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Highway 1 north of Yale is open after a rockslide closed that part of the highway for days.

Highway 1 north of Yale reopened

The highway was closed since Sunday evening because of a rockslide

Highway 1 north of Yale is open after a rockslide closed that part of the highway for days.
Flood Hope Road at Richmond Hill is closed due to a rock slide.

Flood Hope Road at Richmond Hill closed

District crews have temporarily routed traffic around the slide.

Flood Hope Road at Richmond Hill is closed due to a rock slide.
Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart cuts a cake commemorating the opening of her Midtown Shopping Plaza campaign office on March 10 with supporters. Her campaign manager, Michele Coleman, is standing on the right with her arm raised.

Tegart shares platform at campaign office opening

Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart sat down with The Standard to share her views.

Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart cuts a cake commemorating the opening of her Midtown Shopping Plaza campaign office on March 10 with supporters. Her campaign manager, Michele Coleman, is standing on the right with her arm raised.
A rockslide closes the Trans-Canada Highway one kilometre north of Yale.

Highway 1 north of Yale closed due to rockslide

DriveBC has no estimate on when the highway will be opened again.

A rockslide closes the Trans-Canada Highway one kilometre north of Yale.
Chilliwack-Hope MLA Laurie Throness throws his weight behind the government’s record at a March 10 breakfast meeting.

Throness sells government’s record at breakfast meeting

Chilliwack-Hope MLA Laurie Throness also took questions from the public.

Chilliwack-Hope MLA Laurie Throness throws his weight behind the government’s record at a March 10 breakfast meeting.
Coun. Heather Stewin and Mayor Wilfried Vicktor speak to a representative from Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Expansion Project on March 7 at the Hope and District Recreation Centre’s conference room.

Kinder Morgan updates Hope on TMX progress

Mayor Wilfried Vicktor, Coun. Heather Stewin asked about safety, jobs.

Coun. Heather Stewin and Mayor Wilfried Vicktor speak to a representative from Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Expansion Project on March 7 at the Hope and District Recreation Centre’s conference room.
District of Hope staff present the budget on March 8.

Draft budget sets 2.15% tax revenue increase

Budget still had a deficit of about $471,000 on March 8.

District of Hope staff present the budget on March 8.
Attendees of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls march in downtown Hope on Monday morning.

Attendees march through Hope to remember missing and murdered aboriginals

Memorial Park hosted the first event of the year, the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls Memorial March, on Monday.

Attendees of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls march in downtown Hope on Monday morning.
Hope resident Evan Empey believes that hospitalized residents should have access to a radio, TV or Wi-Fi to help them take their mind off their illnesses.

Man says hospital needs TV, Wi-Fi

Evan Empey visited a friend at the Fraser Canyon Hospital and found no form of entertainment to help that friend pass the time.

Hope resident Evan Empey believes that hospitalized residents should have access to a radio, TV or Wi-Fi to help them take their mind off their illnesses.
Trustee Rose Tustian (first woman on left) addresses the Fraser-Cascade School District 78 board at the Feb. 21 meeting.

Trustees’ letter to education minister highlights 4-3 split in SD78 board

Three trustees call the board "severely dysfunctional."

Trustee Rose Tustian (first woman on left) addresses the Fraser-Cascade School District 78 board at the Feb. 21 meeting.
Organizer Victor Smith (left) jokes with Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart as deputy premier Rich Coleman stands behind them. The BC Liberals came to a meet-and-greet on Feb. 24 at the Owl Street Cafe.

BC Liberals visit Hope to enlist support and recruit volunteers

A veteran campaign manager is assisting Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart.

Organizer Victor Smith (left) jokes with Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart as deputy premier Rich Coleman stands behind them. The BC Liberals came to a meet-and-greet on Feb. 24 at the Owl Street Cafe.
Police and fire chief Tom DeSorcy respond to an unconfirmed gas leak at Hope Secondary School this morning.

VIDEO: Gas leak smell at high school turns out to be overcharged battery

All students have been evacuated to the Legion and Eagles as a result.

Police and fire chief Tom DeSorcy respond to an unconfirmed gas leak at Hope Secondary School this morning.
Hope faces the demographic challenge of an aging population.

Hope faces demographic challenge of an aging population

Hope's median age has increased from 42.7 to 50.2 from 2001 to 2011.

Hope faces the demographic challenge of an aging population.
Donna Kelley rushes for the beef at Buy-Low Foods. Kelley had 60 seconds to grab whatever she wanted during the Shopping Spree giveaway.

VIDEO: See what Donna Kelley bought in 60 seconds

Kelley had 60 seconds to take whatever she wanted from Buy-Low Foods during their Shopping Spree giveaway.

Donna Kelley rushes for the beef at Buy-Low Foods. Kelley had 60 seconds to grab whatever she wanted during the Shopping Spree giveaway.
Hope and Area Healthy Communities Committee’s co-chairs Michelle Vandepol and Catherine Wiebe sit in the centre as Fraser-Cascade School District 78’s assistant superintendent Kevin Bird sits on Wiebe’s left.

Fall fair attendance sees mixed results, Jan. 31 health committee hears

Also: a new team to develop a smoking bylaw and SD78 gets asked about whether their trades program benefits girls.

Hope and Area Healthy Communities Committee’s co-chairs Michelle Vandepol and Catherine Wiebe sit in the centre as Fraser-Cascade School District 78’s assistant superintendent Kevin Bird sits on Wiebe’s left.
Blue Moose Coffee House owner Wes Bergmann shows his cafe’s new app that promises to reduce waits during summertime.

Food industry turns to tech to cut waits

Consumers and businesses in Hope are realizing the benefits of electronic ordering.

Blue Moose Coffee House owner Wes Bergmann shows his cafe’s new app that promises to reduce waits during summertime.
Richard Ian Ellis.

BC Corrections says high risk sex offender moving to Chilliwack

Richard Ian Ellis initially wanted to move to Hope but has now moved to Chilliwack.

Richard Ian Ellis.
Renderings from the architect show the south elevation of the Station House on top, as well as isometric projections of the building.

Coun. Erickson warns of Station House costs as Option 6 moves ahead

District of Hope staff will also get costs for sprinklers.

Renderings from the architect show the south elevation of the Station House on top, as well as isometric projections of the building.
Miles and Megan Bissky take a selfie at the Hypothermic Half Marathon with their finisher’s medal. They finished second and third in the men’s and women’s category respectively.

Bisskys win 2nd, 3rd in Hypothermic Half

Despite having a cold, Miles and Megan Bissky placed well in the Jan. 22 Hypothermic Half in Abbotsford.

Miles and Megan Bissky take a selfie at the Hypothermic Half Marathon with their finisher’s medal. They finished second and third in the men’s and women’s category respectively.
A file photo of the conductor bear carving on Sixth Avenue during Dec. 9's snow storm.

Environment Canada expects 45cm of snow and then freezing rain in Hope

Yale First Nation, Hope and Area Transition Society and others called a snow day.

A file photo of the conductor bear carving on Sixth Avenue during Dec. 9's snow storm.