Category Archives: Post to Social

Abbotsford man selflessly reaches the century mark as prolific Fraser Valley blood donor
ABBOTSFORD - All it took for Abbotsford resident Nikolas Venema to start giving blood as a young adult was a simple advertisement he heard one day from Canadian Blood Services. And when life got busy ...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 11, 2024

Langley RCMP says missing 29-year-old man has been located safely
LANGLEY - Mounties in Langley say a 29-year-old who was reported missing about a week ago. According to a statement from Langley RCMP Corporal Zynal Sharoom, the 29-year-old male who was reported miss...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 11, 2024

Update: Human-caused fire east of Harrison Lake is now under control
**Update: The fire east of Harrison Lake is now under control.** **Update at 1:57 p.m. Thursday: BC Wildfire Service now reports that the fire east of Harrison Lake has grown from a single hectare to ...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 11, 2024

Shooting in Abbotsford hospitalizes 38-year-old man Thursday morning
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say a 38-year-old male has been hospitalized after sustaining a gunshot wound from a shooting early Thursday morning in the 2000 block of Topaz Street.According to a ...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 11, 2024

Update: Hwy. 99 in Surrey has reopened after a fatality overnight
**Update at 1:47 p.m. Thursday: Surrey RCMP now says Highway 99 northbound from King George to Highway to Highway 91 has reopened, and traffic is flowing once again, after a single-vehicle collision o...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 11, 2024

Update: Vedder Rotary Trail near Peach Park has reopened after Thursday morning log fire along the Vedder River
**Update at 4 p.m. Thursday: The Vedder Rotary Trail has now reopened as of 3:20 p.m. Thursday.** **Update at 10:30 a.m.: The log fire did not spread to the surrounding trees around the foreshore of t...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 11, 2024

Province bans all campfires in Chilliwack, Fraser Valley, and surrounding backcountry
CHILLIWACK - The province isn't taking any chances with campfires, especially after the number of active wildfires in British Columbia jumped by more than two dozen to about 130 amid a heat wave this ...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 10, 2024

Wetlands restoration project begins near Vedder Rotary Trail in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Construction activities have begun on a project just north of the Vedder Rotary Trail that will transform invasive plants, primarily reed canary grass and Himalayan blackberry, into an of...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 10, 2024

Sq'éwqel (Seabird Island) urges people to come forward with information about woman's death
AGASSIZ - Sq'wqel (Seabird Island) First Nation in Agassiz believes there are people from the community who may have more information about a woman connected to the band who sadly passed earlier this ...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 10, 2024

Family of 3 deceased after crash on Lougheed Highway in Agassiz
AGASSIZ - Three people have died, including an infant, after a vehicle and tractor trailer collided on Lougheed Highway in Agassiz earlier this week.According to a statement from Sgt. Andy Lot, Agassi...
Mike VandenBosch Jul 10, 2024