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• Loved ones remember joyous B.C. man as his killer is sentenced - Chilliwack Progress

  15-12-2022 23:40 via news.google.com
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• Arrest prompts Vancouver police to warn about package theft by ‘porch pirates’

  15-12-2022 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Vancouver police say they’ve recovered everything from Nike runners to golf clubs in a months-long investigation into so-called porch pirates. 
  Police say officers used a warrant to search a home last week in Burnaby, where they recovered an array of items, including some would-be Christmas gifts. 
  Department spokeswoman Const. Tania Visintin says porch pirates follow delivery vans for Amazon, UPS and other companies, then steal packages right after the driver drops the item at t
  
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• Respiratory illnesses surge beyond pre-pandemic numbers in Nunavut

  15-12-2022 23:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut health officials say there has been a surge of respiratory illnesses across the territory this year.
  Dr. Sean Watchel, the territory’s chief public health officer, says cases of respiratory syncytial virus or RSV, along with the flu and COVID-19 have increased dramatically.
  Before the COVID-19 pandemic, there were 142 cases of RSV in Nunavut.
  Watchel says there have been 493 infections and 86 hospitalizations so far this year.
  COVID-19 infections have also
  
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• Unified MMA closes in on half-century of shows with three fight cards in 15 days

  15-12-2022 22:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Sunny Sareen is a busy man these days.
  The Unified MMA president is in the midst of putting on three fight cards in 15 days, a run that started Dec. 2 with Unified MMA 47 in Calgary.
  “An ambitious plan,” Sareen himself said.
  Unified MMA 48 takes place Friday in Toronto, the promotion’s first foray outside of Alberta, followed by Unified MMA 49 on Saturday in Enoch, Alta., just outside Edmonton.
  “The events are doing well for sales.” Sareen said on th
  
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• Warrants issued for 3 Prince George men charged with trafficking ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-12-2022 22:30 via news.google.com
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• Liberal government seeking delay to expanding medically assisted dying program

  15-12-2022 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government is seeking to delay the expansion of Canada’s assisted-dying regime to include people whose sole underlying conditions are mental disorders.
  Justice Minister David Lametti says the government has heard from experts who are concerned that the health-care system might not be prepared to handle those complicated cases.
  Canada’s medical assistance in dying legislation excludes those whose sole underlying condition is a mental disorder until March 202
  
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• Escaped inmate sentenced to life for the ‘cold-blooded’ murder of a B.C. man

  15-12-2022 22:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Friends and relatives of murder victim Martin Payne say they are haunted by the actions of “two selfish, reckless” people who chose their victim because his home was near the prison where the men escaped.
  A B.C. Supreme Court jury found James Lee Busch guilty of first-degree murder late Wednesday.
  At his sentencing hearing today, Justice David Crossin called the killing cold-blooded and unspeakable, and sentenced Busch to life, without chance of parole for 25 years.
  
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• MPs put discussion of gun bill on pause for holidays amid concern over hunting rifles

  15-12-2022 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — MPs studying the government’s proposed definition of an assault-style firearm will resume talks next month about whether to hear from additional witnesses amid concerns the change would ban some common hunting rifles.
  The House of Commons public safety committee, which is conducting a clause-by-clause review of a Liberal firearm-control bill, did not meet Thursday as planned after the House adjourned Wednesday for the holidays.
  The planned definition, a government amendment
  
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• Texas officer convicted of manslaughter in window shooting

  15-12-2022 21:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A former Texas police officer was convicted of manslaughter Thursday for fatally shooting a Black woman through a rear window of her home in 2019, a rare conviction of an officer for killing someone also armed with a gun.
  Jurors found Aaron Dean not guilty of murder but convicted him of manslaughter in the death of Atatiana Jefferson. The conviction comes more than three years after the white Fort Worth officer shot the 28-year-old woman while responding to a call
  
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• Senate joins House of Commons in adjourning for a holiday break

  15-12-2022 21:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Senate wrapped up its fall sitting today and has adjourned for a holiday break, a day after the House of Commons did the same.
  Parliamentarians are not scheduled to return to Ottawa until the end of January.
  Senators passed several bills before rising, including a Liberal government bill to implement the measures in the fall economic statement.
  They also passed a private member’s bill that requires the minister responsible for economic development in the Prairies to come
  
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• EU approves new sanctions against Russia over Ukraine war

  15-12-2022 21:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union said it approved a new package of sanctions Thursday aimed at ramping up pressure on Russia for its war in Ukraine.
  The package, whose details have not been revealed, was approved after days of deliberations during a meeting of the 27-nation bloc’s ambassadors.
  The Czech Republic, which holds the rotating presidency of the EU Council, said the package will be confirmed by written procedure on Friday. Details will then be published in the bloc’
  
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• Quebec man granted bail in hit and run that killed 7-year-old Ukrainian girl

  15-12-2022 21:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A Montreal-area man charged in a hit and run that killed a 7-year-old girl as she was walking to school has been granted bail.
  Juan Manuel Becerra Garcia was released on a series of conditions today that include not driving a motorized vehicle and not contacting the family of the young victim, Maria Legenkovska.
  Maria had arrived in Montreal this year with her mother, brother and sister while her father stayed behind in Ukraine to fight against the Russian invasion.
  She was stru
  
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• Delegates at COP15 warned to dress warmly and bring extra socks as snowstorm looms

  15-12-2022 21:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — If the weather outside is frightful, bring some extra socks and build a snowman.
  For most Canadians such advice ahead of a major winter storm is unnecessary.
  But for thousands of delegates at the COP15 nature talks in Montreal right now, a Canadian winter is a little less routine.
  Organizers are clearly worried about safety as the snowstorm looms and had Environment Canada meteorologist Marie-Ève Giguère join their morning update today to help delegates prepare for a
  
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• Alberta says it will take control of prosecutions for banned firearms from Ottawa

  15-12-2022 21:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Alberta’s justice minister says provincial prosecutors are to take over the handling of charges under the federal Firearms Act starting in the new year.
  Tyler Shandro says he is also advising Alberta’s prosecutors that the province does not consider it to be in the public interest to go after law-abiding owners of banned weapons — although he can’t tell them when to lay charges.
  Shandro says he has written to his federal counterpart, David Lametti, to adv
  
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• Abbotsford’s Jake Virtanen off to strong offensive start in Switzerland - Chilliwack Progress

  15-12-2022 21:12 via news.google.com
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• Canada is losing ground and falling behind U.S. on trade with Africa, senators say

  15-12-2022 20:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Senators are warning Trade Minister Mary Ng that Ottawa may be falling behind its peers in establishing deeper trade ties with Africa.
  The Senate foreign-affairs committee has been studying for months whether Global Affairs Canada is responding to the country’s diplomatic needs.
  Ng took senators’ questions, which ranged from how Canada will form deeper ties in the Indo-Pacific to whether diplomats are doing enough to leverage the knowledge of Canadians living abroad.
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• Facebook intimidating Canadians with threats to pull news from ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-12-2022 20:30 via news.google.com
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• Broadway writer of ‘ Juliet’ builds show with huge pop hits - Chilliwack Progress

  15-12-2022 20:30 via news.google.com
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• Whitecaps transfer Canadian defender Derek Cornelius to Sweden’s Malmo FF

  15-12-2022 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Defender Derek Cornelius was transferred by the Vancouver Whitecaps to Sweden’s Malmo FF on Thursday.
  Cornelius, 25, joined the Whitecaps in January 2019 via transfer from Serbian club FK Javor Ivanjica and went on to make 37 appearances for Vancouver across all competitions.
  In July 2021, the native of Ajax, Ont., joined Greek side Panetolikos FC on loan through 2022, where he made 47 appearances.
  Vancouver sporting director Axel Schuster says that Cornelius asked the Wh
  
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• Federal public servants to start returning to office next month with hybrid system

  15-12-2022 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Treasury Board is expected to announce today that federal public servants will have to begin returning to the office a few days per week next month, with a phased-in hybrid model.
  Employees in the core public service across all departments will be told to begin phasing in a return-to-office plan in mid-January, working in the office two or three days per week.
  The plan would be fully implemented by the end of March 2023.
  Treasury Board President Mona Fortier is scheduled to an
  
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• Personal health information ‘disturbingly’ vulnerable: B.C. privacy commissioner

  15-12-2022 20:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s privacy watchdog says sensitive personal health records, from mental health to sexually transmitted disease histories, are “disturbingly” vulnerable to leaks. 
  Information and privacy commissioner Michael McEvoy says in a report released by his office that security gaps in the public health computer system put it at risk of abuse by bad actors, from cyber criminals to jilted lovers looking for information about an ex. 
  The report sa
  
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• Nurse tempers any expectations about imminent return of Precious Achiuwa

  15-12-2022 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — While Precious Achiuwa has resumed some light practising, Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse erased any expectations the athletic forward would be back playing any time soon.
  “Probably each day getting a little closer . . . (but) you’re looking at the new year for sure,” Nurse said after practice Thursday. “I wouldn’t even put him in the 60 to 70 per cent range. He’s not near contact.
  “It’s good that he’s out there, he’s m
  
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• Facebook intimidating Canadians with threats to pull news from platform: Ottawa

  15-12-2022 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Federal Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez accused Meta on Thursday of trying to intimidate Canadians with threats of pulling news content from its Facebook platform, following the adoption of Bill C-18 in the House of Commons.
  “Canadians don’t like being intimidated,” Rodriguez told reporters in Ottawa. “Me, if I were Facebook, I would change my strategy. It won’t pass with Canadians.” 
  The minister was reacting to a statement on Wednesday
  
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• New licensed preschool opening at Watson Elementary in January

  15-12-2022 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — As Chilliwack grows in leaps and bounds like it has the past five years, the addition of a new licensed preschool in Sardis should come as welcome news to parents.The Chilliwack School District announced earlier this week that a new licensed child care facility will open at Watson Elementary in January.SD33 wrote on its Facebook page Tuesday (Dec. 13) that it is currently accepting registrations for children born in 2018. The preschool will open January 9, 2023 and operate und
  
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• Slovak government falls after losing no-confidence vote

  15-12-2022 19:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PRAGUE (AP) — Slovakia’s coalition government fell Thursday after losing a no-confidence vote in parliament called by the opposition following months of political crisis, in a development that could lead to an early election.
  In the country’s 150-seat Parliament, 78 lawmakers, two more than 76 needed, voted to oust the three-party minority government of Prime Minister Eduard Heger.
  The government’s fall came after three coalition lawmakers voted against the government.
  Th
  
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• PHF all-star weekend comes to Toronto a year after hosting plans scrapped by COVID-19

  15-12-2022 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BOSTON — After a year-long delay the Premier Hockey Federation’s all-star weekend will make its Canadian debut next month in Toronto.
  The PHF announced that the home of the league’s Toronto Six franchise will host the women’s hockey event, ending with the all-star tournament Jan. 29 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre.
  The 2022 event was originally slated for Toronto, but relocated to Buffalo, N.Y., due to COVID-19 restrictions in Ontario.
  The 2023 all-star format will feature
  
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• Canadian forward Levonte Johnson a finalist for soccer’s MAC Hermann Trophy

  15-12-2022 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canadian forward Levonte Johnson, who helped Syracuse to the NCAA College Cup on Monday, is one of three finalists for the 2022 MAC Hermann Trophy.
  The award is the top individual honour in NCAA Division I soccer.
  Johnson, a senior from Brampton, Ont., is up against Creighton junior forward Duncan McGuire and Duke junior midfielder Peter Stroud.
  The three women’s finalists are Notre Dame sophomore midfielder Korbin Albert, Duke sophomore forward Michelle Cooper and Florida State senior mid
  
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• Investigation finds provincial health authority is jeopardizing the confidential health records of B.C. residents

  15-12-2022 19:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — A damning report released today from the provincial information and privacy commissioner concludes that the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) has jeopardized the personal information of British Columbia by failing to address security and privacy vulnerabilities in the public health database.In a news release issued Thursday morning (Dec. 15), an investigation report released by Michael McEvoy, B.C.’s information and privacy commissioner, says the security and pri
  
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• Woman and adult granddaughter fatally shot inside Montreal apartment

  15-12-2022 18:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Montreal police say a woman and her adult granddaughter were victims of a double homicide early this morning.
  A call to 911 reporting gunshots was made at about 2:40 a.m., and officers found the two women seriously injured inside an apartment in the city’s Pointe-St-Charles neighbourhood.
  A 73-year-old woman died on the scene while her 22-year-old granddaughter was taken to hospital, where she was admitted in critical condition and later died.
  Police say bullet casings were found inside th
  
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• Sentencing hearing for Langley triple-murderer begins Friday - Chilliwack Progress

  15-12-2022 18:50 via news.google.com
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• Canada’s climate action plan underfunded, unclear regarding top risks: report

  15-12-2022 18:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A report says Canada’s climate adaptation strategy is underfunded and does not clearly align its goals with the country’s top climate change risks.
  The Canadian Climate Institute put out the report that makes 11 recommendations for improvements to the federal government’s draft $1.6-billion strategy that was released in November.
  It says that while it’s good the strategy establishes clear, high-level, priorities like disaster resilience, health and biodiver
  
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• Quebec court says Canadian Pacific Railway not liable in Lac-Mégantic train crash

  15-12-2022 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge says Canadian Pacific Railway is not liable in the 2013 Lac-Mégantic, Que., railway disaster that killed 47 people.
  Justice Martin Bureau ruled Wednesday that the actions the railway company was accused of are not the direct, immediate and logical cause of the damages suffered by the victims of the tragedy.
  Bureau says the fault for the disaster lies with the train conductor, Thomas Harding, and with Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway Limite
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP execute search warrant at Third Avenue drug house in Chilliwack

  15-12-2022 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — An active drug house on Third Avenue just two blocks east of Young Road near downtown Chilliwack was raided earlier this month by the Chilliwack RCMP, resulting in the seizure of large amounts of illegal narcotics and drug paraphernalia.On Sunday, December 4, members of the Chilliwack RCMP Priority Target Team executed a search warrant in the 46100 block of Third Avenue in Chilliwack after observing a large quantity of foot traffic in and out of the residence.
  According to a n
  
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• More than 300 people in Chilliwack registered for the Streams Free ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-12-2022 18:30 via news.google.com
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• Harry, Meghan vent grievances in final Netflix episodes - Chilliwack Progress

  15-12-2022 18:30 via news.google.com
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• Brampton, Ont., to host women’s hockey world championship in 2023

  15-12-2022 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Brampton, Ont., will host the women’s hockey world championship in 2023.
  Hockey Canada and the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association made the announcement on Thursday.
  The CAA Centre will host the international tournament from April 5 to 16.
  It’s the first time the Greater Toronto Area has hosted the event since 2000.
  Ten teams will compete at the event: Canada, Czechia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States.
  Canada has
  
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• Canada-made radar satellite component to be used in global surface water survey

  15-12-2022 18:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONGUEUIL, Que. — A piece of Canadian radar technology will play a key role in a satellite mission scheduled to launch Friday that aims to study almost all of the Earth’s water surfaces.
  The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission is led by NASA and France’s space agency, CNES, with contributions from Canada and the United Kingdom.
  The mission will survey 90 per cent of the Earth’s water surfaces and collect data to help better understand and deal with the effec
  
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• Auger-Aliassime, Fernandez named Tennis Canada’s players of the year

  15-12-2022 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Félix Auger-Aliassime and Leylah Annie Fernandez have been named Tennis Canada’s Players of the Year.
  Auger-Aliassime, who won three straight events late in the year before leading Canada to its first Davis Cup title, won in the men’s singles category.
  Fernandez, who defended her Monterrey Open title, won in the women’s singles category while Gabriela Dabrowski and Denis Shapovalov were recognized in the doubles category.
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• Indictment: Mom used drugs before killing Georgia toddler

  15-12-2022 17:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The mother of a toddler found dead in a Georgia landfill has been charged with murder and other crimes in a 19-count indictment that alleges she used drugs before killing her son and dumping his body in a trash bin.
  A Chatham County grand jury returned the indictment against Leilani Simon on Wednesday. She has been jailed since police arrested her Nov. 21, when investigators found her son’s remains after weeks spent combing through garbage at a landfill.
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• Mac Neil, Masse advance to 50 backstroke final at short-course swimming championships

  15-12-2022 17:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MELBOURNE, Australia — Canadians Maggie Mac Neil and Kylie Masse have advanced to the final of the women’s 50-metre backstroke at the world short-course swimming championships.
  Mac Neil and Masse, who took gold and silver in the event at last year’s championships in Abu Dhabi, were second and fourth after the semifinals.
  Mac Neil, from London, Ont., finished her semifinal in time of 25.64, behind only American Claire Curzan (25.60).
  Masse, from LaSalle, Ont., had a time of 25.9
  
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• Extreme cold headed to northern B.C. - Chilliwack Progress

  15-12-2022 17:36 via news.google.com
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• Financial intelligence agency tracking signs of homegrown terrorism ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-12-2022 17:10 via news.google.com
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• Civilian police declined 40 military sexual criminal cases: Armed ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-12-2022 17:10 via news.google.com
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• Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker to be next NCAA president

  15-12-2022 16:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will be the next president of the NCAA, the association announced Thursday, replacing Mark Emmert as the head of the largest college sports governing body in the country.
  Baker, a Republican, has been governor of Massachusetts since 2015. He announced earlier this year he would not seek re-election.He will start the job in March 2023.
  Emmert announced he would step down earlier this year after 12 years of leading the NCAA through a tumultuous time.
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• Man gets 12 years for assisting Gov. Whitmer kidnap plotter

  15-12-2022 16:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — One of three men who forged an early alliance with the leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison for assisting him before the FBI broke up the scheme in 2020.Pete Musico was the first man to be sentenced in Jackson County. He will be followed by son-in-law Joe Morrison and Paul Bellar. They were convicted in October of providing material support for a terrorist act, which carries a maximum term of 20 years.Morris
  
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• Paralympic curler Ideson says club accessibility in Canada lacking

  15-12-2022 16:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Entering a curling club isn’t something Mark Ideson takes for granted. 
  The three-time Paralympian in wheelchair curling says a single stair poses a formidable hurdle to pursue his sport.
  “That one stair might as well be Mount Everest because you can’t get up that stair independently,” Ideson told The Canadian Press.
  Ideson skipped Canada to back-to-back bronze medals in the 2018 and 2022 Paralympic Games. 
  The 46-year-old from London, Ont., who sustained a spin
  
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• Blue Jays agree to terms on one-year deal with outfielder Kevin Kiermaier

  15-12-2022 15:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to terms with outfielder Kevin Kiermaier on a US$9-million, one-year contract.
  The 32-year-old played 63 games for the Tampa Bay Rays last season, hitting .228 with seven homers and 22 RBIs.
  Kiermaier has earned three Gold Glove awards since making his debut with the Rays in 2013. Over 914 career big-league games with Tampa Bay, he has a .248 average with 82 homers and 316 RBIs.
  “Kevin is a terrific addition to our already strong roster. As
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Complex supports for complex needs coming to Chilliwack

  15-12-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  People dealing with mental health and addiction challenges often have complex needs, and when those needs are not met with nuanced solutions it can lead people to a cycle of evictions, shelters, emergency rooms and incarceration. Everyone deserves safe housing, here in the Fraser Valley and across the province, and that’s why our government is investing in specific supports to help people who are facing overlapping challenges related to mental health, substance use, trauma and brain
  
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• UK media: Boris Becker released from jail, faces deportation

  15-12-2022 13:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LONDON (AP) — British news agency Press Association reports that German tennis legend Boris Becker has been freed from prison after serving eight months of his sentence and now faces deportation from the U.K.
  The 55-year-old German, who has lived in Britain since 2012, was released on Thursday morning ahead of his deportation, PA reported, without citing sources.
  Becker, the three-time Wimbledon champion, ​​had been sentenced to 30 months in prison in April for illicitly transf
  
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• Six-month COVID-19 vaccine delay would have cost $156B: study

  15-12-2022 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A study from the C.D. Howe Institute estimates Canada would have lost $156 billion in economic activity in 2021 had COVID-19 vaccines been rolled out six months later than they were. 
  That would have been equivalent to about 12.5 per cent of Canada’s gross domestic product.
  “The results show that vaccination was highly beneficial to population health and also cost-effective from an economic perspective,” the think tank said in a report released Thursday. 
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