Fraser Valley Current

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BC is failing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s first call to action

In a landmark report, governments were urged in 2015 to reduce the number of Indigenous children in care. They failed.

Tyler Olsen

Jun 24, 2021

How poop and produce can combine to power Chilliwack homes

That banana peel you just threw in the compost could soon power a home in Chilliwack.

Grace Kennedy

Jun 22, 2021

Waitlist for affordable housing has doubled in last 5 years

Between Langley and Hope, there are now more than 1,000 people on BC Housing’s registry for subsidized housing.

Tyler Olsen

Jun 21, 2021

The fight to save Hope’s historic train station

An 'extremely significant, rare, and valuable site' gets a second lease on life thanks to the persistence of community activists.

Grace Kennedy

Jun 15, 2021

The man who stole a valley

How Joseph Trutch stole land from Fraser Valley First Nations and stymied their efforts to get it back.

Grace Kennedy

Jun 11, 2021

Abbotsford and Chilliwack have some of BC’s most-crowded classrooms

Of 60 school districts across BC, Abbotsford’s classrooms were among the 5 most crowded in the province across all age ranges.

Tyler Olsen

Jun 10, 2021

Where the old growth is

Forests that have been a staple in our ecosystems are getting smaller and smaller. But, they’re not all gone, even in the heavily logged Fraser Valley.

Grace Kennedy

Jun 08, 2021

Can better workplaces make better food?

"I think employers really need to know that if they’re looking for some smaller shifts or they’re having turnover troubles, if they uniquely hire people living with a disability, there are so many fruitful benefits from that."

Tyler Olsen

Jun 04, 2021

The Fraser Valley’s disappearing gas-powered cars

Between 2016 and 2020, the Fraser Valley welcomed nearly 50,000 new residents but actually lost 2,000 passenger vehicles from its roads.

Tyler Olsen

Jun 03, 2021

Chilliwack moms helping moms, through fitness

An exercise class for new mothers is helping one researcher discover what fitness can do for mental health.

Grace Kennedy

Jun 02, 2021

Warnings abounded about dire conditions at Fraser Valley residential schools

Government and church officials in the Fraser Valley took children from their parents, hired sexual abusers to supervise children, disregarded accounts of staff violence and poor food, crowded boys and girls into unsafe facilities, and intimidated those who raised concerns.

Tyler Olsen