Category Archives: Fraser Valley
SD33 to hold two open houses next week as it deals with growth, capacity challenges in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack School District will hold two open houses next week as it considers options to balance school enrolment and capacity in Chilliwack over the next 10 years. According to a st...
Feb 26, 2026 Chilliwack School District. (Image Credit: Mike Vanden Bosch.)
District of Hope urges people not to travel on the Coquihalla Highway if possible
HOPE - Environment Canada says a wind advisory is in effect for the Hope area today as a storm brings gale-force winds to the eastern Fraser Valley and heavy snow on the Coquihalla through to Friday. ...
Feb 26, 2026 Highway 3 at Highway 3/5 junction, looking east. (Image Credit: DriveBC.)
B.C.'s minimum wage to increase to over $18/hr
VICTORIA - The province announced Thursday morning that British Columbia's lowest-paid workers will get a 40-cent raise later this year.According to a statement, the minimum wage will increase from th...
Feb 26, 2026 B.C. govt. building. (Image Credit: Flickr / Govt. of B.C.)
Abbotsford City Council rejects housing project with drug consumption room near Abbotsford school
ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford City Council has voted almost unanimously to reject a rezoning application for a supportive housing project near an Abbotsford school that would have featured a drug consum...
Feb 26, 2026 Image: City of Abbotsford / Abbotsford City Council.
Construction begins on expansion of Mission Hospital - 9 months after Fraser Health announced it
MISSION - Nine months after they previously announced it, the Fraser Health Authority now says construction has begun on an $18 million project to expand and modernize the emergency department at Miss...
Feb 25, 2026 Mission Memorial Hospital. (Image Credit: Fraser Health Authority.)
36-year-old Maple Ridge man reported missing: RCMP
MAPLE RIDGE - Mounties in Maple Ridge are seeking help from the public in locating a 36-year-old male who has been missing for over a month.According to a statement from the Ridge Meadows RCMP detachm...
Feb 25, 2026 Missing man. (Image Credit: RCMP.)
New middle school in Langley will have an Indigenous name
LANGLEY - The Langley Board of Education announced this week that a new middle school in the Willoughby Slope area of Langley will have an Indigenous name. According to a statement from SD35, the new ...
Feb 25, 2026 New middle school in Langley. (Image Credit: SD35.)
YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Saving people time at ICBC
Every day, British Columbians need to renew or replace their photo ID, including driver's licenses, BC Services Card, and BC ID, which involves making trips to their local ICBC office and at times, wa...
Feb 25, 2026 File (Image Credit: Pattison Media)
Chilliwack RCMP appeal for help locating a suspect in break and enter, theft
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack are appealing to the public for help in locating a suspect who broke into a parkade on Cook Street and stole a mobility scooter earlier this week. According to a st...
Feb 25, 2026 Suspect in a break and enter and theft. (Image Credit: Facebook.)
Single-vehicle crash in Chilliwack Wednesday morning may have damaged drainage culvert
CHILLIWACK - First responders were called to Sumas Central Road just east of Lickman Road Wednesday morning after a vehicle crashed into a ditch. According to scanner traffic, Chilliwack fire crews we...
Feb 25, 2026 Motor vehicle incident on Sumas Central Road Wednesday morning. (Image Credit: Mike Vanden Bosch.)