Category Archives: Fraser Valley
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.)
Heavy snow forecast for the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt: Environment Canada
COQUIHALLA - Heavy snow and strong winds have prompted warnings from Environment Canada for several parts of British Columbia. The forecaster has issued a snow squall warning expected Thursday for bot...
Feb 25, 2026
Abbotsford businessman funds life-saving equipment at ARH, gives back to city that welcomed him 40 years ago
ABBOTSFORD - A Fraser Valley businessman who arrived in Abbotsford four decades ago as a refugee and made it his mission to give back to the community that welcomed him has funded a critically importa...
Feb 25, 2026 A new electrocardiograph machine at Abbotsford Regional Hospital, thanks to a generous donation from Abbotsford businessman Dao Tran (second from right). (Image Credit: Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation.)
Transit Police investigating over 35 incidents of vandalism to bus shelters, likely from projectile
LOWER MAINLAND - Transit Police in Metro Vancouver say they're investigating a rash of vandalism to bus shelters in several cities like Surrey, Burnaby and New Westminster.In a statement, Metro Vancou...
Feb 25, 2026 Vandalism to bus shelters. (Image Credit: Metro Vancouver Transit Police.)
Mayor apologizes for Chilliwack's 'crappiest piece of road', cites delays in getting permits from B.C. govt.
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove has issued an apology over the condition of Prest Road while faulting the provincial government for not granting permits to the city fast enough in order to fi...
Feb 25, 2026 Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove. (Image Credit: City of Chilliwack.)
Vancouver councillor denounced for video saying rivals used and distributed drugs
VANCOUVER - Several Vancouver municipal councillors say they want a review and "unequivocal censure" of comments by council colleague Lenny Zhou, who accuses his party's rivals of being drug users who...
Feb 24, 2026
Arson, break and enters among the nearly 700 calls for service the past week in Chilliwack: RCMP
CHILLIWACK - A suspected arson and eight break and enters were among the 689 calls for service that Mounties in Chilliwack dealt with the past week in the greater Chilliwack area. According to a state...
Feb 24, 2026 RCMP. (Image Credit: Chilliwack RCMP.)
Man charged with possession, distribution of child porn - after police were tipped off by Mission RCMP
SURREY - Federal Mounties say a 52-year-old man has been charged with possession and distribution of child porn following a multi-jurisdictional investigation by the RCMP's Child Exploitation Unit, af...
Feb 24, 2026 Image: File photo, Pattison Media
Tentative labour deal reached with 26,000 B.C. community health workers in B.C.
VANCOUVER - The Community Bargaining Association representing more than 26,000 health workers in British Columbia says a tentative deal has been reached with the province after the last agreement expi...
Feb 24, 2026
Abbotsford road shut down after vehicle crashes, strikes power pole
ABBOTSFORD - A rural Abbotsford road located east of the Abbotsford Airport was closed Tuesday morning after a vehicle struck a power pole. According to a statement from the Abbotsford Police Departme...
Feb 24, 2026 Motor vehicle incident. (Image Credit: AbbyPD.)