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• After a dream October, Felix Auger-Aliassime ready for his next career milestone

  06-11-2022 23:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  For the first time since mid-October, Félix Auger-Aliassime has a Sunday off – or almost.
  While his semifinal defeat to Denmark’s Holger Rune meant he wasn’t facing off with Novak Djokovic in the final of the Paris Masters, the Montreal native spoke with reporters to revisit a fall winning streak that has propelled his young career to its highest level thus far.
  For more than three weeks beginning in mid-October, from Italy, Belgium and Switzerland, the 22-year-old Auger
  
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• Prime Minister announces byelection in Mississauga-Lakeshore riding on Dec. 12

  06-11-2022 22:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has set the date for a federal byelection in the Greater Toronto Area. 
  Voters in Mississauga-Lakeshore will head to the polls to pick their new member of Parliament on Dec. 12.
  The seat became empty earlier this year when former Liberal MP Sven Spengemann announced he was resigning to take a job at the United Nations. 
  The governing Liberals hope he’s replaced by former Ontario Liberal finance minister Charles Sousa, who had represent
  
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• Alouettes reach East Division final with 28-17 victory over Tiger-Cats

  06-11-2022 22:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes led from start to finish in a 28-17 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the East Division semifinal on Sunday.With the win, the Alouettes will take on the Toronto Argonauts in the East final next weekend.
  Trevor Harris threw for 243 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Walter Fletcher and Dominique Davis scored rushing touchdowns.Dane Evans threw for 123 yards and one interception. Former Alouettes pivot Matthew Shiltz came on to throw for 127 yards,
  
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• Malone gets rare gold for US men at gymnastics worlds, Canada’s Black wins silver

  06-11-2022 22:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Brody Malone won the first world championship on the high bar by an American men’s gymnast in 43 years on Sunday while Canada’s Ellie Black took silver in the women’s balance beam event.
  Malone edged world and Olympic all-around champion Daiki Hashimoto of Japan in a close event final. Black, from Halifax, finished behind Japan’s Hazuki Watanabe.
  The silver medal was the first at a world championship for the 27-year-old Black, a three-time
  
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• Warnock, Walker get personal in Georgia’s closing arguments

  06-11-2022 21:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ATLANTA (AP) — After spending months arguing that Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker is “not ready” for high elected office, Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia is intensifying his critique ahead of Election Day to say the celebrity athlete is fundamentally unfit for Capitol Hill.
  From a rally with former President Barack Obama to a statewide bus tour that runs through the eve of Election Day on Tuesday, Warnock has hammered Walker as a “pathological liar” who
  
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• Vernon Vipers slither past Chilliwack Chiefs - Chilliwack Progress

  06-11-2022 21:30 via news.google.com
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• Judge, Díaz, Turner among 131 free agents after Series ends

  06-11-2022 20:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HOUSTON (AP) — Aaron Judge, Edwin Díaz, Trea Turner, Dansby Swanson and Xander Bogaerts were among 131 players who became free agents on Sunday as baseball’s business season began just hours after the final out of the World Series.
  Justin Verlander, Jacob deGrom and Carlos Rodón are set to join them in the next few days, among 56 players whose contracts have options that must be decided within five days of the World Series’ end. All three pitchers are expected to
  
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• Danish teenager Rune stuns Djokovic to win Paris Masters

  06-11-2022 20:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PARIS (AP) — Unseeded Danish teenager Holger Rune staged a stunning comeback to secure the biggest victory of his career by beating Novak Djokovic 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the final of the Paris Masters on Sunday.
  Rune denied Djokovic a record-extending 39th Masters title.
  The 19-year-old Rune, who is a friend and former junior doubles partner of top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz, saved six break points when serving for the match.Djokovic saved one match point when Rune double-faulted. But the audacious D
  
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• Chebet and Lokedi of Kenya win NYC Marathon races in debuts

  06-11-2022 20:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Kenyans Evans Chebet and Sharon Lokedi made huge splashes in their New York City Marathon debuts on Sunday.
  Chebet won the men’s race and Lokedi the women’s race in her first-ever marathon on an unseasonably warm day, with temperatures in the 70s making it one of the hottest in race history since the marathon was moved to November in 1986.Chebet finished in 2 hours, 8 minutes and 41 seconds, which was 13 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Shura Kitata of Eth
  
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• Last total lunar eclipse for 3 years arrives Tuesday - Chilliwack Progress

  06-11-2022 20:30 via news.google.com
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• Toronto Maple Leafs sign goaltender Keith Petruzzelli to two-year contract

  06-11-2022 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs signed goaltender Keith Petruzzelli to a two-year entry-level contract on Sunday.
  The 23-year-old netminder posted a 6-0-0 record and .922 save percentage with the AHL’s Toronto Marlies this season.
  Petruzzelli gives the Maple Leafs some much-needed depth in the crease as Toronto has had several goaltender injuries this season.
  Regular starter Ilya Samsonov did not play the third period of Saturday’s 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins due to a knee
  
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• Canada’s Gushue claims Pan Continental men’s curling title, downs South Korea 11-3

  06-11-2022 19:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Canada’s Brad Gushue won the first men’s Pan Continental Curling Championship on Sunday with an 11-3 win over South Korea’s Byeongjin Jeong.
  Gushue and his team from St. John’s, N.L., scored two points in the opening end, four in the fourth and stole three in the fifth to dominate the final.South Korea shook hands after eight ends. After a loss to the United States to start the tournament, Gushue won eight in a row en route to the title.
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• Japan PM vows to strengthen military at international naval review - Chilliwack Progress

  06-11-2022 19:30 via news.google.com
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• Canada’s Ellie Black wins silver in balance beam at gymnastics worlds

  06-11-2022 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom — Canada’s Ellie Black won a silver medal in the balance beam competition on Sunday at the world gymnastics championships.
  Black, from Halifax, finished with 13.566 points.Japan’s Hazuki Watanabe won gold (13.600) and teammate Shoko Miyata took bronze (13.533).
  Black won team bronze earlier in the week.
  This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 6, 2022.
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• Canadian delegation set to tell COP27 about oceans’ role in fighting climate change

  06-11-2022 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Lying in plain sight and lapping against our shores is what scientists describe as an unsung hero that has been quietly absorbing heat and keeping the world’s temperatures under control. And over the coming days, a group of Canadian researchers hopes to persuade the world that the ocean has a crucial role to play in fighting climate change. 
  Prof. Anya Waite is leading a delegation from Dalhousie University’s Ocean Frontier Institute to attend the 27th annual Conference of the P
  
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• Australia downs Fiji to win Hong Kong Sevens, Canadian men finish 10th

  06-11-2022 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HONG KONG — Nathan Lawson’s last-minute try gave Australia a 20-17 win over Fiji in the final of the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens on Sunday, ending the Fijians’ run of five straight tournament titles.
  With a Fiji player in the sin-bin, Australia won the ball back at the breakdown and Lawson raced down the left flank. He managed to get the ball down in the corner with two Fijians draped over him, with the try surviving video review.
  “After having done so well last
  
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• VIDEO: How homebuilders and residents are adapting to a warming world - Chilliwack Progress

  06-11-2022 18:00 via news.google.com
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• Thousands remain without power after B.C. windstorm, snow in the forecast - Chilliwack Progress

  06-11-2022 17:40 via news.google.com
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• Raptors forward Pascal Siakam will be sidelined with strained adductor muscle

  06-11-2022 17:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam is expected to miss at least two weeks with a strained right adductor muscle, the team said Sunday.
  Siakam suffered the injury when he slipped during the third quarter of Toronto’s 111-110 loss in Dallas on Friday night. 
  The 28-year-old, who had 18 points in 32 minutes against the Mavericks, had to be helped off the court and didn’t return.
  Siakam was enjoying a strong start to the season. He’s averaging team highs of 24.8 points, 9.3
  
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• Remembrance Day ceremonies in Chilliwack return to normal for 2022 - Chilliwack Progress

  06-11-2022 17:30 via news.google.com
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• Bayern says Davies’ World Cup for Canada ‘not at risk’

  06-11-2022 15:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich says Alphonso Davies’ injury is not as bad as initially feared and that his participation in the World Cup for Canada is “not at risk.”
  The 22-year-old Davies suffered what Bayern said Sunday was a “hamstring strain” in the team’s 3-2 win at Hertha Berlin in the Bundesliga on Saturday. He’ll miss Bayern’s last two remaining games before the winter break but should return in time for Qatar.
  Bayern said its medical d
  
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• CRIMESTOPPERS: ‘Most wanted’ for the week of Nov. 6 - Chilliwack Progress

  06-11-2022 14:50 via news.google.com
  CRIMESTOPPERS: ‘Most wanted’ for the week of Nov. 6  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Mystery flag to mark 80th anniversary of disastrous Dieppe raid on Remembrance Day

  06-11-2022 13:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Legend has that when Canadian troops stormed ashore under a hail of German gunfire at the French port of Dieppe in August 1942, one of the hundreds who eventually died in the attack was carrying an old flag.
  Exactly how that red and white flag ended up at the Nazi-held French port — and even whether it was definitively there — remains a mystery.
  But more than 80 years later, that flag will play a central role in commemorating the doomed raid on Dieppe during this year&
  
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• It’s the democracy, stupid: midterm stakes for Canadians are much the same as in U.S.

  06-11-2022 13:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — It’s not every day that a Canadian prime minister gets name-checked in a political debate in the United States. But in a hyper-polarized midterm election season, it’s not surprising it would happen to Justin Trudeau. 
  It came during a heated, hyperbolic showdown between Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican challenger Tudor Dixon, who attacked her rival’s yearlong bid to shut down the cross-border Line 5 pipeline.
  “Justin Trudeau, who I wou
  
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• Monitors say 6 killed in Syria’s shelling of tent settlement

  06-11-2022 11:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  IDLIB, Syria (AP) — Syrian government forces shelled tent settlements housing families displaced by the country’s conflict in the rebel-held northwest early Sunday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens, opposition war monitors and first responders said.
  The shelling is the latest violation of a truce reached between Russia and Turkey in March 2020 that ended a Russian-backed government offensive on Idlib province that is the last major rebel-held stronghold in Syria.
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• Tanzania: Small passenger plane crashes into Lake Victoria

  06-11-2022 11:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A small passenger plane crashed Sunday morning into Lake Victoria on approach to an airport in Tanzania.
  Local authorities said 26 of the 43 people on board the Precision Air flight from the coastal city of Dar es Salaam had been rescued and taken to a hospital after the plane crashed on approach to Bukoba Airport.Precision Air is a Tanzanian airline company.
  News reports showed photos of the plane mostly submerged in the lake.
  “We have managed to save quite a n
  
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• Doctors, nurses call for action on crumbling care, health ministers meet in Vancouver

  06-11-2022 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A family doctor who works in British Columbia and Alberta says patients who don’t get the care they need before ending up in overburdened emergency rooms should be a focus for quick action by the country’s health ministers as they meet in Vancouver.
  Dr. Carllin Man said sicker patients without a family physician tend to return to ERs where burnt-out doctors and nurses put in longer and longer hours as colleagues leave the profession.
  “For a long time, our heal
  
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• Climate Changed: How homebuilders and residents are adapting to a warming world

  06-11-2022 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The two-storey family home with a classic design and wooden cladding blends in with its neighbours, but its thick, insulated walls, airtightness, solar panels, heat pump and highly efficient windows make it a home built for a warming world.
  The home in Vancouver’s Point Grey neighbourhood generates more energy than it consumes and demonstrates how a highly efficient building is also more resilient to the effects of climate change, such as bouts of extreme heat, and smoke
  
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• B.C. diver shakes a leg with giant Pacific octopus, in ‘mind-blowing’ encounter

  06-11-2022 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CAMPBELL RIVER — British Columbia scuba diver Andrea Humphreys’ new acquaintance greeted her more like a long-lost friend, with extended arms, then a full-body hug, and finally a kiss, lip to tentacle.
  Humphreys’ “mind-blowing” encounter was with a giant Pacific octopus.
  The schoolteacher’s video of the rare moment with the creature, in three-meter-deep water off Campbell River on the of Vancouver Island, has gone viral.
  “I’ve been diving for 12 ye
  
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• Alpilean Reviews: Do Alpine Weight Loss Ingredients Work to Burn Fat? - Chilliwack Progress

  06-11-2022 09:30 via news.google.com
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• Ueda 1 stroke ahead after 3 rounds of LPGA’s Toto Classic

  06-11-2022 07:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SHIGA, Japan (AP) — Momoko Ueda of Japan shot a 4-under 68 on Saturday to take a one-stoke lead after three rounds of the Toto Classic. Ueda also held a one-shot lead after the second round.Ueda, who had a three-round total of 14-under 202, is one shot ahead of Gemma Dryburgh, who shot a 65 for the best round of the day. Pornanong Phatlum of Thailand also had a 65 but was far off the pace at the Seta Golf Course in western Japan.Ueda won this tournament in 2007 and 2011.
  Japanese player Mi
  
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• Red-hot Devils work overtime to burn Flames 4-3

  06-11-2022 06:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Fabian Zetterlund scored twice including the overtime winner on Saturday to lead the New Jersey Devils to a sixth straight NHL victory, winning 4-3 over the Calgary Flames.Nathan Bastian, Fabian Zetterlund and Miles Wood also scored for New Jersey (9-3-0), which has won nine of its last 10. Jesper Bratt was held off the scoresheet, snapping his franchise-record point streak to open the season at 11 games.
  Nazem Kadri, Elias Lindholm and Nikita Zadorov scored for Calgary (5-4-1),
  
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• Predators complete comeback with 4-3 shootout win over Canucks

  06-11-2022 06:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Matt Duchene scored in the shootout and the Nashville Predators completed a 4-3 comeback win over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday. 
  Jordan Gross recorded his first two NHL goals for the Predators (5-6-1) in regulation, Nino Niederreiter scored and notched an assist, and Mattias Ekholm contributed a pair of helpers.
  Vancouver (3-6-3) dominated across the first two periods before collapsing in the third once again.
  The Canucks have given up multi-goal leads five times this
  
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• Phils go quietly in Series finale as bopper becomes bunter

  06-11-2022 05:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HOUSTON (AP) — Kyle Schwarber went from big bopper to bad bunter.
  One of the Philadelphia Phillies’ most fearsome sluggers popped up foul on a two-strike bunt attempt with his team one inning from World Series elimination. That bizarre strikeout spoke more loudly that Schwarber’s third Series homer, which briefly put Philadelphia ahead.
  After taking a 2-1 lead in the Fall Classic, the Phillies lost three in a row — the last a 4-1 defeat Saturday night that gave Houston th
  
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• Astros’ Peña 1st rookie hitter to win World Series MVP

  06-11-2022 05:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HOUSTON (AP) — Jeremy Peña became the first rookie position player to win a World Series MVP award after hitting .400 in the Houston Astros’ six-game victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.
  Peña also won a Gold Glove Award and AL Championship Series MVP this season. He’s the first hitter to win those three prizes in a career — and he did it all in his rookie season, per OptaSTATS.
  “This is what we dream about,” he said.The 25-year-old singled to
  
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• Baker finally wins 1st Series title as manager with Astros

  06-11-2022 04:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HOUSTON (AP) — For now and forever, Dusty Baker, the epic storyteller, first-class name-dropper, toothpick chewer and baseball lifer will bear a most distinguished title.
  World Series champion manager.
  The man who can weave a tale like few others, wistfully recalling his time under Hank Aaron’s tutelage or chance encounters with Jimi Hendrix, John F. Kennedy Jr. and countless more, completed the only missing chapter in his own story Saturday night.
  After 25 seasons as a big league sk
  
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• WestJet experiencing system-wide outage causing cancellations, ‘growing delays’

  06-11-2022 04:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — WestJet says a system-wide outage is impacting its operations, resulting in “growing delays” across its network and cancellations.
  The Canadian airline says its contact centre is unable to access guest reservations as a result of the outage.
  WestJet says it’s working to restore service to its system, though it hasn’t provided a reason for the outage.
  Calgary International Airport says in a tweet that guests flying through its airport may be delayed “
  
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• Canada fretting on Davies, Crepeau injuries before World Cup

  06-11-2022 03:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BERLIN (AP) — Canada is sweating on the fitness of Alphonso Davies and goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau just over two weeks before the World Cup begins.
  Davies went off with an apparent leg injury while playing for Bayern Munich on Saturday, while Crepeau left the field on a cart several hours later after injuring his leg while playing for Los Angeles FC against Philadelphia in the MLS Cup final.
  Davies clutched the back of his right thigh before going off in obvious discomfort in the 63rd minute
  
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• Golden Knights beat Canadiens 6-4 for seventh straight win

  06-11-2022 03:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Reilly Smith scored two goals and the Vegas Golden Knights kept their hot streak intact with a 6-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.
  Nicolas Hague, Keegan Kolesar, Nicolas Roy and Jonathan Marchessault added goals for the Golden Knights, who improved their winning streak to seven games.
  Nick Suzuki scored two goals and Cole Caufield added one goal bringing both players to the eight-goal mark. Kirby Dach picked up three assists and Juraj Slakovsky scored a late m
  
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• Flyers spoil Giroux milestone by beating Sens 2-1

  06-11-2022 02:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Claude Giroux scored a milestone goal against his former team, but the Philadelphia Flyers spoiled the celebration with a 2-1 win over the Ottawa Senators Saturday night.
  The game was Giroux’s first against his former team, but he doesn’t have much to boast about as the loss now has the Senators (4-7-0) mired in a five-game losing streak.
  Zack MacEwen’s second-period goal held up as the winner, while Kevin Hayes also scored for the Flyers (6-3-2). Carter Hart was
  
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• Matthews scores twice to lead Leafs over Bruins; Samsonov injured for Toronto

  06-11-2022 02:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Auston Matthews scored twice as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated Boston 2-1 on Saturday night to snap the Bruins’ seven-game winning streak.
  Mitch Marner had two assists for Toronto (6-4-2). Ilya Samsonov made 13 saves before leaving the game after two periods with a knee injury.
  Erik Kallgren stopped seven shots the rest of the way for the Leafs.
  Brad Marchand, on a second-period penalty shot, replied for Boston (10-2-0). Linus Ullmark made 26 saves for the Bruins, who ent
  
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• LAFC claims 1st MLS Cup title with shootout win over Union

  06-11-2022 00:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gareth Bale tied the score 3-3 on a dramatic header in the eighth minute of extra-time stoppage time, backup goalkeeper John McCarthy stopped two Philadelphia shots in the shootout, and Los Angeles FC beat the Union 3-0 on penalty kicks to claim its first MLS Cup championship Saturday.
  After Bale came on as a substitute in extra time and scored the tying goal for 10-man LAFC, Denis Bouanga, Ryan Hollingshead and Ilie Sanchez scored in the 3-0 shootout, capping the most d
  
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• ‘Wonderheads’ theatre company brings classic Christmas story to Chilliwack - Hope Standard

  06-11-2022 00:15 via news.google.com
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• 'Wonderheads' theatre company brings classic Christmas story to Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  06-11-2022 00:15 via news.google.com
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