Fraser Canyon

Behind the election in the Fraser Valley’s smallest communities

The Fraser Valley’s most eastern communities may not have the biggest populations, but their local elections are anything but boring.

Eastern Fraser Valley: 2022 municipal election results

See the results in real-time for the elections in Agassiz, Harrison, Hope, the Fraser Valley Regional District, and the Fraser Cascade school district.

9-1-1 service was unavailable in much of the Fraser Canyon for three hours over the weekend. 📸 Milovan Zrnic/Shutterstock

Why does the Fraser Canyon keep losing 911 service?

Questions after 911 service cut to hundreds of Fraser Canyon residents, who were told to find own way to help if possible.

The forests that surround Boston Bar in the Fraser Canyon include some of the 5,000 hectares of 'extreme' fire danger across the Fraser Valley's rural areas. 📷 Rick Deacon/Shutterstock

Funding caps leave BC’s forests full of fuel

BC government will fund a maximum of 44 hectares of fuel treatments each year in rural parts of the Fraser Valley, where more than 5,000 hectares of forest have an ‘extreme’ long-term risk of fire.

A Bic pen is seen on a white background. Photo by Vangelis Vassalakis on Shutterstock

The (false) assurance of petitioning Parliament

Only in BC can petitions force the government to hold a referendum on a specific policy

Kanaka Bar Chief Patrick Michell uses a photo of himself and his grandson to demonstrate the long-term need to prepare for climate change and create resilient homes. 📷 Patrick Michell

The tiny Fraser Canyon First Nation with big plans to help fire evacuees

‘We’re going to do it anyway. Because we’re the Kanaka Bar Band’