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School board spikes EFI proposal
Local parents who have been lobbying the Chilliwack school district for an early French immersion program for almost two years were devastated Tuesday when the school board voted against starting a program any time soon.
Excalibur wins election! . . . if students had a vote
Truth, honour and justice prevailed in the provincial election Tuesday-among Central elementary students anyway. After hearing presentations from all five Chilliwack riding candidates last week, Grade 5 and 6 students at the school elected BC Excalibur Party candidate Michael Halliday in a mock parallel election Monday.
This is 'not NDP country'
That was John Martin's message Tuesday evening after he was elected BC Liberal MLA for Chilliwack by a surprisingly large margin.
Sardis, G.W. off to provincials
High school boys rugby reached new heights in Chilliwack last week, with both Sardis and G.W. Graham capturing first-ever B.C. Provincial Championship berths Thursday.
Undefeated seasons come to an early end in playoffs
After going undefeated in the regular season, both of Chilliwack's triple-A high school girls soccer teams were knocked out of the Fraser Valley Championships last week.
Wiping the floor with cancer
For Chilliwack cleaning company owner Lisa Riobo, donating free house cleaning to women battling cancer just seemed like the right thing to do.
Cheam elementary likely home for early French immersion program
Most early French immersion (EFI) parents are in for a long drive if the Chilliwack school board decides to launch an EFI program in 2014.
Student play simply wonderful
Like so many plans both awesome and disastrous, the idea for this year's Ved-der middle school theatre production was hatched at a middle school girls' sleepover.
Storm win, Falcons fail to soar
The Chilliwack secondary senior girls soccer team took their first-round opponents in the Fraser Valley Championships by storm Tuesday, trouncing North Surrey 4-0.
Scurr leads Sardis golfers
High school golfer Steven Scurr led his Sardis secondary golf team to victory Tuesday at the Fraser Valley East AAA Golf qualifier at the Chilliwack Golf and Country Club.
Art sale means clean water
Unsworth elementary students have put their paintbrushes, scissors and glue sticks to work for a good cause this year, raising $3,300 for clean water projects in Ethiopia by selling their art.
Sardis rugby squad set to christen new playing field
The virgin grass of Sardis secondary's brand new $450,00 playing field is about to be trampled by the cleats of 60 rugby boots as the senior boy's rugby team takes on Semiahmoo in their first and only home game of the season today (Thursday).
Walk with your Doc event gets us moving
About 30 local doctors will lace up for a walk with their patients at Townsend and Watson Glen parks Wednesday in a bid to promote good health.
Candidates clash over classrooms
Local BC Liberal candidates didn't back off their party's free-enterprise platform at an all-candidates meeting hosted by the Chilliwack Teachers' Association (CTA) at Evergreen Hall last Thursday.
Nothing settled on pitch
Two season-long winning streaks were on the line Monday and both went down when Sardis and Chilliwack secondary tied 2-2 in AAA senior girls soccer action.
CN staying on track with rail safety
Veteran CN Police Const. Darren Dyck has attended more than a dozen grisly train fatalities during his 32 years with the force, but most of the time he still manages not to get riled up handing out tickets for unsafe activity around crossings and tracks.
CUPE staff vote 94% in favour of strike action
The union that represents local education assistants, custodians, bus drivers and other school support staff has voted 94 per cent in favour of a strike that could herald some form of job action as early as June, according to a provincial union official.
Winning for Patrick
The G.W. Graham senior boys rugby team honoured a fallen fellow student last week by finishing first in their division for the first time in the school's history.
One winning streak will end when rivals meet
Both of Chilliwack's AAA high school girls soccer teams have ridden winning streaks since the beginning of the soccer season, but at least one of them is destined to fall next week when the two teams clash in a cross-town showdown.
