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• Proposed definition of prohibited assault-style firearm draws Conservative ire

  22-11-2022 23:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Members of the House of Commons public safety committee have begun a clause-by-clause review of the Liberal government’s gun-control bill.
  Among the early amendments put forward by the government is an evergreen definition of a prohibited assault-style firearm.
  Conservatives MPs quickly denounced the proposed definition today, saying it would effectively outlaw a broad range of semi-automatic rifles and shotguns.
  Two years ago, the government announced a ban on over 1,500 mo
  
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• Dozens displaced following morning fire in Abbotsford

  22-11-2022 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — A fire in a living complex in Abbotsford has left the people living in the 30 units without a home tonight. According to the City of Abbotsford, the fire broke out around 8 a.m. on the third floor of the apartment building at 1909 Salton Street.
  Three individuals were taken to hospital with minor injuries.Although the fire was contained to the third floor of the building, all units in the apartment were evacuated. Everyone living in the complex will not be able to return to th
  
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• Police: 4 dead at pot farm were ‘executed,’ Chinese citizens

  22-11-2022 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LACEY, Okla. (AP) — Police have identified a suspect in the weekend slayings of four people at an Oklahoma marijuana farm but said Tuesday they aren’t releasing a name because doing so could put more people in danger.
  Authorities said the three men and one woman, who were Chinese citizens, were “executed” on the 10-acre (4-hectare) property west of Hennessey, about 55 miles (90 kilometers) northwest of Oklahoma City. A fifth victim who was wounded and who is also a Chines
  
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• B.C. government ‘doing everything’ it can to stop spread of bird flu, minister says

  22-11-2022 23:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — Farmers in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley are facing “intense disease pressure,” with an avian flu outbreak in commercial farms that the agriculture minister says is concerning.
  Lana Popham says normally avian flu aligns with bird migration seasons, but the latest infections in farms of the H5N1 virus have been consistent all year. 
  Seven commercial poultry farms have been quarantined with avian flu since Nov. 16 in Abbotsford and Chilliwack, the same ar
  
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• Canada’s Crawford tops downhill training run at Lake Louise

  22-11-2022 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — Toronto’s Jack Crawford posted the fastest time in Tuesday’s first training run for the opening World Cup downhill race of the season.
  Crawford finished in a time of one minute 49.08 seconds, which was .04 seconds faster than Italy’s Mattia Casse.
  Daniel Hemetsberger of Austria was third in 1:49.51. Broderick Thompson of Whistler, B.C., was 15th.
  Crawford is coming off a successful season that saw him win bronze in alpine combined at the 2022 Beijing
  
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• ‘Your guy has really screwed the pooch’: Kenney told feds over Coutts blockade

  22-11-2022 22:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney accused the federal government of leaving provinces “holding the bag” to clear “Freedom Convoy” protesters who blockaded a border crossing in southern Alberta, a public inquiry has learned. 
  Documents released by the inquiry looking into the government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act last winter include text messages between Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Transport Minister Omar
  
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• Canadian men’s rugby sevens head coach Henry Paul steps down

  22-11-2022 22:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANGFORD, B.C. — Henry Paul has stepped down as head coach of Canada’s men’s rugby sevens team after three years leading the squad.
  Rugby Canada said in a release Tuesday that it has agreed to release Paul from his contract “with immediate effect.”
  Paul’s time at the helm included an eighth-place finish at the Tokyo Olympics and a quarterfinal appearance at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. The team finished a program-best fourth overall on t
  
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• Eby to create new ministry solely devoted to B.C. housing crisis - Chilliwack Progress

  22-11-2022 22:35
  Eby to create new ministry solely devoted to B.C. housing crisis  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Manitoba man who rammed truck into Rideau Hall approved for day parole

  22-11-2022 22:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A Manitoba man who armed himself and rammed a gate at Rideau Hall to confront Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been granted day parole.
  The Parole Board of Canada denied full parole for Corey Hurren but approved for him to spend six months living in a halfway house on day parole.
  Hurren, who once served with the military’s Canadian Rangers, drove a truck onto the grounds of the governor general’s official residence and crashed through the gate, causing $100,000 in dam
  
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• VIDEO: Man hanging from transport truck falls on B.C. highway - Chilliwack Progress

  22-11-2022 22:30
  VIDEO: Man hanging from transport truck falls on B.C. highway  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Auger-Aliassime and Shapovalov likely to get singles nods for Canada at Davis Cup

  22-11-2022 22:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov reached the final when they played in the Davis Cup together three years ago.
  They have reunited this week in Malaga, Spain, with a goal of leading Canada to its first title at the season-closing team event. 
  “Teams are afraid of us,” Canadian captain Frank Dancevic said Tuesday. “We have two top guys coming in, they’ve played a lot of matches and they’re confident. I feel like we have a mental edge coming in for sure.
  
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• One in three Ukrainians with visas have reached Canada as applications approach 700K

  22-11-2022 22:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — New government statistics show fewer than one-third of Ukrainians approved for temporary Canadian visas have arrived in the country.
  The temporary visas are part of the special immigration measures introduced by Ottawa in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
  According to the government, immigration officials have approved more than 420,000 of the nearly 700,000 requests received between March and November.
  Yet of those that have been approved, only about 117,000 Ukraini
  
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• ‘Close but no cigar:’ Jefferson, Bombers reflect on up-and-down season

  22-11-2022 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Willie Jefferson expects to sign a contract extension with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers soon, and that should start the healing process for the CFL team’s disappointed fans.
  Players cleaned out their lockers Tuesday after the Bombers’ quest for a third straight Grey Cup championship was surprisingly halted by a 24-23 loss to the Toronto Argonauts in Sunday’s 109th Grey Cup in Regina.
  “Not in front of me as of right now, but we’re working on it,”
  
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• Opposition demands audits of B.C. housing providers as Eby lays out more home plans

  22-11-2022 22:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s Opposition Liberals are calling for independent audits of two social housing providers as Premier David Eby marks his first days in office by setting out plans to tackle the housing crisis.  
  Liberal Leader Kevin Falcon says Eby must launch independent reviews at BC Housing and Atira Women’s Resources Society after leaked reports indicated mismanagement.
  BC Housing is a Crown corporation that develops, manages and administers subsidized housin
  
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• Pilot project at Canada-U.S. border crossing offers hope for stalled Nexus program

  22-11-2022 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Canada and the United States are road-testing a workaround for their irreconcilable differences over Nexus — evidence, officials say, of a shared bilateral commitment to the treasured but imperilled fast-traveller program. 
  The pilot project underway at the Thousand Islands border crossing between Ontario and New York state marks the first signs of life for a Nexus enrolment centre north of the border since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. 
  But it also sugge
  
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• Lawyers frustrated by Ottawa’s disclosure of documents at Emergencies Act inquiry

  22-11-2022 21:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Several lawyers at the inquiry into the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act last winter say Ottawa has been too slow to disclose documents and are raising concerns about a lack of transparency. 
  Thousands of pages of documents have been submitted into evidence at the Public Order Emergency Commission, which is scrutinizing the decision to invoke emergency powers in response to the “Freedom Convoy” protests that blockaded Ottawa streets and severa
  
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• Brawl at P.E.I. hockey tournament raises tough new questions for governing body

  22-11-2022 21:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHARLOTTETOWN — Police in P.E.I. are investigating an ugly brawl that broke out Saturday during a hockey tournament in Charlottetown.
  Charlottetown police were called at 7:30 p.m. after several fights were reported on the ice at the Bell Aliant Centre, where spectators eventually joined in the fracas.
  Hockey PEI says the melee erupted during a game featuring under-18 players from P.E.I. and Nova Scotia.
  The municipal police force confirmed it is collecting statements and reviewing video ev
  
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• Tears and fond memories shared by paramedic who unknowingly treated daughter in crash

  22-11-2022 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  AIRDRIE, Alta. — An Alberta paramedic who unknowingly treated her own daughter after a fatal crash last week brushed away tears as she remembered a beautiful girl who fought until the end.
  Jayme Erickson was called to a crash north of Calgary and sat with a seriously injured female victim before she was extricated from the vehicle and taken to hospital, where she died.  
  It wasn’t until she got home at the end of the day that Erickson was met by RCMP officers who told her the pa
  
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• AP sources: Biden to extend student loan pause

  22-11-2022 21:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will extend the pause on federal student loan payments while the White House battles in court to save his plans to cancel portions of the debt, according to two sources with knowledge of his plans.
  The sources spoke on condition of anonymity before a public announcement.The pandemic-era payment pause was set to expire Jan. 1, a date that Biden set before his debt cancellation plan stalled in the face of legal challenges from conservative opponents.Coll
  
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• Torn loyalties in Montreal ahead of World Cup match between Canada and Belgium

  22-11-2022 21:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A soccer rivalry is forming in Montreal between fans of the national teams of Belgium and Canada ahead of Wednesday’s World Cup match between the two countries.
  Montreal has a sizable French-speaking Belgian community, and Wednesday’s game will be Canada’s first in the tournament since 1986.
  David Dejean, a Belgian living in Montreal who recently obtained his Canadian citizenship, says there is no way he will be supporting the Canadian team and its star player,
  
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• B.C. premier wins labour praise for poking Ontario, rejecting notwithstanding clause

  22-11-2022 21:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s new premier won enthusiastic approval from delegates to a BC Federation of Labour convention in Vancouver while taking a pointed jab at his Ontario counterpart. 
  David Eby told the crowd he’s been watching the situation in Ontario and he “will never” invoke the notwithstanding clause to end a labour dispute.
  In his first such speech delivered since he was sworn in last week as the NDP premier, Eby reminded delegates of the need to
  
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• Canada’s tourism spending may recover sooner than expected: Destination Canada

  22-11-2022 20:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Tourism spending in Canada is expected to recover sooner than previously anticipated. 
  Destination Canada published its latest tourism outlook today, which says it predicts tourism spending to recover to 2019 levels by 2024, up from 2025 as predicted last spring. 
  The government organization says that Canada’s domestic travel market spending is recovering at an even faster pace and is expected to reach 92 per cent of 2019 levels in 2022 and fully recover in 2023
  
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• Toronto FC paves the way for return of Spanish midfielder Víctor Vázquez

  22-11-2022 20:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Toronto FC has selected Víctor Vázquez in Stage 2 of the Major League Soccer re-entry draft, paving the way for the Spanish midfielder’s second stint with the club.
  The 35-year-old Vázquez joined TFC ahead of the 2017 MLS season and helped the Reds to a treble with victories in the MLS Cup, the Supporters’ Shield and the Canadian Championship.
  Vázquez returned for the 2018 season but was limited to 21 games due to injury and joined Qatar’s Al-Arabi S
  
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• Chilliwack service club packs Christmas gift bags for women experiencing homelessness - Chilliwack Progress

  22-11-2022 20:41
  Chilliwack service club packs Christmas gift bags for women experiencing homelessness  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• World Cup Viewer’s Guide: Davies to play in Canada’s return - Chilliwack Progress

  22-11-2022 20:30
  World Cup Viewer’s Guide: Davies to play in Canada’s return  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Online Streaming Act won’t police user-generated content: heritage minister - Chilliwack Progress

  22-11-2022 20:30
  Online Streaming Act won’t police user-generated content: heritage minister  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• History fuels Latvian determination to support Ukraine and resist Putin’s Russia - Chilliwack Progress

  22-11-2022 20:30
  History fuels Latvian determination to support Ukraine and resist Putin’s Russia  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack Restorative Justice grows to provide a service that addresses harm caused by crime or conflict

  22-11-2022 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — As a non-profit agency in the second-fastest growing city in Canada between 2016 and 2021, Chilliwack Restorative Justice exists to establish a culture of restoration and reconciliation in local schools and communities.Chilliwack Restorative Justice (CRJ) first launched in June 1998 and has expanded with a growing municipality. Over the past fiscal year, CRJ worked with 65 clients, of which an impressive 95 per cent were successful.In September, the registered Canadian charity
  
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• Break it down: Dancers begin charting path to Paris Olympics

  22-11-2022 20:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Breaking is in Victor Montalvo’s blood. He is a descendant of twin breakers — his father and uncle — who were performing in Mexico long before they taught a young Montalvo to spin on his back.
  Born in Kissimmee, Florida, the 28-year-old who also goes by B-Boy Victor has mastered the foundations of the dance form. He has power. He has the flavor and swagger expected of a diehard b-boy. His movement syncs with the breakbeat flowing from the DJ’s turnta
  
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• North Vancouver pizza cook attacked with tire iron at gun point - Chilliwack Progress

  22-11-2022 20:05
  North Vancouver pizza cook attacked with tire iron at gun point  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• West Kelowna SFU star receives all-conference honour - Chilliwack Progress

  22-11-2022 20:00
  West Kelowna SFU star receives all-conference honour  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Raptors hit with another key injury as Barnes day-to-day with left knee sprain

  22-11-2022 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Toronto Raptors forward Scottie Barnes is out day-to-day with a left knee sprain and is questionable for the team’s game Wednesday against the visiting Brooklyn Nets.
  The injury comes as Barnes, who did not practise Tuesday, was rounding into form after a string of disappointing games.
  The 2021-22 rookie of the year had 28 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists in Toronto’s 124-122 overtime loss at Atlanta on Saturday.
  Barnes joins a growing injury list in Toronto that includes star fo
  
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• Here’s a look at other times Canadian prime ministers testified at public inquiries

  22-11-2022 19:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The word “unprecedented” applies to some aspects of the massive public inquiry underway in Ottawa. 
  After all, the commission is investigating the first-time use of the federal Emergencies Act during the “Freedom Convoy,” protests last winter that decried extraordinary restrictions during a global pandemic.
  But this week’s dramatic conclusion of the Public Order Emergency Commission hearings won’t mark the first time a Canadian prime minist
  
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• Coroner’s inquest hears of search for Montreal firefighter whose rescue boat capsized

  22-11-2022 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JOLIETTE — A coroner’s inquest into the 2021 drowning of Montreal firefighter Pierre Lacroix is hearing about the frantic search for him after his boat capsized in the Lachine Rapids during a rescue attempt.
  But Lt. Sylvain Dominique of the Montreal fire department testified today that despite an extensive effort from the water, shore and air, rescuers did not look under the capsized HammerHead boat in the initial hours after the accident.
  Lacroix and three of his colleagues were try
  
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• Three-time Canadian Olympian Natalie Achonwa announces pregnancy

  22-11-2022 18:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS — Canadian basketball star Natalie Achonwa has announced she is pregnant.
  The three-time Olympian from Guelph, Ont., made the announcement on her 30th birthday, posting an image of an ultrasound on her Instagram account with a sign that said “adding a new teammate 2023.”
  Achonwa averaged 5.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 22 games with the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx in the 2022.
  She most recently helped Canada to a fourth-place finish at the 2022 FIBA Wome
  
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• History fuels Latvian determination to support Ukraine and resist Putin’s Russia

  22-11-2022 18:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  RIGA, Latvia — The Ukrainian flag can be seen flying almost everywhere in the central neighbourhoods of Riga, the Latvian capital. Across from the Russian embassy, a giant portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin styled as a skull hangs from the side of a building, a striking image on a grey winter’s day.
  In Latvia, support for the Ukrainian resistance is unyielding.
  “In our case, we still have this historical memory,” said Janis Garisons, state secretary in Latvia&rs
  
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• Canada captain says World Cup team already having an impact back home

  22-11-2022 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DOHA, Qatar — Finally at the World Cup, captain Atiba Hutchinson is getting to reap the rewards of after 19 years service in a Canadian shirt. And so is Canada.
  “I’ve already seen it sparking a lot of interest in younger players — seven-, eight-year-olds, some in my family, teammates, children,” the veteran midfielder said of Canada’s return to the men’s soccer showcase after a 36-year absence. “The interest that it’s brought to our country i
  
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• Leafs defence suffers another blow with Rielly placed on long-term injured reserve

  22-11-2022 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs’ defence has taken another huge hit, with the team placing Morgan Rielly on long-term injured reserve with a knee injury.
  Rielly was injured on an awkward collision with New York forward Kyle Palmieri early in the third period of the Maple Leafs 3-2 overtime loss to the Islanders Monday night in Toronto.
  Rielly has no goals and 16 assists in 20 games this season and is averaging 23 minutes per game of ice time.His injury is a major blow to a defence
  
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• Cheam Centre to begin charging users next week

  22-11-2022 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — For the past 2 1/2 months, Chilliwack residents who frequented the Cheam Leisure Centre in Garrison for anything from basketball to weights and cardio were able to use the facility for free.All they had to do was provide their name and phone number on a written notepad at the front desk. It happened after the transition period from Recreation Excellence to YMCA occurred in early September.That’s all about to change starting next week when the Cheam Leisure Centre begins
  
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• Staff shortage at Service B.C. location in Chilliwack; patrons should expect long wait times

  22-11-2022 18:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack School District is far from the only public agency in town grappling with labour shortages and insufficient staff rosters.The Service B.C. office at 45467 Yale Road, next to the Free Reformed Church, had a sign posted in its lobby Monday morning (Nov. 21) that it has staff shortages and patrons should expect what it calls “significant wait times.”The sign written on a white board in the Service B.C. lobby read, “Due to staff shortages, we are a
  
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• Chilliwack Chief AJ Lacroix added to BCHL all-star ballot - Hope Standard

  22-11-2022 17:55
  Chilliwack Chief AJ Lacroix added to BCHL all-star ballot  Hope Standard
  
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• Chilliwack Chief AJ Lacroix added to BCHL all-star ballot - Agassiz Harrison Observer - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  22-11-2022 17:55
  Chilliwack Chief AJ Lacroix added to BCHL all-star ballot - Agassiz Harrison Observer  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• Chilliwack Songs of Praise Orchestra presents free Christmas Sing-a-Long Dec. 4 at Cooke’s Presbyterian

  22-11-2022 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — After a long hiatus due to pandemic restrictions, the Chilliwack Songs of Praise Orchestra returns to present a Christmas concert befitting the festive season.CSOPO will present a free Christmas Orchestra Sing-a-Long event on Sunday, December 4 at 6 p.m. at Cooke’s Presbyterian Church, located at 45825 Wellington Avenue in Chilliwack.
  Jim Banman is the orchestra conductor for the event.Admission is free. A free will donation will be accepted to help defray any costs asso
  
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• GoFundMe launched for victims of Watson Road townhouse fire

  22-11-2022 17:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A GoFundMe initiative has been launched for the victims of yesterday’s early morning fire that happened in the 45000 block of Watson Road in the vicinity of Watson Elementary.Joanne Dekkers of Chilliwack has organized the campaign to assist Dawne Morris and her boys, Chance and Kingston, after their Watson Road townhouse was destroyed by fire early Monday morning (Nov. 21).The GoFundMe link stated, “In the wee hours of November 21st, 2022, the home of Dawne Morris
  
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• Snowfall warning in effect for major Interior highways, Okanagan, Shuswap - Chilliwack Progress

  22-11-2022 17:15
  Snowfall warning in effect for major Interior highways, Okanagan, Shuswap  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Online Streaming Act won’t police user-generated content: heritage minister

  22-11-2022 17:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada’s heritage minister says a bill meant to regulate online streaming won’t cover user-generated content, despite senators being told by industry members that this material will fall under the legislation.
  Pablo Rodriguez says that Bill C-11 is meant to rein in platforms and not users and will only carry obligations for companies and not creators.
  His comments on the legislation aimed at modernizing the Broadcasting Act were made before the standing committee on tr
  
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• Chiefs calling for All-Star votes for Lacroix

  22-11-2022 16:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Chiefs are calling on the community to support the selection of one of their own for the BC Hockey League All-Star 3-on-3 tournament.
  The team is asking fans to go online and vote for A.J. Lacroix, a forward who recently committed to play at Michigan State in the future. Lacroix has scored 16 points in 18 games this season.
  The team says Lacroix is up against 12 other players from around the Coastal Conference with just 3 spots available.To vote for Lacroix onli
  
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• Taylor Swift ticket trouble could drive political engagement - Chilliwack Progress

  22-11-2022 16:30
  Taylor Swift ticket trouble could drive political engagement  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Statistics Canada reports retail sales down 0.5% in September - Chilliwack Progress

  22-11-2022 16:30
  Statistics Canada reports retail sales down 0.5% in September  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Russia resuming bomber, submarine patrols near North America after pause: Norad - Chilliwack Progress

  22-11-2022 16:30
  Russia resuming bomber, submarine patrols near North America after pause: Norad  Chilliwack Progress
  
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