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Chilliwack council OK's not enforcing bylaws or BC building code for Margaret Ave. shelter
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack city council voted Tuesday (Sept. 5) to accept a recommendation from staff that the city of Chilliwack not enforce bylaws or BC building code requirements governing a shelter f...
Sep 07, 2023
Chilliwack River Valley Fire Dept. volunteers return from fighting fires across BC
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack River Valley Fire Department says its volunteers have returned after being deployed multiple times to fight fires over the summer.According to an online update earlier this...
Sep 07, 2023
Chilliwack Fire responds to fire in Yale Road supportive housing building
CHILLIWACK - Fourteen firefighters from two Chilliwack fire halls were dispatched Wednesday (Sept. 6) after a fire broke out in a unit at a Yale Road supportive housing complex. According to a news re...
Sep 07, 2023
89.5 JR Country in Chilliwack hiring for its Street Team
CHILLIWACK - Nearly 14 months after it began broadcasting under a new format, Chilliwack-based 89.5 JR Country is looking to hire some energetic, outgoing people to fill the roster of its Street Team....
Sep 07, 2023
Motor vehicle incident, possibly a rollover, closes westbound Hwy. 1 in Chilliwack Wednesday night
**Update at 10:35 p.m. Wednesday night: Highway 1 reopened according to Drive BC.** CHILLIWACK - A motor vehicle incident has closed westbound Highway 1 between Lickman Road (exit 116) and Yale Road (...
Sep 06, 2023
Hope Fire Department snuffs out highway fire Wednesday night
HOPE - At least two fire engines from the Hope Fire Department worked to extinguish a highway fire near exit 173, southeast of downtown Hope, Wednesday night. Hope Fire Department says it dispatched c...
Sep 06, 2023
FVRD confirms 27 buildings were burned in Kookipi Creek fire near Boston Bar
CHILLIWACK - The Fraser Valley Regional District released a statement Wednesday (Sept. 6) confirming that 27 structures were burned by the Kookipi Creek wildfire northwest of Boston Bar.In a news rele...
Sep 06, 2023
Female driver hits cars and building, refuses to give Mission RCMP a breath sample
MISSION - Mission RCMP arrested a 50-year-old Mission woman after she allegedly hit two parked cars, grazed the side of a building and crashed into a pole last week in Mission, and refused to submit a...
Sep 06, 2023
Free ice skating in Chilliwack starts next week
CHILLIWACK - As part of Chilliwack's 150th anniversary, the city invites residents and families to take part in four free skating sessions starting next week. The free skates will be held Saturday, Se...
Sep 06, 2023
Cheam Leisure Centre in Chilliwack expands operating hours
CHILLIWACK - Nearly a year after YMCA BC replaced Recreation Excellence as the operator of two recreation sites owned by the city of Chilliwack, the Cheam Leisure Centre announced on Facebook this pas...
Sep 06, 2023