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• Fire approximately 1.5 hectares in size breaks out near Sasquatch Provincial Park

  19-08-2022 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HARRISON LAKE — A fire has broken out on the east side of Harrison Lake north of Sasquatch Provincial Park and Hicks Lake.The B.C. Wildfire Service reported Friday afternoon (Aug. 19) that the fire is 1.5 hectares in size. The suspected cause is unknown at this time.
  The nearest road in proximity to the fire is Slollicum Creek Forest Service Road.
  Provincially, there are presently 14 fires in the Coastal Fire Centre, 13 in the Northwest Fire Centre, 32 in the Kamloops Fire Centre, and 41 i
  
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• Mexico, US collaboration pave way for 2026 World Cup

  19-08-2022 23:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Forward Daniela Solis is the personification of an ever-growing connection between soccer in the United States and Mexico — one that’s only going to intensify as the 2026 World Cup looms.Major League Soccer’s All-Star Game against Liga MX counterparts, an expanded Leagues Cup competition next year and a series of women’s exhibition matches this summer all aim to bridge the border.For MLS, that means tapping into the sizable Liga MX fan base in
  
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• ‘Really unfit’ B.C. woman takes up competitive powerlifting at 61 - Chilliwack Progress

  19-08-2022 23:30
  
  ‘Really unfit’ B.C. woman takes up competitive powerlifting at 61  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Vancouver police investigate three violent stranger attacks in Fairview neighbourhood

  19-08-2022 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Vancouver police are investigating what they call a series of violent stranger assaults in the city’s Fairview neighbourhood and trying to establish if the incidents are related.
  Constable Tania Visintin says all three three alleged assaults involving an unknown male attacker or attackers occurred within a span of about two hours Thursday evening, and anyone with information should call police.
  Investigators say the first attack happened just after 6:30 p.m. under the Granville Street Brid
  
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• Kobe Bryant’s widow says crash photos turned grief to horror

  19-08-2022 23:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vanessa Bryant testified Friday that she was only beginning to grieve the loss of her husband basketball star Kobe Bryant and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna when she was faced with the fresh horror of learning that sheriff’s deputies and firefighters had shot and shared photos of their bodies at the site of the helicopter crash that killed them.
  “I felt like I wanted to run, run down the block and scream,” she said, her tears turning to sobs and her
  
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• Chilliwack chock-a-block with exciting events, road closures this weekend - Chilliwack Progress

  19-08-2022 22:55
  
  Chilliwack chock-a-block with exciting events, road closures this weekend  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Exercise in ‘patience’ pays off for Kadri, says winning a factor in joining Flames

  19-08-2022 22:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Nazem Kadri said the Calgary Flames expressed interest the moment he became an unrestricted free agent, but it was an “elaborate process” before he finally signed on the dotted line on Thursday.
  “The patience definitely did me some good,” Kadri told reporters in a Zoom call Friday. “There were some decisions to be made.”
  The Flames’ wild off-season took another dramatic turn Thursday when the team signed the coveted free agent to a seven-year, US$49-mill
  
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• BC Liquor stores to begin alcohol rationing due to BCGEU strike action; beer exempt

  19-08-2022 21:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — If you get your wine and spirits from one of two government-run liquor stores in Chilliwack, you could start to see alcohol rationing effective immediately.British Columbia’s Finance Ministry said Friday that government-run liquor stores are implementing limits on alcohol sales in response to job action affecting several distribution outlets, effective immediately.
  It says in a statement that no more than three of any individual item may be purchased per customer, per da
  
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• Large fire consumes boats, buildings, vehicles at boatyard

  19-08-2022 21:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MATTAPOISETT, Mass. (AP) — Several boats, buildings and vehicles were destroyed by a large fire at a Massachusetts boatyard Friday.
  Aerial video taken by WCVB-TV showed several boats and vehicles at the boatyard in Mattapoisett either burned out shells or being consumed by flames. Firefighters from around the region, including from as far away as Providence, Rhode Island about 30 miles away, responded to the blaze.
  People who picked up the phones at the Mattapoisett fire and police departm
  
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• BCHL Next Generation: Chilliwack Chiefs - BCHL

  19-08-2022 21:22
  
  BCHL Next Generation: Chilliwack Chiefs  BCHL
  
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• Free airshow, Flight Fest, returns to Chilliwack skies - Hope Standard

  19-08-2022 21:12
  
  Free airshow, Flight Fest, returns to Chilliwack skies  Hope Standard
  
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• Free airshow, Flight Fest, returns to Chilliwack skies - Chilliwack Progress

  19-08-2022 21:12
  
  Free airshow, Flight Fest, returns to Chilliwack skies  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Argo starter Bethel-Thompson aware of Stampeders’ ball-hawking skills

  19-08-2022 20:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — It would appear to be a favourable matchup for McLeod Bethel-Thompson and the Toronto Argonauts.
  Toronto (4-4) hosts Calgary (5-3) at BMO Field on Saturday night. The Argos come in with the CFL’s second-ranked aerial attack (282 yards per game) and face a Stampeders’ defence that’s allowing a league-high 303.1 yards through the air this season.
  Calgary is also ranked eighth in both passing touchdowns allowed (13) and total net offence (366.3). But numbers, Bethe
  
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• Quebec governing party continues to make election promises before start of campaign

  19-08-2022 20:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s governing party continues to make election promises even though the campaign hasn’t officially started.
  Families Minister Mathieu Lacombe told reporters today that if the Coalition Avenir Québec is re-elected, the party would spend $1.4 billion over five years to convert all unsubsidized daycare spots into subsidized spaces.
  Parents would pay $8.70 a day for the new spots — the same price charged at private subsidized daycares and at public dayc
  
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• O’Bonsawin nominated to be Canada’s first Indigenous Supreme Court justice - Chilliwack Progress

  19-08-2022 20:30
  
  O’Bonsawin nominated to be Canada’s first Indigenous Supreme Court justice  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Jobs’ Apple-1 computer prototype auctioned for nearly $700K - Chilliwack Progress

  19-08-2022 20:30
  
  Jobs’ Apple-1 computer prototype auctioned for nearly $700K  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• NATO secretary-general will visit Canadian Arctic defence site in Nunavut next week

  19-08-2022 20:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is making a visit to Canada next week. 
  The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, climate change and Arctic defences will be the main areas of focus for meetings between Stoltenberg and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
  The Prime Minister’s Office says the pair will stop at one of the sites of the North Warning System, part of Canada’s Norad defences, in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, on Thursday. 
  The next day they will visit a R
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP, Indigenous communities unite in epic 11-day canoe journey across British Columbia

  19-08-2022 20:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Truth and reconciliation with First Nations communities can manifest in many different forms, including an epic 11-day canoe adventure across the splendor of British Columbia and First Nations territories.This year, the first ever Upper Fraser Valley RCMP Canoe Family participated in the 20th edition of the Pulling Together Canoe Journey.
  Together, with SAY Lands and the Sto:lo Spath Canoe Family of the Abbotsford Police, members of the Indigenous Policing Service, Chilliwack
  
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• Utah judge reverses law banning transgender kids from sports

  19-08-2022 20:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Transgender girls in Utah will be given the opportunity to participate in female sports as the school year begins after a judge on Friday reversed a ban pending legal challenges from parents.
  Instead of an outright ban, transgender girls will now go before a state commission of political appointees who will determine if they are eligible to participate. Utah’s Republican lawmakers created the commission in a law passed earlier this as a fallback plan to be imple
  
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• Ottawa announces $2.8M to support air services in remote Nunavut communities

  19-08-2022 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  IQALUIT — The federal government has pledged $2.8 million to support essential air services for remote communities in Nunavut. 
  Terry Beech, the parliamentary secretary to the deputy prime minister and minister of finance, announced the new funding at the Iqaluit airport Friday on behalf of Transport Minister Omar Alghabra. 
  Alghabra says the investment will ensure communities continue to have access to air services for the delivery of essential goods and services, business and t
  
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• US poised to announce new military aid, drones for Ukraine

  19-08-2022 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. for the first time Friday said it will give Ukraine Scan Eagle surveillance drones, mine-resistant vehicles, anti-armor rounds and howitzer weapons to help Ukrainian forces regain territory and mount a counteroffensive against Russian invaders.
  A senior defense official told reporters that a new $775 million aid package will include 15 Scan Eagles, 40 mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles known as MRAPs with mine-clearing rollers, and 2,000 anti-armor rounds
  
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• Scientists Find Glowing Arctic Fish With Antifreeze In Its Veins

  19-08-2022 19:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!In 2019, the American Museum of Natural History sent a team of scientists to Greenland to explore what lies beneath iceberg habitats as part of the Constantine S. Niarchos Expedition. Their findings were illuminating.
  During their mission, they discovered the first biofluorescent Arctic fish, a snailfish that glows green and red under UV light. While attempting to learn more about this characteristic, the researchers uncovered another interesting feature: t
  
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• B.C. Liquor Stores start rationing alcohol sales due to BCGEU strike

  19-08-2022 19:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s Finance Ministry says government-run liquor stores are implementing limits on alcohol sales in response to job action affecting several distribution outlets, effective immediately.
  It says in a statement that no more than three of any individual item may be purchased per customer, per day, at BC Liquor Stores, although beer purchases are exempt.
  A group representing private liquor stores, bars, pubs, and retail cannabis outlets says the rationing will l
  
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• Bar and pub group says B.C. to ration liquor sales due to BCGEU strike

  19-08-2022 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — An organization that represents British Columbia’s private liquor stores says the province has imposed limits on alcohol sales at government-run outlets in response to job action affecting several liquor distribution outlets, effective immediately.
  The executive director of the Alliance of Beverage Licensees says the limits at BC Liquor Stores took effect at 9 a.m. and will ration the quantity of alcohol that customers, including pubs, bars, restaurants, and the public, m
  
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• Wolf missing from Vancouver zoo found safe, returned to pack

  19-08-2022 19:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ALDERGROVE, B.C. — A wolf missing from a British Columbia zoo has been found safe and returned to its pack. 
  The Greater Vancouver Zoo says in a statement the discovery of the one-year-old female canine known as Tempest puts an end to a three-day search and rescue operation.
  It does not say where the wolf was found or elaborate on her condition, but it says the zoo in Aldergrove, B.C., will re-open Saturday.
  Menita Prasad, the zoo’s deputy general manager, said Thursday that nin
  
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• ‘Every game is crucial’ for Alouettes as team starts home stint against Tiger-Cats

  19-08-2022 19:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes are heading into Saturday’s game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats with some rare momentum.
  The Alouettes (3-6) handed the Winnipeg Blue Bombers their first loss of the season last week and now have a four-game home stint ahead of them. The Alouettes will finish the season with six of their last nine games at Percival Molson Stadium. 
  Danny Maciocia’s team hasn’t won back-to-back games this year. While a win against Hamilton (3-6) on S
  
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• Busted generator forces Canadian warship to quit mission to the High Arctic: navy

  19-08-2022 19:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — One of Canada’s newest warships is being forced to abandon a mission to the Arctic because of a mechanical breakdown.
  The Royal Canadian Navy confirmed today that HMCS Harry DeWolf was en route to join Operation Nanook in the Far North when one of its four diesel generators failed on Wednesday.
  As a result, the ship is on its way back to its home port in Halifax for repairs.
  The navy described the failure as an “isolated incident” that did not affect any crew me
  
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• Last missing wolf recovered alive after escape from Aldergrove zoo - Chilliwack Progress

  19-08-2022 19:30
  
  Last missing wolf recovered alive after escape from Aldergrove zoo  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• One man is dead after being stabbed in Surrey - Chilliwack Progress

  19-08-2022 19:22
  
  One man is dead after being stabbed in Surrey  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Fees, hours to remain unchanged at Cheam Leisure, Landing Centres during initial YMCA switchover

  19-08-2022 19:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Following a vote by Chilliwack City Council this past week to have the YMCA of Greater Vancouver replace Recreation Excellence as the operator of two municipal leisure centres and the outdoor Rotary pool, several questions arose from the community about fee structure, operating hours, and lifeguard compensation.
  YMCA of Greater Vancouver is expected to take over the management and operation of the Cheam Leisure Centre and Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre in mid-September; the
  
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• Source: CBS extends Champions League deal for $250M a year

  19-08-2022 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GENEVA (AP) — The Champions League is staying on CBS in the United States for an additional six years with parent company Paramount paying $250 million a year to renew its prime European soccer rights through 2030, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Friday.
  That’s an increase of 250% from the previous deal, starting in the 2024-25 season when a new competition format creates a 50% increase in the number of games. The person spoke on condition of anonymity be
  
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• IIO searches for witnesses to double fatal crash in Abbotsford

  19-08-2022 18:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — B.C.’s Independent Investigations Office (IIO) is asking for witnesses and video of a police pursuit earlier this month in Abbotsford. The pursuit ended with a crash and the deaths of two people.
  Abbotsford police attempted to stop a stolen white 1991 Acura Integra around 4 p.m. on Saturday, August 7. The car went off the road on Maclure Road near Clearbrook Road and collided with a tree.
  RCMP confirmed the car was connected to the discovery of human remains found in a b
  
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• BC Liquor Stores to start rationing alcohol amid ongoing strike - Chilliwack Progress

  19-08-2022 18:30
  
  BC Liquor Stores to start rationing alcohol amid ongoing strike  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• LeBron James, Wade produce doc on 2008 Olympic ‘Redeem Team’

  19-08-2022 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A documentary on the 2008 U.S. men’s basketball team known as the “Redeem Team,” with executive producers including LeBron James and Dwayne Wade, will premiere on Netflix this fall.“The Redeem Team” will debut Oct. 7 on Netflix, the streaming service announced Friday. The film is Netflix’s first collaboration with the International Olympic Committee. With behind-the-scenes footage and interviews from the players and coach Mike Krzyzewski,
  
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• Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet denies sex assault allegations, says he is being defamed

  19-08-2022 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A prominent Quebec cardinal is denying sexual assault allegations against him contained in a class-action lawsuit that was formally filed this week in Quebec Superior Court. 
  According to Vatican News, the official news portal of the Holy See, Cardinal Marc Ouellet says that the allegations are false and that it is defamatory to interpret his alleged actions as sexual assault.
  A woman identified in court documents as “F.” has accused Ouellet of several incidents
  
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• Mark DeRosa named US manager for World Baseball Classic

  19-08-2022 18:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CARY, N.C. (AP) — Former major leaguer Mark DeRosa has been named Team USA manager for the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
  USA Baseball, based in Cary, North Carolina, announced the appointment Friday. DeRosa’s professional coaching debut puts him in charge of the defending world champions next spring.
  He is currently a co-host of MLB Network’s daily morning program, MLB Central.
  “Mark DeRosa brings a lifetime of baseball knowledge to the dugout for Team USA,” general
  
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• Goalkeeper Thomas Hasal thrilled to return for Whitecaps playoff drive

  19-08-2022 18:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Thomas Hasal didn’t have to be a doctor to know something was seriously wrong with his left hand.
  The Vancouver Whitecaps goalkeeper had his hand on the ball at the same time a Toronto FC player kicked it during a Major League Soccer match May 8.
  “I remember my hand was hurting,” said Hasal. “It was kind of burning, a tingling sensation. I pressed my finger in my glove and my glove was empty because my finger wasn’t there.
  “I thought ‘t
  
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• Thunderstorms possible in parts of B.C. as heat wave eases - Chilliwack Progress

  19-08-2022 18:08
  
  Thunderstorms possible in parts of B.C. as heat wave eases  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Pfizer booster dose approved for kids between five and 11 years old

  19-08-2022 17:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says Health Canada is authorizing a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children between five and 11 years old.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Queen’s Plate win would be crowning achievement for trainer Kevin Attard

  19-08-2022 17:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Kevin Attard has been finalist as Canada’s champion trainer the last four years and has compiled a resume that includes such Grade 1 victories as the E.P Taylor Stakes, Woodbine Mile and Prince of Wales Stakes.
  But all of those accomplishments would pale in comparison to being in the winner’s circle Sunday holding the Queen’s Plate trophy.
  “It’s kind of like when they talk about great hockey players who haven’t won a Stanley Cup,” Attard
  
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• Judge: Prosecutors cannot enforce Michigan’s abortion ban

  19-08-2022 17:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge on Friday blocked county prosecutors from enforcing the state’s 1931 ban on abortion for the foreseeable future after two days of witness testimony from abortion experts, providers and the state’s chief medical officer.
  The ruling comes after the state Court of Appeals said earlier this month that county prosecutors were not covered by a May order and could enforce the prohibition following the fall of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court
  
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• Canada-German energy agreement to focus on long-term energy planning: Trudeau

  19-08-2022 17:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is hinting that an energy pact planned between Canada and Germany will focus more on Canada’s aim to be a long-term clean energy supplier to the world.
  Trudeau is set to sign an energy development agreement largely focused on hydrogen with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during Scholz’s visit to Canada next week.
  Trudeau says the Russian invasion of Ukraine “changed everything” for global energy security.
  Europe, and Germany in p
  
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• Consequences of possible Taiwan trade trip by MPs will be considered: Trudeau

  19-08-2022 17:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government will ensure that members of Parliament consider all the possible consequences of a trade trip to Taiwan.
  The House of Commons international trade committee is seeking budget approval to make a trade trip to the country this fall.
  But there are fears it could escalate tensions with China which held military drills in the area earlier this month to express its displeasure with a visit to Taipei by U.S. House of Representatives Speake
  
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• Nunavut declares state of emergency over Iqaluit water shortage

  19-08-2022 17:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  IQALUIT, Nunavut — The Nunavut government has declared a two-week state of emergency over a water shortage in Iqaluit. 
  Joanna Quassa, the acting minister of community and government services, said Friday that it’s meant to ensure the city can get necessary regulatory approvals to immediately begin replenishing its reservoir. 
  “We are committed to working with the City of Iqaluit to ensure water levels will meet the needs of the residents of Iqaluit through the upcomi
  
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• Former TFC star Alejandro Pozuelo, Miami stand in way of much-needed win for Toronto

  19-08-2022 17:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A familiar face will stand in the way of Toronto FC and a much-needed win amid a tightly-contested Major League Soccer playoff race.
  Former TFC star Alejandro Pozuelo will lead eighth-seeded Inter Miami CF against visiting Toronto Saturday night in a matchup between two teams sitting just outside the Eastern Conference post-season picture.
  Pozuelo, who was traded to Miami July 7, will present challenges for his former teammates, despite their familiarity with his game.
  “Very good player, w
  
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• Chilliwack dairy producer to receive government funding towards a low-emission dairy barn that will capture and clean barn air - paNOW

  19-08-2022 17:22
  
  Chilliwack dairy producer to receive government funding towards a low-emission dairy barn that will capture and clean barn air  paNOW
  
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• Chilliwack dairy producer to receive government funding towards a low-emission dairy barn that will capture and clean barn air - northeastNOW

  19-08-2022 17:22
  Chilliwack dairy producer to receive government funding towards a low-emission dairy barn that will capture and clean barn air  northeastNOW
  
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• Supportive housing, homeless shelter to break ground this fall west of Shandar Hut, Young Road

  19-08-2022 17:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack mayor Ken Popove’s philosophy of housing first and then remediating problems associated with homelessness in Chilliwack is coming to fruition starting this fall.Chilliwack City Council approved on Tuesday (Aug. 16) the issuance of a development permit for four properties on Rowat Avenue and one property Trethewey Avenue, one block west of Shandhar Hut on Young Road, to build a supportive housing complex and homeless shelter.“Finally, we’re there,&r
  
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• Mihailovic finding form at crucial time as CF Montreal meets New England Revolution

  19-08-2022 17:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal finds itself in uncharted territory. 
  With a game in hand on Philadelphia and sole possession of second place in the Eastern Conference, a shot at the top seed and first playoff appearance since the 2016 season seems increasingly likely.
  Montreal’s game on Saturday evening against New England at Stade Saputo will be opportunity to extend the team’s unbeaten run to seven games.
  “When things are good, you develop good habits and that’s some
  
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• Trudeau appoints Michelle O’Bonsawin, first Indigenous justice on Supreme Court

  19-08-2022 16:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Ontario judge Michelle O’Bonsawin to the Supreme Court of Canada, making her the first Indigenous person to sit on the country’s highest bench. 
  O’Bonsawin comes to the court after spending five years as a judge at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Ottawa.
  She has also taught law at the University of Ottawa and served as the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group’s general counsel for eight years.
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