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Learning support teacher Brian VanGarderen announces run for Chilliwack school board
CHILLIWACK - As a learning support teacher who works with students who are deaf and hard of hearing, Brian VanGarderen has a unique vantage point working inside a school classroom. It's a perspective ...
Aug 20, 2022
Chilliwack Mural Festival to showcase 10 new murals today at downtown celebration
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Mural Festival hopes to revitalize the once dreary downtown core with an all-day celebration of art, music, pride, and festivities galore today (Aug. 20). The event runs fr...
Aug 20, 2022
Fire approximately 1.5 hectares in size breaks out near Sasquatch Provincial Park
HARRISON LAKE - A fire has broken out on the east side of Harrison Lake north of Sasquatch Provincial Park and Hicks Lake. The B.C. Wildfire Service reported Friday afternoon (Aug. 19) that the fire i...
Aug 19, 2022
BC Liquor stores to begin alcohol rationing due to BCGEU strike action; beer exempt
CHILLIWACK - If you get your wine and spirits from one of two government-run liquor stores in Chilliwack, you could start to see alcohol rationing effective immediately. British Columbia's Finance Min...
Aug 19, 2022
Chilliwack RCMP, Indigenous communities unite in epic 11-day canoe journey across British Columbia
CHILLIWACK - Truth and reconciliation with First Nations communities can manifest in many different forms, including an epic 11-day canoe adventure across the splendor of British Columbia and First Na...
Aug 19, 2022
Fees, hours to remain unchanged at Cheam Leisure, Landing Centres during initial YMCA switchover
CHILLIWACK - Following a vote by Chilliwack City Council this past week to have the YMCA of Greater Vancouver replace Recreation Excellence as the operator of two municipal leisure centres and the out...
Aug 19, 2022
IIO searches for witnesses to double fatal crash in Abbotsford
CHILLIWACK - B.C.'s Independent Investigations Office (IIO) is asking for witnesses and video of a police pursuit earlier this month in Abbotsford. The pursuit ended with a crash and the deaths of two...
Aug 19, 2022
Supportive housing, homeless shelter to break ground this fall west of Shandhar Hut, Young Road
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack mayor Ken Popove's philosophy of housing first and then remediating problems associated with homelessness in Chilliwack is coming to fruition starting this fall. Chilliwack Cit...
Aug 19, 2022
Chilliwack dairy producer to receive government funding towards a low-emission dairy barn that will capture and clean barn air
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack dairy farm stands to benefit from a $165,000 government grant that will help them mitigate the impacts of climate change and boost the province's food security and food econo...
Aug 18, 2022
89.5 JR Country to broadcast Chilliwack Chiefs hockey starting this fall
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack's newest home for contemporary and classic country music will become the broadcast home of the Chilliwack affiliate of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) starting this f...
Aug 18, 2022