard in Nanaimo over indigenous cultural practice in Port Alberni classroom
  
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• Pedestrian injured after train collision in Cloverdale

  21-11-2019 15:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Police say the investigation is in the early stages
  
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• Great Gatsby event raises funds for Fraser Valley hospitals

  21-11-2019 15:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Politicians, supporters and more gather in Harrison Hot Springs for fundraising bash
  
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• Abbotsford man’s murder trial set for January

  21-11-2019 15:00 via abbynews.com
  
  David Albert Miller charged in death of 52-year-old woman in Kamloops
  
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• John Mann, singer and songwriter of group Spirit of the West dead at 57

  21-11-2019 04:30 via abbynews.com
  
  Mann died peacefully in Vancouver on Wednesday from early onset Alzheimer’s
  
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• VIDEO: B.C. high school’s turf closed indefinitely as plastic blades pollute waterway

  21-11-2019 03:03 via abbynews.com
  
  Greater Victoria resident stumbles on plastic contamination from Oak Bay High
  
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• South Cariboo Driver hits four cows due to fog

  21-11-2019 02:00 via abbynews.com
  
  The RCMP’s investigation is ongoing
  
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• B.C. mayor urges premier to tweak road speeds in an ‘epidemic of road crash fatalities’

  21-11-2019 02:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Haynes cites ICBC and provincial documents in letter to John Horgan
  
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• Car fire & explosion in Abbotsford believed to be linked to previous arson attempt

  21-11-2019 01:48 via abbynews.com
  
  Suspects seen pouring gas on car on Mayfair Avenue, in central Abbotsford
  
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• Abbotsford Police’s bike squad members redeployed

  21-11-2019 01:08 via abbynews.com
  
  Squad had been used as reserve manpower for higher-priority areas
  
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• B.C. won’t appeal decision protecting ICBC court experts

  21-11-2019 00:20 via abbynews.com
  
  Change to evidence rules next to save money, David Eby says
  
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• Toronto Maple Leafs fire head coach Mike Babcock, promote Sheldon Keefe

  21-11-2019 00:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Mike Babcock had a record of 9-10-4 in 2019-20 for the struggling Leafs
  
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