Author Archives: Alyssa Conti

Beloved Chilliwack meat store to close original location, cites funding challenges
CHILLIWACK - A local meat store known for its low prices and community service is closing up one location by the end of April. In a social media post Saturday morning (Apr. 5), store owner Brigida Cro...
Alyssa Conti Apr 05, 2025

Former B.C. teacher, 85, guilty of indecent assaults on his Grade 6 students
NORTH VANCOUVER - A B.C. provincial court judge has found an 85-year-old former elementary school teacher guilty of nine sex-related charges, most involving his former Grade 6 students. There were 12 ...
Alyssa Conti Apr 04, 2025

Chilliwack group returns for river spring cleaning this weekend
CHILLIWACK - As the Soowahlie First Nation prepares to clean up one end of the Chilliwack River and its surrounding area this weekend, a local group is hosting a biannual Adopt-A-River campaign tomorr...
Alyssa Conti Apr 04, 2025

Police seize cocaine, fentanyl, Tesla Model 3 in joint Lower Mainland investigation
FRASER VALLEY - Police have found a number of drugs, cash and guns after a week-long investigation across the Lower Mainland, including the Fraser Valley. Source: Combined Forces Special Enforcement U...
Alyssa Conti Apr 04, 2025

No police offence found in 2022 crash injuring 4 people near Agassiz
AGASSIZ - B.C.'s police watchdog has finished investigating a 2022 crash that left four people seriously injured in the Harrison Mills area near Agassiz. At about 12:40 a.m. on September 17, 2022, pol...
Alyssa Conti Apr 04, 2025

Abbotsford loses jobs as first month of U.S. tariffs hit Canadian workforce: StatCan
ABBOTSFORD - March labour figures from Statistics Canada are painting a clearer picture of the United States-imposed tariffs across the country. Abbotsford lost 700 jobs, while unemployment went up fr...
Alyssa Conti Apr 04, 2025

Newly-established UFV program builds communities through applied learning
ABBOTSFORD - One of the University of the Fraser Valley's (UFV's) latest degree programs is already giving back to the community- by helping to build it. TheBachelor of Regional and Community Planning...
Alyssa Conti Mar 30, 2025

Mission Memorial Hospital E.R. to shut down for second night in a row
MISSION - Due to physician staffing challenges, the Mission Memorial Hospital's Emergency Department will be temporarily shutting down for the second night in a row. Fraser Health has issued a public ...
Alyssa Conti Mar 30, 2025

Upcoming art exhibit to showcase Chilliwack student work
CHILLIWACK - Young Chilliwack artists will get to show off the products of their creative minds starting in April at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre's O'Connor Group Art Gallery. Art 33 will feature hi...
Alyssa Conti Mar 30, 2025

Canada's Howden wins seventh ski cross World Cup of the season to earn Crystal Globe
IDRE FJLL - Reece Howden won his seventh ski cross World Cup of the season on Sunday to earn the third Crystal Globe of his career and help Canada to its fourth consecutive Nations Cup. It was Howden'...
Alyssa Conti Mar 30, 2025