Category Archives: Post to Social

Chilliwack councillors press B.C. minister to take action on shelter bed distribution
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Councillors Jason Lum and Chris Kloot both urged the provincial government during meetings at the Union of B.C. Municipalities conference last month to better distribute shelte...
Mike VandenBosch Oct 09, 2025

Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation announces changes to its staff, board
FRASER VALLEY - As it endeavours to achieve a $5 million fundraising target this year, the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation has announced a number of changes to its governance structure and execut...
Mike VandenBosch Oct 09, 2025

Real estate sales in Chilliwack area drop over 11% in September YOY
CHILLIWACK - The number of homes sold in September dropped over 11 per cent compared to the year prior, while benchmark prices for single-family homes edged up slightly. According to the latest data f...
Oct 08, 2025

Chilliwack non-profit launches new program, expands services
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack non-profit whose platform offers a variety of support services for older adults in Chilliwack is launching a new program and expanding an existing service in the community. C...
Mike VandenBosch Oct 08, 2025

YOUR PERSPECTIVE: The Fall session of the legislature
This past Monday, MLAs from across the province returned to the Legislature for the beginning of the Fall session. This session, we will be introducing legislation early in the session that will help ...
Mike VandenBosch Oct 08, 2025

UPDATE: Forty-two firefighters battle huge blaze in Yarrow Wednesday morning, as two structures collapse
UPDATE 2:35 P.M. WEDNESDAY: Chilliwack Assistant Fire Chief Wade Meeres says 42 firefighters responded to today's structure fire in the 4100 block of Wilson Road in Yarrow. On arrival, crews witnessed...
Mike VandenBosch Oct 08, 2025 Image: Brian Penner, used with permission / A fire erupted Wednesday morning on Wilson Road in Yarrow.

Ex-MLA questions walkout by Chilliwack MLAs over ARPA vote, but Maahs says motion was a 'nasty bit of vitriol'
CHILLIWACK - A former one-term Chilliwack-Kent MLA is challenging Chilliwack's two sitting MLAs after they walked out of an NDP-led motion condemning a group for discriminatory views, but one of those...
Mike VandenBosch Oct 08, 2025

UPDATE: Police dog locates man in barn after Mercedes crashes on Hwy. 1
UPDATE 12:45 P.M. WEDNESDAY: A spokesperson for the BC Highway Patrol says a 33-year-old man with no fixed address was arrested after a single-vehicle crash on Highway 1 near Prest Road Wednesday morn...
Mike VandenBosch Oct 08, 2025

Mt. Waddington Outdoors to expand, open new store of nearly 5,000 sq. ft. in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack resident and entrepreneur Sam Waddington founded Mt. Waddington Outdoors nearly 15 years ago with a mission to offer the community the right gear and trusted expertise needed t...
Mike VandenBosch Oct 08, 2025

Sardis Secondary welcomes Chilliwack product, 5-yr. collegiate player to its coaching ranks
CHILLIWACK - The Sardis Secondary Falcons boys basketball program has welcomed to its coaching ranks a former Chilliwack product who recently completed his master's degree and finished a lengthy colle...
Mike VandenBosch Oct 07, 2025