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Amanda McGuffin struggles to see how $10.25 an hour will improve her financial situation. The 30-year-old single mother, who’s in debt for more than $3,000, has been struggling for five years, ever since moving from Alberta to B.C. Working for minimum wage at a local fast food restaurant, her last pay cheque was $276.78.

Greendale elementary school is now Greendale community school. For more than two years, the elementary school has been working towards community school status, and at last week’s board meeting, without hesitation, trustees approved the community school designation and subsequent name change.

The Best Western Rainbow Country Inn is pulling out all the stops April 21 for Japanese earthquake victims with their heartfelt fundraiser, Here, After, for the Disaster.

Iva Hancock may be a petite-sized woman, but she’s got a mammoth amount of energy and a heart the size of Chilliwack.

Baby bums. A whole lot of baby bums.

Have you ever been around a person that is so focused, passionate and immersed in what they do that they almost vibrate with enthusiasm? Paula DeWitt-Krause is one of those people and I must admit that her passion and dedication to her music is infectious.

Kids at Bernard elementary are officially green thumbs.