Outsmarting the bad guys
The mood was festive at the University College of the Fraser Valley Friday as people gathered to celebrate the grand opening of a new crime research laboratory.
 

Opening our doors to Spirit of BC
The first Spirit of BC office opened in Abbotsford with a proper party Friday night, complete with festive tents, local and provincial politicians, and representatives from the University College of the Fraser Valley, 2010 Legacies Now, the City of Abbotsford, the British Columbia Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Secretariat and the Abbotsford Spirit of BC Community Committee. 
 

White calls for moratorium on drug strategy
Randy White is now retired from his former Abbotsford MP position, but that doesn't necessarily mean he has stopped working.
 

Hope is building with homeless outreach
Since early April, five outreach counsellors have contacted 89 chronically homeless men and women in Abbotsford and have helped several of them to obtain social assistance, addiction treatment and other services. Up to 20 now have homes, or are getting help finding one.
 

Passion inside 'forest of steel'
In the southeast tower of the future Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre, a forest of steel studs begins to obscure the view of the blue sky and Mount Baker beyond. 
 

BSE trace complete
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported last week it has concluded its investigation related to the Fraser Valley case of mad cow disease first reported by the agency on April 13.
 

Fast pushing to boost Internet sex penalties
Abbotsford MP Ed Fast is hoping to increase penalties for people who prey on children over the Internet with a private member's bill he introduced in the House of Commons on Friday.
 

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