Category Archives: Fraser Valley
Chilliwack City Council awards $1.7 million contract to stabilize slope behind Salmon Ridge Trail up on Promontory
CHILLIWACK - The Salmon Ridge Trail previously functioned as a popular hiking path in Chilliwack within the forested trail network connecting parts of Promontory with Chilliwack Lake Road. At least it...
Jul 21, 2022
Cultus Lake Park Board sees insurance premiums skyrocket, few companies offer insurance
CHILLIWACK - Imagine receiving a more than 50 per cent increase on your property insurance bill and then finding out that almost no company wants to insure you. That's what Cultus Lake Park Board comm...
Jul 21, 2022
He'll do the dirty work: Chilliwack teen launches thriving car detailing business
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack teen is cleaning up with a business venture he started this spring. Kevin Bernt, who is 15 years old, is ambitious, humble, and hardworking-he is now also an entrepreneur. "I...
Jul 20, 2022
Concrete shortage to delay portions of Vedder Road widening project in Chilliwack until early August
CHILLIWACK - A supply chain shortage of concrete will delay final completion of the ongoing Vedder Road renovation project until early August. The City of Chilliwack has issued an updated planning sch...
Jul 20, 2022
Chilliwack First Nations band inks deal with province to pursue cannabis economic development
CHILLIWACK - The provincial government and Shxwh:y Village, a First Nations entity located north of Highway 1 in Chilliwack, have inked a deal that allows the band to pursue economic development of ca...
Jul 20, 2022
Chilliwack City Council denies application for downtown cannabis retail store by Vancouver Island businessman
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to deny a request from a Vancouver Island entrepreneur to establish a non-medical cannabis retail store in the downtown Save-on Foo...
Jul 20, 2022
Chilliwack RCMP looking for missing woman
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack RCMP is looking for 45-year-old Nicole Blank, who was last seen on July 8.Blank, who until recently was a resident of Sidney, B.C., was in Chilliwack visiting family when s...
Jul 19, 2022
More than a mural: Local Indigenous artist's tribute that led to artistic journey
CHILLIWACK - The pandemic forced lifestyle changes for many people-local Indigenous artist, Chase Gray, was no exception. Gray reignited his passion for art during the lockdown, and now his work will ...
Jul 19, 2022
Men find hope, healing at Joshua House residential recovery house east of Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - It's not uncommon for men to show up at Richard Korkowski's substance abuse rehabilitation facility on Chilliwack Lake Road with little more than the shirt on their back. At Joshua House ...
Jul 19, 2022
Chilliwack doctor says Ministry of Health can't keep ignoring family physicians
CHILLIWACK - As the number of British Columbians without a family doctor grows daily, a Chilliwack family doctor figures the current system needs to change immediately. Dr. Darren Joneson, who runs Sp...
Jul 19, 2022