Category Archives: Fraser Valley

B.C. hunters face dozens of charges for multiple poaching-related incidents
SHERIDAN LAKE - Four people face a combined 43 charges in connection with unlawfully hunting and killing wildlife throughout BC. In a social media post this morning (Mar. 7), the B.C. Conservation Off...
Alyssa Conti Mar 07, 2025

Unemployment up in Chilliwack, Abbotsford as national average holds steady at 6.6%: StatCan
CHILLIWACK - Statistics Canada's latest jobs report shows unchanged unemployment rates in B.C. and the national average, but the needle is ticking up in a couple of Fraser Valley regions. Chilliwack a...
Alyssa Conti Mar 07, 2025

Unity Christian one win away from provincial championship
CHILLIWACK - The Unity Christian basketball team is just one win away from a spot in the B.C. School Sports Boys Basketball Provincial Championships.Unity Christian defeated Kelowna's Immaculata Regio...
Alyssa Conti Mar 07, 2025

Impaired drivers, even mid-mornings, can't elude Abbotsford PD's watchful eye
ABBOTSFORD - You wouldn't think people would be getting behind the wheel while they were impaired mid-morning on a weekend. But the possibilities are endless in Abbotsford where the AbbyPD continues t...
Alyssa Conti Mar 07, 2025

Chilliwack church to hold candlelight vigil in memory of 3-year-old boy who died
CHILLIWACK - Central Community Church in Chilliwack will hold a candlelight vigil Friday night (Mar. 7) to remember a 3-year-old boy who tragically died Wednesday after being struck by a vehicle. Acco...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 06, 2025

Community volunteer announces run for Hope council by-election
HOPE - Not long after it officially announced a by-election, the District of Hope already has one declared candidate to fill a vacancy on its municipal council. Magnus DuBeau, a five-year resident of ...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 06, 2025

Chilliwack teenager who ran for SD33 by-election not done with politics
CHILLIWACK - Shane Kooyman, the 18-year-old who finished third in last Saturday's by-election to fill a vacancy on the Chilliwack school board, might not be done with municipal politics. Kooyman, who ...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 06, 2025

B.C. Conservative attacks Indigenous Chilliwack MLA over residential schools
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Opposition attorney general critic has railed against members of her own party in a row over residential schools, including a "super angry" Indigenous colleague she says ...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 06, 2025

CP NewsAlert: B.C. to toll U.S. trucks travelling to Alaska through province
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the province will introduce legislation in the coming days that would give it the ability to levy fees on commercial trucks travelling from the Unite...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 06, 2025

ICBC to begin issuing one-time rebates in just a few weeks
CHILLIWACK - Due to strong investment returns, the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia says all B.C. residents who had an active, eligible personal or commercial insurance policy in January of t...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 06, 2025