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• Ohtani agrees to $30 million deal for 2023 with Angels

  01-10-2022 22:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani has agreed to a $30 million deal with the Los Angeles Angels for the 2023 season in the two-way superstar’s final year of arbitration eligibility before free agency.
  The Angels announced the deal Saturday, avoiding a potentially complicated arbitration case with the 2021 AL MVP.
  Ohtani’s deal is fully guaranteed, with no other provisions. The contract is the largest ever given to an arbitration-eligible player, surpassing the $27 million giv
  
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• Struggling Ottawa Redblacks fire head coach Paul LaPolice

  01-10-2022 21:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks fired head coach Paul LaPolice on Saturday.
  The move comes after Ottawa dropped a 34-19 decision Friday night to the B.C. Lions. The Redblacks have lost three straight games and sport the CFL’s worst record at 3-11.
  Special-teams co-ordinator Bob Dyce takes over head-coaching duties on an interim basis.
  “I have enjoyed working with Paul and thank him for his contributions to this team over the past two seasons; today isn’t an easy day,”
  
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• Venezuela releases 7 jailed Americans; US frees 2 prisoners

  01-10-2022 20:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Venezuela on Saturday freed seven Americans imprisoned in the South American country in exchange for the release of two nephews of President Nicholas Maduro’s wife who had been jailed for years by the United States on drug smuggling convictions, a senior U.S. official said.
  The swap of the Americans, including five oil executives held for nearly five years, is the largest trade of detained citizens ever carried out by the Biden administration.“We are relieved
  
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• Browns star Garrett not playing vs Falcons after wreck

  01-10-2022 20:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Myles Garrett will not play in Sunday’s game against Atlanta, giving the Browns star defensive end more time to recover from multiple injuries suffered when he crashed his Porsche earlier in the week.
  The All-Pro hurt his shoulder, biceps, had several cuts and bruises, and broke a blood vessel in his left eye when he lost control while speeding near his home. Garrett veered into a ditch, hit a fire hydrant and flipped his car several times on Monday after practice.
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• Anderson airlifted from Talladega with burns in Trucks crash

  01-10-2022 20:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — NASCAR driver Jordan Anderson was airlifted out of Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday with burns from a crash in the Truck Series race.Anderson’s truck was spinning across the track when flames began shooting from underneath the Chevrolet. The truck continued to spin and slide toward an interior wall and Anderson appeared to be halfway out of the window when it came to a rest aligned with the wall.Anderson scrambled to the top of the wall and away from the fla
  
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• Tesla robot walks, waves, but doesn't show off complex tasks – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  01-10-2022 19:30 via theprogress.com
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• City of Chilliwack to hold public hearing for proposed liquor store at Cottonwood Centre mall this Tuesday, Oct. 4

  01-10-2022 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack City Council will preside over a public hearing this coming Tuesday, October 4 for an application that would rezone a section of the Cottonwood Centre 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 11.3.1 of the evening council meeting, which begins at 6 p.m., Chilliwack councillors will vote on a bylaw zoning amendment to build a liquor store near the Dollarama retail stor
  
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• Chilliwack woman receives Prime Minister's award for excellence in early childhood education – Hope Standard - Hope Standard

  01-10-2022 19:05 via hopestandard.com
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• Dozens dead from Ian, one of strongest, costliest US storms – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  01-10-2022 18:40 via theprogress.com
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• Former Conservative senator Don Meredith charged with three counts of sexual assault

  01-10-2022 18:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A former senator who resigned from the upper chamber amid a sexual misconduct scandal is now facing criminal charges.
  Don Meredith, 58, has been charged with three counts of sexual assault and one count of criminal harassment, Ottawa police said Saturday.A source confirmed to The Canadian Press that the man in question was the former Conservative senator.
  The charges relate to incidents that allegedly took place in 2013 and 2014 and were reported by an adult woman, police said, of
  
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• ICBC to offer new distance-based discounts in 2023, but with strings attached

  01-10-2022 17:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia says it will begin offering a new distance-based discount for motorists in 2023, but there are strings attached in order to qualify.
  ICBC has been promoting the new discount on its social media pages this past week, with the claim that motorists who drive less than 10,000 kilometers in a year could qualify for additional discounts.“We’re introducing a new distance-based discount in 2023, as we begin to offer more usage-
  
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• BC Wildfire Service warns season not yet over amid drought – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  01-10-2022 17:45 via theprogress.com
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• Canada has now ended its COVID-19 travel restrictions, mask mandates – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  01-10-2022 17:30 via theprogress.com
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• ‘I was really homesick’: Some northern students travel far from home for high school

  01-10-2022 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  YELLOWKNIFE — When Angelina Arrowmaker was ready to start high school in 2017, she and her mother packed their bags and flew 195 kilometres south to Yellowknife. 
  They made the move because the school in Arrowmaker’s home community of Wekweeti, N.W.T. — with a population of about 110 and only accessible year-round by air — does not offer classes past Grade 10.
  “It was really hard and I was really homesick,” she said. “I missed my house, I missed my
  
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• City of Chilliwack plans to pave four more roads in October, as portions of downtown area have had asphalt rehabbed

  01-10-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The city’s paving program has significantly rehabbed parts of Yale Road and Nowell Streets, turning a roughed up portion of downtown Chilliwack into a much smoother ride for motorists and cyclists.
  Back in July, the city’s transportation division announced it would rehab Yale Road between Ford Road and McGrath Road in Rosedale, representing a roughly 280-metre stretch of the primary route through Rosedale, as well as Ferry Road from McGrath Road to the dyke. Both w
  
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• VIDEO: Final walls of Chilliwack Mall crumble to the ground – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  01-10-2022 14:00 via theprogress.com
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• Quebec election: Party leaders begin final weekend of the campaign

  01-10-2022 13:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — As the Quebec election campaign enters its final weekend the main party leaders are fanning out across the province.
  Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault is to have breakfast with supporters in Chibougamau and then travel around 600 kilometres south to Mont-Laurier in the province’s Laurentians, where he will meet with supporters in the evening. 
  Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade will be campaigning in three ridings where her party is polling i
  
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• Canada has now ended its COVID-19 travel restrictions, mask mandates

  01-10-2022 13:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — As of this morning, travellers to Canada do not need to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 — and wearing a mask on planes and trains is now optional, though it is still recommended. 
  People entering the country are no longer subject to random mandatory tests for the virus, and those who are unvaccinated will not need to isolate upon arrival.
  Anyone who entered Canada in the last two weeks and was subject to quarantine or testing is off the hook as of today.
  And
  
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• Jaded, cynical, disillusioned: report says federal whistleblowers fear reprisal

  01-10-2022 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Federal workers are increasingly cynical, skeptical and disillusioned about the idea of reporting wrongdoing in the public service, says a recent survey.
  That pessimism is more “palpable and widespread” now than it was before the pandemic, and bureaucrats have become more likely to fear reprisals for whistleblowing.
  Research firm Phoenix Strategic Perspectives Inc. delivered the report in March to the Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner, which investigat
  
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• Canada ‘behind the ball’ with weak merger laws, says author of biting report

  01-10-2022 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Lax merger laws in Canada underestimate the harm to competition caused by mergers and overestimate their benefits, a new report says.
  Gaps in Canada’s merger laws have failed to prevent the kind of acquisitions that allow big firms to “extinguish competitive threats and entrench their dominance,” according to the Centre for International Governance Innovation.
  Canada has fallen “way behind” other jurisdictions such as the United States, said Keldon Be
  
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• BC Wildfire Service warns season not yet over amid drought

  01-10-2022 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Seemingly endless summer conditions in British Columbia have prompted a warning that this year’s “very unique fire season” in the province is not yet over.
  Hot and dry conditions persist, something the superintendent of the BC Wildfire Service’s predictive services said is “quite problematic,” and creates conditions for potential ignitions across B.C.
  Neal McLoughlin said the season was unusual because it started slowly and was damp, with a d
  
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• Jackson caps career with bronze, Australia beats Canada

  01-10-2022 08:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SYDNEY (AP) — Lauren Jackson admitted she couldn’t have imagined a better ending to her Hall of Fame career.
  Jackson willed Australia to a win in the bronze medal game at basketball’s World Cup, scoring 30 points to lead the Opals to a 95-65 win over Canada on Saturday.
  “I could have never dreamed of this,” Jackson said. “I can’t imagine it. I can’t actually articulate how I feel right now. It’s a dream come true. The fact that it’s ove
  
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• Vernon Adams Jr. shines as B.C. Lions hand Ottawa Redblacks third straight loss

  01-10-2022 07:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. had his biggest game yet in a B.C. Lions jersey Friday night, propelling his team to a 34-19 victory over the ailing Ottawa Redblacks. 
  Adams threw for 305 yards and two touchdowns — including his first for the Lions (10-4) — and completed 17-of-21 attempts despite being sacked five times. 
  Antonio Pipkin muscled in two more majors for a B.C. side that amassed 455 yards of offence across the game.
  It was another rough outing fo
  
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• Kulak’s winner leads Oilers past Flames in 2-1 victory

  01-10-2022 06:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Brett Kulak scored the game winner as the veteran-laden Edmonton Oilers earned a 2-1 pre-season win over the Calgary Flames on Friday.
  Leon Draisaitl also scored the Oilers (2-2-0), who came off a 4-0 road loss to Calgary on Wednesday.
  Dillon Dube put the Flames (3-2) on the board for their lone score on a night where most its top players sat out.
  Edmonton goaltender Jack Campbell stopped 7-of-8 shots he faced in 31 minutes of action. Calvin Pickard made 14 saves in relief.
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• Bombers defence dominates, Collaros tosses four TDs in 31-13 win over Riders

  01-10-2022 05:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Coming off their worst performance of the season, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers defence forced six turnovers to lead the way in a 31-13 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders before a sold-out crowd of 33,234 fans at IG Field. 
  Winnipeg, which had given up 48 points to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats last week in a loss, forced three turnovers on downs, a fumble and grabbed two interceptions to improve to 13-2 and clinch a home playoff game in the West.
  Winnipeg quarterback Zach Col
  
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• Robertson scores twice to lead Maple Leafs to 6-3 victory over Senators

  01-10-2022 04:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BELLEVILLE, Ont. — Nicholas Robertson scored two goals as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Ottawa Senators 6-3 in pre-season action.
  The left-winger opened the scoring Friday for Toronto (3-1-0) which jumped out to a 3-0 lead within the first 10 minutes of the first period. Parker Kelly put Ottawa (1-3-0) on the board with just 27 seconds remaining in the frame.
  Senators forward Drake Batherson scored the lone goal of the second period on a power play to cut the deficit to 3-2. 
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• Higuain scores late winner to spoil Toronto FC’s final home game of season

  01-10-2022 04:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Gonzalo Higuaín came through at just the right time as his 86th minute goal lifted Inter Miami CF to a 1-0 win to spoil Toronto FC’s final home game of the season on Friday.
  Higuaín’s goal was the culmination of a very strong second half by Miami (13-13-6), which was in desperate need of a victory having entered the game holding onto the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference by way of a tiebreaker.
  Miami controlled the ball throughout the game, fi
  
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• North Korea fires 4th round of missile tests in 1 week

  01-10-2022 03:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, South Korean and Japanese officials said, making it the North’s fourth round of weapons launches this week that are seen as a response to military drills among its rivals.South Korea’s military said that it detected the two North Korean missile launches 18 minutes apart on Saturday morning coming from the North’s capital region. Japan’s Defense Minis
  
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• Canada’s Hughes birdies last 2 holes to catch Detry in Mississippi

  01-10-2022 03:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Canada’s Mackenzie Hughes thought he had a chance to be picked for the Presidents Cup because of his putting. The strength of his game helped carry him to a 9-under 63 on Friday and a share of the lead in the Sanderson Farms Championship.
  Hughes birdied his last two holes at the Country Club of Jackson to catch Thomas Detry of Belgium, who played in the morning and had a second straight 67.
  They were at 10-under 134, one shot ahead of Sepp Straka (66).
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• Residential school survivor throws first pitch at Jays game for Orange Shirt Day

  01-10-2022 02:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Dolores (McLeod) Naponse, hopes that her presence at a Toronto Blue Jays game will spark important conversation.
  Naponse, from Atikameksheng Anishnawbek, near Sudbury Ont., threw out the ceremonial first pitch on Friday night before the Blue Jays hosted the Boston Red Sox. The 72-year-old residential school survivor was part of the pre-game ceremonies as the MLB team commemorated the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
  “It’s so important for everyone to know wh
  
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• Family of Chilliwack teenager killed by driver sees next to nothing thanks to ICBC no-fault insurance – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  01-10-2022 01:13 via theprogress.com
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• Newsom has mixed verdict on California criminal justice laws

  01-10-2022 00:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered a mixed verdict on more than three dozen criminal justice laws before his bill-signing deadline Friday, approving measures to seal criminal records and free dying inmates but denying bids to restrict solitary confinement and boost inmates’ wages.
  Starting in July, one new law will give California what proponents call the nation’s most sweeping law to seal criminal records, though it excludes felons convicted of se
  
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• Toronto Blue Jays to celebrate post-season berth after Friday’s game versus Red Sox

  01-10-2022 00:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Win or lose, the Toronto Blue Jays were planning to celebrate on Friday night.
  The Blue Jays clinched a playoff berth Thursday afternoon when the Baltimore Orioles lost to the Boston Red Sox 5-3. That defeat mathematically eliminated Baltimore from the playoffs and guaranteed Toronto will be in the post-season but the Blue Jays had Thursday off, meaning they couldn’t celebrate together as a team.
  Toronto opened a three-game series with the Red Sox on Friday and Blue Jays in
  
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• Raptors coach Nurse impressed with sophomore Scottie Barnes four days into camp

  01-10-2022 00:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — Nick Nurse’s challenge to Scottie Barnes heading into this past off-season was to keep improving his game. Pretty straightforward, but not necessarily so easy coming off an outstanding rookie season.
  “We were all talking about what’s his ceiling? What’s his ceiling? What’s his ceiling? And for me, it’s he continues to play as hard and competes as hard as he can … with experience and time and skill work and the skills improving, he&rsquo
  
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• LETTER: We need affordable rental housing – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  01-10-2022 00:30 via theprogress.com
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• Disc golf kits fly into Fraser Valley Regional Library – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  01-10-2022 00:14 via theprogress.com
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• After a 39-year hiatus in home football games, Sardis Secondary opens Rick Klassen Field on a day dedicated to truth and reconciliation

  01-10-2022 00:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — After a 39-year hiatus, Sardis Secondary is back to playing football games on its home field in memory of arguably the best football product to ever come out of Chilliwack.
  The Falcons not only hosted Belmont Secondary of Langford at the newly enshrined Rick Klassen Field, its first home game since the 1983 season, but did so on a profoundly poignant day dedicated to the survivors of residential schools as well as children who never came home.
  Prior to kickoff, dignitary Steve
  
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• Charley Hull with 8 birdies posts 64 to take lead in Texas

  01-10-2022 00:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  THE COLONY, Texas (AP) — Charley Hull has forced herself to work a little harder on the putting and she saw it pay off Friday with eight birdies in her round of 7-under 64 to take the early 36-hole lead in The Ascendant LPGA.
  Hull seized control with four birdies in a six-hole stretch around the turn and led by two shots over Xiyu “Janet” Lin (68) and Atthaya Thitikul of Thailand, whose eagle-birdie finish gave her a 67.
  Maddie Szeryk (70) of London, Ont., was six strokes off t
  
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• Six Breweries in Chilliwack, BC Release Collaborative Chilliwack Common Golden Lager - Canadian Beer News

  01-10-2022 00:00 via canadianbeernews.com
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