‘Sometimes we’re shaking our head’: Hope waits for province as flood danger increases

It will cost the District of Hope $11 million to protect its community from future floods on the Coquihalla River, but says provincial money isn't coming in fast enough

When does spring hit the Fraser Valley? We looked at the numbers.

Winter technically ends on March 20, but most people have their own concept of just when spring gets here. Here are six possible start dates to spring in the Fraser Valley.

The insect invader that grows in your berry blossoms

The invasive weevil was discovered in the valley in 2019, and researchers are taking a closer look at the impact it could have for growers.

Questions after ICBC sells affordable rental complex in central Abbotsford to developers

Deal prompts questions about whether ICBC’s financial interests clash with the provincial government’s attempts to address the housing crisis

A New Year, an old soup, and a family tradition

In Chilliwack, Lunar New Year celebrations are limited but since moving to the community from Korea 10 years ago, Euna Go has continued one tradition very important to her and thankfully she doesn't have to travel far to make it happen.

How raising the Sumas dike could spur highway widening between Chilliwack & Abbotsford

Raising the dike that protects Sumas Prairie may require also rebuilding the key highway bridge that goes over it. Could that construction lead to other highway projects in the area?

Change on the ground, change on the map

A new electoral boundary commission could see significant changes to riding boundaries in the Fraser Valley. But those changes are just more than lines on a map.

How vulnerable is Langley to a major flood?

US floodway lays out route for floodwaters between Nooksack and Canadian border

‘This is what Canada is desperately afraid of,’ one US official warns as Whatcom County considers buying out property owners in floodway between the banks of the Nooksack and Sumas Prairie

How volunteering helps an Abbotsford nurse avoid burnout

How nursing helped Gagan Phulka find her voice as a volunteer and a leader: “A lot of it is connected: you feel as though you find your voice, even though it’s always been there, and you look at the care that you provide a little differently.”

More babies are being born in the valley; hospitals can’t keep up

The number of babies born in Fraser Health hospitals was on pace last October to hit heights not seen in at least a decade, data shows.