Monday - April 8, 2024 - A new two-strikes water policy

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Do you have an “almost name?” It’s usually the name that your parents almost gave you or the name you would’ve gotten if you were born a different gender. For example, I think I read in a photo album somewhere that I was almost a Robin or a Christopher. But I like the name I got out of the deal, and I share it with some pretty cool people—including one that you’ll get to meet (or re-meet) this week!

– Grace Giesbrecht

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Traffic & Weather

🌤 Local forecast: Langley | Chilliwack | Abbotsford | Hope

🚘 Driving today? Check the current traffic situation via Google, and find DriveBC’s latest updates.

🛣 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

Two strikes and you’re out:
Abbotsford and Mission look to stiffen
water restrictions, fines

With more droughts anticipated, Abbotsford and Mission are preparing to stiffen its summer water restrictions—and hand out more fines.

Chilliwack is also taking action—though residents will be on a slightly longer leash.

• Today, Tyler writes about how three local cities are adjusting their water rules to prepare for more frequent and more severe droughts.

Related

Need to Know

☀ The moon will take a bite out of the sun’s rays today around 10:40am—but cloudy skies will make it hard to see the partial eclipse [Weather Network]

🐟 Thousands of young salmon will be released into the Miami River in Harrison this week [Agassiz-Harrison Observer] / Last year we wrote about how the group doing the fish-release is trying to preserve and rehabilitate the watercourse [FVC]

🚓 A Langley boy who was the subject of an Amber Alert has been found safe [CBC]

💘 Meet the Hearties, long-time devoted fans of When Calls the Heart, a TV show shot in Langley going into its 11th season this year [Vancouver Sun]

➡️ The encampment at the Bradner rest stop in Abbotsford will be shut down for construction in the area this summer [Abbotsford News]; We wrote about life at a different rest stop last year [FVC]

🚮 Langley Township is suing the company that supplied it—and residents—with thousands of trash bins, many of which have cracked or fallen apart [Langley Advance Times]

👉️ The body of a man who went missing while on a trip to Chilliwack was found a month after he disappeared [Chilliwack Progress]

🚔 A Mission taxi driver was stabbed with a needle during a robbery, Mounties say [Mission Record]

✈ Langley Township is trying to come up with a new long-term plan for the local airport [Aldergrove Star]

🌲 Several hazardous trees will be removed along Hope’s Rotary Trail this week [Fraser Valley Today]

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The Agenda

Mission gets one bigger, newer school; needs more

Mission will finally get a bigger, better high school. But only students currently in Grade 6 or below will end up learning in its classrooms.

The province announced Friday it had approved the spending of $175 million to build the new school. The new high school would have room for 1,500 students and is expected to be completed for the 2029/30 school year, meaning students in Grade 6 today will be entering their final year of school.

The school will have capacity for 250 more students than the current facility. The province says that will “support future enrolment growth in the district.” 

More schools will be needed, however. Enrolment in Mission’s schools is expected to grow by 459 students between now and the start of the 2029 school year. 

🤝 Now hiring

• Support clerk at Langley Township

• Studio specialist at Musora Media in Abbotsford

• Legal assistant at Dhull Law in Langley

• Farm manager at GN Fruit Grower in Chilliwack

• Strong Start facilitator at Abbotsford School District

Hiring in the Fraser Valley? Reply back and let us know!

🗓 Things to do

🚓 Town hall: The Fort Langley Community Association is holding a protective services town hall meeting with experienced guest speakers to inform residents about community services on Monday, April 8. Details online.

🍅 Murderous tomatoes: The international fringe-festival hit show, Tomatoes Tried to Kill me But Banjos Saved My Life, will be performed at Bozinni's in Chilliwack on Tuesday, April 9. All proceeds of ticket sales will go to the Rotary Club of Chilliwack. Details online.

🏆️ Community awards: The City of Mission’s Community Service Awards Ceremony will take place at the Clarke Theatre on Thursday, April 11. Details online.

Catch up

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