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Harrison Lagoon reopens following testing by Fraser Health
HARRISON HOT SPRINGS - Three days after it was ordered closed due to unsafe waters, the Village of Harrison Hot Springs says the lakeside lagoon has reopened. Earlier this week on Monday, the municipa...
Mike VandenBosch Jun 19, 2025

Chilliwack-area First Nation to hold ratification vote
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack-area First Nation will hold a ratification vote on a ballot measure that the band says could unlock the full economic potential of its sovereign commercial and industrial lan...
Mike VandenBosch Jun 19, 2025

IKEA Plan and order facility coming to Abbotsford this fall
ABBOTSFORD - IKEA Canada has confirmed that it will open a Plan and order facility in Abbotsford, the first such location in the province and the 11th in Canada. According to a news release from the c...
Dave Barry Jun 19, 2025

Canadian Food Inspection Agency finds rare disease at Chilliwack commercial pigeon premises
CHILLIWACK - Personnel at Canada's federal food inspection agency say they have uncovered a case of Newcastle disease at a commercial pigeon operation in Chilliwack, requiring the birds to be culled a...
Dave Barry Jun 19, 2025

Fire breaks out at industrial facility in Chilliwack early Thursday morning
UPDATE 8:25 A.M.: Chilliwack Fire Chief Andrew Brown says firefighters from four halls responded to a fire at a waste and recycling transfer facility (Valley Waste & Recycling) on Aitken Road. Fir...
Mike VandenBosch Jun 19, 2025

Rogers technicians in Abbotsford go on strike, union calls pay disparity with other colleagues 'shameful'
ABBOTSFORD - The United Steelworkers union (USW) Local 1944 says 25 technicians working at Rogers in Abbotsford walked off the job as of 12:01 a.m. Thursday morning after negotiations broke down betwe...
Mike VandenBosch Jun 19, 2025

34-year-old woman located safe: Langley RCMP
LANGLEY - Mounties in Langley now say the woman who was last seen in late May, and reported missing on June 9, has been safely located. Langley RCMP Sgt. Zynal Sharoom says the RCMP thanks the media a...
Mike VandenBosch Jun 18, 2025

Mounties renew call for tips, info about missing man dropped off in Cultus Lake 6 years ago
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack are renewing their call for any information about a missing man who was dropped off six years ago in the Cultus Lake area and was never seen again. According to a s...
Mike VandenBosch Jun 18, 2025

Convicted killer serving life sentence at Abbotsford prison dies in custody
ABBOTSFORD - Federal correctional staff at a Fraser Valley prison say an inmate serving a life sentence has died while in custody of apparent natural causes. In a statement, CSC says Abraham Froesse-F...
Mike VandenBosch Jun 18, 2025

Small park in Sardis officially off the market: City of Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack resident Rob Brooks and his kids went to bed Tuesday night feeling elated after learning that their sub-neighbourhood park won't be converted into housing. And while the specif...
Mike VandenBosch Jun 18, 2025