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Friday

May 18^th 2012

Today's High

21°C

Low 7°C

POP 30%

Saturday Outlook

Sun 20°C

Voice Headlines Last Week's News

Thursday May 10, 2012

• Eatery Hold-Up: Armed robber eludes police dragnet.

Thursday May 10, 2012

• Smile of the Week: Chilliwack Animal Safe Haven have more cats to adopt than the SPCA.

Friday May 11, 2012

• It's Official: O'Mahony sworn in as MLA.

See all of your May news here

What do the stars have in store for us this week?

Read Georgia Nicols weekly here. Its like she knows you.

This Week

May `13^thto May 20^th

All Signs:

This week, let's put the voices together. First we have fiery, sexy Mars, which visits Virgo once every two years for about six weeks — a relatively rare and brief occurrence. However, through a celestial fluke, Mars is now in Virgo for seven months. (Holy Cannelloni!)

Read your weekly horoscope here

The Stellar Voice

April 2012

Chilliwack

Real Estate Report

Compiled by Voice staff

Stats courtesy of CADREB

Chilliwack & District Real Estate Board Residential Sales Stats

There were 187 residential real estate sales in Chilliwack during April 2012 which is the same as in April 2011 when 1887 were also sold. There were 458 new residential listings in April this year compared to 469 listed in April 2011. Total April residential listings was 1,815 which is up from 1,757 that were listed last year.

Single Family Homes (SFH)

CADREB reports that there were 117 single family detached homes sold in April 2012, up slightly from April 2011 when 105 sold. Currently, there are 243 new SFH's listed compared to 264 listed last year in April. There were 921 listings last month compared to last year when 937 listed in the same period.

Town Homes

There were 41 Townhome sales in April 2012 compared to 47 that sold in April2011. There were 109 new listings compared to April 2011 when there were 98 listed. A total of 380 were listed for sale in April 2012 up considerably from April last year when 305 were listed for sale.

Mobile Homes

There were 8 mobile home sales in April 2012 compared to 4 that sold in April 2011. There were 20 new listings in April this year compared to 13 listed that were listed for sale in April 2011. There were 75 new listings in April 2012 compared to 71 during the same period last year.

Apartments

There were 16 apartment units sold in April 2012 compared to 22 which sold in April 2011. There were 50 new listings in April 2012 compared to 58 in April 2011. The total apt listings for sale this year were 284, up slightly from the 266 listed in April 2011.

Homes with Acreage

A total of 5 homes with acreage were sold in April 2012 compared to 9 that sold in April 2011. There were 36 new listings this month identical to the 36 listed in April 2011. There were 155 total listings in April 2012 compared to 178 in 2011.

Grand Total

Total residential sales in Chilliwack for April 2012 was $64,100,717 which is way up from April 2011 when $58,548,289 changed hands.

For more information visit www.cadreb.ca

Today In History

May 18^th 2012

This is the 139^thday of the leap year
There are 227 days left in 2012

1642 The Canadian city of Montreal was founded.

1804 The French Senate proclaimed Napoleon Bonaparte emperor.

1860 The Republican Party convention in Chicago nominated Abraham Lincoln for president.

1897 A public reading of Bram Stoker's new novel "Dracula, or, The Un-dead" was staged in London.

1911 Composer Gustav Mahler died in Vienna, Austria, at age 50.

1951 The United Nations moved out of its temporary headquarters in Lake Success, N.Y., for its permanent home in Manhattan.

1969 Apollo 10 was launched on a mission that served as a dress rehearsal for the first moon landing.

1980 The Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state erupted, killing 57 people.

2003 "Les Miserables," the third-longest running show in Broadway history, closed after more than 16 years and 6,680 performances.

2004 Randy Johnson, 40, became the oldest pitcher in major league history to throw a perfect game, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Atlanta Braves 2-0.

2009 Sri Lanka's 25-year civil war ended with the government announcing it had defeated the Tamil Tiger rebels and killed their leader.

2011 Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned as head of the International Monetary Fund, saying he wanted to devote all his energy to battling the sexual assault charges he faced in New York. (The charges were later dropped.)

The main source for text information here is AP and Wikipedia. Google Images are borrowed for the day from various websites.

Our Readers Write

Our readers always have a voice with us and their opinion matters.

May 14^th 2012

One Heck of a Hospice Hike

Christina Johnson, Chilliwack Hospice

I wanted to check in with you
today and let you know that I saw the Community Story you posted on Saturday May 12th for our Hike for Hospice Event. Thank you very much for posting the information regarding the trophies, thank you's, sponsors and food donors we sent last week as well as the wonderful photos accompanying the copy! It looks wonderful. We really appreciate your attendance and coverage as well as the support you have showed us. I look forward to working with you again for future events!

May 11^th 2012

Tycrop Not Transparent

Susan Payne, Chilliwack

I would like clear up a misconception that I feel needs attention. The concerned public is not against, but for the expansion plans of Tycrop. By no means do we want to stop the proposed expansion, local job creation or the local boost to the economy.

However we do not feel this ALR Mcgrath Rd. site is the appropriate one for this type of business. If they are wanting to be on one parcel for setting up shop.

(Continued)

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Chilliwack Gas Prices This Week

May 16^th

138.9 Shell -Yale Rd.

Last Week

132.9 Esso - Young Rd.

Cheapest

15¢/gal Venezuela

S. America

Today's Crude Oil Price

$92.34/bbl down 3 am PST

$93.40/bbl yesterday

Courtesy of Bloomberg Energy

Recommended Reading

Apprentice Millionaire Portfolio

by Jack Bass

The first edition of Stock Market Magic: Building Your Apprentice Millionaire Portfolio authored by Jack A. Bass, was published in March 2012. This review is based upon reading that edition and the author's stock market letter at www.amp2012.com

This comprehensive volume (some 500 pages ) offers the reader the nuts and bolts as to what the Apprentice Millionaire Portfolio strategy is based upon - investing , trading and selection.

Buy the book here.

Monday May 14, 2012

Community

Hooping It Up For Cancer

Cops raise money playing basketball with local school kids

Released by Cpl. T Hollingsworth

he inaugural "Fill the Basket" for Cops for Cancer campaign was a success. The campaign consisted of three...

Chilliwack RCMP & Crime News