Category Archives: Post to Social

Abbotsford-based non-profit hires former Chilliwack executive director
CHILLIWACK - It didn't take long for Chilliwack resident Steve Roukema to find a new home after serving as the executive director of Chilliwack Restorative Justice for the past three years. M2W2, a no...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 05, 2024

Fire causes significant damage at multi-unit development in Hope
HOPE - A fire at a multi-unit residential development in Hope Tuesday night (Dec. 3) caused significant damage to one of its units, prompting the deployment of Emergency Support Services personnel. Ho...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 05, 2024

Uninsured vehicle stop leads to firearm seizure, arrest: Abbotsford PD
ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford PD says a 54-year-old driver remains in police custody after a rifle was observed inside a motorist's truck during a vehicle stop overnight. AbbyPD says its patrol officers saw...
Dec 05, 2024

UPDATE: Two men arrested near burning vehicle after shots were fired near an Abbotsford home Thursday morning
UPDATE 2:45 P.M. THURSDAY: AbbyPD Sgt. Paul Walker says two men have been arrested near a burning vehicle after an incident of shots fired in a residential neighbourhood Thursday morning. Sgt. Walker ...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 05, 2024

First Nation band says feds quick to respond to toxic discharge in Chilliwack waterway, but not B.C. govt.
CHILLIWACK - For the second time in as many months, a toxic waste discharge has been located in a Chilliwack-area waterway. According to a news release dated November 29 from Cheam First Nation, the l...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 05, 2024

Chilliwack RCMP investigation leads to lengthy prison term for man linked to drugs, firearms
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack say a man has received a 12-year prison term less time served after pleading guilty to drug trafficking and multiple firearms offences, following an investigation b...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 05, 2024

Chilliwack councillor slams province for downloading costs onto City amid 7.1% property tax increase
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Councillor Chris Kloot said the provincial and federal governments bear much of the blame for a 7.1 per cent property tax increase Chilliwack taxpayers will face next year. Klo...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 04, 2024

Head-on collision kills elderly woman: Mission RCMP
MISSION - Mounties in Mission say a 78-year-old woman from Mission died Tuesday evening (Dec. 3) after a head-on collision on Wilson Street south of Dewdney Trunk Road. According to a statement from C...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 04, 2024

Chilliwack mom of 3 who was expecting left reeling after husband suddenly passes
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack mom of three kids who is expecting a fourth child around Christmas time has been devastated after her husband passed last week. According to the text of an urgent online appe...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 04, 2024

More homeless camps found abandoned in Chilliwack River Valley
CHILLIWACK - When it comes to encampments in and around Chilliwack, nothing surprises Chilliwack cleanup volunteer Ross Aikenhead anymore, especially after seven years of calling into a provincial hot...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 04, 2024