Category Archives: Post to Social

Cottonwood Centre says A&W now closed, food court vendors gone by end of April
CHILLIWACK - The days of food court vendors at the Cottonwood Centre mall in Chilliwack are quickly vanishing. Mark Davis, general manager for PCI Warrington Management, confirmed in an email Thursday...
Mike VandenBosch Apr 06, 2023

Police respond to yet another school threat in Lower Mainland
PORT COQUITLAM - For the third time in the past week and a half, police in the Lower Mainland have responded to an apparent threat directed at a school. Coquitlam RCMP frontline officers responded to ...
Mike VandenBosch Apr 06, 2023

Dive team unable to locate missing Chilliwack man: RCMP
CHILLIWACK - The search has been called off in the case of a missing 48-year-old Chilliwack man who was last seen operating a boat on the Harrison River near Kilby just last week. Agassiz RCMP Sgt. Mi...
Mike VandenBosch Apr 06, 2023

BVMR says the public strongly supports its ski resort project east of Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The group behind a proposed ski resort and gondola east of Chilliwack says over 80 per cent of the people they've surveyed support the Bridal Veil Mountain Resort. At the same time, they'...
Mike VandenBosch Apr 06, 2023

YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Cracking down on those who profit from crime
Too many people are recruited into organized crime with dreams of exotic cars, opulent homes and a glamourous lifestyle. That's why our government is taking steps to remove the incentive to commit cri...
Apr 06, 2023

Chilliwack non-profit that helps young families seeks executive director
CHILLIWACK - A downtown Chilliwack non-profit that helps thousands of local children and families in the Fraser Valley in times of financial need is currently looking for an executive director to carr...
Apr 05, 2023

B.C. minimum wage increasing to $16.75/hr. effective June 1
CHILLIWACK - The B.C. government says the lowest-paid workers in the province will get a pay raise from $15.65 an hour to $16.75 an hour effective June 1. "Having a minimum wage that keeps up with inf...
Mike VandenBosch Apr 05, 2023

Free coffee returns Thursday as "Coffee with a Cop" meets at Midtown Starbucks
CHILLIWACK - Members of the Chilliwack RCMP promise they won't break out into long-winded speeches or subject attendees to a carefully crafted narrative. There's no pretense about the opportunity to c...
Mike VandenBosch Apr 05, 2023

Hope Fire Department responds to three suspicious fires in one night
HOPE - The Hope Fire Department says it responded to three suspicious fires the past 24 hours. In a press release from Fire Chief Thomas Cameron, Hope Fire Department responded to three separate fire ...
Mike VandenBosch Apr 05, 2023

Chilliwack volunteer, 85, receives Governor General's award for tireless volunteerism
CHILLIWACK - After a lengthy career in the Canadian military followed by a 13-year career with B.C. Corrections, Vince Merritt decided he wasn't ready to completely call it quits. In fact, Merritt was...
Mike VandenBosch Apr 05, 2023