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Abbotsford police impound seven speeding cars Thursday, more than 250 since January
ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford Police Department has been keeping a close eye on the city's traffic offenders over the past six months, and just yesterday (July 10), seven vehicles were impounded for spe...
Alyssa Conti Jul 11, 2025

1 dead after motor vehicle incident on Lougheed Highway in Maple Ridge
MAPLE RIDGE - Ridge Meadows police are investigating a fatal car crash in Maple Ridge this morning (July 11). RCMP frontline officers responded to reports of a serious motor vehicle incident at 240th ...
Alyssa Conti Jul 11, 2025

Abby-Mission unemployment dips while Chilliwack loses 1,200 jobs in June: StatCan
CHILLIWACK - The labour pendulum has swung this summer, following months of steady employment in Chilliwack and rising joblessness in Abbotsford-Mission, according to the June jobs report. Chilliwack ...
Alyssa Conti Jul 11, 2025

Mission RCMP seek group of women allegedly on a shoplifting heist
MISSION - Police are warning businesses about some well-dressed ladies believed to have been coordinating a series of recent thefts in Mission.On Monday evening (June 30), three women went into the Sh...
Alyssa Conti Jul 11, 2025

UPDATE: Sewer main break fixed, giving Cultus Lake residents full access to water again
UPDATE: Cultus Lake residents are now free to resume water usage, and flush toilets, at 4:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon. "As of 4:30 p.m., Thursday, July 10, you can proceed with normal water & sewer...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 10, 2025

Credit unions with branches in Chilliwack, Abbotsford to merge into one federal credit union
CHILLIWACK - Members of two credit unions with branches in Chilliwack and Abbotsford have voted along with members from a third credit union in B.C. to form a single combined federal credit union.Acco...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 10, 2025

Hope commercial repair shop to close next week
HOPE - A fully certified truck repair shop in Hope with licensed mechanics, welders, and inspectors will close its doors for good next week.In a social media post Thursday morning, Silver Skagit Mecha...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 10, 2025

Chawathil First Nation near Hope elects a new chief
CHAWATHIL FIRST NATION - The host of a popular podcast who served as an elected councillor and graduated from the Peter A. Allard School School of Law at UBC is the newly elected chief of a First Nati...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 10, 2025

One of B.C.'s largest Indigenous powwows returns to the Fraser Valley this weekend
MISSION - One of British Columbia's largest Indigenous powwows returns to the Fraser Valley this weekend. The Visionary Youth Peers for Equity and Revitalization (VYPER), an Indigenous youth-led group...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 10, 2025

Chilliwack sports field impacted by repeated vandalism and damage, to remain off limits for casual usage
CHILLIWACK - An SD33 spokesperson has confirmed that access to the synthetic turf field at Stit:s L:lm Tot:lt Elementary / Middle School will only be for school use and organized groups, and not for c...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 10, 2025