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B.C. couple launching hunger strike to protest pickleball noise

Rajnish Dawan said he experiences anxiety, sleeplessness, auditory hallucinations, and heart flutter

A Chilliwack couple fed up with the noise from a neighbouring pickleball court are going next-level in their protest. Starting Sunday (July 23), Rajnish and Harpreet Dhawan say they are staging a hunger strike that will continue until the City of Chilliwack decommissions the courts at Kinsmen Park on Portage Avenue.

“As staunch followers of Mahatma Gandhi, we have decided to follow the path shown by him to deal with systemic injustice,” Rajnish wrote in a letter.

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Eric Welsh

About the Author: Eric Welsh

I joined the Chilliwack Progress in 2007, originally hired as a sports reporter.
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