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• Toronto’s Harris, Winnipeg’s Oliveira friendly combatants in Grey Cup

  17-11-2022 23:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  REGINA — The mentor and his protégé are a subplot of Sunday’s Grey Cup game.
  Among the ties that bind Toronto Argonauts running back Andrew Harris and Winnipeg Blue Bombers counterpart Brady Oliveira is that the latter learned what it takes to be a premiere running back during Harris’s years with the Bombers.
  Harris was the CFL’s rushing leader from 2017 to 2019. He won Grey Cups with the B.C. Lions (2011) and with the Blue Bombers (2019, 2021). Oliveira spe
  
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• Former team psychologist settles suit with Spurs, Josh Primo

  17-11-2022 23:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAN ANTONIO — A psychologist who worked for the San Antonio Spurs has settled her lawsuit against the team and former player Josh Primo over allegations he had exposed himself to her multiple times in private sessions, her attorney said Thursday. 
  Hillary Cauthen worked as a performance psychologist for the team. In a lawsuit filed earlier this month in Bexar County, where San Antonio is located, she had accused the 19-year-old Canadian player of exposing his genitals to her nine time
  
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• Biden admin to ask high court to take up student debt plan

  17-11-2022 23:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration plans to ask the Supreme Court to reinstate the president’s student debt cancellation plan, according to a Thursday legal filing, warning that millions of Americans will face financial strain if the plan remains stalled in court when loan payments are scheduled to restart in January.
  The Justice Department is fighting to keep Biden’s plan alive after it was halted by two federal courts in recent weeks. On Thursday it asked a federal ap
  
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• Toronto FC selects goalkeeper Tomás Romero at MLS re-entry draft

  17-11-2022 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Toronto FC selected goalkeeper Tomás Romero in the first stage of the 2022 Major League Soccer re-entry draft on Thursday.
  The 21-year-old made 18 MLS appearances with Los Angeles FC as a rookie in 2021, including a clean sheet in a 2-0 win over FC Dallas.
  Romero made 13 appearances with the Las Vegas Lights of the USL Championship in 2022.
  At the international level, Romero earned his first cap with the El Salvador senior team in a friendly against Ecuador on Nov. 5, 2021.This report by
  
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• In the Rings: Curling and sports betting — rolling the dice on the pebbled ice

  17-11-2022 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A fun moment at the end of the recent Pan Continental curling championship’s men’s final provided a welcome dash of levity in a blowout game.
  The unusual finish — in a sport still getting used to the arrival of legalized sports betting — may have been costly for some bettors.
  “If you had the under ticket there, it was maybe just a bit of a bad beat,” said Coolbet curling oddsmaker Matt Hall.
  With Canada leading South Korea 11-2 in the eighth end, skips Brad Gu
  
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• Senators pass Liberal dental benefit for kids, housing benefit for renters

  17-11-2022 22:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Senators have passed a bill that will allow low- and middle-income families to access government money to help care for their kids’ dental care, starting as early as Dec. 1.
  The dental benefit was a compromise between the Liberals and NDP, as part of the supply-and-confidence agreement that will see the New Democrats support the minority government until 2025.
  The Liberals are working to create a dental insurance program, but have created a new benefit to allow qualifying fa
  
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• National security officials wanted CSIS threshold for Emergencies Act ‘reconsidered’

  17-11-2022 22:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national security adviser and other senior officials felt the Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s threshold to determine a national threat under the Emergencies Act “should be reconsidered,” a public inquiry has learned. 
  Jody Thomas told lawyers for the Public Order Emergency Commission, which is investigating the federal government’s decision to invoke the act during the “Freedom Convoy” protests
  
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• Blue Bombers quarterback says he’s ready to play in Grey Cup despite ankle injury

  17-11-2022 22:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  REGINA — Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros intends to play in Sunday’s Grey Cup game against the Toronto Argonauts despite an injured ankle.
  Collaros didn’t practice Wednesday or Thursday in Regina, but told media “I’m ready to go. I’m ready to play.”
  The quarterback rolled his right ankle when he was tackled in the fourth quarter of last Sunday’s West Division final win over the B.C. Lions.
  “My foot just got stuck in the ground
  
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• Acting Uvalde police chief during school shooting steps down

  17-11-2022 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DALLAS (AP) — The Uvalde officer who was leading the city’s police department during the hesitant law enforcement response to an elementary school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers has stepped down, a city spokeswoman said Thursday.
  Lt. Mariano Pargas left the department voluntarily but it was not immediately clear whether he retired or resigned, according to city spokeswoman Gina Eisenberg.
  Pargas is the second police leader to lose his job in the fallout since the m
  
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• ‘It really shook me’: Calgary surgeon spearheads drive to send supplies to Ukraine

  17-11-2022 22:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — A cardiac surgeon in Calgary has spearheaded a move to send medical and surgical supplies to Ukraine after seeing a doctor there treat open-heart surgery patients in a bomb shelter.
  Dr. Paul Fedak, who is Ukrainian-Canadian, said he was watching a social media post months ago of a Ukrainian cardiac surgeon, Dr. Igor Mokryk, taking patients down into a bunker as bombs were going off overhead.
  “I can only think about how difficult it is in our own health-care system and in my
  
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• B.C. town wins national recognition for reclaiming contaminated mill site - Chilliwack Progress

  17-11-2022 21:55 via news.google.com
  B.C. town wins national recognition for reclaiming contaminated mill site  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Trial draws near for Chilliwack physiotherapist charged with sexual assault - Hope Standard

  17-11-2022 21:50 via news.google.com
  Trial draws near for Chilliwack physiotherapist charged with sexual assault  Hope Standard
  
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• Trial draws near for Chilliwack physiotherapist charged with sexual assault - Agassiz Harrison Observer - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  17-11-2022 21:50 via news.google.com
  Trial draws near for Chilliwack physiotherapist charged with sexual assault - Agassiz Harrison Observer  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• CF Montreal’s new logo for 2023 MLS season pays tribute to team’s past

  17-11-2022 21:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal’s new branding borrows heavily from the soccer team’s past.
  The Major League Soccer club unveiled its new logo on Thursday, which will be used starting in the 2023 season.
  The new crest brings back the fleur-de-lis, shield and black-and-blue stripes that were prevalent in the team’s branding when it was known as the Montreal Impact.
  The new logo also incorporates the team’s name and the number 1993, the year of its inaugural season.
  After 28 y
  
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• Bombers GM Walters expecting head coach O’Shea to re-sign with club in off-season

  17-11-2022 21:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  REGINA — Winnipeg GM Kyle Walters isn’t worrying about the long-term future of Blue Bombers head coach Mike O’Shea.
  O’Shea is in the final year of his contract with Winnipeg, which will chase a third straight Grey Cup title Sunday at Mosaic Stadium versus the Toronto Argonauts. On Wednesday, O’Shea, 52, of North Bay, Ont., downplayed any suggestion that he’s a lame-duck coach, adding he has traditionally completed his deals and then signed new ones.
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• Griner has begun serving sentence in Russian penal colony

  17-11-2022 21:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — WNBA star Brittney Griner has begun serving her nine-year sentence for drug possession at a Russian penal colony, her lawyers and agent said Thursday.
  Griner has been relocated to a penal colony in Mordovia, about 350 kilometers (210 miles) east of Moscow.
  “Brittney is doing as well as could be expected and trying to stay strong as she adapts to a new environment,” her lawyers said in a statement.Eric Tucker, The Associated Press
  
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• Quebec police nab three suspects in connection with thefts of bulldog puppies

  17-11-2022 21:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say they’ve arrested three people in connection with a series of puppy thefts targeting breeders last year.
  The cases involved breeders across the province who were targeted by thieves after listing their dogs, mainly French bulldogs, for sale online.
  Police say suspects showed up in groups at the addresses where the puppies were for sale and on some occasions, pepper spray was used to allow them to flee with the animals.
  Provincial police say an 1
  
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• Fatal flight carrying B.C. fugitives was overweight when it crashed in Ontario: TSB

  17-11-2022 21:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Transportation Safety Board says a small plane that crashed in northern Ontario with two fugitives on board was overweight and the pilot was not qualified to fly at night. 
  Flight records and witnesses have said the Piper Cherokee began its journey from British Columbia and made several stops before crashing near Sioux Lookout, Ont. 
  Police have said pilot Abhinav Handa, Hankun Hong, Gene Lahrkamp and Duncan Bailey died in the crash near Sioux Lookout after departing from Dryden, O
  
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• Quebec man charged with killing his children deemed fit to stand trial

  17-11-2022 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAVAL, Que. — A Quebec father accused of killing his two children last month in the family home north of Montreal has been deemed fit to stand trial.
  Prosecutor Karine Dalphond says Kamaljit Arora appeared in court today after undergoing a psychiatric evaluation.
  Arora, 45, is facing two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his daughter, Anzel, 13, and son, Aaron, 11, in the Montreal suburb of Laval in October.
  He also faces one count of assaulting his wife by strangulation.
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• Vancouver Whitecaps pick up former CF Montreal defender in MLS re-entry draft

  17-11-2022 20:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps picked up Canadian defender Karifa Yao in Major League Soccer’s re-entry draft on Thursday. 
  The 22-year-old centre back from Montreal came up through CF Montreal’s academy and signed a contract with the MLS team in June 2019.
  He spent the last two seasons on loan to Canadian Premier League side Cavalry FC, starting in 53 of 56 appearances and tallying two goals and two assists.  
  Whitecaps sporting director Axel Schuster says in a
  
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• Senegal forward Mané ruled out of World Cup with leg injury

  17-11-2022 20:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Senegal forward Sadio Mané will miss the World Cup because of a leg injury, the Senegalese soccer federation said Thursday.
  Mané was injured in a German league game between Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen on Nov. 8.
  Most of Senegal’s squad arrived in Qatar for the World Cup on Sunday. The team’s first game in Qatar is against the Netherlands on Monday.
  Senegal, the reigning African champion, had hoped that Mané could return but announced
  
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• Prince Rupert sees second berth in port with $75 million investment - Chilliwack Progress

  17-11-2022 20:53 via news.google.com
  Prince Rupert sees second berth in port with $75 million investment  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Northwest B.C. gold mine reopens following fatal incident - Chilliwack Progress

  17-11-2022 20:49 via news.google.com
  Northwest B.C. gold mine reopens following fatal incident  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Realtors gear up for annual blanket drive in Chilliwack, Agassiz and Hope - Hope Standard

  17-11-2022 20:30 via news.google.com
  Realtors gear up for annual blanket drive in Chilliwack, Agassiz and Hope  Hope Standard
  
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• Realtors gear up for annual blanket drive in Chilliwack, Agassiz and Hope - Chilliwack Progress

  17-11-2022 20:30 via news.google.com
  Realtors gear up for annual blanket drive in Chilliwack, Agassiz and Hope  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada won’t back call at COP27 to ‘phase down’ oil and gas production

  17-11-2022 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Canada will not agree to include language calling for the phaseout of all fossil fuels in the final agreement at this year’s United Nations climate talks in Egypt.
  The agreement from the UN conference in Scotland last year called for countries to move faster to get rid of coal-fired electricity plants that are not abated with technology to capture emissions.
  India is pushing to add oil and gas to that paragraph in this year’s
  
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• Driver arrested in crash into LA County sheriff’s recruits

  17-11-2022 20:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities have arrested a 22-year-old driver on suspicion of attempted murder for allegedly plowing his vehicle into Los Angeles County sheriff’s academy recruits on a training run, injuring more than two dozen people.
  The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement Thursday that Nicholas Joseph Gutierrez was arrested Wednesday and charged with attempted murder on a peace officer.
  Authorities have said that a man driving an SUV early Wednesd
  
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• Military bans uniforms from civilian trials following Fortin criticism - Chilliwack Progress

  17-11-2022 20:00 via news.google.com
  Military bans uniforms from civilian trials following Fortin criticism  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Federal government still strongly encourages people to use masks while travelling - Chilliwack Progress

  17-11-2022 20:00 via news.google.com
  Federal government still strongly encourages people to use masks while travelling  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Consumer groups want grocers to ditch digital-only deals - Chilliwack Progress

  17-11-2022 20:00 via news.google.com
  Consumer groups want grocers to ditch digital-only deals  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Argos quarterback Bethel-Thompson looks to cap breakout season with Grey Cup win

  17-11-2022 19:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  REGINA — McLeod Bethel-Thompson has had a meandering journey through professional football, but he’s not about to get caught up what a Grey Cup championship would mean to his career.
  The 34-year-old Toronto Argonauts quarterback joined the professional ranks in 2011, playing in the Arena Football League with the San Jose Saber Cats and the United Football League with the Sacramento Mountain Lions before bouncing around the NFL on the practice rosters of the San Francisco 49ers (three
  
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• Ottawa sets aside $3B for out-of-court settlements with Indigenous people

  17-11-2022 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal government is asking Parliament to set aside $3 billion in anticipation of several out-of-court settlements with Indigenous people.
  The government is also seeking $1.5 billion to help provinces and territories pay for disaster relief and recovery efforts.
  The requests are detailed in a supplementary spending plan tabled in the House of Commons this afternoon.
  The tabling of such plans is a regular feature in the parliamentary calendar and is designed to respond to new
  
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• 'Spirit of unity' acknowledged by Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl one year after flooding, slides - Chilliwack Progress

  17-11-2022 19:48 via news.google.com
  'Spirit of unity' acknowledged by Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl one year after flooding, slides  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Military bans uniforms from civilian trials following Fortin criticism

  17-11-2022 19:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Members of the Canadian Armed Forces are being banned from wearing their military uniforms during civilian trials.
  The Armed Forces issued an order to that effect today, saying the ban will take effect on Dec. 1.
  There is an exception for troops representing the Armed Forces in court.
  The military is not explicitly saying why it is changing its rules, but Defence Department spokesman Daniel Le Bouthillier says the move follows concerns from survivors of sexual misconduct in Septem
  
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• Chilliwack Chief Abram Wiebe named to BCHL all-star squad - Hope Standard

  17-11-2022 19:30 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack Chief Abram Wiebe named to BCHL all-star squad  Hope Standard
  
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• 250 rowers gather on Vancouver Island lake for national championship - Chilliwack Progress

  17-11-2022 19:24 via news.google.com
  250 rowers gather on Vancouver Island lake for national championship  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs captain and Vegas Golden Knights prospect Abram Wiebe selected to BCHL All-Star Tournament

  17-11-2022 19:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Chiefs captain and Vegas Golden Knights prospect Abram Wiebe can add another accolade to his portfolio.The Chilliwack Chiefs announced Thursday (Nov. 17) that Wiebe has been selected to represent the team at the BCHL’s 3-on-3 outdoor All-Star Tournament on Jan. 21 in Penticton.Wiebe is part of the initial 18 skaters the league announced this morning.The first 18 were selected via a poll with all 18 head coaches from across the league.
  The Chiefs captain curren
  
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• ‘Exciting time’: Nunavut’s historic land use plan heads into final public hearings

  17-11-2022 19:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  IQALUIT, Nunavut — One of the final steps in a 15-year-long process to formally guide how, where and when land and water can be used in Nunavut is underway, with the last in a series of public hearings beginning in Iqaluit earlier this week. 
  “It’s a pretty exciting time,” said Sharon Ehaloak, executive director of the Nunavut Planning Commission. 
  Nunavut’s ambitious land-use plan covers 2.1 million square kilometres and represents a fifth of Canada&rsquo
  
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• Surrey man charged with threatening American journalist - Chilliwack Progress

  17-11-2022 19:11 via news.google.com
  Surrey man charged with threatening American journalist  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Upper Fraser Valley RCMP recognize 32 individuals for service towards public safety

  17-11-2022 19:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The Upper Fraser Valley RCMP detachment took time last week to publicly salute and wholeheartedly thank 32 people who have made outstanding contributions to public safety.Annually, the Upper Fraser Valley RCMP recognizes police officers, employees and community members who have made outstanding contributions to public safety with the Officer in Charge Awards.
  On November 9, Superintendent Davy Lee, Officer in Charge of the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment, honoured 32 r
  
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• Abram Wiebe Selected to BCHL All-Star Tournament

  17-11-2022 18:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Chilliwack Chiefs are excited to announce that Abram Wiebe has been selected to represent the team at the BCHL’s 3-on-3 outdoor All-Star Tournament on Jan. 21 in Penticton. 
  Wiebe is part of the initial 18 skaters the league announced this morning. 
  The first 18 were selected via a poll with all 18 Head Coaches from across the league.
  The Chiefs captain currently leads his team with 17 points (5 goals / 12 assists) from the blue line in 16 games. The Vegas Golden Knights pros
  
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• Pelosi won’t seek leadership role, plans to stay in Congress

  17-11-2022 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she will not seek a leadership position in the new Congress, a pivotal realignment making way for a new generation of leaders after Democrats lost control of the House to Republicans in the midterm elections.
  Pelosi announced in a spirited speech on the House floor that she will step aside after leading Democrats for nearly 20 years and in the aftermath of the brutal attack on her husband, Paul, last month in their San Francis
  
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• The federal government ‘strongly encourage’ people to use masks while travelling

  17-11-2022 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada’s Minister of Transportation says after a briefing with the country’s top doctor, the government still strongly encourages people to wear masks on planes and trains — but stopped short of making it a requirement.
  Omar Alghabra says that he participated in a briefing from chief public health officer Theresa Tam this morning. 
  He says the government will continue to follow advice from doctors and will maintain the recommendation for now. 
  The minis
  
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• Next-level opposition awaits Canada’s World Cup team in Qatar

  17-11-2022 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canada turned heads in topping the final round of World Cup qualifying in the CONCACAF region. Now comes a string of next-level tests at the World Cup, starting with No. 2 Belgium.
  The Canadian men are jumping into the deep end of world football.
  Canada coach John Herdman knows the challenge that awaits. And how his players will have to rise to meet it.
  “Coming up against the No. 2 team in the world in Belgium (on Nov. 23), you look at that and you know there’s another level to be fo
  
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• Canadian woman fears father is in Chinese custody for speaking out on human rights

  17-11-2022 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The daughter of a missing Chinese human rights defender is appealing to the Vietnamese and Chinese governments to reveal her father’s whereabouts and allow him to travel to Canada.
  There has been no word of Dong Guangping’s fate since he was arrested Aug. 24 by Vietnamese police.
  His daughter Katherine Dong, who lives in Toronto with her mother, fears he has been handed over to Chinese authorities.
  She expressed her concerns at a news conference in Ottawa today alongsi
  
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• G.W. Graham expansion complete, giving the school capacity for 1,400 students

  17-11-2022 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The B.C. government announced Thursday (Nov. 17) that a 450-seat addition has been completed at G.W. Graham Secondary School, marking the fourth school in Chilliwack that has been expanded or built in the past five years.
  “It’s so exciting to see another expansion project completed in Chilliwack, supporting student learning in modern and inspiring environments,” said Jennifer Whiteside, Minister of Education and Child Care. “This is the fourth new or ex
  
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• Canada aims for respect in talks with China even as relations difficult: Ng

  17-11-2022 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — International Trade Minister Mary Ng says Canada will maintain a respectful dialogue with China even as she warns that Canada’s biggest trading partner in Asia has changed.
  Ng’s comments come a day after a terse exchange at the G20 summit in Indonesia between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
  Xi took issue with Trudeau after the Prime Minister’s Office provided Canadian media with some basic details about a conversation Xi and Trudea
  
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• Painkillers, pesticides and cocaine among contaminants found in Fraser Valley floodwaters - Chilliwack Progress

  17-11-2022 18:00 via news.google.com
  Painkillers, pesticides and cocaine among contaminants found in Fraser Valley floodwaters  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• 3 US Customs agents shot, wounded off coast of Puerto Rico

  17-11-2022 17:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Three U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have been wounded after exchanging gunfire with people “on board a suspected smuggling vessel” off the coast of Puerto Rico, officials said Thursday.
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the agents suffered various gunshot wounds during the incident that happened around 8 a.m. Thursday. It happened about 144 miles off the coast of Cabo Rojo in Puerto Rico.The agency said the agents were being airlifted to the
  
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• Gov. Gen. Mary Simon misses Order of Canada ceremony at Rideau Hall due to illness

  17-11-2022 17:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Gov. Gen. Mary Simon is missing today’s Order of Canada ceremony at Rideau Hall due to illness.
  A spokesperson says in a written statement that “with great regret,” Simon would not preside over the investiture — news that was announced shortly before the ceremony was to begin.
  The statement says Simon is following the same advice given to other Canadians, in that she is staying home when feeling unwell “to protect others from being sick.”
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