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• Canada’s Keegan Messing had dreamed of being world’s first to land quad Axel

  27-10-2022 23:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — The quadruple Axel is a love/hate thing for Canadian figure skater Keegan Messing.
  “I see it — and I just want to quit,” he said, with a laugh. 
  Messing once dreamed about being history’s first to land the most difficult jump in figure skating, but the 30-year-old said age caught up with him.
  And so he had mixed feelings when 17-year-old Ilia Malinin of the United States landed the first fully-rotated quad Axel in competition. He did it firs
  
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• Windstorm repair closes Highway 1 through Coquitlam

  27-10-2022 23:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — The safe repair of power lines along Highway 1, is forcing the closure of the busy roadway through Coquitlam this afternoon (Oct. 27). Highway 1 westbound is closed at Brunette Avenue while Highway 1 eastbound is closed at Gaglardi Way.
  The lines were brought down during a large windstorm that raced across parts of the lower mainland this morning.
  It’s not clear when the road will be re-opened, but the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure says repair crews are wor
  
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• Ottawa 67’s look for 10th straight win to start Ontario Hockey League season

  27-10-2022 23:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Ottawa 67’s head coach Dave Cameron doesn’t care about statistics or records or anything like that. He just wants his players to focus on their process and play their best each game.
  The 67’s have started the Ontario Hockey League season on a nine-game win streak to rocket to the top of the East Division. They can stretch that streak to 10 when Ottawa hosts the rival Peterborough Petes on Friday night.
  The 67’s can match an OHL record for best-ever start to a season if th
  
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• New B.C. premier David Eby to be sworn in Nov. 18

  27-10-2022 22:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — David Eby will be sworn in as British Columbia’s new premier by Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin on Nov. 18, the office of outgoing leader John Horgan has announced. 
  The Office of the Premier says in a news release that the ceremony to make Eby B.C.’s 37th premier will take place at Government House, with further details to be provided soon.
  Eby became premier-designate last week after being acclaimed as leader of the New Democrats, about four months after Horgan announce
  
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• Police hope to identify woman found dead floating near Vancouver beach – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  27-10-2022 22:09 via news.google.com
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• Jays outfielder George Springer undergoes surgery on right elbow to remove bone spur

  27-10-2022 22:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Toronto Blue Jays outfielder George Springer has had a bone spur removed from his right elbow.
  The club announced on Thursday that the operation in Dallas was a success.
  The nagging injury in Springer’s dominant arm bothered him for most of the season and limited his play.
  Despite this, he had a .267 batting average with 25 home runs, 76 runs batted in, 14 stolen bases and was named a nominee for the Silver Slugger award earlier Thursday.
  A Blue Jays spokesman says Springer is expected to
  
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• Quebec’s shrunken Liberal caucus loses member less than a month after election

  27-10-2022 21:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  QUEBEC — The Quebec Liberal party’s presence in the province’s legislature, already diminished in the Oct. 3 election, has shrunk again.
  Caucus chair Enrico Ciccone said in a terse statement today that Marie-Claude Nichols, who represents the Montreal-area riding of Vaudreuil, has been kicked out of caucus.
  Nichols was first elected in 2014, and only two members of the current Liberal caucus have been in office longer than her.
  Liberal sources say Nichols had sought the deputy
  
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• 5 stabbed in supermarket attack in Italy, one killed

  27-10-2022 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MILAN (AP) — A man armed with a knife stabbed five people Thursday inside a shopping center south of the Italian city of Milan, killing one person, Italian media reported.
  Police arrested a 46-year-old Italian man suspected in the attack, the news agency LaPresse reported.A supermarket employee died en route to the hospital, according to the ANSA news agency. The wounded included a Spanish soccer player, Pablo Mari, who is on loan to the Serie A club Monza from Arsenal, Lapresse reported.
  
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• Federal deficit for previous fiscal year comes in lower than anticipated in budget

  27-10-2022 21:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Annual financial statements show the federal deficit for the previous fiscal year was $23.6 billion lower than the projected in the spring budget.
  According to public accounts documents released Thursday, the federal deficit for the 2021-22 fiscal year was less than expected because of Canada’s strong economic recovery from the pandemic and the winding-down of pandemic supports. 
  The federal deficit was $90.2 billion, while the 2022 budget projected it would come in at
  
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• Veteran Rhymes has enjoyed career-best CFL campaign with B.C. Lions

  27-10-2022 21:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Any other year, Dominic Rhymes would be the B.C. Lions’ nominee for the CFL’s outstanding player award.
  The veteran receiver has posted career highs in catches (82), receiving yards (1,346) and touchdowns (11) to help B.C. (12-5) secure its first playoff berth since 2018. But those impressive stats have come in the same season that Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke took the league by storm before requiring foot surgery.
  “I think that tells you just how special our team is,”
  
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• Four former water polo athletes file $5.5-million suit against Water Polo Canada

  27-10-2022 21:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Four former members of the national water polo team have filed a $5.5-million lawsuit against Water Polo Canada.
  According to a statement of claim, the plaintiffs have asked for $1 million in damages for breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, breach of contract, and vicarious liability for physical, psychological and emotional abuse, sexual harassment and mental suffering.
  They’re also asking for $4 million for past and future economic loss, special damages and $500,000 in pu
  
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• Was the Emergencies Act needed to stop convoy blockades? What the inquiry has heard

  27-10-2022 21:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The public inquiry examining the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act to clear “Freedom Convoy” protesters from Ottawa streets and several border crossings in February is tasked with answering a central question: Was the decision to invoke emergency powers necessary and justified?
  As the commission stretches into its second week of public hearings with testimony from police and city officials, here is how some witnesses have answered that question:&nbs
  
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• OPP head defends comments that ‘Freedom Convoy’ was national security threat

  27-10-2022 21:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The head of the Ontario Provincial Police is defending comments he made about the “Freedom Convoy” posing a threat to Canada’s national security.
  Thomas Carrique told members of Parliament in March that his intelligence unit identified protests in Ottawa as a “threat to national security” about a week after heavy trucks arrived in the capital city.
  But the head of intelligence for the force contradicted that this week in testimony before the public in
  
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• Two-time Silver Slugger winners Hernandez, Springer among Blue Jays’ nominees

  27-10-2022 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Outfielders Teoscar Hernandez and George Springer are two of six Toronto Blue Jays named as finalists for Major League Baseball’s Silver Slugger award.
  Both are two-time winners of the award given to the best offensive player at each position in both the American and National League.
  Hernandez is looking for his third consecutive Silver Slugger, having earned it in 2020 and 2021.
  Springer won the award in 2017 and 2019 when he was with the Houston Astros.
  Catcher Alejandro
  
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• B.C. government declines support for Indigenous-led 2030 Olympic bid

  27-10-2022 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — The government of British Columbia will not support an Indigenous-led bid to host the 2030 Olympics in the province.Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport Lisa Beare issued a statement Thursday saying the Games come with billions of dollars in direct costs and hosting could jeopardize the government’s ability to address pressures facing citizens.
  The statement says B.C. has already committed to holding the 2025 Invictus Games and being a host city for the 2026 World
  
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• Democracy meets divinity in Savannah, where the word of God is a simple one: vote

  27-10-2022 20:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAVANNAH, Ga. — From the oldest African-American pulpit in the United States, Rev. Thurmond Neill Tillman’s fiery Sunday sermon is as much about having faith in democracy as it is about spreading the word of the Lord.
  Many tactics are being used these days to discourage people from exercising their right to vote, Tillman preaches — including some that exploit the apprehension Black people have long felt when casting a ballot in Georgia. 
  “Fear will paralyze you &mdas
  
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• Prince Harry's memoir, titled 'Spare,' to come out Jan. 10 – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  27-10-2022 20:30 via news.google.com
  Prince Harry's memoir, titled 'Spare,' to come out Jan. 10 – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Toronto Arrows sign veteran Irish back, look to add talent in MLR dispersal draft

  27-10-2022 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Arrows added international experience Thursday by signing veteran Irish back Noel Reid for the 2023 Major League Rugby season.
  The 32-year-old Reid arrives from England’s London Irish, with whom he finished out the 2021-22 Premiership Rugby season.
  Reid began his pro career with Leinster in 2012, making more than 120 appearances and scoring more than 100 points in seven seasons with the then-Pro12/Pro14 club. The six-foot-one 205-pounder went on to play for Engl
  
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• B.C. won't support bid for 2030 Winter Olympics – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  27-10-2022 20:25 via news.google.com
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• Police forces too thinly stretched to administer firearm buyback program, chiefs say

  27-10-2022 20:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canadian police chiefs are urging the federal government not to rely on resource-strapped police forces to carry out a planned gun buyback.
  Two years ago, the government announced a ban on over 1,500 models and variants of what it considers assault-style firearms, such as the AR-15.
  The Liberals plan a mandatory buyback program to offer compensation to affected owners and businesses.
  Regina Police Chief Evan Bray, appearing at a House of Commons committee on behalf of the Canadian
  
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• Fireworks are a Halloween tradition in B.C., but many cities regulate them

  27-10-2022 20:14 via globalnews.ca
  While some cities permit fireworks on Halloween night, many municipalities across the province have banned their use, including Vancouver, Kelowna, Coquitlam, Kamloops and Surrey.
  
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• Union calling for prime minister to fire Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay

  27-10-2022 19:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A union representing thousands of Veterans Affairs Canada employees is asking the prime minister to replace Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay.
  In a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the Union of Veterans Affairs’ Employees says it has lost faith in MacAulay for repeatedly refusing to meet to discuss their concerns.
  Those concerns include a $570-million contract the department recently awarded to an outside company related to rehabilitation services for veter
  
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• Saskatchewan legislature member says invite for killer to throne speech an ‘error’

  27-10-2022 19:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  REGINA — A member of Saskatchewan’s legislative assembly says it was a mistake for him to invite a notorious convicted killer to sit in on the provincial government’s tough-on-crime throne speech. 
  Lyle Stewart said in a statement Thursday it was his decision alone to invite his longtime friend and constituent Colin Thatcher.
  “In retrospect, this was an error in judgment as his presence was a distraction from a very positive and forward-looking Throne Speech, which i
  
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• Hockey Canada signs on to Abuse-Free Sport following months of controversy

  27-10-2022 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Hockey Canada says it has become a full signatory to Abuse-Free Sport, the new independent program to prevent and address maltreatment in sport in Canada. 
  All complaints of abuse, discrimination and harassment at the national level will go directly to the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner, a new federal agency.
  Hockey Canada’s announcement Thursday came as the national sports organization scrambles to restore its reputation after a series of damning allegatio
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP invites little “Crime Fighters” to detachment on Halloween for photo ops in police cars

  27-10-2022 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — If your child is dressing up as a police officer, a super hero, or any character for that matter on Halloween, the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment on Airport Road in Chilliwack has a pretty cool photo opportunity for parents this coming Monday.If you’re in the neighbourhood on Monday afternoon, October 31, the Chilliwack RCMP says that it’s “in search of new recruits this Halloween,” it wrote on Twitter Thursday morning.It invites all “cri
  
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• Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime sails into Swiss Indoors quarters with dominant win

  27-10-2022 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BASEL, Switzerland — Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime is on to the quarterfinals of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament.
  The third-seeded Montreal native dispatched Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic 6-1, 6-0 at the hardcourt event.
  Auger-Aliassime improved to 2-2 over the course of his career against the world No. 28 Kecmanovic.
  The Canadian will face Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik in the quarters on Friday.
  Auger-Aliassime’s serve was dominant on Thursday, earning him 10 ace
  
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• Antisemitism decried four years after Pa. synagogue attack

  27-10-2022 19:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — In what has become an annual ritual, Pittsburgh’s Jewish community Thursday honored the memory of the 11 Jews who were murdered on this date in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.
  For many community leaders, their grief is mixed with dismay over the continued and growing incidents of antisemitism in the United States and beyond.
  That included the widely publicized comments of Ye, the rap superstar formerly known as Kanye West, who voiced antisemitic st
  
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• Fatality confirmed at northwest B.C. gold mine – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  27-10-2022 18:26 via news.google.com
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• B.C.’s ‘vulnerable’ Fraser Valley needs flood control plan, Senate committee warns

  27-10-2022 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry is calling for a comprehensive flood control plan for British Columbia’s Fraser Valley following last year’s catastrophic floods.
  Last November, historic rainfall caused flooding of 15,000 hectares of land, affecting more than 1,000 farms and 2.5 million livestock, washing out highway and railway infrastructure, and causing an estimated $285 million in damage.
  The committee says its study into the flooding and its impact
  
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• Veteran Canadian flanker Karen Paquin savours one more Rugby World Cup adventure

  27-10-2022 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Veteran flanker Karen Paquin and Canada face the U.S. for the second time in a week Saturday at the Rugby World Cup.
  But this time it’s win or go home as the North American rivals meet in quarterfinal play in Auckland, New Zealand. The third-ranked Canadians downed the seventh-ranked Americans 29-14 when they met in pool play last weekend. 
  Canada has won six straight over the U.S. since 2019.
  For the 35-year-old Paquin, the tournament is the latest step on a rich rugby journey that h
  
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• Auditor general says $500M in overpayments to civil servants needs to be collected

  27-10-2022 17:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Up to a quarter of federal government employees are still experiencing problems with their pay because of the troubled Phoenix pay system, and the government might be running out of time to collect on overpayments.
  A new report from Canada’s auditor general says 28 per cent of civil servants in its sampling had errors in their pay, which is down from an estimated 47 per cent last year. 
  Meanwhile, more than $500 million in overpayments were made to more than 100,000 emp
  
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• Outrage in South Africa as charges dropped in gang rape case

  27-10-2022 17:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Women’s rights groups in South Africa expressed outrage Thursday and criticized police for perceived failures after charges were dropped against 14 men accused of gang raping and robbing female members of a film crew at an abandoned mine in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg.
  State prosecutors said there was insufficient evidence against the men to proceed with the case.
  The men, believed to be illegal miners, were arrested during a police raid at the mine after at
  
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• Crown adjusts Hoggard charge in northeastern Ontario sex assault case

  27-10-2022 17:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HAILEYBURY, Ont. — The Ontario Crown in northeastern Ontario is proceeding with a sexual assault charge against Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard.
  The Canadian musician was charged in March with sexual assault causing bodily harm in an incident alleged to have taken place on June 25, 2016, in Kirkland Lake, Ont.
  A Crown lawyer told a Haileybury, Ont., court Thursday that the case would proceed with just a sexual assault charge.
  Hoggard’s lawyer, Megan Savard, has previously said that her
  
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• Rainfall, wind warnings issued for much of B.C. – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  27-10-2022 17:25 via news.google.com
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• Ottawa Senators sign centre Mark Kastelic to two-year contract extension

  27-10-2022 17:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators and centre Mark Kastelic have agreed on a two-year contract extension, the team announced Thursday.
  The deal, which carries an average annual value of US$835,000, will pay the 23-year-old $800,000 in 2023-24 and $870,000 in 2024-25.
  In his third professional season, Kastelic had two goals in six games with Ottawa in 2022-23 heading into Thursday’s contest against the Minnesota Wild.
  In 22 career NHL games, the six-foot-three, 233-pound Phoenix native has
  
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• Maine begins removing those naughty license plates

  27-10-2022 17:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine is cleaning up its roadways by removing the flippin’ vulgarities from license plates.
  The state is enforcing new rules to eliminate f-bombs and other obscenities that appeared on vanity license plates after the state effectively eliminated its review process.
  The state began issuing recall letters this month, with a handful each day. It’ll take a couple of months to complete the process.
  Secretary of State Shenna Bellows is passionate about free spe
  
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• Hall of Famer Bryan Trottier shares life in and out of hockey in ‘All Roads Home’

  27-10-2022 17:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Bryan Trottier didn’t want to go back.
  It was December 1972 and his junior team — the Swift Current Broncos — was set to resume its schedule following the Christmas break.
  After a rough and tumble first half of the season, however, the homesick rookie was hesitant. A booming 7 a.m. knock the following morning as a blizzard blanketed the Trottier ranch in southwestern Saskatchewan changed everything.
  Tiger Williams was at the door. And he wasn’t leaving without his friend
  
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• Putin claims West seeks global domination by using Ukraine

  27-10-2022 16:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday sought to cast the conflict in Ukraine as part of efforts by the West to secure its global domination.
  Speaking at a conference of international policy experts, Putin accused the U.S. and its allies of trying to dictate their terms to other nations in a “dangerous and bloody” domination game.
  Putin, who sent his troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24, has cast Western support for Ukraine as part of broad efforts by Washington a
  
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• Study: Touchdown Atlantic provided economic boost to Nova Scotia cities

  27-10-2022 16:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The CFL’s ’22 Touchdown Atlantic generated more than $12.7 million in economic benefit to regions of Nova Scotia according to a study commissioned by the league.
  Touchdown Atlantic was held in Wolfville, N.S., in July and culminated with the Toronto Argonauts downing the Saskatchewan Roughriders 30-24 before 10,886 spectators at an expanded Raymond Field on the campus of Acadia University.
  On Thursday, a study by Sport Tourism Canada (STC) stated there was over $12.7
  
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• OPP head defends comments that 'Freedom Convoy' was national security threat – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  27-10-2022 16:30 via news.google.com
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• Supreme Court will not hear appeal of Manitoba’s public-sector wage freeze

  27-10-2022 16:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from unions that consider the Manitoba government’s public-sector wage freeze a violation of collective bargaining rights.
  Just over a year ago, the provincial Court of Appeal ruled the government was within its rights to legislate the wage freeze. 
  It said the original judge from what was then the Court of Queen’s Bench erred in deciding the legislation violated bargaining rights under the Charter of Rights and
  
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• Estimated cost of warship fleet rises to $84B thanks to delays, inflation: PBO

  27-10-2022 15:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Parliament’s budget officer says delays and inflation are adding billions to the cost of building a new fleet of warships for the Royal Canadian Navy.
  In a report released this morning, budget officer Yves-Giroux estimates the government will pay more than $84 billion for 15 new warships.
  That represents a nine per cent increase over the $77-billion estimate that Giroux produced last year for the new vessels, which are slated to be built in Halifax.
  The federal government ha
  
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• Telus International to acquire WillowTree for US$1.225 billion, including debt

  27-10-2022 15:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Telus International, a spin-off from Telus Corp., says it is acquiring full-service digital product provider WillowTree for US$1.225 billion, including debt, as it looks to continue growing. 
  The digital consulting business says the assumed debt amounts to US$210 million, of which US$125 million will be settled in Telus International’s subordinate voting shares, approximately US$160 million will be reinvested by certain eligible management team members and the remain
  
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• Fraser Valley businesses recognized for inclusive hiring practices at Inclusive Employer Excellence Awards

  27-10-2022 15:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — Six Abbotsford businesses exemplified the relentless pursuit of an equitable, diverse workforce in practical, tangible ways to earn plaudits at the Inclusive Employer Excellence Awards last week.
  The IEEA is an annual event to acknowledge and celebrate Abbotsford companies who go the extra mile to genuinely create inclusive workplaces for people of all abilities and talents.In practical terms, this means actively employing, providing work experience placements, community advoc
  
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• Park Board to open up office board room in case Cultus Lake residents experience power outages from stormy weather

  27-10-2022 15:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Cultus Lake residents are asked to prepare for heavy rainfall and blustery winds ahead of a forecasted storm that will arrive sometime today and last through Friday.The Fraser Valley is expecting at least 40 millimetres of heavy rainfall along with gusty winds exceeding 50 kilometres an hour from Thursday, Oct. 27 to Friday, Oct. 28.Joe Lamb, chief administrative officer for the Cultus Lake Park Board, posted on Facebook Wednesday afternoon (Oct. 26) that residential leasehold
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Celebrating Small Business Week

  27-10-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Last week was Small Business Week, an opportunity to celebrate the incredible determination, hard work, and adaptability of B.C.’s small businesses and the positive impact they have on our province.
  I grew up working in my family’s restaurant in Victoria. It was a place where the community came together for good food and a local connection. I feel so lucky to have learned all about small businesses and the incredible work that goes into them.
  In B.C., 98% of businesses are small busi
  
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• Did the Satanic Panic Ever Really End?

  27-10-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!In the 1980s, angry parents insisted that the devil was whispering to their children through heavy metal music. Listening to it would surely cost the kids their souls and send them running into the open arms of a satanic cult.
  While that may sound far-fetched, it’s only a record scratch on the surface of what was playing out in America in the ’80s and ’90s. Dubbed the Satanic Panic, this period was full of paranoia-fueled accusations about
  
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• Benchmark interest rate hike not exactly a welcome sign to Chilliwack real estate board

  27-10-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — As sales of Chilliwack real estate drop by more than 50 per cent compared to this time a year ago, a benchmark interest rate hike of 50 basis points by the Bank of Canada yesterday (October 26) to a rate of 3.75 per cent isn’t exactly music to the ears of the Chilliwack real estate board.“The latest rate hike was not unexpected, the question was how much? We can’t say we are happy about the increase, but it was better than what we anticipated,” said Dar
  
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• NHL players tooting their own horn with personalized goal songs

  27-10-2022 14:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NHL players choosing their own goal songs is trending in a sport that’s historically emphasized team and downplayed the individual.
  The Winnipeg Jets this season are among the latest clubs to let each player pick a song to reverberate through Canada Life Centre after he scores.
   “I think the fans have loved it. The players have definitely picked up on it. They’ve put some thought into it,” said Kyle Balharry, True North Sports’ senior director of game presentat
  
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• Five Things: A look at Phillies manager and Sarnia, Ont., native Rob Thomson

  27-10-2022 14:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canada’s Rob Thomson has guided the Philadelphia Phillies on an improbable journey to the World Series.
  The native of Sarnia, Ont., took over as manager of a sub-. 500 team on June 3 and helped the Phillies turn their season around, eventually claiming the final post-season spot in the National League before winning three playoff rounds.
  Now the Houston Astros await in the Fall Classic starting Friday night at Minute Maid Park. 
  MAKING HIS MARK
  The Phillies responded immediately to Th
  
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