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First World War journals written by two brothers make for the most unlikely of reunions
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xactly one hundred years ago Thursday, William Valentine Ashley penned his first war diary entry as he embarked from Curragh, Ireland to enter Great War. He the and his brother Joseph served together in the Fourth Hussar Regiment in France, and both kept journals despite a ban on personal records by the military. journals sat continents Those two away from until this year, when they reunited each other the descendants along with who of storage generations dug them unwittingly out later.
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She’s also the first granddaughter in her family, joining seven male cousins and siblings. “It was a very fast labour,” Chloe’s mother Marina Arnusch said. “She came out and she was happy and healthy.” A couple of days overdue, the new
addition to the Arnusch family came home to her two very receptive older brothers who are happy to have a sister. “She’s been absolutely fantastic,” said Chloe’s father Joseph. “Very, very quiet—for now anyway.” With a New Year’s birthday she’ll
always have the story of her first day to remember, Marina said. And mom jokes about one of her first thoughts upon returning to the family’s new home: “I don’t even want to think about what she’s going to do for her birthday when she’s a teenager.” The first baby in the province came just five seconds after midnight at Peace Arch Hospital to Darlene Henry of Langley.
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hilliwack’s New Year’s baby, Chloe Durlene Arnusch achieved a lot in just the first few moments of her life. Born at 52 minutes past midnight on Jan. 1 at Chilliwack General Hospital, little Chloe was not only the first baby born in Chilliwack in 2015, but the second in all of British Columbia this year.
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controversial hazardous waste recycling facility near the Fraser River in Chilliwack is one step closer to reality as city council approved issuance of the development permit for the building Tuesday. A coalition of more than 20 organizations has opposed the Aevitas Inc. project for more than a year, arguing it’s too close to the largest salmon-bearing river in the world. That coalition includes the Watershed Watch Salmon Society, Friends of the Chilliwack River Valley, the B.C. Federation of Drift Fishers and the Sto:lo Tribal Council. The city’s design review panel reviewed the application on Dec. 18 and recommended council approve the development permit subject to two conditions: that all utilities and equipment are screened from view; and, that the applicant be encouraged to build a bicycle storage area for employees. The company agreed to both suggestions, according to a staff report presented at Tuesday’s city council meeting. The proposal involves the construction of a 1,896-square-
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