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Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre pool to close for nearly 2 1/2 weeks
CHILLIWACK - The aquatic facility at the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre, one of two city-owned recreation centres in town, will be closed from Monday, August 21 through Friday, September 8 for sche...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 21, 2023

Out of control fire north of Chilliwack Lake doubles in size
CHILLIWACK - A fire north of Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park in the mountainous Skagit Range has grown from 356 hectares as reported last week to over 800 hectares as of Sunday. The BC Wildfire Servic...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 21, 2023

Chilliwack-area man, Hope woman facing charges for breaking into retail store
KAMLOOPS - A Chilliwack-area man with an extensive criminal record is one of three people facing numerous charges after a series of Kamloops-area crimes, including a recent break-and-enter at the Heff...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 21, 2023

RCMP converge on Watson Road home Friday, where an overdose occurred Sunday
CHILLIWACK - Members of the RCMP Emergency Response Team responded to the 45400 block of Watson Road Friday afternoon to reportedly execute a search warrant at a home on the north side of the road. Th...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 21, 2023

Crime rate on the rise in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - There is a disturbing trend emerging as society recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic and it has nothing to do with physical health. Instead, the trend is an increase in crime. That was a p...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 21, 2023

Hope RCMP respond to fatal shooting Sunday west of Hope, 28-year-old man dead
HOPE - A suspect is in custody following the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old man early Sunday morning (August 20) in a rural area west of Hope. In a news release from the Integrated Homicide Investiga...
Dave Barry Aug 20, 2023

No detour available as Hwy. 1 remains closed north of Hope, Kookipi fire now exceeds 10K hectares
HOPE - The Kookipi Creek fire originally located approximately 16 kilometres northwest of Boston Bar and seven kilometres east of Nahatlatch Lake has grown over 1,200 hectares in size in less than 24 ...
Dave Barry Aug 19, 2023

Chilliwack Fire asks people not to call 911 to report generally smoky conditions
CHILLIWACK - As bad as the air quality is and has been since early Saturday morning in the eastern Fraser Valley, Chilliwack Fire Chief Ian Josephson is asking residents not to call 911 if they see ge...
Dave Barry Aug 19, 2023

YMCA hires more lifeguards for Chilliwack pools, acknowledges staffing challenges
CHILLIWACK - Hiring and retaining enough lifeguards to sufficiently maintain public swim programs and expand swimming lessons has been a goal of the YMCA since it took over as the exclusive operator o...
Dave Barry Aug 18, 2023

Fire east of Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park grows rapidly
CHILLIWACK - The fire east of Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park that was first discovered on Sunday and was only two hectares big but grew exponentially in just three days. According to the BC Wildfire ...
Dave Barry Aug 18, 2023