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Meet the people running in Chilliwack at 3 upcoming all-candidates events

First all-candidates event, hosted by Chilliwack Chamber and Downtown BIA, on Sept. 28
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File shot of an Elections Canada sign at Chilliwack Middle School (CMS) on Sept. 10, 2021. (Paul Henderson/ Chilliwack Progress file)

A few weeks before voting day in the 2022 municipal election and several all-candidate events have been announced.

The first event is Sept. 28, hosted by Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Business Improvement Association, an all-candidates meeting from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre, and it requires pre-registration.

The event will be moderated by Diane Janzen, executive director of Community Services. Once again the website Sli.do will be used to organize candidate questions. The code to enter questions will be #chwkdebate

First there’s a meet-and-greet 6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Then hear from the mayoral candidates from 7 to 7:45 p.m. followed by questions for candidates in the theatre from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Registration is required for the Chamber/BIA event, which will also be livestreamed for those who cannot attend in person at 9201 Corbould St. Register to attend the Chamber/BIA event.

On Oct. 3 ChillTV and University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) will be hosting a ‘Civic Election Townhall’ at the UFV Gathering Place on the Chilliwack campus starting at 6 p.m. at 45190 Caen Ave, Room A-1457. Moderators for the townhall event will be Shirley Hardman, and Louis De Jaeger.

The third all-candidates event is slated for Oct. 5, at the Yarrow Community Centre, 4670 Community St. from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Stay tuned to theprogress.com for more details as they are announced under the Election 2022 tab.

Click to register to attend the Sept. 28 Chamber/BIA event in-person.

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Jennifer Feinberg

About the Author: Jennifer Feinberg

I have been a Chilliwack Progress reporter for 20+ years, covering the arts, city hall, as well as Indigenous, and climate change stories.
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