Category Archives: Fraser Valley
Rotary Climate Fair back for another year with speakers, trade show this weekend in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - After last year's inaugural event that resonated with several hundreds of attendees, organizers behind the 2024 Rotary Climate Fair are touting this year's fair as an opportunity to once ...
Apr 11, 2024
Vehicle crashes into a ditch on Highway 1 Wednesday night; 3rd vehicle crash in a ditch in 3 days in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Multiple first responders were dispatched Wednesday night (Apr. 10) to Highway 1 after a vehicle wound up in a ditch just west of the Yale Road West overpass (exit 109). According to scan...
Apr 11, 2024
Studies on B.C. safer supply emerge, finding different answers to different questions
VANCOUVER - Peer-reviewed research is emerging about the possible impacts of British Columbia's safer supply program, which provides prescription alternatives to toxic illicit drugs, with two studies ...
Apr 11, 2024
UPDATE at 9:45 p.m. Wednesday: Power has been restored to over 1,700 Hydro customers in Abbotsford, Langley
**UPDATE at 9:45 p.m. Wednesday night: Power has now been restored to BC Hydro customers in Abbotsford and Langley.** Original story below: ABBOTSFORD/LANGLEY - Over 1,700 BC Hydro customers in Abbots...
Apr 10, 2024
B.C. plans law allowing police to arrest or ticket over school disruptions
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has introduced legislation that it says will put in place 20-metre access zones around schools to protect students from disruptive behaviour, including aggre...
Apr 10, 2024
UPDATE: Chilliwack RCMP say a missing 5-year-old boy has been safely located
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack RCMP say the 5-year-old boy who went missing Wednesday has been located. "We are relieved to report the male child has been located in good health and unharmed," Chilliwack RCM...
Apr 10, 2024
B.C. has lowest snowpack on record, drought a concern: BC River Forecast Centre
VANCOUVER - A hydrologist with British Columbia's River Forecast Centre says the April snow survey shows the lowest snowpack on record in the province. Jonathan Boyd says the snowpack is 63 per cent o...
Apr 10, 2024
Rural Chilliwack fire department promotes its first ever female training officer
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack River Valley Fire Department on Chilliwack Lake Road has promoted one of its volunteers to a rank that has not been previously held by a female. According to a social media...
Apr 10, 2024
Daytime cougar sighting in Promontory Heights prompts advisory
CHILLIWACK - WildSafeBC Fraser Valley says it has been notified of a cougar sighting in daylight in the Promontory Heights area of Chilliwack, prompting the organization to issue a public advisory thr...
Apr 10, 2024
Splash pad coming to downtown park in Hope thanks to donation from local company
HOPE - The District of Hope intends to revitalize Memorial Park in downtown Hope with the advent of a splash pad thanks to a generous donation of $20,000 from BlueTriton Brands. According to a stateme...
Apr 10, 2024