Category Archives: Post to Social
Popkum Fire Department set to replace aging fire engine with new $565K apparatus
CHILLIWACK - It's out with the old and in with the new, but it won't happen overnight.Fraser Valley Regional District District Board of Directors passed a motion at its meeting on July 28 that paves t...
Aug 04, 2022
YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Spec tax helps us keep up with Fraser Valley’s growth
The Fraser Valley is one of the fastest growing regions in B.C. - people from all over the province, country, and globe are moving here for countless reasons. Whether they are starting a family, pursu...
Aug 04, 2022
City Council awards contract for Little Mountain stairway trail project, groundbreaking possibly set for November
CHILLIWACK - Another recreational amenity for Chilliwack residents could break ground as early as this November. Chilliwack City Council awarded a $134,432 contract Tuesday (Aug. 2) to House to Home L...
Aug 04, 2022
Abby police looking to recruit, connect with community at Abbotsford International Airshow
ABBOTSFORD - Abby police want the community to know that they will be present at the Abbotsford International Airshow this upcoming weekend (Aug. 5 until Aug. 7).Cst. Mary Boonstra of the Abbotsford P...
Aug 03, 2022
RCMP struggling to attract police recruits, RCMP Superintendent tells Chilliwack Council
CHILLIWACK - Police aren't fielding nearly as many applications from candidates seeking a career in policing these days, and there's a possible reason behind it all, according to an official from the ...
Aug 03, 2022
Campfires at Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island campgrounds banned starting August 4
CHILLIWACK - Starting tomorrow (Aug. 4) at noon, campfires will be prohibited throughout the Chilliwack Forest District and Lower Mainland. The BC Wildfire Service announced the comprehensive ban to h...
Aug 03, 2022
Chilliwack Sunflower Festival: The sunniest of festivals is back this month
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Sunflower Festival will be painting the town yellow, beginning Wednesday, August 10. The festival, in its fifth year, will take place at Royalwood Drive, also home to the C...
Aug 03, 2022
Museum volunteers eager to welcome crowds back this weekend at Chilliwack Fair
CHILLIWACK - Atchelitz Threshermen's Association treasurer and longtime volunteer Donna Wurst would love nothing more than to see families and seniors filling the grounds of the museum, chapel, genera...
Aug 03, 2022
Reichelt to seek 2nd term on Chilliwack school board
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack school board Willow Reichelt will seek a second term this fall on the Chilliwack School District Board of Education. Reichelt was first elected to the school board in 2018 and ...
Aug 03, 2022
YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Action and accountability needed in B.C.’s health care crisis.
You would think that with a health care system in a state of absolute crisis, Health Minister Adrian Dix would consider ideas to improve it - no matter where they come from. Yet the minister and his N...
Aug 02, 2022