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Chilliwack council voted 4-2 on August 18 to refer a rezoning plan back to city staff for consultation during a city council meeting rather than approve it outright. The proposal from Stone Peak Developments would have rezoned the lot located at 45925 Collins Dr. to build 10 three-storey townhouses and 10 secondary suites on the property, so expect more public input before it comes back for a decision. Anyone tracking housing density fights in the city should keep an eye on when this returns to the agenda.
In her weekly RCMP recap covering August 17-23, Chilliwack Corporal Carmen Kiener confirmed a man reluctantly agreed to go to hospital for treatment after a machete attack at a park next to the downtown Chilliwack library this past week. Details on suspects or motive are still limited, but it's the kind of incident that's got people in the downtown core talking about safety around the library green space.
Premier David Eby was in Chilliwack to help launch the new Teamsters 213 Training School, which will offer instruction in commercial driving and heavy-equipment operations, giving local residents a new path into well-paying trades and logistics jobs right in the city.
Popular sections of the Vedder Rotary Trail will be closed for flood mitigation work from August through October, so regular walkers and cyclists should plan alternate routes for the next couple of months, and residents interested in the city's growth direction can weigh in at the Public Hearing set for Tuesday, September 1, 2026, in Council Chambers at 4:00pm.
Ottawa has confirmed it will hit back at Washington with major retaliatory measures, with Canada set to impose 15, 25 and 50 per cent counter tariffs, equaling $27.6 billion in imports from the U.S., effective 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 8. The move follows the breakdown of trade talks, and Prime Minister Mark Carney has been working the phones with other party leaders about a "united Team Canada approach" as the trade dispute intensifies.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford escalated tensions with the White House this week, and in a fiery exchange Ford called Trump a "loser," the king of bankruptcies, insulted his intelligence and invited him to "kiss my ass," while Trump fired back by calling Ford a "flunky" as relations deteriorated further. Ford has since said he does not believe he went too far in his personal attacks on the U.S. president, even as the spat adds fuel to an already tense cross-border trade standoff.
The trade fight is spreading to the provincial level, with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe announcing a 50% retaliatory tax on U.S. booze amid the trade war. It's the latest sign that Canadian leaders across party lines are lining up behind Ottawa's harder line against Washington.
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