Category Archives: Post to Social

Tydel Foods of Chilliwack honoured with Fraser Valley Cultural Diversity award
ABBOTSFORD - Thanks to its community initiatives aimed at helping low-income seniors and families around town, Chilliwack retail meat store Tydel Foods headlined the list of winners at Thursday night'...
Dave Barry Mar 11, 2023

Striking bus drivers rally on Yale Road in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - A small group of First Transit bus operators on strike with CUPE Local 561 spent part of Friday rallying public support with signs and placards in Chilliwack in the midst of ongoing job a...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 11, 2023

Suspicious fire breaks out at the same Second Avenue home in Chilliwack Friday
CHILLIWACK - A suspicious fire broke out at an unoccupied home at 46290 Second Avenue in Chilliwack Friday morning (March 10) just after 10:45 a.m., attracting at least 20 firefighters who were able t...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 10, 2023

Provincial funding for homeless camp cleanups in Chilliwack fails to address the real issue
CHILLIWACK - As wonderful as it was to hear this week that the B.C. government will provide $200,000 to the Fraser Valley Regional District to create a fund to help cleanup efforts in the Chilliwack R...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 10, 2023

B.C. govt. fails to fund transit expansion, so City of Chilliwack funds road repairs instead
CHILLIWACK - Money that had been budgeted to provide expanded bus service on five primary bus routes in Chilliwack, including the Vedder bus (No. 51) and Evans (No. 52) bus, will now be redirected to ...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 10, 2023

Missing teenager from Mission located
MISSION - A teenager from Mission who had been missing for nearly a week and a half has been located safe and sound. According to a news release at 2:47 a.m. Friday morning from Constable Harrison Moh...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 10, 2023

Chilliwack City Council rejects Fairfield Island rezoning application after heavy opposition from neighbours
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack City Council has voted to reject a rezoning application that would have converted two single-family lots into an eight-lot subdivision on an already busy street in Fairfield Is...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 09, 2023

Chilliwack real estate sales warming up after frigid January
CHILLIWACK - After a dismally low level of real estate sales activity in the month of January, sales of single-family homes increased substantially in February in Chilliwack and the surrounding commun...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 09, 2023

YOUR PERSPECTIVE: B.C.’s Budget is working for British Columbians
British Columbia led a strong pandemic recovery, but we know that some businesses, individuals, and families are still feeling its effects and are struggling with rising costs because of global inflat...
Mar 09, 2023

City of Chilliwack to use $16.3 million funding for racquet sport facilities, wastewater treatment plant and more
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack plans to use over half of a $16.3 million funding allocation announced by the provincial government last week for racquet sport facilities and a "biological treatme...
Mike VandenBosch Mar 09, 2023