Katie Bartel

Video: Little Mountain students raise their voices for Canada

Chilliwack school wins the under-11 category for the inaugural Lieutenant Governor’s Sing Me A Song contest.

Chilliwack parents react to full-scale strike vote

Chilliwack parents talk full-scale strike Wednesday morning following BCTF's 86 per cent favourable vote to escalate job action.

Chilliwack students locked down in Science World

Two classes from Watson elementary were put in lockdown at Science World when police took down an alleged shooting suspect Tuesday.

No pickets, no teachers at Chilliwack grad ceremonies

G.W. Graham secondary school's graduation ceremony will not be picketed by teachers on Friday.

Spencer West talks to a group of students at Mt. Slesse middle school during the We Create Change tour on Monday.

Free The Children thanks Chilliwack

Chilliwack was one of the stops on the 10-week We Create Change Tour put on by Free The Children.

Spencer West talks to a group of students at Mt. Slesse middle school during the We Create Change tour on Monday.
A group of Sardis secondary students walked out of classes Wednesday to support their education and show the teachers union and government they're fed up with the ongoing labour dispute.

Chilliwack students join walkout for education

A group of Sardis secondary students walked out of classes Wednesday to show the BCTF and government they're fed up with the ongoing dispute

A group of Sardis secondary students walked out of classes Wednesday to support their education and show the teachers union and government they're fed up with the ongoing labour dispute.

No organizer for Chilliwack Terry Fox Run

Without an organizer, Chilliwack's Terry Fox Run is in jeopardy of not running.

Summer school up in the air

Chilliwack school district not sure if summer school will go ahead due to the ongoing battle between BCTF and BCPSEA.

Awards ceremony won’t be picketed by teachers

Sardis secondary's awards ceremony won't be picketed by teachers Tuesday during rotating strike action, but will teachers attend?

Google photographer Frank Engel chats with Jayda Smith

Exploring Chilliwack businesses a new way

Chilliwack-based Google photographer Frank Engel is helping businesses broaden their reach through Business View.

Google photographer Frank Engel chats with Jayda Smith
Teachers at Sardis Secondary wave to passing motorists Thursday as a rotating strike that has affected schools across BC for four days come to Chilliwack. Local teachers will be on the picket line again Tuesday as the strikes extend into next week.

BCTF continues rotating strikes next week

Chilliwack teachers will be back on the picket lines Tuesday, June 3.

Teachers at Sardis Secondary wave to passing motorists Thursday as a rotating strike that has affected schools across BC for four days come to Chilliwack. Local teachers will be on the picket line again Tuesday as the strikes extend into next week.
Central elementary teachers and CUPE staff picket outside the school Thursday

Chilliwack teachers take fight to the picket lines

Chilliwack teachers were picketing outside schools Thursday, May 29.

Central elementary teachers and CUPE staff picket outside the school Thursday

Private-versus-public debate enters school scrap

A Chilliwack parent calls on the government to stop funding private schools, saying public schools need the money more.

Chilliwack parents asked to keep kids at home

The Chilliwack school district is asking parents to keep their children at home Thursday as BCTF rotating strikes hit School District 33.

UPDATE: Teachers to blame if extracurricular activities impacted by lockout, says BCPSEA

Government responds to rotating strike action with a lockout notice to teachers that could impact school-based activities, including grad.

Teacher strike closes Chilliwack schools next Thursday

B.C. Teachers' Federation to implement one-day picket lines starting Monday.

Laurea Palmantier (left) of Inner Vision Yoga leads a free youth yoga class at her studio on Monday.

Finding calm in the tumultuous teen years

Yoga has become a calming force in the minds and bodies of several Chilliwack teens who so desperately need it.

Laurea Palmantier (left) of Inner Vision Yoga leads a free youth yoga class at her studio on Monday.
Darrian Ryce

Students say it with flowers for Mother’s Day


Sardis secondary is hosting its 28th Annual Mother’s Day Plant Sale on May 10 from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Darrian Ryce
Damon Plewes

Students become teachers at Sardis secondary

More than 300 elementary students learned gardening and other farming essentials at Sardis secondary this week.

Damon Plewes
Boundary changes coming for Promontory elementary and Vedder elementary. The new Promontory boundary will include developments to the east and south of Teskey Way

Boundary changing for Promontory and Vedder elementary schools

Chilliwack school district is expanding the Promontory elementary boundary to alleviate enrollment pressures at Vedder elementary.

Boundary changes coming for Promontory elementary and Vedder elementary. The new Promontory boundary will include developments to the east and south of Teskey Way