The Fraser Valley’s February to-do list
Baking classes, swing-dancing, and archive tours are just some of the Fraser Valley’s February events.
Mission
Is your city ignoring its own snow-shoveling rules?
As cities demand residents clear sidewalks in front of their property for the safety of their neighbours, some Fraser Valley municipalities neglect their own responsibilities.
Are election signs key to free speech?
“It is a slippery slope to inhibit freedom of expression,” a Fraser Valley MP wrote in a letter to municipality considering new sign restrictions.
How 2004-era planners overestimated two decades of Fraser Valley growth
The Fraser Valley has grown rapidly, but still fallen short of population projections made two decades ago.
Progress in Mission as Chilliwack & Abbotsford wait for court-ordered schools
A Mission francophone school will get a new school, but province still faces $2 billion bill for schools elsewhere
43 ways to make friends in the Fraser Valley
An Abbotsford newcomer wanted to know where to meet people in the Fraser Valley. We asked our readers. They responded en masse.
How Chilliwack became BC’s favourite destination for in-province movers
Every year Vancouver loses more than 10,000 residents to other BC communities. Many are heading to the Fraser Valley.
‘I was looking at the mountains and worrying they were going to fall on us’
Cyndie Anderson and her partner were stuck in Mission, five hours from home, work, and her aging mother in Lac La Hache, when natural disasters shuttered highways for two weeks in 2021.
Harlem Globetrotters, agriculture show, live theatre, cooking, and tree chipping: the Fraser Valley’s must-do January events
The Current’s selection of events happening the next four weeks in Agassiz, Hope, Mission, Chilliwack, Abbotsford, and Langley.
Fraser Valley ice storm information hub: links, travel info, and how not to die
How not to kill yourself if you need to barbecue your Christmas meal and other important ice-storm information.