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Chilliwack firefighters extinguish fire at makeshift cabin off Chilliwack Lake Road
CHILLIWACK - Three Chilliwack Fire Department engines were dispatched Monday afternoon after a makeshift homeless camp containing a log home-style cabin went up in flames off Chilliwack Lake Road, rou...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 17, 2024

Hope residents poised to clean up another homeless encampment Tuesday
HOPE - It's become a routine occurrence for Fraser Valley residents and community-minded volunteers to take the lead in cleaning up public trash dumps that were once homeless encampments. In the lates...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 16, 2024

Heavy rain forecast for Chilliwack, Abbotsford starting Tuesday
CHILLIWACK - Environment Canada is forecasting heavy rain will arrive Tuesday in Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Agassiz and Mission. According to an advisory from the national weather agency, between 50-70 m...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 16, 2024

Chilliwack North MLA to hold Christmas open house this week
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack MLA Heather Maahs will hold a Christmas open house later this week at her new constituency office. Maahs, who was resoundingly elected in October with 54 per cent of the vote i...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 16, 2024

Update: Man hospitalized, 1 in custody following lockdown on Seabird Island First Nation
UPDATE 3:15 P.M., TUESDAY: A spokesperson for the Agassiz RCMP detachment says a man has been hospitalized, and another has been taken into custody, after police responded to a report of an assault in...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 16, 2024

Chilliwack meat store known for good deeds, acts of kindness suffers overnight break and enter
CHILLIWACK - A community-minded retailer that offers free food for vulnerable Chilliwack residents and discounts its products for local seniors has been the victim of an overnight break and enter. Bri...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 16, 2024

Chilliwack RCMP investigating after local dentist robbed, assaulted on Vedder Rotary Trail
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack dentist is struggling to recover from a concussion he suffered after telling Chilliwack RCMP he was assaulted and robbed of his wallet as he was running along the Vedder Rota...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 16, 2024

Chrystia Freeland's resignation letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigned from the Liberal cabinet on Monday, posting her resignation letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on social media. Here is the letter: "Dear Prim...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 16, 2024

Officials confirm at least one killed in Lions Bay mudslide
SQUAMISH - Emergency officials have confirmed the recovery of one body from Saturday's (Dec. 14) Lions Bay mudslide. "Emergency crews located the body of one of the residents directly involved, who ha...
Dave Barry Dec 15, 2024

CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted - Week of December 15, 2024
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...
Dave Barry Dec 15, 2024