For those lost defending our freedom

A time-honoured tradition in Hope will be a little more special this year thanks to Veterans Affairs Canada and a Spirit Squares provincial grant. Remembrance Day services will be held within the new public square, with wreaths laid upon a redesigned cenotaph. Our veterans will no longer have to stand throughout... more

Golfers and runners share course for zone championships

It just may have been Hope’s biggest-ever sporting event. Last Wednesday, close to 600 teens and their coaches gathered at the Hope Golf and Country Club for the Fraser Valley cross-country championships. The Fraser Valley zone includes all school districts from... more

• Fresh new look for Minor Hockey
• Bruins fall to Cougars in shootout
• UFV sasquatch needs a new name

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Meet the Merchant: Small town roots, big city service

What started as a small gas station in Vernon, way back in 1953, is now an international company – a success story based on true service. Tom Foord named his company Kal Tire after Kalamalka Lake, the prominent "Lake of Many... more

• Scrapping ALR would be disastrous: Ross
• Donations to hospital auction needed
• Minister, lumber CEOs head for Asia

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Working the room

• From Canadian Gothic to Schoolhouse
• Chilliwack welcomes Juno winner
• Reba is country’s queen

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Keith Britz: Climbing mountains to raise awareness

By his own admission, Keith Britz used to curl like a fiend and has long been rabid about hockey. Colourful words to describe the passion that he has for both sports. However, while admittedly he’s very sports minded, he’s far... more

• A fun-filled Halloween
• Shining a light on the violence
• Waiting for game time

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Fearless crew raises big bucks for Children’s Hospital

Six Hope castaways recently ventured down the highway to the Ramada Inn Conference Centre in Abbotsford to help raise money for the B.C. Crop for Kids. Approximately two hundred scrapbookers got together for three days to take classes, do 50/50... more

• World Diabetes Day: A time for education, prevention
• Budget cuts, rising costs batter Fraser Cascade school district
• Slightly more will refuse H1N1 vaccine: poll

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