Category Archives: Fraser Valley
Chilliwack RCMP conduct bike patrols to support crime reduction efforts, arrest 1 of Chilliwack's most wanted
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack say recent bike patrols conducted by a special task force have resulted in several arrests, including a suspect wanted in an assault and theft, a separate arrest of...
Feb 26, 2026 Project SAFE (Strategic Action for Focused Engagement) officers last Friday, Feb. 20 in downtown Chilliwack. (Image Credit: Chilliwack RCMP.)
Watchdog clears police of any wrongdoing from officer-involved shooting in Agassiz
AGASSIZ - B.C.'s independent watchdog has cleared police of any wrongdoing after concluding its investigation into an officer-involved shooting in Agassiz in June 2025. According to a statement from t...
Feb 26, 2026 An air ambulance landed in Agassiz after an officer-involved shooting in June 2025. (Image Credit: Image: Naiomi Field / Facebook / Agassiz RCMP responded to a disturbance at a residence on Highway 9 Thursday night, June 19.)
B.C. man facing multiple charges of kidnapping, sexual assault, for alleged role in multiple incidents
MAPLE RIDGE - Mounties in Maple Ridge say a 28-year-old man is facing charges of kidnapping, sexual assault, uttering threats and a host of other crimes for his alleged role in three incidents spannin...
Feb 26, 2026 File photo, Ridge Meadows RCMP. (Image Credit: Ridge Meadows RCMP.)
Chilliwack trustee announces resignation, says recent tribunal decision places chill on free speech
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack school board member has resigned from his position today, saying a recent decision by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal against a former Chilliwack trustee has placed a chilling...
Feb 26, 2026 Laurie Throness. (Image Credit: Laurie Throness.)
Downtown Abbotsford fire hall to be demolished for larger, more modern facility
ABBOTSFORD - The City of Abbotsford says a fire station in downtown Abbotsford will be replaced with a more modern facility now that it has reached the end of its service life cycle. According to a st...
Feb 26, 2026 Rendering of new fire hall in Abbotsford. (Image Credit: City of Abbotsford.)
SD33 to hold two open houses next week as it deals with growth, capacity challenges in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack School District will hold two open houses next week as it considers options to balance school enrolment and capacity in Chilliwack over the next 10 years. According to a st...
Feb 26, 2026 Chilliwack School District. (Image Credit: Mike Vanden Bosch.)
District of Hope urges people not to travel on the Coquihalla Highway if possible
HOPE - Environment Canada says a wind advisory is in effect for the Hope area today as a storm brings gale-force winds to the eastern Fraser Valley and heavy snow on the Coquihalla through to Friday. ...
Feb 26, 2026 Highway 3 at Highway 3/5 junction, looking east. (Image Credit: DriveBC.)
B.C.'s minimum wage to increase to over $18/hr
VICTORIA - The province announced Thursday morning that British Columbia's lowest-paid workers will get a 40-cent raise later this year.According to a statement, the minimum wage will increase from th...
Feb 26, 2026 B.C. govt. building. (Image Credit: Flickr / Govt. of B.C.)
Abbotsford City Council rejects housing project with drug consumption room near Abbotsford school
ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford City Council has voted almost unanimously to reject a rezoning application for a supportive housing project near an Abbotsford school that would have featured a drug consum...
Feb 26, 2026 Image: City of Abbotsford / Abbotsford City Council.
Construction begins on expansion of Mission Hospital - 9 months after Fraser Health announced it
MISSION - Nine months after they previously announced it, the Fraser Health Authority now says construction has begun on an $18 million project to expand and modernize the emergency department at Miss...
Feb 25, 2026 Mission Memorial Hospital. (Image Credit: Fraser Health Authority.)