Category Archives: Fraser Valley
Suspicious fire breaks out at the same Second Avenue home in Chilliwack Friday
CHILLIWACK - A suspicious fire broke out at an unoccupied home at 46290 Second Avenue in Chilliwack Friday morning (March 10) just after 10:45 a.m., attracting at least 20 firefighters who were able t...
Mar 10, 2023
Provincial funding for homeless camp cleanups in Chilliwack fails to address the real issue
CHILLIWACK - As wonderful as it was to hear this week that the B.C. government will provide $200,000 to the Fraser Valley Regional District to create a fund to help cleanup efforts in the Chilliwack R...
Mar 10, 2023
B.C. govt. fails to fund transit expansion, so City of Chilliwack funds road repairs instead
CHILLIWACK - Money that had been budgeted to provide expanded bus service on five primary bus routes in Chilliwack, including the Vedder bus (No. 51) and Evans (No. 52) bus, will now be redirected to ...
Mar 10, 2023
Missing teenager from Mission located
MISSION - A teenager from Mission who had been missing for nearly a week and a half has been located safe and sound. According to a news release at 2:47 a.m. Friday morning from Constable Harrison Moh...
Mar 10, 2023
Chilliwack City Council rejects Fairfield Island rezoning application after heavy opposition from neighbours
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack City Council has voted to reject a rezoning application that would have converted two single-family lots into an eight-lot subdivision on an already busy street in Fairfield Is...
Mar 09, 2023
Chilliwack real estate sales warming up after frigid January
CHILLIWACK - After a dismally low level of real estate sales activity in the month of January, sales of single-family homes increased substantially in February in Chilliwack and the surrounding commun...
Mar 09, 2023
City of Chilliwack to use $16.3 million funding for racquet sport facilities, wastewater treatment plant and more
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack plans to use over half of a $16.3 million funding allocation announced by the provincial government last week for racquet sport facilities and a "biological treatme...
Mar 09, 2023
Convicted B.C. killer dies in custody at Mountain Institution in Agassiz
AGASSIZ - A B.C. man convicted of both manslaughter and second-degree murder has died at Mountain Institution, a medium-security prison west of Agassiz. The Correctional Service of Canada confirmed Tu...
Mar 09, 2023
B.C. govt. to spend $200K on homeless encampment cleanup in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The B.C. government announced Wednesday afternoon (Mar. 8) that it will provide $200,000 to the Fraser Valley Regional District to create a fund to help cleanup efforts such as covering t...
Mar 08, 2023
First Transit says it has offered "significant wage increases" as B.C. Transit drivers strike
CHILLIWACK - First Transit, the company contracted to provide bus service to Fraser Valley communities including Chilliwack, is defending itself on the eve of a three-day planned strike by CUPE Local ...
Mar 08, 2023