Skip to content
Vikki Hopes

Vikki Hopes

I have been a journalist for almost 40 years, and have been at the Abbotsford News since 1991. Over this time, I have covered crime, courts, city council and other general news and feature stories.

Phone
604-851-4530
Email
vikki.hopes@abbynews.com

Recent Work by Vikki

Abbotsford man who killed wife with hatchet is eligible for parole in 13 years

Abbotsford man who killed wife with hatchet is eligible for parole in 13 years

Kamaljit Sandhu murdered by estranged husband in July 2022
Read more >
Trans advocate speaks out after anti-SOGI group walks in Abbotsford's Canada Day parade

Trans advocate speaks out after anti-SOGI group walks in Abbotsford's Canada Day parade

No Space for Hate administrator says city should have better vetted parade participants
Read more >
Abbotsford trustees vote against required parental consent for pronoun changes

Abbotsford trustees vote against required parental consent for pronoun changes

Mike Rauch says parental consent should be required when kids under 12 want to change name or pronoun
Read more >
Abbotsford vertical farming company cleared of misrepresentation

Abbotsford vertical farming company cleared of misrepresentation

Securities Commission dismisses allegations against 3 people from Abbotsford, Surrey and Langley
Read more >
UPDATE: Abbotsford Tech District plan shelved after council decision

UPDATE: Abbotsford Tech District plan shelved after council decision

Developers say they can no longer proceed after council rejects OCP bylaw amendment
Read more >
Abbotsford officers cleared in arrest where man stopped breathing

Abbotsford officers cleared in arrest where man stopped breathing

Independent Investigations Office concludes use of Taser was 'reasonable'
Read more >
3 Fraser Valley MPs slam feds for denying Abbotsford flood funding

3 Fraser Valley MPs slam feds for denying Abbotsford flood funding

Ed Fast, Brad Vis and Tako van Popta say they have 'profound disappoinment' over decision
Read more >
Two Abbotsford hog-farm protesters win appeal; sentences reduced

Two Abbotsford hog-farm protesters win appeal; sentences reduced

Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer of Kelowna now receive conditional sentences
Read more >
City of Abbotsford: Report 'misleading' on cost to restore Sumas Lake

City of Abbotsford: Report 'misleading' on cost to restore Sumas Lake

City consulting engineering firm responds to previously released report
Read more >
Sentencing hearing underway for Abbotsford man who killed wife with hatchet

Sentencing hearing underway for Abbotsford man who killed wife with hatchet

Inderjit Sandhu previously pleaded guilty to second-degree murder of Kamaljit Sandhu
Read more >
More work by Vikki >