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Transport Canada lifts order mandating train whistling, reduced train speeds in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Fraser Valley Today has learned that train whistling and reduced speeds are no longer mandatory under a federal order when trains travel through Chilliwack. According to an email from Lia...
Aug 21, 2024
Cheam First Nation purchases Agassiz fishing lodge
CHILLIWACK - Cheam First Nation announced Tuesday (Aug. 20) it has finalized the purchase of the Fraser River Lodge in Agassiz, an acquisition valued at $18.1 million. In a news release, the First Nat...
Aug 20, 2024
B.C. govt. to fund 300-seat expansion at Chilliwack middle school
CHILLIWACK - The B.C. government announced Tuesday (Aug. 20) it will fund a 300-seat expansion at A.D. Rundle Middle School. The 300-seat addition at A.D. Rundle is one of several ongoing projects in ...
Aug 20, 2024
Communication manager for Chilliwack School District resigns; no response from SD33 superintendent
CHILLIWACK - Fraser Valley Today has learned that a communication manager hired earlier this year by the Chilliwack School District has resigned from her position. Shelley O'Brien, who stepped into th...
Aug 20, 2024
Two women pronounced dead in North Vancouver after falling from an apartment balcony: IHIT
NORTH VANCOUVER - Mounties in North Vancouver are investigating an incident in which two women who fell from an apartment balcony were later pronounced deceased Tuesday morning (Aug. 20). According to...
Aug 20, 2024
B.C. NDP maintains slim lead over B.C. Conservatives, but polling suggests BC United tax cut hasn't moved the needle
CHILLIWACK - The B.C. New Democratic Party maintains a slim lead in the latest provincial polling, whose findings that suggest BC United's proposed tax cut has not swayed voters just yet.Between Augus...
Aug 20, 2024
Update: Former Ann Davis Transition Society executive provides statement about her departure
UPDATE TUESDAY AT 11:40 A.M: Former Ann Davis Transition Society executive director Patti MacAhonic says she has moved in a new career direction after 10 1/2 years overseeing ADTS. "She takes great pr...
Aug 20, 2024
BC Transit touts expanded Fraser Valley Express bus service starting this fall
CHILLIWACK - BC Transit says the Fraser Valley Express commuter bus that facilitates travel between the Fraser Valley and Metro Vancouver will expand starting next month.According to a news release Tu...
Aug 20, 2024
Illegal campfire starts at new homeless encampment just off Chilliwack Lake Road, despite fire ban
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack resident and cleanup volunteer Ross Aikenhead had a hunch something bad would happen after an RV was dropped off by a local towing company on a rural forest service road in the...
Aug 20, 2024
B.C. police drop surnames in missing person alerts to avoid 'negative lasting impact'
SAANICH, B.C. - It could be a weekend teenage runaway. An elderly loved one, lost and disoriented. Or it could be the first indication of murder. The first call to a police department to report a miss...
Aug 20, 2024