A hire after a fire

After layoffs, Abbotsford school district posts huge surplus

Fraser Valley school districts posted some of their largest surpluses in 2020-21. But they took different routes to get there.

Agassiz to allow more homes on farmland

Fixing the Fraser Valley’s deadliest stretch of highway

Vedder Canal bridge used to be one of the deadliest spots in the Fraser Valley; it's been 10 years since the last fatal accident.

Pay doubles for appointed Fraser Health board

Dramatic increase in meetings means health authority chair Jim Sinclair is taking home twice as much pay as his predecessor.

Can the Semá:th First Nation save the salmon using sonar?

Sonar, Indigenous knowledge, and community building are the cornerstones of a five-year project to count the salmon in the Vedder River and hopefully save the fishery.

Five apartment buildings pitched for former Abbotsford News site

The Changing Valley: How shifting demographics are upending old Fraser Valley stereotypes

Rapid growth is rendering old stereotypes about the Fraser Valley even less accurate. As the region changes, new possibilities, opportunities, and challenges are emerging.

MAP: The Fraser Valley’s best parks

We asked and you answered. Here are your favourite parks in Abbotsford, Langley, Chilliwack, and beyond.

Chilliwack’s newest heritage home reveals a century of history

The Hazel House is Chilliwack's newest heritage property, and a beloved home for a local couple who wanted to preserve its history.

What has been lost: One family, and truth before reconciliation

How one family’s history embodies the truth of Canada’s treatment of Indigenous people.

The Fraser Valley’s most dangerous roads to bike and walk

We crunched the numbers. Here are the Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Langley, and Mission roads with disproportionately large numbers of pedestrian and cyclist collisions.