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• West Fraser Timber earnings decline due to inflation, supply chain pressures

  26-10-2022 23:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — West Fraser Timber Co. says its earnings declined to $216 million in the third quarter of 2022, as inflationary cost pressures and slowing demand for the company’s products took a bite out of its financial results.
  The Vancouver-based company says it earned $2.50 per diluted share for the period ended Sept. 30, 2022, compared to $460 million, or $4.20 per diluted share in the same period of 2021.
  The company reported total revenue from sales of $2.09 billion, compared to
  
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• Head coach of winless Vancouver Canucks still has GM’s support

  26-10-2022 23:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Vancouver Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin says he continues to support the winless team’s head coach, despite a historically bad start to the season. 
  Speaking with reporters in Vancouver on Wednesday, Allvin said he has good communication with Bruce Boudreau and the rest of the coaching staff, and will continue working with them to find a way to improve on the Canucks’ 0-5-2 start.
  “We’re working very tight together here, we’re working close, we’re
  
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• Nobody injured in Surrey island blasts, fire – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  26-10-2022 23:52 via news.google.com
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• Canadian Nathan Rourke to start at quarterback for Lions in regular-season finale

  26-10-2022 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Quarterback Nathan Rourke will make it back with the B.C. Lions before the start of the CFL playoffs.
  The Victoria native is expected to start Friday night when B.C. (12-5) visits Winnipeg (14-3) in the regular-season finale for both teams. The Blue Bombers have cemented first in the West Division while the Lions already know they’ll open the playoffs Nov. 6 hosting the Calgary Stampeders (11-6) in the conference semifinals.
  The contest will be Rourke’s first since suffering a foot i
  
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• Canada’s roster for women’s hockey Rivalry Series against U.S. loaded with gold

  26-10-2022 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Canada’s roster for the first three games of its women’s Rivalry Series against the U.S. features 16 players who won both Olympic and world hockey championship gold this year.
  Canada’s 23-player lineup announced on Wednesday features veteran forwards Marie-Philip Poulin, Brianne Jenner, Sarah Nurse as well as defender Jocelyne Larocque and goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens.
  The seven-game series opens Nov. 15 in Kelowna, B.C., followed two days later with Game 2 in
  
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• Canada women to play two international soccer friendlies in Brazil next month

  26-10-2022 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canada will head to South America next month for a pair of women’s friendlies against Brazil during the November FIFA international window.
  The seventh-ranked Canadians will take on No. 9 Brazil on Nov. 11 and Nov. 15. Location of the games in Brazil was not announced.
  “We are excited to end the year with two great games against Brazil,” Canada coach Bev Priestman said in a statement. “We know both of our nations have a rich history when playing each other in big moments.
  
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• Mulroney wants Université Laval to train next cohort of Quebec leaders on world stage

  26-10-2022 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Université Laval formally launched an $80-million fundraising initiative on Wednesday for its Carrefour international Brian-Mulroney, with the former prime minister taking on a central role in the push to increase Quebec’s footprint on the world stage.
  Earlier this year, the Quebec City university announced plans to create a francophone international relations studies hub that would serve to train the next generation of Quebec leaders.
  Mulroney, who served as prime
  
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• Branson’s God and country tourism draws patriotic Christians

  26-10-2022 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BRANSON, Mo. (RNS) — A night at the Dolly Parton Stampede is a microcosm of life in these polarized United States.
  For nearly two hours, on a hot August night, a capacity crowd divided by North and South, Red and Blue, tried to outshout the other side, egged on by leaders who referred to the other side by creative, G-rated terms of derision.
  The tension ramped up as two teams of riders dressed as cowboys and pioneers of the Old West competed to show which side could ride fastest, dodging o
  
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• Funeral march and service at Olympic Oval for Const. Shaelyn Yang: RCMP

  26-10-2022 23:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Mounties say a regimental funeral will be held next Wednesday for British Columbia RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang.
  The 31-year-old officer was stabbed to death last week in a Metro Vancouver park while she helped a City of Burnaby employee notify a man in a tent that he wasn’t allowed to live in the park.
  Thirty-seven-year-old Jongwon Ham has been charged with first-degree murder in Yang’s death and remains in custody.Mounties say the service will be held at the Richmond
  
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• Poppy campaign fundraiser for veterans kicks off in Chilliwack – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  26-10-2022 22:16 via news.google.com
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• Saskatchewan First: Province seeking more autonomy over resources, economic future

  26-10-2022 22:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  REGINA — Premier Scott Moe has his eyes set on flexing Saskatchewan’s autonomy with legislation akin to Alberta’s proposed sovereignty act.
  Lt.-Gov. Russell Mirastry, in the throne speech, has laid out the Saskatchewan Party government’s agenda for the fall session of the legislature. 
  He says Saskatchewan will seek more independence, especially over its natural resources.
  Canada’s Constitution already separates provincial and federal powers, but Saskatchewan w
  
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• Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke nominated for two CFL individual awards

  26-10-2022 21:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — A stellar first half of the season earned quarterback Nathan Rourke nominations for two of the CFL’s top individual awards.
  The Victoria native was named the B.C. Lions’ nominee as top Canadian and outstanding player Wednesday, the opening round of voting conducted by both the Football Reporters of Canada as well as the nine CFL head coaches.
  Rourke, of Victoria, guided B.C. to an 8-1 record before suffering a foot injury in a 23-16 loss to the Saskatchewan Roughrider
  
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• Herschel Walker faces abortion allegation from 2nd accuser

  26-10-2022 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman came forward Wednesday to accuse Herschel Walker, the anti-abortion Republican running for U.S. Senate in Georgia, of encouraging and paying for her 1993 abortion — an accusation that came just weeks after a former girlfriend said he did the same for her in 2009.
  Walker’s campaign didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment by The Associated Press to the latest accusation. The candidate vehemently denied a claim earlier this month from a
  
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• Record breaking 'Midnights' album for Taylor Swift – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  26-10-2022 21:42 via news.google.com
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• Do you as a parent enable toxic behaviour? – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  26-10-2022 21:28 via news.google.com
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• Video game studio helps Nova Scotia’s Lunenburg make its mark in the world of golf

  26-10-2022 21:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  From Moe Norman to Mike Weir and Sandra Post to Brooke Henderson, Canada has a rich golf history.
  But there’s also a little-known golf hotbed in Lunenburg, N.S.
  Located on the south shore of Nova Scotia, with a population of 2,396 according to the 2021 census, the port town is home to HB Studios, creator of the new “PGA Tour 2K23” video game.
  Founded in 2000 by transplanted Englishman Jeremy Wellard, HB Studios collaborated with various publishers including Electronic Arts on a
  
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• Italy’s Meloni easily wins 2nd and final confidence vote

  26-10-2022 21:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ROME (AP) — Italy’s new far-right-led government of Premier Giorgia Meloni has easily won the second of two required confidence votes in Parliament by a comfortable margin.
  Wednesday night’s vote in the Senate was 115 in favor of her coalition government and 79 against, while there were five abstentions. The coalition needed at least 104 votes for an absolute majority.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  ROME (AP) —Italy’s new Pre
  
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• Canada’s Auger-Aliassime advances to Round of 16 at Swiss Indoors

  26-10-2022 21:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BASEL, Switzerland — Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the Round of 16 at the Swiss Indoors with a three-set win over Switzerland’s Marc-Andrea Huesler on Wednesday.
  The Montreal native beat Huesler 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4 at the tournament in Basel.
  It’s the first time that the world No. 9 Auger-Aliassime played the 62nd ranked Huesler in their ATP Tour careers.
  Auger-Aliassime will face Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanović on Thursday.
  The Canadian took a 6-5 lead i
  
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• Shots fired at Trail hospital; 1 person arrested – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  26-10-2022 21:00 via news.google.com
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• Overhaul transparency law by adopting long-standing calls for change, group tells MPs

  26-10-2022 20:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A pro-transparency group is telling MPs to retool the Access to Information Act by dropping the application fee, imposing tighter timelines to respond to requests for files and narrowing exceptions to the law.
  The changes are among 18 measures outlined by the group Democracy Watch in a submission to the House of Commons committee on information, privacy and ethics.
  The federal access law allows people who pay $5 to ask for documents — from internal emails and expense claims
  
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• Ex-Ottawa police chief says force couldn’t change much about response to convoy

  26-10-2022 20:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The former chief of the Ottawa police says his officers couldn’t have done anything materially differently during the response to the “Freedom Convoy.”
  A summary report of an interview with Peter Sloly has been submitted as evidence at the public inquiry investigating the federal government’s unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act in February.
  In it, Sloly describes operating in the midst of turmoil within Ottawa police ranks, the police services board an
  
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• Atmospheric river forecast in B.C. days after temperature records and drought

  26-10-2022 20:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — An atmospheric river packing “narrow bands of heavy precipitation” is forecast for parts of British Columbia just a week after numerous high temperature records were set amid concerns of drought. 
  A bulletin issued by the Public Safety Ministry warns that residents in the Lower Mainland, on Vancouver Island and on the north and central coasts can expect stormy weather through to Halloween. 
  It says that at the end of a drought, this influx can cause floodi
  
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• UN weather agency: Greenhouse gases reach new record in 2021 – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  26-10-2022 20:00 via news.google.com
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• NHL's Coyotes going back to college for next 3 years – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  26-10-2022 20:00 via news.google.com
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• Canada prepares for its 1st World Cup in 36 years – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  26-10-2022 20:00 via news.google.com
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• 'Absolutely gutting': Mourning the death of Spike the humpback whale – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  26-10-2022 20:00 via news.google.com
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• CP NewsAlert: France denies extradition for priest facing charge in Nunavut

  26-10-2022 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The federal government says France has denied an extradition request for Johannes Rivoire, a priest accused of crimes against children in Nunavut.
  More to come.The Canadian Press
  
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• Chilliwack firefighters faced 'several challenges' in vacant house blaze: fire official – Hope Standard - Hope Standard

  26-10-2022 19:39 via news.google.com
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• Highway 1 widening through Langley moves forward with new Glover Road crossing, paving way for an extra lane each direction

  26-10-2022 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANGLEY — One of the biggest travel hassles for motorists and commuters heading westbound on Highway 1 to Vancouver involves the traffic bottlenecks that regularly occur between Abbotsford and Langley, at least until the HOV lane opens up near Exit 61 westbound.The provincial government hopes to alleviate at least some of those chronic traffic bottlenecks by announcing Wednesday that work toimprove travel times on Highway 1 through the Township of Langley is moving ahead with the replaceme
  
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• Neighbours complain about Bole and Fletcher park in Chilliwack as 'the worst it's ever been' – Hope Standard - Hope Standard

  26-10-2022 19:08 via news.google.com
  Neighbours complain about Bole and Fletcher park in Chilliwack as 'the worst it's ever been' – Hope Standard  Hope Standard
  
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• Neighbours complain about Bole and Fletcher park in Chilliwack as 'the worst it's ever been' – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  26-10-2022 19:08 via news.google.com
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• Unoccupied Reece Avenue home catches fire, poses problems for responding Chilliwack firefighters

  26-10-2022 18:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Fire Department personnel had a difficult time extinguishing an unoccupied residence that caught fire in the 45800 block of Reece Avenue Tuesday night (Oct. 25), but were able to prevent the blaze from spreading to adjacent properties and homes.Chilliwack Fire was dispatched at 9:40 p.m. Tuesday night to a report of a structure fire in the 45800 block of Reece Avenue.Approximately 30 firefighters responded from Halls No. 1, 2, 4 and 6 and discovered heavy flames and
  
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• Man convicted of killing 6 with SUV in Christmas parade

  26-10-2022 18:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man was convicted Wednesday of killing six people and injuring dozens of others when he drove his SUV through a Christmas parade last year, ending a trial in which he defended himself erratically and sometimes confrontationally.
  It took the jury a little over three hours to find Darrell Brooks guilty of all 76 charges, including six counts of first-degree intentional homicide. He faces a mandatory life sentence on each homicide count.
  Brooks, wearing a suit
  
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• Judge orders Meadows to testify in Georgia election probe

  26-10-2022 18:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ATLANTA (AP) — A judge on Wednesday ordered former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to testify before a special grand jury that’s investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to influence the state’s 2020 election.
  Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened the investigation early last year into actions taken by Trump and others to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Meadows is one of a number of high-profile associates an
  
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• Rights group wants other provinces to end random police stops banned by Quebec judge

  26-10-2022 18:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is hailing a Quebec Superior Court decision banning random police stops and is calling on other provinces to end the practice without waiting to be taken to court. 
  Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, the group’s executive director and general counsel, says individual police departments could also create policies ending random stops.
  Justice Michel Yergeau ruled Tuesday that random traffic stops are unconstitutional on the grounds that they a
  
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• City of Chilliwack and FVRD offering free radon test kits

  26-10-2022 17:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The Canadian Lung Association says radon is an invisible, odourless gas that can seep into a home through cracks in floors, walls and foundations.Not only is radon exposure the second-leading cause of lung cancer at 16 per cent in Canada, people who spend more time in buildings or live in a home with radon are at a higher risk for lung cancer, the Canadian Lung Association reports.
  The City of Chilliwack is taking action to highlight the dangers posed by radon exposure by offe
  
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• Canadian defensive back Mike Daly returns to Hamilton Tiger-Cats

  26-10-2022 17:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HAMILTON — Mike Daly is returning to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
  The Canadian defensive back and the Ticats agreed to a deal on Wednesday, allowing the 32-year-old Daly to return to Hamilton.
  Daly played four games for the Tiger-Cats last season and started in the 108th Grey Cup at Tim Hortons Field, totalling eight defensive tackles last season. 
  Hamilton fell to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 33-25 in the CFL championship game.
  The Kitchener, Ont., native has played 91 games over seven seas
  
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• 3 men convicted of supporting plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer

  26-10-2022 17:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Three men accused of supporting a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor were convicted of all charges Wednesday, a triumph for state prosecutors after months of mixed results in the main case in federal court.
  Joe Morrison, his father-in-law Pete Musico, and Paul Bellar were found guilty of providing “material support” for a terrorist act as members of a paramilitary group, the Wolverine Watchmen.
  They held gun drills in rural Jackson County with a leader of the scheme, Adam Fox,
  
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• U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to visit to Ottawa, Montreal

  26-10-2022 17:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Ottawa and Montreal this week, nearly a month after hosting his Canadian counterpart.
  Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly will welcome Blinken to Ottawa on Thursday for formal discussions.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will join talks on the humanitarian crisis in Haiti, support for Ukraine, human rights in Iran and North American refugee policy.
  They will also touch on the updated U.S. strategies for the Arctic and Indo-P
  
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• Canadian ice dancers Gilles, Poirier expect to be medal contenders in every event

  26-10-2022 17:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier were emotionally spent at the end of a Beijing Olympic season spent trying to dodge COVID-19.
  “The stress of the Games really ate into our enjoyment, especially during the second half of last season,” Poirier said.
  The strict rules last season around a positive COVID-19 test could have kept them in isolation ahead of the Games, or even missing the Games altogether. 
  “The biggest challenge was trying not to catch it leading up t
  
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• Protesters rally in Iran to mark 40 days since woman’s death

  26-10-2022 17:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Thousands of protesters poured into the streets of a northwestern Iranian city on Wednesday to mark the watershed 40 days since the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, whose tragedy sparked Iran’s biggest antigovernment movement in over a decade.
  In a separate development, most of the remaining portion of a 10-story tower that collapsed earlier this year in the southwestern city of Abadan, killing at least 41 people, fell on Wednesday, stat
  
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• Canadiens acquire defenceman Nicolas Beaudin from Blackhawks for centre Cam Hillis

  26-10-2022 16:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens acquired defenceman Nicolas Beaudin from the Chicago Blackhawks in a trade for centre Cam Hillis on Wednesday.
  Beaudin had two goals and four assists in 22 NHL games with Chicago spread over three seasons.
  Selected 27th overall at the 2018 draft, the 23-year-old from Chateauguay, Que., has also put up seven goals and 35 assists in 137 AHL contests.
  Hillis, the 66th selection in 2018, made his NHL debut with Montreal last season.
  The Oshawa, Ont., native re
  
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• Researchers Develop Self-Administered, Painless Tattoos

  26-10-2022 16:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!When it comes to do-it-yourself (DIY) projects, most people think home repairs. And if you look at the stats, there’s a reason for this. The average U.S. household juggles nine DIY projects simultaneously and more than 50 percent of American homeowners categorize their residences as works-in-progress.
  Of course, residential repairs aren’t the be-all, end-all when it comes to things you can do yourself — researchers at the Georgia Inst
  
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• Coyotes set to begin life inside cosy new home: ‘Certainly gonna be different’

  26-10-2022 16:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Auston Matthews drove by the Arizona Coyotes’ new home this summer.
  The 5,000-seat rink tucked into a college campus is a temporary solution — for at least the next three seasons — as the franchise continues working on a proposed long-term arena.
  Matthews, who grew up in the Phoenix area, wants to see the franchise that sparked his hockey obsession — long before the Toronto Maple Leafs sniper scored 60 goals in a season and won the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP — succeed i
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: British Columbia’s labour crisis solution can be found at home

  26-10-2022 16:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Young British Columbians are the future of our province. We are incredibly fortunate to have a highly engaged and educated population of young people who are committed to making this province a better place. We are also privileged to attract thousands of young students every year to this province who come to British Columbia from across Canada and around the world to better themselves through post-secondary education.As it happens, we are currently facing a major labour shortage in B.C., especia
  
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• Secrets and lives with Jessica Erion – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  26-10-2022 16:30 via news.google.com
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• Record share of Canadians are immigrants or permanent residents, census shows – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  26-10-2022 16:30 via news.google.com
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• Ottawa police had tow trucks ready to remove semis: officer – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  26-10-2022 16:30 via news.google.com
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• Lengthy pandemic closure finally over for B.C. park straddling Washington border – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  26-10-2022 16:30 via news.google.com
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• Canadians must choose between hobbies and children's lives: gun-control group – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  26-10-2022 16:30 via news.google.com
  Canadians must choose between hobbies and children's lives: gun-control group – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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