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• Scrum half Ross Braude returns for third season with the Toronto Arrows

  25-10-2022 23:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Arrows have re-signed Canadian international scrum half Ross Braude for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. 
  The South African-born Braude, who qualifies to represent Canada through his Montreal-born father, returns to the Arrows for a third season after featuring in 21 matches, including 20 starts, since debuting in 2021. 
  “Ross has come in as a young player and really taken the reins at scrum half,” Arrows COO and GM Mark Winokur said in a stat
  
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• B.C. Lions QB Nathan Rourke set to start against Winnipeg Blue Bombers

  25-10-2022 23:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY, B.C. — Head coach Rick Campbell says he expects star quarterback Nathan Rourke to start for the B.C. Lions this week. 
  Rourke was a dominant force early in the season, throwing for 3,281 yards and 25 touchdowns with 10 interceptions over nine games. 
  The 24-year-old Canadian was sidelined by a foot injury in a 28-10 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Aug. 19. 
  He underwent surgery and has spent the last nine weeks rehabilitating, but will suit up Friday whe
  
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• Elections B.C. hiring district electoral officers for Chilliwack, Chilliwack-Kent ridings at $45/hour

  25-10-2022 23:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Suitable candidates with leadership and management experience are invited to apply for a rare opportunity to serve the greater Chilliwack area before the next provincial election is held.While a provincial election isn’t scheduled until October 2024, Elections B.C. plans far in advance to recruit and hire personnel starting with district electoral officers and deputy district electoral officers, in case an election is called in any of the province’s 87 ridings.Elec
  
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• B.C.'s Kelsey Serwa headed to sports hall of fame – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  25-10-2022 23:50 via news.google.com
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• Judge in Quebec racial profiling case orders end to random traffic stops

  25-10-2022 23:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has issued a major racial profiling ruling today, invalidating laws that allow police to randomly pull over drivers for traffic stops.
  Justice Michel Yergeau ruled today on a constitutional challenge to random stops, writing that racial profiling exists and that it’s a reality that weighs heavily on Black people.
  The challenge heard this year was brought by Joseph-Christopher Luamba, a Black Montreal resident who said he had been stopped by po
  
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• Major League Rugby loses franchises in Austin and L.A. for 2023 season

  25-10-2022 23:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Major League Rugby, home to the Toronto Arrows, will play the 2023 season without the Austin Gilgronis and the Los Angeles Giltinis.
  The league cited the uncertainties surrounding the Austin and Los Angeles’ team ownership in suspending operations of the two sides for the 2023 season.
  “While we understand that this news is disappointing for the fans, players, and stakeholders of these two teams, this decision was made after much deliberation and counsel, and with the best interests o
  
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• Alfredsson says Hockey Hall of Fame induction a “validation” of career with Senators

  25-10-2022 23:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — When Daniel Alfredsson arrived in Ottawa in the fall of 1995, that 22-year-old would have never believed he’d one day find himself in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
  At that time the young Swede wasn’t even sure he wanted to play out his first season in the NHL, but he persevered and went on to have an incredibly successful career that will culminate with his induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Nov. 14th.
  Alfredsson will be inducted alongside fellow Swedes Daniel and He
  
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• Vancouver council approves UN declaration on Indigenous rights strategy

  25-10-2022 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Vancouver council has passed an Indigenous rights strategy that it says will make the city a national and world leader in implementing a plan towards reconciliation. 
  The strategy is based on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and makes 79 calls to action. 
  The framework for reconciliation focuses on themes of cultural and economic well-being, ending Indigenous-specific racism and the right to self-government for the three nations on whose land the city
  
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• Chilliwack students create haunted manor at Sardis Secondary – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  25-10-2022 23:00 via news.google.com
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• Alberta premier Danielle Smith calls for new arena in Calgary

  25-10-2022 22:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Alberta’s premier has stated her support for a new arena in Calgary to house the NHL’s Flames and wants the province to get involved.
  Danielle Smith said in a statement Tuesday that the 39-year-old Saddledome has served the community well, but can no longer compete with new buildings across North America for events, concerts and sports
  “One need only look north to Rogers Place to see the host of world-class events being attracted to Edmonton along with the ongoi
  
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• Mountie who recorded Lucki meeting first told investigators tape lost on stolen phone

  25-10-2022 22:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — An affidavit by an RCMP security investigator details how the force obtained recordings of a tense meeting at the centre of allegations of political interference into the Mounties’ investigation into the Nova Scotia mass shooting.
  The affidavit sworn Friday by Supt. Jeffrey Beaulac, the RCMP’s deputy chief security officer at national headquarters in Ottawa, was released Tuesday by the public inquiry into the April 18-19, 2020, shootings that claimed 22 lives.
  The 24
  
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• Mendicino says email from Lucki doesn’t mean Emergencies Act was unnecessary

  25-10-2022 22:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is brushing off concerns about an email sent to his office from the RCMP commissioner just hours before the government invoked the Emergencies Act last February.
  The email from Commissioner Brenda Lucki shows she didn’t think police had exhausted all available tools to end the ongoing occupation of downtown Ottawa by protesters demanding an end to COVID-19 restrictions.
  The email was submitted as evidence at the Public Order Emergency C
  
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• Canadian goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan named to NWSL Best XI all-star team

  25-10-2022 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canadian international goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan has been named to the 2022 National Women’s Soccer League Best XI First Team.
  The 27-year-old from Whitby, Ont., who plays for the San Diego Wave, stopped 56 shots in 18 matches for a 0.95 goals-against average. She led the league in saving three of four penalty-kick attempts during throughout the regular season.
  Sheridan, the Canadian No. 1, has 16 shutouts in 29 appearances for Canada.
  San Diego teammates Naomi Girma and Alex Morgan also
  
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• Tribunal says $40B child-welfare agreement doesn’t satisfy all orders

  25-10-2022 22:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal says a $40 billion child welfare settlement agreement the federal government reached with First Nations doesn’t meet all the requirements of the tribunal’s orders.
  The panel is urging the parties to continue negotiating in a decision released today.
  In 2019 the tribunal ordered Ottawa to compensate children and families three years after ruling that Ottawa had discriminated against First Nations children for years by not properly fund
  
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• A month after Fiona, some in western Newfoundland fear things will never be the same

  25-10-2022 22:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHANNEL-PORT AUX BASQUES, N.L. — For Peggy Savery, the hardest part of the day comes as she leaves work in her Newfoundland community of Port aux Basques and drives to the home she’s been staying in with her husband and son. 
  The family’s blue oceanside house was swept into the sea last month by post-tropical storm Fiona, and a photo of it dangling over the ocean was published across North America. Taken by Rene Roy, editor of local newspaper Wreckhouse Press, the picture
  
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• Rescue team and whale’s acrobatics help save it from dangerous entanglement in B.C.

  25-10-2022 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A 10-metre-long humpback whale entangled in fishing gear in British Columbia’s Strait of Georgia has been rescued with the help of a team of experts, a drone, a satellite tag, concerned citizens and an acrobatic twist from the captive itself.
  The impressive manoeuvring was all accomplished with an even more impressive audience looking on. The trapped animal had a group of companion whales swimming by its side the entire time.
  Paul Cottrell, the Pacific marine mammal rescue lead for Fisheri
  
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• Chilliwack Chief AJ Lacroix on NHL scouting watch list – Hope Standard - Hope Standard

  25-10-2022 21:45 via news.google.com
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• Soldier facing more charges after speaking out against military’s vaccine requirement

  25-10-2022 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A Canadian soldier who spoke out against the forced removal of unvaccinated military members is facing more charges.
  Warrant Officer James Topp is facing six counts of conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline after four new charges were laid against the army reservist last week.
  Topp was charged with the first two counts in February after criticizing the military’s vaccine mandate in two videos posted on social media.
  Those charges did not specifically relate to
  
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• Tennis player Basilashvili acquitted of domestic violence

  25-10-2022 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Professional tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili has been acquitted of domestic violence charges in his home country of Georgia in a case involving his former wife.
  The 30-year-old Basilashvili has been as high as No. 16 in the ATP rankings and is currently No. 94. He is playing in a tournament in Austria this week.
  In a statement emailed to reporters Tuesday by his management company, Basilashvili called the ruling in Tbilisi City Court after a two-year trial &ldquo
  
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• Source: Canada Soccer comes to terms with Alphonso Davies on name/image rights

  25-10-2022 21:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canada Soccer has come to terms on an agreement with Alphonso Davies, its marquee man, on name/image likeness rights, according to a source.
  The deal just needs final signatures, according to the source who requested anonymity because the agreement has yet to be announced.
  Davies became the latest hot spot between Canada Soccer and its players last week when TSN reported that Davies’ representative had told Fanatics, which runs Canada Soccer’s merchandise website and sell licensed sp
  
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• Hockey Canada will not collect participants’ fee for 2022-23 season

  25-10-2022 21:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Hockey Canada says it will not collect a participant assessment fee for the upcoming season. 
  Several provincial organizations had already withheld those fees — typically $3 per player — from Hockey Canada in the wake of an ongoing scandal that has embroiled the national sports body for months.
  Hockey Canada drew widespread criticism when it was revealed in May that it had paid an undisclosed settlement to a woman in London, Ont., after she alleged she was sexual
  
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• Police officer no-shows at B.C. Indigenous ceremony lead to tense moments, comments

  25-10-2022 21:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BELLA BELLA, B.C. — An Indigenous ceremony dedicated to healing from traumatic events instead set off accusations against Vancouver’s police department of systemic racism that threatens to stall the reconciliation process. 
  Two Vancouver police officers who arrested and handcuffed a man and his then-12-year-old granddaughter didn’t show up for the apology ceremony at the Heiltsuk First Nation in Bella Bella, prompting an angry reply from Indigenous leaders. 
  During a
  
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• Parliament Hill language interpreter sent to hospital, union blames lax headset rules

  25-10-2022 20:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A parliamentary interpreter was sent to the hospital during a Senate committee meeting last week.
  Public Services and Procurement Minister Helena Jaczek says she was “astonished” to learn that an interpreter had collapsed and was sent to hospital.
  The Canadian Association of Professional Employees has blamed the incident on remote participants not following rules that state they need to use headsets.
  Experts have testified to Parliament that the staff who translate mee
  
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• Italy’s Meloni easily wins confidence vote in parliament

  25-10-2022 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ROME (AP) — Italy’s new far-right-led government of Giorgia Meloni has won the first of two required confidence votes in Parliament by a comfortable margin.
  The vote in the lower Chamber of Deputies Tuesday night was 235 in favor of her coalition government and 154 against. The coalition needed at least 195 votes for a majority. On Wednesday, the new government will face a vote in the upper chamber, the Senate, where it also holds a solid majority.
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• Audit after N.S. mass shooting reveals flaws in RCMP decommissioning of vehicles

  25-10-2022 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — An internal audit of how the RCMP decommissions its vehicles has uncovered a series of shortcomings.
  The report was written in response to two cases in Nova Scotia of people using former RCMP vehicles to impersonate police officers, including the April 2020 mass shooting that killed 22 people.
  The review found there was inconsistent evidence in RCMP files to prove vehicles were fully decommissioned before their sale by GCSurplus, the federal disposal authority. 
  As well, the
  
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• Chilliwack’s Cathy Terepocki lauded by B.C. Achievement Foundation as an established creator in applied art and design

  25-10-2022 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The B.C. Achievement Foundation is in the business of recognizing the very best and brightest artists and talented individuals from across the province.
  The foundation announced Monday (Oct. 24) that Cathy Terepocki of Chilliwack has been recognized as one of its recipients of the 18th annual Carter Wosk Award in Applied Art + Design.The program recognizes excellence among emerging and established artists whose creativity helps drive BC’s cultural economy.“These ar
  
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• Canada’s Shapovalov defeats Rodionov to advance to second round at Vienna Open

  25-10-2022 20:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VIENNA — Canada’s Denis Shapovalov advanced to the second round of Vienna Open with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Jurij Rodionov of Austria on Tuesday.The No. 19-seeded Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., will face Taylor Fritz, the No. 4 seed from the U.S., next. Fitz defeated Shapovalov a few weeks ago in Tokyo.Shapovalov had eight aces to Rodionov’s one at Wiener Stadthalle on Tuesday.
  This was only the second meeting between the two. Rodionov won their previous match 6-4. 7-5,
  
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• Restaurants hope for holiday boom, but looming recession causes concern – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  25-10-2022 20:00 via news.google.com
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• Nielsen, Amazon Prime spar over who really watches football – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  25-10-2022 20:00 via news.google.com
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• New dental benefit vulnerable to fraud without verification measures: PBO – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  25-10-2022 20:00 via news.google.com
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• Family of woman found dead on ER floor asks Quebec coroner to reopen investigation

  25-10-2022 19:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The family of an 86-year-old woman who was found dead on the floor of a Montreal-area emergency room last year is calling for a new investigation into the circumstances of her death following the release of a coroner’s report.  
  Emmanuel Macarine and his sister Gilda told a news conference today a new investigation is needed from the coroner’s office because the report released last month raised more questions and omitted crucial and pertinent evidence.
  They als
  
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• Freeland stresses Bank of Canada’s independence after Singh criticizes rate hikes

  25-10-2022 19:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — As another interest rate hike looms, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is emphasizing the Bank of Canada’s independence after criticism from federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh.
  Singh sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Friday warning that another rate hike will have a “serious impact on families” as fears of a recession grow.
  The central bank is expected to raise its key interest rate by half or three quarters of a percentage point on Wednesday in an ef
  
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• Fraser Valley Regional District to coordinate Bridal Falls Gondola approval with B.C. government

  25-10-2022 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The Fraser Valley Regional District announced in meeting documents this week that it will respond to a Crown land application referral it has received for the proposed Cascade Skyline Gondola, now referred to as the Bridal Falls Gondola.The gondola application under the Bridal Falls Gondola name calls for restaurants, retail space, an outdoor plaza, First Nations cultural centre, and outdoor recreation activities.
  It is not to be confused with the proposed Bridal Veil Mountain
  
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• Baryshnikov honors ‘insanely brave’ Putin opponent Navalny

  25-10-2022 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Ballet dancer, choreographer and actor Mikhail Baryshnikov, who famously defected from the Soviet Union nearly a half-century ago, called Alexei Navalny “insanely brave” as a human rights group awarded the jailed Russian opposition leader its annual prize.
  The New York-based Train Foundation gave its 2022 “Civil Courage Prize” to Navalny in absentia, in a ceremony at New York University on Monday night.
  Baryshnikov, 74, who is also active on human ri
  
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• Nielsen, Amazon Prime spar over who really watches football

  25-10-2022 19:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — By the Nielsen company’s count, 7.8 million people watched Amazon Prime’s coverage of last Thursday’s NFL game between New Orleans and Arizona. But Amazon says no, there were actually 8.9 million people watching.
  So which is it?
  You’ll have to judge for yourself. After each of its Thursday night games this season, Amazon has publicly contradicted Nielsen in this manner, one of the boldest challenges ever to a company that for generations has monopoli
  
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• School gunman had AR-15-style weapon, 600 rounds of ammo

  25-10-2022 18:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The 19-year-old gunman who killed a teacher and a 15-year-old girl at a St. Louis high school was armed with an AR-15-style rifle and what appeared to be more than 600 rounds of ammunition, Police Commissioner Michael Sack said Tuesday.
  Orlando Harris also left behind a hand-written note offering his explanation for the shooting Monday at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School. Tenth-grader Alexandria Bell and 61-year-old physical education teacher Jean Kuczka died
  
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• Zermatt-Cervinia World Cup downhill ski races cancelled after warm weather

  25-10-2022 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ZERMATT, Switzerland — The start of alpine’s World Cup downhill season reverts to Lake Louise, Alta., with the cancellation of European races in Zermatt-Cervinia.
  Tuesday’s cancellation of the women’s cross-border races scheduled for Nov. 5-6 follows the calling off of men’s downhills scheduled for Friday to Sunday at the same venue because of “unseasonably warm” conditions, organizers in Switzerland and Italy announced.
  The next downhill races on the ca
  
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• James Butler, Sean Thomas Erlington, Dedrick Mills earn CFL players of week honours

  25-10-2022 18:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Running backs James Butler, Sean Thomas Erlington and Dedrick Mills are the Canadian Football League’s top players of the week. 
  Butler, a running back for the B.C. Lions, had a career-high 141 rushing yards in a 31-14 win over Edmonton in Week 20. It was Butler’s third 100-plus rushing game of the season. He averaged 5.9 yards per carry and one touchdown, plus three receptions for 21 yards.
  Butler also earned top performer honours in Week 1. 
  He has average
  
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• Canada coach looks to his youth for Americas Rugby Trophy match against Brazil ‘A’

  25-10-2022 18:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Canada rugby coach Kingsley Jones is looking to his youth Wednesday when Canada ‘A’ takes on Brazil ‘A’ at the Americas Rugby Trophy.
  Jones has kept just six starters from the team that Canada lost 36-25 to Chile XV on Friday in a game that saw nine players sent to the sin-bin.
  The wholesale changes are due in part to the lack of preparation time ahead of the Chile game and the fact that most of the Canadian players are out of season. The team had just two
  
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• Three new B.C. Supreme Court judges in Vancouver, another raised to appeal court

  25-10-2022 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The federal government has appointed three new judges to the British Columbia Supreme Court and raised another to the B.C. Court of Appeal.
  A statement from the Department of Justice says Justice Ronald Skolrood, who has served on the B.C. Supreme Court since 2013, has been raised to the province’s highest court, replacing Justice G. Bruce Butler, who is scaling back to a part-time workload.
  The three newly appointed justices include Anita Chan, a Crown prosecutor with 27
  
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• Sexual assault trial concluding for Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, ex-vaccine campaign head

  25-10-2022 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GATINEAU, Que. — The sexual assault trial against the former head of the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccine campaign, Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, is expected to conclude today.
  The Crown prosecutor argued this morning that there is no reason to believe the complainant in the case would forget or become mistaken about the identity of her aggressor in the years since 1988. 
  She pointed out that Fortin was able to identify names and faces with certainty when looking at military colle
  
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• G.W. Graham quarterback Lucas Feaver racks up 6 TDs in 69-7 win over Mount Boucherie

  25-10-2022 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WEST KELOWNA — If G.W. Graham quarterback Lucas Feaver doesn’t beat you by air, he’ll gladly take it on the ground and present challenges for opposing defenses.Feaver made good on his dual threat presence Saturday, scrambling for three rushing touchdowns and throwing three scoring strikes in a spectacular 69-7 win over Mt. Boucherie in Kelowna, giving the Grizzlies three straight wins.Feaver maintained his MVP-style season with 13-of-22 passing for 227 yards and 3 TDs, while sc
  
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• Federal minister calls utility’s pause on Atlantic energy corridor ‘bump in the road’

  25-10-2022 17:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — The federal minister of natural resources says Nova Scotia Power’s decision to “pause” its participation in a proposed megaproject aimed at ending reliance on coal is just a temporary setback.
  Jonathan Wilkinson says the utility’s move is a challenge to a concept dubbed the Atlantic Loop, which envisions a $5-billion project allowing the region to gain more access to Labrador and Quebec hydroelectricity.
  However, Wilkinson said in an interview late Monday
  
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• House of Commons to vote on bill for dental care benefit, rental support this week

  25-10-2022 16:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A major part of the federal government’s affordability plan is expected to pass final reading in the House of Commons this week, after the Liberals fast-tracked Bill C-31 through the health committee Monday night. 
  The bill, which includes a new dental-care benefit for children under 12 in low- and modest-income families and a one-time $500 allowance for low-income renters, is expected to come to a vote in the House on Thursday. 
  The dental benefit is a key element
  
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• California Bakery Makes Life-Size Han Solo Statue Out of Bread

  25-10-2022 16:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!It’s a scene burned into the brain of every Star Wars fanatic: the moment Han Solo  gets frozen in carbonite by Darth Vader. It follows Lando Calrissian’s betrayal of the space rogue and Princess Leia Organa’s public declaration of love to him in The Empire Strikes Back. And it represents the ultimate cliffhanger — audience members are left wondering whether Solo will survive deep-freeze and what will happen to him after Boba Fe
  
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• Quebec's nursing order launches campaign to stop Halloween objectification of nurses – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  25-10-2022 16:30 via news.google.com
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• Prosecutor: Women's stories show Weinstein's predatory power – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  25-10-2022 16:30 via news.google.com
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• Population of North Atlantic right whales continues decline – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  25-10-2022 16:30 via news.google.com
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• Ombudsman slams military's treatment of injured reservists, rangers – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  25-10-2022 16:30 via news.google.com
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• Ash Carter, defense chief who opened jobs to women, dies

  25-10-2022 16:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ash Carter, who served as secretary of defense in the final two years of the Obama administration and opened military jobs to women and ended a ban on transgender people serving in the military, has died at age 68.
  Carter died after suffering a heart attack on Monday evening, according a statement Tuesday from Douglas Elmendorf, dean of Harvard University’s Kennedy School. Carter had served as as director of the school’s Belfer Center for Science and Internati
  
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