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Search digital pages back to 1891 Jennifer Feinberg The Progress A digital window has just opened onto Chilliwack’s storied past. Ninety years of the Chilliwack Progress newspaper can now be searched online. Chilliwack Museum and Archives announced the successful digitization of The Progress, for the years 1891 to 1983. “The Chilliwack Museum and Archives is thrilled to be able to direct researchers to this new search engine,” said Museum archivist Shannon Bettles. The high-quality digital files can be found at www.theprogress. newspapers.com, and can be accessed from anywhere in the world. Online visitors can browse The Progress years at a time, seek out specific dates and issues, and even clip and print articles. The Chilliwack Progress Digitization project is part of the museum’s overall digital strategy geared to improving access to archival records. Phase I is now complete, said Bettles, just two years since the idea for the project was conceived. “The long running and continuous printing of the publication means that it is a great source for glimpsing into everyday events, news, and daily life in Chilliwack since 1891,” said Bettles. “While it means patrons will undertake more research at home, Archives staff are prepared for an increase in follow-up questions and visits from guests as they learn more information is available from other records held at the Archives.” Continued: PROGRESS/ p11
People check out a 1957 Chevrolet during the Cruisin’ to End MS day at A&W in Eagle Landing on Thursday, which was one of dozens of collector cars on display during the fundraising event. That day, $1 from every Teen Burger sold went to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada. In 2013, Cruisin’ to END MS raised more than $1.5 million for the MS Society of Canada, making it the largest single fundraising event in support of ending MS in Canada. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS
Pickets going up today at Chilliwack schools Katie Bartel The Progress Instead of preparing their classrooms for the new school year, Chilliwack teachers will be back on the picket lines starting Wednesday morning. With no sign of a negotiated deal on the horizon, the Chilliwack Teachers’ Association has confirmed that all school sites, including the board office, will be picketed Wednesday to Friday from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.. If the strike continues into the new school year, so will the
pickets. Chilliwack CUPE 411 has also confirmed members will not cross any picket line, and that many will be out on the lines in support of teachers. “It’s time to remind people that things are still not happening and to crank up pressure on the government to get a deal done by September 2,” said CTA president Clint Johnston. “Hopefully this pressure at the beginning of the year gets us back to the table, gets some mediation happening, like we’ve asked for, and gets a deal done
quickly at the beginning of the year when we still have time to fill out most of the year in a normal fashion, and where children will still get their education like their used to.” The BC Teachers’ Federation implemented a full-scale walkout in June, two weeks prior to year end, at the behest of its members. After months of butting heads with the BC Provincial School Employers’ Association, the provincial government’s chief negotiators, they had come to an impasse.
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The summer months were fairly silent; no pickets in Chilliwack, aside from a few earlier this month outside the offices of Chilliwack MLAs John Martin and Laurie Throness. “We made a decision, locally, to not picket over summer to allow CUPE workers to continue to earn a salary; we felt that was the right decision to make,” said Johnston. Two weeks ago, when veteran mediator Vince Ready announced he’d cleared his schedule to help put an end to Continued: SCHOOL/ p8
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