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• Calgary doctor files human rights complaint over changes to mask rules on airplanes

  28-09-2022 23:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — A family doctor in Calgary has filed a human rights complaint over Ottawa’s decision to no longer require masks on airplanes to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
  The federal government has announced the end of mandatory vaccination, quarantine and masks on planes and trains starting Saturday.
  Dr. David Keegan, who has a cardiopulmonary condition, said he was quite concerned when he heard Monday’s announcement and filed his complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commis
  
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• B.C. cabinet minister Melanie Mark resigns and takes medical leave – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2022 23:50 via theprogress.com
  B.C. cabinet minister Melanie Mark resigns and takes medical leave – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• 169 British Columbians killed from toxic drug supply in August: Coroner – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2022 23:50 via theprogress.com
  169 British Columbians killed from toxic drug supply in August: Coroner – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada’s lack of Indo-Pacific strategy leaves business in the dark: book

  28-09-2022 23:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Business leaders and former diplomats are pushing the Trudeau government to finally release its long-awaited strategy for the Indo-Pacific region.
  A new book urges the Liberals to outline its friends, foes and priorities in the region spanning India to British Columbia.
  Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said this spring that a strategy was imminent, but her office still has no timeline for when it will be released.
  Business Council of Canada head Goldy Hyder writes that
  
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• Chilliwack school trustee candidate Lewis Point drops out of election for 'personal medical matter' – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2022 23:32 via theprogress.com
  Chilliwack school trustee candidate Lewis Point drops out of election for 'personal medical matter' – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada advances to Para Hockey Cup final with 4-1 win over Czechs

  28-09-2022 23:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OSTRAVA, Czechia — Canada reached the final of the International Para Hockey Cup with a 4-1 semifinal win over the host Czechs on Wednesday.
  The Canadians will face the United States for gold Friday in a rematch of February’s Paralympic final in Beijing where the Americans blanked Canada 5-0 for the title.
  “You have to almost play a perfect game versus the Americans,” Canadian coach Russ Herrington said.
  “You can’t make too many turnovers at either blue-line,
  
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• Province urges B.C. residents to get fall flu shot, booster

  28-09-2022 23:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER – As the seasons change and people spend more time indoors, the B.C. government continues to urge people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and influenza for the most effective protection in the fall.
  The provincial government issued a news release Wednesday (Sept. 28) promoting the COVID-19 fall booster program, which started early in September, and will be joined by the annual influenza vaccine campaign in October.
  With the start of the respiratory illness season, it is expecte
  
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• Chilliwack school board candidate Lewis Point files motion to withdraw from fall election

  28-09-2022 23:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack school board candidate Lewis Point has notified the Chilliwack chief election officer and the third-party election organization with which he is affiliated, Parents Voice B.C., of his intent to withdraw.
  Point indicated in an email Wednesday afternoon (Sept. 28) that he has a pressing medical matter and must exit the race.
  “Upon further investigation into a personal medical matter, I have withdrawn from the electoral race for school board trustee,” said
  
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• B.C. cabinet minister Melanie Mark resigns and takes medical leave

  28-09-2022 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — British Columbia cabinet minister Melanie Mark has resigned her portfolio to go on medical leave. 
  A statement from Premier John Horgan says Mark advised him Wednesday that she would be taking leave to focus on pressing and urgent personal matters. 
  Mark was the minister for tourism, arts, culture and sport. 
  She will continue to represent the riding of Vancouver-Mount Pleasant in the legislature. 
  Horgan’s statement says Lisa Beare, the minister of cit
  
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• Parliament passes law allowing jurors to disclose information to health providers

  28-09-2022 22:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Parliament has passed a new law that allows jurors to disclose information about jury proceedings to health care professionals.
  The bill creates a carve-out in Canada’s strict jury secrecy rules by allowing people to seek mental health support related to their trial experience without breaking the law.
  The Criminal Code will be amended so that jurors can disclose information about a trial to health care professionals who are providing medical or psychiatric treatment, therap
  
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• N.W.T. confirms first case of avian influenza in wild bird

  28-09-2022 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories has confirmed its first case of avian influenza in a wild bird found in Yellowknife.
  The territorial government said Wednesday that the herring gull was submitted to environment officials in mid-June and test results came back positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza this month.
  This is the only confirmed case among a total of 54 birds that have been tested for avian influenza in the territory. 
  The respiratory disease has now been discove
  
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• Vancouver police investigating possible racially motivated assault

  28-09-2022 22:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Vancouver police say they’re investigating a possible hate crime after a 19-year-old woman was assaulted while walking in the city’s downtown.Police say the young Asian woman was hit over the back of the head with a pole by a man she didn’t know on Tuesday.They say the suspect reportedly used a racial slur and then fled the area.
  Const. Jason Doucette says in a statement that while there were other people walking in the block at the time, they couldn’t have prevented the
  
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• California woman charged with killing man over cat dispute

  28-09-2022 22:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California woman has been charged with killing a man by ramming her car into him after accusing him of trying to run over a cat in the street, authorities said Wednesday.
  Hannah Star Esser, 20, was charged with murder in the death of Luis Anthony Victor, 43, and detained on $1 million bail, the Orange County prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
  Esser was driving in the community of Cypress on Sunday night when she confronted Victor and accused him of tr
  
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• VIDEO: Diyet and the Love Soldiers march into Harrison Oct. 7 – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2022 22:14 via theprogress.com
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• Free flu shots aim to dampen comeback amid expected COVID-19 surge in B.C.

  28-09-2022 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — British Columbia health officials are preparing for a possible surge of influenza infections at the same time as COVID-19 strikes this fall.
  The province is offering free flu shots beginning next month for everyone six months and older, while seniors are eligible for enhanced vaccines that provide additional protection.
  Officials said during a technical briefing today that pressures on the health system including staffing shortages are being factored into planning for hospital b
  
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• Enbridge sells minority stake in seven pipelines to Indigenous communities

  28-09-2022 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Enbridge Inc. has signed a deal to sell a minority stake in seven pipelines in the Athabasca region of northern Alberta to a group of 23 First Nation and Métis communities for $1.12 billion.
  Alberta premier Jason Kenney called the purchase a “historic, game-changing deal” at a press conference Wednesday with multiple stakeholders present, including Enbridge executives and members of some of the communities involved in the purchase.
  “This is a big deal,” he said. &l
  
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• B.C. illicit drug death toll nearly 1,500 this year: coroners service

  28-09-2022 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — The coroners service in British Columbia says nearly 1,500 people have died this year from illicit drug use in the province.
  New data from the service cites 169 drug deaths last month, representing a 12 per cent decrease from July, and equating to about 5.5 deaths per day. 
  It says illicit drug toxicity is the leading cause of unnatural death in B.C., with an average of 184 drug deaths each month since October 2020.
  The service says that so far this year, 71 per cent of tho
  
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• NHL monitoring Aquilini’s family court proceeding, after allegations of child abuse

  28-09-2022 21:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The National Hockey League says it is monitoring the family court proceedings of Vancouver Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini, who has denied accusations by ex-wife Tali’ah that he abused their children.
  The former couple, who divorced in 2013, are involved in a dispute over support payments and tuition for their four adult children.
  “Clearly, the parties have been involved in a most contentious divorce,” the NHL said in a statement. 
  “Mr. Aquilini ha
  
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• NHL monitoring Aquilini's family court proceeding, after allegations of child abuse – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2022 21:30 via theprogress.com
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• Federal cybersecurity bill threatens privacy, transparency, civil society groups say

  28-09-2022 20:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Several civil society groups are pushing for changes to the Liberal government’s cybersecurity bill, saying it would undermine privacy, accountability and judicial transparency.
  In an open letter to Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, the groups and prominent researchers call for substantive amendments to ensure the legislation delivers effective cybersecurity protections while respecting democratic principles.
  Among the signatories are the Canadian Civil Liberties Assoc
  
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• Black civil servants file complaint to United Nations, citing racism

  28-09-2022 20:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A group of Black civil servants is filing a complaint to the United Nations Commission for Human Rights accusing the federal government of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance. 
  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Amnesty International Canada are supporting this latest action from workers who filed a class-action lawsuit against the federal government in 2020 alleging systemic discrimination in how it hires and promotes public servants.
  The lawsuit filed in Fede
  
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• Vancouver Police Board settles over handcuffing of Indigenous man, granddaughter

  28-09-2022 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — An Indigenous man and his granddaughter have reached an agreement with the Vancouver Police Board to settle a human rights complaint stemming from their handcuffing after they tried to open a bank account in 2019.
  A statement from the Heiltsuk Nation says the “unique and impactful” settlement involves an apology for discrimination, undisclosed damages to Maxwell Johnson’s family and a $100,000 payment to fund the nation’s restorative justice department.
  
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• Edmonton Elks look for their first home victory since 2019 campaign

  28-09-2022 20:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Home field has been anything but an advantage for the Edmonton Elks.
  Edmonton (4-10) has dropped a CFL record-tying 14 straight games at Commonwealth Stadium. And with the Elks’ faint playoff hopes hanging by a thread, they’ll host the Montreal Alouettes (6-7) on Saturday night.
  The combination of an Edmonton loss and Saskatchewan win over Winnipeg on Friday night would eliminate the Elks from playoff contention.
  Edmonton is 0-6 at home this season, having been outscored 214-101. Fiv
  
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• Newfoundland and Labrador earmarks $30 million for Fiona relief fund

  28-09-2022 20:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHANNEL-PORT AUX BASQUES, N.L. — Justin Trudeau met Wednesday with some of the distraught residents of Port aux Basques, N.L., while getting a close look at yet another coastal town shattered on the weekend by post-tropical storm Fiona.
  Against a backdrop of collapsed houses and heaps of smashed plywood and other soaked debris, the prime minister listened as some residents told of their harrowing encounters with a storm that produced a record-setting storm surge and shrieking winds that re
  
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• Sword-wielding robbery suspect arrested and charged in Abbotsford – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2022 20:07 via theprogress.com
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• Heiltsuk man, granddaughter handcuffed outside Vancouver BMO reach settlement with police – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2022 19:59 via theprogress.com
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• Iran terror designation up to national security agencies, not MPs, Liberals say

  28-09-2022 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Liberals say it’s up to national security agencies to decide whether Canada extends its terrorism list to include a branch of Iran’s military.
  MPs passed a motion in 2018 to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization.
  The U.S. has put the group on its terror list, but Canada has only listed a subset of the organization.
  Iranians are facing a violent human-rights crackdown, and the Conservatives have renewed calls to have the IRGC li
  
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• B.C. anesthesiologist charged with sexual assault – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2022 19:40 via theprogress.com
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• Sardis football in Chilliwack finally has a true home field – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2022 19:30 via theprogress.com
  Sardis football in Chilliwack finally has a true home field – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Nearly 1,500 lives lost in B.C. to toxic drugs in 2022; most victims are men, many between 30-59 years old

  28-09-2022 19:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — Scores of British Columbians are losing people they know to illicit drugs all over the province, and the toxic drug epidemic shows no sign of abating.Preliminary numbers released by the B.C. Coroners Service Wednesday (Sept. 28) show that the toxic drug supply claimed the lives of at least 169 British Columbians in August 2022, bringing the total number of lives lost in the calendar year to 1,468.
  “The illicit drug market continues to pose immense risks to people across ou
  
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• Poilievre demands end to military vaccine mandate, but some say it’s more complex

  28-09-2022 19:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is demanding an end to the vaccine mandate for military members, but some in his own party admit the situation is more nuanced. 
  Poilievre’s tweet yesterday came after the federal Liberal government announced they will end COVID-19 vaccine mandates at the border. 
  That leaves the vaccine mandate for Canadian Armed Forces members as the last remaining one still in place at the federal level. 
  Chief of the Defence Staff Gen.
  
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• Chilliwack residents with garbage pickup on Fridays have to hold onto materials – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2022 19:21 via theprogress.com
  Chilliwack residents with garbage pickup on Fridays have to hold onto materials – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Part 6: Chilliwack Teachers' Association questions school board candidates – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2022 19:20 via theprogress.com
  Part 6: Chilliwack Teachers' Association questions school board candidates – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Official: Gas leaks around 1/3 of Denmark’s CO2 emissions

  28-09-2022 19:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Nord Stream pipeline leaks pumping huge volumes of natural gas into the Baltic Sea could discharge the equivalent of one third of Denmark’s total annual greenhouse gas emissions, a Danish official warned Wednesday.
  Kristoffer Böttzauw, head of the Danish Energy Agency, said emissions from the three leaks on the underwater Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines correspond to approximately 32% of annual Danish carbon dioxide emissions. Danish emissions in 202
  
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• Newfoundland fishers face livelihood questions after Fiona storm damage – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2022 19:15 via theprogress.com
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• Suspect arrested in Abbotsford gas station robbery

  28-09-2022 19:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — On September 26, at 4:12 p.m., Abbotsford police responded to a report of a robbery in progress at a local gas station in the 32400 block of South Fraser Way.
  A man entered the gas station and proceeded to steal items from within the store. When confronted by the store clerk, the man presented a large sword, swinging it at the clerk before fleeing the store on foot.
  AbbyPD officers were dispatched to the area where they located and arrested the man within twelve minutes of the
  
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• Navy commander defends need for 15 new warships as Ottawa reassesses costs

  28-09-2022 19:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The head of the Royal Canadian Navy is admitting to some worries that the military’s ability to operate with only 12 frigates in recent years could be used as a way to justify permanently shrinking the size of Canada’s maritime fleet.
  But Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee says some of the navy’s current limitations, which includes an inability to deploy two of the frigates to Europe and the Asia-Pacific region at the same time, can be directly attributed to a lack of wa
  
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• Outdoor concert in Chilliwack will honour National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2022 18:58 via theprogress.com
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• Newcomer Otto Porter Jr. happy to be another veteran voice for talented young Raptors

  28-09-2022 18:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — When Otto Porter Jr. was considering an offer from the Toronto Raptors, he didn’t have to look far for a scouting report.
  “First thing he did (was call me),” Thaddeus Young said. “He said ‘Yo, Toronto’s calling me, what’s up?'”
  Porter and Young were teammates for parts of two seasons from 2019 to ’21 with the Chicago Bulls, and remained friends. 
  “I said ‘Come on through, come on through, we’re family o
  
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• Two doctors fill staffing gap at Chilliwack Primary Care Centre after five GPs left in August and September

  28-09-2022 18:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — If there’s a silver lining behind the recent exodus of five family doctors from the Chilliwack and Fraser Health Rural Primary Care Centre, two doctors have stepped in to fill the gap.Fraser Valley Today has learned that the primary care centre has come to terms with a family doctor on a permanent basis, and another GP is filling in on a temporary basis.Despite one nurse practitioner leaving in the past three months, there are two nurse practitioners on site, and the pri
  
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• SD33 to review its social media guidelines for staff

  28-09-2022 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack School District Superintendent Rohan Arul-pragasam says he will review expected employee norms after one of the district’s employees liked political tweets from the district’s official Twitter page that did not appear to directly involve SD33 matters or public education.The tweets in question have since been taken down, but one tweet that was liked from the official Chilliwack School District Twitter page came from Now This, an online news and informatio
  
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• Chilliwack General Hospital to resume 3 ORs a day starting in mid-October

  28-09-2022 18:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Rather than pursue an aggressive but ambitious plan to run four operating rooms a day, Chilliwack General Hospital will revert back to three ORs a day starting in mid-October.Fraser Valley Today learned of the change following a contentious town hall meeting that was held on September 7.The hospital had intended to open up a fourth operating room per day, but chronic staffing shortages have only allowed Chilliwack Hospital to barely maintain three ORs daily, until the recent r
  
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• Quebec election: Legault says accepting more than 50,000 immigrants a year ‘suicidal’

  28-09-2022 17:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault says it would be “suicidal” for the Quebec nation if more than 50,000 immigrants arrive in the province per year.
  Legault made the statement during an event today at the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal.
  Shortly after, the premier was forced to confront comments made by the incumbent immigration minister, who said 80 per cent of immigrants to the province settle in Montreal, don’t work, d
  
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• Landslide in northwestern B.C. threatens up to 100000 spawning salmon – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2022 17:19 via theprogress.com
  Landslide in northwestern B.C. threatens up to 100000 spawning salmon – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Mike McLatchy is running for a seat on Chilliwack council – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2022 16:57 via theprogress.com
  Mike McLatchy is running for a seat on Chilliwack council – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Mike McClatchy is running for a seat on Chilliwack council – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2022 16:57 via theprogress.com
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• EU seeks trade sanctions on Russia over ‘sham’ Ukraine votes

  28-09-2022 16:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries should impose “biting sanctions” on Russian trade and hit officials responsible for “sham referendums” held in parts of Ukraine, senior EU officials said Wednesday.
  European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the Kremlin-orchestrated referendums on joining Russia “are an illegal attempt to grab land and change international borders by force.”
  “We are determined to make the Kremlin pay for this fu
  
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• Contentious Surrey pickleball courts vandalized just days after opening – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2022 16:36 via theprogress.com
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• Transportation Safety Board probes tour boat sinking on Haida Gwaii

  28-09-2022 16:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  RICHMOND, B.C. — The Transportation Safety Board has sent a team to British Columbia’s north coast to probe the sinking of a tour boat in Haida Gwaii.
  A statement from the safety board says the team of investigators has been sent to Prince Rupert, where it will gather information and determine what happened.
  The M.V. Island Bay went down on Sept. 10 in the shallow waters of a bay on Morseby Island in the Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve.
  The coast guard said at the time that no one
  
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• Rising from the storm – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
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