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It will cost approximately $17,000 a month to run Abbotsford’s animal control services, which represents a monthly saving of $11,000. Council voted in favour of a proposal to house rescued dogs at Chilliwack’s Wolfe Road facility.

The first week of Project Border Town has been declared a success by the Abbotsford Police Department (APD).

Taxpayers have to wait until summer to find out if they'll financially support the Abbotsford Heat for a second year. City manager Frank Pizzuto has no plans to release details of the AHL hockey club's 2010/11 budget, until the season is over and final figures are calculated.

Make that 12,000 – not 10,000 – new Liberals signed on by the Mike de Jong Liberal leadership campaign.

Metro Vancouver Regional Parks has spent $4.3 million to purchase 165 acres of land on the western flank of Sumas Mountain, with the intention of creating a park for hiking, mountain biking and light recreation. “This is good news,” said Abbotsford Mayor George Peary. “Metro Vancouver sees Sumas Mountain, as we do, as a jewel.”

A cigarette that was discarded into a planter is believed to be the cause of a fire at a four-plex at 32052 George Ferguson Way early yesterday morning.