Jessica Peters

Lisa Bisschop (centre) meets with volunteer organizers in the parking lot of McDonald’s in downtown Chilliwack Sunday morning, to coordinate a search for Grace Baranyk who had been missing for 24 hours at the time. (Jessica Peters/ The Progress)

Search continues for missing elderly woman in Chilliwack

RCMP, Chilliwack Search and Rescue and community members combing area for Grace Baranyk

Lisa Bisschop (centre) meets with volunteer organizers in the parking lot of McDonald’s in downtown Chilliwack Sunday morning, to coordinate a search for Grace Baranyk who had been missing for 24 hours at the time. (Jessica Peters/ The Progress)
VIDEO: Elderly woman with severe dementia missing in Chilliwack

VIDEO: Elderly woman with severe dementia missing in Chilliwack

Woman now missing more than 24 hours and missing her daily medications

VIDEO: Elderly woman with severe dementia missing in Chilliwack
A lark sparrow that usually winters in California captured birders’ attention in the annual Port Alberni Christmas Bird Count at the end of December. (Rick Avis photo)

Birdwatching backpacks take flight at Fraser Valley libraries

Libraries making birdwatching easy with binocular and book borrowing program

A lark sparrow that usually winters in California captured birders’ attention in the annual Port Alberni Christmas Bird Count at the end of December. (Rick Avis photo)
Anti-SLAPP legislation to be tested in court by BCTF president

Anti-SLAPP legislation to be tested in court by BCTF president

Onus will be on Trustee Neufeld to show defamation suit against Hansman has merit

Anti-SLAPP legislation to be tested in court by BCTF president
The Cultus Lake Sailing Club has courses coming up this month. (Submitted photo)

Sailing club lessons starting at Cultus Lake

Adults and kids can both get out on the water with certified coaches

The Cultus Lake Sailing Club has courses coming up this month. (Submitted photo)
Fraser Health has issued a list of ways to stay safe this summer while attending music festivals. (Photo from pixabay)

Drugs, sexual assault and dehydration all dangers at music festivals, says Fraser Health

Health authority issues tips on how to have a safer summer while celebrating in large crowds

Fraser Health has issued a list of ways to stay safe this summer while attending music festivals. (Photo from pixabay)
Mother of missing man enlists hikers to search Chilliwack mountain

Mother of missing man enlists hikers to search Chilliwack mountain

Kristopher Couture has been missing since late January, but hope lies in the Elk Thurston range

Mother of missing man enlists hikers to search Chilliwack mountain
Metis elder Joe Smith walks away from some wild lettuce (bottom left corner) after explaining its properties and uses. (Jessica Peters/ The Progress)

VIDEO: Métis elder shares medicinal uses of plants in Chilliwack

Métis elder Joe Smith leads tour along Browne Creek Wetlands

Metis elder Joe Smith walks away from some wild lettuce (bottom left corner) after explaining its properties and uses. (Jessica Peters/ The Progress)
Popkum Motor Park is hosting a new mud run, with room for 200 participants. (Josh Calabreseun/Unsplash)

Runners’ turn to get dirty at Popkum Motor Park

Mud Run planned for August at motocross park near Chilliwack

Popkum Motor Park is hosting a new mud run, with room for 200 participants. (Josh Calabreseun/Unsplash)
A small bear runs across Kipp Avenue in Chilliwack, being chased by an RCMP truck. (Submitted photo)

UPDATE: Young bear killed downtown Chilliwack was habituated to humans

Conservation officer says bear would not have been a candidate for relocation

A small bear runs across Kipp Avenue in Chilliwack, being chased by an RCMP truck. (Submitted photo)
Martina was seen in a video taking from her home’s security camera getting off the school bus after a driver rushed past, despite the bus’s signs and flashing lights being on. (Submitted)

VIDEO: Clip of driver speeding past B.C. school bus alarms MLA

Laurie Throness of Chilliwack-Kent says he will lobby for better safety measures

Martina was seen in a video taking from her home’s security camera getting off the school bus after a driver rushed past, despite the bus’s signs and flashing lights being on. (Submitted)
A small part of the Moore family, with Stacey and Cary in the centre. Cary is holding Maggie, who they’ve adopted. Their biological daughters, Cassie and and Amara and their adopted son, Billy. (Candace Fast photo)

B.C. couple who has raised 58 children turns to community amid cancer diagnosis

Family who raised, fostered and adopted many kids hoping to gain some precious together time to fight cancer

A small part of the Moore family, with Stacey and Cary in the centre. Cary is holding Maggie, who they’ve adopted. Their biological daughters, Cassie and and Amara and their adopted son, Billy. (Candace Fast photo)
(AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

Chilliwack maternity ward closure narrowed to two weeks

Fraser Health says they’ve found a solution to an expected 13-week shortage of obstetricians

(AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
Visitors chat with a homeowner on Voight Road during the Ryder Lake Ramble on Sunday afternoon. The Ramble took place over two days, with 14 homes and farms taking place. (Jessica Peters/ The Progress)

COLUMN: Llamas, goats and snakes, oh my!

Making friends on the Ryder Lake Ramble not a walk in the park

Visitors chat with a homeowner on Voight Road during the Ryder Lake Ramble on Sunday afternoon. The Ramble took place over two days, with 14 homes and farms taking place. (Jessica Peters/ The Progress)
UPDATE: Two-year-old in critical condition after fall in Chilliwack pool

UPDATE: Two-year-old in critical condition after fall in Chilliwack pool

Two-year-old child was reported to not be breathing as air ambulance called out Thursday afternoon

UPDATE: Two-year-old in critical condition after fall in Chilliwack pool
MLA for Chilliwack-Kent Laurie Throness released a statement saying he and Chilliwack MLA John Martin have been in communication with hospital officials and a solution is possible for the city’s obstetrician shortage. (Black Press file photo)

Chilliwack MLAs say Fraser Health working toward solving obstetrician shortage

Shortage means expectant mothers in Chilliwack-Kent won’t be delivering in Chilliwack hospital

MLA for Chilliwack-Kent Laurie Throness released a statement saying he and Chilliwack MLA John Martin have been in communication with hospital officials and a solution is possible for the city’s obstetrician shortage. (Black Press file photo)
A doctor performs an ultrasound scan on a pregnant woman. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

Solution to Chilliwack obstetrician shortage needed now, says midwife

‘I have patients texting me, asking me ‘what am I going to do?”

A doctor performs an ultrasound scan on a pregnant woman. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
The Fraser Valley British Car Club’s annual show will move to the UFV campus on Caen Avenue this year, on June 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Progress file photo)

British car club shining up classics for Chilliwack show

Fraser Valley British Car Club event benefits Chilliwack Hospital Foundation

The Fraser Valley British Car Club’s annual show will move to the UFV campus on Caen Avenue this year, on June 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Progress file photo)
Participants walk toward the Vedder River Trail in Chilliwack last Father’s Day, to raise awareness about prostate cancer. The event is taking place on Father’s Day again this year. (Progress file)

Join dad for a run in Chilliwack this Father’s Day

Prostate cancer fundraising event planned along Vedder Trail

Participants walk toward the Vedder River Trail in Chilliwack last Father’s Day, to raise awareness about prostate cancer. The event is taking place on Father’s Day again this year. (Progress file)
Women riders sign a banner for a leg of a Ripple Rally from Victoria to Balfour. They stopped in Chilliwack on May 31 for a leg to Kelowna. (Jessica Peters/ The Progress)

Women bikers roll through B.C. to promote worldwide relay

Canadian women hitting open road on two wheels in growing numbers

Women riders sign a banner for a leg of a Ripple Rally from Victoria to Balfour. They stopped in Chilliwack on May 31 for a leg to Kelowna. (Jessica Peters/ The Progress)