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• BC Wildfire Service plans control burns to bring Okanagan wildfire under check

  07-08-2022 23:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KEREMEOS, B.C. — The BC Wildfire Service says planned ignitions are scheduled to enclose a fire burning in the southern Okanagan.
  Information officer Mikhail Elsay says the controlled burn will increase the perimeter of the fire, which is about 21 kilometres southwest of Penticton, but will help bring the nearly 60-square-kilometre blaze under control.
  He says the area is much hotter and drier than it has been over the past few days, which will increase fire activity, but the winds are cal
  
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• Artist collective Raven-Tacuara shares “light and darkness of life” in mural for Chilliwack Mural Fesitval

  07-08-2022 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Mural Festival is no stranger to bringing in local, national, and international talent to showcase their work—so it’s no surprise that collective group, Raven-Tacuara, is in town bringing life to the walls of downtown Chilliwack.
  The group is made up of Travis Hebert, Amanda Hugon, Stephanie Anderson, and Facundo Gastiazoro.
  “This design is primarily designed by Amanda, who is originally from Chilliwack and has a background from here,” sa
  
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• Bill with tax credits for ‘North American’ electric vehicles passes in U.S. Senate

  07-08-2022 22:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — The new plan to encourage Americans to buy more electric vehicles built in North America, instead of just the United States, has cleared its tallest hurdle. 
  After a marathon voting session that lasted more than 24 hours, the U.S. Senate finally approved the new Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. 
  Vice-President Kamala Harris had to break a 50-50 tie to pass the legislation, a dramatically smaller version of President Joe Biden’s signature $2-trillion climate and
  
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• Downtown Vancouver Machete attack sends four to hospital with life-altering injuries

  07-08-2022 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Vancouver police say they’re investigating an alleged machete attack in the city’s downtown core that sent four people to hospital with life-altering injuries.They say officers were called to a rooming house in the Granville Entertainment District on Saturday after a man allegedly set his suite on fire and then attacked four people inside the building.Police say they eventually shot and injured the man after he confronted officers while allegedly still armed.
  That triggered an invest
  
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• Canada’s Gabriel Diallo falls in qualifying at National Bank Open

  07-08-2022 21:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Canada’s Gabriel Diallo dropped a 6-2, 2-1 decision to Hugo Gaston of France in qualifying play on Sunday at the National Bank Open.
  The match ended after 58 minutes when the 20-year-old Montrealer was forced to retire due to heat exhaustion.Diallo, a wild-card entry who plays for the University of Kentucky, was the lone Canadian to reach the second round of the 28-man qualifying draw.Play was suspended due to rain later Sunday with two matches yet to be completed.
  With th
  
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• Former Miss America Cara Mund plans to run for Congress

  07-08-2022 21:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Cara Mund, a former Miss America who gained attention by criticizing the organization near the end of her reign in 2018, plans to run for Congress in North Dakota as an independent.
  Mund announced her candidacy Saturday and said she would start gathering the 1,000 signatures she needs to get on the ballot, the Bismarck Tribune reported.
  If Mund gathers enough signatures, in November she will face Republican U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong, who is seeking a second term, and
  
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• Montreal Pride Parade organizers cancel event, citing lack of security

  07-08-2022 20:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Pride Montreal abruptly cancelled its iconic annual parade hours before it was to get underway on Sunday, citing security concerns stemming from a lack of volunteers for the event. 
  Festival Executive Director Simon Gamache said the march, which was to cap days of celebration of LGBTQ+ communities  and which had been scheduled for Sunday afternoon, would not have been able to proceed safely.
  “We were missing more than 80 people this morning, it’s a lot,&rdq
  
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• Heat warning still in place for large swaths of central and eastern Canada

  07-08-2022 20:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Five provinces across central and eastern Canada continued to swelter in unseasonably hot conditions on Sunday, Environment Canada said as it extended a widespread heat warning into a second day.
  The warning from the national weather agency covered broad swaths of southern Ontario, southern Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
  Monica Vaswani, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, says the size of the heat wave, while notable, is not unprecedented.
  “When we do get
  
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• Parliamentary committee to begin study of RCMP’s use of cellphone spyware

  07-08-2022 20:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A parliamentary committee will begin exploring RCMP’s use of spyware on Monday.
  The House of Commons ethics and privacy committee called for a summer study after the RCMP revealed its use of tools that covertly obtain data from devices like phones and computers.
  The RCMP says it has gotten warrants to use tools that collect text messages and emails and can remotely turn on cameras and microphones in 10 investigations.
  The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has called for a
  
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• Crews challenged on multiple flanks of Keremeos Creek fire - Chilliwack Progress

  07-08-2022 19:30 via theprogress.com
  
  Crews challenged on multiple flanks of Keremeos Creek fire  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Evacuation alerts lifted while Nohomin Creek fire continues to burn - Chilliwack Progress

  07-08-2022 18:45 via theprogress.com
  
  Evacuation alerts lifted while Nohomin Creek fire continues to burn  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canadian paddlers feed off local crowd for medals at world championships

  07-08-2022 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DARTMOUTH, N.S. — Canada’s rising stars in canoe racing powered to gold, silver and bronze medals in the world championships as a crowd roared its approval alongside Lake Banook in Dartmouth, N.S., on Sunday.
  Katie Vincent and Connor Fitzpatrick started slowly and picked up the pace as they drove their canoe to a victory in the 500-metre distance to become world champions in the event.
  Their win came about 90 minutes after Sophia Jensen, a 20-year-old from Chelsea, Que., raced to sil
  
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• Canada’s Dunfee pulls away from field to win Commonwealth gold in 10,000 race walk

  07-08-2022 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom — Canada’s Evan Dunfee says he drew on the support of his loved ones to propel him to a Commonwealth Games gold medal.
  The 31-year-old from Richmond, B.C., won the 10,000 metres on Sunday, using a fabulous kick over the final lap to open up a 40-metre gap on his nearest competitor. 
  He finished in a Commonwealth and Canadian record time of 38 minutes 36.37 seconds. 
  “To believe in myself today as much as my friends and family back home belie
  
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• Demand for grocery delivery cools as food costs rise - Chilliwack Progress

  07-08-2022 17:37 via theprogress.com
  
  Demand for grocery delivery cools as food costs rise  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Air Canada denying passenger compensation claims for staff shortages, citing safety - Chilliwack Progress

  07-08-2022 17:37 via theprogress.com
  
  Air Canada denying passenger compensation claims for staff shortages, citing safety  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• CRIMESTOPPERS: ‘Most wanted’ for the week of August 7 - Chilliwack Progress

  07-08-2022 14:50 via theprogress.com
  
  CRIMESTOPPERS: ‘Most wanted’ for the week of August 7  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• QUIZ: A celebration of the fruit harvest - Chilliwack Progress

  07-08-2022 14:00 via theprogress.com
  
  QUIZ: A celebration of the fruit harvest  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Tory leadership hopefuls say it’s time for unity. Here’s what some say that means

  07-08-2022 13:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — When three Conservative leadership hopefuls met this past week for a debate, the same word kept getting repeated. 
  Unity. Or more precisely, the need for it. 
  In a contest largely seen as a battle for the party’s soul, which has put decades-old fissures on display between groups that make up its very coalition, what might it take to achieve unity after results are revealed Sept. 10?
  As that question lingers, many in the party and beyond are preparing for a scenario
  
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• Ottawa on track to spend $200M per year on cannabis for veterans

  07-08-2022 13:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Ottawa is reimbursing a record number of veterans for medical marijuana, with new figures showing the federal government shelled out more than $150 million in the last fiscal year — more than double the amount just three years ago.
  And that is only the beginning as the figures from Veterans Affairs Canada reveal the government is on track to spend nearly $200 million this year as more and more former service members ask the government to pay for their cannabis.
  While experts and advocates
  
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• Northern Quebec circuit court should be adapted to local conditions: report

  07-08-2022 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The justice system in Quebec’s northern Nunavik region should be better adapted to local culture and have a more permanent presence in the area, according to a new report.
  Jean-Claude Latraverse, who practiced law in the region for 20 years, wrote in his report that technology also needs to be used to improve access to justice in the region’s 14 communities, none of which are accessible by road. 
  “It is of primary importance to recognize that the system, a
  
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• Rourke reaches new heights as B.C. Lions rout struggling Edmonton Elks 46-14

  07-08-2022 07:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Nathan Rourke threw for an eye-popping 477 yards Saturday, leading the B.C. Lions to a 46-14 dismantling of the Edmonton Elks.
  The rookie CFL quarterback completed 34 of 37 attempts with five touchdown passes, and added a 14-yard rushing major.
  Michael O’Connor came in under centre for the Lions (6-1) late in the fourth quarter but did not record a single throw as B.C. opted to rush to close out the game.
  Edmonton (2-6) slotted Taylor Cornelius back in at QB after Tre For
  
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• Israeli airstrike kills 2nd top Islamic Jihad commander

  07-08-2022 06:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group said an Israeli airstrike late Saturday killed its top commander for the southern Gaza Strip, a day after Israel killed the Iranian-backed group’s commander for northern Gaza in an air raid that triggered the worst cross-border conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants since the end of an 11-day war in 2021.
  Al-Quda Brigades of Islamic Jihad confirmed Sunday that the airstrike in the southern Gaza city
  
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• VIDEO: Two dead in three-vehicle crash in Langley - Chilliwack Progress

  07-08-2022 06:00 via theprogress.com
  
  VIDEO: Two dead in three-vehicle crash in Langley  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Twins top Blue Jays 7-3 behind clutch Polanco, strong bullpen

  07-08-2022 05:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jorge Polanco had a pair of two-out RBIs and Jose Miranda homered for the Minnesota Twins, who beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-3 behind a stellar bullpen performance on Saturday night.
  All-Star Luis Arraez went 3 for 5 with an RBI for the first-place Twins, who kept their two-game lead on Cleveland in the AL Central.
  Arraez doubled twice and scored on both of Polanco’s clutch hits — a single in the third inning off Blue Jays starter Mitch White (1-3) and a doubl
  
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• Toronto FC gets two goals from Osorio, two from Italy in 4-3 win over Nashville

  07-08-2022 04:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE — Jonathan Osorio scored twice and Italians Federico Bernardeschi and Lorenzo Insigne added goals as Toronto FC hung on to defeat Nashville SC 4-3 Saturday for its first road win of the MLS season.
  Toronto fullback Richie Laryea had an assist and won a penalty on his return to his hometown club.
  Bernardeschi converted the 54th-minute penalty to put Toronto ahead 3-2 before Insigne opened his MLS account with a 77th-minute rocket, ghosting past a defender and then hammering a righ
  
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• Toronto Argonauts rally for 34-20 home victory over Hamilton Tiger-Cats

  07-08-2022 04:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Benoit Marion returned a blocked punt 24 yards for the go-ahead touchdown to rally the Toronto Argonauts to a wild 34-20 home win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Saturday night.
  After Trevor Hoyte blocked Michael Domagala’s punt, Marion picked up the loose ball and ran it in 2:37 into the fourth quarter to break a 17-17 tie. Toronto appeared poised to take the lead at 1:14 but Boris Bede’s 44-yard field goal was wide, thanks to a terrible snap, with the single tying t
  
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• Miami scores late to net 2-2 draw with CF Montreal

  07-08-2022 04:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL —
  CF Montreal let two valuable points slip late against Inter Miami on Saturday evening, settling for a 2-2 draw at Stade Saputo.
  Romell Quioto scored his 10th and 11th goals of the Major League Soccer season for Montreal (12-8-4), while Gonzalo Higuain continued his excellent form for Miami (9-10-6) with Emerson Rodríguez providing a dramatic late equalizer.
  Montreal dominated possession in the opening minutes, probing at Miami’s back line until a beautiful ball from
  
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• Langley city mayor claims bullying and harassment by other council members - Chilliwack Progress

  07-08-2022 03:00 via theprogress.com
  
  Langley city mayor claims bullying and harassment by other council members  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Hotter, drier weather causing increase in B.C. wildfire near Okanagan

  07-08-2022 02:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KEREMEOS, B.C. — A wildfire on the fringes of British Columbia’s southern Okanagan has grown.
  The BC Wildfire Service says the blaze, which is about 21 kilometres southwest of Penticton, is now nearly 60 square kilometres in size.
  The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen’s emergency operations centre says more than 500 properties are under an evacuation order, and people living in over 1,000 other properties have to be ready to leave on short notice.
  The district is asking
  
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• Canada’s Marina Stakusic on to next round of qualifying at National Bank Open

  07-08-2022 01:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canada’s Marina Stakusic has advanced to the next round of the National Bank Open’s qualifying tournament.
  Stakusic, from Mississauga, Ont., beat China’s Xinyu Wang 6-1 in the first round when her opponent retired due to injury.
  She’ll play Tereza Martincova of the Czech Republic on Sunday in the qualifying tournament’s second round.
  Toronto’s Victoria Mboko and Kayla Cross of London, Ont., both lost their qualifying tournament matches.
  Mboko f
  
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• Stampeders coach Dave Dickenson released from COVID-19 protocol

  07-08-2022 01:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Calgary Stampeders head coach Dave Dickenson was released from COVID-19 protocols Saturday after his team defeated the Ottawa Redblacks without him.
  Dickenson didn’t travel with the Stampeders to Ottawa for Friday’s game, which Calgary won 17-3.
  Special teams coordinator and assistant head coach Mark Kilam took over Dickenson’s sideline responsibilities in his absence and earned his first CFL win.
  The Stampeders improved to 5-2 in the CFL’s West Division with the victory.
  
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• Triplett tops Shaw Charity Classic leaderboard

  07-08-2022 00:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — A day after shooting 65 at the Shaw Charity Classic, Kirk Triplett followed up with a round of 68 at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club on Saturday.
  The 60-year-old from Scottsdale, Ariz., had three birdies and just one bogey on the par 70, 7,061-yard layout.
  Heading into the final round of the 54-hole PGA Champions Tour event on Sunday, Triplett sits in first at 7 under, just one stroke ahead of Jerry Kelly and Paul Goydos.
  After carding a round of 67, World Golf Hall of Fame
  
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• Ashleigh Buhai takes 5-shot lead at Women’s British Open

  07-08-2022 00:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MUIRFIELD, Scotland (AP) — Ashleigh Buhai surged into a five-shot lead at the Women’s British Open after shooting a 7-under 64 in the third round on Saturday. 
  Now she just has to find a way to finish off for her first major victory. 
  The South African also led this tournament in 2019 at Woburn after the second round but finished fifth, her best result at a major. 
  Buhai is in a much stronger position at Muirfield after a round that included eight birdies before a lone
  
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• Canadian kayak duo Langlois, Besharah-Hrebacka earn world championship bronze medal

  07-08-2022 00:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DARTMOUTH, N.S. — The new Canadian duo of Andréanne Langlois and Toshka Besharah-Hrebacka won a world championship bronze medal in the women’s 200-metre kayak Saturday.
  Hungary’s Blanka Kiss and Anna Luzc won the K2 sprint in 38.76 seconds in Lake Banook in Dartmouth, N.S.
  Spaniards Sara Ouzande and Teresa Portela edged the Canadians for silver by just three hundredths of a second in 38.96.
  Langlois, a two-time Olympian, is a decade older than the 19-year-old Besharah-Hr
  
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