Category Archives: Fraser Valley
Affordable housing project in Chilliwack accepting applications
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack affordable housing project under construction is currently accepting applications for one-bedroom and two-bedroom units. On its website, Mamele'awt Qweesome Housing Society s...
May 05, 2026 Downtown Chilliwack housing project under construction. (Image Credit: Mike Vanden Bosch.)
33-year-old Alberta man charged in double homicide in Langley: IHIT
LANGLEY - Homicide investigators now say a 33-year-old Alberta man has been formally charged in the murders of two people found deceased at a home on 16 Avenue in Langley last week. Last Monday, Apr. ...
May 04, 2026 IHIT. (Image Credit: IHIT.)
New venue announced for Canada Day festivities in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Canada Day festivities in Chilliwack will have a new venue starting this year. In a statement, the city announced Monday that its annual Canada Day event will move to Heritage Park on Luc...
May 04, 2026 Heritage Park in Chilliwack. (Image Credit: Tourism Chilliwack.)
Surrey Police appeal for info on deported foreign national linked to extortion-related activities
SURREY - Police in Surrey say they're releasing a photo of a foreign national who was deported from Canada in hopes of gathering information about his associates and alleged extortion-related activiti...
May 04, 2026 Prabhjot Singh, a recently deported 20-year-old foreign national. (Image Credit: Surrey Police Service.)
Chilliwack, Abbotsford residents to start receiving 2026 census documents this week
CHILLIWACK/FRASER VALLEY - Statistics Canada says residents in Chilliwack, Abbotsford and elsewhere in B.C. should start receiving their census documents this week containing detailed instructions on ...
May 04, 2026 Statistics Canada. (Image Credit: Canadian Press.)
BC Hydro to begin construction on major expansion of Abbotsford substation
ABBOTSFORD - BC Hydro says it will begin construction on a major expansion of a substation in Abbotsford to better meet the area's growing electricity demand and enhance reliability in one of the fast...
May 04, 2026 Mount Lehman Substation in Abbotsford. (Image Credit: BC Hydro.)
Update: Late-night assault in Chilliwack leaves youth with life-threatening injuries
UPDATE, 8:30 A.M. TUESDAY: In a news release issued Tuesday morning, RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener says the youth who was attacked by unknown suspects was transported to hospital with life-...
May 04, 2026 A section of Wells Road in Chilliwack was blocked in both directions Sunday after an overnight assault. (Image Credit: Mike Vanden Bosch.)
UPDATE: FVRD says no threats to life, safety or property from Cultus Lake wildfire, now being held
UPDATE #2, 2:50 P.M.: The BC Wildfire Service now says today's wildfire near Cultus Lake is being held at a half-hectare. UPDATE 12:10 P.M. MONDAY: The BC Wildfire Service says over a dozen provincial...
May 04, 2026 Wildfire near Cultus Lake. (Image Credit: Anonymously contributed through Facebook.)
Chilliwack councillor makes endorsement in upcoming mayoral race
CHILLIWACK - Just days after Mayor Ken Popove publicly backed Jason Lum to be Chilliwack's next mayor, a city councillor has also announced his support of Lum ahead of this fall's municipal election.I...
May 04, 2026 Chilliwack Councillor Bud Mercer. (Image Credit: City of Chilliwack.)
Chilliwack RCMP now say a missing 23-year-old man has been located safe and sound
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack now say the 23-year-old man who was reported missing on April 29, 2026 has been located safe and sound. "The 23-year-old man who was reported missing on April 29, 2...
May 03, 2026 Missing man. (Image Credit: Chilliwack RCMP.)