Grace Giesbrecht

Township of Langley

Reporter at Fraser Valley Current

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Articles

UFV courses return to Hope

1 week ago | pentictonherald.ca | Grace Giesbrecht

Hope students may have a couple more options come the fall. The University of the Fraser Valley is expected to restart programming at the Hope Centre in September, nearly one year after the death of a staff member forced the university to pause instruction. The Hope Centre has been open but not offering programs since the fall. Since then, staff have been available to answer questions, even though the university doesn’t know what programs will be offered in the future.
UFV courses return to Hope

1 week ago | thespec.com | Grace Giesbrecht

Hope students may have a couple more options come the fall. The University of the Fraser Valley is expected to restart programming at the Hope Centre in September, nearly one year after the death of a staff member forced the university to pause instruction. The Hope Centre has been open but not offering programs since the fall. Since then, staff have been available to answer questions, even though the university doesn’t know what programs will be offered in the future.
New water features planned for Harrison Hot Springs

2 weeks ago | pentictonherald.ca | Grace Giesbrecht

Harrison Hot Springs is hoping to build a splash park and a canoe and kayak launch. But the dreams are dependent on funding from the province. Members of the public have been asking about the possibility of a spray park for the past several years, city staff say in an application for funding from the Resort Municipality Initiative, a provincial program that supports designated resort municipalities like Harrison Hot Springs.
New water features planned for Harrison Hot Springs

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Grace Giesbrecht

Harrison Hot Springs is hoping to build a splash park and a canoe and kayak launch. But the dreams are dependent on funding from the province. Members of the public have been asking about the possibility of a spray park for the past several years, city staff say in an application for funding from the Resort Municipality Initiative, a provincial program that supports designated resort municipalities like Harrison Hot Springs.
New school bus route coming to the Fraser-Cascade District

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Grace Giesbrecht

Kids on school buses in the Fraser-Cascade district are about to have a little more space. The Ministry of Education recently approved a new bus for the district. Currently, Hope’s four bus routes have 420 riders but only 313 spots. The capacity issues have required the district to use its single spare school bus to alleviate overcrowding. Secretary treasurer Gerry Slykhuis said the new bus will take pressure off over-capacity routes.
New school bus route coming to the Fraser-Cascade District

2 weeks ago | pentictonherald.ca | Grace Giesbrecht

Kids on school buses in the Fraser-Cascade district are about to have a little more space. The Ministry of Education recently approved a new bus for the district. Currently, Hope's four bus routes have 420 riders but only 313 spots. The capacity issues have required the district to use its single spare school bus to alleviate overcrowding. Secretary treasurer Gerry Slykhuis said the new bus will take pressure off over-capacity routes.
New light industrial projects planned in Hope

3 weeks ago | thespec.com | Grace Giesbrecht

Two new light-industrial projects are in the works in Hope. One large building is planned for a narrow lot on Flood Hope Road between the railroad and the Trans-Canada Highway. The project will include 10 units in a nearly 27,000-square-foot building. Another building is planned on Corbett Street. Designed to store ambulances, equipment, and trucks for a safety services company, the building will be 4,500 square feet in size and include six vehicle bays.
Parents in Harrison Hot Springs call for off-leash dog park

4 weeks ago | thespec.com | Grace Giesbrecht

Concerned parents of elementary school kids in Harrison Hot Springs are calling on the municipality to create an off-leash dog park to keep dogs out of schoolyards. In a letter to Harrison Hot Springs council, Harrison’s PAC asked council to prioritize building a park for dogs to roam freely before summer begins. Currently, dog owners are allowed to let their pets loose on school grounds but only at particular times.
The Fraser Valley’s Fowl Problem

1 month ago | thespec.com | Grace Giesbrecht

One recent spring day, a volunteer found a lost, lonely baby goose in the tall grass along the shore of Cultus Lake. She took the fluffy gosling and tracked down a goose family to adopt it. But the rescue was actually somewhat counterproductive. Because Taryn Dixon wasn’t there to keep lost baby geese alive. She was there to keep them from hatching in the first place. Dixon is part of a group tasked with keeping Cultus Lake’s goose population down (and also the director of Electoral Area H).
Hope needs more Indigenous educators-but so does everyone else

1 month ago | thespec.com | Grace Giesbrecht

The Fraser-Cascades school district had a difficult time hiring Indigenous educators last year. But it wasn’t for lack of trying (or funding). Hope’s public school system is home to about 1,700 students, about 40% of whom are Indigenous.