Category Archives: Fraser Valley
Sardis Secondary in Chilliwack to undergo $40 million expansion
CHILLIWACK - Sardis Secondary School in Chilliwack is poised to accommodate up to 400 more students thanks to a $40 million capital investment from the provincial government. According to a news relea...
Jun 12, 2024
Aggregate hauler in the trucking industry confirmed as B.C. Conservative candidate for Langley-Abbotsford
FRASER VALLEY - Saturday, June 8 was a day to remember for Harman Bhangu. On the same day that he won the right to represent the Conservative Party of B.C. in the Abbotsford-Langley riding ahead of th...
Jun 12, 2024
Update: Highway 1 w/b reopens Wednesday morning after serious crash
**Update at 6:20 a.m. Wednesday: Highway 1 westbound at Clearbrook Road in Abbotsford has reopened after a serious car crash. Abbotsford Police Department spokesperson Constable Art Stele said AbbyPD ...
Jun 11, 2024
Free movie admission and other free activities to highlight Canada Day in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack says free movie admission, free swimming and ice skating, and Chilliwack's first ever drone show account for just some of the Canada Day festivities in Chilliwack. ...
Jun 11, 2024
Chilliwack teen poised to climb Africa's highest peak this summer, all for a good cause
CHILLIWACK - When G.W. Graham dismisses for the summer this month, Chilliwack teenager Alan Cao will have his sights set on an international destination. While some of his fellow classmates will be wo...
Jun 11, 2024
ATV crash in B.C. kills 15-year-old boy, passenger suffers minor injuries
BARRIRE, B.C. - A 15-year-old has died when the all-terrain vehicle he was driving overturned near Barriere, B.C. Mounties say the crash north of Kamloops happened Sunday near the two-kilometre mark o...
Jun 11, 2024
First of its kind handheld ultrasound machine arrives in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation says new technology has arrived in Chilliwack and the surrounding Fraser Valley that equips health care professionals with access to an innovative...
Jun 11, 2024
Five B.C. MPs demand answers as to why Abbotsford, other cities were denied federal disaster funding
CHILLIWACK - Five Conservative Party MPs from British Columbia, including Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl and Abbotsford-area MP Brad Vis, have signed on to a letter that calls on the federal Trudeau L...
Jun 11, 2024
B.C. should step up on asylum claims, minister says in response to call for funds
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says British Columbia needs to step up and take on more asylum seekers who come to Canada. He was responding today to criticism from the B.C. premier, who say...
Jun 11, 2024
Agassiz sisters blaze a trail to graduate from UFV's Heavy Mechanical program
AGASSIZ - The apple doesn't fall far from the tree for sisters Melodie and Tanya Rempel of Agassiz. The two sisters grew up in a family that enjoyed fixing vehicles. Their dad has fixed cars, while th...
Jun 11, 2024