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Abbotsford says taming Nooksack River could cost up to $2.8 billion

Apr 1, 2022

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7 min read

Abbotsford says taming Nooksack River could cost up to $2.8 billion

With no guarantees Americans will bolster banks, Abbotsford considers massive upgrade of Barrowtown Pump Station in case of future flood

Tyler Olsen
Tyler Olsen
The tiny Fraser Canyon First Nation with big plans to help fire evacuees

Apr 1, 2022

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8 min read

The tiny Fraser Canyon First Nation with big plans to help fire evacuees

‘We’re going to do it anyway. Because we’re the Kanaka Bar Band.’

Tyler Olsen
Tyler Olsen
Not just a collection: the mission behind Chilliwack’s archives

Mar 31, 2022

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12 min read

Not just a collection: the mission behind Chilliwack’s archives

A 21st Century archive has a purpose beyond collecting and organizing documents. It needs to have a mission.

Tyler Olsen
Tyler Olsen
Funding insufficient to save BC’s ‘deteriorating’ schools, province warned repeatedly

Mar 30, 2022

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5 min read

Funding insufficient to save BC’s ‘deteriorating’ schools, province warned repeatedly

An annual assessment found that current levels of funding are insufficient to keep up with mounting school repair bills in newly unredacted documents released to The Current.

Tyler Olsen
Tyler Olsen
Mission: more rental homes, finally

Mar 29, 2022

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6 min read

Mission: more rental homes, finally

After lagging behind neighbours, townhomes and rental apartments are finally taking shape in Mission.

Tyler Olsen
Tyler Olsen
Why BC uses herbicides to control ‘competition’ in its managed forests

Mar 28, 2022

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8 min read

Why BC uses herbicides to control ‘competition’ in its managed forests

Forestry worker Thomas Martin talks about the systemic factors that control what trees are allowed to go in BC's forests.

Tyler Olsen
Tyler Olsen
Herbicide spray plan for Fraser Valley forests draws scrutiny

Mar 25, 2022

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7 min read

Herbicide spray plan for Fraser Valley forests draws scrutiny

BC Timber, a government agency, has released a five year plan that would see most of the Lower Mainland sprayed to remove a number native species.

Fraser Valley Current contributor
Fraser Valley Current contributor
Backups & bypasses: what happens if a flood hits a Fraser Valley sewage plant?

Mar 25, 2022

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13 min read

Backups & bypasses: what happens if a flood hits a Fraser Valley sewage plant?

If Abbotsford's wastewater treatment plant floods, sewage is expected to back up in Matsqui Prairie. Chilliwack has a bypass. And in Langley? No one will talk about the risk.

Tyler Olsen
Tyler Olsen
How a 75-year-old is setting records on the track

Mar 24, 2022

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6 min read

How a 75-year-old is setting records on the track

Harnek Toor was a record-breaking athlete as a young man. Today, he is breaking even more as a 75-year-old competitor in track and field.

$60 million budgeted for new senior homes in Abbotsford & Chilliwack

Mar 23, 2022

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3 min read

$60 million budgeted for new senior homes in Abbotsford & Chilliwack

Projects await provincial green light after local health district sets aside $60 million for desperately needed new seniors facilities.

Tyler Olsen
Tyler Olsen
Reflections on a year of The Current

Mar 22, 2022

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13 min read

Reflections on a year of The Current

Starting a new enterprise is always a gamble. It’s a bet on yourself, on those who will help you, and on your audience. What we’ve learned after Year One.

Tyler Olsen
Tyler Olsen
How sun & tech are changing the valley’s energy equation

Mar 21, 2022

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5 min read

How sun & tech are changing the valley’s energy equation

The installation of solar panels on a UFV roof is expected to pay for itself sooner than expected, in the process demonstrating the increasing financial advantage of using the sun's energy.

Tyler Olsen
Tyler Olsen
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