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District of Kent ditches free EV charging, will now impose a $4/hour fee
AGASSIZ - The days of charging your electric vehicle for free in downtown Agassiz appear to be coming to an end. The District of Kent wrote on Twitter Monday night (Dec. 19) that effective January 3, ...
Dec 20, 2022
B.C. Transit suspends all transit service, including Handy Dart, in Chilliwack today
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack-area residents who rely on B.C. Transit and the 12 bus routes it provides in Chilliwack, Agassiz and the surrounding communities will need to find an alternative form of transp...
Dec 20, 2022
Heavy winds and snow bring whiteout conditions to Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Old Man Winter returned with a vengeance overnight, dumping at least 15-20 centimetres of snow throughout Chilliwack and Sardis and bringing out whiteout conditions to the Fraser Valley d...
Dec 20, 2022
Police search for elderly man in Kamloops or Kelowna
KELOWNA - RCMP are asking for the public's help in locating an 81-year-old man with dementia. Police say he left his supportive housing unit in the 45000 block of Yale Road, on December 15. He was ups...
Dec 19, 2022
Fraser Valley residents warned against non-essential travel as new storm brews
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada is warning residents of Chilliwack and Abbotsford to avoid driving if possible, as another winter storm targets the Fraser Valley Monday evening. It has issued a winter ...
Dec 19, 2022
Hope Fire braves wintry weather to extinguish fire just east of downtown Sunday
HOPE - Firefighters from the Hope Fire Department braved wintry weather when they responded to a structure fire Sunday morning (Dec. 18) on Riverview Drive in Hope, just east of downtown. Hope Fire pe...
Dec 18, 2022
Snow causing havoc through parts of Lower Mainland, moving into Fraser Valley
VICTORIA - Motorists in the Lower Mainland are being warned about travel along Highway 1 as a winter storm bears down on the region.In a news release this morning (Dec. 18), the Ministry of Transporta...
Dec 18, 2022
Tydel Foods on pace to deliver over 900 Christmas meals to those less fortunate in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Brigida Crosbie originally thought she'd be handing out somewhere in the neighbourhood of 500 meals or so, possibly more. Thanks to the generous hearts of a Chilliwack community that step...
Dec 17, 2022
Physical altercations and contraband seizures pile up at Kent max-security prison in 2022
AGASSIZ - There's not much brotherly love happening behind the walls of Kent Institution, the maximum-security correctional facility just west of Agassiz, these days. The Correctional Service of Canad...
Dec 17, 2022
Heavy snow on Coquihalla, bitter cold in northwest and central B.C.: weather alert
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada is warning of heavy snow on the Coquihalla Highway and bitterly cold temperatures in British Columbia's northwest as arctic air sweeps across the province. Up to 20 cent...
Dec 17, 2022