Fraser Valley Current

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STORY: Langley has a lot of vacant parkland and declining daycare facilities. Now the Township wants to trade one for the other.
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STORY: After 99 years and three generations of shopkeepers, Barry's Trading Post in Yale is closing. With it goes the village's last store.
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STORY: How the word "Chilliwack" sheds light on unique age-old methods of canoe transportation in the Fraser Valley - and the life and words of a prominent Stó:lō leader
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STORY: Gerry Brandon built an acclaimed high-end restaurant in Ontario that blended Indigenous, French and Anglo cuisine.

L'Autochtone closed after COVID robbed him of his smell, but now Brandon has a new plan: teaching newbies for free in Chilliwack.

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NEW: Union leaders for striking Fraser Valley bus drivers have recommended members accept a new contract. Read the latest on a strike breakthrough and when a settlement could be reached.

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How do racing pigeons find their way home?

Scientists aren't entirely sure how the birds traverse hundreds of kilometres back to their lofts over unfamiliar terrain. But pigeon fanciers count on the mysterious skill to win races both at home and abroad.
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The Fraser in ice! I wrote about these amazing rectangular ice chunks seen in aerial images for members in this morning's newsletter. Be a member:

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A selection of the best of July happenings in the Fraser Valley—including where you can find a Canada Day celebration in your community. https://t.co/Civhk6O21y

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STORY: In 2003, a BC judge declared that health authority board meetings must be open to the public except in limited circumstances. A law exists that says as much So why are all Fraser Health board decisions made in private?
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When a bear showed up at Cherry Hill Elementary, the school's principal tamed it with a baseball bat and rode it like a pony. Or did he?

Read about the big stories kids can tell—and efforts to quell them— in today's edition of the Current. https://t.co/iZp3VuAJUm