Tuesday - July 30, 2024 - Rural delivery cut at Black Press

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Good morning!

Me? Again?

That’s right folks (or at least, those of you who pay attention to the patterns of our newsletter intros). Tyler is away on vacation for the next week, and that means I am in charge of the newsletter. I could let the power go to my head, but I don’t think I will. There’s not a lot of glory involved in leading a news publication—mostly emails, edits, and spreadsheets—and it seems like a poor prize for the amount of effort involved in a coup.

If you are trying to reach Tyler over the next week, send your email to [email protected] instead. I may be able to help you out.

– Grace

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NEWS

What’s up in August: fairs, festivals, and the Airshow

August: The last month of unfettered freedom for the valley’s school-age kids.

The Fraser Valley’s event organizers are making sure the month won’t go uncelebrated for both kids and parents, with a wide variety of events across the region.

From sky-high performances to barnyard contests, bicycle fundraisers to art markets, the Fraser Valley is offering a plethora of fun for everyone in the family.

• Today, we showcase nine things to do in the Fraser Valley this month, from fairs to food to fundraisers. Later this week, we’ll have a massive list of entirely free things to do across the region.

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Need to Know

🔥 BC Wildfire Service will burn 200 hectares of land near Manning Park in an effort to contain the Calcite Creek wildfire [Fraser Valley Today]

📝 Almost 100 people have sent a petition to Abbotsford asking that homeless individuals be allowed to camp on undeveloped municipal land [Abbotsford News]

🚲 An Abbotsford woman is riding 111km from Hope to Abbotsford to raise money for African grandmothers [Abbotsford News]

🛶 A Boston Bar rafting company is back in business one year after the Kookipi Creek wildfire destroyed its resort buildings [Hope Standard]

🏥 The Chilliwack Hospital Auxiliary is now an official registered charity; the group has been supporting the hospital since the early 1900s [Chilliwack Progress]

🏀 The Fraser Valley’s Vancouver Bandits have ended their best-ever season with a loss on the road [Langley Advance Times]

💰 Agassiz’s Legion branch donated $800 to the Kent-Harrison Search and Rescue team; the money will be used to buy small equipment [Agassiz Harrison Observer]

🏀 Mission’s annual three-on-three basketball tournament will bring generations of athletes together next week [Mission Record]

🥇 While five Fraser Valley athletes try for gold in Paris, five Chilliwack soccer players got their gold medal at the provincial championships in Kamloops [Chilliwack Progress]

👉 A UFV criminologist says that gangsters consider Vancouver a ‘soft target’ for criminal organizations [Vancouver Sun]

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The Agenda

Papers cut delivery to rural communities in wake of purchase

The Mission Record and Chilliwack Progress have reportedly scaled back newspaper delivery in rural communities in the wake of their company's sale to creditors and a US publishing company.

Readers online have reported that the Progress is no longer being delivered in Popkum and Rosedale and that the Record isn't being delivered to Dewdney's post office and general store. The Current's emails to the publishers of the two papers were not returned.

The papers and dozens of others operated by Black Press were bought out of creditor protection earlier this year by two Canadian investment companies and a southern US publisher. During the creditor protection process, the companies declared they had a plan to increase revenues and cut costs. Carpenter Media, the company operating the larger chain, has moved to slash staffing at its new papers in Washington State. There have been relatively few cuts in Canada thus far.

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