Category Archives: Fraser Valley
B.C. agritech projects announced at Pacific Agriculture Show in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - British Columbia's agritech industry is receiving support from the B.C. Centre for Agritech Innovation's (BCCAI) announcement of 13 projects at the 2024 Pacific Agriculture Show. The init...
Jan 26, 2024
Chilliwack Chiefs add forward ahead of Okanagan road trip
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Chiefs have acquired 2003-born forward Willyam Gendron from the Nanaimo Clippers in exchange for forward Dylan Kinch (2004).Gendron is in his second season with the Clipper...
Jan 26, 2024
Five days of rain arriving in Fraser Valley Saturday
CHILLIWACK - The Fraser Valley finds itself as one of the areas of concern as a series of rainstorms is set to batter the South Coast. According to Environment Canada, residents of Chilliwack, Abbotsf...
Jan 26, 2024
Chilliwack RCMP says there's been little information about a man who disappeared 5 years ago today
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack RCMP says it has not given up in its ongoing quest to find a man who was last seen in 2019. Today, January 25, marks five years since the disappearance of Kristofer Shawn Coutu...
Jan 25, 2024
Roughly 40% of Chilliwack School District students in grades 2-7 not proficient in number sense and operations
CHILLIWACK - Over a third of students in primary and intermediate levels enrolled in Chilliwack School District are struggling to meet the standard for numeracy. In its own power point slides from thi...
Jan 25, 2024
FVRD moving forward with regulations around cannabis land use, production
CHILLIWACK - The Fraser Valley Regional District will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, February 6 in regards to the implementation of cannabis regulations in FVRD jurisdiction. According to a legal n...
Jan 25, 2024
Southside Church to recognize its dedicated volunteers this weekend at appreciation gala
CHILLIWACK - Southside Church in Sardis will honour its dedicated volunteers at its second annual "Home Team Appreciation Gala" this Sunday (Jan. 28), an event designed to show appreciation to the peo...
Jan 25, 2024
Step Up 4 Cardiac Health happening February 25 in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - The Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation invites the public to dust off their runners and help raise funds for the cardiac unit at Abbotsford Regional Hospital in the 7th annual Step Up 4...
Jan 25, 2024
City of Chilliwack to add rectangular rapid flashing beacons at 5 intersection crosswalks
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack says it will install rectangular rapid flashing beacons (RRFBs) at five intersection crosswalks on the north side of the city this spring. The city wrote in a brief...
Jan 25, 2024
Less than half of Grade 10 students in B.C. met numeracy standard in 2021-22
VANCOUVER - The Fraser Institute says one out of every two Grade 10 students in British Columbia failed to meet the proficiency standard in math, and participation rates among students in province-wid...
Jan 25, 2024