Category Archives: Fraser Valley
Another cougar spotted in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Less than a week after a Chilliwack resident encountered a cougar at the Island 22 dog park near Fairfield Island, there's been another cougar spotted in Chilliwack, this time in a reside...
Dec 31, 2022
Car engulfed in flames briefly slows traffic on Highway 1 Saturday morning
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack-area emergency personnel responded to Highway 1 near the Vedder Canal Saturday morning (Dec. 31) for a vehicle that was engulfed in flames near the centre median of the eastbou...
Dec 31, 2022
City to pursue improvements to Chilliwack Airport if B.C. govt. pays for most of it
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack plans to pursue improvements to the Chilliwack Airport if the B.C. government is willing to pay for the lion's share of it. At its meeting on December 20, Chilliwac...
Dec 31, 2022
Homeless encampments will linger unless B.C. govt. evicts squatters on Crown land
CHILLIWACK - When passionate volunteers who care about the environment are asked to take action, groups like the Chilliwack/Vedder River Cleanup Society and Streams Canada Foundation are happy to help...
Dec 31, 2022
Abbotsford Police looking for missing 25-year-old man
ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a 25-year-old man who was last seen late at night on Christmas Day.Authorities have identified the man as Wils...
Dec 31, 2022
Lower Mainland RCMP warn public to avoid two men involved in criminal gang activity, violence
SURREY - Surrey RCMP and anti-gang police personnel with the Combined Forces Special Unit of B.C. have issued a special warning for the public to stay away from two men involved in Lower Mainland gang...
Dec 30, 2022
As council mulls 4.48% tax increase, city staff say Chilliwack's taxes are the lowest in the Lower Mainland
CHILLIWACK - As Chilliwack City Council mulls a proposed property tax increase of 4.48 per cent in the coming year to pay for more RCMP officers, firefighters, and bylaw officers, city staff say Chill...
Dec 30, 2022
Chilliwack Chiefs hosting Beach Party Friday night to benefit food bank
CHILLIWACK - It may not feel like a trip to Hawaii, or look like summertime in Chilliwack, but the Chilliwack Chiefs nonetheless are trying their best to replicate the look and feel of a beach party F...
Dec 30, 2022
Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce announces finalists for Business Excellence awards
CHILLIWACK - Johannes Treur's Creekside Cheese + Creamery business, a farm he owns with his wife Julaine, is one of the many Chilliwack-area businesses who have been nominated for the upcoming Busines...
Dec 30, 2022
Chilliwack residents take action to clear homeless encampment Thursday along Chilliwack River
CHILLIWACK - It took a lot of lobbying and impassioned communication behind the scenes, but Chilliwack-area residents coalesced together to take down an environmental eyesore deep in the Chilliwack Ri...
Dec 29, 2022