Jennifer Feinberg

Councillor-elect Nicole Huitema Read. (Facebook/Nicole Huitema Read)

Nicole Huitema Read joins Chilliwack city council as only non-incumbent elected

Incumbents’ success on election night “means the city is already doing good work,” she says

Councillor-elect Nicole Huitema Read. (Facebook/Nicole Huitema Read)
Mayor Ken Popove celebrates with Tracey McDonald, Trevor McDonald and others at his home in Chilliwack on election night, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Ken Popove re-elected mayor of Chilliwack

Once again Jason Lum was the top vote getter on council with 10,766 votes

Mayor Ken Popove celebrates with Tracey McDonald, Trevor McDonald and others at his home in Chilliwack on election night, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
BC Transit is offering free rides on election day. Pictured here is driver Chuck Little photographed on March 18, 2021. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Take the bus for free on election day in Chilliwack

BC Transit announced that several of its partner communities were offering free rides Saturday

BC Transit is offering free rides on election day. Pictured here is driver Chuck Little photographed on March 18, 2021. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
City of Chilliwack is planning improvements to Mary Street, including bike lanes, with work starting this fall. (City of Chilliwack)

Mary Street project will see new bike lanes, LED lighting in downtown Chilliwack

21 fewer parking spaces planned as angled parking set to be converted to parallel parking

City of Chilliwack is planning improvements to Mary Street, including bike lanes, with work starting this fall. (City of Chilliwack)
This graphic was used to warn voters about upcoming school board elections in B.C. and other provinces this month. (Ben & Jerry’s Canada)

Ben & Jerry’s Canada urging B.C. to ‘vote for schools that are safe for all kids’

‘The far-right is trying to stack school boards,’ the ice cream moguls warned in Oct. 12 tweet

This graphic was used to warn voters about upcoming school board elections in B.C. and other provinces this month. (Ben & Jerry’s Canada)
Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl. (Mark Strahl/Facebook)

Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl takes on shadow minister role for transport

‘Carbon tax will further drive up the cost of everything that needs to be transported,’ says MP

Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl. (Mark Strahl/Facebook)
Isabella Oberst being filmed for Youtube video, ‘We need change’ by Students’ Voice. (Students’ Voice)

Chilliwack students shoot video to counter ‘homophobia, bigotry’ of school board election

‘We’ve joined together to make a change for the better in our community,’ says Students’ Voice member

Isabella Oberst being filmed for Youtube video, ‘We need change’ by Students’ Voice. (Students’ Voice)
Conversations with Indigenous Leaders, Nov. 2, at Tzeachten Hall. This photo of the Coqualeetza house post and memorial behind the longhouse was taken Sept. 30, 2022. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress file)

Chilliwack Chamber to hold lively panel discussion featuring Stólō leaders

‘Expect open, honest dialogue and come prepared to ask questions,’ according to event invite

Conversations with Indigenous Leaders, Nov. 2, at Tzeachten Hall. This photo of the Coqualeetza house post and memorial behind the longhouse was taken Sept. 30, 2022. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress file)
October has seen record-breaking hot temperatures, sometimes 10 or 11 degrees above normal. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)

Temperature of almost 30 degrees in Chilliwack broke all-time record for day, month

Last time a record for the day was set in Chilliwack for high-20s temperatures was Oct. 6, 1952

October has seen record-breaking hot temperatures, sometimes 10 or 11 degrees above normal. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)
Air quality has been impacted by wildfire smoke in the region, as can be seen at sunrise in Chilliwack on Oct. 6, 2022. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)

Air quality in Eastern Fraser Valley only improved ‘slightly’ so advisory continues

Smoke persisting in valleys from wildfires burning near Chilliwack Lake, Hope and Washington State

Air quality has been impacted by wildfire smoke in the region, as can be seen at sunrise in Chilliwack on Oct. 6, 2022. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)
A lot of effort went into capturing Dustan who was found in Greendale on Oct. 2, 2022. (Natasha MacDonald)

Dustan the German shepherd captured in Chilliwack after weeks on the run

Chilliwack’s littlest hobo found by pet searchers with a feed bucket on her head in a cornfield

A lot of effort went into capturing Dustan who was found in Greendale on Oct. 2, 2022. (Natasha MacDonald)
Chilliwack RCMP put out traffic snapshot Oct. 5, 2022. (RCMP)

11 impaired among high-risk drivers removed from roads by Chilliwack RCMP

RCMP weekly traffic snapshot Sept. 26-Oct. 3 shows 20 drivers nabbed in road checks

Chilliwack RCMP put out traffic snapshot Oct. 5, 2022. (RCMP)
Chilliwack fire crews battle a garage blaze on Robson Street in the early hours of Oct. 4, 2022. (William Snow photo)
Chilliwack fire crews battle a garage blaze on Robson Street in the early hours of Oct. 4, 2022. (William Snow photo)

Garage destroyed in early-morning blaze near downtown Chilliwack

Occupant of the home and his pet had managed to exit the house safely, say fire officials

Chilliwack fire crews battle a garage blaze on Robson Street in the early hours of Oct. 4, 2022. (William Snow photo)
Chilliwack fire crews battle a garage blaze on Robson Street in the early hours of Oct. 4, 2022. (William Snow photo)
Mayoral candidate Ian Carmichael grills incumbent Ken Popove at the Chilliwack Civic Town Hall in the Aboriginal Gathering Place at UFV Chilliwack on Oct. 3, 2022. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)

Civic town hall had Chilliwack candidates mulling over election questions through lens of reconciliation

Candidates met in Aboriginal Gathering Place at UFV Chilliwack in-person, and event was livestreamed

Mayoral candidate Ian Carmichael grills incumbent Ken Popove at the Chilliwack Civic Town Hall in the Aboriginal Gathering Place at UFV Chilliwack on Oct. 3, 2022. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)
Heat and smoke-filled skies were the norm in September 2022 weather, like during this sunrise on Sept. 27. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)

September in Chilliwack was hottest, and driest ever on record

7th consecutive September with above normal temperatures, a trend never seen before in Chilliwack

Heat and smoke-filled skies were the norm in September 2022 weather, like during this sunrise on Sept. 27. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)
Grass fires in the median on Highway 1 in Abbotsford west of Chilliwack on Oct. 3, 2022. (Jackie Marshall photo)

9 grass fires along Highway 1 in medians west of Chilliwack

Smoke from median fires in Abbotsford can be seen billowing into highway traffic in both directions

Grass fires in the median on Highway 1 in Abbotsford west of Chilliwack on Oct. 3, 2022. (Jackie Marshall photo)
The smoky skies seen Sept. 27, 2022, are continuing with the record heat, and drought in October. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)

Sunday saw record-breaking heat in Chilliwack with extremely low humidity

Record heat and drought lingering into October in Chilliwack, Fraser Valley along with smoky air

The smoky skies seen Sept. 27, 2022, are continuing with the record heat, and drought in October. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)
This house on Northview Street was damaged by fire in the early morning house of Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

No one home during early-morning house fire in Chilliwack now under investigation

Flames vented 20 feet into air from single-family home on north side of Chilliwack

This house on Northview Street was damaged by fire in the early morning house of Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Bea Silver Tallio, Chickie Blakeborough, receive thanks, honoured as members of the Sts’elemeqw Residential School Thrivers Society Board participating in the National Truth and Reconciliation event at Coqualeetza on Sept. 30, 2022. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)

Stólō event at Coqualeetza honoured the ‘thrivers, survivors’ of residential schools

Leadership shared brief update about ‘important, sacred work’ searching for unmarked graves

Bea Silver Tallio, Chickie Blakeborough, receive thanks, honoured as members of the Sts’elemeqw Residential School Thrivers Society Board participating in the National Truth and Reconciliation event at Coqualeetza on Sept. 30, 2022. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)
Incumbent mayor Ken Popove (left) and mayoral candidate Ian Carmichael squared off at the Cultural Centre Wednesday night in a bid for votes from Chilliwack residents on Oct. 15. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)

Two candidates for Chilliwack mayor’s chair squared off at cultural centre

All-candidates meeting was presented by Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Chilliwack BIA

Incumbent mayor Ken Popove (left) and mayoral candidate Ian Carmichael squared off at the Cultural Centre Wednesday night in a bid for votes from Chilliwack residents on Oct. 15. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)
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