Category Archives: Fraser Valley
Female dies after being hit by train Wednesday night: Abbotsford PD
ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford Police Department spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker says a female has died after being hit by a train Wednesday evening near Lefeuvre Road and River Road, northwest of Abbotsford. ...
Nov 21, 2024
Update: RCMP says a 69-year-old Hope man has died after a two-vehicle crash on the Coquihalla Highway
UPDATE 8:45 A.M. FRIDAY: Hope RCMP spokesperson S/Sgt. Michael Sargent says its detachment is investigating a motor vehicle collision that claimed one life. According to a statement, Hope RCMP respond...
Nov 20, 2024
Elderly male dies after being hit by a car in Abbotsford Tuesday night, the city's 10th fatal accident this year
ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford Police Department spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker has confirmed that a 69-year-old man who was struck after trying to cross moving traffic on George Ferguson Way in Abbotsford Tu...
Nov 20, 2024
Trudeau expected to announce temporary GST break on some items, NDP says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce on Thursday a temporary GST break for certain essential items to help ease affordability pressures. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says in a st...
Nov 20, 2024
Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA receives high-ranking leadership position with the Opposition
CHILLIWACK - Newly elected Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA 'a:lya Warbus will have an opportunity to effect change within the official Opposition in the B.C. legislature. Warbus, who defeated Kelli Paddon ...
Nov 20, 2024
Councillor shreds Fraser Health, labels them 'inept' over negative experience at Chilliwack walk-in clinic
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Councillor Bud Mercer criticized Fraser Health Authority during Tuesday's council meeting after a negative experience at an FHA-funded walk-in clinic at the Evans roundabout in...
Nov 20, 2024
Over half of Hope loses power Wednesday morning, as outage stretches all the way to Lytton
HOPE - While the eastern Fraser Valley emerged from Tuesday night's fierce windstorm relatively unscathed, the District of Hope has experienced a significant power outage Wednesday morning.According t...
Nov 20, 2024
Chilliwack councillor doubts B.C. govt. can deliver downtown Chilliwack social housing project
CHILLIWACK - Given the repeated delays and uncertainty associated with a provincially funded supportive housing project currently under construction on Trethewey Avenue, Chilliwack Councillor Jeff Shi...
Nov 20, 2024
iHeartRadio Canada adds 51 Pattison Media radio stations, including Chilliwack's 89.5 JR Country, to its platform
KAMLOOPS - Bell Media's iHeartRadio Canada and Kamloops-based Pattison Media announced Tuesday (Nov. 19) that all 51 radio stations under the banner of Pattison Media, including Chilliwack's own 89.5 ...
Nov 20, 2024
Urban salmon return to Metro Vancouver streams to spawn and inspire recovery efforts
BURNABY, B.C. - The metallic screech of a train rolling by. The constant hum of traffic on the nearby Trans-Canada Highway. These are the sounds of the Brunette River in the fall, as it cuts through t...
Nov 20, 2024