Category Archives: Fraser Valley
Unemployment holds steady at 7%, 7.2% in Chilliwack and Abbotsford: StatCan
CHILLIWACK - Despite 6,200 jobs being added across B.C., unemployment in key Fraser Valley cities continued to hover around 7 per cent in November, according to Statistics Canada's latest jobs report....
Dec 05, 2025
Rollover leaves 900+ Hydro customers without power Thursday night in Mission
MISSION - A rollover in Mission Thursday night left over 900 BC Hydro customers without power for several hours. While power has since been restored, the rollover caused an outage impacting 908 custom...
Dec 05, 2025
Pedestrian struck, killed in Abbotsford Friday morning
ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford Police Department says McCallum Road is closed Friday morning in Abbotsford after a fatal accident involving a pedestrian. Frontline officers responded to a serious collisi...
Dec 05, 2025
Agassiz firefighters, BC EHS paramedics respond after vehicle winds up in the Fraser River Wednesday
AGASSIZ - Multiple Agassiz Fire Department engines and at least two B.C. EHS ambulances were paged after first responders were notified about a vehicle that crashed into the Fraser River Wednesday aft...
Dec 04, 2025
Chilliwack council OK's development variance permit to rebuild church destroyed by fire in 2023
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack councillors have signed off on a development variance permit to rebuild a small Chilliwack church that was destroyed by fire over two years ago. Councillors voted unanimously o...
Dec 04, 2025
Chilliwack North MLA welcomes resignation of party leader
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack North MLA Heather Maahs says this morning's announcement by B.C. Conservative Party Leader John Rustad that he is stepping down is a welcome one. Maahs told Fraser Valley Today...
Dec 04, 2025
IIO clears police in fatal shooting of autistic teen with weapon in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY - British Columbia's police watchdog agency says there are no reasonable grounds to believe officers committed an offence in the fatal shooting of a teenager in Surrey in February. The Independ...
Dec 04, 2025
Chilliwack mayor welcomes planned amusement centre following unanimous vote
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack councillors unanimously approved a temporary use permit at their meeting this past week for a proposed amusement centre just off Evans Road that would house a bowling alley, ar...
Dec 04, 2025
Abbotsford PD launches campaign to combat extortion-related violence, recruitment
ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford Police Department says it has launched a campaign against extortion and the violence attached to these nefarious activities. According to a statement from AbbyPD spokespers...
Dec 04, 2025
Mayor Popove says majority of city's proposed 4.9% tax increase goes straight to the RCMP in Surrey
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove says the majority of Chilliwack's proposed 4.9 per cent property tax increase in 2026 is going straight to RCMP administration in Surrey. Mayor Popove told 89....
Dec 04, 2025