Greg Knill

There are currently seven portables at Promontory elementary school.

Opinion: The numbers show the need for new school construction in Chilliwack

Chilliwack's school population has grown by 3.2 per cent this year, underlining the urgency for new school construction.

There are currently seven portables at Promontory elementary school.
Christmas is coming

Column: Make the season last all year long

We might not be able to change the world, but we can change ourselves. We can commit to kindness, generosity, empathy and above all action.

Christmas is coming
Sunlight breaks through on Chilliwack Mountain Sunday morning.

Opinion: Don’t put that shovel away yet

Although it doesn’t feel like it now, warmer weather is set to return Monday, and with it rain.

Sunlight breaks through on Chilliwack Mountain Sunday morning.
A fire at a homeless camp on Alexander Ave. in Chilliwack Wednesday evening has displaced several people.

Opinion: Homeless at risk

A fire at a Chilliwack homeless camp, and the death of a woman in another camp, offer stark reminders of the dangers these camps hold.

A fire at a homeless camp on Alexander Ave. in Chilliwack Wednesday evening has displaced several people.
Viola Desmond will grace the new $10 bill.

Column: New banknote helps illuminate our history

Viola Desmond, the first woman other than the queen to be on a Canadian banknote, can teach us something about our past.

Viola Desmond will grace the new $10 bill.
Critics of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion plan say increased tanker traffic will put B.C.'s coastline at risk.

Column: Pipeline debate blurs lines of agreement

Traditional alliances are being pushed aside as debate over the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project heats up.

Critics of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion plan say increased tanker traffic will put B.C.'s coastline at risk.
A ministerial review of the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline asks if the planned route is the best option.

Opinion: Pipeline answers still needed

Amid the protests and posturing, and the cheers and jeers, Chilliwack still needs some firm answers about the TMX expansion.

A ministerial review of the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline asks if the planned route is the best option.
Are you ready for winter driving?

Opinion: Winter check list

Don't be fooled by our recent string of mild winters.

Are you ready for winter driving?

Opinion: The gift of giving

And as we head toward the holiday season, there are many opportunities to feel the warmth of giving.

The powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl continues to be linked to approximately 60 per cent of fatalities in B.C. this year.

Opinion: Action on opioids needed

High level meetings in Ottawa this week about the opioid crisis in Canada need to move beyond talk and into action.

The powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl continues to be linked to approximately 60 per cent of fatalities in B.C. this year.
Capital funding of $11 million from BC Housing was announced this week for Mamele'awt Qweesome Housing Society to build an 80-unit affordable housing project in Chilliwack.

Column: Another step toward affordable housing in Chilliwack

Chilliwack's Affordable Housing Strategy is slowly filling some of the gaps in the city. But more work needs to be done.

Capital funding of $11 million from BC Housing was announced this week for Mamele'awt Qweesome Housing Society to build an 80-unit affordable housing project in Chilliwack.
People crowd the cenotaph at the All Sappers Memorial at Vedder Crossing Friday morning to lay poppies following the Remembrance Day service.

Remembrance Day at Vedder Crossing

Hundreds of people descended on Vedder Crossing in Sardis Friday to honour those who have given their lives in the service of Canada.

People crowd the cenotaph at the All Sappers Memorial at Vedder Crossing Friday morning to lay poppies following the Remembrance Day service.
Pearl Woods was recently surprised to receive the Memorial Cross

Remembering Canada’s ‘Forgotten War’

Pearl Woods is keeping the memory of her late husband alive – and the war in which he and thousands of other Canadians served.

Pearl Woods was recently surprised to receive the Memorial Cross
UFV Theatre assistant professor Parjad Sharifi makes his PechaKucha pitch the Creative Chilliwack event held at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre last Thursday.

Column: Tapping into Chilliwack’s entrepreneurial hum

PechaKucha format provides a quick and refreshing look at Chilliwack's creative heart.

UFV Theatre assistant professor Parjad Sharifi makes his PechaKucha pitch the Creative Chilliwack event held at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre last Thursday.
A ministerial review of the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline asks if the planned route is the best option.

Opinion: More pipeline questions than answers

A federal panel looking into Trans Mountain Expansion Projects asks if the proposed route across Chilliwack's aquifer is the best. So do we.

A ministerial review of the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline asks if the planned route is the best option.

Column: We should never tolerate intolerance

Every so often something happens to shock us out of our smug complacency about bigotry in our community.

The best defence against contracting the flu is the appropriate vaccine for the particular strain circulating that year.

Opinion: Your best shot at avoiding the flu

The more people who do get vaccinated, the better our chances at avoiding the flu.

The best defence against contracting the flu is the appropriate vaccine for the particular strain circulating that year.
Chilliwack RCMP have stopped using radios that can be monitored by scanners.

Column: Eavesdropping on police offered window on their world

The Chilliwack RCMP has joined a growing list of police forces that have pulled their conversations from the air. They'll be missed.

Chilliwack RCMP have stopped using radios that can be monitored by scanners.

Opinion: Have a voice on grade configuration

As Chilliwack school district eyes changes to its primary, middle and secondary schools, parents and students should speak up.

Monument of Piper James Richardson

Opinion: A matter of respect

A statue honouring Chilliwack's most famous war hero is no place for a recycling bin.

Monument of Piper James Richardson
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