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Murdered Chilliwack man died protecting friends, brother says
The brother of a Chilliwack man killed last week in a tiny Albertan hamlet said his brother died "honourably" while trying to protect those close to him.
Hot Tickets
Brent Butt at Clarke May 25, Corner Gas hero and Canadian comic Brent Butt is at the Clarke Foundation Theatre, 33700 Prentis Ave., at 7: 30 p.m. Doors open at 7, tickets at ticketmaster.ca.
Showtime Events
Dewdney Pub June 16, David "Hurricane" Hoerl will perform at the Dewdney Pub from 8: 30 p.m. - 12: 30 a.m., at 8793 River Road S., five minutes east of Mission, off the Lougheed Hwy. Call 604-826-4762.
What's What?
. Cascades Casino, 20393 Fraser Hwy., 604-5302211 Chilliwack, May 23 in the Summit Theatre. Tickets: $42.50 plus fees/charges.
Orange you reading yet?
Many hands make for light work when it comes to "juicing up" funding for local literacy initiatives.
Volunteer at the Cultural Centre
The Chilliwack Arts & Cultural Centre Society is looking for volunteers to help with art classes now offered at the Centre.
What's on
CSS has talent On May 23 CSS Has Talent is back. It will start at 7 p.m. in the Chilliwack secondary gymnasium and will run for about two hours with a short intermission. This event is by donation only and all proceeds go towards the Salvation Army. There will be 11 acts performing, ranging from singing to dancing to rapping. Concession for the night will be provided by the CSS African Relief Club, with proceeds going towards the Wanted Children Foundation. Pennies will also be collected for the We Create Change campaign. For more information visit the Facebook page: CSS Has Talent.
Writing 140 years of history
With a major milestone approaching, parishioners of St. Thomas Anglican Church are asking the public to help write the history of the downtown Chilliwack landmark.
UFV building wins award
Students at the University of the Fraser Valley's Chilliwack campus at Canada Education Park might well be doing better on tests and assignments because of their school's award-winning building design.
To bee or not to be
Local farmers are feeling the sting as a shortage of honeybee hives seems poised to hurt their crops this coming season.
Not just a Willing participant
Rosedale middle school's Tasha Willing led the Chilliwack medal count at the Fraser Valley High School Track and Field Championships in Abbotsford last week, dominating the junior girls throwing events.
Bogey-free round earns Taylor a win
Abbotsford's Nick Taylor shot a bogey-free second round to triumph at the Vancouver Golf Tour's fourth major Tuesday at the Chilliwack Golf and Country Club.
Twisters capture medals
Twelve Twisters gymnasts competed at the Western Canadian Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Winnipeg recently. The competition was extremely stiff, but they managed to bring home 11 individual medals and two team gold medals. Team BC on both the women's side and the men's side took first place.
Taylor wins third major
Winning the last two Major series events certainly put a target on Abbotsford-native Nick Taylor's back this week at VGT's fourth Major of 2013 at the Chilliwack Golf Club.
Inter-city transit priority for de Jong
While Abbotsford's newest government representatives were elected just a week ago, they have some plans for their constituencies.
Eagles' season ends with overtime heartbreak
More than eight months after their season started, the Surrey Eagles' dream of playing for the national championship fell one goal short.
Attack tops at the Slurpee Cup
Chilliwack FC's U-15 boys soccer team claimed victory at last weekend's 35th annual Slurpee Cup in Kamloops.
Senate scandal missing point
The point [about federal Senators' expenses] has been sorely and success-fuly missed.
Martin starts with arrogance
Mr. Martin, I find your comments about Chilliwack not being NDP Country to be some of the most arrogant I have ever heard from any politician of any stripe.
