Category Archives: Fraser Valley
Sardis single-family home prices drop nearly 22% in one year to $865K; Chilliwack prices near $800K
CHILLIWACK - Not only have sales of Chilliwack-area homes dropped 47% from a year ago, prices of single-family homes in Chilliwack continue to plummet year over year. According to statistics released ...
Jan 06, 2023
City says it substantially paved 23 roads in 2022, looks ahead to 2023
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack wrote in its just-released monthly transportation newsletter Friday (Jan. 6) that it substantially paved 23 roads throughout Chilliwack in 2022, and has a couple of...
Jan 06, 2023
MP Strahl cites Society for Community Living in opposing expansion of state-assisted dying
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl hasn't given up in his push to vehemently oppose a further expansion of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) to include those suffering from mental illness.In...
Jan 06, 2023
Community partners help plant over 13,000 trees at Chilliwack restoration site
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack made good on its ongoing commitment to the environment recently when it matched a $6,751 donation from Coast Mountain Trail Running to plant 13,502 Western Red Ceda...
Jan 06, 2023
Cougar snatches cat near Vedder Mountain Rd. and Cultus Lake Rd.
CHILLIWACK - Conservation officers in the Fraser Valley have been alerted after a cougar snatched a cat at a residence near the intersection of Vedder Mountain Road and Cultus Lake Road, just west of ...
Jan 05, 2023
Housing Minister visits Chilliwack, says housing projects must be built faster in B.C.
CHILLIWACK - Accompanied by local MLA Kelli Paddon, Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon paid a visit to Chilliwack City Hall Thursday afternoon (Jan. 5) to reaffirm his government's ongoing commitment to pro...
Jan 05, 2023
No charges for Abbotsford, B.C., officer in 2020 shooting of suspect with beanbag gun
VICTORIA - The BC Prosecution Service says no charges will be laid against an Abbotsford, B.C., police officer whose use of a beanbag shotgun during an arrest seriously injured a suspect. A statement ...
Jan 05, 2023
Mystery surrounds maple burls being taken from private property owned by Chilliwack resident
AGASSIZ - Agassiz RCMP are seeking the public's assistance after a Chilliwack resident reported that maple burls were being illegally harvested from trees on private property. According to a press rel...
Jan 05, 2023
Unsightly homeless encampment documented near Borden Creek east of Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - It's an uphill battle in every sense of the word for Chilliwack-area volunteers who are simply trying to retain the natural beauty of the Chilliwack River Valley, its picturesque terrain,...
Jan 05, 2023
Chilliwack RCMP nab 10 impaired drivers on New Year's Eve
CHILLIWACK - Nearly a dozen motorists could be on the hook for ticketing costs, vehicle towing fees, license suspension, and likely higher ICBC rates after they senselessly drove impaired on New Year'...
Jan 05, 2023