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Gaming while female: What's keeping women out of the video game world

5 days ago | fvcurrent.com | Grace Kennedy

This story first appeared in the June 23, 2025 edition of the Fraser Valley Current newsletter. Subscribe for free to get Fraser Valley news in your email every weekday morning. She wanted a low-stakes extracurricular to enjoy with her friends: something new that didn’t have to be graded. She thought competitive video games might be the ticket. Michele Kasama is a straight-A, Grade 11 student at G.W. Graham Secondary School in Chilliwack.
Monday - June 23, 2025 - Chilliwack doubles parking fines

5 days ago | fvcurrent.com | Grace Kennedy

☁ High 24CGood morning!Tyler said so many nice things about me in the intro last week, and now it’s my turn to say nice things about him. Before I started at The Current, I had never had a real editor. My editors at the Cloverdale Reporter and North Delta Reporter were a delight—but all of us were pretty new to journalism. Real mentors were few and far between. When I moved to the Agassiz-Harrison Observer, there were even fewer people I could learn from.
The summer of Pride in the Fraser Valley

1 week ago | fvcurrent.com | Grace Kennedy

The Fraser Valley will welcome for different Pride Festivals this summer, as well as a variety of smaller LGBTQ+ focused events. 📷 Jose Maria Sava/UnsplashThis story first appeared in the June 19, 2025 edition of the Fraser Valley Current newsletter. Subscribe for free to get Fraser Valley news in your email every weekday morning. The Fraser Valley has not always been an inclusive place.
$25-million rehabilitation project on the way for a key river crossing

1 week ago | fvcurrent.com | Grace Kennedy

The Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge is set to see 3 years of construction starting this summer. 📸 Grace KennedyThis story first appeared in the May 26, 2021 edition of the Fraser Valley Current newsletter. Subscribe for free to get Fraser Valley news in your email every weekday morning.
Salmon battle a coronavirus cousin

1 week ago | fvcurrent.com | Grace Kennedy

Chinook salmon are battling their own viruses. • 📸 Kevin Cass/ShutterstockThis story first appeared in the April 30, 2021 edition of the Fraser Valley Current newsletter. Subscribe for free to get Fraser Valley news in your email every weekday morning. While the novel coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on the world above the water, salmon hatching in the Fraser Valley are facing their own crisis—including attacks from previously undocumented viruses.
Can spirituality make you less worried about death? Maybe.

1 week ago | fvcurrent.com | Grace Kennedy

The worry you feel about death may be tied to how happy you are with life. • 📸 IslandGirl88/ShutterstockThis story first appeared in the April 28, 2021 edition of the Fraser Valley Current newsletter. Subscribe for free to get Fraser Valley news in your email every weekday morning. If you’re feeling anxious about dying, Regan Thompson might know why.
Can a Fraser Valley country singer bring the 7pm cheer back?

1 week ago | fvcurrent.com | Grace Kennedy

Todd Richard sings at Chilliwack’s Five Corners. Richard wants people to rekindle their regular applause for health-care workers. • 📸 Todd Richard/ScreenshotThis story first appeared in the May 6, 2021 edition of the Fraser Valley Current newsletter. Subscribe for free to get Fraser Valley news in your email every weekday morning. If you see someone hanging around at 7pm with a cowboy hat and a speaker, it might be Todd Richard.
Demolished but not forgotten: the Empress and Alder Inn trace parallel ends

1 week ago | fvcurrent.com | Grace Kennedy

The Alder Inn and Empress Hotel evolved in similar ways, and their sites are both eyed as key parts of the rejuvenation of their surrounding areas. • 📸 Aldergrove Hotel (later the Alder Inn): Alder Grove Heritage Society / Empress: British Columbia Postcards CollectionThis story first appeared in the May 18, 2021 edition of the Fraser Valley Current newsletter. Subscribe for free to get Fraser Valley news in your email every weekday morning.
The one Fraser Valley park where you might be able to (legally) drink this year

1 week ago | fvcurrent.com | Grace Kennedy

Chilliwack might continue to allow drinking alcohol in one of its parks. In most of the Fraser Valley, the practice is still against the rules, albeit regularly flaunted. • 📸 AstroStar/ShutterstockThis story first appeared in the May 4, 2021 edition of the Fraser Valley Current newsletter. Subscribe for free to get Fraser Valley news in your email every weekday morning. The City of Chilliwack will decide today whether public drinking will be allowed for another summer.
Wednesday - June 18, 2025 - Pedestrian upgrades for rural Langley

1 week ago | fvcurrent.com | Grace Kennedy

🌩 High 19CGood morning!I have been employed by The Current for four years, one month, and 29 days. I have written more than 270 feature stories, plus countless event briefs, agenda items, and newsletter introductions. I have loved writing about the Fraser Valley and working at The Current more than I can say. And now, it is time for me to go. Don’t worry—I’m not leaving right this second. You still have two more weeks of me, including the one-year-anniversary edition of the FVC History Edition.