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Ice, sweat, and beers: Pop-up sauna opens in east Abbotsford brewery
ABBOTSFORD - If your brain feels fried from all the stressors of the outside world, maybe sweating out in a wooden box and dunking in a metal bucket of ice water can help reset it. East Abbotsford's F...
Alyssa Conti Mar 01, 2025

Abbotsford police arrest man, 63, for 5th DUI in 5 years
ABBOTSFORD - Given their repeated and recent emphasis on removing impaired drivers from Abbotsford-area roads, a 63-year-old man hasn't gotten exactly gotten the memo from the Abbotsford Police Depart...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 28, 2025

Free farm event aims to get more Chilliwack families, kids interested in gardening, food security
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack resident Debbie Walker hopes to get more families interested in gardening and growing their own food to bolster food security at an event in March. Walker, who works as a publi...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 28, 2025

BC Highway Patrol urges drivers to buckle up and lock in during March
SURREY - B.C. police are asking drivers to wear their seatbelts and focus on the road as distracted driving becomes as deadly, if not deadlier, than impaired driving over the past few years. Throughou...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 28, 2025

2 in critical condition, 1 unaccounted for after possible house explosion in Langley (VIDEOS)
LANGLEY - Tall smoke towers billowed for miles out this late morning (Feb. 28) as Langley crews battled a house fire. At around 10:40 a.m., RCMP responded to reports of a possible explosion in the 730...
Alyssa Conti Feb 28, 2025 Image: TruculentBellicose, with permission / Reddit / Neighbours reported a house explosion in Langley late Friday morning (Feb. 28)

Fraser Valley Agritech projects receive $4 million in provincial funding
ABBOTSFORD - Seven Agritech projects across the Fraser Valley will be getting $4 million in provincial funds as the B.C. government continues to till the soil of its own agricultural industry. Aldergr...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 28, 2025

Chilliwack mall kiosk closes amid 2 pending store closures
CHILLIWACK - In the midst of two pending store closures, another store has closed at Cottonwood Centre mall in Chilliwack. Virgin Mobile, which had operated a kiosk near Coles and Bootlegger, has perm...
Alyssa Conti Feb 28, 2025

Small-scale community project grant reopens in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - No community project is too small to fund, as the City of Abbotsford returns with the $20,000 Neighbourhood Small Grants (NSG) program. The grant offers up to $1,000 in initiatives that b...
Alyssa Conti Feb 28, 2025

Violent break and enter suspect charged in Fraser Valley incidents (VIDEO)
SOUTH SURREY - Surrey Police Service officers say a 38-year-old male has been charged with multiple Criminal Code offences in connection with a series of what police describe as violent break and ente...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 27, 2025

B.C. solicitor general says police warned Opposition operative away from care home
VICTORIA - The B.C. government and the Opposition have released duelling narratives about a mental-health facility that is at the heart of alleged voter irregularities in the October election. Solicit...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 27, 2025