LANGLEY - Police are seeking the public's help in finding a missing teenager in Langley.The RCMP reports Elissa Rose Shabaquay, 16, was reported missing on June 12. She is described as a 5'6" Indigenous girl, 141 lbs, with brown hair and brown eyes. Elissa was last seen wearing a black hoodie, as well as pants, a ...

MAPLE RIDGE - Ridge Meadows RCMP are urging residents to stay bear - and generally wildlife - aware after two recent encounters left a person and a pet injured. Yesterday, June 12, police responded to an incident involving a resident and a bear, which resulted in the individual sustaining minor injuries. On June 10, an...

MISSION - Police are hoping to speak with a DoorDash driver who was possibly taken for a ride in his own car while it was being stolen. Just before 7:30 p.m. on May 30, Mission RCMP went to assist a road crew near Stave Lake Street and Dewdney Trunk Road after a man allegedly tried to steal a flagging truck from them. ...

MERRITT - A hotel in Merritt caught fire overnight. At around 1:30 a.m. Friday (June 13), Merritt RCMP and Merritt Fire Rescue responded to the Comfort Inn and Suites on De Wolf Way where a large portion of the building was engulfed in flames. In a news release, RCMP say the hotel was extensively damaged, but all guest...

CHILLIWACK - A much-loved clothing and gift shop in the heart of the city is soon closing its doors after 20 years in business. The Button Box owner Jeanie Blecker looked back at the shop's journey in a social media post Thursday night (Jun. 13), including her personal health challenges and the loss of her husband to c...

FRASER VALLEY - A 35-year-old Fraser Valley man has been formally charged with 15 criminal counts for a motor vehicle incident that killed two women in their 20s and injured three others last year. According to a statement from BC Highway Patrol A/Sgt. Patrick Davies, following a BCHP investigation of just over a year,...

CHILLIWACK - East Point Reef Club, a new attraction in Bridal Falls, announced on social media Thursday that it will open some of its facilities to the public this weekend. The upstart venue at 53790 Popkum Road in Popkum will officially open its eatery, surf supply and general store starting this Saturday, June 14. Th...

OTTAWA - This year's wildfire season in Canada is shaping up to be the second-worst on record and federal officials are warning of a dangerous summer in parts of British Columbia. Officials with several government departments held a technical briefing Thursday in Ottawa with an update on the state of multiple wildfires...

FRASER VALLEY - Motorists in the Fraser Valley who might be traveling through Langley, on their way to Vancouver or over to Vancouver Island this weekend are being notified about the possibility of heavy traffic along Highway 1.According to a statement from the B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Transit, drivers shoul...

CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Arts & Cultural Centre Society says a new company has stepped forward as the underwriting sponsor of the venue's art gallery.Society staff say the O'Connor Group Art Gallery has been renamed as the Odlum Brown Art Gallery, a move that recognizes the O'Connor Group as an avid supporter of...

LOWER MAINLAND - Mounties in Burnaby say an RCMP member rescued an injured hawk after it was located in the middle of a road near Kingsway and Hall Avenue earlier this month. According to a statement from RCMP Corporal Mike Kalanj, a Burnaby RCMP frontline officer was advised of an injured bird by a concerned citizen o...

LANGLEY - An online fundraiser has been launched for a Langley woman who lost her pigs, sheep, cows, chickens, cats and horses in a barn fire last week that was allegedly set by a live-in farmhand. Mounties in Langley say a Langley man has been arrested on charges that he allegedly set fire to a barn in the 20500 block...

UPDATE: IHIT spokesperson Sgt. Freda Fong says homicide investigators have identified the victim of Wednesday's shooting as 56-year-old Satwinder Sharma of Abbotsford, in hopes of advancing the investigation. Sharma was at his place of work at the time of the shooting and he had no criminal history. Sgt. Fong says earl...

SQUAMISH - Mounties in Squamish are investigating the cause of the massive Dryden Creek Area fire that grew from five hectares to 54 hectares. On Monday, June 9, at approximately 5:30 p.m., Squamish RCMP and Squamish Fire Rescue were first notified of smoke on the hillside at the end of Tantalus Road. Due to dry condit...

CHILLIWACK - Multiple Chilliwack Fire Department engines were paged Wednesday night shortly after 9:30 p.m. for the report of a barn fire in the 8900 block of Annis Road in Chilliwack. According to a voice recording provided by Chilliwack resident Julie Hiscock, Engines 1, 2, and 4, Tower 1 and the duty chief were aler...

ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford are investigating a sexual assault that happened Wednesday afternoon in the Fishtrap Creek Park area and have released a picture of the person they'd like to identify. According to a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Constable Jody Thomas, police responded to a report that a female wa...

CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack say the 16-year-old boy who was reported missing earlier this week has been safely located. "The RCMP is pleased to confirm that the 16-year-old boy reported missing on June 11, 2025 has been located, and he is safe and sound. The RCMP thanks the media and public for their assis...

CHILLIWACK - Two women with the first name of Shelly wanted to make longtime Chilliwack resident Myrtle Macdonald's birthday on Wednesday morning a special one - her 104th birthday no less. Shelly Cox, a server at the recently opened IHOP on Eagle Landing Parkway, brought celebratory balloons, while Myrtle's longtime f...

CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack firefighters were paged Wednesday morning for the report of a vehicle into a home. According to scanner traffic, at least three engines (1, 4 and 1-2) were advised at 11:06 a.m. about a vehicle that hit a home in the 8700 block of Baker Drive. Responding firefighters told dispatch there were fou...

ABBOTSFORD - Sinkholes aren't just limited to the Coquihalla Highway. Abbotsford police say a sinkhole has been reported in the 5400 block of Tolmie Road, located about a kilometre west of the Keith Wilson Bridge. Police say the road will be closed between the 5400 block of Tolmie Road and No. 2 Road to allow for neces...

FRASER VALLEY - Police in Surrey say charges have been laid against a 33-year-old man connected to an alleged sexual assault last week. According to a statement from spokesperson Sgt. Tige Pollock, Surrey Police Service (SPS) is seeking additional witnesses in a June 5, 2025 incident in which Jatinder Singh Gill was ar...

CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack North MLA Heather Maahs plans to welcome Fraser-Nicola MLA Tony Luck at a fundraiser next week at one of Chilliwack's newer restaurants.The fundraiser, scheduled for Saturday, June 21 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Kelly O'Bryan's in Chilliwack, features an evening of food, drinks and an opportunity t...

HOPE - The District of Hope says the area's secondary school could undergo a name change that would honour an Indigenous language and reflect what it calls "the spirit of our community." In a social media post Tuesday, the district said the proposed name is: Shxwelí:s te Ts'qó:ls - Spirit of Hop...

CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack-area ice cream parlour with three locations in and around Chilliwack will hold a hiring fair this weekend as it looks to add more people to its staff roster.Kent's Ice Cream Co. posted on Facebook Tuesday that it will be hiring for all three of its locations at its hiring fair this Saturday, J...

UPDATE: The fire in Squamish has grown from five hectares on Monday to 14.4 hectares as of Tuesday evening, according to the latest information on the BC Wildfire Service dashboard. Original story below: SQUAMISH - An evacuation alert has been issued for 16 properties within the District of Squamish amid a fast-growing...

ABBOTSFORD - There are too many commercial vehicles in the Fraser Valley that fail to comply with provincial safety regulations, endangering the motorists around them. Case in point last week, the Abbotsford Police Department's Traffic Enforcement Unit partnered with the Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement (CVSE)...

MISSION - The City of Mission says a community celebration will be held next week to mark a historic agreement in which 60 hectares of land have been returned to area First Nations. The municipality announced Monday that the event is being hosted by the Leq'á:mel, Màthxwi, and Semá:th (LMS) Society...

ABBOTSFORD - Two specialty retail stores selling surf and skate gear and clothing, and who have several locations throughout British Columbia, will be opening soon at Highstreet in Abbotsford. ONE Boardshop, a skateboard and snowboard shop, and Premium Label, which sells surf, skate and snowboard apparel, are set to op...