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• LETTER: Seniors Christmas Banquet at CSS was a great success - Chilliwack Progress

  17-12-2022 23:30 via news.google.com
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• Physical altercations and contraband seizures pile up at Kent max-security prison in 2022

  17-12-2022 22:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  AGASSIZ — There’s not much brotherly love happening behind the walls of Kent Institution, the maximum-security correctional facility just west of Agassiz, these days.The Correctional Service of Canada reported on December 9 that it has recorded yet another assault of an inmate by another inmate, at least its 13th of the year, in what has been an eventful 2022 at Kent.
  While the assaults seem par for the course, perhaps the most violent incidents involved two stabbings that occurred b
  
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• Batherson helps Sens beat Red Wings 6-3 for 4th straight win

  17-12-2022 22:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DETROIT (AP) — Drake Batherson had two goals, Claude Giroux snapped a third-period tie and the Ottawa Senators beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-3 on Saturday for their fourth consecutive victory.
  Thomas Chabot, Tyler Motte and Austin Watson also scored for the Senators, who improved to 8-2-1 in their last 11 games. Alex DeBrincat had three assists for the second consecutive game while extending his point streak to eight in a row.
  Brady Tkachuk also had three assists, and Cam Talbot made 29 sav
  
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• Heavy snow on Coquihalla, bitter cold in northwest and central B.C.: weather alert

  17-12-2022 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Environment Canada is warning of heavy snow on the Coquihalla Highway and bitterly cold temperatures in British Columbia’s northwest as arctic air sweeps across the province. 
  Up to 20 centimetres of snow is expected to fall on the highway between Hope and Merritt before easing Sunday afternoon and the snow will also blanket nearby areas of the Fraser Canyon and Fraser Valley. 
  The weather agency warns that strong winds will blow the snow, at times reducing visi
  
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• Undeveloped 45-acre parcel in Eastern Hillsides carries asking price of nearly $8 million

  17-12-2022 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — An undeveloped, seemingly inaccessible swath of non-farm land near Chilliwack’s Eastern Hillsides, located just below the Falls Golf Course, is back on the market again with an asking price of $7,999,999.The hilly, heavily forested lot is likely to be the next big residential subdivision in the Eastern Hillsides area several years down the road, given its size and potential for developers.According to a listing on realtor.ca, the 45.6-acre parcel of land is located at 75
  
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• Middle school students deliver handmade Christmas cards to ... - Chilliwack Progress

  17-12-2022 21:51 via news.google.com
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• RCMP ERT surrounds Hudson Road home up on Promontory Saturday

  17-12-2022 21:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The RCMP Emergency Response Team investigated a home in the 46800 block of Hudson Road in Promontory Saturday morning, as police reportedly broke down a door at the home in search of an unidentified suspect.According to multiple reports on social media from Promontory-area residents, RCMP personnel and affiliated K9 units surrounded a home on Hudson Road.According to the RCMP website, members of the RCMP Emergency Response Team use tactics, specialized weapons and equipment to
  
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• B.C. Prosecution Service seeking lawyers to work in Chilliwack with max salaries exceeding $200,000 a year

  17-12-2022 20:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The B.C. Prosecution Service put out the call on TwitterThursday (Dec. 15) that it is seeking qualified attorneys to prosecute criminal cases in the fast-growing Fraser Valley.“We are hiring more!” the Crown agency wrote on Twitter. “The B.C. Prosecution Service is also seeking lawyers with all levels of experience, preferably in criminal law, to work as Crown Counsel in the eastern Fraser Valley (Abbotsford and Chilliwack). Closing Jan. 6.”
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• LETTER: Ryder Lake has serious water shortage issues - Chilliwack Progress

  17-12-2022 20:30 via news.google.com
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• In crowded N.B. hospital, 88-year-old awaiting nursing home placed in supply room

  17-12-2022 20:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The daughter of an 88-year-old woman who spent part of Thursday in the supply room of an overcrowded New Brunswick hospital says she’s alarmed by the space shortages in the province’s health system.
  Karen Totten snapped some images of her mother Irene MacNeill of Barnesville, N.B., lying in the supply room of Saint John Regional Hospital, with a bed sheet hung up to give her some privacy and wearing dark glasses to help her rest in an area where lights
  
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• EDITORIAL: Inflation will likely affect municipal taxes and utility rates - Chilliwack Progress

  17-12-2022 20:00 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack girl, 3, donates ponytails from 1st ever haircut to Wigs for ... - Surrey Now Leader

  17-12-2022 20:00 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack girl, 3, donates ponytails from 1st ever haircut to Wigs for ... - Aldergrove Star

  17-12-2022 20:00 via news.google.com
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• Edmonton Elks wide receiver Saulsberry dies after being shot in Memphis

  17-12-2022 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Edmonton Elks wide receiver Christian Saulsberry was shot and killed in Memphis, the team announced Saturday.
  Saulsberry had turned 25 on Monday. No other information was given about the incident. 
  “First and foremost, our hearts go out to his family during this incredibly difficult time,” the Elks said in a statement. “Our condolences are also extended to his friends, including the many teammates and coaches both here in Edmonton and elsewhere, that he impacted throughout
  
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• LETTER: Chilliwack ER treatment was caring under stressful ... - Chilliwack Progress

  17-12-2022 19:30 via news.google.com
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• Iran authorities arrest actress of Oscar-winning movie

  17-12-2022 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CAIRO (AP) — Iranian authorities arrested one of the country’s most famous actresses on charges of spreading falsehoods about nationwide protests that grip the country, state media said Saturday.
  The report by IRNA said Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-winning movie “The Salesman,” was detained a week after she made a post on Instagram expressing solidarity with the first man recently executed for crimes allegedly committed during the nationwide protests.
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• Croatia beats Morocco 2-1 to take 3rd place at World Cup

  17-12-2022 18:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Luka Modric led Croatia to third place in what was likely the midfield great’s last appearance at the World Cup.
  The runners-up from four years ago secured another medal by beating Morocco 2-1 in the third-place match on Saturday.
  Mislav Orsic scored the decisive goal shortly before halftime at Khalifa International Stadium to ensure Modric finished on a winning note, if this does turn out to be his last World Cup match.
  At the age of 37, that seems likely, ev
  
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• Dignitaries, family and friends gather for funeral of Manitoba politician Jim Carr

  17-12-2022 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Friends, family and former political colleagues are paying tribute today to Jim Carr. 
  Hundreds of people, including the prime minister, cabinet members and former political opponents, attended a memorial service in Winnipeg for the Liberal member of Parliament who died this week at age 71. 
  Going into the service, former Progressive Conservative Manitoba Premier Gary Filmon said Carr believed in working with people of all political stripes. 
  He said even during t
  
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• Female pedestrian seriously injured following hit-and-run in ... - Chilliwack Progress

  17-12-2022 17:58 via news.google.com
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• Montreal Alouettes hire former CFL quarterback Jason Maas as head coach

  17-12-2022 17:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes have hired longtime CFL quarterback Jason Maas as head coach.
  Alouettes GM Danny Maciocia had split duties as the team’s interim head coach after Khari Jones was fired four games into the 2022 season.
  “I’m very excited to join the Alouettes’ big family,” Maas said in a  statement. “The team showed great things last season and I look forward to continuing and complementing the work Danny has done so we can be even mo
  
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• OPINION: School smudging lawsuit illustrates a staggering lack of ... - Chilliwack Progress

  17-12-2022 17:43 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl questions why MAID is being expanded to those with mental illness

  17-12-2022 17:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl is welcoming a delay in the Trudeau government’s push to expand assisted-suicide to include those suffering solely from mental illness.In a news release distributed Friday (Dec. 16), Strahl says he was among the Conservative MPs that urged the Liberal government to pause its pursuit of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) for those struggling with mental illness.“From the outset, Conservatives have called for adequate safeguards to prot
  
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• Welding students at Chilliwack's G.W. Graham Secondary target ... - Chilliwack Progress

  17-12-2022 17:30 via news.google.com
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• Pedestrian seriously injured in hit-and-run in Abbotsford

  17-12-2022 16:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — Police in Abbotsford are investigating a hit and run involving a pedestrian at Bevan Avenue and Gladwin Road Friday night (Dec. 16).
  In a news release, police say a woman was struck by a vehicle around 7:45 p.m. She was sent to hospital with serious injuries. The driver of the vehicle failed to stop. However, the vehicle was found later and the driver was identified and questioned.AbbyPD officers, with the assistance of the Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Serv
  
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• N.W.T. announces latest case of private health information mishandled

  17-12-2022 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  YELLOWKNIFE — A privacy breach affecting people who stayed at a COVID-19 isolation centre is the latest in a long line of cases of health information being mishandled in the Northwest Territories. 
  Late last week, the N.W.T. Department of Health and Social Services issued notice of the “low-risk” breach involving about 2,000 COVID-19 isolation forms, which include names, phone numbers, addresses and emails of people who stayed at an isolation centre in Yellowknife between
  
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• Grocery shoplifting on the rise in Canada amid inflation, industry insiders say

  17-12-2022 15:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Shoplifting has surged to an alarming level across Canada, industry insiders say, with inflation and labour shortages cited as major factors behind the increase.
  The uptick has triggered concern among Canadian grocers even as the rise in food prices helps pad their bottom lines. Grocery prices were up 11 per cent year-over-year in October and they’re not expected to ease any time soon. The total cost of groceries for a family of four is expected to be $1,065 more than it was this year, acc
  
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• Chilliwack metal sculptor's business soars on wings of 15000-pound ... - Chilliwack Progress

  17-12-2022 14:05 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack metal sculptor’s business soars on wings of 15,000 ... - Hope Standard

  17-12-2022 14:05 via news.google.com
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• Friendly rivals: with EV tensions in past, Canada poised to compete with biggest ally

  17-12-2022 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Friends, partners, allies — and rivals.
  With cross-border auto tensions now in the rear-view mirror, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is talking about Canada’s next big bilateral challenge: head-to-head economic competition with the United States.
  From a Canadian perspective, the first two years of President Joe Biden’s term were all about countering a persistent bout of U.S. protectionism by preaching the virtues of trade between like-minded partners. 
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• As politicians played inflation blame game in 2022, what really drove rising prices?

  17-12-2022 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Some called it “Justinflation.” Others called it “greedflation.”
  But reality might be a lot less catchy than the wordplay that has taken off in Canadian politics this year.
  After enjoying decades of a relatively low and stable inflation rate, Canadians spent 2022 grappling with the highest levels of inflation seen in nearly 40 years.
  With the rising cost of living exacerbating pre-existing affordability concerns,politicians raced to point fingers at what &m
  
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• Hockey Canada members to vote on slate of board of directors nominees

  17-12-2022 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Hockey Canada’s provincial and territorial members will vote today on whether to approve a slate of nominees to fill the organization’s nine vacancies on its board of directors.
  Hugh L. Fraser, a retired judge with nearly three decades of experience at the Ontario court of justice, is the nominee for board chair.
  Former women’s national team captain Cassie Campbell-Pascall has been put forward to fill one of the other eight seats.
  Hockey Canada’s previous board stepped do
  
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• Dreams of Chinese fame persist at Vancouver pageant, where stars are born

  17-12-2022 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The eight women lining up to take questions included a pediatrician, a legal assistant and a piano teacher.
  But standing on stage in their bikinis at the River Rock Casino in Richmond, B.C., they had one goal — to become the next Miss Chinese Vancouver.
  The popularity of the 27-year-old pageant is testament to both the ongoing lure of celebrity in Hong Kong and Chinese show business, and what one expert called the “aura” surrounding Chinese Canadian entertaine
  
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• Coyotes beat Islanders 5-4 for fourth straight home win

  17-12-2022 06:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Travis Boyd knocked in his own rebound early in the third period to break a tie and Clayton Keller added his second goal of the game late as the Arizona Coyotes held on to beat the New York Islanders 5-4 on Friday night.
  Shayne Gostisbehere and Nick Bjugstad also scored for the Coyotes, who have won four straight home games — three since concluding a 14-game, 33-day road trip last week. Karel Vejmelka had 30 saves in his fourth straight start.
  Mathew Barzal had a
  
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• Kyrou scores twice as St. Louis Blues hand Calgary Flames fifth straight loss

  17-12-2022 05:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Jordan Kyrou scored twice on Friday as the St. Louis Blues made it three wins in a row with a 5-2 victory over the Calgary Flames.
  Ivan Barbashev and Pavel Buchnevich had two-point games for St. Louis (15-15-1) with a goal and assist each. Brandon Saad also scored.
  Connor Mackey scored both goals for Calgary (13-12-6), which is winless in its last five (0-2-3) and received boos from the home crowd as the final buzzer went. Dillon Dube and Elias Lindholm each had two assists.
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• Irving hits buzzer-beating three to lead Nets 119-116 over beleaguered Raptors

  17-12-2022 04:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Kyrie Irving had 32 points, including a three-point buzzer-beater with a tenth of a second on the clock, to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 119-116 win over the struggling Toronto Raptors on Friday.
  Fred VanVleet had 39 points for the Raptors (13-16), who’ve lost four straight for the first time this season. Scottie Barnes added 26 points, while Pascal Siakam had 17 and Malachi Flynn finished with 13.  
  Kevin Durant had 28 for the Nets (18-12), who swept their season serie
  
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• University of California workers reach deal to end strike

  17-12-2022 03:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of California reached an agreement Friday with some 36,000 graduate student teaching assistants and other academic workers for increased pay and benefits that could potentially end a monthlong strike at the prestigious state system.The strike disrupted classes at all 10 of the university system’s campuses and was the largest strike of academic workers in the nation. The agreement still needs to be ratified before the strike officially ends.
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• Three men charged with first-degree murder of Abbotsford couple

  17-12-2022 03:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — RCMP say three men have been arrested and charged with two counts each of first-degree murder in the killings of an Abbotsford couple last spring.
  The Mounties say Arnold De Jong, a 77-year-old business owner, and his 76-year-old wife, Joanne De Jong, were found dead in their home on May 9.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says 20-year-old Gurkaran Singh as well as Abhijeet Singh and Khushveer Toor, both 22, were arrested Friday in Surrey.
  Sgt. Timothy Pierotti says
  
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• Former Chilliwack Chief Matt Slick named CCHA Defenceman of the Week

  17-12-2022 02:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — Former Chilliwack Chief Matt Slick was named Central Collegiate Hockey Association Defenceman of the Week for his stellar play in two contests against Northern Michigan University last week.Slick helped the Bulldogs to a split with Northern Michigan last week, leading all CCHA blueliners in goals (2) and points (3), including one power-play marker. Posting a +2 for the weekend, he had three shots and one block at the defensive end of the ice. He produced a multi-poin
  
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• Hermann wins skeleton race, Kelly Curtis wins bronze for US

  17-12-2022 02:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Tina Hermann of Germany had the fastest time in both heats to win a women’s skeleton race Friday, while Kelly Curtis of the U.S. won a World Cup medal for the first time.
  Hermann led a 1-2 finish for Germany, which also had Susanne Kreher take the silver. Curtis was eighth after the first heat, but soared up the standings by posting the second-best time in the second heat.
  Curtis set a career-best finish for the second consecutive race; she was fifth at the W
  
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• Chilliwack Community Services announces resignation of CEO Diane Janzen

  17-12-2022 01:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Former Chilliwack city councillor and school board trustee Diane Janzen has resigned from her position as executive director of Chilliwack Community Services, the non-profit organization announced late Friday afternoon (Dec. 16).
  “It has been an honour and a privilege to work with Diane Janzen, Executive Director of Chilliwack Community Services for the last 6 ½ year,” said board president and Chilliwack attorney Luke Zacharias Friday. “Diane has done
  
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• Drivers warned as temperatures set to plummet from Vancouver to Yukon

  17-12-2022 01:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY, B.C. — British Columbia is warning drivers to prepare winter survival kits as a blast of frigid cold hits over the next week and the mercury plummets across the province.
  Temperatures over the next week are forecast to be five to 10 degrees Celsius below normal for the South Coast and Haida Gwaii, and 10 to 20 degrees below normal for the Interior and the North.
  In parts of the North and Yukon, daytime maximum temperatures are forecast to be below -30 C by Wednesday.
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• Oldham, Asselin achieve new highs in big air as Canadians take gold and bronze

  17-12-2022 00:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. — Megan Oldham earned the first big air victory of her career and Olivia Asselin had her first-ever World Cup medal as Canada won gold and bronze on Friday.
  Oldham, from Parry Sound, Ont., had a strong first descent that earned her 89.00 points, to which she added another 87.00 on her second run for a cumulative score of 176.00.
  Mathilde Gremaud of Switzerland earned 84.00 points on her final run, racking up a total score of 172.00, which was good for silver.
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• Jan. 6 panel eyes recommending 3 charges for Trump

  17-12-2022 00:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is considering recommending the Justice Department pursue three criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, including insurrection.The panel is also considering recommending prosecutors pursue charges for obstructing an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the United States, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The committee’s deliberations were continuin
  
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• Manitoba to help with feasibility study to possibly search landfill for slain women

  17-12-2022 00:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government will be joining an Indigenous-led committee tasked with determining whether it’s possible to recover the remains of two First Nations women believed to be in a landfill outside of Winnipeg. 
  The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs is leading the group, which also includes outside experts and Winnipeg police. 
  The committee is to put together a feasibility study that will include a search and budget plan that will then be presented to different lev
  
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• B.C.’s Coquihalla Highway reopens to four lanes as repairs continue after 2021 floods

  17-12-2022 00:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HOPE, B.C. — A stretch along a key highway that sustained severe damage from landslides and flooding across southwestern British Columbia last year is back to four lanes after temporary repairs at three bridge sites.
  Transportation Minister Rob Fleming says the reopening of lanes on the Coquihalla Highway is “another momentous achievement” in the rebuilding process after atmospheric rivers caused flooding and slides that inundated farmland and damaged highways.
  Fleming says in
  
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• Dutch continue speedskating supremacy in Calgary, Canadians earn two bronze medals

  17-12-2022 00:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — The Netherlands continued its torrid medal pace at a speedskating World Cup in Calgary and the host Canadian team picked up a pair of bronze Friday.
  The Dutch collected a dozen medals, including five gold, at the first of two consecutive World Cups in Calgary last week.
  They added to their medal haul to start the second event Friday at the Olympic Oval with two gold among four won.
  Ottawa’s Ivanie Blondin took bronze in the women’s 5,000 metres.
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• Canada border guards, RCMP intercept highest amount of opium in CBSA history

  17-12-2022 00:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The Canada Border Services Agency and its law enforcement partners act as the last line of defence before toxic, illegal drugs hit the streets of B.C. and the rest of Canada.On Friday (Dec. 16), they announced their biggest opium seizure to date when it intercepted nearly 2,500 kilograms of opium in Vancouver.In September 2022, the CBSA Intelligence Sections and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Federal Serious and Organized Crime (FSOC) unit initiated an investigation i
  
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• Migrants pack Mexico-US border ahead of asylum limits end

  17-12-2022 00:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  REYNOSA, Mexico (AP) — Thousands of migrants packed shelters on Mexico’s border with the United States on Friday as an end neared to Trump-era asylum restrictions.
  Ahead of that, illegal border crossings of single adults dipped in November, according to a Justice Department court filing released Friday, though it gave no explanation for why. It also did not account for families traveling with young children and children traveling alone.
  Migrants are anticipating the end of a public-h
  
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• Samuel Charron, Daniel Chamale honoured as Canada Soccer’s top Para, futsal players

  17-12-2022 00:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Samuel Charron has been named Canada Soccer’s Para Soccer Player of the Year for a third time with Daniel Chamale honoured as Canada Soccer Futsal Player of the Year.
  Charron, who has been part of the Canadian program since 2010, also won the award in 2016 and ’19. He has represented Canada at five International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football World Cups and was named player of the tournament award in 2019 and 2022.
  The 24-year-old from Ottawa has 48 career goal
  
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