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Wednesday, July 12, 2023 - Canoe-travelling church
Wednesday, July 12, 2023 | Today: 🌤 High 22C
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NEWS
The canoe-travelling church
Port Douglas. 📷️ BC Archives
In the year 2023, buildings are bound to a place, built and never moved.
But long before homes—even supposedly mobile homes—became largely immobile, buildings used to move all the time. You didn’t even need a combustible engine to make it happen. Even so, moving a church 70km in 1873 would not have been an easy proposition.
Which is where the canoes came in.
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Need to know
🔥 The Davis Lake wildfire north of Mission remains out-of-control [BC Wildfire Service]
💰 Abbotsford’s request for a high-water monitoring system was approved by the province [Abbotsford News]
🚘 A Langley motorist recounts a crash on the Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge where the driver who struck him later fled on foot carrying chainsaw [Agassiz-Harrison Observer]
🤩 The northern lights might be visible over the Lower Mainland this week [CTV]
🏠️ Langley’s transition housing society is getting its long-awaited building [Langley Advance Times]; The Current reported on the society’s plan to find a space all their own last year [FVC]
🐮 An activist who was convicted in 2019 after trespassing on an Abbotsford hog farm is calling for CCTV cameras in barns to protect farm animals in BC [Vancouver is Awesome]
⛸️ Chilliwack is celebrating its 150th anniversary with free swimming and skating [City of Chilliwack]
💰️ Langley non-profits will receive over $500,000 in provincial funds this year [Langley Advance Times]
🐉 A Fort Langley team of breast cancer survivors won silver at North America’s biggest dragon boat festival [Langley Advance Times]
👮 Abbotsford police are asking the public to help identify suspects of a mischief that occurred Monday [AbbyPoliceDept/Twitter]
🌲The Chilliwack Cant Mill will shut down next month [Chilliwack Progress]
🚗 About 200 people visited Langley Speedway’s Canada “D’eh” car show [Langley Advance Times]
👉️ Langley RCMP are looking for a man who has been missing since last week [RCMP]
🚔 A Mission driver is facing charges after an alleged hit-and-run last month [RCMP]
👮 Chilliwack RCMP are looking for a man who disappeared last month [RCMP]
🎨 There's still time to take in the Harrison Festival of the Arts this year. On now until July 16, there's something for everyone there!*
*Sponsored Listing
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Mission Folk Music Fest coming soon!
The 36th annual Mission Folk Music Festival invites you to Follow Your Folk to Fraser River Heritage Park, just east of Mission, July 21-23.
A thrilling range of diverse artists bring you a world of amazing music in a friendly, intimate setting full of small-town warmth and welcome. Three daytime stages present concerts and workshops where artists meet, trade tunes, collaborate and, often, make unforgettable memories. The evening main stage features Korea’s Dongyang Gozupa, Toronto songstress, Tanika Charles, songwriting treasure, David Francey, the electrifying artistry of Haiti’s Wesli, and more.
Join in the weekend jams, the Festival Choir, have fun with Wee Folks, visit the artisan market and food areas, or relax the shade at the licensed Bistro. On-site camping available. Get your tickets today!
The Agenda
Three of the artists painting murals in the Chilliwack Mural Festival this summer were announced last week. 📷️ City of Chilliwack
New Chilliwack murals announced
The 2023 Chilliwack Mural Festival will include six new pieces of art added to the city’s streets.
While the mural festival will be held in mid-August, the artists and subjects of the first three new paintings have been determined.
Curtis Hylton, an experienced mural painter from the UK, is planning a mural depicting a belted kingfisher with pinecones and roses. He will be working on a brick wall in Thunderbird Alley.
Carolyn Wong, a Chinese Canadian artist who has painted murals in False Creek, Richmond, and Steveston, will also be working on a wall in Thunderbird Alley this summer. She’s painting a brightly-coloured summertime scene featuring this lunar year’s animal, the water rabbit.
Ronnie Harris, also known as Ostwelve, is a Stō:lo/St’át’imc/Nlaka’pamux artist with roots in Chilliwack. He’ll be working on a wall on Mary Street and is planning a welcoming mural based on origin stories and research from the area.
What the other three murals will depict—and who will paint them— hasn’t been announced yet.
🤝 Now hiring
• Food service supervisor at Egg Bomb Cafe in Langley
• Human resources advisor at the City of Mission
• Environmental program ambassador at the City of Abbotsford
• Bartender at Townhall Public House in Chilliwack
• Executive chef/kitchen manager at Beatniks Bistro in Fort Langley
Hiring in the Fraser Valley? Reply back and let us know!
📸 Current Cam
Each week we showcase a different photo from across the valley and invite readers to share their best guesses about where it was taken.
Any guesses as to where this week’s Current Cam was taken? Fill out this form with your best guess—or with a picture we can use in a future edition.
Things to do
🐐 Goat yoga: A farm in Langley is holding a goat yoga class on Sunday, July 16 at noon. Find more information online.
💃 Live music and dancing: A jam night at the Jubilee Hall in Abbotsford on Saturday, July 15 will feature three bands and dancing. Details online.
🚶♂️Walking tour: The Mission Museum is offering Historic Walking Tours of Downtown Mission on Saturday, July 22. Find more information online.
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