Eat Fraser Valley September 17th - 19th, 2010

Get ready foodies. 

Starting Friday September 17th, 2010 - September 19th, 2010

 Eat Fraser Valley hits Abbotsford's Tradex Centre.
Celebrity Chefs Lynn Crawford from Restaurant Makeover and Pitchin' In seen on The Food Network Canada and Canadian Iron Chef Rob Feenie will be there.
Tickets bought on line are $2.00 cheaper than bought in person.
If you are a foodie then this is the place for you to be next weekend.

Downtown Abby turns in to Santra Cruz, CA.....

I was flipping through the Abbotsford News yesterday and right on the front page it shows a CHRISTMAS movie being filmed for the Lifetime Movie Network called ON STRIKE FOR CHRISTMAS with actress Daphne Zuniga, which was based on a book.

If Daphne's name doesn't ring a bell, think old school Melrose Place. She played Jo Reynolds.  She also played Alex P Keaton's girlfriend on Family Ties.  If you watch Nip & Tuck she was in season 5.  Also played on One Tree Hill and played Princess Vespa on Spaceballs the movie.

picture found on google images.

Anyways they turned downtown Abbotsford on Montrose Avenue into a small American town of Santa Cruz.  The crew was due to wrap up shooting the movie as of yesterday.

How exciting is this for Abbotsford? 

Be sure an look for this movie at Christmas on the Lifetime Movie Network if you get it. Word is this movie will be shot entirely in BC.

In past years there has been anywhere from 15-20 movies shot in Abbotsford such as Disney's Space Buddies and Scary Movie 4. 

 Abbotsford has hosted a lot of A&W commercials as well.

Our lil city is making a name for itself besides being BC's 5th largest city & a great farming community.
Go Abbotsford!

B.C. woman goes on birthday monster truck rampage

B.C. woman goes on birthday monster truck rampage

Wow seriously? I mean with people like this woman I can see why

people leaving comments on the Province's site thinking everyone in 

Abbotsford is a redneck or trailer trash. 

So not the case.  ;)

U.S. sex offender spotted in Abbotsford

U.S. sex offender spotted in Abbotsford

Adam Scott Huggins, 46.
Photograph by: Handout, Abbotsford Police

ABBOTSFORD -- A registered sex offender from California has recently been spotted in Abbotsford, police announced Wednesday.

Adam Scott Huggins, 46, has a violent criminal history in the U.S. that includes robbery, assault with a weapon and sex offences involving children. He is wanted in California for violating conditions and in B.C. on a radius warrant for production of a controlled substance.

Huggins is a Caucasian male, five-feet-eleven and 220 pounds with blonde and grey hair and blue eyes. He has tattoos on his stomach, back, chest and arms.

Huggins was seen in the downtown core of Abbotsford last month, according to police. People who have information concerning his whereabouts are asked to call 911 and not approach him.

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Unsure of the Abbotsford Watering Ban?

Are you unsure of the Abbotsford watering ban?

Check out this site here.

It will tell you everything you need to know.

Abbotsford News - Woman missing from Abbotsford health facility

Woman missing from Abbotsford health facility

Published: August 08, 2010 2:00 PM

Updated: August 08, 2010 2:16 PM

Police are asking for the public's help in locating a Mission woman who has gone missing from an Abbotsford health facility. Debra Lypchuk, 50, was reported missing at about 10 p.m. on Thursday. Police and medical staff conducted extensive searches of the building, the grounds, neighbouring areas and places Lypchuk had been known to attend.

She is described as Caucasian, five feet tall, 200 pounds with light brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing purple tights. No other clothing description or a photo were available.

Police advise that Lypchuk was receiving treatment at the facility and might be agitated due to a lack of medication. Anyone with information is asked to call the Abbotsford Police Department at 604-859-5225.

Abbotsford News - Shaping Abbotsford's mega mall

Abbotsford News - Shaping Abbotsford's mega mall

By Kevin Mills - Abbotsford News

Published: August 06, 2010 10:00 AM
Updated: August 06, 2010 11:18 PM


Billed as the largest retail development in B.C. in the past 30 years, a new 600,000-square-foot regional shopping centre on Mt. Lehman Road was officially launched Thursday.


Shape Properties president John Horton was in Abbotsford for the groundbreaking for the High Street project, estimated to be worth close to $200 million.


“We believe in Abbotsford,” Horton told the crowd. “We believe it to be a vital and growing community. It’s a municipality ready to do business."


Other recent projects, including the new hospital, widening of the freeway and the new interchanges, made it an easy decision to choose Abbotsford, Horton indicated.


High Street will feature approximately 60 retail outlets, anchored by a Walmart superstore and London Drugs. Horton said agreements were already in place for about half of the available space.


Retail is a focal point for Vancouver-based Shape Properties. The group recently purchased the Brentwood and Lougheed malls and are nearing completion of a second project in Abbotsford. The Parallel Marketplace, located on North Parallel Road, is a 135,000-sq.ft project featuring Thrifty Foods and Bank of Montreal.


Shape has applied to the city to start working on phase two of the centre.


Horton said recent economic challenges are not a major concern to him.

“We build while planning for the long term,” he said, adding Canada and especially B.C. are still strong markets.


Abbotsford Mayor George Peary said the city was pleased to partner with Shape Properties.


“Mr. Horton heard a who and the who was Abbotsford,” said Peary.

The shopping centre is expected to create more than 1,000 jobs.

“I think this sends a huge message to the business community when someone is willing to spend tens of millions of dollars to develop in Abbotsford,” said Peary.


He feels that kind of development is “contagious,” an opinion shared by Jay Teichroeb, general manager of economic development and planning.


Teichroeb has confirmed that Northland Properties Corp., the parent company of Sandman Hotels, has purchased a large piece of land on the southeast corner of the Mt. Lehman interchange.


“That’s a spin-off. I have no doubt that this mall (High Street) was a contributing factor in the decision to buy the land,” said Teichroeb.


No plans have been announced on what Northland will do with the land.

Once the High Street mall is open for business, Teichroeb expects to see 4,000 to 5,000 vehicle trips daily.


“It will help us attract and recapture retail dollars that historically leaked out of this community,” he added.


As well, it is estimated the City of Abbotsford will collect over $6 million in development cost charges from the project.


It's a busy time for building in Abbotsford.


Other projects underway include:


– Site clearing is underway at the corner of Sumas Way and Delair Road for the construction of a Cactus Club Restaurant and HSBC building.


– A Goodlife Fitness club will open in the winter of 2011 at 32500 South Fraser Way. The new centre is being built inside the old Grand Theatre building in the Safeway/Staples Mall.


– While a site has yet to be purchased, Teichroeb said the federal government is planning to put a 50,000-sq.ft. office building in Abbotsford.


– Golden Valley Foods is expanding its facility. The 74,000-sq.ft. project is valued at $20 million.