Category Archives: Fraser Valley

Pizza franchise with 2 locations in Chilliwack set to open a 3rd in Popkum
CHILLIWACK - A familiar pizza franchise with two locations in Chilliwack will be adding a third location sometime in 2024. Freshslice Pizza, with existing locations in Garrison Crossing and inside Cot...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 11, 2024

Chilliwack Search and Rescue to break ground on new headquarters next week
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Search and Rescue announced Thursday (Jan. 11) that it will break ground on its new rescue hall next week. According to a news release issued Thursday (Jan. 11), Chilliwack SAR...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 11, 2024

SD78 closes all schools in Hope out of abundance of caution
HOPE - The Fraser-Cascade School District has closed all schools in Hope Thursday (Jan. 11) out of an abundance of caution. According to a note on the main page of the SD78 website, Fraser-Cascade has...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 11, 2024

Update: Canada Post says its driver swerved to avoid an unleashed dog on Yale Road, but resident disputes that account
CHILLIWACK - A Canada Post spokesperson says one of its drivers swerved to avoid hitting an unleashed dog that allegedly ran onto the street and wound up in a ditch on Yale Road in Chilliwack Wednesda...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 10, 2024

Feds contribute $4.4 million to improve HVAC system at Abbotsford Recreation Centre
ABBOTSFORD - The federal government will invest $4.45 million to make improvements to the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system at the Abbotsford Recreation Centre. In a news release from t...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 10, 2024

Enbridge makes substantial donation to fund new Agassiz aquatic centre
AGASSIZ - Enbridge has made a five-figure donation towards the remaining fundraising amount of $3.5 million needed to substantially cover the estimated $21 million cost of the forthcoming Lets'emot Re...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 10, 2024

Remains found in suitcase at Ross Lake, south of Hope, are those of a Canadian
ROSS LAKE, WASHINGTON - Human remains found last year inside a suitcase at Ross Lake in Washington state, accessible through a road south of Hope, are those of a Canadian. RCMP Staff Sgt. Kris Clark a...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 10, 2024

Update: Only 2-4 cms of snow forecast for Thursday; frigid wind chills of -18 arrive tomorrow
**Update at 7:48 p.m.. Wednesday: Environment Canada is only forecasting 2-4 centimetres of snow to fall Thursday in Chilliwack. Wind chills will hit -18 Thursday afternoon and as low as -20 Thursday ...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 10, 2024

Another Chilliwack River Valley homeless camp slated for demolition, removal
CHILLIWACK - Another homeless camp in the Chilliwack River Valley will be dismantled soon, just days after a homeless camp occupied by three people near Thurston Meadows was demolished and removed. Ac...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 10, 2024

Chilliwack School of Performing Arts presents Disney's Descendants: The Musical Jan. 10-21
CHILLIWACK - The talented artists from the Chilliwack School of Performing Arts (CSOPA) will reprise the cast of Disney's Descendants: The Musical starting Wednesday, January 10 through Sunday, Januar...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 09, 2024