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Step Up 4 Cardiac Health happening February 25 in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - The Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation invites the public to dust off their runners and help raise funds for the cardiac unit at Abbotsford Regional Hospital in the 7th annual Step Up 4...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 25, 2024

City of Chilliwack to add rectangular rapid flashing beacons at 5 intersection crosswalks
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack says it will install rectangular rapid flashing beacons (RRFBs) at five intersection crosswalks on the north side of the city this spring. The city wrote in a brief...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 25, 2024

Less than half of Grade 10 students in B.C. met numeracy standard in 2021-22
VANCOUVER - The Fraser Institute says one out of every two Grade 10 students in British Columbia failed to meet the proficiency standard in math, and participation rates among students in province-wid...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 25, 2024

UPDATE: BC Housing provides update on its response to the pending closure of Island 22 in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - As an eviction notice of January 31 approaches, there are no official plans just yet to provide housing options to the remaining residents of the Island 22 homeless camp on Cartmell Road ...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 24, 2024

Abandoned trailer burns in the Chilliwack River Valley
CHILLIWACK - Another environmental eyesore has surfaced in the once pristine Chilliwack River Valley, but government inaction on multiple levels has invariably created scenarios like this one. Ross Ai...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 24, 2024

RCMP superintendent's storied career began with a class at a Chilliwack high school
CHILLIWACK - RCMP Superintendent Dale Carr's inclination to become a Mountie started while he was growing up in Chilliwack. When Carr was enrolled in a grade 10 law class at Chilliwack Senior High, as...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 24, 2024

Cheam View United Church to hold its final Sunday service downtown next month
CHILLIWACK - A cornerstone of the downtown Chilliwack landscape for decades will hold its final church service next month before moving to another location. Secretary Lynn Catto confirmed in an email ...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 24, 2024

Truck, multiple firearms stolen in latest break and enter in Mission: RCMP
MISSION - A new week, another break and enter involving stolen firearms in Mission. Mounties in Mission say a break-in occurred at a home on 9th Avenue at approximately 3:20 a.m. on Saturday, January ...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 23, 2024

Chilliwack RCMP investigating fatal hit and run on Yale Road
CHILLIWACK - A male has died after being struck by a vehicle on Yale Road near Prest Road in Chilliwack last Thursday, January 18. According to a news release from RCMP Cpl. Carmen Kiener, Chilliwack ...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 23, 2024

Chilliwack Fire, RCMP dispatched for suspicious truck fire Tuesday morning north of downtown
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Fire Department and Chilliwack RCMP were dispatched Tuesday morning (Jan. 23) to Mellard Avenue, located about two blocks northeast of Central Elementary in a neighbourhood...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 23, 2024