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G.W. Graham wide receiver Braeden Macdonald equally devastated by SFU football closure
CHILLIWACK - G.W. Graham standout wide receiver Braeden Macdonald couldn't believe the news about the sudden closure of the Simon Fraser University football program when teammate Lucas Feaver dialed h...
Mike VandenBosch Apr 07, 2023

Charis Camp to mark 75th anniversary on Saturday with free food, Easter egg hunt
CHILLIWACK - From quilting to skateboarding, marriage retreats and youth getaways, band camps and family camps, Charis Camp and Conference Centre is accustomed to hosting all kinds of diverse groups a...
Dave Barry Apr 07, 2023

Abbotsford Police Chief Mike Serr announces retirement
ABBOTSFORD - In a post on its Facebook page Thursday afternoon (Apr. 6), the city of Abbotsford has accepted the formal notice of retirement from Police Chief Mike Serr."It is with mixed emotions that...
Mike VandenBosch Apr 06, 2023

Dr. Bonnie Henry ends mask mandate at B.C. hospitals, health-care facilities
CHILLIWACK - Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, announced Thursday (Apr. 6) that previous restrictions instituted by her office will be lifted. In a statement from the provincial governm...
Apr 06, 2023

Cottonwood Centre says A&W now closed, food court vendors gone by end of April
CHILLIWACK - The days of food court vendors at the Cottonwood Centre mall in Chilliwack are quickly vanishing. Mark Davis, general manager for PCI Warrington Management, confirmed in an email Thursday...
Mike VandenBosch Apr 06, 2023

Police respond to yet another school threat in Lower Mainland
PORT COQUITLAM - For the third time in the past week and a half, police in the Lower Mainland have responded to an apparent threat directed at a school. Coquitlam RCMP frontline officers responded to ...
Mike VandenBosch Apr 06, 2023

Dive team unable to locate missing Chilliwack man: RCMP
CHILLIWACK - The search has been called off in the case of a missing 48-year-old Chilliwack man who was last seen operating a boat on the Harrison River near Kilby just last week. Agassiz RCMP Sgt. Mi...
Mike VandenBosch Apr 06, 2023

BVMR says the public strongly supports its ski resort project east of Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The group behind a proposed ski resort and gondola east of Chilliwack says over 80 per cent of the people they've surveyed support the Bridal Veil Mountain Resort. At the same time, they'...
Mike VandenBosch Apr 06, 2023

Chilliwack non-profit that helps young families seeks executive director
CHILLIWACK - A downtown Chilliwack non-profit that helps thousands of local children and families in the Fraser Valley in times of financial need is currently looking for an executive director to carr...
Apr 05, 2023

Free coffee returns Thursday as "Coffee with a Cop" meets at Midtown Starbucks
CHILLIWACK - Members of the Chilliwack RCMP promise they won't break out into long-winded speeches or subject attendees to a carefully crafted narrative. There's no pretense about the opportunity to c...
Mike VandenBosch Apr 05, 2023