ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say Clearbrook Road is currently closed between two primary streets after an oversized big rig took out numerous communications lines sometime Tuesday afternoon (Apr. 29). According to a statement from police, police say Clearbrook Road remains closed between South Fraser Way and Hillc...

CHILLIWACK - The BC Highway Patrol is investigating after an over-height load struck the #3 Road overpass on Highway 1 eastbound in Chilliwack Tuesday (Apr. 29) afternoon. Police say the crash happened around 2:45 p.m., when a tractor-trailer towing a loaded flat deck became stuck under the overpass in the slow lane. T...

MISSION - Mission RCMP dealt with a pair of high-risk calls Sunday (Apr. 27), including a standoff involving a loaded compound bow and a domestic assault case.Mounties were first called around 2:30 p.m. to a rural property on Silverdale Avenue where a dispute between neighbours escalated to one man pointing a loaded co...

ABBOTSFORD - Corrections Canada says an inmate at the Pacific Institution in Abbotsford died while in custody over the weekend.According to a news release, 81-year-old Darwin Heilman died of apparent natural causes Sunday (Apr. 27).Heilman had been in custody since 1971 and was serving an indeterminate sentence.Correct...

ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford Police say officers were able to arrest a 20-year-old man who attempted to flee from authorities Sunday (Apr. 27) night.Police say they spotted the prohibited driver near South Fraser Way and Emerson Street around 6:40 p.m. Once the driver failed to stop, police say they used covert tactics to c...

AGASSIZ - Agassiz RCMP are releasing details of an incident Monday evening (Apr. 28) in the Mount Woodside area. Police say officers were called to a residence to deal with a man who police say was experiencing mental health issues. The RCMP Integrated Emergency Response Team managed to take the man into custody safely...

ABBOTSFORD - The City of Abbotsford has submitted an application to the Agricultural Land Commission as it considers the creation of a new sports and recreation park in the city's UDistrict neighbourhood.The proposed site is located near King and McKenzie Roads. Mayor Ross Siemens says the city has conditionally acquir...

CHILLIWACK - While the results of his own riding weren't what he hoped for, Liberal Party candidate for Chilliwack-Hope Zeeshan Khan says Prime Minister Mark Carney's win is a new beginning for the country. "It's a new beginning!" Khan wrote on Facebook Tuesday morning after his party leader, Mark Carney, wil...

CHILLIWACK - Two motorists are facing fines and higher driver insurance costs after being clocked driving more than 50 km/h above the posted speed limit on Highway 1 in Chilliwack during the Easter long weekend. A spokesperson for the BC Highway Patrol says it has seen an increase in reckless driving behaviour from mot...

FRASER VALLEY - Brad Vis will represent the voters of Mission-Matsqui-Abbotsford for a fresh term after handily winning his riding Monday night. Vis, who posted on social media that he and his team visited 51,000-plus homes during the 36-day campaign and distributed over 2,100 campaign signs, is heading back to Ottawa ...

ABBOTSFORD - Independent candidate Mike de Jong's attempt to upset the establishment and win the hotly contested Abbotsford-South Langley riding fell short Monday night. Instead his Conservative rival Sukhman Gill won the riding, edging Liberal candidate Kevin Gillies. In winning, Gill, did not attend a single debate o...

CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl has been overwhelmingly re-elected, improving on the 46 per cent support he received four years ago. As of 9 p.m. Monday night, and with 98/243 polls reporting, Strahl received 55.1 per cent of the vote versus Liberal Party candidate Zeeshan Khan's mark of 32.4 per cent. Stra...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting a Liberal government following a short, intense and heated federal election campaign.As of 10:22 p.m. EDT, the Liberals had received 50 per cent of the popular vote while the Tories held 39 per cent.Preliminary results for 43 ridings show the Liberals taking 28 se...

CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack is seeking input on the official planning document that will help define the city's long-term vision for the community. In a statement Monday (Apr. 28), the city says it continues to review its Official Community Plan (OCP) and wants the public to share their feedback on key concepts...

GREATER VANCOUVER - A woman described as a kind-hearted and humble immigrant from the Philippines has been identified as one of the 11 victims in Saturday's mass casualty incident in Vancouver. According to the text of a fundraiser from Shelby Anne Marie Pacumio, "Ate" (a term of respect for a sister, aunt or...

CHILLIWACK - Zoey's Pawsome Pets Society might have a quirky name, but it does wonders for over 150 pets and their caretakers each month by lending a hand to any four-legged friend in need throughout Chilliwack.The society, which operates as a non-profit pet food bank, does an exceptional job of ensuring no pet in Chil...

MERRITT - Merritt RCMP are asking for help in identifying any suspects after a pair of houses on the 1300 block of Pine Street were intentionally set on fire Saturday (April 26) night.Police say there were called just before 9:00 p.m. to assist Merritt Fire Rescue crews, who were battling the blazes at a pair of flood-...

CHILLIWACK - Raiden Mastin, an All-Canadian in the CJFL and a standout player for the Valley Huskers in Chilliwack this past season, recently showcased his exceptional skill set as one of the top performers at the CFL BC Lions E-Camp, thanks in large part to an elite sports training program in Chilliwack. The camp, des...

AGASSIZ - A convicted murderer who kept his victim's severed head in a bucket claims prison authorities in British Columbia are wrongfully withholding books he has acquired during his life sentence, including Hitler's "Mein Kampf." Mihaly Illes was convicted of first-degree murder in 2011 for the death of Jav...

FRASER VALLEY - The B.C. government is looking to upgrade its Vision Zero program. A nearly $795,000 investment has been distributed to 50 communities across B.C. in 2025, including several projects within the Fraser Health authority. The City of Chilliwack has received $20,000 to install a rapid rectangular flashing b...

CHILLIWACK - Volunteers came to help eight residents after the Chilliwack Fire Department responded to a house fire in the Fairfield Island area early Sunday morning, April 27. At about 3:50 a.m., approximately 35 firefighters from five halls arrived in the 10000 block of Fairbanks Crescent to find heavy flames coming ...

UPDATE 3:30 p.m., Saturday: Seabird Island band has lifted the shelter-in-place and thanked the public for their cooperation. We have reached out to the RCMP for comment. UPDATE 8:04 a.m. Sunday: A 46-year-old Agassiz man has been safely apprehended following a high-risk situation. At roughly 12:33 p.m. on Saturday, Ap...

CHILLIWACK - Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.Name: Lorne RoseAge: 34Weight: 187lbsHair: BlackEyes: BrownTattoo: Left Bicep - Unfinished FaceWanted: Unlawfully At LargeWarrant in effect: April 11, 2025Parole Jurisdiction: VancouverName: Shawn Rivers...

HOPE - A professional artist with 20 years of experience in marketing and commercial graphic design has won the council by-election in the District of Hope by a substantial margin. Bonny Graham, whose art appears on the downtown and highway District of Hope banners as well as the newly installed welcome signs ("Ey...

MERRITT - A pair of structure fires in Merritt Saturday evening (April 26) has razed several of the homes that were left damaged from 2021 flooding in the community.The two homes had already been purchased from the original owners, and were under City of Merritt ownership at the time of the blaze.The homes were separat...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver Police say multiple people are dead after a person drove his car through a street festival in the city's Eastside Saturday evening (Apr. 26). Police say in a social media post that the driver has been taken into custody. "A number of people have been killed and multiple others are injured aft...

SURREY - A man has died in a crash involving eight vehicles in Surrey, B.C., after he suffered what investigators believe to be a medical emergency while driving. Police say the crash happened just before noon near the intersection of Fraser Highway and 64 Avenue, where attending emergency responders initially reported...

CHILLIWACK - A new measles case has been confirmed in a visitor from Ontario who travelled to Vancouver and Chilliwack on Sunday, April 20. Public Health, Workplace Health, and Infection Prevention and Control clinicians are following up directly with individuals who are known to have been exposed to the virus. Individ...