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• TELUS plans outage for some customers in the Interior, Fraser Valley - Chilliwack Progress

  13-08-2022 23:25 via theprogress.com
  
  TELUS plans outage for some customers in the Interior, Fraser Valley  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Hurkacz beats Ruud in early semifinal at National Bank Open tennis tournament

  13-08-2022 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Hubert Hurkacz earned a berth in the National Bank Open final on Saturday afternoon with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Casper Ruud at IGA Stadium.
  The eighth seed from Poland picked up a break in the opening game of the deciding set and rolled to victory.
  Ruud, the No. 4 seed from Norway, eliminated Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime — the last Canadian remaining in the field — a day earlier.
  Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta was scheduled to play Britain’s
  
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• Canada’s Rory MacDonald knocked out by replacement fighter in PFL semifinal

  13-08-2022 23:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CARDIFF, United Kingdom — Dilano (The Postman) Taylor, a late replacement, knocked out Canadian welterweight Rory (Red King) MacDonald in the first round of their Professional Fighters League semifinal Saturday.
  Taylor (10-2-0) was dominant from the get-go and finished the fight with 11 straight blows from above after felling MacDonald (23-10-1) with a powerful right to the head. Referee Marc Goddard stopped the fight at three minutes 59 seconds.
  Taylor will meet Sweden’s Sadibou Sy
  
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• German Chancellor Olaf Scholz coming to Canada to meet with Trudeau, business leaders

  13-08-2022 22:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Prime Minister’s Office says Justin Trudeau will accompany the chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz, on a brief Canadian visit later this month that will include stops in Montréal, Toronto and Stephenville in western Newfoundland.
  In a statement released Saturday, the PMO confirmed the Aug. 21-23 visit starts in Montreal, where meetings will be held with German and Canadian business leaders, and a tour is scheduled at an artificial intelligence institute.
  The two me
  
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• BC General Employees’ Union issues strike notice on behalf of 33,000 public servants

  13-08-2022 22:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY, B.C. — The union representing about 33,000 staff in the B.C. Public Service Agency has issued a strike notice to the government.
  BC General Employees’ Union president Stephanie Smith issued a statement saying wage protection is the workers’ top concern amid high inflation.
  The most recent collective agreement between the union and Public Service Agency expired on April 1 and, while negotiations for a new agreement began on Feb. 8, bargaining reached an impasse on April
  
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• Two-time champion Simona Halep advances to National Bank Open final

  13-08-2022 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Two-time champion Simona Halep has advanced to the National Bank Open’s final.
  The Romanian beat Jessica Pegula of the United States 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the WTA event’s first semifinal on Saturday.
  The 15th-seeded Halep will face the winner of the late semi between Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia and Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic.
  Pegula was the highest rated player left in the tournament as the seventh seed.
  The 14th-seeded Pliskova is now the highest rated
  
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• Update: Manager ‘heartbroken’ after man dies outside Kelowna nightclub - Chilliwack Progress

  13-08-2022 21:15 via theprogress.com
  
  Update: Manager ‘heartbroken’ after man dies outside Kelowna nightclub  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. Premier John Horgan calls byelection in Surrey South on Sept. 10

  13-08-2022 20:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — British Columbia Premier John Horgan has called a byelection for the Surrey South electoral district.
  The seat became vacant following the departure of Liberal Stephanie Cadieux, who resigned in April to become Canada’s first chief accessibility officer.
  After Horgan’s announcement, the B.C. Green party announced it has nominated Simon Fraser University student Simran Sarai as its candidate.
  She joins B.C. NDP candidate Pauline Greaves and BC Liberal candidate El
  
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• PHOTOS: Canim Lake-based musicians immortalized in sketches - Chilliwack Progress

  13-08-2022 20:00 via theprogress.com
  
  PHOTOS: Canim Lake-based musicians immortalized in sketches  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canadian Blood Services in talks around paid donations of plasma as supply dwindles

  13-08-2022 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian Blood Services says it is in talks with companies that pay donors for plasma as it faces a decrease in collections.
  The blood-collection agency issued a statement on Friday saying it is in “ongoing discussion with governments and the commercial plasma industry” on how to more than double domestic plasma collection to 50 per cent of supply.
  Canadian Blood Services has previously cautioned that letting companies trade cash for plasma — a practice banned in British Columb
  
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• N.W.T. RCMP deploy controversial roadside cannabis screening devices - Chilliwack Progress

  13-08-2022 17:55 via theprogress.com
  
  N.W.T. RCMP deploy controversial roadside cannabis screening devices  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Afghan rights leader heartbroken after year of Taliban rule

  13-08-2022 17:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A year after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, prominent Afghan rights activist Sima Samar is still heartbroken over what happened to her country.
  Samar, a former minister of women’s affairs and the first chair of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, left Kabul in July 2021 for the United States on her first trip after the COVID-19 pandemic, never expecting Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to flee the country and the Taliban to take power for the
  
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• B.C. ‘clear’ there’s not enough housing as Vancouver encampment ordered dismantled - Chilliwack Progress

  13-08-2022 17:42 via theprogress.com
  
  B.C. ‘clear’ there’s not enough housing as Vancouver encampment ordered dismantled  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• N.W.T. RCMP deploy controversial roadside cannabis screening devices

  13-08-2022 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YELLOWKNIFE — RCMP in the Northwest Territories have begun using roadside cannabis-screening technology that has faced criticism from defence lawyers elsewhere in Canada.  
  Mounties in the territory announced late last month that they had deployed devices designed to take a saliva sample and test for the presence of tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as THC, the main psychoactive substance in cannabis. They said the technology would help them detect impaired drivers and make roads safer
  
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• Chilliwack man melting hearts with his ice cream cart

  13-08-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Darrell Ralph sat on his mobility scooter, with an ice cream cart attached to it, as he watched people enjoying the sunshine at the spray park in Sardis on Friday afternoon (Aug. 12).
  In a crisp white shirt, a red and white striped vest, and a red hat that reads “Frankly Delicious Ice Cream”, Ralph is more than a sharp dresser—he is now Chilliwack’s iconic ice cream man.
  “I worked on trying to put this together for quite a few months, and then wor
  
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• Pigs as pets: Chilliwack man starts petition following death of illegal pet pig Hamson - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  13-08-2022 14:00 via agassizharrisonobserver.com
  
  Pigs as pets: Chilliwack man starts petition following death of illegal pet pig Hamson  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• Pigs As Pets: Chilliwack Man Starts Petition Following Death Of Illegal Pet Pig Hamson - Abbotsford News

  13-08-2022 14:00 via abbynews.com
  
  Pigs As Pets: Chilliwack Man Starts Petition Following Death Of Illegal Pet Pig Hamson  Abbotsford News
  
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• Police identify man shot and killed in Maple Ridge - Chilliwack Progress

  13-08-2022 10:30 via theprogress.com
  
  Police identify man shot and killed in Maple Ridge  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack Corn Maze - GlobalNews Events - Global News

  13-08-2022 09:00 via globalnews.ca
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• Canadian middleweight Aaron Jeffery scores big upset win at Bellator 284

  13-08-2022 05:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Canadian middleweight Aaron Jeffery, fighting on just eight days notice, upset (The Gentleman) Austin Vanderford in short order Friday on the undercard of Bellator 284.
  Vanderford (12-2-0) was coming off a February loss to then-Bellator middleweight champion Gegard (The Dreamcatcher) Mousasi and is ranked No. 2 among 185-pound Bellator contenders.
  “It’s huge,” Jeffery said of the win. “He’s a big-name guy, No. 2 in the division. People know
  
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• Hamilton Tiger-Cats rally to capture wild 34-27 home win over Toronto Argonauts

  13-08-2022 05:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — Shawn Thomas Erlington’s 23-yard touchdown run at 11:50 of the fourth quarter rallied the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to a wild 34-27 win over the Toronto Argonauts on Friday night.
  Erlington capped a 77-yard, five-play drive with his TD. Seth Small made it a 10-point game with a 46-yard field goal at 13:20.
  Toronto rounded out the scoring with Boris Bede’s 18-yard field goal on the game’s final play in case points scored figure in the season tiebreaker between the two
  
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• Spaun leads playoff opener; Scheffler, McIlroy miss cut

  13-08-2022 04:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — J.J. Spaun hopes he’s only getting started on the road to the FedEx Cup finale. Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth will have to wait another week.
  As for Jason Day, his season is over.
  Spaun made a late birdie for a 3-under 67 to take a one-shot lead Friday in the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the opening event in the PGA Tour postseason that no longer has three of its biggest stars for the weekend at the TPC Southwind.
  Scheffler, the Masters champ
  
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• Canadians Quantrill, Naylor lead Guardians to 8-0 road win over Blue Jays

  13-08-2022 04:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Cleveland Guardians right-hander Cal Quantrill allowed one hit in seven innings and was aided by a two-run homer from fellow Canadian Josh Naylor to blank the Toronto Blue Jays 8-0 in their series opener on Friday.
  The American League Central Division-leading Guardians (60-52) have won eight consecutive games, while the Blue Jays (60-51) have dropped three in a row and have won only three of their last nine outings.
  Quantrill (9-5), of Port Hope, Ont., retired the first 10 batter
  
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• B.C. ‘clear’ there’s not enough housing as Vancouver encampment ordered dismantled

  13-08-2022 02:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s acting attorney general says the province was “clear” with Vancouver officials that the Crown corporation responsible for subsidized housing does not have enough spaces available for people who are being told to dismantle their tents along a street in the city’s Downtown Eastside.
  Murray Rankin, who is also minister responsible for housing, says housing is a human right, and the “deeply concerning scenes from Hastings Street demo
  
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• Female located in Abbotsford suffering serious injuries

  13-08-2022 01:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Early Thursday morning (Aug. 11) at 2:38 a.m., AbbyPD patrol officers conducting routine patrols found a 37-year-old female in medical distress at the intersection of Gladwin Road and South Fraser Way.
  The female was transported to a hospital, where she is being treated for serious injuries.The investigation has been transferred to the AbbyPD Major Crime Unit (MCU), supported by the Forensic Identification Section (FIS).
  AbbyPD is seeking witnesses and dashcam footage from tho
  
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• Divisional clash of Lions, Stampeders features quarterback intrigue

  13-08-2022 01:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Which quarterback will grab the spotlight is a prominent subplot of Saturday’s divisional clash between the B.C. Lions and host Calgary Stampeders.
  The season’s first meeting of B.C. (6-1) and Calgary (5-2) tussling for second place in the West Division is a fascinating pairing of a decorated Stampeders quarterback closing in on a milestone and a young Canadian Lions quarterback taking the league by storm this season.
  The division-leading Winnipeg Blue Bombers (9-1) d
  
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• Chilliwack Sunflower Festival now open with 50 varieties of vibrant, towering flowers - Hope Standard

  13-08-2022 01:23 via hopestandard.com
  
  Chilliwack Sunflower Festival now open with 50 varieties of vibrant, towering flowers  Hope Standard
  
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• Chilliwack Sunflower Festival Now Open With 50 Varieties Of Vibrant, Towering Flowers - Abbotsford News

  13-08-2022 01:23 via abbynews.com
  
  Chilliwack Sunflower Festival Now Open With 50 Varieties Of Vibrant, Towering Flowers  Abbotsford News
  
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• International partners had concern about Canada’s ‘ability to handle’ convoy protests - Chilliwack Progress

  13-08-2022 00:55 via theprogress.com
  
  International partners had concern about Canada’s ‘ability to handle’ convoy protests  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada considered jobs, inflation in decision to return Russian turbine: document - Chilliwack Progress

  13-08-2022 00:53 via theprogress.com
  
  Canada considered jobs, inflation in decision to return Russian turbine: document  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• 33,000 B.C. government employees issue 72-hour strike notice - Chilliwack Progress

  13-08-2022 00:30 via theprogress.com
  
  33,000 B.C. government employees issue 72-hour strike notice  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Trial begins for 3 Chilliwack church pastors fighting COVID gathering restriction tickets - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  13-08-2022 00:24 via agassizharrisonobserver.com
  
  Trial begins for 3 Chilliwack church pastors fighting COVID gathering restriction tickets  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• Trial Begins For 3 Chilliwack Church Pastors Fighting COVID Gathering Restriction Tickets - Abbotsford News

  13-08-2022 00:24 via abbynews.com
  
  Trial Begins For 3 Chilliwack Church Pastors Fighting COVID Gathering Restriction Tickets  Abbotsford News
  
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