Jessica Peters

VIDEO: Body discovered in aftermath of Hope apartment fire

VIDEO: Body discovered in aftermath of Hope apartment fire

RCMP can’t confirm cause of death yet, but have ruled out foul play

VIDEO: Body discovered in aftermath of Hope apartment fire
Jessica Peters is a reporter at the Chilliwack Progress.

COLUMN: Models of care have varied greatly between ICBC and WorkSafe

Fighting to prove serious injuries doesn’t help anybody

Jessica Peters is a reporter at the Chilliwack Progress.
Father Gordon Cook took this photograph of the Our Lady of Good Hope Church in Hope. He says the cloud looks like an angel flying over the church. (Gordon Cook photo)

Angel cloud soars over Hope’s church steeple

Formation in the clouds frames cross in photo submitted by local minister

Father Gordon Cook took this photograph of the Our Lady of Good Hope Church in Hope. He says the cloud looks like an angel flying over the church. (Gordon Cook photo)
Black Press file

Man stabbed in Hope suffers life-threatening injuries

Stabbing was not a random act of violence, say RCMP, and an investigation has been started

Black Press file
Tim Helmer sits in the Hope Starbucks, looking over photos he took while he was trapped in his car in a mudslide for hours. (Jessica Peters/ Hope Standard)

Man describes being ‘clobbered’ by mudslide up rural Hope road

Tim Helmer woke to his car spinning in the dark, with debris and water flowing over windshield

Tim Helmer sits in the Hope Starbucks, looking over photos he took while he was trapped in his car in a mudslide for hours. (Jessica Peters/ Hope Standard)
A Ministry of Highways and Transportation vehicle surveys the neighbourhood in Dogwood Valley affected by an evacuation order on Wednesday morning. The order was issued the previous evening, but rescinded by 3 p.m. Wednesday, with the exception of one property. (Jessica Peters/ Hope Standard)

Dogwood Valley evacuation order lifted for most properties

One property remains under evacuation order, following assesment by FVRD

A Ministry of Highways and Transportation vehicle surveys the neighbourhood in Dogwood Valley affected by an evacuation order on Wednesday morning. The order was issued the previous evening, but rescinded by 3 p.m. Wednesday, with the exception of one property. (Jessica Peters/ Hope Standard)
The RCMP Explosive Disposal Unit was called to the Hope RCMP detachment on Jan. 31, to deal with a war artifact brought in by someone in the community. (RCMP photo)

Battery from Second World War causes evacuation at B.C. RCMP detachment

Detonation unit deployed to deal with potentially explosive war artifact

  • Feb 4, 2020
The RCMP Explosive Disposal Unit was called to the Hope RCMP detachment on Jan. 31, to deal with a war artifact brought in by someone in the community. (RCMP photo)
The red pointer shows the approximate area where a body was discovered, along the edge of Silverhope Creek in Hope on Sunday, Feb. 2. Police and the BC Coroners Service are investigating. (Google Maps)

Body found near river in small Lower Mainland town

Deceased has yet to be identified as coroner begins investigation of body found in Silverhope Creek

The red pointer shows the approximate area where a body was discovered, along the edge of Silverhope Creek in Hope on Sunday, Feb. 2. Police and the BC Coroners Service are investigating. (Google Maps)
Work crews move a water tank into place at a site on Klassen Road in Hope on Thursday morning (Jan. 30). The site is being prepared for a Ricky’s restaurant and gas station is one of several commercial projects currently underway. (Jessica Peters/ Hope Standard)

VIDEO: Commercial construction projects booming in Hope

Dollar store, convenience store, gas stations and housing all planned for major route

Work crews move a water tank into place at a site on Klassen Road in Hope on Thursday morning (Jan. 30). The site is being prepared for a Ricky’s restaurant and gas station is one of several commercial projects currently underway. (Jessica Peters/ Hope Standard)
A man apparently fleeing the alleged scene of a break and enter also refused to stop for police and got into a traffic altercation while riding a motorcycle on Thursday, May 16, 2019. He later lost his life due to injuries he obtained in the accident. (Sarah Gawdin/Hope Standard file)

RCMP cleared of misconduct in Hope motorcycle crash from 2019

Police watchdog says suspect was fleeing crime scene on stolen motorcycle when he crashed

  • Jan 14, 2020
A man apparently fleeing the alleged scene of a break and enter also refused to stop for police and got into a traffic altercation while riding a motorcycle on Thursday, May 16, 2019. He later lost his life due to injuries he obtained in the accident. (Sarah Gawdin/Hope Standard file)
A woman uses her smart phone as apps are shown on an iPad in Mississauga, Ont. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette)

Can you go 24 hours without screens? Contestants in Hope, B.C., will try

Organizers hope to ‘turn back the tide’ on overuse of screens among residents

  • Jan 13, 2020
A woman uses her smart phone as apps are shown on an iPad in Mississauga, Ont. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette)
Highway 1 between Chilliwack and Abbotsford on Sunday night, during extreme weather conditions. (Submitted)

UPDATE: Hwy. 1 open after extreme weather leads to 30 vehicle crash between Hope and Chilliwack

Drive BC tells motorists that crews are working hard to get highway re-opened

Highway 1 between Chilliwack and Abbotsford on Sunday night, during extreme weather conditions. (Submitted)
Snow clearing on the sidewalks in downtown Hope was well underway Friday morning, as the town experienced its first real snowfall of the winter. (Jessica Peters/ Hope Standard)

Snow finally arrives in Hope

Slushy highways greet morning commuters on local highways

Snow clearing on the sidewalks in downtown Hope was well underway Friday morning, as the town experienced its first real snowfall of the winter. (Jessica Peters/ Hope Standard)
Judy Garland starred in Meet Me in St. Louis, in 1944, five years after the world fell in love with her in The Wizard of Oz. The Hope Film Club will be playing Meet Me in St. Louis as part of their 75th birthday celebration for the Hope Cinema. (Warner Bros. image)

Film club holds birthday bash for 75-year-old Hope Cinema

Hollywood starlet Judy Garland will grace the big screen in Hope on Dec. 19

Judy Garland starred in Meet Me in St. Louis, in 1944, five years after the world fell in love with her in The Wizard of Oz. The Hope Film Club will be playing Meet Me in St. Louis as part of their 75th birthday celebration for the Hope Cinema. (Warner Bros. image)
Column: Giving at Christmastime can be as rewarding as receiving

Column: Giving at Christmastime can be as rewarding as receiving

‘It wouldn’t be Christmas without lists. Present lists, specifically.’

Column: Giving at Christmastime can be as rewarding as receiving
Hope’s illicit drug death rate rivals Vancouver

Hope’s illicit drug death rate rivals Vancouver

Small Fraser Valley district listed among top five per capita in B.C.

  • Dec 9, 2019
Hope’s illicit drug death rate rivals Vancouver
Silversdaisy Peak in Skagit River Valley. (Wilderness Committee photo)

Silverdaisy Valley near Hope saved from logging activity

Province commends environmental and user groups for speaking up to save pristine area

Silversdaisy Peak in Skagit River Valley. (Wilderness Committee photo)
Chilliwack school trustee Barry Neufeld (left) and former BCTF president Glen Hansman (right).

Landmark ‘fair comment’ case settled between B.C. school trustee and former union president

Glen Hansman’s application to have Neufeld defamation case thrown out granted by B.C. judge

  • Nov 27, 2019
Chilliwack school trustee Barry Neufeld (left) and former BCTF president Glen Hansman (right).
District plows cleaned the streets of Hope, after storm conditions brought up to 15 cm of snow to Hope last winter. (Emelie Peacock file photo)

Snow appears in forecast for next week in Fraser Valley

Extreme weather shelter in Hope could be open by Monday

District plows cleaned the streets of Hope, after storm conditions brought up to 15 cm of snow to Hope last winter. (Emelie Peacock file photo)
You never know what you’ll see along the Rambo First Blood walking tours. This year’s tour is on Oct. 13. (Standard file photo)

Town of Hope prepares for onslaught of First Blood fans

Walking tour, special treats around town all a part of Rambo celebration

You never know what you’ll see along the Rambo First Blood walking tours. This year’s tour is on Oct. 13. (Standard file photo)