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• Chilliwack senior fears homelessness as she faces rental crisis head on – Clearwater Times - Clearwater Times

  18-07-2022 23:50
  
  Chilliwack senior fears homelessness as she faces rental crisis head on – Clearwater Times  Clearwater Times
  
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• B.C. Finance Minister Selina Robinson says she’ll ‘pass’ on NDP leadership run

  18-07-2022 23:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia Finance Minister Selina Robinson says timing is everything, and after looking ahead five to eight years, she has decided not to run to replace John Horgan as premier. 
  Robinson is the second considered front-runner to exclude themselves from a chance at the top job after Jobs Minister Ravi Kahlon recently said he didn’t want the post either. 
  Horgan announced last month that he would be stepping down in the fall and the New Democratic Party said
  
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• QA: director Jordan Peele on the dreams and nightmares of 'Nope' – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  18-07-2022 23:30
  
  QA: director Jordan Peele on the dreams and nightmares of 'Nope' – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Eight and counting: another overpass hit by a truck - Chilliwack Progress

  18-07-2022 23:13
  
  Eight and counting: another overpass hit by a truck  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Senate panel subpoenas federal prisons director to testify

  18-07-2022 23:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The outgoing director of the Bureau of Prisons has been subpoenaed to testify before a Senate committee examining abuse and corruption in the beleaguered federal agency.Michael Carvajal was served a subpoena to appear at a hearing later this month. The subpoena was announced Monday by Sen. Jon Ossoff, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.The committee’s subpoena follows an investigation by The Associated Press exposing systemic is
  
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• Ottawa to provide $870 million to support B.C. flood, landslide recovery efforts

  18-07-2022 22:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Canada’s emergency preparedness minister says Ottawa is providing $870 million to support recovery efforts after destructive flooding in British Columbia last fall.
  Bill Blair says the money is the first payment as part of a commitment the federal government made in the immediate aftermath of the severe weather, with more to come.
  He says the money is being distributed through the disaster financial assistance program.
  British Columbia has asked for about $5 billion from
  
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• Kamloops Rockslide camp cancelled; deadlines extended for Chilliwack and Parksville Camps - Curl BC

  18-07-2022 22:44
  
  Kamloops Rockslide camp cancelled; deadlines extended for Chilliwack and Parksville Camps  Curl BC
  
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• Montreal Canadiens sign goaltender Samuel Montembeault to two-year deal

  18-07-2022 22:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens agreed to a two-year, one-way contract with goaltender Samuel Montembeault on Monday.
  The 25-year-old restricted free agent compiled an 8-18-6 record in 38 games with the Canadiens in 2021-22.
  Montembeault also put up an .891 save percentage, a 3.77 goals-against average and one shutout — the first of his NHL career.
  Claimed off waivers by Montreal last October, the six-foot-three, 199-pound native of Becancour, Que., is heading into his sixth season
  
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• Historic achievement is nice, but Johnston still in search of first Elite Series win

  18-07-2022 22:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It wasn’t quite enough to secure Cory Johnston his first Elite Series victory, but the Canadian will forever own a piece of circuit history.
  The Cavan, Ont., angler became the first competitor to weigh over 100 pounds of smallmouth bass Sunday in the Elite Series event on the St. Lawrence River in Clayton, N.Y. 
  Moments later, though, American rookie Jay Przekurat became the second to finish two pounds, four ounces ahead of Johnston and leave the Canadian still in search of his first
  
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• Independent Investigations Office (IIO) investigating death of man in Mission

  18-07-2022 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION —The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) is investigating the death of a man in Mission.
  Early Saturday morning (July 16), police responded to a report of a man pacing the northbound sidewalk on the Mission Bridge.
  It is reported that the man had a weapon and climbed over the railing when an officer attempted to take him into custody. The man subsequently fell into the water below.
  The man was pronounced deceased after search and rescue located his body a short time later.
  The
  
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• Police laud actions of man who killed Indiana mall attacker

  18-07-2022 20:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GREENWOOD, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say the person who shot five people at a suburban Indianapolis shopping mall, killing three of them, before a shopper shot and killed him was a 20-year-old local man.
  Greenwood Police Chief James Ison said at a news conference Monday that Jonathan Sapirman, of Greenwood, began firing after leaving a bathroom at the Greenwood Park Mall shortly before it closed Sunday evening.
  Sapirman continued shooting people until a 22-year-old man who was legally armed
  
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• Chilliwack's Ruth and Naomi's Mission hires new executive director - Chilliwack Progress

  18-07-2022 20:30
  
  Chilliwack's Ruth and Naomi's Mission hires new executive director  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Patrick Brown says he will seek re-election in Brampton mayoral race this fall

  18-07-2022 20:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Weeks after his bid for the federal Conservative leadership came to an abrupt end over allegations of wrongdoing, Patrick Brown announced Monday he will seek to stay on as mayor of Brampton, Ont., officially throwing his hat in the the ring for the fall municipal election.
  Brown, who served as mayor since 2018, had previously said he would consider seeking re-election if it seemed like he couldn’t win the federal leadership. 
  However, he insisted Monday that entering the local race sh
  
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• VIDEO: California school district builds affordable housing to attract teachers - Chilliwack Progress

  18-07-2022 20:02
  
  VIDEO: California school district builds affordable housing to attract teachers  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Trial begins for Jake Virtanen, former Canucks forward charged with sexual assault

  18-07-2022 20:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The trial for a former Canucks forward accused of sexual assault has begun in Vancouver. 
  Jake Virtanen was in B.C. Supreme Court as Justice Catherine Wedge gave instructions to the 12-member jury on Monday.
  Virtanen, a 25-year-old native of Abbotsford, B.C., was charged with one count of sexual assault in January following a police investigation into an incident that took place on Sept. 26, 2017, when Virtanen was playing for the Canucks.
  Vancouver police launched the inv
  
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• Hockey Canada had abuse claim reserve fund: court documents

  18-07-2022 19:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  An affidavit filed in an Ontario court case suggests Hockey Canada has maintained a fund to pay for uninsured liabilities, including sexual abuse claims. 
  The detail is included in a July 2021 affidavit sworn by Glen McCurdie, who was then Hockey Canada’s vice-president of insurance and risk management, as part of a lawsuit launched by an injured player in Ontario. 
  “Hockey Canada maintains a reserve in a segregated account to pay for any such uninsured liabilities as they
  
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• Coalition Avenir Québec under fire for election ad described as exploitative

  18-07-2022 19:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s governing party is defending itself against accusations it underpaid and took advantage of a woman who appeared in a widely promoted election ad.
  The Coalition Avenir Québec is being heavily criticized on social media for a series of short ads on television and online, depicting a woman in the Mauricie region lauding the party and its leader, Premier François Legault.
  The woman’s daughter, Chantal Landry, says the family thought the interview w
  
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• Abbotsford Police respond to shots fired call resulting in vehicle collision

  18-07-2022 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Early Monday morning (July 18) at approximately 4:37 a.m., Abbotsford Police responded to shots fired within the 34700 block of Townshipline Road.En route to the call, one patrol vehicle was involved in a serious motor vehicle collision in the 3600 block of George Ferguson Way. Two officers are in hospital with life-threatening injuries.
  Upon arrival at the call, police determined a home invasion occured at a marijuana grow operation; no victims were located.
  George Ferguson W
  
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• PHOTOS: Fraser Valley Pride celebration comes to Mission - Chilliwack Progress

  18-07-2022 18:30
  
  PHOTOS: Fraser Valley Pride celebration comes to Mission  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Former Alouettes coach Khari Jones joins Ticats’ football operations staff

  18-07-2022 18:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — Former Montreal Alouettes head coach Khari Jones has joined the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ front office as a football operations consultant.
  The Ticats announced Jones’s hiring in a release Monday.
  Jones was fired by the Alouettes during the team’s Week 5 bye after a 1-3 start to the season. General manager Danny Maciocia took over behind the bench on an interim basis.
  Jones was promoted from offensive coordinator to head coach by former Alouettes GM Kavis Reed befor
  
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• Transportation Safety Board of Canada investigates fatal seaplane crash in Quebec

  18-07-2022 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating a seaplane crash in Quebec’s Mauricie region that killed a 63-year-old man.
  Provincial police say they were called around 3:45 p.m. on Sunday after witnesses reported that a seaplane had plunged into the St-Maurice river, in Shawinigan, Que., about 150 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
  Shawinigan resident René Martel was pulled from the plane and taken to hospital where he was declared dead. 
  Sgt. Audre
  
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• Gusty winds forecast near Lytton, B.C., as wildfire remains out of control

  18-07-2022 17:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LYTTON, B.C. — Showers are likely over the northern end of British Columbia’s Fraser Canyon, potentially aiding crews battling a 17-square kilometre wildfire just west of the village of Lytton.
  But Environment Canada says any rain will also be accompanied by very blustery winds.
  The weather office is calling for a 60 per cent chance of showers around Lytton and warns of the chance of thundershowers, while winds are expected to gust up to 70 km/h later in the day.
  Those conditions cov
  
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• A month after contracting COVID-19, De Grasse withdraws from world 200 metres

  18-07-2022 17:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EUGENE, Ore. — Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse has withdrawn from the 200 metres at the world track and field championships, the event in which he won Olympic gold last summer in Tokyo.
  The 27-year-old from Markham, Ont., tested positive for COVID-19 less than a month ago, and told The Canadian Press that whether he would run the 200 in Eugene would be a “game-time decision.”The 200-metre heats were scheduled for Monday evening. Athletics Canada confirmed his withdrawal.
  D
  
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• ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizer Pat King granted bail

  18-07-2022 17:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Pat King, an organizer of the “Freedom Convoy” that paralyzed downtown Ottawa for three weeks last winter, has been granted bail.
  The decision was delivered in an Ottawa courtroom Monday by Superior Court Justice Anne London-Weinstein.
  The proceedings were covered by a publication ban.
  King nodded as the judge’s reasons were handed down, wearing a plaid shirt and his hair in a long braid.
  In the courtroom, supporters wearing t-shirts that said “Free Pat Kin
  
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• Vanessa Gilles making her presence felt with Canadian women’s soccer team

  18-07-2022 16:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A rock in the heart of the defence and an aerial threat at the other end of the pitch, Vanessa Gilles has become an important member of the Canadian women’s soccer team.
  The 26-year-old from Ottawa is one-half of Canada’s preferred centre back pairing with Chelsea’s Kadeisha Buchanan, a veteran of 123 internationals. Gilles has played in three of Canada’s four games at the CONCACAF W Championship, helping the sixth-ranked Canadians reach Monday’s final against the t
  
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• Don McLean looks back at his masterpiece, ‘American Pie’ - Chilliwack Progress

  18-07-2022 16:30
  
  Don McLean looks back at his masterpiece, ‘American Pie’  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Summer at Cedarbrook: Inside Chilliwack's new mountain escape - Chilliwack Progress

  18-07-2022 15:00
  
  Summer at Cedarbrook: Inside Chilliwack's new mountain escape  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Biden delivers tough talk on Iran as he opens Mideast visit

  18-07-2022 14:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday opened his first visit to the Mideast since taking office by offering anxious Israeli leaders strong reassurances of his determination to stop Iran’s growing nuclear program, saying he’d be willing to use force as a “last resort.”
  The president’s comments came in an interview with Israel’s Channel 12 taped before he left Washington and broadcast Wednesday, hours after the country’s political leaders
  
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• Damning report, new footage show chaos of Uvalde response

  18-07-2022 11:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UVALDE, Texas (AP) — A damning report and hours of body camera footage further laid bare the chaotic response to a mass shooting at a Uvalde elementary school, where hundreds of law enforcement officers massed but then waited to confront a gunman even after a child’s 911 call from inside the building.
  The findings of an investigative committee released Sunday were the first to criticize both state and federal law enforcement, and not just local authorities in the South Texas city for
  
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• Church fundraising questions, politician private plane use: In The News for July 18

  18-07-2022 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of July 18 …
  What we are watching in Canada …
  When 48 Catholic church entities signed on to fundraise $25 million for survivors under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, it was spelled out they would do so through their “best efforts.”
  Ken Young puts it another way. 
  “It was a weasel clau
  
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• Catholic dioceses failed in past to raise money promised to survivors. Will they now?

  18-07-2022 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — When 48 Catholic church entities signed on to fundraise $25 million for survivors under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, it was spelled out they would do so through their “best efforts.”
  Ken Young puts it another way. 
  “It was a weasel clause,” the former Manitoba regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations said in a recent interview. 
  “And they used it.”
  In total, that fundraising campaign raised less than $4 m
  
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• After guilty pleas, ex-PQ leader André Boisclair to be sentenced for sex assaults

  18-07-2022 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Former Parti Québécois leader Andre Boisclair will find out today whether a judge will accept a jointly recommended sentence stemming from his guilty plea in two sexual assault cases.
  Boisclair admitted last month to sexually assaulting two men he met online at his Montreal apartment in January 2014 and November 2015, with the victims telling the court last month they were scarred by their encounters with the former provincial politician.
  He pleaded guilty to one c
  
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• Chilliwack senior fears homelessness as she faces rental crisis head on - Victoria News

  18-07-2022 09:00
  
  Chilliwack senior fears homelessness as she faces rental crisis head on  Victoria News
  
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• Chilliwack senior fears homelessness as she faces rental crisis head on - Port Alberni Valley News - Alberni Valley News

  18-07-2022 09:00
  
  Chilliwack senior fears homelessness as she faces rental crisis head on - Port Alberni Valley News  Alberni Valley News
  
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• 2022 midterms: What to watch in Maryland’s primary elections

  18-07-2022 06:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Republican race for Maryland governor in Tuesday’s primary election pits a candidate backed by outgoing Gov. Larry Hogan against a rival endorsed by Donald Trump.
  It’s an early showdown on Hogan’s home turf as he weighs a 2024 White House bid, potentially against the former president.
  On the Democratic side, the crowded candidate field includes the former head of the national Democratic Party, a bestselling author, the current state comptroller a
  
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• Sons of All-Stars Holliday, Jones go 1-2 in MLB draft

  18-07-2022 05:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matt Holliday heard from agent Scott Boras that his son was about to be picked first in baseball’s amateur draft, and the 2007 batting champion didn’t let on.
  “That was kind of cool,” Jackson Holliday said later. “He’s like, ‘All right, you’re just going to find out.’ That was really, really neat, and something I’ll probably never forget.”
  Jackson watched on television about 30 seconds later Sunday when ba
  
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• Bull rider Buttar fit to be tied in Stampede rodeo

  18-07-2022 04:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Dakota Buttar didn’t mind sharing the spotlight with Shane Proctor at the Calgary Stampede rodeo on Sunday.
  Both Buttar and Proctor posted scores of 88.5 points atop their bulls in a bonus round of action of the marquee event in front of a near capacity crowd at GMC Stadium.
  “Shane’s a good guy, I’ve looked up to him for a long time,” said the 29-year-old Buttar of Eatonia, Sask., in regards to the 37-year-old Proctor who hails from Grand Coulee, Was
  
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• Chez Reavie wins Barracuda for 3rd PGA Tour title

  18-07-2022 04:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Chez Reavie won the Barracuda Championship on Sunday, holding on in the breezy final round of the PGA Tour’s lone modified Stableford scoring event for his third tour title.
  Six points ahead entering the day, Reavie had a six-point round for a one-point victory over Alex Noren on Tahoe Mountain Club’s Old Greenwood layout.
  The 40-year-old Reavie became the first PGA Tour winner 40 or over since Lucas Glover a year ago in the 2021 John Deere Classic. The A
  
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• Chief: 3 dead in Indiana mall shooting; witness kills gunman

  18-07-2022 03:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GREENWOOD, Ind. (AP) — Three people were fatally shot and two were injured Sunday evening at an Indiana mall after a man with a rifle opened fire in a food court and an armed civilian shot and killed him, police said.
  The man entered the Greenwood Park Mall with a rifle and several magazines of ammunition and began firing in the food court, Greenwood Police Department Chief Jim Ison said.
  An armed civilian killed the man, Ison said at a news conference. In total, four people were killed an
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of July 17, 2022

  18-07-2022 02:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.Name: HURLEY, Coralee
  HURLEY, Coralee
  Age: 38
  Height: 5’4″ ft
  Weight:141 lbs
  Hair: Brown
  Eyes: Hazel
  Wanted: Theft of motor vehicle
  Warrant in effect: July 12, 2022
  Parole Jurisdiction: Chilliwack, BC
  Name: TORRES, Melqui
  TORRES, Melqui
  Age: 27
  Height: 5’8″ ft
  Weight: 135 lbs
  Hair: Black
  Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Aggravated assault
  Warrant in effect: July 8
  
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• Canada’s Rogers wins historic silver in women’s hammer throw at world championship

  18-07-2022 02:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EUGENE, Ore. — Canada’s Camryn Rogers spun four times in the circle, then unleashed a hammer throw that soared straight into the history books.
  The 23-year-old from Richmond, B.C., threw 75.52 metres to win silver at the world track and field championships on Sunday, not only Canada’s first world medal in women’s hammer, but the country’s first women’s podium finish in a field event — period.
  But climbing the medal podium in her world debut didn’t
  
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• Smith rallies to beat McIlroy at British Open for 1st major

  18-07-2022 01:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — The stage at St. Andrews was all set for Rory McIlroy.
  The show belonged to Cameron Smith, and so did that silver claret jug he won in a Sunday stunner at the British Open with the best closing round the Old Course had ever seen.
  Smith was four shots behind at the start as a record crowd was eager to see McIlroy cap off a week of celebrations at the 150th Open in style. He was three behind when he made the turn.
  And then the plucky Australian with his magical p
  
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• Royal Canadian Legion Branch 295 spreads cheer for Christmas in July

  18-07-2022 01:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK —The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 295 Chilliwack-Vedder headquarters felt merry and bright Sunday afternoon, as guests got into the spirit of giving for the Christmas in July fundraiser.
  President of the Ladies Auxiliary for Branch 295, Pat Broome, said one way or another, all funds raised would go to a good cause.
  “Christmas in July means to us a chance to meet the community and show that we work together for the branch and for the community,” Broome said. “Al
  
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• VIDEO: Two die in Maple Ridge crash – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  18-07-2022 00:45
  
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• 6-month suspension for BC nurse who created fake vaccine cards – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  18-07-2022 00:30
  
  6-month suspension for BC nurse who created fake vaccine cards – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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