Category Archives: Post to Social

Former Chilliwack council candidate calls for 60 more firefighters, not two as outlined in city's 2023 financial plan
CHILLIWACK - Former Chilliwack City Council candidate Lisa Morry came prepared with a big ask. Morry, who ran for council in 2018 and finished 12th out of 14 candidates, called for Chilliwack City Cou...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 11, 2023

YOUR PERSPECTIVE: More NDP-led chaos at BC Housing
It was heartbreaking this past week to see media stories about the deteriorating and unliveable conditions in single-room occupancy residences (SROs) in Vancouver. It's unconscionable that our most vu...
Jan 11, 2023

Vedder Middle administration report vandalism, damage at school in late 2022
CHILLIWACK - The months of November and December were challenging for Vedder Middle School administration as they dealt with incidents of graffiti and damage. In his weekly email to parents earlier th...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 11, 2023

Ad company slow to address graffiti at Chilliwack bus stops
CHILLIWACK - For whatever reason, graffiti vandals seem to spread their visual blight at bench bus stops in various parts of Chilliwack. And the Fraser Valley company responsible for installing and ma...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 11, 2023

Chilliwack-area RCMP remove over a dozen drunk drivers from the road during 1st week of January
CHILLIWACK - The message about the dangers of impaired driving and its legal and financial consequences just isn't resonating with certain motorists in the greater Chilliwack area.In the weekly traffi...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 11, 2023

Chilliwack City Council approves development permit for liquor store at Cottonwood mall
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack City Council approved the issuance of a development permit at its meeting on Tuesday (Jan. 10) that would facilitate the construction of a new liquor store at the Cottonwood Ce...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 10, 2023

Sweatpants that were flushed cause major clog in City of Mission's sewer system
MISSION - Sweatpants are meant to be worn, not flushed down the toilet.But the City of Mission found out the hard way over the Christmas holidays that a pair of sweatpants caused a major clog in one o...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 10, 2023

Chilliwack-area Mounties help return stolen totem pole to Kwikwetlem First Nation
CHILLIWACK - With the help of the Upper Fraser Valley RCMP in Chilliwack, Mounties in Coquitlam have located and returned a totem pole which was reported stolen on October 12, 2022 from kikm (Kwikwetl...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 10, 2023

Chilliwack mother lobbies for national Amber Alert system for missing adults
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack resident Alina Durham carries the unspeakable anguish and unrelenting sorrow attached to losing a daughter every single day. Shaelene Bell, a 23-year-old mother of two young bo...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 10, 2023

City of Abbotsford partners with AbbyPD, Cyrus Centre, and MCFD to help at risk-youth
ABBOTSFORD - A coalition of government agencies and a reputable Fraser Valley charity have joined hands to meet the needs of approximately 60 vulnerable, at-risk youth in Abbotsford through a new outr...
Mike VandenBosch Jan 10, 2023