WHATCOM COUNTY (WASHINGTON) - The Whatcom County Sheriff's Office now says a missing British Columbia hiker from Kamloops has been located deceased. After a length and extensive search for missing B.C. hiker Gursimran (Singh) Randhawa, who was overdue since June 29, search and rescue personnel were notified of a sighti...

ROSEDALE - A Rosedale property containing a restaurant that's been in business for 30 years in Chilliwack is now up for sale. The property at 52845 Yale Road, home of the Wildcat Grill, has an asking price of $4.5 million, according to a real estate listing from commercial realtors Stuart and Dennis Muxlow of Royal Lep...

HARRISON HOT SPRINGS - Harrison Hot Springs resident Greg Veltman has announced he will run for a seat on the village council in this fall's municipal election.Veltman, a married father of two young children, says he's running because he wants to contribute to a council that is thoughtful, transparent and focused on se...

CHILLIWACK - For the second year in a row, a Chilliwack-area campground situated between two waterways in a peaceful riverside setting has confirmed it will not open for summer camping.Sweltzer Creek Campground, located at 4745 Sleepy Hollow Road near Cultus Lake, announced last week that it would not open to the publi...

ABBOTSFORD - A candidate in the 2024 provincial election and 2025 Abbotsford by-election who previously worked as a school teacher and professor hopes the third time is the charm. Graeme Hutchison garnered 37 per cent as the NDP candidate in the Abbotsford-West riding in the October 2024 provincial election. He also ra...

DEROCHE - Police in Mission say the occupants of a vehicle are OK after their vehicle struck a train signal pole before a freight train later collided with their vehicle at a railway crossing in Deroche on Sunday afternoon. Mission RCMP spokesperson Corporal Harrison Mohr says Lougheed Highway in Deroche was closed for...

UPDATE, 2:15 P.M. MONDAY: The Whatcom County Sheriff's Office now says a missing British Columbia hiker from Kamloops has been located deceased. After a length and extensive search for missing B.C. hiker Gursimran (Singh) Randhawa, who was overdue since June 29, search and rescue personnel were notified of a sighting o...

ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford need help locating a 32-year-old woman who was last seen Saturday evening at, or near, an Abbotsford shopping mall. AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker says Ksenia Horsley was last seen at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 11 in the 32900 block of South Fraser Way, near the Sevenoaks Shopping ...

CHILLIWACK - The local Rotary Club has selected Chilliwack-born and raised Jared Mumford as its newest club president for 2026-27, succeeding Dr. Ralph Jones.Mumford has been a Rotarian since 2021, with his experience including a two-year stint as Director of Community Service and one as President-Elect. He has also se...

ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford is marking itself immune to what appears to be an ongoing B.C. doctor shortage by welcoming a host of new physicians into the community over the past year. The Abbotsford Division of Family Practice says 26 family doctors and locums have joined the community in 2025, with 80 per cent of doctors ...

CHILLIWACK - Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers. Name: Lance Fred Chalifoux Age: 32 Height: 6'2″ Weight: 190 lbs. Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Wanted: Unlawfully at Large Warrant in effect: July 3, 2026 Parole Jurisdiction: Vancouver Name: Michael Se...

HOPE - The University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) is looking to connect residents with more job opportunities ahead of a BC Housing project's upcoming opening this fall.Cedar Strong Prevention & Intervention Society is set to host a job information fair at UFV's Hope Centre on Wednesday, July 15, across the street f...

CHILLIWACK - Traffic had been stalled for a short time after a single-vehicle collision on Yale Road Saturday afternoon (July 11).First responders attended the incident at 12:24 p.m., where a car reportedly struck what witnesses say appeared to be a telephone pole.BCEHS says one ambulance responded to the scene, but no...

BOSTON BAR - Highway 1 has reopened to traffic four days after it was shut down due to the Brunswick Creek wildfire burning on both ends of the Fraser River. In an update shared by DriveBC at around 7:21 a.m., the highway has reopened to one lane of traffic each way between Boston Bar and Jackass Summit. There is still...

MISSION - Loved ones are now hoping to get a local man and his family back on their feet after a house fire left him with burns and several skull fractures Thursday evening (July 9). Mission police say a 31-year-old from Chilliwack, along with two other workers, had been renovating a deck at a three-storey home on Cher...

BURNABY - RCMP in Burnaby are ramping up their presence at a local park after a suspect was reported for indecent acts in public over the past week.Police say on July 5, 6 and 9, at varying times of day, a man had exposed himself and masturbated in public at different areas of Central Park."These types of incident...

ABBOTSFORD - Residents are invited to attend a block party celebrating the grand opening of Gilmour Park in the Marshall McCallum neighbourhood next week.The park, located at 33932 Gilmour Road, features amenities for all ages, such as a playground with parkour-inspired agility structure, table tennis, three outdoor fi...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have rounded out the staff for new head coach Manny Malhotra. Ryan Mougenel, Jordan Smith and Jason Krog will serve as assistant coaches, while Andrew Shaw will be the assistant video coach. Mougenel recently completed...

MERRITT - Police in Merritt are asking for the public's help in finding a missing man who was last seen last month, on June 20.RCMP say 50-year-old Ryan Rogers was reported missing on July 8.He is described as 5'10", 161 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.Anyone with information on his whereabouts is urged to ...

BOSTON BAR - The BC Wildfire Service is looking to get a little help from cooler weather this weekend in tackling the Brunswick Complex of fires - which has now grown to a total of 18,118 hectares as of Friday morning (July 9). "Over the next two days we will see slighty lower temperatures and higher relative humi...

MISSION - Mission crews have tackled a house fire that sent a construction worker to hospital last night. More than 25 firefighters responded to the report of a burning three-storey home on Cherry Avenue, west of Stave Lake Street on July 9, at around 6 p.m. Assistant Chief Nick Rychkun with the Mission Fire Rescue Ser...

CHILLIWACK - Core cities in the Fraser Valley have continued to see rising unemployment rates in June, despite slight growth in job numbers across B.C. during the FIFA World Cup in Vancouver.Abbotsford lost roughly 1,300 jobs, while unemployment spiked from 7.8 per cent in May to 8.3 last month.Chilliwack also lost 300...

CHILLIWACK - B.C.'s police watchdog is continuing to investigate the extent of or lack of RCMP involvement in the pickup truck collision that claimed one life in December 2025. Shortly after 10:15 p.m. on Boxing Day, a white Ford truck hit a power pole near the intersection of Yale and Banford Roads and was pronounced ...

MISSION - A Mission man has died after falling off his paddleboard in Hayward Lake Thursday evening (July 9) - bringing the total of confirmed drowning deaths to 30 across B.C., according to The Lifesaving Society. At around 6 p.m., police, paramedics and firefighters attended to the lake and tried to resuscitate the p...

LANGLEY - The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Transit says a change to traffic patterns on Highway 1 in Langley, starting as early as this weekend, is set to last until late fall.On Saturday, July 11, the eastbound Highway 1 lanes are set to shift north of the median, and the eastbound off-ramp to 264th Street, or ...

GRANDE PRAIRIE - RCMP say the search for an Alberta boy has been expanded to northern B.C. and into the Northwest Territories or the Yukon. Mounties near the Alberta-B.C. boundary issued an Amber Alert late Wednesday for six-year-old Lanakai Morrison. ...

MAPLE RIDGE - Police in Maple Ridge say a local high school was placed in a hold and secure Thursday morning while RCMP members responded to a call involving a weapon, resulting in police taking a 16-year-old youth suspect into custody. Police were called to the 23000 block of 116 Avenue in Maple Ridge for the report o...

VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say a 67-year-old man has been charged after he brandished a chainsaw at people in downtown Vancouver Wednesday night, though it's unclear if he's been released to cause more trouble in the community. The VPD says the B.C. Prosecution Service has approved a charge of possessing a weapon ...