Victim recalls horrific details of machete attack
An Abbotsford man tried to behead his wife in front of their six-year-old son while the attacker's parents yelled taunts from the sun deck, according to testimony in a Chilliwack courtroom Thursday.
 

SARS fears pop back up locally
Ten Fraser Valley residents, mostly from Abbotsford with one resident from Mission, are confined to their homes and two more are under surveillance in hospital after making a stop in Taipei, Taiwan.
 

SARS fears makes school board cancel program
The Abbotsford school board is erring on the side of caution when it comes to SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome. That's why it has cancelled its international program for the summer, assistant superintendent Steve Carlton said Thursday.
 

Troubled Luxor will reopen under old name May 1
The Luxor Nightclub reopens May 1 as Nite Magic, four months after Abbotsford city officials closed the cabaret after two men were stabbed nearby, one fatally.
 

Residential school task force lays its last charge
More charges recommended by the Native Indian Residential School Task Force this week bring the total number of men charged to 11 and the possible total number of charges to more than 100.
 

Air Canada still owes Abbotsford $157,000
Air Canada owes the Abbotsford International Airport a total of $157,000 in airport improvement fees and airport access costs, the Abbotsford Airport Authority confirmed this week.
 

Two killed in separate crashes
Two serious car crashes involving large commercial trucks this week have resulted in two deaths.
 

Boy evades abduction with quick thinking
Abbotsford police are crediting a 10-year-old boy with staving off an abduction attempt Tuesday morning on Maclure Road.
 

Hotel rooms will cost more in Abbotsford
As of May 1, a room in an Abbotsford hotel will cost two per cent more.
  

Would-be bomber wants quick sentencing
A man who ran away from a Peardonville Road addiction recovery house but left his bomb-making supplies in his bedroom was in Abbotsford Provincial Court Wednesday for sentencing on seven charges.
 

Few local critics of PharmaCare revision
The handful of seniors playing shuffleboard at the Matsqui Recreation Centre weren't overly concerned about the coming changes to Pharmcare.
 

Sewer arbitration delayed by preparation for SE2 fight
The arbitration that was planned to sort out the interpretation of the sewer services contract between Abbotsford and Sumas, Wash., has been on hold because the city's solicitor is tied up preparing for the National Energy Board hearings.
 

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