Jason Roessle

Mission school district has $3.9M deficit

Trustees have plan to pay back debt within three years

Dewdney Elementary School is being considered for closure.

Dewdney elementary may close

Declining enrolment cited as primary reason for being considered for closure

Dewdney Elementary School is being considered for closure.

Traditional program going ahead

Mission trustees voted Tuesday night to source a school within which to place the program

Traditional school idea still possible: trustee

Trustees will be meeting with parents to see how the plan could move forward

Grab-A-Java owner Dave Perritt has established an account where people can donate money to help the young son of Rachel Pernosky.

Account created to accept donations for Pernosky’s son

Donations can be made via Envision or at Grab-A-Java

Grab-A-Java owner Dave Perritt has established an account where people can donate money to help the young son of Rachel Pernosky.
Earth Hour happened this past Saturday night.

Mission electricity consumption drops 1.1% during Earth Hour

Earth Hour happened March 23 between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m.

Earth Hour happened this past Saturday night.
Mission Springs’ brewmaster Kevin Winter holds up a growler, a 1.8-litre glass jug that consumers can get refilled at the local brewpub. A 30 per cent tax on refills is being proposed.

New tax proposed by government on growlers

Advocacy group starts online petition to protest refill tax

Mission Springs’ brewmaster Kevin Winter holds up a growler, a 1.8-litre glass jug that consumers can get refilled at the local brewpub. A 30 per cent tax on refills is being proposed.

Martial arts event benefits St. Joseph’s Food Bank

Budofest will take place at Canadian Martial Arts Academy on North Railway Avenue

Whitney Dzamka was 24th in line to register two of her three children, slated to start in kindergarten in 2014 and 2016.

Pre-reg starts for new program

First parents in line arrived just after 3 a.m. Tuesday to ensure their children’s spot in proposed school

Whitney Dzamka was 24th in line to register two of her three children, slated to start in kindergarten in 2014 and 2016.
Mission parents Julie Tatla (left) and Erin Osterberg volunteered to help spread the word about a proposed traditional school for Mission. The women were set up at the Leisure Centre last Tuesday afternoon with informational pamphlets.

Traditional school pre-registration March 12

The sign-up starts at 8:30 a.m. at the school administration office on Fourth Avenue

Mission parents Julie Tatla (left) and Erin Osterberg volunteered to help spread the word about a proposed traditional school for Mission. The women were set up at the Leisure Centre last Tuesday afternoon with informational pamphlets.

Policy changes after sex ed complaint

Heritage Park Secondary School has altered its opt-out policy

Traditional school info meeting March 11

A public traditional school is proposed for Mission

Push to fill trad school begins

A final public information meeting will happen March 11 at 7 p.m.

Three-year-old Moses of Mission works on his letters at home with mother Anna-Lisa Schubert. The Mission parent is in favour of the traditional school model, and plans to enrol Moses if the program goes ahead.

Traditional school forum Feb. 26 at Fraserview

Pre-registration for Mission Traditional Academy will be March 12

Three-year-old Moses of Mission works on his letters at home with mother Anna-Lisa Schubert. The Mission parent is in favour of the traditional school model, and plans to enrol Moses if the program goes ahead.

EDITORIAL: Mission readying to host athletes

To help make the event a success, volunteer your time

Mission RCMP Auxiliary constables Jamie Nokes (left) and Roy Hafeli pull back the curtain on the B.C. Winter Games countdown clock Tuesday at the Leisure Centre.

B.C. Games countdown starts

Mission to host 2014 B.C. Winter Games in February

Mission RCMP Auxiliary constables Jamie Nokes (left) and Roy Hafeli pull back the curtain on the B.C. Winter Games countdown clock Tuesday at the Leisure Centre.
Mission Mayor Ted Adlem listens as MP Ed Fast addresses the crowd in Abbotsford Friday where completion of upgrades to the JAMES plant were announced.

JAMES upgrades completed

The waste treatment plant benefited from a $2.17 million federal/provincial infusion of money

Mission Mayor Ted Adlem listens as MP Ed Fast addresses the crowd in Abbotsford Friday where completion of upgrades to the JAMES plant were announced.
Darryl Stroet

Paramedic hailed a hero

Stroet risked his safety to help save a woman from a vehicle that had overturned in a water-filled ditch

Darryl Stroet
Carly Rae Jepsen played a concert at the Clarke Theatre Monday night before a near-capacity crowd in Mission. The two-time Grammy nominee was brought to Mission through Target, which gave away tickets to the show free last Tuesday.

Jepsen fans pack Clarke Theatre

The Mission-raised songstress entertained the crowds Monday night

Carly Rae Jepsen played a concert at the Clarke Theatre Monday night before a near-capacity crowd in Mission. The two-time Grammy nominee was brought to Mission through Target, which gave away tickets to the show free last Tuesday.
Alyssa, Courtney, and Carissa were part of the group at the front of the line to get free Carly Rae Jepsen tickets Tuesday night.

UPDATED: Free Jepsen concert Dec. 17 at Clarke

Free tickets handed out Tuesday, Dec. 11 at the Leisure Centre

Alyssa, Courtney, and Carissa were part of the group at the front of the line to get free Carly Rae Jepsen tickets Tuesday night.