Category Archives: Post to Social

Chilliwack RCMP police boat activated Monday at Cultus Lake for kayaker who fell underwater and became exhausted
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack RCMP says a water rescue Monday afternoon (July 15) at Cultus Lake involving a kayaker who had fallen underwater and required assistance highlights the critical importance of l...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 16, 2024

City of Chilliwack staff urge council to reject rezoning application for proposed 7-storey development at Fourth/Nowell
CHILLIWACK - City of Chilliwack staff are urging Chilliwack council to deny an amendment to the Official Community Plan and a related rezoning application connected to a proposed seven-storey, mixed-u...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 16, 2024

Chilliwack council to consider rezoning application for 52-unit supportive housing complex on Yale Road
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack City Council is set to consider an application at its meeting today that would build 52 units of supportive housing for women and children on Yale Road, about one kilometre eas...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 16, 2024

Mayor Popove meets CN Rail, CN Rail Police to discuss trespassing on railroad tracks following fatality
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack says Mayor Ken Popove recently met representatives from CN Rail and CN Rail Police to collaborate in the aftermath of a train fatality in June, which resulted in sl...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 15, 2024

UFV School of Education leaves Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - The School of Education at the University of the Fraser Valley will relocate from its current home on the Abbotsford campus to a new home in Mission later this month.In a news release fro...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 15, 2024

New equipment to help babies, pediatric patients arrives at Abbotsford Hospital
ABBOTSFORD - Health care professionals can find it challenging to locate veins in humans, particularly in babies and pediatric patients who may have even harder veins to see and locate. New equipment ...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 15, 2024

Update: Power restored following massive outage that impacted 5,500+ in Hope, Sunshine Valley, and surrounding areas
**Update at 1:09 p.m. Monday: Power has been restored to most parts of Hope and the surrounding area Monday afternoon.** HOPE - BC Hydro says over 5,500 customers in Hope, Silver Creek, Laidlaw, Dogwo...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 15, 2024

Power outage possibly connected to 1-hectare fire northeast of Chilliwack
HERRLING ISLAND - A power outage possibly connected to the 1-hectare fire northeast of Chilliwack has left over 160 customers without power Monday morning (July 15). According to the BC Hydro website,...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 15, 2024

Authorities issue multiple fines to offenders for violating campfire ban in the Chilliwack River Valley
CHILLIWACK - Despite widespread messaging through digital news outlets, radio, TV and social media, scofflaws in the Chilliwack River Valley decided the province-wide campfire prohibition that took ef...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 15, 2024

Update: BC Wildfire Service says fire near Herrling Island under control
**Update at 1 p.m. Monday afternoon: BC Wildfire Service now says the 1-hectare fire near Herrling Island is being held. "We are assisting with two initial attack crews and helicopter support," B.C. W...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 15, 2024