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A Chilliwack fire crew works through a mock scenario on Chilliwack Mountain on March 4, 2024, through a new International Association of Fire Fighters training program. (Jessica Peters/ Chilliwack Progress)

VIDEO: B.C. firefighters trained in wildland fire response

Federally funded ‘Responding to the Interface’ course blends structural and wildland fire training

A Chilliwack fire crew works through a mock scenario on Chilliwack Mountain on March 4, 2024, through a new International Association of Fire Fighters training program. (Jessica Peters/ Chilliwack Progress)
Chilliwack advocates have been making the case for a Foundry centre here, and it’s coming to fruition. (Foundry)

Chilliwack awarded $1.5M to set up Foundry centre to serve youth

New Foundry to offer ‘a welcoming, stigma-free place’ to address mental-health, addiction challenges

Chilliwack advocates have been making the case for a Foundry centre here, and it’s coming to fruition. (Foundry)
Isobel Boylan, seen holding her wedding photo in her Chilliwack home on Feb. 22, 2024, shared her leap year love story with The Chilliwack Progress. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Chilliwack woman shares her leap-year love story

‘See that guy over there? He hasn’t danced once. When it’s ladies’ choice, I’m going to ask him to dance.’

Isobel Boylan, seen holding her wedding photo in her Chilliwack home on Feb. 22, 2024, shared her leap year love story with The Chilliwack Progress. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Chilliwack resident Tammy Jordan witnessed a bobcat in a tree being attacked by a cougar on Feb. 16, 2024. Here, the bobcat is seen a few hundred feet in the air at the very top of a tree. (Tammy Jordan)

PHOTOS: B.C. woman witnesses bobcat attacked by cougar in tree

Fight between 2 wild cats went on for more than hour, says Chilliwack resident Tammy Jordan

Chilliwack resident Tammy Jordan witnessed a bobcat in a tree being attacked by a cougar on Feb. 16, 2024. Here, the bobcat is seen a few hundred feet in the air at the very top of a tree. (Tammy Jordan)
Parent Jessica Redhead picks up free groceries at The Hub in Central Elementary School in Chilliwack. (Jennifer Feinberg/ The Chilliwack Progress)

VIDEO: Food security ramps up with fresh produce at B.C. elementary school

The Hub offers ‘barrier-free’ food, hygiene products, support to 140 families at Central Elementary

Parent Jessica Redhead picks up free groceries at The Hub in Central Elementary School in Chilliwack. (Jennifer Feinberg/ The Chilliwack Progress)
Corinna Ivey (left), manager at Sardis Safeway, comforts Eva Pucci Couture during a media interview outside the grocery store on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. That day marked the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of her son, Kristofer Couture. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

VIDEO: Missing man’s mom hopes someone in Chilliwack remembers something

‘I’m here today because it’s been five years to the day that Kris went missing,” mom says

Corinna Ivey (left), manager at Sardis Safeway, comforts Eva Pucci Couture during a media interview outside the grocery store on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. That day marked the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of her son, Kristofer Couture. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Alfonso Tejero, 56, smiles posing in front of two motorcycles. (Facebook/ Moira Collie)

Sobbing driver helped from B.C. courtroom, gets 10 days for ‘risky’ fatal pass

Erika Gebhardt overcome after sentencing connected to the death of Alfonso Tejero near Hope

Alfonso Tejero, 56, smiles posing in front of two motorcycles. (Facebook/ Moira Collie)
Julie Callaghan’s right hand was partially amputated after she was hit by a train while trying to help a man whose wheelchair was stuck on the tracks in Chilliwack in 2018. She is pictured in her home on Jan. 10, 2024. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Chilliwack woman hailed a ‘hero’ in train-rescue attempt could lose home

Train victim amps up pressure on CN to settle given intolerable pain after 2018 fatal train accident

Julie Callaghan’s right hand was partially amputated after she was hit by a train while trying to help a man whose wheelchair was stuck on the tracks in Chilliwack in 2018. She is pictured in her home on Jan. 10, 2024. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Chilliwack’s Nathan Christensen racing at the 2021 Canoe Kayak Canada Slalom Team Trials held at “The Pumphouse” Whitewater Course in Ottawa. (Sean Burges/Mundo Sport Images)

B.C. slalom kayaker eyed as Olympic-potential by talent program

Nathan Christensen kayaker earns funding at RBC Training Ground finals

Chilliwack’s Nathan Christensen racing at the 2021 Canoe Kayak Canada Slalom Team Trials held at “The Pumphouse” Whitewater Course in Ottawa. (Sean Burges/Mundo Sport Images)
Glenda Toews, seen here at Corky’s Irish Pub in Chilliwack, wrote ‘Spinning on a Barstool’ after she was allegedly scammed $60,000 by a con artist. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

A B.C. waitress’s life-changing encounter with ‘wealthy’ con artist

Glenda Toews wrote ‘Spinning on a Barstool’ after losing tens of thousands of dollars in alleged fraud

Glenda Toews, seen here at Corky’s Irish Pub in Chilliwack, wrote ‘Spinning on a Barstool’ after she was allegedly scammed $60,000 by a con artist. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
IHIT was called in to Chilliwack on Jan. 3, 2024 after evidence led investigators to believe missing man 41-year-old Jamie Curtis Bristol of Chilliwack had been met with foul play. (IHIT handout)

Convicted B.C. killer missing, foul play suspected: Homicide police

Jamie Curtis Bristol, 41, served time for manslaughter after stabbing cousin

IHIT was called in to Chilliwack on Jan. 3, 2024 after evidence led investigators to believe missing man 41-year-old Jamie Curtis Bristol of Chilliwack had been met with foul play. (IHIT handout)
Here are some of the Great-Pyrenees-border-collie cross puppies surrendered in Chilliwack on Dec. 22. (BC SPCA)

6 puppies surrendered to Chilliwack SPCA just before Christmas

Border collie-Great-Pyrenees puppies in care of Chilliwack foster volunteers for 2 more weeks

Here are some of the Great-Pyrenees-border-collie cross puppies surrendered in Chilliwack on Dec. 22. (BC SPCA)
Chilliwack Fire Department. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)

Chilliwack crews called to fire in low-income residence under construction

‘To say we are devastated would be an understatement,’ say Wilma’s Transition Society officials

Chilliwack Fire Department. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)
Robert Macaskill was sentenced to four years in jail on Nov. 14 for aggravated assault. (RCMP Crime Stoppers photo)

B.C. man gets 4 years for ‘unprovoked’ assault on squatter with a metal pipe

‘Violent’ nature of assault an aggravating factor, judge wrote in reasons for sentence

Robert Macaskill was sentenced to four years in jail on Nov. 14 for aggravated assault. (RCMP Crime Stoppers photo)
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)

B.C. MP calls for creation of adult Amber Alert

‘I cried when I watched Mark. I am so grateful that this is being taken seriously,’ says Chilliwack mom

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)
Carin Bondar (Photo: Chilliwack School District); and Barry Neufeld (Photo: Facebook).

B.C. school trustee ‘striptease artist’ defamation suit wraps up in Chilliwack

Current trustee alleges she was defamed when now former trustee called her ‘striptease artist’

Carin Bondar (Photo: Chilliwack School District); and Barry Neufeld (Photo: Facebook).
A defamation trial between Carin Bondar and Barry Neufeld began Nov. 14 in Chilliwack Law Courts. (Cliff MacArthur/provincialcourt.bc.ca)

Defamation trial of ex-school trustee Barry Neufeld opens in Chilliwack

‘Striptease artist’ remark was ‘false, injurious and not defensible as fair comment,’ says lawyer

A defamation trial between Carin Bondar and Barry Neufeld began Nov. 14 in Chilliwack Law Courts. (Cliff MacArthur/provincialcourt.bc.ca)
Former trustee Barry Neufeld heading to court in defamation lawsuit starting Nov. 14, for calling trustee Carin Bondar a ‘striptease artist.’ (Chilliwack Progress file)

Ex-Chilliwack trustee Barry Neufeld in court for ‘striptease’ remark

Former trustee asking for financial support from SOGI opponents as defamation case starts

Former trustee Barry Neufeld heading to court in defamation lawsuit starting Nov. 14, for calling trustee Carin Bondar a ‘striptease artist.’ (Chilliwack Progress file)
The Chilliwack artist known as Pencil Fingerz has created the artwork for a track about to be released by rappers T-Pain (left) and Snoop Dogg.

B.C. artist Pencil Fingerz teams up with T-Pain and Snoop Dogg

Chilliwack artist said creating cover art for rappers was ‘definitely a bucket list gig’

The Chilliwack artist known as Pencil Fingerz has created the artwork for a track about to be released by rappers T-Pain (left) and Snoop Dogg.
Sidekick Brewing’s Hazy IPA took third place in the 2023 BC Beer Awards on Oct. 21. (Sidekick Brewing)

Sidekick Brewing of Chilliwack snags 3rd place in BC Beer Awards

‘We are shocked, and so stoked that we won,’ says brewer about award in 1st year of operations

Sidekick Brewing’s Hazy IPA took third place in the 2023 BC Beer Awards on Oct. 21. (Sidekick Brewing)