Welcome to FRASERVALLEY.NET!

Serving ALL the needs of Fraser Valley and Fraser Canyon

By Ron Christain, owner

• Our goal is to provide you with the very best in community news and services for all types of interests. Yes there are other sites with the Fraser Valley name attached to them, but unlike others this site will be your site, not for the purpose of advertising a parent company, it will only be maintained and supported by the area communities, and the Fraser Valley and Fraser Canyon advertising in the Yellow Listings.
  
• The Fraser Valley and Canyon Portal is an electronic manager of on-line community-specific information. The Fraser Valley and Canyon Portal provides an alternative to Internet users, who desire to use the Web efficiently. Today most people spend as much as 90 percent of their time within 10 to 15 miles of their homes. Furthermore, today most people like to travel and look at cities as locals do. The Fraser Valley and Canyon Portal offers an easy-to-use resource that is relevant to residents and tourists alike.
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  The primary concept is to help the communities in the greater Fraser Valley and Canyon areas maintain their autonomy, and not be lost in a large volume of links and data from large metro areas and those outside Fraser Valley and Fraser Canyon. We feel in this way, we can provide the best web site for your total use, as well as the ability to promote the Fraser Valley and Fraser Canyon area without the splash of large city distractions. If you want to find a plumber, you will find one in the primary Fraser Valley or Fraser Canyon area without going through a huge listing that does not apply or is too far from you to be of service. In the world of the internet this is known as a community portal.
  
• The Fraser Valley and Canyon Portal web site presents several feature sections such as interactive search engines and easy-to-use listings tapping into the character of each city. In addition users will find sections providing detailed solid information on accommodations, art galleries, museums, bars, classic music, clubs, concerts, dance, restaurants, shopping, sightseeing, sports and theater, community information, basic information for tourists, community living, business and shopping, services, plus basics such as weather forecast, local yellow & white pages, classified ads and other.
  
• Web sites of the Fraser Valley and Canyon Portal are updated continually and packed with expert insider information, giving an in-depth perspective on life in various cities of Fraser Valley and Canyon areas.
  
• The Fraser Valley and Canyon Portal offers high quality content through its multiple content alliances, which add to the content compiled and edited by local staff.
  
• Unlike other on-line city specific Web sites that are composed primarily of a generic, pre-determined format for all cities, the Fraser Valley and Canyon Portal is built by locals, who live in their communities and understand the needs for local information.
  
• The Fraser Valley and Canyon Portal makes users Web experience more enjoyable and help users locate important information, including tips on the basics of a city -- from getting in and out of the city to locations of banks and hospitals -- along with just about everything else users might need to know about a city, whether the user lives in the city, is planning a vacation, is traveling on business, or is just surfing the Web for fun.
  
• The Fraser Valley and Canyon Portal has a dedication in keeping the original spirit of the Internet alive, by bringing the power of the Web to work for local communities, as local individuals, and small businesses, compile and organize relevant information for each community, all within one Web site.
  
• We feel the Fraser Valley and Canyon areas should be able to keep their identity, but we do not believe in isolationism. In a large medium such as this, outside information will be provided, but as a secondary topic, keeping the initial concept of supporting the area first.
  
• FraserValley.Net plans to have pages available to the MP's, MLA and RCMP from all the ridings in our area to provide you with the latest happenings in our government that are of most interest to the Fraser Valley and Fraser Canyon residents.
• Want to e-mail a Postcard to someone anywhere in the world, our postcard area will have over 300 photographs to chose from, as well as a selection of tunes to play while they read your postcard message.
• We welcome your input and suggestions, you are important, and will determine the evolution of the site.

Please be patient with us, in the coming weeks we will be providing you:

• Yellow Listings - This is the area that pays to keep this site running. We charge a very low rate for business listings here. The objective is to provide a web presence to those businesses that do not need a web site. A lot of hype has been broadcast that if you are not on the web, you are not in business. This is a myth and always will be. We believe that providing a listing very similar in concept to the phone book, that is easy to find a plumber, electrician etc in your locale can provide the presence that a lot of small businesses need and will see the most efficient return on their investment, with little or no risk.
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• White Listings - Fraser Valley and Canyon Portal will maintain as complete as possible full list of phone numbers and addresses of all persons that do not have an unlisted number, very similar to the white pages of your phone book, except you can just type one item, the name, address, or phone number and get the complete listing for that search.
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• Local News - This is quite an undertaking as most newspapers and media in the Fraser Valley and Canyon areas do not have web sites for relaying of news information. Fraser Valley and Canyon Portal will compile information from the communities in the area and present it on the site. This will start slowly and build as we can build an individual network of news input from all areas within our area.
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• Global Reuters News - Reuters news and photos will be on the site initially, and we will shortly include Canadian and B.C. daily updated news and stories. The database is being programmed now to retrieve and update this news input.
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• Weather - Presently Seattle/Vancouver current weather radar is available in three formats, NEXRAD, Local, and Summary. Current weather and forecasts for Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Comox, Hope, Port Alberni, Port Hardy, Prince Rupert, Sandspit, Terrace, Vancouver and Victoria are now online, also a wind chill calculator available for your use.
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• Local Sports - This is quite an undertaking as most newspapers and media in the Fraser Valley and Canyon areas do not have web sites for relaying of sports information. Fraser Valley and Canyon Portal will compile information from the communities in the area and present it on the site. This will start slowly and build as we can build an individual network of news input from all areas within our area. Also provided is a listing of major league sports in Canada and the U.S.
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• Area Arts - Plays, Concerts, Art, Arts and Craft shows, will be presented here. As these organizations report, the event will be listed immediately with a web page devoted to that particular event.
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• City Directories - All pertinent information about cities and locales of the Fraser Valley and Canyon areas will be listed here, as well as any other links that may exist to those entities. This will enable our visitors to take a virtual tour of the area without jumping around to many different web sites.
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• City /Area Maps - Quality maps of the Fraser Valley and Canyon area, as well as individual city and area maps will be presented here. This is a great source of information to tourists interested in the area.
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• Help Wanted - This is a free listing available to all employers in the Fraser Valley and Canyon Area. This is not intended to replace the British Columbia Job Board, but supplement it. If you need someone to mow your lawn, or lay concrete, you can post your available jobs here without charge.
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• Jobs Wanted - Individuals wanting work, or wanting to supplement their income, are welcome to post their services here for any prospective client or employer to view. Commercial business firms are excluded from posting jobs here free, and must use the yellow listings.
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• Job Board - This is the standard Canadian Job Bank Board for all jobs listed with them.
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• Area Schools - All schools in the Fraser Valley and Canyon area, with the exception of Vancouver will be listed here. In these listings will be the school locations, primary contact phone numbers, school principle, and web site if they have one. Any announcements the schools wish to make will be made available to them here as well free of charge.
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• Movie Listings - Movie listings are from the Showtimes & Theatres pages and a search of this site is very easy. Input any of the following information, Day, Movie, Theatre, City/location, or Postal Code will display the available information for that areas movies.
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• Global Sports
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• Radio & TV Listings - This information is vital in several aspects. One is for the general use of all the residents of the valley and canyon areas, and the other is to provide information to tourists coming to our area a comprehensive listing of all radio and TV stations in the area. Cable TV information will be provided as well for those may plan on moving to our area.
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• RCMP Pages - Fraser Valley and Canyon Portal will provide a complete listing of all RCMP web sites within our area, contact information, both emergency and non-emergency and locations. We are also offering web space for the RCMP stations that do not have a web presence at this time. We feel this is important to have them keep in touch with the communities they serve, and the communities better understand the RCMP as well.
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• MP Pages - Space is made available here for any communication and information our elected Members of Parliament from Fraser Valley and Canyon areas desire to convey to the voters on the state of affairs of government and how it affects our area.
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• MLA Pages - Space is made available here for any communication and information our elected Members of Legislative Assembly Fraser Valley and Canyon areas desire to convey to the voters on the state of affairs of government and how it affects our area. A map by ridings is provided to select your area MLA.
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• Area Churches - Our area is varied and has many different faiths. All area churches will be listed here, with contact information and location, and web site link if they have a web site. We will also provide free space to churches to have a small web site and relate with the community better. This is also a great reference for tourists and those moving into our beautiful area.
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• Area Activities - At present we are scanning media sources for information on area activities. We hope in the future to be able to establish a activity reporter for each area to keep us abreast of all the latest and planned events. Again this is important to the area, tourists and future residents.
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• Area Clubs - A listing of all clubs and organizations will be listed here, along with area of interest, contact information, meeting times, and a web site link if they have a web site. A page each will be offered free to all non-profit organizations in the area to further define their interests. We feel this is also a very vital part of the area and communities. Also very important information for all tourists and future residents to our area.
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• Area Organizations - A listing of all clubs and organizations will be listed here, along with area of interest, contact information, meeting times, and a web site link if they have a web site. A page each will be offered free to all non-profit organizations in the area to further define their interests. We feel this is also a very vital part of the area and communities. Also very important information for all tourists and future residents to our area.
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• Area Governments - All area government information will be listed in this section. General information and contacts and links to their web sites. We realize that some communities do not have web sites and Fraser Valley and Canyon Portal will work with these communities to establish a web presence on our server should they desire at cost.
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• Area Links - All known area links of interest will be listed here. We know this list will continue to grow as more in the area have their own web sites. Please advise us of any links you feel should be posted here. Thank you.
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• Area E - Mail - In the near future Fraser Valley and Canyon Portal will have a E-mail server that anyone can have a free e-mail account on, vary similar to hotmail. This is a nice way for those without a computer to have a e-mail address, that they can access from any other computer, be it a friends computer, company computer, or at a virtual cafe.
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• Tour of the Week - Each week Fraser Valley and Canyon Portal will highlight an area in the Fraser Valley or Canyon. This will enable those in the area, as well as people around the world to get a tour of that area, and learn about its history and current day lifestyle. As soon as our digital camera arrives, Fraser Valley and Canyon Portal will be roving throughout the area, taking pictures for virtual tours.
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• Membership Area - A membership area is being established, not to exclude anyone, as it will be totally free. For some things we must have basic information to operate that area of the web site. Such areas are the free E-mail, Free Coupons, and Free weekly prize drawings. These items will be available only for residents of the Fraser Valley and Canyon Area. Merchants that contribute prizes, will be notified of all winners. Absolutely no e-mail spamming will result from this registration, and the information you provide will not be given to any other third parties, except in the case of a prize winner, your name will be made available to the merchant that you need to redeem the prize from for obvious reasons. We DO NOT sell information to any third parties.
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• Real Time Chat - A live chat area has been established for the free use of all members and visitors. You privacy will be totally respected, but all conversations will be logged and your internet provider information logged. The information will only be used if a party abuses the chat area, and violates the rules of the chat area, and only used so they can be banned from the chat privileges. All conversations must be lawful in nature.
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• Free Give-a-way - Free weekly prize drawings will be held for all those that register for that weeks prize. These items will be available only for residents of the Fraser Valley and Canyon Area. Merchants that contribute prizes, will be notified of all winners. Absolutely no e-mail spamming will result from this registration, and the information you provide will not be given to any other third parties, except in the case of a prize winner, your name will be made available to the merchant that you need to redeem the prize from for obvious reasons. We DO NOT sell information to any third parties.
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• Search Engine Lists - Many people know of search engines such as Yahoo and Infoseek, but there are a great many more that are specialized and make finding specialized information easier to find. For example some countries have their own search engines, and areas of special interest such as aviation, education, business, health and safety, music and arts, sci-fi, and homepages are just a few. We will make as many available to you as possible.
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• Editorials - Oh yes, the editorial, time to stir the pot. The articles that appear here will not be of a political nature. They will be about what is happening or felt that should happen in the area in relation to the world wide web and our community web site. This can involve anything from analyzing web media hype in sales and advertising, and what we consider to be misuse of the web, to the positive aspect we observe happening within our area. We feel this is an important aspect for our visitors, considering some of the fraud and bad business practices occurring on the web, and need to be pointed out for the protection of our communities. Fraser Valley and Canyon Portal welcomes any feedback on our editorials. Remember this is your site, your input will not be ignored!
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• Area Virtual Tour - The area virtual tour will be different from the tour of the week program. This area will be a complete and growing tour of the entire Fraser Valley and Canyon area, for the enjoyment of our residents as well as prospective tourist and future residents. As soon as our new digital camera arrives, we will begin roaming the entire area to enhance the tour experience.
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• Newspapers - All area newspapers will be listed here, along with contact information and frequency of distribution information. This is valuable to our residents that may move to another city inside our area, as well as tourists and future residents.
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• Photographs - Fraser Valley and Canyon Portal has a collection of area photographs, as well as throughout British Columbia, Canada, and the United States. These are presented for your pleasure and use free of charge. This area will be growing constantly and updated frequently.
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• Music - A large collection of midi music files will be available here for your download free. Information and links to obtain MP3 software will also be here. We will only present midi files that we have made ourselves and have no know copyright on them. Wave files are a different story. We will have some wave files, such as sound effects etc. that are not copyrighted, but most vocal and musical waves are of copyrighted material and require permission and usually a royalty fee to distribute. MP3 files fall into the same category as wave files, and are of higher quality.
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• Currency Exchange - Our currency exchange is provided to allow our visitors to get the latest information on currency exchange data from around the world. This service is provided by Xenon Laboratories, Inc., and is intended as a guideline and reference only as currencies vary hour to hour and also broker fees involved will change the actual transaction value. Basic currencies are CDN Dollars, US Dollars, United Kingdon Pounds, Germany Deutsche Marks, French Francs, Japanese Yen, Netherlands Guilders, Italian Lira, Swiss Francs, Algeria Dinars, Argentina Pesos, Australian Dollars, Austria Schillings, Bahamas Dollars, Barbados Dollars, Belgium Francs, Bermuda Dollars, Brazil Real, Bulgaria Lev, Chille Pesos, China Yuan Renmimbi, Cyprus Pounds, Czech Republic Koruna, Denmark Kroner, Dutch Guilders, East Caribbean Dollars, Egypt Pounds, European Currency Units (EMCF), Fiji Dollars, Finland Markka, Gold Ounces, Greek Drachmas, Hong Kong Dollars, Hungary Forint, Iceland Krona, India Rupees, Indonesia Rupiah, Ireland Punt, Israel New Shekels, Jamaica Dollars, Jordan nar, Korea (South) Won, Lebanon Pounds, Luxembourg Francs, Malaysia Ringgit, Mexico Pesos, New Zealand Dollars, Norway Kroner, Pakistan Rupees, Palladium Ounces, Phillipines Pesos, Platinum Ounces, Poland Zloty, Portugal Escudo, Romania Leu, Russian Rubles, Saudi Arabia Riyal, Silver Ounces, Singapore Dollars, Slovakia Koruna, South Africa Rand, Spanish Pesetas, Special Drawing Right (IMF), Sudan Dinar, Sweden Krona, Taiwan Dollars, Thailand Baht, Trinidad and Tobago Dollars, Turkey Lira, Venezuela Bolivar, and Zambia Kwacha.
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• Online Mall - Fraser Valley and Canyon Portal's online mall is to provide local merchants a spot to sell their goods in a common marketplace such as a physical mall. It will have many different stores for a variety of goods for sale on the internet. We will be establishing the online mall in the near future.
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• Free Postcards - Free virtual postcards from Fraser Valley and Canyon Portal can be sent via e-mail instantly to anywhere in the world. If you desire you can include a midi music file to play in the background as the receiving party read your card. We have tried to program the postcard site to be user friendly and allow you to send your card with ease and without a multitude of steps. In the near future we will separate the postcards into Canada, British Columbia, Fraser Valley and Canyon, United States, and Misc. Categories. The selection varies from flowers, landscapes to jet aircraft, and at present we have over 200 photos to chose from for your postcard. This should grow to over 500 before the years end.
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• Free / Shareware - Two distinct areas will be available here. One is our own software created by our parent company and sponsor, LaMoDe Design and Management, and also other software available under the open source license agreement. This agreement gives you total use of the software to use as you see fit, even sell as long as the original credits remain intact. The other area will be to links where you can obtain all kinds of freeware and shareware. Some of these links will offer demo versions. Demo versions while free, usually are time limited, in other words they cease to function after a preset time limit, or do now allow all functions.
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• Free Add a Link - Any visitor from anywhere in the world can add their website link here free of charge. We do reserve the right to remove links if they are not in our view, in the "spirit" of a community site, such as adult only, porn, racial hatred, unlawful sites etc. and notification sent as to why it was removed, if they are re-entered, the party entering the add will be banned from the Fraser Valley and Canyon Portal site.
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• Free Classified Adds - Any visitor may add their own classified adds here free. You need to sell your lawn mower, want to buy a washing machine, this is the place to advertise it free. Any adds here from commercial entities will be removed, commercial and business adds are allowed only in the online mall and yellow listings areas. Also any adds in our view not in the "spirit" of a community site, such as adult only, porn, racial hatred, unlawful practices and products etc. will be removed and notification sent as to why it was removed, if they are re-entered, the party entering the add will be banned from the Fraser Valley and Canyon Portal site.
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• Year 2000 Info. - Yes the Y2K thing. First the world is not coming to an end and all computers will not cease to function in the year 2000. There may be some areas of record keeping that will have problems, but most of the worlds power plants and machinery can be manually operated and trucks can be dispatched by humans......remember trucks were here before computers, and so were power plants. The big problem is data errors and inconvenience. To help you with these problems and how to solve any you may have, we have linked to the Year 2000 web site. Also on our main site page will be a test file you can download and run on your pc to check its Y2K compliance if you have any worries.
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• Voting Booth - No not elections, this is a fun area. We will be voting on a variety of topics here such as what is your favorite type of music. You can see the current results, and the final results will be posted when the next voting topic is posted. If you have a topic you would like to see voted on, please send it to us at webmaster@fraservalley.net. Thank you.
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