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YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Strengthening primary care access for a growing British Columbia
Last week, Premier David Eby announced that we've connected over 600,000 people to a family doctor or nurse practitioner since 2023, with more than 4,000 people being matched every single week. Thanks...
Pattison Media Apr 08, 2026 A file image of health care workers assisting a patient in an examination area. (Image Credit: Pattison Media)

Drunk driver arrested at rural Hope-area home after fleeing traffic stop at high rate of speed
HOPE - Mounties in Hope say a drunk driver has been arrested at a rural home between Chilliwack and Hope after he fled from police during a traffic stop last week.According to a recap for the week of ...
Pattison Media Apr 08, 2026 File photo, RCMP. (Image Credit: Derrick Kramer.)

Chilliwack on-call teacher reprimanded for inappropriate behaviour in Grade 5 classroom
UPDATE: A Chilliwack School District spokesperson has confirmed that the teacher mentioned in this story is still employed by SD33, according to an email of confirmation from communications manager Am...
Pattison Media Apr 08, 2026 Chilliwack School District. (Image Credit: Mike Vanden Bosch)

Police warn of uptick in reports of parking lot gold scams in Chilliwack, Hope: RCMP
CHILLIWACK/HOPE - A spokesperson for the Upper Fraser Valley RCMP detachment in Chilliwack is reminding the public to be wary of parking lot gold scams in which con artists try to sell fake goods and ...
Pattison Media Apr 08, 2026 File photo showing fake gold jewellery from a July 2024 police investigation in Hope. The suspect in this incident was arrested and charged with fraud-related offences for trying to sell fake gold at Hope-area parking lots. (Image Credit: Hope RCMP.)

Mission Memorial Hospital's reduced ER hours extended for an entire month
MISSION - The Fraser Health Authority has now confirmed that the emergency department at Mission Memorial Hospital will temporarily reduce its hours for another month due to reduced staffing levels. A...
Pattison Media Apr 07, 2026 Image: Fraser Health / Mission Memorial Hospital.

Hope RCMP seek whereabouts of dangerous 65-year-old man who has 10 warrants for his arrest
HOPE - Mounties in Hope are appealing to the public for help in locating a 65-year-old man considered dangerous who has 10 unendorsed arrest warrants. According to a statement from Upper Fraser Valley...
Pattison Media Apr 07, 2026 Wanted man. (Image Credit: Hope RCMP.)

Man arrested after assaulting 2 people and an RCMP officer: Chilliwack RCMP
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack handled over 800 calls for service the past week, including an incident in which an unidentified man known to police reportedly assaulted two people and an RCMP off...
Pattison Media Apr 07, 2026 File photo, Chilliwack RCMP. (Image Credit: Mike Vanden Bosch.)

Wildfire north of Boston Bar being held: BCWS
(UPDATE 7:30 p.m. MONDAY): The BC Wildfire Service says a small wildfire that ignited in the Fraser Canyon north of Boston Bar on Monday (Apr. 6) is being held at 3.6 hectares. In an update just after...
Pattison Media Apr 07, 2026 Image: File photo, BC Wildfire Service.

Longtime Chilliwack resident, community advocate for radon awareness sadly passes
CHILLIWACK - A former operating room nurse who later worked as a Chilliwack real estate agent and devoted countless hours toward raising awareness around radon has sadly passed after a courageous batt...
Pattison Media Apr 07, 2026 Jill Hall. (Image Credit: Century 21.)

Abbotsford Police respond to over a dozen domestic violence reports during Easter weekend
ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford Police Department spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker says AbbyPD officers fielded over a dozen calls involving intimate partner violence over the Easter long weekend, amid 445 calls...
Pattison Media Apr 07, 2026 AbbyPD. (Image Credit: AbbyPD.)