Category Archives: Fraser Valley

Former Chilliwack trustee ordered to pay $750,000 for violating B.C. Human Rights Code
CHILLIWACK - The B.C. Teachers' Federation says it is applauding a decision handed down by a human rights tribunal that orders a former Chilliwack trustee to pay $750,000 for violating B.C.'s Human Ri...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 19, 2026

Update: Power restored after 1,700+ lose electricity in Chilliwack Thursday morning
UPDATE: As of 12:45 p.m., power has been restored to customers in Promontory. Original story: CHILLIWACK - Over 1,700 residential customers in Promontory have lost power Thursday morning, and the reas...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 19, 2026

Chilliwack RCMP urge residents to stop leaving their vehicles unlocked
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack say far too many motorists are leaving their vehicles unlocked, making it easy for crooks to make off with people's valuables across the city. According to a statem...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 19, 2026

Chilliwack firefighters respond to two fires near Young and Princess early Thursday AM (VIDEO)
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Assistant Fire Chief Chris Wilson says firefighters were called to a fire near the former Business Centre at Young and Princess early Thursday, and later located a second fire ...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 19, 2026

Large police response activated Wednesday night at site of recent homicide
CHILLIWACK - Social media lit up after Chilliwack residents reported seeing a police helicopter circling Wednesday night above the site of Sunday's homicide on Mellard Avenue, coupled with a large pol...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 19, 2026 Image: William Snow.

Suspected impaired driver strikes 2 vehicles and flees - all with 4 kids in his car - and is later arrested
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say a motorist suspected of being impaired has been arrested after he allegedly struck two vehicles in the Langley area last week, fled the scene but was eventually c...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 19, 2026

Impairment ruled out as cause of rollover on Chilliwack River Road Wednesday night: RCMP
UPDATE, 8:35 A.M. THURSDAY: Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener says police were called to a reported single-vehicle rollover at 8:20 p.m. She says the driver and lone occupant did not...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 19, 2026

Agassiz prison under lockdown, exceptional search protocol
AGASSIZ - Federal correctional staff say a lockdown is currently in place at an Agassiz prison. According to a statement from the Correctional Service of Canada, a lockdown was put in place at Mountai...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 18, 2026

Suspect sought in break and enter at hotel in Hope: RCMP
HOPE - Mounties in Hope are appealing to the public for help in locating a 26-year-old man who is wanted for break and enter, assault with a weapon and theft under $5,000. According to a statement fro...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 18, 2026

City of Chilliwack awards tender to fix 'awkward' Greendale intersection, notes concrete barriers are often struck
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack has awarded a tender to widen and improve what it calls an "awkward" intersection in Greendale where its concrete barriers are often struck and knocked over. Counci...
Mike VandenBosch Feb 18, 2026