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• B.C. auditor general calls out B.C. government, says parts of its 2021-22 financial statements are not accurate

  31-08-2022 23:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — Although not unprecedented, it is unusual for a government auditor general to report that sections of the B.C. government’s financial statements are not correct, like it did today (Aug. 31).The Auditor General of B.C. reports directly to the legislative assembly and provides assurance about the government’s overall operations and is independent of government.The auditor general’s audit of B.C.’s 2021-22 summary financial statements resulted in a qualified
  
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• Parts of B.C.'s financial statements are inaccurate, auditor general says – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  31-08-2022 23:48 via theprogress.com
  Parts of B.C.'s financial statements are inaccurate, auditor general says – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Uber applies to drive into Kelowna and Victoria - Chilliwack Progress

  31-08-2022 23:45 via theprogress.com
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• Quebec election: Liberal party says candidate’s Montreal office robbed, vandalized

  31-08-2022 23:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The Quebec Liberal Party says the riding office of one of its Montreal candidates has been robbed and vandalized.
  The party says the alleged attackers broke through the wall of a neighbouring business to get into Enrico Ciccone’s office sometime Tuesday night.It says the perpetrators stole laptops, broke into locked filing cabinets, and caused significant material damage, adding that footage was taken from the office’s security cameras.Ciccone, who has represented th
  
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• Alberta to use $13.2B budget windfall to pay down debt, put cash in piggy bank

  31-08-2022 23:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Alberta’s finance minister says the government is going to use this year’s projected windfall budget surplus to pay down debt and put some cash in its piggy bank.
  Jason Nixon says the plan is to make a $13.4-billion repayment on the provincial debt and add almost $3 billion to the Heritage Savings Trust Fund.
  “We remain focused on using this surplus wisely to benefit Albertans today and tomorrow, paying down debt and reducing the amount of debt each Albertan ca
  
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• Who are Filomena Tassi and Helena Jaczek, the two cabinet ministers who traded jobs?

  31-08-2022 22:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — In a straightforward swap of positions Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday at Rideau Hall, Helena Jaczek is replacing Filomena Tassi as Canada’s minister of public services and procurement. 
  Tassi is taking Jaczek’s role as minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario).
  Here’s what you need to know about them both.
  Helena Jaczek 
  Jaczek is stepping into a more senior federal cabinet
  
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• Toxic chemicals commonly found in dollar store items, testing shows - Chilliwack Progress

  31-08-2022 22:30 via theprogress.com
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• Freeland says Albertans kind, welcoming, as RCMP investigate confrontation - Chilliwack Progress

  31-08-2022 22:30 via theprogress.com
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• Filomena Tassi, Helena Jaczek swap federal cabinet roles in minor shuffle - Chilliwack Progress

  31-08-2022 22:30 via theprogress.com
  Filomena Tassi, Helena Jaczek swap federal cabinet roles in minor shuffle  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• CSIS officers urged British police to obscure Canadian link to ISIL smuggler: book

  31-08-2022 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A new book says Canadian Security Intelligence Service officers urged British police not to reveal CSIS’s recruitment of a man who helped smuggle three British teenagers into Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
  In the book to be published Thursday, “The Secret History of the Five Eyes: The untold story of the shadowy international spy network, through its targets, traitors and spies,” author Richard Kerbaj says that in early March 2015, two CS
  
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• Michigan election board rejects abortion rights initiative

  31-08-2022 22:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Board of Canvassers on Wednesday rejected an abortion rights initiative after its two Republican board members voted against putting the proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot.
  The two Democrats on the board voted in favor, but getting the measure on the ballot required at least three votes of the four-member board. The Reproductive Freedom for All campaign, which gathered signatures to get the measure on the ballot, is expected to appea
  
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• Marino advances to third round of U.S. Open with straight-sets win over Snigur

  31-08-2022 22:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino advanced to the third round of the U.S. Open with a 6-3, 7-6 (5) win over Ukraine’s Daria Snigur on Wednesday.
  Marino fired 13 aces in the match to Snigur’s one, and won 74 per cent of first-serve points.
  Marino took advantage of some spotty play from Snigur, who had 48 unforced errors, including one while facing match point.
  The Canadian broke Snigur three times on eight chances, and saved five of the seven break points she faced.
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• As Centre Ice group drops ‘Conservative’ from name, where are moderate Tories to go?

  31-08-2022 22:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — An advocacy group started by centrist Conservatives to provide more of a voice to the political middle has dropped the party’s name to expand its base.
  The “Centre Ice Conservatives” have become the “Centre Ice Canadians.” What does that say about the state of the federal party and the role of moderate Tories within it?
  According to Rick Peterson, one of the group’s co-founders, the move shouldn’t be taken as a sign of any major shift.&nbs
  
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• Toronto Raptors sign forward Josh Jackson, the fourth pick of 2017 NBA draft

  31-08-2022 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have signed forward Josh Jackson. 
  The six-foot-eight, 207-pound native of San Diego averaged 6.4 points, 2.8 rebounds and 16.3 minutes in 51 games (three starts) last season with Detroit and Sacramento. 
  He shot 40 per cent (120-300) from the field and scored in double figures 13 times, highlighted by a season-best 24 points Jan. 3 at Milwaukee.
  Jackson, 25, was picked fourth overall by Phoenix in the 2017 NBA draft. He holds career averages of 11.3
  
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• Reported sexual assaults across US military increase by 13%

  31-08-2022 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military jumped by 13% last year, driven by significant increases in the Army and the Navy as bases began to move out of pandemic restrictions and public venues reopened, The Associated Press has learned.
  Mirroring the increase in those reports is the disclosure that close to 36,000 service members said in a confidential survey that they had experienced unwanted sexual contact — a dramatic increase over the roughly 20,000 w
  
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• Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez breaks silence, condemns ‘disgusting’ tweets

  31-08-2022 21:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has broken his silence over his department’s funding of an agency whose senior consultant posted a series of tweets about “Jewish white supremacists.”
  In a statement to The Canadian Press, Rodriguez is condemning the comments on Twitter by Laith Marouf as “disgusting” and “antisemitic,” adding that racism has no place in Canada.
  He also says the Community Media Advocacy Centre, which Marouf works for as a
  
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• Coach says Canadian women are on the rise ahead of Rugby World Cup in New Zealand

  31-08-2022 21:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canada coach Kevin Rouet has named his 32-woman roster for the Rugby World Cup this fall, a team he expects will show improvements each time out at the 12-country tournament in New Zealand.
  While the fourth-ranked Canadian women have spent the better part of the last two months together, other top teams like No. 1 England, No. 2 New Zealand and No. 3 France consistently spend time together. Rouet says that means his squad has potential to grow.
  “I said to the girls (that) we will improve m
  
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• B.C. club hands out hard drugs in bid to save lives, despite Health Canada rejection

  31-08-2022 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Organizers of a Vancouver compassion club say they will continue to distribute tested cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine despite a rejection from Health Canada, calling it the only way to save lives in the face of a toxic drug supply. 
  Eris Nyx, co-founder of the Drug User Liberation Front, says regulating the illicit supply is the answer to stopping deaths, which have topped 10,000 in British Columbia since the province declared a public health emergency more than six ye
  
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• Free barbecue for seniors thanks to Kindness Chain Chilliwack – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  31-08-2022 21:35 via theprogress.com
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• Free barbecue for seniors thanks to Kindness Chain Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  31-08-2022 21:35 via theprogress.com
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• Four dead in Streptococcus A outbreak at west-end Montreal seniors home

  31-08-2022 21:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Montreal health authorities are confirming that four people have died from a Streptococcus A outbreak at a private seniors residence.
  A spokesman for the regional health authority says six cases of invasive group A streptococcal infections have been detected in the residence in Montreal’s west end since Monday, including the four fatal cases.
  Jean Nicolas Aubé says the disease appears to have spread to a second seniors home, where one case has been detected.
  The health authority for
  
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• Union for B.C. 911 dispatchers calls for extended supports amid staff shortage

  31-08-2022 21:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The union that represents E-Comm 911 emergency service dispatchers in British Columbia is calling for the agency to extend temporary compensation and psychological supports amid a “dire” staffing shortage.
  Emergency Communications Professionals of BC says staffing shortages have forced call takers to work “well beyond” their normal hours, which it believes is unsustainable.
  E-Comm began providing shift differential enhancements for weekend workers, incre
  
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• Chilliwack 4-H members bring home top prizes from PNE competition - Chilliwack Progress

  31-08-2022 20:39 via theprogress.com
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• Palestinian detainee to end nearly 6-month hunger strike

  31-08-2022 20:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian detainee held without charge or trial by Israel said Wednesday that he will suspend his nearly six-month hunger strike after reaching an agreement that will see him released in October.
  Lawyers and physicians have warned that the Khalil Awawdeh, a 40-year-old father of four, was at risk of dying and already suffering neurological damage from the prolonged hunger strike. In recent pictures, he resembles a human skeleton, his skin tightly stretched over a bony
  
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• Expedition team recovers sunken truck from remote Arctic waters

  31-08-2022 20:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut — An international team has recovered a submerged truck from remote Arctic waters using divers, airbags and a helicopter. 
  The long-planned recovery mission of the Ford-150, which fell through the ice near the Tasmania Islands in Nunavut five months ago, took place over three days. Specialized divers from Iceland attached airbags to the truck and towed it to shore, where it was airlifted by helicopter to Gjoa Haven, Nvt., about 300 kilometres away, on Sunday. 
  
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• 988: National suicide prevention hotline coming November 2023 - Chilliwack Progress

  31-08-2022 20:18 via theprogress.com
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• Rourke, McManis, Rhymes named CFL top performers for month of August

  31-08-2022 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — B.C. quarterback Nathan Rourke, Toronto linebacker Wynton McManis and Lions receiver Dominique Rhymes are the CFL’s top performers for August.
  Rourke completed 95 of his 120 pass attempts (79.2 per cent) in the three games he started, with 1,340 passing yards and nine touchdowns.
  Rourke added 96 yards and three touchdowns on the ground.
  The Victoria native led the Lions to wins over Edmonton, Calgary and Saskatchewan, but sustained a foot injury in the game against the Roug
  
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• Toxic chemicals commonly found in dollar store items, testing shows

  31-08-2022 20:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A Canadian environmental organization is calling for more transparency and better enforcement of national regulations of toxic chemicals after more than one quarter of items bought at popular dollar stores tested positive for substances such as lead.
  The Environmental Defence report is based on an analysis of dozens of products, including electronics, toys, canned food and microwave popcorn.
  Among the chief concerns is that the Canadian Environmental Protection Act currently only
  
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• Elizabeth May joins Green leadership race, says party has been in disarray

  31-08-2022 19:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Elizabeth May says she has an obligation to be of service as she launches her bid to reclaim the leadership of the federal Green Party.
  May, who quit as leader of the Greens in 2019, is running on a joint ticket with Jonathan Pedneault, an expert on crisis situations who has investigated abuses in war zones.
  Launching their campaign today in Sidney, B.C., each pledged to appoint the other as deputy leader if they are announced as the winner, and both promised to get co-leadership
  
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• Roughriders head coach Craig Dickenson has positive COVID-19 test

  31-08-2022 19:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders announced Wednesday head coach Craig Dickenson has tested positive for COVID-19.
  The CFL team said Dickenson is currently quarantining as per CFL policy.
  Dickenson is expected to return to the team Saturday.
  The Riders (6-5) host the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (10-1) on Sunday.
  This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 31, 2022.The Canadian Press
  
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• Dairy farmer and lifelong Chilliwack resident Chris Kloot to seek re-election on Chilliwack City Council

  31-08-2022 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Dairy farmer Chris Kloot is passionate about many things, whether it’s supporting farmers and food processors, or ensuring that more outdoor recreational opportunities are available and accessible in every corner of Chilliwack, to seeing that first responders have the tools they need to serve and be effective in Canada’s second-fastest growing city.These interests and many more are what have led the lifelong Chilliwack resident to announce Wednesday (Aug. 31) that
  
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• Man convicted in retrial that eyed ex-star sleuth’s conduct

  31-08-2022 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — A man was convicted again Wednesday in the first retrial stemming from scrutiny of a once-lauded New York City homicide detective who was later accused of framing suspects.
  A stunned Eliseo DeLeon looked up at the ceiling at one point as Brooklyn Judge Dena Douglas delivered a verdict that could return the 45-year-old to prison for life. DeLeon chose to have Douglas hear the case without a jury.
  Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said that “compelling eyewitness
  
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• Canadian military investigating engine fires on U.S. Army helicopters

  31-08-2022 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Department of National Defence says officials are looking into reports of engine fires on Chinook helicopters in the U.S. to determine the impact on Canada’s military.
  The U.S. Army announced late Tuesday that it had grounded its entire fleet of about 400 Chinooks after fuel leaks caused a “small number” of engine fires.
  A U.S. Army spokeswoman said the cause of the leaks had been identified and work was underway to resolve the problem, which has not caused a
  
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• Blue Bombers look to become first CFL team to clinch playoff berth

  31-08-2022 18:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Winnipeg Blue Bombers can become the first CFL team to punch its 2022 playoff ticket.
  Winnipeg (10-1) can secure a post-season berth Sunday with a road win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders (6-5) to open their annual Labour Day series. The two teams return to IG Field on Sept. 10 and will meet a third time Sept. 30 in Manitoba.
  Even with a loss, the Bombers would be the first club to secure a playoff berth if the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Ottawa Redblacks and Edmonton Elks all lost their games th
  
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• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians have lost faith in Hockey Canada

  31-08-2022 18:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Hockey Canada’s leadership has lost the confidence of the federal government — and Canadians.
  Trudeau says the longer it takes the governing body to realize that, the more difficulties it will face.
  The prime minister made the comments to reporters after Hockey Canada’s board of directors released a statement earlier this week saying it supported president and chief executive officer Scott Smith and his executive team despite ca
  
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• Motorcyclist in his 80s dies in collision near Kamloops - Chilliwack Progress

  31-08-2022 18:21 via theprogress.com
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• Man charged in random Detroit shootings that killed 3

  31-08-2022 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DETROIT (AP) — A 19-year-old man was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in a series of apparently random shootings over roughly two hours last weekend in Detroit that left three people dead and a fourth wounded.
  Dontae Ramon Smith was expected to be arraigned later in the day in 36th District Court on the three murder counts as well as other charges, the Wayne County prosecutor’s office said. It wasn’t immediately known if he had a lawyer who could speak on his behalf.
  
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• Canada to implement 988 suicide crisis line starting in fall 2023

  31-08-2022 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The CRTC says it will launch a new emergency crisis number for people in need of immediate mental health or suicide prevention support.
  It says starting at the end of November 2023, Canadians will be able to call 988 to be connected to a mental health crisis or suicide prevention service, free of charge.
  The Public Health Agency of Canada will decide which group will provide the service, along with the scope of care it will offer.
  The move will bring Canada in line with the United States, which
  
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• Body of missing B.C. fisherman found on Fraser River in Chilliwack - Surrey Now Leader

  31-08-2022 18:14 via surreynowleader.com
  Body of missing B.C. fisherman found on Fraser River in Chilliwack  Surrey Now Leader
  
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• Elizabeth May takes team approach in comeback Green Party leadership bid - Chilliwack Progress

  31-08-2022 18:03 via theprogress.com
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• Chilliwack author pens second novel about historical Fraser River gold rush - Chilliwack Progress

  31-08-2022 18:02 via theprogress.com
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• B.C. Lions acquire veteran quarterback Adams from Montreal Alouettes

  31-08-2022 17:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions acquired veteran quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. from the Montreal Alouettes on Wednesday for a 2023 first-round draft pick.
  Adams fills a need for B.C. (8-2). Last week, starter Nathan Rourke had foot surgery and backup Michael O’Connor was injured in last week’s 23-16 loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
  The Lions return to action Sept. 9 visiting Montreal.
  “Getting a player of Vernon’s calibre provides a big boost to our offence as we con
  
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• Freeland attends events in Alberta as Mounties investigate harassment

  31-08-2022 17:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is spending more time in Alberta days after she was subjected to a profane tirade in her home province.
  Freeland is to tour a transport facility on the outskirts of Calgary today.
  On Tuesday, she visited a solar greenhouse facility in Olds, met with Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek and attended an evening event with Calgary member of Parliament George Chahal.
  RCMP say they are investigating a verbal attack on Freeland in Grande Prairie on Friday.
  
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• Canadian women’s hockey team hits reset button for quarterfinal after loss to U.S.

  31-08-2022 17:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HERNING — With Canada’s bid to defend its women’s world hockey title a work in progress, players and coaches got down to the work of making progress Wednesday ahead of their quarterfinal against Sweden.
  A 5-2 loss the previous night to archrival United States to cap the world championship’s preliminary round exposed cracks in the armour of the reigning world and Olympic women’s hockey champions.
  Generating more offence below the faceoff circles, stouter defence of t
  
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• Quebec Liberal Party still far short of a full slate of candidates days into campaign

  31-08-2022 17:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAINT-AGAPIT, Que. — Days into the provincial election campaign, the Quebec Liberal Party is still far short of a full slate of candidates.
  As of this morning the party that formed the official Opposition for the last four years was still lacking candidates in 15 ridings.
  Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade told reporters today her party will field a full slate of 125.
  She brushed off suggestions that the Liberals are having trouble with recruitment, adding that she expects to announce more c
  
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• UN weather agency predicts rare ‘triple-dip’ La Nina in 2022 - Chilliwack Progress

  31-08-2022 17:30 via theprogress.com
  UN weather agency predicts rare ‘triple-dip’ La Nina in 2022  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Secrets and lives with Angela Hall - Chilliwack Progress

  31-08-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
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• Fuel shortages, inclement weather disrupting Canadian North’s High Arctic flights - Chilliwack Progress

  31-08-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
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• For Pakistan flood victims, waters hit swiftly and brutally - Chilliwack Progress

  31-08-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
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• Czechs poised to make a move in women’s hockey with Canada’s Carla MacLeod

  31-08-2022 16:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Carla MacLeod spent her July holiday in Maui studying flash cards she’d made of hockey players she was about to coach.
  A two-time Olympic gold medallist with Canada’s women’s hockey team in 2006 and 2010, MacLeod hadn’t planned on taking on another coaching gig because she already had one with the University of Calgary Dinos women’s team.
  But she’s behind the bench of Czechia, previously known as the Czech Republic, at the women’s world championship in D
  
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