Category Archives: Fraser Valley

Polls suggest a close race as federal election approaches
OTTAWA - Multiple polls now suggest the next federal election - which could begin in a matter of weeks - will be a tight race. At least one major pollster has the Liberals in the lead and ahead of the...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 26, 2025

Fraser Valley high school students to showcase their trade, skill sets at UFV Chilliwack competition
CHILLIWACK - Roughly 100 students from the Fraser Valley are rolling up their sleeves as they prepare to compete and showcase their core competencies at the regional competitions of Skills Canada Brit...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 26, 2025

Agassiz-area search and rescue manager earns highest award from District of Kent
AGASSIZ - Neil Brewer has practically seen it all and done it all in his 35 years as a manager with Kent Harrison Search and Rescue. Brewer has been involved in more than 600 search and rescue tasks a...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 26, 2025

Fraser Valley woman reported missing
FRASER VALLEY - Police are asking for the public's help in locating a 44-year-old Fraser Valley woman who went missing earlier this week. According to a statement from Surrey Police Service Staff Sgt....
Mike VandenBosch Feb 26, 2025

Hope firefighters respond to overnight shed fire at mobile home park
HOPE - Hope Fire Department says it responded to a shed fire in the middle of the night early Tuesday, its fourth call for service in 12 hours. The department says no injuries were reported to civilia...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 25, 2025

Rustad says B.C. Conservatives having 'family' issues, amid defiance and disunity
VICTORIA - B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad says the party is having "family" issues ahead of its annual general meeting, with his attorney general critic defying his wishes and a lack of unity on...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 25, 2025

Predatory sales, unfair contract terms a focus of B.C.'s new consumer protection laws
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is making changes to its consumer protection laws to stop predatory sales and protect people from unfair business practices. The amendments to the law were i...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 25, 2025

Update: On-ramp to Highway 1 in the Fraser Valley reopens after flooding
Update at 3:20 p.m.: DriveBC reported at 3:06 p.m. that the eastbound on-ramp to Highway 1 in Langley has reopened, roughly five and a half hours after it was initially closed. Original story below fr...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 25, 2025

Abbotsford PD seeks witnesses after a pedestrian was struck by a car
ABBOTSFORD - Investigators from the Abbotsford Police Department have released video footage from an incident in December 2024 in which a pedestrian suffered life-threatening injuries after being stru...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 25, 2025

Update: One person deceased after Seabird Island fire Sunday
SEABIRD ISLAND - Spokespersons for both the B.C. Coroners Service and the Upper Fraser Valley RCMP have now confirmed that one person died following a house fire in Seabird Island Sunday evening. Ambe...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 25, 2025