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Tuesday - Dec. 10, 2024 - Funding wanted for mobile doctor's office
Grace Kennedy
December 10, 2024
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Good morning!
We had so many amazing local book recommendations from you guys, thank you so much! Perhaps I shouldn’t be so surprised at the volume though. People who commit to reading a mini-newspaper every morning apparently spend a good chunk of the rest of their time reading—and in many cases, writing—great books too. I can’t wait to share all of the titles with you soon.
– Grace
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The cranberry-climate change experiment
With two degrees of warming, cranberry bushes seem to produce less fruit. But they also may be able to adapt to the new temperatures faster than expected. 📷 Marina Poushkina/Shutterstock
For Lauren Erland’s cranberries, the future is now. The plants are not impressed.
Over the last two summers, Erland has been experimenting on cranberries at a Delta research farm, where the UFV berry scientist is testing how the plants will fare in a rapidly warming world.
Heating up cranberries’ environment an extra two degrees, she has stressed the plants beyond their normal limits—and they are not happy about it. The plants produced fewer berries than expected but, somewhat surprisingly, they seem to have adapted to the changes comparatively quickly. And now, with this season’s cranberries harvested, Erland and her team are set to dive inside the plant itself.
Using state-of-the-art spectrometry in UFV’s new BERRI Lab, Erland will work to find out exactly how climate change will affect the Fraser Valley’s cranberries—and the multi-million dollar industry that relies on them.
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Community greeting from Abbotsford City Council
As 2024 comes to an end, we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all Abbotsford residents for making our community an incredible place to live, raise a family, grow, work and play. We are looking forward to serving you in 2025 and beyond.
We wish you a meaningful holiday season, filled with peace, good cheer and quality time with loved ones. As this time of year can be difficult for some, let us not forget those in our community who may need something as simple as a smile or a little extra help in order to ensure that their holiday season is made a bit brighter.
However you celebrate the holiday season, we wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and a happy and fulfilling new year.
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The Agenda
Mission Community Service’s Mobile Community Outreach Unit stationed at The Junction Shopping Centre in July of last year. The unit travels throughout Mission to offer accessible healthcare. 📸 Mission Community Services/Facebook
Mission Community Services hoping for support with RV health unit costs
Mission Community Services is asking the Fraser Valley Regional District for $6,500 to help pay for its mobile healthcare unit.
The organization has operated its Mobile Community Outreach Unit since 2023. It is essentially a motorhome-turned-doctor’s-office, and travels throughout the Mission area to ensure healthcare is accessible to everyone. This month, for example, the unit is at the Mission Youth Centre on Tuesdays and at the Leq’á:mel Health Centre on Wednesdays.
The society noted that while it has raised approximately $25,000 for the mobile health unit over the last two years, the program is currently underfunded and can only afford to operate two days a week.
Mission Community Services asked the FVRD for $6,500 to help pay for vehicle-related expenses, including gas, insurance, and program supplies. The money would come from the grant-in-aid budgets for Electoral Areas C and G, which cover Lake Errock and Dewdney respectively. Both area directors are in favour of the request, and the FVRD board will vote on the funding decision Thursday.
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