Category Archives: Fraser Valley

Katy Perry joins 2025 Invictus Games opening ceremony lineup in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The Invictus Games slated for Vancouver next year will feature music superstar Katy Perry as part of its opening ceremony festivities. Organizers had already announced an opening ceremony ...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 04, 2024

Early-rising Taylor Swift fans wait for hours in Vancouver for concert gear
VANCOUVER - Taylor Swift fans were up before the sun in Vancouver to snag some coveted shirts, bags and sweaters to mark her record-breaking Eras Tour. A line of hundreds of fans snaked around Vancouv...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 04, 2024

Chilliwack councillor slams province for downloading costs onto City amid 7.1% property tax increase
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Councillor Chris Kloot said the provincial and federal governments bear much of the blame for a 7.1 per cent property tax increase Chilliwack taxpayers will face next year. Klo...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 04, 2024

Head-on collision kills elderly woman: Mission RCMP
MISSION - Mounties in Mission say a 78-year-old woman from Mission died Tuesday evening (Dec. 3) after a head-on collision on Wilson Street south of Dewdney Trunk Road. According to a statement from C...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 04, 2024

Chilliwack mom of 3 who was expecting left reeling after husband suddenly passes
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack mom of three kids who is expecting a fourth child around Christmas time has been devastated after her husband passed last week. According to the text of an urgent online appe...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 04, 2024

More homeless camps found abandoned in Chilliwack River Valley
CHILLIWACK - When it comes to encampments in and around Chilliwack, nothing surprises Chilliwack cleanup volunteer Ross Aikenhead anymore, especially after seven years of calling into a provincial hot...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 04, 2024

RCMP ask for help finding Langley woman last seen in Merritt
MERRITT - The Merritt detachment of the RCMP are assisting the Langley RCMP for a missing woman whose last confirmed sighting was at a Merritt business. RCMP say 33-year-old Kamira Nathe was last seen...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 04, 2024

AbbyPD stunned after learning impaired driver was on his way to work - to drive a semi
ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford Police Department says it pulled over a 45-year-old man Wednesday morning (Dec. 4) after the driver struggled to maintain its lane, only to find out the class 1 driver was ...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 04, 2024

New farm-to-table restaurant to occupy Fraser River Heritage Park in Mission
MISSION - Following the closure of Blackberry Kitchen and its 14-year run, the City of Mission says residents and visitors alike will have a new option for dining at Fraser River Heritage Park as the ...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 03, 2024

Crash on Trans Canada Highway kills two, seriously injures third near Ashcroft, B.C.
ASHCROFT, B.C. - Two people are dead and a third is in critical condition after a single-vehicle crash on the Trans Canada Highway in British Columbia. The RCMP in Ashcroft, west of Kamloops, say they...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 03, 2024