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UPDATE: Forty-two firefighters battle huge blaze in Yarrow Wednesday morning, as two structures collapse
UPDATE 2:35 P.M. WEDNESDAY: Chilliwack Assistant Fire Chief Wade Meeres says 42 firefighters responded to today's structure fire in the 4100 block of Wilson Road in Yarrow. On arrival, crews witnessed...
Mike VandenBosch Oct 08, 2025 Image: Brian Penner, used with permission / A fire erupted Wednesday morning on Wilson Road in Yarrow.

Ex-MLA questions walkout by Chilliwack MLAs over ARPA vote, but Maahs says motion was a 'nasty bit of vitriol'
CHILLIWACK - A former one-term Chilliwack-Kent MLA is challenging Chilliwack's two sitting MLAs after they walked out of an NDP-led motion condemning a group for discriminatory views, but one of those...
Mike VandenBosch Oct 08, 2025

UPDATE: Police dog locates man in barn after Mercedes crashes on Hwy. 1
UPDATE 12:45 P.M. WEDNESDAY: A spokesperson for the BC Highway Patrol says a 33-year-old man with no fixed address was arrested after a single-vehicle crash on Highway 1 near Prest Road Wednesday morn...
Mike VandenBosch Oct 08, 2025

Mt. Waddington Outdoors to expand, open new store of nearly 5,000 sq. ft. in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack resident and entrepreneur Sam Waddington founded Mt. Waddington Outdoors nearly 15 years ago with a mission to offer the community the right gear and trusted expertise needed t...
Mike VandenBosch Oct 08, 2025

Sardis Secondary welcomes Chilliwack product, 5-yr. collegiate player to its coaching ranks
CHILLIWACK - The Sardis Secondary Falcons boys basketball program has welcomed to its coaching ranks a former Chilliwack product who recently completed his master's degree and finished a lengthy colle...
Mike VandenBosch Oct 07, 2025

Harrison Hot Springs mayor touts change in culture, projects delivered since he took over a year ago
HARRISON HOT SPRINGS - Given some of the rancorous meetings in the past, Harrison Hot Springs Mayor Fred Talen thought chairing council meetings would be an arduous task when he was sworn in roughly a...
Mike VandenBosch Oct 07, 2025

Impairment not a factor after Infiniti winds up in front yard of East Abbotsford home
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say impairment was not a factor in a motor vehicle incident that saw an Infiniti vehicle crash into a garden at an East Abbotsford home early Tuesday morning.Accordin...
Mike VandenBosch Oct 07, 2025

Female arrested after kicking in car windshield, but no charges filed: Chilliwack RCMP (VIDEO)
CHILLIWACK - A spokesperson for the Chilliwack RCMP detachment says a female was arrested following an incident of mischief in which she allegedly kicked in a car windshield in downtown Chilliwack Mon...
Mike VandenBosch Oct 07, 2025

Chilliwack child care facility of over 7,800 sq. ft. holds grand opening on Vedder Road
CHILLIWACK - A franchise with roughly 50 early learning centres across Canada held a grand opening last weekend to welcome the community to their nearly 7,900-square foot Chilliwack facility in the fo...
Mike VandenBosch Oct 07, 2025

Over 140 volunteers haul away thousands of pounds of rubbish in Chilliwack fall cleanup event
CHILLIWACK - As evidenced by the number of participants, Chilliwack residents will go out of their way to support a weekend cleanup event to help keep area waterways, trails and forests looking a litt...
Mike VandenBosch Oct 07, 2025