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Seasonal transit from Chilliwack to Cultus Lake ending Sept. 5
CHILLIWACK - BC Transit says it will end summer transit service on route 56 to Cultus Lake after the Labour Day long weekend. In a news release Tuesday morning, BC Transit says it will seasonally disc...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 22, 2023

Former restaurant explodes in Prince George, injures 3 Tuesday morning
PRINCE GEORGE - Update: RCMP say three people were injured in this morning's blast, one of whom had serious injuries though they say it's still too early to pinpoint a cause."We have been informed tha...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 22, 2023

Adventist church camp west of Hope hosting, feeding nearly 50 evacuees from BC fire
CAMP HOPE - A BC Adventist church camp west of Hope has accepted approximately 50 evacuees from the Kookipi Creek wildfire.According to a social media post from Camp Hope, located at 61855 Lougheed Hi...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 22, 2023

Fire near Boston Bar grows by more than 3,000 hectares, incident managers to oversee fire starting today
BOSTON BAR - The Kookipi Creek fire originally located approximately 16 kilometres northwest of Boston Bar continues to grow in leaps and bounds. According to an update on the BC Wildfire Service webs...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 22, 2023

RCMP release photos of suspect vehicle in hit-and-run that killed a Merritt city councillor
VALEMOUNT, BC - Valemount RCMP released surveillance photos of a vehicle suspected to be involved in a crash that killed a Merritt city councillor.In a news release issued Monday (Aug. 21), RCMP say t...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 22, 2023

Police deployed to Hope for high-risk incident Monday night
HOPE - Heavily armed police, presumably from the RCMP Emergency Response Team (ERT), surrounded a home near Yale Street and Thacker Avenue in Hope Monday night in what some residents characterized as ...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 21, 2023

Excavator reportedly hits gas line near Commercial Court in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - FortisBC and Chilliwack Fire Department personnel have been dispatched to Commercial Court near Eagle Landing Monday afternoon after an excavator reportedly hit a gas line at, or near, a ...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 21, 2023

Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre pool to close for nearly 2 1/2 weeks
CHILLIWACK - The aquatic facility at the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre, one of two city-owned recreation centres in town, will be closed from Monday, August 21 through Friday, September 8 for sche...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 21, 2023

Out of control fire north of Chilliwack Lake doubles in size
CHILLIWACK - A fire north of Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park in the mountainous Skagit Range has grown from 356 hectares as reported last week to over 800 hectares as of Sunday. The BC Wildfire Servic...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 21, 2023

Chilliwack-area man, Hope woman facing charges for breaking into retail store
KAMLOOPS - A Chilliwack-area man with an extensive criminal record is one of three people facing numerous charges after a series of Kamloops-area crimes, including a recent break-and-enter at the Heff...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 21, 2023