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• Lewandowski has watch stolen before Barcelona practice

  18-08-2022 23:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski had a watch reportedly worth 70,000 euros (about $70,000) snatched from his arm as he arrived for practice on Thursday, Spanish media said.
  The watch was taken from him as he stopped at the entrance of the club’s practice facilities to sign autographs and take photos with fans, authorities told Spanish media. A man reportedly grabbed the watch as the Poland striker opened the window of his car to greet the fans.
  Police said
  
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• Weather modification program aims to replenish shrinking Yangtze River in China - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2022 23:50 via theprogress.com
  
  Weather modification program aims to replenish shrinking Yangtze River in China  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Surrey, B.C. teen Lauren Kim is dominating the women’s golf at Canada Games

  18-08-2022 23:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Lauren Kim’s first golf clubs were a plastic set her parents bought her as a toddler.
  When she fired a hard shot into their new TV, her parents knew it was time to take her to the family driving range.
  “I fell in love with the game,” said Kim, whose parents own the Peace Arch Driving Range in south Surrey, B.C. Passed down from her grandparents, it’s been in the family for more than 30 years.
  The 17-year-old Kim is dominating the women’s golf at the Canada Summer Ga
  
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• Redblacks see opportunity to move up in East as Elks visit nation’s capital

  18-08-2022 23:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — With just one win in eight games, the Ottawa Redblacks are running short on time to turn things around this season.
  If Ottawa has any hope of keeping a post-season berth within its grasp it needs to start with a win Friday night when it hosts the Edmonton Elks in the first half of a home-and-home series.
  “As crazy as it sounds, we still control our own destiny,” said Ottawa quarterback Caleb Evans. “Guys are still hungry, still ready to play and still ready to ge
  
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• Running back Harris to remain with Argos as leader, mentor in spite of injury

  18-08-2022 23:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A torn right pectoral muscle ended Andrew Harris’s season but the Toronto Argonauts running back doesn’t believe it will ultimately end his illustrious CFL career.
  Harris, 35, said Thursday he’ll undergo season-ending surgery next week. The five-foot-11, 202-pound Winnipeg native was injured in last week’s 34-27 home loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
  “I’m devastated,” Harris said following Toronto’s practice. “Just kind of a fl
  
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• Riders look to improve playoff chances in four-game stretch against Lions, Bombers

  18-08-2022 23:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — It may only be the midpoint of the CFL season, but the Saskatchewan Roughriders are playing for their playoff lives.
  The Riders, fourth in the CFL West Division at 5-4, open a four-game stretch Friday against visiting B.C. that includes home-and-home series with the 7-1 Lions and the 9-1 Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
  Craig Dickenson agreed with a suggestion from a reporter that this four-game stretch might be the toughest during his tenure as Riders head coach.
  “It’s going be
  
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• Tension in Ottawa as group associated with convoy protest attempts to put down roots

  18-08-2022 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — An Ottawa-based group with suspected ties to the “Freedom Convoy” says it was threatened with eviction Wednesday and is ready to take its cause to court in an attempt to set up headquarters in the country’s capital.
  The United People of Canada,or TUPOC,moved in to a deconsecrated church in downtown Ottawa this summer as part of a conditional offer to buy the space.
  The heritage building is now draped with large red banners featuring the group’s logo: a tree
  
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• PHOTOS: Summery, sky-high sunflowers in Chilliwack - Hope Standard

  18-08-2022 23:14 via hopestandard.com
  
  PHOTOS: Summery, sky-high sunflowers in Chilliwack  Hope Standard
  
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• PHOTOS: Summery, sky-high sunflowers in Chilliwack - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  18-08-2022 23:14 via agassizharrisonobserver.com
  
  PHOTOS: Summery, sky-high sunflowers in Chilliwack  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• BC Ferries reports busiest-ever spring for vehicle traffic - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2022 22:59 via theprogress.com
  
  BC Ferries reports busiest-ever spring for vehicle traffic  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Six events to kick off Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association season

  18-08-2022 22:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHILADELPHIA — The Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association that includes national team players from Canada and the United States opens its season Oct. 14.
  The PWHPA rose from the ashes of the collapsed Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL) in 2019 with the goal of a sustainable women’s professional league offering the same competitive and financial supports male pros have.
  The association includes 43 Olympians as well as other players with national-team and
  
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• Chilliwack Minor Hockey Association hosts female learn-to-play sessions - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2022 22:40 via theprogress.com
  
  Chilliwack Minor Hockey Association hosts female learn-to-play sessions  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Supreme Court to review mandatory minimum penalty for child luring offence - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2022 22:30 via theprogress.com
  
  Supreme Court to review mandatory minimum penalty for child luring offence  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Helicopter rescue saves hiker in Golden Ears park - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2022 22:30 via theprogress.com
  
  Helicopter rescue saves hiker in Golden Ears park  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Browns’ Deshaun Watson suspended 11 games, fined $5 million - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2022 22:30 via theprogress.com
  
  Browns’ Deshaun Watson suspended 11 games, fined $5 million  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Spy watchdog panel to review how agencies intercept communications

  18-08-2022 22:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The committee of MPs and senators that oversees the security and intelligence community says it plans a review of how these agencies intercept communications during investigations.
  The review by the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians will examine the legislative, regulatory, policy and financial framework for monitoring communications.
  It will include a look at how encryption, used to shield calls and messages, poses challenges for security agencies t
  
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• Opportunistic Medvedev converts key breaks in win over Shapovalov

  18-08-2022 21:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CINCINNATI — Denis Shapovalov gave up a pair of 11th-game breaks in a 7-5, 7-5 loss to world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev in third-round action Thursday at the Western & Southern Open Masters-level tennis tournament.
  Shapovalov showed flashes of skill at points during the match, particularly in the ninth game of the second set. Shapovalov fought off four break points and took a 5-4 lead after winning a game that took nine minutes 42 seconds to complete.
  There is little margin for error when f
  
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• Probe of top secret docs at Trump estate in ‘early stages’

  18-08-2022 20:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Justice Department’s investigation into whether former President Donald Trump illegally stored classified records at his Florida estate – and potentially violated the Espionage Act – is still “in its early stages,” a top national security prosecutor said Thursday.
  The revelation by Jay Bratt, a top national security prosecutor, was the clearest indication yet that the Justice Department is directly scrutinizing Trump’s co
  
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• Judge sides with Enbridge Inc. in Michigan’s latest effort to halt Line 5 pipeline

  18-08-2022 20:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — A judge in Michigan has ruled in favour of Enbridge Inc. in the company’s long-running dispute with the state over the Line 5 cross-border pipeline.In her ruling, Judge Janet Neff says the case belongs in federal court — a blow to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s bid to shut down the pipeline.It’s the second time in nine months that Neff has sided with Enbridge on the question of jurisdiction.Whitmer has been trying since November 2020 to shut down Line
  
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• Gilgeous-Alexander headlines Canada’s roster for World Cup qualifiers

  18-08-2022 20:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Oklahoma City guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander headlines Canada’s men’s basketball roster for the next World Cup qualifying window.
  Canada plays Argentina on Aug. 25 in Victoria and then travels to Panama for a game on Aug. 29. 
  Canada Basketball’s 15-player training camp roster for the fourth window includes Nickeil Alexander-Walker of the Utah Jazz, Dallas Mavericks forward Dwight Powell, and Detroit Pistons Kelly Olynyk and Cory Joseph.
  RJ Barrett, Khem Bir
  
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• Mississippi changes legal team to handle welfare fraud case

  18-08-2022 20:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Department of Human Services is hiring a different law firm to try to recover millions of dollars in welfare money that was misspent in the state’s largest public corruption case in decades.
  The state Personnel Board on Thursday approved a contract for the department to hire the Jones Walker firm, which has about 370 attorneys in multiple states, the department said in a news release.
  Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, a Republican, also ap
  
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• Supreme Court to review mandatory minimum penalty for child luring offence

  18-08-2022 20:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will examine the constitutionality of a minimum sentence for the offence of child luring.
  The top court has agreed to review the case of a Quebec man, identified only as H.V., who pleaded guilty to a child luring offence committed in 2017.
  He argued the six-month mandatory minimum sentence provided for in s. 172.1(2)(b) of the Criminal Code was unconstitutional, given the Charter of Rights guarantee against cruel or unusual punishment.
  The Court of Queb
  
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• Introducing Mułaa, Canada’s rising tide Indigenous surf team - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2022 20:00 via theprogress.com
  
  Introducing Mułaa, Canada’s rising tide Indigenous surf team  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. welcomes Canada’s first sensory-friendly chiropractic office - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2022 20:00 via theprogress.com
  
  B.C. welcomes Canada’s first sensory-friendly chiropractic office  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Prosecutors rest their case against 2 men in Whitmer plot

  18-08-2022 19:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Prosecutors have rested their case against two men on trial for a second time in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020.
  The jury heard seven days of testimony before prosecutors finished Thursday in federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
  Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. are on trial on conspiracy charges. A jury in April couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict but acquitted two other men.
  One of the last government witnesses was an FBI agent who was working undercover.
  
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• Reports: Flames closing in on signing UFA forward Nazem Kadri

  18-08-2022 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Calgary Flames are closing in on a deal to sign unrestricted free agent Nazem Kadri, according to multiple media reports.
  TSN reported that the deal is for seven years.
  The 32-year-old Kadri was one of the biggest names available in free agency after an All-Star season with Colorado that ended with the Avalanche winning the Stanley Cup.
  Kadri had 87 points (28 goals, 59 assists) in 71 games for the Avalanche in 2021-22.
  He added 15 points (seven goals, eight assists) in 16 playoff games, inc
  
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• Treasury Board rejects ‘blanket exemption’ idea for official language requirements

  18-08-2022 19:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Treasury Board is rejecting an idea pitched by some Indigenous public servants to offer “blanket exemptions” from having to learn both of Canada’s official languages. 
  A briefing note released to The Canadian Press under federal Access-to-Information from last fall shows senior officials deliberating over the exemption call coming from some members of the Indigenous Federal Employees Network. 
  Senior bureaucrats flagged a “growing tension&rdqu
  
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• Negotiations with the Canadian men’s soccer team could go on beyond the World Cup

  18-08-2022 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The countdown to the World Cup in Qatar is ticking. And at the same time, pressure is building on Canada Soccer to seal a compensation deal with the men’s national team.
  There is plenty on the negotiating table, given the increased attention and higher stakes that come with making the men’s soccer showcase for the first time in 36 years — with a home World Cup to follow in 2026.
  But some part of the negotiations could go beyond the November start of the tournament, says Toronto
  
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• ‘Weak spot’ in virus responsible for COVID-19 could mean new treatments: researchers

  18-08-2022 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Researchers at the University of British Columbia have discovered what they are calling a “weak spot” in the virus that causes COVID-19.
  A study published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Nature Communications says the “key vulnerability” is found in all major variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
  Researchers say exploiting that weakness could pave the way for new treatments that would be effective against all strains of the illness that has killed al
  
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• Margaret Reid jumps into Chilliwack school board race - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2022 18:30 via theprogress.com
  
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• Hidden treasure Syéxw Chó:leqw Adventure Park east of Agassiz to be expanded thanks to provincial funding

  18-08-2022 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A cherished outdoor adventure park for children, families and outdoor enthusiasts, nestled between Agassiz and Hope, will be getting a boost from the provincial government towards a substantial expansion and enhancement.The Government of B.C. announced Thursday morning that it will provide $350,000 to Skawahlook First Nation to help with the expansion of the Syéxw Chó:leqw Adventure Park east of Agassiz along Highway 7.
  The funding allocation will help pay for a
  
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• Western Quebec smelter will reduce arsenic emissions to five times provincial norm

  18-08-2022 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The owner of a western Quebec copper smelter says it will adhere to the government’s new requirements and reduce arsenic emissions to five times the provincial norm by 2027.
  The smelter in Rouyn-Noranda, Que., is owned by Switzerland-based Glencore and is currently certified to emit 100 nanograms of arsenic per cubic metre of air — 33 times the provincewide standard.
  Glencore’s operations in the town more than 600 kilometres northwest of Montreal have been a ca
  
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• AP source: Browns QB Watson settles for 11-game suspension

  18-08-2022 18:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Deshaun Watson has reached a settlement with the NFL and will serve an 11-game suspension and pay a $5 million fine rather than risk missing his first season as quarterback of the Cleveland Browns, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.
  Watson was accused of sexual misconduct by two dozen women while he played for the Houston Texans. 
  The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Thursday in disclosing the settlement between Watson and the league, which had s
  
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• Pope says not enough evidence to open sex assault probe against Quebec Cardinal

  18-08-2022 18:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Pope Francis is declaring that there is not enough evidence to open a canonical investigation for sexual assault against Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet.
  The pontiff made the statement today through the director of the Holy See press office.
  Ouellet is facing allegations of sexual assault in a class-action lawsuit filed this week in Quebec Superior Court.
  A woman identified as “F.” accused the cardinal, once considered a front-runner to become pope, of several incidents of sexual assaul
  
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• Abbotsford Police release drawing of suspect in attempted child abduction - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2022 18:06 via theprogress.com
  
  Abbotsford Police release drawing of suspect in attempted child abduction  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• United Way front-line worker, community volunteer to seek seat on Chilliwack school board this fall

  18-08-2022 17:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A front-line community worker for the United Way and active community volunteer will make a run for the Chilliwack Board of Education this fall.
  Lifelong Chilliwack resident Margaret Reid, who has three children in the Chilliwack public school system, announced Wednesday night (Aug. 17) that she will seek a seat on the Chilliwack school board in this fall’s municipal election.
  “As a lifelong Chilliwack resident who went through Chilliwack schools grades 1-12, a mem
  
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• B.C. man hospitalized after 100-foot cliff jump goes wrong - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2022 17:27 via theprogress.com
  
  B.C. man hospitalized after 100-foot cliff jump goes wrong  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Elks running back James Wilder Jr. says his CFL season is over due to injury

  18-08-2022 17:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Running back James Wilder Jr. of the Edmonton Elks says his 2022 CFL season is over.
  Wilder Jr. wrote on his Instagram account that he’s been told his ’22 campaign is done and the only way he can resume playing is to undergo surgery.
  “I was told by docs that my season is over and the only way I can ever play again is getting neck/spine surgery,” Wilder Jr. wrote. “I’ve been so numb I don’t even know how to process this to even know what
  
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• City of Chilliwack awards $2.4 million contract to repair Vedder Road and roadways in Greendale, Promontory, Ryder Lake and elsewhere

  18-08-2022 16:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack’s rough roads just got the green light for some much needed repairs.Chilliwack City Council voted Tuesday (Aug. 16) to award a $2.4 million asphalt rehabilitation contract to B.A. Blacktop Ltd. to remediate asphalt along Vedder Road and in various areas of town like Greendale, Promontory, Yarrow, Fairfield Island, Ryder Lake, several roads near Broadway and Chilliwack Central Road, and a couple street near the ICBC claims office.
  On an annual basis the City of
  
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• Gas-powered muscle cars drive into the sunset, turn electric - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
  
  Gas-powered muscle cars drive into the sunset, turn electric  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Sizzling temperature in Chilliwack on Wednesday was 11 degrees above normal - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2022 16:28 via theprogress.com
  
  Sizzling temperature in Chilliwack on Wednesday was 11 degrees above normal  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Homestand '22: Bill Henderson of Hall of Fame rock band Chilliwack - Moose Jaw Today

  18-08-2022 16:00 via moosejawtoday.com
  
  Homestand '22: Bill Henderson of Hall of Fame rock band Chilliwack  Moose Jaw Today
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Summer of local fun

  18-08-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It has been a jam-packed summer full of community events here in Abbotsford and Mission, and I can’t tell you how heartwarming it is to be back connecting with people in person again over the last few months.Since March 2020, when our lives were turned upside down due to a global pandemic, the yearly outdoor events that we might normally attend in the summer were put on hold as we all made personal sacrifices to keep our friends, family and neighbours safe.After British Columbians kept the
  
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• Active Chilliwack senior celebrates 108th birthday - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2022 14:00 via theprogress.com
  
  Active Chilliwack senior celebrates 108th birthday  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Israel closes Palestinian rights groups it labeled terrorist

  18-08-2022 11:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israel raided the offices of several Palestinian advocacy groups it had previously designated as terrorist organizations, sealing entrance doors and leaving notices declaring them closed, the groups said Thursday.
  Israel has claimed some of these groups had ties to the militant Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a secular, left-wing movement with a political party as well as an armed wing that has carried out deadly attacks against Israelis. The group
  
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• Quebec COVID-19 booster rates stay low as province launches new vaccination campaign

  18-08-2022 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — As Quebec prepares to launch a provincewide COVID-19 vaccination campaign ahead of a potential new fall wave, it’s unclear whether it will be enough to prompt a pandemic-weary public to roll up their sleeves for another booster.
  As of Wednesday, only 56 per cent of Quebecers aged five and older had received a third vaccine dose — a number that has hardly budged in months. Government officials have said that the low booster uptake is due to the fact that millions of Q
  
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• Prime Minister travelling to Quebec’s Gaspé Peninsula today

  18-08-2022 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is resuming his summer politicking tour today with a trip to Quebec’s Gaspé Peninsula.
  Trudeau is there to continue the summer meet and greets he started in July in other parts of Canada.
  His planned events include visits to a farm, wind farm and a train retrofitting plant in New Richmond.
  Trudeau’s last stop in the region came when he was in full pre-campaign mode just one month before he called a federal election.
  This visit comes as the provinc
  
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• 80 years after Dieppe, postcards share stories of soldiers who died in deadly raid

  18-08-2022 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Paris Eakins was 26 years old when he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in November 1940 during the Second World War.
  He was born in Minnedosa, Man., where he lived until he attended the University of Manitoba, graduating with a bachelor of arts degree. Eakins worked at his town’s newspaper and went on to join the sports department at the Winnipeg Free Press. 
  After he enlisted, Eakins worked his way to become a pilot officer in a fighter squadron based in England in 1941. The next
  
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• Police: Death toll in Afghan capital mosque bombing now 21

  18-08-2022 09:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Taliban police spokesman in Afghanistan’s capital said the toll from a mosque bombing rose Thursday to 21 people killed with 33 others wounded in the attack.
  Khalid Zadran, the spokesman for Kabul’s police chief, gave the figures to The Associated Press after Wednesday’s bombing at the Sunni mosque.
  No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, though the Islamic State group’s affiliate in the country has been blamed for a series of s
  
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• 'We know there is more work to do,' says Chilliwack mayor on climate change – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  18-08-2022 09:00 via theprogress.com
  'We know there is more work to do,' says Chilliwack mayor on climate change – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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