SURREY - Police in Surrey are warning the public that a 26-year-old man who has a history of violent and sexual offences towards people will be living in the community.In a statement from Surrey Police Service S/Sgt. Lindsey Houghton, police say Skylar Wayne Pelletier is a designated high-risk offender who has a histor...

HARRISON HOT SPRINGS - On a platform of transparent leadership, prudent fiscal management, and genuine community engagement, Cassandra Manley has filed to run for mayor of Harrison Hot Springs. According to the text of a social media post and her website, Manley says she's running because the village and its residents ...

CHILLIWACK - Trustees for Change, a five-member group of candidates for the Chilliwack Board of Education, has unveiled its latest policy proposal aimed at creating safer working conditions for SD33 students and staff and more orderly classrooms for teachers.In a statement, Trustees for Change says the Chilliwack schoo...

ABBOTSFORD - Two motorists in their 20s who appeared to be racing each other at over 170 km/h on Highway 1 early Monday morning in Abbotsford will need to find an alternate form of transportation for the next week. Andrea Macpherson, communications and engagement specialist for the Abbotsford Police Department, says th...

CHILLIWACK - A new retailer has taken the place of a shuttered gaming business in Chilliwack. Buddy's Cigars & Smoke has opened up in unit 120A at 6640 Vedder Road in the Vedder Pointe shopping centre. The cigar retailer is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, and is closed on Monday. The retailer se...

MISSION - Police in Mission are appealing to the public for help in locating a woman who was last seen nearly a month ago but was just reported missing last week, and may have ties to Maple Ridge.Mission RCMP spokesperson Corporal Harrison Mohr says Ashley-Blaze Calzuolo was reported missing on Wednesday, September 9, ...

MISSION - A man linked to several police investigations in the Lower Mainland thought he could outrun Mission RCMP officers when they boxed in his vehicle earlier this month, but to no avail. Mission RCMP spokesperson Corporal Harrison Mohr says one of its officers was conducting proactive patrols shortly before 1 a.m....

UPDATE: Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener has confirmed the death of a person following a single-vehicle collision overnight. According to a statement, Cpl. Kiener says police responded at approximately 12:10 a.m. to a report of a single-vehicle collision at the intersection of Boundary Road and No. 4...

CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack first responders were called to the Yale Road West overpass near Highway 1 Monday morning after a commercial truck rolled over. Chilliwack Fire Department engines, Chilliwack RCMP and BC Emergency Health Services paramedics were dispatched to the overpass in Greendale at approximately 7:04 a.m. ...

CHILLIWACK/POPKUM - A new location is now being considered for a proposed motocross park development in the greater Chilliwack area.Over the weekend, sports promoter Moto Energy announced that it has decided to shift from a previously envisioned location at the former Bridal Falls driving range/golf facility over to a ...

ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford are appealing to the public for help in locating a 47-year-old man who was last seen over two weeks ago but his vehicle was located in Vancouver earlier today.In a statement, the Abbotsford Police Department says Van Cuong Nguyen was last seen on August 26, 2026 in the 1600 block of Br...

CHILLIWACK - Arts and culture hubs in Chilliwack, Abbotsford and Mission are getting ready to host an assorted palette of events to mark this year's BC Culture Days.The two-week celebration begins Thursday, September 18, with over 50 free and pay-what-you-may events scheduled across the three communities."This yea...

VANCOUVER - Seven top players from Fraser Valley-area baseball teams have been invited to this week's Canadian Futures Showcase hosted by the Blue Jays Baseball Academy.The 12th annual event will bring 150 amateur ballplayers from across the country to MLB scouts and college recruiters from Thursday, September 17 to Su...

CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack School District trustee David Swankey is going for a hat trick of service terms in this upcoming fall election.Swankey, who has served SD33 since 2018, has launched his re-election bid Saturday (Sept. 12)."Four years ago I committed to focus on student well-being and student success while m...

MAPLE RIDGE - Mounties in Maple Ridge are alerting residents about a card pickup fraud that's been making the rounds in the community.RCMP say they have received "multiple" complaints about residents being contacted by scammers posing as financial institutions or credit card companies trying to arrange the ph...

CHILLIWACK - Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers. Name: Justin Walsh Age: 28 Height: 6'0" ft Weight: 299lbs Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Wanted: Unlawfully at Large Warrant in effect: September 8, 2026 Parole Jurisdiction: New Westminster Name: Twyla R...

CHILLIWACK - A local surgeon and philanthropist has announced his candidacy for the upcoming general election in Chilliwack.Zeeshan Khan announced Friday (Sept. 11) that he will run for city council, citing his "years of experience" in healthcare, education, social services and community service as the founda...

HARRISON HOT SPRINGS - A small business owner who moved to Harrison Hot Springs five years ago with his family says he'll listen to constituents, push for greater transparency and support essential infrastructure if elected to village council in this fall's election. In a social media post, Gary Webster says he and his...

CHILLIWACK - Some transit riders in the Fraser Valley may now have better ways of getting around with the launch of new handyDART systems in the region.Starting this week, BC Transit's partnership with Spare has launched in Chilliwack, Abbotsford and Mission to make booking and trip management easier with online or mob...

ABBOTSFORD - The B.C. Coroners Service says it will hold an inquest into a prisoner's death from a methadone overdose at the Pacific Institution in Abbotsford nearly five years ago. The Abbotsford Police Department reported 31-year-old Kendal Lee Campeau's death on November 14, 2021, according to the Public Safety Mini...

CHILLIWACK - A home that partially burned earlier this year has set ablaze once again this morning (Sept. 12). At around 6 a.m., witnesses reported that police and firefighters were on scene at a residence in the 46400 block of Chilliwack Central Road, the same house where a vehicle struck the basement and caught fire ...

ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford Police Department says a traffic officer has stopped a local driver who was caught travelling nearly double the posted speed limit near a school zone this week.Around 10 a.m. on Thursday, September 10, the officer clocked a vehicle aggressively passing other motorists and driving 98 km/h in ...

ABBOTSFORD - Residents are invited to join the grand opening of a new park in the community next week. On Saturday, September 19, a celebration and ribbon-cutting will be held at the new Westridge Park from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The park has a playground with a water play feature and a zipline, a gathering shelter, a new p...

ABBOTSFORD - As crews work on one end of Highway 1 near Langley, another set of traffic pattern changes is coming to the stretch of highway at Mount Lehman Road this weekend.The westbound Fraser Highway on-ramp to Highway 1 will be closed from 9 p.m. tonight (Sept. 11) to 7:30 a.m. on Sunday as part of ongoing highway ...

SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., say a man is facing numerous charges after four shootings in the Metro Vancouver city, including three shots-fired incidents at the same home. The shootings at the home on 140A Street happened last December, with an ass...

CHILLIWACK - Broadway Street had been blocked off late Friday morning (Sept. 11) as crews responded to a burning home in the area. Scanner traffic said that multiple units from the Chilliwack Fire Department were paged out to the 9100 block of Broadway Street at around 11 a.m., with crews reporting flames and heavy smo...

AGASSIZ - An Agassiz lottery ticket holder just won a windfall from one of this week's Lotto 6/49 draws.The BCLC website shows that a white ball drawn for Wednesday's Lotto 6/49 Gold Ball Jackpot went to one lucky person who bought their ticket in the area, with the winning ticket number being 19425350-01.Specific reta...

ABBOTSFORD - Officials in Abbotsford are moving ahead with new plans for the future of sports and recreation in the city following the Agricultural Land Commission's (ALC) rejection of their bid to use the King Road site in August.Staff have been instructed to proceed with site and design works at a City-owned, 39-acre...