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• Experts: Thinking beyond hockey world key to diversity for Hockey Canada’s new board

  17-10-2022 23:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  If Hockey Canada is going to truly change its culture then it must break from its old governance processes, say three experts.
  Brock McGillis, an inclusion advocate who played professional hockey, said on Monday that he is concerned that Hockey Canada will once again get mired in old thinking if it doesn’t radically change how it appoints its new board of directors. Hockey Canada announced on Saturday its intention to follow the recommendations set out in an interim report by former Suprem
  
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• Freeland says comments about Africa aid were not meant to offend

  17-10-2022 23:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says she did not mean to offend anyone in her recent comments about Africa. 
  While in Washington last week, Freeland was asked about western cutbacks to aid for African countries, and concerns that this may lead them to closer ties with Russia or China.
  In her reply, Freeland said that democracies can only be defended by people who are “prepared to die for their democracy.” 
  She has now offered an apology to anyone who
  
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• Siemens sought turbine export permit for ‘guidance’ from Ottawa on Russia sanctions

  17-10-2022 22:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — An executive from the Montreal company that repaired a turbine for a Russian gas pipeline earlier this year says it sought an export permit to get “guidance” from Ottawa.
  Siemens Energy Canada Ltd. says it halted its scheduled maintenance work on a turbine for the Nord Stream 1 pipeline when Canada imposed sanctions on Russia in March after its invasion of Ukraine. 
  The company’s managing director, Arne Wohlschlegel, told a parliamentary committee that in Ma
  
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• Ottawa signs agreement to find Indigenous policing solutions after mass stabbing

  17-10-2022 22:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Federal Public Minister Marco Mendicino says he had aheavy and difficult visit with families of those killed in a mass stabbing, before he signed an agreement to explore new ways to improve safety on some First Nations in Saskatchewan.The agreement between the Prince Albert Grand Council, Saskatchewan government and Ottawa creates a collaborative working relationship for community-oriented ways to deliver police services.
  Mendicino has said he is pushing to table leg
  
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• Bianca Andreescu earns straight-sets victory over Teichmann at Guadalajara Open

  17-10-2022 22:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Canada’s Bianca Andreescu cruised her way to a 6-2, 6-4 opening-round win over Jil Teichmann at the Guadalajara Open on Monday.
  The Mississauga, Ont., native broke on five of her seven opportunities while winning 61 per cent of her first-serve points in the win. Andreescu, 22, will next face the winner between Bernarda Pera and Petra Kvitova.
  Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino also came away with a first-round victory defeating Ann Li 6-2, 7-6 (2).
  Marino fired 11
  
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• Canada sanctions Russian entities over disinformation, including TV channel, actors

  17-10-2022 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly has announced more sanctions on Russian entities.
  The new sanctions apply to 34 people and one television network that the government is calling “propaganda agents.”
  Joly says Canada is targeting those responsible for Russian disinformation as the war in Ukraine nears the nine-month mark.
  The new additions include TV Zvezda, a channel run by Russia’s defence ministry, and officials from a museum.
  Also sanctioned are Ti
  
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• By the numbers: How much the ‘Freedom Convoy’ cost the city of Ottawa

  17-10-2022 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The city of Ottawa opened its books to show how much the “Freedom Convoy” protest last winter cost, and the pressure it placed upon city services. 
  Here’s a look at the breakdown, according to a brief the city filed with the Public Order Emergency Commission, which is exploring the federal government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act on Feb. 14. 
  $7 million — The overall cost of the three-week convoy protest for 17 different Ottawa se
  
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• Vancouver mayor-elect Ken Sim says transition plan has begun for rollout of pledges

  17-10-2022 21:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Vancouver’s next mayor says he expects the first of 100 additional police officers promised in his election platform to hit the streets within a year.Ken Sim, who takes office Nov. 7, says adding the officers and the same number of mental health nurses is one of the top priorities in his party’s 94-point platform, alongside accelerating property permitting and making more daycare spaces available.
  The mayor-elect’s ABC Vancouver party will hold a strong majority on city council
  
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• Ujiri confident Raptors can be among league’s best once again by building from inside

  17-10-2022 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The rebuilding Toronto Raptors were a revelation last season. 
  Picked by virtually no one to make any noise, the Raptors won 48 games to finish fifth in the Eastern Conference and gave the Philadelphia 76ers a decent fight before being ousted in the first round of the playoffs.
  And so, team president Masai Ujiri chose continuity over an off-season teardown, believing his young team has what it takes to — eventually — be among the league’s best once again. &
  
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• Putellas wins women’s Ballon d’Or for second straight year

  17-10-2022 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PARIS (AP) — Spanish player Alexia Putellas won the women’s Ballon d’Or for the second straight year on Monday following another outstanding season with Barcelona.
  Putellas scored 42 goals and delivered 22 assists last season. She became the first player to win the award twice.
  With Barelona, she won the Spanish League and reached the Champions League final.Putellas beat out Beth Mead and Sam Kerr for the award voted on by a panel of international journalists.
  Awarded by France
  
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• Parti Québécois leader insists he won’t swear oath to King before taking office

  17-10-2022 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  QUEBEC — Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says he believes he can sit in the legislature without swearing an oath to the King, even if the secretary general of the legislature says otherwise.
  The leader of the separatist party has vowed not to pledge allegiance to King Charles III, to whom members must swear an oath before they can sit in the legislature.
  Members are required to swear two oaths before taking office: one to the King and another to the Quebec peo
  
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• NDP calling on Smith to apologize for ‘tone deaf’ and ‘cruel’ comments on Ukraine war

  17-10-2022 21:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Alberta’s Opposition NDP says Premier Danielle Smith needs to apologize for her remarks on the Russia-Ukraine war.
  Opposition critic Sarah Hoffman was referring to comments made by Smith earlier this year in which Smith urges Ukraine to accept neutrality, even as its people were fighting and dying in the Russian invasion.
  Smith also opined on social media earlier this year that there may be parts of Ukraine that would be happier breaking away from the mother country.
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• Defending-champion Bombers only CFL team to have pinned down their playoff future

  17-10-2022 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Five teams have clinched CFL playoff berths but only Zach Collaros and the Grey Cup-champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers know when and where they’ll be once the postseason begins.
  Winnipeg (league-best 14-3 record) has cemented first in the West Division. That means the Bombers will play either the B.C. Lions or Calgary Stampeders in the conference final Nov. 13 at IG Field.
  Collaros was among a host of Bombers veterans who didn’t play in their 40-32 loss last weekend to B.C. Despite that,
  
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• UFV in Abbotsford hosts its first campus-wide open house – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  17-10-2022 21:05 via news.google.com
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• Wheelchair star Esther Vergeer on Tennis Hall of Fame ballot

  17-10-2022 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Dutch wheelchair star Esther Vergeer is among three new International Tennis Hall of Fame nominees for the Class of 2023 announced Monday, joining the half-dozen holdovers from the vote last year, the first time in history no one on the ballot was selected.
  Vergeer, who won 44 Grand Slam titles between singles and doubles and was unbeaten for more than 10 years, and Rick Draney, who helped pioneer the Quad Division in addition to being an accomplished athlete, are nomi
  
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• Quebec City police officer faces charges after watchdog probed violent arrests

  17-10-2022 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Quebec’s police watchdog says an on-duty Quebec City officer caught on video in a pair of violent arrests last year is facing criminal charges.
  Jacob Picard, 27, was charged by way of summons with one count of assault causing bodily harm and one count of assault.
  The police watchdog — Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes — says in a statement that Picard will appear at the Quebec City courthouse on Nov. 28.
  The violent arrests caught on video involved a specialized po
  
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• Getting Chased by Skaters at NOLA’s Running of the Bulls

  17-10-2022 20:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!You have probably heard of Spain’s Running of the Bulls, an event held during the Festival of San Fermín in which people (voluntarily) flee from bovines rampaging through the streets of Pamplona in a stunning display of bravado and tradition.
  In New Orleans, however, the city has put their own twist on the Spanish tradition that has people skating away!
  Let the Good Times Roll
  Every summer, the city of New Orleans hosts a Running of the Bulls&n
  
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• Elks quarterback Taylor Cornelius to miss season finale with spleen injury

  17-10-2022 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Edmonton Elks starting quarterback Taylor Cornelius is set to miss the team’s season finale due to a spleen injury, the team announced Monday.
  Cornelius suffered the injury on Saturday in the team’s 28-23 loss to the Toronto Argonauts. He was sent to the hospital that evening and remains there for observation.
  The team says the Oklahoma State product is expected to make a full recovery.Cornelius, 27, is in his second season with Edmonton, having signed a two-year contract extension w
  
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• Crosby, McDavid, Oettinger named NHL’s Three Stars of the week

  17-10-2022 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and Jake Oettinger were named the NHL’s three stars of the week on Monday.
  Crosby was named the first star as he led his Pittsburgh Penguins to two consecutive victories to open the season. The 35-year-old recorded six points (two goals, four assists) in the two games to kick off his 18th year in the NHL.
  McDavid recorded four goals and one assist in the Edmonton Oilers’ opening two games, including the first hat trick of the NHL season.The reigning Art
  
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• Parliament security took issue with city moving convoy trucks near Parliament Hill

  17-10-2022 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — New evidence shows the Parliamentary Protective Service took issue with the City of Ottawa’s plan to move “Freedom Convoy” protesters’ semi trucks out of residential neighbourhoods and onto the street in front of Parliament Hill. 
  The security service feared that Wellington Street would become a “parking lot,” the city’s top bureaucrat said in a written summary of a statement given to legal counsel ahead of a public inquiry.
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• Canada ends South Korea’s unbeaten run with 7-6 win at mixed curling worlds

  17-10-2022 18:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABERDEEN, United Kingdom — Canada’s Jean-Michel Menard led his rink to a 7-6 extra-end victory over previously unbeaten South Korea at the world mixed curling championships on Monday.Coming off a two-game day, going 1-1 on Sunday, Canada (3-1) has now moved from being the interim third place team to taking sole possession of second in Group A behind Finland (4-0).
  Entering the third end down 1-0, Canada opened things up with a score of three. The Canadians maintained their lead until
  
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• Toronto FC takes MLS pay to new heights with US$14 million for Lorenzo Insigne

  17-10-2022 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Toronto FC has taken MLS pay to new heights with Italian star Lorenzo Insigne making US$14 million annually, according to new figures released by the Major League Soccer Players Association.
  At $14 million, Insigne’s annual average guaranteed compensation is $5.187 million (all figures in U.S. dollars) more than Chicago’s Xherdan Shaqiri, who topped the May salary figures at $8.153 million.
  Shaqiri drops to No. 2 in the latest salary figures, with Los Angeles Galaxy forward Javier He
  
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• Canada’s Nestor makes 2023 ballot for International Tennis Hall of Fame

  17-10-2022 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canadian tennis great Daniel Nestor has been named to the ballot for the 2023 class of the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Monday.
  Nestor, who is among seven returning nominees in the player category, is an eight-time Grand Slam doubles champion and four-time mixed doubles Grand Slam winner in a career that spanned from 1991 to 2018.  
  The 50-year-old also won Olympic gold in 2000 and was the top-ranked doubles player for over 100 weeks. He won four ATP Tour finals doubles titles and w
  
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• Slain Quebec girl’s family sues youth protection, school board for $3 million

  17-10-2022 18:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GRANBY, Que. — The family of a seven-year-old girl who was killed in 2019 is suing the provincial youth protection authority and the local school board for $3 million, seeking accountability for failing to act in the child’s disturbing death.
  The girl was found in critical condition in her family home in Granby, about 80 kilometres east of Montreal, on April 29, 2019 and died one day later in hospital.
  The girl had been known to youth protection officials, who had left her in the cus
  
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• Feds ask banks to help make carbon-price rebate deposits more clear

  17-10-2022 17:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says there is more work to do with banks after another round of carbon-price rebates went out to Canadians without making it clear why they were receiving the money.
  The rebates go to people in the prairie provinces and Ontario, where the federal consumer carbon price is charged because there is no comparable provincial version.
  Ottawa is trying to make the rebates more visible by sending them directly to people every three months rather than
  
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• Chilliwack elects transgender man to school board known for anti-SOGI controversy - CBC.ca

  17-10-2022 17:36 via cbc.ca
  Chilliwack elects transgender man to school board known for anti-SOGI controversy  CBC.caChilliwack school board candidate planning to sue for defamation | CityNews Vancouver  CityNews VancouverDefamation case between Chilliwack trustee and former BCTF president at Supreme Court of Canada – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack ProgressView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Wildfire smoke leading to poor air quality across the Fraser Valley

  17-10-2022 17:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — An Air Quality Advisory is being maintained through the Fraser Valley as smoke from wildfires continues to hang in the airshed above the region.
  Officials say smoke from wildfires burning near Chilliwack Lake, Hope and Harrison Lake has combined with smoke from wildfires in Washington State to smother the region. While smoke concentrations vary across the region, the hardest hits areas are in the Eastern Fraser Valley.
  Stagnant weather conditions suggest the situation is likel
  
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• Ukrainians' resilience persists despite new Russian barrage – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  17-10-2022 17:30 via theprogress.com
  Ukrainians' resilience persists despite new Russian barrage – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Fraser Valley Regional District election results

  17-10-2022 17:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The Fraser Valley Regional District has released the preliminary election results for Directors as well as school district trustees.
  In Electoral Area A, Diane Johnson won by acclamation.
  Peter Adamo won the vote in Electoral Area B, besting Dennis Adamson 138 to 105.
  Mel Waardenburg won the vote in Electoral Area C with 238 votes. Dennis Adamson was second with 177 voters.
  Bill Dickey was acclaimed in Electoral Area D,Patti MacAhonic was acclaimed in Electoral Area E, and Hug
  
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• Kanye West to buy conservative social media platform Parler – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  17-10-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
  Kanye West to buy conservative social media platform Parler – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Can the Rock steady the DC universe with 'Black Adam'? – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  17-10-2022 16:30 via theprogress.com
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• B.C.’s extended summer breaks more records, but weather office says rain approaches

  17-10-2022 16:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Several British Columbia cities boasted the warmest temperatures in Canada on the weekend as summer-like weather persists across most of the province, but Environment Canada says a change is coming.
  Daily maximum temperature records were set in 25 B.C. communities on Sunday, including in Port Alberni, the provincial hot spot at 26.3 C, where a 115-year-old record was shattered by three degrees. 
  The weather office says other records for the day were set along the south, ce
  
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• Get inspired to feel your best! Wellness expo premieres in Chilliwack this fall – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  17-10-2022 15:00 via theprogress.com
  Get inspired to feel your best! Wellness expo premieres in Chilliwack this fall – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Empowering your business for success – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  17-10-2022 15:00 via theprogress.com
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• PODCAST: Bob Marjanovich with Cliff Ronning – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  17-10-2022 14:40 via theprogress.com
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• Swedish Parliament elects conservative prime minister

  17-10-2022 12:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Swedish parliament on Monday elected Ulf Kristersson — the conservative Moderate Party leader — as prime minister at the head of a coalition that is being supported by a once radical far-right party.
  Kristersson, 59, was elected by 176-173 votes. His government is expected to be presented Tuesday. His three-party coalition does not have a majority, but in Sweden, prime ministers can govern as long as there is no parliamentary majority against them.
  After a
  
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• Satellite photos show damage at Iran prison amid protests

  17-10-2022 11:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A fire that burned through part of Iran’s notorious Evin Prison damaged one of the largest buildings at the complex, according to satellite photos analyzed Monday, as authorities raised the death toll in the still-murky incident, saying at least eight prisoners were killed.What happened on Saturday night at the prison, which houses both inmates convicted on criminal charges to political prisoners held by the country’s competing intelligence ar
  
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• Neymar arrives in court for trial over Barcelona transfer

  17-10-2022 10:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A few hours after scoring the winning goal in Paris Saint-Germain’s victory over Marseille in the French league, Neymar arrived in court in Spain on Monday to face a trial for alleged irregularities involving his transfer to Barcelona in 2013.
  Neymar’s parents, former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell and representatives for both the Spanish club and Brazilian team Santos are also set to appear in court after a complaint brought by Brazilian investment g
  
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• Pregnant women struggle to find care after Pakistan's floods – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  17-10-2022 10:30 via theprogress.com
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• Agency says BTS members will serve in South Korea's military – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  17-10-2022 10:30 via theprogress.com
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• Armoured vehicles to Haiti, Nexus closure concerns : In The News for Oct. 17

  17-10-2022 10:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 17 …
  What we are watching in Canada … The federal government has sent armoured vehicles and other supplies to Haiti to help police fight a powerful gang amid a pending request from the Haitian government for the immediate deployment of foreign troops.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that by providing the equipment, Ca
  
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• Ottawa mayor, city and police officials among witnesses at Emergencies Act inquiry

  17-10-2022 10:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — An inquiry into the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act is hearing first-hand testimony about the effect of last winter’s “Freedom Convoy” protest.
  Hearings are expected to run six weeks, with testimony from 65 witnesses representing all levels of government, various police agencies and organizers of the convoy. 
  The six witnesses appearing next on the commission’s hearing list: 
  – Ottawa city manager Steve Kanellakos, who
  
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• RCMP refused release of badge numbers, fearing convoy supporters would dox officers

  17-10-2022 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Internal documents show the RCMP refused to release the badge numbers of officers who cleared “Freedom Convoy” protesters from the Ambassador Bridge last winter, citing a risk of violence from their supporters. 
  The situation was detailed in a briefing note and threat assessment prepared for RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki, who was asked to approve the decision because the force recognized it raised questions around transparency. 
  “This will allow you to
  
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• Ottawa mayor, top officials testifying at Emergencies Act inquiry

  17-10-2022 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The inquiry into the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act will hear first-hand testimony Monday from top City of Ottawa officials about February’s “Freedom Convoy” protest, including the mayor. 
  Outgoing mayor Jim Watson, his chief of staff and the city’s manager are expected to detail for the commission the efforts they took to peacefully end protests in Ottawa. 
  The commission is tasked with examining the evolution and goals of
  
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• New UK Treasury chief to aims to calm markets with statement

  17-10-2022 09:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON (AP) — Britain’s new Treasury chief will announce details of his tax and spending plans Monday, two weeks ahead of schedule, in a bid to calm markets roiled by the government’s economic policies.
  Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt is expected to ditch more of the measures announced by the government of Prime Minister Liz Truss on Sept. 23.
  Truss drafted Hunt in on Friday after she fired his predecessor, Kwasi Kwarteng. Plans by Truss and Kwarteng for 45 billion poun
  
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• Nicole Huitema Read joins Chilliwack city council as only non-incumbent elected – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  17-10-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
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• Get inspired to feel your best! Wellness expo premieres in Chilliwack this fall - Chilliwack Progress

  17-10-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack elects first openly transgender man to school board | CityNews Vancouver - CityNews Vancouver

  17-10-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
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• Ag4Autism Donates $100,000 To Chilliwack’s Pacific Autism Family Network Centre - Abbotsford News

  17-10-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
  Ag4Autism Donates $100,000 To Chilliwack’s Pacific Autism Family Network Centre  Abbotsford News
  
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• Ukraine: Explosions rock Kyiv a week after Russian strikes

  17-10-2022 07:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Several loud explosions rocked the center of the Ukrainian capital Monday, a week after Russia orchestrated a massive, coordinated air strike across the country.
  Kyiv city mayor Vitaliy Klichko said the central Shevchenko district of the capital had been hit, and urged residents to take shelter. No further details were immediately known.The explosions came from the same central Kyiv district where a week ago a missile struck a children’s playground and intersecti
  
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