CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack plans to move forward with a $5.5 million project to revitalize a section of Main Street in downtown Chilliwack and replace aging utility infrastructure. According to item 7.2 on Tuesday's Chilliwack City Council agenda, councillors will be asked to approve a motion that enables staf...

ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say a DoorDash driver's attempt to expedite a takeout order by going more than double the speed limit in a posted 50 zone backfired in a big way Sunday.The Abbotsford PD says they clocked the gig driver at 117 km/h in a posted 50 zone on Marshall Road. "If you're still waiting on ...

CHILLIWACK - Two people were transported to hospital with serious injuries after a crash on Highway 1 in Chilliwack Friday afternoon. Chilliwack Fire crews, Chilliwack RCMP and BC Emergency Health Services paramedics were called to the area of Highway 1 and Prest Road at about 4:30 p.m. Friday. The on-ramp to eastbound...

UPDATE: DriveBC now says Highway 11 in Abbotsford has reopened following an overnight crash. They posted to social media at 8:12 a.m. that the highway has reopened. Motorists should expect delays due to congestion. Original story: ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say a section of Highway 11 in Abbotsford has been clo...

MISSION - Some patients may have to go elsewhere for immediate care as the Mission Memorial Hospital emergency department is set to shut down again overnight - less than a week after the last closure.Fraser Health says the service interruption is set to last from Sunday, May 31, at 5 p.m. to Monday, June 1, at 8 a.m. t...

LANGLEY - Two communities in the Fraser Valley region have received a new investment from the B.C. government to improve their local airports. The province has granted $206,250 for a tractor and related equipment at the Fraser Valley Regional Airpark in Hope, while Langley will receive $2 million to upgrade its airfiel...

VANCOUVER - Police in Surrey say the RCMP has taken over the investigation into a shooting that has left a male dead in that community. Surrey Police Service says in a statement that it responded to reports of a shooting in the area of 138 Street and 6...

ABBOTSFORD - Sunday morning didn't turn out easy for Abbotsford police after they stopped a number of speeding drivers before 9 a.m. today (May 31).AbbyPD says officers with its Traffic Enforcement Unit had already impounded three vehicles for excessive speeding in the span of one hour - one of them with a drunk driver...

SURREY - A career criminal who regularly took transit has been arrested and now faces multiple drug- and gun-related charges after an investigation led by transit police.Crime suppression officers with the Metro Vancouver Transit Police first executed a search warrant on a man who was known to police February 10, from ...

AGASSIZ - Some residents may have heard sirens and a helicopter fly overhead after an accident on the highway in Agassiz Saturday night (May 30). First responders were first paged out at 11:05 p.m. regarding a motor vehicle incident on Highway 9, near the Seniors Community on Mackay Crescent. BCEHS told Fraser Valley T...

CHILLIWACK - Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers. Name: Twyla Ahpay Age: 25 Height: 5'4" Weight: 185lbs Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Wanted: Unlawfully at Large Warrant in effect: May 23, 2026 Parole Jurisdiction: Vancouver with Canada-wide warrants Na...

VANCOUVER - Former federal MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay has won the race to replace former British Columbia Conservative leader John Rustad on the fourth ballot, beating commentator Caroline Elliott. Findlay won with 51 per cent of the vote, just ahead of El...

ABBOTSFORD - An Abbotsford man has been arrested after police found him with over 100 grams of drugs and other paraphernalia Friday morning, just after 10 a.m. Patrol officers in the 2300 block of McCallum Road spotted the man, who was known to police, and conducted a search. The search revealed that the man had more t...

CHILLIWACK - Three communities in the Fraser Valley have partnered up with a couple of Interior municipalities to call for stronger economic resilience across Southern B.C. The West Coast Corridor Resiliency Partnership (WCCRP) consists of Chilliwack, Hope, Abbotsford, Merritt and Princeton - communities linked by trad...

CHILLIWACK - It's showering purple rain across town this summer when the Chilliwack Cultural Centre gears up to host 1999: The Ultimate Prince Experience live on stage.The tribute tour stars South African musician Dale Ray, who will be performing guitar, piano, saxophone, keytar, and drums with dancers and an eight-pie...

CHILLIWACK - Local organizations are looking to starve food insecurity in the Fraser Valley by filling up the Chilliwack Bowls of Hope Society with some help. On May 16, more than 50 Rotary Club members and volunteers showed up to the group's "Epic Day of Service" to plant vegetables and prepare beds at the C...

HOPE - The Fraser-Cascade School District says it will be banning e-scooters on school premises in light of recent injuries involving e-scooters across the region.SD78 said the decision comes after consultation with local RCMP regarding ongoing concerns for student and public safety, according to a letter issued to par...

MISSION - Search-and-rescue crews have once again saved the day this week, this time in Mission. On Thursday evening, the Mission Search and Rescue Society was paged out to help a man who fell a "considerable distance" in the East Stave backcountry. SAR said that although the man was stable, his injuries from...

SURREY - The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is now investigating a stabbing and officer-involved shooting that led to both a victim and a suspect dead in Surrey Friday afternoon (May 29). The Surrey Police Service says at around 1 p.m., frontline officers responded to a report of an assault at a building in the...

FRASER VALLEY - The Fraser Valley Regional District is looking to match national alerts with an update to its air quality warning systems.The region's systems have been updated to the two-tiered system used by Environment and Climate Change Canada and will be used to notify residents of poor air quality.This replaces t...

CHILLIWACK - It may not be a cruel summer after all - a Taylor Swift Eras tribute tour is coming to town this June in Chilliwack.The tour, headlined by New Zealand recording artist Josette, will be stopping in various cities across Canada with a live band and professional dancers to recreate 20 highlights of Swift's re...

ABBOTSFORD - The City of Abbotsford is now urging residents to honour some people and groups who have made significant contributions to the community at this year's Civic Recognition Awards.Nominations are now open for the annual event's two categories: the Order of Abbotsford and the Community Champion Achievement Awa...

SURREY - Four charges have now been approved in an internet child exploitation investigation in Surrey, says police.The Surrey Police Service first launched an investigation in January 2025 into a suspect possessing and sharing child sexual abuse material online, leading to a search warrant at a home in South Surrey in...

CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Parent Advisory Council chair and inclusive education advocate Katie Bartel has announced she will be stepping down from her seat on the DPAC to once again run for a seat on the school district board. "Serving as DPAC Chair has been one of the greatest privileges of my life," said Bart...

HOPE - Mounties are urging the public to stay alert following the recent return of grandparent scams in Hope.Grandparent or emergency scams involve fraudsters calling victims to claim that a loved one is in legal trouble and urging them to pay a large sum to bail them out.Police say recent cases in the Hope area involv...

ABBOTSFORD - A 48-year-old woman has been taken into custody after proactive patrols led police to the seizure of several drugs earlier this week.On Wednesday (May 27), just before 3 p.m., patrol officers arrested the Abbotsford woman after spotting suspected drug activity in the 32400 block of South Fraser Way.Police ...

ABBOTSFORD - Family and friends of Arnold and Joanne De Jong filled a courtroom in Abbotsford, B.C., on Thursday for the reading of anguished victim impact statements, weeks after three men were convicted of murdering the couple. Abhijeet Singh, Gurka...

MISSION - The provincial government announced Thursday that it has significantly expanded the number of campsites at a provincial park in Mission and upgraded parking capacity at another provincial park northeast of Maple Ridge. In a statement, the B.C. Ministry of Environment and Parks says 32 new sites have been inco...