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• It’s a girl! Firefighters deliver Vernon baby - Chilliwack Progress

  30-12-2022 23:00
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• Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr signs Cristiano Ronaldo

  30-12-2022 22:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Saudi Arabian soccer club Al Nassr on Friday announced the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo, ending speculation about the five-time Ballon d’Or winner’s future.
  Al Nassr posted a picture on social media of Ronaldo holding up the team’s jersey, with the club hailing the deal as “history in the making.”
  “This is a signing that will not only inspire our club to achieve even greater success but inspire our league, our nation and future generations, boys and girls to b
  
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• Steam pipe ruptures and injures two workers at Victoria General Hospital

  30-12-2022 22:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — Health authorities in British Columbia say two workers were injured this morning when a pipe carrying steam ruptured at Victoria General Hospital. 
  Island Health says in a statement that the two hospital staff are receiving care, and no patients were injured or affected.
  The health authority says a “mechanical emergency” caused flooding in a non-patient care area.
  It says plans are now underway to remediate and repair the area.
  Island Health spokesperson Andrew
  
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• Man hit by train in downtown Langley - Chilliwack Progress

  30-12-2022 22:10
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• Saskatchewan premier calls Sunwing’s move to end flights in province ‘irresponsible’

  30-12-2022 21:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says a decision by Sunwing Vacations to suspend its flights from the Saskatoon and Regina airports for a month is irresponsible.
  The airline announced Thursday it was immediately cancelling its operations through Feb. 3 at Saskatchewan’s two international airports due to extenuating circumstances. 
  It said customers with cancelled southbound flights would receive a full refund and those who were trying to return home would receive information soon.
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• Best coffee roaster in Vancouver located right here in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  30-12-2022 21:06
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• World juniors: Goalie Adam Gajan stops 28 shots as Slovakia blanks Latvia 3-0

  30-12-2022 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONCTON, N.B. — Goaltender Adam Gajan earned the shutout as Slovakia blanked Latvia 3-0 on Friday at the world junior hockey championship.
  Filip Mesar, a first-round draft pick of the Montreal Canadiens, led the Slovak attack with a goal and an assist, while Alex Ciernik and Simon Nemec, this year’s No. 2 overall pick in the NHL draft by the New Jersey Devils, also scored.
  Gajan, who plays for the Chippewa Steel of the North American Hockey League, made 28 saves, while Latvia goalten
  
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• Vehicle crashes into Kelowna restaurant on Highway 97 - Chilliwack Progress

  30-12-2022 20:30
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• Next Bank of Canada governor would stay focused on fighting inflation: Poilievre

  30-12-2022 20:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his choice for Bank of Canada governor would be someone focused entirely on keeping annual inflation at its two per cent target.
  Poilievre is standing by the promise he made during the leadership campaign to fire current central bank governor Tiff Macklem, should the Conservative leader become prime minister.
  The Opposition leader says his beef with Macklem is not with the Bank of Canada governor’s monetary policy, which involves set
  
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• Noah arcs back to top of B.C. baby name list for first time since 2007, usurps Olivia

  30-12-2022 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s health ministry says Noah is poised to be the most popular baby name in the province this year, replacing longtime favourite Olivia, which topped the list last year. 
  Preliminary data released today by the province’s Vital Statistics Agency says Noah is followed by Olivia, Oliver, Liam and Theodore. 
  The agency says the top 10 is rounded out by Jack, Emma, Lucas, Leo and Sofia.
  Previous data show Olivia has topped the rankings for eight o
  
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• Frustrated travellers turned to Twitter when winter storm slammed ... - Chilliwack Progress

  30-12-2022 20:10
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• Volunteers clean up abandoned squatters’ camp on the banks of the ... - Hope Standard

  30-12-2022 20:00
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• Volunteers clean up abandoned squatters' camp on the banks of the ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  30-12-2022 20:00
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• 50 head of cattle fall through Okanagan Lake - Chilliwack Progress

  30-12-2022 20:00
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• Police standoff in Kelowna ends after 10 hours with 8 arrests - Chilliwack Progress

  30-12-2022 19:52
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• No one injured when Newton house struck by bullets Thursday night - Chilliwack Progress

  30-12-2022 19:30
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• Researchers warn of bias as Montreal health network to use AI to reduce wait times

  30-12-2022 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Artificial intelligence researchers say a Montreal hospital’s plan to reduce emergency room wait times with an AI algorithm is an appropriate use of the technology — if it’s done carefully. 
  The Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, one of the city’s two main hospital networks, is testing an artificial intelligence algorithm intended to help administrators plan emergency room staffing and accelerate the admission of pati
  
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• EDITORIAL: Let’s rise above the challenges of a new year - Chilliwack Progress

  30-12-2022 19:22
  EDITORIAL: Let’s rise above the challenges of a new year  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• As council mulls 4.48% tax increase, city staff say Chilliwack’s taxes are the lowest in the Lower Mainland

  30-12-2022 19:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — As Chilliwack City Council mulls a proposed property tax increase of 4.48 per cent in the coming year to pay for more RCMP officers, firefighters, and bylaw officers, city staff say Chilliwack’s tax rate is the lowest of over a dozen cities in the Lower Mainland.According to a presentation from Glen Savard, director of finance for the City, Chilliwack ranks among the lowest of 19 cities in the Lower Mainland for general municipal taxation levels on a representative home,
  
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• Pierre Poilievre doesn’t like anti-Trudeau flags, but understands anger behind them

  30-12-2022 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre says he doesn’t like the expletive-laden flags some Canadians are using to denounce Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
  But the federal Conservative leader also says he understands the anger fuelling such displays, and that it is up to the government and politicians to address it.
  The comments follow a blog post by Erin O’Toole, who served as Conservative leader before Poilievre.
  O’Toole says he is concerned that the flags are symptomatic of the growi
  
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• Winnipeg Jets agree to terms with forward Zhilkin on three-year, entry-level contract

  30-12-2022 18:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have agreed to terms with forward Danny Zhilkin on a three-year, entry-level contract.
  The deal has an average annual value of US$913,333, the NHL team said Friday in a release.
  The 19-year-old Moscow native was selected in the third round (No. 77 overall) of the 2022 draft.
  Entering play Friday, Zhilkin has 25 points (11-14) in 23 games for the OHL’s Guelph Storm this season.
  Zhilkin, who represents Canada internationally, won a gold medal at the 2021 wo
  
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• Suspect in deaths of Idaho students arrested in Pennsylvania

  30-12-2022 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A suspect in the killings of four University of Idaho students was arrested in eastern Pennsylvania, a law enforcement official said Friday.
  Arrest paperwork filed in Monroe County Court said Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, was being held for extradition to Idaho where he faces a first degree murder charge.
  A law enforcement official confirmed the arrest to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they could not publicly discuss details of the investig
  
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• Aaron Judge is AP male athlete of year after setting HR mark

  30-12-2022 18:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge has always stood out.
  With the imposing size and muscular frame of an NFL tight end or NBA power forward, the 6-foot-7, 282-pound New York Yankees slugger towers over teammates and opponents on the diamond.
  Never more so than in 2022.
  After hitting 62 home runs to break an American League record that lasted six decades, Judge has been voted The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year by a panel of 40 sports writers and editors from news outlets across the coun
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs hosting Beach Party Friday night to benefit food bank

  30-12-2022 18:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — It may not feel like a trip to Hawaii, or look like summertime in Chilliwack, but the Chilliwack Chiefs nonetheless are trying their best to replicate the look and feel of a beach party Friday night for a great cause in Chilliwack.The Chilliwack Chiefs will host their annual “Fill the Rink for the Foodbank” drive tonight (Dec. 30) in its “Beach Party” game against the Langley Rivermen at 7 p.m., with the help of Kent’s Ice Cream Company.Fans are e
  
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• CF Montreal signs defender George Campbell to three-year contract

  30-12-2022 17:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal signed defender George Campbell to a three-year contract on Friday.
  The deal includes an option year for the 2026 season, the Major League Soccer club said in a release.
  The 21-year-old centre back was acquired by CF Montreal on Dec. 13 from Atlanta United FC.
  Campbell played in 36 regular-season games over three seasons with Atlanta. 
  He has also made two appearances for the American U20 national team. 
  This report by The Canadian Press was first published
  
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• Avalanche Canada extends warning into Banff, Yoho, Kootenay and Jasper national parks

  30-12-2022 17:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  REVELSTOKE, B.C. — A special avalanche warning is in place until Monday throughout most of the Columbia Mountains in British Columbia as well as the Northern Rockies in B.C. and Alberta.
  The warning, which was issued earlier this week, now includes Banff, Yoho, Kootenay and Jasper national parks.
  It extends from the southern boundaries of the Purcell Wilderness Conservancy and Kokanee and Valhalla provincial parks to Williston Lake north of Pine Pass and Mackenzie, B.C.
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• Man killed after being injured in Montreal jail was in ‘illegal’ detention

  30-12-2022 17:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s Public Security Department says a 21-year-old man who died after suffering injuries inside a Montreal jail was being illegally detained.
  Department spokeswoman Marie-Josée Montminy says Nicous D’Andre Spring should have been released Dec. 23 after he appeared virtually in court earlier that day.
  Montminy says the 21-year-old was in “illegal detention” when he was injured Dec. 24 inside the Montreal detention centre, known as the Bordeaux j
  
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• Four dead, including two kids, after Hamilton house fire sends six people to hospital

  30-12-2022 17:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HAMILTON — Four people, including two kids, are dead after they were pulled from a house fire in Hamilton on Thursday night, the city’s fire department said.
  The two adults and two children died in hospital after firefighters found them on the second floor of the burning townhouse, Hamilton fire Chief Dave Cunliffe said at the scene Friday.
  “They did everything they could through very difficult conditions,” he said of emergency crews.
  “It is very difficult when we b
  
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• Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce announces finalists for Business Excellence awards

  30-12-2022 17:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Johannes Treur’s Creekside Cheese + Creamery business, a farm he owns with his wife Julaine, is one of the many Chilliwack-area businesses who have been nominated for the upcoming Business Excellence awards gala in January.The Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce released the list of Business Excellence finalists Thursday (Dec. 29) as it gears up for one of the highlights of its busy slate in 2023.The nominations cover a broad array of categories, including agriculture, commun
  
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• Senators come back to win in OT, end Capitals’ win streak

  30-12-2022 16:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex DeBrincat tied the game and scored in overtime to help the Ottawa Senators snap the Capitals’ five game winning streak, beating Washington 4-3 Thursday night.
  Tim Stutzle scored with 15.3 seconds remaining in the second period to start Ottawa’s comeback from a two-goal deficit. DeBrincat tied the score with 5:43 left in regulation and won it 1:31 into 3-on-3 OT.
  “I thought we played well,” said DeBrincat, a 41-goal scorer last season with Chic
  
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• Scheifele’s hat trick helps Jets snap three-game skid with 4-2 victory over Canucks

  30-12-2022 16:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Mark Scheifele was not going to let an undisclosed illness keep him down.
  Scheifele led the way with a hat trick as the Winnipeg Jets snapped a three-game losing skid with a 4-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday. It was his second hat trick of the year and seventh of his career. 
  “You’ve just got to grind through it, that’s the name of the game,” said Scheifele. “Just battle through it, try to get through the game, and then try to
  
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• Raptors waive reserve forward Justin Champagnie

  30-12-2022 16:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have waived reserve forward Justin Champagnie, the team announced Thursday night.
  The Raptors now have a roster spot open with 14 players and two on two-way deals.
  In three games this season, the 21-year-old averaged 2.0 points and 1.3 rebounds in 3.7 minutes per game.Champagnie had been with the team since 2021-22, when he signed a two-way contract after going undrafted in 2021.He appeared in 36 games for Toronto as a rookie last season.
  This report by The Ca
  
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• Pelé, Brazil’s mighty king of ‘beautiful game,’ has died

  30-12-2022 16:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAO PAULO (AP) — Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82.
  The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. The medical center where he had been hospitalized for the last month said he died of multiple organ failure as a result of the cancer.
  “Pelé changed everything. He transformed foo
  
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• Nyman has goal and assist as Finland blanks Latvia 3-0 at world juniors

  30-12-2022 16:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONCTON, N.B. — Jani Nyman had a goal and an assist and Jani Lampinen made 17 saves as Finland shut out Latvia 3-0 on Thursday at the world junior hockey championship.
  Niko Huuhtanen and Konsta Kapanen also scored for Finland (2-1-0) which won its second straight game after opening with a 3-2 overtime loss to Switzerland.
  Patriks Berzins made 26 saves for Latvia, which fell to 0-2-1.
  The win kept Finland infirst place in Group B with two wins and an overtime loss.
  Finland finishes prelimin
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Canada’s men’s soccer team voted CP team of the year

  30-12-2022 16:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Canadian men’s soccer team has been voted The Canadian Press team of the year after competing at the World Cup for the first time in 36 years.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Connor Bedard puts on another show, Canada thumps Austria at world juniors

  30-12-2022 16:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Connor Bedard is doing his best to downplay an outrageous stat line.
  It might be the only thing he hasn’t accomplished at the world junior hockey championship.
  The 17-year-old phenom had two goals and four assists to tie another national record just 24 hours after a seven-point performance as Canada pounded Austria 11-0 for the host country’s second straight blowout win.
  “I’m another player on the team,” Bedard said. “We’ve got so many gu
  
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• Canadian men’s university hockey teams provide safe prep for Ukraine’s under-25 squad

  30-12-2022 16:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Ukraine’s under-25 men’s hockey team needed a safe place to play ahead of an international tournament, and found it in Canada.
  University men’s hockey teams in the Canada West conference will host Ukraine in a four-game series starting Friday with the Saskatchewan Huskies in Saskatoon.
  Ukraine then meets the Calgary Dinos on Jan. 2, Alberta Golden Bears on Jan. 3 and Manitoba Bisons on Jan. 9. Manitoba’s game will be played in Winnipeg’s NHL arena, the Canada Life C
  
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• Barkov’s quick hat trick lifts Panthers over Canadiens 7-2

  30-12-2022 16:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov recorded a hat trick in the first period and helped his team snap a three-game losing streak with a 7-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.Barkov scored the first two goals of the game within the first 11:50 and made it 3-1 with his third of the period.Florida also got a pair of goals from Matthew Tkachuk with Carter Verhaeghe and Eetu Luostarinen scoring in the third as Sergei Bobrovsky made 25 saves in the win
  
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• As ‘The King,’ Pelé enchanted fans and dazzled opponents

  30-12-2022 16:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAO PAULO (AP) — Pelé was simply “The King.” He embraced “the beautiful game” of soccer in his 1958 World Cup debut for Brazil and never really let go.He won a record three World Cups and was widely regarded as one of his sport’s greatest players. His majestic and galvanizing presence set him among the most recognizable figures in the world.Pelé died Thursday at 82. He had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021.Pelé was among the
  
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• Krista Loughton talks film and politics - Chilliwack Progress

  30-12-2022 16:30
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• Volunteers clean up abandoned squatters' camp on the banks of the ... - Chilliwack Progress

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• TOP STORIES 2022: New developments changing the beating heart ... - Chilliwack Progress

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• TOP STORIES 2022: Chilliwack real estate takes a hit as interest ... - Chilliwack Progress

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• Chilliwack residents take action to clear homeless encampment Thursday along Chilliwack River

  30-12-2022 05:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — It took a lot of lobbying and impassioned communication behind the scenes, but Chilliwack-area residents coalesced together to take down an environmental eyesore deep in the Chilliwack River Valley Thursday (Dec. 29).
  According to Ross Aikenhead, a volunteer with the Chilliwack/Vedder River Society, groups of volunteers dismantled an abandoned homeless encampment approximately 4.5 kilometres east of the Tamihi Rapids bridge.
  Aikenhead said he arrived at about 9 a.m. Thursday m
  
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