CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack-area ice cream parlour with three locations in and around Chilliwack will hold a hiring fair this weekend as it looks to add more people to its staff roster.Kent's Ice Cream Co. posted on Facebook Tuesday that it will be hiring for all three of its locations at its hiring fair this Saturday, J...

SAANICH - An American man has been sentenced to 40 years in a U.S. prison for grooming children in a case that began when the parents of a 12-year-old girl from Saanich, B.C., went to police. The Saanich Police Department says in a news release the girl's parents told officers in April 2020, that they had discovered se...

BC Ferries has chosen a Chinese shipyard to build four new ferries for its passenger fleet, with the first arriving by 2029. CEO Nicolas Jimenez says BC Ferries won't release the cost of the contract with China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyards, and adds he's not worried about becoming a geopolitical bargaining chip ...

VICTORIA - A review of British Columbia's health-care system to cut unnecessary costs is expanding to its five regional health authorities. B.C. Health Minister Josie Osborne says government is searching for additional funds for front-line patient care by consolidating corporate functions, optimizing shared services an...

SQUAMISH - An evacuation alert has been issued for 16 properties within the District of Squamish amid a fast-growing fire that is currently five hectares Tuesday morning (June 10). Similarly, the District of Squamish has declared a state of local emergency due to an active wildfire located east of Highway 99 between Do...

ABBOTSFORD - There are too many commercial vehicles in the Fraser Valley that fail to comply with provincial safety regulations, endangering the motorists around them. Case in point last week, the Abbotsford Police Department's Traffic Enforcement Unit partnered with the Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement (CVSE)...

MISSION - The City of Mission says a community celebration will be held next week to mark a historic agreement in which 60 hectares of land have been returned to area First Nations. The municipality announced Monday that the event is being hosted by the Leq'á:mel, Màthxwi, and Semá:th (LMS) Society...

ABBOTSFORD - Two specialty retail stores selling surf and skate gear and clothing, and who have several locations throughout British Columbia, will be opening soon at Highstreet in Abbotsford. ONE Boardshop, a skateboard and snowboard shop, and Premium Label, which sells surf, skate and snowboard apparel, are set to op...

ABBOTSFORD - A spokesperson for the Abbotsford Police Department has confirmed that a missing teenager who was the subject of multiple social media posts over the weekend has been located. AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker told Fraser Valley Today via email Monday night that a 15-year-old girl who was reported missi...

FRASER VALLEY - Mounties in Langley say a Langley man has been arrested on charges that he allegedly set fire to a barn in the 20500 block of 102B Avenue last Friday. Mounties received a call for service involving a fire on Friday, June 6 at about 11:45 a.m. Upon arrival, officers located a barn that was fully engulfed...

CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack resident Gordon McIvor couldn't have picked a better time to arrive early for a doctor's appointment - and use that time to pick up a lottery ticket that would eventually earn him a free play ticket and a jackpot of over $650,000. BC Lottery Corporation says McIvor decided to stop by a nearby dr...

ABBOTSFORD - The Texas Stars held a 2-1 lead midway through the second period, but three unanswered goals by the Abbotsford Canucks-including the go-ahead tally in the third-earned them the series win Sunday night in the Western Conference Finals at the Abbotsford Centre. The Abbotsford Canucks erased a 2-0 deficit Sun...

CHILLIWACK - A retail storefront on prime real estate in Chilliwack that once operated as a BC Liquor store has been repurposed into a completely different type of business. CEFA Early Learning has posted signs outside 7544B Vedder Road stating it will be opening soon and is now accepting new applicants. A fenced enclo...

CHILLIWACK - A coffee kiosk is slated to open soon at the Cottonwood Centre mall in Chilliwack. A coffee kiosk with branded signage is now stationed inside a secondary entrance to Cottonwood, on the Sephora and Club 16 side of the mall. The name of the new business is E11ven Cafe & Protein Bar. The company is curre...

CHILLIWACK - Three Chilliwack Fire Department engines were paged for the report of a vehicle into a building Monday morning (June 9). According to scanner traffic, a vehicle struck a building at 8858 Ashwell Road, Kwaw-Kwaw-Apilt Cannabis, in Chilliwack just before 9 a.m. While three fire engines were paged, one attend...

If you thought it was an exceptionally hot Sunday (June 8) you would be correct as Environment Canada says new daily temperature records were set in a dozen B.C. communities.The hottest spot in B.C. went to Lytton, where the mercury topped out at 39.3 C, breaking the old daily record of 38.5 which was also set in 2023....

MISSION - Mission RCMP are hoping to identify a masked man who assaulted two teenage girls in Centennial Park Friday night. Police responded to reports of the incident near the intersection of Taulbut Street and 11th Avenue just after 9 p.m. on June 6. A masked man kicked one of the girls off her e-scooter and pushed t...

CHILLIWACK - Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.Name: Ryan McMullanAge: 49Height: 5'9" ft Weight: 190lbsHair: Blonde Eyes: BlueWanted: Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking x4Warrant in effect: May 20, 2025Parole Jurisdiction: ChilliwackName:...

CHILLIWACK - A couple of patients have been taken to hospital after a small plane crash in Chilliwack Saturday afternoon (Jun. 7). At around 4:30 p.m., emergency crews were called out to Highway 1 and Prest Road after a Bearhawk float plane with two passengers crashed into a nearby field.Two RCMP vehicles and Chilliwac...

POPKUM - One person is in critical condition and two others are in hospital after a gas station blaze in Popkum, roughly 15 minutes east of Chilliwack, early Saturday afternoon (Jun. 7). According to Doug Warnke, a member of a radio scanning group in Chilliwack, the Popkum Fire Department responded to a motorhome fire ...

MAPLE RIDGE - Emergency crews were busy dealing with possibly dual crashes on Highway 7, near Maple Ridge, this morning (Jun. 7). At roughly 10:25 a.m., BC Emergency Health Services were called out to the Lougheed Highway eastbound and Owen Street for a motor vehicle incident. Two units responded to the scene, but no p...

HOPE - A hospital in the District of Hope now has more tools to deliver better patient care, thanks to a donation by the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation (FVHCF). Fraser Canyon Hospital has received five new infusion, or IV, pumps. The device helps circulate fluids, medication, or nutrients into a person's body by ...

ABBOTSFORD - A local cat rescue has packed its Saturdays this month to support its feline welfare programs in the Fraser Valley. "While our foster cats nap in sunbeams and kittens conquer cardboard castles, we're out here doing the real work-caring for the community cats that too often go unseen, forgotten, and le...

MISSION - A Mission-Abbotsford native has been bestowed with a recent invitation to His Majesty King Charles III's Speech from the Throne. On May 27, Dustin Lee Hiles joined the list of 500 distinguished Canadians to attend the first Speech since Queen Elizabeth II in 1978. "This rare honor underscores Hiles' prof...

UPDATE 10:09 A.M. SATURDAY: AbbyPD Sgt. Paul Walker has confirmed that a male suspect has been arrested and is in custody. There are no injuries associated with today's incident. Police are breaking down the scene. Original story below: ABBOTSFORD - A spokesperson for the Abbotsford Police Department has confirmed a he...

CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack residents who yielded stacks of paper during spring cleaning have another chance to get rid of them at the City's latest Shred-A-Thon today (Jun. 7). Each household is entitled to a maximum of 10 boxes of residential shredding materials, and anyone with more is asked to hold off until the next S...

FRASER CANYON - Just days after an injured biker required assistance from a backcountry trail southeast of Hope, the dedicated volunteers from Hope SAR were at it again rendering assistance in critical moments Friday. Hope Search and Rescue volunteers were tasked to assist two stranded subjects on the Fraser River nort...

ABBOTSFORD - A 31-year-old male has been apprehended by authorities after police in Abbotsford received reports of an indecent act in progress Friday evening near a shopping centre. According to a brief statement from police posted to social media, a significant police presence was deployed to the 2300 block of Whatcom...