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• US asks court to end asylum limits, with a short delay

  20-12-2022 23:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to end asylum restrictions, but asked the court for a delay until at least after Christmas.
  The administration made the plea in a filing Tuesday.
  Migrants have been denied rights to seek asylum under U.S. and international law 2.5 million times since March 2020 on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19 under a public-health rule called Title 42.The federal government acknowledged in its filing to the Supreme C
  
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• Ukraine’s Zelenskyy preparing to visit DC on Wednesday

  20-12-2022 23:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is preparing to visit Washington on Wednesday, according to three AP sources, in his first known trip outside the country since Russia’s invasion began in February.
  Two congressional sources and one person familiar with the matter confirmed plans for the visit. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the highly sensitive nature of the trip. They said Zelenskyy’s visit, while expected, could still be called of
  
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• Chilliwack school trustees underpaid compared to Abbotsford ... - Chilliwack Progress

  20-12-2022 23:15
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• Case manager who talked assisted dying with veterans no longer employed

  20-12-2022 23:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A Veterans Affairs employee who spoke to former Armed Forces members about accessing medical assistance in dying is no longer with the department, although the federal government would not say Tuesday whether she was fired or resigned.
  Erika Lashbrook Knutson, a spokeswoman for Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay, cited privacy concerns in refusing to disclose any further details after she revealed the employee’s departure on Tuesday.
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• Waves recorded in B.C. after earthquake rocks California coast - Chilliwack Progress

  20-12-2022 23:00
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• California judge rejects new murder trial for Scott Peterson

  20-12-2022 22:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — A California judge on Tuesday rejected a new murder trial for Scott Peterson, nearly 20 years after he was charged with dumping the bodies of his pregnant wife, Laci, and the unborn child they planned to name Conner into San Francisco Bay on Christmas Eve 2002.
  Peterson alleged the resulting trial that gripped the world was tainted by a rogue juror who lied about her own history of abuse to get on the panel that initially sent him to death row.
  Superior Court Ju
  
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• Documents appearing to come from government sent to Muslim charity were forged: RCMP

  20-12-2022 22:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The RCMP is confirming that documents sent to the Muslim Association of Canada that appeared to be internal records of the Canada Revenue Agency and the Mounties are forgeries.
  The Globe and Mail reported last week that the association had been sent records, which the newspaper determined to be fake, that implied both the revenue agency and the RCMP were trying to build a terrorism-funding case against the charity using paid informants.
  An RCMP spokesperson says in a written state
  
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• Ismael Kone, Simi Awujo named Canada Soccer Young Players of the Year

  20-12-2022 22:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Midfielders Ismael Kone and Simi Awujo have been named Canada Soccer Young Players of the Year.
  The two were honoured for their performances in Canada Soccer’s national teams program, with both making their international ‘A’ debuts in 2022. Kone featured in all three matches at the men’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar while Awujo made her senior debut after representing Canada at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica.
  At 20, Kone was the youngest member of John Her
  
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• Canadian judoka Christa Deguchi victorious at Masters Tournament

  20-12-2022 22:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  JERUSALEM — Canadian judoka Christa Deguchi won the gold medal in the under-57-kilogram event Tuesday at the Masters Tournament.
  Deguchi’s final match against Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Sarah Léonie Cysique went to overtime, when the French fighter forfeited due to a knee injury.
  Deguchi, who was born in Nagano, Japan and trains in Lethbridge, Alta., needed only 26 seconds to dispatch of Pauline Starke of Germany in the second round after opening with a bye.
  She defeated
  
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• VIDEO: Chilliwack Toyota-Fix Auto Christmas car recipient 'the first ... - Chilliwack Progress

  20-12-2022 22:25
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• Nunavut RCMP charge man with first-degree murder

  20-12-2022 22:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KINNGAIT, NUNAVUT — RCMP in Nunavut have charged a 39-year-old man with first-degree murder.
  Police have charged Ottokie Pudluq in the death of a 33-year-old woman.
  She was found dead in late November at a home in Kinngait, formerly known as Cape Dorset, a hamlet at the southern tip of Baffin Island.
  Police have not released her identity.
  Pudluq remains in custody and is to appear in court on Feb. 7. 
  This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 20, 2022. The Canadi
  
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• Chiefs Sign Savin Virk for 2022/23 Season

  20-12-2022 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Chilliwack Chiefs are excited to announce the commitment of Savin Virk for the 2023/24 BCHL season.
  Virk, a 2007-born forward currently plays for Yale Hockey Academy’s U18 program. In 15 games played so far this season, the Surrey product has netted 13 goals and 4 assists.
  “Savin has been a top player in the 07 age group for years, he has shown the ability to finish at every level he has played. We are excited to help him in his development. We are really proud to welcome Savin a
  
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• Abby PD searching for missing 34-year-old man

  20-12-2022 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 34-year-old Abbotsford man.Police have identified the man as Cornelius Thiessen, who was last seen on Friday, December 16 at 7:15 p.m. He was last seen wearing a dark grey coat.
  Police describe him as 5’9″ with a heavy build, brown hair, and blue eyes.Anyone with information on Mr. Thiessen or his whereabouts is asked to call the APD at 604-859-5225, or text APD at 222973.
  
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• LGBTQ refugee group only able to resettle 4 per cent of Afghans, urges Ottawa help

  20-12-2022 21:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — LGBTQ refugee group Rainbow Railroad has only been able to resettle four per cent of the nearly 3,800 Afghans who have asked for help since the Taliban took over their country.
  The Toronto-based group says in a new report that gender and sexual minorities are facing persecution and Ottawa’s resettlement programs don’t account for those who can’t safely flee Afghanistan to neighbouring countries.
  The group is calling on Immigration Minister Sean Fraser to streamli
  
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• Alouettes’ Maas looking to bring intensity in second stint as head coach

  20-12-2022 21:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Jason Maas did not expect to find work within weeks of being fired as offensive co-ordinator of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, let alone a head coaching position. 
  But when Montreal Alouettes general manager Danny Maciocia called him to ask for an interview, the ball started rolling, and it ended with Maas being announced Saturday as the 27th head coach in team history.
  “Did I ever imagine that six weeks later, I’d be sitting here in front of you? No,” Maas
  
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• Abandoned homeless camp on Chilliwack Lake Road poses an environmental mess, eyesore

  20-12-2022 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Volunteers with the Chilliwack/Vedder River Cleanup Society are accustomed to hauling away hundreds, sometimes thousands, of pounds of metal, debris and garbage from the shoreline of the Chilliwack River in the Chilliwack River Valley.They may have another gargantuan task on their hands now that a massive homeless encampment approximately 4.5 kilometers east of the Tamihi Rapids bridge, east of Chilliwack, has been abandoned. The camp consists of a motorhome, RV, trailer, and
  
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• Bloc, NDP criticize Tory MP over refusal to help Quebec family of ‘illegal refugees’

  20-12-2022 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Bloc Québécois and New Democrat MPs are criticizing a Conservative colleague for refusing to help a Quebec family facing deportation and calling them “illegal refugees.”Quebec MP Richard Martel made the comment in a Radio-Canada interview as he discussed the case of a family from El Salvador who entered Canada several years ago via Roxham Road, an unofficial border crossing south of Montreal, and now live in his Chicoutimi riding.
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• Officer gets nearly 12 years for killing Atatiana Jefferson

  20-12-2022 21:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A former Texas police officer who fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson through a rear window of her home in 2019 was sentenced on Tuesday to 11 years and 10 months in prison for his manslaughter conviction.
  Aaron Dean, 38, had faced up to 20 years in prison, but jurors also had the option of sentencing him to probation. The same jury that convicted him of manslaughter Thursday also determined the sentence.The white Fort Worth officer shot the 28-year-old Black woman whi
  
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• B.C. snowfall no winter wonderland for Vancouver’s poor and homeless, says advocate

  20-12-2022 21:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — One of the heaviest one-day snowfalls to hit British Columbia’s south coast in years has prompted cancellations or delays, power outages and other inconveniences, but advocates for the impoverished or homeless say the storm also has the potential to be life-threatening.
  Nicole Mucci with the Union Gospel Mission in Vancouver says the snow and bitter cold could force those in poverty to forgo food in favour of heat or a pair of boots that doesn’t leak.
  For those livi
  
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• RCMP on the lookout for a … ‘troublesome cow’ - Chilliwack Progress

  20-12-2022 21:00
  RCMP on the lookout for a … ‘troublesome cow’  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada Post suspends mail delivery in Chilliwack due to inclement weather

  20-12-2022 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — If you’re expecting a time-sensitive package or Christmas gift through Canada Post, you’ll need to wait just a little bit longer.Canada Post issued a red delivery service alert at 11:29 a.m. Tuesday morning (Dec. 20) for the Fraser Valley, including Chilliwack, Abbotsford, and Mission, meaning it has suspended mail delivery for the day due to inclement weather and snow.“A red service alert means that we are suspending delivery for the day and not sending our
  
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• New study shows that high rates of workplace injuries in Montreal involve immigrants

  20-12-2022 20:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A new study from a Montreal research institute for occupational health and safety estimates that up to 80 per cent of people who are injured at work in the city and require rehabilitation are immigrants. 
  Jessica Dubé, a researcher with the Robert-Sauvé institute, says the province’s workplace health and safety board reports that the majority of cases involve immigrants — compared to a decade ago when the majority involved Québécois w
  
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• Inflation, supply-chain pressure had 'significant' impact on Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  20-12-2022 20:43
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• Sea of people try to catch glimpse of Argentina soccer team - Chilliwack Progress

  20-12-2022 20:30
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• Magnitude 6.4 earthquake shakes parts of Northern California - Chilliwack Progress

  20-12-2022 20:30
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• Chilliwack's trumpet queen Bria Skonberg gets the band together for ... - Vancouver Sun

  20-12-2022 20:06
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• Trudeau to attend ‘Three Amigos’ summit as U.S. expands challenge under trade deal

  20-12-2022 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to travel to Mexico City for a North American Leaders’ Summit taking place Jan. 10. 
  The annual “Three Amigos” meeting will see Trudeau sitting down with United States President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
  Trudeau’s office says the meeting will focus on building the economies of the three countries, including increasing collaboration “across the electric vehi
  
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• Quebec anticorruption squad kept busy this year investigating fake vaccine passports

  20-12-2022 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  QUEBEC — A new report from Quebec’s anticorruption unit says its officers were kept busy this year chasing down hundreds of reports related to the production and use of fake COVID-19 vaccine passports.
  Frédérick Gaudreau, the head of the police force known as UPAC, released his annual report today, covering a 12-month period ending March 31, 2022.
  The police force says that about 300 of the 795 calls it received in its last fiscal year were related to counterfeit proof-
  
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• Brawl breaks out at company Christmas party in Princeton - Chilliwack Progress

  20-12-2022 19:38
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• VIDEO: Mini-tractor operator puts out Chilliwack alley fire with his ... - Chilliwack Progress

  20-12-2022 19:24
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• Major snow storm will be wreaking havoc across Lower Mainland ... - Chilliwack Progress

  20-12-2022 19:15
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• Taliban says women banned from universities in Afghanistan

  20-12-2022 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Women are banned from private and public universities in Afghanistan with immediate effect and until further notice, a Taliban government spokesman said Tuesday, the latest edict cracking down on their rights and freedoms.The decision was announced after a meeting of the Taliban government.Despite initially promising a more moderate rule and women’s and minority rights, the Taliban have widely implemented their harsh interpretation of Islamic law, or Sharia.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Defence Department gets OK to spend $7 billion on 16 F-35 fighter jets

  20-12-2022 19:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Department of National Defence has quietly received approval to buy 16 F-35 fighter jets and related gear for a price tag of $7 billion, sources tell The Canadian Press.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• VIDEO: CP Holiday Train’s long-awaited return draws hundreds to ... - Chilliwack Progress

  20-12-2022 18:55
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• Chilliwack Secondary entrepreneurs raise money for local charities - Chilliwack Progress

  20-12-2022 18:50
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• Canada, China set aside differences to help COP15 nature talks succeed: Guilbeault

  20-12-2022 18:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the COP15 biodiversity framework reached Monday in Montreal was possible because Canada and China were able to set aside their diplomatic differences to co-lead the negotiations.
  The framework itself will bind the two countries together because it is named after the cities in China and Canada where it was negotiated. 
  The Kunming-Montreal global biodiversity framework is being lauded by governments and nature experts as a historic d
  
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• Weather cancellations for Chilliwack include no curbside collection ... - Chilliwack Progress

  20-12-2022 18:42
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• Cheam, Landing Leisure Centres remain open today; other city facilities closed

  20-12-2022 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack wrote on its website Tuesday morning (Dec. 20) that it has closed several city-owned facilities due to hazardous winter conditions following the overnight storm that dumped at least 15-20 centimetres of snow throughout town.
  The City of Chilliwack reported on its website that due to severe winter conditions, the Parr Road Green Depot, Sardis Sports Complex and Curling Club are closed today. Curbside collection has been cancelled today likewise.City staff
  
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• Ottawa police chief vows there won’t be a repeat of last winter’s ‘Freedom Convoy’

  20-12-2022 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Ottawa’s chief of police says the force is making preparations to handle a potential return of the “Freedom Convoy” next February. 
  Eric Stubbs sent a letter to the mayor and the chair of the Ottawa Police Services Board on Monday, saying the police liaison team is talking with the protest organizers. 
  James Bauder, the co-founder of a group that calls itself Canada Unity and one of the original organizers, has posted on Facebook that he’s planning a reunion in
  
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• Touchdown Atlantic to return in 2023 as Argonauts and Roughriders meet in Halifax

  20-12-2022 18:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Touchdown Atlantic is returning on July 29 with a marquee Canadian Football League matchup.
  The defending Grey Cup champion Toronto Argonauts will take on the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Halifax. The regular season matchup is set for Huskies Stadium on the campus of Saint Mary’s University, with kickoff at 5 p.m. Atlantic Standard Time. 
  “Touchdown Atlantic brings our fans together in a fun and exciting way,” said CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie. “It&
  
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• Chilliwack libraries, FVRD, and Rosedale post office all closed due to snow

  20-12-2022 17:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — One of the stronger winter storms in recent memory has resulted in the closure of several government agencies on Tuesday (Dec. 20).The Fraser Valley Regional Library wrote on Facebook Tuesday morning that it has closed due to inclement weather and poor road conditions. Similarly, the Fraser Valley Regional District also announced that it is closed due to hazardous winter conditions.The Rosedale post office wrote on Facebook that it is closed as well.Other closures in the Chill
  
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• Quebec premier ‘more optimistic’ on health-funding deal after meeting with Trudeau

  20-12-2022 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault says he is “more optimistic” about reaching a health-care funding deal with Ottawa after his meeting today with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
  Legault spoke to reporters after meeting with the prime minister in Montreal, but Trudeau did not take questions. 
  Canada’s premiers are in negotiations with the federal government for a new funding agreement as pediatric hospitals and emergency rooms across the country buckle
  
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• Canadian Premier League voluntarily recognizes new players’ association

  20-12-2022 17:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Canadian Premier League says it has voluntarily recognized that the Professional Footballers Association of Canada will represent professional soccer players under contract to CPL teams.
  An online, secret ballot was held among players between Dec. 15 and 19 with the majority of votes in favour of PFA Canada representing the players as their bargaining agent.
  All players under contract to CPL clubs were given the opportunity to cast a vote. 
  CPL commissioner Mark Noonan a
  
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• Southern B.C. snowstorm halts flights at Vancouver airport, creates travel chaos

  20-12-2022 17:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Most of British Columbia is covered by weather warnings as snow, extreme cold and arctic winds grip the province, forcing the suspension of all flights at Vancouver International Airport and playing havoc with transportation across the south coast.
  Officials with the Ministry of Transportation said as much as 30 centimetres of snow had covered parts of southern Vancouver Island while Metro Vancouver coped with up to 25 centimetres.
  Environment Canada forecast another five to 10
  
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• District of Kent ditches free EV charging, will now impose a $4/hour fee

  20-12-2022 17:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  AGASSIZ — The days of charging your electric vehicle for free in downtown Agassiz appear to be coming to an end.The District of Kent wrote on Twitter Monday night (Dec. 19) that effective January 3, 2023, it will begin levying a fee of $4 an hour to use the public EV charging stations at the Aberdeen Building and the Agassiz-Harrison Museum & Visitor Centre, both located on Pioneer Avenue, in Agassiz.
  The District of Kent currently operates two Level 2 charging stations for public use.
  
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• Air Force reinstates officers disciplined for ‘egregious’ fighter pilot call sign

  20-12-2022 16:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Air Force is reinstating two officers disciplined over a homophobic nickname given to a fighter pilot.
  Maj.-Gen. Iain Huddleston announced the decision to reinstate Col. Colin Marks and Lt.-Col. Casey Mask in a message to Air Force members today.
  The two officers pleaded guilty at a hearing last week after failing to stop a group of fighter pilots from assigning an inappropriate call sign to another pilot in June.
  Huddleston says Marks and Mask have demonstrated
  
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• The Canadian Press Newsmakers of the Year since 1946

  20-12-2022 16:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The group of “Freedom Convoy” protesters who took over the streets around Parliament Hill and blockaded border crossings to demand an end to COVID-19 restrictions has been named The Canadian Press Newsmaker of the Year for 2022.
  Here is a list of who’s had the title in the past, as chosen in an annual poll of newsrooms across the country:
  2021: The children who did not come home from residential schools
  2020: Front-line workers during COVID-19
  2019: Jody Wilson-R
  
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• B.C. Transit suspends all transit service, including Handy Dart, in Chilliwack today

  20-12-2022 16:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack-area residents who rely on B.C. Transit and the 12 bus routes it provides in Chilliwack, Agassiz and the surrounding communities will need to find an alternative form of transportation today.
  B.C. Transit wrote on its website early Tuesday morning (Dec. 20) at 4:36 a.m. that it has suspended all bus service in Chilliwack today due to the winter storm that brought at least 15-20 centimetres of snow to town overnight.
  “Please be advised that due to bad weather c
  
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• Defensive lineman Kene Onyeka re-signs with Ottawa Redblacks

  20-12-2022 16:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Defensive lineman Kene Onyeka has re-signed with the Ottawa Redblacks.
  Onyeka agreed to a two-year deal with the Redblacks on Tuesday.
  The 26-year-old Onyeka is coming off his third CFL season, all with Ottawa. 
  He appeared in 17 games this year, recording 26 total tackles, five sacks, and a forced fumble.
  A native of Lagos, Nigeria, Onyeka grew up in Brampton, Ont.
  Onyeka was selected in the fourth round, 29th overall, out of Carleton University by the Redblacks in the 2018
  
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• Heavy winds and snow bring whiteout conditions to Chilliwack

  20-12-2022 16:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Old Man Winter returned with a vengeance overnight, dumping at least 15-20 centimetres of snow throughout Chilliwack and Sardis and bringing out whiteout conditions to the Fraser Valley due to heavy winds.Environment Canada had been calling for at least 15-20 centimetres of snow to fall Monday evening, and their projections came to fruition. Blustery, gusty winds greeted Chilliwack motorists as they cleared out their driveways and dusted layers of snow off their vehicles.Highe
  
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