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BRIAN MINTER: Cold can kill; protect your outside plants

The last thing gardeners on the West Coast need now is a severe cold spell … but according to Environment Canada, that’s exactly what’s happening.

Mobile phone website will track transit

Wondering where your next bus actually is, rather than where it’s supposed to be? Well, now there’s an app for that.

Bateman Secondary in running for 'green' prize

Robert Bateman Secondary in Abbotsford is among schools in the running for a $500 prize as part of Science World’s BC Green Games’ third annual Viewers’ Choice Awards.
Abbotsford Corrections official back from a year in Afghanistan

Abbotsford Corrections official back from a year in Afghanistan

Terry Hackett was in the warden’s office speaking with a man near the front gate of Sarposa Prison in Afghanistan’s Kandahar city, when the suicide bomber struck.
Spirit of youth

Spirit of youth

Kiwanis community volleyball tourney a good SIGN

Kiwanis community volleyball tourney a good SIGN

The Kiwanis Key Club staged a community volleyball tournament at Robert Bateman Secondary School on the weekend to raise money for SIGN (Surgical Implant Generation Network).

Abbotsford Youth Commission launches free sports program

The Abbotsford Youth Commission (AYC) has launched a free multi-sport drop-in program for kids in Grades 7 and 8.

First intercultural hub in Abbotsford is launched

The first intercultural hub in Abbotsford was launched on Wednesday afternoon at the Matsqui Recreation Centre.
Banana loaves help to build orphanage

Banana loaves help to build orphanage

Barb Giraud spends countless hours every week baking dozens of banana loaves. It’s all for a project called Jaaja Barb’s House of Angels.

Medical pioneer visits to discuss harm reduction bylaw

The Positive Living Fraser Valley Society hosts Dr. Julio Montaner next month to discuss growing concerns about HIV prevention and treatment in the region.