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We’re back with The Current’s weekly events list for members. It’s quite lengthy so it does require a little more work on our end than putting together our old Around Town section, but it’s a great way for a reporter to learn about all the fun events happening across the Fraser Valley. And if you’re not a member you can still refer to our April events story here.

Thanks to Mary, Lando, and Walter for recently starting a membership with The Current and supporting local journalism. Find out here how you can join too. 

NEWS

Takeaway—without the throwaway

Brown paper boxes crusty with the garlicky remains of a takeout order pile up under the counter, waiting, impatiently, for trash day. The smell sours. Flies buzz.

Finally, after a week, the greasy cardboard vanishes into garbage trucks. The problem no longer lives under the kitchen sink. But takeout trash filling landfills is a problem of its own— and a growing one.

Today, Grace writes about the problem of takeout trash and a possible solution in Chilliwack—and, if it works, the rest of the valley.

Need to know

📝 A Langley parent said school officials regularly reported her young daughter was disruptive, but provided little support to rectify problems; other parents are also coping with effects that linger from pandemic school disruptions [CityNews]

☕️ Abbotsford’s Palm Cafe is expanding to a larger space in the HighStreet Shopping Centre [thepalm_cafe/Instagram]

🍕 Elevated Pizza is opening a shop in Chilliwack’s District 1881 [elevatedpizzaco/Instagram]

👮🏻‍♂️ Abbotsford police seized a loaded handgun from a 16-year-old [Abbotsford Police Department/Facebook]

🥖 Cobs Bread is coming to Abbotsford’s Highstreet Shopping Centre [Cobs Bread/Facebook]

🚔 Abbotsford police arrested one man and uncovered firearms, drugs, and cash after conducting a traffic stop Tuesday [Abbotsford Police]

💰 A Hope resident won the lottery on April Fool’s Day [Fraser Valley Today]

🚨 An alleged thief returned to the same Chilliwack home twice in one night and got away with 200 pounds of cable [Fraser Valley Today]

🚐 More than 100 people came to a rally in downtown Chilliwack Wednesday for striking bus drivers [Chilliwack Progress]

⚠️ Mission RCMP are looking for witnesses to the illegal dumping of hazardous material near the Lost Creek Forest Service Road [Mission RCMP/Facebook]

🚓 Police arrested a 38-year-old man in connection to the robbery of a woman by five men in masks [Abbotsford Police]

📷 Current Cam: Kirby Thompson was the first to correctly identify the photo of the trail bridge in Langley City’s Portage Park.

🛍️ M&M Food Market is undertaking an aggressive coast-to-coast expansion, wanting you to grow alongside with them. Learn more about opening a franchise in Abbotsford or Mission.*

🎸 The Harrison Festival Society presents an evening of reimagined songs from Fleetwood Mac called Rumours Reimagined, happening May 20. Tickets and more information here.*

*Sponsored Listing

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Attend a free International Universities Fair

The National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) invites students, parents, and counsellors to explore the university search process at the International Universities Fair in Vancouver on Saturday, Apr. 29, 2023 from 1–4pm.

More details, including free registration, can be found here.

The Agenda

Chilliwack high school getting much-needed expansion

Chilliwack’s Sardis Secondary School is getting a major expansion to accommodate its growing student population. The school’s property is currently packed with portables, but the province has pledged $40 million to build a two-storey expansion to accommodate 400 more students.

That will bring the school’s capacity to 1,600.

The school is located in one of the fastest-growing parts of the province. Across the Chilliwack School District, enrolment has been growing by between 350 and 500 students each year, according to the district’s long-term facilities plan. To accommodate that growth, the district says it will need to build three new elementary schools and one more secondary school.

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