Author Archives: Alyssa Conti

CHILLIWACK - Roughly 30 Chilliwack firefighters quickly tackled a Friday afternoon (Feb. 21) fire on the 44000 block of Simpson Road, off Unsworth Road. The affected facility was believed to specializ...

Glacier Media has announced the upcoming closure of three Metro Vancouver community news websites. A statement posted online says Burnaby Now and the New Westminster Record will close no later than Ap...

MERRITT- Residents in Merritt and surrounding areas may see a slight haze in their vision starting next month- The BC Wildfire Service will soon be supporting a prescribed burn in the Nooaitch Indian ...

VANCOUVER - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 has shaken Vancouver, Victoria and other cites on B.C.'s southwest coast. Natural Resources Canada says the quake was centred 24 kilometre...

HOPE - BC Highway Patrol has confirmed a single-vehicle collision on the Coquihalla Highway near Deneau Creek Friday morning (Feb. 21). Spokesperson Corporal Michael McLaughlin told Fraser Valley Toda...

SURREY - The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) says a young man has now been convicted of manslaughter nearly three years after the death of 44-year-old Leroy Billy in Surrey. On August 18...

CHILLIWACK - Early learning schools across SD33 are opening their doors to kids ready to take their first steps into the classroom next school year. Registration is open for Ready, Set, Explore- a ser...

AGASSIZ - Sq'wqel, or Sea Island Band, has released an urgent warning about the community's drug supply Thursday afternoon (Feb. 20). Officials say the local supply is poisonous, and special attention...

British Columbia's former chief coroner says she's disappointed by the province's overhaul of its program that provides prescription alternatives to toxic street drugs, a shift she says "feels like a ...

SURREY - Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health are confirming a new case of measles infection in the Lower Mainland. The health agencies released details this afternoon (Feb. 15), saying the infe...