Category Archives: Fraser Valley
Chilliwack rescue crews activated Thursday to retrieve hikers north of Chilliwack Lake Rd.
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Search and Rescue personnel were activated Thursday morning after two hikers reportedly required assistance between Greendrop Lake and Flora Lake in the rugged backcountry nort...
Jun 20, 2024
Update: Cause of Chilliwack mill fire under investigation
**Update Monday morning at 9 a.m.: Chilliwack Fire Department personnel say 35 firefighters from Halls 1, 4, and 6 responded to a mill fire in the 6500 block of Lickman Road. Heavy smoke was visible e...
Jun 19, 2024
Study finds coal mine contaminants blown onto snowpack in Alberta, British Columbia
Cancer-causing chemicals are being blown downwind from coal mines in southern British Columbia in concentrations that rival those next to oilsand mines, newly published research has concluded. "Our re...
Jun 19, 2024
Chilliwack RCMP investigating motorcycle collision that claimed the life of a 49-year-old
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack say they are investigating a fatal collision that took the life of a 49-year-old motorcyclist last week. According to a news release from Chilliwack RCMP spokespers...
Jun 19, 2024
Chilliwack Search and Rescue, 3rd busiest in all of B.C., works to erase $750,000 shortfall for new facility
CHILLIWACK - A representative of Chilliwack Search and Rescue told Chilliwack City Council members Tuesday (June 18) that the non-profit organization is working diligently to address a $750,000 shortf...
Jun 19, 2024
BC United Leader Kevin Falcon loses another candidate to Rustad's Conservatives
VICTORIA - BC United Leader Kevin Falcon has lost another member of his election team to British Columbia's Conservative Party. Business leader and former District of Sechelt councillor Chris Moore an...
Jun 19, 2024
Natural gas expansion work proposed for the Fraser Valley
CHILLIWACK - Westcoast Energy, an Enbridge company that oversees and operates the primary natural gas transmission system in British Columbia, is proposing to expand sections of the southern part of t...
Jun 19, 2024
Coalition of drug user groups wants court to quash B.C. drug 'recriminalization'
VANCOUVER - A coalition of drug user advocacy groups is taking the federal government to court, claiming the decision to recriminalize public drug possession in British Columbia puts users at increase...
Jun 19, 2024
Off-duty Chilliwack firefighter pitches in to stop garage fire at Chilliwack home from spreading
CHILLIWACK - An off-duty Chilliwack firefighter is being credited with intervening quickly after a fire started in a garage at an Eastern Hillsides home Tuesday afternoon (June 18) in Chilliwack. Acco...
Jun 19, 2024
Chilliwack parent hoping to address school board gets asked to leave meeting
CHILLIWACK - By speaking in the public participation portion of last week's school board meeting, Chilliwack resident Judi Chalmer was hoping to provide feedback to the Chilliwack Board of Education a...
Jun 19, 2024