A major fire engulfed an Esso gas station in the Chilliwack community of Yarrow, east of Vancouver, triggering an emergency evacuation of the area and cutting off power to thousands.

Health concerns have been raised following a fire at a BC Hydro substation near Chilliwack, east of Vancouver, that left 38,000 customers in the region without power.

An anti-tax crusader from Chilliwack, B.C., who counselled hundreds of people to evade income tax, has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison.

A Chilliwack, B.C., anti-tax crusader should go to prison more than six years after he and his wife were found guilty of evading hundreds of thousands of dollars in income taxes while counselling others to do the same, a Crown prosecutor says.