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• This Yarrow storybook hotel will be straight out of a fairytale

  15-08-2022 23:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A fairytale luxury hotel will soon be open for business in the quaint village of Yarrow in Chilliwack.
  Peter Sawatzky, owner of Imagination Corporation, is building the Hazelnut Inn, and said it all started with his honeymoon.
  “When my wife and I got married in 2014, we took a honeymoon in Europe, and we stayed one night at a castle in Italy, and it was just really magical,” he said. “And there aren’t very many castles in Canada, so we thought we would
  
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• PPC leader Maxime Bernier making stops in Chilliwack, Abbotsford on Tuesday - Chilliwack Progress

  15-08-2022 23:46 via theprogress.com
  
  PPC leader Maxime Bernier making stops in Chilliwack, Abbotsford on Tuesday  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• PPC Leader Maxime Bernier Making Stops In Chilliwack, Abbotsford On Tuesday - Abbotsford News

  15-08-2022 23:46 via abbynews.com
  
  PPC Leader Maxime Bernier Making Stops In Chilliwack, Abbotsford On Tuesday  Abbotsford News
  
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• Whitecaps loan midfielder Alexandre to Brazilian club Fortaleza EC

  15-08-2022 23:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The  Vancouver Whitecaps have loaned midfielder Caio Alexandre to Brazilian side Fortaleza EC through the end of the year.
  The 23-year-old made five appearances across all competitions for the Whitecaps this season after recovering from a fifth metatarsal fracture in his left foot and a left hand fracture. 
  The Brazilian had one assist in 15 games (11 starts) in 2021.
  Vancouver acquired Alexandre in a March 2021 transfer from Brazil’s Botafogo FR, where he made
  
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• Calgary Flames looking for organist to play at hockey games for first time in decades

  15-08-2022 23:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation is hiring an organist to hype up the crowds at professional hockey games — a position that hasn’t been vacant for more than three decades.
  Willy Joosen, who died earlier this year, played at National Hockey League games for 34 years.
  The corporation says in an online job posting that it’s looking to hire someone for Calgary Flames games and those of its American Hockey League affiliate — the newly named Calg
  
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• Time to shine: Classic and antique automobiles converge at Shuswap event - Chilliwack Progress

  15-08-2022 23:00 via theprogress.com
  
  Time to shine: Classic and antique automobiles converge at Shuswap event  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Fire damages Mississippi church where Faulkner was married

  15-08-2022 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi church where William Faulkner was married nearly a century ago has been heavily damaged in a fire.
  College Hill Presbyterian Church, northwest of Oxford, caught fire Saturday night and burned more than three hours, the Oxford Eagle reported.The congregation was founded in 1835, and the church was built in 1844. Faulkner and his wife, Estelle, married there in 1929 — two decades before the novelist received the Nobel Prize in literature.
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• Poulin, Jenner lead Canada into women’s world hockey championship

  15-08-2022 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Led by captain and golden-goal scorer Marie-Philip Poulin, Canada’s roster for the women’s world hockey championship resembles the lineup that won an Olympic gold medal in Beijing in February.
  Canada opens the first women’s world championship held in the same calendar year as an Olympic Games on Aug. 25 against Finland in Herning, Denmark.
  The Canadians are also the defending world champions having beaten the United States 3-2 in overtime in last year’s fi
  
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• Canada’s bobsled, skeleton federation in negotiations with Canada’s safe-sport office

  15-08-2022 22:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The national governing body for bobsled and skeleton plans to sign on with Canada’s new safe sport office.
  A spokesperson for Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton (BCS) said Monday that it is in negotiations with the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner, which began receiving and addressing complaints of maltreatment in sport on June 20.
  The news comes on the heels of more than 90 current and former bobsled and skeleton athletes repeating their call to Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge to help cle
  
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• Dog, missing 2 months, found alive inside Missouri cave

  15-08-2022 21:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Jeff Bohnert had all but given up on seeing his poodle-hound mix again after she went missing in early June. Two months later, he got a text from a neighbor: People exploring a nearby cave found a dog. Could it be Abby?
  Bohnert doubted it, but still curious, he went to the cave site near his rural Missouri home. That’s when he saw the picture one of the rescuers took.
  “I said, ‘that’s my dog,’” Bohnert recalled Monday.
  Making Abby’s tale even more amazin
  
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• Blue Jays outfielder Springer reinstated from 10-day IL, set to play Orioles

  15-08-2022 21:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto Blue Jays outfielder George Springer has been reinstated from the injured list and will be active for the team’s series-opening game against the Baltimore Orioles, the team announced Monday.
  The 32-year-old star had been on the 10-day IL due to inflammation in his right elbow. 
  Springer is third on the team with 18 home runs and fifth with 49 RBI on the season. He also carries a batting average of .251.
  The four-time all-star, who hasn’t played since Aug. 4, has competed
  
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• Anita Neville named new lieutenant-governor of Manitoba - Chilliwack Progress

  15-08-2022 21:30 via theprogress.com
  
  Anita Neville named new lieutenant-governor of Manitoba  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Public hearings in Emergencies Act inquiry to start in September

  15-08-2022 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The inquiry into Ottawa’s unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act during protests in February will start its public hearings next month.
  The Public Order Emergency Commission announced today that it expects the hearings to run from Sept. 19 until Oct. 28 at Library and Archives Canada in downtown Ottawa.
  Commissioner Paul Rouleau said in a statement that he intends to hold the government to account and wants the inquiry to be as “open and transparent” as possibl
  
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• Vasek Pospisil, Alexis Galarneau highlight Canadian men’s Davis Cup team

  15-08-2022 21:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Vasek Pospisil will headline the Canadian men’s squad set to compete in Valencia, Spain for the round-robin Davis Cup Finals.
  Alexis Galarneau, Liam Draxl, Gabriel Diallo, and Cleeve Harper were also named to the team by Tennis Canada on Monday.
  The competition is Sept. 13-18. Canada is in Group B with Spain, Serbia and South Korea.
  Pospisil, the top-ranked Canadian on the team at No.145, has a 22-22 record (singles and doubles) at the Davis Cup. The Vancouver native helped Canada reach th
  
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• Ontario leads Canada Summer Games with most golds, most medals - Chilliwack Progress

  15-08-2022 21:15 via theprogress.com
  
  Ontario leads Canada Summer Games with most golds, most medals  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Quebec allows copper smelter in northwest to emit arsenic levels five times norm

  15-08-2022 21:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s environment minister is setting the limit on arsenic emissions for a copper smelter in the province’s northwest at 15 nanograms per cubic metre of air.
  It is the same limit recommended by Quebec’s public health director and five times the provincial norm.
  The Horne copper smelter, owned by Switzerland-based Glencore, is located in Rouyn-Noranda, Que., and is currently allowed to emit 100 nanograms of arsenic per cubic metre of air. 
  The factory, w
  
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• This year's extraordinary Chilliwack Corn Maze officially open | Listed - Daily Hive

  15-08-2022 20:58 via dailyhive.com
  
  This year's extraordinary Chilliwack Corn Maze officially open | Listed  Daily Hive
  
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• Premier Jason Kenney kicks off campaign to attract skilled workers to Alberta

  15-08-2022 20:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Premier Jason Kenney kicked off a campaign to lure skilled workers from Toronto and Vancouver as he doubled down on his criticism of a so-called Alberta sovereignty act pitched by one of the candidates running to replace him. 
  Kenney held a news conference today to announce the United Conservative government’s plans to start recruiting workers to come to Alberta as the provincial economy grows. 
  The campaign comes after Kenney called a key platform promise of one
  
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• B.C. trucker sentenced to 4 years in prison for smuggling meth - Chilliwack Progress

  15-08-2022 18:50 via theprogress.com
  
  B.C. trucker sentenced to 4 years in prison for smuggling meth  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Flames forward Huberdeau pledges to donate brain for research on brain injuries

  15-08-2022 18:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Calgary Flames star Jonathan Huberdeau has pledged to donate his brain to Project Enlist Canada for research on brain injuries.
  Former astronaut Marc Garneau, all-Ivy hockey star Kalley Armstrong and Major General Denis Thompson (retired) have also joined 170 Canadian armed forces members and veterans in making the pledge, Project Enlist Canada announced in a statement Monday.
  The program researches traumatic brain injury (TBI), chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), and Post-Traumatic Stress D
  
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• Shortage of common anti-depressant leaves Greater Victoria pharmacies scrambling - Chilliwack Progress

  15-08-2022 18:30 via theprogress.com
  
  Shortage of common anti-depressant leaves Greater Victoria pharmacies scrambling  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Rail bridge to be repaired starting this week in Chilliwack on Vedder Rotary Trail South - Chilliwack Progress

  15-08-2022 18:30 via theprogress.com
  
  Rail bridge to be repaired starting this week in Chilliwack on Vedder Rotary Trail South  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Cancer patient plans sacred space in Kootenay hospital - Chilliwack Progress

  15-08-2022 18:30 via theprogress.com
  
  Cancer patient plans sacred space in Kootenay hospital  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Abbotsford family honoured for more than 100 years of farming - Chilliwack Progress

  15-08-2022 17:58 via theprogress.com
  
  Abbotsford family honoured for more than 100 years of farming  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Kenya’s deputy president Ruto declared election winner

  15-08-2022 17:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s electoral commission chairman has declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of the close presidential election over five-time contender Raila Odinga, a triumph for the man who shook up politics by appealing to struggling Kenyans on economic terms and not on traditional ethnic ones.
  Ruto received 50.49% of the vote, the chairman said, while Odinga received 48.85%.
  But chaos emerged just before the declaration when the electoral commission’s
  
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• Chilliwack launches annual recruitment of paid on-call firefighters - Chilliwack Progress

  15-08-2022 17:01 via theprogress.com
  
  Chilliwack launches annual recruitment of paid on-call firefighters  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Quebec starts offering fifth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to long-term care residents

  15-08-2022 16:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec has begun offering a fifth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to residents of long-term care homes and private seniors residences.
  The Health Department says it launched the new vaccine campaign for at-risk people because it expects infections to rise in the fall after schools reopen.
  It says the recommended interval between booster doses is at least five months.
  Public health director Dr. Luc Boileau has said the government will be intensifying its message around vaccination in th
  
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• Keremeos Creek blaze stable over the weekend - Chilliwack Progress

  15-08-2022 16:45 via theprogress.com
  
  Keremeos Creek blaze stable over the weekend  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Joint response team working on oil spill spreading to B.C. waters - Chilliwack Progress

  15-08-2022 16:45 via theprogress.com
  
  Joint response team working on oil spill spreading to B.C. waters  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• BCGEU announces targeted job action, picket lines, as strike notice expires in B.C.

  15-08-2022 16:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY, B.C. — The British Columbia General Employees’ Union says it will set up picket lines at four BC Liquor Distribution Branch wholesale and distribution centres as it begins targeted job action.
  The union, which represents about 33,000 public-service workers across B.C., issued strike notice Friday and is to be in a legal strike position by this afternoon.
  It says picket lines will go up at 3:30 p.m., outside liquor distribution centres in Delta, Richmond and Kamloops, as well
  
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• Judge: Sen. Graham must testify in Georgia election probe

  15-08-2022 15:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Monday said U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham must testify before a special grand jury in Atlanta that is investigating whether former President Donald Trump and his allies broke any laws while trying to overturn his narrow 2020 general election loss in the state.Attorneys for Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, had argued that his position as a U.S. senator provided him immunity from having to appear before the investigative panel and asked the judge to quas
  
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• Canadian welterweight Rory MacDonald calls an end to mixed martial arts career

  15-08-2022 15:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian welterweight Rory (Red King) MacDonald, who fought for the UFC title and won the Bellator championship, has called an end to his mixed martial arts career.
  The 33-year-old from Kelowna, B.C., who now makes his home in Montreal, made the announcement via social media in the wake of his upset first-round loss Saturday to Dilano (The Postman) Taylor, a late replacement opponent, in the Professional Fighters League semifinal in Cardiff, Wales.
  “My time has come to put the gloves down
  
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• Volunteers clean up abandoned transient campsites along Chilliwack Lake Road

  15-08-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — In the past two to three years, Ross Aikenhead, along with other volunteers, has made three fifth-wheel trailers, four campers, a fibreglass boat, and an RV disappear. This Sunday (Aug. 14), more was added to that list.
  “It was close to Borden Creek in the Chilliwack River Valley,” he said. “I was surprised to find a torched car and a partially destroyed pickup up there now; they weren’t there a week ago, the last time I checked the spot.”
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• The little things that create a vibrant community - Chilliwack Progress

  15-08-2022 15:00 via theprogress.com
  
  The little things that create a vibrant community  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack Flight Fest will be flying high on Aug. 21

  15-08-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Flight Fest is set to soar to new heights on Aug. 21 at the Chilliwack Airport.
  Ray Firkus, director of the Chilliwack Flight Fest Society, said it has been three years since the last event, which was held in 2019.
  “We’re coming off of not having an airshow and not doing anything socially as a society for years, and everybody’s a little rusty,” Firkus said, laughing. “And we got a lot of new players involved, and it’s almost l
  
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• Lower Mainland mother claims she was ‘fat-shamed’ during pregnancy - Chilliwack Progress

  15-08-2022 14:50 via theprogress.com
  
  Lower Mainland mother claims she was ‘fat-shamed’ during pregnancy  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Crime in Nelson drops to lowest rate in over 20 years - Chilliwack Progress

  15-08-2022 14:30 via theprogress.com
  
  Crime in Nelson drops to lowest rate in over 20 years  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Lawyers appeal Griner’s Russian prison sentence

  15-08-2022 12:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Lawyers for American basketball star Brittney Griner on Monday filed an appeal against her nine-year Russian prison sentence for drug possession, Russian news agencies reported Monday.
  Griner, a center for the Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was convicted on Aug. 4. She was arrested in February at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport after vape canisters containing cannabis oil were found in her luggage.
  Griner played for a women’s basketball team i
  
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• Myanmar court convicts Suu Kyi on more corruption charges

  15-08-2022 12:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on more corruption charges on Monday and sentenced her to an additional six years in prison, a legal official said.The trial was held behind closed doors, with no access for media or the public, and her lawyers were forbidden by a gag order from revealing information about the proceedings.In the four corruption cases decided Monday, Suu Kyi was alleged to have abused her position
  
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• Red panda found in fig tree after escaping Australian zoo

  15-08-2022 11:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A red panda that spent two days on the lam after escaping from an Australian zoo was recaptured Sunday after he was spotted hanging out in a fig tree in a nearby park.Named Ravi, the 7-year-old panda had arrived at Adelaide Zoo last week after he was brought in from another zoo with hopes that he would pair up with a female red panda named Mishry. But by Friday, Ravi was gone.
  Adelaide Zoo Director Phil Ainsley told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. that zook
  
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• China announces new Taiwan drills as US delegation visits

  15-08-2022 10:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China announced more military drills around Taiwan as the island’s president met with members of a new U.S. congressional delegation Monday, in a further sign of support among American lawmakers for the self-governing island Beijing claims as its own.
  The visit came less than two weeks after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan, which prompted days of threatening military exercises by China, including the firing of missiles over the island and
  
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• Afghan refugee plan lagging and Train to Banff sparks concern: In The News for Aug.15

  15-08-2022 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 Monday, August 15, 2022 …
  What we are watching in Canada …
  A year after the Taliban seized control of Kabul, Canada’s resettlement efforts have lagged behind official targets and the efforts to help those fleeing the war in Ukraine. 
  More than 17,300 Afghans have arrived in Canada since last August compared to 71,
  
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• Quebec auditor general releases review today on province’s finances ahead of election

  15-08-2022 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Quebec’s auditor general is releasing her review today of the finance minister’s pre-election report on the province’s finances.
  Guylaine Leclerc is tasked with determining whether the financial forecasts, estimates and assumptions made ahead of the October provincial election are plausible.
  Finance Minister Eric Girard will present his pre-election financial report later today, after Leclerc releases her review.
  The purpose of Leclerc’s review is to ensure that the party
  
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• Canada less than halfway to Afghan resettlement goal one year after Taliban takeover

  15-08-2022 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A year after the Taliban seized control of Kabul, Canada’s resettlement efforts have lagged behind official targets and the efforts to help those fleeing the war in Ukraine. 
  More than 17,300 Afghans have arrived in Canada since last August compared to 71,800 Ukrainians who have come to Canada in 2022 alone, according to government statistics. The federal government has promised to resettle 40,000 Afghans.
  Canadian activists and MPs accuse the Liberals of not doing enou
  
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• Iran denies being involved in attack on Salman Rushdie

  15-08-2022 09:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian government official denied on Monday that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Salman Rushdie, in remarks that were the country’s first public comments on the attack.
  Nasser Kanaani, the spokesman of Iran’s Foreign Ministry, made the remarks in a briefing to journalists.
  “We, in the incident of the attack on Salman Rushdie in the U.S., do not consider that anyone deserves blame and accusations except him and his supporters,” Ka
  
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• Rail bridge to be repaired starting this week in Chilliwack on Vedder Rotary Trail South – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  15-08-2022 09:00 via theprogress.com
  Rail bridge to be repaired starting this week in Chilliwack on Vedder Rotary Trail South – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• PPC leader Maxime Bernier making stops in Chilliwack, Abbotsford on Tuesday - Hope Standard

  15-08-2022 09:00 via hopestandard.com
  PPC leader Maxime Bernier making stops in Chilliwack, Abbotsford on Tuesday  Hope Standard
  
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• PPC leader Maxime Bernier making stops in Chilliwack, Abbotsford on Tuesday - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  15-08-2022 09:00 via agassizharrisonobserver.com
  PPC leader Maxime Bernier making stops in Chilliwack, Abbotsford on Tuesday  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• Bouchard makes successful return to tennis with doubles win in Vancouver

  15-08-2022 06:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — After 17 long months away from the court due to injury, Eugenie Bouchard of Montreal served notice on Sunday that she’s back.
  The 28-year-old, who looked healthy and happy, made her return to pro tennis in doubles action at the Odlum Brown VanOpen WTA 125 event and came away with a hard-fought victory.
  “I was just happy to be out there, so happy to have a partner like Kayla, she did really amazing,” said Bouchard, who is a former World No. 5-ranked player in s
  
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• Whanganui River ‘always makes things better for me’

  15-08-2022 06:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WHANGANUI, New Zealand (AP) — Five years ago, the Whanganui River was recognized as a living person in a groundbreaking New Zealand law. For many who live along its banks, the official recognition validated the deep spiritual connection they feel with the river. They continue to feel the draw of its waters each day, whether it’s to fish, canoe or refresh their lives.
  ___Ngahuia Twomey-Waitai, 28, walks into the Whanganui River and reaches down to splash water over her head in an acti
  
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