Jennifer Feinberg

More than 100 people attended a rally at Five Corners in downtown Chilliwack on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 supporting CUPE 561 workers sidelined by the Fraser Valley transit strike. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)

B.C. labour minister appoints mediator in Fraser Valley transit strike

Vince Ready given 10 days to secure resolution in strike impasse between First Transit, CUPE 561

More than 100 people attended a rally at Five Corners in downtown Chilliwack on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 supporting CUPE 561 workers sidelined by the Fraser Valley transit strike. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)
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

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

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

Visible layer of wildfire smoke drifting into Chilliwack photographed from Chilliwack Mountain on June 6, 2023. (Julie Hiscock photo)
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)
Kelly Velonis, head of Chilliwack & District Seniors’ Resources Society, with pedestal fans going to low-income seniors. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)

Heat preparedness kits ready for Chilliwack seniors in need this summer

Seniors’ group working with partners to hand out heat kits, fans to low-income seniors in Chilliwack

Kelly Velonis, head of Chilliwack & District Seniors’ Resources Society, with pedestal fans going to low-income seniors. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)
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)
Plans are in the works near Cultus Lake to deal with the summer traffic and vehicles parking in no-parking zones along Columbia Valley Road. (MOTI)

Summer parking problem around Cultus Lake requires stakeholder solution, says FVRD rep

‘Please call in complaints to RCMP non-emergency line rather than posting on Facebook,’ reps asks

Plans are in the works near Cultus Lake to deal with the summer traffic and vehicles parking in no-parking zones along Columbia Valley Road. (MOTI)
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)
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)
Properties on Hatzic Lake surrounded by high water after floodwaters began to recede, near Mission, B.C., on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck file)

Fraser River communities to share $7.5M for flood mitigation, dike improvements

4 flood resilience projects announced for Metro Vancouver, Leq’á:mel First Nation, FVRD, and Hope

Properties on Hatzic Lake surrounded by high water after floodwaters began to recede, near Mission, B.C., on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck 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)
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)
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)