Category Archives: Fraser Valley
Three Chilliwack City Council candidates, all small business owners, debate housing affordability
CHILLIWACK - Three Chilliwack City Council candidates, each one owning a small business, gave widely divergent answers on the housing affordability crisis at Wednesday night's candidate debate at the ...
Sep 29, 2022
B.C. pharmacists to renew, issue prescriptions as part of reworked health plan
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is expanding the power of pharmacists to renew and issue prescriptions as part of a wide-ranging strategy to relieve pressure on family doctors and emergency departments. ...
Sep 29, 2022
Restoration of Turner House starting at Clayburn Park
ABBOTSFORD - The City of Abbotsford and the Heritage Abbotsford Society are restoring the 145-year-old Turner House into a historic Clayburn Park facility.Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun called the partn...
Sep 29, 2022
Mayor Popove says Chilliwack will stay the course debt free, while challenger Ian Carmichael says residents deserve better
CHILLIWACK - Mayor Ken Popove says he looks forward to growing Chilliwack over the next four years and investing in community amenities in a debt-free fashion, but challenger Ian Carmichael says resid...
Sep 29, 2022
Abbotsford Police release sketch of man wanted for assaulting a youth over vandalism of a newspaper box
ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford Police have a released a facial composite of a man who is accused of assaulting a youth in Abbotsford over a reported vandalism of a newspaper box. On August 13, at approximate...
Sep 29, 2022
Huitema Read kicks off Chilliwack City Council campaign at Cultural Centre
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack City Council candidate Nicole Huitema Read launched her campaign Tuesday evening (Sept. 27) before a packed room of supporters at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre. According to a...
Sep 29, 2022
Darren Ollinger, a radio show host on 91.7 FM and longtime UFV student, seeks seat on Chilliwack school board
CHILLIWACK - Longtime Chilliwack resident and Chilliwack Secondary School graduate Darren Ollinger has been a student of life and a mainstay at University of the Fraser Valley.Since moving back to Chi...
Sep 28, 2022
Province urges B.C. residents to get fall flu shot, booster
VANCOUVER - As the seasons change and people spend more time indoors, the B.C. government continues to urge people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and influenza for the most effective protection in...
Sep 28, 2022
Chilliwack school board candidate Lewis Point files motion to withdraw from fall election
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack school board candidate Lewis Point has notified the Chilliwack chief election officer and the third-party election organization with which he is affiliated, Parents Voice B.C.,...
Sep 28, 2022
Nearly 1,500 lives lost in B.C. to toxic drugs in 2022; most victims are men, many between 30-59 years old
VICTORIA - Scores of British Columbians are losing people they know to illicit drugs all over the province, and the toxic drug epidemic shows no sign of abating. Preliminary numbers released by the B....
Sep 28, 2022