Category Archives: Fraser Valley
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
Bomb cyclone batters B.C. with hurricane-force winds, cutting roads and power
VANCOUVER - Hurricane-force winds of up to 159 km/h have slammed into parts of the British Columbia Coast as a massive storm swirling off Vancouver Island severed highways and cut power to about 225,0...
Nov 20, 2024
Update: 69-year-old Abbotsford man struck by car has died
UPDATE 8:35 P.M. WEDNESDAY: 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 i...
Nov 19, 2024
Update 7:50 a.m.: BC Hydro restored power overnight to 175,000 customers, as 272K were impacted by storm
UPDATE 7:50 A.M. WEDNESDAY: BC Hydro says crews made "significant progress" overnight restoring power to over 175,000 customers, nearly two-thirds of the more than 272,000 customers who were impacted....
Nov 19, 2024
Wanted man could be traveling through the Lower Mainland
Police in Kamloops say they are requesting help from the public in locating a Kamloops man who is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant and could be traveling to the Lower Mainland. In a statement Tuesday (...
Nov 19, 2024