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• FIFA increases World Cup rosters but not the delegation size it will pay for

  21-09-2022 23:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Teams at the World Cup in Qatar will be allowed a roster of 23 to 26 players, up from 23 in past tournaments.
  But while the player roster has been increased, FIFA has not changed the number of people in each country’s delegation that it is willing to pay for when it comes to travel and accommodation. As at the 2018 tournament in Russia, the world governing body of soccer will pay for business-class return flights “for up to 50 delegation members.”
  FIFA will also cover board and
  
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• B.C. vows to act as report makes dozens of recommendations on prolific offenders

  21-09-2022 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government says it is starting to implement some of the recommendations made in a report aimed at curbing prolific offenders and random violence in the province. 
  The government hired former Vancouver deputy police chief Doug LePard and Amanda Butler, a criminologist specializing in mental health and addiction, this year to investigate how best to prevent the cycles of crime.
  There are more than two dozen recommendations in their report aimed at the pr
  
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• Chilliwack women frightened by unexpected road block – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2022 23:30 via theprogress.com
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• Chilliwack Women Frightened By Unexpected Road Block - Abbotsford News

  21-09-2022 23:30 via abbynews.com
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• Canadians Conners and Pendrith split up for first round of Presidents Cup

  21-09-2022 23:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Canada’s Corey Conners and Taylor Pendrith will not be partnered for the first round of the Presidents Cup.
  International team captain Trevor Immelman split them up in the first round’s draw.
  Conners, from Listowel, Ont., will partner with South Korea’s Sungjae Im against Americans Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas in the round’s second match.
  Pendrith, from Richmond Hill, Ont., will team with Chile’s Mito Pereira against Tony Finau and Max Hom
  
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• Canada’s Conners and Pendrith bring chemistry to international team at Presidents Cup

  21-09-2022 23:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Finding chemistry on the eclectic Presidents Cup international team can be a challenge, but Canadians Corey Conners and Taylor Pendrith are bringing their own spark to captain Trevor Immelman’s squad.
  Conners and Pendrith played together on Golf Canada’s amateur teams before becoming teammates at Kent State University and were even the best man at each other’s weddings. They’ll be making their Presidents Cup debuts on Thursday as the best-on-best t
  
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• Zelenskyy addresses UN meeting – on video from Ukraine

  21-09-2022 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy began a much-anticipated video speech to world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly Wednesday, hours after Russia announced it was calling up some reservists to further the war against Ukraine.
  The war has dominated the global gathering, which comes nearly seven months after Russia launched what has become the largest military conflict in Europe since World War II.In a reflection of the circumstances, Zelenskyy wasn’t at t
  
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• Integration of Huberdeau, Kadri the buzz at Calgary Flames training camp

  21-09-2022 23:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Calgary general manager Brad Treliving swung for the fences in the summer, and he’s as anxious as any Flames fan to see if his efforts replaced what was lost.
  Bringing forwards Jonathan Huberdeau and Nazem Kadri into the fold, and getting both under long-term contracts, were among the blockbuster moves of the NHL’s off-season.
  Huberdeau and Kadri, signed for eight and seven years respectively, somewhat smoothed the ruffled feelings of Flames Nation over the refusal of top forwards Jo
  
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• Former Hockey Canada CEO Nicholson among those summoned to testify before committee

  21-09-2022 22:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The House of Commons heritage committee has ordered another round of hearings into Hockey Canada’s handling of sexual assault claims, with past and present top executives and board chairs summoned to testify.
  In a meeting Tuesday, the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage agreed to order Hockey Canada interim board of directors chair Andrea Skinner, former chair Michael Brind’Amour and former president and chief executive officer Bob Nicholson to appear at an Oct. 4
  
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• Serve it sweet – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2022 22:50 via theprogress.com
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• Justice minister urges senators to pass Liberal mandatory minimums bill

  21-09-2022 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Justice Minister David Lametti urged senators this evening to pass the Liberal government’s proposed legislation on mandatory minimum penalties.
  He told senators during a committee hearing that he is aware of criticisms the law is “soft on crime,” but said serious crimes would continue to have serious consequences.
  Bill C-5, which passed third reading in the House of Commons in June, would amend the Criminal Code to remove mandatory minimum prison sentences for a
  
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• Train derailment in downtown Revelstoke, CP investigation to be launched – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2022 22:13 via theprogress.com
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• Jennifer Jones wins opening game with new-look team at PointsBet Invitational

  21-09-2022 22:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  FREDERICTON — Jennifer Jones defeated Andrea Kelly 9-5 in first-round play Wednesday at the PointsBet Invitational. 
  The six-time Canadian women’s curling champion iced the victory with three points in the ninth end. 
  Jones has a new-look squad this season. Karlee Burgess played third in the opening game with Mackenzie Zacharias at second and Lauren Lenentine at lead. 
  The loss eliminated Kelly from the single-knockout competition, a new addition to the Season of Champ
  
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• Inmate assaulted by fellow prisoner at Kent Institution

  21-09-2022 22:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  AGASSIZ — After what seemed like a quiet, uneventful month of September, an inmate assault has been reported at the maximum-security federal prison west of Agassiz.
  Kent Institution reported yesterday (Sept. 20) that an inmate sustained injuries from an assault on Thursday, September 15, according to a news release from the Correctional Service of Canada.The injured inmate was evaluated by staff members and transported to an outside hospital to receive treatment. The inmate has since retur
  
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• Mainland Cup adds regular season intrigue for Chilliwack Chiefs – Hope Standard - Hope Standard

  21-09-2022 22:00 via hopestandard.com
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• Mainland Cup adds regular season intrigue for Chilliwack Chiefs – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2022 22:00 via theprogress.com
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• Mainland Cup adds regular season intrigue for Chilliwack Chiefs – Agassiz Harrison Observer - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  21-09-2022 22:00 via agassizharrisonobserver.com
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• Estimated 29000 lethal fentanyl doses taken off Okanagan streets – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2022 22:00 via theprogress.com
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• Not making playoffs would be ‘a disaster’ for Canucks: coach

  21-09-2022 21:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — After a too-long summer, the Vancouver Canucks are locked on a singular goal as they prepare for training camp.
  “Not making the playoffs would be a disaster for us,” head coach Bruce Boudreau told reporters Wednesday.
  “But to make the playoffs we have to do better and be more consistent over 82 games, not just 56 games or whatever the number was. … I would call it a failure if we didn’t succeed in our goals this year.”
  The Canucks will be on
  
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• Kyle Dubas on future with Maple Leafs: ‘I have to be held the most accountable’

  21-09-2022 21:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JOSHUA CLIPPERTON — Kyle Dubas knows the clock is ticking.
  Signed to a five-year contract when he took the reins as Maple Leafs general manager at age 32 in the spring of 2018, Dubas has helped lay the groundwork for the franchise to reach unparalleled regular-season success.
  Records have been broken and individual achievements celebrated. 
  The playoffs, of course, have been another matter entirely.
  Minus a deal to remain in Toronto beyond the 2022-23 campaign, the GM said on the eve
  
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• Eight Chilliwack Fire Dept. units respond to Promontory fire; City says it’s under control and hot spots are being put out

  21-09-2022 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack reported on social media Wednesday afternoon that upwards of eight Chilliwack Fire Department units that responded to a blaze up in Promontory have now controlled the fire.
  According to its Twitter page posted just before noon and at 12:10 p.m. Wednesday, eight trucks from all fire halls, including halls from downtown, South Sumas, Greendale, Yarrow, and Ryder Lake, responded to a wildland fire near Teskey Road.
  The City said the fire had been contained
  
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• Mounties in N.W.T. search for suspect after 1 dead, others injured in stabbing

  21-09-2022 21:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  FORT GOOD HOPE, N.W.T. — RCMP in the Northwest Territories are looking for a suspect in a stabbing that has left one dead and others injured.
  Mounties told residents in Fort Good Hope on Tuesday night to stay in their homes but lifted the advisory this morning.
  However, they have asked residents of the community to “remain vigilant.”
  They say officers are looking for help in locating the male suspect.
  The force’s major crimes unit, forensic identification services, police
  
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• Oilers boast talent needed for a playoff run, but know a long season lies ahead

  21-09-2022 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers officially began training camp Wednesday, but a lot of the talk in the Alberta capital is already focused on what the team is going to be doing in April.
  After getting to the Western Conference final this past season, expectations are high for a team that has arguably the best group of top-line forwards in the league, including Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Evander Kane, Zach Hyman and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. The Oilers have upgraded the netminding position wi
  
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• UPDATE w/ VIDEO: Wildfire behind homes on Promontory in Chilliwack – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2022 21:33 via theprogress.com
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• UPDATE w/ VIDEO: Wildfire behind homes on Promontory in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2022 21:33 via theprogress.com
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• Mark Zs Net Worth Has Plunged in 2022 – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2022 21:30 via theprogress.com
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• Toronto Blue Jays demote Merryweather, recall Griffin from Triple-A Buffalo

  21-09-2022 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays optioned reliever Julian Merryweather to Triple-A Buffalo on Wednesday afternoon and recalled left-hander Foster Griffin from the Bisons. 
  Merryweather’s demotion came a day after he gave up five earned runs over two-thirds of an inning in an 18-11 win over Philadelphia, hiking his earned-run average to 6.75.
  The 30-year-old right-hander spent 12 weeks on the injured list with a left abdominal strain before his activation on Sept. 5. 
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• De Grasse, other Canadian athletes, transcend sport in changing marketing world

  21-09-2022 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Andre De Grasse launched his own signature wine at a posh party on Tuesday night, with a strip of red Mondo track and a pair of starting blocks in place of a traditional red carpet. Casa Loma and the Toronto city skyline made for a stunning backdrop.
  The event drew an eclectic mix of sports celebrities, from swim star Penny Oleksiak to Toronto Raptors forward OG Anunoby to Canadian women’s soccer coach Bev Priestman.
  The evening was part of the Canadian sprinter’s jam
  
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• Canada Soccer makes new contract offer to men’s and women’s players

  21-09-2022 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canada Soccer has made a new offer to its players in a bid to resolve their ongoing contract impasse.
  Earl Cochrane, Canada Soccer’s general secretary, said a “comprehensive compensation offer” was made Tuesday to both the Canadian men and women. He declined to share details.
  Canada Soccer’s previous offer was made in late June. At the time, it said it was looking “to equalize matters related to compensation for the player pool, travel policy, and the configuration
  
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• Canada's renters facing higher monthly costs than homeowners: census – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2022 21:15 via theprogress.com
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• Conservatives may support part of the Liberal government’s affordability plan

  21-09-2022 21:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives are opening the door to supporting part of the Liberal government’s affordability plan in one of their first moves with Pierre Poilievre as the new party leader.
  Tory MPs used their first caucus meeting since Parliament resumed sitting this week to discuss the proposal, which includes the first phase of a dental-care plan and doubling of GST credits.
  The Liberal government on Tuesday tabled two bills that would involve about $4.5 billion in spending
  
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• Family: 2 American veterans captured in Ukraine released

  21-09-2022 20:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Two U.S. military veterans who disappeared while fighting Russia with Ukrainian forces have been released after about three months in captivity, relatives said Wednesday.
  Alex Drueke, 39, and Andy Huynh, 27, went missing in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine near the Russian border June 9. Both had traveled to Ukraine on their own and became friends because both are from Alabama.
  The families announced their release in a joint statement from Dianna Shaw, an
  
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• Biden, Truss seek to smooth over N Ireland divide

  21-09-2022 20:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss declared themselves staunch allies Wednesday as they tried to patch up a divide over Brexit’s impact on peace in Northern Ireland.
  The leaders met at the United Nations two days after they attended the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London, and Britain hopes the global goodwill toward the late queen will help smooth out bumps in relations with the U.S. and other allies caused by the U.K.’s depart
  
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• Police say man found dead in running vehicle in Surrey, B.C., was fatally shot

  21-09-2022 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY, B.C. — An Alberta man has been identified as the victim of the latest fatal shooting in Surrey, B.C.
  Homicide investigators say 27-year-old Richard Ofosuhene of Edmonton was found Tuesday, injured and unconscious, in the driver’s seat of a running vehicle on a Surrey street.
  Police say Ofosuhene was known to police and had ties to drug trafficking in Alberta but they believe his homicide is an isolated incident.
  A statement from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says
  
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• Chilliwack man selling orange t-shirts to 'blast awareness' about residential school trauma – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2022 20:45 via theprogress.com
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• Trudeau to attend assassinated Japanese PM Shinzo Abe’s state funeral in Tokyo

  21-09-2022 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will attend a state funeral for Japan’s assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe next week in Tokyo. 
  The 67-year-old Abe, who had stepped down as prime minister in 2020, was killed in July during a political campaign event in Nara, Japan.
  Trudeau’s office says in a statement that the longest-serving Japanese prime minister was a “strong ally and friend” to Canada.
  Trudeau is expected to depart from Ottawa on Saturday
  
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• Vancouver man charged with 2 stranger stabbings in 2 days – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2022 20:24 via theprogress.com
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• Man pleads guilty to dousing ‘Bewitched’ statue in red paint

  21-09-2022 20:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SALEM, Mass. (AP) — A man will be sentenced to 18 months of probation after pleading guilty to vandalizing the “Bewitched” statue by dousing the Salem, Massachusetts tourist attraction with red paint over the summer.The 32-year-old resident was originally sentenced to a year in jail, but a Salem district court judge suspended the sentence on conditions the man repay the cost of repairing the damage inflicted on the bronze statue, The Salem News reported Tuesday.
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• Proposed liquor store at Cottonwood Mall to head to Oct. 4 public hearing

  21-09-2022 20:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Without any comment at its meeting Tuesday (Sept. 20), Chilliwack City Council voted to allow an application for a proposed liquor store at Cottonwood Mall to proceed towards a public hearing on October 4.
  Chilliwack City Council gave the application first and second reading Tuesday, and allowed a proposal 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.
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• Snowbirds allowed back in the air after probe finds oil filter caused latest crash

  21-09-2022 20:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Snowbirds have been cleared for takeoff after a crash in B.C. last month forced the military’s famed aerobatics team to cancel appearances at several air shows.
  Military investigators say the crash near Fort St. John on Aug. 2 was caused by an improperly assembled oil filter.
  The crash happened when one of the Snowbirds’ nearly 60-year-old Tutor jets lost engine power while taking off and crashed into a fence.
  No one was injured but the plane sustained serious dama
  
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• De Havilland Canada to build airline manufacturing plant east of Calgary: Kenney

  21-09-2022 20:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says a new airplane manufacturing plant is to be built near Calgary.
  De Havilland Canada is scheduled to make the announcement Wednesday afternoon about its plans for southern Alberta.
  Speaking at a news conference in Toronto earlier in the day, Kenney said the plant is to be built east of Calgary and employ about 1,500 workers.
  He called it a “game-changing investment” for manufacturing in the province.
  Kenney said the De Havilland announ
  
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• Teck Resources cutting steelmaking coal sales guidance after equipment failure – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2022 20:00 via theprogress.com
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• Roger Federer's goodbye will be in doubles, maybe with Nadal – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2022 20:00 via theprogress.com
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• Airbnb hosts are sick of Airbnb, too – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2022 20:00 via theprogress.com
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• Toronto FC midfielder Jonathan Osorio to miss Canada’s friendlies in Europe

  21-09-2022 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canada will be without veteran midfielder Jonathan Osorio for upcoming friendlies in Europe.
  While called up by Canada coach John Herdman, a Toronto FC spokeswoman says Osorio remained in Toronto “to continue his recovery process.”
  Osorio has been dealing with what he called a “neurological dysfunction” resulting from an elbow in the head in July in an MLS game against Chicago.
  The 43rd-ranked Canadian men play No. 48 Qatar in Vienna on Friday before taking on No. 11 Urug
  
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• B.C. Lions look to cement first CFL playoff berth since 2018

  21-09-2022 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A season sweep of the Calgary Stampeders would take the B.C. Lions somewhere they haven’t been in a while.
  B.C. (9-3) hosts Calgary (8-5) on Saturday night to complete a home-and-home series. The Lions are 2-0 versus the Stampeders this year following last week’s 31-29 overtime decision at McMahon Stadium.
  B.C. took the first meeting 41-40 on Aug. 13, rallying from a 33-21 fourth-quarter deficit at McMahon Stadium.
  A win at B.C. Place Stadium would earn the Lions their first CFL play
  
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• Inquests to be held into Saskatchewan stabbings, death of suspect in custody

  21-09-2022 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  REGINA — Saskatchewan’s chief coroner says two public inquests are to be held following a deadly stabbing rampage northeast of Saskatoon on Sept. 4.
  One is to focus on 11 deaths on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon. The other is to focus on the death of suspect Myles Sanderson in police custody days later.RCMP have said Sanderson went into medical distress shortly after he was taken into custody on a rural road near Rosthern, Sask. He was pronounced dead
  
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• Positive Poilievre polling leads to talk of easing border restrictions: Tories

  21-09-2022 19:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Conservative members of Parliament say the Liberals are playing politics with COVID-19 border restrictions, and talk of scrapping those restrictions may have to do with the new Tory leader. 
  The Liberals are considering whether to make changes to the mandatory use of the ArriveCan app, and rules about vaccine mandates for foreign travellers and random COVID-19 tests, which are set to expire on Sept. 30.
  Outside their caucus meeting, several Conservative MPs welcomed the possi
  
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• Songs, stories, and a ceremony for reconciliation in Chilliwack at University of the Fraser Valley – Mission City Record - Mission City Record

  21-09-2022 19:25 via missioncityrecord.com
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• Songs, stories, and a ceremony for reconciliation in Chilliwack at University of the Fraser Valley – Hope Standard - Hope Standard

  21-09-2022 19:25 via hopestandard.com
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