Category Archives: Fraser Valley

Evacuation Alerts in place for homes in Chilliwack River Valley
CHILLIWICK - Evacuation alerts have been issued for more than two dozen properties within the Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) due to the risk of flooding created by the ongoing atmospheric rive...
Pattison Media Mar 19, 2026 The atmospheric river continues to dump rain across the Fraser Valley. (Image Credit: Pattison Media)

Four, including three youths, charged in Metro Vancouver stabbing
NEW WESTMINSTER - Police in Metro Vancouver say four people - including three youths - have been arrested and charged in connection with a stabbing after a multi-month investigation. New Westminster p...
The Canadian Press Mar 19, 2026

State of Emergency declared in FVRD
CHILLIWACK - The Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) has declared a state of local emergency to deal with the potential damage created by the atmospheric river pouring rain into the Fraser Valley.B...
Pattison Media Mar 19, 2026 A DriveBC webcam image looking east along Highway 1 at the Vedder Canal Bridge. (Image Credit: DriveBC webcam)

Shocking results reported from recent commercial vehicle check in lower mainland
BURNABY - A commercial vehicle check in South Burnaby late last month found dozens of violations, including many that left authorities shaking their heads. Remarkably more than half of the trucks that...
Pattison Media Mar 19, 2026 A plastic bag is used as a fuel cap on a commercial vehicle found during an inspection in South Burnaby late last month. (Image Credit: Supplied)

Apartment building to go up along Keith Wilson Road
CHILLIWACK - Construction could begin soon on a six-storey, 80-unit apartment building at 44490 Keith Wilson Road in Chilliwack. City Council voted in favour of supporting the rezoning of the land to ...
Pattison Media Mar 19, 2026 Chilliwack City Council approved the rezoning for a six-storey apartment building (artist's rendering) between Keith Wilson Road and Sherry Drive. (Image Credit: Supplied by developler to City Council.)

B.C. temperature records fall as heavy rain from atmospheric river lingers
VANCOUVER - An ongoing atmospheric river soaking British Columbia's coastal regions is also bringing unseasonable warmth, breaking century-old daily temperature records in several Interior communities...
The Canadian Press Mar 19, 2026

Fraser Valley under flood watch as atmospheric river continues
CHILLIWACK - The Fraser Valley is under a flood watch issued by the BC River Forecast Centre. Experts say up to another 150 mm of rain could fall over the South Coast region before the atmospheric riv...
Pattison Media Mar 19, 2026 A farm field in Chilliwack is saturated with rain. (Image Credit: Pattison Media)

Missing Langley man located
LANGLEY - Langley RCMP say the man reported missing on March 18, 2026, has been located.
Pattison Media Mar 19, 2026 (Image Credit: File - Pattison Media Ltd.)

No pot of gold for man suspected of robbing Abbotsford gas station
ABBOTSFORD - The luck of the Irish wasn't on the side of a man who wanted to start his St. Patrick's day with a cigarette. Abbotsford Police say a 41-year-old man walked into a gas station in the 2000...
Pattison Media Mar 19, 2026 Cigarettes were among the merchandise a suspected robber tried to make off with from an Abbotsford gas station Wednesday, March 17, 2026. (Image Credit: AbbyPD)

Search underway for wanted Mission man
MISSION - Mounties in Mission are asking for the public's help to locate 19-year-old Dayton Zahn. Zahn is the subject of an outstanding arrest warrant. He is facing charges that stem from an investiga...
Pattison Media Mar 18, 2026 (Image Credit: Supplied by RCMP)