• Parkholm Lodge opens - new $2.6 million intermediate care facility officially opens.
• Half B.C. farm output here in Fraser Valley - Fifty-one per cent, of British Columbia's farm output comes from the lower Fraser Valley.
• Chilliwack is new forest district centre.

1981

• District will build new RCMP centre.

1982

• Economic malaise to last well into 1982 reports the Employers Council of B.C.
• Official Community Plan set for August 16 hearing.
• Property owners of the Sardis and Vedder areas receive notice that compulsory garbage collection is coming.

1983

• $1.5 million fire razes Sardis landmark at Coqualeetza - Between 70 to 80 people were evacuated.

1984

• Coqualeetza granted to Salish Indian bands
• Ring road rolls back April 30- Controversial ring road one-way downtown traffic system reverts back to two-way traffic.
• Sardis merchants say: do not widen Vedder Road - the head of the District traffic committee says making the road four lanes "inevitable".
• Big screen's crash end of era - Chilliwack Drive-In Theatre's big screen came crashing to the ground at the hands of demolition crews.

1985

• Rainbow shines on arts centre opening : Gala smashing success.
• Chilliwack Foundation created - Board of directors hold their first meeting October 17.

1986

• Major hotel gets nod at Salish Place

1987

• "Man in Motion" Rick Hansen, a wheelchair athlete, was greeted by an estimated 3,000 people at the Chilliwack Coliseum.
• Arson charged in Hart Block fire.

1988

• Hospital wing opens January 30 - Chilliwack new hospital wing will be officially opened at the end of this month.
• New Save-On complex opens - John Jansen and Clarence Heppell, cut the ribbon to open Save-On Foods.

1989

• Overpass is open - The long awaited Yale Road overpass opens Friday, with the first official driver crossing the $7-million structure just as a train passed underneath.