Category Archives: Fraser Valley
RCMP looking to ID man who offered fake jewelry and scammed a man and his family
MISSION - Mounties in Mission say they're looking to identify a subject who scammed over $2,000 from a man in the parking lot of a Mission mall last week. According to a news release dated Friday, Jun...
Jun 21, 2024
B.C. police warn of safety risk after male arrested for manslaughter, then released
SICAMOUS, B.C. - Police in Sicamous, B.C., are warning of a "potential public safety risk" after a male was arrested then released with conditions over the death of a woman at a mobile home park. RCMP...
Jun 21, 2024
Potential re-flooding of Sumas Lake more complicated, costly than UBC article states: City of Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - An engineering firm contracted by the City of Abbotsford has identified significant gaps in a University of British Columbia article that contemplates the re-creation of Sumas Lake. The a...
Jun 21, 2024 Image Credit: Frontiers in Conservation Science
Victim hospitalized after assault near downtown Chilliwack Canada Post
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener says an individual was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after an assault Thursday (June 20) in downtown Chilliwack. Acco...
Jun 21, 2024
Apartment fire damages 3 units on Princess Avenue Thursday night: Chilliwack Fire Dept.
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Fire Department personnel say an apartment fire broke out Thursday evening just as fire crews were in the final stages of mopping up an earlier fire on Yale Road.According to a...
Jun 21, 2024
Large, smoky fire extinguished in Metro Vancouver, air quality bulletin to be lifted
RICHMOND, B.C. - The Metro Vancouver Regional District says a fire at a trestle bridge in Richmond, B.C., has been extinguished after sending up huge plumes of smoke that prompted an air quality bulle...
Jun 21, 2024
Eby's baby countdown brings B.C. election campaigning forward
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's election is still four months away, but Premier David Eby has held a campaign event in Vancouver ahead of what he says is a personal count down - next week's expected bi...
Jun 20, 2024
Chilliwack Fire's newest brigade chief gets rewarded for hard work and demonstrated leadership
CHILLIWACK - Grant Van Egdom's ascension through the ranks of the Rosedale Fire Hall didn't happen overnight. But over the past decade, Van Egdom proved himself time and time again upon joining Hall 2...
Jun 20, 2024
Westbow to host free outdoor movie nights this summer, open to the public, in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The developer behind the new Cedarbrook development not far from the base of Chilliwack Mountain will host a series of free outdoor movie nights starting next week. According to a Faceboo...
Jun 20, 2024
B.C. government says Othello Tunnels east of Hope will partially reopen this summer
HOPE - The B.C. government says a portion of the Coquihalla Canyon Park, including the first two Othello Tunnels, will partially reopen in mid-July. According to a statement Thursday (June 20) from th...
Jun 20, 2024