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HIGHWAY TRAGEDY
A community stunned
Sharnjit Deol struggles to contain tears at a press conference at MSA General Hospital Wednesday afternoon after her sister was killed in a horrific crash early that morning.
 
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'This is killing me'
A cluster of people waited in quiet desperation at the back of a press conference at MSA General Hospital Wednesday afternoon.
 

Grief slowly gives way to anger
The fatal crash that killed three women and injured 14 others on Wednesday has drawn public attention to the conditions experienced by many of the province's farm labourers.
 

TransLink may expand to include Abby, Mission
TransLink will be radically revamped, the province announced Thursday.
 

Father says killed son was 'giving' person
As a grieving father continues to mourn the loss of his son, police investigators are looking more closely at the two women Timothy Vernon Jones was speaking with immediately before he was fatally shot in Mission on Feb. 25.
 

City looks into potential permit-less Abby house
City of Abbotsford officials say they're looking into the possibility a landowner has started building a house potentially worth millions - without permits - in the Mount Lehman area of Abbotsford.
 

Residents rally in last-ditch effort to save Abby school
This week marked the last opportunities for the parents, students and school administration to voice their opinions on the possible closures of Bakerview and Philip Sheffield elementary schools.
 

Abby councillor Ross OK after passing out at wheel
Abbotsford Coun. Patricia Ross got a scare last week when she fainted and lost control of her Toyota Echo on the TransCanada freeway.
 

Abby schools beat province to punch on smoking bans
Abbotsford schools have been practising a no-smoking policy for years, said Abbotsford superintendent Des McKay, after a provincial announcement this week.
 

Former Abby man gets fine, more jail time for tax fraud
Former Abbotsford resident Kevin Charles Harris pleaded guilty Tuesday in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge to income tax fraud. Harris was fined $17,753, which represents 75 per cent of the federal income tax refunds he tried to obtain. He was also sentenced to 18 months in jail to be served consecutive
 

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