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• Downtown Chilliwack mural approval to return to public art committee

  06-07-2022 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Portions of the downtown Chilliwack business landscape have morphed from what were once dreary, lifeless walls to a picturesque panorama of colour and artistic expression.
  The aesthetic transformation of downtown is key to the upcoming Chilliwack Mural Festival on Saturday, August 20 when approximately 3,500 people are expected to attend the inaugural event.Toward that end, Chilliwack City Council voted Tuesday (Jul. 6) to allocate $5,000 to the festival society to help boost
  
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• BC commits $500K to address abuse in amateur sport – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-07-2022 23:30
  
  BC commits $500K to address abuse in amateur sport – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• NHL’s 2022-23 season to begin in Europe, first games in Canada come five days later

  06-07-2022 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The upcoming NHL regular season will start in Europe, with the first games in Canada not coming for another five days.
  The NHL announced its 2022-23 schedule Wednesday, with the Nashville Predators and San Jose Sharks kicking off the season Oct. 7 at O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic.
  The first North American games are scheduled for Oct. 11, with the Tampa Bay Lightning visiting the New York Rangers and the Los Angeles Kings hosting the Vegas Golden Knights.
  A pair of Canadian showdowns are par
  
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• Veteran Italian defender Domenico Criscito ready for MLS challenge with Toronto FC

  06-07-2022 22:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Lorenzo Insigne may hog the headlines, but fellow Italian Domenico Criscito is expected to play a key role of his own with Toronto FC.
  The 35-year-old is being counted on to help bolster a Toronto FC defence that currently ranks 27th in the 28-team MLS, conceding 1.88 goals a game on average.
  “On the field, off the field, Mimmo is a pro and carries himself in an excellent way,” said Toronto coach Bob Bradley. “And already you can say he’s a good guy to wor
  
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• Toronto Raptors sign Otto Porter Jr. multi-year contract

  06-07-2022 22:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have officially signed forward Otto Porter Jr. to a multi-year contract. 
  The deal was first reported last week.
  The six-foot-eight Porter was a key piece of the Golden State Warriors’ championship squad this past season, averaging 5.4 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 19.5 minutes in 19 playoff games.
  “As an organization that’s working toward our next title, we believe that Otto — who understands what it takes to be an NBA Ch
  
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• Surging energy prices harmful to families, should drive green transition: Freeland

  06-07-2022 22:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government is absolutely concerned with the struggles Canadians are facing as a result of inflation, but insists the current energy crisis is another reason to focus on the green transition.
  After Freeland made a similar comment Tuesday several critics accused her of not caring about the suffering of Canadians.
  Conservative Leader Candice Bergen says it is clear the Liberals like higher gas prices and “have no respect” f
  
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• Lions, Blue Bombers clash in battle of undefeated CFL clubs

  06-07-2022 22:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It’s been quite the start to the season for Canadian quarterback Nathan Rourke and the B.C. Lions.
  The Victoria-born Rourke has been stellar for the unbeaten Lions (3-0). The former Ohio University star has completed 88-of-105 passes (83.8 per cent) for 1,077 yards and a league-high nine touchdown passes while rushing for 180 yards on 15 carries (12-yard average) and three TDs thus far.
  Rourke threw for 436 yards — a CFL single-game record for a Canadian quarterback — and four
  
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• Unsettled BC weather prompts flash floods, complicates river level forecasts – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-07-2022 22:30
  
  Unsettled BC weather prompts flash floods, complicates river level forecasts – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Surging energy prices harmful to families, should drive green transition: Freeland – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-07-2022 22:30
  
  Surging energy prices harmful to families, should drive green transition: Freeland – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• New report details missed chances to stop Uvalde shooting

  06-07-2022 22:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A police officer armed with a rifle watched the gunman in the Uvalde elementary school massacre walk toward the campus but did not fire while waiting for permission from a supervisor to shoot, according to a sweeping critique released Wednesday on the tactical response to the May tragedy.Some of the 21 victims at Robb Elementary School, including 19 children, possibly “could have been saved” on May 24 had they received medical attention sooner while police
  
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• Iran media: Revolutionary Guard accuses diplomats of spying

  06-07-2022 22:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian media reported on Wednesday that the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has accused the deputy ambassador of the United Kingdom and other foreigners in the country of “espionage” and taking soil samples from prohibited military zones.
  It was not immediately clear if the diplomat and other foreigners were detained. The country’s state-run IRNA news agency reported that the foreigners had been arrested, but did not say when or wheth
  
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• Soldier James Topp wore uniform while criticizing vaccine mandates to draw attention

  06-07-2022 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Warrant Officer James Topp says he doesn’t believe people would have paid attention if he hadn’t donned his uniform to publicly oppose the Canadian military’s vaccine requirements.
  That decision to speak out while in uniform is ultimately at the heart of the military’s case against the army reservist, who has become a symbol of sorts for Canadians opposed to vaccines, vaccine mandates and perceived government overreach.
  Topp was charged in February with two
  
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• VIDEO: ATM theft from Mission store caught on camera – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-07-2022 21:40
  
  VIDEO: ATM theft from Mission store caught on camera – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack artist brings vibrant, abstract show to cultural centre with Blazing Colours – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-07-2022 21:38
  
  Chilliwack artist brings vibrant, abstract show to cultural centre with Blazing Colours – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack artist brings vibrant, abstract show to cultural centre with Blazing Colours – Agassiz Harrison Observer - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  06-07-2022 21:38
  
  Chilliwack artist brings vibrant, abstract show to cultural centre with Blazing Colours – Agassiz Harrison Observer  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• Canadian curlers John Morris, Shannon Birchard partner in mixed doubles

  06-07-2022 21:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  John Morris and Shannon Birchard have joined forces in mixed doubles curling.
  Morris, who won Olympic mixed doubles gold with Kaitlyn Lawes in 2018 and also competed with Rachel Homan in Beijing in February, and Birchard announced their partnership Wednesday on social media.
  “I’m very excited to partner with Shannon,” Morris said in a post. “She’s one of the top female curlers in the game and one of the best all-around players I’ve ever seen.”
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• First set of tickets for Pope’s mass in Edmonton booked within minutes

  06-07-2022 21:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Thousands of tickets for the Pope’s open-air mass at Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium were all booked about 15 minutes after they were made available to the public for free. 
  The July 26 mass with Pope Francis is part of his six-day Canadian tour, which also includes stops in Quebec City and Iqaluit.
  Neil McCarthy, a spokesperson for the papal visit, says organizers were hopeful the first block of 16,000 tickets would be booked immediately because the impact of t
  
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• US to diversify infant formula industry to avoid shortages

  06-07-2022 21:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is looking to help foreign makers of baby formula stay on the U.S. market for the long term, in an effort to diversify the industry after the closure of the largest domestic plant sparked a nationwide shortage.
  The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday was set to announce plans to help overseas producers that have sent supplies to the United States, under emergency approval to address the shortfall, secure long-term authorization to market the
  
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• Three die in head-on crash along Trans-Canada Highway through B.C.’s Shuswap region

  06-07-2022 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHASE, B.C. — RCMP are investigating a head-on crash in British Columbia’s Shuswap region that left three people dead.
  A statement from Chase RCMP says police were called to an area along the Trans-Canada Highway near Sorrento Tuesday afternoon.
  It says all the occupants of both vehicles died at the scene.
  Police say witnesses report a black sedan crossed into the path of an oncoming westbound SUV, hitting it head on.
  The RCMP say the crash killed a 51-year-old Sorrento man, a 67-yea
  
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• A BC woman wants to save orangutans from extinction – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-07-2022 21:00
  
  A BC woman wants to save orangutans from extinction – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Hampered Nadal gets past Fritz at Wimbledon; Kyrgios next

  06-07-2022 20:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Normally so relentless from point to point, Rafael Nadal occasionally would watch as a ball off the racket of Taylor Fritz landed in during the Wimbledon quarterfinals.Wincing from an abdominal issue for which he took a medical timeout, Nadal couldn’t move the way he usually does. His trademark grunts of “Uhhhh!” were rare. He didn’t generate the usual zip on his serves, which dipped from a high of 120 mph to barely above 100 mph. He sought
  
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• Chilliwack housing sales cool to slowest June in 22 years

  06-07-2022 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Sales of homes in Chilliwack and Sardis in June dropped to their lowest level in 22 years as the local housing market recalibrates and edges towards more balanced levels.Compared to a red-hot June 2021 when 335 housing units sold in Chilliwack and Sardis combined, June 2022 finished on a substantially lower note with only 148 housing units sold in Chilliwack and Sardis altogether, a drop of over 55 per cent.“Home sales fell in June to the lowest level for this month sinc
  
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• Ukrainian Canadian Congress calls on Canada to lead effort to oust Russia from G20

  06-07-2022 20:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ukrainian Canadian Congress wants Russia expelled from the G20.
  The group’s president, Alexandra Chyczij, has written to the prime minister asking him to lead a global campaign to expel Russia from the forum of leading economic nations.
  Chyczij says Russia is using the G20 as a platform to lie about its reasons for invading Ukraine. 
  She also says keeping Russia at the table will make it difficult for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to attend the G20 Heads o
  
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• Three Shuswap residents killed in head-on collision on Highway 1 – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-07-2022 20:20
  
  Three Shuswap residents killed in head-on collision on Highway 1 – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Quebec government lawyer defends police power to randomly stop vehicles

  06-07-2022 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec government lawyer is defending the power of police officers to make random traffic stops and is arguing that it’s up to police forces to address racial profiling.
  Michel Déom is making his closing arguments today in Superior Court during a constitutional challenge to random police stops.
  Joseph-Christopher Luamba, a Black Montreal resident, and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association are challenging the power of Canadian police to stop drivers at any time
  
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• B.C. cabinet minister bows out of NDP leadership race before it starts

  06-07-2022 20:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — A New Democrat cabinet minister has taken himself out of the party’s leadership contest to replace British Columbia Premier John Horgan. 
  Economic Recovery Minister Ravi Kahlon says in a statement the time is not right for him to seek the NDP leadership.
  Horgan announced last week that he’ll resign as leader in the fall after the party holds a leadership convention, saying his second bout with cancer left him with little energy for the job.
  Kahlon says he’
  
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• Coach Bob Bradley says Lorenzo Insigne’s Toronto FC debut to be delayed by injury

  06-07-2022 19:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC coach Bob Bradley says a calf injury will likely delay Italian star Lorenzo Insigne’s debut until July 23.
  The former Napoli captain and fellow Italian Domenico Criscito have been waiting for Thursday’s official opening of the MLS’s secondary transfer window. Both are eligible to play Saturday when Toronto (5-10-3) hosts the visiting San Jose Earthquakes (4-7-6).
  But Insigne, who becomes one of TFC’s designated players, has been dealing with a calf injury suffe
  
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• Unsettled B.C. weather prompts flash floods, complicates river level forecasts

  06-07-2022 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The city of Prince George is the latest to feel the lash of torrential downpours linked to ongoing unsettled weather across British Columbia.
  Environment Canada is reporting about six millimetres of rain fell at the Prince George airport Tuesday, but doesn’t mention the localized, intense thunderstorm that deluged the city’s downtown core, flooding several streets.
  A similar downpour forced officials in Penticton to briefly declare a local state of emergency on Mond
  
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• A chronology of Patrick Brown’s political career

  06-07-2022 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A timeline of the ups and downs in Patrick Brown’s political career:
  1998: elected president of the Ontario PC Youth Association.
  2000: elected as city councillor in Barrie, Ont.
  2003: re-elected as Barrie city councillor.
  2006: elected as MP for Barrie.
  2015: elected as leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives.
  Jan. 24, 2018: CTV publishes a report about allegations of sexual misconduct and several of Brown’s top staffers resign.
  Jan. 25, 2018: Brown announces he will step do
  
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• Edmonton Elks add Watson, Lyles and Scarlett to practice roster

  06-07-2022 18:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — American linebacker Tre Watson has found a new home.
  Watson joined the Edmonton Elks practice roster Wednesday. He was released by Montreal on Monday after starting in the Alouettes’ first four games of the season.
  Watson had 24 tackles and a sack this season with Montreal after recording seven tackles over eight games with the CFL club in 2021.
  Edmonton also added Canadian Jamel Lyles and American Jordan Scarlett, both running backs, to the practice roster.
  Lyles, of Surr
  
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• Biden tells with Griner’s wife he’s working to get her home

  06-07-2022 18:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has called the wife of WNBA player Brittney Griner, who is detained in Russia, and has pledged that he is working to win her release as soon as possible, the White House said Wednesday.Biden’s conversation with Griner’s wife, Cherelle Griner, comes after Brittney Griner wrote Biden a letter on Monday. In the letter, Brittney Griner told the president she feared she would spend forever in a Russian jail. She has been detained for four months
  
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• BC city repeals 130-year-old bylaw banning drunken singing – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-07-2022 18:25
  
  BC city repeals 130-year-old bylaw banning drunken singing – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Quebec caught between reducing arsenic emissions from factory and preserving 650 jobs

  06-07-2022 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s government is facing pressure to address the high levels of arsenic emitted from a copper foundry in a small northwestern city without sacrificing the factory’s 650 jobs and the region’s economy.
  A new study released today by Quebec’s public health institute says between one and 14 residents living in Rouyn-Noranda, Que., could develop cancer by the year 2060 if the factory doesn’t reduce its arsenic emissions.
  Public health director Dr. Lu
  
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• CFL names Rourke, Powell and Robertson as its top players for June

  06-07-2022 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke, Saskatchewan running back Jamal Powell and Roughriders defensive lineman Pete Robertson were named the CFL’s top performers for the month of June on Wednesday.
  Rourke, from Victoria, completed 88-of-105 passes (83.8 per cent) for 1,077 yards and a league-high nine touchdown passes in leading B.C. to three straight wins. 
  He threw for 436 yards — a CFL single-game record for a Canadian quarterback — in the Lions’ 4
  
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• Women graduates, those with college educations more likely to access CERB: StatCan

  06-07-2022 17:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A new Statistics Canada study finds women post-secondary graduates were more likely to receive the Canada Emergency Response Benefit in 2020 than male graduates.
  The study also finds that those who graduated in 2018 with college-level educations were more likely to access the benefit than the general working population.
  Statistics Canada compared the proportion of 2010 to 2018 graduates who received CERB based on educational and socio-demographic characteristics to the proportion
  
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• Gun violence in America: A long list of forgotten victims – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-07-2022 17:30
  
  Gun violence in America: A long list of forgotten victims – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Assembly of First Nations delegates reject resolution calling for chief's suspension – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-07-2022 17:30
  
  Assembly of First Nations delegates reject resolution calling for chief's suspension – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• AP source: Cipollone agrees to testify before Jan. 6 panel

  06-07-2022 17:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Pat Cipollone, Donald Trump’s former White House counsel, is scheduled to testify Friday before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a person briefed on the matter.Cipollone, whose reported resistance to Trump’s schemes to overturn his 2020 election defeat has made him a long-sought and potentially revelatory witness, was subpoenaed by the select committee last week after weeks of public pressure to provide test
  
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• Patrick Brown fights back after barred from Conservative leadership race – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-07-2022 16:30
  
  Patrick Brown fights back after barred from Conservative leadership race – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Life, style, etc. – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-07-2022 16:30
  
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• FortisBC, Suncor to partner on Port Moody hydrogen pilot project – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  06-07-2022 16:30
  
  FortisBC, Suncor to partner on Port Moody hydrogen pilot project – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• French government plans to nationalize electricity giant EDF

  06-07-2022 16:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said Wednesday that the government plans to nationalize French electricity giant EDF amid an energy crisis aggravated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
  The French state now holds an 84% stake in the company, one of the world’s biggest electricity producers.
  “We must have full control over our electricity production and performance,” Borne said in her first major speech to France’s parliament. “We must ens
  
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• Court OKs immunity defense in alleged sex trafficker’s death

  06-07-2022 15:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A sex trafficking victim accused of killing a man who allegedly trafficked her can argue at trial that she was justified in killing him, Wisconsin’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a decision that could help define the limits of legal immunity for trafficking victims nationwide.
  Prosecutors say Chrystul Kizer traveled to Randall Volar’s home in Kenosha in June 2018. Kizer, who was 17 at the time, shot him in the head, burned down the house and stole his BM
  
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• How Did People Book Flights Before The Internet?

  06-07-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!In today’s day and age, you can secure a seat on a flight simply with the click of a few buttons. In a matter of minutes, your confirmation will come through on your mobile device and you’ll be ready to jet off to your destination.
  But a little less than a century ago, booking your solo adventure or family vacation wasn’t that easy. Think about the steps you would take to book an upcoming trip. Now think about doing it… without the
  
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• Fraser Valley housing market sees sizeable drop in sales

  06-07-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Fraser Valley real estate market is seeing sales drop for a third consecutive month due to a lack of interest in single-family detached homes.
  Sandra Benz, president of the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board, said that in just two months the market had experienced an overall shift due to a “softening” of demand for said dwellings.
  “The condo and townhome markets, although they have moderated, continue to favour sellers as the sales-to-active listings ratios
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Government must do more to improve health care in Abbotsford

  06-07-2022 14:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  First off, we would like to congratulate the team at Fraser Valley Today as they launch a new site for news, information, opinion, community events and more. Now more than ever, it is vital for people to be able to access timely, accurate information and we are pleased to see another outlet available to Fraser Valley residents and visitors.We also look forward to sharing our opinion pieces as part of this new endeavour, and this week we would like to discuss the state of health care in our commu
  
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• July 4 shooting suspect bought guns legally despite threats

  06-07-2022 14:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — The man charged with killing seven people when he unleashed a hail of bullets on an Independence Day parade from a rooftop in suburban Chicago legally bought the high-powered rifle used in the shooting and four other weapons, despite threatening violence, police said.
  Robert E. Crimo III was charged with seven counts of murder Tuesday in the shooting that sent hundreds of marchers, parents and children fleeing in fear and set off an hourslong manhunt in and aroun
  
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• Giant Elon Musk head by Chilliwack metal artist now complete, ready to be shipped – Mission City Record - Mission City Record

  06-07-2022 14:01
  
  Giant Elon Musk head by Chilliwack metal artist now complete, ready to be shipped – Mission City Record  Mission City Record
  
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• Giant Elon Musk head by Chilliwack metal artist now complete, ready to be shipped – Agassiz Harrison Observer - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  06-07-2022 14:01
  
  Giant Elon Musk head by Chilliwack metal artist now complete, ready to be shipped – Agassiz Harrison Observer  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• Giant Elon Musk head by Chilliwack metal artist now complete, ready to be shipped – Abbotsford News - Abbotsford News

  06-07-2022 14:01
  
  Giant Elon Musk head by Chilliwack metal artist now complete, ready to be shipped – Abbotsford News  Abbotsford News
  
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