Category Archives: Fraser Valley

Dedicated volunteer Betty Coleman highlights Law Enforcement Torch Run in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - For nearly three decades, Betty Coleman has been a force for good as an essential member of the Chilliwack Crime Prevention volunteers. The inescapable joy she shares with visitors to the...
Jun 24, 2022

Prospera, Hospice team up to protect seniors from online banking scams in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Not a month goes by that Prospera Credit Union employee Holly Christensen doesn't hear about an attempted scam levied against an older customer from her financial institution. She refers ...
Marcus Gordon Jun 23, 2022

6th Chilliwack Scouts holding inaugural carnival Saturday at Watson Glen Park in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The 6th Chilliwack Scouts don't always have the visibility like the Girl Guides do in selling cookies door-to-door or outside local supermarkets, particularly during public health restric...
Jun 23, 2022

Prison staff intercept $25K in drugs at Kent Institution in Agassiz
AGASSIZ - Due diligence by correctional staff at Kent Institution earlier this month paid dividends in an illicit narcotics seizure valued at over $25,000. Prison staff at the maximum-security institu...
Jun 22, 2022

Solidarity Run revisits heartbreaking legacy of residential schools
CHILLIWACK - Juanita Soles was reluctant to revisit the site that haunted her father's childhood. But something had to be done, she felt, to support and honour children who were unjustly taken from th...
Dave Barry Jun 21, 2022

Dads take a Father's Day hike at Chilliwack Community Forest
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack honoured fathers a little differently this year-a walk through mother nature at the Chilliwack Community Forest. Steve Clegg, environmental services specialist for ...
Marcus Gordon Jun 21, 2022

Assault at Kent reflects violent year at maximum security prison
AGASSIZ - An inmate at Kent Institution in Agassiz required medical attention at a nearby hospital this past Monday following an assault at the maximum-security federal institution. The Correctional S...
Mike Vanden Bosch Jun 17, 2022

Average home price in Chilliwack rises to $819K
CHILLIWACK - At a time when nearly everything seems to be more expensive these days, the average price of a home in Chilliwack soared to new heights in May. Not only did home prices in Chilliwack spik...
Mike Vanden Bosch Jun 17, 2022

MP Strahl says handgun ban won't reduce gun violence
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack-Hope Conservative MP Mark Strahl isn't convinced the proposed handgun ban tabled by the Trudeau government will achieve a reduction in gun violence.Public Safety Minister Marco...
Marcus Gordon Jun 16, 2022

Decorative art work beautifies Molson Coors site
CHILLIWACK - Three, 33-foot high silos on the southeast corner of the Molson Coors Beverage Company (Molson Coors) Fraser Valley Brewery at 45620 Kerr Avenue have been wrapped with a design titled "Gi...
Mike Vanden Bosch Jun 10, 2022