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Abbotsford Heat fees and arena deficit total $3.4 million in 2010

Abbotsford Heat fees and arena deficit total $3.4 million in 2010

The Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre (AESC) ran a deficit of $3.4 million last year, including what the city anticipates will be a payment of $724,000 to the Abbotsford Heat AHL hockey team for the 2010 season.
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Mounties face perjury charges for Dziekanski testimony

Mounties face perjury charges for Dziekanski testimony

Little chance of conviction for actual tasering: special prosecutor
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Abbotsford man charged with bank robbery in Kelowna

A 42-year-old Abbotsford man has been arrested and charged in Kelowna after a bank robbery on Wednesday afternoon.
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Strong appetite to defend farmland, buy local: poll

Strong appetite to defend farmland, buy local: poll

Survey of Metro residents part of push for food security
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CP Rail police hold enforcement blitz

CP Rail police hold enforcement blitz

Const. Dale Sanford of the Canadian Pacific Rail Police is astounded every time he hears about a death involving someone walking along railway tracks.
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Premier backs NDP bid to ban weed killers

Premier backs NDP bid to ban weed killers

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Arrest made in racially motivated attack

Arrest made in racially motivated attack

The Abbotsford police have made an arrest in the racially motivated assault of an Indo-Canadian man.
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B.C. won't appeal class size ruling

B.C. won't appeal class size ruling

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ICBC to reward good drivers, punish the bad

ICBC to reward good drivers, punish the bad

Details so far sketchy on new carrot-and-stick insurance discount system
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Agri-trade mission heading for China

An Abbotsford trade delegation is heading to China on Tuesday morning. Twenty representatives from several local agri-businesses will join Abbotsford Mayor George Peary and two city staff members – Jay Teichroeb and Ken Baerg from the economic development department – on the 10-day trip (May 10-19) which will see the group tour Beijing and Shanghai. “It’s a chance to learn about the economic opportunities in China for our agri-business sector,” explained Baerg.
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