Fraser Valley – The timing was not lost on us at FVN. On the heels of Thanksgiving, and the latest announcement that pre-1974 survivors who were incarcerated at the notorious Woodlands Institute in New Westminster (which was Provincially operated) would…
In general, traffic enforcement is a solitary effort for police outside of the province’s municipalities. I’ve often wondered just how close I have come to something bad happening in a traffic stop while I was a long way away from…
Chilliwack – This story first came to light via a CBC report. A Chilliwack mom became concerned for her four year old boy after he touched a shopping cart and soon became ill. It was found that pepper spray residue…
Change is good, that is unless the town wants to upgrade a busy T intersection with a roundabout rather than installing traffic lights. This is the situation in Qualicum Beach where the town has announced that it intends to rebuild…
I exhaled mightily when the Conservatives pledged not to re-open the federal abortion debate. I suspect many Canadian women did. However, this relief has no permanency. It’s an uneasy reprieve that has since given way to a bone-chilling concern that…
Everyone has a pet peeve related to driving, right? I know what mine are, but I was curious about what others might say if I asked, so I did. My faithful weekly newsletter readers responded without hesitation and I want…
I received an interesting fact sheet from the Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) this week. It looks at distracted driving related fatal collisions in Canada from 2000 to 2015. In some Canadian provinces this type of fatality has surpassed the…
Frsaer Valley – Don’t expect the expansion of Highway One to six lanes in the Fraser Valley anytime soon. It’s all about politics and the wrong party is in power. And even though there are one-third of a million people…
I am generally not a person who likes the rain, but as I sit with my coffee in hand looking out the window this morning I’m happy to see it. No doubt, so is the vegetation that depends on it….
Fraser Valley – FVN is bracing for a few trolls and some flaming, but it does beg the question, does the new Nike Ad offend you, as a Canadian? From Bloomberg: Former San Francisco 49ers QB Colin Kapernick has been…