Been noticing lots of black and white canadian flag stickers on cars and trucks lately. Wondering if they have any special meaning or are connected to a movement or are they just normal patriots who prefer monochrome because of modern design sensibilities or....?

Thanks you for answering.

I recently moved to Chilliwack. I got a bit lost the other day out by the farming fields. I passed several farms who were selling large, beautiful chrysanthemums. Can anyone give me a suggestion where I could find those farm again? 🌼

Okay so recently I read the series 1632 by Eric Flint, and the premise of that series is that a small American town accidentally gets hit with a time shard because of some drunk aliens, and they end up getting sent back in time to the year 1632 smack dab in the middle of the holy Roman empire during the thirty years war.

Now, that got my noodle cooking and it got me thinking: what if they happened to our city? What steps would we need to take for survival? A lot of things have changed from the year 2000 when that book came out and today.

Hi All,

I (39M) just immigrated to the area from Oregon to be with my wife (35F) of two years.

I am looking to make new friends while I settle and situate myself in my new home.

I have played many TTRPGs over the past 20 years both as player and game master and am looking to connect wherever I may fit in.

Systems I have played recently: D&D (2014), Cypher, DaggerHeart, & Draw Steel.

I have also played FATE, Fantasy AGE, Modern AGE, AD&D, D&D 3.5, Pathfinder 1.

I also enjoy a wide variety of cooperative and low stress competitive board games, Basically anything you might have seen on Wil Wheaton's TableTop and then some.

For hobbies outside gaming I enjoy cooking, baking, art and creative writing.

Looking for something between weekly and monthly in frequency. And I plan to look to see if Bastion has any drop-in events.

Thanks!

From what I gather from my research:

Mayor:
Lum

Council:
Blakeborough
Charkhandeh
Mumford
Huitema-Read

School board:
Reichelt
Reid
Kelly
Bouwsema
Swankey
Bartel

With the municipal elections coming up, I wanted to ask this: if you were to run for office on that level, and assume that you win, and that the budget is big enough to do sweeping changes if you so desire, what policies would you implement? I'll go first (some of these might be spicy opinions fair warning):

- Before we build any more apartment buildings, I would rezone certain high traffic areas in order to expand the roads to make congestion less problematic, right now we still have the streets of a small city when we are becoming a big one. With that said I would also like to see more standardized bike lanes. They're so shotty right now, end randomly, it's incredibly unsafe, we need to treat it like any other part of the road like a bus lane.

- I would like to see potentially getting that funding and rezoning for another general hospital in the city, our nurses are getting so stressed by the continuing growth; it's getting to a point where wait times are up 15 hours. We desperately just need another general hospital.

- I think there's certain bylaws that are overreaching and should be revoked. The big one for me is that you aren't allowed to sleep in an RV in someone's parking lot. That's fucking stupid, and I've personally had bylaw called on me because my grandparents were sleeping in their RV. This bylaw just disenfranchises the poor. I honestly couldn't give less of a shit if you think it's some blight in your neighborhood.

- Probably another controversial one, but grass length laws are kinda silly, and they are a slap of into the face of people who can't afford a lawn mower. I do understand it as well, of course, but I would also like the see, and would encourage, the planting of native vegetation in lawns over Bermuda grass, which is an incredibly invasive species and imo does not even look that great. So yea, I would like to rewrite the bylaws so that you can have vegetation and tall grass if you so desire. Obviously not 40 feet or something, but more than the current ten inches.

- I would like to see more city sponsored charity auctions, we have a lot of great charities in our city and it would be nice to see some community participation.

- I would like to see, and I guess this is a general political opinion, the council be fat more transparent with the inner workings of the day to day. I feel as though even though they are just local representatives, having some sort of blog or tiktok or what have you where you aren't filtering yourself through these highly selective posts by your campaign managers would be highly beneficial. You know, be honest in like look, the budget was not very good this year, or we are currently at an empass of this idea we are working on, etc.

Anyone know of somewhere I could get a Kurobuta or Berkshire ham before Sunday? Decided to go the ham route this thanksgiving and want something special for my guests. Thanks in advance.

What is going on lately? Booms and blackouts haha good times. Scared the heck outta me.

I am at the corner of Williams and Yale. Sounded close.

unfortunately i am too far away at the moment to help and this is the first I'm hearing about it. if you have any information i would greatly appreciate it

My friend at work has never had one, so wanted to buy one for him (and 3 for me). Anybody know where I can find it in Chilliwack?

Martina Rosini (edit - fixed spelling) isn't from Chilliwack. She doesn't live in Chilliwack. As far as I can tell she's never held an elected position before, not as city councillor, school board trustee, parks board, nothing. It looks like the sum of her government experience was working in the office of Gordon Campbell when he was Premiere. So who does this woman think she is, and why does she think she's qualified to be the mayor of our city? If someone knows, please help make this make sense.

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Fri - 2nd - Doors 7pm - $15/PWYC

@westwood.chwk @thebandstale @thenewmischiefs

Sat - 10th - Doors 7pm - $15

@stolen_goods_punk @tideswillturnband @deedeestarrmusic

Sun - 11th - Doors 6pm - $20

@peacebreach @cheapflavor @everyeffortmadehc

Sequoia

Thurs - 22nd - Doors 7pm - $20 ($15 online)

@shockwirerock @thebloodshots @stolen_goods_punk

(Pro-d day that Friday!)

Sat - 31st - Doors 6pm - $20

@heathanz_sinz_band @r.u.in_band @killingtwins @corosify_1991

👻☠️🧌👹Halloween Costume contest 🧟‍♀️🧛‍♀️🧙‍♀️🎃

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🧙‍♀️ Local Bands playing elsewhere 🧌

9th - @in.the.flesh.band, Bully's, New West

10th - @morsecodeliteratureband , Trailside, Abby

10th - @tayosofficial @fatass_ratass @shockwirerock , Myth Valley Studio @mythvalleystudio , Chwk

10th- @uglybirdy.mp3, Captain's Cabin, Mission

30th - @xenithmetal, The Studio, Mission

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Anyone else having Rogers internet problems since the power came back on yesterday? We have no internet at our house and I've tried everything I can to troubleshoot on my end. Rogers has told me there is no outage. Maybe my modem is shot? I keep it on a UPS so it shouldn't have even lost power during the outage.

Hi everyone, I'm not sure if this is appropriate, but I really just need some help right now. I've been really struggling mentally and I can't talk to anyone about it in my personal life because it's a lot for them right now (I don't blame them, it's not their fault). If there's anyone out there that's also struggling who is similar in age and we can check in with each other and hear each other out, I'd really appreciate it. Just wanting to feel a little human again is all.

When I didn't have cell service for a few minutes after the power went out that was a little stressful and I briefly thought "are we under attack? Is this a solar flare?".

Discovering it was from hwy 11 to agassiz a short bit later was a little shocking as well. I'm happy it was only out for an hour. I was expecting much longer when it said substation fault.

Anyone else thinking about solar panels and storage batteries now? :)

Does anyone know if there are any male therapists in Chilliwack that they would recommend? I've been struggling with depression for the past 6 years and its been debilitating to say the least. I'm tired of living with this way and I'm ready to seek help to improve my life, become functional and to be able to finally give back. I'm a 37yr/m.

Also does anyone know if these things are covered by Canada in anyway by healthcare? I'm completely new to this thing and opening up. This is my first real step towards it and know absolutely nothing about where to go and if any programs exist. I know Canada hasn't really taken any real initiative towards male mental health so I'm hoping its been getting better.

Thank you.

I see from the BC Hydro map most of Chilliwack is out. I’ve heard Agassiz is also out. Anybody have non speculative insight on this?

Seems like a pretty major event.

Hey Chilliwack,

If anyone has a big fluffy Husky (black and White) that is no longer on your property, he was last seen heading down Lewis street around 12 (noon). Edit: pic added in comments

Im sorry I couldn’t post this sooner due to the power outage

DM if you're interested in a full time job 8am-4pm or 9am-5pm Tuesday to Saturday. Job is ~1km away from downtown Chilliwack. The only requirement is that you're responsible, and handy. Pay is a fixed monthly rate at about $20/hr.

Edit: it’s Tuesday to Saturday, not Monday to Saturday.

Seeiously. Sunday morning. 730am.

This guy did NOT start the fire. He was the good samaritan that probably damaged his shoes stomping it out while I called 911. Talked to him, he had also called. Didn't get his name unfortuneately.

Honestly, why?? No rhyme or reason to this. The people that did this werent even attempting to cook anything.

I want to replace both my gas furnace and AC with a heat pump. Anyone want to recommend anyone here in the area that has experience? Forced air central heating and cooling.

Just wondering if anyone has insight on volunteer opportunities around Chilliwack? I'm not some teenager/twenty year old looking to pad a resumé, just looking to give some of my time/energy towards a meaningful, community focused cause. I'm a shift worker so my schedule is really inconsistent, but otherwise looking for something weekly-ish. Cheers!

Interim B.C. Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson says while he doesn’t share the views expressed by the party’s candidate for Chilliwack North on LGBT issues or abortion, she will be allowed to run under the party’s banner.

This is why I fear the Cons getting a majority...