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• Wolves escape enclosure at Greater Vancouver Zoo; deemed suspicious - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2022 23:52 via theprogress.com
  
  Wolves escape enclosure at Greater Vancouver Zoo; deemed suspicious  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Hall of Fame conditioner Casse flying under Plate radar with his two horses

  16-08-2022 23:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  He’s been Canada’s champion thoroughbred trainer the last 11 years and twice has won the $1-million Queen’s Plate. But Mark Casse heads into the opening leg of the 2022 OLG Canadian Triple Crown under the radar.
  Casse will have two horses running in the Plate on Sunday at Woodbine Racetrack. But neither Sir for Sure nor Hall of Dreams have received much attention since finishing 1-2, respectively, in last month’s $150,400 Plate Trial.
  On the same day, Moira won the $500,0
  
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• Heather Maahs enters Chilliwack school board race - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2022 23:20 via theprogress.com
  
  Heather Maahs enters Chilliwack school board race  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Why is ArriveCan still mandatory, and what is Ottawa’s plan for the contentious app?

  16-08-2022 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The glitch-prone app touted as an efficient border tool early in the pandemic has become a punching bag for critics who question its utility ⁠ — but ArriveCan may be here to stay.The government insists it’s a useful tool. Critics say it has outlived its use, if it ever had one.
  Here’s a quick lowdown on what we currently know about it.
  What is ArriveCan?
  The app was introduced early in the pandemic and its use has been mandatory at air and land borders sinc
  
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• NHL champion defenceman brings Stanley Cup to Cranbrook - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2022 23:11 via theprogress.com
  
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• Five years later, Sarah Potomak back on women’s world hockey championship roster

  16-08-2022 22:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Sarah Potomak kept faith she could wear the Maple Leaf again, despite feeling the uncertainty that comes with rejection.
  The 24-year-old forward from Aldergrove, B.C., will play for Canada in the women’s world hockey championship Aug. 25 to Sept. 4 in Herning and Frederikshavn, Denmark.
  When Potomak made her world championship debut in 2017 in Plymouth, Mich., Canada’s youngest player at 19 scored twice and assisted on another goal in five games.
  She was also the firs
  
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• 31 million reasons to celebrate: West Kelowna resident wins big - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2022 22:45 via theprogress.com
  
  31 million reasons to celebrate: West Kelowna resident wins big  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Miles or kilometres? Canadians weigh in on favoured measurement systems - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2022 22:10 via theprogress.com
  
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• Toronto FC looks to build on four-game unbeaten run in key game against New England

  16-08-2022 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A swift turnaround at Toronto FC has the Major League Soccer club on an urgent late-season push to make the playoffs.
  TFC enters a key game against the visiting New England Revolution on Wednesday night just four points out of a post-season spot in the Eastern Conference. 
  On a four-game unbeaten run since the debuts of Italian transfers Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi, TFC coach Bob Bradley says the pressure is on with just nine games remaining.
  “It’s
  
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• Summer, increased scrutiny to blame for small crowds at world juniors: Hockey Canada

  16-08-2022 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Empty seats have been a staple at the unusual world junior hockey championship in Edmonton this month — and Hockey Canada says scandals surrounding the organization are, in part, holding fans back. 
  While the tournament usually sees thousands of avid hockey lovers turn out for each game, the average attendance for the tournament’s 20 preliminary round matches was 1,319.
  Hockey Canada said there are “a few reasons” people have opted to stay home for t
  
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• Columbia River salmon are at the core of ancient religion - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2022 21:30 via theprogress.com
  
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• Canada looks to maintain momentum heading into quarterfinals at world juniors - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2022 21:30 via theprogress.com
  
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• Chilliwack man confirmed as Kelowna homicide victim - Kelowna Capital News

  16-08-2022 21:15 via kelownacapnews.com
  
  Chilliwack man confirmed as Kelowna homicide victim  Kelowna Capital News
  
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• Argos to be without RB Andrew Harris and WR Cam Phillips versus Calgary Stampeders

  16-08-2022 21:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts will be without Canadian running back Andrew Harris and American receiver Cam Phillips when they host the Calgary Stampeders on Saturday night.
  Harris, 35, is expected to miss four-to-six weeks with a torn pectoral muscle. Harris had three carries for 19 yards before leaving Toronto’s 34-27 loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats last weekend in the first half.
  Argos head coach Ryan Dinwiddie wouldn’t discount Harris requiring season-ending surgery, eith
  
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• Two-day heat wave expected for eastern Fraser Valley - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2022 20:59 via theprogress.com
  
  Two-day heat wave expected for eastern Fraser Valley  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Environment Canada issues heat wave for Chilliwack, Abbotsford

  16-08-2022 20:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Environment Canada and local medical health officers expect an increase in health and safety risks from heat following a weather warning from the national weather forecaster.Environment Canada issued a heat warning Tuesday (Aug. 16) morning for the Fraser Valley encompassing Chilliwack, Abbotsford and Hope, and is urging the public to take precautions.The national weather agency is warning that daytime temperatures for Chilliwack could approach 35 degrees Wednesday, as a stron
  
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• Canada looks to maintain momentum heading into quarterfinals at world juniors

  16-08-2022 20:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Canada may have finished the preliminary round undefeated, but teen star Connor Bedard says he and his teammates have more to give as they move on to elimination games at the world junior hockey championship. 
  The Canadians (4-0-0) sit at the top of the standings as they prepare to take on Switzerland (1-3-0) in Wednesday’s quarterfinals. 
  “I think our goal is still to get better every game,” Bedard said Monday after notching a goal and an assist in C
  
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• Palin, Murkowski highlight Alaska’s 2 elections on Tuesday

  16-08-2022 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska voters get their first shot at using ranked voting in a statewide race Tuesday in a special U.S. House election in which Sarah Palin seeks a return to elected office.Also, Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski faces 18 challengers in a primary in which the top four vote-getters will advance to November’s general election.The special election and regular primaries for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, governor and lieutenant governor and state legislative seats are o
  
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• Chilliwack school board candidate Maahs to prioritize reading, academic skills in re-election bid

  16-08-2022 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — After 14 years of serving the Chilliwack community, Chilliwack School District trustee Heather Maahs hopes to give parents a sounding board for another four years.Maahs says she will seek a seat on the Chilliwack Board of Education in this fall’s municipal election towards a goal of prioritizing reading and academic skills in her re-election bid.According to her campaign press release, Maahs has served on the Board of Education for 14 years with a mandate of giving stude
  
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• Chilliwack Council voting today to contract out community pools - CUPE Alberta -

  16-08-2022 20:15 via cupe.ca
  
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• Upside-down Lightning In Oklahoma Most Powerful Ever Recorded

  16-08-2022 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!Located smack dab in the middle of Tornado Alley is Oklahoma, a state infamous for wild weather. The state has about 60 days of thunderstorms annually and roughly 53 twisters per year. It’s no wonder 1996’s Twister took place in the “Sooner State.”
  Scientists recently discovered another powerful weather phenomenon attracted to Oklahoma: epic backward-flowing lightning bolts. Here’s what you need to know about these gigantic jet
  
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• Quebec junior college students have ‘reduced ability to study’ post-COVID: union head

  16-08-2022 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The head of a union representing Quebec junior college teachers says the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have negatively impacted students’ basic study skills.
  Youri Blanchet of the Fédération de l’enseignement collégial says teachers are noticing that students seem to be struggling with tasks such as taking notes, paying attention in class and completing assignments.
  Blanchet says the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to close for weeks at a time an
  
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• B.C. drug death toll passes 10,000 since declaration of emergency in 2016: coroner

  16-08-2022 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s chief coroner says the province has lost more than 10,000 lives to illicit drugs since the province declared a public health emergency in April 2016.
  Lisa Lapointe says the province is on track to lose another record number of people to the toxic drug supply this year, with the number of deaths in the first half of 2022 surpassing those of the same period in 2021.
  New data from the coroner’s service says at least 1,095 residents are believed to hav
  
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• Fraser Valley Regional District, City of Chilliwack seeking poll workers for fall election

  16-08-2022 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Depending on the position, election workers could make anywhere from $340 to over $600 in this fall’s Chilliwack-area election.The Fraser Valley Regional District announced on its website this week that it is looking for people to join its elections team ahead of municipal elections in October.Available positions include presiding election official, alternate presiding election official, and election official.Compensation to work at FVRD polling locations is $500 for the
  
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• City of Chilliwack hiring municipal election staff - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2022 18:45 via theprogress.com
  
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• Residents urge Chilliwack council to switch to in-house management of city pools - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2022 18:33 via theprogress.com
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• Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet accused of sexual assault in class-action lawsuit

  16-08-2022 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet is being accused of sexual assault in a class-action lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec.
  In court documents introduced today in Superior Court, an unnamed woman accuses the prominent cleric of kissing her at a cocktail reception in 2008 and sliding his hand down her back and touching her buttocks.
  The allegations are part of a series of claims made against clergy members that are included in two class-action lawsuits against the
  
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• Over ten thousand lives lost in B.C. to toxic drugs since public health emergency declared

  16-08-2022 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Another month, another sobering milestone in the ongoing opioid crisis in British Columbia.At least 1,095 British Columbians are believed to have been lost to the toxic drug supply between January and June 2022, according to preliminary data released by the B.C. Coroners Service Tuesday (Aug. 16) morning.
  “The ever-increasing toxicity of the unregulated, illicit drug market is taking a heart-breaking toll on the lives and well-being of members of our communities across the
  
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• Restricted free agent Jalen Harris reinstated by NBA after drug suspension

  16-08-2022 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Jalen Harris has been reinstated by the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association after serving a one-year suspension for a positive drug test.
  The Toronto Raptors hold the guard’s rights as a restricted free agent, but the team is at the maximum 20 players allowed heading into training camp.
  Harris reacted to Tuesday’s news by tweeting a praying hands emoji.
  Harris was given a one-year suspension on July 1, 2021, after testing positive for a prohibited subs
  
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• Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry: Advice given to witnesses worries former judge

  16-08-2022 17:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — A former Supreme Court of Canada judge working with the inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting says he’s worried that the federal Justice Department has been discouraging witnesses from being forthcoming with relevant evidence.
  In an Aug. 5 letter to the department, Thomas Cromwell cited advice the department gave Nova Scotia RCMP Chief Supt. Chris Leather before he testified before the commission of inquiry on July 28.
  Cromwell said he was “deeply concerned&
  
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• Sunken fish boat off B.C. shifts into deeper water, leaks fuel in key orca habitat

  16-08-2022 17:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Crews are working to drain fuel from a sunken fish boat in U.S. waters just east of Vancouver Island before it fouls a key feeding ground for endangered southern resident killer whales.
  An update from the U.S. Coast Guard says the 15-metre Aleutian Isle has shifted since it went down Saturday off Washington state, near San Juan Island, roughly 25 kilometres east of Victoria.
  The vessel, loaded with about 10,000 litres of diesel and oil, was originally resting in about 30 metres
  
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• Lions QB Rourke named CFL’s top performer for a third straight week

  16-08-2022 17:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Another week, another CFL top performer honour for B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke.
  Rourke was named the CFL’s top performer Tuesday for the third straight week and fifth time this season. Lions receiver Bryan Burnham and defensive back Wesley Sutton of the Montreal Alouettes earned second and third performer honours, respectively.
  Rourke, of Victoria, threw for 488 yards, breaking his own Canadian single-game record, and two touchdowns to rally B.C. to a 41-40 road wi
  
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• Boston police boat comes to rescue of stranded groom

  16-08-2022 17:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Officers with the Boston Police Department’s harbor patrol unit are used to helping boaters in distress, but last weekend Officer Joe Matthews came to the rescue of a groom in danger of missing his own wedding.
  Patrick Mahoney was scheduled to get married on Thompson Island in the middle of Boston Harbor on Saturday, but the boat that was supposed to ferry him to the island where his bride-to-be was already waiting broke down, police said in a post on their website.
  It
  
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• ‘I just love to live’: Vernon woman celebrates 100th birthday - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2022 17:00 via theprogress.com
  
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• Downtown Chilliwack BIA reports rash of broken windows, doors to downtown businesses

  16-08-2022 16:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Downtown Chilliwack business owners and merchants are urged to take proactive action following a recent surge in downtown vandalism.The Downtown Chilliwack Business Improvement Association is reporting a rash of broken windows and doors in the downtown sector, prompting a communique from the business advocacy group to start the week.The BIA disseminated an email Monday morning (Aug. 15) asking downtown business owners and tenants to ensure that their alarm system is motion act
  
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• Threatening flyers distributed throughout Vancouver tent encampment: police - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
  
  Threatening flyers distributed throughout Vancouver tent encampment: police  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• One in four border officers witnessed discrimination by colleagues: internal report - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
  
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• Olympic champion Ellia Green finds liberation in transition - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
  
  Olympic champion Ellia Green finds liberation in transition  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• New Scottish law makes period products free for all - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
  
  New Scottish law makes period products free for all  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• How to take your garden and yard back from the mosquitoes - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
  
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• Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19, ‘mild’ symptoms

  16-08-2022 15:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 and was experiencing “mild symptoms,” the White House announced Tuesday.
  She had been vacationing with President Joe Biden in South Carolina when she began experiencing symptoms on Monday. She has been prescribed the antiviral drug Paxlovid and will isolate at the vacation home for at least five days.
  Joe Biden tested negative for the virus on Tuesday morning, the White House said, but would be wearin
  
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• ESPN’s Stephen A Smith has memoir coming in January 2023

  16-08-2022 14:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Dallas Cowboy fans be warned: ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith has a memoir coming out next year.
  13A, an imprint of Gallery Books, announced Tuesday that Smith’s “Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes” is scheduled for January 2023. According to 13A, Smith will share stories about growing up poor in New York City, his early years in journalism and his long history of speaking his mind — to a fault — about sports (the Cowboy
  
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• Former Ontario Liberal leader Steven Del Duca announces run for Vaughan mayor

  16-08-2022 14:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Former Ontario Liberal leader Steven Del Duca said Tuesday he has entered the race for Vaughan mayor in the October municipal election.
  In a news release, he said his campaign will focus on stemming traffic gridlock in the city that he has called home for 35 years.
  “Vaughan has experienced explosive population growth over the years and it’s been hard for our transportation network to keep up,” he said. “The result is obvious and brutal – more of our residents are st
  
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• Border agents see discrimination, LaFlamme ousted: In The News for Aug. 16

  16-08-2022 10:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kick-start your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Tuesday, August 16, 2022.
  What we are watching in Canada …
  Results of an internal survey at Canada’s border agency show one-quarter of front-line employees said they had directly witnessed a colleague discriminate against a traveller in the previous two years.Just over two in five said they also did not report what they obse
  
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• Statistics Canada to release July inflation reading this morning

  16-08-2022 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is expected to release July’s inflation data this morning.
  Economists believe the inflation rate may have already peaked given the recent drop in gas prices, which fuelled May and June’s inflation reading. 
  RBC is forecasting the year-over-year inflation rate fell from a nearly 40-year high of 8.1 per cent in June to 7.7 per cent in July. 
  As countries around the world struggle with skyrocketing prices, there are some signs inflation is begi
  
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• One in four border officers witnessed discrimination by colleagues: internal report

  16-08-2022 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — One-quarter of front line employees surveyed at Canada’s border agency said they had directly witnessed a colleague discriminate against a traveller in the previous two years.
  Of these respondents, 71 per cent suggested the discrimination was based, in full or in part, on the travellers’ race, and just over three-quarters cited their national or ethnic origin.
  The figures are drawn from a survey conducted as part of an internal Canada Border Services Agency evaluation
  
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• MPs to hear more testimony about alleged political meddling in N.S. shooting probe

  16-08-2022 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Two of the people behind an accusation of political interference in the investigation of the April 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia will be before a House of Commons committee Tuesday. 
  RCMP Chief Supt. Darren Campbell and Lia Scanlan, a strategic communications director, each accused Commissioner Brenda Lucki of saying she faced pressure from the federal government to ensure information about the gunman’s weapons was released at a news conference.
  Campbell’s han
  
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• Green Canadian hydrogen not an immediate solution to Germany’s energy worries

  16-08-2022 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Some energy experts warn a deal to sell Canadian hydrogen to Germany will serve as only a small, far-off and expensive part of the solution to Europe’s energy crisis.
  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are set to sign a hydrogen agreement in Stephenville, N.L. next week, during Scholz’s official visit to Canada.
  A government official speaking on the condition they not be identified confirmed there will be a hydrogen accord signed that is th
  
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• Residents urge Chilliwack council to switch to in-house management of city pools – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2022 09:00 via theprogress.com
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• City of Chilliwack hiring municipal election staff – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2022 09:00 via theprogress.com
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