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10 Abbotsford students receive Beedie Luminaries scholarships
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (235+ words) Published 9: 29 am Thursday, July 9, 2026 By Abbotsford News Staff Ten Grade 12 Abbotsford students have been named recipients of scholarships from the Beedie Luminaries Foundation. The students are among 310 recipients from 34 communities across the province who received a total of more than…...
Community advocate Raj Patara enters Abbotsford school trustee race
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (427+ words) Published 10: 00 am Monday, July 6, 2026 Raj Patara has entered the Abbotsford school trustee race. (Submitted) Raj Patara, a former president and director of the Mission Chamber of Commerce and a two-time President's Award winner with the Abbotsford Matsqui Rotary Club, has…...
B. C. nurses begin job action following 72-hour strike notice
6+ day, 17+ hour ago (729+ words) Published 4: 26 pm Thursday, July 2, 2026 Hundreds of nurses in Vancouver for a B. C. Nurses Union conference marched along the streets of Vancouver on May 31, 2023, calling for safer staffing levels. The union has begun job action July 2, 2026 after issuing a 72-hour strike notice…...
B. C. Nurses" Union files 72-hour strike notice to labour relations board
1+ week, 2+ day ago (408+ words) Published 12: 37 pm Monday, June 29, 2026 B. C. Nurses Union's Adriane Gear, now union president, speaks at a protest May 31, 2023 that saw hundreds of nurses in town for a BCNU conference march along the streets of Vancouver calling for safer staffing levels. (Lauren Collins…...
Benjamin Mehrer to seek seat on Abbotsford board of education
1+ week, 3+ day ago (535+ words) Published 10: 15 am Monday, June 29, 2026 Benjamin Mehrer has announced his candidacy for Abbotsford school trustee in the municipal election on Oct. 17. Life-long Abbotsford resident Benjamin Mehrer has announced he is joining the race for school trustee this October. Mehrer, who works…...
Abbotsford board of education votes 4-3 to approve new question period policy
2+ week, 5+ day ago (354+ words) Published 2: 41 pm Friday, June 19, 2026 The Abbotsford board of education voted in favour of a revision to question period at meetings. The Abbotsford board of education narrowly approved a revised board policy related to question period during Tuesday's (June 16) meeting. Trustees…...
Abbotsford school receives $60 K literacy grant
2+ week, 5+ day ago (111+ words) Published 12: 31 pm Friday, June 19, 2026 By Abbotsford News Staff An Abbotsford school is among six across the province and 50 across Canada that are receiving literacy grants from the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation. Chief Dan George Middle School will receive $60, 000 as…...
Abbotsford school board approves capital request for new middle school
2+ week, 5+ day ago (386+ words) Published 11: 41 am Friday, June 19, 2026 The Abbotsford school board approved a capital projects submission for work on a new middle school in the Mc Kee Peaks area. A new middle school in the Mc Kee Peaks area tops the list of…...
Abbotsford unemployment hits highest point in over 4 years
1+ mon, 20+ hour ago (433+ words) Published 11: 10 am Monday, June 8, 2026 The Abbotsford employment rate fell to 61. 5 per cent in May, while unemployment rose to its highest point in more than four years. (Brandon Tucker/Abbotsford News) The Abbotsford job market has reached a new low " or…...
Gender apartheid: B. C. march pushes online learning for Afghan women
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (625+ words) Published 11: 00 am Wednesday, June 3, 2026 Two dozen supporters gathered in James Bay's Irving Park for the Red Pashmina Walk held on May 31, 2026. (Olivier Laurin/Victoria News) Following 9/11, U. S. President George W. Bush signed a joint resolution authorizing the use of force against those…...