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Nearly 100 Fraser Valley Walmart truck drivers become unionized
FRASER VALLEY - Unifor, Canada's largest private sector union, says nearly 100 drivers at Walmart in Surrey have joined them after the Canada Industrial Relations Board granted interim certification. ...
Nov 12, 2024
Chilliwack School District hires new communication manager
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack School District announced Tuesday (Nov. 12) that it has hired Amy Dhanjal as its manager of communication. According to a news release from SD33, Dhanjal will step into the rol...
Nov 12, 2024
Sq'éwqel (Seabird Island) leadership disputes rumors that singing and drumming will end at band school
AGASSIZ - Sq'wqel (Seabird Island) plans to convene an informal but critical meeting Tuesday morning (Nov. 12) after concerns were raised about singing, drumming and cultural activities being terminat...
Nov 12, 2024
Update: Highway 1 w/b reopens as BC Highway Patrol seeks dashcam footage from multi-vehicle crash that sent 5 to hospital
UPDATE 2:05 P.M., TUESDAY: Highway 1 westbound through Burnaby has reopened Tuesday afternoon as the BC Highway Patrol says it seeking dash camera or witness evidence after this morning's collision th...
Nov 12, 2024
Update: Canada Post responds after postal union issues 72-hour strike notice
UPDATE 8:25 A.M., TUESDAY: Canada Post says the 72-hour strike notice and looming threat of labour action issued by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers would "affect the millions of Canadians and bus...
Nov 12, 2024
Markets, events pop up across Abbotsford as holiday season ramps up
ABBOTSFORD - With holiday markets and events popping up across the Fraser Valley, Tourism Abbotsford says there are no fewer than three dozen high-profile gatherings for those seeking to be festive be...
Nov 11, 2024
B.C. RCMP confirm man arrested Sunday night after standoff east of Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - A B.C. RCMP spokesperson says a man was taken into custody following a standoff east of Chilliwack Sunday night. According to a statement from Corporal Brett Urano, spokesperson for the B...
Nov 11, 2024
Fire crews knock down two-alarm blaze that damaged garage, deck in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Firefighters say a garage and attached deck were damaged during an early morning blaze in a Chilliwack residential neighbourhood on Monday. A fire department spokesperson said the two-ala...
Nov 11, 2024 Image: Mike Vanden Bosch / Pattison Media / Multiple Chilliwack Fire units were called to the 9000 block of Garden Drive on Nov. 11, 2024 after a two-alarm blaze damaged a garage and attached deck
Surrey police transition deal still in works, less than three weeks before handover
The Surrey Police Service is less than three weeks from taking over from the RCMP to manage policing in British Columbia's second most populous municipality, but there's still no deal on how responsib...
Nov 11, 2024
Family of missing teen 'grateful' for groups that joined weekend search in Surrey
UPDATE: In a Facebook post on Nov. 29, 2024, the family of Joseph Maku said he was found dead in Delta, B.C. More details can be found in this story posted November 30, 2024: Surrey teen missing since...
Nov 11, 2024