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PHOTOS OF 2020: Heartwarming and heartbreaking images by Chilliwack Progress photojournalist

‘Instead of selecting just my best images, I also chose photos that remind me of how things were different in 2020’

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Every year around this time, I dig through all the photos I shot throughout the year to find about 20 to 30 of my best images to share with Chilliwack readers.

Although this year is no different in searching for year-in-review photos, my reason for picking which photos made the cut this year is quite different.

These are not necessarily the “best” photos I took in 2020.

First of all, I probably shot about half the amount of assignments and events this year compared to a typical year, so there simply wasn’t the vast number of images to sift through.

But also, this year obviously wasn’t like other years.

Instead of selecting just my best images, I also chose photos that remind me, and hopefully all of us, of how things were different in 2020.

Mixed in with photos of a massive five-unit townhouse fire on Promontory and a picturesque ‘snow moon’ over Mt. Cheam, are images taken during the pandemic like a drive-by birthday parade for 100-year-old veteran Gordon Norrish and a very different Rotary Book Sale event.

Whether they break your heart or warm your heart, they will definitely be a reminder of what life was like in the time of COVID-19.

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Jenna Hauck

About the Author: Jenna Hauck

I started my career at The Chilliwack Progress in 2000 as a photojournalist.
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