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MEI senior girls basketball team tangles with top-ranked Brookswood in tournament final A23
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Pipeline company must do more: city Abbotsford delivers submission to National Energy Board Tyler OLSEN Abbotsford News
The City of Abbotsford is still worried that the proposed twinning of the Trans Mountain Pipeline will cost taxpayers millions of dol-
lars, and it remains concerned that more needs to be done to prevent a third oil spill in Abbotsford. In its written submissions delivered to the National Energy Board (NEB) Tuesday, the city said that while it neither formally oppos-
es nor supports Kinder Morgan Canada’s proposal to expand its pipeline, it remains concerned about the cost to municipalities, as well as the company’s preparation and response to an oil spill. The pipeline runs about 42 ki-
lometres through Abbotsford, and Kinder Morgan also operates a pump station and tank farm on Sumas Mountain. Kinder Morgan has proposed tripling the pipeline’s capacity to 890,000 barrels per day. Continued on A3
Police standoff with man ends safely Vikki HOPES Abbotsford News
A standoff involving a man who threatened to blow up his house ended peacefully Monday evening with Abbotsford police taking the individual to hospital for mental health treatment. Around 5:30 p.m., police went to the man’s residence in the area of Mayfair Avenue and Cottage Lane after a report that he had threatened someone. The 65-year-old man locked himself in, and threatened to use the furnace to blow up the house. Authorities shut off the gas supply. Officers made contact with the man, and were communicating with him for several hours. Shortly after 10 p.m., nearby residents reported hearing loud bangs, but the standoff didn’t end until around 11:45 p.m.. The man was taken to hospital.
POT SHOP BAN UPHELD A3 Supreme Court judge orders dispensary to stop selling marijuana products
FATAL CRASH IN MISSION A5 Abbotsford driver killed when another Abby motorist crosses centre line
VIDEO TACKLES TOUGH TOPIC A7 Abbotsford Police release new video on the topic of violence in a relationship ■
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85¢ KEVIN MACDONALD Abbotsford News
Police emergency response team members were at the scene of a standoff that ended peacefully Monday night.
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