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Fugitive sought by police made bombs in the past
Abbotsford police say they are still hunting for a man who court documents reveal has a history of bomb making, may be plotting to build another and could still be in the area.
 
Layoffs coming Friday for Pleasantview home
Mission's Pleasantview care home is stuck in an impossible spot, like many other long-term care facilities in the Fraser Health Authority.
 
POLICE: Female witnesses sought in fatal Luxor stabbing
Abbotsford detectives are trying to figure out who the three women were who may have witnessed the fight outside the Luxor nightclub that resulted in one man being killed.
Logging into the virtual classroom
Their vision is to have a school within a school.
 
Library, union impasse remains over contract
Negotiations between the Fraser Valley Library Board and the union representing its more than 300 employees sat down last week for the first time since last summer.
 
Library board members want $100 for meetings
Municipal councillors who represent their communities on the Fraser Valley Library Board voted themselves a $100 stipend for every library board meeting they attend.
 
Fed budget good news for Abby airport
A reduction in the much-hated air travellers security charge was good news for the major airline that services Abbotsford Airport.
 
Local Alliance MPs not thrilled with budget
Local MPs got their shots in at last week's federal budget that will increase spending by about $17.4 billion.
 
BRIEFS: Homicides up 300 per cent in 2002
Police statistics for the years 2001 and 2002 show substantial jumps in auto thefts, frauds, homicides and possession of stolen property charges but decreases in sexual assaults, attempted homicides and thefts.
 

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