MISSION - A suspected 30-year-old drug dealer in Mission has forfeited a silver bar and an e-scooter after Mission RCMP located evidence that he was involved in drug trafficking.Mission RCMP Corporal Harrison Mohr says that on February 4, 2026, one of the detachment's Crime Reduction Unit officers observed a man in mul...

CHILLIWACK - An 11-year-old girl was admitted to hospital less than two weeks ago after she was exposed to drug smoke involving fentanyl while she was playing inside her fenced backyard near a supportive housing building in Chilliwack. Her dad, Darren Jackson, told Fraser Valley Today in a phone interview that the trau...

MAPLE RIDGE - Homicide investigators have been called to Maple Ridge after a 56-year-old man who was shot and wounded roughly two weeks ago succumbed to his injuries earlier this week. Maple Ridge Mounties were called to the 11400 block of 236 Street in Maple Ridge on Tuesday, Aug. 18 shortly after 10 p.m. after gettin...

MAPLE RIDGE - Police in Maple Ridge are warning the public about a recent uptick in reported counterfeit cash circulating in the community.In a statement, police say they've received at least eight separate reports of $50 or $100 bills being used at various local businesses. On the upside, police say most of the busine...

CHILLIWACK - A bloc of trustees running for the Chilliwack Board of Education in the fall election has proposed the formation of a local ombudsperson to assist parents with methodically resolving complaints or disputes they may have. At the first of six weekly policy announcements earlier today in Chilliwack, Trustees ...

CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack councillors have voted to uphold a fine of just over $53,000 for cleanup costs and remediation associated with a South Sumas Road drug lab, even though actual dismantling costs were at least $300,000, and likely substantially more. During a discussion item on Tuesday's council meeting agenda, ci...

NORTH VANCOUVER - A Metro Vancouver woman has been fined more than $300 after being caught on video asleep behind the wheel of a Tesla driving on a busy highway. The BC Highway Patrol says the incident was reported on Aug. 11 around 3:30 p.m. on Highwa...

CHILLIWACK - Police in Chilliwack are appealing to the public for help in identifying a person of interest in a robbery that happened on Yale Road back in July 2026.Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener says police were notified on July 20, 2026, at about 12:20 a.m., that a youth had been confronted by a ...

CHILLIWACK - Lifelong Chilliwack resident and local dairy farmer Chris Kloot has announced he'll seek re-election in this fall's municipal election on a platform of responsible growth and agricultural land protection. On a campaign theme of "Building Tomorrow, Together," Kloot says his platform is predicated ...

FRASER VALLEY - Fraser Valley realtors say a deeply-entrenched buyer's market is giving buyers even more time to make their next home purchase, often at the expense of eager sellers, as sales continued their slow march last month.In a statement, the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board says it recorded 941 sales on its Mult...

MANNING PARK - Manning Park Resort is urging its customers not to fall prey to scammers who use third-party messaging services to extract credit card information and other personal information. In an email sent to its customers on Monday, August 31 at 11:15 a.m., Manning Park Resort is reminding all of its guests to ex...

CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack resident and business owner who has given back to the community as a Rotarian and served as the former chair of the Chilliwack Board of Education will run for Chilliwack City Council this fall. Jared Mumford, the current president of the Rotary Club of Chilliwack and co-chair of Chilliwack Hea...

UPDATE, 10:32 p.m. Tuesday: Crews are on their way and should arrive at 10:40 p.m. Tuesday night to remediate the outage. BC Hydro's website was last updated at 9:15 p.m. Original story: LANGLEY/ABBOTSFORD - A power outage has left over 1,300 customers without power in Langley and Abbotsford Tuesday night. BC Hydro's o...

ABBOTSFORD - Police officers from throughout Abbotsford raced to Whatcom Road Tuesday evening after getting multiple reports of a man atop an apartment building armed with what appeared to be a rifle. AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker told Fraser Valley Today the call basically came in as a potential active shooter ...

BOSTON BAR - An elected official on the Fraser Valley Regional District representing parts of the Fraser Canyon who were hardest hit by regional wildfires plans to run again in this fall's municipal election. Diane Johnson, Electoral Area A director for the Fraser Canyon encompassing communities like Boston Bar, North ...

ABBOTSFORD - Evening and overnight traffic-pattern changes are now underway for motorists driving westbound on Highway 1 through Abbotsford. The Ministry of Transportation and Transit says a detour at the Mount Lehman exit is now in effect on multiple nights between August 31 and September 11, from 8:30 p.m. until 5:30...

UPDATE: Chilliwack councillors have given third reading and adoption (approval) to a rezoning approval that will facilitate the expansion of an Italian restaurant at 45835 Airport Road in Chilliwack. Original story: CHILLIWACK - An Italian restaurant on Airport Road in Chilliwack could get the green light to expand at...

NEAR MANNING PARK, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Four wildfires that had been burning for roughly six weeks near E.C. Manning Park are now being held. The BC Wildfire says the four fires combined are over 3,046 hectares. They include the Big Burn Creek wildfire (898.5 ha), the Daynar Creek wildfire (654.76 ha), the Porcupine Cree...

ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say they're going to step up education and enforcement efforts around the use of electronic scooters and other similar devices which are currently banned throughout the city. In a statement, Abbotsford PD Sgt. Paul Walker says traffic volumes on Abbotsford roadways are expected to incr...

CHILLIWACK - An indoor amusement centre that was the subject of a temporary use permit vote by Chilliwack City Council last year appears to be moving closer to opening its doors. Crazy Corner Fun Park, as its name appears on a website containing limited information, has had its interior renovated with new flooring at 4...

UPDATE: Chilliwack City Council voted unanimously Tuesday afternoon to accept a security contract from Griffin totalling $2,592,873.86 for security services over the next year. Councillor Nicole Read asked city staff during Tuesday's meeting why security costs appear to have increased versus the last contract with Grif...

CHILLIWACK - A local realtor who has called Chilliwack home for the past quarter century will seek a seat on Chilliwack City Council in the municipal election this fall. Daryl Moniz, past president of the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board, says he's running for council because he cares about where the community...

GOLDEN EARS PROVINCIAL PARK - Police in Maple Ridge can now confirm that an arrest has been made into a widely-circulated incident caught on video in which a man is seen defacing a boulder at Golden Ears Provincial Park near Maple Ridge. In a statement, Maple Ridge RCMP say the alleged suspect turned himself into polic...

CHILLIWACK/ABBOTSFORD/LANGLEY - Police in Chilliwack say a Langley man charged in connection with a multi-jurisdictional drug trafficking investigation spanning Chilliwack, Abbotsford and Langley has been sentenced to over 11 years in prison. RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener says the Chilliwack RCMP Priority Ta...

CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack small business owner and entrepreneur who gave back to the community as a Rotarian for roughly 15 years and through other grassroots initiatives has announced her candidacy for Chilliwack City Council. Danielle Beausoleil, a longtime local resident and mother of two who earned a bachelor's deg...

CHILLIWACK - On a platform of prioritizing public safety and responsible city spending, incumbent Chilliwack Councillor Nicole Huitema Read, a lifelong resident of Chilliwack, says she's proud to announce her re-election campaign. "I am proud to call Chilliwack home and I am excited about the opportunity to contin...

CHILLIWACK - Yet another member of the B.C. Conservative Party has left the party, citing a loss of confidence in the party's current leader. Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA Áʼa꞉líya Warbus announced Monday morning (Aug. 31) that she has exited the B.C. Conservative Party and will sit as an independent. &qu...

CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack plans to seek over $53,000 in costs from the owner of a South Sumas Road property on which nearly 400,000 doses of fentanyl, thousands of MDMA pills, and more than 5,000 kilograms of chemicals and precursors used in the production of controlled substances were seized last year. Accor...