Chilliwack News

A father and son charged with the first-degree murder of a runaway teenage girl from Abbotsford, whose body was found in a shallow grave outside of Hope, are headed to trial this month.

If you dream big, you can do almost anything. That's the message Canadian explorer Cameron Dueck had for some local private school students the last time he visited MEI Chilliwack on Young Road.

More details are emerging about the two men charged in the violent extortion and unlawful confinement at gunpoint last month.

A North Vancouver man charged with murder and facing deportation appears in court this week, beginning a process of preliminary and pre-trial hearings scheduled to stretch into next summer.

With Pearce's help, Chilliwack Speed Watch volunteers have checked over 60,000 vehicles in the past three years and logged over 1,400 hours of service making it "one of the most productive" crime prevention programs in B.C., according to the Solicitor-General's ministry.

Chilliwack RCMP arrested a suspect who took a "bait car" on the weekend. They found out someone stole the vehicle at approximately 2:10 p.m. on Saturday after it started to move.

Three Chilliwack men lured into the drug underworld by the promise of making some big money found themselves "in way over their heads" and exposed their families to threats of extortion and worse, RCMP investigators say.

The University of The Fraser Valley Theatre Department will open its 30th anniversary season this November with a production of acclaimed Canadian playwright Leanna Brodiea s latest work Schoolhouse, which plays November 11 to 29 in the Theatre on the Chilliwack campus.

Buffy Sainte-Marie was given a lifetime achievement award and a special tribute Friday night at the Aboriginal Peoples' Choice Music Awards.

The man charged with manslaughter in the death of a Mission man is headed to trial.

Another B.C. hockey team is under fire for getting its players vaccinated against the H1N1 flu, but this time their doctor says they didn't jump the queue to get the shots.

Vaccinations for the next wave of people eligible for the H1N1 vaccine are continuing this week at clinics all over the Lower Mainland.

School District No. 33 honoured the Chilliwack YMCA recently with its Partners in Learning Award.

Collected Wisdom Ain't no mountain warm enough A man walks on top of Mount Saentis, 8,209 feet above sea level, near Schwaegalp in the eastern Swiss Alps.

No matter what happens, Robert Pickton will likely never get out of jail since he was convicted of the second-degree murders of six women.

Thirteen elementary schools in Chilliwack could be getting full-day kindergarten as early as September 2010 if the school district gets its wish.

Chilliwacka s handyDART service for people with disabilities will not be disrupted by the strike in Metro Vancouver.

A knife-wielding thief targeting female clerks who has struck twice in Abbotsford and once in Chilliwack is being sought by police.

Chilliwack schools plan to make suspensions more meaningful and educational for students, the Chilliwack Progress reports.

The B.C. government won't help Chilliwack pay the $18-million it has promised Panorama Ridge residents.