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• Green candidates introduce themselves at launch of ‘amazing’ leadership contest

  03-09-2022 23:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The six candidates vying for leadership of the federal Greens pledged to bring new life to the party following a dark period of policy disputes and personality clashes that culminated in last year’s resignation of former leader Annamie Paul.
  A virtual campaign launch Saturday saw the candidates promise to build the Greens through grassroots interactions with Canadians that focus on core values of strong environmental and social justice policies. 
  The Greens currently ho
  
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• Canada’s Jourdain, Makdessi lose by decision as UFC holds first fight card in France

  03-09-2022 22:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PARIS — Canadian featherweight Charles (Air) Jourdain lost a unanimous decision to England’s Nathaniel (The Prospect) Wood on a UFC Fight Night card Saturday.
  The judges scored it for 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 for London’s Wood after a tight fight contested in close quarters with both landing shots.
  The show at Accor Arena was the UFC’s first in France, which adopted regulations allowing MMA in January 2020. Former welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre of Mon
  
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• Quebec election: CAQ proposes two private medical centres to ease hospital strain

  03-09-2022 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The Coalition Avenir Québec promised Saturday to build a pair of private medical centres that would provide services that would be free to Quebecers and reimbursed by medicare in an attempt to ease overflowing public emergency rooms.
  CAQ Leader François Legault made the announcement on Day 7 of the Quebec election campaign in the eastern Montreal riding of Anjou-Louis-Riel, a region where the party is hoping to increase its presence on the Island of Montreal where
  
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• Chilliwack candidates step forward for city council and school board with less than a week left in filing period

  03-09-2022 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — While many candidates have declared, not everyone has filed the necessary election paperwork with less than a week left in the filing period.
  Chief election officer Jacqueline Morgan, who will administer election protocol for the City of Chilliwack, reported Friday afternoon, Sept. 2 that six candidates have filed the necessary paperwork as confirmed candidates for Chilliwack City Council; three candidates are good to go for the Chilliwack School District Board of Education.Th
  
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• Canadian astronaut Saint-Jacques says Artemis 1 delay disappointing, but right call

  03-09-2022 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques says today’s decision to scrub the launch of NASA’s new moon rocket is disappointing but necessary due to another leak found ahead of the planned test flight.
  The Artemis 1 rocket sprang another fuel leak, forcing controllers to call off the second attempt this week to send an crew capsule with test dummies aboard into lunar orbit.
  A first attempt on Monday was also aborted due to escaping hydrogen elsewhere on the 98-metre NASA
  
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• Fuel leak ruins NASA's 2nd shot at launching moon rocket – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  03-09-2022 19:28 via theprogress.com
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• Russia's Gazprom keeps gas pipeline to Germany switched off – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  03-09-2022 19:26 via theprogress.com
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• Olympic champion Canada beats Australia in women's soccer – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  03-09-2022 19:17 via theprogress.com
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• Police investigation puts fighter pilot call sign meetings under microscope – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  03-09-2022 19:14 via theprogress.com
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• Group has close encounter with shore-skimming orca pod in B.C. – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  03-09-2022 19:08 via theprogress.com
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• Reeves: Plane threatening to crash in Mississippi lands

  03-09-2022 17:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say a plane that was circling over northern Mississippi and whose pilot had threatened to crash it into the ground has landed safely. Gov. Tate Reeves announced on Twitter that the “situation has been resolved and that no one was injured.” He thanked law enforcement agencies that helped in bringing the aircraft down. The plane started circling over Tupelo, Mississippi, about 5 a.m. and was in the air for more than four hours.
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• Fuel leak ruins NASA’s second shot at launching moon rocket

  03-09-2022 17:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies.
  The first attempt earlier in the week was also marred by escaping hydrogen, but those leaks were elsewhere on the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket, the most powerful ever built by NASA.Launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson and her team tried to plug Saturday’s leak th
  
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• Fuel leak ruins NASA’s 2nd shot at launching moon rocket

  03-09-2022 17:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies.
  The first attempt earlier in the week was also marred by escaping hydrogen, but those leaks were elsewhere on the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket, the most powerful ever built by NASA.Launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson and her team tried to plug Saturday’s leak th
  
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• ‘Beautiful, one-of-a-kind cities are under water:’ Floods in Pakistan worry Canadians

  03-09-2022 16:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Hours after returning to Canada from Pakistan, a Calgary businessman said he got word floodwaters hit the same area where he had been helping people with disabilities move out of the way of the impending deluge.
  Mohammad Farhan operates multiple charities and orphanages across Pakistan through his organization, House of Dreams. He said his team on the ground in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa called to tell him they had just watched a nearby hotel get inundated. 
  “A lo
  
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• Border Patrol: 9 migrants found dead in Rio Grande at Texas

  03-09-2022 15:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  At least nine migrants were found dead in the Rio Grande after dozens of people attempted a hazardous crossing near Eagle Pass, Texas, officials said.
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Mexican officials made the discovery Thursday while responding to a large group of people crossing the river following days of heavy rains that had resulted in particularly swift currents. U.S. officials recovered six bodies, while Mexican teams recovered three, according to a CBP statement.
  The agency said U
  
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• Seniors can try games and activities at centre's open house in Chilliwack – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  03-09-2022 15:00 via theprogress.com
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• RCMP, ICBC and Speed Watch to patrol school zones this coming week as 2022-23 school year begins

  03-09-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The last thing you want on your ICBC driving record is a speeding and texting infraction in a school zone, let alone endangering students who might be walking or biking to their campus along busy Chilliwack roadways this coming week.As teachers, parents and students prepare to begin another school year, the Upper Fraser Valley RCMP in Chilliwack are urging motorists to take heed of some important safety tips.
  Chilliwack RCMP would like to remind the community that in Chilliwac
  
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• City of Chilliwack exploring construction of pickleball facility next to Rotary building on Wolfe Road near Townsend Park

  03-09-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — To satisfy the growing demand for a facility given the city’s rapid population growth and surging interest in the sport, the City of Chilliwack will be looking to build a pickleball facility at some point in the future.The request for proposals (RFP) period lasted from July 7 until August 3, and city staff are currently reviewing qualified bids from proponents. A contract has not been awarded yet.The facility will be located adjacent to the existing Rotary of Chilliwack
  
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• Chilliwack Fire responds to structure fire on Skwah First Nation; at least 5 fires in 2 weeks in Chilliwack

  03-09-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A relentless string of fires seem to be happening all over Chilliwack in the past two weeks.
  Over two dozen firefighters from three halls in Chilliwack were able to vanquish a residential structure fire on Landing Drive on Skwah First Nation early Friday morning, September 2.According to a statement issued by Chilliwack Fire Department Friday afternoon, fire personnel responded to a reported structure at 7:15 a.m.Twenty-five firefighters from Halls No. 1, 2 and 4 were dispatch
  
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• Police investigation puts fighter pilot call sign meetings under microscope

  03-09-2022 14:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A police investigation into comments made at a social gathering of fighter pilots in June has cast a spotlight on a well-known but little-understood military tradition that some worry is another example of entrenched cultural problems in Canada’s Armed Forces: the assignment of call signs.
  Earlier this week, Royal Canadian Air Force commander Lt.-Gen. Eric Kenny announced that he was delaying a ceremony to install a new commander at one of Canada’s two fighter-jet base
  
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• Leslyn Lewis: Quick facts about the Conservative leadership candidate

  03-09-2022 13:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Leslyn Lewis burst onto the political scene during the 2020 Conservative Party leadership race and became a star in the socially conservative movement. Originally billed as the candidate with the most restrictive views on abortion and now a sitting MP for Haldimand—Norfolk in Ontario, Lewis has built her second leadership campaign on the idea of personal and national sovereignty.
  Born: Dec. 2, 1970
  Early years: Lewis was born in Jamaica and immigrated to Canada with her pare
  
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• Conservative leadership hopeful Leslyn Lewis doesn’t care what you say about her

  03-09-2022 13:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — As a highly educated immigrant Black woman with degrees in gender studies, the environment and international law, Conservative leadership hopeful Leslyn Lewis says there is a “left-leaning narrative” about what she should think and how she should behave.
  Her background, which includes a niche practice representing refugees persecuted for their sexual orientation and helping companies build renewable energy projects in developing countries, is so aligned with common per
  
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• Quebec Conservatives hoping to sway anglophone votes away from the Liberals

  03-09-2022 13:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — As Quebec Liberal Party Leader Dominique Anglade spent Thursday campaigning in Sherbrooke and Gatineau, her Conservative counterpart Éric Duhaime was in one of her stronghold ridings in Montreal, looking to court her traditional base.
  Duhaime is counting on making inroads with the province’s English-speaking minority on Oct. 3. While Duhaime describes himself as a “nationalist,” the former radio host said his vision is an inclusive one that sees anglopho
  
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• Need a little space? A Hobbit Hole in Vancouver throws open its round doors

  03-09-2022 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Sometimes we all need somewhere for a little alone time. 
  Vancouver resident Anne Bruinn found hers in a tiny “Hobbit Hole” that her husband built in their backyard in the neighbourhood of Dunbar, complete with a grassy roof and round doorway, and now she wants to share it. 
  She’s throwing open the doors to the Hobbit Hole to anyone who needs an hour or two to study, nap, meditate or even have a good cry.
  The bright yellow Hobbit Hole, which Bruinn a
  
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• ‘First time in 50 years’: Native trout returned to alpine lake in Banff National Park

  03-09-2022 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BANFF NATIONAL PARK — A white bucket sits in a creek flowing out of Hidden Lake — a cold alpine lake behind the Lake Louise Ski Resort in Banff National Park.
  Inside the bucket, which has been turned into a remote streamside incubator with a few plumbing supplies, are dozens of tiny westslope cutthroat trout, a threatened species in Alberta.
  “We have some eggs that we put into the lake about three weeks ago,” Shelley Humphries, an aquatics specialist with Parks Canada, sa
  
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• Leon’s highlight-reel goal lifts Canada past Australia in women’s soccer friendly

  03-09-2022 08:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BRISBANE, Australia — A spectacular first-half strike by Adriana Leon gave Canada a 1-0 win over Australia in a women’s soccer friendly Saturday at Suncorp Stadium.
  The seventh-ranked Canadians meet the 12th-ranked Matildas in a rematch Tuesday at the newly rebuilt Allianz Stadium in Sydney.
  Both venues will host matches at next year’s World Cup, which is being played in 10 stadiums in nine host cities across Australia and New Zealand. Canada will learn its path at the 32-count
  
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• Redblacks top Alouettes 38-24 to earn back-to-back wins for first time this season

  03-09-2022 05:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The Ottawa Redblacks earned back-to-back wins for the first time this season courtesy of a 38-24 victory over the Montreal Alouettes at Percival Molson Stadium on Friday night.
  The Redblacks defence manhandled Montreal in a winning effort. Defensive lineman Kene Onyeka had one sack, a forced fumble and fumble recovery, while fellow defensive lineman Davon Coleman scored a touchdown on a fumble recovery of his own.
  Ottawa quarterback Nick Arbuckle threw for 313 yards and one touc
  
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• Serena loses to Tomljanovic at US Open; could be last match

  03-09-2022 04:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams lost what is expected to be the last match of her transcendent tennis career Friday night, eliminated from the U.S. Open in the third round by Ajla Tomljanovic 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-1 before an electric crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
  Unwilling to go quietly, Williams staved off five match points to prolong the three-hours-plus proceedings, as some spectators stood to watch, camera phones at the ready. No one — save, of course, Tomljanovic — wanted this
  
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• Manoah, Bichette power Blue Jays to 4-0 win over Pirates

  03-09-2022 04:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Alek Manoah pitched shutout ball into the eighth inning and Bo Bichette homered, leading the Toronto Blue Jays to a 4-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night.
  Manoah (13-7) allowed five hits and struck out six in 7 1/3 innings, retiring 15 of the final 18 batters he faced. The right-hander went at least seven innings without allowing a run for the first time since last Sept. 13, when he made it through eight innings.
  The Blue Jays have won 10 of 15 and maintaine
  
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• Border Patrol: 8 migrants found dead in Rio Grande at Texas

  03-09-2022 04:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — At least eight migrants were found dead in the Rio Grande after dozens attempted a hazardous crossing near Eagle Pass, Texas, officials said Friday.
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Mexican officials made the discovery Thursday while responding to a large group of people crossing the river following days of heavy rains that had resulted in particularly swift currents. U.S. officials recovered six bodies, while Mexican teams recovered two others, according to
  
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• Comedy tour brings Seattle talent to B.C. – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  03-09-2022 03:00 via theprogress.com
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• California teen Lucy Li with 64 takes the lead at Dana Open

  03-09-2022 02:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SYLVANIA, Ohio (AP) — Lucy Li already is assured of an LPGA Tour card for next year. The 19-year-old Californian played Friday as though she is ready to join the big leagues even sooner.
  Li had five birdies in a seven-hole stretch on the back nine and kept bogeys off her card the rest of the way for a 7-under 64 that gave her a two-shot lead in the Dana Open.
  Another 19-year-old, Chinese rookie Ruoning Yin, and Carlota Ciganda of Spain each had a 69 to trail Li going into the weekend at Hi
  
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• Chilliwack school trustee David Swankey announces his bid for re-election – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  03-09-2022 01:53 via theprogress.com
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• Chilliwack and area real estate sales numbers continue to cool – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  03-09-2022 01:34 via theprogress.com
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• UPDATE: Major damage to vehicle following fire on Landing Drive in Chilliwack – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  03-09-2022 01:33 via theprogress.com
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• Thousands told to flee 3 towns ahead of fast California fire

  03-09-2022 01:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WEED, Calif. (AP) — A fast-moving fire in Northern California threatened hundreds of homes Friday and authorities ordered at least 5,000 residents across three communities to leave immediately.Residents of the towns of Weed, Lake Shastina and Edgewood to evacuate after the blaze spread quickly in hot and windy conditions, the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. The Mill Fire had burned 1.4 square miles (3.6 square kilometers), according to the California Department
  
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• Vancouver Canucks ink star forward J.T. Miller to seven-year, US$56-million deal

  03-09-2022 00:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have locked up a major piece, signing forward J.T. Miller to a seven-year deal.
  The club announced the US$56-million contract on social media Friday afternoon, ending speculation over the 29-year-old’s future.Miller was Vancouver’s leading scorer last season with 99 points (32 goals, 67 assists) in 80 games.He was set to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2022-23 season.
  The Canucks acquired Miller from the Tampa Bay Lightning
  
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• Chilliwack residents, including local family doctor, to cycle in India at high altitude for 6 days to benefit Canadian charity Himalayan Life

  03-09-2022 00:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack family physician Dr. Cam Ross has previously been involved with a number of non-profit organizations who do good work and fulfill a noble purpose.But there was something different, something special he learned about Himalayan Life, a Canadian charity, at the home of friend and fellow Chilliwack general practitioner, Dr. Ling Low.“I first heard about Himalayan Life in a local meeting at Ling’s house in 2015,” Ross said. “I became fascinated by
  
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• N.W.T. changes plans on expanding access second booster of COVID-19 vaccines

  03-09-2022 00:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories government says it’s changing its rollout plan for a fourth dose of a COVID-19 vaccine due to limited supply of a vaccine targeting the Omicron variant in Canada. 
  The territory said in July it planned to wait until an Omicron-specific vaccine was available before expanding access to a fourth dose, or second booster, to all adults.
  Only those age 50 and older, as well as immunocompromised people who are at least 12 years old, can access a
  
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• LETTER: What do trustee candidates really think? – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  03-09-2022 00:30 via theprogress.com
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• Nunavut ministers isolating after premier tests positive for COVID-19 during retreat

  03-09-2022 00:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NAUJUAAT, NUNAVUT — Nunavut politicians are isolating in Naujaat after the premier tested positive for COVID-19 during a cabinet retreat in the hamlet.
  Premier P.J. Akeeagok says he got tested for COVID-19 after feeling mild cold-like system and plans to isolate until he is cleared for travel back to Iqaluit.
  None of the ministers and staff taking part in the retreat have tested positive or are experiencing symptoms, but are isolating in their hotel rooms as a precaution.
  The premier says
  
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• B.C. kidnapper wanted on Canada-wide warrant disappears ahead of sentencing – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  03-09-2022 00:18 via theprogress.com
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• August 2022 was 'all-time hottest' month in Chilliwack measured by average temperature – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  03-09-2022 00:00 via theprogress.com
  August 2022 was 'all-time hottest' month in Chilliwack measured by average temperature – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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