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| 1990
- Ozone is causing crop damage.
1991
- Fraser Valley College gains degree granting status.
- Cheam Band shuts down Canadian National Rail main line to draw attention to a dispute with fisheries.
- Rock quartet 54.40 headlines dry grad.
- Chilliwack River Valley residents experience floods.
1992
- Canadian Forces Base [CFB] Chilliwack celebrates 50th anniversary.
- Residential development in Chilliwack's Promontory Heights takes a leap forward with approval of $2.1 million in service expansion.
- Stó:lo gain right to legally sell salmon during one year pilot project.
- Air Care testing on vehicles begins.
- Cheam Lake Wetlands Park nears completion.
1993
- Reform Party candidate Chuck Strahl sweeps to victory.
- Pillsbury plant shuts down, 200 jobless.
1994
- Stó:lo Nation Council and Stó:lo Nation merge.
- 1 Canadian Engineers Regiment ready for Bosnian mission.
1995
- CFB Chilliwack closes.
- Chilliwack's air quality readings go ballistic.
1996
- Salvation Army distributes more than 1000 hampers.
- Ryder Lake development gets shelved.
- Business Improvement Area begins revitalization projects.
1997
- New spotted owl rules could slash 100 forestry jobs. The owl is an endangered species.
- Fraser River faces total sportfish ban.
- Chilliwack Future Plan begins developing community plan.
- Chilliwack water ranked best in the country.
1998
- Bargain hunters attack CFB Chilliwack at huge cash-and-carry sale.
1999
- Say goodbye to the salmon season.
- Valley turning grey as population ages.
- City picks a partner for new arena deal in exhibition grounds re-development.
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