Two of these kittens came to the Abbotsford SPCA after a man found them abandoned a week ago. They were accepted by Peggy, a mother cat at the shelter who gave birth in mid-June to four. The kittens are among 120 felines at the local shelter needing homes.

others also read... On Thursday, July 9, The Abbotsford News will mark the end of a long broadsheet era, and the launch of a bold new look and format.

Dianna Holden received an unexpected gesture of goodwill while at hospital with her children. others also read...

others also read... To Patricia Ross, Metro Vancouver’s strategy to build waste-fired energy plants is diametrically opposed to its past positions in defence of Lower Mainland air quality.

others also read... The cost of attracting a top bureaucrat from eastern Canada came at a price for local taxpayers, with Abbotsford city manager Frank Pizzuto accumulating close to $40,000 in expenses in 2008.

DOWNTOWN BUSINESS owner John Heighington is upset with the amount of vandalism going on. HAVE SOME RESPECT. Those words come from John Heighington, owner of Spotless Cleaners, as he stands outside his business on Emerson St. watching three men replace the broken window in his building.

TERRACE HOCKEYVILLE float in the Kitimat July 1 parade. A PLEASANT July 1 was held in Kitimat thanks to very cooperative weather for the many events. The traditional offerings of foods from many lands drew appreciative crowds.

Delta firefighters snuff out small fire in Burns Bog South Delta Leader • Jul-03-2009 Delta firefighters acted quickly Thursday afternoon to snuff out a small fire in Burns Bog.

Ferry ridership rose when ticket prices were reduced in January of this year. others also read...

An abandoned tugboat which had run aground near the East Sooke shore, and been a conversation piece in the Sooke area for about a year and a half, went up in flames Friday night.

Kelowna residents will soon find their water bills going up, as they are encouraged to use less H2O. Got a News tip?

Polcie have now ruled out foul play in the death of a Penticton woman. Got a News tip?

The driver of the ambulance that plowed into a van will not be facing charges. Got a News tip?

A thrill seeking Kelowna man has died after a tragic accident last night on Spiers road. Got a News tip?

In the last month eight people have died in accidents involving motorcycles in our region. R.C.M.P. are warning bikers to be more aware of the dangers of riding on Okanagan roads.

Police are now saying suicide, not foul play, is the reason an adult male's body was found Friday in Bridal Falls provincial park east of Chilliwack.

School sports may take a hit after a $1.3 million award was made to a Chilliwack student injured in P.E. class.

others also read... A three-year-old Chilliwack boy is in Abbotsford hospital with close to 100 stitches in his face after being mauled by a dog on Monday evening.

No criminal charges are going to be laid by police in connection with a three-year-old boy mauled by a family dog in a Chilliwack home Monday night.

A second fire broke out at the Lanai Apartments early Wednesday morning, apparently the result of careless smoking.

Notes from the District of 100 Mile House meeting held June 22.

The Canim Lake Band has a five-year sustainability plan and the federal government bought into that plan June 25.

Interior Health has announced that the expansion of Fischer Place/Mill Site Lodge is going ahead with a call for tenders issued June 26.

Cathy McLeod, Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP, is home for the summer and looking forward to meeting with her constituents.

Bridge Lake residents are up in arms over a school district decision to cut teachers and have two classrooms with four grades in each.

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“We have had speeds of 103 kph today…. It could happen again,” said Farlin, standing alongside Murray’s memorial, as the holiday traffic flew past. Constable Chad Gravelle with the Boston Bar RCMP remained by the roadside handing out tickets and reminding people of Murray’s accident.

The group came together in early 2008, when Hope Chamber of Commerce representatives were invited to apply to host a provincial soccer tournament. It was clear that good-quality fields would be required, so the group set about planning to improve the condition of school district and municipal fields.

Scouts Canada luckily averted a near tragedy, Monday morning, June 29, after a bus transporting over 20 young scouts on a trip up the Fraser Canyon was rear ended by a pick-up truck, near the Sailor Bar Tunnel in the Fraser Canyon.

B.C. Lions' receiver Ryan Grice-Mullen dropped a Hail Mary pass with 13 seconds to go that would have won the game, a back-and-forth 28-24 Roughriders' win that featured a whopping 15 turnovers.

More than 300 people gathered at a funeral home in Delta on Friday to pay their respects to a Surrey teenager killed in a car crash.

A van sought in connection with the death of a Burnaby businessman on Thursday may be linked to a theft that took place in the city two weeks ago.

The Grouse Grind trail on Vancouver's North Shore reopened Friday afternoon after being closed due to falling rock.

Historically low interest rates and discounted housing prices are fuelling a real estate boom on B.C.'s south coast with sales in Vancouver up 75 per cent compared to June of last year.

Victoria and Saanich, the region's most-populated municipalities, paid almost $17 million in salaries and expenses to their senior employees alone last year.

A Victoria man is in custody after a bizarre break-in at an elderly woman's home where a man was spotted leaving dressed in the occupant's trench coat, scarf and sunglasses and carrying a cane.

Camping this weekend? Don't count on roasting marshmallows over a campfire. A campfire ban was imposed yesterday on southern Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. The ban applies to B.C. parks and all Crown lands. The ban does not affect fires in stoves using gas, propane or briquettes.

The number of cases of H1N1 human swine flu on Vancouver Island continues to grow, mostly on the southern portion of the Island.

A reluctant witness repeatedly testified in youth court yesterday that he had no memory of the shooting that killed 20-year-old Philbert Truong, although he was just a few steps from the shooter when it happened.

This is the first of four stories by our columnists about their most cherished mementos. On Tuesday, Pete McMartin writes about a favourite print he gave to his wife Sue.

In 1983, a disillusioned Tien Ching left China, deprived by fate and Chairman Mao Zedong's cultural revolution from receiving a university education.

We were 1,800 feet in the air over North Surrey at 1 a.m. Friday when a strong green light sliced through the darkness, angled directly at the RCMP's Air 2 helicopter.

Work to curb the spread of AIDS in British Columbia hasn't slowed down any in the years since doctors here -- joined by Vancouver artist Tiko Kerr -- took on the federal government in a fight to save the lives of four men.

Gordana Nikic was just 18 years old when the siege of Sarajevo began.