City of Chilliwack

Burned out bus on Vedder Mountain Road after fire spread to trees by side of road. (Angela Bergen photo)

UPDATE: Students safe after bus caught fire on Vedder Mountain Road

Fire crews worked to put out flames two hours after with road closed from Yarrow side

 

Chilliwack Mural Festival’s Carrielynn Victor (curator 2023), Amber Price (co-founder/curator), Lise Oakley (director). (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)

Chilliwack Mural Festival will be bigger, bolder in its 4th year this summer

5 muralists chosen for 2023 from more than 700 applications to paint a Chilliwack wall

 

Visible layer of wildfire smoke drifting into Chilliwack photographed from Chilliwack Mountain on June 6, 2023. (Julie Hiscock photo)

Smoke billowing into Fraser Valley from wildfires prompts calls to Chilliwack Fire Department

‘It has been an unseasonably early start to wildfire season,’ says Chilliwack Fire Department official

 

Dennis Hupka with his 1969 Plymouth Road Runner. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)

Village Classic Car Show 2023 preparing to take over downtown Chilliwack

More than 500 classic cars, collectibles, and muscle cars, are set to wow car-show crowds this year

Dennis Hupka with his 1969 Plymouth Road Runner. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)
Uber’s map shows rideshare expansion into Chilliwack that will be in effect as of June 6, 2023. (Uber)

Uber ‘excited’ to expand ridesharing into Chilliwack

As of June 6, Chilliwack residents and visitors will be able to book a ride through Uber app

Uber’s map shows rideshare expansion into Chilliwack that will be in effect as of June 6, 2023. (Uber)
Concert pianist Clinton Denoni and CSO maestra Paula DeWit seeking pianists to audition for 2024 Piano Extravaganza. (CSO)

Young piano artists sought to perform next spring with Chilliwack Symphony Orchestra

Applications for in-person auditions in Vancouver, Langley and Chilliwack set to close on June 10

Concert pianist Clinton Denoni and CSO maestra Paula DeWit seeking pianists to audition for 2024 Piano Extravaganza. (CSO)
This black bear was looking at the photographer from a porch in Harrison Hot Springs. (Haslettphoto)

Keep bears wild, neighbours safe by removing all food attractants, says City of Chilliwack

A yearling in the hillsides that’s been entering garages will have to be euthanized if caught

This black bear was looking at the photographer from a porch in Harrison Hot Springs. (Haslettphoto)
RCMP forensic identification officers on May 27, 2023 pore over the site of a house that burned to the ground on May 23 after a report of a man fired shots at officers. (Paul Henderson/ Chilliwack Progress)

UPDATE: RCMP outreach meeting after Chilliwack shooting saw neighbours ‘expressing sincere gratitude’

Idea was to acknowledge ‘neighbourhood had been impacted by a critical incident,’ officer says

RCMP forensic identification officers on May 27, 2023 pore over the site of a house that burned to the ground on May 23 after a report of a man fired shots at officers. (Paul Henderson/ Chilliwack Progress)
Two dead cats on a lawn of a house on Fairfield Island in Chilliwack posted on a Facebook group on Monday, May 8, 2023. (Meghan Bee Facebook photo)

3 dead cats found on a Chilliwack lawn within 4 days leads to questions and speculation

Some Fairfield Island neighbours blame a coyote attack as RCMP and SPCA investigate other causes

Two dead cats on a lawn of a house on Fairfield Island in Chilliwack posted on a Facebook group on Monday, May 8, 2023. (Meghan Bee Facebook photo)
Chilliwack Carpool is an online group helping people get rides to and from Chilliwack. (Facebook/Chilliwack Carpool)

New group helping secure carpool rides to and from Chilliwack during transit strike

‘Together, we can find solutions to combat the inconvenience of the strike,’ says group founder

Chilliwack Carpool is an online group helping people get rides to and from Chilliwack. (Facebook/Chilliwack Carpool)
Poverty reduction minister Sheila Malcolmson, MLA Kelli Paddon, Miel Bernstein and Tiffany Francis of Project AIM at the legislature on May 8, 2023. (MLA Kelli Paddon)

Chilliwack-Kent MLA partners with Project AIM to reduce stigma around menstruation

4 info sessions in June on period education will be ‘free, inclusive and safe’ in Chilliwack

Poverty reduction minister Sheila Malcolmson, MLA Kelli Paddon, Miel Bernstein and Tiffany Francis of Project AIM at the legislature on May 8, 2023. (MLA Kelli Paddon)
Freshet prep by City of Chilliwack crews includes dike inspection. (City of Chilliwack)

Freshet prep in Chilliwack has city crews checking dikes, pumps and flood boxes

Provincial snowpack levels are lower than usual at 91 per cent of average after warm start to May

Freshet prep by City of Chilliwack crews includes dike inspection. (City of Chilliwack)
The City of Chilliwack bought this bike lane sweeper to clean in between the protective bollards and curb, the area where a standard street sweeper cannot access. (City of Chilliwack)

Help name Chilliwack’s new bike-lane sweeper

Sir Sweeps-A-Lot? Sweepy McSweepface?

The City of Chilliwack bought this bike lane sweeper to clean in between the protective bollards and curb, the area where a standard street sweeper cannot access. (City of Chilliwack)
Keith Wilson Road saw a collision that injured pedestrians in a crosswalk on May 9, 2023. (Google Maps)

UPDATE: Chilliwack crosswalk collision injures 3 young pedestrians

Chilliwack Fire Department, police and ambulance called to Keith Wilson Road where kids were struck

Keith Wilson Road saw a collision that injured pedestrians in a crosswalk on May 9, 2023. (Google Maps)
More than 100 people showed up for a transit rally at Chilliwack’s Five Corners on April 12, 2023 in support of striking CUPE 561 workers. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)

Chilliwack Chamber calls on labour minister to take action to end transit strike

‘No movement toward reaching agreement to get 213 people back to work’

More than 100 people showed up for a transit rally at Chilliwack’s Five Corners on April 12, 2023 in support of striking CUPE 561 workers. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)
City of Chilliwack adopts Alertable for community emergency notifications. (City of Surrey photo)

Chilliwack council adopts new public alerting policy with app used in 2021 floods

Alertable app used by neighbouring cities, regional district in critical events like fire or flood

City of Chilliwack adopts Alertable for community emergency notifications. (City of Surrey photo)
RCMP had a section of Yale Road blocked in Chilliwack between Broadway and Menzies streets. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

UPDATE: Man in hospital with serious injuries following assault on Yale Road in Chilliwack

Homes in immediate vicinity were evacuated after discovering possible explosive device

RCMP had a section of Yale Road blocked in Chilliwack between Broadway and Menzies streets. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
AIM co-founders Tiffany Francis and Miel Bernstein asking for menstrual/incontinence equity at Chilliwack city hall on April 18, 2023. (City of Chilliwack/ Youtube video screenshot)

Chilliwack pledges to help end ‘period poverty’ by stocking its civic facilities

Non-profit AIM gave away $35K worth of menstrual, incontinence products last year for free

AIM co-founders Tiffany Francis and Miel Bernstein asking for menstrual/incontinence equity at Chilliwack city hall on April 18, 2023. (City of Chilliwack/ Youtube video screenshot)
Ongoing repairs to the Sumas Dike are included among Abbotsford flood-recovery projects that are receiving $5.28 million in funding from the province. Meanwhile, the multi-government Sumas River Flood Mitigation Collaborative Framework was signed by the various partners on Friday (April 27). (John Morrow/Abbotsford News)

Abbotsford, Chilliwack, First Nations and province sign flood-mitigation framework

More than $8.5M designated for pump-station upgrades and infrastructure repairs

Ongoing repairs to the Sumas Dike are included among Abbotsford flood-recovery projects that are receiving $5.28 million in funding from the province. Meanwhile, the multi-government Sumas River Flood Mitigation Collaborative Framework was signed by the various partners on Friday (April 27). (John Morrow/Abbotsford News)
Grainy video sent to Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove taken on Saturday, April 22, 2023 showing a Union Gospel Mission van dropping off unhoused people in downtown Chilliwack. (Video screenshot)

UPDATE: Union Gospel Mission van caught on video dropping off unhoused people in Chilliwack

Individual driven to Chilliwack was looking for housing, not just dumped off ‘with no reason:’ UGM

Grainy video sent to Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove taken on Saturday, April 22, 2023 showing a Union Gospel Mission van dropping off unhoused people in downtown Chilliwack. (Video screenshot)