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Mayoral hopefuls square off Jennifer Feinberg The Progress Mayoralty candidates ran the gamut of Chilliwack issues and concerns during the all-candidates’ forum. The overheated room at the Hampton Inn was packed last Thursday night as it was the first chance for the Chilliwack public to meet the peom ple running pl for mayor. fo Incumbent Sharon Gaetz Sh and candian date Cameron H Hull showed up in d t C ll sh person, while candidate Raymond Cauchi, was on a work trip in Kelowna but took part through Skype. Hosted by Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce with support from the Canadian Home Builders’ Association, the event drew a standing room only crowd of more than 120 people. Candidates were asked to comment on the one of the more controversial decisions taken unanimously by council last year — approving the location of the proposed waste recycling plant near the Fraser River. Hull said based on his experience of “20 years in the waste business” is that the proposed Aevitas plant “has no place” on the river. He reminded people that opponents of SE2 showed stewardship by raising the “incredible stink” against that project that was once envisioned for neighbouring Washington State. “There was reason for that,” Hull said. He warned if something went wrong with the waste recycling site, everyone who relied on the river would suffer, and the salmon
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Firefighters were on scene at a fully-engulfed house fire on Yale Road East shortly after 12 a.m. Sunday morning. The suspected cause of the fire is arson, say officials. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS
Arson suspected in major house fire Arson is suspected in spectacular blaze early Sunday morning that completely destroyed a home in the 50,000 block of Yale Road. The blaze could be seen from the highway as passing motorists called in to report the fire shortly after midnight. Fire crews could see the fire from Prest Road as they were heading to the scene. They arrived to find the house fully-engulfed in flames. Fire
crews from four halls performed a defensive-only attack as it was unsafe to enter the home initially. The top floor had collapsed onto the bottom floor about 15 minutes after crews arrived on scene. Only after 30 minutes of battling the blaze were firefighters able to enter the house to do a search. Firefighters say the home was unoccupied.
It took fire crews from Halls 1, 2 (Rosedale), 4 (Sardis) and 6 to fight the fire. Crews from other halls were called in to help with city coverage. “This fire appears to be deliberately set,” said Assistant Fire Chief Mike Bourdon Sunday. It is under investigation by Chilliwack Fire Department and RCMP fire investigators. Anyone has any information
about the fire is asked to call the RCMP at 604-792-4611 or anonymously through Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or www. chilliwackcrimestoppers.ca The home is located just west of Annis Road. Yale Road was blocked at Annis Road, and traffic was rerouted. RCMP, BC Ambulance Service, BC Hydro, and Fortis were all on scene.
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