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• Hootsuite announces second round of layoffs in four months amid restructuring

  02-11-2022 23:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Social media company Hootsuite Inc. says it is laying off five per cent of its staff, just a few months after it laid off 30 per cent as part of a global restructuring.
  Spokeswoman Tonja Aldis says the latest round of layoffs came from areas of duplication, reduced or slowed demand, and management.
  When restructuring at the Vancouver-based company was announced in August, CEO Tom Keiser said Hootsuite needed to refocus its business so it could drive efficiency, growth and finan
  
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• Hunt for deep sea minerals draws scrutiny amid green push – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  02-11-2022 23:30 via news.google.com
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• Calgary Stampeders prep for B.C. Lions, West semifinal

  02-11-2022 23:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Getting to B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke on Sunday requires taking care of a first order of business, according to Calgary Stampeders sack specialist Shawn Lemon.
  “We’ve just got to be disruptive,” the Calgary defensive end declared. “We can’t think about Nathan Rourke. We’ve got to think about the guys in front of him because they’re protecting him first. 
  “If we don’t take care of our work in front of us, we won&
  
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• Canada rugby coach Kingsley Jones names 36-man roster ahead of European test matches

  02-11-2022 23:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canada rugby coach Kingsley Jones has named a 36-man long list ahead of selection for test matches in Europe later this month against the Netherlands and Namibia.
  The 23rd-ranked Canadians take on the 28th-ranked Dutch on Nov. 12 before facing No. 24 Namibia on Nov. 19. Both games are at National Rugby Center Amsterdam.
  Twenty-nine players have assembled in the Netherlands with four sevens players slated to join them after the weekend Hong Kong Sevens. Several others were preparing to travel fro
  
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• Trudeau headed to Southeast Asia, Tunisia, leaving no time for climate conference

  02-11-2022 22:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is headed to Southeast Asia and North Africa this month, but he won’t be attending a major climate-change conference.
  The Prime Minister’s Office says Trudeau will attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit on Nov. 12 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, before heading to the the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia.
  He’ll then attend an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, before flying to Tunisia for the Franc
  
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• Quebec government says it is ready to make oath of office to the King optional

  02-11-2022 22:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Quebec’s governing Coalition Avenir Québec party says it is willing to make a constitutionally required oath to the King optional for members of the legislature.
  CAQ house leader Simon Jolin-Barrette says the government is ready to move quickly and introduce a bill that would allow members to sit without swearing an oath of office to King Charles III.
  The 11 members of Québec solidaire and the three members of the Parti Québécois — all elected Oct. 3 &mdas
  
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• South Korea star Son needs facial surgery ahead of World Cup

  02-11-2022 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON (AP) — South Korea captain Son Heung-min will undergo surgery on a facial injury, jeopardizing his availability for the World Cup.
  Son was helped off the field during the first half of Tottenham’s Champions League match at Marseille on Tuesday after taking a shoulder to the face.
  Tottenham said Wednesday that Son will undergo surgery “to stabilize a fracture around his left eye.”
  The Premier League club didn’t say how long it expects Son to be sidelined.
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• Parkland school killer formally sentenced to life in prison

  02-11-2022 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz formally received a sentence of life without parole Wednesday after families of his 17 slain victims spent two days berating him as evil, a coward, a monster and a subhuman.Cruz, shackled and in a red jail jumpsuit, watched intently as Judge Elizabeth Scherer sentenced him to 17 life terms for the Feb. 14, 2018, massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in suburban Fort Lauderdale and an additional 17 for the attempte
  
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• Stampeders, Lions kick off ’22 CFL playoffs in West Division semifinal matchup

  02-11-2022 21:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Home field wasn’t an advantage this season when the B.C. Lions and Calgary Stampeders squared off.
  In each of the three regular-season meetings, the road team emerged victorious as B.C. won the season series 2-1. In fact, the road team has won the last seven meetings between these two clubs.
  The last time Calgary or B.C. beat the other at home was June 29, 2019, when the Stampeders won 36-32 at McMahon Stadium.
  On Sunday, the Stampeders (12-6) visit the Lions (12-6) in the West Division se
  
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• Trudeau says Canadians ‘have to intervene’ somehow in Haiti, convenes incident group

  02-11-2022 20:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet today with key cabinet ministers about the situation in Haiti.
  The collection of cabinet ministers known as the Incident Response Group meets only when something has “major implications for Canada.”
  Trudeau says Canada is weighing how to respond to Haiti’s request for military intervention, amid widespread violence and a deadly cholera outbreak.
  The United States supports that idea but says it won’t be steering such a
  
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• Chilliwack City Council installed at Eighth Council Inauguration; council pledges to disclose any and all pecuniary interests they may hold

  02-11-2022 20:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Flanked by the RCMP Honour Guard and Provincial Court Judge Kristen Mundstock, Chilliwack City Council members were sworn in during a formal ceremony Tuesday night (Nov. 1) at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre.
  Local officials from City of Chilliwack, Chilliwack School District, Cultus Lake Park Board, and Chilliwack Fire Department gathered amidst a festive atmosphere in which all six council members and Mayor Ken Popove formally took the oath of office for a four-year term.The
  
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• Clinching berth early will pay off in the road to the 2024 Paris Olympics

  02-11-2022 20:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  After barely squeaking into the world championship final as the eighth and last qualifier, Canada’s women’s gymnastics team knew there was only one way to go from there — up.
  “All we said was, ‘We can’t do worse than eight,'” said Denelle Pedrick. “We went in with that mentality, and just wanting to enjoy it.”
  Pedrick, three-time Olympian Ellie Black, Laurie Denommee, Sydney Turner and Emma Spence went on to win a historic bronze in the team
  
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• Tony Hawk uses skateboarding to teach community organizing

  02-11-2022 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Sara Campos remembers being inspired to start skateboarding after playing Tony Hawk videogames on the California family’s PlayStation 2.
  Campos, 23, who uses they/them pronouns, never dreamed they would be part of Tony Hawk’s charitable work. But last month, Campos was selected for the first class in The Skatepark Project’s fellowship program. The program trains 12 diverse skateboarding enthusiasts in community organizing and project management to be able to build a skatepark i
  
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• Witness tells B.C. mayor’s mischief trial that car may not have broken foot bones

  02-11-2022 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY, B.C. — An engineer has told the trial of a British Columbia mayor charged with public mischief that broken bones may not be the result if someone’s foot is run over by a car.
  Dennis Chimich, an expert in the biomechanics of bone fractures, testified for Doug McCallum’s defence team, which is presenting evidence to suggest their client was not lying when he told police a woman ran over his foot in a grocery store parking lot.
  McCallum filed a complaint with the RCMP in S
  
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• Gushue’s rink thumps Japan 11-2 at Pan Continental Curling Championships

  02-11-2022 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Canada’s Brad Gushue improved to 2-1 at the inaugural Pan Continental Curling Championships with an 11-2 win over Japan in Wednesday’s early draw.
  Gushue’s team from St. John’s, N.L., opened with three points and added a big four-point fourth end in the lopsided win.
  The Canadians capped the scoring with a steal of two in the seventh end, prompting Japanese skip Riku Yanagisawa to concede.
  In other early draw results, New Zealand routed Brazil 13-3, South
  
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• Freedom Convoy lawyer says police gave protesters a ‘steady stream’ of information

  02-11-2022 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A lawyer representing some organizers of the “Freedom Convoy” says police were regularly leaking operational plans and other information to protesters in Ottawa during last winter’s demonstration.
  Keith Wilson testified this morning at the public inquiry investigating the federal government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act in February in an effort to end weeks of protests in the capital.
  Wilson says members of the Ottawa police, Ontario Provincial P
  
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• VIDEO: Delta police investigating fireworks-involved assaults after Halloween gathering – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  02-11-2022 19:51 via news.google.com
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• What are the 500 best albums? Rolling Stone has an answer – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  02-11-2022 19:30 via news.google.com
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• Defence presenting case in Doug McCallum's public mischief trial in Surrey – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  02-11-2022 19:25 via news.google.com
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• Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce hires Jessica Levesque as its business engagement manager

  02-11-2022 19:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — A University of the Fraser Valley graduate who was previously president of the Student Union Society there has worked her way up to a managerial position with the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce.The Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce announced on Wednesday (Nov. 2) that it has hired Jessica Levesque as its business engagement manager. Her first day on the job was Tuesday, October 25.“On behalf of the Chamber, I’m thrilled to welcome Jessica Levesque as a member of our t
  
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• Chilliwack bylaw staff resolves three complaints for fireworks on Halloween; unknown how many calls RCMP received

  02-11-2022 19:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Fireworks may have been sporadically set off throughout Chilliwack earlier this week, but the City of Chilliwack and its bylaw officers were successful in resolving three complaints that it received about fireworks on Halloween Night Monday (Oct. 31).According to Jamie Leggatt, director of communications for the City of Chilliwack, complaints logged with the city numbered less than a handful.“In terms of fireworks last night, our Bylaw Department received three (3) compl
  
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• October sees slight rebound in Chilliwack home prices – Hope Standard - Hope Standard

  02-11-2022 19:00 via news.google.com
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• Invasive mosquitoes could unravel malaria progress in Africa – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  02-11-2022 19:00 via news.google.com
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• Canadian defender Kennedy to miss World Cup – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  02-11-2022 19:00 via news.google.com
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• NDP MP calls for emergency debate on Ford’s use of notwithstanding clause

  02-11-2022 18:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A New Democrat MP is calling on the House of Commons to hold an emergency debate about Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s use of the notwithstanding clause. 
  In a letter to the House Speaker today, Matthew Green says provincial legislation to impose a new contract on education workers undercuts their rights. 
  Green says the use of the notwithstanding clause to bypass the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is part of a “disturbing trend” of provinces seeking to tra
  
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• New Brunswick university had to remain quiet about Mastriano controversy: UNB head

  02-11-2022 18:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  FREDERICTON — The president of the University of New Brunswick says he kept a lid on publicly discussing the controversy surrounding an American politician’s PhD because the institution did not want to be accused of interfering in U.S. politics.
  Paul Mazerolle says with U.S. midterm elections slated for next Tuesday, it was decided the university should refrain from commenting on allegations of academic fraud levelled at former history student Doug Mastriano, who is running to become
  
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• Ethiopian govt, Tigray agree to end fighting after 2 years

  02-11-2022 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Ethiopia’s warring sides formally agreed during talks in South Africa Wednesday to a permanent cessation of hostilities in a 2-year conflict whose victims could be counted in the hundreds of thousands.
  African Union envoy Olusegun Obasanjo, in the first briefing on the peace talks in South Africa, said Ethiopia’s government and Tigray authorities have agreed on “orderly, smooth and coordinated disarmament.” Other key points included &ld
  
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• Rona raises over $1,000 for Chilliwack charity Cyrus Centre as part of Heroes campaign

  02-11-2022 18:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Rona hardware retail store on Yale Road raised over $1,000 for Cyrus Centre Ministries in Chilliwack as part of the company’s 5th annual Heroes campaign that saw 313 teams from across Canada participate between September and October.Lowe’s Canada announced last week that it raised over $1.44 million from the highly successful Heroes campaign. These funds will be distributed to 242 charities, NGOs, and public schools across the country. Each local tea
  
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• Quarterbacks Collaros, Bethel-Thompson lead CFL all-star teams

  02-11-2022 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — League passing leader McLeod Bethel-Thompson and CFL outstanding player award winner Zach Collaros top the respective divisional all-star teams.
  The CFL unveiled the East and West Division all-star squads Wednesday, which were selected by fans, voting members of the Football Reporters of Canada and the league’s nine head coaches.
  The CFL all-star squad will be named next week.
  Winnipeg (15-3) and the Toronto Argonauts (11-7), who finished atop the West and East Divisions, p
  
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• TVO, NBA unveil collaboration to create educational resources for Ontario students

  02-11-2022 17:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Jeffrey Orridge is combining his two lifelong passions.
  The TVO Media Education Group (TVO) and NBA announced Wednesday a multi-year collaboration to create and share educational resources for students in Ontario.
  Orridge, a former commissioner of the CFL, is the CEO of TVO, a post he’s held for the last two years.
  “I’ve been involved in organized sport and education since primary school,” Orridge said. “Having those two passions for decades really h
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP taking part in regimented funeral for Constable Shaelyn Yang today

  02-11-2022 17:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Officers from a number of police agencies across the country and internationally, including the Chilliwack RCMP, will be in attendance to today to pay their respects to RCMP Cst. Shaelyn Yang.
  The 31-year-old mental health and homeless outreach officer was stabbed to death two weeks ago while she and a City of Burnaby employee attempted to issue an eviction notice to a man who had been living in a tent at a local park.
  For Sgt. Vrolyk, Constable Yang’s loss is very perso
  
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• New wastewater plant for B.C.’s shishalh Nation brings environmental, economic gains

  02-11-2022 17:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SECHELT, B.C. — A British Columbia First Nation has signed a multimillion-dollar agreement with Canada Infrastructure Bank to finance a badly needed wastewater treatment facility.
  A statement from the bank and shishalh Nation says the $6.4-million loan will deliver economic, environmental and employment benefits to the First Nation, located on the Sunshine Coast, 70 kilometres north of Vancouver.
  The funds will support construction of a wastewater treatment plant to replace an aging facili
  
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• BIA announces veterans banners will go up Thursday in downtown Chilliwack; Harold Zinke to lay wreath on behalf of BIA

  02-11-2022 17:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Stunningly beautiful banners commemorating the service and sacrifice of four local veterans who served in the military are set to be installed throughout downtown Chilliwack as early as Thursday (November 3).Trevor McDonald, executive director of the Downtown Chilliwack Business Improvement Association, reported in an emailed newsletter bulletin distributed to downtown merchants Tuesday night that the Streets of Valour project will showcase the valiant service of four local ve
  
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• Russia rejoins key deal on wartime Ukrainian grain exports – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  02-11-2022 17:30 via news.google.com
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• 'Blockbuster' is a workplace comedy about people connecting – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  02-11-2022 17:30 via news.google.com
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• Auger-Aliassime increases winning streak to 14 matches with close win over Ymer

  02-11-2022 17:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PARIS — Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime kept his winning streak alive with a razor-thin 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (6) win over Sweden’s Mikael Ymer in second-round action Wednesday at the Paris Masters tennis tournament.
  Auger-Aliassime won on his second match point opportunity to end a marathon match that took three and a half hours to complete. With the eight-seeded Canadian serving for the match, Ymer hit a forehand long as Auger-Aliassime continued his march toward the season-endi
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP says property missing from a Yale Road business has been recovered

  02-11-2022 16:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Property that had been reported missing from a Chilliwack business on Yale Road has been returned, Chilliwack RCMP announced Tuesday afternoon (Nov. 1).
  Earlier this week, Mounties had asked for the public’s help in identifying a male seen leaving a business in the 45000 block of Yale Road, back on September 24. The name of the business was not identified.In an update Tuesday, Corporal Martin Godard thanked the public for their help in getting the property back to its or
  
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• Legault says Quebec can’t take in more immigrants, after feds set 500K target by 2025

  02-11-2022 16:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault is maintaining that the province cannot accept more than 50,000 immigrants a year despite Ottawa’s plans to significantly raise the country’s immigration levels.
  Legault told reporters today that the federal government needs to understand that Quebec is facing a special challenge to preserve the French language.
  The premier’s comments are in reaction to the federal government announcing Tuesday that it intends to welcome a
  
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• Fraser Valley real estate sales from White Rock to Abbotsford plummet in October compared to a year ago

  02-11-2022 16:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — While Fraser Valley housing market sales for October remained relatively unchanged from last month as prices dipped slightly across all categories, real estate transactions fell by over 53 per cent compared to October 2021.
  In October, the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB) processed 901 sales on its Multiple Listing Service, an increase of 0.4 per cent compared to last month and a 53.5 per cent decrease compared to this time last year.
  The Board received 2,186 new listings i
  
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• Conservatives say no new spending, NDP voice recession worries ahead of fiscal update

  02-11-2022 16:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Federal opposition parties are making their priorities known ahead of the government’s fall fiscal update, with the Conservatives calling for the Liberals to curb new spending and the NDP raising concerns about a potential recession. 
  Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will present the fall economic statement on Thursday in the House of Commons, which will shed light on the state of federal finances.  
  In a letter addressed to Freeland on Sunday, Conservative Leade
  
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• Herdman summons largely MLS roster to camp in Bahrain ahead of World Cup

  02-11-2022 16:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canada coach John Herdman has summoned his MLS troops for a camp and international friendly in Bahrain before assembling his full squad ahead of the World Cup in Qatar.
  Herdman has called in 20 MLS players and Liam Fraser, who plays in Belgium for KMSK Deinze, for the camp, which is designed to provide training and a game for players out of season.
  The Nov. 11 friendly with Bahrain in Manama comes ahead of a final Nov. 17 warmup against No. 24 Japan at Dubai, United Arab Emirates, that will feat
  
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• October 2022 weather was warmer, drier, smokier than usual in Chilliwack: Pannett – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  02-11-2022 16:10 via news.google.com
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• ‘Freedom Convoy’ flew unvaccinated lawyers to protest on private flight

  02-11-2022 16:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — “Freedom Convoy” organizers charted a private flight to Ottawa to bring in unvaccinated lawyers to give them advice during the protest that gridlocked streets near Parliament Hill last winter. 
  Lawyer Keith Wilson says he was doing other work for the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms when they asked if he would help lead a team to provide legal support to convoy organizers.
  Thousands of big-rigs and protesters had already been in Ottawa for five days, blo
  
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• With gambling in NHL sphere, players weigh in on future of ‘vague’ injury disclosures

  02-11-2022 16:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Leon Draisaitl was hurting — big time. And it was clear for everyone to see.
  The Edmonton Oilers centre dealt with an obvious ankle injury throughout the majority of last spring’s NHL playoffs.
  But as is customary during the post-season — and often throughout the regular schedule — the team would only divulge one of its stars and keys to success had a “lower-body injury” and was available to play.
  The attempt at evasiveness didn’t have the desired effect
  
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• Vancouver home sales down 46% from last year, 13% from September: board

  02-11-2022 16:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home sales continued to plunge in October, falling 45.5 per cent from the year before and 12.8 per cent from September.
  Last month sales totalled 1,903 and were 33.3 per cent below the 10-year October sales average.
  The board attributed the slowdown’s continuation to inflation and rising interest rates, which have led many buyers and sellers to reassess purchasing or listing a home.
  But as sales remain near historic lows, th
  
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• Schoen, Harris and Leonard named CFL’s top performers for month of October

  02-11-2022 15:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Receiver Dalton Schoen, quarterback Trevor Harris and defensive back Richard Leonard were named the CFL’s top performers for the month of October on Wednesday.
  Schoen had 13 catches for 328 yards and five touchdowns in three games with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The rookie finished the season leading the CFL in receiving yards (1,441), yards per catch (20.6) and receiving TDs (16).
  Harris completed 74-of-98 passes (75.5 per cent) for 992 yards and four touchdowns in three g
  
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• University makes new review of Mastriano’s doctoral research

  02-11-2022 15:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Canadian university that granted a doctorate in history to Doug Mastriano nearly a decade before he became the Republican nominee for governor of Pennsylvania is investigating a fresh complaint about his work that makes multiple allegations of academic fraud in his recently public dissertation.
  University of New Brunswick President Paul Mazerolle told The Associated Press in a phone interview Saturday that the school is also bringing in a team of outsiders to revie
  
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• Funeral to honour RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang in Richmond, B.C. – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  02-11-2022 15:30 via news.google.com
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• White House: NKorea covertly shipping artillery to Russia

  02-11-2022 15:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Wednesday accused North Korea of covertly shipping a “significant number” of artillery shells to Russia in support of its invasion of Ukraine.
  National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the U.S. believes North Korea is “trying to make it appear as though they’re being sent to countries in the Middle East or North Africa.” He declined to provide a specific estimate on the quantity of ammunition being sent to bolster
  
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• Canadian women look to defy the odds and upset England at Rugby World Cup

  02-11-2022 15:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  While the bookies and most everyone else expect top-ranked England to cruise to the Rugby World Cup title, Canada coach Kevin Rouet says his team has something to say about that.
  The third-ranked Canadian women look to derail England’s championship run when the two teams face off Friday night at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. The top-ranked Red Roses, essentially a fully professional side, have won 29 straight since a 28-13 loss to New Zealand in July 2019 at the Women’s Super S
  
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