CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack pet food bank society has grown to the point it provides supplies to over 500 pets and 250 pet owners each month, and it hopes to continue that generosity through an upcoming fundraiser and an online auction that's already underway. Julie Chadwick with Zoey's Pawsome Pet Society based in Chill...

ABBOTSFORD - With over 160,000 job openings projected in the skilled trades over the next 10 years in British Columbia, events like this week's Skills Canada B.C. provincial competition in Abbotsford couldn't have come at a better time. About 500 secondary and post-secondary students from across the province will compe...

CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Mounties say an apparent road rage incident on Highway 1 Saturday night led to fisticuffs between two men, before police intervened to settle the dispute. Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener says police were called to the intersection of Airport Road and Yale Road at approximatel...

ABBOTSFORD - A 37-year-old man known to police may have gotten away the first time, but it was only a matter of time before authorities caught up to him and brought him to justice. AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker says police initiated a traffic stop on Whatcom Road near Highway 1 in Abbotsford this past Sunday, Ap...

HOPE - Just when you thought winter was in the rearview mirror, snowfall accumulations are in the forecast for the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt today.Environment Canada says snowfall amounts of 15-25 cm is expected on the Coquihalla Highway (Highway 5) Tuesday and into Tuesday evening. The national weath...

HOPE - The Fraser Valley Regional District says the Hope and Area Recreation Centre is under construction to remediate "dimensional irregularities" in the corner of the rink, work that will be fully funded by the contractor responsible for the remediation. According to a statement from FVRD communications man...

Mounties are asking for help in finding a 38-year-old wanted man who allegedly failed to comply with his curfew and may be heading to Abbotsford. RCMP say a Canada-wide warrant was recently issued for Kurtis Justin Billy, who remains unlawfully at large.Billy is described as an Indigenous man, standing five-foot-seven,...

CHILLIWACK - A local non-profit whose programs benefit older adults in and around Chilliwack will hold its annual fundraiser later this week featuring a garage sale, spring plant sale, BBQ and more. Connie Stam from Chilliwack-based Compassionate Neighbours says the group's annual Spring fundraiser happens this Saturda...

ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford are appealing to the public for witness descriptions and more information after the driver of a Hyundai SUV allegedly fled one crash scene and struck a tree at a park on Old Yale Road last week. According to a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, patrol officers were di...

MISSION - Mounties in Mission are warning the public about a man who used counterfeit $50 bills to pay for items he purchased on Facebook Marketplace, leaving the seller high and dry. According to a statement from Mission RCMP spokesperson Corporal Harrison Mohr, police say a woman recently attended a coffee shop in Mi...

BOSTON BAR/HOPE - Mounties with the Upper Fraser Valley RCMP detachment say several property crimes have been reported over the past week, including a theft of expensive helicopter parts and damage estimated at thousands of dollars to an electric vehicle charging station in Boston Bar. According to a weekly recap from ...

CHILLIWACK - In response to the ongoing federal firearms buyback program, police in Chilliwack are reminding the public that they need to properly secure their firearms before turning them in at detachments in Chilliwack, Hope, Agassiz and Boston Bar. Upper Fraser Valley RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener says se...

ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford are investigating a suspicious fire at a school on Marshall Road early Monday morning as an arson.AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker says patrol officers responded to a report of a fire at the Bakerview Centre for Learning, located in the 32600 block of Marshall Road, at 3:49 a.m. Mo...

ABBOTSFORD - A spokesperson for the Abbotsford Police Department says the continued presence of homeless camps on provincial land in Abbotsford is taking up police resources that could be devoted elsewhere while significantly impacting public safety.Provincial contractors finished clearing out the Cole Road rest stop l...

ABBOTSFORD - Shoppers in B.C. may have been shocked to see massive lines at their local Costco stores this morning - including in Langley and Abbotsford. Photos and videos shared on social media show a long line of customers outside the retailer as early as 3:30 a.m. today (Apr. 12). Many of them were bundled up for th...

CHILLIWACK - Fraser Health is marking 10 years of the B.C. drug crisis by shining a light on those who work through people's darkest moments.A published study in the Canadian Journal of Emergency Nursing has revealed that peer support workers have been a positive force on both patient care and staff morale at the Chill...

ABBOTSFORD - A young Fraser Valley local has been recognized for his work in the region's water and agriculture sectors. BC Business Magazine's 30 Under 30 this year features 28-year-old Poshak Sachdeva, an executive director at Irrigation Industry Association of British Columbia (IIABC). "As irrigation systems be...

MISSION - RCMP in Mission are asking residents to stay alert after recent instances of drug seizures in the community. Police responded to 312 calls for service in the week between March 30 and April 5, according to the detachment's latest Community Connection. One call involved a business in the Mission Hills area, wh...

ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford police have been busy cracking down on speeders and impaired drivers this weekend.On Saturday night (Apr. 11), frontline officers removed 14 impaired drivers from local roads.Twelve of those files involved alcohol, and two involved drugs.Police added that one driver was a 27-year-old woman who b...

CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack firefighters were called to a home on Chilliwack River Road Saturday night after a camper fire ignited in the driveway of a home. According to scanner traffic, firefighters were called to 7488 Chilliwack River Road for an initial report of a vehicle fire at approximately 10:04 p.m. The call was ...

ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say a 36-year-old woman who is known to police was arrested for her alleged involvement in the theft of a pickup truck stolen earlier in the day from Chilliwack.According to a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, police in Abbotsford received a call from a member of the...

Update 4:12 p.m. Saturday: The eastbound right lane has now reopened between 232nd and 264th Street. Original story below: LANGLEY - Crews have now blocked off a section of Highway 1 after a serious motor vehicle incident in Langley Saturday afternoon (April 11). Three BC Emergency Health Services ambulances were dispa...

HOPE - The Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation (FVHCF) is back with its annual running fundraiser for patients in Hope and nearby communities. On May 2, the five-kilometre run-and-walk loop will begin at the Fraser Canyon Hospital before moving along the Coquihalla River and through Thacker Park, then back. This year'...

ABBOTSFORD - Officials in Abbotsford are looking outward for help in addressing homelessness in the community."[Homeless encampments] are often unsafe and give rise to additional public safety, fire and sanitation challenges, placing considerable pressure on municipal and emergency services," said the City of...

ABBOTSFORD - First responders were on the scene of a collision involving a pick-up truck and an SUV Friday night, April 10. Scanner traffic said crews were dispatched to the scene at 3150 Gladwin Road at around 10:30 p.m. AbbyPD told Fraser Valley Today that a grey Nissan Murano that was turning left had been struck in...

ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford Police Department stopped a novice driver in his attempt at racetracks on local roads last night.On Friday night, April 10, an AbbyPD patrol officer spotted the white BMW sedan travelling 144 km/h in a posted 50 km/h zone along Marshall Road near Queen Street."An Abbotsford Police patro...

LANGLEY - The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) is now seeking more information on a disturbance call arrest that ended with the suspect passing away the same night in Langley.RCMP officers responded to the call shortly after 4 a.m. on October 1, 2025, about a man running through the halls inside a resident...

By Shaelee Dombrowski The Chilliwack Chiefs advance to Round 2 of the 2026 Rogers BCHL Playoffs after an overtime win in Game 5. Just one week ago, the Chilliwack Chiefs and Coquitlam Express kicked off their first-round series at the Chilliwack Coliseum. Game 1 did not go the way Chilliwack had wanted after [...]