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• Five things to know about the government’s plan to tackle affordability in Canada

  20-09-2022 23:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Liberals launched the fall sitting of Parliament Tuesday by tabling two new bills with more than $4.5 billion in spending they hope will ease the rising cost of living for modest-income Canadians.
  Here are five things to know about the government’s new affordability plan:
  1. The Liberals hope to double GST credits 
  Roughly 11 million people who already qualify for GST credits will get double the relief for about six months under the proposed bill. If it’s pass
  
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• B.C. youth representative calls for data on mental health of children in care

  20-09-2022 23:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s representative for children says she’s concerned that neither the province nor the country gathers data on the rate of mental health disorders for children in care, especially when other jurisdictions show a much higher rate. 
  A report from the Children’s Health Policy Centre at Simon Fraser University found children in comparable jurisdictions in Europe, the United States and the United Kingdom had “dramatically higher rates&rdquo
  
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• PHOTOS: Christmas (filming) comes early to Agassiz-Harrison – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  20-09-2022 23:00 via theprogress.com
  PHOTOS: Christmas (filming) comes early to Agassiz-Harrison – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Hurricane Fiona, Expected to Continue Strengthening, After Devastating Puerto Rico. – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  20-09-2022 23:00 via theprogress.com
  Hurricane Fiona, Expected to Continue Strengthening, After Devastating Puerto Rico. – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Saskatchewan Appeal Court removes injunction, allows Broncos lawsuit to proceed

  20-09-2022 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  REGINA — The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has set aside a temporary injunction that halted a lawsuit filed by some parents of those who died in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash.
  Sixteen people were killed and 13 were injured when an inexperienced truck driver went through a stop sign and into the path of the junior hockey team’s bus at a rural intersection near Tisdale, Sask., on April 6, 2018.
  A few months after the crash, a lawsuit was brought by families of five who died.
  But a lawy
  
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• Public Safety minister defends RCMP’s refusal to say how Sanderson died in custody

  20-09-2022 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is defending the RCMP’s decision not to release details surrounding the death of the man accused in a mass stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan.Mendicino says he understands the sense of urgency people feel about knowing how Myles Sanderson died after he was arrested on a rural stretch of highway on Sept. 7.RCMP said he went into “medical distress” and died in custody, but they have not released a cause of death nearly two weeks
  
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• Sunday, Monday football games fight for ratings supremacy

  20-09-2022 22:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Nielsen company’s list of the 20 most popular prime-time programs for the week of Sept. 12-18, their networks and viewerships:
  1. NFL Football: Chicago at Green Bay, NBC, 19.55 million.
  2. “NFL Pregame” (Sunday), NBC, 14.55 million.
  3. “NFL Postgame” (Sunday), Fox, 10.77 million.
  4. NFL Football: Denver at Seattle, ABC, 10.3 million.
  5. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 10.2 million.
  6. “Football Night in America,” NBC, 8.36 millio
  
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• Man rescued from Sheridan Lake after calling for help – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  20-09-2022 22:45 via theprogress.com
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• Vancouver cop collides with pedestrian while driving through Downtown Eastside – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  20-09-2022 22:42 via theprogress.com
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• Sweep 16: Curling Canada’s PointsBet Invitational ready for debut in Fredericton

  20-09-2022 22:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Nick Deagle’s curling calendar usually includes weekly games in a recreational league along with four or five cashspiel appearances around Nova Scotia each season.
  His rink is going from the club level to the big leagues for the first major event of the 2022-23 campaign.
  Deagle will be the No. 16 seed in the 16-team men’s competition at the PointsBet Invitational this week in Fredericton. His opponent will be top-seeded St. John’s skip Brad Gushue, who won a Canadian title last
  
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• New Zealand Beachcombers Stunned By Giant Squid Corpse

  20-09-2022 22:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!One of the most iconic lines from 1981’s Clash of the Titans remains, “Release the Kraken!” While the Hollywood version of the Kraken was an anthropomorphized, princess-eating monster, the real-life animal is alive and well in deep waters around the world.
  Known as the giant squid, these fantastic and elusive creatures are a sight rarely beheld by human eyes. Yet, they populate the world’s oceans by the millions… some even say
  
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• Former Canada rugby captain looks to rebuild bridges, return to national scene

  20-09-2022 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Former Canada rugby captain Jamie Cudmore believes he has a lot more to give the game. Now he hopes others agree.
  The 44-year-old Cudmore lost his job as head of Rugby Canada’s national development academy (better known as the Pacific Pride) and assistant coach with the Canadian men’s 15s team in July 2021 after several social media posts critical of the Canadian women’s sevens team’s disappointing performance at the Tokyo Olympics.
  Cudmore, a native of Squamish, B.C., ha
  
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• PHOTOS: Breakout weekend for Vancouver Canucks' top prospects in Penticton – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  20-09-2022 21:28 via theprogress.com
  PHOTOS: Breakout weekend for Vancouver Canucks' top prospects in Penticton – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Bring a book, take a book at book exchange in Chilliwack – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  20-09-2022 21:27 via theprogress.com
  Bring a book, take a book at book exchange in Chilliwack – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Mural at Chilliwack school recognizes Indigenous communities – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  20-09-2022 21:00 via theprogress.com
  Mural at Chilliwack school recognizes Indigenous communities – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada tuning out noise around expectations at FIBA Women’s World Cup

  20-09-2022 20:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canada’s women’s basketball team shouldered weighty expectations at the Tokyo Olympics.
  After back-to-back Olympic quarterfinal appearances, many surmised a medal was next — an assumption that may have played a part in Canada’s crushing early exit.
  A new-look Canadian women’s team tips off the FIBA World Cup on Wednesday in Sydney, Australia, and in their first global tournament since Tokyo, they’re tuning out the noise and living in the moment.
  “You don
  
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• CFL suspends Stampeders linebacker Judge for one game following incident with Lions

  20-09-2022 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Canadian linebacker Cameron Judge received a one-game suspension from the CFL on Tuesday for a post-game altercation involving B.C. Lions receiver Lucky Whitehead.
  The incident happened Saturday night following B.C.’s 31-29 overtime win at McMahon Stadium. After the game, Judge approached Whitehead, who’d removed his helmet, on the field and struck the Lions player, knocking Whitehead to the ground.
  That touched off an on-field melee involving Lions and Stampeders pla
  
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• With ceremonies over, King Charles III faces his biggest task – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  20-09-2022 20:10 via theprogress.com
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• Chilliwack City Council to vote on liquor store application at Cottonwood Mall; food court area to be renovated

  20-09-2022 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack City Council will deliberate today (Sept. 20) over an application that would rezone a section of the Cottonwood Mall from a shopping centre to a liquor store and renovate the existing food court area and remove a section of Dollarama.Under agenda item 7.5 of today’s council meeting, Chilliwack councillors will review an application to build a liquor store near the Dollarama retail store inside the mall, located at 45585 Luckakuck Way, and set a public hearing
  
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• UN chief warns global leaders: The world is in 'great peril' – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  20-09-2022 20:00 via theprogress.com
  UN chief warns global leaders: The world is in 'great peril' – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• As wildfire risk fades, the last remaining campfire ban is lifted in B.C.

  20-09-2022 19:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Campfires are now permitted in all six of British Columbia’s fire centres, as the only remaining campfire ban is lifted across the Coastal Fire Centre.
  However, bans still apply to any fires other than campfires in all but the Northwest Fire Centre, where unrestricted burning of large piles of material is allowed.
  The BC Wildfire Service ranks the fire danger rating as very low to moderate over most of the province but also shows some regions of high and extreme fire dang
  
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• Drought in Western US heats up as a political hot potato – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  20-09-2022 19:40 via theprogress.com
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• Nissan Orders Recall for Pickup Trucks Due to Rollaway Risk – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  20-09-2022 19:30 via theprogress.com
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• Chilliwack woman exasperated after having car window smashed 3 times in 3 weeks – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  20-09-2022 19:28 via theprogress.com
  Chilliwack woman exasperated after having car window smashed 3 times in 3 weeks – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• AP source: MacKinnon signs 8-year deal, highest paid in NHL

  20-09-2022 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche are making Nathan MacKinnon the highest-paid player in the NHL’s salary cap era.
  MacKinnon, who just turned 27 earlier this month, signed an eight-year contract that is worth $100.8 million, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the team did not announce terms of the contract.
  His new $12.6 million salary cap hit that goes into effect at the start o
  
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• QuickSketch: A look at Conservative Party of Quebec Leader Éric Duhaime

  20-09-2022 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A look at Éric Duhaime, leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec.
  Born: April 15, 1969, in Montreal.
  Early years: An only child, Duhaime grew up in the Montreal suburb of Laval. His mother worked as a bus driver and his father worked at a factory. Duhaime began to follow the news while in primary school, reading the daily paper and watching nightly news broadcasts, a habit he maintained throughout his life.
  Education: He earned a bachelor’s in political science fr
  
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• Media set to return to NHL locker rooms for first time since March 2020

  20-09-2022 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Trevor Zegras had no idea things were done any other way. 
  The slick, camera-friendly centre with a toolbox full of on-ice tricks made his NHL debut for the Anaheim Ducks in February 2021 as the NHL navigated life alongside COVID-19. 
  That shortened season saw all interviews and media availabilities conducted via video conference calls – part of a long list of protocols aimed at keeping the virus at bay and players healthy. 
  The NHL largely moved to press conferences for the
  
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• Longtime NHL defenceman Zdeno Chara, 45, retires as a Boston Bruin

  20-09-2022 18:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BOSTON — Zdeno Chara announced his retirement Tuesday after playing 21 seasons in the NHL and captaining the Boston Bruins to the Stanley Cup in 2011.
  The 6-foot-9 defenceman from Slovakia is calling it a career at age 45. He returned to TD Garden in Boston to make that announcement two years after splitting with the Bruins following 14 seasons.
  Chara won the Norris Trophy as the league’s top defenseman in 2009 and also spent time with the New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators and Wash
  
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• Chilliwack's Valley Huskers humbled by unbeaten Okanagan Sun – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  20-09-2022 18:50 via theprogress.com
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• Legault sorry for saying racism against Indigenous people at hospital is ‘settled’

  20-09-2022 18:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  QUEBEC — Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault is apologizing for offending the husband of an Indigenous woman who filmed nurses mocking her as she lay dying in a Quebec hospital. 
  Legault says he never meant to offend when he said during a televised leaders debate last week that the situation at the hospital in Joliette, Que., is settled.
  The incumbent premier told reporters during an election campaign stop in Orford, Que., today that he was trying to say that
  
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• Maple Leafs add Dairy Farmers of Ontario logo to jerseys for upcoming season

  20-09-2022 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs will sport a “Milk” patch on their jersey this season after reaching a partnership with Dairy Farmers of Ontario.
  The multi-year agreement comes into effect as the NHL introduces a sweater partner branding program that allows teams to sell advertising on their jerseys beginning this upcoming season.
  The patch, featuring the Dairy Farmers of Ontario’s longtime logo — the word “Milk” in a stylized cursive font — will
  
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• Iranian official says 3 killed in unrest over woman’s death

  20-09-2022 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The governor of Iran’s Kurdistan province says three people were killed in the unrest that erupted over the death of a Kurdish woman who was being held by the country’s morality police.
  It marks the first official confirmation of deaths from three days of protests that have spread across the country.
  Esmail Zarei Kousha, who spoke to the semiofficial Fars news agency, blamed the deaths on unnamed armed groups.He did not identify the victims, b
  
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• Lobster and crab harvesters push back against ‘red list’ meant to help right whales

  20-09-2022 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canadian lobster and crab harvesters say the recent addition of crustaceans to a so-called “red list” of seafood to avoid is disappointing.
  The harvesters are reacting to a report by California-based Seafood Watch, which says the lobster and crab fishing industries are a menace to the endangered North Atlantic right whale because the whales are getting entangled in fishing gear.
  But Geoff Irvine, executive director of the Lobster Council of Canada, says the red listing does not take
  
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• Part 3: Chilliwack Teachers' Association questions school board candidates – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  20-09-2022 18:15 via theprogress.com
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• Campfire ban lifted in Coastal Fire Centre – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  20-09-2022 18:12 via theprogress.com
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• Officials: 6 injured in Chicago apartment building explosion

  20-09-2022 18:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHICAGO (AP) — At least six people were rushed to hospitals after being injured when an explosion Tuesday tore through the top floor of a Chicago apartment building, officials said.The explosion at the three-story, 36-unit apartment building in the South Austin neighborhood occurred shortly before 9:30 a.m., officials said. At least 10 ambulances were on the scene, according to the Chicago Fire Department, which requested help searching the structure. “Requesting manpower for searche
  
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• Evans, Cornelius and Thomas named CFL’s top weekly performers

  20-09-2022 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Quarterbacks Dane Evans and Taylor Cornelius and linebacker Matthew Thomas were named the CFL’s top performers for Week 15 on Tuesday.
  Evans was named the No. 1 performer after guiding the Hamilton Tiger-Cats past the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 48-31 on Saturday. Evans finished 25-of-32 passing for 327 yards and a career-high five touchdown passes.
  Cornelius threw for  237 yards and a TD in the Edmonton Elks’ 26-24 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Cornelius also
  
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• Kelowna turned 'upside down' by Stranger Things stars – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  20-09-2022 18:00 via theprogress.com
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• MLSE’s Larry Tanenbaum re-elected chair of NBA board of governors

  20-09-2022 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Toronto Raptors governor Larry Tanenbaum has been unanimously re-elected as chairman of the NBA board of governors.
  Tanenbaum, the longtime chairman of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, became the first Canadian owner to serve as chairman of the board when he was first elected to the post in 2017. 
  The Toronto native has served on the NBA advisory/finance committee since 2008 and was part of the planning committee from 2000-14. 
  He also had stints on several other
  
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• Woodbine Mile victory earns Modern Games spot in NTRA thoroughbred poll

  20-09-2022 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — An impressive victory in the $1-million Ricoh Woodbine Mile has earned Modern Games a spot in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s top three-year-old thoroughbred poll.
  On Saturday, the Irish-bred 3/5 favourite, ridden by William Buick, became the first three year-old to win Woodbine Mile turf event at Woodbine Racetrack, finishing first by 5 1/4 lengths.
  With the victory, Modern Games secured the No. 10 spot in the NTRA poll with 47 points.
  The poll represents ho
  
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• Chilliwack City Council to vote on development permit application for new PedalSport bike shop

  20-09-2022 17:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack City Council will consider a development permit application for a proposed bike shop, Pedal Sport Bicycle, not far from its current location.Councillors are scheduled to vote today (Sept. 20) on a development permit application for a contemporary retail bike shop at its afternoon meeting.Pedal Sport is presently located at 9020 Young Road and has been a fixture in the Chilliwack community since 1992. It has approximately five staff and a CEO, Dave Graham, according
  
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• Lawyers for N.S. shooting victims’ families tell inquiry RCMP made basic errors

  20-09-2022 16:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — A lawyer representing victims of the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting told a public inquiry today it should recognize that the RCMP made basic errors in responding to the murders.
  Sandra McCulloch, whose firm represents the majority of the victims’ families, said in her closing submissions that officers had “tunnel vision,” leading them to miss key information during the April 18-19, 2020, killings of 22 people.
  She says it was “incomprehensible” that
  
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• Sentencing hearing delayed for harasser of B.C. teen Amanda Todd – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  20-09-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
  Sentencing hearing delayed for harasser of B.C. teen Amanda Todd – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Former swimmer Tewksbury calls queen's funeral 'personal,' proud to represent Canada – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  20-09-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
  Former swimmer Tewksbury calls queen's funeral 'personal,' proud to represent Canada – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canfor temporarily reducing production capacity in B.C. due to market conditions – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  20-09-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
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• At least 250000 people lined up to see queen's coffin – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  20-09-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
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• Amber Alert cancelled for missing Vancouver child, found in Alberta

  20-09-2022 16:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — An Amber Alert has been cancelled for the child who authorities say was taken from BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver on Monday.
  A statement from Vancouver police says the three-year-old and his mother were found near Calgary early Tuesday.
  Police say the boy is now receiving care and his mother has been arrested.
  The Amber Alert was first issued shortly after 11 p.m. Monday.
  Investigators said the child had been in treatment at BC Children’s Hospital when he was a
  
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• P.K. Subban announces retirement after 13 NHL seasons

  20-09-2022 15:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  P.K. Subban has announced his retirement.
  The former Norris Trophy winner as the NHL’s top defenceman shared the news on his social media channels Tuesday morning.
  The 33-year-old Toronto native played 13 seasons with the Montreal Canadiens, Nashville Predators and New Jersey Devils.
  Subban registered 115 goals and 467 points in 824 regular-season games. The 43rd pick at the 2007 NHL draft added 62 points (18 goals, 44 assists) in 96 post-season contests.
  The flashy blue-liner won the Norr
  
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• UN chief warns global leaders: The world is in ‘great peril’

  20-09-2022 15:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In an alarming assessment, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders Tuesday that nations are “gridlocked in colossal global dysfunction” and aren’t ready or willing to tackle the major challenges that threaten the future of humanity and the fate of the planet.
  Speaking at the opening of the General Assembly’s annual top-level meeting, the U.N. chief pointed to the war in Ukraine, multiplying conflicts around the world, the cli
  
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• Canfor temporarily reducing production capacity in B.C. due to market conditions

  20-09-2022 15:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Canfor Corp. is temporarily cutting production in British Columbia due to what it says are challenging market conditions.The lumber producer says it is taking a two-week curtailment starting Sept. 26 at the majority of its solid wood facilities in B.C.
  Production will resume with reduced operating schedules until the end of the year.
  Canfor says the moves are expected to result in a reduction of about 200 million board feet of production capacity.
  The company says employees wil
  
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