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Pepper spray incident a repeat offence Lack of information coming from school after multiple incidents riles parents of Abbotsford Senior students ROCHELLE BAKER RBaker@abbotsfordtimes.com
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group of Abbotsford Senior Secondary parents are upset they weren’t informed that there have been multiple pepper spray attacks
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at the high school, following the latest incident on Thursday. A 17-year-old student is facing a charge of mischief after he allegedly deployed a can of pepper spray in the school’s crowded main foyer as the school broke for lunch.
One youth was taken to hospital and a number of students had to be treated by paramedics on scene. The Abbotsford School District sent a letter home to parents on Thursday afternoon saying all the students affected will fully recov-
er. But the letter did not mention any previous incidents. However, a number of parents say this isn’t the first time someone has deployed the noxious and potentially dangerous substance at the school. But parents were never informed. Parent Barbara Wade stressed she is a proud Abby Panther parent and has nothing but good to say about staff and principal at
the school. But she’s upset she was only officially informed about the pepper spray attacks after it became a major incident. She has two children at the school and her kids have come home reporting pepper spray in the halls on two or three other occasions. see PEPPER, page A4
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Winter Games nearing Torch lighting ceremony will mark 100 days CHRISTINA TOTH CToth@abbotsfordtimes.com
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A student at Aberdeen Elementary School in Abbotsford enters the gym, past the colour guard of Abbotsford and Aldergrove Royal Canadian Legion members, during a Remembrance Day ceremony involving the entire student body on Friday morning. For more photos, see our photo gallery on page A9.
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