Jessica Peters

5 days ago | theprogress.com | Jessica Peters

A downtown Chilliwack apartment building has been destroyed after a fire Saturday afternoon (April 19). Heavy flames and smoke were coming from the top floor of a newer building in the 9300 block of Corbould Street, at the corner of Kipp Avenue. The fire started about 3:30 p.m. and a neighbour of the building said it seemed to have started in a top floor corner unit. Note: The Progress has few details of this incident and this story will be updated when it is available.

6 days ago | theprogress.com | Jessica Peters

Norm and Diane Melanson know they've lived to see a miracle — or perhaps a series of miracles — and it happened last Easter Sunday. The Chilliwack couple was coming back from church. It had been a beautiful service, and they were on their way to meet family for dinner. Norm was at the wheel as they drove over the Yale Road overpass, when he suffered a major medical emergency. His heart rate sped up incredibly high, so his pacemaker stopped and he seemed to pass out.

1 week ago | hopestandard.com | Jessica Peters

Four of the six federal election candidates for Chilliwack-Hope squared off on some of the biggest concerns facing Canadians, at a virtual all-candidates forum Thursday evening (April 10). Topics ranged from climate change and natural disasters to carbon tax and trade issues. But they also dialed into local concerns, including looking back at the devastating local flooding and landslides in 2021.

1 week ago | theprogress.com | Jessica Peters

Four of the six federal election candidates for Chilliwack-Hope squared off on some of the biggest concerns facing Canadians, at a virtual all-candidates forum Thursday evening (April 10). Topics ranged from climate change and natural disasters to carbon tax and trade issues. But they also dialed into local concerns, including looking back at the devastating local flooding and landslides in 2021.

1 week ago | hopestandard.com | Jessica Peters

Maxime Bernier will make a stop in Chilliwack as he tours the country visiting candidates in their ridings. The People's Party of Canada leader will meet with the public, along with Chilliwack-Hope candidate Jeff Galbraith on April 13. The meeting will be held at Evergreen Hall at 1 p.m.  Bernier also visited Chilliwack in 2021 during his 'Mad Max' pre-election tour, where he was welcomed by a crowd of about 100 people in Yarrow Pioneer Park.