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Pedestrian dead after hit-and-run on Fraser Highway Saturday morning
LANGLEY - Police are now investigating a deadly hit-and-run on a section of the Fraser Highway Saturday morning (May 16). At roughly 4:40 a.m., Langley RCMP responded to a person in distress on the hi...
May 16, 2026 Police investigate a fatal hit-and-run in Langley Saturday, May 16, 2026. (Image Credit: Shane MacKichan)
Chilliwack Mural Festival artists revealed
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Mural Festival has unveiled its 2026 roster of muralists, with 11 artists from five countries set to convert downtown walls into large-scale works of art this summer.Painti...
May 16, 2026 2022 File image of Chase Gray's mural artwork honoured the first 215 unmarked graves found at the former Kamloops residential school in June 2021. (Image Credit: L. Gomes, Pattison Media)
City of Chilliwack grows frustrated with E360S, threatens fines for missed curbside collections
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack is losing patience with the contractor for its curbside collection program due to missed collections and other service shortcomings. In a social media statement pos...
May 15, 2026 Image: Mike Vanden Bosch / E360S, the city's new curbside collection contractor.
Motor vehicle accident leaves over 2,100 without power in Abbotsford
Update: BC Hydro says power has been fully restored by 6:30 a.m. Saturday. Original story below: ABBOTSFORD - A motor vehicle accident in Abbotsford has left over 2,100 customers without power Friday ...
May 15, 2026 Power outage. (Image Credit: BC Hydro.)
Province announces more than 100 new homes for seniors in Langley
LANGLEY - Langley City seniors have access to 101 new affordable homes with the opening of The Maple. It's an eight-storey development for independent seniors.The building is located on the 5400 block...
May 15, 2026 More than 100 new apartments are now available to residents of The Maple in Langley. (Image Credit: Supplied, BC Govt.)
Observant parent thwarted abduction attempt of girl, 7, from Central Elementary : police
CHILLIWACK - Police in Chilliwack say the attempted abduction of a seven-year-old girl from a school on Wednesday, by a man wearing a "purple bunny-like mask", was thwarted by a concerned parent. RCMP...
May 15, 2026
First degree murder charge laid in fatal Abbotsford encampment fire
ABBOTSFORD - Prosecutors have upgraded a charge against a 49-year-old man in connection with the death of a person at the Peardonville encampment in Abbotsford last month.The Integrated Homicide Inves...
May 15, 2026 Police investigate a suspected fatal arson at the Peardonville homeless camp on Friday, April 24, 2026. (Image Credit: Supplied, Abbotsford Police department)
No injuries reported after garage fire on Brooks Avenue in Chilliwack Friday morning
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack fire crews battled a garage fire at a home on Brooks Avenue Friday morning. Chilliwack Assistant Fire Chief Chris Wilson says fire crews were dispatched at about 7:10 a.m. Frid...
May 15, 2026 File photo, Chilliwack Fire Dept. (Image Credit: File photo, Mike Vanden Bosch.)
Abbotsford Police announce charges in 2025 fatal pedestrian crash
ABBOTSFORD - A driver has now been charged in connection with a fatal pedestrian crash along Harris Road in Abbotsford in early 2025. In a news release, the Abbotsford Police Department says investiga...
May 15, 2026 File (Image Credit: Abbotsford Police)
Drivers headed to the B.C. Interior warned of snow risk
HOPE - Highway travellers headed to the B.C. Interior this long weekend, are being warned to be prepared for the possibility of snow on high mountain roads.Environment Canada says falling freezing lev...
May 15, 2026 File (Image Credit: Pattison Media)