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• Bears that attacked two women in Squamish, B.C., won’t be captured

  04-11-2022 23:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SQUAMISH, B.C. — Conservation officers say they don’t plan to capture a pair of bears that attacked two women Thursday in Squamish, B.C., saying the incidents appear defensive in nature. 
  Sgt. Simon Gravel of the B.C. Conservation Officer Service says the attacks occurred about an hour apart, but are believed to involve the same sow and her yearling.
  The Squamish Estuary trail network, a conservation area next to the mountain community’s downtown centre about 60 kilometres
  
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• Hazing, harassment, bullying allegations leveled against hockey organization Okanagan HC - Chilliwack Progress

  04-11-2022 23:21 via news.google.com
  Hazing, harassment, bullying allegations leveled against hockey organization Okanagan HC  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Some Saskatchewan community members sleeping with guns after stabbing rampage: chief

  04-11-2022 22:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — The chief of a First Nation where there was a mass stabbing says some people are still sleeping with their guns as Indigenous leaders in Saskatchewan gathered to call for immediate resources to address safety in the north. 
  James Smith Cree Nation Chief Wally Burns says members are still feeling the effects of the stabbing rampage that left 11 people dead and 18 injured on the First Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon, Sask., in September. 
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• Fraser Valley woman pleads guilty in horrific foster child abuse case - Chilliwack Progress

  04-11-2022 21:20 via news.google.com
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• Catastrophoic flooding helped increase spread of knotweed on Chilliwack River, say researchers - Chilliwack Progress

  04-11-2022 20:27 via news.google.com
  Catastrophoic flooding helped increase spread of knotweed on Chilliwack River, say researchers  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Curling Canada to stick with 18-team format at men’s and women’s national playdowns

  04-11-2022 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Curling Canada will stick with its 18-team format at the men’s and women’s national championships this season.
  The federation first used the format last year when the Tim Hortons Brier and Scotties Tournament of Hearts were held in a so-called bubble in Calgary due to the pandemic.
  The 14 member associations will continue to be represented at the playdowns along with three wild-card teams (based on Canadian rankings) and the defending champion. The federation said the
  
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• Canadian judoka Christa Deguchi takes gold at Baku Judo Grand Slam

  04-11-2022 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BAKU, Azerbaijan — Canada’s Christa Deguchi won gold in the women’s under-57-kilogram competition Friday at the Baku Judo Grand Slam.
  Deguchi defeated Portugal’s Telma Monteiro in overtime in the grand final match.
  With the 2019 world champion fighting aggressively, Monteiro received a third penalty for non-combativeness, giving Deguchi the winning point.
  Deguchi opened with a win over Hungary’s Kitti Kovacs on Friday before beating Italy’s Veronica Toniolo an
  
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• Canada Wolverines begin journey to 2025 Rugby League World Cup with game in Tampa

  04-11-2022 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  While the Canada Ravens women compete at the Rugby League World Cup currently underway in England, Canada’s men are taking their first steps towards the 2025 tournament.
  The men, known as the Wolverines, play the USA Hawks on Saturday in a one-off international in Tampa, Fla.
  The Canadians, who have not seen action since a 2019 tour to Serbia, are building towards next year’s Americas Championship, which doubles as a 2025 World Cup qualifier for the region.
  “This is the beginni
  
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• Mother of Quebec infant recovered from river after car crash has died of her injuries

  04-11-2022 20:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAVAL, Que. — Police in the Montreal suburb of Laval say a mother who was behind the wheel of a vehicle that plunged into a river one week ago with her two children aboard has died of her injuries.
  Laval police Const. Erika Landry confirmed the death of the 40-year-old woman earlier this morning.
  The woman, her one-month old boy and four-year-old girl were in the car when it ended up in the shallow waters of the Rivière-des-Mille-Îles on Oct. 28 just before 5 p.m.
  The girl sur
  
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• Intel panel finds ‘important challenges’ facing federal approach on hostage-takings

  04-11-2022 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — MPs and senators who oversee security and intelligence activities are calling on the government to create a clear framework to respond to terrorist hostage-takings.
  The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians points out several shortcomings with the current approach in a report on Global Affairs Canada tabled today.
  The committee says a new framework should ensure leadership for whole-of-government responses to hostage incidents and provide resources to su
  
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• Doctors, nurses, advocates call on governments to address health-care crisis

  04-11-2022 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Associations representing Canada’s doctors, nursesand other health providers are calling on governments to work together to solve the health-care crisis that is affecting people across the country.
  The Canadian Medical Association, the Canadian Nurses Association and HealthCareCAN, an association representing health organizations and hospitals, have issued a list of steps governments should take to fix the country’s health-care system.
  The “prescription for hope
  
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• B.C. health science workers reach contract agreement with province

  04-11-2022 19:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — A tentative contract agreement has been reached between the British Columbia government and the union representing 22,000 health-science professionals.
  A statement from the Health Employers Association, which negotiates on behalf of the government, says details aren’t being released yet, but the contract follows the conditions of the province’s shared recovery mandate. 
  The mandate promises a salary increase of 25 cents per hour plus 3.24 per cent in the first y
  
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• Schools clash with parents over bans on student cellphones - Chilliwack Progress

  04-11-2022 19:30 via news.google.com
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• Rare Pikachu, Kobe’s sneakers, and a hidden vault guards it all - Chilliwack Progress

  04-11-2022 19:30 via news.google.com
  Rare Pikachu, Kobe’s sneakers, and a hidden vault guards it all  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Ottawa Senators for sale, report says Ryan Reynolds interested – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  04-11-2022 19:30 via news.google.com
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• John Mellencamp revisits ‘Scarecrow,’ his game-changing disc - Chilliwack Progress

  04-11-2022 19:30 via news.google.com
  John Mellencamp revisits ‘Scarecrow,’ his game-changing disc  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Giant, sustainable rainforest fish is now fashion in America - Chilliwack Progress

  04-11-2022 19:30 via news.google.com
  Giant, sustainable rainforest fish is now fashion in America  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Doctors, nurses, advocates call on governments to address health-care crisis - Chilliwack Progress

  04-11-2022 19:30 via news.google.com
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• Homicide detectives probe one of two Thursday shootings in Metro Vancouver

  04-11-2022 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY, B.C. — RCMP in Surrey, B.C., say homicide detectives have taken over the case of a man seriously injured in the latest shooting in that city.
  A police statement says the 24-year-old was shot late Thursday night and was rushed to hospital but is not expected to survive.
  Investigators believe the man was attacked in the city’s Whalley neighbourhood but are still trying to confirm the location or whether it could be linked to the drug trade or ongoing gang conflict.
  A second sho
  
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• Four-point end helps Canada’s Einarson to 9-3 win over Japan’s Fujisawa

  04-11-2022 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Canada’s Kerri Einarson broke open a close game with four points in the eighth end of a 9-3 victory over Japan’s Satsuki Fujisawa at the Pan Continental Curling Championships.
  Einarson, from Gimli, Man., made a runback with her final stone to put the game out of reach.
  She iced the victory with a steal of one in the ninth end to improve to 6-1. Japan fell to 6-2 in round-robin play.In men’s play, Brad Gushue of St. John’s, N.L., was scheduled to face Randi
  
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• Pakistan’s ex-PM Khan pauses protest march after shooting

  04-11-2022 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan said Friday he was pausing his march on the capital, Islamabad, a day a gunman opened fire on his campaign convoy, wounding him and killing one of his supporters. Thirteen other people were hurt in the attack.Khan spoke to reporters late on Friday — his first public remarks since the shooting — and pledged that he will resume his protest once he has recovered from the bullet wound. The bullet hit him in the righ
  
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• Sophomore receivers Dunbar, White proving to be Ticats’ dynamic duo

  04-11-2022 19:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HAMILTON — Receivers Steven Dunbar Jr. and Tim White are the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ dynamic duo.
  Each made his way to Hamilton after spending time in the NFL as an undrafted free agent. This season, the CFL sophomores earned East Division all-star honours after registering 1,000-yard receiving campaigns.
  And with 14 combined touchdown catches, Dunbar and White will be a big part of what Hamilton does offensively Sunday when it faces Montreal Alouettes in the East Division semifinal at
  
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• Penticton steps up for Lytton and saves village council’s inauguration ceremony - Chilliwack Progress

  04-11-2022 19:05 via news.google.com
  Penticton steps up for Lytton and saves village council’s inauguration ceremony  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• After five World Cups with New Zealand, Laura Mariu is loving life in Canada colours

  04-11-2022 19:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The only woman to play in all six editions of the Rugby League World Cup is wearing Canadian colours these days.
  After representing her native New Zealand at the last five World Cups, Laura Mariu is now playing for the country where her mother was born. Mariu and the Canada Ravens women face tournament host England on Saturday at DW Stadium in Wigan.
  The 41-year-old is savouring her new lease on rugby league life with Canada, which is making just its second appearance at the tournament.
  “I
  
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• Canadian bobsled pilot Christine de Bruin suspended for doping violation

  04-11-2022 18:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canadian bobsledder and Olympic bronze medallist Christine de Bruin has been suspended for three years for a doping violation.
  De Bruin tested positive for the banned substance Ligandrol in out-of-competition testing Aug. 28 in Calgary.
  The 33-year-old from Stony Plain, Alta., won bronze in women’s monobob, which made its Olympic debut in Beijing in February.
  She also piloted Canada to fifth in women’s bobsled in Beijing.
  De Bruin signed an early admission and acceptan
  
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• Hockey Canada governance review calls for more oversight, accountability

  04-11-2022 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Hockey Canada finds itself at “a crossroads” that requires reimagined leadership coupled with more oversight and transparency, a third-party governance review has found.
  The 221-page document released Friday, released following a review led by former Supreme Court justice Thomas Cromwell, follows an interim report tabled last month, comes at a crucial time for the scandal-plagued national sport organization following a disastrous spring, summer and fall.
  Hockey Canada has been under
  
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• Time changes persist despite experts’ consensus to end daylight time

  04-11-2022 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Most Canadians will be turning the clocks back by an hour this weekend as various political moves to end seasonal time changes have yet to take broad effect – but experts say we’d be better off without the twice-a-year shift. 
  Daylight time, which sees people enjoy an extra hour of daylight at the end of the day starting March 13, ends on Sunday.
  Experts say the tradition of springing forward and falling back in time every year is taxing on individuals’ health. 
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• Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl says Canadians have never paid more in taxes than under current Trudeau govt.

  04-11-2022 17:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — It’s safe to say Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl is not exactly a fan of the federal Liberal government’s Fall Economic Statement in which it promotes several measures for families, employees and businesses.The affordability platform released by the Trudeau government this week promotes things like higher Old Age Security payments and GST relief for lower-income earners.But in Strahl’s mind, it does not address the other side of the equation like runaway gover
  
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• The number of Mexican asylum seekers in Canada has increased dramatically

  04-11-2022 17:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Canada has seen a spike in the number of Mexicans seeking asylum here this year, with the vast majority of them coming to Montreal. They say they are fleeing Mexico in search of jobs and safety, but statistics show most applicants from the country are rejected.
  Ricardo Santos, 28, arrived at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport on Oct. 4. He says that although he did not know much about Canada, there was a direct flight to Montreal from Mexico City.
  “I left becaus
  
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• B.C. unemployment rate pegged at 4.2% as economy added nearly 10,000 new jobs in October

  04-11-2022 17:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — The government of British Columbia is basking in the the release of Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey for October showing the province has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country.The federal agency on Friday revealed in its workforce survey that British Columbia has a 4.2 per cent unemployment rate as the province added nearly 10,000 jobs in the month of October.
  “As we continue to make our way through 2022, British Columbia added nearly 10,000 new
  
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• Heavy rain, snow, ease drought in some B.C. areas as forecasters watch rising rivers

  04-11-2022 17:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Drought levels across southern British Columbia have been scaled back for the first time in weeks as a series of powerful storms have drenched the region, including one due to deliver as much as 70 millimetres of rain before easing by nightfall.
  The province’s online drought map shows most of southern B.C., including east Vancouver Island and Metro Vancouver, is now ranked at drought Level 3, which means adverse drought impacts are possible.
  That’s a drop from the m
  
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• One injured in targeted shooting in North Delta - Chilliwack Progress

  04-11-2022 16:28 via news.google.com
  One injured in targeted shooting in North Delta  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Auger-Aliassime continues scorching season-ending run with win over Tiafoe in Paris

  04-11-2022 16:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PARIS — Felix Auger-Aliassime’s brilliant end to his tennis season continued Friday with a 6-1,  6-4 win over Frances Tiafoe in the quarterfinals of the Paris Masters.
  The 22-year-old from Montreal clinched his 16th straight match on his sixth match point, hammering a forehand past Tiafoe.
  Auger-Aliassime entered Paris on the heels of three straight tournament wins.
  His late-season run has earned him a spot in the ATP Finals which start Nov. 13 in Turin Italy. It’s the fir
  
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• Northern B.C. pipeline opposition calls for Canada-wide “action” this weekend - Chilliwack Progress

  04-11-2022 16:11 via news.google.com
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• Veteran running back Harris resumes practising with Toronto Argonauts

  04-11-2022 16:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Andrew Harris has resumed practising with the Toronto Argonauts.
  The veteran Canadian running back was back on the practice field Friday after missing Toronto’s final 10 regular-season games following surgery for a torn pectoral muscle. 
  He was injured in the Argos’ 34-27 loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Aug. 12 and the initial prognosis was Harris’s year was done.
  Toronto (11-7) finished atop the East Division standings for a second straight year to earn
  
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• Chilliwack Mountie charged in 2021 shooting that left man with ‘serious injuries’ - Global News

  04-11-2022 15:47 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack Mountie charged in 2021 shooting that left man with ‘serious injuries’

  04-11-2022 15:47 via globalnews.ca
  The BC Prosecution Service said Thursday that Const. Keven Biagioni was charged with discharging a firearm with intent, aggravated assault and careless use of a firearm.
  
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• Canadians begin to receive temporary boost to GST rebate today

  04-11-2022 15:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canadians who are eligible for the GST rebate can expect to receive an additional lump-sum payment as early as today.
  A bill introduced by the Liberal government to temporarily double the rebate became law last month with unanimous support from opposition parties.
  The NDP has long advocated for the measure to help low- and modest-income Canadians cope with the rising cost of living.
  Inflation this year has reached levels not seen in four decades, with the annual inflation rate at
  
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• Canada sanctions Haitian officials as MPs told gangs are wreaking ‘civil war

  04-11-2022 15:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Ottawa is sanctioning at least two senior Haitian officials for their alleged support of gangs in the country.
  Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly has announced sanctions in lockstep with the U.S. for allegedly financing gangs and allowing them to wreak havoc in the country.
  The new sanctions include Joseph Lambert, the president of the Haitian senate, and his predecessor, Youri Latortue.
  Haiti is facing a series of crises that have closed hospital and schools, with a deadly cholera out
  
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• UN chief warns planet is heading toward `climate chaos' – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  04-11-2022 15:30 via news.google.com
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• Shopping mall dig reveals Indigenous artifacts, and evolution of archeology – Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  04-11-2022 15:30 via news.google.com
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• Bono opens book tour before adoring fans at Beacon Theatre - Chilliwack Progress

  04-11-2022 15:30 via news.google.com
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• Revellers return to Hong Kong 7s for 1st time since pandemic

  04-11-2022 15:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HONG KONG (AP) — Thousands of revellers returned to Hong Kong Stadium on Friday to enjoy a highly anticipated international rugby sevens tournament for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
  It wasn’t a celebration for everyone, though, with some international fans unaware of the city’s pandemic restrictions turned away at the gates. 
  And the Canadian men had a rude return to the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, blanked 36-0 by Argentina after conceding four firs
  
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• Court says conditional sentence curbs are constitutional in Indigenous case

  04-11-2022 15:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the constitutionality of provisions that prevent an offender from avoiding jail by serving their sentence in the community, finding no evidence they had a disproportionate effect on Indigenous people.
  In a 5-4 decision today, the top court overturned an Ontario Court of Appeal ruling that found the Criminal Code provisions violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
  The decision comes in the case of Cheyenne Sharma, a young Indigenous woman
  
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• Oath Keepers head Rhodes on stand in Jan. 6 sedition trial

  04-11-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes took the witness stand on Friday in his high-stakes seditious conspiracy trial as he tries to counter allegations that his far-right extremist group planned an armed rebellion to stop the transfer of presidential power.Rhodes began testifying after prosecutors spent weeks laying out their case against him and four others accused of a violent plot to keep Democrat Joe Biden out of the White House.Rhodes’ attorneys have signaled the
  
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• Senators Sports & Entertainment say process is underway to sell NHL team

  04-11-2022 14:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators are on the market.
  The board of directors of Senators Sports & Entertainment says a process has been initiated for the sale of the NHL club. 
  Galatioto Sports Partners, a firm specializing in the sports finance and advisory business, has been retained as its financial adviser.
  The team said in a press release that “a condition of any sale will be that the team remains in Ottawa.”
  Senators owner Eugene Melnyk died on March 28 at age 62 after
  
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• Washington Woman Attacked by Owl… Twice

  04-11-2022 14:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!A Washington woman is currently living in fear of a wise guy neighbor after being attacked twice while walking near her home. Did we mention her neighbor is an owl?
  Kirsten Mathisen’s first physical encounter with her new nemesis was when her daily walk through the woods near her Hansville home took a bloody turn. The attack was swift and silent as the white barred owl swooped down from the sky, aiming straight for her head with its claws out, ready t
  
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• There’s a Giant, Unblinking Eyeball in Downtown Dallas

  04-11-2022 14:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!Everything’s bigger in Texas, and this proves no less true in downtown Dallas, where you’ll find a 30-foot-tall lifelike sculpture of a human eyeball, red veins and all!
  Seeing Eye to Eye
  The Eye was created by American multimedia artist Tony Tasset in 2007 and is fabricated from roughly 18,000 pounds of fiberglass, steel, resin, and paint! Believe It or Not!, the sculpture was modeled after Tasset’s own eye and stares with its u
  
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• Swiss Break Record with 1.2-Mile-Long Passenger Train

  04-11-2022 14:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!The Swiss have commemorated the 175th anniversary of their first railway by launching a record-breaking 1.2-mile-long passenger train consisting of 100 cars.
  Weighing 2,990 tons, the extra-long train was comprised of 25 smaller “Capricorn” electric trains, traveled approximately 15 miles from Preda to Alvaneu along a UNESCO World Heritage route in eastern Switzerland on October 29, according to CNN. The area is renowned for its plunging hills, s
  
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• Telus reports $551M Q3 profit, up from $358M a year ago, raises quarterly dividend

  04-11-2022 13:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Telus Corp. raised its dividend as it reported a profit of $551 million in its latest quarter, up from $358 million in the same quarter last year.
  The telecommunications company says it will now pay a quarterly dividend of 35.11 cents per share, up from 32.74 cents per share.
  Telus says its profit amounted to 37 cents per share for the quarter ended Sept. 30, up from 25 cents per share a year ago.
  Operating revenue and other income rose to $4.67 billion compared with $4.25 bill
  
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