Category Archives: Fraser Valley
Fraser Valley residents urged to fill out census ahead of this week's deadline
With just a day until the first deadline comes, Statistics Canada is awaiting the return of millions of census forms as it conducts its latest count of the population.Beige envelopes containing unique...
May 11, 2026 (Image Credit: Victor Kaisar/CFJC Today) (Image Credit: (Image Credit: Victor Kaisar/CFJC Today))
B.C. credit unions with branches in Chilliwack and Abbotsford merge into a single federal entity
SURREY - Three credit unions in B.C., two of which have branches in Sardis (Chilliwack) and Abbotsford, announced last week they have finalized their combined merger into a single federal entity.Accor...
May 11, 2026 File photo, Prospera Credit Union on Vedder Road in Chilliwack. (Image Credit: File photo, Mike Vanden Bosch.)
Two companies merge, rebrand ahead of new dealership grand opening in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - Two equipment and machinery companies have rebranded into one company as part of the grand opening of a new equipment dealership in Abbotsford.According to a news release Monday morning (...
May 11, 2026 Pinnacle Equipment employees are pictured. (Image Credit: Pinnacle Equipment.)
UPDATE: Two teens deceased after Sunday night shooting; IHIT believes murders are linked to gang conflict
UPDATE: Integrated Homicide Investigation Team Sgt. Freda Fong now says the two males who were shot and killed Sunday night in an underground parking lot in Surrey Sunday night were 18 and 16 years ol...
May 11, 2026
SD33 supt. recommends keeping 1 French Immersion program at current site, relocating another
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack School District Superintendent Rohan Arul-pragasam is recommending that Late French Immersion remain at Vedder Middle School following the outcome of a recent consultation with...
May 11, 2026 Vedder Middle School. (Image Credit: Mike Vanden Bosch.)
Award-winning musical power couple comes to Chilliwack this fall
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Cultural Centre is opening its doors to Canadian music icons Raine Maida and Chantal Kreviazuk as they embark on their I'm Going to Break Your Heart Tour this fall."Known f...
May 10, 2026 Raine Madia and Chantal Kreviazuk for their Forgive Me tour in 2023. (Image Credit: RaineandChantal)
Crash in Delta leaves motorcycle hanging from traffic light; motorcyclist suffers serious injuries
DELTA - Police in Delta, B.C., say a motorcyclist is in hospital after a crash that left the bike suspended from a traffic light. They say in a news release that members from the department responded ...
May 10, 2026
Mission, Pitt Meadows firefighters speak out on staffing challenges and increasing demand for services
MISSION - Some fire rescue departments in the Fraser Valley are calling on their governments to take action, as local firefighters are now running on fumes due to critical staffing shortages. A single...
May 10, 2026 Rich Rangers, vice president of the IAFF Local 4768 Mission Professional Firefighters, speaking to Mission City Council on Monday, May 4, 2026. (Image Credit: City of Mission livestream)
Murder suspects with connections to Abbotsford, Chilliwack wanted for Ontario death in April
CHILLIWACK - Police in Ontario are on the lookout for two wanted murder suspects who have known connections in B.C., including Chilliwack and Abbotsford.Officers with the Lanark County detachment were...
May 10, 2026 Joseph Madore (left) and Brayton Kennedy (right) on May 3, 2026. (Image Credit: Ontario Provincial Police)
Cougar sighting in Lindell Beach prompts advisory
CHILLIWACK - The community coordinator for WildSafeBC is giving residents a heads-up after a family of big cats was spotted in Cultus Lake recently.Lori Roberts posted an advisory online saying there ...
May 10, 2026 Cultus Lake residents are asked to stay aware, as a family of cougars was spotted on Lindell Beach recently. (Image Credit: FVRD / File)