Category Archives: Post to Social

Skwah First Nation free store helps alleviate food insecurity
CHILLIWACK - A free store run in the Skwah First Nation community is offering support for people who need it. Raylene Mumford, who is the health director, said the store first opened its doors in Augu...
Dave Barry Aug 11, 2022

Ambitious siblings set up shop to sell handmade bracelets in Abby neighbourhood
ABBOTSFORD - On a bright, sunny Thursday morning (Aug. 11), four siblings set up shop outside their Abbotsford home to sell handmade bracelets. Denise Reid, who was supervising with one-year-old Blais...
Marcus Gordon Aug 11, 2022

YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Making sustainable choices accessible: changes to EV rebates
Making the most environmentally friendly decisions for yourself and your family should be affordable and accessible, and that's why our BC NDP government is making changes to the CleanBC Go Electric P...
Aug 11, 2022

City of Abbotsford wins flag contest
ABBOTSFORD - The City of Abbotsford has won the Canada's Best Municipal Flag contest. The contest, launched by Municipal World, a magazine publication, said their team had selected 64 municipal flags ...
Marcus Gordon Aug 10, 2022

'We want him home' Family of missing fisherman devastated as the search to bring him home continues
CHILLIWACK - The family of missing fisherman, Dustin Williams, is heartbroken as the search continues for their loved one. "I'm devastated. It's the worst feeling a mother can ever have," said Zelda W...
Dave Barry Aug 10, 2022

Pacific Autism Family Network launching free social programs for families in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The Pacific Autism Family Network in downtown Chilliwack has developed six free programs for families in the community that have a loved one on the spectrum. . Hannah Vannery is the Frase...
Dave Barry Aug 10, 2022

Fisherman, Dustin Williams, missing in Fraser River
CHILLIWACK - On Sunday, Aug. 7 at approximately 1:45 a.m., Agassiz RCMP received a report of a missing man after a boat capsized in the Fraser River near Kilby.Agassiz RCMP and Kent Harrison Search an...
Dave Barry Aug 09, 2022

After 3-year hiatus, Camp Choice makes its return to Zajac Ranch in Mission
MISSION - After three years, Camp Choice has made its return to teens this week (Aug. 8-Aug. 12) at Zajac Ranch in Mission.Corisa Bell, director of the BC Camp Choice Society, described the camp as an...
Dave Barry Aug 09, 2022

YOUR PERSPECTIVE: No NDP relief for affordability crisis in sight
It shouldn't cost hundreds of dollars to fill a family vehicle with gas. People shouldn't have to choose between buying groceries and making rent at the end of the month. But as B.C. slips further int...
Aug 08, 2022

'My soul lives in those mountains' Chilliwack-born artist on his connection to the mountains, even outside of the art world
CHILLIWACK - Nobody understands what "the mountains are calling" means better than Chilliwack-born and raised artist, Peter Demerse Scott. "My soul lives in those mountains; they are my friends," he s...
Marcus Gordon Aug 08, 2022