Provincial Government

Jennifer Whiteside, minister of education and child care, tours the before- and after-school classroom at Chilliwack's newest school during the grand opening of Stitó:s Lá:lém Totí:lt Elementary Middle School on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Provincial government funds 102 new daycare spaces in Chilliwack schools

Fifty-four of those spaces are at the just-opened Stitó:s Lá:lém Totí:lt Elementary/Middle School

Jennifer Whiteside, minister of education and child care, tours the before- and after-school classroom at Chilliwack's newest school during the grand opening of Stitó:s Lá:lém Totí:lt Elementary Middle School on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Communities in the upper Fraser Valley have received provincial funds to prepare for extreme heat. The funding was announced Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. (Unsplash photo)

Mission and Fraser Valley First Nation bands to get extreme heat funding

New funding will help communities prepare for extreme heat event as they become more common

Communities in the upper Fraser Valley have received provincial funds to prepare for extreme heat. The funding was announced Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. (Unsplash photo)
Surrey-Newton MLA Harry Bains, left, and Harry Bains, Surrey council candidate, right.
Surrey-Newton MLA Harry Bains, left, and Harry Bains, Surrey council candidate, right.
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BCGEU, province reach tentative deal in collective bargaining after 2 weeks of job action

The BC General Employees’ Union says it has reached a tentative three-year…

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Photo: Lauren Collins Officers from Surrey Pretrial Services Centre rallied outside of the centre on Friday (March 8) about the “unmanageable levels” of inmate-to-officer ratios at B.C. prisons.

BCGEU to go back to negotiating table with province

Both parties have agreed to a media blackout and no further comment will be made

Photo: Lauren Collins Officers from Surrey Pretrial Services Centre rallied outside of the centre on Friday (March 8) about the “unmanageable levels” of inmate-to-officer ratios at B.C. prisons.
BCGEU president Stephanie Smith addresses members walking the picket line at the BC Liquor Distribution Branch’s Delta distribution centre on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. (James Smith/North Delta Reporter).

Industry fears shortages at cannabis, liquor stores amid strike at B.C. distribution centres

Liquor sector advocates say BCGEU’s picketing at the warehouses was a ‘selfish move’

BCGEU president Stephanie Smith addresses members walking the picket line at the BC Liquor Distribution Branch’s Delta distribution centre on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. (James Smith/North Delta Reporter).
BCGEU union members take to the picket line at the BC Liquor Distribution Branch’s Delta distribution centre on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. (James Smith/North Delta Reporter)

VIDEO: B.C. public service workers begin job action amid bargaining breakdown

BCGEU president Stephanie Smith part of picket lineat the BC Liquor Distribution Branch’s centre in Delta

BCGEU union members take to the picket line at the BC Liquor Distribution Branch’s Delta distribution centre on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. (James Smith/North Delta Reporter)
The British Columbia General Employees’ Union says it will set up picket lines at four BC Liquor Distribution Branch wholesale and distribution centres as it begins targeted job action. Strikers are seen in downtown Vancouver during a strike of British Columbia government workers Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Targeted job action, picket lines planned by B.C. public-service union as strike notice expires

The contract between the BCGEU and the Public Service Agency expired April 1

The British Columbia General Employees’ Union says it will set up picket lines at four BC Liquor Distribution Branch wholesale and distribution centres as it begins targeted job action. Strikers are seen in downtown Vancouver during a strike of British Columbia government workers Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
The number of rural and northern seats in the provincial legislature might be reduced, and that has MLA John Rustad worried. (Wikipedia photo)

33,000 B.C. government employees issue 72-hour strike notice

The most recent collective agreement between the union and Public Service agency expired on April 1

The number of rural and northern seats in the provincial legislature might be reduced, and that has MLA John Rustad worried. (Wikipedia photo)
Vernon-Monashee MLA Harwinder Sandhu is the subject of a recall petition in her riding, launched by a constituent. (Morning Star- file photo)

Vernon woman launches recall petition against MLA Sandhu

Genevieve Ring’s application meets requirements; petition starts Aug. 12

Vernon-Monashee MLA Harwinder Sandhu is the subject of a recall petition in her riding, launched by a constituent. (Morning Star- file photo)
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Chilliwack-Kent MLA to host B.C. Day open house

Chilliwack-Kent MLA Kelli Paddon is hosting an open house on B.C> Day,…

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The provincial government is providing $3.4 million in new funding for Community Adult Literacy Programs. (Ryan Uytdewilligen/Black Press)

Provincial government announces new funding for literacy programs in Chilliwack

Community Adult Literacy Programs can be found in 128 communities province wide

The provincial government is providing $3.4 million in new funding for Community Adult Literacy Programs. (Ryan Uytdewilligen/Black Press)
Dr. Ralph Jones pictured on March 17, 2011. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)

Chilliwack doctor says Ministry of Health to blame for clinic staffing issues

Ralph Jones disagrees with a physician colleague pointing the finger at Fraser Health

Dr. Ralph Jones pictured on March 17, 2011. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)
According to a report from the BC Coroners Service, last summer's heat claimed 22 lives in Chilliwack, out of the more than 600 provincewide. (Chilliwack Progress file photo)

Preparing for temperatures to soar into the high 30s across the Fraser Valley

City of Chilliwack and local MLA helping get word out about resources to help beat the heat

According to a report from the BC Coroners Service, last summer's heat claimed 22 lives in Chilliwack, out of the more than 600 provincewide. (Chilliwack Progress file photo)
B.C.’s current tax has added 20,000 condo units to the rental market (Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS Jonathan Hayward).

B.C.’s speculation and vacancy tax set to expand to parts of Vancouver Island by 2023

The tax will now be used in North Cowichan, Duncan, Ladysmith, Lake Cowichan, Lions Bay and Squamish

B.C.’s current tax has added 20,000 condo units to the rental market (Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS Jonathan Hayward).
Chief Robert Gladstone of Shxwha:y Village at a federal flood infrastructure funding announcement April 24, 2019. (Jenna Hauck/Chilliwack Progress file)

Shxwhá:y Village, B.C. sign licensing deal for cannabis retail, production near Chilliwack

Shxwhá:y Chief Robert Gladstone is calling the cannabis deal ‘reconciliation in action’

Chief Robert Gladstone of Shxwha:y Village at a federal flood infrastructure funding announcement April 24, 2019. (Jenna Hauck/Chilliwack Progress file)
B.C. NDP MLA Abbotsford-Mission Pam Alexis, and Maple Ridge-Mission MLA Bob D’Eith under the Mission Bridge on Oct. 15, 2020. Patrick Penner photo.

9 Mission non-profits to receive over $600,000 in provincial grants

SARA For Women Society, Mission Hospice Society, Mission Friendship Centre biggest recipients

B.C. NDP MLA Abbotsford-Mission Pam Alexis, and Maple Ridge-Mission MLA Bob D’Eith under the Mission Bridge on Oct. 15, 2020. Patrick Penner photo.
Diane Janzen, executive director of Chilliwack Community Services, and Josh Togeretz, youth outreach worker with Cyrus Centre, at Main Street Church drop-in centre.Chilliwack Community Services was one of several groups to receive community gaming grants in 2022. (Jessica Peters/ Chilliwack Progress file)

$700K in community gaming grants for charities, service groups of Chilliwack, Agassiz

‘Organizations receiving this funding are vital to our communities,’ Chilliwack-Kent MLA says

Diane Janzen, executive director of Chilliwack Community Services, and Josh Togeretz, youth outreach worker with Cyrus Centre, at Main Street Church drop-in centre.Chilliwack Community Services was one of several groups to receive community gaming grants in 2022. (Jessica Peters/ Chilliwack Progress file)
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FVRD, District of Kent granted $25,000 for emergency management upgrades

Kent will replace outdated technology at emergency operations centre

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B.C. Premier John Horgan smiles during the virtual swearing-in of Chilliwack MLA Dan Coulter on Nov. 24, 2020. (Screenshot/Dan Coulter Facebook)

Chilliwack MLA Dan Coulter waxes eloquent on departure decision by B.C. Premier John Horgan

When asked what the premier is like in real life, MLA Coulter says: ‘What you see is what you get’

B.C. Premier John Horgan smiles during the virtual swearing-in of Chilliwack MLA Dan Coulter on Nov. 24, 2020. (Screenshot/Dan Coulter Facebook)
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