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Developer could pay $180,000 for future improvements at Chilliwack park if 80-unit apartment building gets OK'd
CHILLIWACK - The developer behind a proposed 80-unit apartment building on Keith Wilson Road in Chilliwack has agreed to contribute $180,000 to future improvements at a nearby park if the project proc...
Mar 02, 2026 Location of a proposed housing development on Keith Wilson Road in Chilliwack. (Image Credit: Mike Vanden Bosch)
Section of Bradner Road closing for nearly a week as part of Highway 1 upgrade project
ABBOTSFORD - A portion of Bradner Road is due for upcoming nighttime closures as part of a larger improvement project on Highway 1.From Monday to Friday, March 2 to 6, Bradner Road at Downes Road in A...
Mar 01, 2026 Planned closure and detours on Bradner Road between March 2 and March 6. (Image Credit: Ministry of Transportation and Transit)
Minivan crashes into two other cars after Mission driver suffers medical issue
MISSION - Mission RCMP's latest community round-up has seen another series of incidents on the road this past week.On February 23, at around 4:30 p.m., a grey Pontiac minivan drove over a curb and a s...
Mar 01, 2026 A man crashed into two vehicles in a parking lot in Mission on Friday, February 20. (Image Credit: Mission RCMP)
UFV students to present fairy tale-inspired play in Abbotsford and Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) is inviting residents to daydream with its student performers in an upcoming theatre production.Mary Zimmerman's "The Secret in the Wings", starr...
Mar 01, 2026 Prop photo from the upcoming UFV production of ”The Secret in the Wings.” (Image Credit: University of the Fraser Valley)
UPDATE: 68-year-old woman's body recovered Saturday, no foul play currently suspected: RCMP
UPDATE: Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener says the body of a 68-year-old woman was recovered over the weekend, and no foul play is currently suspected in her death. Corporal Kiener r...
Mar 01, 2026 The start of Chilliwack Lake Forest Service Road, as seen in this picture from Saturday evening, Feb. 28. (Image Credit: Mike Vanden Bosch)
3 skiers injured after avalanche on Thar Peak Saturday afternoon
HOPE - Search and rescue teams from Hope and Chilliwack prevented another tragic headline with the successful retrieval of three skiers from an avalanche this weekend. At 2 p.m. Saturday, February 28,...
Mar 01, 2026 Hope and Chilliwack search and rescue teams locate three skiers after an avalanche on Thar Peak Saturday afternoon, February 28. (Image Credit: Hope Volunteer Search and Rescue)
CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted - Week of March 1, 2026
CHILLIWACK - Crime Stoppers "MOST WANTED" is a weekly service based on information provided by police investigators who need public assistance in making our communities safer by identifying individual...
Mar 01, 2026
Arabic jazz performance journeys into Chilliwack this March
CHILLIWACK - A high-energy musical experience is swinging into the Chilliwack Cultural Centre this spring. On March 26, frontman Ahmed Moneka is combining Iraqi and African blues and jazz traditions i...
Feb 28, 2026 Members of Moneka Arabic Jazz. (Image Credit: Devin Loran)
UFV students join Secretary of State in global change discussion panel
ABBOTSFORD - Global Development students and alumni have recently gathered to learn more about global leadership in uncertain times without leaving the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV). Randeep S...
Feb 28, 2026 Dr. Geetanjali Gill, Secretary of State for International Development Randeep Sarai, and Susan Mide Kiss stand together following UFV’s President’s Leadership Lecture. (Image Credit: UFV)
Mission locals petition to stop logging project in Hatzic Valley, cites area history of landslides
MISSION - Hundreds of Mission residents are hoping to stop a logging project at its root before the first branch breaks. The Hatzic Valley Community Association recently issued an advisory regarding p...
Feb 28, 2026 Forest operations map of the logging project in the Hatzic Valley. (Image Credit: BC Natural Resource Sector)