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G.W. Graham gears up for playoff home opener Friday against South Delta Sun Devils
CHILLIWACK - Exhibition Stadium in Chilliwack will be a madhouse for all the right reasons come Friday night. Not only is it the home playoff opener for G.W. Graham, but the Grizzlies have a formidabl...
Nov 16, 2022
Youth homelessness spotlighted in outside sleepout night this Friday; Chilliwack has more homeless youth per capita than Abbotsford or Mission
CHILLIWACK - Trevor Bentley has a certain resilience that most young adults have yet to experience. Bentley overcame remarkable challenges as a youth, including seven years in foster care and two year...
Nov 16, 2022
Chilliwack City Council passes motion to probe high gas prices in Chilliwack compared to other Fraser Valley cities
CHILLIWACK - Inquiring minds want to know why Chilliwack's retail gas prices tend to be higher than Abbotsford or other portions of the Fraser Valley, despite Chilliwack being outside of the Metro Van...
Nov 16, 2022
Annual West Coast Christmas Show returns to Abbotsford this weekend
ABBOTSFORD - An annual tradition for the last 15 years will return to the Abbotsford Tradex Centre this weekend with the arrival of the annual West Coast Christmas Show and Artisan Marketplace. The th...
Nov 16, 2022
Retrieval and removal of abandoned shopping carts costing the City of Chilliwack over $2,200 per month; City to initiate bylaw enforcement against lax supermarkets
CHILLIWACK - The days of countless shopping carts being dumped by homeless people, or utilized as luggage trays by those experiencing homelessness across Chilliwack, may be numbered. Acting on concern...
Nov 15, 2022
Abbotsford-based Vedder Transport reaches labour agreement with its 162 employees in local union; wage increases range from 4.5% to 9.4% in 1st year of deal
ABBOTSFORD - Employees of Vedder Transport Ltd., a regional company founded in 1956 and often synonymous with trucks bearing its namesake that collect milk from Fraser Valley dairies, have reached a t...
Nov 15, 2022
Downtown Chilliwack to undergo lighting improvements; BIA says better lighting could help curb vandalism
CHILLIWACK - The job of slowly but surely revitalizing downtown Chilliwack is a long, arduous one, but it's one that BIA Executive Director Trevor McDonald and his board of directors are always cogniz...
Nov 15, 2022
Chilliwack Mural Festival getting big financial boost from B.C. govt.
CHILLIWACK - It's not unusual for start-up non-profit organizations to have shoestring budgets in their first couple of years, particularly as nascent festivals get off the ground into more stable fin...
Nov 15, 2022
G.W. Graham JV knocks off St. Thomas More 44-37 in playoff thriller
BURNABY - Small plays here and there at just the right time paid off in a big way for the G.W. Graham JV Grizzlies football team on Thursday.G.W. parlayed a 28-point second half performance and severa...
Nov 15, 2022
Electric vehicle charging stations expanding across Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - A fully operational electric vehicle (EV) charging station at the Tourism Chilliwack centre on Luckakuck Way is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to expanding the EV charging netw...
Nov 15, 2022