Accident in Chilliwack River Valley
First responders dispatched for serious truck vs. motorbike accident on Chilliwack forest service road
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack River Valley Fire Department, Chilliwack RCMP and B.C. Ambulance Service were dispatched Thursday afternoon (May 16) for a serious vehicle incident involving a truck versus a motorbike on Bench Forest Service Road north of Chilliwack Lake Road. According to scanner traffic, CRVFD was dispatched ...
May 16, 2024
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Motor vehicle incident
Two children reportedly hurt in motor vehicle crash near busy intersection in Promontory Thursday afternoon
CHILLIWACK - Two children have been reportedly injured in a motor vehicle incident involving a two-vehicle rear ender. According to scanner traffic Thursday, Chilliwack Fire and B.C. Ambulance Service were dispatched to the area of Hudson Road and Teskey Way for the report of a two-vehicle MVI after 3 p.m. The children...
May 16, 2024
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Atchelitz Threshermen's Association
Chilliwack historical society to hold small engine show and antique sale this weekend
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack-based Atchelitz Threshermen's Association will hold an antique sale and small engine show this Saturday and Sunday, May 18-19 with plenty in store for history buffs. The ATA, which operates a museum and other historical buildings next to Heritage Park at 44146 Luckakuck Way, will showcase a ...
May 16, 2024
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Bridal Veil Mountain Resort
All-season resort proposed for east of Chilliwack signs letter of intent with Swiss gondola maker
CHILLIWACK - Bridal Veil Mountain Resort, the all-season resort envisioned for the mountains east of Chilliwack, and Swiss ropeway manufacturer Bartholet AG have signed a letter of intent that would see the first Ropetaxi gondola system in Canada installed if the ski resort is ever built as planned. According to a news...
May 16, 2024
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Homeless encampments
Homeless camps have nearly doubled in the Chilliwack River Valley, despite stakeholder group attempts to rein them in
CHILLIWACK - Despite the presence of a stakeholder group that has been meeting for the past year to mitigate homeless encampments east of Chilliwack, the number of camps appears to have grown significantly in the Chilliwack River Valley. What's more, this same stakeholder working group assembled for the exact purpose o...
May 16, 2024
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Fire at abandoned Chilliwack home
Update: Chilliwack Fire, RCMP investigate suspicious fire at abandoned home on Margaret Ave.
**Update at 11:30 a.m. Thursday: A fire investigation team from the Chilliwack Fire Department visited the abandoned home in question earlier this morning at 10:13 a.m. Chilliwack RCMP is also investigating the suspicious fire.** CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Fire Department personnel were dispatched to an abandoned home in ...
May 16, 2024
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Snow expected this weekend
Snow forecast for Coquihalla, Crowsnest Highway late Thursday night, possibly during long weekend
CHILLIWACK - Just when you thought winter was in the rear view mirror, Old Man Winter might be making a cameo between Thursday night and Saturday morning. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement advising of likely snow accumulations over the mountain passes east of Hope and in parts of the B.C. Interi...
May 16, 2024
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B.C. government and social media giants make deal on non-consensual intimate images
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government and social media giants have made what they call a "historic collaboration" for youth safety online. A joint statement from Premier David Eby and representatives of Meta, Google, TikTok, X and Snap Inc., the parent of Snapchat, says they met to help young people sta...
May 15, 2024
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Civil forfeiture grants
Three Chilliwack groups to receive over $100K in provincial funding from civil forfeiture grants
CHILLIWACK - Three organizations in Chilliwack will receive provincial funding designed to advance public safety, help prevent violence and promote healing. According to a news release from the provincial government, three programs in Chilliwack will receive a total of $120,000 to further crime prevention and remediati...
May 15, 2024
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Langley RCMP
Langley RCMP tracks down 35-year-old man wanted for child porn offences
LANGLEY - Mounties in Langley say they have arrested a man wanted on Québec warrants for despicable offences involving possession of child pornography. According to a news release from BC RCMP Corporal Brett Urano, the 35-year-old man was wanted for multiple charges including possession of child pornography, acc...
May 15, 2024
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