Category Archives: Fraser Valley
Lockdown in place at Mountain Institution prison in Agassiz
AGASSIZ - Late Friday night (Jul. 22), correctional staff instituted an immediate lockdown at Mountain Institution, a medium-security federal prison, to enable staff members to conduct an exceptional ...
Jul 23, 2022
Middle school portables leaving Mt. Slesse en route for A.D. Rundle in Chilliwack starting today
CHILLIWACK - Mount Slesse Middle School's loss is A.D. Rundle's gain. Middle school portables were set to be hauled off the grounds of Mount Slesse starting early today (Jul. 23) between 12:30 a.m. an...
Jul 23, 2022
Inmates assaulted at Kent Institution, treated and released from hospital
AGASSIZ - There's never a dull moment at Kent Institution, where contraband seizures or assaults seem par for the course. Two inmates of the maximum-security institution, located northwest of Agassiz,...
Jul 23, 2022
City awards $500,000 contract to Jake's Construction to remove sediment from Vedder River for flood protection purposes; City seeks to reduce impact to pink salmon
CHILLIWACK - In a normal year, less than 40,000 cubic metres of debris and gravel are typically deposited into the Vedder River and Canal. The atmospheric river events of November 2021 unleashed nearl...
Jul 23, 2022
Bridal Falls Provincial Park entrance closed by police incident
CHILLIWACK - A police incident is unfolding just east of Chilliwack inside Bridal Falls Provincial Park, where a heavy police presence is investigating. An RCMP officer has blocked all vehicular and p...
Jul 22, 2022
City of Chilliwack to move forward with park, 4-km hiking trail on Vedder Mountain
CHILLIWACK - Recreational and leisure opportunities abound in Chilliwack for families and residents, not to mention Lower Mainland visitors and tourists alike, and there's even more on the way. Chilli...
Jul 22, 2022
The overpopulation of cats in Chilliwack; the need to spay, neuter, and ID cats
CHILLIWACK - Christy Moschopedis is a founding member of FCM Community Cat Trappers and has a message for cat owners in Chilliwack-spay, neuter, and ID your cats."People allow their intact cats to roa...
Jul 22, 2022
Armed and dangerous - Suspect in Chilliwack fatal shootings on the loose
CHILLIWACK - The suspect in a double fatal shooting Thursday (July 21) in Chilliwack remains at large. 50-year-old Eric John Shestalo is suspected in the shooting deaths of two women. A man was also s...
Jul 21, 2022
New B.C. Centre for Agritech Innovation will help improve food security, while creating employment
ABBOTSFORD - A new B.C. Centre for Agritech Innovation was announced by the province on Thursday morning-a commitment of the StrongerBC Economic Plan. The new centre will be located at Simon Fraser Un...
Jul 21, 2022
Chilliwack RCMP, ambulance and fire respond to reports of gunshots fired at Yale Road, McNaught Road
CHILLIWACK - Multiple officers from Chilliwack RCMP, along with ambulance and fire personnel, responded to the area of Yale Road and McNaught Thursday morning following a report of shots fired. Two vi...
Jul 21, 2022