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Campfires at Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island campgrounds banned starting August 4
CHILLIWACK - Starting tomorrow (Aug. 4) at noon, campfires will be prohibited throughout the Chilliwack Forest District and Lower Mainland. The BC Wildfire Service announced the comprehensive ban to h...
Aug 03, 2022
Chilliwack Sunflower Festival: The sunniest of festivals is back this month
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Sunflower Festival will be painting the town yellow, beginning Wednesday, August 10. The festival, in its fifth year, will take place at Royalwood Drive, also home to the C...
Aug 03, 2022
Museum volunteers eager to welcome crowds back this weekend at Chilliwack Fair
CHILLIWACK - Atchelitz Threshermen's Association treasurer and longtime volunteer Donna Wurst would love nothing more than to see families and seniors filling the grounds of the museum, chapel, genera...
Aug 03, 2022
Reichelt to seek 2nd term on Chilliwack school board
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack school board Willow Reichelt will seek a second term this fall on the Chilliwack School District Board of Education. Reichelt was first elected to the school board in 2018 and ...
Aug 03, 2022
'They just need to be loved' A family's first-time fostering a dog and her puppies
ABBOTSFORD - Treena Duncan, along with her family, is fostering Nina-a Shepherd Lab Husky mix that is approximately one-and-a-half to two years old. "We started fostering her in November 2021," Duncan...
Aug 03, 2022
Chilliwack Fair going big for its 150th year
CHILLIWACK - The president of the board of directors of the Chilliwack Agricultural Society, Cathy Oss, is very busy preparing for the long-awaited 150th Chilliwack Fair this upcoming weekend."It is, ...
Aug 02, 2022
Chilliwack home inspector says new homebuyer protection measures will likely benefit consumers in the long run
CHILLIWACK - At the height of the real estate market boom in the past 12 months, homes throughout Canada were sometimes sold without so much as a home inspection as multiple bidders sought to differen...
Aug 02, 2022
Chilliwack real estate sales drop 67 per cent in July compared to a year ago
CHILLIWACK - Sales of Chilliwack-area homes in July continued to plummet versus a hot summer a year ago, as market activity slowed to a significant pace last month.Home sales were down 67 per cent fro...
Aug 02, 2022
Ryder Lake home destroyed by Sunday fire
CHILLIWACK - A two-storey home has been reduced to rubble by a fire Sunday (July 31) afternoon. In a news release, the Chilliwack Fire Department said a neighbour spotted the blaze around 3:15 p.m. an...
Aug 01, 2022
Chilliwack Fire Department extinguishes structure fire in 5800 block of Vedder Road
CHILLIWACK - Over 15 firefighters from the Chilliwack Fire Department were dispatched to a structure fire in the 5800 block of Vedder Road Sunday (Jul. 31), as crews worked to extinguish a balcony fir...
Aug 01, 2022