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Emergency crews were on scene at a plane crash south of the Chilliwack Airport on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. Three people were on board. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

UPDATE: 3 dead in plane crash near Chilliwack Airport

Chilliwack RCMP confirmed fatalities after plane crashed into blackberry bushes

Emergency crews were on scene at a plane crash south of the Chilliwack Airport on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. Three people were on board. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Chilliwack Quilters’ Guild members (from left) Hanne Gidora, Donna Hilton, Darlene Campbell, Shirley Square-Briggs and Kathy Lang hold the quilt that will be raffled off during their biannual show ‘Sew’d to Joy’ which runs Oct. 13 and 14. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

History and more on display at quilt show in Fraser Valley

Chilliwack Quilters’ Guild hosts biannual show ‘Sew’d to Joy’ with old-fashioned bed turning

Chilliwack Quilters’ Guild members (from left) Hanne Gidora, Donna Hilton, Darlene Campbell, Shirley Square-Briggs and Kathy Lang hold the quilt that will be raffled off during their biannual show ‘Sew’d to Joy’ which runs Oct. 13 and 14. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Kevin Stone and wife Michelle were putting the finishing touches on a 17,000-pound, stainless-steel T. rex on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, just days before it was to be shipped from Chilliwack to Penticton. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

17,000-pound metal T. rex ready to move from Chilliwack to Penticton

Massive stainless-steel dinosaur will overlook Okanagan Lake, be visible to public

Kevin Stone and wife Michelle were putting the finishing touches on a 17,000-pound, stainless-steel T. rex on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, just days before it was to be shipped from Chilliwack to Penticton. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Ken Krause (centre) and wife Dorleen look at the remains of Cross Connection Church on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Ken helped build the church when he was 17 years old in 1948. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Parishioners share memories of 75-year-old church that burned in Chilliwack

‘Our kids got baptized in here, we got married in here,’ says man who helped build church in 1948

Ken Krause (centre) and wife Dorleen look at the remains of Cross Connection Church on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Ken helped build the church when he was 17 years old in 1948. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
A wasp nest in North Saanich. The City of Chilliwack is asking residents not to put active wasp nests in green carts after collection staff were injured. (Sue Weisgerber)

2 injured from wasps nests put in compost bins, sparking reminder in Chilliwack

Collection workers stung multiple times; city asking residents to dispose of wasp nests properly

A wasp nest in North Saanich. The City of Chilliwack is asking residents not to put active wasp nests in green carts after collection staff were injured. (Sue Weisgerber)
The Cross Connection Church in Chilliwack at the corner of Williams Street and Princess Avenue caught fire on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (William Snow)

Chilliwack church goes up in flames on Labour Day

75-year-old Cross Connection Church on Williams Street completely destroyed by fire

The Cross Connection Church in Chilliwack at the corner of Williams Street and Princess Avenue caught fire on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (William Snow)
Decoy geese sit by a water jump as Cordelia Mansfield of Vancouver rides Rose in the cross-country competition during the Island 22 Horse Trials and B.C. Championships in Chilliwack on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

PHOTOS: Riders from across B.C. compete in Chilliwack equestrian event

Island 22 Horse Trials and B.C. Championships featured dressage, cross-country jumping, show jumping

Decoy geese sit by a water jump as Cordelia Mansfield of Vancouver rides Rose in the cross-country competition during the Island 22 Horse Trials and B.C. Championships in Chilliwack on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Ena Vermerris poses for a photo with Nietzsche – the ginger cat who worked at The Book Man – on Dec. 4, 2014. Vermerris died on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)

Fraser Valley animal advocate who helped spay, neuter 8,500 cats dies

Ena Vermerris with Ena’s Community Cats dedicated life to serving both animals and people

Ena Vermerris poses for a photo with Nietzsche – the ginger cat who worked at The Book Man – on Dec. 4, 2014. Vermerris died on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)
Terry Brookes was cliff jumping when he lost his GoPro camera at Cultus Lake in 2012. It was recovered 11 years later by Clay Helkenberg using an underwater drone on Aug. 21, 2023. (Screenshot/Terry Brookes)

VIDEO: Cliff jump at Cultus Lake captured in lost GoPro footage

Footage from 2012 jump remained on camera retrieved this week by Aquatic Monkey

Terry Brookes was cliff jumping when he lost his GoPro camera at Cultus Lake in 2012. It was recovered 11 years later by Clay Helkenberg using an underwater drone on Aug. 21, 2023. (Screenshot/Terry Brookes)
A pedestrian walks along Yale Road at Alexander Avenue in Chilliwack on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. Environment Canada’s air quality health index value for the Eastern Fraser Valley was 10+ or ‘very high risk’ that day due to smoke from nearby wildfires. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Eastern Fraser Valley’s air quality health index at ‘very high risk’

Air quality advisory issued for Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley due to wildfire smoke

A pedestrian walks along Yale Road at Alexander Avenue in Chilliwack on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. Environment Canada’s air quality health index value for the Eastern Fraser Valley was 10+ or ‘very high risk’ that day due to smoke from nearby wildfires. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Britni Hannah (right), director of Sprott Shaw College Chilliwack campus, and Marissa Bell, employment services specialist, hold historic images of the school that will be on display at the 120th anniversary celebration on Aug. 17. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Sprott Shaw College marks 120 years with celebrations across B.C.

B.C.-based school has survived economic recessions, 2 world wars, Great Depression

Britni Hannah (right), director of Sprott Shaw College Chilliwack campus, and Marissa Bell, employment services specialist, hold historic images of the school that will be on display at the 120th anniversary celebration on Aug. 17. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Kathy Mackey holds her dog Fancy as she’s surrounded by dozens of pet neckwear pieces in her Chilliwack home on July 6, 2023. She’s bringing her business, Simply Fetching Pet Designs, to the Chilliwack Fair Aug. 11 to 13. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

‘These ain’t your nana’s bandanas’: B.C. senior creates unique neckwear for dogs

‘They’re all about fun, and fashion and showing off,’ says Kathy Mackey of Simply Fetching Pet Designs

Kathy Mackey holds her dog Fancy as she’s surrounded by dozens of pet neckwear pieces in her Chilliwack home on July 6, 2023. She’s bringing her business, Simply Fetching Pet Designs, to the Chilliwack Fair Aug. 11 to 13. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
More than 1,100 cyclists leave Chilliwack Heritage Park for the annual Tour de Cure fundraiser for BC Cancer Foundation on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)

Volunteers in Fraser Valley needed for Tour de Cure cancer fundraiser

Annual 200-km cycling fundraiser for BC Cancer Foundation goes from Cloverdale to Hope

More than 1,100 cyclists leave Chilliwack Heritage Park for the annual Tour de Cure fundraiser for BC Cancer Foundation on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)
Clear Creek Campground in Cultus Lake was shut down after a cougar attacked and killed a pet on July 13, 2023. (Unsplash)

Campground shut down after cougar kills dog in Cultus Lake

Cougar also ‘displayed stalking behaviour towards people’ at Clear Creek Campground: Conservation Officer Service

Clear Creek Campground in Cultus Lake was shut down after a cougar attacked and killed a pet on July 13, 2023. (Unsplash)
Alina Durham holds a photo of her daughter Shaelene Bell in her home on Jan. 12, 2023. Bell went missing on Jan. 30, 2021 and her body was found on June 2, 2021 in the Fraser River near Coquitlam. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)

Amber Alert e-petition in honour of late B.C. mom now up and running

PDF of petition can be signed and sent to MLA, or folks can sign hard copy in-person at 4 locations

Alina Durham holds a photo of her daughter Shaelene Bell in her home on Jan. 12, 2023. Bell went missing on Jan. 30, 2021 and her body was found on June 2, 2021 in the Fraser River near Coquitlam. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)
The scene of a four-vehicle crash on the Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge where this Chrysler 300 collided with three vehicles on July 8, 2023. (Sukh Mattu)

Man still at large after crash on Agassiz bridge, seen fleeing with chainsaw

RCMP still looking for suspect driver who hit 3 vehicles then fled on foot carrying chainsaw

The scene of a four-vehicle crash on the Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge where this Chrysler 300 collided with three vehicles on July 8, 2023. (Sukh Mattu)
Construction is seen on the Juliet Bridge on the Coquihalla Highway in September 2022. (Google Maps)

4th permanent bridge opens on Coquihalla following 2021 floods

Southbound Juliet Bridge built to higher standard of climate resiliency

Construction is seen on the Juliet Bridge on the Coquihalla Highway in September 2022. (Google Maps)
Alina Durham (left) collects signatures at Chilliwack’s Canada Day celebrations at Townsend Park on Saturday, July 1, 2023. Durham has written up a petition with Chilliwack-Kent MLA Kelli Paddon to get the wording in B.C.’s Amber Alert system changed to include victims over the age of 18. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

B.C. mom collects signatures in effort to change Amber Alert criteria

Mother of Shaelene Bell collecting pen-on-paper signatures, e-petition in the works

Alina Durham (left) collects signatures at Chilliwack’s Canada Day celebrations at Townsend Park on Saturday, July 1, 2023. Durham has written up a petition with Chilliwack-Kent MLA Kelli Paddon to get the wording in B.C.’s Amber Alert system changed to include victims over the age of 18. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Bob Shoker of Shoker Farms in his strawberry fields on Unsworth Road in Chilliwack. (Jenna Hauck/ Black Press Media)

‘You can’t get fresher than that’: Strawberries, field to stand in 20 minutes

Shoker Farms has been in Chilliwack since 1975 and strawberries are their specialty

Bob Shoker of Shoker Farms in his strawberry fields on Unsworth Road in Chilliwack. (Jenna Hauck/ Black Press Media)
Kevin Roy (left) and Jon Fennell of B.C. acoustic-pop duo LooPS will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for most number of concerts performed in 12 hours on July 8. (Submitted by LooPS)

B.C. band attempts to break Guinness record for most concerts played in 12 hours in multiple cities

Acoustic-pop duo LooPS will try to break record all while raising money for BC Children’s Hospital

Kevin Roy (left) and Jon Fennell of B.C. acoustic-pop duo LooPS will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for most number of concerts performed in 12 hours on July 8. (Submitted by LooPS)