Chilliwack News

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.

Juno award winner Susan Aglukark and her band will be performing at the Chilliwack Arts Centre on October 27 and 28 at 8 p.m. Submitted photo Published: October 23, 2009 11:00 AM Updated: October 23, 2009 11:21 AM Ashley Wray Special to The Progress - " A three-time Juno award winner who knocked fellow Canadian singer Shania Twain off the top of ...

One book changed the life of Steven Point, although it took him several years to get around to reading it.

VANCOUVER a ' Michael Jackson will have yet further honours bestowed upon him next summer in Chilliwack.

The Chilliwack Fire Department was busy last Thursday night with two separate incidents in apartment buildings in downtown Chilliwack.

Local governmenets have no idea how many legal marijuana-growing operations are in theircommunities, according to the president of the Fire Chiefs' Association of B.C. Here, the largest-ever illegal operation in Chilliwack, which was busted in September 2009.

A coroner's inquest into the tragic and highly public death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski after he was stunned by a Taser has been set for next May.