Category Archives: Fraser Valley

RCMP Musical Ride tickets go on sale today for Chilliwack shows in June
CHILLIWACK - Tickets for two performances of the RCMP Musical Ride in Chilliwack in late June are now on sale effective Friday morning, May 5. In an email from Chilliwack Fair event coordinator Nicole...
Mike VandenBosch May 05, 2023

Serious vehicle accident closes Hwy. 1 in Yale, north of Hope, both directions
YALE - A vehicle accident on Highway 1 in Yale, north of Hope, has closed the highway in both directions at the Yale Tunnel, and may have involved a fatality and/or a motorcyclist. Drive B.C. wrote in...
Mike VandenBosch May 04, 2023

Partner at Baker Newby in Chilliwack honoured with King's counsel designation
CHILLIWACK - From playing women's basketball at Queen's University, to fighting forest fires in Ontario, and working in Jamaica and Guatemala on global outreach projects, Cristen L. Gleeson has worn m...
Mike VandenBosch May 04, 2023

Vancouver Police arrest man selling crack, coke and meth from mobile trailer in DTES
VANCOUVER - A day after a man boldly proclaimed that he would begin selling crack, coke, and crystal meth from his trailer in the Downtown Eastside, Vancouver Police swiftly arrested the drug-dealing ...
Mike VandenBosch May 04, 2023

G.W. Graham football players chosen for CFC Prospect Game in Ottawa
CHILLIWACK - Two standouts from the G.W. Graham senior varsity football program have been chosen to play in the CFC Prospect Game, a contest featuring the top 70 Canadian high school football prospect...
Mike VandenBosch May 04, 2023

Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce calls on mediator to help end bus strike
CHILLIWACK - Not long after the Chilliwack City Council voted to join the cities of Abbotsford and Mission in sending a letter to the B.C. NDP government to help resolve the ongoing bus strike, anothe...
Mike VandenBosch May 04, 2023

Man who was convicted of second-degree murder of his mom dies at Mission prison
MISSION - A man who was convicted in the second-degree murder of his mom has died at Mission Institution, a medium-security federal prison in the Fraser Valley. The Correctional Service of Canada said...
Mike VandenBosch May 04, 2023

Chilliwack-area home sales continue to surge in April, prices going up
CHILLIWACK - After a relatively frigid start to the year in which only 120 homes were sold in January, the number of homes sold through the MLS system of the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board ...
Mike VandenBosch May 04, 2023

Convicted sex offender who breached bail in Chilliwack sought by Kamloops RCMP
CHILLIWACK - A convicted sex offender who reportedly breached his bail conditions on multiple occasions in Chilliwack is being sought by the Kamloops RCMP.Joel Carlson, a 30-year-old male, is wanted b...
Mike VandenBosch May 03, 2023

Police incident unfolding near Yale and Menzies in Chilliwack
**UPDATE at 5:47 p.m.: According to the Chilliwack RCMP, "The police incident at Yale Rd. and Broadway Ave. has now been resolved. Chilliwack RCMP thank the media and the public for their cooperation....
Mike VandenBosch May 03, 2023