Category Archives: Fraser Valley

RCMP converge on Watson Road home Friday, where an overdose occurred Sunday
CHILLIWACK - Members of the RCMP Emergency Response Team responded to the 45400 block of Watson Road Friday afternoon to reportedly execute a search warrant at a home on the north side of the road. Th...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 21, 2023

Crime rate on the rise in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - There is a disturbing trend emerging as society recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic and it has nothing to do with physical health. Instead, the trend is an increase in crime. That was a p...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 21, 2023

Poor air quality expected to continue until Tuesday across Fraser Valley
CHILLIWACK - Wildfires burning throughout British Columbia and the state of Washington are smothering parts of the province with choking levels of smoke. The situation led to the declaration of an air...
Dave Barry Aug 20, 2023

Hope RCMP respond to fatal shooting Sunday west of Hope, 28-year-old man dead
HOPE - A suspect is in custody following the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old man early Sunday morning (August 20) in a rural area west of Hope. In a news release from the Integrated Homicide Investiga...
Dave Barry Aug 20, 2023

Air quality alert issued for Fraser Valley amid surging B.C. wildfires
VANCOUVER - Chilliwack, Abbotsford and and other central and eastern sections of the Fraser Valley are under an Air Quality Alert. The alert was issued Saturday (Aug. 19) afternoon by the Metro Vancou...
Dave Barry Aug 19, 2023

No detour available as Hwy. 1 remains closed north of Hope, Kookipi fire now exceeds 10K hectares
HOPE - The Kookipi Creek fire originally located approximately 16 kilometres northwest of Boston Bar and seven kilometres east of Nahatlatch Lake has grown over 1,200 hectares in size in less than 24 ...
Dave Barry Aug 19, 2023

Chilliwack Fire asks people not to call 911 to report generally smoky conditions
CHILLIWACK - As bad as the air quality is and has been since early Saturday morning in the eastern Fraser Valley, Chilliwack Fire Chief Ian Josephson is asking residents not to call 911 if they see ge...
Dave Barry Aug 19, 2023

YMCA hires more lifeguards for Chilliwack pools, acknowledges staffing challenges
CHILLIWACK - Hiring and retaining enough lifeguards to sufficiently maintain public swim programs and expand swimming lessons has been a goal of the YMCA since it took over as the exclusive operator o...
Dave Barry Aug 18, 2023

Fire east of Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park grows rapidly
CHILLIWACK - The fire east of Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park that was first discovered on Sunday and was only two hectares big but grew exponentially in just three days. According to the BC Wildfire ...
Dave Barry Aug 18, 2023

Fire northwest of Boston Bar crosses Hwy. 1, Nahatlatch lookout tower reportedly destroyed
BOSTON BAR - BC Wildfire Service says the Kookipi Creek wildfire northwest of Boston Bar has jumped Highway 1, resulting in the closure of the highway between Hope and Lytton. In a social media post o...
Dave Barry Aug 18, 2023