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Jennifer Feinberg The Progress It’s a prime piece of property near the Chilliwack General Hospital, acquired to relieve some of the intense parking pressure — at least in the short-term.

A property on Mary Street in Chilliwack was just purchased by Fraser Valley Regional Hospital District Board for $1.2 million, confirmed board chair Henry Braun, who is also mayor of Abbotsford.

“We are now the proud owners of this strategically located property.”

Braun said even from the outset, as the board began meetings with Fraser Health officials, it became clear there was a pressing lack of parking around CGH. “There’s an immediate need for 50 to 75 parking stalls, but this lot will accommodate more.”

Coun. Jason Lum, who is vicechair of the Hospital District Board, said they get “tons and tons” of calls and complaints at city hall about the insufficient parking.

“If you have to park nearby to visit someone in hospital, or you’re in an emergency situation, the last thing you want to be doing is driving around in circles looking for somewhere to park,” said Lum. It’s a “great acquisition” for the hospital board, Lum said.

Chair Braun agreed.

“I think it will be a good investment,” he said.

The older house on the lot at 9005 Mary Street was demolished in 2013. It used to be the site of Doctors’ Satellite Medical Clinic, a walk-in clinic near downtown that operated on the site for many years. But the property has been sitting empty since the structure was taken down a couple of years ago.

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Christmas lights along the shore of Cultus Lake offer just one stunning display in the region this year. The Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board has also compiled a list of colourful home displays in Chilliwack and packaged them into several driving tours that are available online. (See story below.) SAM BATES/ PROGRESS

Light tour goes online for the holidays Jennifer Feinberg The Progress There’s something about the abundance of twinkling, colourful lights that creates instant Christmas cheer.

The Christmas Light Tour has become an extremely popular holiday tradition in Chilliwack.

“We’ve been doing it for more than 20 years now,” said Steve Lerigny, executive officer of Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board.

“Believe or not we got an email recently from a couple, Robin and Della Jansen, who have been a part of our tour ever since it start-

ed, 22 years ago.

“They love being a part of it.”

For CADREB’s 2015 Tour of Lights they once again created maps breaking down the list of homes into a series of self-guided tours, with the option of smaller tours of beautifully decorated properties, or the chance to see them all.

When CADREB started out the event was a Christmas lights contest, but the same property owners kept winning the top prize almost every year, said Lerigny.

So they turned the competition into a wonderful annual tour of Christmas lights.

“The idea was for people to

travel around at their leisure and look at all the lights. We start getting calls in the fall of people who want to be on the tour. They enjoy how we highlight their homes and decorations.”

The entire list of addresses is printed every winter in the last Real Estate Review before Christmas, for the benefit of the public. This year it was tucked inside the Dec. 18 edition of The Progress.

The tour addresses are also found listed online at www.cadreb. com, under the ‘news & statistics’ tab.

So why go through the trouble to publish a list of addresses?

“It’s the idea that people are so proud of their homes, and they like to decorate and display them for everyone to enjoy,” said Lerigny. “Some of the home owners are very generous, and make a point of taking food bank donations as well.”

This year they’ve broken down the Chilliwack area into 10 different mini tours with the help of Google maps.

There are four driving tours of Chilliwack proper, a couple in Little Mountain and Fairfield Island, Eastern Hillsides, Rosedale, Promontory and Sardis.

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KM pipeline review proceeds amid uncertainty Jeff Nagel Black Press Kinder Morgan pressed ahead with its final argument for the Trans Mountain oil pipeline twinning before regulators Thursday, even though the project is now cloaked in uncertainty with a new federal Liberal government intent on reforming the review process.

Trans Mountain lawyer Shawn Denstedt argued the 150 draft conditions for the project can address all environmental concerns, and he stressed the strong economic benefits to Canada from getting world prices for Alberta oil.

“We cannot accept that our resources will be forever held hostage and sold at a discount,”

Denstedt told the National Energy Board. “Real and important benefits for all Canadians should not be cast aside based on improbable risks.”

The company hopes the NEB will recommend approval by a May 20 decision deadline – following arguments by interveners in the new year – and the federal cabinet will give the $6.8-billion project the green light.

But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, speaking Thursday in Vancouver, reiterated the need for changes to restore public trust and ensure such projects have social licence to proceed.

Kinder Morgan Canada president Ian Anderson said federal ministers have indicated projects like Trans Mountain that are already under review will contin-

ue and “not go back to any restart or square one review.”

But he said they’ve also been told there will be some sort of “transition treatment” for all projects, even those under review.

“We don’t know what that means yet,” Anderson said. “We don’t know what that will do to our process.”

The addition of a second pipeline would nearly triple Trans Mountain’s capacity to 890,000 barrels per day, increasing oil tanker traffic from five to 34 each month.

Anderson said shippers that have contracted to use the pipeline have not wavered from their firm commitments to 707,000 barrels per day of capacity. The rest is to be sold on the spot market.

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schedule, he said, construction could begin by the end of 2016 and the twinning would be finished by mid-2019.

“It’s the most highly scrutinized pipeline project by the NEB in history,” Anderson added.

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Surrey shooting suspect arrested in Chilliwack Kevin Diakiw Black Press

Lisa Hultin (right) with Sandi Van Unen (left) and Danielle DenAdmirant helped distribute care packages and warm clothing on Alexander Ave to people in need on Dec. 15. SAM BATES/ PROGRESS

Individual efforts to help others Sam Bates The Progress As Chilliwack’s many care organizations continue their fundraising programs this season, many individuals in the community are taking to the streets to provide additional help first-hand.

Despite the cold and rain on Tuesday, Dec. 15, many people found warmth underneath tents outside 604 Auto Sound.

It was the community effort of the KnR (Kids and Rainbows) Foundation, organized by Lisa Hultin. She started the foundation in memory of her father and for her kids, to inspire them to continue to help others.

Last year she conducted a toy drive for the B.C. Children’s Hospital at Christmastime. This year, she decided to concentrate on people in need right here

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“We’ve collected items all throughout the year,” she said. Last Tuesday, they were giving out care packages made up of toques, gloves, scarves, toiletries and other essentials.

There were also numerous jackets, shoes, baby clothes and more for people to pick from as they sipped on a hot cup

of coffee.

Many people and local businesses came together to help with donations and distribution, including friends, neighbours, and Hultin’s children.

“It’s a great learning experience for them,” Hultin said. “It’s good for them to know that there’s people out there in need.”

By spreading the word through downtown organizations, flyers and online, they were able to hand out at least 50 care packages throughout the afternoon. One of the last visitors of the night was a mother of six who was able to pick up some extra diapers and kids clothes.

With the remaining items, Hultin might run another event in January at a central downtown location, or donate the items to Ruth & Naomi’s Mission and The Salvation Army.

A man wanted in connection with a shooting at a Surrey elementary school in the fall has been captured in Chilliwack.

Shakiel Basra, wanted for attempted murder and intentionally discharging a firearm, was arrested by the Surrey RCMP’s High Risk Target Team without incident in Chilliwack Thursday afternoon.

Basra, believed to be connected with two groups responsible for a spate of shootings in Surrey this year, is in custody awaiting his first court appearance.

Basra is believed to have been involved in a shooting on Sept. 15 Shakiel Basra in the 7600-block of 124 Street that put one man in hospital and resulted in bullets striking Strawberry Hill Elementary School and a nearby home.

Charges were laid against Basra, 21, from Delta, and Amapreet Samra, 21, from Richmond in September. Samra was subsequently caught, but Basra remained at large for another three months.

His arrest is being described as a significant development in the ongoing drug turf war between a group of South Asians and a group of Somalians.

Basra was one of several men identified by Surrey RCMP about five months ago as being either victims or intended victims of a string of shootings linked to the drug turf dispute in Surrey and Delta that has been simmering since March.

The shooting of the 22-year-old man near Strawberry Hill Elementary on Sept. 15, however, is believed to be the result of a personal dispute.

The victim’s injuries in that incident were not life-threatening.

“This arrest and capture is a continuation of our relentless efforts to remove these individuals from our streets and bring them before the courts,” said RCMP Supt. Manny Mann.

“I would like to thank our law enforcement partners and Crime Stoppers for their support, as well as the public and the media for their assistance.”

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News Lot purchase allows CGH parking expansion CGH from Front “It was advertised for sale and we thought it prudent to take a look at it,” said Braun.

The Hospital District Board hired a realtor once they found out the owners were motivated to sell, and they closed the sale on the property about a month ago.

The property’s current zoning is C8, which is Health Ser vices Commercial, so it will have to be rezoned for future use as a parking lot.

Braun said he has served as chair of

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the Hospital District board for about a year.

Hospital District Boards operate under provincial legislation, with a mandate to fund capital projects and hospital

equipment purchases.

Gravel will go down when they’re ready to accommodate vehicle parking for hospital patients, visitor as well as staff.

So what, if any, longterm plans are being looked at by the board for the Mary Street property?

“The hospital is right there, and as the region grows, there will be even more pressure points for parking.

“There may be a building at some point, but that we haven’t discussed as a board yet,” Braun said.

“But they’re not making any more land, so the Hospital Board looked at it, and saw that it made sense to buy it and save it for a rainy day.”

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Anderson stressed Trans Mountain’s 60-year history of operations and the fact the second pipeline largely follows the existing one or other brownfield corridors.

Next month, project opponents will respond.

The NEB will hear intervener oral arguments starting Jan. 19 in Burnaby. The City of Surrey will be the first intervener.

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News MRFs key to new waste plan for FVRD The Progress You’ll be hearing a lot more about MRFs soon enough.

These mixed-waste materials recovery facilities (MRFs) are a key part of the new solid waste management plan approved for Fraser Valley Regional District by the provincial Ministry of Environment.

“We applaud Minister Polak’s

decision which will allow for the establishment of policy and regulation that will encourage private sector investment, innovation and competition, while meeting the plan’s target of 90 per cent diversion in the next 10 years,” said FVRD Chair Sharon Gaetz.

FVRD’s updated plan will guide the district and member municipalities to reduce and manage waste over the next 10 years.

MRFs use mechanical, optical,

and manual sorting to remove recyclable or compostable material from the waste stream.

“This facility will complement continued growth in the FVRD’s traditional recycling efforts.”

Compared to incineration, MRFs are more cost effective and have no negative impact on air quality. The FVRD is seeking partnerships with other regional districts and municipalities.

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Chilliwack residents urged to lock out crime es under the theft from vehicle category had not locked up their vehicles, according to the statistics.

“Some people will park and think they’ll be in and out quickly, so they’ll leave things unlocked,” said the city councillor.

That’s a strategy that often ends badly for the vehicle owners.

“It’s worth it to be smart about how you secure your vehicle and your belongings, since it’s horrible to be targeted at Christmas,” said Attrill.

“So I’d like to send out a huge reminder to people to protect themselves and lock up.”

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Jennifer Feinberg The Progress Remember to always secure your personal belongings by locking out crime — especially during the Christmas season.

That was the advice offered by Coun. Sue Attrill, also chair of the Public Safety Advisory Committee, during the last city council meeting of the year.

“We have a huge problem with property theft, which comes in part from having a trusting community,” she said.

It’s a big issue for shoppers and residents to be preyed upon at Christmas time apparently. More than half of those who suffered loss-

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$3.5-billion Massey Bridge to be tolled: Province Jeff Nagel Black Press Building a new bridge to replace the George Massey Tunnel is estimated to cost $3.5 billion and Transportation Minister Todd Stone says it will be tolled, with motorists paying a similar amount as they do at the Port Mann Bridge.

Transportation ministry officials laid out details of the project, which will include the 10-lane bridge over the Fraser River and improvements to 25 kilometres of Highway 99, including three rebuilt interchanges. Two of the bridge lanes will be HOV/transit lanes.

“Wait times today are unacceptable and they are projected to get worse,” Stone said at a briefing in Richmond.

The project definition report claims commuters will save up to 30 minutes if they pay to cross the new bridge but it also projects 14 per cent of current traffic will divert to the Alex Fraser bridge to avoid tolls.

Officials admit that will mean even heavier congestion at the Alex Fraser Bridge as a result, but Highway 99 motorists will ultimately face the same choice as those at Highway 1 – pay in cash for a quicker crossing or wait at the free one.

Stone said he remains committed to exploring bridge toll reforms if both the new Massey and Pattullo bridges end up being tolled.

“We want to hear from British Columbians on the toll, including any thoughts people have on tolling from a regional perspective,” he said, hinting that it may make sense to toll the Alex Fraser.

“You could perhaps provide a lower toll on more crossings,” he said. “Tell us what you think about that.”

Critics argue the new bridge will simply move a major bottleneck up Highway 99 to the Oak Street Bridge.

But traffic counts show more than 60 per cent of northbound traffic crossing the tunnel is headed to and from Richmond, not on to Vancouver.

And the project rationale also cites projections of dramatic population growth South of the Fraser in the decades ahead.

The combined population of Surrey, Delta, Richmond and White

Rock is projected to rise 51 per cent to 1.2 million by 2041, and the number of jobs in the same area are to climb 58 per cent.

The 76-page business case – 18 months overdue but now released – assumes a $750 million initial injection of capital from private partners, to be paid back by government later.

It concludes the project can be paid off with tolls over 35 to 60 years.

Stone said the province is seeking federal contributions for the new bridge – which is its top priority for infrastructure grants – and it’s also asking Port Metro Vancouver to make a contribution because eliminating the tunnel will help open up the Fraser River to more shipping.

A hefty federal grant could be used to reduce the expected toll, Stone said, or shorten the expected repayment period.

The project has not yet got Treasury Board approval on the business case, which would mark the final go/no go decision point for the government. The province

intends to solicit bids for the project in the spring.

An environmental review is still required as well as Agricultural Land Commission approval to use some protected farmland.

The province is aiming for a 2017 construction start and 2022 completion date for the new bridge.

The province has so far spent about $30 million on the project.

B.C.’s auditor general is conducting an audit to evaluate the quality of the evidence used to support the decision to replace the tunnel and the Opposition maintains the province has pushed ahead with inadequate justification.

“The real worry here is that the choice of this government is to build one large megaproject rather than deal with all of the transit needs in the region,” said NDP transit critic George Heyman.

“We haven’t seen the promised tolling review.

We’re just seeing another bridge with more tolls added.”

He questioned whether a federal contribu-

tion to the bridge might come at the cost of more money for improved transit.

Delta South independent MLA Vicki Huntington also said the province should move faster to decide how it would make tolls more fair to all motorists crossing the Fraser.

“It’s putting the people south of the Fraser at a huge disadvantage,” she said. “I hope we start evening out these costs to the public.”

Huntington accused the government of ignoring the fact the tunnel has an estimated 50 years of life remaining under a rehabilitation scenario.

“It needs significant renovation and upgrading, which they did to do the Lions Gate Bridge if you remember,” she said. “But they wanted to ignore that. So they’ve made a deliberate decision to put a new bridge in.”

A phase 1 seismic upgrade was performed on the tunnel about 10 years ago, partially strengthening it, but not to a full modern standard. The estimated risk

of the tunnel failing in an earthquake is one in 275 years, compared to one in 2,475 years with a new bridge.

Meanwhile, the Port Mann has not generated the traffic levels and tolls originally expected and traffic counts on Highway 99 have recently been decreasing even before a toll is added.

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There is no shortage of opportunities for Chilliwack residents to show their charitable side this holiday season.

Whether it’s a shelter, looking to provide meals and clothing for the homeless, a food bank trying to fill the cupboards of low-income families and individuals, or an animal shelter issuing a desperate plea for help to feed abandoned animals, the need is evident and it seems to be never-ending.

This is the time of year when people tend to dig a little bit deeper to support many worthy causes. It’s the season of giving, and that’s a good thing, because it’s also the season during which want is most keenly felt.

That’s why agencies such as Chilliwack Community Services resume their work with the Christmas Sharing program each autumn and volunteers for the Salvation Army once more take their places, staffing Christmas kettles outside local stores.

These, and other seasonal efforts, play a crucial role in helping to ensure people with limited means have, at minimum, a hearty meal and a gift or two to unwrap.

But once the lights have been taken down, the tree chipped and the last hot turkey sandwich eaten, we have a tendency to return to our daily routine and think less often about neighbours who may be scraping by.

It’s a constant struggle for food banks, for example, where each Thanksgiving and Christmas — and perhaps at Easter — they see a jump in donations, but are forced to make do for much of the year, when donations slow to a trickle.

The remedy for our collective forgetfulness might be something as simple as a note on each calendar page or arranging a regular pre-paid contribution, via credit card or post-dated cheques.

It makes sense from both a budgeting point of view — smaller regular payments, versus a large lump sum at a time of year when finances are already strained — and in terms of helping the organizations that many depend upon, year-round, to avoid the cycle of feast or famine. ~ Black Press

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TF: In the recent federal election, national NDP leader Thomas Mulcair rejected the Trans Pacific Partnership sight unseen, endorsing letters from Unifor and CUPE saying this is a bad deal. Is your party seen as against Pacific Rim trade?

JH: No, I don’t think so, and what I said at the time was that I support trade. We’re a tradecentred province. We’re looking across the ocean at the largest market the world has known, and I support getting our products to higher-priced markets.

But having said that, the B.C.

Liberals embraced TPP without even having seen it.

TF: The NDP and unions have historically been protectionist. Do you see any need to modernize the B.C. party?

JH: When it comes to trade, I think we have modernized. And Tom who was the first FLETCHER premier to go on a trade mission from British Columbia? It was Dave Barrett. And now there has been a succession of premiers make regular visits to other markets to try to stimulate economic activity here at home.

TF: Your party supports the carbon tax now, but not the revenue neutral approach. Do you support increasing the rate?

JH: I’ve looked carefully at the report tabled by the premier’s [advisory] group, a vast array of British Columbians, and there was a lot of water put into the wine to get to the position they got to. What I’m comfortable with is that the date that they’ve selected for a ramping up of the carbon tax is 2018, which will be a year after the next provincial election. So if I’m successful and form a government, I’ll have time to look at tax policy broadly to see if we can make improvements in the carbon tax.

For me, and I think for most British Columbians, the model that Alberta has adopted of taking revenues and driving them into industries, or activities like transit, that will reduce emissions over time.

TF: Natural gas price and volume continue to go down, along

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JH: Not good. I’ve always said price will determine whether investors drop down multibillions of dollars in a far-away place to provide a product that is not developed here. Brownfield opportunities have moved very quickly in the U.S. Changing LNG import facilities to export facilities is a whole lot easier and cheaper than starting from scratch.

Getting to the coast is a challenge for fossil fuels, and the last LNG price point I saw delivered in Asia was $5.70 a unit. You’re not going to make money at that price, even with rock-bottom prices here in B.C. TF: We’ve just had a couple

of announcements as part of the government’s Jobs Plan, $100 million in financing for tech startups, which your critic was pleased about, and an agriculture and food strategy. Are we going to see more Jobs Plan advertising in the new year?

JH: It’s the Christmas season, the federal election is over, there are two sets of ads running now.

I think these ads are self-promotion. These are not informing the public on information that they really need.

If it’s just smiling people with hardhats on, I think we’re going to have something to say about that.

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Don’t be upset with Ruth & Naomi’s I am writing in response to Barbara Bird’s letter(Progress, Dec. 18) titled ‘There is more than one way to help those in need,’ in which she takes exception with an opinion of Dr. John Gray of Ruth & Naomi’s Mission in Chilliwack on how best to help the poor.

In a previous Dec. 2, letter to the editor, Dr. Gray expressed his displeasure with how a group of people with good intentions “had carefully placed clothing and other items out on the sidewalk at Five Corners by the courthouse for people to rummage through and take what they needed.” As he stopped and saw people rummaging through the merchandise, John said, “it seemed to be an activity that degraded, exploited and robbed the people being served of their dignity …”

It was the process in how poor people were being helped that he took exception to. Dr. Gray did not mention the group SPARKS or have any disparaging words to say about any organization helping the poor at street level as Barbara Bird wrote. Yes, Barbara

you are right in saying there are many ways to help those in need.

But is leaving unmanned boxes of clothing, food and other articles in the middle of the street really going to help those who might have a bigger need for shelter, a consistent daily meal, counselling, addictions therapy, friendship and love etc.?

Whenever you go into a poorer area of a city and start giving away items for “free” you will create a need. Ruth & Naomi’s doesn’t deny people in need additional help from others as Barb said but just the opposite. They want to help those in trouble to restore pride in themselves and get their lives back on track in addition to supplying them with free food, clothing, counselling and shelter etc. Dr. Gray suggested 12 community services and organizations in the community that could help those in need and suggested giving to one of them. He added, “working together in a collaborative partnership ensures that resources of the community are being managed in an effective and caring way which strengthens the

efforts to assist those most vulnerable.”

Barb said that she is considering not supporting Ruth & Naomi’s in the future. Obviously she doesn’t agree with the remarks of Dr. John Gray and she is entitled to her opinion.

But if I decided to not support a charity, church or organization because I didn’t like a person’s opinion then I would not have voted for any of the federal political parties, would not give money to a church because one of the leaders said something I disagreed with and would not be married today because my wife frequently has a different opinion on things than me. But the good news is…I did vote, I do tithe to my church and I am happily married. I also support Ruth & Naomi’s financially, and in prayer because they do a good job in meeting the needs of those less fortunate.

So Barb, please don’t be upset with Dr. Gray, Ruth & Naomi’s or any other group because a person’s point of view does not necessarily agree with yours.

had to escape from their abusive partner in the middle of the night, leaving all their belongings behind. They had a safe place to go to at Ann Davis Transition Society. This is a typical local situation.

Your help does make a big difference. Julie, a woman who was staying in our safe house last Christmas with her two children, one with special needs, would like to send a message to people who donated to the Ann Davis Transition Society last year: “I want to thank you all for bringing me back to life. Your support, through the wonderful Christmas presents, access to counseling and resources by the wonderful staff, beautiful food and messages made me smile again

and feel hopeful for the future for me and my kids.”

These are only two stories out of hundreds and hundreds in our own community where having access to housing, counselling and caring make all the difference for a successful outcome for families.

Your financial help will make a real difference for women, children and their families.

Is a gift of $50, $100 or $500 something you could consider this year? Last year other donors that donated from $50 to $500 made a measurable and appreciative difference in helping us help the most vulnerable in our community.

If you are a business that is in a position to donate goods such as

gift cards or products that is also very helpful and can be used for Christmas, Youth or Children’s programs.

Whatever form of donation you choose to make you can be assured that it will go directly to benefit the over 3,000 clients that access our services, buying food, clothing, providing counseling, group work or a roof over the heads of families fleeing violence.

On behalf of our board, staff, volunteers and clients I sincerely thank you for taking the time to consider our donation request, we depend on the generosity of community members such as you to provide much needed services.

Patti MacAhonic, Executive Director Ann Davis Transition Society patti@anndavis.org

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Towers and Trees makes the connection Sam Bates The Progress Victoria musicians Towers and Trees will be making a stop in Chilliwack in the new year on Jan. 8 at the Acoustic Emporium.

Lead singer and songwriter Adrian Chalifour chatted with The Progress before a performance in Duncan, B.C. midway through Towers and Trees’ West Coast Tour.

The aptly named tour promotes their debut full-length record The West Coast (released Oct. 2), which celebrates the band’s home coast.

“The tour has been incredible thus far, and really affirming,” he said over the phone.

Their first EP Broken Record (2012) was a sort of “passion project” for Chalifour. But with the success of ‘Montreal’ and their performance in the CBC Searchlight contest and PEAK Performance Project, they built up quite a following.

“We’ve grown something pretty special over the last two years,” he said. Their first “proper” album release tour is a way to celebrate and magnify that growth.

When laying down Broken Record, they “embraced the fact that it was a small, organic, home-recorded project. We accepted that as our canvas.”

But when they brought it to the stage for their first few shows, they were blown away by the exponential surge of the music’s sound and energy. That level of fervor was something that they deliberately shied away from while recording, but they were hooked.

Recording The West Coast, “we wanted to make an album that challenged our live shows to be even bigger and better,” Chalifour explained.

They focused on creating rich “sonic landscapes” that flowed from one song to the next, and within each individually.

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what we’ve done,” he said.

If this album is criticized for anything, Chalifour hopes that it’s criticized for being audaciously ambitious.

Towers and Trees’ music has truly come of age from Broken Record to The West Coast. One song from the EP - ‘We’re Not Islands’ - was rerecorded for The West Coast.

“I felt it needed to be more rich. Like you’re standing at the front of the B.C. ferry, with a wide open view.”

The powerful difference between the two versions of the song is representative of the band’s growth in instrumentation.

L yrically, the shift is in part due to changes in Chalifour himself.

Just as Towers and Trees was finding its feet, Chalifour’s 12-year relationship came to an end.

Although he was rocked to his core, he dove into promoting his EP and song-writing to both process his grief and reaffirm his identity as an independent man.

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And that was the fuel for The West Coast.

“Right from the beginning, I was aware that this was the story that would be told [on the record],” he said.

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The two-fold purpose connects the artist to what is in their own heart, and it also brings together a room full of strangers who may have shared similar experiences.

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See Towers and Trees perform at the Acoustic Emporium on Jan. 8 at 7 p.m.

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(playing the Sugar Plum Fairy) and Brooklyn Goryniuk (playing the Snow Queen) are performing with the studio on a trip home from dance studies at George Brown in Toronto.

“It’s really exciting for the younger kids to have the opportunity to dance with them,” said Cross.

Well-known in Chilliwack’s theatre industry, Nigel Floyd will be narrating the story for all the audience to follow along.

There will also be two special guest performers, Liam Edgson from Deas Island Dance in Tsawwassen will play the Snow King, and Miguel Nyguen, principal from Ballet Argentina, will be a

soloist in the evening performance.

Enjoy A Nutcracker Ballet on Dec. 29 at the HUB Theatre in the Chilliwack Cultural

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The Creative Outlet Studio per forms their seventh annual Christmas production of A Nutcracker Ballet on Tuesday, Dec. 29.

Traditionally, the students would perform the Nutcracker production before Christmas.

This year, Creative Outlet is accommodating the schedule to make room for their large-scale Nutcracker partnership production with Ballet Victoria on Dec. 22.

The two Dec. 29 productions will include all of the beloved characters and Tchaikovsky’s beautiful melodies, scaled down for families to enjoy.

“We do this one for the community,” said Debra Cross, Studio Director. “The kids love to put the time and work into it.”

Many of the dancers had their first role in production years ago as a teddy bear or party girl, and have danced their way “through the ranks” into larger roles.

Female lead Clara will be played by Emma Lee, and Uncle Drosselmeyer will be played by Brady Moore.

Most of the 30 dancers on stage are Creative Outlet students, ranging from little four year olds to teens and adults.

Some of the performers are returning graduates who began dancing with Creative Outlet as children. Adrian Cross

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St. John’s Anglican Church

Sunday Service: 9:30 AM & 11:15 AM Wednesday Service: 9:30 AM

Worship & Service 11:00 am

The Rev. Allan Carson, Priest 46098 Higginson Rd., Sardis

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Morning Worship at 10:30 am Rev. Heather Anderson

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“If you follow the tours in order as they are listed online they’ll logically lead to the next one in the next neighbourhood.”

There are some “truly amazing” displays out there, all over town, so check it out.

“We are happy to do it,” Lerigny. “We will continue to do it as long as we can!”

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“Rain or shine, the local community has continually showed its support for the food and funds drive, and for wanting to recycle personal papers,” said Paul Knight, Operations Manager of Emterra’s Chilliwack Division.

Shred-a-Thons are part of Emterra’s Community Care Program, which seeks to improve the health and well-being of the environment and communities across Canada. Since 2009, Emterra has raised over $21,000 in cash donations and has collected over 6,400 kgs in food donations through the Chilliwack bi-annual Shred-a-Thons held in June and December of each year. These special events also have helped to recycle over 29,000 kgs of paper over the last six years.

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Hosted by Emterra Environmental and cosponsors the City of Chilliwack, Cottonwood Mall and Shred-It, the bi-annual event raised $2,759.55 in cash donations and Emterra also donated an additional $2,000 bringing the total for the Salvation Army to $4,759.55.

Food donations totaled over 600 kgs and will help the Salvation Army fill food baskets this holiday season.

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Tom Fletcher Black Press The B.C. government’s new training and employment program for single parents has enrolled more than 1,300 people since it began Sept. 1.

The program covers tuition, daycare and transportation costs for up to a year of on-thejob training or education towards in-demand jobs for single parents on social assistance or disability payments.

The benefits can continue for up to the first year of employment, including extension of government-paid dental and other health benefits.

It replaces the previous system, often referred to as the welfare trap, where single parents would lose their assistance payments and benefits if they went back to school to train for a job.

Social Development Minister Michelle Stilwell called the results of the program’s first four months “a very good sign,” particularly since about 400 of the voluntary

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Donald, a 22-year-old single father, is receiving daycare and other support to allow him to study electronics at University of the Fraser Valley.

participants are not in the ministry’s “expected to work” category because their children are under the age of three.

Of the 1,330 people signed up to the program as of mid-December, 50 are already on the job in construction, retail, health and community service positions. More than 90 per cent of participants are single mothers, reflecting the fact that women are 90 per cent of the 16,000 single parents receiving income and

disability assistance in B.C. “When they come into a WorkBC office, there is an assessment that takes place to determine the best path for that individual,” Stilwell said in an interview. “The case managers look at aptitude and background as well as what’s going on in the local job market, and try to figure out how to individually map the supports that are needed for that person. It’s a very flexible program.”

When the single

parent program was launched, Stilwell described it as “one of the most significant social program shifts this government has ever introduced.” It came with a financial commitment of $24.5 million over five years.

The ministry cites research showing children who grow up in an income-assistance family are up to three times more likely to become dependent on income assistance themselves later in life.

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SOROPTIMIST International Club of Chilliwack Presents 2016

Fraser Valley Cultural Diversity Awards

LIVE YOUR DREAMS AWARD This program provides a $2500 cash award to a woman who is working to better her life through additional skills training and education

YOU ARE ELIGIBLE IF: • You are the primary support for yourself and your dependents • You are currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree program or a vocational skills training program • You can demonstrate a financial need

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Dec. 22-23 – Family Christmas Crafts at the Chilliwack Museum.

Take a step back in time to explore the history of Chilliwack! Stop by the museum from Dec. 21-23 to make your own Victorian-era inspired Christmas toy.

Adult admission - $3, Children 12 and under are Free! 45820 Spadina Ave., Chilliwack.

Dec. 24 – Enjoy a Carol Singalong on Dec. 24 (Christmas Eve) at Cultus Lake Memorial Church (Sunnyside and Fir) starting at 7 p.m.

Everyone welcome!

Starting Januar y 6 and running for eight weeks, the Chilliwack Senior Recreation Bridge Club at 9400 College Street will be

hosting a set of bridge lessons based on Audrey Grants’ Club Series. Each lesson will be Wednesday morning 10-12 at the senior recreation centre. These lessons are suitable for beginning players with or without some experience. The cost of the lessons is $60 payable at the first lesson. Purchase of “The Club Series” by Audrey Grant is also required.

Purchase can be made at Coles, or online from several sources.

For more information, contact Lois Mazuren at 604.858.7836 or nlmaz@shaw.ca.

Feel the holiday spirit come alive at Little Mountain Greenhouse.

The Garden scale trains weave their way through Dicken’s Village, Christmas in the City, New England Village, Disney Village and many more. The train runs daily through until Christmas. Please verify hours online.

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Gold medal win For the fourth time in the tourna- in the lanes,” added Canada West ment’s 10-year history, Team Canada bench boss Tim Fragle. “Tonight West is the gold medal winner at the they did, and their goalie was exceptional. We were trying to shoot from World Junior A Challenge.

Helped by Chilliwack Chiefs different angles and make it difficult defenceman Dennis Cholowski, on him. It’s an unbelievable feeling Canada West defeated Russia 2-1 in right now; after all the work we put as Saturday’s gold-medal game at the a staff, and the players, it feels very good to be rewarded.”

Cobourg Community Centre On Friday night, the United in Cobourg, ON. States defeated Team Canada After a scoreless first two East 7-1 in the bronze-medal periods, Bobby McMann game in Whitby, ON. (Bonnyville, AJHL) took Lucas Batt (Carleton advantage of a turnover deep Place, CCHL) scored for the in the Russian zone to open Canadians late in the second the scoring early in the third. period, but the Americans Penticton Vees star Tyson won a medal for the ninth Jost (Penticton, BCHL) Dennis year in a row. scored the eventual gameEight of the 10 gold-medal winner with three minutes to CHOLOWSKI games at the World Junior go, and the Canadians held off A Challenge have featured a late Russian push, backed by 26 saves from goaltender Matthew at least one Canadian team. Team Canada West won gold at the first two Murray (Spruce Grove, AJHL).

“When [the Russians] played us tournaments, in 2006 and 2007, and in exhibition I don’t think they were also took the top prize in 2011 and prepared for us, but today they were 2015. The team also earned silver in a different team” said Canada West 2008, 2009, and 2012, and won bronze defenceman Cale Makar (Brooks, in 2013. Team Canada East earned AJHL). “I think our speed and physi- silver medals in 2006, 2007, 2010 and cality wore them down, and that’s the 2011, and claimed bronze in 2008. reason we got gold.

“I thought [the Russians] did a ● Jost was named the tournament great job blocking shots. The first MVP and was also named to the tourtime we played them they didn’t get ney all-star team.

Chiefs split with Wild

The Chilliwack Chiefs held on to top spot in the Mainland division standings, splitting a pair of weekend road games in Wenatchee.

The Chiefs made their first-ever trip into Washington State for a Friday night matchup at the Town Toyota Center.

Vimal Sukumaran opened the scoring at 8:33 of period one and a Jordan Kawaguchi snipe 1:45 into the middle frame had the Chiefs up 2-1.

But the Wild got the next three off the sticks

of Blake Christensen, Dakota Raabe and Daniel Nachbaur to escape with a 4-2 win.

Aidan Pelino took the loss in the Chilliwack net, stopping 32 of 36 shots.

He was back between the pipes for the Saturday rematch, backstopping his crew to a 3-2 win.

Pelino stopped 36 of 38 shots and Kohen Olischefski got the game-winning goal in dramatic fashion, scoring with 54 seconds to play.

Connor McCarthy and Darien Craighead also tallied for the Chiefs, who sail into the Christmas break with a record of 23-7-1-3. By splitting in Wenatchee, they maintain their three-point lead atop the Mainland division and still hold two games in hand.

Chilliwack returns to action Dec. 30 hosting the Langley Rivermen

at Prospera Centre (7 p.m.).

See bchl.ca ● The Chiefs hold steady in the latest Canadian Junior Hockey League rankings.

Chilliwack stays at No. 13, one of two BCHL teams on the list.

The Penticton Vees are the other team, slipping one spot from No. 2 to No. 3.

No BCHL teams earned honourable mentions.

The Pointstreak CJHL Top 20 weekly rankings are produced in conjunction with International Scouting Services (ISS) and are based upon a variety of factors including strength of league, winning percentage, winloss record, total points accumulated, goals-for versus goals-against ratio, etc.

See the full rankings at cjhlhockey.com

Chilliwack Chiefs defenceman Dennis Cholowski (left) wards off a Czech Republic defender during the opening game of the World Junior A Challenge. Cholowski and his Canada West teammates held off the Czechs and advanced to beat Russia for a 2-1 gold medal win. HOCKEY CANADA IMAGES

Spartans star at Fastswim

The Chilliwack Spartans competed against 532 of BC’s top young swimmers at the Fastswim meet, held Dec. 11-13 in Richmond.

Brooklyn Gerber swam in the 11-andunder girls division, grabbing three medals.

Gerber was golden in the 50 metre backstroke, snagging silver in the 200m freestyle and bronze in the 50m freestyle.

Myles Wheeler scored triple silver in the 12-13 year old boys division. Wheeler was second in the 100 and 200m breaststrokes and 1500m freestyle, claiming bronze in the 200 and 400m freestyles and finishing fourth in the 200m fly.

In the same group, Ryan Han bagged double bronze in the 12-13 year old boys division, placing third in the 50 and 100m breaststrokes. He just missed the podium with a fourth place finish in the 200m breaststroke, adding a fifth in the 400m freestyle, sixth in the 200m freestyle and eighth in the 400m individual medley.

Jessie Gibson was

her usual dominant self in the 16-and-over girls group. Gibson grabbed gold in the 100 and 200m freestyles and 200m IM. She added silver in the 200m backstroke and bronze in the 400m freestyle, finishing fifth in the 800m freestyle.

In the same group, Brooke Kienas raced to fourth in the 100m fly.

Haley Klank was a standout in the 12-13 year old girls group, collecting silver in the 50m freestyle and bronze in the 100m backstroke.

She placed fourth in the 50m backstroke, fifth in the 50m fly and sixth in the 100m fly.

Spartan teammate

Tobyn Smith was seventh in the 100m breaststroke and eighth in the 50m backstroke.

Anna DumontBelanger raced in the 14-15 year old girls group, scoring silver in the 400m IM. She was fifth in the 400 and 800m freestyles.

Kara Wismer was sixth in the 200m backstroke and Fallon Quast placed seventh in the 200m butterfly.

Wyatt Hine raced against the 14 and 15 year old boys, placing seventh in the 1500m freestyle and eighth in both the 50m and 100m breaststrokes.

In the 16-and-over boys division, Nolan Paul finished sixth in the 200m butterfly.

Chilliwack Minor Lacrosse will hold one final in-person registration day, setting up from 2 to 4 p.m. on Dec. 27 outside the Sport Chek at the Chilliwack Mall. Those preferring to register online can do so at chilliwacklacrosse.com for players in mini-tyke, tyke, novice, peewee, bantam and midget. Early-bird fees are in effect until Dec. 31 and late fees will apply after Feb. 16.

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Falcons falter Her Falcons finThe Sardis Falcons senior girls bas- ished the week with ketball team had a a Thursday night rough week against clash against the Abbotsford oppo- MEI Eagles. Sardis nents, going 0-3 saw another late lead against W.J. Mouat, disappear as they fell 68-55.

Yale and MEI. Hope DeBruyn led The Falcons faced Mouat Monday, rally- Sardis with 14 points Forstbauer ing from 13 down to while force a dramatic fin- added 13.

“We have never had ish.

The game was tied such a tough division before, facing with two minteams who utes to play, are all among but Mouat hit the best in a pair of three the province,” point bombs said Graves. “I to put away a am extremely 59-50 win. proud of our Makena team for batLejeune had tling hard in a monster Azalya each game.” day for the “We are not Falcons, pull- FORSTBAUER allowing these ing down 20 top teams to rebounds to go with 19 points. come in and walk all Azalya Forstbauer over us. They’ve had added 18 points and to earn their wins against us, and that is 19 boards.

Sardis faced Yale’s an accomplishment in Lions Tuesday night itself.”

The Falcons have a and led by nine points in the fourth quarter. lengthy break before But a two-minute lull their next league let Yale back into it game. They’ll get a and the Lions surged rematch against Yale, at home Jan. 12 at 6 to a 66-53 win.

“Hannah Tonsaker p.m.

“We are focused had her best game of her career at on our second games Sardis, with a team against these teams high 13 points and a and we are confident strong rebounding that we have what it game,” said coach takes to beat them,” Gina Graves. “Demi Graves said. “This is Weijdeman added the most competitive a season high 11 group we’ve had over the last 10 years. points.”

Emerson Smith of the GW Graham Grizzlies senior varsity football team, and Josh Janssen (inset) from the Chilliwack Giants have received invites from Team BC to play in the High Roller International Football Showdown.

Vegas awaits for local football stars GW Graham defensive back/wideout

Emerson Smith is one of five local football players invited to Las Vegas in late January for the High Roller International Showdown.

Team BC announced late last week the final rosters for three teams that will make the jour-

ney.

GWG offensive lineman Liam McCormick also made the grade at the U-18 level after impressing at an earlyDecember evaluation camp.

The U-16 squad is bolstered by two more Grizzlies, linebacker

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Von Richardson and offensive lineman Jake Troyan.

The Grade 8 team has one local player, pulled from the Chilliwack Minor Football ranks, with Josh Janssen competing for snaps at quarterback.

Janssen has been in

the Chilliwack Giants system for the last five years, switching from wide receiver to QB two seasons ago. His coaches say he is a natural leader with a calm demeanor and high football IQ. See playfootball.bc.ca for more info.

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