Author Archives: Alyssa Conti

HARRISON - Some patients in the Village of Harrison won't have to travel very far to receive the care they need after the grand opening of a health centre.A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Tuesday...

UPDATE, 4:25 P.M. SUNDAY: The BC Wildfire Service now says the 224-ha Bear Creek wildfire east of Harrison Lake is being held, meaning the fire is expected to remain within the current perimeter, cont...

MAPLE RIDGE - The RCMP's Ridge Meadows detachment is recognizing one of its own for International Peacekeepers' Day after he'd been deployed abroad. Sergeant Daniel Rettenbacher recently participated ...

CHILLIWACK - Residents are getting buttered up with events as the Chilliwack Corn Festival comes back for another run at Greendale Acres this weekend. From August 9 to 10, the Corn Fest is continuing ...

VICTORIA - A Vancouver Island First Nation has won back fishing rights and title for part of the land its ancestors used as a summer home in the Lower Mainland, despite opposition by two other Indigen...

ABBOTSFORD - Officers with the Abbotsford Police Department now have a more modern way of subduing people in unpredictable incidents. On Thursday (Aug. 7), AbbyPD announced that it has deployed the Bo...

CHILLIWACK - Mounties have quickly arrested two people in relation to a break-and-enter at the Child and Youth Advocacy Centre (CYAC) in Chilliwack late July.Police responded to the incident at the Ch...

CHILLIWACK - Core cities in the Fraser Valley still managed to dent their monthly unemployment rates in June as significant job losses propped up across B.C.Statistics Canada's latest Labour Force Sur...

ABBOTSFORD - The largest aerospace showcase in Canada is back for its 63rd year with a weekend of jet noise and aviation marvels at the Abbotsford International Airshow. Visitors can catch headliners ...

UPDATE SATURDAY (AUG. 9): Police have now arrested the 17-year-old driver of the suspect vehicle featured in this story and are working with his parents. As the suspect has been confirmed to be a youn...