Author Archives: Alyssa Conti

Update 12:48 p.m.: BCWS has announced that the 60-hectare fire is now classified as being held. The original story follows. YALE - Despite cooling temperatures, a new wildfire has started in the Coqui...

CHILLIWACK - Data from the BC Coroners Service says toxic drug deaths have dipped slightly over the past eight months, including in the Fraser East health region. Chilliwack and Abbotsford had a total...

VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver are asking the public's help with identifying a suspect in a Yaletown stabbing spree on Friday (Oct. 10). Officers responded to reports of several stabbings at 7:30 a.m...

CHILLIWACK - A modern riff on a literary classic is stepping up onstage at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre this month.Written by Vancouver-based playwright Adriel Brandt, "Fare Thee Well, Poor Miss Tay...

MERRITT - Police in Merritt have responded to two fatal pedestrian collisions around the Coquihalla Highway in one night this long weekend.At 8:18 p.m. Friday, October 10, RCMP officers were dispatche...

CHILLIWACK - Crime Stoppers "MOST WANTED" is a weekly service based on information provided by police investigators who need public assistance in making our communities safer by identifying individual...

CHILLIWACK - Two residents will need a new place to stay after an apartment fire in northside Chilliwack early Sunday (Oct. 12). At around 1:48 a.m., the Chilliwack Fire Department responded to the sc...

RICHMOND - The BC Highway Patrol is looking to the public for help in determining the circumstances that led to a single-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a 52-year-old man from Pitt Meadows Frid...

HARRISON MILLS - Golf players have struck a hole-in-one with a record-breaking $155,000 raised at the 10th annual 'Golfing 'FORE' Your Hospitals' in Harrison Mills last month.On September 4, 164 golfe...

ABBOTSFORD - The City of Abbotsford is asking residents to dive into a new aquatics services strategy for the future.Staff are currently conducting a review and analysis of the City's aquatic services...