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A task force focused on downtown studied the key factors slowing down that all-important renewal and found some concrete ways to speed it up.

OUTLOOK: Downtown Chilliwack ready for a renaissance

Downtown revitalization has been at the top of the to-do list of many mayors through the years, but still it effectively eludes Chilliwack.

A task force focused on downtown studied the key factors slowing down that all-important renewal and found some concrete ways to speed it up.
Representatives from Otter Co-op (from left)

Otter gets to work in Chilliwack

Construction of a new Otter Co-op building began this week. Once finished, it will create about 20-25 jobs here in Chilliwack.

  • Feb 5, 2014
Representatives from Otter Co-op (from left)
HSBC Bank Canada is changing its focus to serve international firms.

HSBC drops small business customers

Some small business customers of HSBC Bank Canada have been notified their accounts will be closed in 60 days

HSBC Bank Canada is changing its focus to serve international firms.
An oil tanker is surrounded by a containment boom as it loads crude oil at Westridge Terminal in Burnaby.

B.C., Alberta aim to increase ‘energy literacy’

Working group set up by Premiers Christy Clark and Alison Redford wants to increase education in schools, public

An oil tanker is surrounded by a containment boom as it loads crude oil at Westridge Terminal in Burnaby.
Doug Clough

Omega named Chilliwack’s Business of the Year

The Chilliwack business community celebrated its best and brightest at the Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards

Doug Clough

Fraser Basin wins $25K grant

Money will be used to support fleet vehicle emission reduction program

An aerial magnetic survey of mineral deposits has added to previous work by private companies to encourage exploratory drilling in the area of B.C. hit hard by the mountain pine beetle epidemic.

B.C. promotes search for new mines

The B.C. government is aiming to reverse a slide in mineral exploration investment with tax credits and a new exploration survey

An aerial magnetic survey of mineral deposits has added to previous work by private companies to encourage exploratory drilling in the area of B.C. hit hard by the mountain pine beetle epidemic.
Rick Parcher worked on gas drilling rigs in northern B.C. and Alberta for 15 years before returning to B.C. last fall to carry on a family tradition as a charge hand at Alternative Forest Operations in Chemainus.

B.C. economy rebound forecast

A lower Canadian dollar and a slow recovery in the U.S. and around the world bode well for the B.C. economy

Rick Parcher worked on gas drilling rigs in northern B.C. and Alberta for 15 years before returning to B.C. last fall to carry on a family tradition as a charge hand at Alternative Forest Operations in Chemainus.
Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett (centre)

B.C. pitches more mining investment

Mines minister pitches B.C. mining to Toronto investors, but still struggles with aboriginal opposition to major projects

Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett (centre)
A ban on getting loyalty reward points on prescription drug purchases remains in effect – so far – after a failed attempt by Canada Safeway and Thrifty Foods to secure a court injunction.

Pharmacy points ban survives first court challenge

Full hearing scheduled to decide if drug loyalty rewards prohibition will continue

A ban on getting loyalty reward points on prescription drug purchases remains in effect – so far – after a failed attempt by Canada Safeway and Thrifty Foods to secure a court injunction.
A big spike in B.C. population this fall was mainly driven by non-permanent residents

B.C. population reaches 4.6 million

B.C.'s population grew by 24,000 in the third quarter of 2013, reaching 4,606,375, but many were temporary residents

A big spike in B.C. population this fall was mainly driven by non-permanent residents
Changes in residential home prices

Minimal gains in Lower Mainland real estate for 2013

Home prices rise 2.5 per cent in Vancouver area, less in Fraser Valley

Changes in residential home prices

Lower Mainland home prices edge up in November from year ago

Real estate boards release price statistics for Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley

  • Dec 27, 2013
Black Press's Lisa Farquharson poses with a van full of winterwear

Coats for Kids warms up homes, hearts this Christmas season

Black Press delivered two vans full of coats, scarves, gloves, blankets, and toys to families in need around the Lower Mainland, Vancouver.

Black Press's Lisa Farquharson poses with a van full of winterwear
Artist's rendering shows current proposed design for Site C dam on the Peace River near Fort St. John.

NDP protests Site C farmland exemption

Energy Minister Bill Bennett says federal-provincial review of Peace River dam will examine agricultural impact

Artist's rendering shows current proposed design for Site C dam on the Peace River near Fort St. John.
Sarah Gallop of Sarah Gallop Design Inc. envisioned an outdoor space with a natural gas hot tub

RenoMe! with FortisBC names the grand prize winner

One Vancouver Island homeowner has a lot to celebrate this holiday season after winning the RenoMe! with FortisBC contest.

Sarah Gallop of Sarah Gallop Design Inc. envisioned an outdoor space with a natural gas hot tub
An ore truck delivers a load at Taseko's Gibraltar copper mine.

B.C. presses for Cariboo gold mine

Bill Bennett warns that more shutdowns are ahead in the B.C. Interior forest industry

An ore truck delivers a load at Taseko's Gibraltar copper mine.
Pharmacy shoppers can no longer collect loyalty points on prescription drug purchases after a ban imposed by the College of Pharmacists of B.C.

Loyalty point ban hits B.C. pharmacies

Prohibition on drug 'kickbacks' faces court challenge

Pharmacy shoppers can no longer collect loyalty points on prescription drug purchases after a ban imposed by the College of Pharmacists of B.C.
A partially loaded crude oil tanker is guided out of Burrard Inlet from Burnaby's Westridge Terminal next to the Chevron oil refinery

Ottawa vows ‘world class’ oil safety

Southern Vancouver Island and Metro Vancouver are already at "very high risk" from existing tanker traffic, mostly from Alaska

A partially loaded crude oil tanker is guided out of Burrard Inlet from Burnaby's Westridge Terminal next to the Chevron oil refinery
Newsprint will still be collected in blue boxes even though there's no deal between the newspaper industry in B.C. and Multi-Material BC on how a new recycling system coming next year will be funded.

Newspaper industry, MMBC fall out over recycling fees

Newsprint will continue to be collected through blue boxes

Newsprint will still be collected in blue boxes even though there's no deal between the newspaper industry in B.C. and Multi-Material BC on how a new recycling system coming next year will be funded.
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