Category Archives: Fraser Valley
Inmate serving 19-year jail term for criminal harassment, uttering threats nearly a dozen times dies at Agassiz prison
AGASSIZ - An inmate who was serving a 19-year prison sentence for multiple crimes, including criminal harassment and uttering nearly a dozen threats to cause death or harm, has died while in custody a...
Jul 29, 2024
Update: Teen girl reported missing in Surrey has been safely located
SURREY - Surrey RCMP say the 14-year-old girl who was reported missing over the weekend has been safely located. According to a news release at 9:42 a.m. Monday (July 29) from the Surrey RCMP media re...
Jul 28, 2024
CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted - Week of July 28, 2024
CHILLIWACK - Crime Stoppers "MOST WANTED" is a weekly service based on information provided by police investigators who need public assistance in making our communities safer by identifying individual...
Jul 28, 2024
No injuries but three families left homeless after fire rips through Chilliwack townhouse Sunday morning
CHILLIWACK - Members of the Chilliwack Fire Department were called into action early Sunday (Jul. 28) morning. A call for a structure fire in the 45000 block of Hodgins Avenue was received around 3:30...
Jul 28, 2024
Abbotsford council to consider secondary suite program to boost housing supply
ABBOTSFORD - In an effort to address the growing housing crisis, Abbotsford City Council is set to consider the proposed Secondary Suite Incentive Program when it meets this week. The initiative aims ...
Jul 28, 2024
Corn barn allegedly robbed in Chilliwack area Friday
CHILLIWACK - Sparkes Corn Barn is alleging one of its locations was robbed on Friday (Jul. 26) afternoon. The Chilliwack company is reaching out to the public to ask for information on three individua...
Jul 27, 2024
New business featuring guided tours of Chilliwack and its rich history opens for business
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack resident Michael Berger has parlayed a passion for art and history into a niche business that aims to enchant and educate visitors to Chilliwack about its storied past. Berger ...
Jul 26, 2024
Department of Fisheries untangles gear from humpback whale off B.C.'s coast
VANCOUVER - Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it has successfully untangled fishing gear on a humpback whale off British Columbia's coast that was first spotted by a ferry passenger. Paul Cottrell, the...
Jul 26, 2024
B.C. port employers say foremen's union plans industry-wide strike vote
VANCOUVER - The BC Maritime Employers Association says it has been told by a lawyer for the foremen's union that an industry-wide strike vote will take place in coming weeks. The employers' group says...
Jul 26, 2024
B.C.'s top doctor ends COVID-19 public health emergency
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says she is ending the public health emergency declared in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says any...
Jul 26, 2024