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• Separate wildfires force evacuations, road closure across B.C. during dry July

  A helicopter crashed Thursday while fighting one of several fires roaring through British Columbia, highlighting the dangers that fire crews face while battling blazes during one of the driest months of July the province has ever seen.

• MLA John Les puts brakes on political spin

  By Robert Freeman - Chilliwack Progress Published: July 27, 2010 9:00 AM Updated: July 27, 2010 9:16 AM An occasion meant to express municipal gratitude to senior governments turned grave Friday as Chilliwack MLA John Les put the brakes on the usual political spin.

• When a curb becomes a hurdle

  Enid Kulesh helps as Elfrida Marlon-Lambert braces for a long and painful step off the curb outside the temporary emergency entrance at the Chilliwack hospital.

• Former Conservative MP predicts election defeat for B.C. Liberals

  By Robert Freeman - Chilliwack Progress Published: July 27, 2010 9:00 AM Updated: July 27, 2010 9:17 AM The B.C. Conservative party is claiming "unprecedented" growth in membership as conservatives turn away from the B.C. Liberal party tainted by the Harmonized Sales Tax.

• Caution: Chilliwack faces road closures due to migrant toad crossing

  Thousands of tiny Western Toads are helped in their migration across Elk View Road by members of Fraser Valley Conservancy who block part of this road now during migration time in Chilliwack, B.C., July 27, 2010.

• Sister of person-of-interest in McCann case stands behind her brother

  Travis Vader is shown in a court sketch on Tuesday, July 27, 2010. Bobbi-Jo Vader says her brother, Travis Vader, has nothing to do with the sudden disappearance of Lyle and Marie MacCann.

• Fire kills Chilliwack man

  One man was killed and another injured after a fire tore through a Chilliwack mobile home Monday afternoon.

• Body found after fire

  Chilliwack RCMP say a man has been found dead following a fire at a mobile home park in the 57 hundred block Unsworth Road.

• Dangerous offender sought after walking away from work release program

  Chilliwack RCMP are still looking for a dangerous offender jailed for an attack in Chemainus nearly 25 years ago.

• Gordon Campbell defers to Ottawa on census flap

  Despite growing concern among those who rely on the data, Mr. Campbell has deferred to Ottawa, saying it's the federal government's responsibility to carry out the census while protecting people's privacy.