Category Archives: Fraser Valley

Natural gas expansion work proposed for the Fraser Valley
CHILLIWACK - Westcoast Energy, an Enbridge company that oversees and operates the primary natural gas transmission system in British Columbia, is proposing to expand sections of the southern part of t...
Mike VandenBosch Jun 19, 2024

Coalition of drug user groups wants court to quash B.C. drug 'recriminalization'
VANCOUVER - A coalition of drug user advocacy groups is taking the federal government to court, claiming the decision to recriminalize public drug possession in British Columbia puts users at increase...
Mike VandenBosch Jun 19, 2024

Off-duty Chilliwack firefighter pitches in to stop garage fire at Chilliwack home from spreading
CHILLIWACK - An off-duty Chilliwack firefighter is being credited with intervening quickly after a fire started in a garage at an Eastern Hillsides home Tuesday afternoon (June 18) in Chilliwack. Acco...
Mike VandenBosch Jun 19, 2024

Chilliwack parent hoping to address school board gets asked to leave meeting
CHILLIWACK - By speaking in the public participation portion of last week's school board meeting, Chilliwack resident Judi Chalmer was hoping to provide feedback to the Chilliwack Board of Education a...
Mike VandenBosch Jun 19, 2024

Body of missing B.C. woman found
DAWSON CREEK, B.C. - Mounties in Dawson Creek, B.C., say they have identified human remains discovered in April as belonging to Darylyn Supernant, who was among four people to vanish from the area sin...
Mike VandenBosch Jun 18, 2024

Chilliwack RCMP looking for 22-year-old man wanted on arrest warrant
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack say they are looking for a 22-year-old man who is wanted on an arrest warrant for driving offences. According to Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener...
Mike VandenBosch Jun 18, 2024

Updated: Proposed 64-unit residential building near industrial area of Chilliwack sent back to city staff to review
**Update Tuesday night at 10:10 p.m.: The proposed development application to rezone a mid-rise, mixed use development has been sent back to city staff for review. Even before Tuesday's city council m...
Mike VandenBosch Jun 18, 2024

UGM Vancouver to open Women's Recovery Centre in the Fraser Valley
FRASER VALLEY - As an established leader in the charitable and social services sector, Union Gospel Mission of Vancouver hopes to fill a vital need across the Fraser Valley by introducing an addiction...
Mike VandenBosch Jun 18, 2024

Correctional staff at Abbotsford prison seize contraband valued at six figures
ABBOTSFORD - Vigilant correctional staff at a Fraser Valley prison have seized contraband involving meth, THC concentrate and other illicit items worth over $114,000. According to a news release from ...
Mike VandenBosch Jun 18, 2024

Construction of kidney hemodialysis unit in Surrey, B.C., starts in August: Eby
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia Premier David Eby says construction of an $85-million expansion of kidney hemodialysis services in Surrey is set to start in August. Eby says a new unit at Surrey Memor...
Mike VandenBosch Jun 18, 2024