Category Archives: Fraser Valley

Sardis mailboxes take a hit
CHILLIWACK - Canada Post community mailboxes in Sardis took a hit last week following an unspecified vehicle collision. According to a social media post from a Fraser Valley postal carrier, the commun...
Mike VandenBosch Apr 07, 2025

Soowahlie First Nation takes action on homeless camp due to government inaction
CHILLIWACK - As promised, Soowahlie First Nation and its supporters took matters into their own hands Sunday (Apr. 6) during a cleanup of a homeless encampment near the Vedder Bridge. With at least 75...
Mike VandenBosch Apr 07, 2025

UPDATE: Abbotsford School District 'confident' there's no ongoing risk to SD34 students, staff or schools
UPDATE 8:45 A.M., MONDAY: Abbotsford School District Superintendent Sean Nosek has emailed SD34 personnel and families about the threats made from an email that has been widely circulating in Chilliwa...
Mike VandenBosch Apr 07, 2025

Vancouver Space Centre giving free event entry to Fraser Valley this fall
FRASER VALLEY - More than 400 Fraser Valley residents attended the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre's first Community Days over spring break. Thanks to that positive response, the event is now getting a re...
Alyssa Conti Apr 06, 2025

Drunk Abbotsford driver hits power pole, causes outage
ABBOTSFORD - Hundreds of Abbotsford residents lost power early Sunday morning (Apr. 6) after an impaired driver struck a power pole at the intersection of South Fraser Way and Hill Tout Street. "The d...
Alyssa Conti Apr 06, 2025

CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted - Week of April 6, 2025
CHILLIWACK - Crime Stoppers "MOST WANTED" is a weekly service based on information provided by police investigators who need public assistance in making our communities safer by identifying individual...
Alyssa Conti Apr 06, 2025

With 8.7m birds dead, B.C. farmers assess avian flu toll, and worry about what's next
VANCOUVER - There is a window of relief for British Columbia farmers from the devastating waves of avian flu, leaving them to assess the toll of outbreaks spanning more than three years that saw milli...
Alyssa Conti Apr 06, 2025

Update: Hwy. 1 fully open after vehicle fire briefly closes e/b Highway 1 west of Chilliwack
UPDATE: Highway 1 has fully reopened after Saturday afternoon's vehicle fire briefly closed Highway 1 eastbound just before No. 3 Road, between Abbotsford and Chilliwack. Original story below: ABBOTSF...
Mike VandenBosch Apr 05, 2025

Chilliwack Tulip Festival canceled this year after weather-related damage
CHILLIWACK - For the second year in a row, a local flower fest has issued an unexpected closure of its nearly two-million tulip field in Greendale. In a post on Tuesday, April 2, the Botanica Flower F...
Alyssa Conti Apr 05, 2025

Abby driver gets car impounded after clocking 3 times the speed limit for exam
ABBOTSFORD - Police had another busy Friday on Abbotsford roads, but one infraction stood out from the rest. On April 5, the Abbotsford Police Department shared an encounter along Livingstone Avenue, ...
Mike VandenBosch Apr 05, 2025