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George Abbott.

Cat signed up as Liberal sparks call for tighter vetting

Abbott says incident no joke as members prepare to vote

George Abbott.

Officer recovering after saving Abbotsford teen

An RCMP officer is recovering in hospital from a crushed leg after saving a 15-year-old Abbotsford girl from being hit by a truck on Thursday.

  • Feb 4, 2011

School calendar proposal keeps two-week spring break

The Abbotsford board of education will vote next month on a school calendar for 2011-12 that maintains the two-week spring break, adds six instructional days to the year, and increases school district costs by $409,000.

Chanelle

Search is on for three-month-old puppy taken from Abbotsford SPCA

Animal welfare workers and the Abbotsford police are looking for a thief – and the three-month-old puppy he took from the city’s SPCA shelter.
Chanelle, a brindle cane corso/mastiff mix, was stolen between 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. She is shaved around her abdomen from being recently spayed, and she has a large and prominent ID tattoo in her ear: 33ABIY.

  • Feb 3, 2011
Chanelle
The body of a woman was found in the aftermath of a house fire on Lefeuvre Road on Nov. 11

Lawyers say Abbotsford man not criminally responsible for wife’s death

The family of a murdered Abbotsford woman wept openly in court today as the man who killed her read an apology letter.

The body of a woman was found in the aftermath of a house fire on Lefeuvre Road on Nov. 11

Pair crash stolen car and are arrested

An Abbotsford man was among two culprits who fled from police in a stolen car and were arrested early Wednesday after crashing the vehicle in downtown Maple Ridge.

  • Feb 3, 2011
Kwantlen Student Association director of operations Ashley Fehr. Dissatisfaction with transit service has prompted the association to unveil plans for its own inter-campus shuttle.

Kwantlen students customize U-Pass offering

Will run own inter-campus shuttle due to inadequate transit

Kwantlen Student Association director of operations Ashley Fehr. Dissatisfaction with transit service has prompted the association to unveil plans for its own inter-campus shuttle.
Justice Bruce Cohen will get until June 2012 to deliver the findings of his commission into the decline of Fraser River sockeye salmon.

Cohen salmon probe extension criticized

Delay affects First Nations aiming to sign treaties

Justice Bruce Cohen will get until June 2012 to deliver the findings of his commission into the decline of Fraser River sockeye salmon.
Liberal leadership candidate Kevin Falcon is MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale and former health minister.

Pro-Falcon group skirts leadership spending cap

Cash from biz execs not counted in campaign war chest

Liberal leadership candidate Kevin Falcon is MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale and former health minister.
Ed Ilnicki pleaded guilty in 2005 to two of 11 hazardous waste charges

Hazardous waste case adjourned until Feb. 17

An Abbotsford man who is expected to plead guilty tomorrow to three hazardous waste infractions testified at a hearing in 2006 that he took some materials from a previous site that was declared an environmental emergency and moved them to a new location.

  • Feb 3, 2011
Ed Ilnicki pleaded guilty in 2005 to two of 11 hazardous waste charges
Peter Schouten of Heppell’s Potato Corp. suffered some of the worst weather-related crop losses last fall that he has seen as a farmer.

Farmers face uncertainty about reimbursement for washed-out crops

Fall rains devastated potato and vegetable crops across the Fraser Valley, and now producers face uncertainty about how much the government is going to help them.

Peter Schouten of Heppell’s Potato Corp. suffered some of the worst weather-related crop losses last fall that he has seen as a farmer.
A pedestrian was struck by a car Tuesday afternoon on Clearbrook Road at Hillcrest Avenue. The driver fled the scene.

Abbotsford Police seek hit-and-run driver after pedestrian struck

Abbotsford Police are looking for the driver of a car that struck a 73-year-old male pedestrian and then fled the scene yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon.

A pedestrian was struck by a car Tuesday afternoon on Clearbrook Road at Hillcrest Avenue. The driver fled the scene.
Amy Keer’s home was inspected partly due to high water usage.

Inspection puts tenant in tears, no grow-op found

The controversial issue of grow-op-busting public safety inspection teams hit home for young mother Amy Keer last Thursday.

Amy Keer’s home was inspected partly due to high water usage.
NDP leadership hopeful Adrian Dix and Liberal George Abbott.

Promises abound as would-be premiers stump for support

Tax tinkering pledges surface from Dix, Abbott to woo votes

NDP leadership hopeful Adrian Dix and Liberal George Abbott.
Abbotsford police officers are still finding many motorists flaunting the ban on the use of handheld devices while driving.

Distracted drivers: Many disobey laws banning use of handheld devices

One year after B.C.’s distracted driving ban kicked in, there’s little sign the threat of fines are helping drivers keep their eyes on the road and off their electronic gadgets.

Abbotsford police officers are still finding many motorists flaunting the ban on the use of handheld devices while driving.

Passes revoked for sex offender in Abbotsford

The National Parole Board (NPB) has suspended the unescorted temporary absences (UTAs) it had approved for an Abbotsford sex offender last May.

Chilliwack will take in Abbotsford dogs

Abbotsford has solved its dog pound dilemma – temporarily.
Chilliwack has agreed to board dogs, normally housed at Mainland Municipal Animal Control Services in Aldergrove, until a permanent solution can be found. The Aldergrove facility ended its business relationship with Abbotsford in January.

Clark rules out free vote on killing HST

Clark rules out free vote on killing HST

Abbott lashes Liberal challenger for 'flip flop'

Clark rules out free vote on killing HST

Sentenced to 4 1/2 years for drugs and weapons

An Abbotsford man who was charged with more than 20 drug and weapon offences in 2006 has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years for four of them.

George Abbott.

Signups in Surrey raise eyebrows in Abbott camp

Are urban Liberals engineering failure of party vote reform?

George Abbott.