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She’s also the first granddaughter in her family, joining seven male cousins and siblings. “It was a very fast labour,” Chloe’s mother Marina Arnusch said. “She came out and she was happy and healthy.” A couple of days overdue, the new
addition to the Arnusch family came home to her two very receptive older brothers who are happy to have a sister. “She’s been absolutely fantastic,” said Chloe’s father Joseph. “Very, very quiet—for now anyway.” With a New Year’s birthday she’ll
always have the story of her first day to remember, Marina said. And mom jokes about one of her first thoughts upon returning to the family’s new home: “I don’t even want to think about what she’s going to do for her birthday when she’s a teenager.” The first baby in the province came just five seconds after midnight at Peace Arch Hospital to Darlene Henry of Langley.
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Little Chloe Arnusch was Chilliwack’s first and B.C.’s second New Year’s baby
controversial hazardous waste recycling facility near the Fraser River in Chilliwack is one step closer to reality as city council approved issuance of the development permit for the building Tuesday. A coalition of more than 20 organizations has opposed the Aevitas Inc. project for more than a year, arguing it’s too close to the largest salmon-bearing river in the world. That coalition includes the Watershed Watch Salmon Society, Friends of the Chilliwack River Valley, the B.C. Federation of Drift Fishers and the Sto:lo Tribal Council. The city’s design review panel reviewed the application on Dec. 18 and recommended council approve the development permit subject to two conditions: that all utilities and equipment are screened from view; and, that the applicant be encouraged to build a bicycle storage area for employees. The company agreed to both suggestions, according to a staff report presented at Tuesday’s city council meeting. The proposal involves the construction of a 1,896-square-
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An architect’s rendering of the proposed Aevitas hazardous waste recycling facility slated for a Cannor Road property. { AEVITAS, from page A1 } metre building within the M6-zoned portion of the property to be used exclusively for waste recycling and transfer. Local firm Craven Huston Powers Architects designed the building to be located at 7582 Cannor Rd. in the Cattermole Lands west of Chilliwack Mountain. Aevitas said the plant will recycle, among other things, 5,000 litres of transformer oil containing PCBs and 500,000 lamps containing mercury each month. Critics of the city’s rezoning point this week to a Metro Vancouver report to that municipality’s Zero Waste Committee from March of last year. In
Plant leaked mercury into air that report, general manager of solid waste services Paul Henderson pondered what actions Metro could take to stop the Aevitas plant from going ahead. Henderson concluded that “Metro Vancouver lacks jurisdiction to require any further action from the City of Chilliwack at this time.” He did note that according to Environment Canada National Pollutant Release Inventory data for other Aevitas facilities in Ontario and Alberta, there are small air emissions of mercury, lead and organic solvents. That data shows, for example, the Aevitas facility in Ayr, Ont., released 0.642 kilograms of mercury into the air in 2013.
At Tuesday’s meeting, Coun. Jason Lum asked staff if Aevitas would be required to apply for an air discharge permit from the Ministry of Environment and, if so, would the public then have a chance to comment. Director of engineering David Blain confirmed there would be a public process with the provincial government but he wasn’t sure if a permit was required. Lum’s question echoed Henderson’s report, which suggested to Metro’s Zero Waste Committee that if Aevitas needs a permit, Vancouver would be able to speak up. “If such a permit is required, Metro
Vancouver or its member municipalities would have the opportunity to provide submissions during public consultation on the facility permit,” he wrote. The Ministry of Environment still has to give final approval for the facility. In December, the BC Supreme Court rejected an argument made by the coalition that there were flaws in the City of Chilliwack’s rezoning process. The legal argument was, in part, that the city did not use the words “toxic” or “hazardous” in the notice in advance of the public hearing. But Justice Peter Voith ruled: “This is not a case where the City attempted, through its notice to the public, to obfuscate or deflect.”
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Chilliwack couple face 17 charges after an Abbotsford crime spree that involved two stolen vehicles in the early hours of Monday. Brian Robert Stephan—who is well-known to local RCMP—was arrested with Stephanie Liane Glaister after a stolen SUV they were in was stopped by a spike belt near Highway 1 and No. 3 Road.
The alleged incident began just after 2 a.m. when a black Toyota 4Runner ran an Abbotsford Police Department (APD) roadblock on Short Road, which was established to block traffic from downed trees and power lines. The officer at the roadblock did not pursue, according to APD spokesperson Const. Ian MacDonald, but officers were later dispatched to a single vehicle crash in the 33800 block of Vye Road. The Toyota was found unoccupied and Abbotsford Police Patrol
Division and K9 officers conducted an unsuccessful search of the area. The vehicle was confirmed as stolen from Chilliwack. Later, a black Ford Explorer drove by officers on Vye Road. The behaviour of the occupants and proximity to the crash alerted APD officers. Police say the Ford was stolen from a home nearby on Vye Road where residents also reported a break-in. The vehicle was subsequently stopped with a spike belt where Brian
Stephan, 29, and Stephanie Glaister, 27, were arrested, and now face charges of break and enter, theft of vehicles, and multiple counts of possession of stolen property. Stephan faces additional charges, including: dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, failure to remain at accident scene, breach of probation, and driving while prohibited. Stephan has a lengthy criminal record dating back to 2006. In 2010 he was named as one of the provinces top 10 wanted car thieves by the RCMP.
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ingle family homes in Chilliwack and across the Fraser Valley increased in value for 2015 while strata townhouses and apartments lost value. Most homeowners should have received notices from BC Assessment by now, which mostly show minor value deviations. A “typical” single family home in Chilliwack went from $374,000 in 2014 to $388,000 this year. (The numbers BC Assessment provides are not average values but rather serve as examples.) A typical strata apartment decreased in value from $183,00 to $178,000, and a typical townhouse saw a minor drop from $275,000 to $273,000. EB IRST Homeowners in First reported on Abbotsford, Langchilliwacktimes.com ley and Mission saw similar fluctuations in property values. Property owners in Agassiz and Hope saw minor decreases in value, while those in Harrison Hot Springs saw an increase. “Most homes in the Fraser Valley are remaining stable in value compared to last year’s assessment roll,” said acting assessor Raj Sandhu in a press release. “Most home owners in the Fraser Valley will see changes in the minus-fiveper-cent to plus-five-per-cent range.” Overall, the Fraser Valley’s assessment roll increased from $90.7 billion last year to $94.3 billion this year. Of that difference, $1.8 billion was added through subdivisions, rezoning and new construction. Property owners who feel their assessment does not reflect market value as of July 1, 2014, or see incorrect information, should contact BC Assessment as indicated on their notice. BC Assessment’s new e-valueBC service at www.bcassessment.ca allows users to compare properties across the province. There is now an interactive map as well as street-front imagery of homes searched.
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July 3 For Justin Mallard and Brett Rancourt, being fathers seemed like an impossibility. But when the couple first started dating five years ago, they immediately talked about having children despite the obstacles—both real and perceived. So when a friend offered to be a surrogate the two jumped at the chance and the story of their twins Jordyn and Sawyer went viral.
for the money, but the gigs get more and more lucrative all the time. Pay for the top job at city hall increased 18 per cent since 2010 when the mayor made $78,097. This year Mayor Sharon Gaetz will earn a tidy $92,361 and the six city councillors take home $34,448 for the part-time job. That’s because, once again, a formula used every three years means a 2014 raise for Chilliwack municipal elected officials.
July 3 A Chilliwack couple want to warn dog owners after their German shepherd, Ben, died of an apparent poisoning on Wednesday. Pete and Jo-Ann Mitischev are devastated at the loss of one of their two beloved animals, and they don’t understand why anyone would intentionally do such a thing. “It just put me into shock,” Pete Mitischev told the Times Thursday. “It’s heartbreaking.” Mitischev arrived to his downtown home Wednesday afternoon only to find two-year-old Ben bleeding from the mouth and anus. At home, Mitischev found two rawhide sticks that had been tossed into his fenced in driveway, apparently from the back alley behind his Mayfair Avenue home.
July 17 Chilliwack Mayor Sharon Gaetz is making the connection between a recent air quality advisory in the Fraser Valley and Metro Vancouver’s proposed waste-to-energy incinerator. “It’s not too hard to connect the dots,” Gaetz said in a Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) press release issued Tuesday. “More pollution equals more ground-level ozone. Metro wants to build another garbage incinerator. Why would they want to add more pollution and lower the air quality even further?” Gaetz and the FVRD have strongly opposed Metro’s proposed incinerator, arguing that any increase in emissions to the fragile Fraser Valley airshed is too much.
July 10 A Chilliwack prolific offender, who was once commended by city council for bravery, faces a raft of property crime and identity theft charges. Jeffrey Michael Kizmann has two trials and one preliminary inquiry scheduled in the fall. The 32-year-old career criminal goes to trial Nov. 14 for, among other charges, possession of stolen property and identity theft.
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Justin Mallard (right) and Brett Rancourt hold their new son and daughter, Sawyer and Jordyn, as photographer Devon Hall takes the family’s first portraits at her studio. Kizmann also has a trial scheduled to face possession/use of stolen credit cards and fraud, and he’s set for a preliminary inquiry to address 15 charges including mail theft, possession of stolen property, mischief and unauthorized use of credit card data. Kizmann was in attendance along with Clayton Eheler at a Chilliwack city council meeting 13 years ago in 2001 to be formally recognized “for their selfless acts of bravery” in connection with a fire on Princess Avenue. July 10 He’s young, he’s athletic and, if you’re stuck in an icy crevasse, he could probably rescue you.
And come November, Sam Waddington wants a seat on Chilliwack city council. The 24-year-old adventurer and owner of Mt. Waddington’s Outdoors in Vedder Crossing is the first person to formally announce he will seek one of the six spots on council. Municipal elections across British Columbia are set for Nov. 15. July 10 As part of a host of changes unveiled by Transportation Minister Todd Stone, the speed limit on the stretch of Highway 1 through Chilliwack was increased to 110 kilometres per hour.
The move will “bring the speed limit in line with actual travel speeds,” Stone said. The decision came out of months of public consultation and engineering reviews, according to the government. But the RCMP and the B.C. Association of Chiefs of Police argue that speed contributes to injuries and fatalities. B.C. truckers don’t like it either, and most won’t be increasing their speed to follow the new rates as high as 120 km/h on the Coquihalla. July 17 Few people run for political office
July 17 Few details have emerged about the killing of a Chilliwack man, but the Times has learned the victim was to be a witness in an unlawful confinement and robbery case currently before the courts. Chilliwack RCMP were called to the residence of Stefan Kondolay just after 4 a.m. on July 10 where he was found dead. The death was immediately { See JULY, page A5 }
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Mounties with guns drawn during a fourhour standoff at a Portage Avenue home. Kimber Allan Derksen, 38, was arrested peacefully.
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experience for everybody,” Stephanie Gould says. “Within and between and through all those relationships within the cohort-that’s such a rich learning experience.” Over the course of a year, the students’ own stories will mix with Indigenous culture and storytelling, through courses in theatre, visual arts, and Indigenous studies. July 24 The provincial government’s new Park Amendment Act means B.C.’s beloved provincial parks are under threat of increased industrial development, according to critics. Wilderness Committee national campaign director Joe Foy and volunteers were at Bridal Veil Falls Park on Canada Parks Day as part of provincewide rallies to demand the Park Amendment Act be repealed.
“Pipeline giant Kinder Morgan already has a permit to conduct research in Bridal Veil Falls Park, and it’s just one of five protected areas that are threatened by the company’s proposed tar sands pipeline,” Foy said.
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that I loved them.” The 47-year-old’s words were part of his testimony on day two of the attempted murder trial for Aaron James David Douglas.
July 31 In a move that frustrated but didn’t surprise the victim, attempted murder charges were dropped against Aaron Douglas mid-trial in BC Supreme Court. “Based on the evidence that had gone before the court we decided there was no substantial likelihood of conviction,” Crown lawyer Lori Stevens said of the decision.
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July 24 As Jeff Karpes lay on the road in front of Prospera Centre in the early hours of Dec. 23, 2012, one of his lungs started to collapse and he was bleeding out of two bullet holes in his chest. Karpes spoke through tears in BC Supreme Court and explained how, as he lay there, he called 9-1-1. “I told them I was shot,” he said. “I told them that Aaron had shot me and that I just wanted my kids to know
July 31 While public perception is often to the contrary, crime in Chilliwack
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is going down in Canada, British Columbia and, yes, even in Chilliwack. Over the last 10 years the crime rate (total criminal code violations rate per 100,000 population) dropped from 16,525 to 10,179, according to police-reported crime statistics for 2013. July 31 Photos of men from Chilliwack who went to fight in the First World War were part up an exhibit at the Chilliwack Museum. Along with the images are artifacts and archival documents included in Chilliwack’s Great War: At Home and Overseas. More than 100 soldiers, including nine Sto:lo, from the area did not come home from the supposed “war to end all wars.”
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hilliwack could face a cemetery shortage within four years if an Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) non-farm use application from Vedder View Gardens gets rejected. That’s the opinion of cemetery owner Greg Peterson as explained in an application for non-farm use to expand the Watson Road cemetery. “With Chilliwack’s ever-increasing population, a specific portion of this increase falls within the over-55 segment which justifies the City’s various initiatives to enhance the lives and services to those people,” Greg Peterson wrote. “But what do we do when they die?” Vedder View currently has just 140
casket burial spaces available to the general public, plus 120 undeveloped, and is only one of two cemeteries in the city open to the general public. There are a number of cemeteries on local First Nations reserve land used by those communities. There are also ones owned by Carman United, St. Mary’s Catholic and Greendale Mennonite, which are open to members of those respective churches. No new cemetery property has been made available since 1992 when Vedder View Gardens opened, according to Peterson. Chilliwack Cemeteries on Little Mountain does have 1,300 undeveloped burial spaces, but Peterson said they will be “considerably expensive” to the general public because they
are on hillsides. Peterson’s application is to expand Vedder View Gardens into the southern 2.28 hectares (ha) of an adjacent Watson Road property he bought in 2009, leaving 3.64 ha of that property to farming. The application came to council before Christmas, but was sent back to staff when concerns were raised by Coun. Sam Waddington about the potential residential footprint of the remaining 3.64-hectare chunk of land. After communication with staff, Peterson volunteered to register a restrictive covenant on title to retain that portion as farmland, a move that satisfied city council. At Tuesday’s meeting, council agreed to forward the application on to the Agricultural Land Commission “with support.”
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ouncil faced another unique Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) application this week, this time for a property that has a 20-yearold commercial business on it. The vacuum and trampoline business on Yale Road West has been running since the 1990s. The property is developed with a building and a parking lot. But provincial maps and, most importantly,
the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC), say the property is in the ALR. The property was severed from a larger property in 1985 during development of the TransCanada Highway, then subdivided from the larger property with ALR approval. It was then rezoned by the city in 1987 from agricultural lowland to service industrial with an Official Community Plan amendment for industrial use. “City records indicate that there are a number of factors that suggest
that the City was unaware of the property’s true status at the time of rezoning,” the staff report said. Those include no ALR notation on title at the time of rezoning, and ambiguous boundaries on ALR maps from the 1980s. Given the state of the property— with a parking lot and building—the Agricultural Advisory Committee recommended the city forward the Brunias application for ALR exclusion “with support,” and city council agreed at Tuesday’s meeting.
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on James David Douglas, 33. August 14 Another Chilliwack temperature record was broken this week, even as the end of summer approaches. Aug. 11 was the hottest on record for the day at 35.6 C, according to Roger Pannett, Environment Canada volunteer weather observer. The previous high mark for the same day was set back in 1977, when temperatures reached 33.9 C. Monday was also the hottest day since the record maximum of 36 C, which occurred Aug. 14, 2010.
August 7 If not for Chief Ron Giesbrecht of the Kwikwetlem First Nation and his $800,000 bonus last year, the attempt by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) to foment outrage about pay packets for aboriginal leaders in Canada may have backfired. The federal government’s First Nations Financial Transparency Act (FNFTA) means band now have to make numbers public. And it would appear most local chiefs and councillors were in fact paid quite modest honoraria and/ or salaries last year. Chief Clem Seymour of Seabird Island, for example, a reserve with 934 registered members, was paid $34,951 in 2013. August 7 Many Chilliwack residents have been affected directly and indirectly by a rash of motor vehicle incidents on local roadways. From Promontory to Highway 1 to downtown Chilliwack to Cultus Lake, no area was spared in this summer-time driving debacle. August 14 Chilliwack RCMP say a Canada-wide arrest warrant has been
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Rich Fulcher holds his grandfather’s war journal in his “war room.” The book turned 100 years old last August.
August 14 There’s a new voice in town for the Chilliwack Chiefs this season, as the team picks up a fresh play-by-play announcer. Kraig Krause, 25, returns home to call the local games online, on Shaw TV, and with reports on 89.5 FM The Drive.
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City Council members collectively take the ice bucket challenge at City Hall after a city council meeting. Left to right: Coun. Sue Attrill, Mayor Sharon Gaetz, former councillor Stewart McLean and Coun. Chuck Stam. issued for a suspect in a double homicide, the same man who recently had attempted murder charges against him dropped. Two men were found dead and a woman was found injured in a home
in the 46100-block Gore Avenue on Aug. 7. A news release from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) said a suspect has been identified and police are looking for Aar-
August 21 Laura Grosvenor and Nikki Mattila are co-founders of new Chilliwack charity Fur A Better Life Organization (FABLO). With their first project, they’re raising money for animal respirators to help animals caught in house fires. “We have respirators for humans, but they don’t fit on animals,” Grosvenor explained. “The human face and the animal face are certainly not the same. They are a vital tool for humans, and they’re a vital tool for animals.” August 21 Two young men received certificates of recognition for their heroic rescue efforts on the Vedder River at a Chilliwack council meeting. Loren Muth and Kegan Madeira freed Natisha Dunn from a log jam
on the river earlier in the summer when she was holding on for her life in the fast flowing water. Muth and Madeira stood before council as Mayor Sharon Gaetz presented the men with her thanks and certificates. Dunn was in the audience with her family and teared up when the story of the rescue was recounted by Gaetz. August 28 The second of three men who took part in a violent home invasion in Chilliwack was sentenced in BC Supreme Court. Justice Brian Joyce gave Steven Tkachuk four years in jail for the 2012 break-and-enter where a sleeping couple were terrorized and robbed in their home. Tkachuk was given one-and-a-half times credit for time served, which amounted to 997 days. That means the 45-year-old will serve a further one year and 98 days in custody. August 28 One of the great ironies of recreational sockeye fishing in the Fraser River is that in a season of large returns such as this year’s, many “real” anglers stay away. For sport fishers who hit the waters 12 months of the year, week in week out, rain or shine, the idea is simple: put out a lure of some kind on a hook and try to get a wild fish to bite it. But what’s going on right now at places like Peg Leg Bar bears no resemblance to true sport fishing, according to many practitioners. “It’s not sport fishing,” says local recreational fisherman Matthew Hawkins who does equipment reviews and fishing podcasts with his partner Ryan Enns on their website, fishingguys.ca. “We call it a meat harvest.”
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er Facebook photos look like any other 20-something young woman’s: Christmas morning, vacation with family in Mexico; selfies with friends. But look with a more discerning eye—with the knowledge that this “she” now faces a raft of charges after a crime spree—and you can see a descent, one that could hit almost any young person. It’s been said before, and is likely true, that we are all one or two bad decisions away from being homeless or in prison. That’s especially true when we are in our 20s and we wrestle with temptation and restraint, freedom and responsibility, and figuring out who our friends are. Facebook does not tell a true story, not by a longshot. Quite the opposite, of course, but it can be an imperfect if interesting glimpse at a person’s life. We all have friends on Facebook who only post positive stories and photos. Others who include items that can only be classified as too-much-information—no one needs to hear about your toe fungus. Then there are those who just spew their entire lives out in endless status updates: “I’m bored” or “Someone get me a coffee,” or “I’m having a bad day.” Then there is what I never cease to be
PAUL J. HENDERSON @peejayaitch amazed by and that is the stuff that criminals post publicly. “I’m a broken piece of s--t,” wrote a 23-year-old man the day before he was charged with three counts of assault with a weapon. “C imma nice guy i even got tha haterz n tha snitchez a sunthin fo christmas” said the guy holding a handgun in his Facebook photo. “Come visit me you f--kers !!” said a well-known local violent offender on Nov. 30. He is currently in Matsqui Institution not quite halfway through a 12-month sentence. That same day, a comment on his post from CS: “Sup bro were u at mission or matzuqi im on the outs been out for 4 months but gonna Turn myself in soon and finish the rest of my time ill write ya.” That’s right, CS was on the lam when he wrote that comment. He was arrested in December, faces a number of charges and he is next due in court Jan. 20.
Then there was TJ who posted the day after he allegedly was involved with a home invasion where a young man had a gun pointed at him: “Lol are you kidding me im bored this town sucks.” His post received a comment: “Looks a bit like u found a way too amuse yourself afterall nef!!! Dummy. After this stint in...hopefully youll come out a better man...but i dunno. I have nothing but love for you troyboy..but aunties just a tad more then disappointed by your actions. Take care in there. Love auntie.” Yes, we’re all disappointed. Then there are those posting from jail. JK is in custody and faces a raft of charges connected to three separate incidents. On April 2 last year: “Hey, still in Surrey Pre-Trial. In need of some friends to reach out send some photos and letters. Miss you all take er e-z KIZZY.” Then on May 9: “Got moved to Fraser . . . any solid friends out there hook me up with magazine subscriptions and tattoo books.” I guess it’s lonely and boring in prison. Who knew? Back to the young woman I started with. There she is in Facebook photos with siblings in matching PJs in Christmas 2010. There on a golf course with
her brothers. And there she’s getting her photo taken with Vancouver Canuck Mason Raymond. But in and among those photos are the selfies that get increasingly, well, sketchy: Karaoke with friends, a litle guitar hero with some beers, and then they are just more and more wasted looking. There she is posing with a local prolific offender. And lots with a female friend who was busted at a drug house downtown last year. And there she is, smiling with two people: a man who was murdered last year and a woman shot but who survived the same incident. Her friends list is a who’s who of the weekly Chilliwack Court docket. It’s not only sad, but sadly public. Why do people post these things? That’s not rhetorical. I really don’t get it unless it all comes down to simple misunderstandings about privacy settings and how social media works. And while I’m surprised at what some people post, what is interesting is that the public journal aspect of Facebook— that notion that the site is a place to spew out internal thoughts in a communal atmosphere—means that a hint of humanity shines through even in folks who commit terrible crimes.
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Editor: I am rather puzzled about what research Jack Carradice is referring to (letters, Chilliwack Times, Dec. 18) in regards to Dr. Throness doing his research. After examining the Hansard, the evidence Throness presented has been thoroughly refuted by further analysis. For instance, Throness referenced “climategate” as a significant flaw related to climate change science. Nine panels in both the United States and the UK found no evidence that scientists were attempting to deceive the public or that put the evidence supporting climate change in question. As for the University of Alabama study (referenced by Throness) saying that global warming stopped for the past 18 years, many other data sets from a wide variety of institutions show a continued increase in global temperature. Additionally, the time period is suspicious as 1998 was a particularly warm year and hence would obscure any warming trend. Also, the ocean’s heat content is also significantly increasing showing that global warming is still happening, even if air temperature levels were to have stayed constant. It is extremely likely that greenhouse gases are causing global warming. The fact of the matter is that the fossil fuel industry has invested millions of dollars in causing doubt, similar to what the tobbaco industry did. In fact, some of the same organizations such as
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Editor: We are a family from Richmond who on Dec. 27, around 3 p.m., rolled off an embankment on the road coming from Princeton, just 27 km before Hope. The car tumbled and stopped metres from the raging river and while we are all unhurt, we were trapped inside the vehicle—or so we thought. Three cars who witnessed the incident had already stopped, rushed over and broke in the car window, got us all out, sent for help ahead with no cell coverage available and stayed with us by the side of the road for at least one hour until help arrived, providing comfort, support and shelter. There was one gentleman in a black jacket who had stopped first; two young men from Chilliwack in snowsuits, and a couple with two girls (the dad was from a rescue squad and the mom a trained nurse). Neither of them thought that what they did was a big deal, but if it had not been for them, our family would not be toasting to a New Year right now. Their selfless act of courage and devotion made it possible for us to enjoy the holidays together and for that we will always be grateful. Manuela, Constantin, Sonia and Naomi
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Happy New Years to everyone. A new year, for some, can mean a new start, a review of the past and (depending on how the past went) anticipation or fear of the future. Personally, I like to add an exhilarating dip into Cultus Lake to that list. There’s something about a cold lake on a colder day that really helps clear my mind and get my blood moving. Even more importantly, I share the experience with other people. The first year I jumped in (about six years ago) there were 10 of us, the second year 15 and the last two years
there has been more than 100 people jump in the lake. Life is a shared experience and whether we like it or not we must interact with others. Sometimes these interactions are thrilling experiences like jumping in a cold lake, sometimes they are more mundane like purchasing your groceries, and sometimes our interactions are difficult or hurtful; a custody battle over a child, a person being untruthful or someone making statements for the sole purpose of hurting another. Being hurt is a part of life and the world is not like the song by the band REM “Shiny Happy People.” One of the lines in that song says, “there’s no time
to cry, happy, happy” and although we want life to be that way, we know that it isn’t. I believe that as humans we long for something radicle, we long for peace, we long for healthy relationships, we long for a resurgence of joy in our lives and we long for this because somewhere deep inside we know that life was once like this. So what is the problem? Why is life not wonderful all the time? There is a story widely attributed to a Catholic philosopher named GK Chesterton who, when the London Times posed the question, “what is wrong with the world?” responded with this statement:
Dear sirs, I am. Sincerely yours, GK Chesterton As a new year begins, I (and we) should spend some time remembering the beauty of the necessity of others. So this year, before I begin to point my finger at who hurt me, who I think is wrong and state why I think I am right, I am going to spend some time meditating on the words from 1 John 3:18. “Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.” My hope and prayer is that I and we do more than just meditate on this passage, but we also live it out in the
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It’s all the rage at Prospera T here will be a lot of “rage” at this Saturday’s game, and I am not referring to the intensity that will be on the ice when Langley takes on Chilliwack. The Chiefs will be sporting retro rage style jerseys that the 2000 and 2002 BCHL Championship teams fashioned. An enormous amount of memories surround those two highly skilled and tenacious teams. The ’99-2000 team had players like Jeremy Jackson, who, almost had the same number of points as the #97 jersey he dangled in, recording 95 points, including 51 goals, in just 49 games. Greg Keith went from eight goals in the ’98-’99 season to an impressive 43 goals in 2000, while Chilliwack Minor Hockey product Nathan Martz collected 110 points (35 goals and 75 assists). Travis Banga led the way, both for the Chiefs and the BCJHL, with a whopping 129 points. All of the aforementioned players also recorded over 80 penalty minutes that season. The 2000 team represented Chilliwack at the Royal Bank Cup in Fort MacMurray, Alta., that season, and became the only team in RBC history to be awarded a bronze medal. All of the other RBC tourneys, prior to, and after 2000, did not feature a bronze medal game.
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Chiefs Report For the hardcore trivia buffs, do you recall who scored the overtime goal to win that bronze medal game? If you said number 19, Rob Marshall, give yourself a fist pump. The 2001-2002 Chiefs squad was the most dominant and perhaps the most intimidating regular season team the Old Barn on Corbould Street ever witnessed. Head Coach and GM Harvey Smyl led the team to a 46-10-4 season that included 341 goals for in 60 games. Four players—Jeff Tambellini, Micah Sanford, David Van Der Gulik and Matt Gibbons—all piled up 100 points or more. Five players—Jeff Barlow, Adam Powell, Tyson Terry, Dan Mahe and Bobby Henderson (Rivermen head coach)—spent more than 100 minutes in the penalty box. Mahe’s imprint is probably still in the “Sin Bin” after his 303 penalty minutes in 56 games. The 2002 team won the Doyle Cup (B.C. vs Alberta) in dramatic fashion, in overtime, at a packed Chilliwack Coliseum. Any guesses who sniped
that GWG? You can do a fly by if you said #27, Abbotsford Minor Hockey product David Van Der Gulik. The Chiefs went on to the Royal Bank Cup in Halifax that season and dropped a heartbreaker in the semifinals to the OCN Blizzard. Jeff Tambellini was named the CJHL player of the year while Chilliwack Mayor Clint Hames and council hosted us at City Hall on May 15 to recognize a Chiefs team that won The Chevrolet Cup, the Cliff McNab Memorial Trophy, The Fred Page Cup, the Mowat Cup and the Doyle Cup. Speaking of post-season success, this season’s team gets their first unofficial playoff test this weekend as Langley and Chilliwack will also go head to head on Friday and Sunday in Langley. Making the weekend trifecta even more thrilling, the two teams are only one point apart in the race for first place in the Mainland Division. Jason Tatarnic’s Chiefs team does hold three games in hand. The ever popular SPCA Tennis Ball toss is this Saturday night and includes a chance to win a deluxe dog- or cat-themed prize basket, Hockey Canada sweatshirts and other BCSPCA merchandise prizing. You can also pick up the Chiefs 2015 calendar for only $2.
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September 4 Sixty years after British runner Roger Bannister was the first to break the four-minute barrier in the mile, a Chilliwack man has a bone to pick with history. “That pissed me off a little because that’s not true,” Cecil Hansford said during a conversation in his mobile home in Chilliwack. You see, the 94-year-old Hansford is diminutive in stature but he elicits one huge claim: He ran a sub-fourminute-mile right around the time Bannister hit puberty. “I broke the four-minute mile in 1942, two seconds faster than Roger Bannister.” September 4 A man knocked off his bike on a rural Chilliwack road by an off-leash Doberman was awarded nearly $40,000 by the BC Supreme Court. Joseph Leon Gallant was riding along Chilliwack Central Road in 2012 when a dog, Rocky, ran from a property owned by Peter and Trudy Slootweg and knocked him to the ground. The 61-year-old broke his collarbone and two ribs in the incident. Justice Brian Joyce awarded Gallant $25,000 in non-pecuniary damages, $13,068 in lost earning capacity and $1,050 for damages to his bike. September 4 The new University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) facility at Five Corners was revealed during a grand opening ceremony. Mark Evered, UFV president was joined by Mike Bonner, senior vice-president of personal and commercial banking at Bank of Montreal (BMO) and Brian Coombes of the Chilliwack Economic Partners Corporation (CEPCO) to speak and do
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Homeless people under the Yale Road overpass beside McDonald’s. Activity in the area caused concern for nearby residents and businesses.
than as-the-crow-flies proximity, not much. That’s why, for years, some have urged a change in the Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) electoral areas that govern the two distinct geographic regions to the south of Chilliwack. The provincial government responded, and Electoral Area H was born. “I’m so pleased that our government has responded in such a timely way to the needs of our small community,” said Chilliwack-Hope MLA Laurie Throness.
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Darryl Fox and his wooden raft on the Fraser River. Fox, who jokingly called himself Hucklecherry Fox, built the raft out of driftwood and debris and floated from Yale to Chilliwack. the official ribbon cutting. The building was donated by BMO, and CEPCO provided funding to renovate the facilities. September 11 Provincial leaders of both sides in the current school labour dispute say the other won’t negotiate in good faith, a sentiment echoed by local representatives for the government and the teachers’ union. “Our children need to be in school, and we need an affordable settlement,” Chilliwack-Hope MLA Laurie Throness said. “Meanwhile, patience with both parties is evaporating with
every passing day.” On the other side, Chilliwack teachers are “nervous but resolute,” according to the president of the Chilliwack Teachers’ Association. “I think that we are resolute in that we know we are doing the right thing, defending education, working for a fair deal for ourselves, but a bit nervous that we seem to be dealing with someone that is quite intransigent,” Clint Johnston said.
W. Graham was among the B.C. high school football teams that were on the field settling scores of their own. The AA Varsity Grizzlies lost a close match-up to defending Subway Bowl Champions John Barsby, 34-22 Friday. BC School Sports (BCSS) said in a press release that it recognizes coaching as voluntary and will respect individual schools’ decisions on whether or not they participate.
September 11 While no ground was made between the B.C. Teachers’ Federation and the government last week, G.
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September 18 Activity under the Yale Road overpass on Railway Avenue triggered one angry community member to speak out. Area resident Linda Richard says there is an “invasion of homeless people” in the area beside the McDonald’s fast food restaurant. She’s concerned because she says the occupants leave a mess, urinate in public and threaten residents in the area. One week in early September the presence of bylaw officers and RCMP was noticeably lacking in the area, according to Richard. It was during that period she noticed the population of homeless people increase dramatically under the overpass. September 18 Six people sit around a table in a coffee shop, talking about high school. The twist: high school was 60 years ago. This year, Chilliwack Senior Secondary’s class of 1954 celebrated their 60th reunion. { See SEPTEMBER, page A15 }
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A small group gathers around Phil Funnell’s “world’s smallest camper” custom-made motorcycle. Funnell was recognized by the Greater Vancouver Motorsport Pioneers Society.
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Dharma Mussell (left) on Easy Honour Chick (Fly) with her mother Carrie Mussell at their home after a successful barrel racing season.
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October 2 Unlike 2011, it appears there may be an actual contest for the Chilliwack mayor’s office this year. Downtown business owner Cameron Hull announced on Facebook that he would run for mayor in the Nov. 15 municipal election. Hull’s military surplus store North South Military is located in a cityowned building in the block slated for redevelopment east of Five Corners. And he doesn’t like the city’s plan, which involves buying up the buildings in that block to make it development ready. October 2 The 2014 local election campaign hasn’t started—the nomination period kicked off on Tuesday—but already Chilliwack city council candidate Dick Harrington has stirred things up. First, he criticized Mayor Sharon Gaetz and city hall staff for denying his campaign access to a list of eligible voters. Now he has responded to a notice posted around town that mocked him personally, both physically and as a candidate. “This vicious, anonymous, personal attack is exactly what’s wrong with our politics,” he said in a statement. At least two people took the posters down from various locations in the city, but it was unclear how many were circulated. October 2 With dyed blond hair and guarded by four sheriffs, accused double murderer Aaron Douglas wore a white T-shirt and stood with arms crossed during a brief court appearance in Chilliwack Court. Douglas was apprehended in Abbotsford on Sept. 25 after 49 days on the lam.
Minter, who was UFV’s first Chancellor and served two terms stretching from 2008 to 2014. She will be installed as Chancellor at a ceremony in the coming months. The new Chancellor-elect has a connection to the Fraser Valley that stretches back decades. She started her engagement with what was then Fraser Valley College in the early 1980s when she and her husband Steven (former Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia and now a B.C. provincial court judge) took university-level courses there.
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Valley Huskers’ Nick Harper joins his team on the field after the game to celebrate the team’s first win of the 2014 season against the Westshore Rebels at Exhibition Stadium. He is accused in the Aug. 7 murders of Richard Blackmon and Tyler Belcourt in a downtown Chilliwack apartment. He is also accused in the attempted murder of a woman who survived the attack. Her name cannot be reported due to a publication ban. October 9 The mother of the 25-year-old victim of an armed home invasion says the incident was a case of mistaken identity. And mom is angry. “I want to see these guys locked up,” she said. “I want to see justice served the way it should be.” The victim himself said he’s just
glad the two suspects were caught and the community is safer. “I’m glad they are off the street and that the weapon is recovered and that they can’t harm themselves or anyone else,” he said. Facing numerous charges are 35-year-old Jonathon David Olson and 25-year-old Troy Tinoy James. October 9 The success of the annual Quintessence Breastfeeding Challenge in Chilliwack continues to amaze with record numbers of women and babies latching on year after year. From 60 moms in 2009 to 102 in
2010 to 113 in 2011 to 150 in 2012 to 162 last year, the local annual event has drawn out more and more moms looking to increase public awareness about breastfeeding. But this year topped them all as 205 moms and 213 babies (a few twins and siblings) were at Chilliwack secondary school (CSS), the highest number not only in North America but across the world. October 9 Dr. Gwendolyn Point will be the new Chancellor of the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV). Point will take over from Dr. Brian
October 16 Matthew Alderman kept a calm disposition throughout his entire trial for attempted murder, even as his accuser recounted the day when Alderman tried to remove her head “like a bottle cap from a bottle,” in his words to police. His demeanour was unchanged last Thursday as Judge Steven Point rendered his decision: guilty of attempted murder and guilty aggravated assault. But when Crown counsel Paul Blessin discussed a pre-sentence report the judge had requested, a report scheduled to be presented six weeks later, the young man jumped to his feet and yelled, “I object!” Alderman said he didn’t “want to be in here anymore because I’m not guilty.” He said he wanted to testify in his defence and he proceeded to fire his lawyer. For the victim, the outburst wasn’t only disrespectful of the court, it was frightening. October 16 Tamiko Charlton drove over the creek running through her family’s { See OCTOBER, page A18 }
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› Year in Review { OCTOBER, from page A17 } farm when something unusual stopped her in her tracks. The waterway was completely white. Charlton saw the milky stream and told her son Zach to take pictures and follow the creek upstream to try and find the source of the spill. “Over the past several years we’ve had numerous situations where there has been milk dumped or something similar where the creek just turned a real cloudy grey,” Charlton said. She said there were similar dumps in the water in 2010 and 2012, but it was difficult to prove who was responsible because the evidence disappears. October 16 Social media is a powerful tool in an election campaign used by virtually all candidates, but things can go wrong and the public may not realize how many “fake followers” some have. University of the Fraser Valley media and communication instructor Darren Blakeborough says social media is important but it doesn’t replace door knocking. October 23 For Sto:lo people with links to their ancient traditions, the landscapes that surround them are not just important as sources of food, water and shelter. The trees, the mountains and the rivers are their ancestors. That was part of Albert “Sonny” McHalsie’s
message to the National Energy Board (NEB) during the first of seven days of aboriginal oral traditional evidence into the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. McHalsie is cultural adviser and historian at the Sto:lo Research and Resource Management Centre in Chilliwack. October 23 A Chilliwack man sentenced to 12 years in prison for an ongoing, violent sexual assault of his toddler stepdaughter had his appeal rejected by the B.C. Court of Appeal. In a written decision, the court noted that the appellant, K.D.C.—his name cannot be printed due to a publication ban—was called “daddy” by the victim. K.D.C. performed violent, nightly assaults on the girl and videotaped himself in the process.
October 30 With sadness, Ena Vermerris is leaving the Chilliwack Animal Safe Haven, a shelter she helped create 12 years ago. Vermerris cited internal “conflict with the board” as her reason for leaving her post as president, with personal differences and lies at the fore of her complaints. The self-proclaimed no-nonsense “cat lady” says she’s had enough, and has chosen to resign as president of the Animal Safe Haven. October 30 A handful of Chilliwack voters got a first glimpse of city council candidates as those running for office talked about illegal dumping, urban farming, bike lanes and promoting
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October 23 The young man left holding the gun after prominent Chilliwack businessman Ted Shipley waved it at nightclub bouncers was issued stern advice by the judge who let him off the hook last week. Kevin Douthwright faced three weapons charges in connection with the 2013 incident at the Echo Room. He pleaded guilty to one firearm possession charge. “He’s an idiot,” Judge Ronald Caryer said of Douthwright’s co-accused Shipley. “You should steer clear of idiots.”
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ccording to the American Heritage Dictionary the phrase “waste not, want not” was first recorded in 1772, but was derived from an earlier version: “wilful waste makes woeful want” recorded in 1576. In today’s world of credit cards, debit cards, and lines of credit, these terms take on a whole new urgency as bills roll in from our holiday spending sprees. One of the most easily influenced home expenses is our food budgets and a few tips in reducing food waste, and thus saving money, is most appropriate for January. What if I told you that you could have free vegetable broth? Currently whenever you work with vegetables (onions, carrots, celery, etc.) the end trimmings are going into the compost, garburator or garbage. Dedicate a large food storage bag in the freezer for these end cuts and peelings instead, and keep adding to this frozen mix until the bag is full. Empty the contents into a large pot, cover with cold water to the top of the vegetables, bring to a boil, and then turn the heat to low and simmer for one hour uncovered. Strain and season to taste with salt and pepper and you have vegetable stock from ingredients that would have previously been discarded. A great addition to this bag would be fresh herb stems. There is a ton of flavour in the inedible woody stems that will create complexity in your homemade vegetable stock.
CHEF DEZ On Cooking Make a soup from scratch with your broth, or pour it into ice cube trays and create a second freezer bag of cubed stock: this is perfect when you need a small amount of broth to make or finish a sauce. The rinds from hard cheeses also tend to see the garbage bin as their demise, but they can, however, bring extra essence to soups. For example, whenever making Minestrone (Italian vegetable soup) we always toss a chunk of parmesan rind into the broth. At the end of the cooking process, the rind is simply removed and discarded. Leftover bacon fat, although not particularly healthy, can also be put to use in the kitchen. Moderation of this integrated into your diet needs to be practiced here, but on occasion a warm bacon dressing on spinach greens is amazingly delicious. Add the following to the rendered bacon fat from a half pound (227g) of bacon, but make sure that the bacon fat is not too hot or the fat will splatter when you add these ingredients: three tablespoons apple cider vinegar, one to two tablespoons maple syrup, two teaspoons Dijon or grainy mustard, one half teaspoon dried thyme leaves, and a sprinkle of fresh
cracked pepper. Heat over medium heat, while stirring together, until very warm, and then serve immediately. Basically what I want you to become is a conscientious cook. Pay attention to everything that is being discarded in the kitchen and attempt to find new and innovative uses for them. The Internet makes a great resource when investigating ideas and answers any questions you may have about food safety, which also needs to be emphasized here. Happy new year to you . . . and happy cooking. Dear Chef Dez: I have a lot of fresh rosemary. Can I freeze it to keep it fresh? Wilma S. Calgary, Alta. Dear Wilma: Yes, freezing is probably the best option to preserve the essential oils, but try to use it up within three to six months if possible. Remove the herb from the woody stems and freeze them both, but separately from each other. The thin stems are a great addition to making vegetable broth, but the thicker, hardier stems make great flavour infused skewers for cubes of chicken breast. Just be sure to soak them in water for a few hours first, to help prevent them from burning up on the grill. ◗ Chef Dez is a food columnist, culinary instructor and cookbook author. Visit www.chefdez.com or email him at dez@chefdez.com.
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November 6 Ethan Davies can set up a Hot Wheels track like no other kid in Canada. Literally. Next Saturday, six-yearold Ethan will be presented with his grand prize for winning the title of Canada’s Ultimate Track Builder in the Hot Wheels Track Builder Challenge. An expert panel judged more than 400 entries across the country, and Ethan was tops when ranked against all the criteria: creativity, track length, complexity and aesthetics.
November 6 The man charged in the 2008 murder of Chilliwack resident Michael Scullion had his latest court appearance last week. Richard MacInnes, 45, of Rosedale, faced a judge in Chilliwack Court on Oct. 29. He remains in custody and is scheduled for a focus hearing on March 9, 2015. Scullion was last seen April 10, 2008 outside the Harrison Crossroads Inn in Agassiz. He was reported missing, and the RCMP’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) took on the case in 2012. November 6 The Royal Canadian Legion responded to the inappropriate location of an anti-abortion protest at the Chilliwack Cenotaph at Veterans Park. But the organizers of the stunt held Saturday refused to apologize to veterans and their supporters. A spokesperson said that the Legion has no position on the issue of abortion, nor does it have an issue with the right of people to gather peacefully on any issue. Inga Kruse of the BC/Yukon Com-
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Glenda Standeven (right) signs a copy of her book, What Men Won’t Talk About and Women Need to Know while her husband (and writing subject) Rick looks on at Coles book store.
Saturday’s municipal election. Number two on the list of vote recipients with 7,842, was 33-yearold incumbent Jason Lum, now the second youngest man on city council. Incumbents Chuck Stam, Sue Attrill and Ken Popove also easily retained their seats on council finishing third, fourth and fifth, respectively. Incumbent councillor Ken Huttema did not run in this election, while Stewart McLean lost his seat finishing eighth in voting. As for Mayor Sharon Gaetz, who handily received her third mandate receiving 10,183 votes over Cameron Hull’s 2,732 and Raymond Cauchi’s 1,066, she is happy with the council elected and hopes younger voices mean increasing engagement.
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The Sprangers boys and their unicycles (left to right): Noah, Jayden, Spencer and Jasper. Along with their brother Levi, all of the siblings ride the single-wheeled apparatus. mand and Foundation of the Royal Canadian Legion said “We would have hoped that the location of this protest would not have been the Cenotaph as it is there as a tribute to Veterans and those who have given their lives for our country.” November 13 While Chilliwack city council candidates faced rapid-fire questions on a number of topics in front of hundreds of voters at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre, the dominant issue continues to steal attention: City council’s 2013 rezoning of an industrial property on Cannor Road near
the Fraser River to allow for a toxic waste recycling facility. Other municipal issues that were of importance: downtown revitalization, road improvement, homelessness and flood protection.
questions about a range of topics, from this year’s labour dispute to class size and composition, and touching more than once on French immersion in secondary classes north of the freeway.
November 13 Strong wind and rain kept the numbers down to about 40 in attendance at a trustee candidate forum in Chilliwack secondary school’s alumni hall. Twelve of the 13 school board contenders were present at the District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC)-hosted event to answer
November 20 Chilliwack city hall got an injection of youth after the election of two new councillors with a combined age of 60. At just 25, first-time council candidate Sam Waddington shocked many—including himself, he said—by receiving the most votes of anyone else on the ballot (8,680) in
November 20 A convicted killer was arrested in connection with an unrelated attempted murder in Chilliwack five years ago. Gregory Wayne Hiles had his first court appearance by video during which both he, and his wife in the gallery, expressed confusion and surprise at the charges. Hiles is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and robbery in connection with a Dec. 23, 2009 incident in Chilliwack. Fourteen years ago, Hiles was convicted of manslaughter for beating 19-year-old Christopher Ford with a baseball bat in Halifax. November 20 After the ballots were counted Nov. 15 and preliminary results made available, there wasn’t much change in the composition of the Chilliwack school board. { See NOVEMBER, page A21 }
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› Year in Review { NOVEMBER, from page A20 } All six of the incumbents who ran regained their seats, with fifth-place Paul McManus as the only fresh face around the table. He filled the trustee position left by a departing Doug McKay. McManus said he is happy to have the election behind him and is look-
ing forward to what he and the board can accomplish together. November 27 A new and anonymous online virtual bulletin board elicited concerns about cyberbullying at Chilliwack secondary school. Yik Yak is designed to be a digital space where people in the same
small geographic radius can share useful information. In reaction to the spread of the app, the Chilliwack school board scrambled to intervene and be proactive, according to superintendent Evelyn Novak. Many students were disappointed in their peers for being disruptive on Yik Yak, ruining the potential for a
greater use of the app. November 27 An RCMP officer’s ability to pinpoint smell may prove to be central to the trial of the man alleged to be behind the largest marijuana grow operation in Chilliwack’s history. Seven days into the trial-within-a-trial of Lloyd Allan McConnell,
his lawyer argued there was no basis to grant the 2009 search warrant that uncovered a sophisticated 11,520-plant grow-op in an underground bunker on Nixon Road. Defence lawyer Patrick McGowan argued that McConnell’s Section 8 Charter privacy rights were violated when police searched his property on Sept. 9, 2009.
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December 4 Poultry farmers across the Fraser Valley let out a collective “not again.” And while 18,000 chickens and turkeys in Chilliwack and Abbotsford have died or will be culled as a result of H5 avian influenza, there is confidence in the biosecurity measures in place. Chris Kloot is a Chilliwack chicken farmer who was elected to city council in the Nov. 15 election. Kloot says the vigilance practised on his farm and others, coupled with the heightened awareness as a result of this recent virus detection, will avoid spread of the disease. This is the fourth time in a decade avian flu has hit Chilliwack and the Fraser Valley.
December 4 A Chilliwack man facing more than a dozen prostitution and sex charges pleaded guilty to some of those charges in BC Supreme Court. David Thomas Hilpert, 54, pleaded guilty to sexual interference of a person under 16 and of being a householder permitting sexual activity. The charges date back to 2010, when a 14-year-old Chilliwack girl connected with the case was also arrested for allegedly recruiting other young girls into the sex trade. Charges of sexual assault, attempting to procure a person to become a prostitute, and of obtaining sexual services of a person under 18 will likely be dropped when he is sentenced in BC Supreme Court in Chilliwack on March 9. December 4 A municipal election investigation underway in Chilliwack will not affect the results nor did it impact the inauguration of the new city council. Allegations of multiple voting spread on social media prompted
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Bernard Valcourt said the act was brought in to apply “the same principles of transparency and accountability to First Nation governments that already exist for other governments in Canada.” December 18 In a collaborative effort with Salvation Army outreach workers, the City of Chilliwack removed a small camp that had been established next to Chilliwack Creek on a trail behind the old University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) campus. Two homeless people had set up tents two months earlier and were then joined by more campers in November, according to one of the residents, Erik Christiansen. While Christiansen isn’t happy about being moved, he said this instance was different from prior evictions. “The city was polite, they were respectful,” he said. “They gave us time.” Greg Laychak/TIMES
Oral Honeyghan a Jamaican migrant worker pictured following his finger surgery after a machete nearly severed the digit off. The accident occurred when the workers were told to work after dark with poor lighting, according to their story. City of Chilliwack election officials to analyze voter registration books and order a number of people to attend city hall last week to give evidence. Early on, Elections Officers said the work to date had found no improprieties. “Even though we conduct this precautionary work the Chief Election Officer is satisfied with the election results and has reported them for the purpose of the inauguration,” a spokesperson said. December 4 Opponents of a hazardous waste recycling facility in Chilliwack were
disappointed with a BC Supreme Court ruling that found City of Chilliwack’s rezoning was legal and proper. A coalition of First Nations, environmental, community and recreational fishing organizations took the city to court, arguing there were flaws in the public consultation process that led to the rezoning a year ago. The coalition’s central argument was that the notices posted in advertisements in advance of the public hearing failed to use the words “toxic” or “hazardous” with respect to the proposed facility. Justice Peter Voith rejected the argument, which was made at a one-
day hearing Sept. 17. December 11 A local First Nation band won’t face court action for defying new financial disclosure laws, but the federal government will suspend funding for non-essential programs. The Popkum Indian Band is the only one in the Times readership area that did not file audited financial statements and band council remuneration figures by Nov. 26, as required by the First Nations Financial Transparency Act (FNFTA). Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development (AANDC)
December 25 This Christmas there is at least one local area family who believes in miracles. Wendy Standcumbe says she is living testament to the fact that angels do exist. At the end of November, Standcumbe was admitted to Chilliwack General Hospital (CGH) and treated with the symptoms of spinal meningitis. Miraculously, 19 days after her arrival, the 49-year-old entrepreneur walked out—albeit with assistance— from medical care, surviving swelling in her brain and infection in her spine. “They said they’ve never seen anybody recover this fast,” says Standcumbe, who is ready to celebrate the holidays with a big dose of gratitude.
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› Showtime { BATTLE, from page A23 } Six artists compete in each of the first two rounds with the top two vote-earners from each group going to the final 20 minutes, competing for Chilliwack’s Art Battle championship. Chilliwack portrait artist David Vegt said the competition will be good for his practice and meeting other artists. “I’m a fairly tight painter—I get a little bit too slow and tight,” he said. “So the main reason I thought I would do it is for fun, but also to loosen up as a painter.” The 38-year-old is ready for the faster style. “If you have a concept
clear in your mind, then it’ll come together,” he said in his Ryder Lake studio. “Of course having some skills and knowing how to work with paint helps too.” One of his rivals in the art-off, Robyn Marshall is a little more accustomed to a rapid-fire approach to art. “A majority of my smaller art is done within 20 minutes to a half hour, after that its mostly just tweaking,” she said. “I like the time crunch, I have always worked best under pressure.” The pencil and charcoal specialist said she’s more worried about creating in front of an audience. By inviting a large group to watch her work, Mar-
More art battles in the future shall is also using the competition to break out of her comfort zone. She said in order to win she’ll have to get out of her head and “embrace the crowd, draw from their
energy and vibe and transfer that to the canvas”. Eleven of the 12 participating artists are local, with one non-artist wild card thrown into the mix to give perspective on how
difficult the competition is. The 208th Art Battle in Chilliwack is just one of a series of events across Canada and is the first of four local contests that could lead a spot in the
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◗ Art Battle Chilliwack is at the Hampton Inn, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. Limited tickets are available online at: artbattle.ca/208-chilliwack. Early bird spots are $15 and regular admission is $20. The next Chilliwack Art Battle is scheduled for March this year.
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Jack Ballam, age 94, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 5 at Chilliwack General Hospital with his wife Margaret by his side. Jack was born on October 20, 1920 in Chilliwack, BC and was the fifth child of Harry and Isabella Ballam of Fairfield Island. He is predeceased by his sister Carrie, brothers Will, Casey & Bob, first wife Veva, and infant grandchild Leslie. Survived by his wife Margaret, younger sisters Velma (Evan) & Ella (Art), daughter Jackie (Ron), step-son Shane (Cheryl), his grandchildren Malcolm (Bobbie-Anne), Heather (Troy), & Colin (Eryn), his step-grandchildren Brighton & Brooklyn, his great-grandchildren Daniel, Libby, Elly, Keith, Cole, Callum, Tully, Grayson, Allison, Evlyn, Macrae, Smith, & Ewan and his numerous nieces and nephews. In the early years, he worked mostly around Chilliwack and then served in the RCAF stationed in Canada during the war years. After the war, Jack was a faller and logger for over 30 years in the Vancouver, Vancouver Island, and Harrison areas. He enjoyed the lumberjack life style and often talked about his logging years, especially the great meals in the logging camps. Jack knew how to work and he did it well. In his retirement, he continued to work hard and stayed very physical. He enjoyed cutting & splitting firewood, falling trees for neighbors, raising pigs, milking cows, haying, cutting thistles, socializing while on the “milk run”, and doing the chores…always to be accompanied by a good meal or a coffee break. In the later years, he thoroughly enjoyed having the great-grandchildren running amuck and treating them to jelly beans. He will be missed. A special thank-you to all the staff, nurses, and doctors at Chilliwack Hospital for their care, support, and compassion, especially family physician Dr. Gordon Enns. No funeral will be held at his request. A memorial tea will take place at Cooke’s Presbyterian Church Hall Wellington Ave, Chilliwack, BC on Saturday, January 10 at 2:00PM. All are welcome to attend. Online condolences to the family may be left at www.hendersonsfunerals.com Henderson’s Funeral Home 604-792-1344
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Need Answers? Call Today! Will tell you *Past *Present *Future By appt only: 778-389-1754
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FINANCIAL SERVICES
Are You $10K Or More In Debt? DebtGo can help reduce a significant portion of your debt load. Call now and see if you qualify. 1-800-351-1783
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HELP WANTED
ATTENTION
We Service all Makes
ADT’s, DSC’s, Brinks & all others Medical & Fire Free* Alarm Systems 604-792-8055 / 854-8055
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VACUUMS
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 260
ELECTRICAL
YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899
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PETS
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
Full Service Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928
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from $499 (Made in BC) Repairs & Service. We extend warranties to all makes. Vacuum needs a service every 5 years just like an oil change! 604-792-8055 / 854-8055
MOVING & STORAGE
1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING
Across the street - across the world Real Professionals, Reas. Rates. Best in every way! 604-721-4555.
329 PAINTING & DECORATING
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PETS
9mo old PIT BULL MALE PUPPY. All shots, neutered, licensed. Comes with dog house, bed, food, treats. $700. 778-869-6023
WE BUY HOMES BC
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HELP WANTED
706
GOLDEN DOODLE puppies. Born Nov. 22. Mom small reg. Golden x Dad small Std Poodle (both 50 lbs). We have bred this litter special to create ideal family companions (intelligent, gentle, easy to train, people pleasers, happy indoors/out, good w/kids/animals, low/no shed) Our dogs are part of our home and life and we wish the same for our puppies. Please consider the time & commitment needed to raise a dog and you will have our support/guidance for life. 1st shots/deworm, $1200, 604-820-4827 Mission
736
Garage, 1.5 bathrooms, 6 appliances, wood stove, recently reno’d. Includes utilities $1795/mth
Sutton Group 604-793-2200
BIG Rancher House w/ 2 garage. 3 bdrm, family rm, games rm, 2 baths. $1800. Ph: 604-306-7799
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DISPATCHER
Work from home we provide required equipment and training
752
TOWNHOUSES
Apply in person at 8832 Young Road Chilliwack or email resume to ed.lewis@wallystowing.ca
CHILLIWACK. Lrg 4-bdrm 1675 sq. ft. N/s, n/p. Avail. immed. $1200 + utils. Refs req’d. (778)926-5908
Bookkeeper/Controller
TRANSPORTATION
New Car Dealer
845
(Fraser Valley)
We need a qualified bookkeeper/controller. CAR DEALERSHIP EXPERIENCE ONLY. Must be able to use PBS accounting system is not optional..for our new car dealership, must have experience in this system ... you should be able to sit and do all entry’s, government remittances, time lines must be accomplished, pay for experience and need long term.
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for most complete vehicles
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Pick A Part Used Auto Parts 43645 Industrial Way Chilliwack BC V2R 4L2
604-792-1221 1-866-843-8955
Hours: 8:30am-5:00pm 7 Days A Week www.pickapart.ca
Professional Service. Servicing the Fraser Valley 1-855-771-2855
THE WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN ACT In the matter of the Warehouseman’s Lien Act and MY Mini Storage. Michael Hilliard Take notice that the personal effects located at: 44335 Yale Rd. West Chilliwack, B.C. will, if not claimed by January, 22, 2015 be disposed of accordingly. Any questions regarding this matter should be directed to The Manager. MY Mini Storage 604-703-1111
Call today and get noticed! www.bcclassified.com
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HOMES FOR RENT
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HOMES FOR RENT
OWNERS WE CAN MANAGE YOUR RENTAL PROPERTY FOR A LOW MONTHLY FEE.
HOUSE RENTALS 604-793-2200 1 bdrm twnhse......Vedder Xing, 2 Levels, Patio $600 1 bdrm apt........ F/S, Coin Laundry, Patio, Agassiz $500 1 bdrm apt......................... heat incl’d, f/s $550 1 bdrm apt......................... 4 appl gas f/p $650 1 bdrm suite .............4 appl, garage, incl’d util $750 1 bdrm condo.................. Newmark 6 appl $675 2 bdrm condo...adult oriented 5 appl, gas fp, Sardis $850 2 bdrm apt........... Reno’d 55+ f/s, close to town $700 2 bdrm apt....... Close to schools, gas f/p nice unit $775 2 bdr suite ............. Sardis, f/s, dw, lrge, gas f/p $800 2 bdrm suite ............ util incl close to FG Leary $800 2 bdrm twnhse... f/s, w/d, gas f/p, Close to FG Leary $895 2 bdrm penthse apt ..Heat incl’d, nice patio, close to town $900 3 bdrm lrg suite ....... 5 appl, close to schools $950 3 bdrm suite ........ FFI ½ hyrdo/ gas 1100 sq ft $1300 3 bdrm twnhse............... 2.5 bth garage $1295 3 bdr suite .................1200 sq ft, ffi,util incl $1400 3 bdr + den ....................... 4 appl, laminate f/r $1250 4 bdrm hse .............. 2 car garage 2300 sq ft $1450 6769422
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TOWNHOUSES
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TOWNHOUSES
We have 2 Playgrounds for your kids! And are “Pet-Friendly”
Payroll, Month end and all necessary day to day banking. Small dealership health benefits and dental after 3 months. CAPC Contract job, Compensation: $36,000 to $42,000. Send resume in confidence, only successful applicants will be contacted. {xx£ä 9 ," ] 7 -/]
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SCRAP CAR REMOVAL
The Scrapper
DROP OFF RESUME, MONDAY TO FRIDAY BETWEEN 9AM-NOON 6446573
ROOM & BOARD
CHILLIWACK. Avail now. Private room 3 meals + extras. No Drugs. $650/mo. (604)795-0397 6797656
DRIVER
HOMES FOR RENT
3 Bdrm 1500 sq ft house.
WALLY’S
Experience is not necessary we will train.
APARTMENT/CONDO
• Residential Area • Elevator • Adult Oriented • Sparkling Renovations • 1 Bdrm from $620 and up
HELP WANTED
AutoBody & Towing Ltd Is looking for a full time driver and weeknight dispatcher for our towing division.
PRICES PAID
RENTALS
CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866
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MORTGAGES
PRIVATE MORTGAGE Lender. Funding smaller - 2nd, 3rd, & interim mortgages. No fees! Pls email: grpacific@telus.net Courtesy to agents.
NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com
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HIGHEST
HOMES WANTED • All Prices • All Situations • • All Conditions • www.webuyhomesbc.com 604-626-9647
.CAN-PRO Paint and Drywall. Over 25 yrs of quality service. 3 ROOMS, $250. Insured. 604-771-7052
Call to apply today! 604-702-5147 Or email us at: lellis@chilliwacktimes.com
Pick A Part is environmentally approved and meets all BC government standards for automotive recycling
STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.
627
SCRAP CAR REMOVAL
Have it recycled properly
MISC. FOR SALE
REAL ESTATE
845
Has your vehicle reached the end of its useful life?
~ SUNDAYS ONLY ~ 6 am to 4 pm
STEEL BUILDINGS...”REALLY BIG SALE!” All steel building models and sizes. Plus extra savings. Buy now and we will store until spring. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca
SCRAP CAR REMOVAL
TRANSPORTATION
SCRAP CARS & METALS - CA$H for CARS Up to $300. No Wheels - No Problem! Friendly &
TRETHEWEY @ MACLURE AVE
NORWEGIAN ELKHOUND PUPS Ready Feb. 15. Reg’d. Vet checked http://vigelandkennels.ca 604-823-2259
TIMES NEWSPAPER DELIVERY ROUTES NOW AVAILABLE!
845
Abbotsford Exhibition Park
BRO MARV PLUMBING 24/7 Plumbing, heating, clogged drains BBB. (604)582-1598, bromarv.com
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DO YOU WANT TO EARN SOME EXTRA CASH?
GARAGE SALES
ABBOTSFORD
560
172 ASTROLOGY/PSYCHICS
SPIRITUAL
UNDER $100
FLEA MARKET
PLUMBING
6785196
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(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint. NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services.
PERSONAL SERVICES
40 YEARS EXPERIENCE
CLASSIFIED ADS MEAN MORE BUSINESS PHONE 1-604-575-5777
3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour
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Psychic Reading 2 experienced SALES PEOPLE required with positive attitudes. We provide an Excellent Pay Plan & Bonuses. In store training & large customer base. Great new & used vehicle inventory to sell. Please e-mail or fax resume: ned@abbynissan.com Fax: 604-857-1469
Running this ad for 10yrs
PAINT SPECIAL
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TENT HEATER for camping/ ice fishing (propane) Coleman focus 3 model like new $25. Ph (604)860-0358 Hope -----------------Lazy Boy swivel rocker fabric cover light blue gd cond $45. (604)860-0358 Hope
TRANSPORTATION
Phone 604-859-7540
Competitive Wage & Good Benefit Package Offered! Please forward your resume: Fax:(1)604-581-4104 Email: careers@tealjones.com Visit: www.tealjones.com
SALES AUTO SALES PROFESSIONALS
www.paintspecial.com 604.339.1989 Lower Mainland 604.996.8128 Fraser Valley
- Surrey B.C Searching for highly motivated and ambitious individuals to work and be challenged in their field.
Call 604-858-8082 for an interview
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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
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Sell it fast with a CLASSIFIED AD www.bcclassified.com
NEWLY RENOVATED $990 per month + utilities 3 BDRM - 1.5 Baths - 2 Levels 1,100 sq ft and fenced back yard
For more info call Mike at 604-792-8317 or 1-877-515-6696 or Email: wb@raamco.ca WOODBINE TOWNHOUSES 9252 Hazel St. Chilliwack BC - Move in Incentive! Our Gated 5 acre Complex is Quiet and Family Oriented
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CHILLIWACK TIMES
Thursday, January 08, 2015 A27
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers 8550 Young Road, Chilliwack, B.C. V2P 8A4 www.chilliwack.com
TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the City of Chilliwack will hold a Public Hearing, as noted above, on the following items: 1. ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT BYLAW 2015, No. 4074 (RZ000879) Location: 9237 McNaught Road Owner: 1003475 B.C. Ltd. Purpose: To rezone the subject property, as shown on the map below, from an R1-A (One Family Residential) Zone to an R3 (Small Lot One Family Residential) Zone and an R1-D (Infill Small Lot One Family Residential) Zone, to facilitate a future subdivision. Location Map:
3. ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT BYLAW 2015, No. 4076 (RZ000881) Location: 42238 Sinclair Road Owner: George and Michelle Dick Purpose: To amend the text of the AL (Agriculture Lowland) Zone to facilitate the construction of a farm based anaerobic digester within the subject property, as shown on the map below, in accordance with the Non-Farm Use approvals by the Agricultural Land Commission (Resolution #162/2014). Location Map:
2. ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT BYLAW 2015, No. 4075 (RZ000880) Location: 7154 Elwood Drive Owner: Gerry De Vries Purpose: To rezone the subject property, as shown on the map below, from an R1-A (One Family Residential) Zone to an R3 (Small Lot One Family Residential) Zone, to facilitate a future subdivsion. Location Map:
4. ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT BYLAW 2015, No. 4073 (RZ000882) Location: 46194 Margaret Avenue Owner: Allan Browne Purpose: To rezone the subject property, as shown on the map below, from an R2 (Urban Residential Transition) Zone to an R3 (Small Lot One Family Residential) Zone, to facilitate a future boundary adjustment. Location Map:
Persons who deem that their interest in the property is affected by the proposed amendment bylaw will have an opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing or, if you are unable to attend, you may provide a written submission, including your full name and address, to the City Clerk’s Office no later than 4:00 p.m. on the date of the Public Hearing. All submissions will be recorded and form part of the official record of the Hearing. These proposed bylaws may be inspected between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from Wednesday, January 7, 2015 to Tuesday, January 20, 2015 both inclusive, in the Office of the City Clerk at City Hall, 8550 Young Road, Chilliwack, BC. Please direct your enquiries to our Planning & Strategic Initiatives Department at 604-793-2906. Please note that no further information or submissions can be considered by Council after the conclusion of the Public Hearing. Janice McMurray Deputy City Clerk
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30” - 36” French Door Fridges
Electric , Gas , Induction Ranges
APPLIANCES Dishwashers
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FREEZERS
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Store Hours:
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Limited quantity on all products. Products / colours may not be exactly as shown. Prices subjected to change without notice. Sale ends Jan 17, 2015