Category Archives: Fraser Valley

BC United Leader Falcon says Conservative Leader Rustad has rejected election deal
VICTORIA - The leader of British Columbia's official Opposition says the BC Conservatives have rejected a proposal to avoid vote-splitting in the provincial election this fall. BC United Leader Kevin ...
Dave Barry May 24, 2024

YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers marks 40 years with Founder
Since the day it was first established in May 1984, Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers has been collecting ANONYMOUS tips every day and forwarding them to police to solve crimes, keep people safe, and rec...
Dave Barry May 24, 2024

B.C. govt. says Highway 1 widening through Fraser Valley will start this summer
FRASER VALLEY - The B.C. government announced Thursday (May 23) that the next stage of improvements to Highway 1 in Langley will begin this summer, but no completion end date was included in Thursday'...
Mike VandenBosch May 23, 2024

Court backs transition to municipal police force in Surrey, B.C.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's public safety minister says the B.C. Supreme Court has quashed a bid by the City of Surrey to halt a transition to a municipal police force. Mike Farnworth says the disp...
Mike VandenBosch May 23, 2024

Chilliwack RCMP arrest man who was seen walking down Vedder Road with 2 flat screen TVs
CHILLIWACK - Most people transporting a pair of flat screen TVs would use a vehicle to get the job done. Which is why a man's suspicious activities in broad daylight caught the eye of an alert Mountie...
Mike VandenBosch May 23, 2024

City of Chilliwack baffled as to why B.C. govt. won't fund expanded transit service
CHILLIWACK - As one of the fastest growing communities in all of Canada between 2016 and 2021, it stands to reason that transit services in and around Chilliwack should grow when more residents move t...
Mike VandenBosch May 23, 2024

District of Kent moves ahead with construction of $23.4 million regional aquatic centre
AGASSIZ - The District of Kent in Agassiz says council has unanimously approved the issuance of a letter of intent to a contractor for the construction of the Lets'emot Regional Recreation and Aquatic...
Mike VandenBosch May 23, 2024

Plan to wake serial killer Robert Pickton from coma: Quebec police
QUBEC - A spokesman for Quebec's provincial police says British Columbia serial killer Robert Pickton is in a medically induced coma after a prison attack and doctors planned to try to wake him soon. ...
Mike VandenBosch May 23, 2024

Agassiz RCMP confirm man was stabbed multiple times Wednesday night in Seabird Island
AGASSIZ - Upper Fraser Valley RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Mike Sargent has confirmed that police and paramedics were dispatched for a stabbing that happened Wednesday night (May 22) in Seabird Island. Acco...
Mike VandenBosch May 23, 2024

'Looking over our shoulders': A killing looms large in a little B.C. town
LUMBY, B.C. - Something has shifted in the pretty little village of Lumby, B.C. It's subtle, say residents of the community of 2,000 people, nestled in the hills of the North Okanagan in B.C.'s Interi...
Mike VandenBosch May 23, 2024