Category Archives: Fraser Valley

Chilliwack RCMP arrest two men on open drug use in downtown area, locate replica firearms
CHILLIWACK - Now that it's no longer permissible for substance users to openly do drugs in public, like smoking fentanyl or crack in public spaces, police once again have the authority to clean up the...
Mike VandenBosch May 22, 2024

Chilliwack RCMP respond to report of a rifle attached to the handlebars of a motorcycle
CHILLIWACK - It's not every day that you see a rifle attached to the handlebars of a motorcycle. Or so a bystander thought when they contacted police over the weekend about a possible weapons incident...
Mike VandenBosch May 22, 2024

Run for Mom in Chilliwack raises thousands for Chilliwack General Hospital
CHILLIWACK - The family-oriented Run for Mom race keeps 'em coming in year after year for a great cause. The Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation says the 24th annual race on Sunday, May 12 drew about...
Mike VandenBosch May 22, 2024

Chilliwack big man, himself an honour roll student, commits to play basketball up north
PRINCE GEORGE - The University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George announced this week that 6-foot-9 center Miller Davies from Chilliwack will play for the Timberwolves this fall. UNBC head ...
Mike VandenBosch May 22, 2024

Chilliwack Search and Rescue says rescued hiker slid 50 feet over a cliff during long weekend
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Search and Rescue says it was activated by a satellite device over the long weekend after a hiker lost his footing on snow and slid over a cliff above a lake in the Chilliwack ...
Mike VandenBosch May 22, 2024

B.C. government says 36 more day care spaces coming to Lake Errock
LAKE ERROCK - The B.C. government says a day care offering 36 spaces for infant toddlers and preschool-aged children is now open in Lake Errock at the new Sq'ewlets Child Care Centre, west of Agassiz....
Mike VandenBosch May 22, 2024

Acai bowl, smoothie shop on the verge of opening in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - So they didn't hit their exact target of opening in May 2024 as had been projected earlier this year.Nevertheless, Chilliwack's newest smoothie shop is poised to open in just a matter of ...
Mike VandenBosch May 22, 2024

Chilliwack RCMP says calls for service in Island 22 area are almost nil since removal of homeless camp
CHILLIWACK - While there were a few people who ardently defended the Island 22 homeless camp where scores of people squatted unlawfully on privately owned land on Cartmell Road, saying these residents...
Mike VandenBosch May 22, 2024

YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Seven years of NDP government has failed British Columbians
As the Legislature adjourns for the summer and we get closer to the October 2024 election, the results of this NDP government's seven years in power are clear, the NDP has left British Columbians wors...
Mike VandenBosch May 22, 2024

Canadians feel grocery inflation getting worse, two in five boycotting Loblaw: poll
Almost two-thirds of Canadians feel that inflation at the grocery store is getting worse, a new poll suggests, even as food inflation has been steadily cooling. A new Leger survey found that almost 30...
Mike VandenBosch May 22, 2024