Category Archives: Fraser Valley
B.C. govt. announces new Plant and Animal Health Centre to be built in the Fraser Valley
ABBOTSFORD - The B.C. government announced Thursday (Jan. 26) it is identifying locations in the Fraser Valley to build a new Plant and Animal Health Centre to provide diagnostic services that support...
Jan 26, 2023
Abbotsford Police issue huge fines, impound van after man drives 95 kms over the speed limit
ABBOTSFORD - A Fraser Valley motorist with a lead foot and an impatient disposition is significantly lighter in the wallet after an incredibly reckless display of speeding earlier this week. The Abbot...
Jan 26, 2023
Council to ask province to do its own curfew checks, not RCMP as Chilliwack Mounties do now
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Councillor Bud Mercer minced no words when it comes to the provincial government expecting the RCMP, a federal police force, to conduct curfew checks in Chilliwack. Mercer, a 3...
Jan 26, 2023
SD33 trustee hopes to enshrine parental and guardian rights policy
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack school board trustee hopes to introduce a parental and guardian rights policy at an upcoming board meeting as early as next month. In a note on her public trustee account on ...
Jan 25, 2023
Agassiz RCMP say hit-and-run sends one to hospital
AGASSIZ - One man is in hospital after being struck by a vehicle, in an apparent hit-and-run incident along Yale Road in Popkum Friday (Jan. 20) evening. Agassiz RCMP says the crash occurred just befo...
Jan 25, 2023
Hope RCMP arrest 37-year-old man after he broke into a business
HOPE - Hope RCMP announced Wednesday morning (Jan. 25) they have arrested a 37-year-old man stemming from a business break and enter that happened earlier this week in Hope. At approximately 6:45 a.m....
Jan 25, 2023
B.C. Utilities Commission approves ICBC basic rate application on interim basis
VANCOUVER - At a time when inflation has reached record highs, at least one major household expense for B.C. motorists won't be going up for the time being. The B.C. Utilities Commission has approved ...
Jan 25, 2023
Princess Avenue parking lot offers 34 more parking stalls near District 1881
CHILLIWACK - Thirty-four more parking spaces have opened up at a city-owned municipal parking lot in downtown Chilliwack, alleviating a parking crunch associated with the popularity of the growing ret...
Jan 25, 2023
Cottonwood Centre mall confirms food court will be permanently removed
CHILLIWACK - On any given weekday morning, the food court at the Cottonwood Centre mall is a popular venue for seniors talking over coffee, as two nearby TV monitors feature headlines from the CBC. Wh...
Jan 25, 2023
Impaired drivers continue to get behind the wheel of their vehicles in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Upper Fraser Valley RCMP were kept busy removing impaired drivers from the streets and highways around Chilliwack over the last week.According to its weekly #TrafficTuesday (Jan. 24) twee...
Jan 24, 2023