Category Archives: Fraser Valley
Specialty drink shop set to open in downtown Chilliwack next week
CHILLIWACK - The wait is just about over for the first brick-and-mortar dirty soda shop in the Fraser Valley. The Downtown Chilliwack Business Improvement Association wrote in a social media post that...
Jun 10, 2026 Mona's Sodas in downtown Chilliwack is set to open next week. (Image Credit: Mike Vanden Bosch.)
Update: Power restored overnight to 2,700+ in Chilliwack area after outage lasts ~9 hours
Update #5: Power was restored sometime after 2 a.m. A notification from the NextDoor app at 2:41 a.m. indicated power was back on for 2,770 customers who were without power for approximately nine hour...
Jun 09, 2026 Power outage. (Image Credit: BC Hydro.)
B.C. allows knowledge test for learner drivers to be taken online and at home
Would-be drivers in the Fraser Valley are now being allowed to take the knowledge test for their learner's licence online and at home. The province announced the change on Tuesday. A government statem...
Jun 09, 2026 Image: The Canadian Press.
Chilliwack-area Mounties yank jimmy-rigged truck from road, discover drugs inside
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack-area Mounties hit the jackpot recently when they removed an unsafe vehicle from the road, discovered that a passenger inside the jalopy had an outstanding warrant, and found su...
Jun 09, 2026 Safety defects. (Image Credit: RCMP.)
Victim says she will never forgive Fraser Valley sex trafficker
NEW WESTMINSTER - A victim of a Fraser Valley sex trafficker says she will "never forgive" the woman who manipulated, sexually exploited and assaulted her over the course of a year. "The physical inju...
Jun 09, 2026 Image: Facebook / Convicted sex trafficker Jennifer Lynn Stephens.
Fraser Valley woman considered violent wanted for multiple firearms offences, uttering threats: RCMP
FRASER VALLEY - Mounties in the Fraser Valley are searching for a 36-year-old woman who is wanted for multiple firearms offences, mischief, and uttering threats and is considered violent. Langley RCMP...
Jun 09, 2026 Morgan Brittany Nicholson. (Image Credit: Langley RCMP.)
Chilliwack operations crews can now recycle asphalt, making pothole repairs faster and more efficient
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack says newly-purchased equipment now enables city operations crews to do certain pothole repairs, utility cuts and other paving jobs faster and more efficiently. In a...
Jun 09, 2026 Asphalt recycler. (Image Credit: City of Chilliwack.)
Tree branch responsible for overnight outage impacting 3,200+ in Aldergrove, Abbotsford area
ABBOTSFORD - A tree branch is to blame for an overnight power outage that impacted over 3,200 BC Hydro customers in Aldergrove and west Abbotsford. According to BC Hydro's online dashboard, the outage...
Jun 09, 2026 Map of overnight power outage in the Aldergrove and Abbotsford area. (Image Credit: BC Hydro.)
Break and enter suspect in two business burglaries arrested, charged: Abbotsford PD
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say a suspect in two business break and enters that happened in May 2026 has been arrested and formally charged.Abbotsford PD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker says AbbyP...
Jun 09, 2026 File photo, AbbyPD. (Image Credit: AbbyPD.)
Mission RCMP targets drug website allegedly selling magic mushrooms, cannabis to youth
MISSION - Mounties in Mission say they've arrested three people and carried out search warrants at two properties in Abbotsford in connection with a website that was allegedly providing magic mushroom...
Jun 09, 2026 Illicit drug sales. (Image Credit: Mission RCMP.)