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• Third man sentenced in 2017 killing north of Hope - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2022 23:51 via theprogress.com
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• B.C. government says motorists should expect traffic delays on Coquihalla Highway over long weekend

  01-09-2022 23:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Before you head to the Interior this weekend, the provincial Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure says motorists should expect traffic delays on the Coquihalla.According to a statement issued Thursday afternoon (Sept. 1) by the B.C. government, drivers should expect delays on Highway 5 between Hope and Merritt as portions of the highway are still one lane in each direction due to damage from heavy rains in November 2021 and ongoing reconstruction work.
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• PHOTO: Chilliwack mom tries to recreate her photo in the newspaper 30 years later with her daughter – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2022 23:41 via theprogress.com
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• World and Olympic champion Kaetlyn Osmond coaching Nelson figure skaters - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2022 23:39 via theprogress.com
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• B.C. government says fire season will extend well into September; fire east of Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park is now 25 hectares

  01-09-2022 23:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — As two forest fires continue burning east of Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park, including a 25-hectare blaze about six kilometres east of the lake, the B.C. government says fire season will extend well into September.
  British Columbians should remain alert to the threat of wildfires as conditions remain warm and dry throughout September, according to a statement from the B.C. government Thursday (Sept. 1).Seasonal and above-seasonal temperatures forecast for September mean that
  
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• Michigan high court asked to OK ballot question on abortion

  01-09-2022 22:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An abortion rights group on Thursday asked the Michigan Supreme Court to approve a November ballot question on whether a right to abortion should be enshrined in the state constitution.
  Reproductive Freedom for All filed its request with the high court after the state canvassing board rejected the ballot question on Wednesday. That body deadlocked 2-2 on partisan grounds, with a pair of Republican commissioners citing what they called spacing errors in the petitions c
  
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• Lululemon reports Q2 revenue up 29 per cent, net income of US$290M

  01-09-2022 22:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Lululemon Athletica Inc. says revenue climbed 29 per cent in the second quarter compared with the same period last year as it saw sales climb across its operations including higher gains in both online and international segments.
  The Vancouver-based athletic clothing company, which reports in U.S. dollars, says it had revenue of US$1.9 billion for the quarter ending July 31, up from US$1.45 billion last year, as sales increased 28 per cent in North America and 35 per cent inter
  
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• Canada into women’s world hockey semifinal with 3-0 win over Sweden

  01-09-2022 22:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HERNING, DENMARK — Sarah Potomak had a goal and an assist to lead Canada to a 3-0 win over Sweden in a women’s world hockey championship quarterfinal Thursday.
  Jocelyne Larocque and Erin Ambrose also scored for the defending champions, who face Switzerland in Saturday’s semifinals. 
  The medal games are Sunday.
  Canadian starter Ann-Renée Desbiens posted a nine-save shutout Thursday.
  Emma Soderberg, who tends the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs’ net, was
  
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• Blue Jays go on critical 10-game road trip with stops in Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Texas

  01-09-2022 22:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Blue Jays interim manager John Schneider has a simple recipe he hopes Toronto can stick to as it winds down Major League Baseball’s regular season.
  Schneider counted off the ingredients in his Rogers Centre office on Wednesday, the day before the Blue Jays embarked on a lengthy road trip. Good starting pitching, consistent offensive approach, clean defence, and staying healthy were his focal points.
  “Maybe not in that order, per se,” said Schneider with a laugh.
  
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• Ambrosie says he has received assurances from Alouettes majority ownership about club

  01-09-2022 22:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Commissioner Randy Ambrosie says he has received assurances from the Montreal Alouettes majority ownership that nothing has changed with the CFL club.
  Minority owner Gary Stern created a huge stir Monday when he announced he was stepping away from the franchise’s day-to-day operations and surrendering his spot on the CFL’s board of governors.
  Stern and partner/father-in-law Sid Spiegel purchased the Alouettes from the CFL in January, 2020, with Spiegel taking a 75 per
  
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• Culture minister bashes ‘Laurentian elites’ as Alberta celebrates birthday holiday

  01-09-2022 22:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Alberta celebrated its inaugural birthday party holiday with Culture Minister Ron Orr bashing the prime minster and “Laurentian elites” while asserting the province has received the short end of the stick in the federation for more than a century.
  “The family compact of Laurentian elites have always skewed the deal in their favour,” Orr told assembled dignitaries, including Premier Jason Kenney, Indigenous leaders and Lt.-Gov. Salma Lakhani, on a sunny mo
  
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• Child sex offender sentenced for shoplifting and breaches in Abbotsford - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2022 22:38 via theprogress.com
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• Ex-NYPD officer gets 10 years in prison for Jan. 6 attack

  01-09-2022 22:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A retired New York Police Department officer was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in prison for attacking the U.S. Capitol and using a metal flagpole to assault one of the police officers trying to hold off a mob of Donald Trump supporters.
  Thomas Webster’s prison sentence is the longest so far among roughly 250 people who have been punished for their conduct during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021. The previous longest was shared by two other rioters, who were sentenced s
  
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• Auditor general says B.C. government should adjust bookkeeping method

  01-09-2022 22:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s auditor general is defending his criticism of the provincial government over a long-standing difference of opinion about how some public accounting numbers should be crunched.Michael Pickup says his job is to give an opinion and he believes the Finance Ministry should change the way it reports payments from other governments and non-government sources.Pickup says grants from the federal government, for example, should be recorded as revenue rather than d
  
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• Dispute between 2 neighbours turns deadly in Surrey; suspect in custody - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2022 22:25 via theprogress.com
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• GoFundMe campaigns started for two Chilliwack men killed in fatal semi crash near Golden – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2022 22:23 via theprogress.com
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• GoFundMe campaigns started for two Chilliwack men killed in fatal semi crash near Golden - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2022 22:23 via theprogress.com
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• Outfielder Bradley Zimmer, reliever Casey Lawrence added to Blue Jays’ roster

  01-09-2022 21:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Outfielder Bradley Zimmer and relief pitcher Casey Lawrence have been added to the Toronto Blue Jays roster.
  Zimmer reported to the major league roster on Thursday after Toronto claimed him off waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday.
  It’s Zimmer’s second stint with the Blue Jays this season after Philadelphia claimed him from waivers on Aug. 18. He played nine games with the Phillies.
  Zimmer was free to be picked up by Philadelphia when he was designated for
  
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• Parksville business awarded $90,000 in damages after malicious online review - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2022 21:30 via theprogress.com
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• Omicron vaccine available to most in B.C. by end of October, say Dix and Bonnie Henry

  01-09-2022 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s top doctor and health minister say most residents should expect to be able to receive a COVID-19 booster targeting the Omicron variant this month or in October. 
  Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix say in a joint statement the province is set to begin distributing doses of Moderna’s newly approved vaccine as soon as supply arrives, with more information coming next Tuesday.
  Health Canada approved the so-called “bivalent&rdquo
  
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• Moir credits his coaches-turned-colleagues for rediscovering his love of skating

  01-09-2022 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir came out of retirement to compete at the 2018 Olympics with a “stone cold” focus.
  “T and I . . . we wanted to win, and nothing else,” Moir said.
  Their ferocious gold-medal pursuit led to a fierce push and pull with Montreal coaches Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon, whose focus was on the process and not the outcome.
  “They helped us understand that (gold) actually wasn’t the goal. Our goal was to be
  
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• After whirlwind bye week, Alouettes look to kickstart home stint against Redblacks

  01-09-2022 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes’ bye week was anything but peaceful.
  The Alouettes (4-6) were destined for a positive break following a 29-28 thriller win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. 
  Since then, fullback Christophe Normand was arrested by provincial police for alleged child luring. The Alouettes suspended Normand, then released him on Aug. 30. 
  Alouettes minority owner Gary Stern announced that he was stepping away from day-to-day operations and resigned from his CFL b
  
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• Jackpot growing for Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation's 50/50 campaign – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2022 20:46 via theprogress.com
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• Police must take online threats and harassment against journalists seriously: Trudeau - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2022 20:30 via theprogress.com
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• ‘Nothing about us without us’: Northern premiers address Arctic Circle forum - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2022 20:30 via theprogress.com
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• China locks down 21 million in Chengdu in COVID-19 outbreak - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2022 20:30 via theprogress.com
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• Hilary Knight passes Wickenheiser for women’s world hockey championship record

  01-09-2022 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HERNING — U.S. forward Hilary Knight set a record for all-time career points in the women’s world hockey championship Thursday, and she’s not done adding to it.
  Knight’s goal and assist in a 12-1 quarterfinal win over Hungary gave her 87 points to surpass Canadian forward Hayley Wickenheiser’s previous mark of 86.
  “I understand how big an accolade it is, so all I can say is it’s really an honour,” Knight said.
  “I’d be remiss if I didn&r
  
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• Fight for fewer words: Pierre Poilievre promises new law against government jargon

  01-09-2022 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA, Ill. — Pierre Poilievre is waging one of his final battles in the Conservative leadership race.
  The self-styled free speech defender’s latest target: the jargon used by the federal bureaucracy.
  In a new video posted to social media, the apparent front-runner is promising to enact what he calls the “Plain Language Law,” which he says would bring an end to government jargon, including in legislative documents.
  Poilievre says the law would ensure government publicati
  
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• Police must take online threats and harassment against journalists seriously: Trudeau

  01-09-2022 20:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino will tell chiefs of police today that all police forces need to take seriously a pattern of hate and harassment targeting journalists and other public figures.
  Trudeau says the threats, particularly against women and racialized journalists, have a chilling effect on a free press and democracy.
  Mendicino’s meeting with the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police comes as a group representing journalist
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs name new captain for 2022/23 season – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2022 19:18 via theprogress.com
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• Chilliwack Chiefs name new captain for 2022/23 season - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2022 19:18 via theprogress.com
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• UPDATED: Suspect in weekend shooting in Cranbrook is in custody – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2022 18:51 via theprogress.com
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• ‘Nothing about us without us.’ Northern premiers address Arctic Circle forum

  01-09-2022 18:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  YELLOWKNIFE — Canada’s territorial premiers stressed the need to invest in northern communities and include northerners in decision-making at an Arctic Circle gathering in Greenland that concluded earlier this week. 
  Yukon Premier Sandy Silver, Northwest Territories Premier Caroline Cochrane and Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok attended the Arctic Circle forum in Nuuk, Greenland, from Aug. 27-29. It was the first time all three addressed the event. 
  Cochrane said they shared t
  
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• Quebec votes: Liberal blames Quebec Conservative leader’s rhetoric for rising threats

  01-09-2022 18:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SHERBROOKE, Que. — Liberal candidate Marwah Rizqy is blaming Conservative Party of Quebec Leader Éric Duhaime for the highly charged political climate.
  Rizqy says she has been receiving deaths threats and that last week a man called police to tell them he had murdered her.
  And on Tuesday, the Montreal riding office of Liberal Enrico Ciccone was vandalized and robbed.
  She told reporters in Sherbrooke, Que., that Duhaime is to blame for the violent political environment because he sai
  
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• ‘Sacred mission’: Dozens of Chinese Canadian groups echo Beijing on Taiwan - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2022 17:30 via theprogress.com
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• Chris Kloot announces he's running for a third term on Chilliwack council – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2022 16:55 via theprogress.com
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• SD33 Superintendent says COVID-19 won’t likely go away, hopes students who are masked will be respected

  01-09-2022 16:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack School District Superintendent Rohan Arul-pragasam is reiterating the school district’s commitment to mitigating the spread of communicable diseases ahead of next week’s return to school on Tuesday, Sept. 6.Arul-pragasam disseminated an email to SD33 parents Wednesday night (Aug. 31) in which he advises parents that COVID-19 will not disappear from the radar just yet, but reaffirms the district will promote health awareness.“As we return and settle
  
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• Quebec votes: CAQ seeks small wins with promises for improving health care

  01-09-2022 16:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault is playing the short game with his party’s election heath-care promises.
  On Day 5 of the election campaign, Legault is promising an additional $400 million to recruit 660 doctors and 5,000 health professionals.
  He made the announcement today in Trois-Rivières, Que., alongside several candidates including outgoing Health Minister Christian Dubé, who said the party is avoiding making false promises o
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Accelerating our economy by supporting young researchers

  01-09-2022 16:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  British Columbia is home to some of the brightest, most creative and most innovative minds in the country, whether they are born and raised here in B.C. or travel here for world-class opportunities in education and training.In the next decade, up to 80 percent of new jobs will require some post-secondary education or training, and that’s why investing in those educational programs is at the heart of our government’s StrongerBC Economic Plan. By making education and training affordabl
  
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• Indiana man charged with murder in Dutch soldiers’ shooting

  01-09-2022 16:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A 22-year-old Indiana man was charged Thursday with murder in the fatal shooting of a Dutch soldier dead and the wounding of two others in downtown Indianapolis.Shamar Duncan was charged with murder, two counts of attempted murder and disorderly conduct in the shootings early Saturday. The soldiers had been training at a southern Indiana military camp and were on a night off in Indianapolis when they clashed with Duncan and his friends, according to an arrest affidavit.
  
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• City of Chilliwack to close parts of Vedder Rotary Trail intermittently for two weeks

  01-09-2022 16:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Flood mitigation gravel removal has begun on sections of the Vedder Rotary Trail, resulting in intermittent closures over the next two weeks until Wednesday, September 14.
  The City of Chilliwack reported Monday (Aug. 29) that sections of the Vedder Rotary Trail network will be temporarily closed while flood mitigations occur, including the removal of gravel from the Vedder River. Heavy equipment and gravel trucks will be working in the area.The closures include the Vedder Rota
  
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• Health Canada approves Moderna’s Omicron booster vaccine - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
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• Poland demands $1.3 trillion war reparations from Germany

  01-09-2022 15:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s top politician said Thursday that the government will seek equivalent of some $1.3 trillion in reparations from Germany for the Nazis’ World War II invasion and occupation of his country.
  Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the Law and Justice party, announced the huge claim at the release of a long-awaited report on the cost to the country of years of Nazi German occupation as it marks 83 years since the start of World War II.
  “We not only prepar
  
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• Back to school supplies support

  01-09-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — With one week left before classes resume for another school year, parents doing back-to-school shopping may be feeling the financial pinch with everything being more expensive due, in part, to inflation.
  Local organizations such as the Salvation Army in Abbotsford are ramping up efforts with their ‘Back-to-School’ event taking place Thursday (Sept. 1).
  According to the non-profit, a grant received from the Abbotsford Community Foundation—Smart & Caring Co
  
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• UN nuclear agency team arrives at Ukraine power plant

  01-09-2022 14:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) —THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A team from the U.N. nuclear agency has arrived at the site of Europe’s largest nuclear plant to inspect security conditions that forced the shutdown of one reactor, Ukraine’s nuclear energy operator said Thursday.
  Enerhoatom said the team from the International Atomic Energy Agency had arrived at the Zaporizhzhia plant that has been in the thick of recent figh
  
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• Kremlin: Putin won’t attend Gorbachev funeral, pays tribute

  01-09-2022 12:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the weekend funeral of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev but has paid tribute to him.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a Moscow hospital where Mikhail Gorbachev’s body is kept before Saturday’s funeral.Peskov told reporters that Putin’s schedule wouldn’t allow him to attend Saturday’s farewell ceremony, but paid trib
  
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• COVID vaccine announcement, Trudeau visits Winnipeg : In The News for Sept. 1

  01-09-2022 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 1 …
  What we are watching in Canada …
  Health officials are expected to make an announcement on the ongoing fight against COVID-19 today as provincial health systems eagerly await the approval of a vaccine that targets the Omicron variant of the virus.
  Vaccines currently available in Canada target only the original strai
  
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• Roman Baber: Quick facts about the Conservative leadership candidate

  01-09-2022 10:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Roman Baber, a lawyer and former Toronto-area member of provincial parliament, is running for federal Conservative party leader. He was ousted from Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s caucus in early 2021 after pushing for an end to lockdowns, but has found himself in a stiff competition with more prominent leadership candidates for the votes of party members who are frustrated with pandemic measures.Born: Aug. 2, 1980.
  Early years: Baber was born in the former Soviet Union and his
  
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• Trial of alleged RCMP secret leaker delayed a year after he gets new lawyer

  01-09-2022 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The trial of an RCMP employee accused of breaching Canada’s secrecy law has been delayed a year after a new defence lawyer took on his case.
  An eight-week judge and jury trial for Cameron Jay Ortis had been slated to begin next week.
  Ortis was taken into custody Sept. 12, 2019, for allegedly revealing secrets to an unnamed recipient and planning to give additional classified information to an unspecified foreign entity. 
  The former head of the RCMP’s National Inte
  
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• Rules need change to keep international students in Canada and fill labour gaps: RBC

  01-09-2022 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Researchers with RBC are calling for an urgent reset of Canada’s immigration process to keep talented international students in the country to fill key labour shortages.
  The path from becoming an international student to a permanent resident in Canada is not a straight line, lead researcher Ben Richardson and editor Yadullah Hussain said in a new paper for RBC Thought Leadership.
  “Once they finish school, thousands of international students find themselves lost in this
  
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