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• Rogers CEO apologizes for outage, says it came after network maintenance update

  09-07-2022 23:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Questions remain as Rogers Communications continues to restore service after a network outage that affected customers across the country.
  The outage, which lasted more than 15 hours, affected mobile and internet users, preventing calls to 911 services in some Canadian cities, knocking out ATMs and shutting down the Interac payments system.
  Sharif Ahmed, the owner for Plantforsoul plant shop in Toronto’s west end, said the outage left him feeling helpless, as he turned away customers who di
  
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• Two convicted for roles in Abbotsford hog farm protest – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-07-2022 22:36
  
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• Two-time Open champion Norman unwanted guest at St Andrews

  09-07-2022 21:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NORTH BERWICK, Scotland (AP) — Greg Norman once talked about playing in the British Open next week. Now he doesn’t even get to attend the dinner at St. Andrews for past champions.
  Norman, who won the Open at Turnberry in 1986 and at Royal St. George’s in 1993, would have been eligible for the four-hole “Celebration of Champions” exhibition that takes place only at St. Andrews, along with the Champions’ Dinner.
  The R&A said Saturday it contacted Norman to t
  
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• Parkinson SuperWalk happening in Chilliwack and Abbotsford this summer – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-07-2022 20:53
  
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• Parkinson SuperWalk happening in Chilliwack and Abbotsford this summer – Abbotsford News - Abbotsford News

  09-07-2022 20:53
  
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• Northern BC RCMP seize fawn during early morning traffic stop – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-07-2022 20:44
  
  Northern BC RCMP seize fawn during early morning traffic stop – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canadian teams fall in quarterfinals at beach volleyball tournament

  09-07-2022 20:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GSTAAD, Switzerland — Two Canadian duos fell in quarterfinal play Saturday at the Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 beach volleyball competition.
  Melissa Humana-Paredes of Toronto and Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, Ont., dropped a 21-11, 21-13 decision to Brazil’s Duda and Ana Patricia.
  Australia’s Mariafe Artacho and Taliqua Clancy defeated Toronto’s Sophie Bukovec and Brandie Wilkerson 16-21, 21-10, 15-12.Duda and Patricia beat Bukovec and Wilkerson last month in the final of the worl
  
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• VIDEO: Ottawa Blackjacks down Fraser Valley Bandits – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-07-2022 19:30
  
  VIDEO: Ottawa Blackjacks down Fraser Valley Bandits – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• PETEY 2.0: Canucks draft a second Elias Pettersson – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-07-2022 19:30
  
  PETEY 2.0: Canucks draft a second Elias Pettersson – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Van Aert wins 8th stage of Tour, Pogačar extends lead

  09-07-2022 19:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Belgian rider Wout van Aert won the eighth stage of the Tour de France on Saturday in Switzerland and two-time defending champion Tadej Pogačar slightly increased his overall lead.
  Van Aert, who won the fourth stage and wore the yellow jersey for three days, edged Michael Matthews in the sprint to the line on the summit finish.
  Pogačar was third, with the Slovenian rider picking up more valuable bonus seconds, at the end of the hilly 186-kilometer (11
  
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• Predators sign Filip Forsberg to $68M, 8-year contract

  09-07-2022 18:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Nashville Predators have re-signed Filip Forsberg to a $68 million, eight-year contract with an $8.5 million annual salary cap hit.
  The team announced the deal Saturday, getting Forsberg locked up before he could hit the open market when NHL free agency opens next week. He’s now under contract through 2030.
  Forsberg, who turns 28 in August, is coming off the best season of his career. The native of Ostervala, Sweden, set career highs with 42 goals, 42 assi
  
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• Verstappen cruises from pole to win Austrian GP sprint

  09-07-2022 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SPIELBERG, Austria (AP) — Max Verstappen comfortably won the sprint race from pole at the Austrian Grand Prix while Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. almost collided as they scrapped behind him on Saturday.
  Verstappen made a clean start and was untroubled thereafter over 23 laps of the 4.3-kilometer (2.7-mile) Red Bull Ring packed with orange-clad Dutch fans setting off orange flares and cheering on the Formula One champion.
  “It was a decent race,” Verstappen
  
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• Chilliwack Chief Abram Wiebe drafted by NHL's Golden Knights – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-07-2022 18:11
  
  Chilliwack Chief Abram Wiebe drafted by NHL's Golden Knights – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Kazakhstan’s Rybakina wins women’s Wimbledon title, 1st Slam

  09-07-2022 17:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Elena Rybakina beat Ons Jabeur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the Wimbledon final on Saturday to become the first tennis player from Kazakhstan to win a Grand Slam singles championship.Rybakina is a 23-year-old who was born in Moscow and has represented Kazakhstan since 2018, when that country offered her funding to support her tennis career. The switch has been a topic of conversation during Wimbledon, because The All England Club barred all players who represent Russia or Bel
  
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• 'Freedom Convoy' organizer Tamara Lich denied bail, ordered detained until trial – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-07-2022 17:12
  
  'Freedom Convoy' organizer Tamara Lich denied bail, ordered detained until trial – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• ‘Uniquely suited’: Indigenous priest in charge of liturgy for Pope’s visit

  09-07-2022 16:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  When Vatican officials were looking for someone in Canada to act as a liaison for program planning during the Pope’s visit later this month, they had specific criteria. 
  Ideally, the person would have Indigenous heritage, have a connection to the residential school system and speak Italian. 
  This left them with one name: Cristino Bouvette. 
  The 36-year-old Roman Catholic priest from Calgary is Italian through his mother and Cree and Métis through his father. His kokum
  
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• ‘Star power’: Federal politicians use Calgary Stampede to lasso support from voters

  09-07-2022 16:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — There’s more to the Calgary Stampede than a rodeo, cowboy hats and horses — it’s also a major opportunity for politicians.
  Regardless of their political stripe, they into ride into the city looking to lasso partisan support in the form of votes.
  The 10-day festival celebrating the cowboy way of life has attracted all federal leaders, who often take on the persona of duelling gunslingers looking for votes in a game of political one-upmanship.
  Liberal Prime Minist
  
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• ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizers discussed playing ‘race card’ with Métis heritage

  09-07-2022 16:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Organizers of the “Freedom Convoy” discussed using their ties to Métis identity to play the “race card” as part of an overall strategy to control their public image and garner sympathy for their cause, text messages suggest.
  The messages between Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, obtained by Ottawa police and entered as evidence by the Crown in Lich’s bail hearing this week, indicate how acutely aware the organizers were of the optics of the protest.
  
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• B.C. Hospital Employees Union urges better working conditions, higher wages to address staff shortages at Chilliwack General Hospital

  09-07-2022 15:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — If you ask the union representing more than 50,000 hospital employees across the province, tackling chronic staffing shortages at Chilliwack General Hospital requires more than just money.As CGH drops to just two operating rooms this summer as is often the case, and staffing vacancies persist in departments like medical device reprocessing and surgical day care, the union representing nurses and other non-physician staff at hospitals across British Columbia says the Trudeau go
  
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• Rogers reinstates service, Interac e-transfers resume

  09-07-2022 15:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Telecom giant Rogers Communications announced just after 4 a.m. Saturday morning that it has reinstated service for the vast majority of its customers, paving the way for critical e-commerce initiatives like Interac e-transfer to resume.
  “Following our previous updates, we have now restored services for the vast majority of our customers and our technical teams are working hard to ensure that the remaining customers are back online as quickly as possible,” Rogers s
  
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• Federal apology today for racism faced by all-Black Canadian unit in First World War

  09-07-2022 13:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TRURO, N.S. — Federal government and Armed Forces officials will be in Nova Scotia today to issue a formal apology for the treatment of Canada’s only all-Black unit to serve in the First World War.
  The move follows consultations with descendants of the 600 members of the No. 2 Construction Battalion, described as heroes by Defence Minister Anita Anand when she announced plans for the apology in March.
  Hundreds of Black men in Canada were turned away when they volunteered to fight ove
  
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• Canada to use traditional spelling of ‘Türkiye’ following UN move

  09-07-2022 10:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canadian government has quietly changed the name of Turkey to the official Turkish spelling Türkiye in all official communications. 
  The move follows a request by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government for the international community to recognize the authentic spelling of his country’s name.
  Last month Ankara asked the United Nations to ditch the commonly-used spelling of Turkey which is also associated with the edible bird and traditional Christmas dish.
  It is pro
  
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• Eugenio Suárez homers in 11th as Mariners top Blue Jays 5-2

  09-07-2022 09:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Eugenio Suárez hit a three-run homer off Sergio Romo in the 11th inning, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 on Friday night for their season-best sixth straight victory.Suárez didn’t miss on a 2-1 slider from Romo (0-1) and kept it fair down the left field line. It was his 15th home run of the season and improved Seattle to 43-42, the first time the Mariners have been above .500 since they were 12-11 on May 2.Romo threw just four pitc
  
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• Parkinson SuperWalk happening in Chilliwack and Abbotsford this summer - Abbotsford News

  09-07-2022 09:00
  
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• Chilliwack woman to celebrate birthday with 100-km ultra marathon fundraiser for Special Olympics - Chilliwack Progress

  09-07-2022 09:00
  
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• Chilliwack Chief Abram Wiebe drafted by NHL's Golden Knights - Chilliwack Progress

  09-07-2022 09:00
  
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• Abe’s body arrives in Tokyo as country mourns ex-PM’s death

  09-07-2022 07:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TOKYO (AP) — The body of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was returned to Tokyo on Saturday after he was fatally shot during a campaign speech in western Japan a day earlier.
  Abe was attacked in the city of Nara and airlifted to a local hospital but died of blood loss despite emergency treatment including massive blood transfusions. Police arrested the attacker, a former member of Japan’s navy, at the scene on suspicion of murder. Police confiscated the homemade gun he
  
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• Second-half surge drives Minnesota to 3-1 win over Whitecaps in MLS

  09-07-2022 07:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps gave up three second-half goals to visiting Minnesota United, who battled back from a 1-0 deficit for a 3-1 win in Major League Soccer on Friday.
  Striker Luis Amarilla gave Minnesota the lead in the 84th minute with a hard shot from outside the top of the box at B.C. Place Stadium.
  Defender Kemar Lawrence tied the match 1-1 in the 71st minute when he took a looping pass from midfielder D. J. Taylor and drilled a shot past Whitecaps goalkeeper Cody Croppe
  
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• Saskatchewan Roughriders down Ottawa Redblacks 28-13

  09-07-2022 06:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders played their most complete game of the season Friday with a 28-13 win over the visiting Ottawa Redblacks.
  The Roughriders (4-1) took control of the game scoring 19 points in the second quarter to keep the Redblacks winless in four games this season.Ottawa lost their first three games of the season by a combined margin of 12 points, but they struggled to keep pace with the Roughriders.
  Saskatchewan lost defensive lineman Pete Robertson, the CFL leader i
  
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• Canadian women qualify for 2023 World Cup with 1-0 win over stubborn Panama side

  09-07-2022 06:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTERREY, Mexico — Canada qualified for the 2023 World Cup on Friday, downing a stubborn Panama side 1-0 at the CONCACAF W Championship.
  Costa Rica’s 4-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago earlier in the day meant beating Panama would secure qualification for the Canadian women with one group game remaining at the eight-team tournament.Friday’s results assure Olympic champion Canada (2-0-0) of a top-two finish in Pool B and a berth in the semifinals which means making the World Cup
  
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• Canada’s Adam Svensson maintains lead in PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championship

  09-07-2022 04:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Canada’s Adam Svensson shot a 5-under 67 and had a three-stroke lead in the Barbasol Championship when second-round play Friday at water-logged Keene Trace was suspended because of darkness.
  Svensson of Surrey, B.C., had a 15-under 129 total at Keene Trace, where a mid-day thunderstorm followed dense morning fog. Play was delayed for five hours, 20 minutes, with half the field unable to finish the round.
  The rain softened the greens even more than the first
  
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• Interac e-transfer, debit outage shuts down e-commerce across Canada into Friday night

  09-07-2022 04:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The ability to conduct commercial debit and e-transfer transactions came to a screeching halt Friday and lasted into the evening following the nationwide outage of Rogers business and consumer network services.Interac debit and e-transfer services remained unavailable Friday night.Interac said on its Twitter feed Friday night that Rogers has made progress to restore service, but no estimated time of service reinstatement was available.
  “Rogers communicated they are makin
  
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• LETTER: Kids are going to explore their sexuality whether Chilliwack school trustees like it or not – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-07-2022 03:30
  
  LETTER: Kids are going to explore their sexuality whether Chilliwack school trustees like it or not – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• LETTER: Drug dealers are selling poison – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-07-2022 02:30
  
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• Several Abbotsford players heading to Canucks Development Camp – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-07-2022 01:54
  
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• Blue Jays catcher Kirk, first baseman Guerrero Jr. to start All-Star game

  09-07-2022 01:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk and first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., were among players elected Friday to start in the July 19 All-Star game.
  Kirk joins Miami second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. in making their All-Star debuts after finishing atop their positions in the second round of fan voting.
  Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels, and outfielders Mookie Betts and Trea Turner of the host Dodgers will also start.
  Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees and Ronald Acu&nt
  
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• LETTER: Chilliwack gas prices should not include Metro Vancouver transit tax – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-07-2022 01:30
  
  LETTER: Chilliwack gas prices should not include Metro Vancouver transit tax – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Forward Alex DeBrincat says he’s excited to join the Ottawa Senators

  09-07-2022 01:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Alex DeBrincat and the Ottawa Senators have mutual goals and each side is hoping the other will be the key to fulfilling them.
  The Senators acquired the 24-year-old DeBrincat from the Chicago Blackhawks in a trade Thursday just hours before the start of the NHL draft. 
  Senators general manager Pierre Dorion gave up three draft picks in the deal, including Ottawa’s first- (No. 7) and second-round selections (No. 39) this year and a third-round pick in 2024. 
  DeBrinc
  
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• Biden speaks to sister of US executive detained in Russia

  09-07-2022 01:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden spoke by phone Friday with the sister of Paul Whelan, an American who has been imprisoned in Russia for more than three years, according to the White House.
  Biden’s phone call to Elizabeth Whelan came after Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris s poke earlier this week to the wife of WNBA star Brittney Griner, who has been held for more than four months in Russia. Griner pleaded guilty this week to drug charges. Biden also wrote a letter to Grin
  
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• Wildfire smoke, heat warnings up for many parts of Canada’s North: Environment Canada

  09-07-2022 01:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WHITEHORSE — Several parts of Northern Canada are enveloped in smoke from wildfires along with unusually high seasonal temperatures.
  Yukon has seen a huge leap in the number of blazes with just over 846 square kilometres of land scorched this year, while heat warnings and air quality statements are in effect in the Northwest Territories and part of Nunavut. 
  Yukon fire information officer Mike Fancie says there have been 161 active wildfires in that territory this season, compared wit
  
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• Edwards, Pellington thriving as leaders on Canada’s Globl Jam under-23 team

  09-07-2022 00:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canada’s senior women’s basketball team sat courtside at Mattamy Athletic Centre as under-23 stars Aaliyah Edwards, Merissah Russell and Shaina Pellington dismantled France on Thursday.
  The Canadian women went a perfect 3-0 through the preliminary round of the inaugural FIBA Globl Jam. They face the United States in Saturday’s semifinals of the under-23 tournament that has been a terrific chance for younger players like Edwards and Pellington to hone leadership
  
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• LETTER: Millions of people are slaves, but not you – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-07-2022 00:30
  
  LETTER: Millions of people are slaves, but not you – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Child allegedly taken from Toronto subway station found safe, police say

  09-07-2022 00:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto police say they’ve found a man and a toddler he’s alleged to have taken from an east-end subway station.Investigators say no injuries have been reported.
  Police previously said a man had taken a stroller with a toddler in it around 5 p.m. at Victoria Park station.
  They said the pair had last been seen heading east on the subway.
  Subway service was stopped while officers searched for the man and child, but police now say service is resuming.
  Police say the child is two years o
  
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• Abbotsford's municipal flag makes it to final round of online contest – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-07-2022 00:21
  
  Abbotsford's municipal flag makes it to final round of online contest – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Organizers of papal visit warn not to buy tickets to open-air mass from resellers

  09-07-2022 00:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Organizers of the Pope’s visit to Canada are warning the public not to buy tickets from resellers online, saying they may not be legitimate.
  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 earlier in the week. 
  The July 26 mass with Pope Francis is part of his six-day Canadian tour, which also includes stops in Quebec City and Iqaluit
  
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