Category Archives: Fraser Valley

Vancouver abortion and reproductive health clinic to shut after 35 years
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver abortion and reproductive health clinic that has operated for more than three decades is shutting its doors due to funding uncertainty. The Elizabeth Bagshaw Clinic says the fa...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 28, 2025

UPDATE 5:20 p.m. THURSDAY: Mayor Ken Popove issues statement about WHL franchise coming to Chilliwack
UPDATE, 5:20 P.M. THURSDAY: Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove has issued a statement about the WHL: "I recently shared a personal opinion on our local radio station, and acknowledge that my comments may hav...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 27, 2025

Highway 1 lanes in Hope to close for sinkhole repairs Thursday night
HOPE - The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Transit says Highway 1 will be reduced to one lane eastbound and one lane westbound at Flood Hope Road (exit 165) starting Thursday night to remediate a ...
Alyssa Conti Mar 27, 2025

Chilliwack MLAs to hold emergency town hall on Bill 7, which would grant Premier Eby sweeping powers
CHILLIWACK - As business groups begin to push back on a proposed bill that would grant the B.C. government cabinet sweeping powers to respond to tariff threats from foreign governments, Chilliwack-Cul...
Alyssa Conti Mar 27, 2025

Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA welcomes residents to her new constituency office
CHILLIWACK - Roughly five months after she captured nearly 55 per cent of the vote in last year's provincial election, Chilliwack-Cultus Lake 'a:lya Warbus welcomed the community to her constituency o...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 27, 2025

Chilliwack resident to run in federal election as Green Party candidate - in Langley
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack resident and retired professional forester Debra Soutar will run for the Green Party more than 30 kilometers away from her home riding. According to her biography on the Green ...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 27, 2025

'Wrong direction': B.C. Chamber of Commerce latest group to decry tariff bill
Proposed legislation in British Columbia to give the cabinet sweeping powers to respond to threats from foreign governments amid Canada's tariff fight is getting more pushback from businesses as the G...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 27, 2025

YOUR PERSPECTIVE: More families benefitting from child care investments in B.C.
Families in B.C. deserve a break. With the economic uncertainty of Trump's unjustified tariffs coming on top of rising global inflation, it's getting harder to get by. That's why the provincial govern...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 27, 2025

Former Abbotsford MLA will run as an independent after being denied as Conservative Party candidate
ABBOTSFORD - After being told that he could not run as a Conservative Party of Canada candidate in the Fraser Valley, former Abbotsford-West MLA Michael de Jong isn't giving up. De Jong's name now app...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 27, 2025

Vehicle crashes into a ditch near Chilliwack railroad tracks Wednesday night
CHILLIWACK - Four Chilliwack Fire Department engines were paged at just after 10 p.m. Wednesday evening when a vehicle veered off the road and crashed into a ditch near railroad tracks. According to s...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 27, 2025