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Thursday - Jan. 9, 2025 - Tourism impact survey looks to Harrison
Grace Kennedy
January 09, 2025
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I am a fan of niche reality shows. Survivor? I’ve heard of it. The Bachelor? All right I guess. Regency House Party on the other hand—that classic of early 2000s historical reenactment reality TV, available on YouTube? That’s the good stuff.
My daughter seems to have acquired my somewhat eclectic taste. While home sick from school, she discovered the reality show Baking Impossible, where bakers and engineers join forces to make edible and functional boats, robots, cars, and bridges. It is spectacular. I am a huge fan. (You can watch it on Netflix if you’re interested.) And more than just making for good TV, it also sparked some creative gears in my daughter’s head as well. I think I know exactly the kind of projects she will want to undertake with her engineer dad this summer.
– Grace
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🚓 Police have revealed that a second victim was found inside a torched vehicle on Sumas Mountain Friday; IHIT is investigating [Fraser Valley Today]
⛪ An aging Ukrainian Church in downtown Chilliwack has been listed for sale for $750,000 [Realtor.ca] / Churchgoers have created a petition to save the church before it is sold [Change.org]
🏒 Star Vancouver Canucks defenceman Filip Hronek will join the Abbotsford Canucks to get back into shape after an injury [Sportsnet]
🛠 Cheam First Nation has begun installing its new Cedar Hat Memorial Gazebo [Cheam First Nation/Facebook]
🏀 Players on a Vancouver Island women’s basketball team will boycott games against Abbotsford’s Columbia Bible College because they say authorities haven’t addressed the mistreatment of their transgender teammate [Fraser Valley Today] / Columbia Bible College says the accusations are ‘misinformed and untrue’ [Abbotsford News]
🚔 Langley police were on scene at a rural property in Brookswood for two days; RCMP did not immediately release the cause of the incident [Langley Advance Times]
⚖ Two employees at an Abbotsford cell phone store have been charged with defrauding the company of nearly $900,000 [Abbotsford News]
💰 A Mission couple lost $300,000 after a family friend said they were threatened by gang violence; Tyler James Willard pleaded guilty to the extortion charges [Mission Record]
✒ A former Chilliwack Progress food columnist now in her 80s has shared a final column with the paper [Chilliwack Progress]
🤧 A BC sea sponge has been caught sneezing by scientists at Ocean Networks Canada [CTV]
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The Agenda
Harrison Hot Springs can be a mecca for tourists, particularly during the summer, and one researcher wants to know how that affects local residents. 📷 Tourism Harrison/Facebook
Harrison Hot Springs residents invited to share their take on tourism
From ski hills to surf spots to hot springs and spas, BC has no shortage of major tourist attractions, but the happy hordes of seasonal guests aren’t the only people affected by their quests for rest, relaxation, and adventure. Resort towns’ residents are impacted as well.
A master's student at the Univeristy of Vancouver Island is trying to study the effect of tourism on BC’s resort towns residents, including those in the Fraser Valley.
Residents of Harrison Hot Springs have been invited to participate in the research project by taking a short survey that will help measure the impact of tourism in BC small towns. The survey asks questions about how tourism affects local housing, infrastructure, and community amenities, among other things.
Residents who take the survey will be entered to win one of three $50 gift cards to a local grocery store of their choice. The survey is only available to people who live in Harrison Hot Springs, or other resort municipality towns like Osoyoos, Tofino, and Whistler.
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