DELTA - British Columbia billionaire Ruby Liu has received the keys to a store taken over from Hudson's Bay, the first of more than two dozen that she has her eyes on. Liu plans to turn the former Saks OFF 5th store in the Tsawwassen Mills mall in Delta, B.C., into a cultural, tourist and retail destination. It's the s...

ABBOTSFORD - A spokesperson for the Abbotsford Police Department has confirmed that police apprehended an armed man with a knife by deploying less-lethal bean bag rounds earlier this week. According to a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, AbbyPD patrol officers were dispatched to the 32400 block of Em...

AGASSIZ/CHEAM FN/POPKUM - Yet another power outage has been reported in the eastern Fraser Valley Thursday. A substation fault is being blamed for a power outage that cut power to over 1,500 customers in Agassiz, Cheam First Nation, Rosedale and Popkum Thursday afternoon. According to BC Hydro's dashboard, 1,554 custom...

MONTREAL, QUEBEC - Police in Montreal say a 38-year-old Quebec man who is wanted on a warrant for first-degree murder may be in British Columbia's Lower Mainland. According to a statement circulated to news outlets by the B.C. RCMP, Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (Montreal Police Service) say Pierry P...

CHILLIWACK - YMCA BC, the company that runs two rec centres in the City of Chilliwack, says sections of the Cheam Leisure Centre and Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre will be closed during the summer. The weight room at the Cheam Leisure Centre in Garrison will be closed for three weeks from August 8 to August 29 due t...

UPDATE 2:52 P.M.: Power has now been restored to the 174 customers in Fairfield Island who lost power earlier today. UPDATE 11:34 A.M.: BC Hydro now says crews are on site in Fairfield Island and power should be restored by 12:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon. Original story below: CHILLIWACK - Nearly 175 customers in Fairf...

Has the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) completely lost interest in upholding the best interests of children when it comes to foster parenting placements? A series of recent incidents has demonstrated how bureaucrats are choosing considerations such as ethnicity ahead of well-being, and as a result, ...

FRASER VALLEY - Fraser Valley residents and music lovers alike are invited to hear Augmented Five in a live concert, "Cinematic Classics," this weekend that celebrates the unforgettable power of film scores. Held this Saturday, June 28 at Langley Mennonite Fellowship at 7:30 p.m., the performers behind the ev...

ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford City Council has approved an amendment to its Official Community Plan that will enable residential uses like non-market housing to be built on land belonging to places of worship with the institutional designation. According to a social media post from Abbotsford Councillor Dave Loewen, Abbotsfo...

CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack School District trustees will consider a motion today (June 26) to lease property on Luckakuck Way for students connected to Kwiyeqel Secondary School (KSS) and SD33's secondary schools. According to the text of a motion on today's special meeting agenda, SD33 trustees will be asked to approve f...

ABBOTSFORD - A spokesperson for the City of Abbotsford has confirmed that firefighters were called to a fire at a homeless encampment near Riverside Road Wednesday afternoon (June 25). According to a statement from Aletta Vanderheyden, communications and public relations manager for the City of Abbotsford, firefighters...

ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford now say Tuesday evening's incident connected to a reported assault at an Abbotsford bus stop involved a 20-year-old male who was stabbed from behind while waiting to board a bus. According to an updated news release from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, police were dispatched at 6...

HARRISON HOT SPRINGS - The Village of Harrison Hot Springs says it is proud to announce that Councillor Leo Facio has been awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal, recognizing his outstanding service and dedication to the broader community. Councillor Facio, who formerly served as mayor in the town of roughly 2,0...

CHILLIWACK - Investigators with Canada's Transportation Safety Board say it appears a small plane was not going fast enough when it rolled and crashed into trees near the airport in Chilliwack in October 2023, killing all three people onboard.A report into the crash on October 6, 2023 that killed a flight instructor an...

CULTUS LAKE - After an inaugural rollout that was considered a success last year, the Kids Don't Float lifejacket program is back for a second year at Cultus Lake. The Chilliwack RCMP detachment says the program has now expanded with a second station near Sunnyside Campsite and the Cultus Lake Marina, giving even more ...

CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack School District teacher has been reprimanded for professional misconduct in the classroom during the 2022-23 school year. According to a text of a consent agreement from the British Columbia Commissioner for Teacher Regulation, Robert Luke Acheson was employed as an inclusion teacher for SD33 ...

UPDATE 3:35 P.M. WEDNESDAY: Police in Abbotsford now say Tuesday evening's incident connected to a reported assault at an Abbotsford bus stop involved a 20-year-old male who was stabbed from behind while waiting to board a bus. According to an updated news release from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, police were ...

FRASER VALLEY - A rollover has slowed eastbound traffic through Langley near the 200 Street intersection Tuesday evening.According to a social media post from DriveBC at 5:17 p.m., an eastbound vehicle incident into the median happened just before 200 Street in Langley.DriveBC is asking people to watch for first respon...

CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack RCMP say one of their own constables will be participating in the 2025 Cops for Cancer Tour de Valley, a cycling event spanning roughly a week that raises funds and promotes general awareness about childhood cancer research and support programs. Constable Rudy Tichelaar from the Chilliwack RCMP ...

CHILLIWACK - A spokesperson for the Fraser Health Authority says a measles infection has been confirmed in three unvaccinated Chilliwack residents since June 20. According to a statement released by FHA spokesperson Nick Eagland, information gathered to date indicates the three cases appear to be locally acquired and n...

CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack RCMP member took time out of his schedule earlier this month to help students from a Chilliwack school with hooks and proper technique during a special fishing club session at Cultus Lake. Chilliwack RCMP Constable Bradley Holditch from the Indigenous Police Services division joined students o...

ABBOTSFORD - Correctional Service Canada says a Fraser Valley inmate at a medium-security prison was hospitalized this past week after being assaulted. According to a statement from federal correctional staff, an inmate at Matsqui Institution in Abbotsford was the victim of an unspecified assault on Friday, June 20. Ma...

UPDATE 11:35 A.M. TUESDAY: Agassiz Fire Chief Gerald Basten has confirmed that its personnel were dispatched to a motor vehicle incident on Tuesday, June 24, at 2:33 a.m. to the Harrison Lake East Forest Service Road. Chief Basten says the incident involved a single rider on a motorcycle approximately 16 kilometers up ...

CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Fire Department and Chilliwack RCMP personnel were dispatched for a two-vehicle crash on South Sumas Road Tuesday morning. The call first came in at approximately 8:19 a.m. for the report of a rear ender. The two vehicles involved were a Chevrolet pickup truck, which sustained significant front ...

The B.C. Lottery Corporation says Richard Courteen-Nurse and David Fisher, two colleagues who later became friends, enjoy playing the lottery together. The two buddies got an unexpected surprise of a lifetime earlier this month when they found out they won $1 million from the June 14, 2025 Lotto 6/49 draw. "I was ...

CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack fire crews were dispatched Monday evening for the report of an oil spill on South Sumas Road. According to scanner traffic, Chilliwack Engine 4-2 and Air Support 4 were asked to attend South Sumas Road for the report of an oil spill on the road. The page came in at about 9:36 p.m. Monday night. ...

CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Fire Department and Chilliwack RCMP personnel were dispatched Monday evening after a Ford pickup truck caught fire Monday night on Eagle Landing Parkway. Scanner traffic indicates the call first came in at about 8:25 p.m. Monday evening. First responders were notified about a vehicle fire on Eag...

CHARLOTTE - The Abbotsford Canucks are Calder Cup champions. After spotting the host Charlotte Checkers the first two goals on Monday night at Bojangles Coliseum, the Canucks roared back with three unanswered goals, including the winner from Linus Karlsson at 17:19 of the second period. Sammy Blais and Danila Klimovich...