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Halloween isn’t the only thing happening at the farm this weekend. Greendale Acres is hosting a big bonfire party and country music concert on Sunday, November 1, with live music, a pumpkin smash, and the Boo Express train. The corn maze goes quiet after that, so it’s a good excuse to get out there.

Once the costumes are put away, the calendar doesn’t empty out. Below you’ll find a few events for the first week of November, including Mozart’s Requiem in Chilliwack and the Fraser Valley Writers Festival at UFV.

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Greendale Acres is hosting a Big Bonfire Party and Country Music Concert on Sunday, November 1, running from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The Great Big Bonfire burns all day on the Great Lawn, and the Big Pumpkin Smash runs all day out in the field. There’s live music from Adam Cebula from 2 to 4 p.m. and Morgan Griffiths from 4 to 6 p.m., and the Boo Express train is running too, at $3 a ride or $5 for unlimited rides. Tickets are available through a link on the farm’s poster.

The farm says its corn maze goes quiet after Sunday, and its Christmas farm experience won’t be open this year. The farm shop will stay open through the holiday season, though, and farm shop merch and goods will also be at the Vintage Barn Market on November 6, 7, and 8. The farm says more details are coming.

⚖️ Former B.C. RCMP assistant commissioner David Teboul pleaded guilty to one count of assault over an off-duty incident involving a 16-year-old at the Abbotsford Recreation Centre in July 2025, with sentencing hearings continuing in mid-November. [CBC News]

🔥 Mission Fire Rescue crews responded to a fire in one unit at the Grove Mobile Home Park off Lougheed Highway. [Mission Record]

🚕 A taxi passenger was taken to hospital in serious condition after a crash involving a Tesla in Langley, with two others taken to hospital in stable condition. [CityNews]

🚛 A 47-year-old trucker faces four drug charges, including importing cocaine and heroin, after border officers found 52 packages of illicit drugs in his truck at the Abbotsford-Huntingdon crossing in October 2025. [Castanet]

🚨 Langley RCMP say a 23-year-old man has been charged with three counts of assault and three counts of committing an offence motivated by hatred after an alleged attack on a woman and her two children near Douglas Park. [Global News]

🎃 The District of Hope is reminding residents that fireworks aren’t allowed within district limits this Halloween unless they’re part of an approved public display run by licensed professionals. [District of Hope]

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Chilliwack Trail Club | Wildcard Wednesday: Runners meet at Vedder Park on November 4 for a social run along the Rotary Trail, where a randomly drawn playing card sets the distance.

We Will Remember Them: Mozart’s Requiem in Concert: The Chilliwack Symphony Orchestra performs Mozart’s Requiem in honour of the fallen at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre on November 5.

2026 Fraser Valley Writers Festival: UFV’s Abbotsford campus hosts ten Canadian authors for free talks, panels, and workshops from November 5 to 7, with keynotes from Jody Wilson-Raybould and Justin McElroy.

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