Category Archives: Fraser Valley
Updated: B.C. Coroners Service was not involved in Wednesday night police incident, Chilliwack RCMP says
CHILLIWACK - Multiple RCMP officers converged on an area of Greendale in the Yale Road, Adams Road and Hopedale Road vicinity and blocked several streets as some type of police incident transpired Wed...
Dec 20, 2023
Chilliwack Chiefs defenceman to play Div. I NCAA hockey in Missouri
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Chiefs announced Wednesday (Dec. 20) that 18-year-old defenceman Hunter McInnes has committed to play NCAA hockey at Division I Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missou...
Dec 20, 2023
District of Kent to stock certain civic facilities with free menstrual products
AGASSIZ - The District of Kent says it will launch a pilot program featuring free menstrual products at certain civic facilities in response to a request from Project AIM and Chilliwack-Kent MLA Kelli...
Dec 20, 2023
Woman, 72, uses shovel to chase naked intruder from her Vancouver home, police say
VANCOUVER - Police say a 72-year-old woman used a shovel to chase a combative and naked man from her Vancouver home on Tuesday night. Vancouver police say in a statement the man entered the home by sm...
Dec 20, 2023
B.C. govt. says phase 3A of Hwy. 1 improvements from Langley to Abbotsford may be done by 2029, to cost $2.3 billion
LANGLEY - The provincial government announced Wednesday (Dec. 20 that a trio of shortlisted contracting teams have been invited by the government to participate in an RFP to design and build a new 264...
Dec 20, 2023
Chilliwack councillors blast BC govt., Chilliwack MLAs over forced housing plans that could ban public hearings, usher in paid parking downtown
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack city councillors had pointed words during their meeting Tuesday (Dec. 19) for the B.C. government, including Chilliwack's two NDP MLAs, over the province's plan to force the co...
Dec 20, 2023
Meet Lexi, voted the Fraser Valley's Cutest Pet, sponsored by The Scruffy Tail
CHILLIWACK - After hundreds of contest entries received from Chilliwack and the surrounding communities were narrowed down to just six finalists, an Australian shepherd dog named Lexi has been voted t...
Dec 20, 2023
UFV nursing program pilots peer-to-peer project for students as they transition to Chilliwack, Abbotsford-area clinical settings
CHILLIWACK - A new near-peer mentor program unveiled this semester as a pilot project has enabled nursing students at the University of the Fraser Valley to enhance their skill set in what the postsec...
Dec 20, 2023
Westbound Hwy. 1 through Langley impacted Tuesday night due to vehicle fire
LANGLEY - Drive BC says a westbound vehicle fire before 216 Street (exit 61) has impacted traffic flow Tuesday night, Dec. 19 at 7:22 p.m. According to a post on X/Twitter from Drive BC and the Minist...
Dec 19, 2023
Coffee with a Cop returns Wednesday morning to Cottonwood mall in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Members of the Chilliwack RCMP detachment are eager to connect with the residents they serve, even if it's constructive criticism that people might have for local police. As part of their...
Dec 19, 2023