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Richmond East MLA Linda Reid is led into the B.C. legislature to begin her term as speaker Wednesday.

Premier Clark’s throne speech repeats election vows

Premier sits in visitor seats of legislature as her government begins a rare summer session to pass budget

Richmond East MLA Linda Reid is led into the B.C. legislature to begin her term as speaker Wednesday.

New guide might help Chilliwack clean up contaminated properties

Hemmera Consultants and city staff created "a simplified guide" to explain the steps involved with brownfield investigation and remediation

Constables Francois Lewis (left) and Marc Verreault helped save a 41-year-old man from committing suicide off the Fraser Bridge last Friday.

Police help save suicidal man in Hope

Three officers intervened when a 41-year-old man was about to jump off the Fraser Bridge

Constables Francois Lewis (left) and Marc Verreault helped save a 41-year-old man from committing suicide off the Fraser Bridge last Friday.
Surrey residents typically battle traffic for 31 minutes when they go to work.

Car still king for Metro Vancouver commuters, stats show

Transit use up, but most workers battle traffic in vehicles

Surrey residents typically battle traffic for 31 minutes when they go to work.

FVRD blasts Metro Vancouver over waste management plan

FVRD directors accuse Metro Vancouver of creating a waste management plan that would fund a new Waste-to-Energy incinerator.

Outgoing BCTF president Susan Lambert and president-elect Jim Iker

UPDATED: BCTF calls vote on B.C. bargaining

The B.C. Teachers' Federation is holding a member vote this week, seeking a mandate to reject "government interference"

Outgoing BCTF president Susan Lambert and president-elect Jim Iker

Keep some Mission areas open to hunting, say speakers

About 150 people attended the June 19 public input meeting into proposed changes to Mission's firearms discharge bylaw

e plan shows the proposed moorage for a redeveloped Harrison Marina

Floating homes and boardwalk proposed for lakeside

Harrison Marina development heading to public hearing

e plan shows the proposed moorage for a redeveloped Harrison Marina
Some Prince brand tahini packages like this have been recalled due to possible salmonella contamination.

Tainted tahini recalled over salmonella contamination

Consumers warned not to eat some packages of Prince brand tahini now being recalled by Overwaitea

Some Prince brand tahini packages like this have been recalled due to possible salmonella contamination.
Minter Gardens is closing at the end of this season.

Business bombshell in Chilliwack as Minter Gardens set to close

The Minter family announced suddenly they are closing and selling the 32-acre show gardens at the foot of Mt. Cheam in Rosedale.

Minter Gardens is closing at the end of this season.
Sam Mohan (left) and Kim Lloyd visit with client and methadone user Kevin Point inside Chilliwack's mobile clinic

Mini mobile clinic on a bus replaces Chilliwack needle exchange van

A big blue bus is ready to roll through Chilliwack as a mobile clinic for the street-entrenched

Sam Mohan (left) and Kim Lloyd visit with client and methadone user Kevin Point inside Chilliwack's mobile clinic
NDP house leader John Horgan

NDP warns of summer subterfuge with B.C. legislature resuming

Horgan says "bogus" budget being pushed through "while people are at the beach".

NDP house leader John Horgan
Metro Vancouver's existing waste-to-energy plant in south Burnaby burns 285

Nanaimo on radar as potential incinerator site

Metro Vancouver open to barging garbage across strait to Vancouver Island, among other options

Metro Vancouver's existing waste-to-energy plant in south Burnaby burns 285

Two arrested after gunpoint standoff at Echo Room

RCMP arrested two men early Saturday morning after a nine millimeter handgun was pulled out at a Chilliwack night club.

Prolific offender nabbed after using stolen credit cards

Chilliwack RCMP have a prolific offender in custody after following a paper trail back to stolen credit cards.

Repair work on severe washout of Highway 3A near Creston.

Repairs continue as B.C. rivers recede

Flood warning and high streamflow advisories end, thunderstorm warning for Prince George area

Repair work on severe washout of Highway 3A near Creston.
Health Minister Terry Lake.

Manager pay raises topple health authority CEO

PHSA board wasn't told of wage hikes contravening government-ordered freeze

Health Minister Terry Lake.

Less than a week remains for gun amnesty

Local RCMP have taken in several unwanted or illegaly-owned firearms during June's Gun Amnesty Month initiative.

The 2013 transit expansion comes this fall with a fare increase.

Chilliwack transit grows and fare increase comes with it

It's the largest expansion in the history of the Chilliwack Transit System and it's coming this fall

The 2013 transit expansion comes this fall with a fare increase.
Dr. Adrian Walton tends to a six-foot albino Burmese python found in Chilliwack.

Python dumped in Chilliwack getting good care

Several readers called the vet to ask about adopting the snake, after the Progress broke the story this week.

Dr. Adrian Walton tends to a six-foot albino Burmese python found in Chilliwack.
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