Category Archives: Post to Social

Abandoned homeless camp on Chilliwack Lake Road poses an environmental mess, eyesore
CHILLIWACK - Volunteers with the Chilliwack/Vedder River Cleanup Society are accustomed to hauling away hundreds, sometimes thousands, of pounds of metal, debris and garbage from the shoreline of the ...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 20, 2022

Canada Post suspends mail delivery in Chilliwack due to inclement weather
CHILLIWACK - If you're expecting a time-sensitive package or Christmas gift through Canada Post, you'll need to wait just a little bit longer. Canada Post issued a red delivery service alert at 11:29 ...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 20, 2022

Cheam, Landing Leisure Centres remain open today; other city facilities closed
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack wrote on its website Tuesday morning (Dec. 20) that it has closed several city-owned facilities due to hazardous winter conditions following the overnight storm tha...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 20, 2022

Chilliwack libraries, FVRD, and Rosedale post office all closed due to snow
CHILLIWACK - One of the stronger winter storms in recent memory has resulted in the closure of several government agencies on Tuesday (Dec. 20). The Fraser Valley Regional Library wrote on Facebook Tu...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 20, 2022

District of Kent ditches free EV charging, will now impose a $4/hour fee
AGASSIZ - The days of charging your electric vehicle for free in downtown Agassiz appear to be coming to an end. The District of Kent wrote on Twitter Monday night (Dec. 19) that effective January 3, ...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 20, 2022

B.C. Transit suspends all transit service, including Handy Dart, in Chilliwack today
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack-area residents who rely on B.C. Transit and the 12 bus routes it provides in Chilliwack, Agassiz and the surrounding communities will need to find an alternative form of transp...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 20, 2022

Heavy winds and snow bring whiteout conditions to Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Old Man Winter returned with a vengeance overnight, dumping at least 15-20 centimetres of snow throughout Chilliwack and Sardis and bringing out whiteout conditions to the Fraser Valley d...
Mike VandenBosch Dec 20, 2022

Police search for elderly man in Kamloops or Kelowna
KELOWNA - RCMP are asking for the public's help in locating an 81-year-old man with dementia. Police say he left his supportive housing unit in the 45000 block of Yale Road, on December 15. He was ups...
Dec 19, 2022

Hope Fire braves wintry weather to extinguish fire just east of downtown Sunday
HOPE - Firefighters from the Hope Fire Department braved wintry weather when they responded to a structure fire Sunday morning (Dec. 18) on Riverview Drive in Hope, just east of downtown. Hope Fire pe...
Dave Barry Dec 18, 2022

Snow causing havoc through parts of Lower Mainland, moving into Fraser Valley
VICTORIA - Motorists in the Lower Mainland are being warned about travel along Highway 1 as a winter storm bears down on the region.In a news release this morning (Dec. 18), the Ministry of Transporta...
Dave Barry Dec 18, 2022