MERRITT - The City of Merritt has received $3.4 million from the provincial government to construct new flood protections. Phase 1 of the Middlesboro Diking Project will install a critical section of dikes in Merritt, which would safeguard homes, businesses and other vital buildings. The project includes a setback dike...

UPDATE 2:55 P.M. FRIDAY, MAY 9: DriveBC reports that roads have now reopened. Original story below: HOPE - Traffic on one section of the Coquihalla Connector from Hope to Merritt has been blocked off after a vehicle incident late Friday morning, May 9. Social media users reported a northbound vehicle fire just past the...

CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack is launching a new engagement project to get people talking about their community in the long run.Residents are invited to host an "OCPizza Party" with friends and family to discuss the City's Official Community Plan (OCP). "This plan, called Chilliwack 2050, will guid...

CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack are appealing to the public for help in locating a 55-year-old female who was last spoken to about six weeks ago. According to a statement from B.C. RCMP, Lara Kinley was reported missing on Friday, May 2. Lara is described as: Female 55-years-old 5'5" Thin build Blue eyes Dark ...

KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildfire Service says four new wildfires are burning out of control in the Prince George Fire Centre. It says all of the new blazes were discovered Thursday. The service says all four fires, which range in size from one to 80 hectares, are suspected to be caused by lightning. It also says another fire...

VANCOUVER - The group that organized the Lapu Lapu Day festival where 11 people were killed last month has released the names of the dead. Filipino BC says in a social media post that its members honour the lives lost in the tragedy and hold their families close in their thoughts. "May their memory live on in the ...

CHILLIWACK - The Chiefs are back from the road with a hopeful 3-1 series lead over the Victoria Grizzlies. At the Q Centre in Victoria on Tuesday (May 6), Grizzlies kicked off Game 3 with their only goal of the first period before the Chiefs dominated the next 20 minutes of play with forwards Connor Dick, Carter Anders...

CHILLIWACK - The job market seemingly sprang into motion across the Fraser Valley, as provincial and national labour figures slowly ticked up in April. Chilliwack continued to gain significant job momentum last month, adding 900 jobs and cutting down the unemployment rate from 6.6 per cent in March to 6.1 per cent in A...

CHILLIWACK - Police in Chilliwack are asking for the public's help in identifying two individuals who may have information about a residential fire that happened on Nowell Street last month. According to a statement from the UFVRD media relations unit, Chilliwack RCMP members responded to a report of a structure fire i...

VICTORIA - A member of an ostrich farming family held back tears as she called on the provincial government to help stop the cull of their 400 birds. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered the cull in late 2024 after an avian flu outbreak, but family spokesperson Katie Pasitney says the animals living on her paren...

CHILLIWACK - A downtown Chilliwack café appears poised to open its doors to the public this week under new management. Harvest Store + Café plans to welcome customers back to its store at 9343 Mill Street with a soft opening on Friday, May 9 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The cozy storefront will have limited sele...

TOFINO - A grey whale among a population that is listed as a special concern in Canada has washed ashore on a Vancouver Island beach. Parks Canada says the whale was spotted floating offshore on May 6, then it landed the next day on Long Beach in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve near Tofino. The federal agency is warn...

CHILLIWACK - Over 700 people in Chilliwack have been counted as unhoused or living rough on the streets in the latest Point-in-Time survey, according to comments made by Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove Thursday morning.Even more shocking, Popove says, is the number of unhoused people who have lived in Chilliwack for less t...

HOPE - Fire officials in Hope say the Hope Fire Department has taken a significant step in improving first responder and motorist safety through a tech solution that alerts motorists when emergency vehicles are approaching or working nearby.In a statement from Fire Chief Thomas Cameron, Hope Fire Department has embrace...

UPDATE: Mark Davis, general manager of PCI Warrington, the company that manages Cottonwood Centre mall, told Fraser Valley Today in an email that the mall was sold on April 25, 2025 and is now under new ownership. Warrington PCI Management has retained the property management contract. Original story from 9:12 a.m. Thu...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Agriculture Ministry is urging ranchers and farmers to register the location of their livestock ahead of wildfire season. It says registering with Premises ID will ensure emergency responders have access to accurate information on livestock locations in the event of an emergency. That woul...

FRASER CANYON - A Fraser Canyon First Nation band plans to conduct a cultural burn next week with help from BC Wildfire Service crews that could encompass as many as 10 hectares.According to a statement from BCWS, the Boothroyd Indian Band north of Boston Bar has a goal of restoring and improving the productivity of pl...

ABBOTSFORD - A Fraser Valley non-profit committed to providing care for those living with developmental disabilities, mental health challenges and acquired brain injury has appointed its next CEO. Communitas Supportive Care Society, a faith-based registered charity with services throughout British Columbia but headquar...

HARRISON - Harrison and Agassiz firefighters were called to an RV park on Hot Springs Road Wednesday afternoon (May 7) after a fire at a fifth wheel trailer in Harrison Hot Springs. According to scanner traffic, Harrison Hot Springs fire crews were notified of a fire at Harrison Holiday Park, 973 Hot Springs Road, at a...

The British Columbia government has appointed a former chief justice of the B.C. Supreme Court to report on safety measures for event organizers and police after 11 people were killed in a vehicle attack in Vancouver. Premier David Eby says Christopher Hinkson has agreed to serve as commissioner to conduct the review &...

OTTAWA - Over 800 special ballots cast during the recent federal election were mistakenly kept at the office of a returning officer in B.C., Elections Canada says. The agency says all registered political parties have been informed that 822 special ballots cast by electors in 74 electoral districts across the country w...

RICHMOND - Mounties in Richmond say a man who was apprehended during a high-risk police incident stabbed a police service dog Wednesday morning. According to a statement from Richmond RCMP Corporal Melissa Lui, Richmond RCMP responded to a 9-1-1 call from a man in distress Wednesday at about 2:28 a.m. The man's address...

ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say they're investigating two separate reports of a naked Caucasian male who was observed hiking without any clothes on in Eagle Mountain east of Abbotsford earlier this week, with mental health factors likely involved. According to a social media post from police, AbbyPD received two ...

CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack first responders were dispatched to the Young Road rail crossing Wednesday morning after a 28-year-old man was fatally struck by a train. According to scanner traffic, Chilliwack Fire, Chilliwack RCMP and B.C. Ambulance Service paramedics were paged for the report of a patient under a train at a...

CHILLIWACK - A pickup truck tumbled down an embankment, possibly as much as 50 feet, just off Vedder Mountain Road in Chilliwack on Tuesday evening and onto a popular Chilliwack trail. According to scanner traffic information, and witness descriptions provided to Fraser Valley Today, a pickup truck veered off Vedder Mo...

British Columbia's worker protection agency says a planned burn by the province's wildfire service during the devastating 2023 fire season could have killed or injured multiple firefighters who became "trapped by extreme fire behaviour" that cut off their escape. Inspection reports by WorkSafeBC say the BC Wi...

UPDATE: Chilliwack Fire Chief Andrew Brown has issued a news release connected to last night's structure fire. "On May 06, 2025, at approximately 7 p.m., the Chilliwack Fire Department was dispatched to a report of an apartment complex fire in the 9100 block of Mary Street. Forty firefighters responded from Halls ...

ABBOTSFORD - The City of Abbotsford has reached a two-year labour agreement with its unionized employees that will offer a pay increase of four per cent in the first year and 3.5 per cent in the second year. The municipality says it has come to terms with Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 774 on a 2-year ...