Category Archives: Fraser Valley
Fraser Health confirms maternity unit closures of 10 days in May, June at CGH
CHILLIWACK - A Fraser Health spokesperson has confirmed there will be sporadic closures of the maternity ward at Chilliwack General Hospital in May and June for as many as 10 days. Fraser Health Autho...
Apr 20, 2023
Chilliwack City Council urges B.C. govt. to take action on bus strike
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack City Council has directed city staff to join other cities and send a letter to Labour Minister Harry Bains due to the impasse between CUPE 561 and First Transit that has suspen...
Apr 20, 2023
Overtime winner lifts Nanaimo past Chilliwack to push the series to five games
CHILLIWACK - Jeremie Payant scored at 14:55 of overtime to give the Nanaimo Clippers a 5 - 4 victory over the Chiefs in Chilliwack Wednesday (Apr. 20) night.The win keeps the Clippers alive in the bes...
Apr 20, 2023
MP Brad Vis outlines impact of federal strike on public services like passport renewals
CHILLIWACK - Back in the summer of 2022, Chilliwack residents grew accustomed to somewhat long lines at the downtown Service Canada location due to substantial passport backlogs at the time.In respons...
Apr 19, 2023
Many passport renewals on pause during federal public service workers' strike
TORONTO - Senjuti Sarker needed to renew her passport for an upcoming trip to Europe but her attempt at doing so failed Wednesday after federal public service workers went on strike. Sarker, who was h...
Apr 19, 2023
Kent Mayor Sylvia Pranger to walk from Agassiz to Chilliwack for new pool
AGASSIZ - District of Kent Mayor Sylvia Pranger will need a comfortable pair of runners this Saturday when she hits the ground walking from Agassiz to Chilliwack to support a new regional aquatic cent...
Apr 19, 2023
IHIT deployed after unhoused male found dead in Pitt Meadows
PITT MEADOWS - The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has been deployed following the discovery of the body of a 31-year-old unhoused male from Maple Ridge. In a news release Wednesday morn...
Apr 19, 2023
Public liquor consumption may expand to other Chilliwack parks one day
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Councillor Jeff Shields hinted at Tuesday's council meeting that public liquor consumption could expand to other parks throughout Chilliwack. Councillors approved on Tuesday (A...
Apr 19, 2023
Abbotsford Police pull over 20-year-old man for ridiculous speed in Sumas Prairie
ABBOTSFORD - With no buses running in the Fraser Valley due to the ongoing transit strike, an area motorist will have to ride shotgun or take a taxi to get places for a while after he was clocked at a...
Apr 19, 2023
Chilliwack beats Nanaimo 5 - 2, take 3 - 0 lead in series
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Chiefs moved to within one victory of a trip to a BCHL semi-final series following a 5 - 2 victory over Nanaimo Tuesday (Apr. 18) night in Chilliwack.Brian Morse, Olivier B...
Apr 19, 2023