ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford Police Department, in collaboration with ICBC, is set to host a Motorcycle Skills Challenge, with a goal of enhancing riders' safety awareness and skills on the road.Scheduled for Saturday, May 18, the event invites participants holding a class 6 license, class 6 learners, or class 8 with a ...

CHILLIWACK - Here are two people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.Name: Jeffrey ChapmanAge: 42Height: 6'4" ft Weight: 241lbsHair: Blonde Eyes: BlueWanted: Fail to Comply with ProbationWarrant in effect: May 1, 2024 Parole Jurisdiction: ChilliwackName: Corey Robinson...

VICTORIA - The B.C. government and two First Nations communities have agreed to a deal that will see the transfer of a 312 hectare land parcel on Vancouver Island to the Lyackson First Nation and Cowichan Tribes.The land is valued at $8.55 million and was recently purchased by the province from Mosaic Forest Management...

SURREY - Police have charged a fourth Indian national in last year's killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says 22-year-old Amandeep Singh was already in the custody of Peel Regional Police in Ontario for unrelated firearms charges.Investigators say the evidence in the...

SQUAMISH- Officials say a woman was attacked by a bear while she was walking her dog at a nature estuary in Squamish.British Columbia's Conservation Officer Service says in a Facebook post that the trails have been closed since the attack happened Friday, when the woman was walking her dog and it ran off into thick bus...

CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack is reminding residents of the importance of planning ahead to be prepared for an emergency. In a social media post, the City says there are three key steps to take to be prepared for the unexpected - make a plan, get a kit, and be informed.The city website offers a series of tips to ...

COQUITLAM - R-C-M-P in Coquitlam say they recently recovered $50 thousand worth of stolen sports memorabilia from a storage lockerThe items were stolen from a storage locker where the police say they've been investigating a series of break-and-enters in recent weeks.Image: Stolen sports memorabilia / contributed by RCM...

FORT NELSON, B.C. - Thousands of people in northeast British Columbia were ordered to evacuate and flee south late Friday as a fast-growing wildfire neared the town of Fort Nelson. The evacuation order was issued by the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality and Fort Nelson First Nations around 7:15 p.m., with resident...

MISSION - Residents of Mission are expected to have greater access to team-based healthcare with the unveiling of the new Urgent and Primary Care Centre (UPCC) Friday (May 10). The UPCC is open at 32555 London Avenue.Health Minister Adrian Dix says the UPCC is meant to fortify primary care services, and produce timely ...

CHILLIWACK - Members of the Chilliwack RCMP detachment are eager to connect with the residents they serve, even if it's constructive criticism that people might have for local police. As part of their plan to meet in various communities throughout Chilliwack, officers from the RCMP Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachme...

CHILLIWACK - Not only is it Mother's Day weekend in town, there will be a whole lot of second-hand thrift buying throughout Chilliwack on a sunny Saturday, May 11. The City of Chilliwack's City-Wide Garage Sale is a spring tradition that offers households throughout Chilliwack, Sardis, Yarrow, Greendale, Eastern Hillsi...

CASTLEGAR, B.C. - British Columbia's finance minister says she won't be running again in the next provincial election after serving in the legislature for nearly two decades. Katrine Conroy says it will be hard to leave the people she's worked with over the years, but at 66, it's time to step back to spend time with he...

ABBOTSFORD - Canucks fever is growing as the NHL club prepares for game two of their second round playoff series with the Edmonton Oilers. Viewing parties are being staged throughout the province including in Abbotsford.ABBOTSFORD CENTRE SET TO HOST CANUCKS STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS VIEWING PARTY‼️ #Canucks Viewing Part...

CHILLIWACK - The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued its first geomagnetic storm watch in nearly 20 years. An unusually strong solar storm headed toward Earth could disrupt power and communications starting tonight while producing spectacular auroras. NOAA has already has alerted operators o...

RICHMOND - The Richmond RCMP Road Safety Unit dealt with an unusual situation that involved a flat-deck truck transporting large trees along Highway 91 recently. During a routine patrol, an office spotted the vehicle and stopped it over concern of the load.Images taken by RCMP during the April 27 traffic stop showed th...

CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack MLAs Kelli Paddon and Dan Coulter announced Thursday that two Chilliwack companies will receive over $200,000 combined to ensure that people who rely on wheelchairs in Chilliwack will soon have more accessible taxi services through the government's Passenger Transportation Accessibility Program ...

CHILLIWACK - Backups on Highway 1 westbound between Chilliwack and Abbotsford are causing more traffic headaches for motorists due to an undisclosed vehicle incident for the Thursday afternoon commute. DriveBC and Emil Anderson Maintenance both say a vehicle incident is affecting the westbound lanes near No. 3 Road (ex...

CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce is hosting a unique business event next week to better connect Sardis business leaders in an environment of collaboration within the Chilliwack business community. The Chilliwack Chamber, headed up by executive director Leanna Kemp, invites the business community to join ...

VICTORIA - British Columbia is forming a specialized gang-related homicide investigation team, saying gangland murders now make up almost 50 per cent of the killings in the province. Data from the Ministry of Public Safety says gang-related homicides have climbed from 21 per cent of all killings in the province in 2003...

CHILLIWACK - Brewhalla Chilliwack, which made its debut in Chilliwack last year featuring a variety of craft breweries, wineries and distillery as part of a live music festival, will receive thousands in funding from the provincial government to support seasonal events throughout the province. The B.C. government relea...

MISSION - To better guide its future policing strategies and better understand public safety concerns in the rapidly growing community of over 42,000 people, the City of Mission and Mission RCMP are soliciting feedback from residents through an online survey. The goal of the survey is to receive input from residents on...

CHILLIWACK - Just in time for a warm weekend where temperatures will approach the mid to upper 20s amid mostly sunny skies, the City of Chilliwack says it will open spray parks at three municipal parks for the summer season. Those three spray parks are located at Central Community Park (45951 Victoria Avenue) in downto...

CHILLIWACK - Despite mortgage interest rates that remain stubbornly high for some people's liking, home sales in the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board service area continue their upward ascent. The number of homes sold through the Multiple Listing Service system of the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board ...

CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Councillor Bud Mercer needed only two minutes towards the end of Tuesday afternoon's council meeting to dismantle the narrative behind the B.C. NDP government's drug decriminalization experiment and challenge Chilliwack's two MLAs for their apparent silence on the issue. During the councillor's ...

CHILLIWACK - University of the Fraser Valley has named Vancouver Island native Jeboah M. Godron as its new director of communications effective Monday, May 6. Originally from Victoria, Godron joins UFV from Toronto where she worked as the communications manager for the Métis Nation of Ontario. She previously wor...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's premier says the province has identified "sophisticated cybersecurity incidents" involving government networks. David Eby says the provincial government is working with the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security and other agencies to determine the extent of the incidents, but there i...

QUILCHENA, B.C. - The Upper Nicola Band in B.C.'s southern Interior says construction crews building a new community centre have discovered human remains. The band says in a news release that police were contacted immediately after crews unearthed the remains, which were determined to be "not recent." It says...

CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack says multiple infrastructure projects completed in 2023 were made possible by $3.14 million in federal funding through the Canada Community-Building Fund. According to a news release from the city, projects supported by this federal funding infusion consisted of road repaving and bik...