Category Archives: Fraser Valley
Four youths charged after assault at Abbotsford park, as police seize weapons
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say four youths have been charged after an alleged weapons-related incident at Mill Lake Park last week. According to a statement from AbbyPD Sgt. Paul Walker, police...
Oct 09, 2025
Councillors greenlight commercial development, construction of two school campuses in East Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack councillors have given third reading and adoption to a rezoning application for two new school campuses and a commercial development in Eastern Hillsides. Multiple councillors ...
Oct 09, 2025
Police detain 2 after road rage incident involving a replica firearm: Chilliwack RCMP
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack RCMP say two people were taken into custody outside a Chilliwack business Wednesday night after AbbyPD received a report of a road rage incident in Abbotsford. According to a s...
Oct 09, 2025
Chilliwack councillors press B.C. minister to take action on shelter bed distribution
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Councillors Jason Lum and Chris Kloot both urged the provincial government during meetings at the Union of B.C. Municipalities conference last month to better distribute shelte...
Oct 09, 2025
Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation announces changes to its staff, board
FRASER VALLEY - As it endeavours to achieve a $5 million fundraising target this year, the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation has announced a number of changes to its governance structure and execut...
Oct 09, 2025
Local state of emergency declared over risk of dam in B.C. Interior bursting
KAMLOOPS - A regional district in the British Columbia Interior has declared a state of local emergency as an illegal dam threatens to burst. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has already issued a...
Oct 08, 2025
Real estate sales in Chilliwack area drop over 11% in September YOY
CHILLIWACK - The number of homes sold in September dropped over 11 per cent compared to the year prior, while benchmark prices for single-family homes edged up slightly. According to the latest data f...
Oct 08, 2025
Chilliwack non-profit launches new program, expands services
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack non-profit whose platform offers a variety of support services for older adults in Chilliwack is launching a new program and expanding an existing service in the community. C...
Oct 08, 2025
UPDATE: Forty-two firefighters battle huge blaze in Yarrow Wednesday morning, as two structures collapse
UPDATE 2:35 P.M. WEDNESDAY: Chilliwack Assistant Fire Chief Wade Meeres says 42 firefighters responded to today's structure fire in the 4100 block of Wilson Road in Yarrow. On arrival, crews witnessed...
Oct 08, 2025 Image: Brian Penner, used with permission / A fire erupted Wednesday morning on Wilson Road in Yarrow.
Ex-MLA questions walkout by Chilliwack MLAs over ARPA vote, but Maahs says motion was a 'nasty bit of vitriol'
CHILLIWACK - A former one-term Chilliwack-Kent MLA is challenging Chilliwack's two sitting MLAs after they walked out of an NDP-led motion condemning a group for discriminatory views, but one of those...
Oct 08, 2025