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• Visitors urged to love Sea-to-Sky region, but @dontloveittodeath - Chilliwack Progress

  20-07-2022 23:30
  
  Visitors urged to love Sea-to-Sky region, but @dontloveittodeath  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Redblacks, Alouettes meet in clash of CFL teams desperate for a win

  20-07-2022 23:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Ottawa Redblacks quarterback Caleb Evans says every week is a big week when you’re still looking for your first win.
  The Redblacks (0-5-0) will host the Montreal Alouettes (1-4-0), who are coming off a disappointing 32-31 loss to Edmonton, for a Thursday matchup of two teams eager for a win.
  With starting quarterback Jeremiah Masoli on the sidelines with an injury, the Redblacks will be turning to Evans once again this week.
  “It’s a big week, like every week, especially you&rsq
  
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• Dassanayake returns for second stint as Canada men’s cricket coach

  20-07-2022 23:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Pubudu Dassanayake is returning for a second stint as Canada men’s cricket coach.
  The former Sri Lankan international, who switched his international allegiance to Canada after emigrating here, succeeds South African-born Amarinder Bhinder, who had served as interim coach since November 2018.Dassanayake was first appointed Canadian coach in August 2007, after retiring as a player and serving as acting coach for several months. He helped Canada qualify for the 2011 World Cup
  
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• Elks face big challenge taking on unbeaten Bombers in Winnipeg

  20-07-2022 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A huge challenge awaits Taylor Cornelius and the Edmonton Elks.
  Cornelius helped rally the Elks (2-4) to a 32-31 road win over the Montreal Alouettes last week in his first start of the season.
  But on Friday night, Edmonton not only faces the unbeaten Winnipeg Blue Bombers (6-0) but does so at IG Field.
  The defending Grey Cup champions are the CFL’s lone undefeated team after knocking off previously unbeaten squads in consecutive weeks. Winnipeg dispatched the B.C. Lions 43-22 at B.C. Plac
  
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• Review committee recommends Quebec Justice Gérard Dugré be removed from office

  20-07-2022 23:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A Canadian Judicial Council inquiry committee says a Quebec judge who displayed “aggressive and disagreeable” attitudes toward lawyers and failed to render decisions on time should be removed from office.
  The committee began looking into Justice Gérard Dugré, who was appointed to the Superior Court in 2009, after a number of complaints were filed about his conduct on the bench. 
  Its 285-page decision says he committed acts that constitute “seri
  
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• VIDEO: Builder of 2022 PNE Prize Home proud of creation - Chilliwack Progress

  20-07-2022 23:00
  
  VIDEO: Builder of 2022 PNE Prize Home proud of creation  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Man wanted for escaping Abbotsford prison is arrested in Mission - Chilliwack Progress

  20-07-2022 22:35
  
  Man wanted for escaping Abbotsford prison is arrested in Mission  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Black Press’ career, education event coming to Maple Ridge - Chilliwack Progress

  20-07-2022 22:27
  
  Black Press’ career, education event coming to Maple Ridge  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Williams suspended, Richardson fined by CFL for Touchdown Atlantic incident

  20-07-2022 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The CFL has suspended Saskatchewan Roughrider receiver Duke Williams for one game and fined Toronto defensive back Shaq Richardson for their altercation before the Touchdown Atlantic game Saturday in Halifax.
  Williams ripped off Richardson’s helmet and threw it at him after the league says Richardson instigated the confrontation by crossing into Saskatchewan’s territory during pre-game warmups.
  There were no penalties announced to start the contest and both players we
  
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• Coroner’s office orders inquest into 2019 killing of Montreal woman and her two sons

  20-07-2022 21:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s chief coroner, Pascale Descary, is ordering a public inquest into the 2019 killing of a Montreal woman and her two young children.
  Descary says the inquest will also probe the suicide of the woman’s husband and the children’s father, who is believed to have killed his family before he killed himself.
  In a news release, Descary says new facts have come to light in recent days that require further investigation, but she did not give details.
  Coroner Alai
  
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• Indiana Republicans propose banning abortion with exceptions

  20-07-2022 21:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Leaders of Indiana’s Republican-dominated Senate on Wednesday proposed banning abortion with limited exceptions — a move that comes amid a political firestorm over a 10-year-old rape victim who came to the state from neighboring Ohio to end her pregnancy.
  The proposal will be taken up during a special legislative session that is scheduled to begin Monday, making Indiana one of the first Republican-run states to debate tighter abortion laws following the U.S.
  
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• What it means if you’re randomly selected at the airport for a COVID-19 test

  20-07-2022 21:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — You’ve just returned from a fabulous trip abroad. You make it through Canadian customs, ready to get home and settle back into normal life, or at least the new normal you’ve established since the pandemic. 
  Unvaccinated people arriving in Canada need to take a test but your shots are up to date, you’re in the clear! Then you get a ping from your inbox: you’ve been selected for a random, off-site COVID-19 test.
  Here’s what it means, and what you h
  
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• More doctors across Canada should prescribe safer drugs to reduce overdoses: minister

  20-07-2022 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Canada’s minister of mental health and addictions says more doctors across the country should be willing to prescribe a safer supply of drugs instead of fearing they will be investigated by their regulatory colleges.
  Carolyn Bennett told a news conference in Vancouver that a guidance document by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia could be very helpful in other provinces and territories.
  The B.C. college has said physicians who prescribe pharmaceuti
  
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• Jordan Perruzza making the most of his time with Toronto FC’s new Italian crew

  20-07-2022 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Young striker Jordan Perruzza is smiling a lot at Toronto FC these days.
  The 21-year-old from Woodbridge, Ont., is fluent in Italian and well-versed in Italian soccer, having moved there at 13 to join Empoli’s youth setup. Now with his hometown MLS club, Perruzza is training daily and sharing a locker-room with newly arrived Italian stars Lorenzo Insigne, Federico Bernardeschi and Domenico Criscito.
  “It’s been amazing,” Perruzza said with a broad grin. &ld
  
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• Canadian twins Chase and Sydney Brown set to make American college football history

  20-07-2022 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  They were born together, they grew up together and attend the same American university. 
  Next week, Canadians Chase and Sydney Brown will make U.S. college football history together.
  The Browns, identical twins from London, Ont., will represent Illinois at the Big Ten media days Tuesday and Wednesday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. It’s reportedly the first time in U.S. college football history that twins will participate in a media day event together.
  Illinois’ session is
  
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• Joint investigation stops Hells Angels ‘support club’ from expanding into Kamloops - Chilliwack Progress

  20-07-2022 21:19
  
  Joint investigation stops Hells Angels ‘support club’ from expanding into Kamloops  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Hockey Canada execs, CHL president set to answer more questions from MPs next week

  20-07-2022 21:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Hockey Canada CEO Scott Smith and predecessor Tom Renney will be back in Ottawa next week as members of Parliament continue to press the under-fire federation for answers about its handling of an alleged sexual assault and out-of-court settlement that has rocked the sport.
  Smith, Renney, former Hockey Canada vice-president of insurance and risk management Glen McCurdie, and Canadian Hockey League president Dan MacKenzie are scheduled to testify in front of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heri
  
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• E-Comm says 20% of B.C. 911 calls are accidental - Chilliwack Progress

  20-07-2022 20:45
  
  E-Comm says 20% of B.C. 911 calls are accidental  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Jean Charest presses Conservative party to hold third leadership debate

  20-07-2022 20:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Federal Conservative leadership candidate Jean Charest is pressing the party to decide whether it will hold a third debate for contenders.
  Charest’s request comes as members of the committee who set the rules of the race are set to meet tonight, when a decision may be made.  
  The party has already held two official debates in the leadership race, one in English and one in French, but has told campaigns they could be called back to take part in another one in early Augus
  
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• MP Kevin Vuong fined for failing to report sex assault charge to Naval Reserve

  20-07-2022 20:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Kevin Vuong, a Toronto member of Parliament and naval reservist, has been fined $500 for failing to tell the Royal Canadian Navy about a 2019 sexual assault charge.
  Naval Reserve spokesman Lt. Robert Moore says Vuong at a summary trial in Montreal admitted to the charge of failing to report an arrest.
  A summary trial is less formal than a court martial and used for relatively minor military offences.While the sexual assault charge against Vuong was later dropped, members of the
  
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• Roughriders cancel practice after six more players test positive for COVID-19

  20-07-2022 20:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders cancelled their practice Wednesday after six additional players tested positive for COVID-19.
  The team said in a release it has 10 players in various stages of COVID protocol.
  The Roughriders are scheduled to host the Toronto Argonauts on Saturday.
  The team said no decision has been made on whether the game or practices later this week will go forward.
  The Roughriders announced Monday that “several members” of the team tested positive for t
  
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• Indigenous woman says she feels heard as accused priest has first court appearance

  20-07-2022 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  POWERVIEW, Man. — A First Nations woman says she is disappointed a 92-year-old priest accused of assaulting her when she was a student at a former residential school did not attend his first court appearance.
  “What a coward,” said Victoria McIntosh, 63, outside a legion hall where court was held in Powerview-Pine Falls, north of Winnipeg, on Wednesday. 
  “I don’t care how old you are. You could have made it here if you wanted to.”
  Arthur Masse faces one co
  
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• Questions raised about value of random COVID-19 tests for travellers - Chilliwack Progress

  20-07-2022 19:30
  
  Questions raised about value of random COVID-19 tests for travellers  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Billy Currington cancels B.C. Sunfest country music festival appearance - Chilliwack Progress

  20-07-2022 19:00
  
  Billy Currington cancels B.C. Sunfest country music festival appearance  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Johnny Gaudreau pens letter to Calgary after leaving Flames in free agency

  20-07-2022 18:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Johnny Gaudreau says he was always open to staying with the Calgary Flames.
  The draw of being closer to family, however, became too strong.
  The star winger penned a piece in The Players’ Tribune published Wednesday where he tried to explain his decision to leave the only NHL team he’d ever known for the Columbus Blue Jackets in free agency
  Gaudreau said his mind wasn’t made up that he would be leaving Calgary, even after rejecting an eight-year contract extension before hitting
  
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• Hot, dry weather approaches and B.C. residents urged to prepare: ministry

  20-07-2022 18:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Public Safety Ministry says another hot spell is moving into British Columbia and it advises residents to have a heat plan ready as temperatures climb this weekend.
  The ministry statement says an extreme heat emergency is not expected but heat warnings are possible in some areas, beginning as early as Saturday and continuing into next week.
  It says a heat plan is “critical” and people should identify cool zones in their homes and at nearby community centres or l
  
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• Concrete shortage to delay portions of Vedder Road widening project in Chilliwack until early August

  20-07-2022 18:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A supply chain shortage of concrete will delay final completion of the ongoing Vedder Road renovation project until early August.The City of Chilliwack has issued an updated planning schedule for the Vedder Road widening project as it nears completion.
  Due to concrete supply shortages, final concrete median and sidewalk pours cannot be finalized until after the August long weekend. B.C. Day is Monday, August 1.Starting tomorrow, July 21, milling work at night will go from 9 p.
  
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• Grey Cup-champion Blue Bombers post $2.1 million profit from 2021 season

  20-07-2022 18:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers were big winners on and off the field last season.
  Winnipeg capped the CFL’s return in 2021 with a second straight Grey Cup title. On Wednesday, the community-owned club reported an overall operating profit of $2.1 million for last season.
  The CFL didn’t play in 2020 due to the global pandemic. It returned to action last season with a shortened 14-game regular season, culminating with Winnipeg’s 33-25 overtime Grey Cup win over the Ham
  
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• Chilliwack First Nations band inks deal with province to pursue cannabis economic development

  20-07-2022 18:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The provincial government and Shxwhá:y Village, a First Nations entity located north of Highway 1 in Chilliwack, have inked a deal that allows the band to pursue economic development of cannabis.The agreement marks the sixth of its kind and a significant milestone as the government of B.C. supports First Nations towards development of a robust cannabis industry.
  Section 119 of the Cannabis Control and Licensing Act authorizes the B.C. government to enter into agreements
  
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• City south of Montreal approves fall hunt to control deer population in park

  20-07-2022 18:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONGUEUIL, Que. — A city just south of Montreal is planning a controlled hunt to kill most of the deer living in a local park after the population jumped by almost 50 per cent over the last year. 
  Longueuil Mayor Catherine Fournier said today the deer population must decrease and be controlled to avoid the situation from deteriorating.
  Michel-Chartrand Park was home to more than 100 deer in the spring, almost 10 times the number of animals that experts say it can comfortably support.
  
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• Quebec Court of Appeal says details of secret trial must remain hidden from public

  20-07-2022 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s Court of Appeal has rejected requests to publicly disclose details about a secret trial involving a police informant.
  The province’s high court delivered a redacted decision today, ruling that the right of informants to stay anonymous supersedes the principle of court proceedings being open to the public.
  Four motions seeking more information about the secret case were filed, including from the province’s attorney general, the chief judge of the Quebec
  
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• Parole board to hear from truck driver in deadly Humboldt Broncos crash

  20-07-2022 17:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOWDEN, ALBERTA — A parole hearing is scheduled to take place today for a former truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash.
  Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was sentenced to eight years after he pleaded guilty to dangerous driving charges for the 2018 crash that killed 16 and injured 13.Singh went through a stop sign at a rural Saskatchewan intersection and drove into the path of the junior hockey team’s bus as it was on its way to a playoff game.
  Sidhu, who has been serving
  
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• Uvalde schools looking to fire police chief after shooting

  20-07-2022 17:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Facing massive public pressure, Uvalde’s top school official has recommended the firing of the school district police chief who was central to the botched law enforcement response to the shooting at an elementary school that killed two teachers and 19 students.
  The city’s school board will consider firing schools police Chief Pete Arrendondo at a special meeting Saturday to consider the superintendent’s recommendation. Arrendondo has been accused by s
  
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• Sunak and Truss will face runoff to become UK’s next leader

  20-07-2022 17:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — LONDON — Britain’s Conservative Party has chosen Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss as the two finalists in an election to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
  The pair came first and second in a vote of Conservative lawmakers on Wednesday. Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt came third and was eliminated.
  The race pits Sunak, a former Treasury chief who steered Britain’s economy through the pandemic, against Truss, who has led the U.K.’s response to Russia’s
  
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• Safety board probes float plane crash that injured 6 in rugged area of southern B.C.

  20-07-2022 16:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Transportation Safety Board says it has sent a team of investigators to the scene of a float plane crash in the South Chilcotin mountains north of Gold Bridge, B.C.
  The plane, operated by Tyax Air Services, went down Sunday in what the company says was an emergency landing at Lorna Lake.
  Six people were aboard and a statement from backcountry tour operator Tyax Adventures says all of them were hurt.
  It says the crash triggered an emergency locator transmitter on the De Havi
  
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• Alex Murdaugh pleads not guilty to murdering wife and son

  20-07-2022 16:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — The disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to murdering his wife and son.His defense lawyers and prosecutors agreed to keep the evidence secret amid media attention. His defense asked the judge to deny him bond, saying he can’t afford to post it anyway and wants a speedy trial because he feels the killer or killers are still at loose.The prosecution denied that, telling the judge that all the evidence points to his guil
  
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• Chilliwack City Council denies application for downtown cannabis retail store by Vancouver Island businessman

  20-07-2022 16:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to deny a request from a Vancouver Island entrepreneur to establish a non-medical cannabis retail store in the downtown Save-on Foods shopping centre.
  Despite a petition submitted by applicant Joseph Chouinard that had the support of 100 residents in the greater downtown area, council members heeded the recommendation of municipal staff in declining a temporary use permit.Chouinard, who lives in Sidney, launched four succ
  
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• West Fraser Timber shuts down takeover report; shares spike - Chilliwack Progress

  20-07-2022 16:30
  
  West Fraser Timber shuts down takeover report; shares spike  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Tenille Townes leads with seven CCMA Award nominations - Chilliwack Progress

  20-07-2022 16:30
  
  Tenille Townes leads with seven CCMA Award nominations  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Brilliance by design - Chilliwack Progress

  20-07-2022 16:30
  
  Brilliance by design  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Two dead, 10 injured in multi-vehicle crash on highway south of Montreal

  20-07-2022 16:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BROSSARD, Que. — Quebec provincial police say two people are dead and 10 injured after a multi-vehicle crash Tuesday night on Highway 30, south of Montreal.
  Police say the driver of a truck allegedly did not slow down when approaching a construction zone around 10:30 p.m. near the exit for Grande-Allée Blvd. and rammed seven vehicles.
  In one of the vehicles, a 42-year-old woman and 11-year-old boy died, while two other occupants — a 55-year-old man and 16-year-old boy —
  
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• Let’s make a deal with Canada on softwood, U.S. senators urge Biden administration

  20-07-2022 15:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Two U.S. lawmakers are urging the Biden administration’s trade ambassador to make a deal with Canada on softwood lumber. 
  Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and South Dakota Republican Sen. John Thune also say further tariff relief on imports from Canada would take inflationary pressure off the U.S. housing market. 
  They are urging U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to pursue a new softwood deal for long-term relief in a market where about 30 per cen
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Preparing our communities to face the future

  20-07-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Diking systems aren’t usually a topic of casual discussion. Most people who live in areas surrounded by dikes don’t even spend much time thinking about them. Usually, you only hear about them when the worst happens — unfortunately, our community knows firsthand what the worst looks like.After the devastating flooding we saw throughout the Sumas Prairie and in parts of the Interior last fall, the importance of well functioning, well-maintained dike systems became instantly clear
  
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• PODCAST: Victoria and Kelowna are Canada’s best small cities - Chilliwack Progress

  20-07-2022 13:50
  
  PODCAST: Victoria and Kelowna are Canada’s best small cities  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Italy’s premier sets conditions to remain in office

  20-07-2022 10:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Mario Draghi said Wednesday the spontaneous popular support for his government is “unprecedented and impossible to ignore,” as he weighed appeals to rescind his resignation, offered after a coalition partner triggered a government crisis.
  Draghi laid out priorities for Parliament to consider in rebuilding “from the top” the majority needed for the government to work efficiently. Appearing before the Senate, Draghi listed the implementatio
  
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• Tory’s Baber renews pitch and airport testing is back: In The News for July 20, 2022

  20-07-2022 10:18 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 Wednesday, July 20, 2022 …
  What we are watching in Canada …
  Federal Conservative leadership candidate Roman Baber is asking party members to give him a second look — not just think of him as their second choice.
  The former Ontario legislator released a policy document Wednesday highlighting the promises he’s made
  
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• Vancouver council committee meets to discuss report on 2030 Winter Olympic bid

  20-07-2022 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A report raising questions about the tight timeline for a bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympic Games in British Columbia comes before a Vancouver council committee today.
  The report, which was released by the city manager earlier this week, says the Canadian Olympic Committee’s proposed schedule is “not achievable.”
  The bid group has outlined a plan to complete the agreement process within seven months, and the International Olympic Committee is expecting a bid
  
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• Baber asks Conservative members to give him a second look, not just mark him second

  20-07-2022 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Roman Baber is asking Conservative party members to give him a second look — not just think of him as their second choice. 
  The former Ontario legislator — best known before the race for being removed from Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s caucus over opposing COVID-19 lockdowns in early 2021 — released a policy document Wednesday highlighting the promises he’s made around themes including democracy and natural resources.
  Baber, who has broadened his f
  
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• Hugo Houle’s Quebec hometown celebrates his Tour de France stage win

  20-07-2022 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  STE-PERPETUE — When Canadian Hugo Houle crossed the finish line well ahead of the competition in Stage 16 of the Tour de France on Tuesday, some of the loudest cheers were undoubtedly coming from Ste-Perpétue, Que. 
  The quiet village of less than 1,000 people, composed of a few streets surrounded by dairy farms and cornfields, seems an unlikely place to form a cycling superstar.
  But hours after Houle became the first Canadian since 1988 to win a stage of one of the world’
  
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• Questions raised about value of random COVID-19 tests for travellers

  20-07-2022 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Infectious disease experts are at odds over how valuable it is to randomly test travellers arriving in Canada for COVID-19, as the federal government relaunched its mandatory testing program. 
  The government put a pause on random testing at airports in June as long customs delays caused chaos at Canada’s airports, but relaunched the program on Tuesday at four major airports: Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver and Montreal.
  Randomly selected air travellers at those airports mus
  
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