Category Archives: Fraser Valley
Vedder Mountain Road closed for rock scaling work Tuesday
CHILLIWACK - A section of Vedder Mountain Road will be intermittently closed this coming week as crews continue to recoup damages from the December 2025 rainfall.On Tuesday, April 28, from 7 a.m. to 5...
Apr 25, 2026 Crews will be working on a section of Vedder Mountain Road (highlighted in red) on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (Image Credit: City of Chilliwack)
5 residents displaced after latest house fire in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Fire Department is issuing a safety reminder after crews tackled a house fire in a northeast neighbourhood early Saturday morning. At around 4:50 a.m., roughly 15 firefight...
Apr 25, 2026 A house has been deemed unlivable after the latest residential fire in Chilliwack on Saturday morning, April 25, 2026. (Image Credit: Mike Vanden Bosch / Pattison Media)
Chiefs Look to Force Game 7
Chilliwack, B.C. - The Chilliwack Chiefs return home facing a must-win Game 6. After battling back from an early series deficit, the Chiefs now trail 3-2 in Round 2 following a hard-fought Game 5 in P...
Apr 25, 2026 (Image Credit: Darren Francis)
Man arrested after homicide at Abbotsford homeless camp Friday evening
ABBOTSFORD - Police are investigating a homicide that occurred during a fire at the Peardonville homeless encampment Friday evening (Apr. 24).At around 6:09 p.m., AbbyPD patrol officers responded to t...
Apr 24, 2026 Police investigating a homicide at the Peardonville homeless camp on Friday, April 24, 2026. (Image Credit: Abbotsford Police Department / Provided)
SD33 tackling school enrollment and capacity at upcoming board meeting
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack School Board is locking in on plans to address its growing student population over the next decade at an upcoming board meeting.With Chilliwack becoming the second-fastest-...
Apr 24, 2026 Trustee Richard Procee speaks with community members at an open house at G.W. Graham Secondary School on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Image Credit: SD33 / Provided)
34-year-old school arson suspect arrested: Abbotsford PD
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford have arrested a 34-year-old suspect in connection with an arson at a school in Abbotsford, and continue to investigate two other arsons that happened within the span ...
Apr 24, 2026 File photo, AbbyPD. (Image Credit: AbbyPD.)
City of Chilliwack takes over operations for Coliseum starting May
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack is set to take over management and operations for the Chilliwack Coliseum one year after the City regained its ownership from the Chiefs Development Group (CDG). St...
Apr 24, 2026 City of Chilliwack is set to take over operations for the Coliseum on May 1, 2026. (Image Credit: City of Chilliwack)
No immediate threat to Hope after Hell's Gate area fire grows to 40 hectares, says District
HOPE - Officials say residents remain safe despite an out-of-control wildfire growing 15 times its size since Thursday afternoon. BC Wildfire Service continues to work with ground crews, helicopters a...
Apr 24, 2026 Ferrabee Fire (V10108) on the evening of April 23, 2026. (Image Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
Chilliwack, Langley among 22 teams joining new sanctioned BCHC Junior A hockey league
CHILLIWACK - Twenty-two teams across B.C. have now joined to form one new Junior A hockey league to fill the void that the BCHL left three years ago.On March 28, BC Hockey unanimously approved the Bri...
Apr 24, 2026 Chilliwack Jets are among 22 teams joining the newly-formed BCHC Junior A hockey league. (Image Credit: Chilliwack Jets)
Construction completes on Dewdney Bridge replacement near Mission
MISSION - Travellers may now be able to rest a little easier as work completes on the Dewdney Bridge replacement along Highway 7, east of Mission."This new bridge is one more way we're ensuring the Fr...
Apr 24, 2026 Dewdney Bridge as of June 2025. (Image Credit: B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Transit)