ABBOTSFORD - FortisBC employees took time out of their work schedules this past week to complete safety and site improvements at an Abbotsford facility where youth who need help can access emergency services in the community.In conjunction with the company's Community Giving Day, employees recently volunteered at Cyrus...

CHILLIWACK - A former convenience store in Sardis and a former medical office building near the Chilliwack Coliseum will be repurposed, joining a growing trend that's seeing one particular business crop up all over Chilliwack. The City of Chilliwack has confirmed to Fraser Valley Today that a building permit to facilit...

CULTUS LAKE - Cultus Lake Waterpark could be closed at least another two weeks, possibly more, as it awaits regulatory approval following an incident in mid-June that injured 12 and shuttered the water park indefinitely. According to the most recent update on its website, the water park said it is targeting a reopening...

ABBOTSFORD - Two serious motor vehicle incidents have closed a pair of Abbotsford-area roads Tuesday evening, one of which was a private bus that rolled after colliding with a passenger vehicle. AbbyPD officers attended the scene of a serious two-vehicle collision at Clearbrook Road and Austin Avenue involving a privat...

MISSION - City officials in Mission say the temporary reception centre set up at a local rec centre in response to a fire at a homeless shelter will be closing Tuesday evening. In a statement, the City of Mission says the emergency centre set up to support displaced residents of Haven in the Hollow will close Tuesday n...

VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say an assault charge has been laid against a 29-year-old man in an unprovoked attack on a woman Monday evening, the same suspect who was charged in four prior assaults against women in Vancouver. The disturbing attack happened at approximately 6:20 p.m. Monday, June 29. The Vancouver PD...

PEMBERTON - A glacier lake has burst and is sending floodwaters towards a community northeast of Pemberton, B.C., triggering an evacuation order. The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District says the Place Glacier lake outburst is ongoing and hazardous deb...

UPDATE, 7:25 P.M. TUESDAY: Chilliwack Assistant Fire Chief Trevor Kirkpatrick says 21 firefighters from three fire halls were dispatched at approximately 11:22 a.m. for today's fire on Woodbine Street. On arrival, fire crews witnessed heavy smoke and flames venting from two basement windows of a two-story wood-frame ho...

ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford PD needs help locating a 27-year-old man who lives in Abbotsford but was last seen at his Vancouver workplace on Monday afternoon. AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker says 27-year-old Dillan Bahtchevanov was last seen at Victoria Drive and East 33rd Avenue on Monday afternoon, June 29 at ab...

CHILLIWACK - Without further delays and provincial red tape to navigate, the City of Chilliwack says construction is set to begin this week on the long-overdue widening of Prest Road between Bailey Road and McGuire Road. The city says the project will officially begin this Thursday, July 2, and motorists should expect ...

ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford are appealing to the public for help in locating a 32-year-old woman who was last seen in mid-June. Police say April Ducharme was last seen on June 16, 2026 near the Superstore along Gladwin Road in Abbotsford. Ducharme is described as Indigenous, 5'5", 123 pounds, with brown eyes...

CHILLIWACK - Police in Chilliwack say they're looking to speak to a male witness who was in the area of a log pile debris fire that was intentionally set along the Vedder River last week. Firefighters were called to the blaze at approximately 5:40 p.m. last Tuesday, June 23, just west of Peach Park. Attending firefight...

HATZIC (MISSION) - Police in Mission say they issued tickets to two separate groups of people after they engaged in illegal shooting activities in Mission earlier this month, with Surrey residents involved in both incidents. Mission RCMP report that a concerned resident contacted them on Wednesday evening, June 17 abou...

MISSION - Police say a 16-year-old driver from Chilliwack learned some hard lessons in responsibility after she was found to be impaired while she drove away from Mission Memorial Hospital with a flat tire on an SUV she took without permission from her guardian. According to a weekly recap provided by police, a witness...

LANGLEY - Police in Langley are asking for the public's help in locating a 13-year-old boy who was last seen over a week ago.Langley RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Zynal Sharoom says Zayn Johnston was reported missing on June Friday, June 19. Johnston was last seen on June 18, 2026.Police say Johnston is Caucasian, 5'6" t...

MISSION - The City of Mission is calling on the province and a local non-profit to provide some kind of lodging for over two dozen residents after a fire broke out at a homeless shelter over the weekend, causing their relocation to a local rec centre. In a statement, the municipality says it wants the province, B.C. Ho...

BURNABY - The British Columbia Nurses Union has issued a 72-hour strike notice just weeks after its members voted to reject a tentative contract offer. The union represents 60,000 nurses and says in a statement that the action signals growing frustrat...

CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack North MLA Heather Maahs has been appointed interim leader of the Official Opposition, the Conservative Party of British Columbia announced Monday morning. In a statement, Party leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay announced Maahs and other MLAs will now occupy new roles within the opposition's new shadow ...

CHILLIWACK/AGASSIZ/HARRISON - Seasonal service changes impacting bus routes in Chilliwack, Agassiz and Harrison Hot Springs are now in effect. BC Transit, the Fraser Valley Regional District and the City of Chilliwack say the seasonal service changes took effect on Sunday, June 28 in the Chilliwack and FVRD transit sys...

UPDATE: Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener says police attended a dirt bike collision on Liumchen Creek FSR involving an adult rider and a youth passenger. Both suffered non-life-threatening injuries; however, the rider exhibited signs of intoxication, Cpl. Kiener said. The child was transported to hos...

Four men and two women are presumed to have drowned in the sinking of a fishing charter boat off Richmond, B.C., on Sunday, RCMP said, as a police underwater team prepared for a deep-water search for the downed vessel in the Georgia Strait. Richmond M...

CHILLIWACK - A child was airlifted to hospital in critical condition following an incident on McSween Road in Chilliwack over the weekend. BC Emergency Health Services spokesperson Orna Daly says paramedics were called to McSween Road in Rosedale Saturday, June 27 at about 11:30 a.m. Four ground units and one air ambul...

ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say the male driver of an SUV is facing criminal charges after he allegedly fled the scene of a hit and run and later crashed into an Abbotsford property over the weekend. AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker says day shift patrol officers were dispached Sunday (June 28) for a motor ve...

ABBOTSFORD - A spokesperson for the Abbotsford Police Department says the driver of a vehicle has been transported to hospital with serious injuries after a rollover happened Sunday night in Abbotsford, with speed believed to be a factor in the crash. Sgt. Paul Walker says police are currently investigating a single-ve...

CHILLIWACK - The representative for Chilliwack-Hope is inviting residents to a friendly contest this Canada Day for the chance to show off their national pride in a big way - a 3' x 6' Canadian flag.All households will receive a Canadian flag poster in the mail, and are encouraged to share a photo of the poster or thei...

ABBOTSFORD - Police have seized a "very realistic" replica handgun from a wanted man in Abbotsford this week.Just before 9 a.m. on Friday (June 26), along Gladys Avenue, AbbyPD officers arrested a 24-year-old man who was known to police and wanted for theft.Patrol officers then found the fake gun hidden in hi...

HOPE - The Hope Fire Department says its members have tackled an early-morning vehicle fire in the Othello Road area today (June 28).At around 2 a.m., six firefighters and three apparatus responded to a burning pickup truck near Othello Road and quickly prevented the fire from spreading into the nearby forest. (Image C...

MAPLE RIDGE - Mounties have now promoted an inspector to be the autonomous Maple Ridge detachment's first-ever officer-in-charge.The now-Superintendent Martin Guay has been with the RCMP for 20 years and has worked in a variety of roles across the organization, most recently as Operations Officer for the Maple Ridge RC...