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Chilliwack Council expected to spend $300,000 to replace electric bear fence around landfill
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack council will consider spending nearly $300,000 to replace an electric bear fence that surrounds the Bailey Sanitary Landfill during its meeting Tuesday (May 19).A staff report ...
Pattison Media May 18, 2026 A file image of a black bear at a landfill. Landfills have been recognized as an attractant for bears in Canada for decades. (Image Credit: Edgar Chavez, Dreamstime)

Update: Eastbound Highway 1 clear after motor vehicle crash in Chilliwack
UPDATE, 11:42 A.M. MONDAY: DriveBC now says eastbound Highway 1 is clear from the motor vehicle crash earlier this morning. Original story: CHILLIWACK - A motor vehicle incident on Highway 1 in Chilli...
Pattison Media May 18, 2026 Crash on Highway 1 has the left lane of e/b Highway 1 blocked Monday morning on Victoria Day. (Image Credit: DriveBC.)

Two taken to hospital after vehicle plunges into North Thompson River in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Two people were taken to Royal Inland Hospital after a vehicle plunged into the North Thompson River Sunday (May 17) evening.BC Emergency Health Services (BC EHS) told CFJC Today that it wa...
Pattison Media May 18, 2026 An RCMP cruiser sits along the North Thompson River as an investigation into a car entering the river Sunday (May 17) evening. (Image Credit: Victor Kaisar/CFJC Today)

McKee public park feedback sought in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - Residents have their chance to comment on the development of a new neighbourhood park in the McKee area.The City of Abbotsford says the park will be located near the intersection of Dawso...
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Classic Car Show planned for Chilliwack in June
CHILLIWACK - Classic cars and motorcycles will come together next month as the Fraser Valley Classic Car Show returns to Chilliwack. The annual event is scheduled for June 7 at the University of the F...
Pattison Media May 18, 2026 The annual Fraser Valley Classic Car show is returning to Chilliwack next month. (Image Credit: File image supplied, Fraser Valley British Motor Club)

1 airlifted to hospital after motorcycle accident in Mission
MISSION - Residents may have heard a number of sirens fly towards a section of Dewdney Trunk Road after a serious collision this afternoon. First responders were paged out to the area of 11749 Dewdney...
Pattison Media May 17, 2026 An air ambulance paged out to the motorcycle crash on Dewdney Trunk Road on Sunday, May 17, 2026. (Image Credit: Lori Garrett, with permission)

Abbotsford police arrest drunk driver in stolen car Sunday morning
ABBOTSFORD - Proactive patrols have led to a double-whammy arrest in Abbotsford Sunday morning (May 17). Just before 11 a.m., AbbyPD patrol officers pulled up to Immel Plaza and made an arrest when pl...
Pattison Media May 17, 2026 Stolen vehicle spotted by plainclothes officers in Abbotsford Sunday, May 17, 2026. (Image Credit: Abbotsford Police Department)

RCMP celebrates grand opening for new Pitt Meadows detachment
PITT MEADOWS - The other half of the former Ridge Meadows RCMP detachment has recently celebrated its own opening ceremonies in Pitt Meadows.Roughly 75 people attended the official move into the Pitt ...
Pattison Media May 17, 2026 Group photo of ribbon-cutting ceremony. (Image Credit: Pitt Meadows RCMP)

G.W. Graham students to take part in annual volunteer and fundraiser initiative May 20
CHILLIWACK - Hundreds of Chilliwack high school students are gearing up to help their community for this year's Take Action Day.Teachers at G.W. Graham (GWG) Secondary kick-started the initiative in 2...
Pattison Media May 17, 2026 G.W. Graham Secondary students promoting Take Action Day on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (Image Credit: Spanish Ace / YouTube)

Man pleads guilty to 2025 fatal stabbing outside Coquitlam pub
COQUITLAM - A Coquitlam man has now pleaded guilty to manslaughter after a fight led to the death of another outside a local pub early last year.RCMP responded to the fight at the John B Pub at 1000 A...
Pattison Media May 17, 2026 A man has pleaded guilty in relation to the fatal stabbing outside a Coquitlam pub on January 31, 2025. (Image Credit: IHIT / File)