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UFV Science Café event to focus on impacts of wildfire smoke in the Fraser Valley
CHILLIWACK - The University of the Fraser Valley will host a Science Caf event next week that examines the health impacts of wildfire smoke in the Fraser Valley and beyond. The public is invited to th...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 13, 2025

District of Kent's 2025 draft financial plan includes tax increase of nearly 7%
AGASSIZ - The District of Kent is projecting a possible property tax revenue increase of nearly seven per cent in conjunction with its proposed 2025-2029 Financial Plan. According to a summary of its ...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 13, 2025

Snowfall warning in effect from Hope to Merritt
COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY - A pair of snowfall warnings are in effect for the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt and the Okanagan Connector from Merritt to Kelowna.Environment Canada says a low-pressure...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 13, 2025

Pizza franchise to open in yet another location in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - A franchise with three locations in the greater Chilliwack area already is poised to open yet another one in an emerging new commercial development near Highway 1. According to a social m...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 13, 2025

UPDATE: Driver of car that struck property eludes AbbyPD officers as manhunt ends
UPDATE 2:45 P.M. WEDNESDAY: Abbotsford PD says the police search has ended, but the driver remains outstanding. The investigation is in its early stages and is continuing. Original story from 12:10 p....
Mike VandenBosch Mar 12, 2025

Chilliwack home sales drop in February as uncertainty grips market
CHILLIWACK - Home sales in the Chilliwack area dropped sharply in February as economic uncertainty loomed over the real estate market.The Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board says 187 homes were ...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 12, 2025

Chilliwack convenience store owners dismayed by RCMP investigation into break and enter
CHILLIWACK - Unsworth Market owners Moe and Nina, a husband and wife team, say they're dismayed at what they say is a lack of police investigation into an attempted break and enter that happened about...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 12, 2025

New leadership at Chilliwack non-profit
CHILLIWACK - A longtime Chilliwack non-profit agency has installed a new executive to lead the social services organization that provides education, prevention and support services to people affected ...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 12, 2025

City of Chilliwack to fund Cheam Leisure Centre weight room upgrades of over $250K
CHILLIWACK - It's out with the old and in with the new. Thanks to a unanimous council decision at their meeting on Tuesday afternoon (Mar. 11), the City of Chilliwack will fund over $250,000 worth of ...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 12, 2025

In America's 'most Canadian town,' Trump's trade war wounds wallets and hearts
The tiny community of Point Roberts is a little bit of America, firmly fixed to British Columbia. It's the result of a cartographic quirk, occupying the southern tip of the otherwise-Canadian Tsawwass...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 12, 2025