Category Archives: Fraser Valley
Fraser Valley digging incidents involving gas lines spike during spring work season: FortisBC
CHILLIWACK/ABBOTSFORD - FortisBC is reminding residents, contractors and landscapers to contact BC 1 Call before spring landscaping projects begin amid company data that shows an average of two "diggi...
Apr 16, 2026
Canada Post moving toward community mailboxes for roughly 17,000 addresses in Abbotsford, Mission
FRASER VALLEY - Canada Post says it will begin preliminary work on converting roughly 17,000 addresses in Abbotsford and Mission to community mailboxes as it seeks to "restore and renew" the country's...
Apr 16, 2026 Canada Post. (Image Credit: Fraser Institute.)
Commercial vehicle hauling dumpsters crashes on Hwy. 1 in Chilliwack Thursday morning
CHILLIWACK - A commercial vehicle hauling dumpsters crashed on westbound Highway 1 near Yale Road in Chilliwack Thursday morning, leaping a concrete shoulder barrier and causing traffic congestion thr...
Apr 16, 2026 Commercial vehicle accident on Highway 1 Thursday morning. (Image Credit: Shelly Sturmey via Facebook.)
Chilliwack Mayor Popove defends two infrastructure road projects, says they've been planned for years
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove is defending two road projects that could cause construction-related delays for motorists, saying they've been on the books for years and will significantly im...
Apr 16, 2026 File photo. Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove (right) is shown during a housing project announcement with Ontario MP Ahmed Hussen. (Image Credit: Mike Vanden Bosch.)
Chilliwack North MLA endorses former 14-year MP, cabinet minister to lead B.C. Conservatives
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack North MLA Heather Maahs has endorsed a lawyer and former federal cabinet minister to lead the Conservative Party of B.C. Maahs, who was overwhelmingly elected in October 2024, ...
Apr 16, 2026 Kerry-Lynne Findlay (left) with Chilliwack North MLA Heather Maahs. (Image Credit: Chilliwack North MLA Heather Maahs.)
AbbyPD intercepts 59-year-old motorist going more than 2x the speed Sunday
ABBOTSFORD - Whether you see them or you don't, there's a good chance the Abbotsford Police Department's Traffic Enforcement Unit is actively targeting excessive speeding somewhere in the municipality...
Apr 16, 2026 Excessive speed. (Image Credit: AbbyPD.)
Deadline for input into scaled back Chilliwack-area housing project approaches: FVRD
CHILLIWACK/POPKUM - The deadline for resident feedback and input around a proposed 216-unit housing project on Yale Road just outside Chilliwack city limits is fast approaching. On its website, the Fr...
Apr 16, 2026
Alert citizen tips off Abbotsford Police, leading to recovery of more than 20 stolen catalytic converters
ABBOTSFORD - An alert member of the community is being credited after notifying Abbotsford Police about a suspicious man who appeared to be cutting catalytic converters near Whatcom Road and Highway 1...
Apr 15, 2026 Catalytic converter theft. (Image Credit: AbbyPD.)
Maple Ridge RCMP nab impaired man driving over 111 km/h above speed limit - with kids in car
MAPLE RIDGE - Mounties in Maple Ridge say a 37-year-old man is facing steep financial penalties, no car for a month, and a chat with the Ministry of Children and Family Development after he was caught...
Apr 15, 2026 Excessive speed. (Image Credit: RCMP.)
Nearly 400,000 equivalent doses of fentanyl seized from clandestine drug lab in Chilliwack: RCMP
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack now say the equivalent of nearly 400,000 doses of fentanyl, thousands of MDMA pills, and more than 5,000 kilograms of chemicals and precursors used in the productio...
Apr 15, 2026 Clandestine drug lab on South Sumas Road in Chilliwack. (Image Credit: Chilliwack RCMP.)