Trevor McDonald is a husband, entertainer, host of 89.5 The Drive, business owner, and Executive Director of the Downtown Chilliwack Business Improvement Association.

Mr. McDonald grew up in Downtown Chilliwack, and works hard to champion his community. Trevor has hosted 89.5 The Drive radio station for 9 years, emceed Party in the Park in Downtown Chilliwack, and supported fundraising events for nonprofits. He has been the recipient of the Stan Rogers Legacy Award from the Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce in 2017 and an honorary Paul Harris Fellowship Award from the Chilliwack Rotary Club in 2018 for service to the community.

In this conversation Aaron and Trevor discuss some of the challenges Trevor has faced, and how he overcame the adversity. The two talk about mentors, hosting a radio station, the pressure of being an entertainer, living in poverty, addiction, supporting small businesses, and family life.

Trevor McDonald Website:
https://www.trevormcdonald.com/community

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Lucas Simpson is a local artist with an art exhibit at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre, he is involved in Kopialine Publishing, and is involved in bringing public art to his community.

Lucas Simpson works with an acrylic medium on canvas, he specializes in in stylized impressionist-esc landscapes and enjoys. taking on more abstract figurative pieces.  When it comes to his landscape work, he is. drawn to perspectives that have a unique. background focus with a. convoluted foreground that offsets the focus of the painting. He chooses not to blend colours because it gives a more abstract and complex perspective to. even the simplest objects.

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Kim Gemmell is an author, wife, mother and inspirational speaker. Through life’s journey she shares her trials and tribulations, included with some great triumphs along the way. Her story sends a message of humbled gratefulness accompanied with the power to rise above adversity with new found strength. She equips her audience to find the tools we all possess, but perhaps don’t know we had, in order to live a wonderful life, even though it may not be perfect.

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Sue Knott is a mother, wife, traveller, Chilliwack City Councillor, cancer survivor, Executive Director of Chilliwack Hospice Society and a pillar in the Chilliwack community.

Sue Knott has 40 years of solid business experience. She started her career with BC Telephone Company and retired as a Senior Manager in 2004. She went on to run the Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce as CEO for several years. In 2008, Sue was elected to Chilliwack City Council and continues in that position currently. Sue Knott has been extremely involved in our community and has volunteered on. dozens of Boards including Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation, Chilliwack Cultural Centre Society, and the Chilliwack Agricultural Commission. She is a past President of the Chilliwack Mt Cheam Rotary Club. Sue has two beautiful daughters Melody Atrill and Haley Wakefield. She is married to her best friend Norm Knott and has embraced a huge extended family. In her spare time Sue enjoys artistic endeavors of all kinds, cooking for friends and family and travelling the world. Sue is thrilled to be part of the community in Chilliwack, the most beautiful place on earth.

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Adrian Starks is a Keynote Speaker, Bestselling Author, Personal Development Coach, CCO of Connect Now Business Network LTD and  Founder of Champion UP®. His mission is to help entrepreneurs,  students and organizations with teams who are feeling stuck, uninspired or unfulfilled. Giving them tools and strategies to get out of the ruts they are in, Adrian will empower these individuals to become their own Champions of Change, no matter how stressful their environments may be. Champion Up is a philosophy that began with the desire to help everyone see that they can courageously make their own changes and become their very own Champion in any endeavor.

In this conversation we discuss adversity, personal growth, motivation, meaning, and change.

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Jon Heidt is a husband, father, professor, author, and a researcher at the University of the Fraser Valley.

Jon Heidt is an associate professor of criminology at the University of the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada. He completed his B.A. in sociology from the University of Montana and his Ph.D. in criminology from Simon Fraser University in 2012. His doctoral dissertation, entitled The Evolution of Criminological Theories, passed with no revisions and was awarded a dean’s medal. He has been studying criminological theories for over 15 years and has taught a variety of courses at different academic institutions in British Columbia. He has co-authored a textbook from Sage Publications called Introducing Criminological Thinking: Maps, theories, and understanding and is a contributor to the best-selling Understanding Crime in Canada textbook (edited by Professor Neil Boyd). His work has appeared in The Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology, Critical Criminology, The International Journal of Criminology and Sociological Theory, and The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice.  

Dr. Heidt was also involved with research on the supervised injection sites in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside during his Ph.D. In 2018, he completed a study on cannabis legalization and will complete a follow-up study in 2020.  He is currently in the middle of an evaluation study about the reintegration of serious offenders and a study on sports involvement and crime prevention.  His other interests include ethnography, corrections, and the history of the criminal justice system. 

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Katie McKay is a mother to two children, entrepreneur, owner of three different businesses, and community leader. Katie McKay is a part owner and Director of Marketing for Chewie Media. She is owner and publisher of What's On! Chilliwack Magazine, and owner of Connect Now Business Network. 

Katie is a Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming and is passionate about helping you, both personally and professionally, to achieve your goals. She believes in connections and collaboration and is also inspired by the friendships and support that fellow entrepreneurs can give to one another. No one understands you and what you’re going through as a business owner like a fellow business owner does.

NLP allows her to look deeply under the surface, and her very honest and real attitude to life means she will tell you exactly what she sees and how you can change things to make your life and business better. Katie is all about showing you how you can be more visible, motivated, confident, focused and empowered. Working with her is a journey, not a sprint, but she guarantees that she will help you to become a better version of yourself, whilst also making great connections along the way.

Katie won Business Mom of the Year and is the proud mum to two beautiful kids, Natalie and Jake who make every day an adventure. 

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Bill Turnbull is a husband, entrepreneur, owner of the Town Butcher, and community leader.

Bill Turnbull is the owner and operator of the Town Butcher in Chilliwack, BC. Mr. Turnbull was working at IGA, and wondered why they did not offer local meats from farmers. Through asking this question, The Town Butcher was born. Bill Turnbull created the Town Butcher to provide local, hormone free, GMO free, high quality meat to the community. Mr. Turnbull has put a lot of work into turning the Town Butcher into a community landmark. He works hard to support local initiatives and charities through his business.

In this conversation we talk about a lot. We discuss chicken, turkey, beef, culture, community, responsibility, leadership, the Canadian Military, Chilliwack, small businesses and personal growth.

Find The Town Butcher:
https://thetownbutcher.com/

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David Jimmie is a father, husband, Chief, community leader, President of both the Sto:lo Nation and Ts'elxweyeqw Tribe. He has worked hard to build relationships between indigenous communities and various levels of government. 

David Jimmie is the Chief and CEO of Squiala First Nation located in Chilliwack, BC. He is the President of Sto:lo Nation representing 10 Sto:lo communities and is also the President of the Ts’elxweyeqw Tribe representing 7 communities. He is the former co-chair alongside the National Chief for the National Chief’s Committee on Fiscal Relations and is now a board member on the National Joint Advisory Committee on Fiscal Relations. David also owns and operates a DJimmie Construction (DJC) which has built 224 homes and 175 apartment units in Chilliwack, BC and Westbank, BC. DJC is currently building a 330-unit townhome development in Chilliwack. 

David is a strong believer in living through experience which led him to purchase an around the world ticket in 2008 to embark on a journey that would carry him through 19 countries in 1 year. He is currently exploring new ventures to diversify revenue streams for Squiala and the Ts’elxwyeqw while ensuring rights and title are protected. David is a strong advocate for education and culture and has a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Simon Fraser University and is also a Licensed Residential Builder.

FULL VIDEO INTERVIEW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHH9BI00chQ

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