Category Archives: Fraser Valley

AbbyPD seeks witnesses for minor hit-and-run Wednesday afternoon
ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford Police Department is investigating a minor pedestrian collision earlier this week. On February 26th at around 2:40 p.m., police say a pedestrian was crossing north at the i...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 01, 2025

Popular Chilliwack restaurant to relocate later this year
CHILLIWACK - After 16 years in its current location, a popular Chilliwack restaurant offering hearty Vietnamese noodle soup plans to relocate from its current storefront to a new location in a more sp...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 01, 2025

Mission police investigate weapon-related incident on grade 7 class walk
MISSION - Mission RCMP says it is aware of an incident involving a grade 7 class and a man living in a tent earlier on Thursday (Feb. 27).Police say the man reportedly showed a knife and made remarks ...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 01, 2025

Ice, sweat, and beers: Pop-up sauna opens in east Abbotsford brewery
ABBOTSFORD - If your brain feels fried from all the stressors of the outside world, maybe sweating out in a wooden box and dunking in a metal bucket of ice water can help reset it. East Abbotsford's F...
Alyssa Conti Mar 01, 2025

Abbotsford police arrest man, 63, for 5th DUI in 5 years
ABBOTSFORD - Given their repeated and recent emphasis on removing impaired drivers from Abbotsford-area roads, a 63-year-old man hasn't gotten exactly gotten the memo from the Abbotsford Police Depart...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 28, 2025

Free farm event aims to get more Chilliwack families, kids interested in gardening, food security
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack resident Debbie Walker hopes to get more families interested in gardening and growing their own food to bolster food security at an event in March. Walker, who works as a publi...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 28, 2025

BC Highway Patrol urges drivers to buckle up and lock in during March
SURREY - B.C. police are asking drivers to wear their seatbelts and focus on the road as distracted driving becomes as deadly, if not deadlier, than impaired driving over the past few years. Throughou...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 28, 2025

2 in critical condition, 1 unaccounted for after possible house explosion in Langley (VIDEOS)
LANGLEY - Tall smoke towers billowed for miles out this late morning (Feb. 28) as Langley crews battled a house fire. At around 10:40 a.m., RCMP responded to reports of a possible explosion in the 730...
Alyssa Conti Feb 28, 2025 Image: TruculentBellicose, with permission / Reddit / Neighbours reported a house explosion in Langley late Friday morning (Feb. 28)

Fraser Valley Agritech projects receive $4 million in provincial funding
ABBOTSFORD - Seven Agritech projects across the Fraser Valley will be getting $4 million in provincial funds as the B.C. government continues to till the soil of its own agricultural industry. Aldergr...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 28, 2025

Chilliwack mall kiosk closes amid 2 pending store closures
CHILLIWACK - In the midst of two pending store closures, another store has closed at Cottonwood Centre mall in Chilliwack. Virgin Mobile, which had operated a kiosk near Coles and Bootlegger, has perm...
Alyssa Conti Feb 28, 2025