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This is the logo for the 2024 RBC Canadian Open.

B.C.’s Nick Taylor immortalized in 2024 RBC Canadian Open logo

Taylor’s celebration after championship putt now featured in next year’s logo

 

Abbotsford’s Sophie Schmidt will play her final game in Canadian colours on Tuesday (Dec. 5). (Instagram photo)

Abbotsford’s Sophie Schmidt playing final game for Canada

Schmidt will wear the red and white for the final time at BC Place on Dec. 5

 

Protestors run to the back of the farm at Abbotsford’s Excelsior Hog Farm on Sunday morning. (Ben Lypka/Abbotsford News)

Awaiting decision on appeal for re-trial of convicted B.C. hog farm activists

Activists Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer filed the appeal in April 2022

 

Abbotsford Canucks defenceman Matt Irwin plays the puck against the Henderson Silver Knights on Nov. 4. (Ben Lypka/Abbotsford News)

Vancouver Island’s Matt Irwin: From Shark to sensei

The long and winding journey of the Canucks defenceman and professional hockey stalwart

Abbotsford Canucks defenceman Matt Irwin plays the puck against the Henderson Silver Knights on Nov. 4. (Ben Lypka/Abbotsford News)
Vancouver Career College is not responding to student requests after their LPN program abruptly ended in October, leaving 10 students without the education they paid for. (Submitted photo)

B.C. nursing students’ education in limbo as college program yanked mid-stream

Vancouver Career College not responding to student requests after LPN program abruptly ends

Vancouver Career College is not responding to student requests after their LPN program abruptly ended in October, leaving 10 students without the education they paid for. (Submitted photo)
Former MMA fighter Kultar Gill has been charged with dangerous operation of a vehicle casing bodily harm in connection to an incident in Aldergrove on Sunday, Oct. 29. (Ben Lypka/Black Press Media)

‘Black Mamba’ charged, car rams B.C. RCMP station as woman hangs out door

New charges against former MMA fighter Kultar Gill in Langley police station crash

Former MMA fighter Kultar Gill has been charged with dangerous operation of a vehicle casing bodily harm in connection to an incident in Aldergrove on Sunday, Oct. 29. (Ben Lypka/Black Press Media)
Reinhard “Bud” Loewen has been sentenced to two years in prison for sexually assaulting 12 women while massaging them. (Facebook photo)

Pregnant women targeted by ‘committed serial sex predator’: B.C. judge

Abbotsford masseur who sexually assaulted 12 sentenced to 2-years in jail

Reinhard “Bud” Loewen has been sentenced to two years in prison for sexually assaulting 12 women while massaging them. (Facebook photo)
Abbotsford’s Sophie Schmidt suits up for Team Canada at the FIFA Women’s World Cup later this month. (Instagram photo)

Final FIFA World Cup ride for Abbotsford’s Sophie Schmidt

Schmidt, Canada Soccer open World Cup on July 20 against Nigeria

Abbotsford’s Sophie Schmidt suits up for Team Canada at the FIFA Women’s World Cup later this month. (Instagram photo)
Azaryah Hope has been on a slow road to recovery since a June 1 drowning accident at Cultus Lake, and his family is taking him to Louisiana to pursue hyperbaric oxygen treatment that isn’t available at home.

Family of Abbotsford boy who nearly died at B.C. lake asks for help

Azaryah (Ryah) Hope needs to go to Louisiana for expensive treatment not offered in B.C.

Azaryah Hope has been on a slow road to recovery since a June 1 drowning accident at Cultus Lake, and his family is taking him to Louisiana to pursue hyperbaric oxygen treatment that isn’t available at home.
There were six separate convocation ceremonies held at the athletic centre gymnasium in Abbotsford from June 13 to 15 for graduates at the University of the Fraser Valley. (UFV photo)

More than 2,300 graduate from UFV as ceremonies return to Abbotsford campus

University alumni tally now more than 50,000 strong, following convocation for class of 2023

There were six separate convocation ceremonies held at the athletic centre gymnasium in Abbotsford from June 13 to 15 for graduates at the University of the Fraser Valley. (UFV photo)
Abbotsford’s Jake Virtanen has signed with the DEL’s Fischtown Pinguins. (Foto von Jan-Philipp Burmann/City-Press GmbH)

Abbotsford’s Jake Virtanen signs with DEL’s Fischtown Pinguins

Virtanen initially signed with German-based team in February

Abbotsford’s Jake Virtanen has signed with the DEL’s Fischtown Pinguins. (Foto von Jan-Philipp Burmann/City-Press GmbH)
The Duck Divas have been hiding tiny resin ducks across B.C. to bring a smile to people's faces. (The Duck Divas/Facebook)

The sneaky Duck Divas have been hiding tiny fowl across B.C.’s Interior

Tiny, colourful ducks have been found in Abbotsford, Merritt and Kamloops

The Duck Divas have been hiding tiny resin ducks across B.C. to bring a smile to people's faces. (The Duck Divas/Facebook)
The Monster inflatable obstacle course is coming to Victoria. (Rob Jones photo)

The Monster inflatable obstacle course coming to Victoria

Event takes over Royal Athletic Park from June 8 to 11

The Monster inflatable obstacle course is coming to Victoria. (Rob Jones photo)
SFU football player and Abbotsford product Sam Davenport has wrote a letter to SFU president Joy Johnson to urge her to reconsider scrapping the football program. (Wilson Wong/SFU Athletics)

SFU footballer pens letter to university pleading to bring program back

Abbotsford’s Sam Davenport states that uncertainty around the team has destroyed his mental health

SFU football player and Abbotsford product Sam Davenport has wrote a letter to SFU president Joy Johnson to urge her to reconsider scrapping the football program. (Wilson Wong/SFU Athletics)
Larissa Franklin won a bronze medal in women’s softball at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo as part of Team Canada. (Larissa Franklin/Special to The News)

Softball Canada 2023 Women’s National Team features overwhelming number of B.C. athletes

11 of the 22 athletes named to the roster hail from B.C.

Larissa Franklin won a bronze medal in women’s softball at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo as part of Team Canada. (Larissa Franklin/Special to The News)
Three churches who challenged bans on group services during the COVID lockdowns are trying to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. (File photo by The Canadian Press)

Fraser Valley churches take COVID gathering ban appeal to top court

Langley, Abbotsford, and Chilliwack churches are seeking a Supreme Court of Canada hearing

Three churches who challenged bans on group services during the COVID lockdowns are trying to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. (File photo by The Canadian Press)
A snowstorm has stopped mail service in several regions in B.C. (File photo)

Snowstorm stops mail service in Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island

Canada Post issues red alert for several areas in B.C., yellow alert in many other regions

A snowstorm has stopped mail service in several regions in B.C. (File photo)
Gene Lahrkamp of Trail, a fugitive who was wanted for the killing of Abbotsford gangster Jimi Sandhu in Thailand, was killed in a plane crash April 30 in Ontario.

2 wanted B.C. men died in Ontario plane crash due to inexperienced pilot, poor visibility

Investigations found that the plane was overloaded and the pilot was not certified to fly in the adverse conditions

Gene Lahrkamp of Trail, a fugitive who was wanted for the killing of Abbotsford gangster Jimi Sandhu in Thailand, was killed in a plane crash April 30 in Ontario.
Duncan's James Walsh (left) and Abbotsford's Douglas Snitchuk recently won $1 million with Lotto Max. (Submitted)

Friends from Abbotsford and Duncan split $1 million lottery prize

Abbotsford’s Douglas Snitchuk and Duncan’s James Walsh win big on Lotto Max

Duncan's James Walsh (left) and Abbotsford's Douglas Snitchuk recently won $1 million with Lotto Max. (Submitted)
Abbotsford’s Jake Virtanen, shown here during his sexual assault trial this summer, has agreed to a professional tryout agreement with the Edmonton Oilers. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

Ex-Canuck Virtanen given shot at joining Oilers after not-guilty sex assault verdict

Virtanen hasn’t played professionally since he was put on leave in 2021

Abbotsford’s Jake Virtanen, shown here during his sexual assault trial this summer, has agreed to a professional tryout agreement with the Edmonton Oilers. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)