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Title: Another Camp on the Chilliwack River
Post by: chris gadsden on November 02, 2019, 10:02:59 PM: What a mess when i filmed this today. More on my FB page and more to come tomorrow. https://www.facebook.com/chris.gadsden.7/videos/10159106876129056/?t=1
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Post by: ae_9 on November 03, 2019, 11:24:07 AM: Is this tent city ?
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Post by: Wiseguy on November 03, 2019, 12:51:38 PM: Good job bringing this to light Chris. Thanx
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Post by: chris gadsden on November 05, 2019, 10:53:39 AM: Another update CBC TV is sending a camera crew and reporter to cover this with Orion and I. It may run tonight at 6 news. Now the challange to get them across the creek with their cameras etc..
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Post by: Old Blue on November 05, 2019, 11:29:05 AM: Thanks for all the work you do Chris, much appreciated from myself and probably anyone that fishes the river
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Post by: wildmanyeah on November 05, 2019, 12:10:52 PM: I fail to see how the news is going to help. After all the city people people would rather have them shitting in our rivers then shitting in their streets. This cupcakes always turns into a big my friend pity party for the homeless on the news.
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Post by: psd1179 on November 05, 2019, 12:24:54 PM: It was there since last steelhead season.
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Post by: chris gadsden on November 05, 2019, 04:29:36 PM: It was cleaned up last year. We were with CBC TV today, story runs at 6 tomorrow.
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Post by: chris gadsden on November 05, 2019, 04:29:46 PM: https://www.theprogress.com/news/watch-homeless-camp-in-the-chilliwack-river-needs-another-major-cleanup-effort/?fbclid=IwAR13oiUdqrC_b9EUoolt9pCqPrYxdua-byI-gAtv55S_JozwWR_sDNxKgoI
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Post by: stsfisher on November 05, 2019, 05:39:03 PM: I am sturdy and can help with the clean up, please keep us informed on a date for this Chris.
Title: Re: Another Camp on the Chilliwack River
Post by: chris gadsden on November 05, 2019, 06:45:58 PM: Quote from: stsfisher on November 05, 2019, 05:39:03 PM
I am sturdy and can help with the clean up, please keep us informed on a date for this Chris.
Thanks, right now the NRO are working on getting it done, they meet on Friday to view, RCMP involved too. Right now we are saying leave it to the goverment agencies as people are in the camp and safety is an issue. We will move if we have too. We did a story with CBC news today will be on tomorrrow at 6 we understand, Wed.Nov. 6
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Post by: chris gadsden on November 06, 2019, 02:37:19 PM: We just did another story with CTV.
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Post by: chris gadsden on November 06, 2019, 11:04:31 PM: Quote from: chris gadsden on November 06, 2019, 02:37:19 PM
We just did another story with CTV.
here is the link to the CTV story we did. CBC one has not run yet .https://bc.ctvnews.ca/garbage-from-homeless-camps-could-end-up-in-chilliwack-river-1.4673765?fbclid=IwAR2mOgVNcY0OyIYF7TzhZV5ujmDmyWUq2_47UhzA2Gfy35rhzre47SY1u20
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Post by: chris gadsden on November 07, 2019, 05:36:08 AM: .https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/chilliwack-river-trash-1.5350655?fbclid=IwAR0Y2p6IC7MkHOJGexD-gB6MG3ZACElcQH0gJlhXbzVvzzQv45NFKAb_2c8

This is the Digital Story the TV story will run later this week.
Title: Re: Another Camp on the Chilliwack River
Post by: chris gadsden on November 08, 2019, 06:18:20 PM: All this coverage helped as the cleanup on site. Another 2 camps 3 resident were given notice to leave by Wed. as cleanup will continue.
Title: Re: Another Camp on the Chilliwack River
Post by: chris gadsden on November 09, 2019, 01:02:16 PM: Quote from: AaronWilde on November 09, 2019, 03:13:23 AM
They will simply move to another spot on the river and turn it into a garbage dump. Should've let the high water take them in their sleep.
We hope to deal with this, let us know the location if you find one
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Post by: chris gadsden on November 09, 2019, 01:02:43 PM: The latest https://www.theprogress.com/news/encampment-dismantled-near-sweltzer-creek-in-the-chilliwack-river-valley-after-complaints/?fbclid=IwAR34EEvbncTgKEaNumsDw0HWKB0yLOXeSudmYGwNSxV5sWpUzSqP5UREI8I
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Post by: stsfisher on November 09, 2019, 01:26:09 PM: Quote from: chris gadsden on November 09, 2019, 01:02:43 PM
The latest https://www.theprogress.com/news/encampment-dismantled-near-sweltzer-creek-in-the-chilliwack-river-valley-after-complaints/?fbclid=IwAR34EEvbncTgKEaNumsDw0HWKB0yLOXeSudmYGwNSxV5sWpUzSqP5UREI8I
Great job Chris.
Title: Re: Another Camp on the Chilliwack River
Post by: chris gadsden on November 09, 2019, 02:50:08 PM: Quote from: AaronWilde on November 09, 2019, 02:02:38 PM
Sadly its all over all the rivers. Even if you remove them, many of these homeless people dont want to go to a shelter or change their ways. They will move to other spots and do the same. Its a real dump on many city rivers because of the drug addicts.
Please help us by giving locations of the Chilliwack River that you mention, we will start there and do the best we can.Thanks
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Post by: arimaBOATER on November 15, 2019, 07:27:13 PM: Good on ya Chris Rod & others here on this site who care about litter along our streams & rivers.
Some of you may remember the actor James Arness from a long running western Gunsmoke. In real life he liked horse back riding & he'd ride the trails in the back country. He'd camp over night(s).
If he found garbage / litter at a wilderness camping spot he'd pick it up / put in bags / load it on the horse/bring the crap out of the bush & put the trash where it belonged.
Gee his character of being a just marshal was how this giant of a man he was in real life.
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Post by: chris gadsden on November 19, 2019, 01:33:55 PM: https://theprovince.com/news/local-news/cleanup-at-homeless-camp-keeps-debris-out-of-waterways-environmentalist-says/wcm/4e51cc7e-3345-4b0a-b33d-c898a1b1041b?fbclid=IwAR3iZb6VkzpajMFlqbzEqJ020dF_LKNDf-g3tR2CZL5qr7PoemAC925rwy8
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Post by: chris gadsden on November 21, 2019, 04:24:44 AM: Yesterday we started an inventory of more camps on the Chilliwack River. We found 2 abandoned and one large active one. Also returned 2 shopping carts to Save on Foods. The manager was happy to get them back. He said they are worth $300 each and he had just ordered 60 more due to people taking them all the time. Pictures on Fraser Valley Illegal Dumping Alliance FB page as we work on taking our Chilliwack River Valley back and clean up all the trash and pollution these camps are causing to our precious Chilliwack Vedder River..
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Post by: sugartooth on November 21, 2019, 08:00:37 AM: There is a new camp set up below the crossing. On the yarrow side of the river between the cable car and the old gravel pit. I’m assuming these are the same people that were moved from the camp above the crossing. Already a bunch of garbage strewn thru the woods in that area.
Title: Re: Another Camp on the Chilliwack River
Post by: chris gadsden on November 21, 2019, 03:55:16 PM: Thanks will check out, today we took spot locations of 2 active camps, 2 abandoned ones as well as a lot of tree cutting in one area.