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Chrissa Perez, 26, is an Abbotsford woman who has earned a spot on The Bachelor’s Season 28, which begins airing in January 2024. (Image courtesy The Bachelor)

B.C. woman chosen for The Bachelor’s next season

Chrissa Perez, 26, will see if there’s a spark with Joey Graziadei

Chrissa Perez, 26, is an Abbotsford woman who has earned a spot on The Bachelor’s Season 28, which begins airing in January 2024. (Image courtesy The Bachelor)
Bruce Banman has left the BC United party. (Abbotsford News file photo)

Abbotsford South MLA Banman leaves BC United for Conservatives

Bruce Banman’s jump to join leader John Rustad gives Conservatives official party status

Bruce Banman has left the BC United party. (Abbotsford News file photo)
Approximately 1,000 people volunteered over the course of the 55+ BC Games in Abbotsford this year. (55+ BC Games photo team)

PHOTOS: About 1,000 volunteers helped out at 55+ BC Games in Abbotsford

Some of the sporting event’s volunteers helped out every day to support athletes from around province

Approximately 1,000 people volunteered over the course of the 55+ BC Games in Abbotsford this year. (55+ BC Games photo team)
Participants in the 55+ BC Games competed in multiple sports over four days in Abbotsford. The event wrapped up on Saturday, Aug. 27. (55+ BC Games photo team)

PHOTOS: 55+ BC Games fourth and final day in Abbotsford

Athletes from across the province compete in cycling, darts, track and more

Participants in the 55+ BC Games competed in multiple sports over four days in Abbotsford. The event wrapped up on Saturday, Aug. 27. (55+ BC Games photo team)
Students at Sandy Hill elementary in Abbotsford created banners to welcome in the participating athletes to the 55+ BC Games on Aug. 23. (John Morrow/Abbotsford News)

VIDEO: 55+ BC Games opening ceremony to feature artistic touch from Abbotsford youth

Sandy Hill elementary students handpainted signs to be used at August event

Students at Sandy Hill elementary in Abbotsford created banners to welcome in the participating athletes to the 55+ BC Games on Aug. 23. (John Morrow/Abbotsford News)
A fire on Chilliwack Lake Road, as it began Thursday afternoon. (Gena Phillips/Submitted)

BC Wildfire responding with air support to out-of-control fire in Chilliwack

Chilliwack Lake Road closed as crews battle blaze that started late Thursday afternoon

A fire on Chilliwack Lake Road, as it began Thursday afternoon. (Gena Phillips/Submitted)
Abbotsford’s Dennis Pemble worked as one of very few Wildlife Control Officers in B.C. (Submitted photo)

B.C.’s last wildlife control officer pens new memoir

Retired Abbotsford man sifted through 30 years of diaries about tracking problem animals

Abbotsford’s Dennis Pemble worked as one of very few Wildlife Control Officers in B.C. (Submitted photo)
Abbotsford truck driver Kevin Boese has been named Driver of the Year in North America by Shell. He drives for Scamp Transport in Langley. (Submitted photo)

B.C. man named Shell’s North American Driver of the Year

Scamp Transport driver recognized for contributing to community when he’s not behind the wheel

Abbotsford truck driver Kevin Boese has been named Driver of the Year in North America by Shell. He drives for Scamp Transport in Langley. (Submitted photo)
A quarter that sat for months in the washroom, unclaimed, provides a glimmer of hope that most people are still good. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)

COLUMN: Unclaimed bathroom quarter puts glimmer of hope back in humanity

Everyone came to the same conclusion: ‘It doesn’t belong to me.’

A quarter that sat for months in the washroom, unclaimed, provides a glimmer of hope that most people are still good. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)
The Funk family of Abbotsford is looking to the community for help saving their son’s life. (Aleks Sharpe Photography)

B.C. boy, 7, needs bone marrow match to save life

Young Abbotsford boy already showing damaging lesions on brain from genetic disease

The Funk family of Abbotsford is looking to the community for help saving their son’s life. (Aleks Sharpe Photography)
Nick Taylor, of Canada, reacts after winning the Canadian Open championship on the fourth playoff hole against Tommy Fleetwood, of Southport, U.K., in Toronto on Sunday, June 11, 2023. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette)

Abbotsford’s Nick Taylor snakes 72-foot eagle putt to win RBC Canadian Open

Yale secondary alum the first Canadian golfer to win national open in 69 years

Nick Taylor, of Canada, reacts after winning the Canadian Open championship on the fourth playoff hole against Tommy Fleetwood, of Southport, U.K., in Toronto on Sunday, June 11, 2023. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette)
Nick Taylor of Abbotsford takes a swing at the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday, June 11. (PGA Tour video screenshot)

B.C. golfer Nick Taylor breaks course record at RBC Canadian Open

Taylor ended third round at open with a 9-under 63 on Saturday, still vying to win

Nick Taylor of Abbotsford takes a swing at the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday, June 11. (PGA Tour video screenshot)
War medals were fished out of the Sumas River near Abbotsford and the teenager who found them is hoping to find the rightful owner. (Submitted photo)

Teen pulls box of war medals out of Abbotsford river while fishing

First and Second World War medals were in a small plastic box with duct tape on it

War medals were fished out of the Sumas River near Abbotsford and the teenager who found them is hoping to find the rightful owner. (Submitted photo)
Beekeepers tend to hives in 2020. Beekeepers, aquaculturalists and federally licensed marijuana and hemp growers can now apply for special funding to help protect against extreme heat. (Chelsea Thomsen/Special to Black Press)

Province expands extreme weather funding program to include beekeepers, pot growers

Growers can apply for up to $35,000 in cost-sharing program to protect against heat, floods, fire

Beekeepers tend to hives in 2020. Beekeepers, aquaculturalists and federally licensed marijuana and hemp growers can now apply for special funding to help protect against extreme heat. (Chelsea Thomsen/Special to Black Press)
The Abbotsford Farm and Country Market, celebrating its 20th season, opened Saturday at Jubilee Park. It’s one of about 145 markets across the province that are included in the BC Farmers’ Market Trail app. (John Morrow/Abbotsford News)

Track down B.C.’s best farmers markets this summer with interactive app

BC Farmers’ Market Trail lists 145 farmers markets in regions across the province

The Abbotsford Farm and Country Market, celebrating its 20th season, opened Saturday at Jubilee Park. It’s one of about 145 markets across the province that are included in the BC Farmers’ Market Trail app. (John Morrow/Abbotsford News)
Abbotsford Christian School. (Google Street View)

Abbotsford Christian parent group loses vote to repeal gender identity policy from school manual

Majority of 1,800 voters in Abbotsford Christian School Society took part in two-day resolution vote

Abbotsford Christian School. (Google Street View)
BC United leader Kevin Falcon spoke to the media in Abbotsford on May 17 on a range of topics, including decriminalization and the pressures it’s putting on individual municipalities. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)

NDP needs to protect children’s public places from drug use, says Kevin Falcon

Opposition leader says decriminalization puts too much pressure on individual municipalities

BC United leader Kevin Falcon spoke to the media in Abbotsford on May 17 on a range of topics, including decriminalization and the pressures it’s putting on individual municipalities. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)
Anna Konrad rests on her family’s trampoline in the Sumas Prairie region of Abbotsford on a recent warm day. She has created a podcast documenting the post-traumatic stress kids like her are experiencing from the flooding in November 2021, and pressuring the government to keep the issue top of mind. (Submitted photo)

Young B.C. podcast creator opens dialogue on PTSD for flood-affected children

5-episode series tackles post-traumatic stress and urges politicians to keep issue top of mind

Anna Konrad rests on her family’s trampoline in the Sumas Prairie region of Abbotsford on a recent warm day. She has created a podcast documenting the post-traumatic stress kids like her are experiencing from the flooding in November 2021, and pressuring the government to keep the issue top of mind. (Submitted photo)
The Provincial Skills Canada competition was held April 19 in Abbotsford at the Tradex. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)

VIDEO: B.C. trades students compete in Skills Canada competitions in Abbotsford

Annual event brings hundreds of students together for competitions, hands-on learning and more

The Provincial Skills Canada competition was held April 19 in Abbotsford at the Tradex. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)
Jacob Wilson was 24 when he died in Abbotsford, likely due to fentanyl. His mother, a long-time school trustee in the city, is now speaking candidly about their family’s story. (Submitted photo)

VIDEO: B.C. school trustee shares heart-wrenching story of losing son to fentanyl

Jacob Wilson survived traumatic brain injury with intervention, but left to die from addiction

Jacob Wilson was 24 when he died in Abbotsford, likely due to fentanyl. His mother, a long-time school trustee in the city, is now speaking candidly about their family’s story. (Submitted photo)