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• Bombers running back Oliveira ready for first post-season start

  11-11-2022 23:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Brady Oliveira is ready to be in the playoff spotlight.
  The Winnipeg Blue Bombers third-year running back will make his first post-season start at that position when the team hosts the B.C. Lions in Sunday’s CFL West Division final at IG Field.
  The opportunity to do that in his hometown in front of family, friends and fans is something he relishes.
  “This is meaningful football and this is when you want to play,” Oliveira said Friday after Winnipeg’s close
  
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• PHOTOS and VIDEO: Thousands come out for Remembrance Day ceremonies in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  11-11-2022 23:28
  PHOTOS and VIDEO: Thousands come out for Remembrance Day ceremonies in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Veteran receiver Banks looking to add Grey Cup ring to career resume

  11-11-2022 22:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — It’s the lone accomplishment still missing from Brandon Banks’ football resume.
  On Sunday, the veteran receiver will look to help Toronto defeat the Montreal Alouettes in the East Division final. The Argonauts would advance to their first Grey Cup game since 2017 with a victory, but also move Banks a step closer to his first CFL championship.
  “That (Grey Cup ring) is the one thing that’s missing,” Banks said following Toronto’s practice Friday.
  
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• Quebec, N.W.T. improve to 7-2, headed for showdown at mixed curling championship

  11-11-2022 22:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Quebec and Northwest Territories won their morning draw matches on Friday at the Canadian mixed curling championships, setting up a clash for top spot in the championship pool.
  Quebec’s Felix Asselin scored two in the eighth end to pull out a 5-4 win over Ontario’s Scott McDonald and Northern Ontario used a key steal in the seventh in a 5-3 win over British Columbia’s Craig Miles.
  Quebec, seeking its third straight national mixed doubles title, and
  
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• B.C. Indigenous scholar Margo Greenwood appointed as senator - Chilliwack Progress

  11-11-2022 21:30
  B.C. Indigenous scholar Margo Greenwood appointed as senator  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• NHL, NHLPA say World Cup of Hockey tournament will not return in 2014

  11-11-2022 21:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The World Cup of Hockey will not be returning in 2024.
  The NHL and NHL Players’ Association said in a joint statement Friday “the current environment it is not feasible” to hold the World Cup, but did not elaborate further.
  The organizations were working on a plan to hold the tournament in February 2024.
  The release said the two sides will continue to plan for the tournament’s return, hopefully in February 2025.
  The World Cup of Hockey was last held in 201
  
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• Highlight-reel goal by Adriana Leon lifts Canada women past Brazil in soccer friendly

  11-11-2022 21:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SANTOS, Brazil — Adriana Leon’s highlight-reel goal gave Canada a 2-1 victory over Brazil in a women’s soccer friendly Friday, extending the Canadian women’s win streak to five games.
  The seventh-ranked Canadians have now won nine of their last 10 and are 11-2-3 in 2022 with the losses coming to the top-ranked Americans (1-0 in July in the final of the CONCACAF W Championship) and No. 6 Spain (1-0 in February at the Arnold Clark Cup).
  Ninth-ranked Brazil had won 10 in a r
  
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• Public Remembrance Day ceremony returns to Chilliwack

  11-11-2022 20:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Under grey skies, perhaps symbolic of the sombre ceremony, Chilliwack residents recognized the sacrifices of those who have given their lives for Canada.More than one thousand people gathered for a service and parade through a part of the downtown leading to the ceremony at the cenotaph along Main Street and Yale Road. Many wore toques and scarfs in the chilly conditions to witness the first public Remembrance Day ceremony held in Chilliwack without COVID-19 restrictions since
  
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• VIDEO: Protester who interrupted Remembrance Day ceremony in Victoria arrested - Chilliwack Progress

  11-11-2022 20:30
  VIDEO: Protester who interrupted Remembrance Day ceremony in Victoria arrested  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Organization continues search to identify Indigenous veterans in unmarked graves - Chilliwack Progress

  11-11-2022 19:10
  Organization continues search to identify Indigenous veterans in unmarked graves  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Remembrance Day ceremonies to be held amid ‘uncertain global landscape’: premier

  11-11-2022 18:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — British Columbians will gather at cenotaphs across the province today to honour those who’ve made the ultimate sacrifice in the name of their country. 
  Cities holding Remembrance Day ceremonies include Victoria, Vancouver, New Westminster, Kamloops and Kelowna.
  They are among dozens across Canada, including a national ceremony in Ottawa that drew thousands of people who wore poppies and stood in silence as cannons boomed and military aircraft flew past. 
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• AP sources: US border agency leader is being forced out

  11-11-2022 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection is being forced out of his job leading the nation’s largest law enforcement agency as the number of illegal crossings rose to the highest level ever recorded in a fiscal year, according to two people familiar with the matter.
  Chris Magnus, who has been on the Senate-confirmed job less than a year, was told to resign or be fired, according to two people who had been briefed on the matter but who were not authorized to sp
  
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• Cavallini goal gives Canadian men a 2-2 tie with Bahrain in World Cup warmup

  11-11-2022 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MANAMA, Bahrain — Canada, missing some of its top talent, tied Bahrain 2-2 on Lucas Cavallini’s 81st-minute goal in a World Cup warmup match Friday.
  After Bahrain pulled ahead in the 65th minute from the penalty spot, it paid for failing to clear the ball. Substitute Zachary Brault-Guillard sent in a low cross that bounced off Cavallini’s leg and a defender, deflecting into the Bahrain goal.
  It was the Vancouver Whitecap striker’s 18th goal for Canada.
  The Canadians got a
  
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• Rose, Bombers set to make third straight West Division final appearance

  11-11-2022 17:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  He’s a native Californian, but Winston Rose has warmed up to the idea of playing football in Canada in November.
  Rose and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are in their third straight West Division final. The two-time defending Grey Cup champions host the B.C. Lions on Sunday at IG Field.
  “No, it never gets old,” Rose, a defensive back, said with a chuckle during a recent telephone interview. “In training camp you prepare for the season, then during the season you prepare for the
  
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• Canadian Elite Basketball League folds its franchise in Newfoundland

  11-11-2022 17:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The Canadian Elite Basketball League is suspending operations of its franchise in St. John’s, N.L. after just one season, the league announced on Friday.
  CEBL commissioner Mike Morreale said the decision to fold the Newfoundland Growlers franchise was made because its home arena, the Field House at Memorial University, lacked the amenities required by a professional league.
  The announcement came two days after the league granted an expansion team to Winnipeg
  
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• Colorado voters decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms

  11-11-2022 17:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado voters have passed a ballot initiative to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms for people 21 and older and to create state-regulated “healing centers” where patients can experience the drug under supervision.Colorado becomes the second state, after Oregon, to vote to establish a regulated system for substances like psilocybin and psilocin, the hallucinogens found in some mushrooms. The initiative, which would take effect in 2024, also will allow an advisor
  
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• Canada ousted by Switzerland at Billie Jean King Cup

  11-11-2022 17:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  GLASGOW, United Kingdom — Canada was eliminated from the Billie Jean King Cup after dropping two singles matches to Switzerland in the women’s international tennis competition on Friday.
  Bianca Andreescu, of Mississauga, Ont., fell 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 to Viktorija Golubic in the opener, before Montreal’s Leylah Fernandez dropped 6-0, 7-5 straight-set decision to Belinda Bencic. 
  Canada had high hopes entering Friday’s play after rolling to a 3-0 victory over Italy on Thurs
  
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• Students and staff inside Quebec junior college ordered by police to shelter in place

  11-11-2022 16:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Que. — A junior college south of Montreal is under lockdown as local police carry out an operation.
  Cégep Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is ordering students and staff to barricade themselves into closed rooms and to keep the lights off.
  The college says the orders came at the request of the police force in the city of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, located about 40 kilometres south of Montreal.
  Police have established a security perimeter around the college, and access
  
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• Lenarduzzi came close in ’86. Who will end Canada’s World Cup drought in Qatar?

  11-11-2022 16:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Thirty-six years later, Bob Lenarduzzi still laments the scoring chance he missed at the World Cup.
  In 1986, the bookmakers laid long odds on Canada getting a goal in Mexico. And they were proved right as the Canadian men lost 1-0 to France and 2-0 to Hungary in their first two outings at the tournament.
  Lenarduzzi came close in Canada’s final Group C game at Estadio Sergio Leon Chavez in Irapuato, on a corner against the Soviet Union, only to have the ball squib off his foot in the penalt
  
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• Abbotsford Remembrance Day event to take place at Thunderbird Memorial Square

  11-11-2022 15:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — Remembrance Day activities in Abbotsford will centre around Thunderbird Memorial Square along Veterans Way this morning.With the Environment Canada weather forecast calling for a chance of rain or wet flurries and a temperaturein the single digits, residents will want to dress appropriately.
  A short parade will begin at 10:30 a.m. before the ceremony gets underway at 10:45 a.m.Abbotsford Mayor Ross Siemens and members of City Council are scheduled to be in attendance and empha
  
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• Chilliwack Remembrance Day events include downtown procession

  11-11-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack residents will join millions of other Canadians in paying their respects to Canadian veterans in Remembrance Day ceremonies across the country today. The day recognizes all Canadian Armed Forces and RCMP who served to defend the values and the freedoms that come with becoming a Canadian.
  In Chilliwack, a series of ceremonies are planned. There will be a service starting at 10 a.m. today (Nov.11) at the Evergreen Hall at 9291 Corbould Street. Following the service, a
  
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• ‘Skid row CEO’ Joe Roberts back in Abbotsford for beneficial brunch - Chilliwack Progress

  11-11-2022 14:00
  ‘Skid row CEO’ Joe Roberts back in Abbotsford for beneficial brunch  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• QUIZ: How much do you know about Canada’s military history? - Chilliwack Progress

  11-11-2022 14:00
  QUIZ: How much do you know about Canada’s military history?  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Radio Waves: Back to normal for most NHL/NBA radio broadcasters — but not everyone

  11-11-2022 12:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Just like the teams they follow, radio broadcast crews around the NHL and NBA are essentially back to normal after a couple years of pandemic-related challenges. 
  A few outliers remain on the travel front, however — and almost all are in Canadian markets. 
  Radio broadcast crews for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames, and Vancouver Canucks are not on site for road games this season. The English radio crew for the Montreal Canadiens also remains grounded.
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• Russia claims all troops gone from city in southern Ukraine

  11-11-2022 11:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian Defense Ministry says it has finished pulling out its troops from the western bank of the Dnieper River in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region.
  In a statement carried by Russia’s state news agencies, the ministry said the withdrawal was completed at 5 a.m. on Friday, and not a single unit of military equipment was left on the western bank.
  The retreat announced earlier this week marks another humiliating setback for Moscow’s war in Ukrai
  
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• Belgium stabbing suspect was on list of potential extremists

  11-11-2022 11:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities said Friday that a lone assailant who killed one police officer and wounded another in a stabbing attack had been on a list of potential extremists.
  The suspect, who had served six years in prison for common-law crimes, had gone to a police station early Thursday to express hatred for them, but couldn’t be arrested before he launched his stabbing attack on two police officers that evening.
  “The man was on the list of OCAD,” said Eric Va
  
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• Trudeau en route to Southeast Asia for summits aimed at deeper Indo-Pacific ties

  11-11-2022 10:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is en route to Southeast Asia for a series of summits aimed at deepening Canada’s presence in the Indo-Pacific.
  He is joined by Trade Minister Mary Ng and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, with a first stop in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh.
  Trudeau arrives today at the leaders’ summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a group of 10 countries that are negotiating a trade agreement with Canada.
  On Monday, Trudeau heads to Ind
  
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• Guilbeault optimistic about targets even as Canada’s emissions rebound post-pandemic

  11-11-2022 10:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada’s carbon dioxide emissions crept back up in 2021 after falling sharply during the first year of COVID-19, and experts believe they will go up even further this year as the return to normal has accelerated.
  The European Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research shows Canada’s carbon dioxide emissions grew three per cent in 2021 after falling nearly 10 per cent in 2020.
  That is on track with the worldwide trend reported at the United Nations climate talks
  
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• Former Supreme Court judge tabbed to help settle several ‘Havana Syndrome’ claims

  11-11-2022 10:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Former Supreme Court justice Thomas Cromwell will mediate claims against the federal government from nine family members of Canadian diplomats who suffered unexplained ailments in Cuba.
  The development is a step toward resolving some elements of a Federal Court action filed in 2019 by diplomats and dependants — now numbering 18 plaintiffs — who seek millions of dollars in damages from the Canadian government after becoming mysteriously ill while posted to Havana.
  They
  
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• Canadians prepare to mark Remembrance Day at ceremonies across the country

  11-11-2022 10:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canadians will gather at cenotaphs and monuments across the country today to remember and pay their respects to those who fought and died in service of Canada.
  This year will mark a full return to normalcy, including at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, after COVID-19 forced various changes to remembrance ceremonies over the past two years.
  Masks and social distancing are no longer required, and the traditional veterans’ parade will return to the national ceremony, which
  
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• Banff National Park considers next steps for bison herd reintroduced into backcountry

  11-11-2022 10:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BANFF, Alta. — Parks Canada officials are trying to determine what’s next for a herd of plains bisonin Banff National Park after a draft report shows its reintroduction in the park’s backcountry has been successful.
  The report on a five-year project, published online earlier this week, says the bison herd in the national park in Albertahas grown to more than 80 animals from the 16 that were relocated in 2017 from Elk Island National Park near Edmonton.
  Parks Canada declined an
  
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• Ex-nurse donates $3.8M for health unit in Downtown Eastside where she worked in 1950s

  11-11-2022 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Lily Lee’s first contribution to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and Chinatown neighbourhoods was as a 21-year-old community nurse in the 1950s when she was fresh out of the University of British Columbia.
  Based in Strathcona, Lee administered inoculations, acted as a school nurse and served as a liaison between health and welfare, occasionally encountering “the odd person who has had too much to drink.”
  Lee, 88, is now making a different kind of contribut
  
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• Japan minister quits over execution remark, PM delays trip

  11-11-2022 09:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delayed his departure Friday to Southeast Asia’s three upcoming summits in order to sack and find a replacement for his justice minister over a remark he made about capital punishment that was criticized as inappropriate.
  Justice Minister Yasuhiro Hanashi told reporters he submitted his resignation Friday to Kishida, two days after he made a comment at a party meeting that his low-profile job makes lunchtime news only when he uses hi
  
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• Foreman leads Panthers past rival Falcons in rain, 25-15

  11-11-2022 06:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — D’Onta Foreman carried 31 times for 130 yards and a touchdown, Laviska Shenault added a 41-yard burst to the end zone and the Carolina Panthers beat the Atlanta Falcons 25-15 on a rainy Thursday night.
  The Panthers (3-7) piled up a season-high 232 yards on the ground, and Eddy Pineiro kicked four field goals after he missed two critical kicks in a 37-34 overtime loss to the Falcons 11 days earlier.
  Marcus Mariota finished 19 of 30 for 186 yards and two touchdow
  
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• Judge, deGrom among 14 with $19.65M qualifying offers

  11-11-2022 05:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge, Jacob deGrom and Xander Bogaerts were among 14 free agents who were given $19.65 million qualifying offers by their former teams on Thursday
  Dansby Swanson, Trea Turner, Willson Contreras and Carlos Rodón also were given the offers, as were Chris Bassitt, Brandon Nimmo, Nathan Eovaldi, Anthony Rizzo, Joc Pederson, Martín Pérez and Tyler Anderson.
  Players have until Nov. 20 to accept, and top players are expected to decline and pursue more l
  
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• Hischier’s overtime goal lifts Devils past Senators 4-3

  11-11-2022 04:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Nico Hischier scored his second goal of the game at 4:27 of overtime lifted New Jersey past the Ottawa Senators 4-3 on Thursday night and extended the Devils’ winning streak to eight games.
  Miles Wood and Tomas Tatar also scored for the Devils.
  Shane Pinto scored twice and Travis Hamonic added a goal for Ottawa. The Senators continued their road struggles, losing for the fifth time in five away games. Ottawa has won only four of 13 games overall.
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• Charlie McAvoy scores in season debut, Bruins beat skidding Flames 3-1

  11-11-2022 04:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BOSTON (AP) — Charlie McAvoy scored the go-ahead goal in his season debut and the Eastern Conference-leading Boston Bruins remained perfect on home ice, beating the skidding Calgary Flames 3-1 Thursday night.
  Linus Ullmark made 31 saves and Connor Clifton also scored as the Bruins improved to 8-0-0 at TD Garden. David Pastrnak added an empty-net goal for Boston, which is 12-2-0 overall.
  Noah Hanifin scored for the Flames, who dropped their seventh straight.Calgary swarmed the Bruins early,
  
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• Svechnikov’s hat trick carries Hurricanes past Oilers 7-2

  11-11-2022 04:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Andrei Svechnikov scored three goals and the Carolina Hurricanes, with goalie Pyotr Kochetkov making his season debut, beat the high-powered Edmonton Oilers 7-2 on Thursday night.
  Svechnikov’s other hat trick this season also came against Edmonton. His third goal this time came with 4:11 remaining.
  Brent Burns, Jordan Staal, Jordan Martinook and Jesper Fast also scored for the Hurricanes, who snapped a two-game skid and forged a season split with Edmonton. Teuvo
  
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• Democrat Schrier wins reelection to Washington’s 8th

  11-11-2022 03:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SEATTLE (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep Kim Schrier has won a third term in Washington’s 8th U.S. House district, fending off a challenge from Republicans who targeted the seat as part of their efforts to flip the chamber.
  Schrier, a pediatrician, is the only Democrat to have held the seat since the district was created in the early 1980s. She defeated Matt Larkin, a lawyer, abortion rights opponent and former Washington attorney general candidate who painted her as too far left.
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• Finau hoping for big end to big year, shares Houston lead

  11-11-2022 03:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HOUSTON (AP) — Tony Finau wants to end his big year in a big way, and he took a step Thursday by biding his time and delivering late birdies for a 5-under 65 that gave him a share of the lead in the Houston Open.
  Finau used a 60-foot birdie putt on the par-3 second hole, his 11th of the round, to start a stretch of four birdies in five holes.
  He was tied for the lead with bogey-free Aaron Wise and Alex Noren of Sweden, who could use a big week in Houston to nail down a spot in the top 50 i
  
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• US judge in Texas strikes down Biden loan-forgiveness plan

  11-11-2022 03:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A U.S. judge in Texas on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden’s plan to provide millions of borrowers with up to $20,000 apiece in federal student-loan forgiveness — a program that was already on hold as a federal appeals court in St. Louis considers a separate lawsuit by six states challenging it.
  District Court Judge Mark Pittman, an appointee of former President Donald Trump based in Fort Worth, said the program usurped Congress’ power to make
  
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• Travel advisory on Highway 97 between Cache Creek and Clinton area - Chilliwack Progress

  11-11-2022 03:00
  Travel advisory on Highway 97 between Cache Creek and Clinton area  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Democrat Val Hoyle wins US House seat in Oregon’s 4th

  11-11-2022 02:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Democrat Val Hoyle has won the open U.S. House seat in Oregon’s 4th Congressional District, keeping it blue following the retirement of longtime Democratic incumbent Peter DeFazio.
  Hoyle defeated Republican Alek Skarlatos, who was making his second bid for the seat.
  The district includes Oregon’s southern and central coasts, including rural, conservative areas but also the more populous, liberal college towns of Eugene and Corvallis.Hoyle was elected Orego
  
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• This Is BC: Chilliwack man vows to find out names and places of 25,000 photographs - Global News

  11-11-2022 02:46
  This Is BC: Chilliwack man vows to find out names and places of 25,000 photographs  Global News
  
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• Thompson-Nicola Indigenous bands still reeling from flood that destroyed highway - Chilliwack Progress

  11-11-2022 02:00
  Thompson-Nicola Indigenous bands still reeling from flood that destroyed highway  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• US sending Ukraine $400 million more in military aid

  11-11-2022 01:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will send $400 million more in military aid to Ukraine, U.S. officials announced Thursday, amid concerns that financial assistance for the war against Russia could decline a bit if Republicans take control of Congress.The aid comes as the vote counting from Tuesday’s election continues, with Republicans inching closer to a narrow House majority and with control of the Senate hinging on tight races in Arizona, Nevada and Georgia.
  According to the Pentagon, t
  
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• Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk wins Silver Slugger for first time

  11-11-2022 01:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHICAGO — Alejandro Kirk is a Silver Slugger for the first time of his career.
  The Toronto Blue Jays catcher won the award on Thursday night, capping off a career-best season.
  The Silver Slugger is the top offensive award in Major League Baseball, with the season’s best players at each position selected in a vote by coaches and managers in their respective leagues.
  Kirk had a .285 batting average with 14 home runs, 59 runs, and 63 runs batted in.
  The 24-year-old Kirk also made his fi
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Finding common ground to turn the tide on the drug toxicity and overdose crisis

  11-11-2022 01:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The toxic drug crisis is an unprecedented public health emergency that has touched the lives of people around the world and right here in British Columbia. People are passing away every day, even as countless lives are saved by the heroic interventions of first responders, front-line workers, peers, friends and family.In B.C., the illicit drug supply is more toxic and unpredictable than ever before, causing an urgent health emergency. For too long, people have struggled to get the mental health
  
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• Chilliwack events gets tourism funding from provincial government - Chilliwack Progress

  11-11-2022 01:00
  Chilliwack events gets tourism funding from provincial government  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Rourke: Underdog Lions have ‘nothing to lose’ against Bombers in West final

  11-11-2022 00:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY, B.C. — The B.C. Lions know the odds of making a Grey Cup appearance this season are not in their favour. 
  Though the team earned a decisive victory over the Calgary Stampeders in the West Division semifinal last week, this week’s task is even tougher — taking out the league-leading, two-time defending champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the West final on Sunday.
  The winner will battle either the Toronto Argonauts or Montreal Alouettes for the Grey Cup in Regina on No
  
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