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It's business as usual for University College of
the Fraser Valley chemistry students, though the Montreal shooting is on their
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Shooting still
fresh at UCFV
The Abbotsford campus of the University College of the Fraser Valley was
blissfully quiet Thursday, the day after a lone gunman killed a female student
and injured at least 19 others at Montreal's Dawson College. Montreal city
police killed the gunman as he randomly fired into students at the junior
college.
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Two men killed, one injured in collision
Twenty-six-year-old Chilliwack resident Marvin Elgersma is dead after a collision between a transport truck and a pick-up truck on Highway 1 at Prest Road.
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Time to name that park: New site to honour city's triumph over SE2
Think you have a great name for a new park, right here in Abbotsford?
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A boy who inspired Mandela
While he was in prison, Nelson Mandela, Nobel Peace Prize winner and the former president of South Africa who dismantled apartheid, read about Terry Fox in a Reader's Digest story and was inspired.
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Boats, noise to scare swans
Birdlovers and regional wildlife agencies are hoping there will be no trumpeter swans on Judson Lake this winter.
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Federal benefit will not affect subsidy
British Columbia's child-care providers, and the parents relying on them can breathe a sigh of relief - for now.
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Banker invites community in
Abbotsford's newest bank, the State Bank of India, is also one of the world's oldest.
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Mission boy inspired by Terry Fox
As the Terry Fox Run approaches each year, people across Canada remember back to the early 1980s when the 18-year-old hero was making his way across the country, raising money and awareness for cancer research.
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Mission artist helps with new video game awards
It didn't take much musing to get Mission-based artist Dean Lauz‚ to create Canada's new Electronic and Animated Arts award statuette, the Elan Award.
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A Liberal who served to the end
One of Abbotsford's most tireless political workers died this week, leaving behind many sorrowful friends and colleagues but also a legacy of political renewal.
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Program all about inclusion, access
The Ministry of Education is teaming up with Rick Hansen to help bring out the best in B.C. kids.
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