May 2026

A bear is dead, and a man is recovering from his injuries after an early-morning attack in Mission on Monday (May 18). Gordon Gwyn discovered a black bear outside his home before the sun was even up on Victoria Day. But unlike past bear sightings in the area, this interaction ended in confrontation between the

The B.C. Teachers Against Antisemitism has lost its application to review a human rights tribunal decision not to fast-track an antisemitism complaint hearing against the province’s teachers’ union. Supreme Court of B.C. Justice Michael P. Klein issued his decision on May 15 in Vancouver, dismissing the petitioner, B.C. Teachers Against Antisemitism, application for review. He

A Surrey, B.C. man with alleged ties to the international drug trade has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison in the United States for conspiracy to export methamphetamine, court documents show. Opinder Singh Sian, 38, was arrested in July 2025 and held in custody in connection with allegedly attempting to traffic 530 pounds of

Dear Editor, We’re living in very confusion times and it’s hard to understand what’s going on in our world. I had the opportunity to chat with one of our cities councillors, Jenny Tan, at the recent Earth Day celebrations. I tried to stress the importance of reining in our spending at city hall because of

A number of notable former athletes and celebrities are coming to Abbotsford on June 6 and 7 for a charity softball tournament designed to raise awareness for mental health and trauma recovery. The second annual Devin McGuire Memorial Tournament takes over Abbotsford’s Exhibition Park starting at 10:30 a.m. each day with dozens of teams competing