Author Archives: Alyssa Conti

CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted - Week of July 27, 2025
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...
Alyssa Conti Jul 27, 2025

Homebuilders navigate higher material costs, uncertain supply chains amid trade war
As a tariff storm blew in from south of the border earlier this year, many industries in Canada, including the home building sector, feared the unknown ahead of them. With stakeholders already keenly ...
Alyssa Conti Jul 27, 2025

B.C.'s independent wood manufacturers decry retroactive U.S. softwood duties
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's independent wood product makers say hundreds of small- and medium-sized manufacturers may be forced to shut down in light of the latest decision from the United States t...
Alyssa Conti Jul 26, 2025

5 in hospital after multi-vehicle incident on Highway 7 Saturday morning
PITT MEADOWS - Drivers have been lined up for nearly five kilometres out on a stretch of the Lougheed Highway after a Saturday morning (July 26) crash involving multiple cars. Scanner traffic reported...
Alyssa Conti Jul 26, 2025

Chilliwack Fire Department captain retires after 23 years of service
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack firefighters have had a busy and stressful few months so far, which makes one team member's departure all the more earned. Captain Douglas Lock began his fire service journey i...
Alyssa Conti Jul 26, 2025

Indie comedy festival to land in downtown Abbotsford August long weekend
ABBOTSFORD - A new three-day affair in downtown Abbotsford is looking to have folks rolling on the floor laughing next week. From August 1 to 3, Laffs Fest 2025 will headline nationally recognized com...
Alyssa Conti Jul 26, 2025

Langley resident celebrates $100K slots win with home ownership
LANGLEY - A Langley man has turned a laid-back slots session into momentum for a brand new home. Lucas Santos was on his work break when he decided to play a slots game on the BCLC's Play Now website-...
Alyssa Conti Jul 26, 2025

Abbotsford Canucks sign year-long contracts with 3 defencemen, 1 forward
ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford's own Calder Cup champions have signed four more players ahead of the 2025-26 season. Three blueliners and one forward will soon be joining the Abbotsford Canucks after inking ...
Alyssa Conti Jul 25, 2025

U.S. imposing 20.56% anti-dumping duties on Canadian softwood
VANCOUVER - British Columbia lumber organizations are condemning the decision by the U.S. Commerce Department to raise anti-dumping duties on Canadian softwood to 20.56 per cent, calling them unjustif...
Alyssa Conti Jul 25, 2025

Inmate serving life sentence dies from illness in Abbotsford prison
ABBOTSFORD - Correctional Service Canada (CSC) has now reported the death of an 82-year-old inmate from an Abbotsford facility earlier this week. James Talbot had been in custody at the Pacific Instit...
Alyssa Conti Jul 25, 2025