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Aboriginal biz tapping into big potential Jennifer Feinberg The Progress The rapid rise of Sto:lo businesses is nothing short of exponential, and an upcoming event will spotlight the recent phenomenon. “People have little idea about the extent of it,” said Mike Watson, general manager of Sto:lo Community Futures, about the rise of entrepreneurship in Sto:lo communities across the Lower Mainland. Plans for Sto:lo Business Match, a business networking event set for Oct. 28-29 were rolled out in Chilliwack Friday by SCF reps. The goal of Sto:lo Business Match is to showcase local businesses, prescreen and pair up potential partners and investors for short, intense meetings. The two-day event could generate an estimated $5 to $10 million in new business for Sto:lo owners, stemming from the hundreds of meetings that will ensue, said Watson. Sto:lo Business Match will see 20-minute appointments made online with a high-tech tool, for meetings between Sto:lo owners and big business reps. Then mini sessions will get underway at the Ramada to explore potential for partnerships. The valley-wide Sto:lo event is modelled after a similar one held in Penticton, called Aboriginal Business Match, that generated a whopping $30 to $50 million in potential business relationships. Of the 250 aboriginal businesses now identified in Sto:lo territory, a healthy 56 per cent are based in Chilliwack, where there are nine reserves within the city borders. Sto:lo Business Match will help build capacity for Sto:lo entrepreneurs and they’ll do it by providing Continued: STO:LO/ p7
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Chilliwack firefighters use the Jaws of Life to extract a woman from her vehicle after she was broadsided at the four-way stop at Prest Road and Prairie Central Road Saturday evening. The woman was airlifted to Royal Columbia Hospital with critical injuries. WILLIAM SNOW PHOTO
Woman critically injured in crash One woman was airlifted to hospital Saturday evening following a three-vehicle crash at Prest Road and Prairie Central Road in Chilliwack. According to initial reports, the woman’s car was T-boned by a truck that ran the four-way-stop at the intersection. The force of the impact sent the woman’s vehicle into another car. Firefighters used the Jaws of
Life to extract the woman. She was taken by air ambulance to Royal Columbia Hospital in New Westminster with critical injuries. Chilliwack RCMP say the woman is currently in stable condition. The male driver of the truck suffered minor injuries and was taken the Chilliwack hospital. The third driver was assessed and released by paramedics at the scene.
With the assistance of Fraser rently has plans for a roundabout Valley Traffic Services, the cause at the intersection. Money has of this collision is still being been allocated for property acquisition and construcinvestigated,said Cst. tion of roundabouts at Ashley St. Germaine. video-online] the four-way stops at “It is unknown at both Prest and Prairie this time what the cause of the colli- www.theprogress.com Central, as well as Prest and Baily Road. sion was,” she said. However, construcFurther information will be released when it is avail- tion is not expected to be completed for at least a couple of able, she added. The City of Chilliwack cur- years.
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