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B.C. man facing multiple charges of kidnapping, sexual assault, for alleged role in multiple incidents
MAPLE RIDGE - Mounties in Maple Ridge say a 28-year-old man is facing charges of kidnapping, sexual assault, uttering threats and a host of other crimes for his alleged role in three incidents spannin...
Feb 26, 2026 File photo, Ridge Meadows RCMP. (Image Credit: Ridge Meadows RCMP.)
Chilliwack trustee announces resignation, says recent tribunal decision places chill on free speech
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack school board member has resigned from his position today, saying a recent decision by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal against a former Chilliwack trustee has placed a chilling...
Feb 26, 2026 Laurie Throness. (Image Credit: Laurie Throness.)
District of Hope urges people not to travel on the Coquihalla Highway if possible
HOPE - Environment Canada says a wind advisory is in effect for the Hope area today as a storm brings gale-force winds to the eastern Fraser Valley and heavy snow on the Coquihalla through to Friday. ...
Feb 26, 2026 Highway 3 at Highway 3/5 junction, looking east. (Image Credit: DriveBC.)
B.C.'s minimum wage to increase to over $18/hr
VICTORIA - The province announced Thursday morning that British Columbia's lowest-paid workers will get a 40-cent raise later this year.According to a statement, the minimum wage will increase from th...
Feb 26, 2026 B.C. govt. building. (Image Credit: Flickr / Govt. of B.C.)
Abbotsford City Council rejects housing project with drug consumption room near Abbotsford school
ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford City Council has voted almost unanimously to reject a rezoning application for a supportive housing project near an Abbotsford school that would have featured a drug consum...
Feb 26, 2026 Image: City of Abbotsford / Abbotsford City Council.
Construction begins on expansion of Mission Hospital - 9 months after Fraser Health announced it
MISSION - Nine months after they previously announced it, the Fraser Health Authority now says construction has begun on an $18 million project to expand and modernize the emergency department at Miss...
Feb 25, 2026 Mission Memorial Hospital. (Image Credit: Fraser Health Authority.)
36-year-old Maple Ridge man reported missing: RCMP
MAPLE RIDGE - Mounties in Maple Ridge are seeking help from the public in locating a 36-year-old male who has been missing for over a month.According to a statement from the Ridge Meadows RCMP detachm...
Feb 25, 2026 Missing man. (Image Credit: RCMP.)
New middle school in Langley will have an Indigenous name
LANGLEY - The Langley Board of Education announced this week that a new middle school in the Willoughby Slope area of Langley will have an Indigenous name. According to a statement from SD35, the new ...
Feb 25, 2026 New middle school in Langley. (Image Credit: SD35.)
Chilliwack RCMP appeal for help locating a suspect in break and enter, theft
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack are appealing to the public for help in locating a suspect who broke into a parkade on Cook Street and stole a mobility scooter earlier this week. According to a st...
Feb 25, 2026 Suspect in a break and enter and theft. (Image Credit: Facebook.)
Single-vehicle crash in Chilliwack Wednesday morning may have damaged drainage culvert
CHILLIWACK - First responders were called to Sumas Central Road just east of Lickman Road Wednesday morning after a vehicle crashed into a ditch. According to scanner traffic, Chilliwack fire crews we...
Feb 25, 2026 Motor vehicle incident on Sumas Central Road Wednesday morning. (Image Credit: Mike Vanden Bosch.)