Category Archives: Post to Social
MP Mark Strahl grills transport minister, airlines for lack of communication over holidays
CHILLIWACK - Canadians didn't sign up for long hours waiting on hold to sleepless nights on airport floors and desperate scrambles to rebook flights and find missing bags, but thousands did so during ...
Jan 14, 2023
City of Chilliwack unveils public art at Five Corners towering over 10 feet tall
CHILLIWACK - The work of Chilliwack artists David and Krista Kilvert now illuminates the corner of Yale Road and Young Road in downtown Chilliwack in what city officials and downtown advocates hope wi...
Jan 13, 2023
City of Mission plans 5.7% tax increase for 2023, higher than Chilliwack's 4.4% tax hike
MISSION - Around the same time that Chilliwack City Council adopted a 4.4 per cent tax increase for its 2023 Financial Plan, the City of Mission is planning an even higher property tax increase for it...
Jan 13, 2023
Homeless encampment near Vedder Bridge to get a few visitors Sunday; open drug use occurring
CHILLIWACK - The Sweltzer Creek homeless encampment near the Vedder Bridge inhabited by at least two squatters will be receiving a few well-meaning visitors this coming Sunday. And it's not going to b...
Jan 13, 2023
Tzeachten First Nation to replace former lands office on Promontory Rd. with stylish new administrative building
CHILLIWACK - Tzeachten First Nation has embarked on a bold new multi-phase construction project that will see a sleek, contemporary two-storey administrative building replace its former lands and gove...
Jan 13, 2023
Crystal Gala event funds $130K ultrasound machine at Abbotsford Hospital Breast Health clinic
ABBOTSFORD - The diligent and generous efforts of the Crystal Gala Foundation has paid huge dividends through the purchase of a much-needed ultrasound machine at the Abbotsford Regional Hospital Breas...
Jan 12, 2023
Anti-tax crusader clashes with Chilliwack City Council over 4.4% tax increase, lack of survey responses
CHILLIWACK - Anti-tax crusader and Chilliwack resident Gary Raddysh made what seems like his annual pilgrimage to City Hall Tuesday night (Jan. 10) to protest a 4.4 per cent property tax increase embe...
Jan 12, 2023
Cascadia Air discontinues operations, had previously signed lease at Chilliwack Airport
CHILLIWACK - Given Chilliwack's near-record setting population growth in the past five years, it seemed fitting that Cascadia Air announced in the summer of 2022 that it would expand to Chilliwack and...
Jan 12, 2023
Mayor Popove wonders if Sardis dog breeding kennel used a loophole in city's temporary use permitting
CHILLIWACK - After hearing that a Sardis commercial dog breeding kennel could end up operating for up to six years on a "temporary use permit" from city staff, Chilliwack mayor Ken Popove wondered if ...
Jan 12, 2023
YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Reflecting on the New Year
As we roll up our sleeves here in government to get working on tackling the challenges of 2023, I'd like to reflect on some of what we accomplished in 2022 to make life better for British Columbians, ...
Jan 12, 2023