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Controversial MSP premium surcharge on table: de Jong

Many UBCM delegates fear planned watchdog on waste would itself be a waste of money

Local provincial politics went high-tech on Monday as Abbotsford West MLA and Minister of Health, Michael de Jong held his first “virtual” town hall meeting.

A plan to create a memorial for three female farmworkers killed in a tragic vehicle accident four years ago will go before council in the near future.

When the Abbotsford Police Department (APD) completed its Operation Impact program in 2008, it made a commitment to return to local schools with a progress report on the community’s gang situation.

UBCM asks province to allow e-voting at civic level

Vancouver Police are searching for Barry Hinchcliffe, and are asking for the public's help in locating him

John Horace Oughton agrees with a recent prison psychiatric assessment that found the man known as the “paper bag rapist” was a high risk to re-offend if he was granted parole. The surprise admission was contained in the 62-year-old Oughton’s letter to the National Parole Board the day before he was scheduled to appear for a Sept. 20 parole review.

Two more incumbents will seek re-election in the upcoming municipal campaign. Couns. Patricia Ross and Bill MacGregor have announced they will seek another term at the Abbotsford council table. They join Mayor George Peary and fellow Couns. Simon Gibson and Les Barkman who also plan to run.

Policing contract talks hit new level of brinkmanship