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Construction to begin soon on $39.9 million Chilliwack housing project for women, children fleeing violence
CHILLIWACK - BC Housing says construction will begin in weeks for a 59-unit housing project in Chilliwack for women and their children fleeing domestic violence. According to a social media post, the ...
Mar 04, 2026 Proposed rendering of a 59-unit housing project in Chilliwack, subject to change. (Image Credit: City of Chilliwack via BC Housing.)
RCMP confirm fatal collision involving dirt bike rider, SUV Tuesday near Merritt
MERRITT - Mounties in Merritt say they're investigating a fatal collision involving a dirt bike and an SUV on Highway 8 late Tuesday afternoon. According to a statement from B.C. RCMP spokesperson Cor...
Mar 04, 2026 Image: File photo, RCMP / RCMP.
Mission RCMP appeal for help in locating stolen Jeep
MISSION - Mounties in Mission don't normally issue appeals for stolen vehicles, but they are for a wide-body rugged Jeep that was recently stolen east of Mission. In a brief statement, police say they...
Mar 04, 2026 Image: Mission RCMP.
UPDATE: FVRL reaches tentative deal with CUPE workers at libraries in Chilliwack, Abbotsford, elsewhere
UPDATE, 12:20 P.M. THURSDAY: The Fraser Valley Regional Library announced Thursday morning (Mar. 5) that a lockout has been averted after reaching a tentative agreement with the union representing ove...
Mar 04, 2026 Sardis Library. (Image Credit: Mike Vanden Bosch)
No arrests made after pepper spray deployed inside Abbotsford gym: AbbyPD
ABBOTSFORD - A spokesperson for the Abbotsford Police Department says an Abbotsford gym was evacuated Tuesday afternoon after pepper spray was deployed due to a disturbance between parties known to ea...
Mar 04, 2026 Image: File photo, AbbyPD / AbbyPD.
Fireball, sonic boom over Vancouver Tuesday evening, likely meteor
British Columbians took to social media Tuesday evening to share reports of a bright fireball in the night sky over Vancouver, and a house-rattling sonic boom. All indications suggest the region was w...
Mar 04, 2026 Image: Patrick Tie Fair / The skies above British Columbia lit up Tuesday night (Mar. 3) due to a meteor.
Abbotsford PD's media strategy pays off as familiar face reinforces trust, transparency with community
ABBOTSFORD - When high-profile incidents like highway closures, homicides, extortions or other emergencies impacting the community happen in Abbotsford, there's a familiar face working behind the scen...
Mar 03, 2026 AbbyPD Sgt. Paul Walker. (Image Credit: AbbyPD.)
Chilliwack RCMP seize suspected illegal drugs, tobacco after reported break and enter
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack say they've seized a large quantity of suspected illicit drugs and illegal cigarettes after getting a report of a break and enter on the north side of town this pas...
Mar 03, 2026 Suspected illegal drugs and illegal cigarettes. (Image Credit: Chilliwack RCMP.)
Male pedestrian who smelled of liquor lurches toward vehicle, hits car's windshield: Mission RCMP
MISSION - Mounties in Mission are investigating after a man who smelled of liquor and appeared to be intoxicated lurched toward a vehicle over the weekend, causing self-inflicted injuries when he stru...
Mar 03, 2026 Mission RCMP. (Image Credit: Mission RCMP.)
Mounties warn of increasing parking lot, distraction scams across B.C.
FRASER VALLEY/LOWER MAINLAND/BRITISH COLUMBIA - Mounties across British Columbia say they're getting an increasing number of police reports involving a gold or distraction theft scam taking place in c...
Mar 03, 2026 File photo, Pattison Media. (Image Credit: File photo, Pattison Media.)