Category Archives: Fraser Valley

Fraser Health budgets $7.1 million for land acquisition, demo costs to possibly expand Chilliwack Hospital
CHILLIWACK - Fraser Health has budgeted a little over $7 million for land acquisition and demolition costs for what the health authority says could be the eventual expansion of Chilliwack General Hosp...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 19, 2023

One arrested in B.C. police operation near three North Vancouver schools
VANCOUVER - One suspect has been arrested in a police operation in North Vancouver that delayed the start of three area schools. RCMP say officers responded to a report of an assault at around 5 a.m. ...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 19, 2023

Chilliwack Dogwood Monarch Lions Club donates over $40,000 from bingo funds to local non-profits
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack service club that prides itself on rolling up its sleeves to help the broader Chilliwack community has done it again. The Chilliwack Dogwood Monarch Lions Club wrote on Faceb...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 19, 2023

Construction underway for 64-unit, 6-storey rental apartment building on Spadina Ave. in downtown Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Construction is underway on a 64-unit, six-storey mid-rise apartment complex that will feature rental units in a sleek, contemporary building at 45700 Spadina Avenue in downtown Chilliwac...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 19, 2023

Woman found dead under 'suspicious circumstance' at Metro Vancouver home
LADNER, B.C. - Police in Delta are calling the death of a woman "suspicious" after her body was found at a home in Metro Vancouver. They say officers were dispatched Monday just after 5 p.m. to a resi...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 19, 2023

Chilliwack Fire Dept. called to suspicious fire at housing complex under construction on Vedder Rd. next to McDonald's
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Fire Department was dispatched at approximately 4 a.m. Tuesday morning (Dec. 19) for the report of a structure fire on Vedder Road in Chilliwack, the site of a housing comp...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 19, 2023

It's business as usual at Island 22 homeless camp in Chilliwack ahead of an eviction deadline in January
CHILLIWACK - When two prominent eviction notices were mounted and posted a little over a week ago in plain view on the grounds of the Island 22 homeless encampment at 45645 Cartmell Road, residents of...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 18, 2023

BC RCMP warns public about buying used cars, especially if the price is too good to be true
SURREY - BC RCMP investigators with the Integrated Municipal Provincial Auto Crime Team (IMPACT) are warning the public about purchasing reasonably priced used cars, saying these vehicles may have bee...
Dec 18, 2023

ATV rider pinned after rollover south of Chilliwack Lake Rd., transported to hospital in stable condition: BC EHS
CHILLIWACK - B.C. Ambulance Service, Chilliwack River Valley Fire Department, Cultus Lake Fire Department, and Chilliwack Search and Rescue were dispatched Sunday afternoon (Dec. 17) to an area south ...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 18, 2023

New pizza business coming to Garrison area in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Diverse Properties, an Abbotsford-based property development firm instrumental in the development of Garrison and River's Edge, says a new pizza business will set up shop in the Garrison ...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 18, 2023