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• Complaints about drive-thru bag fees in Chilliwack leads to delay in scheduled hikes - Chilliwack Progress

  09-12-2022 23:28
  Complaints about drive-thru bag fees in Chilliwack leads to delay in scheduled hikes  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Messi, Argentina beat Netherlands on penalties at World Cup

  09-12-2022 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Lionel Messi’s quest to win the World Cup moves into the semifinals after Argentina beat the Netherlands 4-3 in a penalty shootout Friday.
  Messi converted his penalty in the shootout and Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez saved two attempts. Lautaro Martinez scored the clinching penalty.
  The match finished 2-2 after extra time, with Messi scoring one goal and setting up another. The Netherlands equalized in the 11th minute of second-half stoppage time.
  
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• Extinction risk to wild species must be eliminated by 2050: Conservation group

  09-12-2022 23:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The global organization that tracks threats to plants, animals and other organisms says a successful agreement to protect nature would be one that eliminates the threat of extinction for all species by the middle of this century.
  The International Union for Conservation of Nature issued an update to its “Red List” of species that are at risk of extinction as United Nations nature talks continue in Montreal. 
  The list includes more than 42,000 species at risk of ex
  
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• Olympic champion Canadian women to play in SheBelieves Cup in the U.S. in February

  09-12-2022 22:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The eighth-ranked Canadian women will open play next year at the SheBelieves Cup in February when they face the top-ranked U.S., No. 7 Brazil and No. 10 Japan in the annual four-nations tournament.
  Canada is gearing up for the FIFA Women’s World Cup, which starts in July in Australia and New Zealand.
  “We are excited to be participating in what we know is a great tournament with large crowds, fantastic Tier 1 opposition and travel, all things that can replicate the feeling and experie
  
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• Abbotsford man charged with 2 offences in alleged ‘sextortion’ incident - Chilliwack Progress

  09-12-2022 22:13
  Abbotsford man charged with 2 offences in alleged ‘sextortion’ incident  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• ‘I don’t think we’re done yet:’ Bombers coach O’Shea weighs in on new three-year deal

  09-12-2022 21:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Wade Miller knew he was talking to a winner when he first interviewed Mike O’Shea in 2013.
  The Winnipeg Blue Bombers president and chief executive officer told the story at a press conference Friday, where he and O’Shea talked about the three-year contract extension the head coach had recently signed through the 2025 season.
  That first interview took place with Blue Bombers general manager Kyle Walters in the Toronto airport, a city where O’Shea had been the Ar
  
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• Canadian ice dancers Gilles, Poirier poised for first medal at Grand Prix Final

  09-12-2022 21:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TURIN, Italy — Canada’s Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier are the leaders after the rhythm dance at figure skating’s ISU Grand Prix Final.
  The 30-year-old Gilles, and Poirier, 31, scored 85.93 points Friday for the program to Lady Bri’s “Do What I Do.” They take a slim edge over Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates (85.49) into Saturday’s free dance.
  Italy’s Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri are third (84.55), while Canadians Laurence Fournier Beaud
  
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• Canada’s Levonte Johnson, a senior forward at Syracuse, named first-team all-American

  09-12-2022 21:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canadian Levonte Johnson, a senior forward at Syracuse University, has been named a first-team all-American by the United Soccer Coaches.
  A native of Brampton, Ont., Johnson scored 10 goals and added six assists this season after transferring from Seattle University in the spring of 2021. He also earned All-ACC first-team and All-South Region first-team honours.
  Johnson is the Orange’s first all-American first-team selection since defender Miles Robinson in 2016. Former Toronto FC goalkeep
  
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• ‘Draft’ of final plan on Surrey policing before council Monday - Chilliwack Progress

  09-12-2022 21:55
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• Quebec adopts law making oath to King optional for elected members.

  09-12-2022 20:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Quebec’s legislature has passed a law putting an end to the requirement that members swear an oath to the King.
  The Coalition Avenir Québec government had tabled a bill on Tuesday making the oath to the monarch optional after three members of the opposition Parti Québécois refused to swear the oath and were barred from sitting.
  The law adds to the Constitution Act of 1867 a section exempting Quebec from the application of the section that requires the oath.
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• Fraser Valley mom recounts agony of losing a daughter to a drunk driver at Sardis Secondary event

  09-12-2022 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Kassandra Kaulius was an active young adult working two jobs while putting herself through university and coaching the Surrey Storm junior girls softball team, in hopes she’d become a teacher one day.
  After coaching a game on the night of May 3, 2011, Kassandra headed home at 10 p.m. from Athletic Park like any other night, as told by her mother, Markita Kaulius, during an ICBC/MADD impaired driving event Friday morning (Dec. 9) at Sardis Secondary.
  Kassandra never made
  
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• Ex-cop who kneeled on George Floyd’s back gets 3.5-year term

  09-12-2022 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s back while another officer kneeled on the Black man’s neck was sentenced Friday to 3 1/2 years in prison.
  J. Alexander Kueng pleaded guilty in October to a state count of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. In exchange, a charge of aiding and abetting murder was dropped. Kueng is already serving a federal sentence for violating Floyd’s civil rights, and the state and federal
  
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• B.C.’s respiratory illness surge stabilizing after deaths of six kids: disease centre

  09-12-2022 20:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control says a deadly spike in acute respiratory illness is showing signs of stabilizing, after the flu-related deaths of at least six children and youth this season.
  The centre says in a new update that influenza A was the most detected virus in B.C. last week, while wastewater tests indicate a slow increase in COVID-19 infections.
  It says B.C. is experiencing an unusual season for respiratory illnesses with “unusual characteristic
  
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• Leslyn Lewis’s former campaign manager to help Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in 2023

  09-12-2022 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The man ran Leslyn Lewis’s campaign as she made two consecutive bids to become the federal Conservative leader is off to help Alberta Premier Danielle Smith try to win a provincial election in 2023. 
  Steve Outhouse confirms he will serve as campaign manager for Smith and the United Conservative Party when Albertans go to the polls next spring. 
  Outhouse is well known in Conservative circles and was Lewis’s campaign manager during the federal party leadership
  
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• Dugong, coral, abalone face extinction threat: conservation watchdog - Chilliwack Progress

  09-12-2022 20:01
  Dugong, coral, abalone face extinction threat: conservation watchdog  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Fight to curb food waste increasingly turns to science - Chilliwack Progress

  09-12-2022 20:00
  Fight to curb food waste increasingly turns to science  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Alberta Mounties found not guilty of manslaughter, aggravated assault

  09-12-2022 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Two Mounties on trial in the killing of an Alberta man have been found not guilty of manslaughter and aggravated assault.Const. Jessica Brown and Cpl. Randy Stenger were charged after the fatal shooting of Clayton Crawford in central Alberta in 2018.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Flint water crisis charges dismissed against ex-Gov. Snyder

  09-12-2022 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A judge dismissed criminal charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder in the Flint water crisis, months after the state Supreme Court said indictments returned by a one-person grand jury were invalid.
  Snyder, a Republican who left office in 2019, was charged with two misdemeanor counts of misconduct in office. He was the first person in state history to be charged for alleged crimes related to service as governor.
  Snyder also is the eighth person to have a Flint w
  
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• ‘No grounds’: RCMP say no criminal charges in fatal Alberta icefield crash

  09-12-2022 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Mounties say no criminal charges will be laid in a fatal rollover of an all-terrain tour bus at the Columbia Icefield in the Rocky Mountains more than two years ago.
  Three people were killed and 14 others had life-threatening injuries after the red-and-white Ice Explorer lost control on the road to the Athabasca Glacier, about 100 kilometres southeast of Jasper, Alta., on July 18, 2020. 
  The bus had 27 people on board when it rolled about 50 metres down a moraine embankment
  
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• Review: Del Toro takes his ‘Pinocchio’ to very dark places - Chilliwack Progress

  09-12-2022 19:50
  Review: Del Toro takes his ‘Pinocchio’ to very dark places  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Haitians rally for interim government, but remain split on military intervention

  09-12-2022 19:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Citizen and business groups are rallying for a political consensus to get Haiti out of humanitarian and political crises, but remain split on the idea of a military intervention.
  Advocates in Canada and abroad told the House of Commons subcommittee on international human rights that there must be a widely accepted plan for a transitional government in Haiti.
  The country has not had elections since before the COVID-19 pandemic and a power vacuum has allowed violent gangs to take co
  
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• Tips to prevent tragedy as peak carbon monoxide poisoning season nears - Chilliwack Progress

  09-12-2022 19:30
  Tips to prevent tragedy as peak carbon monoxide poisoning season nears  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Indigenous groups plan to develop new protected conservation area in N.W.T.

  09-12-2022 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  YELLOWKNIFE — Two Indigenous governments in the Northwest Territories are working to establish a new Indigenous protected and conservation area. 
  Deninu Kue First Nation and the Fort Resolution Métis Government are planning to protect portions of their traditional territory in the Slave River Delta and Taltson River watershed.
  They say the protections are crucial for food security and economic and cultural activities. 
  The groups have signed a $3.1-million contribution agr
  
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• Croatia beats Brazil on penalties in World Cup quarterfinals

  09-12-2022 18:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Croatia knocked Brazil out of the World Cup, beating the five-time champions 4-2 in a penalty shootout on Friday in the quarterfinals.
  Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic saved a penalty attempt by Rodrygo and Marquinhos later hit the post.
  Neymar had scored late in the first half of extra time to give Brazil the lead, but Croatia equalized when Bruno Petkovic scored in the 117th.
  Neymar’s goal moved him into a tie with Pelé as Brazil’s all-time
  
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• No decision on landfill search, Winnipeg Police Board considering outside help

  09-12-2022 18:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Decisions on next steps in a potential search for the remains of two Indigenous women believed to be at a landfill outside Winnipeg are being worked through with the option of bringing in outside help. 
  The Winnipeg Police Board met with police Chief Danny Smyth and investigators on Thursday night, after calls to search the site intensified.
  Police believe the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran ended up in the Prairie Green landfill in the spring but decided not to
  
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• Health Canada approves first bivalent booster for kids ages 5 to 11

  09-12-2022 18:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Health Canada has approved a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster for use in children ages five to 11, which targets the original strain of the coronavirus and more recent variants.
  The Pfizer vaccine is the first “bivalent” shot to be approved for use in children.
  Health Canada says in a press release that after the thorough review, it has found the vaccine is safe and effective and that its benefits outweigh any potential risks when used as a booster dose.
  The Na
  
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• Fraser Health says it’s seeking 2 OB-GYNs to work at Chilliwack Hospital

  09-12-2022 18:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Fraser Health confirmed this week that it is looking to hire two OB-GYNs at Chilliwack General Hospital following the recent retirement of one obstetrician-gynecologist who practiced there.In response to an emailed inquiry, Fraser Health public affairs spokesperson Nick Eagland indicated the health authority currently has a job posting for two OB-GYNs.
  “We are actively recruiting staff to fill obstetrician-gynecologist vacancies at the site and have posted for two perman
  
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• Canex Building Supplies donates $22,000 for ECG machine at Chilliwack General Hospital

  09-12-2022 17:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Fraser Health Authority can’t always fund every capital request from its existing budget, but there are valued partners in the private sector there to fill in the gap and step up for the Chilliwack community.
  The all-volunteer Chilliwack Hospital Foundation announced Friday morning (Dec. 9) that Canex Building Supplies Ltd., located at 46070 Knight Road in Chilliwack, has purchased an ECG (electrocardiogram) machine for Chilliwack General Hospital.“Wow! What an ama
  
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• Premiers to hold virtual news conference

  09-12-2022 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canada’s premiers plan to meet virtually today, a month after talks with the federal government on health-care funding ended without an agreement.
  The premiers have been calling on Ottawa to increase its share of health-care costs to 35 per cent, up from 22 per cent, and keep this level of funding going forward.
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s office says they are meeting to discuss health-care funding.
  Last month, the federal government withdrew from a joint communique on health funding
  
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• Ottawa Redblacks sign kicker Lewis Ward to two-year contract

  09-12-2022 17:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks have signed kicker Lewis Ward to a two-year contract.
  The 30-year-old has been with the Redblacks since signing with the CFL team before the 2018 season after going undrafted.
  He was named the league’s outstanding rookie in 2018, setting a CFL single-season record with a 98.1 made field goal percentage.
  He set a professional football record with 69 consecutive field goals made in regular-season action, starting in Week 2 of the 2018 season and ending in
  
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• NATO chief fears Ukraine war could widen into wider conflict - Chilliwack Progress

  09-12-2022 16:30
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• Advocates seek funding for free contraception in next B.C. budget - Chilliwack Progress

  09-12-2022 16:30
  Advocates seek funding for free contraception in next B.C. budget  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• A look at the Canadian content in ‘Harry & Meghan’ - Chilliwack Progress

  09-12-2022 16:30
  A look at the Canadian content in ‘Harry & Meghan’  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• New critical minerals strategy drilling down on six elements with most potential

  09-12-2022 16:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada’s new $4-billion critical minerals strategy will at first focus on the six categories of metals and minerals with the biggest potential for growth.
  Lithium, graphite, nickel, cobalt, copper and the group of 17 metals and minerals known as rare earth elements will be prioritized for investments in exploration, production and processing.
  Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson will officially release the strategy during an event in Vancouver today.
  In it, he repea
  
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• Russia’s Putin says more US prisoner exchanges are possible

  09-12-2022 15:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says more U.S.-Russian prisoner exchanges are possible.
  Putin spoke Friday, a day after Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout was swapped for WNBA star and two-time Olympian Brittney Griner.
  Asked whether other prisoners could be swapped, Putin replied that “everything is possible,” noting that “compromises have been found” to clear Thursday’s exchange of Griner for Bout.
  “We aren’t refusing to continue this
  
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• Canada sanctions dozens in Russia, Iran, Myanmar ahead of global Human Rights Day

  09-12-2022 15:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada is sanctioning dozens of officials and companies from three of the world’s worst regimes for human rights.
  Ottawa will freeze any Canadian assets held by 67 people and nine entities in Russia, Iran and Myanmar.
  The new sanctions include officials who have cracked down on protests against the Russian and Iranian regimes as well as some of Iran’s state media outlets.
  Russia’s justice department and elections commission have been sanctioned, as has its federa
  
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• VIDEO: Legally blind Chilliwack man builds Christmas display that takes up entire dining room - Mission City Record

  09-12-2022 14:34
  VIDEO: Legally blind Chilliwack man builds Christmas display that takes up entire dining room  Mission City Record
  
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• VIDEO: Legally blind Chilliwack man builds Christmas display that takes up entire dining room - Chilliwack Progress

  09-12-2022 14:34
  VIDEO: Legally blind Chilliwack man builds Christmas display that takes up entire dining room  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• VIDEO: Legally blind Chilliwack man builds Christmas display that ... - Hope Standard

  09-12-2022 14:34
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• Unwanted animals find home in Mission with SAINTS - Chilliwack Progress

  09-12-2022 14:33
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• Democratic Sen. Sinema has registered as an independent

  09-12-2022 13:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced Friday that she has registered as an independent, but she does not plan to caucus with Republicans, ensuring Democrats will retain their narrow majority in the Senate.
  Sinema, who has modeled her political approach on the renegade style of the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and has frustrated Democratic colleagues at times with her overtures to Republicans and opposition to Democratic priorities, said she was “dec
  
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• Plane believed to be carrying Griner lands in US

  09-12-2022 11:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A plane believed to be carrying Brittney Griner landed in the United States early Friday, nearly 10 months after the basketball star was detained in Russia and became the most high-profile American jailed abroad.
  Griner was exchanged for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout. A plane believed to be carrying her touched down at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas.
  The deal achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden — but failed to win freedom for another American,
  
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• Brittney Griner back home in US after Russian prisoner swap - Chilliwack Progress

  09-12-2022 10:30
  Brittney Griner back home in US after Russian prisoner swap  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• In The News for Dec. 9: Playing Santa by mail will cost you more this holiday season

  09-12-2022 10:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 9…
  What we are watching in Canada …
  Canadians sending parcels this holiday season may be surprised to see a steep surcharge on domestic shipping due to the high price of diesel.
  The Canadian postal service’s package surcharge rose to nearly 40 per cent last week on domestic parcels and fell slightly to 37 per cent
  
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• UN Mideast refugee chief says Western funding shortfall could lead to turbulence

  09-12-2022 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A funding shortfall for fragile Middle Eastern states that host refugees could lead to turbulence in international relations, the UN refugee chief for that region is warning.
  “The international community needs to carry part of its shared responsibility,” said Ayman Gharaibeh, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees director for the Middle East and North Africa.
  He said during a visit to Ottawa this week that the “political perception” and the &ldq
  
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• Premiers to hold virtual news conference on struggling children’s hospitals

  09-12-2022 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canada’s premiers plan to hold a news conference in Winnipeg today as children’s hospitals struggle to deal with a wave of child illnesses. 
  Hospitals across the country have been cancelling some surgeries and appointments as they redirect staff amid an increase in pediatric patients.
  Admissions are surging under a triple-threat of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza and COVID-19 at a time when the health-care system is grappling with record numbers of job vacancies.
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• As nature talks unfold, here’s what ’30 by 30′ conservation could mean in Canada

  09-12-2022 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was unequivocal Wednesday when asked if Canada was going to meet its goal to protect one-quarter of all Canadian land and oceans by 2025.
  “I am happy to say that we are going to meet our ’25 by 25′ target,” Trudeau said during a small roundtable interview with journalists on the sidelines of the nature talks taking place in Montreal.
  That goal, which would already mean protecting 1.2 million more square kilometres of land, is j
  
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• Progress slow at COP talks although some agreement achieved, says Guilbeault

  09-12-2022 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says there’s been agreement on one of Canada’s main goals at the international conference in Montreal aimed at protecting the world’s declining biodiversity. 
  Guilbeault says the more than 190 nations at the COP15 meeting have agreed that Indigenous people must be fully consulted on conservation moves and play a role in how those decisions are made.
  He says delegates have also agreed that women should have equ
  
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• VIDEO: Legally blind Chilliwack man builds Christmas display that ... - Chilliwack Progress

  09-12-2022 09:00
  VIDEO: Legally blind Chilliwack man builds Christmas display that ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• LETTER: Something needs to be done about repeat criminal offenders - Chilliwack Progress

  09-12-2022 09:00
  LETTER: Something needs to be done about repeat criminal offenders  Chilliwack Progress
  
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