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Brandon Pennell has been chosen for an elite traveling team that will be visiting several European countries next spring. The 11-year-old defenceman is playing on the Chilliwack A-1 squad this season.

Hope hockey player named to exchange program

Canadian AAA Explorers travel to Europe next spring for 16 days

Brandon Pennell has been chosen for an elite traveling team that will be visiting several European countries next spring. The 11-year-old defenceman is playing on the Chilliwack A-1 squad this season.
Linda McMullan is going to be walking virtually to the southern end of Mexico — and she’s hoping for a few amigos to join her as she sets out on the virtual walk, one of three virtual challenges currently underway at the Hope and District Recreation Centre.

Take a virtual hike, all the way to Mexico

Hope Recreation Centre offering three different travel challenges.

Linda McMullan is going to be walking virtually to the southern end of Mexico — and she’s hoping for a few amigos to join her as she sets out on the virtual walk, one of three virtual challenges currently underway at the Hope and District Recreation Centre.
Former Hope Minor Hockey player Kevin Koopman has recently been hired as head trainer at the Abbotsford Training Rink on South Fraser Way.

Hope grad lands rink job in Abbotsford

Former minor hockey player hired as new head trainer

Former Hope Minor Hockey player Kevin Koopman has recently been hired as head trainer at the Abbotsford Training Rink on South Fraser Way.
Residents are invited to paddle the scenic Skagit River and Ross Lake this Sunday in celebration of B.C. Rivers Day and the saving of the Canadian Skagit from flooding.

Celebrating B.C. Rivers Day in Hope

Trip to Skagit River and Ross Lake planned on Sunday

Residents are invited to paddle the scenic Skagit River and Ross Lake this Sunday in celebration of B.C. Rivers Day and the saving of the Canadian Skagit from flooding.
Hope Minor Hockey product Dale Howell has signed with the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds of the B.C. major midget league. The 16-year-old Hope Secondary student will be playing his home games in Chilliwack’s Prospera Centre before the Chiefs’ Saturday night games.

Hope hockey player signs with the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds

Dale Howell to play in the B.C. major midget league

Hope Minor Hockey product Dale Howell has signed with the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds of the B.C. major midget league. The 16-year-old Hope Secondary student will be playing his home games in Chilliwack’s Prospera Centre before the Chiefs’ Saturday night games.
Nathan Holding (left), Kevin Misumi and Dale Howell make the first scratches in the newly-installed ice at the Hope Arena last Monday. Hope and District Minor Hockey is holding mini-clinics next week — and on August 29 the rec centre is hosting an exhibition match between the Chilliwack Chiefs and the Merritt Centennials.

Hope Minor Hockey hosts clinics next week

The workshops focus on improving skating skills and game techniques

Nathan Holding (left), Kevin Misumi and Dale Howell make the first scratches in the newly-installed ice at the Hope Arena last Monday. Hope and District Minor Hockey is holding mini-clinics next week — and on August 29 the rec centre is hosting an exhibition match between the Chilliwack Chiefs and the Merritt Centennials.
The “Green Mile” of Chilliwack’s Hope River is perhaps the most picturesque part of the waterway, which has a number of easy access points for canoes and kayaks.

Paddling Chilliwack’s Hope River

The waterway offers plenty of scenery and wildlife

The “Green Mile” of Chilliwack’s Hope River is perhaps the most picturesque part of the waterway, which has a number of easy access points for canoes and kayaks.
Alvin Towriss sits at home in Hope Friday with the Canadian women’s basketball game against Brazil on in the background. The national Olympic team is coached by his daughter Allison McNeill, who credits her parents as being her biggest source of inspiration.

Hope’s link to the London summer Olympics

Alvin Towriss' daughter is coaching Canada women's basketball team

Alvin Towriss sits at home in Hope Friday with the Canadian women’s basketball game against Brazil on in the background. The national Olympic team is coached by his daughter Allison McNeill, who credits her parents as being her biggest source of inspiration.
A five-foot-wide trail has been cleared through several slide-prone sections of the road on the historic Hudson Bay Company Peers Creek trail. Here, ATVs are being used by Wayne Furness (left), Ken Hayes and Kelley Cook to transport campsite supplies to the top end of Peers Creek. Materials transported include: toilet, bear-proof food cache, benches, signs, historic kiosk, and tent pads. Once restored, the trail will travel for 50 kilometres to Otter Lake at Tulameen.

Heritage trail improvement underway

Crews currently adding more camping sites in the Peers Creek Valley

A five-foot-wide trail has been cleared through several slide-prone sections of the road on the historic Hudson Bay Company Peers Creek trail. Here, ATVs are being used by Wayne Furness (left), Ken Hayes and Kelley Cook to transport campsite supplies to the top end of Peers Creek. Materials transported include: toilet, bear-proof food cache, benches, signs, historic kiosk, and tent pads. Once restored, the trail will travel for 50 kilometres to Otter Lake at Tulameen.
For millennia, First Nations travellers either had to risk walking on catwalks suspended along the Fraser Canyon north of Spuzzum, or take a safer route over the mountains. Modern engineering has now made travelling through the canyon safe and efficient, though the old Tikwalus Trail persists, offering hardy hikers amazing views of the canyon. Here, the Elvis Rocks the Canyon restaurant beckons hungry hikers to come down about 600 metres for a post-hike meal. You’re looking at two-plus hours of downhill from this point on the Bluffs trail.

Tikwalus Trail rich in history

First Nations people developed the Fraser Canyon route thousands of years ago

For millennia, First Nations travellers either had to risk walking on catwalks suspended along the Fraser Canyon north of Spuzzum, or take a safer route over the mountains. Modern engineering has now made travelling through the canyon safe and efficient, though the old Tikwalus Trail persists, offering hardy hikers amazing views of the canyon. Here, the Elvis Rocks the Canyon restaurant beckons hungry hikers to come down about 600 metres for a post-hike meal. You’re looking at two-plus hours of downhill from this point on the Bluffs trail.
Tyson Anderson enjoys the view through the see-through deck of the old Alexandra Bridge, north of Spuzzum on Highway 1. The bridge can be reached by walking down the old road behind the Alexandra Bridge Provincial Park parking lot.

A monumental piece of history in the Fraser Canyon

Old Alexandra Bridge played an important role in B.C.'s early development

Tyson Anderson enjoys the view through the see-through deck of the old Alexandra Bridge, north of Spuzzum on Highway 1. The bridge can be reached by walking down the old road behind the Alexandra Bridge Provincial Park parking lot.
Two groups enjoy the recently-improved vantage point at the Mount Hope Lookout on Monday morning. Marilyn Harrington (with dog, Jodi) and Sue Williams (right) of Chilliwack Lake hiked with their friend Halle Hansen of Agassiz. The group planned on cooling down at Flood Falls in the afternoon.

Challenging hike offers aerial views of Hope

Mount Hope Lookout Trail is Hope's version of the Grouse Grind

Two groups enjoy the recently-improved vantage point at the Mount Hope Lookout on Monday morning. Marilyn Harrington (with dog, Jodi) and Sue Williams (right) of Chilliwack Lake hiked with their friend Halle Hansen of Agassiz. The group planned on cooling down at Flood Falls in the afternoon.

Retired Hope teacher on a cross-Canada ride

Truls Asdal started his trip to St. John's, Newfoundland on May 28

Two Hope Minor Hockey players are taking their love of the game to higher heights this summer. Seventeen-year-old Donavan John has won a $750 Pat Quinn Scholarship from the Canuck Alumni, which he will use at Thompson Rivers University in September — and 11-year-old Brandon Pennell has been invited to the Western Canadian AAA International Hockey Exchange tryouts in Ponoka Alberta in August.   

Taking hockey to the next level

Hope player receives a Canuck Alumni scholarship, while another prepares for international exchange tryouts

Two Hope Minor Hockey players are taking their love of the game to higher heights this summer. Seventeen-year-old Donavan John has won a $750 Pat Quinn Scholarship from the Canuck Alumni, which he will use at Thompson Rivers University in September — and 11-year-old Brandon Pennell has been invited to the Western Canadian AAA International Hockey Exchange tryouts in Ponoka Alberta in August.   
Grade 8 javelinist Justin Dolan launches his missile during last Thursday’s practice at Hope Secondary School. Coach Jason Fisher plans to take a small team of athletes to community invitational track and field meets in June.

Hope athletes keep track and field season alive

Team plans on attending several community meets in June

Grade 8 javelinist Justin Dolan launches his missile during last Thursday’s practice at Hope Secondary School. Coach Jason Fisher plans to take a small team of athletes to community invitational track and field meets in June.
Lola Bury regularly rides her bike to school at Coquihalla Elementary. She encourages others to join her, especially during the Bike to Work Week, which kicks off this Sunday at the Hope Rec Centre with a free barbecue from 2-4 p.m.

Hope is gearing up for Bike to Work Week

Event kicks off with a barbecue celebration on Sunday

Lola Bury regularly rides her bike to school at Coquihalla Elementary. She encourages others to join her, especially during the Bike to Work Week, which kicks off this Sunday at the Hope Rec Centre with a free barbecue from 2-4 p.m.
Golf instructor Val Beebe helps Abigail Bethell with her putting stroke at last Thursday’s SNAG (Starting New at Golf) lesson at the Hope Golf Club. Beebe is offering lessons for kids as young as four years old and she hopes to run her six-week sessions throughout the summer.

Golf lessons reinforce life skills

New weekly program available in Hope fro kids aged four to 15

Golf instructor Val Beebe helps Abigail Bethell with her putting stroke at last Thursday’s SNAG (Starting New at Golf) lesson at the Hope Golf Club. Beebe is offering lessons for kids as young as four years old and she hopes to run her six-week sessions throughout the summer.
Zane MacDonald tested his unusual training regimen in last weekend’s Vancouver Marathon — and finished in a very respectable 3:47:28.

Hope runner finishes Vancouver Marathon under four hours

Zane MacDonald excels in his first marathon with no training

Zane MacDonald tested his unusual training regimen in last weekend’s Vancouver Marathon — and finished in a very respectable 3:47:28.
Erica Stoney, a 2007 grad of Hope Secondary School, hams it up with roller derby referee Ferd Alcos at the Landing Sports Centre in Chilliwack last Wednesday. The Chilliwack VooDoo Derby Dollz will be bringing their bumping and blocking sport to Hope Arena on May 12. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the first bout starts at 6 p.m. Admission for ages 13 and up is $12, with 12 and under getting in for free.

VooDoo Derby Dollz roll into Hope

Chilliwack roller derby group hosts a fundraiser for breast cancer research on May 12

Erica Stoney, a 2007 grad of Hope Secondary School, hams it up with roller derby referee Ferd Alcos at the Landing Sports Centre in Chilliwack last Wednesday. The Chilliwack VooDoo Derby Dollz will be bringing their bumping and blocking sport to Hope Arena on May 12. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the first bout starts at 6 p.m. Admission for ages 13 and up is $12, with 12 and under getting in for free.
Brenda and Gilbert Deschenes joined 89 other Hope residents for the annual 10 kilometre Sun Run in Vancouver last Sunday. The Deschenes were part of the C.E. Barry team, which had 72 participants. Peter Hollmann was Hope’s fastest runner, with a time of 46:54, followed by HSS student James Irwin, with a time of 47:33.

Hope’s team F.I.T. runners increase this year

Fifteen members finished the annual Sun Run in under an hour

Brenda and Gilbert Deschenes joined 89 other Hope residents for the annual 10 kilometre Sun Run in Vancouver last Sunday. The Deschenes were part of the C.E. Barry team, which had 72 participants. Peter Hollmann was Hope’s fastest runner, with a time of 46:54, followed by HSS student James Irwin, with a time of 47:33.