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• B.C., Vancouver partner to build modular housing for Downtown Eastside residents

  14-12-2022 23:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia and the City of Vancouver are teaming up to build 90 modular housing units with round-the-clock supports for people experiencing homelessness in the Downtown Eastside.
  Premier David Eby says the temporary homes will serve as a “bridge” to health supports and more permanent, stable housing.
  A statement from the ministry says the units will be in two separate locations near the Science World and Olympic Village SkyTrain stations and are set to open in
  
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• Alberta premier apologizes, tries to clarifies comment about First Nations

  14-12-2022 23:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith says she is sorry if anyone misinterpreted her remarks this week to conclude she was equating Ottawa’s treatment of Alberta to the systemic and horrific abuse of Canada’s First Nations.Smith says that was not her intention and that she was merely stating both Alberta and First Nations share a common adversary as they assert independence in their areas of authority.
  The Opposition NDP says Smith’s remarks demonstrate an appalling lack of u
  
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• Canada revoking sanctions exemptions for Nord Stream turbines

  14-12-2022 23:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says Canada is revoking the exemptions to sanctions that allowed a Montreal company to repair turbines for a natural gas pipeline operated by Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom.
  In July, Siemens Energy was granted an exemption to Canada’s sanctions against Russia to repair up to six turbines for the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which carries natural gas to Germany.
  The federal government defended the decision by saying that it w
  
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• Griezmann gives his all, France advances to World Cup final - Chilliwack Progress

  14-12-2022 23:30 via news.google.com
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• Winnipeg police commit to working with First Nations groups on landfill search

  14-12-2022 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Police are to be part of a committee led by First Nations groups to determine the feasibility of recovering the remains of two Indigenous women believed to at a landfill outside Winnipeg. 
  First Nations leaders met with Winnipeg’s chief of police to discuss a potential search of the Prairie Green landfill after police declined to search the area because they said the chances of finding the two women are low. 
  Police Chief Danny Smyth says he is supportive of the
  
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• Health ministers agree on improving health care, but premiers holding out: Duclos

  14-12-2022 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and his provincial counterparts agree privately on what needs to be done to improve health care, the federal minister said Wednesday, but he argues “the ball is in the premiers’ court” to accept a deal for more funding from Ottawa.
  Talks between federal and provincial politicians have stalled against a backdrop of overwhelmed pediatric hospitals and health-worker burnout that has plunged Canada’s system into a crisis.
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• Shane Wright reconnecting with old friends ahead of world juniors

  14-12-2022 22:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Shane Wright was excited to get another shot at the world juniors. 
  Having two of his best friends in the fold was the added bonus. 
  Drafted fourth overall by the Seattle Kraken at July’s NHL draft, Wright had endured a stop-start opening to his professional career before being loaned to Canada for the upcoming tournament in Halifax and Moncton, N.B. 
  When he arrived in the Maritimes last week, there were plenty of familiar faces from past events – and two he’s k
  
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• Liberal bill requiring tech giants to pay for news content passes in House of Commons

  14-12-2022 22:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A Liberal government bill designed to require web giants to compensate journalism outfits for reposting their content has passed a final vote in the House of Commons today.
  The House of Commons heritage committee added 18 amendments to the bill, most of them NDP suggestions to add clarity on Indigenous news, eligibility requirements, negotiation timelines and transparency.
  Liberal Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has argued the proposed legislation, known as Bill C-18, would make
  
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• PWHPA partners with OHL to host four Dream Gap Tour games

  14-12-2022 22:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Ontario Hockey League and the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association have partnered to host four regular-season Dream Gap Tour games in OHL venues.
  The PWHPA Showcase presented by the OHL will feature games Feb. 10 in Peterborough and St. Catharines and Feb. 11 in Barrie and Kitchener.
  The PWHPA was formed in 2019 with the goal of creating a sustainable women’s hockey league. The organization features four teams comprised of top international players.
  The 2022-23 Dream G
  
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• Reena Virk murder TV series production underway in B.C. - Chilliwack Progress

  14-12-2022 22:10 via news.google.com
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• Ottawa aims to reduce size of salmon fishing industry by buying licences

  14-12-2022 22:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The federal government is offering to buy Pacific salmon commercial fishing licences from those looking to get out of the declining industry as it tries to protect the fish that remain. 
  Fisheries and Oceans Canada has earmarked $123 million for the voluntary retirement program and two future initiatives that will dispose of derelict vessels and allow Indigenous communal commercial licence holders to switch to another species. 
  The funding is part of a nearly $650-mil
  
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• Snowbirds returning to Abbotsford International Airshow in 2023

  14-12-2022 22:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — When the Abbotsford International Airshow returns in August, one of the feature performers will be the Royal Canadian Air Force’s military aerobatics flight team.The Snowbirds confirmed their participation with the release of their 2023 schedule.
  The world-renowned team is scheduled to be in Abbotsford from August 11 to August 13. The Snowbirds are regular performers at the airshow, which is recognized as Canada’s national airshow and has been recognized internatio
  
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• Mbappe, France advance to World Cup final, beat Morocco 2-0

  14-12-2022 22:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  AL KHOR, Qatar (AP) — France and Kylian Mbappé are headed back to the World Cup final for a much-anticipated matchup with Lionel Messi after ending Morocco’s historic run at soccer’s biggest tournament.
  France beat Africa’s first ever semifinalist 2-0 Wednesday, with Mbappé playing a part in goals by Theo Hernandez in the fifth minute and then substitute Randal Kolo Muani in the 79th.
  France will head into Sunday’s title match against Argentina looking
  
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• Cameron and Wilkie earns silvers as Canada wins four medals at Para-Nordic World Cup

  14-12-2022 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VUOKATTI, Finland — Collin Cameron of Bracebridge, Ont., and Natalie Wilkie of Salmon Arm, B.C., both earned silver medals as Canada won four medals on Wednesday at a Para-Nordic World Cup event.
  Cameron and Wilkie won in the men’s and women’s 10-kilometre individual-start classic-ski races respectively.
  Brittany Hudak of Prince Albert, Sask., finished behind Wilkie for bronze in their discipline.
  Lyne-Marie Bilodeau of Magog, Que., added her second World Cup medal of her caree
  
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• Fusion breakthrough a ‘marvel’ of global scientific collaboration, including Canada

  14-12-2022 21:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — The fusion ignition breakthrough that has experts hailing a new dawn in the search for clean energy took a lot of help from around the world — including Canada.Researchers at the University of Alberta have been working for years on theoretical models to interpret the results of laser-plasma interaction experiments.That’s what scientists in California used to produce a fusion reaction that generated more energy than it took to trigger, a first step toward corralling
  
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• The problems with using buy now, pay later to fund travel - Chilliwack Progress

  14-12-2022 20:30 via news.google.com
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• House of Commons to break for the holidays, return in January - Chilliwack Progress

  14-12-2022 20:30 via news.google.com
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• Company holiday parties are back — but with some restraint - Chilliwack Progress

  14-12-2022 20:30 via news.google.com
  Company holiday parties are back — but with some restraint  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Comedian and actor Adam Sandler to get 2023 Mark Twain Prize - Chilliwack Progress

  14-12-2022 20:30 via news.google.com
  Comedian and actor Adam Sandler to get 2023 Mark Twain Prize  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada’s chief science adviser releases recommendations to ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-12-2022 20:30 via news.google.com
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• B.C. Lions sign co-general managers Campbell, McEvoy to extensions - Chilliwack Progress

  14-12-2022 20:30 via news.google.com
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• Canada beefing up Haiti embassy in push for political consensus

  14-12-2022 20:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is beefing up Canada’s embassy staffing in Haiti to work closer with security officials.
  Trudeau announced that change after a high-level meeting on Tuesday with ministers and bureaucrats, who were joined by Canada’s UN ambassador Bob Rae.
  Rae was in Haiti last week to meet with political leaders and grassroots groups, whom Ottawa is pushing to find consensus on how to help the country.
  Haiti is facing a series of humanitarian crises and a
  
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• Peru’s new government declares police state amid protests

  14-12-2022 20:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s new government imposed a police state on Wednesday in response to violent protests following the ouster of President Pedro Castillo. The 30-day national emergency declaration suspends the rights of “personal security and freedom” across the Andean nation.
  Acts of vandalism, violence and highway blockades “require a forceful and authoritative response from the government,” Defense Minister Luis Otarola Peñaranda announced.The dec
  
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• Formenton signs contract with Swiss club after failing to sign deal with Senators

  14-12-2022 20:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  AMBRÌ, Switzerland — Forward Alex Formenton has signed a one-year contract with HC Ambri-Piotta in the Swiss League after the restricted free agent failed to sign a new deal with the Ottawa Senators.
  Formenton is ineligible to play in the NHL this year after the Dec. 1 deadline for signing RFAs passed without him agreeing to a contract with the Senators.
  Ottawa retains his NHL rights.
  Formenton had 18 goals and 14 assists in 79 games last season.This report by The Canadian Press was
  
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• Illinois running back Brown wins Cornish Trophy as top Canadian in NCAA football

  14-12-2022 20:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Illinois running back Chase Brown has been awarded the Jon Cornish Trophy as the top Canadian in NCAA football.
  Brown was second in the NCAA and first in the Power Five conference with 1,643 rushing yards.
  The native of London, Ont., was second in the NCAA in rushes of 10-plus yards (48), 100-yard games (10), and rushing attempts per game (27.3), and was third in all-purpose yards (1,883). He had 328 carries in the regular season.
  Ohio Bobcats quarterback Kurtis Rourke of Oakvi
  
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• SD33 Parent Advisory Councils to receive thousands from B.C. govt.

  14-12-2022 19:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The B.C. government released its list of recipients Monday (Dec. 12) that will benefit from Community Gaming Grants, including one parent advisory council at Chilliwack Secondary School that will receive nearly $30,000.In a news release Monday, the B.C. government unveiled its list of Chilliwack PACs and district parent advisory councils (DPACs) that will receive an aggregate sum of well over $100,000.“Learning, fun and growth also takes place outside the regular school
  
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• Canada not sending fighter jets to Europe next year as Air Force rearms, regroups

  14-12-2022 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada will not send fighter jets to patrol NATO airspace next year, the first time that Canadian CF-18s will be absent from the skies over Europe since 2017.
  Based out of Romania, the CF-18s worked with other NATO aircraft to monitor Russian activity over the Baltics and the Black Sea, and protect against any aggressive action.
  The most recent rotation ended on Dec. 1, when six CF-18s returned home from Romania following a four-month deployment in which they flew nearly 500 sorti
  
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• Indigenous blockade lifted at $1.45-billion B.C. hospital project — for ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-12-2022 19:30 via news.google.com
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• Dairy Queen, Starbucks coming to Popkum east of Chilliwack

  14-12-2022 18:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  POPKUM — Residents of Popkum, as well as Rosedale on the eastern periphery of Chilliwack, will have a few more dining and shopping options thanks to a new commercial development just north of Highway 1 along Highway 9, the Agassiz-Rosedale Highway.The Fraser Valley Regional District confirmed Tuesday (Dec. 13) in an email that a proposed plaza currently under construction at 52964 Yale Road will contain a Dairy Queen restaurant and a Starbucks, along with four other businesses.According to
  
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• Kids briefly stolen along with running car from B.C. elementary school - Chilliwack Progress

  14-12-2022 18:52 via news.google.com
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• CPL expansion club Vancouver FC adds local ‘keeper Irving as first ever signing

  14-12-2022 18:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Vancouver FC have signed free-agent goalkeeper Callum Irving, making him the first player ever to agree to a deal with the Canadian Premier League expansion club.
  The 29-year-old from Vancouver spent the last three CPL seasons with Victoria-based Pacific FC, helping the team win a league title in 2021.
  Irving made 69 appearances in all competitions for Pacific over three seasons. 
  His 22 career clean sheets are a franchise record, and his 12 clean sheets in all competitions in 2022 set a cl
  
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• Black federal employees say creation of mental health program plagued by racism

  14-12-2022 18:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A group of Black federal public servants is accusing the government of racism, and is threatening to pull out of the development of a mental health action plan meant for Black workers. 
  The Federal Black Employee Caucus sent a letter to the Treasury Board’s chief human resources officer this month, saying the workers supported efforts to address racism within the public service, only to be “continuously faced with the crushing weight of it.”
  In a mandate let
  
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• Chief science adviser releases recommendations to combat long-COVID

  14-12-2022 18:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada’s chief science adviser is encouraging the government to develop a list of criteria to diagnose long-COVID and guidelines for doctors to treat it. 
  Mona Nemer released the recommendations today from a task force that was established in the summer to respond to post-COVID-19 condition, or long-COVID. 
  Nemer says as of August, about 15 per cent of adults who’ve had COVID-19 experience symptoms three months or more after their initial infection.
  For now,
  
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• One man is dead after stabbing incident in Mission - Chilliwack Progress

  14-12-2022 18:30 via news.google.com
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• B.C. Lions sign co-general managers Campbell, McEvoy to extensions

  14-12-2022 18:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions have signed co-general manager and head coach Rick Campbell and co-general manager and director of football operations Neil McEvoy to contract extensions through the 2024 CFL season.
  Campbell was hired as head coach in December 2019. Campbell and McEvoy took on co-GM duties a year later after Ed Hervey stepped down.
  McEvoy is entering his 28th season with the Lions. He has played a role in various front-office duties including contract negotiations, Canadian scou
  
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• New N.S. top Mountie says public wants to keep force despite mass shooting response

  14-12-2022 18:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — The RCMP’s new commanding officer in Nova Scotia believes the public wants a renewed relationship with his police force despite its widely criticized response to the 2020 mass shooting.
  Assistant Commissioner Dennis Daley said in an interview today that while it’s possible a public inquiry may recommend the province examine alternative policing models, he is confident Nova Scotians “still want the RCMP as their provincial police.”
  He said in an interview i
  
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• Chilliwack set for change following approval for redesign - Golf Course Architecture

  14-12-2022 18:00 via news.google.com
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• Quebec COVID-19 hospitalizations top 2,000, highest level since October

  14-12-2022 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s Health Department says there are more than 2,000 hospitalizations linked to COVID-19 across the province, the highest number since Oct. 19.
  Officials say 2,081 people are in hospital with the disease, a rise of 60 from the day before, after 207 people in the past 24 hours were admitted and 147 discharged.
  They say 698 patients — about 33 per cent — were admitted because of the disease.
  Officials say there are 63 people in intensive care with COVID-19,
  
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• First Nations, governments working to establish Indigenous protected area in Manitoba

  14-12-2022 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Four First Nations in Manitoba are working with the provincial and federal governments to establish a new Indigenous protected area.
  The groups announced today at the COP15 global biodiversity talks in Montreal that they are working together to assess the feasibility of a protected area in the Seal River Watershed in northern Manitoba. 
  The watershed is one of the world’s largest remaining ecologically intact watersheds and is a rich carbon sink. 
  It spans over 5
  
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• Blue Bombers sign defensive back Rose to one-year contract extension

  14-12-2022 17:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed cornerback Winston Rose to a one-year contract extension. 
  He had been scheduled to become a free agent in February.
  Rose was third on the Bombers last season with 66 tackles while adding three interceptions, including one for a touchdown.
  Rose added eight tackles and an interception in the Bombers’ win over B.C. in the Western final and another five tackles in their loss to Toronto in the Grey Cup.
  Rose led the CFL in interceptio
  
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• Canada’s Maggie Mac Neil wins butterfly gold at short course world championships

  14-12-2022 17:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MELBOURNE, Australia — Canada’s Maggie Mac Neil won gold in the women’s 50-metre butterfly on Wednesday at the FINA world short course swimming championships. 
  The 22-year-old from London, Ont., finished in a tie for first place with American Torri Huske in 24.64 seconds. Mac Neil was eighth at the turn before charging back to set a Canadian record.
  “I thought I went out faster but it’s fine,” Mac Neil said. “Overall it’s pretty good. A best t
  
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• Deputy dressed as Grinch gives onions to speeding drivers

  14-12-2022 17:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MARATHON, Fla. (AP) — Several motorists who were speeding through an elementary school zone on the Florida Keys Overseas Highway received an odorous onion as a reminder to slow down from a county sheriff’s deputy dressed as the Grinch.
  Col. Lou Caputo, a 37-year veteran of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office who conjured up the concept more than 20 years ago, was back on the streets Tuesday.
  Drivers who travel about 5 mph or less above the school zone’s speed limit can cho
  
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• Poilievre tells Tory caucus to stand for the ‘common people’ in pre-holiday message

  14-12-2022 17:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre told his Conservative members of Parliament today that it’s their job to stand on the side of “common people.”
  He delivered the message to the Tory caucus in Ottawa as the House of Commons sitting winds down and MPs get ready to return to their constituencies for the holidays. 
  In his speech, Poilievre painted of a picture of a Canada that is hurting and told his MPs it’s their job as the Official Opposition to transform that hurt into
  
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• Man facing charge after Ukrainian refugee, 7, dies in Montreal hit and run

  14-12-2022 17:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A seven-year-old girl who was killed in a hit and run Tuesday in Montreal had recently arrived in Canada with her mother and two siblings after they had fled the war in Ukraine.
  Michael Shwec with the Ukrainian Canadian Congress says a parish priest is in contact with the mother and says an online fundraising drive will be set up to help the family cover funeral costs.
  Shwec says the young girl arrived with her mother, brother and sister just two months ago and that the girl&rsq
  
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• Woman fatally stabbed inside North Vancouver home - Chilliwack Progress

  14-12-2022 17:07 via news.google.com
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• Cameras at babies’ bedsides in B.C. neonatal intensive care unit comfort parents

  14-12-2022 17:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — When Preethi Krishnan would return home from the hospital after visiting her premature twins, she took comfort in knowing they were just a few clicks away on her laptop or phone, even in the middle of the night, thanks to web cameras installed by their bedsides.A pilot project that started in June at the neonatal intensive care unit of Richmond Hospital in British Columbia has become a permanent fixture after winning high praise from anxious parents who can virtually see their
  
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• ‘Supplies are tight’: Canadian Blood Services concerned about ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-12-2022 16:30 via news.google.com
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• AP Top Songs of 2022: ‘Bad Habit,’ ‘Unholy,’ ‘Cuff It’ - Chilliwack Progress

  14-12-2022 16:30 via news.google.com
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• 87-year-old identified as Montreal driver who hit baby in carriage without stopping

  14-12-2022 16:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Montreal police have identified an 87-year-old man who they say was behind the wheel of a vehicle that hit a baby stroller last month and drove off.
  Police had asked for the public’s help to find the driver, who was recorded hitting a stroller that was being pushed along a Montreal intersection by an Orthodox Jewish woman.
  The baby was taken to hospital as a precaution but was uninjured.
  Quebec Jewish groups had worried that the incident was motivated by hate because the collision occurred
  
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• Soccer writer Grant Wahl died of heart aneurysm at World Cup

  14-12-2022 16:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Grant Wahl died of an aneurysm in his heart when he was stricken while covering a World Cup match last weekend, according to an autopsy of the well-known American soccer writer.
  Wahl’s wife, Dr. Céline Gounder, said Wednesday that an autopsy was conducted by the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office.
  “Grant died from the rupture of a slowly growing, undetected ascending aortic aneurysm with hemopericardium,” she wrote on her husband’s
  
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