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• McManis returns interception for decisive TD as Argos rally to down Riders 30-24

  16-07-2022 23:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WOLFVILLE, N.S. — Wynton McManis returned an interception 50 yards for a touchdown to rally the Toronto Argonauts to a 30-24 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders in an entertaining but often chippy Touchdown Atlantic game Saturday afternoon.
  McManis stepped in front of a Cody Fajardo pass and ran untouched to the endzone at 12:54 of the fourth quarter. Moments later, McLeod Bethel-Thompson found Brandon Banks for the two-point convert to put Toronto ahead 30-24.
  Shaq Richardson cemented t
  
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• Veteran CFL running back Harris registers career milestone

  16-07-2022 22:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WOLFVILLE, N.S. — Chalk up another career milestone for Andrew Harris.
  The Toronto Argonauts veteran running back moved pass Hall of Fame receiver Milt Stegall into fourth in all-time yards from scrimmage.
  Harris came into Toronto’s game Saturday versus the Saskatchewan Roughriders needing 46 yards to move past Stegall (15,209).
  He moved into fourth place impressively in the third quarter,when he took a pass in the backfield from McLeod Bethel-Thompson, headed up field and then hurdl
  
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• B.C. NDP to begin leadership campaign period, new leader to be elected Dec. 3

  16-07-2022 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The New Democrat Party in British Columbia says it will elect a new leader this December. 
  A statement issued today says the campaign period will officially start Sunday.
  The party says voting will begin in November and the results will be announced on Dec. 3. 
  This comes after Premier John Horgan announced late last month that he will not be seeking another term in the 2024 provincial election.
  Horgan said he will resign as leader in the fall, saying his second bout
  
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• Canada’s Charles (Air) Jourdain loses majority decision on UFC Fight Night card

  16-07-2022 22:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ELMONT, N.Y. — Canadian featherweight Charles (Air) Jourdain lost a majority decision to (Hurricane) Shane Burgos on a UFC Fight Night card Saturday.
  The judges scored it 29-28, 29-28 for Burgos with a 28-28 tie.
  Jourdain (13-5-1) finished with a flourish in the third round and connected with more significant strikes throughout (113-42 according to UFC Stats). But Burgos (15-3-0) took him down twice, attempted three submissions and had more than six minutes control time.
  All three judges g
  
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• Canadiens send Petry, Poehling to Penguins for Matheson, fourth-round pick

  16-07-2022 21:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have traded defenceman Jeff Petry and forward Ryan Poehling to the Pittsburgh Penguins for defenceman Mike Matheson and a fourth-round pick in 2023.
  The trade ends a tenure of seven-plus seasons in Montreal for Petry, who was acquired by the Canadiens in a trade with Edmonton on March 2, 2015. 
  He had 70 goals and 178 assists in 508 games with the Canadiens.
  Matheson had 11 goals and 20 assists in 74 games with the Penguins last season and added one g
  
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• B.C. NDP launches leadership contest to elect successor to Premier John Horgan

  16-07-2022 21:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The race to pick the new premier of British Columbia kicks off tomorrow and culminates in December with the selection of a new leader.
  Members of the B.C. New Democratic Party will elect a new leader on Saturday, December 3, following Premier John Horgan’s announcement late last month that he will not seek another term in the next provincial election in 2024.
  “For his last 17 years as an MLA and five as Premier, John Horgan has shown what’s possible when elec
  
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• Herta takes pole position at Honda Indy Toronto qualifying, Canadian DeFrancesco 12th

  16-07-2022 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Colton Herta has taken pole position at the Honda Indy Toronto.
  Herta won qualifying on Saturday afternoon in 59.2698 seconds.
  Three-time Honda Indy champion Scott Dixon was second in 59.3592 and Josef Newgarden was third in 59.5257 on the Exhibition Place street track.
  IndyCar rookie Devlin DeFrancesco of Toronto finished 12th in 1:14.8882, after being penalized in the second round of qualifying.
  Dalton Kellett of Stoufville, Ont., will be 23rd on the starting grid. He did not r
  
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• Canadian judoka Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard wins gold at Zagreb Grand Prix

  16-07-2022 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ZAGREB, Croatia — Canada’s Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard won the gold medal in the women’s under-63-kilogram category Saturday at the Zagreb Grand Prix judo tournament.
  The Montreal native was awarded gold after her final opponent, Colombian Anriquelis Barrios, withdrew with an injury.
  Beauchemin-Pinard beat Brazil’s Ketleyn Quadros in the semifinals after scoring a waza-ari a minute and 20 seconds into the bout and hanging on for the win.
  The Canadian booked her place in t
  
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• 93-year-old Chilliwack man still strumming and singing at weekly country jam nights – Mission City Record - Mission City Record

  16-07-2022 21:10
  
  93-year-old Chilliwack man still strumming and singing at weekly country jam nights – Mission City Record  Mission City Record
  
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• 93-year-old Chilliwack man still strumming and singing at weekly country jam nights – Hope Standard - Hope Standard

  16-07-2022 21:10
  
  93-year-old Chilliwack man still strumming and singing at weekly country jam nights – Hope Standard  Hope Standard
  
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• B.C. company tackling Chilliwack-area mosquitoes by ground and air

  16-07-2022 20:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — There’s a pesky reason mosquitoes are making life miserable for Chilliwack residents during the summer months.An extremely wet spring, coupled with high and sustained near-peak Fraser River levels, are creating an ideal backdrop for active floodwater mosquitoes.Rossland, B.C.-based Morrow BioScience personnel predict the majority of adult floodwater mosquitoes emerged within a week after the peak of the Fraser River, which was measured on July 4.Contingent upon air tempe
  
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• Wildfire near Lytton remains out of control at 1,500 hectares in size: BCWS

  16-07-2022 20:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LYTTON, B.C. — British Columbia’s Wildfire Service says it is bringing in another 21-person unit crew to help fight a wildfire that broke out Thursday nearly two kilometres northwest of Lytton on the other side of the Fraser River.
  This brings the total to four unit crews on site, and the service says 15 structure protection specialists and multiple helicopters are also being mobilized to help contain the blaze. 
  It says there was minimal fire growth overnight Friday into Saturd
  
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• UPDATE: RCMP investigating homicide in downtown Duncan – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-07-2022 20:36
  
  UPDATE: RCMP investigating homicide in downtown Duncan – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Decision to exempt gas turbines from sanctions right thing to do: Freeland

  16-07-2022 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s decision last week to send repaired parts of a Russian natural gas pipeline back to Germany was difficult but necessary, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Saturday.
  The Liberals are facing heavy criticism from Ukraine for exempting six Siemens Energy turbines, which were serviced in Montreal and help deliver gas to parts of Germany, from sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
  Speaking to reporters in a teleconference after a meeting of G-20 finance minis
  
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• Free rides in the Chilliwack fresh air on offer from Cycling without Age group – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-07-2022 20:00
  
  Free rides in the Chilliwack fresh air on offer from Cycling without Age group – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• VIDEO: Bear cools off in pond, scared away by koi carp – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-07-2022 18:12
  
  VIDEO: Bear cools off in pond, scared away by koi carp – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Supreme Court nixes double royalties for streaming or downloading music online – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-07-2022 17:34
  
  Supreme Court nixes double royalties for streaming or downloading music online – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• G20 finance meetings in Bali overshadowed by war in Ukraine – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-07-2022 17:26
  
  G20 finance meetings in Bali overshadowed by war in Ukraine – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Lytton Fire now 1,500 hectares in size

  16-07-2022 16:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LYTTON — The Nohomin Creek wildfire just northwest of the village of Lytton has grown to an estimated 1,500 hectares in size.According to the B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS), the fire size has been updated to 1,500 hectares as a result of wind-driven growth on the west flank, in steep terrain.Fire personnel are dealing with heavy smoke, accessibility challenges, and rugged terrain.Winds are gusting at approximately 30-40 kilometres an hour and pushing the fire west away from communities. The
  
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• Council to vote on proposed cannabis store in downtown Chilliwack this week

  16-07-2022 16:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A proposal to establish a non-medical cannabis retail store does not have the support of municipal staff before Chilliwack City Council votes on it this coming Tuesday.
  City of Chilliwack planning staff are recommending that council not approve the application for a cannabis retail store at 46020 Yale Road, located in the downtown Save-on Foods shopping plaza.Cannabis stores have cropped up throughout Chilliwack following the federal legalization of cannabis in October 2018. T
  
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• 6 people die after storm causes Montana highway pileup

  16-07-2022 16:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Six people have died after a dust storm fueled by wind gusts topping 60 mph caused a pileup on Interstate 90 in Montana, authorities said.Twenty-one vehicles crashed Friday evening and Montana Highway Patrol Sgt. Jay Nelson said authorities believe the weather was the cause.“It appears as though there was heavy winds, causing a dust storm with zero visibility,” he said.
  While the highway patrol did not have an immediate count of the number of injuries, Nelson said additional ambulanc
  
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• EDITORIAL: New leadership heralds new ideas in BC politics – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-07-2022 14:00
  
  EDITORIAL: New leadership heralds new ideas in BC politics – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Ottawa exploring criminal reform as Liberal MP tables bill on long-term care neglect

  16-07-2022 12:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Cathy Legere saw firsthand the conditions that elder residents of long-term care were enduring, and the intense pressure that personal care staff were under, in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. 
  The retired infection control nurse volunteered her services at the Orchard Villa home where her father-in-law, Nick, was a resident, in April 2020 — and said she witnessed a deeply “broken” system before contracting the virus herself. 
  As she isolated h
  
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• Mo Farah’s story draws horror, understanding in Somalia

  16-07-2022 10:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Many Somalis are reacting with horror — and a sense of understanding — at British runner Mo Farah’s tale of being trafficked to Britain as a child and forced to look after other children.
  Olympic champion Farah was born in present-day Somaliland, a territory by the Gulf of Aden that has asserted independence from the Horn of Africa nation of Somalia. In a BBC documentary aired earlier this week Farah revealed how as a boy of 8 or 9 he was separat
  
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• ‘I got the call back’: Alberta police and emergency services recruit Indigenous youth

  16-07-2022 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  STANDOFF, ALBERTA — Const. Tasha Melting Tallow hopes her story will help convince Indigenous youth to consider law enforcement as a lifelong career.
  Melting Tallow, a member of the Blood Tribe, took part in a recruitment drive Friday in Standoff, Alta., a Blackfoot community about 200 kilometres south of Calgary.
  The 24-year-old said she thought about being an officer in high school, but life put that dream on hold.
  “I got pregnant when I was 15. It’s crazy. I kind of left it
  
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• VIDEO: Find Me My Furever Home – Bobbi at the Chilliwack SPCA - Chilliwack Progress

  16-07-2022 09:00
  
  VIDEO: Find Me My Furever Home – Bobbi at the Chilliwack SPCA  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Second coyote attack in two weeks reported in B.C. community - Chilliwack Progress

  16-07-2022 09:00
  
  Second coyote attack in two weeks reported in B.C. community  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Free rides in the Chilliwack fresh air on offer from Cycling without Age group - Chilliwack Progress

  16-07-2022 09:00
  
  Free rides in the Chilliwack fresh air on offer from Cycling without Age group  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• 93-year-old Chilliwack Man Still Strumming And Singing At Weekly Country Jam Nights - Abbotsford News

  16-07-2022 09:00
  
  93-year-old Chilliwack Man Still Strumming And Singing At Weekly Country Jam Nights  Abbotsford News
  
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• 12 Ks for Ray, 12 Ws in row for M’s after 8-3 win in Texas

  16-07-2022 06:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Robbie Ray struck out 12 without a walk over 6 2/3 innings, rookie All-Star center fielder Julio Rodríguez hit a grand slam and the Seattle Mariners extended their longest winning streak in more than two decades to 12 games with an 8-3 win over the Texas Rangers on Friday night.The only time the Mariners had a longer winning streak was their team-record 15 in row in 2001, their last playoff season. Atlanta has the only longer streak in the big leagues this se
  
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• Unbeaten Blue Bombers survive scare to beat Stampeders 26-19

  16-07-2022 06:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Carlton Agudosi caught two touchdown passes in his CFL debut to help the Winnipeg Blue Bombers remain the league’s only unbeaten team after a tense 26-19 victory over the Calgary Stampeders on Friday.
  The six-foot-six Agudosi caught a 16-yard TD pass from quarterback Zach Collaros late in the third quarter, and then leapt in the corner of the end zone for a 10-yard score with 3:56 remaining in the fourth.
  The Bombers moved to 6-0 in the standings in front of a season-high
  
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• Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Secret Service for erased texts

  16-07-2022 05:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol attack subpoenaed the Secret Service on Friday night for text messages agents reportedly deleted around Jan. 6, 2021, as the panel probes Donald Trump’s actions at the time of the deadly siege.
  Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said in a statement that the committee understands the messages had been “erased.” Thompson outlined an aggressive timeline for production of the documents by Tuesday.
  
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• Chez Reavie has late eagle, leads Barracuda Championship

  16-07-2022 04:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Chez Reavie holed a long chip shot for eagle on the par-5 sixth hole and took a three-point lead Friday in the Barracuda Championship.
  Reavie had a 19-point round in the modified Stableford scoring system event at Tahoe Mountain Club, getting five points for the eagle and 14 for seven birdies. Players also receive eight points for albatross, while a point is deducted for bogey and three taken away for double bogey or worse.
  “It’s actually 2 1/2 birdies, s
  
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• At least 5 die after storm causes Montana highway pileup

  16-07-2022 04:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HARDIN, Mont. — At least five people have died after a pileup Friday evening on Interstate 90 in Montana, authorities said.At least 20 vehicles crashed and Montana Highway Patrol Sgt. Jay Nelson said authorities believe the weather was the cause.“It appears as though there was heavy winds, causing a dust storm with zero visibility,” he said.
  While the highway patrol did not have an immediate count of the number of injuries, Nelson said additional ambulances had to be called in
  
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• Hernandez and Chapman hit three-run homers to power Blue Jays to 8-1 win over Royals

  16-07-2022 04:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Teoscar Hernandez and Matt Chapman hit three-run homers and Alek Manoah threw seven strong innings as the Toronto Blue Jays dumped the Kansas City Royals 8-1 on Friday night at Rogers Centre.
  Hernandez went deep off Royals starter Zack Greinke (3-6) in the third inning and Chapman broke things open with a blast off Carlos Hernandez in the fifth.
  Manoah earned his 10th win of the season, allowing four hits and one earned run with six strikeouts. Relievers Trevor Richards and Antho
  
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• Ivana Trump’s death ruled an accident, NYC examiner says

  16-07-2022 04:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Ivana Trump, the first wife of former President Donald Trump and mother to his eldest children, died accidentally from blunt impact injuries to her torso, the New York City medical examiner’s office said Friday.
  Police had been looking into whether she fell down the stairs, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they could not discuss the matter publicly.
  The medical examiner’s brie
  
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• Section of Highway 1 shut down due to vehicle fire in Chilliwack – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-07-2022 02:37
  
  Section of Highway 1 shut down due to vehicle fire in Chilliwack – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Section of Highway 1 shut down due to vehicle fire in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  16-07-2022 02:37
  
  Section of Highway 1 shut down due to vehicle fire in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Toronto Argonauts remain very wary of short-handed Roughriders defence

  16-07-2022 02:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — McLeod Bethel-Thompson isn’t breathing any easier about facing a short-handed Saskatchewan Roughriders defence.
  The CFL’s top-ranked defence will be without starting defensive linemen Pete Robertson and Garrett Marino on Saturday afternoon when Saskatchewan faces the Toronto Argonauts. The 2022 Touchdown Atlantic contest will be held at a sold-out Raymond Field in Wolfville, N.S.
  Robertson, who leads the CFL in sacks (seven) and fumble recoveries (three) is out four-t
  
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• Six homes destroyed, no injuries reported in ‘daunting’ wildfire west of Lytton, B.C.

  16-07-2022 01:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LYTTON, B.C. — A wildfire just west of Lytton, B.C., has burned at least half a dozen homes but is spreading in the opposite direction of the village, officials said Friday. 
  John Haugen, deputy chief of the Lytton First Nation, said conditions are challenging, a day after the blaze broke out nearly two kilometres northwest of Lytton on the other side of the Fraser River.
  “It’s been really daunting. Sometimes there’s no power here and we’re running out of water
  
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• LETTER: New COVID subvariant resists immunity – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-07-2022 01:30
  
  LETTER: New COVID subvariant resists immunity – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Trudeau event at brewery cancelled as apparent convoy protesters set up outside

  16-07-2022 01:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s day of whistle stops in the Ottawa area ended early Friday as anti-Liberal protesters gathered outside a brewery before he arrived.
  Following uneventful stops in Gatineau Park in Quebec and two Ottawa suburbs earlier in the day, Trudeau was on his way to the Brasserie Étienne Brûlé Brewery in Embrun, Ont., about 30 minutes east of Ottawa. The event was called off before he arrived.
  About a dozen protesters gathered across t
  
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• Flood recovery forum in Abbotsford focused on 'breaking down silos' – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-07-2022 00:45
  
  Flood recovery forum in Abbotsford focused on 'breaking down silos' – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Northwest BC public school students report lack of well-being: Survey – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-07-2022 00:30
  
  Northwest BC public school students report lack of well-being: Survey – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• LETTER: A kind gesture between generations – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-07-2022 00:30
  
  LETTER: A kind gesture between generations – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• 2 suspects arrested in probe of deadly 7-Eleven shootings

  16-07-2022 00:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities said Friday that two suspects have been arrested in a series of deadly robberies at Southern California 7-Eleven convenience stores where two people were killed and three wounded.The Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced the arrests on social media. A press conference is scheduled for 5 p.m. No other details were immediately available.
  Police have been seeking a masked gunman suspected of robbing six Southern California stores. It was not i
  
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• CHARTS: How popular did the Abbotsford Canucks become after one year? – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-07-2022 00:10
  
  CHARTS: How popular did the Abbotsford Canucks become after one year? – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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