Fraser Valley Bald Eagle Festival cancelled – for good

Organizers of the Fraser Valley Bald Eagle Festival have decided to end the event after more than 20 years. / Bob Friesen File Photo
Organizers say the event was so popular that too many people were attending to be sustainable
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With local MLA Adam Olsen looking on, BC Greens leader Sonia Furstenau said a Green government would convert BC Ferries into a Crown corporation Wolf Depner/News Staff)

Green leader Sonia Furstenau promises to convert BC Ferries back into Crown corporation
The RCMP helicopter. (File photo)

Suspect escapes after police pursuit through Surrey, Langley, Abbotsford
IIO Chief Civilian Director Ron MacDonald. (File photo: Tom Zytaruk)

Police watchdog concludes Mounties didn’t shoot Surrey teen at strip mall

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A passer-by walks past a COVID-19 testing clinic in Montreal, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Canada ‘yet to see’ deaths due to recent COVID surge as cases hit 200,000
Police confirm human remains were found in a recycling bin in Vancouver on Oct. 18, 2020. (Black Press Media file photo)

Human remains found in recycling bin floating near Vancouver beach
Emergency crews shut down White Rock’s Five Corners district on Feb. 19, 2020 after an altercation left an elderly man in critical condition. (File photo)

Trial dates set in White Rock manslaughter case
Lizz Moffat, with the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation, helps launch “High Fives for Health Care,” a five-week fundraising campaign to help spread cheer and inspire donations for the most urgent needs of their hospitals and health care centres.

High Fives for Health Care spreading gratitude and raising vital funds for B.C. health care

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BC Votes 2020
Voting station at Tzeachten Hall in the riding of Chilliwack-Kent on the first day of advance voting in the provincial election on Oct. 15, 2020. (Paul Henderson/ Chilliwack Progress)

B.C. VOTES 2020: 380,000 British Columbians head to polls in first 4 days of advance voting

Some of highest voter turnout so far has been seen on Vancouver Island and in Shuswap

Fort St. John councillor Trevor Bolin (B.C. Conservative Party)

BC Conservatives leader fights back after BC Liberals leak 2018 workplace harassment case

Sexual harassment case was connected to employee being terminated, WorkSafeBC found

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NDP demands COVID-19 bailout for airlines

Company providing air tankers in Western Canada busy despite drop in fires

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Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller responds to a question during a news conference, Thursday, October 8, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

RCMP have ‘let down’ Indigenous fishers facing violence in Nova Scotia: minister

Comments come after lobster pound was burned, police accused one person of assaulting a Mi’kmaq leader

Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse smiles during second half of their NBA basketball game against the Washington Wizards in Toronto, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. Website traffic for voter registration by Americans living abroad is triple what it was for the 2016 U.S. presidential election, according to Nurse. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Raptors continue push for Americans living abroad to vote in U.S. election

Team launched campaign to urge Americans living north of the border to vote in the U.S. presidential election

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Chilliwack Jets

Chilliwack Jets net first PJHL win against Mission City Outlaws

The expansion junior B team went 1-1 on opening weekend with a victory over their veteran foes

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UFV Cascades golfers finding form as B.C. Rivalry Series continues

The locals looked good in tourneys three and four, which were played last week against UBC and UBC-O

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Advance voting is already underway in the 42nd general election in British Columbia. Election day is Oct. 24.(Black Press files photo)

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Turbo the sulcata tortoise munches on grass during the 141st annual Chilliwack Fair in 2013. Wednesday, Oct. 21 is Reptile Awareness Day. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Unofficial holidays: Here’s what people are celebrating for the week of Oct. 18 to 24

Reptile Awareness Day, Toy Camera Day and Count Your Buttons Day are all coming up this week

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Unsworth elementary school librarian, Lorraine Warner, explains to Grade 5 student, Zachary Greenwood, how to use the new book vending machine on Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Unsworth elementary home to Chilliwack’s very first book vending machine

Students earn new books from the machine by completing reading challenges, being kind

The Pearl Life Renewal Society is having a garage sale fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. (Submitted)

Garage sale to raise funds for sexually exploited women in Chilliwack

Donations sought for upcoming garage sale fundraiser for Pearl Life Renewal Society

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Roy A. C. Hunter

Oct 7th, 2020

Judy Mercer (nee Turcsanyi)

Oct 6th, 2020

Charles William Ford Finney

Oct 6th, 2020

Margaret Agnes Harris

Oct 3rd, 2020

Russell (Russ) Wells

Oct 2nd, 2020

Helen Neufeld

Sep 30th, 2020

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C-Jay Bryce, 15, (foreground) has been short-listed by Netflix for their animation series Song of Ghosts. They are seen here with their 17-year-old sister Carmelle Bryce who is part of the team of teens. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Chilliwack teen pitches animation series to Netflix, gets short-listed

Out of more than 20,000 entries, C-Jay Bryce’s show ‘The Song of Ghosts’ moves on to next round

Mixed media artist Krista Kilvert is seen beside her piece ‘Cultivating Data’ on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. Her solo show, Relic, is at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre until Nov. 21, 2020. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Chilliwack artist hopes solo show ‘Relic’ will stimulate thought about environment

Krista Kilvert’s mixed media show is currently on display at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre

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Single family home sales skyrocketed in the summer months of 2020 in Chilliwack as many people from Metro Vancouver look for more space. (Black Press File)

OPINION: Is COVID-19 turning Chilliwack into a bedroom community?

‘Vancouverites are choosing detached homes in more remote communities over apartments in busy areas’

LETTER: Christian advocacy group says NDP election criticism is anti-democratic

‘It is disappointing that the NDP would condemn the very thing on which a health democracy depends’

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      Elroy Gust finds the perfect work-life balance

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