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• Climate changed: Mining industry digs into alternative methods as risks rise – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  23-10-2022 23:28 via news.google.com
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• Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime defeats Sebastian Korda for European Open title – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  23-10-2022 23:28 via news.google.com
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• Boris Johnson out of race to be next UK prime minister – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  23-10-2022 23:28 via news.google.com
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• Advocacy groups raising concerns about 'anti-trans' school board trustee candidates – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  23-10-2022 23:28 via news.google.com
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• Boris Johnson out of race to be next UK prime minister

  23-10-2022 22:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he will not run to lead the Conservative Party, ending intense speculation about a comeback.Johnson, who was ousted in July amid ethics scandals, was widely expected to run to replace Liz Truss, who quit last week.He has spent the weekend trying to gain support from fellow lawmakers, and said he had amassed more than 100 votes, the threshold to run.But he was far behind former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak in support. Johnson said
  
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• US skier Ford not surprised by 1st top-10 finish since crash

  23-10-2022 22:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SÖLDEN, Austria (AP) — American skier Tommy Ford finished in the top 10 of a World Cup race on Sunday for the first time since his devastating crash two seasons ago.
  “Not surprising at all,” the 33-year-old Ford said after finishing sixth in the season-opening giant slalom.
  “I have been working at it and done it before. My knee is feeling good, so it feels good to be able to push it like that,” said Ford, a three-time Olympian who won one World Cup race and fin
  
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• CF Montreal suffers 3-1 loss to defending champ New York City FC in MLS Cup playoffs

  23-10-2022 21:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal’s post-season run has come to a close with a 3-1 loss to defending MLS Cup champion New York City FC on Sunday in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
  Maximiliano Moralez, Héber and Telle Magno all scored for NYCFC who took a 3-0 lead before the home team could get on the board. 
  Djordje Mihailovic scored the lone goal for Montreal.
  It was a nervy start for Montreal who couldn’t keep onto the ball for more than a few passes at a time. That would
  
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• Canada won’t make ‘veiled threat’ over Irish border, U.K. envoy Goodale says

  23-10-2022 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada’s envoy to the United Kingdom says Ottawa will not suspend trade negotiations with the British government over concerns about the Irish border.
  Britain has announced plans to change its arrangement with the European Union, which could eventually reinstate a border between the region of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
  That has led to fears of a return to the decades of violence that ended with a 1998 peace agreement, which made the border almost invisible
  
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• Nova Scotia's retirement home for captive whales facing obstacles, delays: documents – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  23-10-2022 18:18 via news.google.com
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• A Ukrainian woman's quest to retrieve body of prisoner of war – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  23-10-2022 18:18 via news.google.com
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• Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime defeats Sebastian Korda for European Open title

  23-10-2022 18:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ANTWERP, Belgium — Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Sebastian Korda of the United States 6-3, 6-4 to claim his second consecutive ATP Tour title win at the European Open on Sunday.
  The Montreal native hit seven aces, five of which came in the opening set, and won 85 per cent of his first-serve points in the one hour, 25-minute match.
  Auger-Aliassime, 22, saved two of Korda’s four break point chances while converting on both of his own opportunities.
  The Canadian, who is
  
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• Climate Changed: First Nation balances Western science with traditional knowledge – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  23-10-2022 17:37 via news.google.com
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• Disqualified NDP leadership hopeful calls on B.C. to declare climate emergency – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  23-10-2022 17:35 via news.google.com
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• Militants attack hotel in Somali port city of Kismayo

  23-10-2022 17:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Gunmen stormed a hotel in the center of the Somali port city of Kismayo on Sunday, shortly after an explosives-packed car exploded at the hotel’s gates, police said.
  Officials said gunmen were still inside the Tawakal Hotel and security forces were on the scene. The Islamic extremist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack.
  The attack began when a car driven by a suicide bomber rammed the entrance gate of the hotel and then exploded, police off
  
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• ‘Saviour for the world:’ Saskatchewan fills resource gaps caused by war in Ukraine

  23-10-2022 16:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SASKATOON — Cameco Corp. is in a position to grow, the president of the Saskatoon-based Uranium giant recently told investors, because a “geopolitical crisis has hit our market” with Russia’s war on Ukraine.
  Tim Gitzel was speaking earlier this month after the company announced it had partnered with Brookfield Renewable Partners to acquire Westinghouse Electric, a nuclear power plant equipment maker. 
  Cameco, one of the world’s largest uranium companies, said t
  
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• Residents waiting on freight after N.W.T. cancels annual barge to Sachs Harbour

  23-10-2022 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SACHS HARBOUR, N.W.T. — Austin Larocque says he doesn’t know when he may get most of his worldly possessions, currently sitting in a shipping container in Sachs Harbour, N.W.T., after a barge set to arrive in the High Arctic community this season was cancelled. 
  Larocque moved with his young daughter from Sachs Harbour to Hay River, N.W.T., in July with just two suitcases, hoping to get the bulk of their belongings once the barge returned from the territory’s northernmost
  
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• Climate Changed: First Nation balances Western science with traditional knowledge

  23-10-2022 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  STAND OFF, Alta. — The Prairie Blood coulee winds through a property on the Kainai Nation, also known as the Blood Tribe, in southern Alberta.
  On a warm fall day, about a dozen people haul willows, mulch, dirt and water to several spots along a dry creek bed. Some pound large posts into the ground.
  Technicians from Blood Tribe and volunteers from local environmental groups are building five beaver dam analogs, which mimic a natural logjam. They hope to restore the stream flow to help the l
  
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• Russian warplane falls on building in Siberia; 2 pilots die

  23-10-2022 15:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian warplane slammed into a residential building in the Siberian city of Irkutsk on Sunday, killing both crewmembers, authorities said. It was the second time in less than a week that a combat jet crashed in a residential area in Russia.
  The Irkutsk region’s governor, Igor Kobzev, said the Su-30 fighter jet came down on a private, two-story building housing two families. He said that there were no casualties on the ground as the building’s five residents wer
  
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• Nova Scotia’s retirement home for captive whales facing obstacles, delays: documents

  23-10-2022 13:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — An ambitious plan in Nova Scotia to build North America’s first coastal refuge for captive whales is at least five years behind its original schedule, newly released documents show.
  The project, announced in February 2020, calls for construction of a 40-hectare underwater enclosure that would provide a natural environment for beluga and orca whales retired from marine parks. It would be as large as 50 football fields and about 300 times larger than the biggest captive whale
  
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• In new book, Maggie Haberman considers Trump’s future by delving into his past

  23-10-2022 13:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Whether she’s in pursuit of a story or just navigating New York’s legendary rush-hour traffic, it’s never a good idea to get in Maggie Haberman’s way. 
  “I’m sorry, I’m in my car and someone is blocking me,” the celebrated New York Times correspondent says, mid-thought, in a conversation about her newly released Donald Trump biography.
  More than once, the sound of her car horn blasting some ignorant commuter punctuates the di
  
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• Sudan officials: Tribal clashes kill 170 in country’s south

  23-10-2022 11:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CAIRO (AP) — Tribal clashes in Sudan’s southern province of Blue Nile have killed at least 170 people over the past two days, two Sudanese officials said Thursday, the latest in inter-communal violence across the country’s neglected south.The officials, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media, said the clashes erupted on Wednesday and that sporadic fighting continues. Government troops were deployed to th
  
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• Disqualified NDP leadership hopeful calls on B.C. to declare climate emergency

  23-10-2022 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The NDP leadership hopeful who was ousted from her chance to compete for British Columbia’s top political job says she’s ready to take up an invitation to work with the man who will become the next premier.
  However, Anjali Appadurai called for a bigger push on climate change initiatives before she works with David Eby, who was automatically vaulted to the position of party leader after she was disqualified from the race last week.
  “We haven’t seen a sign
  
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• Toffoli’s overtime goal gives Flames 3-2 win over Hurricanes

  23-10-2022 07:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Tyler Toffoli scored 4:30 into overtime on Saturday night as the Calgary Flames overcame a two-goal first-period deficit to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2.
  Nazem Kadri and Brett Ritchie also scored for Calgary (4-1-0).
  Sebastian Aho and Calvin de Haan provided the offence for Carolina (3-1-1).
  Jacob Markstrom had 25 stops to improve to 3-0-0. Antti Raanta made 29 saves to take the loss and fall to 1-0-1.
  Capping off an exciting overtime, Rasmus Andersson carried the puck up the
  
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• Canucks remain winless after 5-1 loss to visiting Sabres

  23-10-2022 07:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Victor Oloffson put away two goals and an assist and the Buffalo Sabres topped the Canucks 5-1 in front of a disgruntled crowd in Vancouver on Saturday.
  Rasmus Dahlin scored and contributed an assist, while Alex Tuch and Zemgus Girgensons added goals for the Sabres (4-1-0) and Casey Mittlestadt added a pair of helpers.
  Conor Garland had the lone tally for the Canucks (0-4-2) with a wrist shot midway through the second.
  Vancouver’s Thatcher Demko stopped 22-of-29 shots and
  
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• Canadian women defeat the U.S. 29-14 at Rugby World Cup in New Zealand

  23-10-2022 06:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Canada ran in five tries Sunday to defeat the United States 29-14 for its third straight victory at the Women’s Rugby World Cup.
  The Canadians had already qualified for the quarterfinals and were looking to improve their seeding in the knockout round. A third consecutive bonus-point win — for four tries scored — means Canada finishes atop Pool B and goes into the final eight as the second seed and will meet the seventh-seeded Americans again in nex
  
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• China’s Xi expands powers, promotes allies

  23-10-2022 06:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BEIJING (AP) — President Xi Jinping, China’s most powerful leader in decades, increased his dominance when he was named Sunday to another term as head of the ruling Communist Party in a break with tradition and promoted allies who support his vision of tighter control over society and the struggling economy.
  Xi, who took power in 2012, was awarded a third five-year term as general secretary, discarding a custom under which his predecessor left after 10 years. The 69-year-old leader i
  
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• Trudeau takes jabs at Conservative leader in absentia at annual press gallery dinner

  23-10-2022 06:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre did not attend the press gallery dinner on Saturday evening, but he was nonetheless much of the focus of a long-standing political tradition of lobbing light-hearted shots at political rivals during speeches at the event.
  The traditionally annual event sees politicians and journalists who work on Parliament Hill come together for an evening of laughs at each other’s expense, but it was put on hiatus for two years because of the COVID-19 p
  
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• Malinin’s quad axel lifts 17-year-old to Skate America title, Canadians get silver in pairs

  23-10-2022 05:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NORWOOD, Mass. — Ilia Malinin wasn’t sure whether he would unveil his quad axel, the hardest jump in figure skating that only he had landed in competition, after a fourth-place short program left him playing catchup at Skate America.
  Not only did he try it, the 17-year-old American phenom landed it nearly perfectly.
  Malinin’s brilliant quad axel, along with four more quads packed into a dynamic free skate Saturday night, was enough to lift him past Kao Miura and to the top step
  
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• After a scuffle, Heat hold on to top Raptors 112-109

  23-10-2022 04:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored 24 points, Max Strus added 20 off the bench and the Miami Heat topped the Toronto Raptors 112-109 on Saturday night to stop a season-opening two-game slide.
  The teams will meet again Monday night in Miami.
  Miami’s Kyle Lowry had 17 points against his former club, Tyler Herro had 14 and Bam Adebayo added 10 for the Heat.
  Pascal Siakam and Gary Trent Jr. each scored 23 points for Toronto, which got 18 points and 11 rebounds from former Heat forward Prec
  
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• Algeria: Doctors tell Saudi crown prince don’t go to summit

  23-10-2022 04:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s powerful 37-year-old crown prince will not attend an upcoming summit in Algeria after his doctors advised him not to travel, the Algerian presidency said early Sunday.Saudi Arabia offered no immediate acknowledgment of the comments by Algeria about the condition of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has quickly risen to power under his 86-year-old father King Salman. Much of the focus on the Al Saud royal family in recent years has
  
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• TRAFFIC: Lights are out along Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  23-10-2022 04:48 via news.google.com
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• Stampeders put an end to Roughriders’ playoff pursuit with 32-21 win

  23-10-2022 04:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  REGINA — The Calgary Stampeders eliminated the Saskatchewan Roughriders from the CFL playoff picture with a 32-21 victory Saturday in Regina.
  Heading into the weekend, Saskatchewan held a slim chance at qualifying for the post-season. The Riders were tied with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for the third and final playoff spot in the East Division. Any combination of Tiger-Cats wins and Riders losses totalling two in the final two weeks of the season would eliminate Saskatchewan.
  Hamilton defeate
  
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• Pavelski nets hat trick as Stars sink Canadiens 5-2

  23-10-2022 04:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Joe Pavelski scored a hat trick and added one assist, helping the Dallas Stars record a 5-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens Saturday night at the Bell Centre.
  Jason Robertson had one goal and one assist. Esa Lindell added a goal while Jamie Benn and Roope Hinz collected two assists and the Stars (4-0-1) handed the Canadiens (3-3-0) their first home loss of the NHL season.
  Arber Zhekaj scored his first NHL goal and assisted Mike Hoffman’s first of the campaign.
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• Leafs launch road trip by grounding Jets 4-1

  23-10-2022 03:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — John Tavares scored two power-play goals and Auston Matthews contributed three assists to propel the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 4-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday.
  David Kampf and Michael Bunting also had goals for the Leafs, who were kicking off a five-game NHL road trip.
  Ilya Samsonov made 31 saves for Toronto (4-2-0), giving him victories in all four starts he’s made this season.
  Pierre-Luc Dubois scored for the Jets (2-3-0) in front of a sellout crowd of 15,3
  
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• Two detained, airport evacuated after suspicious package found near Toronto ferry

  23-10-2022 03:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Toronto police said two people were detained after a possible explosive device was found near the island airport’s mainland ferry terminal on Saturday, prompting the airport to evacuate passengers and halt flights.
  Police said the two persons of interest were cooperating with the investigation.They said three buildings near the ferry terminal were evacuated, two fully and one partially, as the explosives unit responded.PortsToronto said it called police around 4 p.m. after a device was fou
  
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• McIlroy pulls ahead at Congaree with return to No. 1 in view

  23-10-2022 02:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  RIDGELAND, S.C. (AP) — Rory McIlroy had two eagles that made his score look better than it felt Saturday. All that mattered was a one-shot lead at the CJ Cup in South Carolina, putting him in position for his third win of the year.
  This one would come with a bonus: A chance to return to No. 1 in the world.
  That would be nothing new for McIlroy, who first reached the top of the world ranking more than 10 years ago, though it would be no less special. Having been there eight times before, it
  
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• Argos clinch first in East with 24-23 win over Alouettes

  23-10-2022 01:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A single point following a missed field goal was enough to give the Toronto Argonauts a 24-23 win over the Montreal Alouettes on Saturday in CFL action at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium.
  The result means the Argonauts have clinched first place in the East Division and home field advantage in the playoffs.
  Toronto’s (11-6) Mcleod Bethel-Thompson threw for 240 yards and two touchdowns and had one interception.
  Trevor Harris led Montreal (8-9), picking up 413 passing yards
  
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• Alberta Premier Smith seeking legal advice to pardon COVID-19 rule violators

  23-10-2022 01:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is seeking legal advice on whether she can pardon those fined for non-criminal violations of health restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  “The things that come to top of mind for me are people who got arrested as pastors (and) people given fines for not wearing masks,” Smith told reporters Saturday at the United Conservative party’s annual general meeting.
  “These are not things that are normal to get fines and get prose
  
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• Tkachuk has a pair of goals in Ottawa Senators’ 5-2 win over Coyotes

  23-10-2022 00:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Brady Tkachuk had two goals while Tyler Motte and Shane Pinto each had a goal and an assist Saturday as the Ottawa Senators beat the Arizona Coyotes 5-2.
  Motte and Mark Kastelic scored 47 seconds apart in the third period for a 5-2 Senators lead. Kastelic had a couple of whacks at the side of the goal before knocking the puck past Arizona goaltender Karel Vejmelka at 6:15.
  On the next shift Batherson took a shot that Vejmelka thought he had trapped, but the puck fell into the crea
  
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• Edmonton Oilers can’t solve Binnington in 2-0 loss to St. Louis Blues

  23-10-2022 00:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Jordan Binnington made 23 saves for the shutout as the St. Louis Blues remained perfect on the season with a 2-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. 
  Torey Krug and Justin Faulk scored for the Blues (3-0-0), who have had plenty of practice time with a light schedule to start the season.  
  The Oilers dropped to 2-3-0 on their season-starting six-game homestand. 
  Oilers goalie Jack Campbell had 21 saves in the loss.  
  St. Louis started the scoring on
  
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• Zac Brown Band says Vancouver show cancelled after crew members turned away at border

  23-10-2022 00:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The Zac Brown Band has issued an apology for cancelling its show in Vancouver, saying some crew members were turned away at the border.
  The band posted a statement on Facebook hours before a Friday-night performance at Rogers Arena as part of its Out In the Middle Tour.
  Brown says some crew members had charges from over a decade ago removed from their records and have entered Canada regularly over that time, including for two shows this year alone.
  He says that each time, band
  
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