Category Archives: Post to Social

Rona+ store set to close only 14 months after opening in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - Closing sales and discount signs hang up on the walls of Rona+ as another home improvement store bites the dust on 1225 Sumas Way. The lemon and blue banner replaced the Abbotsford Lowe's...
Alyssa Conti Feb 23, 2025

CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted - Week of February 23, 2025
CHILLIWACK - Crime Stoppers "MOST WANTED" is a weekly service based on information provided by police investigators who need public assistance in making our communities safer by identifying individual...
Alyssa Conti Feb 23, 2025

Driver tells AbbyPD officer to ignore impairment, gets licence suspended
ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford Police Department has now shared a bizarre encounter with an impaired driver Saturday morning (Feb. 22). At around 9 a.m., a patrol officer stopped a vehicle and found a cl...
Alyssa Conti Feb 22, 2025

UFV to host career-focused open house in Chilliwack campus
CHILLIWACK - Prospective students are invited to try their hands at some in-demand skills this week at the University of the Fraser Valley's Chilliwack campus. Tours will be held for UFV's trades and ...
Alyssa Conti Feb 22, 2025

New tool aims to support long-term care at Abbotsford facility
ABBOTSFORD - Cottage and Worthington Pavilion's latest equipment is looking to take the pressure out of detecting pressure sores. The facility on Cottage Lane has received a Tactilus Sensor System- a ...
Alyssa Conti Feb 22, 2025

Chilliwack Fire responds to blaze at food waste facility
CHILLIWACK - Roughly 30 Chilliwack firefighters quickly tackled a Friday afternoon (Feb. 21) fire on the 44000 block of Simpson Road, off Unsworth Road. The affected facility was believed to specializ...
Alyssa Conti Feb 22, 2025

BC Wildfire to support controlled burn near Merritt in March
MERRITT- Residents in Merritt and surrounding areas may see a slight haze in their vision starting next month- The BC Wildfire Service will soon be supporting a prescribed burn in the Nooaitch Indian ...
Alyssa Conti Feb 21, 2025

BC Highway Patrol responds to early morning car crash in Coquihalla River
HOPE - BC Highway Patrol has confirmed a single-vehicle collision on the Coquihalla Highway near Deneau Creek Friday morning (Feb. 21). Spokesperson Corporal Michael McLaughlin told Fraser Valley Toda...
Alyssa Conti Feb 21, 2025

Young Surrey man convicted of manslaughter in fatal 2022 stabbing
SURREY - The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) says a young man has now been convicted of manslaughter nearly three years after the death of 44-year-old Leroy Billy in Surrey. On August 18...
Alyssa Conti Feb 21, 2025

Chilliwack School District hosts kindergarten open house events
CHILLIWACK - Early learning schools across SD33 are opening their doors to kids ready to take their first steps into the classroom next school year. Registration is open for Ready, Set, Explore- a ser...
Alyssa Conti Feb 21, 2025