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Distraught person with weapon taken into custody Monday night: Chilliwack RCMP
UPDATE 2:50 P.M., TUESDAY: Chilliwack RCMP says police were dispatched at approximately 6 p.m. Monday night for the report of a distraught person with a weapon in the area of Berkeley Avenue and Young...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 17, 2024

Police use bean bags to apprehend suspect in stolen vehicle incident: AbbyPD
ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford Police say a 37-year-old man was arrested Monday night after he stole a vehicle and tried to flee from authorities by ramming police vehicles in the parking lot of an Abbotsfor...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 17, 2024

Cat adoption centre, thrift store set to open in Abbotsford in 2025
ABBOTSFORD - Abby Cat Daddy, a local feline organization with roots in the Fraser Valley, announced Monday (Dec. 16) it hopes to open a combined thrift store and cat adoption centre in Abbotsford next...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 17, 2024

Motorist takes out utility pole Monday, tries to flee crash scene
MISSION - Mounties in Mission say a 33-year-old Mission man exhibited signs of impairment after the SUV he was driving Monday morning left Dewdney Trunk Road and crashed into a utility pole.According ...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 17, 2024

Chilliwack firefighters extinguish fire at makeshift cabin off Chilliwack Lake Road
CHILLIWACK - Three Chilliwack Fire Department engines were dispatched Monday afternoon after a makeshift homeless camp containing a log home-style cabin went up in flames off Chilliwack Lake Road, rou...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 17, 2024

Hope residents poised to clean up another homeless encampment Tuesday
HOPE - It's become a routine occurrence for Fraser Valley residents and community-minded volunteers to take the lead in cleaning up public trash dumps that were once homeless encampments. In the lates...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 16, 2024

Heavy rain forecast for Chilliwack, Abbotsford starting Tuesday
CHILLIWACK - Environment Canada is forecasting heavy rain will arrive Tuesday in Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Agassiz and Mission. According to an advisory from the national weather agency, between 50-70 m...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 16, 2024

Chilliwack North MLA to hold Christmas open house this week
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack MLA Heather Maahs will hold a Christmas open house later this week at her new constituency office. Maahs, who was resoundingly elected in October with 54 per cent of the vote i...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 16, 2024

Update: Man hospitalized, 1 in custody following lockdown on Seabird Island First Nation
UPDATE 3:15 P.M., TUESDAY: A spokesperson for the Agassiz RCMP detachment says a man has been hospitalized, and another has been taken into custody, after police responded to a report of an assault in...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 16, 2024

Chilliwack meat store known for good deeds, acts of kindness suffers overnight break and enter
CHILLIWACK - A community-minded retailer that offers free food for vulnerable Chilliwack residents and discounts its products for local seniors has been the victim of an overnight break and enter. Bri...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 16, 2024