Category Archives: Fraser Valley
26-year-old fined for driving more than double the speed limit in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford police continue to catch speeding drivers across the community this weekend.Just after 5 p.m. Friday (June 5), an officer spotted a sedan heading westbound on Downes Road, near...
Jun 06, 2026 Speeding driver caught on Friday, June 5, 2026. (Image Credit: AbbyPD)
Abbotsford nonprofit hosting FIFA watch party downtown next week
ABBOTSFORD - A local nonprofit is kicking off soccer festivities with a watch party in downtown Abbotsford next Friday, June 12.Archway Community Services will be hosting a free outdoor viewing of Can...
Jun 05, 2026 Giant soccer ball in Canada Celebrates tour. While Abbotsford was not selected for the nationwide tour, Archway Community Services will still be hosting its own viewing of the game against Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday, June 12, 2026. (Image Credit: BC Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport)
Chilliwack Animal Safe Haven secures two vet techs
CHILLIWACK - A local shelter has now reached a new milestone in improving the health of the animals under their care.The Chilliwack Animal Safe Haven has secured two registered veterinary technologist...
Jun 05, 2026 A recently adopted cat from Chilliwack Animal Safe Haven. (Image Credit: Chilliwack Animal Safe Haven / Facebook)
Former NHL player Gaetz remains at large after alleged attack on B.C. taxi driver
MAPLE RIDGE - Police in British Columbia say a former NHL player remains at large a day after authorities announced charges against him in the alleged attack on a taxi driver in Metro Vancouver. Link ...
Jun 05, 2026
New splash pad opening at Crossley Park in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - Residents are invited to mark the official beginning of summer with a splash at an Abbotsford park this month.Officials will be marking the completion of a new splash pad in Crossley Park...
Jun 05, 2026 New splash pad at Crossley Park. (Image Credit: City of Abbotsford)
Shoplifter arrested after threatening store manager in Mission
MISSION - Police have been busy with a number of property crimes over the last week, including one incident that led to the arrest of a 35-year-old man in Mission.Mounties responded to the report of a...
Jun 05, 2026 Shoplifter arrested at train tracks near London Avenue in Mission. (Image Credit: Mission RCMP)
New program cuts down on avian flu in Fraser Valley poultry farms
ABBOTSFORD - The B.C. government is putting its eggs in one new technology basket to protect poultry flocks in the Fraser Valley.Applications are now open for the provincial Novel Tools and Technologi...
Jun 05, 2026 A poultry farm in the Fraser Valley. (Image Credit: File / Dreamstime)
Chilliwack, Abbotsford unemployment rate spikes despite B.C. adding thousands of jobs
CHILLIWACK - May labour figures from Statistics Canada are pointing to a sharp uptick in unemployment between the Chilliwack and Abbotsford-Mission areas.While Chilliwack didn't lose or gain any jobs,...
Jun 05, 2026 Statistics Canada building and signs are pictured in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)
Abbotsford school trustee launches bid for Abbotsford City Council
ABBOTSFORD - The vice chair of the Abbotsford Board of Education announced Thursday she will run for Abbotsford City Council in the fall municipal election.Wilson, who has served as a trustee for more...
Jun 04, 2026 Shirley Wilson. (Image Credit: BCPSEA.)
Police cleared of wrongdoing after woman falls from overpass in Abbotsford, airlifted to hospital
ABBOTSFORD - B.C.'s civilian watchdog has cleared the Abbotsford Police Department and its officers of any wrongdoing following an incident in early May in which a woman who was standing outside the s...
Jun 04, 2026 File photo, AbbyPD. (Image Credit: AbbyPD.)