The new overpass (linking Evans road with the Industrial park area) has officially opened. Yesterday mayor Sharon Gaetz was on hand to do the official unveiling. Yours truly came back from yesterday afternoon, and was quite happy taking the new Evans road exit to take me home. The only unfortunate aspect of the new overpass is that it cuts off access from Luckakuck way and Evans road (which was a really popular route before). Because of that, you see a lot of people doing an illegal turn from Luckakuck onto Evans, even though the sign ... Read more...

If you look up at the top of this website, you'll now see a group of photos -- these are photos of Chilliwack from the popular photo-sharing website, Flickr. There is now an officialInTheWack Flickr Photo Pool, so if you use Flickr, please join it and feel free to submit your own photos. Once approved they will show up at the top of this website as well. We're hoping to see some great shots from people in the community as well! We'll be building out more social networking features this month, so stay tuned! Read more...

I just got back from the friends and family event down at the new Coopers store in Garrison Crossing. The store was pretty much jam packed with friends, family, media, and a few distinguished dignitaries, including the head of Overwaitea Foods and Chilliwack's mayor, Sharon Gaetz. I've been anxiously awaiting the store for various reasons, the most important of which is that I literally live a block from the store, and will now be able to walk to get all of my groceries. It's going to be quite the treat being able to simple stroll through a little forest ... Read more...