Category Archives: Fraser Valley
32-year-old Surrey man charged for alleged sexual assault aboard Lower Mainland transit buses
SURREY - Metro Vancouver Transit Police say charges have been approved by Crown counsel against a 32-year-old Surrey man for two incidents of alleged sexual assault aboard transit buses in the Lower M...
Feb 04, 2026 Image: File photo, Metro Vancouver Transit Police.
New study pods coming to two Chilliwack libraries
CHILLIWACK - Study pods designed to give patrons a little more peace and quiet have arrived at two libraries in Chilliwack. And while they're not officially ready for use, the Fraser Valley Regional L...
Feb 04, 2026 Library pods. (Image Credit: Mike Vanden Bosch)
Unique Chilliwack coffee shop opens its doors, looking to brew hope and community
CHILLIWACK - Following months of planning, building and dreaming, a social enterprise coffee shop with an underlying goal of brewing hope, community and opportunity has opened in Chilliwack. Ruth's Co...
Feb 04, 2026 A new social enterprise coffee shop has opened in Yarrow. (Image Credit: Deanna Fedorkew)
Mission man charged with obstructing police after incident at his home
MISSION - Mounties in Mission say a 37-year-old man from Mission has been charged with obstructing a peace officer and mischief after an incident at the man's property in May 2025. According to a stat...
Feb 04, 2026 Mission RCMP. (Image Credit: Mission RCMP)
80-unit housing complex for women, children fleeing violence opens in the Fraser Valley
FRASER VALLEY - The provincial government is touting the opening of the two largest buildings in the history of the Women's Transition Housing Fund, which open doors to more than 150 new homes for wom...
Feb 04, 2026 Lisa Rupert, VP of Housing and Violence Prevention for YWCA BC; Julia Boyle Davidson, Executive Director for Ishtar; Christine Boyle, Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs; and Donald Mackenzie, Powell Street Foundation. (Image Credit: BC Housing.)
New warehouse business selling tools, equipment and home goods plans to open next month in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - A discount warehouse based in Western Canada that sells tools, equipment, home goods and more tailored to families, farmers, ranchers and DIY folks has plans to open in Chilliwack. Accord...
Feb 04, 2026 Discount warehouse chain coming to Chilliwack. (Image Credit: Facebook.)
Federal regulator backs project that would bring construction jobs to the Fraser Valley, meet energy demand
FRASER VALLEY - Canada's federal energy regulator has expressed support for the proposed expansion of the Westcoast pipeline system, a project that if approved would bring nearly a thousand constructi...
Feb 03, 2026 Pipeline construction. (Image Credit: Sunrise Expansion Program.)
Former B.C. lawyer who stabbed client to death is found guilty of first-degree murder
After former Kamloops, B.C., lawyer Rogelio (Butch) Bagabuyo stole almost $800,000 from a client, stabbed him to death and then smuggled the body out of his office in a plastic tote, he tried to expla...
Feb 03, 2026 Butch Bagabuyo (left), Mohd Abdullah (Image Credit: Butch Bagabuyo / Facebook)
3 men arrested after alleged break and enter at Chilliwack apartment complex: RCMP
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack say three men have been arrested for their alleged roles in a reported break and enter at an apartment complex on Webb Avenue in Sardis. According to a statement fr...
Feb 03, 2026 Alleged break and enter suspects. (Image Credit: Facebook)
Update: One victim sustains serious burn injuries after fire at homeless camp in Hope
HOPE - New details have now emerged about a fire that broke out at a homeless camp in Hope. According to a statement from the Hope Fire Department on social media, firefighters responded Tuesday morni...
Feb 03, 2026 Image: Hope Fire Department