UPDATE, 8:05 p.m: Power has been restored to the 580 customers in Sardis who lost power at 3:39 p.m. Altogether, their power was out for at least four hours. Original story: CHILLIWACK - Over 575 electric customers in Sardis have lost power Thursday afternoon. According to BC Hydro's online dashboard, 580 customers ne...

CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack say recent bike patrols conducted by a special task force have resulted in several arrests, including a suspect wanted in an assault and theft, a separate arrest of one of Chilliwack's most wanted, and the launch of two narcotics investigations. According to a statement from Chilliwa...

AGASSIZ - B.C.'s independent watchdog has cleared police of any wrongdoing after concluding its investigation into an officer-involved shooting in Agassiz in June 2025. According to a statement from the Independent Investigations Office of B.C., RCMP officers were called to a home on Highway 9 between McDonald Road and...

MAPLE RIDGE - Mounties in Maple Ridge say a 28-year-old man is facing charges of kidnapping, sexual assault, uttering threats and a host of other crimes for his alleged role in three incidents spanning multiple jurisdictions in B.C. According to a statement from police, Ridge Meadows RCMP members received a report on J...

CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack school board member has resigned from his position today, saying a recent decision by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal against a former Chilliwack trustee has placed a chilling effect on the rights of democratically-elected officials to speak freely without fear of legal repercussions. According...

ABBOTSFORD - The City of Abbotsford says a fire station in downtown Abbotsford will be replaced with a more modern facility now that it has reached the end of its service life cycle. According to a statement from the City of Abbotsford, the existing Fire Hall No. 6 building on West Railway Street near Laurel Street has...

CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack School District will hold two open houses next week as it considers options to balance school enrolment and capacity in Chilliwack over the next 10 years. According to a statement from SD33 spokesperson Amy Dhanjal, SD33 will host two open houses on March 3 and March 5 in order receive input...

HOPE - Environment Canada says a wind advisory is in effect for the Hope area today as a storm brings gale-force winds to the eastern Fraser Valley and heavy snow on the Coquihalla through to Friday. The wind advisory from Environment Canada says gusts of up to 90 km/h are expected today. Power outages could occur. Win...

VICTORIA - The province announced Thursday morning that British Columbia's lowest-paid workers will get a 40-cent raise later this year.According to a statement, the minimum wage will increase from the current rate of $17.85 an hour to $18.25 an hour starting June 1, 2026. The province says annual minimum-wage increase...

ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford City Council has voted almost unanimously to reject a rezoning application for a supportive housing project near an Abbotsford school that would have featured a drug consumption room for its on-site residents. Abbotsford councillors voted 8-1 this past week to deny rezoning 2270 Martens Stre...

MISSION - Nine months after they previously announced it, the Fraser Health Authority now says construction has begun on an $18 million project to expand and modernize the emergency department at Mission Memorial Hospital. At the same time, questions remain about how FHA will staff the hospital amid repeated closures o...

MAPLE RIDGE - Mounties in Maple Ridge are seeking help from the public in locating a 36-year-old male who has been missing for over a month.According to a statement from the Ridge Meadows RCMP detachment, Cedric Schroeder was reported missing on January 20, 2026, and last seen on January 13, 2026, in Maple Ridge.Police...

LANGLEY - The Langley Board of Education announced this week that a new middle school in the Willoughby Slope area of Langley will have an Indigenous name. According to a statement from SD35, the new school in the Smith neighbourhood will be named stɑtl̓əw̓ Middle School. The district says stɑtl̓əw̓ is a word t...

Every day, British Columbians need to renew or replace their photo ID, including driver's licenses, BC Services Card, and BC ID, which involves making trips to their local ICBC office and at times, waiting in long lines. Last week, we introduced legislation that would allow people to renew their simple license and ID r...

CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack are appealing to the public for help in locating a suspect who broke into a parkade on Cook Street and stole a mobility scooter earlier this week. According to a statement of confirmation from RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, the incident happened Tuesday morning (Feb. 24) b...

CHILLIWACK - First responders were called to Sumas Central Road just east of Lickman Road Wednesday morning after a vehicle crashed into a ditch. According to scanner traffic, Chilliwack fire crews were paged at about 8:32 a.m. Wednesday for a motor vehicle crash. Scanner traffic indicated a vehicle rolled over. A fire...

COQUIHALLA - Heavy snow and strong winds have prompted warnings from Environment Canada for several parts of British Columbia. The forecaster has issued a snow squall warning expected Thursday for both the North and South Peace Regions bringing intens...

ABBOTSFORD - A Fraser Valley businessman who arrived in Abbotsford four decades ago as a refugee and made it his mission to give back to the community that welcomed him has funded a critically important piece of medical equipment at Abbotsford Regional Hospital.A new electrocardiograph, or ECG/EKG, has been added to th...

LOWER MAINLAND - Transit Police in Metro Vancouver say they're investigating a rash of vandalism to bus shelters in several cities like Surrey, Burnaby and New Westminster.In a statement, Metro Vancouver Transit Police say they were notified on Monday, February 2, by Coast Mountain that multiple bus shelters had been d...

CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove has issued an apology over the condition of Prest Road while faulting the provincial government for not granting permits to the city fast enough in order to finish the Prest Road project in a timely fashion. During a casual visit to 89.5 JR Country last Thursday, Morning host Gl...

VANCOUVER - Several Vancouver municipal councillors say they want a review and "unequivocal censure" of comments by council colleague Lenny Zhou, who accuses his party's rivals of being drug users who distributed drugs on the streets in a Chinese-langu...

CHILLIWACK - A suspected arson and eight break and enters were among the 689 calls for service that Mounties in Chilliwack dealt with the past week in the greater Chilliwack area. According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, police were called to a suspected arson in the Columbia V...

SURREY - Federal Mounties say a 52-year-old man has been charged with possession and distribution of child porn following a multi-jurisdictional investigation by the RCMP's Child Exploitation Unit, after getting information from the Mission RCMP detachment. According to a statement from Constable Solana Paré, me...

VANCOUVER - The Community Bargaining Association representing more than 26,000 health workers in British Columbia says a tentative deal has been reached with the province after the last agreement expired almost a year ago. The association says in a new...

ABBOTSFORD - A rural Abbotsford road located east of the Abbotsford Airport was closed Tuesday morning after a vehicle struck a power pole. According to a statement from the Abbotsford Police Department, first responders were called to Huntingdon Road between McCallum Road and Gladwin Road for a motor vehicle crash.Pol...

UPDATE: As of 5:40 p.m. Tuesday evening, the Abbotsford PD now says the missing 15-year-old teen has been located safe. "Earlier this afternoon, missing person Jack Terpstra was located safe. A huge thank‑you to everyone who assisted and kept an eye out. The original post has now been removed."

LANGLEY - A spokesperson for the Langley RCMP detachment says police are aware of alleged threats made by a student toward other students at a Langley middle school last week. A Langley parent told Fraser Valley Today this past week that her son and three other students received a death threat from a fellow student, a ...

VANCOUVER - The lawyer for former Chilliwack, B.C., school trustee Barry Neufeld says he will be filing a court challenge against a ruling by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal that he poisoned the workplaces of LGBTQ+ staff members with a public campaign ...