Margaret Ballam: A Community Minded Historian
I never knew Margaret Ballam. The family name was known to me...you can't have lived in Chilliwack for any length of time without having...
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Margaret Holford
- May 6
- 3 min
The Women's Institute: For Home & Country
The first Women’s Institute was founded in Stoney Creek, Ontario on February 19, 1897, inspired by Adelaide Hoodless, a bereaved mother...
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Laura Reid
- Apr 1
- 3 min
A Dark Spot in Our Canadian History
The month of April is historically significant; but the events that occurred in April 1876 and April 1884 were not shining moments in...
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Monica Braun
- Mar 2
- 2 min
Dichotomies
March, to me, is a month characterized by dichotomies. Many of us are familiar with the saying, "March comes in like a lion, and goes out...
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Debora Soutar
- Feb 1
- 2 min
More Heritage Trees of Chilliwack
I’m willing to bet that all of you have gone past a little park on Vedder Road at the southeast corner of Manuel Road and Vedder Road,...
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