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• Chilliwack RCMP clarifies missing 29-year-old man has been found deceased

  01-11-2022 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — More than six months after he was first reported missing, Chilliwack RCMP announced Tuesday (Nov. 1) that a missing 29-year-old man is deceased.According to a statement from Corporal Martin Godard, media relations officer for the Chilliwack RCMP detachment, Mounties have confirmed that 29-year-old Bret Lance McLaren has died.“The RCMP can confirm the 29-year-old male reported missing on April 11, 2022, has been located deceased,” the statement on Tuesday afternoon,
  
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• Saudis tell US that Iran is prepping attack on kingdom – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2022 23:30 via news.google.com
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• Man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi on a 'suicide mission' – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2022 23:30 via news.google.com
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• Canada failing Black, Indigenous prisoners as overrepresentation persists: report – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2022 23:30 via news.google.com
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• 2 police officers in stable condition after Newark shooting

  01-11-2022 23:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two Newark police officers were wounded in a shooting Tuesday afternoon in a residential neighborhood about a mile west of the city’s airport, officials said.
  The officers were being treated for injuries at a nearby hospital, according to the Essex County prosecutor’s office. Both were in stable condition, according to a person with knowledge of their conditions who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly ahead of a planned news conference.
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• Toronto first baseman Guerrero wins American League Gold Glove Award

  01-11-2022 23:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has won his first career American League Gold Glove Award.
  The 23-year-old Guerrero finished ahead of Minnesota’s Luis Arraez and New York’s Anthony Rizzo to win the award as the league’s top defensive player at his position.
  Guerrero’s win comes two seasons after he switched to first base after starting his career playing at third.
  He had a .990 fielding percentage, helped turn 80 double plays and had 10 errors in 160
  
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• Maple Leafs limp home after disastrous road trip as pressure mounts on Keefe

  01-11-2022 23:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Mitch Marner says the Maple Leafs aren’t thinking about their head coach’s future.
  They’re also convinced the solution to a disastrous start to 2022-23 rests inside the four walls of the team’s locker room.
  Toronto limped home from a long and disappointing road trip with even more questions than when the group jetted west Oct. 19 on the heels of a worrying start for a group that sees itself as a Stanley Cup contender.
  The Leafs went 1-2-2 in Winnipeg, Las
  
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• Eustaquio, Viens named Canada Soccer players of the month for October

  01-11-2022 23:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Stephen Eustaquio and Evelyne Viens have been named Canada Soccer’s players of the month for October.
  Eustaquio helped FC Porto qualify for the round of 16 in UEFA Champions League while Evelyne Viens provided some timely offence in Canada’s wins in two October friendlies in Europe.Eustaquio and Porto won three-straight group matches in UEFA Champions League in October to clinch a top-two spot in Group B, returning the Portuguese club to the knockout phase of the competition for the
  
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• Canada captures historic bronze in world gymnastics champs, securing Olympic berth

  01-11-2022 22:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom — Canada has made history at the world gymnastics gymnastics championships.
  Three-time Olympian Ellie Black, Laurie Denommee, Denelle Pedrick, Emma Spence and Sydney Turner won bronze in the team event to secure a berth in that event at the 2024 Paris Olympics. It’s Canada’s first ever world medal in the team event.
  The Canadians scored 160.563 points en route to bronze. The United States won gold with 166.564, while Britain claimed the silver (163.363
  
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• Queen’s Plate winner Moira faces challenge in Breeders’ Cup race

  01-11-2022 22:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  She earned trainer Kevin Attard his first Queen’s Plate title earlier this year, but Moira will have plenty of ground to cover to secure her conditioner a Breeders’ Cup trophy.
  The champion filly will break from the No. 12 post in the US$2-million Filly and Mare Turf event set at 1 3/16 miles Saturday at Keeneland. She’ll be one of two Canadian entries in the 12-horse field, with Lady Speightspeare — owned by Charles Fipke and trained by veteran Woodbine conditioner Roger
  
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• Ucluelet restaurant named Canada's best fine dining experience – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2022 22:15 via news.google.com
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• Toronto Arrows re-sign former Canadian under-20 scrum half Cole Brown

  01-11-2022 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Arrows have re-signed scrum half Cole Brown for the 2023 Major League Rugby season.Brown, 22, missed most of the 2022 season due to a pair of foot injuries. After returning from the first injury, he started and scored a try only to sidelined by another foot injury.
  Restored to heath, Brown was the starting scrum half for McMaster in the fall OUA season.
  The five-foot-11 190-pounder from Pickering, Ont., was part of Canada’s under-20 tour to Portugal in 2020 and
  
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• Shapovalov advances at Paris Masters with win over Cerundolo

  01-11-2022 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PARIS — Canada’s Denis Shapovalov advanced to the second round of the Paris Masters tennis tournament on Tuesday with a 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4 win over Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo.
  Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., had nine aces and converted three of 10 break point chances in the victory.
  Cerundolo had just two chances to break Shapovalov, converting one.
  Shapovalov entered the final Masters 1,000-level tournament ranked 16th in the world, moving up three spots after a run
  
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• Canada’s Eustaquio scores for Porto in Champions League win

  01-11-2022 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PORTO, Portugal — Canadian international Stephen Eustaquio scored as Porto defeated Atlético Madrid 2-1 in Champions League play Tuesday to finish atop Group B.
  Brazilian winger Galeno beat Atletico defender Stefan Savic to the ball down the left flank, headed toward the penalty box and sent in a low cross than an onrushing Eustaquio hammered into the corner of the net before being chopped down in a tackle.
  The 24th-minute strike was the second career Champions League goal for the 2
  
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• Paul Pelosi’s accused attacker held without bail

  01-11-2022 22:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco judge on Tuesday ordered the man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home, beating her husband and seeking to kidnap her, to be held without bail.
  Adam Lipson, a lawyer for defendant David DePape, entered a not guilty plea on Depape’s behalf during the brief hearing in Superior Court in San Francisco. It was the first public appearance since the early Friday attack for DePape, a fringe activist drawn to conspiracy theories.
  
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• Chilliwack Military Museum needs help identifying photos – Agassiz Harrison Observer - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  01-11-2022 22:00 via news.google.com
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• Alberta NDP says B.C. doctor deal a wakeup call to Smith to knock off pseudo-science

  01-11-2022 21:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — The leader of Alberta’s Opposition NDP says the proposed pay deal for B.C. doctors is a wakeup call to Premier Danielle Smith to stop threatening to take a wrecking ball to Alberta’s health system and to end her embrace of pseudo-science.
  Rachel Notley says the pay deal shows the race is on for scarce talent in the health field and that the organizational chaos and anti-science bent of Smith’s government is setting Alberta back.
  This week the B.C. government an
  
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• Advocates urge MPs to enshrine definition of guns outlawed by Liberals

  01-11-2022 21:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A prominent gun-control group is urging MPs to legislatively enshrine a comprehensive ban on firearms the government outlawed using regulatory orders more than two years ago.
  The Liberals banned some 1,500 models and variants of firearms, including the AR-15 and Ruger Mini-14, through an order-in-council in May 2020 on the grounds they have no place in hunting or sport shooting. 
  Appearing at the House of Commons public safety committee today, PolySeSouvient says a comprehens
  
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• City of Mission names winner of its youth art contest

  01-11-2022 21:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSION — Mission resident Elizabeth had plenty to draw from when she began conceptualizing her favourite part of Mission.A vista of snow-capped mountains was the first thing that came to her mind.
  “The mountains are filled with magic,” Elizabeth said. “I enjoy spending time with my family in them.”
  According to a news release from the City of Mission, her entry was the winner of the Shine Bright Mission Youth Art contest that was held in September. The drawing will
  
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• Skater Seguin’s book details career-ending concussions, toxic relationship with coach

  01-11-2022 21:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Julianne Seguin has spent a good chunk of the past few years “lying on my bed, staring at the wall” in her family’s Montreal home.She’s listened to podcasts or audio books, and has had brief conversations with friends, but lingering symptoms from a series of concussions has limited her ability to do much more than that.
  The 25-year-old Seguin and Charlie Bilodeau were a young Canadian pairs figure skating team on the rise. They won the 2014 Junior Grand Prix Final, silver
  
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• Dozens of recommendations in overdose and drug toxicity report by B.C. MLAs

  01-11-2022 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — An all-party committee at British Columbia’s legislature has released a report on drug toxicity and overdose deaths that calls for dozens of urgent steps from the province to address the deadly crisis.  
  The more than three dozen recommendations include ensuring continuity of care for at-risk people, expanding a take-home naloxone program, and engaging with health-care providers to reduce barriers in prescribing a safe supply of drugs.
  The report also seeks a “s
  
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• Quebec politicians must swear oath to King Charles to sit in legislature: Speaker

  01-11-2022 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  QUEBEC — The Speaker of Quebec’s legislature says elected politicians must swear an oath to the King before taking office, after members of two parties refused to do so last month.
  François Paradis today submitted his decision to Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon and Québec solidaire co-spokesperson Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois.
  The 11 Québec solidaire and the three PQ members recently elected to the legislature swore oaths of loyalty to the
  
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• MLA Ravi Kahlon to speak at MLA Kelli Paddon’s Birthday Bash Nov. 26 Old Yale Brewery; tickets are $150/person

  01-11-2022 21:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack-Kent MLA Kelli Paddon has invited Delta North MLA Ravi Kahlon to what she’s calling “Kelli’s Birthday Bash” on Saturday, November 26 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., at Old Yale Brewery, 44550 South Sumas Road.
  Kahlon, the provincial Minister of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation and a two-time Olympian in field hockey for Team Canada, will be the featured guest.Image: Supplied by MLA Kelli Paddon / Chilliwack-Kent MLA Kelli Paddon has invited Delt
  
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• Bolsonaro declines to concede Brazil defeat in first address

  01-11-2022 21:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday did not concede the election he lost to leftist Lula da Silva in a brief speech that marked his first comments since results were released two days ago.But afterward, Chief-of-Staff Ciro Nogueira told reporters that Bolsonaro has authorized him to begin the transition process.
  Bolsonaro’s address didn’t mention election results, but he said he will continue to follow the rules of the nation’s constituti
  
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• Dickenson to return as Riders head coach despite disastrous 2022 season

  01-11-2022 21:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  REGINA — Craig Dickenson will return to helm the Saskatchewan Roughriders for a fifth straight season, but several members of his coaching staff are paying the price after the team spiralled out of the playoffs following a season-ending seven-game losing streak.
  The Roughriders fired offensive coordinator Jason Maas on Tuesday and said run game coordinator and offensive line coach Stephen Sorrells and receivers coach Travis Moore will not have their contracts renewed.
  Saskatchewan finished
  
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• UFV Cascades women's basketball team ranked second in coaches preseason poll – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2022 21:15 via news.google.com
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• VIDEO: Thomas Edison may have left his mark on piano – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2022 21:10 via news.google.com
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• Canadian defender Scott Kennedy suffers shoulder injury on the eve of the World Cup

  01-11-2022 21:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  REGENSBURG, Germany — Canadian defender Scott Kennedy has suffered a shoulder injury on the eve of the World Cup.
  SSV Jahn Regensburg, Kennedy’s German club, said the 25-year-old from Calgary was injured in last Saturday’s 3-0 loss to Rostock. Kennedy was forced to leave in the seventh minute.
  There was no immediate word on the time frame for Kennedy’s return either from his club or Canada Soccer. The 41st-ranked Canadians open World Cup play against No. 2 Belgium on Nov.
  
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• Missing 29-year-old Chilliwack man has been located

  01-11-2022 20:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — More than six months after he was first reported missing, Chilliwack RCMP announced Tuesday (Nov. 1) that they have good news surrounding the disappearance of a 29-year-old Chilliwack man.According to a statement from Martin Godard, media relations officer for the Chilliwack RCMP detachment, Mounties have confirmed that 29-year-old Bret Lance McLaren has been located.He was previously last seen in February, prompting the media blitz from the RCMP to help locate McLaren.Chilliw
  
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• Yet another vacant house in Chilliwack burns

  01-11-2022 20:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Over two dozen Chilliwack firefighters were dispatched early Tuesday morning (Nov. 1) to extinguish yet another vacant, unoccupied house fire in Chilliwack.Twenty-five fire personnel from Chilliwack Fire Halls No. 1, 2, 4 and 6 responded to the 45800 block of Alexander Avenue at 5 a.m. for a report of a structure fire. On arrival, they found a two-storey residential house with heavy fire at the rear and thick smoke coming out of from a second-floor window.
  The fire did not app
  
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• Canada Ravens lose opener to Papua New Guinea at Rugby League World Cup

  01-11-2022 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LEEDS, United Kingdom — The Canada Ravens lost their opener at the Women’s Rugby League World Cup on Tuesday as Papua New Guinea scored 26 second-half points en route to a 34-12 victory.
  The Canadian women, who beat PNG at the 2017 tournament for their first-ever international win, acquitted themselves well but paid for unforced errors. And the Ravens had no answers as the Orchids grew in confidence and flair in the second half.
  Tries on either side of halftime by elusive fullback Ma
  
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• Lawyer for B.C. mayor charged with public mischief suggests client treated unfairly

  01-11-2022 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY, B.C. — A lawyer representing Surrey, B.C., Mayor Doug McCallum suggests RCMP decided early into an investigation that his client deceived police by saying his foot was run over in a grocery store parking lot.
  Richard Peck is questioning the primary investigator at McCallum’s provincial court mischief trial and says police couldn’t tell in surveillance video if the mayor’s foot had been injured by a woman driving a vehicle.
  RCMP Sgt. André Johnny told court
  
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• Quebec judge says McGill work halted to avoid ‘irreparable harm’ to Mohawk plaintiffs

  01-11-2022 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A Quebec judge today released his written reasons for a ruling last week that halted excavation work on a McGill University project after an Indigenous group raised concerns about possible unmarked graves.
  Superior Court Justice Gregory Moore writes that allowing the planned work to go ahead without taking time to develop a proper archeological plan would cause irreparable harm to the Mohawk plaintiffs who initiated the case.
  He says the identification of unmarked Indigenous gra
  
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• Supreme Court clears way for Graham testimony in Georgia

  01-11-2022 19:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted a temporary hold on Sen. Lindsey Graham’s testimony in a Georgia investigation of possible illegal interference in the 2020 election by then-President Donald Trump and his allies in the state.
  The court left no legal impediments in the way of Graham’s appearance before a special grand jury, now scheduled for Nov. 17.
  But in an unsigned order, the justices noted that Graham still could raise objections to some questions.
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• McDavid, Pastrnak and Panarin named NHL’s three stars for October

  01-11-2022 19:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid, Boston Bruins right-wing David Pastrnak and New York Rangers left-wing Artemi Panarin have been named the NHL’s three stars for October.
  McDavid led the league with nine goals and 18 points in nine games to propel the Oilers to a 6-3-0 October.
  The Oilers superstar began 2022-23 with his second career season-opening hat trick, helping him become the sixth-fastest player in league history to reach the 700-point milestone (488 games played).
  McDavid, wh
  
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• AP source: Bears acquire WR Claypool from Steelers

  01-11-2022 19:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Wide receiver Chase Claypool is heading to the Chicago Bears.
  A person with knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press the Pittsburgh Steelers have traded Claypool to Chicago for a second-round pick in the 2023 draft. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal was not official.
  The trade gives Chicago quarterback Justin Fields a downfield threat in an effort to boost a passing attack that ranks last in the NFL, averaging just 126.9 yards p
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP executes search warrant in Fairfield Island, recovers stolen items listed on Facebook Marketplace and a gun

  01-11-2022 19:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Facebook Marketplace has emerged as a favourite online option for selling unwanted, used items locally.
  However, for a couple of crooks in Chilliwack this past week, they got their just reward for stealing items that didn’t belong to them.Chilliwack Mounties executed a search warrant in the 10000 block of Fairbanks Crescent in Fairfield Island, located a few blocks east of Gwynne Vaughan Park, on Thursday, October 28 and recovered stolen items listed for sale on Marketpl
  
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• Ottawa reveals plan to welcome 500000 immigrants per year by 2025 – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2022 19:30 via news.google.com
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• Kamloops RCMP investigating body found in park – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2022 19:30 via news.google.com
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• Canada’s Einarson dumps Kazakhstan’s Ebauyer at Pan Continental Curling Championships

  01-11-2022 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Canada’s Kerri Einarson rolled to a 12-1 rout of Kazakhstan’s Angelina Ebauyer on Tuesday at the Pan Continental Curling Championships.
  Einarson scored two in the first end and stole three points in the second en route to the six-end victory at the WinSport Event Centre.
  In other round-robin games, South Korea’s Seungyoun Ha defeated Australia’s Jennifer Westhagen 13-1, Japan’s Satsuki Fujisawa beat New Zealand’s Jessica Smith 11-1 and Hong Kon
  
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• Gulf & Fraser donates $10K to Chilliwack Hospital Foundation to fund new laparoscopic tool set at CGH; ICU ventillators still needed

  01-11-2022 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — There are funding gaps when it comes to Fraser Health and its inability to fund all equipment needs across the health authority’s vast network of 12 hospitals serving the needs of 1.9 million people from Burnaby to Boston Bar.That’s where the Chilliwack Hospital Foundation comes in, backed by a dedicated group of unpaid volunteers whose sole mission is to support Chilliwack General Hospital’s capital needs to enable health care professionals to provide qualit
  
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• Quebec to open two nurse-run clinics in Montreal to ease emergency room crisis

  01-11-2022 19:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s latest plan to resolve the province’s emergency room crisis includes opening two clinics run entirely by nurse practitioners.
  The new clinics to open in the coming weeks in Montreal are part of a three-point plan announced today by Health Minister Christian Dubé to ease overcrowding in the province’s hospitals.
  Dubé’s announcement comes the same day a letter was made public from the heads of Quebec’s emergency departments sayi
  
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• Amazon Music expands catalog to 100M songs for members – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2022 19:00 via news.google.com
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• More rain for southern B.C., as late October rainfall nears seasonal in some areas

  01-11-2022 18:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Another atmospheric river is forecast to bring heavy rain to coastal British Columbia by late Thursday and this one could drench drought-stricken areas that have been bypassed by recent storms. 
  Environment Canada models show 40 to 50 millimetres of rain is forecast through to Saturday in Comox on Vancouver Island and in Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast, which are both ranked at drought Level 5, the most severe rating on the drought scale.
  Rain is predicted to be even heavier
  
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• Crime opens political lane for GOP in Democratic New Mexico

  01-11-2022 18:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Republicans are funneling resources and determination into a law-and-order campaign for governor of New Mexico led by a local TV celebrity with a hard-line message about criminal justice — hoping to dislodge an incumbent Democrat who staunchly defends abortion access.
  New Mexico is one of a handful of Democratic-dominated states from New York to Oregon where Republicans hope to win the top statewide office by elevating concerns about household hardships of infla
  
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• Struggling Nets part ways with Canadian coach and basketball Hall of Famer Steve Nash

  01-11-2022 18:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Canadian head coach Steve Nash is out in Brooklyn after a disappointing start and more controversy surrounding Kyrie Irving.
  The Nets said in a release that the franchise mutually parted ways with the two-time NBA MVP and basketball Hall of Famer.
  The Nets, considered a title contender at the start of the season with stars Kevin Durant, Irving and Ben Simmons on their roster, are off two a 2-5 start.
  Nash had no previous head coaching experience when he took over behind the Nets
  
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• Collaros, Lewis in the running for CFL’s outstanding player award

  01-11-2022 18:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Another year, another West Division outstanding player nomination for Zach Collaros.
  The Winnipeg quarterback secured the Western nomination Tuesday for a second straight year. Collaros captured the CFL’s outstanding player award last year, then capped his season by leading the Bombers to a second straight Grey Cup title.
  Collaros finished with over 4,000 yards passing for the first time and his 37 TD strikes were a CFL high as he led Winnipeg to a CFL-best 15-3 record, whi
  
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• Pomp and circumstance to highlight tonight’s Eighth Council Inauguration at Chilliwack Cultural Centre

  01-11-2022 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Dignitaries and special guests will gather tonight at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre for the Eighth Council Inauguration.Chilliwack City Council members, including Mayor Ken Popove, will be sworn in for a four-year term against a festive backdrop of performers and RCMP Honour Guard at 6 p.m. at Hub International Theatre.The evening slate calls for a singing of O Canada, declarations and oaths of office, as well as performances by piper Kendal Clarke, singer Adrienne Reitsma, t
  
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• Canada failing Black, Indigenous prisoners as overrepresentation persists: report

  01-11-2022 17:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A new report says Canada has made scant progress in addressing the overrepresentation of Black and Indigenous offenders in prisons, with some facing even worse conditions than a decade ago.
  The country’s top prison watchdog says systemic concerns and barriers, including rampant racial discrimination, are pervasive and persistent.
  Correctional Investigator Ivan Zinger says he is disappointed that the agency in charge of Canadian prisons has failed to recognize its role in rev
  
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• THE MOJ: Flames broadcaster feeling fortunate recovering from serious health scare – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2022 17:30 via news.google.com
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