Category Archives: Fraser Valley
Update: Former Ann Davis Transition Society executive provides statement about her departure
UPDATE TUESDAY AT 11:40 A.M: Former Ann Davis Transition Society executive director Patti MacAhonic says she has moved in a new career direction after 10 1/2 years overseeing ADTS. "She takes great pr...
Aug 20, 2024
BC Transit touts expanded Fraser Valley Express bus service starting this fall
CHILLIWACK - BC Transit says the Fraser Valley Express commuter bus that facilitates travel between the Fraser Valley and Metro Vancouver will expand starting next month.According to a news release Tu...
Aug 20, 2024
Illegal campfire starts at new homeless encampment just off Chilliwack Lake Road, despite fire ban
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack resident and cleanup volunteer Ross Aikenhead had a hunch something bad would happen after an RV was dropped off by a local towing company on a rural forest service road in the...
Aug 20, 2024
B.C. police drop surnames in missing person alerts to avoid 'negative lasting impact'
SAANICH, B.C. - It could be a weekend teenage runaway. An elderly loved one, lost and disoriented. Or it could be the first indication of murder. The first call to a police department to report a miss...
Aug 20, 2024
Mission RCMP seek identity of break and enter suspects
MISSION - Mounties in Mission are appealing to the public for help in identifying two suspects, likely a man and woman, who broke into a self-storage facility on North Railway Avenue in Mission in ear...
Aug 19, 2024
New long-term care facility coming to Chilliwack at a projected cost of $274 million
CHILLIWACK - The B.C. government announced Monday (Aug. 19) it will help fund a new $274 million, 200-bed long-term care facility on Mary Street near Chilliwack General Hospital. B.C. Health Minister ...
Aug 19, 2024
Abbotsford resident plans to celebrate Lotto Max jackpot by going out to eat and helping the grandkids
ABBOTSFORD - Winning a half-million dollar jackpot can leave a lot of people speechless and utterly stunned. That's the kind of reaction Josephine Knipstrom's husband had when she him that she won $50...
Aug 19, 2024
Chilliwack woman hit by train Saturday night faces long road to recovery: relative
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack resident Ryan Morris says his niece was hit by a train Saturday evening near the Young Road railroad crossing in Chilliwack, leaving her with multiple injuries in the critical ...
Aug 19, 2024
Update: Mission Mayor clarifies statement after 3rd ER closure at Mission Memorial Hospital in August
UPDATE MONDAY AT 3:35 P.M.: Mission Mayor Paul Horn has clarified portions of his statement that was released through the City of Mission. "Once the temporary service reductions were announced by Fras...
Aug 19, 2024
BC Health Minister to make long-term care announcement Monday in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - With B.C.'s provincial election exactly two months away, Health Minister Adrian Dix is scheduled to make an announcement Monday (Aug. 19) afternoon in Chilliwack.An advisory from the Mini...
Aug 19, 2024