Greg Knill

Capital funding of $11 million from BC Housing was announced this week for Mamele'awt Qweesome Housing Society to build an 80-unit affordable housing project in Chilliwack.

Column: Another step toward affordable housing in Chilliwack

Chilliwack's Affordable Housing Strategy is slowly filling some of the gaps in the city. But more work needs to be done.

Capital funding of $11 million from BC Housing was announced this week for Mamele'awt Qweesome Housing Society to build an 80-unit affordable housing project in Chilliwack.
People crowd the cenotaph at the All Sappers Memorial at Vedder Crossing Friday morning to lay poppies following the Remembrance Day service.

Remembrance Day at Vedder Crossing

Hundreds of people descended on Vedder Crossing in Sardis Friday to honour those who have given their lives in the service of Canada.

People crowd the cenotaph at the All Sappers Memorial at Vedder Crossing Friday morning to lay poppies following the Remembrance Day service.
UFV Theatre assistant professor Parjad Sharifi makes his PechaKucha pitch the Creative Chilliwack event held at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre last Thursday.

Column: Tapping into Chilliwack’s entrepreneurial hum

PechaKucha format provides a quick and refreshing look at Chilliwack's creative heart.

UFV Theatre assistant professor Parjad Sharifi makes his PechaKucha pitch the Creative Chilliwack event held at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre last Thursday.
A ministerial review of the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline asks if the planned route is the best option.

Opinion: More pipeline questions than answers

A federal panel looking into Trans Mountain Expansion Projects asks if the proposed route across Chilliwack's aquifer is the best. So do we.

A ministerial review of the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline asks if the planned route is the best option.

Column: We should never tolerate intolerance

Every so often something happens to shock us out of our smug complacency about bigotry in our community.

Chilliwack RCMP have stopped using radios that can be monitored by scanners.

Column: Eavesdropping on police offered window on their world

The Chilliwack RCMP has joined a growing list of police forces that have pulled their conversations from the air. They'll be missed.

Chilliwack RCMP have stopped using radios that can be monitored by scanners.
The best defence against contracting the flu is the appropriate vaccine for the particular strain circulating that year.

Opinion: Your best shot at avoiding the flu

The more people who do get vaccinated, the better our chances at avoiding the flu.

The best defence against contracting the flu is the appropriate vaccine for the particular strain circulating that year.

Opinion: Have a voice on grade configuration

As Chilliwack school district eyes changes to its primary, middle and secondary schools, parents and students should speak up.

Monument of Piper James Richardson,outside the Chilliwack Museum and the recycling bin in front of it.

Opinion: A matter of respect

A statue honouring Chilliwack's most famous war hero is no place for a recycling bin.

Monument of Piper James Richardson,outside the Chilliwack Museum and the recycling bin in front of it.
The annual Purple Light Nights 2016 campaign kicks off Monday, Oct. 3 at the Chilliwack RCMP community policing office on Airport Road with a tree lighting ceremony at 6:30 p.m.

Opinion: Shining a light

Purple Light Nights offer a beacon of hope and information for those dealing with domestic violence

The annual Purple Light Nights 2016 campaign kicks off Monday, Oct. 3 at the Chilliwack RCMP community policing office on Airport Road with a tree lighting ceremony at 6:30 p.m.
Bronze statue of Piper James Richardson, outside the museum in Chilliwack.

Column: The pipes of James Richardson

The actions of a young piper from Chilliwack were heroic, and the efforts to preserve his memory deserve our thanks.

Bronze statue of Piper James Richardson, outside the museum in Chilliwack.
Changes to the Lickman interchange will include additional lanes and a new two-lane roundabout.

Opinion: Keep on trucking

Welcome news about a chronic bottleneck in Chilliwack.

Changes to the Lickman interchange will include additional lanes and a new two-lane roundabout.
One of many homeless camps that have been established in the Chilliwack area recently.

Column: Homelessness in Chilliwack and the slow, but steady path forward

There has been an effort to get a handle on the homeless situation in Chilliwack for the past eight years. But more can be done.

One of many homeless camps that have been established in the Chilliwack area recently.

Opinion: A pitch for new schools in Chilliwack

If the province is looking for a place to spend its larger-than-expected surplus, SD33 might have a suggestion.

Opinion: The missing exchange

The provision of clean needles must come with an equal commitment from health agencies to retrieve the dirty ones.

Opinion: A back to school primer on safety

There are some basic laws at play every time we drive a vehicle – and they aren't just the ones enforced by police.

A small fire in the Chilliwack River Valley on Friday afternoon.

Opinion: Fires carry a cost

Human-caused forest fires like the one this week in Chilliwack are a preventable waste money and a diversion of valuable resources

A small fire in the Chilliwack River Valley on Friday afternoon.
Griffin Security members remind an overnight camper in Salish Park that he has to move on after 8 a.m.

Opinion: Lessons on homelessness from Medicine Hat

Critics of Chilliwack's approach to homelessness often point to Medicine Hat – a city that vowed to end homelessness by 2015.

Griffin Security members remind an overnight camper in Salish Park that he has to move on after 8 a.m.
Site plan of the new Molson Coors brewing facility announced for Chilliwack.

Opinion: Hard work on brewery move pays off for Chilliwack

The economic implications of the Molson Coors decision to relocate its brewery to Chilliwack are hard to overstate.

Site plan of the new Molson Coors brewing facility announced for Chilliwack.

Opinion: Park bylaw change a pre-emptive strike

Chilliwack had little choice but to allow homeless to camp overnight in public parks.