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Updated: Power has been restored to nearly 600 BC Hydro customers in Chilliwack who had no power for hours
**UPDATE at 3:20 p.m.: Power has now been restored to customers in the impacted area north of Portage Avenue.** CHILLIWACK - Nearly 600 BC Hydro customers have been without power for over four hours f...
Dec 07, 2023
City of Chilliwack invites 3 companies to compete for preliminary engineering design services for pedestrian bridge
CHILLIWACK - After inviting prospective companies to potentially bid on engineering design services for a project that would build a pedestrian bridge extending Williams Street across Hope Slough and ...
Dec 07, 2023
Chilliwack council OK's 7.3% property tax increase; resident says more firefighters needed
CHILLIWACK - Despite comments from a few members of the public, Chilliwack city council unanimously approved a 7.32 per cent property tax increase at its meeting on Tuesday night (Dec. 5). During a pr...
Dec 07, 2023
Cheam First Nation elects new chief Wednesday
CHILLIWACK - Members of Cheam First Nation east of Chilliwack have elected a new chief. According to election results posted at 9:59 p.m. Wednesday night (Dec. 6) on the Cheam First Nation Facebook pa...
Dec 06, 2023
Mission RCMP say a 41-year-old man has been shot in the Superstore parking lot; multiple shots fired
MISSION - Mission RCMP say a 41-year-old man has suffered serious injuries after being reportedly shot in the parking lot of Real Canadian Superstore (32136 Lougheed Highway) in Mission. According to ...
Dec 06, 2023
Off-road groups call for consultation on decision to close Gill Bar recreation area in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Two off-road motorized sports groups are calling for improved consultation on what seems to be the permanent closure of Gill Bar in Rosedale, east of Chilliwack. According to a joint news...
Dec 06, 2023
Dairy Queen could open in Popkum east of Chilliwack in spring 2024
POPKUM - There's already a fast food restaurant in Popkum east of Chilliwack offering Timbits and fresh-roasted coffee, but the kind offering Blizzards and Ultimate hamburgers could open as soon as sp...
Dec 06, 2023
Traffic incidents snarl traffic in Abbotsford, Mission Wednesday
ABBOTSFORD/MISSION - Two traffic incidents are impacting traffic on Highway 7 in Mission and on Highway 11 in Abbotsford Wednesday afternoon (Dec. 6).Drive BC reported at 2:14 p.m. Wednesday that an e...
Dec 06, 2023
Mission school board trustee fined by Elections BC for violating election rules
VICTORIA - Elections BC has fined a Mission school board trustee for violating election rules in the 2022 municipal election. According to an administrative penalty letter on its website, Linda Hamel ...
Dec 06, 2023
B.C. RCMP's Major Crimes Unit to probe privacy breach; AbbyPD, CFSEU first aware in November
ABBOTSFORD - Roughly three weeks after two police agencies in British Columbia announced they were probing an unauthorized privacy breach, B.C. RCMP's Major Crimes Unit will take over the investigatio...
Dec 06, 2023