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• Canada’s Shapovalov knocks off Evans to advance to semifinals at Vienna Open

  28-10-2022 23:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VIENNA — Canada’s Denis Shapovalov knocked off Britain’s Dan Evans in straight sets Friday to claim a semifinal spot at the Vienna Open.
  Shapovalov fired seven aces and surrendered none en route to a dominating 6-3, 6-3 victory.
  The 23-year-old Richmond Hill, Ont., native won 86 per cent of his first serves and converted three of 16 break points. Evans failed on all four of his chances to break Shapovalov’s serve.
  Shapovalov will play Croatia’s Borna Coric in the se
  
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• Province says over 630,000 B.C. residents got their flu shot in 17-day period

  28-10-2022 23:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The provincial government says its efforts to streamline flu shot procedures resulted in a record number of flu shots being administered in a 17-day period.More than 630,000 people received their flu shots in the first 17 days of B.C.’s influenza immunization campaign, the highest number recorded in that timeframe, the provincial government reported Friday (Oct. 28).
  Approximately 43 per cent of those who received their flu shot got their COVID-19 fall booster at the sam
  
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• Explorer’s cameras recovered after 85 years on Yukon glacier

  28-10-2022 23:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KLUANE NATIONAL PARK AND RESERVE — A cache of equipment belonging to explorer Bradford Washburn, including three of his cameras, has been retrieved from a Yukon glacier after 85 years.
  Now conservation specialists are going to see if they can recover any images from film that’s still inside two of them.
  Even if the film has nothing to reveal, the team that uncovered the cache says the find helps create a new, clearer picture for researchers on how glaciers have moved over the decades
  
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• Chilliwack city councillor Sue Knott received a fond farewell from colleagues after 14 years – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2022 23:33 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack city councillor Sue Knott received a fond farewell from colleagues after 14 years – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Montreal police open murder investigation after woman, 81, found dead in seniors home

  28-10-2022 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Montreal police say they’ve opened a homicide investigation into the death last week of an 81-year-old-woman at a senior’s residence.
  Police spokesman Const. Julien Lévesque says paramedics notified police on Oct. 22 after responding to a call for medical assistance at the home in the city’s east end and finding the woman dead.
  The file was initially transferred to the coroner’s office to determine the cause of death.
  Lévesque says the coroner’s office
  
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• Ottawa Redblacks playing for more than pride against visiting Tiger-Cats

  28-10-2022 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — By all accounts and statistical logic, the Ottawa Redblacks final game of the regular season should be nothing more than a formality.
  Ottawa (4-13-0) closes out the CFL’s regular season Saturday at TD Place with a matchup against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (7-10-0), who will look to avoid injury as they prepare for next Sunday’s East Division semifinal against the Montreal Alouettes.
  After a season that fell well short of expectations it would be almost understandable for
  
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• EDITORIAL: Election results may just show that Chilliwack voters are satisfied – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2022 23:00 via news.google.com
  EDITORIAL: Election results may just show that Chilliwack voters are satisfied – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• FIFA report shows growth in women’s soccer

  28-10-2022 22:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Women’s soccer is seeing growing revenues globally from sponsorships, broadcast deals and merchandising, while also seeing greater interest from fans, according to a new survey by the game’s governing body.FIFA released its second benchmarking report on women’s soccer on Friday as the sport gains momentum ahead of next summer’s Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.The organization surveyed 30 of the top leagues and 294 clubs, building on the first benchmar
  
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• Chilliwack doctor fined, suspended for sexual messages to patient - BC News - Castanet.net

  28-10-2022 22:43 via news.google.com
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• Fraser Valley Children’s Chorus holding inaugural “Voices in Peace” Concert Nov. 13 in Yarrow

  28-10-2022 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The Fraser Valley Children’s Chorus is teaming up with the Richmond Youth Honour Choir and Chilliwack Youth Orchestra and two solo artists to hold its first ever “Voices for Peace” Remembrance Day concert on Sunday, November 13 at 2 p.m. at Yarrow United Mennonite Church.The community concert is completely free, no donations of any kind are being requested, and organizers say it is a family-friendly event that will not only bring a stellar community of musici
  
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• US judge in Arizona lets group monitor ballot drop boxes

  28-10-2022 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge Friday refused to bar a group from monitoring outdoor ballot boxes in Arizona’s largest county, saying that to do so could violate the its constitutional rights.
  U.S. District Court Judge Michael Liburdi issued the ruling Friday. Local and federal law enforcement have been alarmed by reports of people watching outdoor 24-hour ballot boxes in Maricopa County — Arizona’s most populous county — and rural Yavapai County as midterm election
  
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• A timeline of events before and after the Liberals invoked the Emergencies Act

  28-10-2022 22:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Public Order Emergency Commission is tasked with understanding what led the Liberal government to invoke the Emergencies Act to clear protests against COVID-19 mandates and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that gridlocked Ottawa streets and several border crossings.
  Here is a timeline of events contained in testimony and documents at the public inquiry.
  Nov. 19, 2021
  The Public Health Agency of Canada announces new border measures will be imposed in early 2022 requiring Canadian
  
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• ‘It was historic’: Motion to call residential schools genocide backed unanimously

  28-10-2022 22:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A New Democrat member of Parliament says she will be holding the government accountable after her motion calling on the federal government to recognize Canada’s residential schools as genocide passed with unanimous consent.“It was historic,” said Leah Gazan, who represents Winnipeg Centre. “We moved the pendulum in quite an extreme way.”
  Her motion, introduced Thursday after question period, referred to the United Nations convention on genocide adopte
  
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• LETTER: Voting is supposed to give people a voice – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2022 22:00 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack woman, wife of ISIS fighter, released from custody and will reside in Chilliwack while under bail conditions

  28-10-2022 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A British Columbia woman who was repatriated to Canada from a detention camp in Syria this week after marrying an ISIS fighter has been granted bail pending a peace bond hearing.
  Kimberly Polman has been released on recognizance and will be living in Chilliwack.
  Under the bail conditions, Polman is prohibited from possessing a cellphone or any other device capable of connecting to the internet, and from driving any motorized vehicle.
  She cannot possess any documents related to
  
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• Canadians Schizas, Daleman are 1-2 after short program at Skate Canada International

  28-10-2022 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Canadians Madeline Schizas and Gabrielle Daleman are first and second after the women’s singles short program at Skate Canada International.
  Schizas, an 19-year-old from Oakville, Ont., scored 67.90 for her program to the “Black Swan” soundtrack.
  Skating to Rhianna’s “Diamonds,” the 24-year-old Daleman, from Newmarket, Ont., finished with 66.65 points. 
  Daleman, a two-time Olympian and world bronze medallist, is competing in her
  
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• 2030 Olympic bid not quite dead, but B.C. government must join talks: First Nations

  28-10-2022 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — First Nations leaders say they’re still open to pursuing a bid to host the 2030 Olympics in British Columbia, but need the provincial government to engage in talks for plans to move forward.B.C.’s Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Lisa Beare announced Thursday that the province would not support the bid, saying it needs to “focus on people.”Councillor Wilson Williams of the Squamish Nation told reporters Friday that he was “disheartened”
  
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• Urgent recommendation calls for inspection of Canadian-made De Havilland Otter planes

  28-10-2022 21:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Aviation regulators in Canada and the United States are being urged to order the immediate inspection of a type of Canadian-built float plane involved in a deadly crash in Washington state.
  The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board issued an urgent safety recommendation Thursday, calling on Transport Canada and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to require immediate inspections of De Havilland Canada DHC-3 airplanes, better known as the DHC-3 Otter.
  The recommendation
  
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• Vancouver Canucks acquire defenceman Bear, forward Pederson from Carolina Hurricanes

  28-10-2022 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The struggling Vancouver Canucks bolstered their lineup on Friday with the acquisition of defenceman Ethan Bear and forward Lane Pederson from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for a fifth-round draft pick.
  Bear, 25, earned 14 points in 58 games with the Hurricanes last season but has yet to appear in an NHL game this season.
  The six-foot, 200-pound blue-liner from Regina has registered 47 points (13 goals and 34 assists) in 190 career NHL games with Carolina and Edmonton.
  As part of the deal,
  
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• Marshall Road Connector in Abbotsford now complete, giving motorists and commercial vehicles a faster connection to Langley/Surrey

  28-10-2022 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — The City of Abbotsford announced the completion of the long-awaited Marshall Road Connector Friday, giving motorists and commercial vehicles a new east-west corridor between Abbotford and Langley/Surrey.The arterial, which opens for public use on Saturday (Oct. 29), has been a strategic priority for Abbotsford City Council since 2016, and was built in partnership with the municipal government and numerous local property owners and business operators.The new road alignment conn
  
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• B.C. government urges parents to watch for cannabis in Halloween candy

  28-10-2022 21:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The B.C. government wants to make sure kids get all the treats and no unwanted tricks come Monday night on Halloween.In a news release Friday, the provincial government urges parents and caregivers to be alert and check their little ghost’s or goblin’s candy and treats to ensure no cannabis products were accidentally handed out.
  “We count on parents and all those who choose to consume cannabis to help keep kids safe. Illegal cannabis often comes in bright and
  
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• Ottawa restricting foreign state-owned investments in critical minerals

  28-10-2022 21:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal government is restricting the involvement of foreign state-owned companies in Canada’s critical minerals sector.
  Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson say critical minerals are key to the country’s prosperity and security.  
  They say that is why Ottawa is rolling out new rules that will make it more difficult for companies owned or operated by foreign governments to buy or invest in the industry
  
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• One dead after pedestrian collision on Highway 1 in Chilliwack, B.C., police say - Global News

  28-10-2022 20:55 via news.google.com
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• One dead after pedestrian collision on Highway 1 in Chilliwack, B.C., police say

  28-10-2022 20:55 via globalnews.ca
  The pedestrian collision happened around 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, near the Prest Road overpass on Highway 1 in Chilliwack.
  
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• Owner of 110-year-old Chilliwack house wants people to know: 'No, it's not haunted' – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2022 20:23 via news.google.com
  Owner of 110-year-old Chilliwack house wants people to know: 'No, it's not haunted' – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Tydel Foods gives back to Chilliwack community, supports low-income seniors and residents with discounts amid increasing food insecurity

  28-10-2022 20:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Tydel Foods hasn’t been open for that long, but owners Brigida Crosbie and Tony Pitzoff are determined to make a positive impact in the Chilliwack community beyond just selling beef, pork and poultry at her retail store on Patten Avenue near Main Street in downtown Chilliwack.Brigida Crosbie, who previously ran for municipal office in 2014 and 2018, shares a passion with her husband Tony for helping low-income seniors in an era of food insecurity due to skyrocketing infl
  
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• World Cup jerseys get mixed reviews ahead of Qatar – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2022 20:00 via news.google.com
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• Jerry Lee Lewis, outrageous rock 'n' roll star, dies at 87 – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2022 20:00 via news.google.com
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• As Canada faces potential recession, Freeland to give fall economic statement – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2022 20:00 via news.google.com
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• Rights activist, archaeologist, architect honored in Spain

  28-10-2022 19:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OVIEDO, Spain (AP) — A Polish human rights activist, a celebrated Mexican archaeologist and a Japanese architect were among the winners of prestigious Spanish awards who were honored Friday at a royal gala.
  Spain’s royal family attended the annual event in northern Spain, where the eight winners of the Princess of Asturias Awards received their medals.
  Adam Michnik, a former Polish dissident who was a prominent figure in Poland’s Solidarity pro-democracy movement and was impris
  
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• Skyrocketing demand at Chilliwack Food Bank definitely a result of inflationary pressures – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2022 19:31 via news.google.com
  Skyrocketing demand at Chilliwack Food Bank definitely a result of inflationary pressures – Chilliwack Progress  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Concordia University issues apology to Black community for history of racism

  28-10-2022 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Montreal’s Concordia University today issued a formal apology to Black communities for the harm caused by institutional racism and in particular for events that led to a landmark 1969 student protest.
  University president Graham Carr says addressing the institution’s history of anti-Black racism is long overdue and a necessary step to move forward.
  What became known as the Sir George Williams riot in 1969 began as a peaceful occupation against anti-Black discrimination at the univers
  
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• Royal Canadian Legion Branch 295 presents first poppy flower to Mayor Ken Popove ahead of Remembrance Day

  28-10-2022 18:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The enduring power and symbolism of the red poppy serves as a visible reminder that Canada will always strive to remember its fallen military and RCMP veterans and their precious sacrifices.Krista Smith from the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 295 presented the first poppy flower this past week to Chilliwack mayor Ken Popove, to usher in the period leading up to Remembrance Day on November 11.“It means a lot,” Mayor Popove said. “The symbol of the poppy means a
  
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• US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home targeted in attack on husband – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2022 18:30 via news.google.com
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• Advocates urge Ottawa to remove quota on Afghan refugee sponsorship program

  28-10-2022 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — A group of advocates is urging the federal government to remove the limit on applications to sponsor certain Afghan refugees in Canada – or at least stop counting rejected applications towards it.
  The government introduced a new program last month to allow Canadian individuals and organizations to privately sponsor up to 3,000 Afghan refugees who don’t have refugee status from the United Nations refugee agency or a foreign state.
  The government said it will accept spo
  
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• Latest census numbers show Chilliwack's immigrant population on the rise – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2022 18:00 via news.google.com
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• Cybersecurity centre warns of evolving ransomware tactics, state-sponsored threats

  28-10-2022 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal cybersecurity centre says criminals who hold data for ransom are expected to use new techniques — such as threatening a target’s partners or clients — to increase their chances of receiving payment.
  In its threat forecast for 2023-24, the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security says cybercrime continues to be the online activity most likely to affect Canadians and their organizations.The report says ransomware attacks, in which digital files are held hosta
  
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• Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen announce divorce after 13 years

  28-10-2022 17:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen have finalized their divorce, they announced Friday, ending the 13-year marriage between two superstars who respectively reached the pinnacles of fashion and football.
  Brady and Bündchen posted statements on Instagram late Friday morning, each saying they had “amicably” reached the decision.
  “The decision to end a marriage is never easy but we have grown apart and while it is, of course, difficult to go through something like this, I feel
  
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• Canada takes on new international challengers in Pan Continental Curling Championship

  28-10-2022 17:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Canada’s Brad Gushue and Kerri Einarson face some non-traditional opponents in the inaugural Pan Continental championship starting Monday in Calgary.
  Kazakhstan, Hong Kong and Chinese Tapei are among countries in a new World Curling Federation event designed to both streamline the world championship qualification process and provide an equivalent to the 47-year-old European championship that is a worlds qualifier.
  The seven-day Pan Continental concluding Nov. 6 at Calgary&r
  
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• Deaths of 8 in Oklahoma home investigated as murder-suicide

  28-10-2022 17:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) — The deaths of eight people — including six children — found in a burning Oklahoma home are being investigated as a murder-suicide, authorities said Friday.
  The children ranged in age from 1 to 13, and two adults who also died are considered suspects, Broken Arrow Police Chief Brandon Berryhill said during a news conference. He did not provide their identities, ages or explain the deceaseds relationships to one another.
  The causes of death are still un
  
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• Supreme Court declares parts of sex offender registry unconstitutional

  28-10-2022 17:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada’s top court says parts of the national sex offender registry are unconstitutional
  In a ruling this morning, the Supreme Court of Canada says mandatory registration of all sex offenders with more than one conviction goes too far.
  It also concludes that keeping offenders on the registry for the rest of their lives violates the Constitution.
  The ruling came in the case of an Edmonton man, who was 19 was brought to a party publicized by an explicit ad on Facebook and sexu
  
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• US sanctions Iranian group that put bounty on Rushdie’s life

  28-10-2022 17:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is imposing financial penalties on an Iranian-based organization that raised money to target British-American author Salman Rushdie, who was violently attacked in August at a literary event.Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned the 15 Khordad Foundation, which issued a multimillion-dollar bounty for the killing of Rushdie. He wrote “The Satanic Verses,” which some Muslims consider blasphemous.
  Rushdie’s agent says the auth
  
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• Conditions could be a factor in Canada-U. S. Rugby World Cup quarterfinal in Auckland

  28-10-2022 17:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  With heavy rain in the forecast for Auckland, Canada coach Kevin Rouet isn’t expecting Saturday’s Rugby World Cup quarterfinal against the U.S. to be a thing of beauty.
  “It’s going to change the dynamic of the game for sure,” said Rouet, pointing to his forwards and the kicking game as possible key factors in the contest at Waitakere Stadium.
  “It could be not the prettiest game,” the French-born coach added. “But this is a quarterfinal so you have
  
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• Canada’s Auger-Aliassime beats Bublik to reach semifinals at Swiss Indoors

  28-10-2022 17:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BASEL, Switzerland — Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Alexander Bublik 6-2, 6-3 on Friday to reach the semifinals of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament.
  The 22-year-old Montreal native, seeded third in the tournament, broke the Kazakh’s serve in the first game of the match and easily won the opening set.
  Bublik, ranked 38th in the world, offered better opposition in the second set, but eventually went down in defeat in a match that lasted just an hour and 11 minutes.
  Auger-
  
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• Tkachuks to meet in Atlantic Division for first time: ‘Stressful for the parents’

  28-10-2022 17:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Chantal Tkachuk’s rule still stands.
  And it remains pretty straight forward — there will be no fighting.
  “Absolutely still in place,” Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk, the family’s eldest son, said of the not-so-subtle directive.
  “Set in stone,” added Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk, 21 months his sibling’s junior. “That rule will not be broken.”
  The Tkachuk brothers have played against each other plenty since Brady made h
  
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• Canada’s McIntosh and American Ledecky win their opening heats at swimming World Cup

  28-10-2022 17:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Canada’s Summer McIntosh and American Katie Ledecky won their respective heats in the women’s 400-metre freestyle on Friday morning at the FINA Swimming World Cup.
  Ledecky led all swimmers with a time of three minutes 56.23 seconds. Fellow American Hali Flickinger was second in the heat in 4:03.43.
  McIntosh, from Toronto, won the third and final heat in 4:01.11 to qualify for the eight-woman final in the evening.
  Tessa Cieplucha of Georgetown, Ont., won the other heat
  
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• Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton signs on with OSIC; athletes angry about rescheduled AGM

  28-10-2022 17:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton has signed an agreement to join Abuse-Free Sport, the new federal program to prevent and address maltreatment in sport in Canada.
  Effective no later than Jan. 17, 2023, complaints of abuse, discrimination and harassment at the national level will go directly to the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC).
  The announcement comes a week before the embattled national sport organization resumes its heated annual general meeting that was abruptly ad
  
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• Federal government posts $3.9B surplus for April-to-August period

  28-10-2022 17:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal government posted a surplus of $3.9 billion for the first five months of its 2022-23 fiscal year.
  In its monthly fiscal monitor, the finance department says the result for the April-to-August period compared with a deficit of $57.2 billion for the same time last year.
  Government revenue for the period totalled $177.2 billion, up from nearly $149 billion a year ago, helped higher by broad-based improvement.
  Program expenses excluding net actuarial losses amounted to $15
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Freeland to deliver fall economic statement on Nov. 3

  28-10-2022 16:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will deliver an update on federal finances in the fall economic statement to be presented in the House of Commons on Nov. 3.
  More coming.
  The Canadian Press
  
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• Verlander, seeking 1st World Series win, opens for Astros – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2022 16:30 via news.google.com
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