Tuesday - Jan. 14, 2025 - Rolley Lake reservations now available

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Last week, I wrote about Super Farmer, the quirky Polish agricultural game my kids had received for Christmas. A lot of readers were interested—and, like me, wondering where you could get it in Canada. At the time, Walmart’s website suggested they had sold the game, but none were in stock. There are now apparently copies you can buy through the retailer although, to be honest, the price is more than I’d want to pay for what is a very simple game. One reader has a different approach altogether: getting a relative travelling to Poland to hunt it down.

If you’re looking for a card game that’s half the price and has more re-playability, you might want to try Mantis. It’s widely available online and your local board game store will probably have it. On the downside, you don’t have an excuse to check out Gdansk.

– Tyler

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Traffic & Weather

🌤 Local forecast: Langley | Chilliwack | Abbotsford | Hope (We have had to temporarily change our forecast links to the Weather Network due to a technical error.)

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🛣 Click here for links to road cameras across the Fraser Valley, including those for the Coquihalla, Highway 7, Hope-Princeton, Fraser Canyon, and Highway 1 in Langley and Abbotsford.

NEWS

Inside Langley’s new (and delayed) $20 million museum

Next month. That is when members of the public could finally get a chance to go inside Langley’s long-awaited salishan Place by the River.

The museum was supposed to open nearly two years ago, but has been delayed by construction “deficiencies” longer than expected.

• Today, Grace takes readers inside the new museum, shares photos and insights from Forsythe’s visit, and reports on what the Township says are the next steps in finally opening the community space.

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Need to Know

🚚 A new report from U-Haul says Chilliwack is a prime destination for people moving from city-to-city [U-Haul]

🚧 A 100-year-old road in Langley was found in decent shape when uncovered by construction crews [Langley Advance Times]

👉 Abbotsford’s RV camps have continued to persist, leading to frustration and complaints [Vancouver Sun] / In Nova Scotia, the provincial government is erecting hundreds of tiny shelters to house people who are homeless [CBC] / Three Vancouver Island municipalities have similar projects [Abbotsford News (from 2022)]

🏎 Langley cops caught 120 speeders during a three-week blitz [Aldergrove Star]

💰 An Abbotsford family that won the lottery is headed to Disneyland [Abbotsford News]

💧 Some Mission residents may notice smelly or discoloured water, but it remains safe to drink, the city says [City of Mission]

👉 A new playground for young kids has opened at Townsend Park in Chilliwack [City of Chilliwack/Facebook]

🚑 A crash between Mission and Maple Ridge sent five people to hospital on Saturday [Mission Record]

🔎 Mounties are searching for a black pickup involved in a Langley hit-and-run in November [CTV]

⛪ Members of a Ukrainian congregation were surprised to learn their church had been listed for sale [Chilliwack Progress]

🚔 Abbotsford Police say a man pulled a gun at a Peardonville business [Abbotsford Police/Facebook]

♻ Garbage day is changing for hundreds of Langley residents [Langley Advance Times]

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The Agenda

Rolley Lake camp spots can now be reserved; May long weekend reservations open tomorrow

People planning to go camping on the May long weekend will be able to reserve a spot at Rolley Lake for the first time tomorrow.

The Rolley Lake campground, located northwest of Mission, has long been a first-come-first-serve camping space. The province spent $2 million to upgrade the campground last summer, adding 17 new walk-in tent sites and upgrading a day-use shelter and providing new picnic tables, bike racks, and bear-proof storage.

Now, the upgraded campground is being included in BC’s online reservation system for provincial campgrounds, which allows people to book sites at certain campgrounds four months in advance. Reservations for the May long weekend—at Rolley Lake and other provincial parks around BC—open at 7am on Wednesday. You can find the reservation website here.

Other local campgrounds that can be reserved ahead of time include Cultus Lake Provincial Park, Sasquatch Provincial Park, Sx̱ótsaqel (Chilliwack Lake) Provincial Park, and Skagit Valley Provincial Park.

Townhouse complex proposed for Jehovah’s Witnesses property

Trio Architecture has applied for rezoning and a development permit to allow it to build a 30-unit townhouse complex in western Abbotsford, according to online records.

The complex would be located at the southwest corner of the Maclure Road and Townline Hill road intersection on a block of properties now occupied by six detached homes and a Jehovah Witnesses hall.

The rezoning will need to be approved by council before the project proceeds.

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