- Township Council adopts new development plan
1971
- Key streets in traffic revision plan [ring road]
- Rapid growth bring many pollution headaches
1972
- Valley Televue operators peek at the future : Can you image Chilliwack as a wired city? They can! [Bill Wolfe and Jack Pilling]
1973
- Reaction mixed to farm land policy
- Government farmland freeze 'a gigantic form of zoning.'
- June start for major shopping complex - More than $3,000,000 for first phase.
- Site preparation work is well underway on joint city-township sewerage treatment plant located off Wolfe Road.
- Five Corners landmark, the Barber block, to be leveled landmark - New Bank of Montreal will cost just under $1,000,000.
- Events mark centenary of St. Thomas Church
- Pierre Elliot Trudeau and Santa coming to town Saturday December 8.
- Community College plan given a giant boost - 1000 turn-out for the meeting.
1974
- Cottonwood Centre Mall to open April 24. Will open with 24 of 45 stores open and operating.
- Final approval is given for community college, Fraser Valley College is born.
1975
- Sears solid-state 20" color TV with In-line Black Matrix tube $499.97
1976
- Nine "yes" - five "no" at amalgamation forum - All six members of City council voted in favour of amalgamation, while five out of seven on township councilors voted against.
- Era ends as Edenbank cattle barn comes down. Time and weather have taken their toll on the old structure. It has become a fire hazard, so it is being dismantled.
1977
- Chilliwack Eaton's store closed its doors.
- Skway First Nation blocked off a portion of Wolfe Road for 24 hours to remind township that the road is on reserve land
1978
- Vedder's four lanes draw protests. Concerns raised by residents include devaluation of real estate, hazardous driving conditions, and destruction of local businesses.
- College campus purchase approved. The long-awaited purchase of a permanent Chilliwack campus for Fraser Valley College approved by the provincial cabinet.
1979
- Chilliwack Family YMCA on Hocking Avenue opens
- After 60 years at its downtown location landmark Brett's Ltd. moves to new premises on Chilliwack River road.