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Letisha Reimer died Nov. 1, 2016 after being stabbed at Abbotsford Senior Secondary.

No evidence that killer was in ‘psychotic state’ during Abbotsford school stabbing: Crown

Second day of closing arguments at ‘not criminally responsible’ hearing for Gabriel Klein

Letisha Reimer died Nov. 1, 2016 after being stabbed at Abbotsford Senior Secondary.
The new Abbotsford Law Courts are opening on Jan. 18. (John Morrow/Abbotsford News)

New $152M courthouse in Abbotsford slated to open Jan. 18

Abbotsford Law Courts will house 14 courtrooms, including three Supreme

The new Abbotsford Law Courts are opening on Jan. 18. (John Morrow/Abbotsford News)
Letisha Reimer, 13, was killed Nov. 1, 2016 in a stabbing at Abbotsford Senior Secondary.

Killer was in ‘psychotic state’ when he stabbed 2 girls at Abbotsford school, says defence lawyer

Closing arguments underway in ‘not criminally responsible’ hearing for Gabriel Klein

Letisha Reimer, 13, was killed Nov. 1, 2016 in a stabbing at Abbotsford Senior Secondary.
Letisha Reimer, 13, was killed Nov. 1, 2016 in a stabbing at Abbotsford Senior Secondary.

Closing arguments to begin at hearing for Abbotsford school stabbing

Final submissions to start Wednesday afternoon for killer of Letisha Reimer, 13

Letisha Reimer, 13, was killed Nov. 1, 2016 in a stabbing at Abbotsford Senior Secondary.
This picture shows the large stash of firearms, magazines, silencers and ammunition seized by police as part of an investigation that resulted in charges against Corey Perkins in December 2014. (Abbotsford Police Department photo)

Abbotsford man loses bid to appeal 2018 conviction for drugs and guns

Corey Perkins received 12-year jail sentence on 10 charges

This picture shows the large stash of firearms, magazines, silencers and ammunition seized by police as part of an investigation that resulted in charges against Corey Perkins in December 2014. (Abbotsford Police Department photo)
Photo by Dale Klippenstein

Man allegedly involved in Abbotsford gang-related gunfight is denied bail

Amritpal Saran was charged in relation to August 2020 shooting on Mayfair Avenue

Photo by Dale Klippenstein
Tabor Home in Abbotsford. (Ben Lypka/Abbotsford News)

COVID-19 outbreak declared over at Tabor Home in Abbotsford

Long-term care facility had 156 cases and 26 deaths since Nov. 4

Tabor Home in Abbotsford. (Ben Lypka/Abbotsford News)
Tabor Home in Abbotsford has had 156 cases and 26 deaths since a COVID-19 outbreak began in early November. (Ben Lypka/Abbotsford News)

COVID-19 outbreaks still underway at 3 Abbotsford care homes

There have been 602 deaths at seniors’ facilities in B.C. since pandemic began

Tabor Home in Abbotsford has had 156 cases and 26 deaths since a COVID-19 outbreak began in early November. (Ben Lypka/Abbotsford News)
Abbotsford Senior Secondary School is one of two local high schools that have reported a COVID-19 exposure in 2021 during the first week back at school after the Christmas break. The other is Robert Bateman Secondary.

Two Abbotsford schools first in district to report COVID-19 exposures for 2021

Abbotsford Senior and Robert Bateman each have one student who tested positive

Abbotsford Senior Secondary School is one of two local high schools that have reported a COVID-19 exposure in 2021 during the first week back at school after the Christmas break. The other is Robert Bateman Secondary.
Abbotsford had the second-most number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Fraser Health region in 2020. (Map: BCCDC)

Abbotsford second in Fraser Health for total COVID-19 cases in 2020

Surrey leads the region with 31 per cent of B.C.’s cases for the year

Abbotsford had the second-most number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Fraser Health region in 2020. (Map: BCCDC)
The Abbotsford Police Department has arrested Derek Wilkinson, who was wanted on charges related to a domestic assault in December.

UPDATE: Man wanted for domestic assault in Abbotsford is arrested

Warrant had been issued for arrest of Derek Wilkinson

The Abbotsford Police Department has arrested Derek Wilkinson, who was wanted on charges related to a domestic assault in December.
The Abbotsford Police Department arrested wanted man Bradley Wernicke on Jan. 6.

UPDATE: Man wanted for 2019 homeless-camp stabbing in Abbotsford has been arrested

Victim in his 60s suffered serious injuries in assault on Gladys Avenue

The Abbotsford Police Department arrested wanted man Bradley Wernicke on Jan. 6.
A video released by Tabor Home in Abbotsford includes staff members holding photos of some of the 25 residents who lost their lives to COVID-19 during an outbreak that began in early November. (Video screengrab)

Tabor Home in Abbotsford releases video in memory of lives lost to COVID-19

Long-term care home pays tribute to 25 residents who died in outbreak

A video released by Tabor Home in Abbotsford includes staff members holding photos of some of the 25 residents who lost their lives to COVID-19 during an outbreak that began in early November. (Video screengrab)
Property values in Abbotsford increased on average by more than seven per cent in the last year, according to BC Assessment. (John Morrow/Abbotsford News)

Property values in Abbotsford increase by an average of 7%

BC Assessment sends notices to owners of more than one million Lower Mainland properties

Property values in Abbotsford increased on average by more than seven per cent in the last year, according to BC Assessment. (John Morrow/Abbotsford News)
Gillian McIntosh of Abbotsford was released from hospital on Christmas Eve – after being critically ill with COVID-19 complications for several weeks – to join her husband Dave and their two children.

Abbotsford mom who gave birth while in coma after getting COVID-19 is back home

Gillian McIntosh was able to celebrate Christmas with her family

Gillian McIntosh of Abbotsford was released from hospital on Christmas Eve – after being critically ill with COVID-19 complications for several weeks – to join her husband Dave and their two children.
The Abbotsford Agrifair sign on Peardonville Road, near Highway 1, has been vandalized for the fourth time this year. (Submitted photo)

Abbotsford Agrifair sign vandalized for fourth time this year

Damage has cost more than $1,000 in 2020, says board president

The Abbotsford Agrifair sign on Peardonville Road, near Highway 1, has been vandalized for the fourth time this year. (Submitted photo)
The Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre is the site of a COVID-19 outbreak in a medicine unit. (Abbotsford News file photo)

COVID-19 outbreak declared in Abbotsford Regional Hospital medicine unit

Four patients have tested positive, according to Fraser Health

The Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre is the site of a COVID-19 outbreak in a medicine unit. (Abbotsford News file photo)
A man used this pellet gun to rob a gas station and a restaurant on Tuesday night (Dec. 29) in Abbotsford. (Abbotsford Police Department photo)

Man with fake gun charged after two robberies in six minutes in Abbotsford

Gas station and restaurant robbed Tuesday night on Immel Street

A man used this pellet gun to rob a gas station and a restaurant on Tuesday night (Dec. 29) in Abbotsford. (Abbotsford Police Department photo)
Andy Yoon of Abbotsford receives his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 24. (Photo courtesy of Fraser Health)

Abbotsford man first long-term care resident in Fraser Health to get vaccine

Andy Yoon receives COVID-19 vaccine on Christmas Eve

Andy Yoon of Abbotsford receives his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 24. (Photo courtesy of Fraser Health)
Letisha Reimer, 13, was killed Nov. 1, 2016 in a stabbing at Abbotsford Senior Secondary.

Closing arguments in January at hearing for Abbotsford school stabbing

Killer of Letisha Reimer argues that he is ‘not criminally responsible’

Letisha Reimer, 13, was killed Nov. 1, 2016 in a stabbing at Abbotsford Senior Secondary.