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Singer songwriter, Sean McCann. (File photo)

PODCAST: Sean McCann is the ‘Shantyman’

TODAY IN B.C.: Former member of Great Big Sea is touring with stops in B.C.

Singer songwriter, Sean McCann. (File photo)
Mission RCMP say a 16-year-old girl reported missing on April 18 was located safe and sound. /File Photo

UPDATE: Mission RCMP finds missing 16-year-old girl

The girl was reported missing on Sunday by close family members

Mission RCMP say a 16-year-old girl reported missing on April 18 was located safe and sound. /File Photo
More than 100 people came out for a public rally at Five Corners in downtown Chilliwack on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 in support of CUPE 561, whose members have now been on the picket lines for a month. (Jenna Hauck/Black Press Media)

Labour minister says neither party in Fraser Valley transit dispute ready for mediation

Bus system has been idle since March 20 after negotiations broke down between CUPE and First Transit

More than 100 people came out for a public rally at Five Corners in downtown Chilliwack on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 in support of CUPE 561, whose members have now been on the picket lines for a month. (Jenna Hauck/Black Press Media)
RCMP in front of the Maples where a shooting allegedly took place on the morning of April 18. (Logan Lockhart - Western News)

UPDATE: One in hospital with serious injuries after shooting near Penticton elementary school

The school went into a hold-and-secure state out of an abundance of caution

RCMP in front of the Maples where a shooting allegedly took place on the morning of April 18. (Logan Lockhart - Western News)
Lower Mainland gang members have been arrested and charged in the murder of Naramata’s Kathy Richardson. (File photo)

Third Lower Mainland gang member charged after arrests in murder of Naramata woman

Charges of conspiracy to commit murder were filed for a shooting in Prince George the month before Richardson’s murder

Lower Mainland gang members have been arrested and charged in the murder of Naramata’s Kathy Richardson. (File photo)
FILE – Williams Lake resident were encouraged to paint on a purple rock in memory of a loved one lost to the toxic drug crisis. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

6 people died per day from unregulated drug supply so far this year: BC Coroners Service

‘Unregulated drug toxicity continues to be the leading cause of unnatural death in British Columbia’

FILE – Williams Lake resident were encouraged to paint on a purple rock in memory of a loved one lost to the toxic drug crisis. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Johnathan Meads. (HAVAN photo)

PODCAST: Net Zero Ready Townhomes

TODAY IN BC: HAVAN’s podcast ‘Measure Twice, Cut Once’

Johnathan Meads. (HAVAN photo)
All Nations CEO Darwin Douglas on April 11, 2023 in Chilliwack (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)

VIDEO: Indigenous-owned All Nations Cannabis steps onto world stage with first overseas export

Chilliwack-based All Nations team heading to 2023 BC Cannabis Summit in the Okanagan

All Nations CEO Darwin Douglas on April 11, 2023 in Chilliwack (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)
Saskatchewan kicker Dave Ridgway (36) kicks the winning field goal as Mike Anderson (66) and Glen Suitor (27) watch the ball go through the uprights during Grey Cup final against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Toronto on Nov 26, 1989. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

PODCAST: CFL Hall of Famer and Broadcaster Glen Suitor

MOJ on Sports: A graduate of the Simon Fraser University Football Program

Saskatchewan kicker Dave Ridgway (36) kicks the winning field goal as Mike Anderson (66) and Glen Suitor (27) watch the ball go through the uprights during Grey Cup final against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Toronto on Nov 26, 1989. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
The Chilliwack Fire Department was called to a car fire on Alpine Crescent in Promontory on Saturday, April 15, 2023. (Katlyn Carter/ Promontory Community Facebook page)

UPDATE: 4 adults escape after car goes up in flames in garage, spreads to house in Chilliwack

Emergency Support Services called in following fire on Alpine Crescent in Promontory

The Chilliwack Fire Department was called to a car fire on Alpine Crescent in Promontory on Saturday, April 15, 2023. (Katlyn Carter/ Promontory Community Facebook page)
Wolfe Road was blocked on Saturday, April 15, 2023 following a two-vehicle collision. (Google Maps)

Hydro pole hit, Wolfe Road blocked following 2-vehicle crash in Chilliwack

Chilliwack Fire Department stated there was a ‘hostile’ man at scene of crash

Wolfe Road was blocked on Saturday, April 15, 2023 following a two-vehicle collision. (Google Maps)
A stabbing incident at a Maple Ridge home sent three individuals to hospital on Saturday morning. (Brandon Tucker/The News)

Maple Ridge stabbing sends 3 people to hospital

The incident happened Saturday morning on Garden Street

A stabbing incident at a Maple Ridge home sent three individuals to hospital on Saturday morning. (Brandon Tucker/The News)
Abbotsford Police. (Vikki Hopes/Abbotsford News file)

Innocent people targeted in early-morning home invasion on Bowman Road in Abbotsford

Group of male suspects entered home, displayed firearm, assaulted 2 people

Abbotsford Police. (Vikki Hopes/Abbotsford News file)
Police are investigating after a stabbing at Surrey Central SkyTrain station in the early hours of Saturday, April 15, 2023. It’s the latest in several attacks on board Lower Mainland transit. (File photo: Black Press Media)

3rd stabbing in 3 weeks on Surrey transit as attacks in the Lower Mainland rise

Man in his 20s stabbed in abdomen at Surrey Central SkyTrain station

Police are investigating after a stabbing at Surrey Central SkyTrain station in the early hours of Saturday, April 15, 2023. It’s the latest in several attacks on board Lower Mainland transit. (File photo: Black Press Media)
Louis De Jaeger poses with the owner of Ono’s of Japan in the Cottonwood Centre food court, which is closing for good on April 15, 2023. (Louis De Jaeger)

‘Sad day for Chilliwack,’ as Ono’s of Japan set to close in mall food court

‘You will be missed on the Chilliwack Restaurant scene’ says longtime customer

Louis De Jaeger poses with the owner of Ono’s of Japan in the Cottonwood Centre food court, which is closing for good on April 15, 2023. (Louis De Jaeger)
A man walks up to a house on Nowell Street where there was a fire in the detached garage on the morning of Thursday, April 13, 2023. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Chilliwack firefighters prevent early-morning garage fire from spreading to nearby house

Detached garage on Nowell Street was fully engulfed in flames when crews arrived

A man walks up to a house on Nowell Street where there was a fire in the detached garage on the morning of Thursday, April 13, 2023. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Cash, firearms, drugs and ammunition were found in a brown Jeep during a routine patrol stop in Abbotsford on April 11. (Abbotsford Police photo)

Firearms, drugs and cash seized during traffic stop in Abbotsford

Police recommending several charges after plainclothes officers stopped known offender leaving house

Cash, firearms, drugs and ammunition were found in a brown Jeep during a routine patrol stop in Abbotsford on April 11. (Abbotsford Police photo)
An April 11, 2023 avalanche near Stewart, B.C. has killed one heliskier and left three others injured, Last Frontier Heliskiing confirmed. (Black Press Media file photo)

1 dead, 3 injured in avalanche in northwestern B.C.

Heliskiers were touring north of Stewart, B.C.

An April 11, 2023 avalanche near Stewart, B.C. has killed one heliskier and left three others injured, Last Frontier Heliskiing confirmed. (Black Press Media file photo)
More than 100 people came out for a public rally at Five Corners in downtown Chilliwack on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 in support of CUPE 561, whose members have been on the picket lines for more than three weeks since the full withdrawal of transit services in the Fraser Valley. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

UPDATE: Lunchtime rally in Chilliwack saw striking transit drivers ‘demand to be treated fairly’

‘We’re here now on strike because this job is no longer sustainable,’ says Chilliwack driver at rally

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More than 100 people came out for a public rally at Five Corners in downtown Chilliwack on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 in support of CUPE 561, whose members have been on the picket lines for more than three weeks since the full withdrawal of transit services in the Fraser Valley. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Proposed riding boundaries for the new Chilliwack-North provincial electoral district. (B.C. Electoral Boundaries Commission)

Proposed 2 new Chilliwack ridings could have dramatically different boundaries

Riding of Chilliwack to become ‘Chilliwack North,’ Chilliwack-Kent would become ‘Chilliwack-Cultus Lake’

Proposed riding boundaries for the new Chilliwack-North provincial electoral district. (B.C. Electoral Boundaries Commission)