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A lack of for sale signs continues to be an issue in the local real estate market. (file photo)

Chilliwack real estate sales pick up while prices hold steady

Nearly 400 properties came off the market last month, the first year-over-year increase since 2021

A lack of for sale signs continues to be an issue in the local real estate market. (file photo)
Members of the Chilliwack Outdoor Club celebrated B.C. Trails Day on June 3 with a hike along the Trans Canada trail. (submitted photo)

Chilliwack Outdoor Club hosts a hike to mark B.C. Trails Day

Forty members of the club headed out June 3 to visit a local section of the Trans Canada trail

Members of the Chilliwack Outdoor Club celebrated B.C. Trails Day on June 3 with a hike along the Trans Canada trail. (submitted photo)
Austin Peters is joining the Chilliwack Chiefs for the 2023-24 BCHL season. (Chilliwack Chiefs Twitter)

Chilliwack Chiefs add international D-man to roster

The Chiefs will have Vit Beran from Czechia in the lineup for the 2023-24 BCHL season

Austin Peters is joining the Chilliwack Chiefs for the 2023-24 BCHL season. (Chilliwack Chiefs Twitter)
A dispute between neighbours in the Harrison area boiled over into an assault charge against Francisco Rueda. His case ended June 8 with a conditional discharge. (Cliff MacArthur/provincialcourt.bc.ca)

Man convicted in assault of neighbour in Harrison

Francisco Rueda struck another man twice with a long stick after a verbal dispute escalated

A dispute between neighbours in the Harrison area boiled over into an assault charge against Francisco Rueda. His case ended June 8 with a conditional discharge. (Cliff MacArthur/provincialcourt.bc.ca)
Chilliwack’s Chelsea Loranger was sentenced June 8 in the attempted kidnapping and assault of Curtis Shayne Hocken in September of 2022. (File photo)

Conditional sentence for Chilliwack’s Chelsey Loranger in attempted kidnapping and assault case

Loranger’s co-accused, Bradley Van Geel, received a 4 year sentence for his role in the crime

Chilliwack’s Chelsea Loranger was sentenced June 8 in the attempted kidnapping and assault of Curtis Shayne Hocken in September of 2022. (File photo)
Bradley Van Geel (pictured) pleaded guilty to attempted kidnapping and assault of Curtis Shayne Hocken on Sept. 4, 2022 (Facebook)

Chilliwack’s Bradley Van Geel gets 4 year sentence for attempted kidnapping and assault

Van Geel and co-accused Chelsey Loranger are both being sentenced this week for the 2022 crime

Bradley Van Geel (pictured) pleaded guilty to attempted kidnapping and assault of Curtis Shayne Hocken on Sept. 4, 2022 (Facebook)
IHIT on the scene Oct. 4, 2018 on Yale Road east of Menzies after a shooting left one man dead. (Greg Knill/ Progress file)

Man charged in 2018 Chilliwack murder faces long wait for next court date

Harry Christensen is next scheduled to appear Jan. 24, 2024 for a preliminary inquiry

IHIT on the scene Oct. 4, 2018 on Yale Road east of Menzies after a shooting left one man dead. (Greg Knill/ Progress file)
Eastbound traffic on Highway 1 through Chilliwack is slowed by an accident around Evans Road. (BC Highway Cams screenshot)

Accident on Highway 1 slows traffic through Chilliwack

The collision has happened near between Lickman Road and the Evans Road overpass

Eastbound traffic on Highway 1 through Chilliwack is slowed by an accident around Evans Road. (BC Highway Cams screenshot)
Brad Rihela has won the John Ptucha Coaching Development Award from the Pacific Coast Amateur Hockey Association. (Darren Francis photo)

Brad Rihela recognized for work with Chilliwack Minor Hockey Association

Rihela won a coaching/player development award from Pacific Coast Amateur Hockey Association

Brad Rihela has won the John Ptucha Coaching Development Award from the Pacific Coast Amateur Hockey Association. (Darren Francis photo)
A house for sale sign in Garrison Crossing in Chilliwack on Nov. 6, 2022. (Paul Henderson/ Chilliwack Progress)

Surge of supply in Fraser Valley real estate market

New listings in the region from North Delta to Abbotsford/Mission surged 40 per cent over April

A house for sale sign in Garrison Crossing in Chilliwack on Nov. 6, 2022. (Paul Henderson/ Chilliwack Progress)
Chilliwack’s Rhonda Clough is in a tough spot, with the provincial government clawing back Employment Insurance medical benefits she’s getting while waiting for hip replacement surgery. (submitted photo)

Chilliwack woman on disability benefits teeters on the brink of homelessness

Off work with a bad hip, Rhonda Clough’s EI benefits are being clawed back by the B.C. government

Chilliwack’s Rhonda Clough is in a tough spot, with the provincial government clawing back Employment Insurance medical benefits she’s getting while waiting for hip replacement surgery. (submitted photo)
A three-vehicle crash involving two commercial vehicles and a car killed one person on the evening of Wednesday, May 31 on 16th Avenue in South Langley. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

60-year-old Chilliwack man killed in Langley car crash involving dump truck

Victim was lone occupant of a small car hit from behind by a dump truck

A three-vehicle crash involving two commercial vehicles and a car killed one person on the evening of Wednesday, May 31 on 16th Avenue in South Langley. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
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Chilliwack golfers playing from sunrise to sunset in Golfathon for ALS

The annual PGA of BC event raises money and awareness for the ALS Society of BC

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BCHL alters overtime to reduce games ending in shootouts

The junior A league will play 10 minutes of 3-on-3 OT instead of five before heading to a shootout

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Chiliwack’s Jessica and Jesse Chandler won the top prize on a Set for Life scratch and win ticket. (BC Lottery Corporation photo)

Chilliwack couple wins $675,000 on scratch and win ticket

Jessica and Jesse Chandler claimed the prize on Set for Life and have big plans for the money

Chiliwack’s Jessica and Jesse Chandler won the top prize on a Set for Life scratch and win ticket. (BC Lottery Corporation photo)
The house where Daniel Hackl allegedly engaged in an hours-long standoff with RCMP on Victoria Day burned to the ground the same night he was arrested. Hackl has made one strange court appearance and refused to appear for another since being detained. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Chilliwack man accused of shooting at RCMP refuses to co-operate with court

Daniel Hackl was a no-show for a video bail review, opting to not come out of his cell

The house where Daniel Hackl allegedly engaged in an hours-long standoff with RCMP on Victoria Day burned to the ground the same night he was arrested. Hackl has made one strange court appearance and refused to appear for another since being detained. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Chilliwack Centre of Excellence paddler Michal Smiesko competed at Canoe Kayak Canada's national team trials in Kannanaskis, AB. (James Wakeling photo)

Chilliwack paddler selected for Canadian U23 national team

Chilliwack Centre of Excellence athlete Nathan Christensen competed at national trials in Alberta

Chilliwack Centre of Excellence paddler Michal Smiesko competed at Canoe Kayak Canada's national team trials in Kannanaskis, AB. (James Wakeling photo)
Chilliwack’s Cassie Rose Ozmun received an eight-month conditional sentence order for several charges of credit card fraud and one count of flight from police. (CrimeStoppers photo)

Chilliwack prolific offender receives conditional sentence for credit card fraud and flight from police

Cassie Rose Ozmun will have to adhere to a curfew and electronic monitoring for eight months

Chilliwack’s Cassie Rose Ozmun received an eight-month conditional sentence order for several charges of credit card fraud and one count of flight from police. (CrimeStoppers photo)
The house where Daniel Hackl allegedly engaged in an hours-long standoff with RCMP on Victoria Day burned to the ground the same night he was arrested. The cause of the fire has yet to be explained, but Chilliwack Fire Department crews returned to Knight Road and Queen Street to douse hot spots on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Chilliwack man charged with shooting at police makes strange first court appearance

Daniel Hackl said he had no name when asked by the judge, and otherwise didn’t say a word

The house where Daniel Hackl allegedly engaged in an hours-long standoff with RCMP on Victoria Day burned to the ground the same night he was arrested. The cause of the fire has yet to be explained, but Chilliwack Fire Department crews returned to Knight Road and Queen Street to douse hot spots on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
The pink car sits on its familiar perch on the old Pick-A-Part and new Southern Irrigation property, welcoming eastbound travellers on Highway 1. The iconic landmark is the focus of the ‘Save the Car’ campaign, raising money to build a new facility for the Chilliwack Salvation Army.

Chilliwack’s pink car needs help to avoid being crushed

Southern Irrigation’s ‘Save the Car’ campaign is raising money for the Chilliwack Salvation Army

The pink car sits on its familiar perch on the old Pick-A-Part and new Southern Irrigation property, welcoming eastbound travellers on Highway 1. The iconic landmark is the focus of the ‘Save the Car’ campaign, raising money to build a new facility for the Chilliwack Salvation Army.