Category Archives: Fraser Valley

Chilliwack RCMP officers take the icy plunge for a great cause Thursday at Cultus Lake
CHILLIWACK - Despite blustery, bone-chilling winds and temperatures lingering in the lower single digits, RCMP Sgt. Krista Vrolyk says she just knew she had to take the plunge into the icy-cold waters...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 02, 2023

RCMP confirm three foreign national skiers have died in an avalanche near Invermere, B.C.
INVERMERE - Mounties in southeast British Columbia say three foreign nationals who were heli-skiing have died following an avalanche Wednesday. According to Cpl. James Grandy, the Columbia Valley RCMP...
Mar 02, 2023

Tydel Foods raising funds to support Ukrainian families in Chilliwack, will collect meat for them
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack small business owner Brigida Crosbie and her husband Tony consistently sell chicken and beef at competitive prices below the big box stores. But it's the humanitarian side of h...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 02, 2023

FVHCF, CGH hosting 23rd annual Run for Mom on Mothers Day, May 14
CHILLIWACK - On an already special day dedicated to the amazing, tireless work of moms everywhere, an upcoming event in May in Chilliwack is one of the best ways to support the women and babies in the...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 02, 2023

Housing prices in Fraser Valley increase slightly, home sales rise
SURREY - The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board says housing prices in the region between White Rock and Abbotsford posted a slight but positive bump in February after nearly a year of month-over-month d...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 02, 2023

Photo ID, completion of form now required to attend Chilliwack school board meetings
CHILLIWACK - Fraser Valley Today has learned that members of the public who wish to attend future school board meetings of the Chilliwack Board of Education must now have photo ID, provide their phone...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 01, 2023

Neufeld files campaign finance disclosure form late, but avoids being banned from the next election
CHILLIWACK - Former Chilliwack school board trustee Barry Neufeld has filed what could be his last campaign finance disclosure form following the October 2022 municipal election that saw him defeated....
Mike VandenBosch Mar 01, 2023

Former Chilliwack teacher, principal banned from running in the next school board election
CHILLIWACK - Elections B.C. pulls no punches when it comes to requiring municipal candidates for public office to file their campaign finance disclosure paperwork on time, or even by the late filing d...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 01, 2023

Homeless camps growing again after B.C. govt. ignores them, doesn't fund Chilliwack cleanups
CHILLIWACK - The 2023 B.C. budget as tabled yesterday by MLAs may have rightfully set aside $867 million over three years for mental health and addictions services. But when it comes to funding cleanu...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 01, 2023

Bus service resumes Wednesday in Chilliwack, Hope, Agassiz and Abbotsford
CHILLIWACK - Following a two-day strike in which regular bus service in Chilliwack was suspended due to job action from CUPE Local 561, transit will resume full operations in Chilliwack, Abbotsford, A...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 28, 2023