Fraser Valley cleaning up after windstorm that knocked out power, closed schools
Thousands of people were left without power in Chilliwack, Hope, Abbotsford and Mission after powerful winds swept through the region, bringing down power lines and trees.
#Weather #bcstorm #fraservalleywindstorm
https://globalnews.ca/news/11728086/fraser-valley-windstorm-knocked-out-power-closed-schools/

Fraser Valley cleaning up after windstorm that knocked out power, closed schools
Thousands of people were left without power in Chilliwack, Hope, Abbotsford and Mission after powerful winds swept through the region, bringing down power lines and trees.
#Weather #bcstorm #fraservalleywindstorm
https://globalnews.ca/news/11728086/fraser-valley-windstorm-knocked-out-power-closed-schools/

Skwah First Nation powers the community with solar energy
When visitors drive onto Skwah First Nation in Chilliwack, B.C., community energy champion Slade Williams says their mission to shrink its carbon footprint is easily seen — because it's being telegraphed from the rooftops. The band recently finished installing solar panel arrays on its community hall, an administration building and...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/local/skwah-solar-energy-first-nation-9.7121644?cmp=rss

Skwah First Nation powers the community with solar energy
When visitors drive onto Skwah First Nation in Chilliwack, B.C., community energy champion Slade Williams says their mission to shrink its carbon footprint is easily seen — because it's being telegraphed from the rooftops. The band recently finished installing solar panel arrays on its community hall, an administration building and...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/local/skwah-solar-energy-first-nation-9.7121644?cmp=rss

This for our moots in #Vancouver and surrounding cities: Have any candidates or politicians there ever discussed having public transit infrastructure on the #FraserRiver like so many other cities on major rivers around the world? The river connects #Chilliwack to #NewWestminster to #Delta and #Richmond. Seems like a good idea but maybe too costly?

Chilliwack school trustee Laurie Throness resigns over free speech 'chill'
A school trustee in Chilliwack, B.C., has resigned his position, saying he "no longer feels safe in expressing" himself after the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal's decision to fine former trustee Barry Neufeld $750,000.
#resignation #freespeech #Chilliwack #BC
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/chilliwack-trustee-resigns-free-speech-tribunal-decision-9.7109934?cmp=rss

35 court dates and no trial: Family of B.C. double homicide victims frustrated by delays
John Kavaloff, 58, and Valerie Smith, 67, were found dead at their mobile home on Chilliwack Lake Road by officers responding to a shots-fired call on Sept. 13, 2023.
#crime #justice #delay #Chilliwack #chilliwackdoublehomicide #chilliwackdoublemurder
https://globalnews.ca/news/11710642/bc-family-chilliwack-double-homicide-victims-frustrated-delay/

35 court dates and no trial: Family of B.C. double homicide victims frustrated by delays
John Kavaloff, 58, and Valerie Smith, 67, were found dead at their mobile home on Chilliwack Lake Road by officers responding to a shots-fired call on Sept. 13, 2023.
#crime #justice #delay #Chilliwack #chilliwackdoublehomicide #chilliwackdoublemurder
https://globalnews.ca/news/11710642/bc-family-chilliwack-double-homicide-victims-frustrated-delay/