Media Releases
The McKee Neighbourhood Plan will need to be reintroduced to Abbotsford City Council due to a procedural error.
On January 30, 2023, a procedural error was made with the first and second readings of the bylaw for the McKee Neighbourhood Plan. This was…
The City of Abbotsford and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 774 have ratified a two-year collective agreement for the period of January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2024.
“The new agreement allows the City of Abbotsford to continue…
The City of Abbotsford has once again benefited from funding received from the Community Works Fund (CWF) program, which was the stimulus for the completion of multiple roads and infrastructure projects across the City in 2022. In total, the City…
As the City of Abbotsford continues to grow and develop, finding ways to reduce waste is an increasingly important part of minimizing the City’s impact on our environment. To meet Recycle BC requirements and divert unnecessary waste from landfills, the…
A new outreach program in Abbotsford is already making great strides addressing at-risk youth homelessness through a coordinated service that goes into homeless camps, high-risk living situations and schools to identify and connect vulnerable youth with…
The City of Abbotsford is once again inviting Abbotsford elementary students in kindergarten through grade five to participate in a contest to design the Mayor’s annual Christmas card.
Every year Mayor and Council send out many electronic Christmas…
The City of Abbotsford is pleased to announce the completion of the highly awaited Marshall Road Connector project, which will open for public use on Saturday, October 29, 2022. The project, which has been a strategic priority for Council since 2016,…
The Lower Mainland’s record-high September temperatures and extended dry weather has led to provincial level 5 drought conditions in the region, and with little rain in the forecast, the Abbotsford Mission Water and Sewer Commission (AMWSC) is…
The City of Abbotsford and the Heritage Abbotsford Society are restoring the 145-year-old Turner House into a vibrant and historic Clayburn Park facility for the community to enjoy for years to come. As part of this project, secondary and post-secondary…
PROVINCE OF BC NEWS RELEASE
WHISTLER – The Province is providing $62 million to the City of Abbotsford to build a new well and water-treatment system to ensure a reliable, resilient water service for more than 165,000 people in response to growing…
Following the Prime Minister’s declaration of a National Day of Mourning and national holiday on September 19th in recognition of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, the City of Abbotsford, like other government offices across the country, will be…
The City of Abbotsford is pleased to announce that Erick Peterson will be assuming the position of Fire Chief to lead the City of Abbotsford Fire Rescue Services department.
Peterson will start his new role on September 12, 2022 and joins the City of…
For her commitment as a community builder and volunteer, as well as her dedication to sport, Sharon Mitchell is the 2022 recipient of the Order of Abbotsford.
For the past 40 years, Sharon Mitchell has been a valuable community contributor in the City of…
The City of Abbotsford is proud to share that the newly designed and redeveloped Grant Park has won the Parks Excellence Award from the BC Recreation and Parks Association (BCRPA).
Grant Park was reopened in 2020 as Abbotsford’s first inclusive park and…
BC Transit has launched NextRide, its Automatic Vehicle Location technology, in the Central Fraser Valley, Chilliwack, Hope and Agassiz-Harrison Transit Systems, including the Fraser Valley Express. Following several weeks of testing and training, the…