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• US-UK relations enter new chapter as new PM, king settle in

  17-09-2022 23:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON (AP) — President Joe Biden arrived in London to pay his respects to Queen Elizabeth II at a time of transition in U.S.-U.K. relations, as both a new monarch and a new prime minister are settling in.The hawkish approach of Prime Minister Liz Truss to Russia and China puts her on the same page as Biden. But the rise of Truss, 47, who once called the relationship “special but not exclusive,” could mark a decidedly new chapter in the trans-Atlantic partnership on trade and m
  
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• Auger-Aliassime guarantees Canada spot in knockout stage of Davis Cup Finals

  17-09-2022 21:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VALENCIA, Spain — Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia on Saturday to guarantee Canada’s men’s tennis team a spot in the knockout stage of the Davis Cup Finals. 
  A day after Auger-Aliassime beat Carlos Alcaraz, the world’s newest top-ranked player, to lead Canada past Spain, the Montreal native dispatched Kecmanovic 6-3, 6-4.
  The Davis Cup Finals are Nov. 22-27 in Malaga, Spain. 
  Canada was defeated 2-1 by Serbia on Saturday after Vasek Pos
  
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• Two bodies found near Penticton at scene of fire: RCMP

  17-09-2022 21:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PENTICTON, B.C. — Mounties in British Columbia say human remains were discovered at the scene of a fire in the province’s interior.
  Penticton RCMP say the Summerland Fire Department responded to a call near the Penticton Shooting Sports Range Thursday and found two bodies.
  They say police were called in and investigators have since determined the deaths are suspicious. 
  Sgt. Chris Manseau says police are now working to identify the victims.
  Mounties say a vehicle was later repor
  
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• Abbotsford Police searching for 57-year-old missing woman, Dana Dube, who visits Cultus Lake or the Vedder River

  17-09-2022 21:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating 57-year-old Dana Dube, who is known to frequent Cultus Lake, the Vedder River, and Hope.According to a news release just before noon on Saturday (September 17), the Abbotsford Police Department advised that Dana’s loved ones are very concerned and report that this is out of character.Dana’s home is in Langley, but she is often in the Abbotsford area tending to her animals who l
  
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• Former tech worker and project manager turned stay-at-home dad to run for Chilliwack City Council

  17-09-2022 20:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Brent Bowker has worn many hats in his relatively young life.According to his website, votebowker.ca, he’s a husband, father of two young boys, and a nature-loving progressive tech worker looking to positively impact his community.Born and raised on a 100-acre farm in Tillsonburg, Ontario, where his family raised some beef cattle and grew soybeans, corn and wheat, Bowker studied environment and business at the University of Waterloo before moving to B.C. with his wife As
  
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• South Korean president to visit Canada, talk trade, energy and security with Trudeau

  17-09-2022 19:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is set to discuss trade and security issues with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a scheduled visit to Canada next week.
  Yoon is to visit Toronto and Ottawa on Sept. 22 and 23 in what Trudeau’s office says is his first bilateral visit abroad since he was elected in March.
  A statement says Trudeau is to meet with Yoon while he is in Ottawa.
  Trudeau plans to discuss ways the two countries can strengthen their trade relationship by worki
  
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• Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki on speaking French: ‘I can get better’

  17-09-2022 19:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAS VEGAS — Nick Suzuki learned some French growing up in southwestern Ontario. 
  Knowing a big responsibility was right around the corner, he went to work both dusting off and trying to improve those skills this summer.
  The 23-year-old is keenly aware there’s a long road ahead. Suzuki also takes no issue with Quebec politicians weighing in on his proficiency in the province’s official language.
  Named captain of the Montreal Canadiens on Monday, the centre’s ability t
  
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• Quebec election: Legault won’t release study on Quebec City-Lévis third-link project

  17-09-2022 19:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault says he won’t release a study into the impact of a “third link” crossing the St-Lawrence River from Quebec City to its south shore.
  Questions about a third link impact study have dogged Legault on the campaign trail, with opponents attacking him for a lack of transparency.
  The National School of Public Administration conducted a study in 2019-2020 on the effects of major projects such as the third li
  
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• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends Queen’s lying-in-state, meets King Charles III

  17-09-2022 18:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stopped to view Queen Elizabeth’s casket and met with King Charles III in London on Saturday, as people from around the world gather ahead of the queen’s funeral.
  The royal family confirmed King Charles met with Trudeau as well as Anthony Albanese of Australia, Philip Davis of the Bahamas, Andrew Holness of Jamaica and New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern.
  The news release included a photo of Trudeau and King Charles seated in front of a fir
  
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• Cops for Cancer Tour de Valley features four constables from Chilliwack and Agassiz RCMP; will bike through Chilliwack Friday, Sept. 23

  17-09-2022 18:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — It all began when one police officer sought to make a positive difference in the lives of cancer patients.According to the Canadian Cancer Society, Cops for Cancer began in 1997 with one police officer who wanted to make a difference. Today, it has grown into an incredible movement across the country that’s changing the lives of children with cancer.
  As a partnership between first responders and the Canadian Cancer Society, Cops for Cancer has raised millions of dollars
  
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• Some Canadians expect to watch queen’s funeral with sadness; others will skip it

  17-09-2022 13:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — For some Canadians, the queen’s funeral on Monday will prompt sadness and trigger personal memories, but for others it’s a distant event they intend to miss.
  David Edwards, the Anglican bishop of Fredericton, says his mother was born the same year as Queen Elizabeth and died about five months before her, linking changes in his family life to the historic end of a 70-year reign.
  “Important figures in our lives, when they die, they leave a gap … a hole in o
  
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• NDP won’t bend any further on federal dental-care plan, Singh warns

  17-09-2022 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party was willing to be flexible on the first phase of the Liberal government’s dental-care plan, but in future the New Democrats will bend no further.
  The government agreed to bring in a federal dental plan for uninsured low- and middle-income families as part of a supply and confidence agreement with the NDP.
  In exchange for fulfilling its vision for dental care, among other priorities, the NDP agreed not to trigger an election before 2025
  
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• Hungary faces reckoning with EU that could cost it billions

  17-09-2022 10:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — After his headline performance at Hungary’s Sziget Festival last month, pop star Justin Bieber held a grandiose party for his staff in a luxurious countryside setting — a 19th century castle owned by the son-in-law of the country’s prime minister.The castle, to the critics of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, is emblematic of the corruption, nepotism and largesse of which the populist leader and his government have been accused for years — the ki
  
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• Quebec election: Poilievre victory seen as good news for Conservative Party of Quebec

  17-09-2022 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Pierre Poilievre’s successful bid to lead the federal Tories bodes well for the Conservative Party of Quebec, which is running in the provincial election on similar messages, analysts say.
  Sylvie Trottier said she jumped for joy when she learned that Poilievre on Sept. 10 won the leadership race with a resounding 68 per cent on the first ballot.
  Trottier, a Quebec Conservative party supporter who was at a recent campaign event in Montreal with party leader Éric Duha
  
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• Elks pull out dramatic 26-24 win over Roughriders behind late field goal

  17-09-2022 07:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  REGINA — The Edmonton Elks survived a late charge by the Saskatchewan Roughriders to register a 26-24 victory on Friday night.
  Kicker Sergio Castillo nailed a 47-yard field goal with 24 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter to secure the win.
  Saskatchewan, which trailed 23-14 early in the fourth, took a 24-23 lead with 1:08 remaining courtesy of a seven-yard touchdown pass from Cody Fajardo to Kian Schaffer-Baker.
  The Elks improve to 4-10 with the victory while the Riders fall to 6-8 as
  
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• Defending champ Max Homa, Danny Willett share lead in Napa

  17-09-2022 04:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Max Homa moved into position to defend his title at the Fortinet Championship, shooting a 5-under 67 on Friday to share the 36-hole lead with Danny Willett at the PGA Tour’s season opener.
  Homa, a two-time winner last season and a captain’s pick for next week’s Presidents Cup, had an eagle, four birdies and a bogey — his first of the week — for a two-day total of 12-under 132 at Silverado Resort & Spa.
  “The course fits my eyes,&rd
  
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• Matt Chapman’s two homers lift Blue Jays over Orioles 6-3 in crucial Toronto win

  17-09-2022 04:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Matt Chapman had a solo home run and a two-run homer to lift the Toronto Blue Jays over the Baltimore Orioles 6-3 on Friday.
  George Springer’s three-run homer broke the game open for Toronto (82-63) and Bo Bichette extended his hit streak to nine games.
  Relief pitcher Trevor Richards served as the so-called opener for the game, striking out all three batters he faced in the first inning.
  Julian Merryweather pitched two scoreless innings before Yusei Kikuchi (5-7) took the m
  
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• US asks appeals court to lift judge’s Mar-a-Lago probe hold

  17-09-2022 03:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court Friday to lift a judge’s order that temporarily barred it from reviewing a batch of classified documents seized during an FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home last month.
  The department told the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta that the judge’s hold was impeding the “government’s efforts to protect the nation’s security” and interfering with it
  
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• Langley Thunder on the brink of elimination – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  17-09-2022 03:00 via theprogress.com
  Langley Thunder on the brink of elimination – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Top-ranked Alcaraz loses to Auger-Aliassime at Davis Cup

  17-09-2022 02:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz’s biggest fans had flocked to see the world’s new top-ranked player in his homecoming to Spain.
  Instead, they witnessed Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime beat their new idol before staying on the hard court to secure a second victory in doubles and help Canada score a 2-1 upset win over Spain in the Davis Cup group phase on Friday.
  Alcaraz lost 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2 to a superb Auger-Aliassime, who endured the partisan crowd and tilted th
  
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• B.C. government says school support staff across the province reach tentative deal

  17-09-2022 02:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — A tentative framework agreement has been reached for 40,000 unionized elementary and secondary support staff in British Columbia.The Finance Ministry says the deal is between the Public School Employers’ Association and school presidents’ councils representing 57 locals of the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
  The tentative agreement covers workers in a variety of jobs in the public sector, including education assistants, custodians, maintenance workers and Indigen
  
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• Judge says Vancouver candidates can use non-Latin names on the ballot Oct. 15

  17-09-2022 02:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Vancouver voters heading to polls next month will find 15 candidates’ names on the ballots represented in non-Latin characters, such as Chinese, Persian and Farsi. 
  The City of Vancouver says in a news release the election will proceed with the names the candidates submitted after provincial court Judge James Wingham ruled it would be “unfair” to proceed with the challenge on such a strict timeline.
  On Friday, the hearing was adjourned to an unspecified date sometime after
  
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• Judge signs off on fund for U-Michigan doctor’s victims

  17-09-2022 01:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DETROIT (AP) — A judge on Friday signed off on a fund for more than 1,000 people who said they were sexually assaulted by a University of Michigan doctor, an order that allows victims to start collecting a portion of a $490 million settlement negotiated with the school.
  “The University of Michigan offers its heartfelt apology for the abuse perpetrated by the late Robert Anderson. We hope this settlement helps the healing process for survivors,” said Paul Brown, chairman of the
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs and Valley Huskers team up for Oct. 1 double header – Hope Standard - Hope Standard

  17-09-2022 01:45 via hopestandard.com
  Chilliwack Chiefs and Valley Huskers team up for Oct. 1 double header – Hope Standard  Hope Standard
  
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• UFV art auction to support local wildlife going live – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  17-09-2022 01:24 via theprogress.com
  UFV art auction to support local wildlife going live – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Matthews believes Leafs’ playoff pain will pay off: ‘We’re writing our own story’

  17-09-2022 01:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HENDERSON, Nev. — Auston Matthews believes those deep, painful battle scars of past playoff failures will eventually — finally — pay dividends.
  The Maple Leafs star centre, in truth, has little choice.
  Toronto suffered through another bitter first-round disappointment last spring, falling to the Tampa Bay Lightning in seven games after taking a 3-2 lead in the series.
  But that loss, at least on some level, felt different both inside and outside Toronto’s locker room.
  Unli
  
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• Canadian Walk for Veterans comes to Abbotsford's Mill Lake Park – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  17-09-2022 00:43 via theprogress.com
  Canadian Walk for Veterans comes to Abbotsford's Mill Lake Park – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre pool to gradually re-open tomorrow, September 17

  17-09-2022 00:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Following a week of pool closures as the result of the YMCA takeover as the exclusive operator of the Cheam Leisure Centre and Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre, there’s good news for parents who want their kids back in the pool.
  The Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre will gradually re-open its pool starting tomorrow, September 17 while the recreation centre hires and trains aquatics personnel.
  The Landing Centre is asking the public to check its website and social media
  
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• Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirms a Chilliwack commercial poultry farm has tested positive for an H5 strain of avian flu

  17-09-2022 00:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A commercial poultry farm in Chilliwack has been placed under quarantine for 10 days by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency after it tested positive for avian flu.The CFIA confirmed Friday (Sept. 16) that a commercial poultry farm somewhere in Chilliwack has tested positive for the H5 strain of the avian influenza virus.
  It did not identify the specific commercial poultry farm.The infected premises has been placed under quarantine by the CFIA, and the ministry has notified pro
  
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