Category Archives: Post to Social

Meet Lexi, voted the Fraser Valley's Cutest Pet, sponsored by The Scruffy Tail
CHILLIWACK - After hundreds of contest entries received from Chilliwack and the surrounding communities were narrowed down to just six finalists, an Australian shepherd dog named Lexi has been voted t...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 20, 2023

UFV nursing program pilots peer-to-peer project for students as they transition to Chilliwack, Abbotsford-area clinical settings
CHILLIWACK - A new near-peer mentor program unveiled this semester as a pilot project has enabled nursing students at the University of the Fraser Valley to enhance their skill set in what the postsec...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 20, 2023

YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Vulnerable people paying the price for NDP failures
A government should only be considered as successful as the people it governs. If everyday people face greater challenges, or if more people than ever are suffering on their watch, how can we say that...
Dec 20, 2023

Westbound Hwy. 1 through Langley impacted Tuesday night due to vehicle fire
LANGLEY - Drive BC says a westbound vehicle fire before 216 Street (exit 61) has impacted traffic flow Tuesday night, Dec. 19 at 7:22 p.m. According to a post on X/Twitter from Drive BC and the Minist...
Dec 19, 2023

Coffee with a Cop returns Wednesday morning to Cottonwood mall in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Members of the Chilliwack RCMP detachment are eager to connect with the residents they serve, even if it's constructive criticism that people might have for local police. As part of their...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 19, 2023

Fraser Health budgets $7.1 million for land acquisition, demo costs to possibly expand Chilliwack Hospital
CHILLIWACK - Fraser Health has budgeted a little over $7 million for land acquisition and demolition costs for what the health authority says could be the eventual expansion of Chilliwack General Hosp...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 19, 2023

Chilliwack Dogwood Monarch Lions Club donates over $40,000 from bingo funds to local non-profits
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack service club that prides itself on rolling up its sleeves to help the broader Chilliwack community has done it again. The Chilliwack Dogwood Monarch Lions Club wrote on Faceb...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 19, 2023

Construction underway for 64-unit, 6-storey rental apartment building on Spadina Ave. in downtown Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Construction is underway on a 64-unit, six-storey mid-rise apartment complex that will feature rental units in a sleek, contemporary building at 45700 Spadina Avenue in downtown Chilliwac...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 19, 2023

Chilliwack Fire Dept. called to suspicious fire at housing complex under construction on Vedder Rd. next to McDonald's
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Fire Department was dispatched at approximately 4 a.m. Tuesday morning (Dec. 19) for the report of a structure fire on Vedder Road in Chilliwack, the site of a housing comp...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 19, 2023

It's business as usual at Island 22 homeless camp in Chilliwack ahead of an eviction deadline in January
CHILLIWACK - When two prominent eviction notices were mounted and posted a little over a week ago in plain view on the grounds of the Island 22 homeless encampment at 45645 Cartmell Road, residents of...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 18, 2023