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Yarrow Farm Market opens for the season Friday
CHILLIWACK - Over 70 vendors will be on hand for the season-opening kickoff of the Yarrow Farm Market on Friday, May 26 at Yarrow Pioneer Park. Captains Tattoo Company Ltd. has volunteered to put toge...
Mike VandenBosch May 25, 2023

Southern Irrigation partners with Salvation Army to save the pink car from being crushed
CHILLIWACK - Southern Irrigation in Chilliwack is on a mission to save a visible landmark in town that has withstood the test of time and bylaw compliance. Granted, the pink car that welcomes Highway ...
Mike VandenBosch May 25, 2023

RCMP invites Hope residents to community policing event Thursday night
HOPE - The Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment in Chilliwack is on the final leg of a series of community meetings designed to solicit feedback from the very residents it serves between Chilliwack...
Mike VandenBosch May 25, 2023

Run for Mom draws record number of participants on Mother's Day in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation says the 23rd annual Run for Mom event on Sunday, May 14 along the Vedder Rotary Trail in Chilliwack attracted a record-high number of registratio...
Mike VandenBosch May 25, 2023

RCMP to staff Cultus Lake Park again this summer with dedicated officers
CHILLIWACK - Expect to see a few more Mounties around Cultus Lake Park between now and the Labour Day long weekend in September. Cultus Lake Park Board announced in a press release last Friday (May 19...
May 24, 2023

City reminds residents not to toss batteries into blue recycling bins due to fire risk
ABBOTSFORD - Following a fire to a garbage truck that could have been prevented, the City of Abbotsford is reminding residents not to toss batteries into the recycling bin. The city posted on Facebook...
May 24, 2023

Popular Salvation Army garage sale returns this Saturday, but come early
CHILLIWACK - There's a reason people come early and often for these specific garage sales at a local church in Chilliwack. The Salvation Army Church in Chilliwack will hold a three-hour garage sale th...
Mike VandenBosch May 24, 2023

Chilliwack teenager arrested after motorcycle clocked at 209 km/h on Coquihalla near Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - An 18-year-old from Chilliwack was clocked going 209 km/h on the Coquihalla Highway last weekend.In a news release issued Wednesday (May 24), BC Highway Patrol says a motorcyclist was ...
Mike VandenBosch May 24, 2023

Chilliwack RCMP looking to ID single suspect involved in Hing Lung fire
**Update at 3:28 p.m. Wednesday: Chilliwack RCMP have now identified the person of interest captured in the CCTV footage, RCMP Sgt. Krista Vrolyk confirmed Wednesday afternoon. The investigation conti...
Mike VandenBosch May 24, 2023

Extreme weather grants offered to B.C. farmers
VICTORIA - The provincial government is offering two-and-a-half million dollars in grants to help farmers prepare for extreme weather.The Extreme Weather Preparedness for Agriculture program helps far...
Dave Barry May 24, 2023