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• B.C. opens doors to more internationally-trained doctors with new changes - Chilliwack Progress

  27-11-2022 23:30
  B.C. opens doors to more internationally-trained doctors with new changes  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt wins first men’s super-G of the season in Lake Louise

  27-11-2022 22:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt won Sunday’s men’s World Cup super-G in Lake Louise, Alta.
  The reigning overall World Cup champion posted a time of one minute, 32.53 seconds on the 2.5-kilometre course to claim the first super-G of the season.
  Norway’s Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, who won Saturday’s downhill, was second in 1:32.90.Austria’s Matthias Mayer, winner of last year’s super-G in Lake Louise, was third in 1:33.31.
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• Why anti-poverty researchers bristle at holiday appeals for food bank donations

  27-11-2022 22:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Campaigns for food bank donations are a staple of the holiday season, but some Canadian food insecurity researchers say the appeals can be tough to swallow.
  Josh Smee, the executive director of the Newfoundland and Labrador-based non-profit Food First N.L., says he tends to feel conflicted during the holidays when calls ramp up to donate to local food banks, often accompanied by messaging about ending hunger.
  Hunger is an income issue, he said, adding people don&rs
  
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• Mission accomplished: UVic satellite reaches International Space Station - Chilliwack Progress

  27-11-2022 22:00
  Mission accomplished: UVic satellite reaches International Space Station  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Newborn among 7 dead in landslide on Italy’s Ischia island

  27-11-2022 21:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MILAN (AP) — Search teams have recovered seven dead, including a 3-week-old infant and a pair of young siblings, buried in mud and debris that hurtled down a mountainside and through a densely populated port city on the resort island of Ischia, officials said Sunday. The Naples prefect confirmed that five people remained missing, and feared buried under the debris of an enormous landslide that struck Casamicciola before dawn on Saturday. Its force collapsed buildings and pushed vehicles in
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of November 27th, 2022

  27-11-2022 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list isprovided by Crime Stoppers.Name: Kusone RobinsonAge: 20
  Height: 5’8” ft
  Weight: 124lbs
  Hair: BlackEyes: Brown
  Wanted: Assault with a Weapon
  Warrant in effect: November 22, 2022Parole Jurisdiction: Chilliwack, BC
  Name: Kristopher BensonAge: 44
  Height: 5’11” ft
  Weight: 196lbs
  Hair: Brown Eyes: Green
  Wanted: Robbery
  Warrant in effect: November 22, 2022
  Parole Jurisdiction: Chilliwa
  
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• Canada eliminated from World Cup after loss to Croatia

  27-11-2022 20:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  UMM ŞALĀL `ALĪ, Qatar – Canada wasted little time Sunday ending its scoring drought at the men’s World Cup via Alphonso Davies but could not hold off Croatia, losing 4-1 to end its hopes of reaching the tournament’s knockout round.
  Ranked 12th in the world and runner-up to France four years ago in Russia, Croatia is filled with talent from top clubs and its class showed in rallying from an early 1-0 deficit.
  Two goals by Andrej Kramaric and one by Marko Livaja ac
  
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• VIDEO: NYPD officers, bystander save man who fell on subway tracks - Chilliwack Progress

  27-11-2022 20:03
  VIDEO: NYPD officers, bystander save man who fell on subway tracks  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada beats Australia to claim its first Davis Cup tennis championship - Chilliwack Progress

  27-11-2022 19:47
  Canada beats Australia to claim its first Davis Cup tennis championship  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• US-England World Cup game seen by 19.98M on US television

  27-11-2022 19:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — The United States’ 0-0 draw against England in the World Cup drew 19.98 million viewers for English- and Spanish-language broadcasts, the third-most watched men’s soccer game on U.S. television.
  The match, which kicked off at 2 p.m. EST on Friday, was seen by 15,377,000 viewers on Fox, the most for a U.S. English-language men’s soccer telecast. The figure was 6% above the 14.51 million for Brazil’s penalty-kicks win over Italy in the 1994 final at th
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Canada eliminated from World Cup after loss to Croatia

  27-11-2022 19:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  UMM ŞALĀL ‘ALĪ, Qatar — Canada has been eliminated from the FIFA World Cup following a 4-1 loss to Croatia on Sunday.  
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• Alphonso Davies scores Canadian men’s first-ever World Cup goal - Chilliwack Progress

  27-11-2022 17:35
  Alphonso Davies scores Canadian men’s first-ever World Cup goal  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Justin Trudeau talks allyship during appearance on ‘Canada’s Drag Race’ spinoff - Chilliwack Progress

  27-11-2022 17:30
  Justin Trudeau talks allyship during appearance on ‘Canada’s Drag Race’ spinoff  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada beats Australia to claim its first Davis Cup tennis championship

  27-11-2022 17:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MÁLAGA, Spain — Montreal’s Félix Auger-Aliassime beat Australia’s Alex de Minaur 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday to clinch Canada’s first Davis Cup championship.Denis Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., won Canada’s first singles match — 6-2, 6-4 over Thanasi Kokkinakis — on Sunday.
  It was Canada’s second Davis Cup final appearance in four years.A Canadian squad featuring Shapovalov, Auger-Aliassime and Vasek Pospisil advanced to the 2019 final,
  
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• Alphonso Davies scores Canada’s first-ever World Cup goal

  27-11-2022 17:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  AL RAYYAN, Qatar — Alphonso Davies scored against Croatia on Sunday to give Canada its first-ever goal at the men’s World Cup.
  A cross from Tajon Buchanan found Davies flying through the air and the Bayern Munich star headed it home to give Canada a 1-0 lead.
  Canada failed to score or secure a point in its first trip to the tournament in 1986, exiting after three first-round losses in Mexico.Consider that 2,548 goals in total were scored at the 21 previous World Cups, with 132 of tho
  
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• ‘This is just the beginning’: Canadian bobsledders confident heading into season - Chilliwack Progress

  27-11-2022 17:00
  ‘This is just the beginning’: Canadian bobsledders confident heading into season  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada’s top five federal contaminated sites to cost taxpayers billions to clean up

  27-11-2022 16:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  YELLOWKNIFE — With a cost estimate of $4.38 billion, remediation of the Giant Mine, one of the most contaminated sites in Canada, is also expected to be the most expensive federal environmental cleanupin the country’s history.
  The figure, recently approved by the Treasury Board of Canada, spans costs from 2005 until 2038, when active remediation at the former Yellowknife gold mine is anticipated to end. That includes $710 million the federal government said has already been spent, bu
  
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• A look at the most expensive federal remediation projects in Canada

  27-11-2022 16:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  YELLOWKNIFE — The federal government is responsible for more than 20,000 contaminated sites in Canada. 
  Here is a breakdown of the top five most expensive environmental cleanups where taxpayers are footing the bill. In some cases, public cost estimates have not been updated for several years.
  Giant Mine
  Estimated to cost $4.38 billion between 2005 and 2038.
  The former gold mine within Yellowknife city limits had several owners during operations from 1948 to 2004. The federal governmen
  
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• Saudi viewers angry over apparent ban on World Cup streaming

  27-11-2022 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DOHA, Qatar (AP) — World Cup viewers in Saudi Arabia say the government has blocked a Qatari-owned streaming service that was supposed to broadcast matches in the kingdom.
  The suspension has stunned and outraged customers of TOD TV, which holds the rights to show the World Cup in Saudi Arabia. TOD TV is owned by Qatar’s beIN Sports Media Group.
  Saudi-based subscribers who weren’t able to watch World Cup matches have flooded TOD TV’s Twitter account this week with refund r
  
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• CRIMESTOPPERS: ‘Most wanted’ for the week of Nov. 27 - Chilliwack Progress

  27-11-2022 14:50
  CRIMESTOPPERS: ‘Most wanted’ for the week of Nov. 27  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Vocalist, rock guitarist part of Christmas concert by Chilliwack Metropolitan Orchestra - Chilliwack Progress

  27-11-2022 14:30
  Vocalist, rock guitarist part of Christmas concert by Chilliwack Metropolitan Orchestra  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Wind storm knocks out power to parts of Fraser Valley

  27-11-2022 14:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A powerful windstorm that swept across the southwestern B.C. overnight resulted in a series of power outages across the lower mainland including the Fraser Valley.
  Nearly one thousand homes and businesses lost electricity just after midnight south of Hodgins Road and Ashwell Avenue in Chilliwack. According to B.C. Hydro, a tree had come down across power lines. Power was expected to be restored by 6 a.m.
  The storm left pockets of power outages across the Fraser Valley as far e
  
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• QUIZ: How much do you know about world cup soccer? - Chilliwack Progress

  27-11-2022 14:00
  QUIZ: How much do you know about world cup soccer?  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada soccer fans gear up for do-or-die World Cup match against Croatia

  27-11-2022 10:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Viewing parties are planned across the country today as soccer fans gear up to watch Canada’s World Cup match against Croatia — a do-or-die game for the team in its first tournament appearance in 36 years.
  The pressure is on as both the 41st-ranked Canadians and No. 12 Croatia need to get points out of the match to preserve any chance of moving on.
  A loss for Canada would mean the Canadians can finish with no more than three points while Croatia ups its total to four,
  
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• Giant trees still fall amid old-growth funding lag for B.C. First Nations

  27-11-2022 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  British Columbia has asked First Nations if they want old-growth forests set aside from logging, allowing time for long-term planning of conservation and sustainable development, but it has yet to fund the process on a large scale, advocates say. 
  In the meantime, some of the biggest and oldest trees are being cut down.
  Several years before the B.C. government launched the process last November to defer logging in old-growth forests at risk of permanent biodiversity loss, Ahousaht First Nat
  
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• At World Cup, US soccer scrubs Islamic emblem from Iran flag

  27-11-2022 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The U.S. soccer federation is displaying Iran’s national flag on social media without the emblem of the Islamic Republic, saying it supports protesters in Iran ahead of the two nations’ World Cup match Tuesday.
  The federation said in a statement Sunday that it decided to forego the official flag on social media accounts to show “support for the women in Iran fighting for basic human rights.”
  The move comes as nationwide protests challenging Tehran
  
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• Federal officials set to make Indo-Pacific strategy announcement in Vancouver

  27-11-2022 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Federal officials are set to make an announcement today in Vancouver about Canada’s long-promised Indo-Pacific strategy.
  A media advisory from Global Affairs Canada says the Indo-Pacific region is key for Canada’s economic growth, prosperity and security.
  Details have been emerging this month about what the strategy will involve.
  At the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Bangkok, Thailand, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it demonstrates Ottawa’s &ld
  
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• G.W. Graham knocks off St. Thomas More 27-10; will play for AAA provincial championship

  27-11-2022 07:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — After being intercepted for a pick-6 in the second quarter by St. Thomas More defender Gavin Shaw with 4:18 left in the second quarter, G.W. Graham quarterback Lucas Feaver and his fellow Grizzlies had their work cut out for them trailing 10-3 going into halftime at B.C. Place in Vancouver.Feaver and G.W. redeemed themselves with 24 unanswered points in the second half, thanks to a quarterback keeper from Feaver to tie the game at 10-10 midway in the third quarter, before Feave
  
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• Hughes has hat trick, Devils beat Caps for Ruff’s 800th win

  27-11-2022 07:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Jack Hughes had his first career NHL hat trick, Vitek Vanececk made 38 saves against his former team and the New Jersey Devils beat the Washington Capitals 5-1 on Saturday for coach Lindy Ruff’s 800th victory.
  Ruff became the fifth NHL coach to reach the mark. The former Buffalo player won 571 games with the Sabres from 1997-2011. He had 165 wins in five seasons with Dallas and has 64 in two-plus seasons with New Jersey.
  The Atlantic Division-leading Devils have w
  
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• Canucks hand Vegas second straight home loss with 5-1 win

  27-11-2022 07:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — JT Miller had a goal and two assists and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-1 on Saturday night.
  Vancouver won its second straight on a three-game trip that ends Sunday in San Jose. The Canucks have won four of five after a three-game skid.
  Brock Boeser, Elias Pettersson, Andrei Kuzmenko and Bo Horvat also scored for the Canucks. Spencer Martin made 26 saves.
  Jonathan Marchessault scored for the Golden Knights. Logan Thompson stopped 31 shots.
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• ‘Fame’ and ‘Flashdance’ singer-actor Irene Cara dies at 63 - Chilliwack Progress

  27-11-2022 07:00
  ‘Fame’ and ‘Flashdance’ singer-actor Irene Cara dies at 63  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Montreal Force top Metropolitan Riveters to earn first home win of inaugural season

  27-11-2022 05:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Jade Downie-Landry recorded a hat trick and one assist as the Montreal Force defeated the Metropolitan Riveters 5-3 to earn their first home win of their inaugural season on Saturday.
  Ann-Sophie Bettez, with one goal and one assist, and Brooke Stacey added the others for Montreal (2-1-0). Tricia Deguire made 19 saves.
  Fanni Garát-Gasparics, Sarah Bujold and Kennedy Ganser replied for Metropolitan (1-3-0). Rachel McQuigge stopped 17-of-22 shots.
  Tied at 2-2 entering the th
  
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• Marner extends point streak, Maple Leafs beat Penguins 4-1

  27-11-2022 04:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mitch Marner extended his point streak to 16 games with a goal and an assist, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Saturday night.
  Auston Matthews became the seventh player in team history with 200 career even-strength goals, William Nylander scored his 12th of the season and Pontus Holmberg his second for the Maple Leafs, who have points in eight straight games and 14 of their last 16 overall. Marner’s goal was his sixth of the season.
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• Farmers union hopes to attract loose cattle that have been on the run in Quebec town

  27-11-2022 02:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Quebec’s farmers union says it’s hopeful a herd of runaway cattle that have been wreaking havoc in farmers’ fields near a small town in the province’s Mauricie region will be captured soon.Jean-Sébastien Dubé, the spokesman for the regional federation of the Union des producteurs agricoles in Mauricie, said a small number of farmers are attempting to attract the animals with cattle feeders.
  The feeders can trap the animals’ heads, allowing them to be r
  
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• Anunoby, VanVleet combine for 52 points in Toronto Raptors’ victory over Dallas

  27-11-2022 01:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Fred VanVleet bounced back from an illness to score 26 points, while O.G. Anunoby added 26 points and nine rebounds and the depleted Toronto Raptors beat the Dallas Mavericks 105-100 on Saturday.
  Chris Boucher finished with 22 points, including a big basket in the dying seconds for Toronto (10-9). Juancho Hernangomez scored 10 points.
  Luka Doncic led the Mavericks (9-9) with 24 points, nine assists and seven rebounds.  
  The Raptors have been hard hit by injuries and illness,
  
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• Pesce’s 1st goal of season lifts Hurricanes past Flames 3-2

  27-11-2022 01:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Brett Pesce’s first goal of the season snapped a third-period tie and the Carolina Hurricanes ended a five-game winless streak with a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday.
  Seth Jarvis and Martin Necas also scored for Carolina, which played its last home game until mid-December.
  Pesce’s power-play goal came with 11:14 to play. It was his first goal since March.
  Antti Raanta made 19 saves in his first action in five games. He dealt with an injury e
  
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• Norway’s Kilde draws first blood in men’s World Cup downhill season

  27-11-2022 00:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — Aleksander Aamodt Kilde opened defence of his World Cup downhill title with his first career victory in Lake Louise, Alta., on Saturday.
  The Norwegian took up the mantle from former teammates Aksel Lund Svindal and Kjetil Jansrud, who combined for three downhill victories at the Banff National Park resort in a span of five years from 2010 to 2015.
  Kilde claimed the men’s downhill and super-G World Cup titles last season. 
  The 30-year-old also finished second
  
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• Trump faulted for dinner with white nationalist, rapper Ye

  27-11-2022 00:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is renewing attention to his long history of turning a blind eye to bigotry after dining with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist and the rapper formerly known as Kanye West just days into his third campaign for the White House.
  Trump had dinner Tuesday at his Mar-a-Lago club with West, who is now known as Ye, as well as Nick Fuentes, a far-right activist who has used his online platform to spew antisemitic and white nationalist rhetoric.
  Ye,
  
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