Category Archives: Fraser Valley

Fraser Canyon First Nation to conduct cultural burn of up to 10 hectares next week
FRASER CANYON - A Fraser Canyon First Nation band plans to conduct a cultural burn next week with help from BC Wildfire Service crews that could encompass as many as 10 hectares.According to a stateme...
Mike VandenBosch May 08, 2025

Fraser Valley non-profit appoints new CEO
ABBOTSFORD - A Fraser Valley non-profit committed to providing care for those living with developmental disabilities, mental health challenges and acquired brain injury has appointed its next CEO. Com...
Mike VandenBosch May 08, 2025

Fire breaks out at Harrison RV park Wednesday
HARRISON - Harrison and Agassiz firefighters were called to an RV park on Hot Springs Road Wednesday afternoon (May 7) after a fire at a fifth wheel trailer in Harrison Hot Springs. According to scann...
Mike VandenBosch May 07, 2025

B.C. government appoints former chief justice review festival safety measures
The British Columbia government has appointed a former chief justice of the B.C. Supreme Court to report on safety measures for event organizers and police after 11 people were killed in a vehicle att...
Mike VandenBosch May 07, 2025

Over 800 special ballots 'mistakenly' kept in B.C. riding, Elections Canada says
OTTAWA - Over 800 special ballots cast during the recent federal election were mistakenly kept at the office of a returning officer in B.C., Elections Canada says. The agency says all registered polit...
Mike VandenBosch May 07, 2025

Man stabs police service dog during high-risk police incident in Richmond
RICHMOND - Mounties in Richmond say a man who was apprehended during a high-risk police incident stabbed a police service dog Wednesday morning. According to a statement from Richmond RCMP Corporal Me...
Mike VandenBosch May 07, 2025

AbbyPD investigating naked male hiker on remote trail, with mental health factors involved
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say they're investigating two separate reports of a naked Caucasian male who was observed hiking without any clothes on in Eagle Mountain east of Abbotsford earlier t...
Mike VandenBosch May 07, 2025

Chilliwack man, 28, fatally struck by train near Young Road rail crossing
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack first responders were dispatched to the Young Road rail crossing Wednesday morning after a 28-year-old man was fatally struck by a train. According to scanner traffic, Chilliwa...
Mike VandenBosch May 07, 2025

Pickup truck tumbles down Chilliwack embankment Tuesday evening
CHILLIWACK - A pickup truck tumbled down an embankment, possibly as much as 50 feet, just off Vedder Mountain Road in Chilliwack on Tuesday evening and onto a popular Chilliwack trail. According to sc...
Mike VandenBosch May 07, 2025

Planned burn could have killed trapped firefighters, says B.C. safety report
British Columbia's worker protection agency says a planned burn by the province's wildfire service during the devastating 2023 fire season could have killed or injured multiple firefighters who became...
Mike VandenBosch May 07, 2025