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• Redblacks hoping for elusive home win when they host Argonauts this weekend

  09-09-2022 23:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks find themselves in unfamiliar territory, and it feels pretty good.
  For the first time this season, Ottawa (3-8-0) is riding a two-game winning streak and would love nothing more than to extend that streak and finally give Redblacks fans an elusive home win, when they host the Toronto Argonauts on Saturday.
  “We’ve got to make sure we handle our business,” said Redblacks coach Paul LaPolice. “We have to make sure we play and not think abo
  
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• Frenchman Benoît Cosnefroy claims Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec

  09-09-2022 23:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  QUEBEC — Frenchman Benoît Cosnefroy broke away from the pack on the last lap to win the 11th edition of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec on Friday.
  Cosnefroy finished the 201.6-kilometre race in a time of four hours, 46 minutes and 56 seconds.
  Australian Michael Matthews, the two-time defending champion, finished second, just four seconds behind.
  Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay finished just behind the Aussie in third place.
  The world’s best cyclists returned to Canada fo
  
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• OPINION: Life skills learned in school lunch bartering – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-09-2022 23:30 via theprogress.com
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• Former NFLer Hassell hopes to give Bombers a lift in Banjo Bowl battle with Riders

  09-09-2022 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — J.T. Hassell is ready to prove once again that a birth defect won’t keep him from playing professional football. 
  The defensive back from Titusville, Fla., who was born with only two fingers on his left hand, joined the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ practice roster on Tuesday but didn’t stay there for long because of injuries.
  Hassell will get into his first CFL game Saturday afternoon when Winnipeg (11-1) hosts the Saskatchewan Roughriders (6-6) in the sold-out
  
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• Chilliwack welcomes young officials to combat referee shortage – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-09-2022 22:30 via theprogress.com
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• Fire breaks out in Vancouver's Chinatown after explosions – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-09-2022 22:11 via theprogress.com
  Fire breaks out in Vancouver's Chinatown after explosions – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Ian Carmichael makes it a race in election for Chilliwack mayor – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-09-2022 22:00 via theprogress.com
  Ian Carmichael makes it a race in election for Chilliwack mayor – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Preliminary municipal election candidate lists for Chilliwack – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-09-2022 21:50 via theprogress.com
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• Municipal election candidate list finalized for Chilliwack – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-09-2022 21:50 via theprogress.com
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• Sheriff: 3 children among victims shot to death in Maryland

  09-09-2022 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ELKTON, Md. (AP) — Two adults and three children were found shot to death Friday at a Maryland house after a man called 911 from the home to report a shooting, authorities said.
  Cecil County Sheriff Scott Adams said a man, a woman and three children — in the 5th, 7th and 8th grade — were found Friday morning in a large two-story home in Elk Mills. Authorities did not immediately release the identities of the victims, but said there is no ongoing threat to the public.
  The shooti
  
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• Duvernay-Tardif says his rich childhood experience led to successful NFL career

  09-09-2022 21:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Laurent Duvernay-Tardif might be one of the world’s busiest athletes, and the water is where he finds his peace and quiet.
  When the Super Bowl champion, doctor, and avid sailor since his childhood, sets sail, his focus shifts to the task at hand and all the outside noise goes silent.  
  “I love being on the water,” Duvernay-Tardif told The Canadian Press. “When you’re on a sailboat, there’s so many things to think about … whether it’s the wind
  
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• N.S. inquiry: Senior RCMP officer pushed to keep secret safety bulletin on killer

  09-09-2022 21:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — A deputy commissioner of the RCMP told an inquiry today that in May 2020, less than a month after a gunman killed 22 people in Nova Scotia, he opposed informing the public that a police safety bulletin had raised red flags about the killer nine years before the shootings.
  Deputy commissioner Brian Brennan, the RCMP’s second-highest-ranking officer, confirmed that another senior officer suggested during a meeting that the bulletin should be shared with the public, but Brenna
  
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• Players shed new light on memorable Canada-Soviet Summit Series in “1972” book

  09-09-2022 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Every time there’s a Summit Series anniversary, hockey fans are reminded of Canada’s thrilling comeback victory over the Soviet Union and Paul Henderson’s where-were-you-when Game 8 winner.
  While many cherish the memories from that 1972 showdown, it remains somewhat difficult for others to reflect on it.
  Alexander Yakushev, who led the Soviet Union with seven goals in the series, has a videotape of all eight games that has remained on a shelf at his home for years. He has never
  
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• Quebec election: Parti Québécois leader supports candidate who made explicit video

  09-09-2022 20:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says he fully supports a PQ candidate who appeared in an explicit video.
  St-Pierre Plamondon described Andréanne Fiola as “committed” and “brilliant” in a post on Twitter, adding that she has raised awareness of issues related to the environment and Quebec independence.
  Fiola, who is standing in the Laval-des-Rapides riding, north of Montreal, wrote on Facebook that she participated seve
  
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• Quebec police watchdog to investigate civilian death during RCMP raid this week

  09-09-2022 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TERREBONNE, Que. — Quebec’s police watchdog is investigating the death earlier this week of a 42-year-old man during a police operation involving the RCMP.
  The Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes says it was asked by the RCMP to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death in Terrebonne, Que., north of Montreal.
  The watchdog says members of the RCMP and the Canada Border Services Agency went to a home on Foucault Street after 2 p.m.
  It says the RCMP’s tactical
  
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• Stellar sea lion pup in Vancouver aids research to rebuild species in Alaska

  09-09-2022 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Aquarium says one of its Stellar sea lions has given birth to a healthy pup.
  A statement from the aquarium says the birth occurred recently and the male pup, named Natoa, and his first-time mom, Rogue, are doing well.
  Mom and pup are currently in a private area of the aquarium but the statement says they will be moved to the Seal Cove exhibit for public viewing.
  Natoa is named after a sea lion birthing and resting area in Alaska, in recognition of efforts to rebui
  
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• Yukon Premier Sandy Silver says he won’t seek re-election, calls for leadership vote

  09-09-2022 19:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WHITEHORSE — Yukon Premier Sandy Silver says he will not seek another term as MLA for Klondike, and has asked the Yukon Liberal Party to initiate proceedings to select a new leader.
  Silver says he’ll continue to serve as a member of the legislature until the end of his term, with the next election not due until November 2025. 
  He says in social media posts that he’ll serve as premier until the new leader is selected. 
  Silver signed a confidence and supply agreement wi
  
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• Wildfires in B.C. and U.S. prompt haze, air-quality statements in southern B.C.

  09-09-2022 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Haze from wildfires burning in Washington state, Idaho and the British Columbia Interior is expected to create smoky skies across much of southern B.C. over the weekend.
  Environment Canada has posted air-quality statements for the Fraser Valley and a large section of southeastern B.C., while haze is also expected across Metro Vancouver on Saturday.
  The BC Wildfire Service says a lightning-caused blaze sparked in northern Washington state last month now covers 70 square kilometr
  
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• MLB adopts pitch clock, shift limits, bigger bases for 2023

  09-09-2022 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball adopted its first pitch clock, limits on defensive shifts and larger bases for next season in an effort to shorten games and increase offense in a tradition-bound sport.
  The decision on the clock and shift limits by the sport’s 11-man competition committee was made Friday over the unanimous opposition of players on the panel. The changes had long been pushed by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred in an effort to combat the increase in dead time ove
  
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• Elks coach Jones not thinking about home losing streak ahead of Stampeders’ visit

  09-09-2022 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks could have an infamous date with CFL history Saturday night. But the prospect of losing a CFL-record-tying 14th home game in a row isn’t at the front of their minds.
  The Elks (3-9), who have not won a home game since October of 2019, will host the Calgary Stampeders at Commonwealth Stadium. It’s the return match after the Labour Day Classic, which the Stampeders held on to win 26-18.
  “I don’t think so,” Elks general manager and coa
  
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• Canada’s Olympic champion Kripps joining bobsled team as technical coach

  09-09-2022 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Canada’s Olympic bobsled champion Justin Kripps is becoming a coach.
  The 35-year-old from Summerland, B.C., is joining the national bobsled team as the program’s new technical coach. The move comes two weeks after Kripps announced he was retiring from competition after 16 years in the sport.“I’m extremely excited to take on this new role and pass on the knowledge I’ve accumulated over my career,” Kripps said in a release. “I think coachin
  
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• BCREA predicts Chilliwack will see B.C.'s biggest home value decline – Hope Standard - Hope Standard

  09-09-2022 19:15 via hopestandard.com
  BCREA predicts Chilliwack will see B.C.'s biggest home value decline – Hope Standard  Hope Standard
  
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• 30-hectare fire erupts west of Hope, bringing hazy skies and a strong smell of smoke to Chilliwack

  09-09-2022 19:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HOPE— A blaze estimated at 30 hectares and designated as out of control by provincial fire authorities has broken out in what’s called the Flood Falls Trail wildfire near exit 165 along Highway 1.B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) and Hope Fire Department are responding to a fire about eight kilometres west of Hope, according to a posting on social media this morning (Sept. 9) at 9:16 a.m.The fire is burning on an extremely steep slope at rank three, according to BCWS, meaning crews are ex
  
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• Health Canada approves Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids six months to four years old

  09-09-2022 18:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Health Canada approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine today for use in children between six months and four years old. 
  The federal department says after a thorough and independent scientific review of the evidence, it concluded the benefits of the Pfizer-BioNTech’s Comirnaty vaccine outweigh the potential risks for kids.
  It’s the second vaccine to be approved for that age group, after Health Canada approved Moderna’s Spikevax shot in July. 
  Health Can
  
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• Around the world in 80…months? Touring YouTube sensation reaches B.C. – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-09-2022 18:40 via theprogress.com
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• Plans underway to display a massive painting of the Queen that hung in old arena

  09-09-2022 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — A massive painting of the Queen that was once a fixture during hockey games and concerts in Winnipeg may soon be on public display again.
  The painting’s owner, Ron D’Errico, says he plans on putting up the painting in a hangar at the security firm he owns.
  D’Errico says he recently acquired the hangar and planned to put it on display before the Queen’s death.
  He also says a shopping centre has inquired about hanging the painting temporarily, but wouldn&rs
  
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• Country music trailblazer dies at 89 in the Lower Mainland – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-09-2022 18:00 via theprogress.com
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• UPDATE: Wildfire burning west of Hope now estimated at 30 hectares – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-09-2022 17:44 via theprogress.com
  UPDATE: Wildfire burning west of Hope now estimated at 30 hectares – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• 17th-Century ‘Vampire’ Found Buried With Sickle Over Her Neck

  09-09-2022 17:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!Spooky season has officially begun after Polish archaeologists discovered the remains of a woman once believed to have been a vampire, complete with a sickle across her neck to stop her from coming back to life!
  Nicholas Copernicus University professor Dariusz Poliński headed the 17th-century graveyard’s excavation that led to uncovering the unnamed woman’s remains.
  Vampires were all the rage back in the day, and even being a little differe
  
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• Suspect in Memphis shooting rampage granted public defender

  09-09-2022 16:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man accused of killing four people and wounding three others in a livestreamed shooting rampage that paralyzed Memphis and led to a city-wide manhunt was granted a public defender during Friday morning court appearance and will remain jailed on a first-degree murder charge.
  Ezekiel Kelly, 19, told a judge he could not afford a lawyer for accusations in Wednesday’s attack that caused panic and fear across the city.
  Additional charges are expected. Dis
  
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• Ex-Miss America Mund qualifies as ND congressional candidate

  09-09-2022 16:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Former Miss America Cara Mund has qualified to appear on the November ballot as an independent candidate for North Dakota’s sole U.S. House seat, the secretary of state’s office announced Friday.
  Mund is challenging Republican Rep. Kelly Armstrong, who is seeking a third term. The secretary of state’s office said Mund had met the 1,000-signature threshold for listing on the ballot.
  Mund entered the race in August and said her support for abortion rig
  
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• Board puts abortion rights question on Michigan fall ballot

  09-09-2022 16:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan election board placed an abortion-rights proposal on the fall ballot Friday, obeying an order from the state’s highest court and closing a record-breaking petition drive to try to amend the state constitution.
  The amendment would affirm the right to make pregnancy-related decisions without interference in Michigan, including abortion and other reproductive services such as birth control.
  The Michigan Supreme Court a day earlier ordered the Board of St
  
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• IAEA: Ukraine power plant needs safe zone to avoid disaster

  09-09-2022 16:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the U.N. atomic watchdog says conditions at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant are increasingly precarious and a safety zone around it needs to be established immediately to prevent a nuclear accident.
  Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said in a statement Friday that there is little likelihood of re-establishing reliable offsite power lines to the plant and its Ukrainian operator is considering shut
  
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• 'We know nothing's over': Underdog Vancouver Whitecaps continue playoff push – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-09-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
  'We know nothing's over': Underdog Vancouver Whitecaps continue playoff push – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Italian star Lorenzo Insigne’s status unknown as Toronto FC heads to Atlanta

  09-09-2022 16:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Toronto FC and Atlanta United have had difficult weeks ahead of their MLS clash Saturday, with off-field concerns overshadowing their push for the playoffs.
  Italian star Lorenzo Insigne missed TFC practice Thursday dealing with “a personal family situation.” The club did not elaborate but the matter was serious enough that fellow Italian Domenico Criscito skipped training “to support Lorenzo and his family.”
  Toronto was scheduled to travel Friday to Atlanta with Insigne&r
  
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• 'Here to forgive': Victims' families, Indigenous leaders gather after mass stabbing – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-09-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
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• Tories to announce next leader ‘with a revised program’ reflecting Queen’s death

  09-09-2022 16:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Conservative party says the event announcing the next leader scheduled for Saturday will go ahead as planned, but in a more muted way.
  The Queen’s death prompted the party to rethink the event, given how it will fall in the official mourning period. 
  After learning of her death, the chair of the Tories’ leadership election organizing committee said it would look for ways to announce the results in a respectful manner.
  In a brief statementFriday morning, commit
  
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• Canadian women prepare for second appearance at Rugby League World Cup

  09-09-2022 15:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Student, police officer, nurse, teacher, biologist and firefighter. Just some of the occupations represented in Canada’s 24-women team for next month’s Rugby League World Cup in England.
  Add unpaid Australia-based coach Mike Castle, who commutes from Down Under, and you have a Canada Ravens squad ready to sacrifice for the cause.
  Under Castle, a fledgling Canada side lost 50-4 to New Zealand at the 2017 World Cup in Australia before beating Papua New Guinea 22-8 for its first-ever in
  
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• Visits bearing tributes gather in London to pay respects to Queen Elizabeth II

  09-09-2022 15:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON — Tributes in the form of flowers, notes and stuffed animals are growing outside London’s Buckingham Palace as mourning for Queen Elizabeth II enters its second day.
  A large crowd gathered at Hyde Park as the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery fired a royal salute in the Queen’s honour, with 96 shots to be fired, one for each year of her life.
  Visitors who hailed from around the world carried bouquets to lay in nearby parks of Buckingham Palace, where thousands of
  
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• Suspicious fire breaks out in abandoned house west of downtown at Wellington and Robson; at least 6th fire in 3 weeks in Chilliwack

  09-09-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A suspicious fire broke out Thursday (Sept. 8) evening at an abandoned home at the corner of Wellington Avenue and Robson Road, prompting a flurry of RCMP and Chilliwack Fire Department personnel to respond to the blaze.At least three RCMP units and four Chilliwack Fire engines responded sometime after 8 p.m. to the northeast corner of Wellington and Robson, 45711 Wellington Avenue to be exact, for a report of a fire at an abandoned home.First responders had closed off through
  
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• It takes a village: community bands together to capture dog in need

  09-09-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A group of women from the Fraser Valley are on a mission to bring a German Shepherd on the run to safety.
  One of the women, Leanne Dahl from Agassiz, said the group was first formed on Facebook in early August, and they have bonded over the pup that they have temporarily named “Dustan”.
  As a pet owner of four, Dahl said it was her love for animals, among other things, that motivated her to care so deeply about the mystery dog.
  “And the fact that he was so bro
  
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• Former CTV anchor Lisa LaFlamme to cover Queen’s death from London for CityNews

  09-09-2022 14:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Rogers Sports and Media says former CTV national news anchor Lisa LaFlamme will cover the death of the Queen Elizabeth II as a special correspondent for CityNews.
  The network announced today that the Canadian journalist will be in London to lead CityNews’ coverage of events commemorating the Queen’s life, the Queen’s funeral and the transition to King Charles III’s reign.
  Colette Watson, president of Rogers Sports and Media, says LaFlamme’s talent an
  
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• B.C. graduate students pay the second-highest tuitions in Canada – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-09-2022 14:05 via theprogress.com
  B.C. graduate students pay the second-highest tuitions in Canada – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack-Kent MLA remembers the Queen – Agassiz Harrison Observer - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  09-09-2022 14:00 via agassizharrisonobserver.com
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• ‘We know nothing’s over’: Underdog Vancouver Whitecaps continue playoff push

  09-09-2022 13:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have been here before, watching their playoff dreams dim as the regular season fades.
  With five games left on the schedule, the club sits eight points out of a post-season berth and climbing back into the playoff picture will be a tough task. 
  “We still have that little bit of hope,” said striker Brian White. “It’s still possible, but we know we need to get results and we need to do it now. So it’s up to us.”
  The
  
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• Premier League games off as ‘mark of respect’ to queen

  09-09-2022 13:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON (AP) — The Premier League has postponed its upcoming round of matches as a mark of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, adding to the cancellation of high-profile golf, cricket and horse racing events across Britain on Friday.
  England’s top-flight soccer clubs held a meeting on Friday and said they wanted to “pay tribute to Her Majesty’s long and unwavering service to our country.”
  “This is a tremendously sad time for not just the nation b
  
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• Queen condolences, jobs numbers: In The News for Friday, Sept. 9, 2022

  09-09-2022 11:31 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 Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. 
  What we are watching in Canada …
  A book of condolences paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II will be open to the public today at Rideau Hall following the death of the longest-serving British monarch and Canadian head of state. 
  The Queen died Thursday, hours after the palace said she had been place
  
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• Quebec election: Parties resume campaigning today after death of Queen Elizabeth

  09-09-2022 11:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault is holding a news conference this morning in Quebec City, a day after he briefly paused his campaign due to the death of Queen Elizabeth.
  Legault is speaking to reporters in the riding of Jean-Lesage, held by Québec solidaire but leaning toward the CAQ, according to the polls.
  Québec solidaire spokesman Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, meanwhile, will be about 125 kilometres south of Legault, in Trois-Riviè
  
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• A royal tour de force: Former CP London correspondent reflects on covering the Queen

  09-09-2022 11:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Kevin Ward, who recently retired after 35 years at The Canadian Press, was the news agency’s European correspondent, based in London from 2000 to 2004. During his time in England, he covered several milestones in the Queen’s reign. He recounts some of his experiences in covering the Royal Family, both in London and in Canada.—
  Children were perched on the shoulders of their parents, packed side by side on the Mall, straining to get a glimpse of the Queen as she marked her Golde
  
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• UPDATE: Wildfire burning west of Hope now estimated at 50 hectares – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  09-09-2022 09:00 via theprogress.com
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