Category Archives: Fraser Valley
Chilliwack Council expected to spend $300,000 to replace electric bear fence around landfill
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack council will consider spending nearly $300,000 to replace an electric bear fence that surrounds the Bailey Sanitary Landfill during its meeting Tuesday (May 19).A staff report ...
May 18, 2026 A file image of a black bear at a landfill. Landfills have been recognized as an attractant for bears in Canada for decades. (Image Credit: Edgar Chavez, Dreamstime)
Update: Eastbound Highway 1 clear after motor vehicle crash in Chilliwack
UPDATE, 11:42 A.M. MONDAY: DriveBC now says eastbound Highway 1 is clear from the motor vehicle crash earlier this morning. Original story: CHILLIWACK - A motor vehicle incident on Highway 1 in Chilli...
May 18, 2026 Crash on Highway 1 has the left lane of e/b Highway 1 blocked Monday morning on Victoria Day. (Image Credit: DriveBC.)
McKee public park feedback sought in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - Residents have their chance to comment on the development of a new neighbourhood park in the McKee area.The City of Abbotsford says the park will be located near the intersection of Dawso...
May 18, 2026
Classic Car Show planned for Chilliwack in June
CHILLIWACK - Classic cars and motorcycles will come together next month as the Fraser Valley Classic Car Show returns to Chilliwack. The annual event is scheduled for June 7 at the University of the F...
May 18, 2026 The annual Fraser Valley Classic Car show is returning to Chilliwack next month. (Image Credit: File image supplied, Fraser Valley British Motor Club)
'Lion' of journalism loses its voice as Vancouver's Langara College program faces end
VANCOUVER - Oksana Shtohryn, a former lawyer in Ukraine, was attracted to the two-year journalism program at Vancouver's Langara College because it was hands on, quicker to complete than a four-year c...
May 18, 2026
1 airlifted to hospital after motorcycle accident in Mission
MISSION - Residents may have heard a number of sirens fly towards a section of Dewdney Trunk Road after a serious collision this afternoon. First responders were paged out to the area of 11749 Dewdney...
May 17, 2026 An air ambulance paged out to the motorcycle crash on Dewdney Trunk Road on Sunday, May 17, 2026. (Image Credit: Lori Garrett, with permission)
Abbotsford police arrest drunk driver in stolen car Sunday morning
ABBOTSFORD - Proactive patrols have led to a double-whammy arrest in Abbotsford Sunday morning (May 17). Just before 11 a.m., AbbyPD patrol officers pulled up to Immel Plaza and made an arrest when pl...
May 17, 2026 Stolen vehicle spotted by plainclothes officers in Abbotsford Sunday, May 17, 2026. (Image Credit: Abbotsford Police Department)
G.W. Graham students to take part in annual volunteer and fundraiser initiative May 20
CHILLIWACK - Hundreds of Chilliwack high school students are gearing up to help their community for this year's Take Action Day.Teachers at G.W. Graham (GWG) Secondary kick-started the initiative in 2...
May 17, 2026 G.W. Graham Secondary students promoting Take Action Day on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (Image Credit: Spanish Ace / YouTube)
Man pleads guilty to 2025 fatal stabbing outside Coquitlam pub
COQUITLAM - A Coquitlam man has now pleaded guilty to manslaughter after a fight led to the death of another outside a local pub early last year.RCMP responded to the fight at the John B Pub at 1000 A...
May 17, 2026 A man has pleaded guilty in relation to the fatal stabbing outside a Coquitlam pub on January 31, 2025. (Image Credit: IHIT / File)
'We need community to survive': Abbotsford farmer sees growing attendance on free open-invite gatherings
ABBOTSFORD - With a bag and the crushing weight of distrust on his shoulders, Abbotsford farmer Gagan Singh first left Canada when he became disillusioned by the finger-pointing he experienced from hi...
May 17, 2026 An open community potluck at Abbotsford-based Singh Farms on May 3, 2026- the largest recorded in Canada. (Image Credit: Samantha Lynn / Facebook)