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• Testimony of Meadows, Powell sought in Ga. election probe

  25-08-2022 23:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The prosecutor who’s investigating whether Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia is seeking to compel testimony from more allies of the former president, including former chief of staff Mark Meadows and lawyer Sidney Powell.
  Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Thursday filed petitions seeking to have Meadows and Powell, as well as Meadows contact James “Phil” Waldron and former Trump campaign advise
  
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• Nurse makes video-game splash for women’s hockey as world championship gets underway

  25-08-2022 23:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HERNING, Denmark — Sarah Nurse says the timing couldn’t be better to be the first woman to grace the cover of EA Sports’ NHL 23.
  The 27-year-old from Hamilton joined Anaheim Ducks centre Trevor Zegras as the faces of the video game’s next edition unveiled Thursday.
  Nurse, who contributed a goal and an assist in Canada’s 4-1 win to open the women’s world hockey championship Thursday in Denmark, says it’s another step for the visibility of women’s ga
  
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• Homicide investigators at a residence in Surrey - Chilliwack Progress

  25-08-2022 22:59 via theprogress.com
  
  Homicide investigators at a residence in Surrey  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Fires break out near Greendrop Lake and east of Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park

  25-08-2022 22:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The B.C. Wildfire Service is reporting an outbreak of small but active fires near Greendrop Lake, and in an area east of Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park.
  According to the B.C. Wildfire Service website, as of 1 p.m. Thursday (Aug. 25), there were two fires in close proximity to Greendrop Lake, which is north of Lindeman Lake, a popular hiking destination for many Chilliwack and Fraser Valley hikers and some campers, and three blazes east of Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park.Fire
  
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• Russian ‘architect’ of Ukraine child abduction scheme sanctioned by Canada

  25-08-2022 22:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada has sanctioned a Russian woman whom the foreign affairs minister’s office alleges is the architect of a scheme to abduct Ukrainian children and facilitate their adoption into Russian homes. 
  The federal government has imposed sanctions on Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s children’s rights commissioner, who has been accused by Ukraine of organizing the removal of children from the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
  The Ukrainian ambassador to Canada says her cou
  
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• Canadian angler Chris Johnston has sights set on securing season-ending win

  25-08-2022 22:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Chris Johnston will finish his season worrying only about what he can control.
  The Peterborough, Ont., resident is aiming to cap the ’22 Bassmaster Elite Series campaign with a victory at the season-ending event on the Mississippi River at La Crosse, Wisc. 
  Johnston still mathematically has a shot at the Angler of the Year title — and the US$100,000 bonus that goes with it — but readily admits a lot must go right for him this week to make that happen.
  Johnston is currently
  
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• Man hits million-dollar jackpot at Kelowna casino - Chilliwack Progress

  25-08-2022 22:30 via theprogress.com
  
  Man hits million-dollar jackpot at Kelowna casino  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Freeland hits back at Kushner following book release, calls Trump a bully

  25-08-2022 22:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says former U.S. President Donald Trump used “bully” tactics during negotiations for a new North American free-trade agreement more than two years ago.
  Freeland is responding to a characterization of herself as a frustrating and difficult negotiator in a new memoir by Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner.
  Freeland was the foreign affairs minister at the time and as such was Canada’s chief negotiator in
  
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• Two B.C. blazes set to lose ‘wildfire of note’ status, but three remain

  25-08-2022 22:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The BC Wildfire Service says two of the five blazes classified as “wildfires of note” in the province will have their status rescinded today.
  It says the Briggs Creek wildfire, located about 11.5 kilometres west of Kaslo, and the Mount Docking fire, 27 kilometres east of the village of Radium Hot Springs, are being removed from the bulletin.
  The service classifies wildfires of note as those that are “highly visible or which pose a potential threat to public sa
  
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• Judge orders unsealing of redacted affidavit in Trump search

  25-08-2022 21:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge on Thursday ordered the Justice Department to make public a redacted version of the affidavit it relied on when federal agents searched the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump to look for classified documents.
  The directive from U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart came hours after federal law enforcement submitted under seal the portions of the affidavit that they want to keep secret as their investigation moves forward.
  The judge said the department
  
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• Four bears killed this month in Vancouver Island village, here’s why - Chilliwack Progress

  25-08-2022 21:54 via theprogress.com
  
  Four bears killed this month in Vancouver Island village, here’s why  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Poulin, Nurse lead Canada to 4-1 win over Finland at women’s hockey worlds

  25-08-2022 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HERNING, Denmark — Marie-Philip Poulin and Sarah Nurse each had goal and an assist for Canada in a 4-1 win over Finland to open the women’s world hockey championship Thursday.
  Meaghan Mikkelson also scored and Blayre Turnbull added an empty-net goal for the defending champions at Kvik Hockey Arena in Herning, Denmark. Ann-Renée Desbiens stopped 16 shots, including a first-period penalty shot, for the win.
  Julia Likala countered for the Finns, who were bronze medallists in Febr
  
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• Man charged over four attacks in two Vancouver neighbourhoods

  25-08-2022 21:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Police say a man has been charged over a series of attacks in two Vancouver neighbourhoods.
  Three people who were walking last Thursday on the west side of the city were each allegedly attacked within about two hours.
  They include a 70-year-old man who police say was tackled to the ground, a 33-year-old woman who was punched in the face and a 23-year-old woman police say had been stabbed.
  Officers say in a news release there was a fourth attack early Saturday when a 54-year-old
  
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• Housing for drug users with mental health issues to be offered in Nanaimo

  25-08-2022 21:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NANAIMO, B.C. — Substance users with serious mental health issues in Nanaimo are expected to get access to so-called complex-care housing under an initiative offering services like addiction medicine, social workers and education on overdose prevention.
  Mental Health and Addictions Minister Sheila Malcolmson has announced the project in the Vancouver Island community alongside Mayor Leonard Krog, and she says in a release that the aim is to provide services in existing supportive housing.
  
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• Elliott Friesen jumps into Chilliwack school board race - Chilliwack Progress

  25-08-2022 21:30 via theprogress.com
  
  Elliott Friesen jumps into Chilliwack school board race  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Mihailovic ‘happy to continue season’ with CF Montréal ahead of AZ Alkmaar transfer

  25-08-2022 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — When news broke that CF Montréal star Djordje Mihailovic would be moving to Dutch side AZ Alkmaar, there was very little surprise he was moving on.
  The transfer was officially announced on Wednesday after months of speculation on Mihailovic’s future linking him to many clubs, including Premier League team Leeds United.
  While he always seemed destined for a move to and has not minced words about his European ambitions, his Major League Soccer club saw to it that he w
  
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• New commissioner Mark Noonan excited about Canadian Premier League’s potential

  25-08-2022 21:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  While working in Ghana, Mark Noonan wanted to purchase land for a new soccer training ground.
  To close the deal, Noonan had to supply two bottles of peppermint schnapps, a case of beer, two canvas bags filled with cash and arrange for a cow to be delivered once a year.
  Noonan’s time as the chief executive officer of Hearts of Oak, Ghana’s oldest and best supported club, plus his experience working for Major League Soccer and other sports properties helped prepare him for his latest j
  
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• Argonauts, Ticats set to square off for third time in four weeks

  25-08-2022 21:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Following a one-week hiatus, linebacker Henoc Muamba and the Toronto Argonauts will again square off against their arch rivals.
  Toronto (4-5) hosts the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3-7) at BMO Field on Friday night before the two teams meet again at Tim Hortons Field on Sept. 5 in their annual Labour Day showdown. The Argos and Ticats opened a two-game series three weeks ago, with the home team winning each contest.
  And although the games are important to both teams, Muamba said it&rsquo
  
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• Visa delays leaving international students in limbo for fall semester

  25-08-2022 20:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says the government is looking at ways to prioritize visa applications for international students set to start school this coming semester as many are left wondering whether they’ll make it to Canada in time.
  Students, universities, immigration consultants and even the High Commission of India have raised concerns about delayed visas putting many students’ studies at risk.
  Some have already paid tuition, adding significant financial str
  
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• Transit advocate says green hydrogen has been slow moving for city bus projects

  25-08-2022 20:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The head of an advocacy group pushing to decarbonize public transit systems says the new Canada-Germany hydrogen agreement sends a positive signal about the future of the industry.
  However, Josipa Petrunic, president of the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium, says it may be harder than the two governments think to meet their three-year target for shipments to start.
  She says in five years her organization and Mississauga’s transit system have been unab
  
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• Father of Iran flight crash victim arrives in Ottawa with demands for justice

  25-08-2022 20:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The father of a victim aboard Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 — shot down by Iranian missiles in January 2020 — has arrived in Ottawa after marching for over two weeks to meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
  Mehrzad Zarei, father of 17-year-old Arad who died in the shootdown, began his journey from Richmond Hill, Ont., to Ottawa on Aug. 10 to hand Trudeau a letter with demands for justice for the flight victims. 
  Among the demands is listing Iran’s
  
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• Quarterbacks O’Connor, Fajardo in the spotlight as Riders visit Lions

  25-08-2022 20:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Three months after Nathan Rourke silenced skeptics with a breakout start to the season, the B.C. Lions will have another Canadian quarterback under centre when they host the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Friday.
  But Lions head coach Rick Campbell isn’t expecting lightning to strike twice.Michael O’Connor will make his first career start in place of the injured Rourke as the Lions (8-1) look to stretch their winning streak to six games. While Campbell is keen to see wh
  
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• Kripps retires from bobsleigh competition - Chilliwack Progress

  25-08-2022 20:18 via theprogress.com
  
  Kripps retires from bobsleigh competition  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs looking for volunteers ahead of home season opener on October 1

  25-08-2022 20:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Chiefs are looking for volunteers to enhance the game-day experience for Chilliwack fans for the upcoming 2022-23 season.The Chilliwack Chiefs announced Thursday (Aug. 25) morning on social media that they’re eager to welcome volunteers for a variety of positions ahead of their home season opener against the Merritt Centennials on Saturday, October 1 at the Chilliwack Coliseum.Positions run the spectrum from ticket taking and merchandise to box office atte
  
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• VIDEO: Black August uplifted as alternative Black History Month - Chilliwack Progress

  25-08-2022 20:00 via theprogress.com
  
  VIDEO: Black August uplifted as alternative Black History Month  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• 2 plead guilty in scheme to sell Biden’s daughter’s diary

  25-08-2022 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Two people have pleaded guilty in a scheme to peddle a diary and other items belonging to President Joe Biden’s daughter to the conservative group Project Veritas for $40,000, prosecutors said Thursday.
  The two, both from Florida, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams’ office said.
  While authorities didn’t identify Biden, the type of property stolen or the organization t
  
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• Canadian Screen Awards makes next year’s acting categories gender neutral - Chilliwack Progress

  25-08-2022 19:40 via theprogress.com
  
  Canadian Screen Awards makes next year’s acting categories gender neutral  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Path is set as Fernandez, Andreescu look for another deep U.S. Open run

  25-08-2022 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Leylah Fernandez and Bianca Andreescu learned their first-round opponents at the 2022 U.S. Open Thursday as the Canadians look to make another deep run at the final tennis major of the season.
  Fernandez, the highest seeded Canadian woman at No. 14, opens against France’s Oceane Dodin
  The 19-year-old of Laval, Que., advanced to the final of last year’s U.S. Open before losing to fellow teen Emma Raducanu of Britain in straight sets.
  Fernandez’s run to the 2021 f
  
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• Mike Babcock resigns as coach of University of Saskatchewan hockey team

  25-08-2022 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SASKATOON — Former Toronto Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock has resigned as coach of the University of Saskatchewan’s men’s hockey team after just one season at the helm.
  The Saskatchewan Huskies announced Thursday that Brandin Cote, who served as an associate coach under Babcock last year, has been named team’s new interim head coach.
  Babcock joined the Huskies in February of 2021 after spending 17 seasons in the NHL, including guiding the Detroit Red Wings to the Stanley
  
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• WHO: Monkeypox cases drop 21%, reversing month-long increase - Chilliwack Progress

  25-08-2022 19:30 via theprogress.com
  
  WHO: Monkeypox cases drop 21%, reversing month-long increase  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Montreal business group urges parties to hike immigration targets as election nears

  25-08-2022 19:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal is calling on Quebec’s political parties to commit to raising immigration targets if they’re elected on Oct. 3.
  President Michel Leblanc says businesses across the greater Montreal area are struggling to find workers, which forces them to pay higher salaries, leave contracts unfulfilled or lower the quality of the services they provide.
  The chamber of commerce today urged the parties vying to form the next government t
  
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• Orange crosswalk in Chilliwack painted to honour residential school survivors - Lake Country Calendar

  25-08-2022 19:13 via lakecountrycalendar.com
  
  Orange crosswalk in Chilliwack painted to honour residential school survivors  Lake Country Calendar
  
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• Roussin, Kim clubhouse leaders at CP Women’s Open; Szeryk low Canadian at 4 under

  25-08-2022 19:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — France’s Pauline Roussin and South Korea’s A Lim Kim are the clubhouse leaders in the first round of the CP Women’s Open.
  They both shot 5-under 66 at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club in Thursday’s morning wave.
  Maddie Szeryk of London, Ont., was tied for third a shot behind the leaders.
  She was in a group with Americans Nelly Korda, Yealimi Noh, and Danielle Kang.
  Amateur Lauren Zaretsky of Thornhill, Ont., had a hole-in-one to finish her round in a group tie
  
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• Court: Arkansas can’t ban treatment of transgender kids

  25-08-2022 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday said Arkansas can’t enforce its ban on transgender children receiving gender affirming medical care.
  A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a judge’s ruling temporarily blocking the state from enforcing the 2021 law. A trial is scheduled for October before the same judge on whether to permanently block the law.
  Arkansas was the first state to enact such a ban, which prohibits doctors fro
  
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• Chilliwack physician welcomes B.C. government cash infusion of $118 million for family doctor clinics, stresses need for systemic reform

  25-08-2022 18:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The B.C. government calls it stabilization funding. Chilliwack physician and outspoken family doctor advocate Dr. Darren Joneson is just hopeful that it leads to better patient care and less stress for physicians on the front line.
  The Ministry of Health and Doctors of B.C. announced Wednesday (Aug. 24) they are providing $118 million in stabilization funding to family doctors throughout British Columbia to help them ensure their patients have continued access to primary care
  
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• Montreal mayor says she supports police after city sees two murders in one day

  25-08-2022 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is defending herself against accusations she doesn’t support police officers, amid a spate of shootings in the city.
  Plante admits she can be criticized on many subjects but says it is false to suggest she isn’t devoted to Montreal or to addressing gun violence.
  Her comments to reporters today come after the union representing Montreal police officers said that the force doesn’t have enough members to properly police the city and that office
  
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• Serena Williams’ 1st opponent at US Open is Danka Kovinic

  25-08-2022 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams’ first opponent at what is expected to be the last tournament of her career, the U.S. Open, will be Danka Kovinic.
  Win that, and Williams could face No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit of Estonia in the second round.
  The brackets for the women’s and men’s singles events were released Thursday by the U.S. Tennis Association.
  Play begins Monday; first-round matches will be held that day and Tuesday. There was no immediate word on when Williams will co
  
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• Canada will floor five NBA players in World Cup qualifier against Argentina

  25-08-2022 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Five NBA players highlight Canada’s 12-man roster for the team’s World Cup qualifying game Thursday night against Argentina.Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Detroit Pistons Cory Joseph and Kelly Olynyk, Utah Jazz guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Dallas Mavericks forward Dwight Powell were among the dozen named following Canada’s training camp in Victoria, B.C.
  Gilgeous-Alexander made his first national team appearance in six years at the p
  
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• Canada Olympic bobsled gold medallist Justin Kripps retiring

  25-08-2022 18:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian Olympic bobsled champion Justin Kripps is retiring.
  Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton announced in a Twitter post that the 35-year-old from Summerland, B.C., was calling it a career, along with two other members of his four-man crew that captured bronze at the Beijing Olympics — Ryan Sommer and Cam Stones.
  Kripps raced to gold in the two-man bobsled at the 2018 Games and bronze in the four-man at the Beijing Olympics this past winter.
  He also won two silver and three bronze world champion
  
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• Oklahoma executes James Coddington for 1997 hammer killing

  25-08-2022 17:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for a 1997 killing, despite a recommendation from the state’s Pardon and Parole Board that his life be spared.
  James Coddington, 50, received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester and was pronounced dead at 10:16 a.m. Gov. Kevin Stitt declined to commute Coddington’s sentence to life in prison without parole and rejected his petition for clemency. Coddington was the fifth Oklahoma inmate to be
  
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• Aitchison condemns Lewis’ Nuremberg email as ‘dog whistle’ to COVID vaccine critics

  25-08-2022 17:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative party leadership candidate Scott Aitchison is condemning Leslyn Lewis’ message to members last week about the Nuremberg Code and medical experimentation as nothing but a “dog whistle” to COVID-19 vaccine critics.Aitchison made the comments in a missive sent to party members Thursday, with less than two weeks before they must return their ballots for a new leader by the Sept. 6 deadline.Aitchison, an MP first elected for the party in 2019 and again la
  
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• Ukrainian nuke plant near fighting cut off from power grid

  25-08-2022 17:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NIKOPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s nuclear power operator says the Zaporizhzhia plant has been cut off from the electricity grid for the first time after fires damaged the last remaining transmission line.
  It was not clear if the plant had been reconnected to the grid.
  The loss of power to the plant is a major concern since a disruption of electricity supply could knock out cooling systems that are essential for the safe operation of the reactors, and emergency diesel generators are s
  
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• B.C. wildfires: Fires of note set to reduce to 3 - Chilliwack Progress

  25-08-2022 17:09 via theprogress.com
  
  B.C. wildfires: Fires of note set to reduce to 3  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Unvaccinated Djokovic out of US Open; can’t travel to States

  25-08-2022 16:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic will not play in the U.S. Open, as expected, because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 and thus is not allowed to travel to the United States.
  Djokovic announced his withdrawal from the year’s last Grand Slam tournament on Twitter on Thursday, hours before the draw for the event was revealed.“Sadly, I will not be able to travel to NY this time for US Open,” Djokovic wrote, wishing luck to his fellow players, and said he would “keep
  
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• Who ‘discovered Canada’? Quebec says French explorer over Indigenous people: survey - Chilliwack Progress

  25-08-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
  
  Who ‘discovered Canada’? Quebec says French explorer over Indigenous people: survey  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• ‘House of the Dragon’ Has HBO’s Best Series Premiere Ever - Chilliwack Progress

  25-08-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
  
  ‘House of the Dragon’ Has HBO’s Best Series Premiere Ever  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Four more years, Troy Ryan to coach Canadian women’s hockey team to 2026 Olympics

  25-08-2022 16:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HERNING, Denmark — Troy Ryan will coach the Canadian women’s hockey team through to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina, Italy.
  Ryan’s contract has been extended four years, Hockey Canada announced Thursday.
  He coached Canada’s women to gold medals in both the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and the 2021 world championship in Calgary.
  The 50-year-old from Spryfield, N.S., was behind Canada’s bench in its 2022 world championship opener Thursday against Finl
  
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• Barbie Ferreira Is Leaving ‘Euphoria’ - Chilliwack Progress

  25-08-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
  
  Barbie Ferreira Is Leaving ‘Euphoria’  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP look to identify man after ‘inappropriate conversation with youth’

  25-08-2022 16:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mounties say the man was on Cedar Creek Drive near Mullins Road in Chilliwack on Wednesday, Aug. 17.
  
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• Federal government announces funds for skills-training programs for 17 organizations

  25-08-2022 16:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHARLOTTETOWN — The federal government is announcing a $60-million investment in 17 organizations across Canada that help people with learning disabilities remain in the workforce.
  Federal Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough made the announcement in Charlottetown, where a skills-training company in the city — Workplace Learning PEI — is set to receive about $1.5 million.
  Qualtrough says the money will be distributed through the Skills for Success program, which helps people de
  
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