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• Ottawa to temporarily require negative COVID-19 test from travellers from China

  31-12-2022 23:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Ottawa plans to temporarily require people flying from China, Hong Kong and Macao to test negative for COVID-19 before leaving for Canada, beginning in early January.
  The federal government says in a Saturday news release that the requirement will apply to all air travellers age two and older from the three countries and will begin on Jan. 5 at 12:01 a.m. EST.
  The government says the measure is “in response to the surge of COVID-19 in the People’s Republic of China and given the limi
  
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• Vehicle incident closes Highway 3 west of Princeton - Chilliwack Progress

  31-12-2022 23:25 via news.google.com
  Vehicle incident closes Highway 3 west of Princeton  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• UPDATE: Highway 3 reopens west of Princeton following vehicle ... - Chilliwack Progress

  31-12-2022 23:25 via news.google.com
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• Montreal jail manager suspended after death of illegally-detained 21-year-old man

  31-12-2022 22:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A manager has been suspended from his duties at the Montreal jail where a 21-year-old man suffered fatal injuries during an intervention by guards last week.
  Quebec’s Public Security Department says the Dec. 29 suspension is the second involving a Montreal Detention Centre employee in connection with the death of Nicous D’Andre Spring.
  The Public Security Department has admitted that D’Andre Spring was being detained illegally at the facility, also known as the
  
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• Mounties at Vancouver International Airport investigate threat on Edmonton flight

  31-12-2022 21:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  RICHMOND, B.C. — Mounties at Vancouver International Airport are investigating a threat made to a passenger aboard a flight from Edmonton.
  The RCMP says officers from its YVR detachment responded to a report of a possible threat aboard a Flair Airlines flight shortly before midnight on Friday.
  Cpl. Dennis Hwang issued a statement saying a passenger received “electronic communications” about a possible threat and alerted the authorities.
  Hwang says any real or perceived threats
  
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• World juniors: Switzerland through to quarterfinals with shootout win over Slovakia

  31-12-2022 21:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONCTON, N.B. — Switzerland’s Rodwin Dionicio played hero at the world junior hockey championship Saturday, earning his team a 4-3 shootout win over Slovakia. 
  Dionicio, a defenceman for the Ontario Hockey League’s Niagara IceDogs, beat Slovak netminder Adam Gajan in the 10th round of the shootout. 
  Switzerland came into the third period down 3-1 but rallied with goals from Mischa Ramel and Lorenzo Canonica to force extra time. Liekit Reichele also scored and had an a
  
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• Canadian Cardinal mourns Pope Benedict XVI, says writings will guide for centuries

  31-12-2022 20:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Pope emeritus Benedict XVI is being remembered in Canada for his intellect and theological influence on the Catholic Church he led for nearly nine years.
  Cardinal Thomas Collins praised the 95-year-old former pontiff, who died Saturday at his home in the Vatican, for his astounding intellect.
  “His writings will help guide disciples of Jesus in the centuries that lie before us,” Collins — who also serves as Archbishop of Toronto — said in a statement. &ldq
  
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• TOP STORIES 2022: Gill Bar finally shut down to vehicle traffic - Chilliwack Progress

  31-12-2022 20:00 via news.google.com
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• Free transit in Metro Vancouver on New Year’s Eve, TransLink says - Chilliwack Progress

  31-12-2022 19:30 via news.google.com
  Free transit in Metro Vancouver on New Year’s Eve, TransLink says  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Another cougar spotted in Chilliwack

  31-12-2022 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Less than a week after a Chilliwack resident encountered a cougar at the Island 22 dog park near Fairfield Island, there’s been another cougar spotted, this time in a residential neighbourhood in Eastern Hillsides off Nixon Road.
  Erik Devisser, an operations manager at Contact Security near the Evans roundabout, posted on social media Saturday morning (Dec. 31) that a cougar was spotted in his neighbourhood.
  “We’ve seen bears, deer, skunks, bobcats, and even
  
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• UPDATE: Traffic flowing again following vehicle fire on Highway 1 ... - Chilliwack Progress

  31-12-2022 19:17 via news.google.com
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• Car engulfed in flames briefly slows traffic on Highway 1 Saturday morning

  31-12-2022 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack-area emergency personnel responded to Highway 1 near the Vedder Canal Saturday morning (Dec. 31) for a vehicle that was engulfed in flames near the centre median of the eastbound highway.
  According to footage posted on social media by Ami Elara, traffic briefly slowed while two emergency vehicles kept their distance. Their emergency lights were activated. The car burned just west of the Vedder Canal.There were no ambulances in either direction in the footage that El
  
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• City to pursue improvements to Chilliwack Airport if B.C. govt. pays for most of it

  31-12-2022 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack plans to pursue improvements to the Chilliwack Airport if the B.C. government is willing to pay for the lion’s share of it.At its meeting on December 20, Chilliwack City Council approved a resolution that would forward a grant application to the provincial government for a planned runway extension and runway light improvements at the Chilliwack Airport.
  The project carries an estimated cost of $2 million, and the City of Chilliwack would be on the
  
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• Homeless encampments will linger unless B.C. govt. evicts squatters on Crown land

  31-12-2022 17:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — When passionate volunteers who care about the environment are asked to take action, groups like the Chilliwack/Vedder River Cleanup Society and Streams Canada Foundation are happy to help as they did this past Thursday, Dec. 29.
  Over a dozen volunteers congregated at the site of a sizable, abandoned homeless encampment and dismantled what was once a toxic dump on the north side of Chilliwack Lake Road, adjacent to the rushing waters of the Chilliwack River, approximately 4.5 k
  
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• TOP STORIES 2022: Chilliwack school board election a rejection of ... - Chilliwack Progress

  31-12-2022 17:00 via news.google.com
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• Abbotsford Police looking for missing 25-year-old man

  31-12-2022 16:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a 25-year-old man who was last seen late at night on Christmas Day.
  Authorities have identified the man as Wilson Carpio Valensuela. He last seen at midnight on December 25.Police say he was last seen wearing a grey hoodie, black pants with a white stripe, tan boots, and a bright blue backpack.Police did not have a physical description of him, but he appears to have thick brown hair and at least
  
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• PHOTOS OF 2022: Most memorable images of the year in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  31-12-2022 14:00 via news.google.com
  PHOTOS OF 2022: Most memorable images of the year in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Benedict XVI, first pope to resign in 600 years, dies at 95

  31-12-2022 10:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the German theologian who will be remembered as the first pope in 600 years to resign, has has died, the Vatican announced Saturday. He was 95.
  A statement from Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said: “With pain I inform that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died today at 9:34 in the Mater Ecclesia Monastery in the Vatican. Further information will be released as soon as possible.”The Associated Press
  
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• Quebecers are listening to less local music; artists hope Bill C-11 will change that

  31-12-2022 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Quebecers are increasingly streaming music online but listening less often to francophone artists, a trend members of the province’s music industry hope will be reversed with a new federal bill. 
  Around 30 per cent of physical albums sold in Quebec in 2022 were by Quebec artists, the province’s statistics institute said in mid-December. But on streaming platforms such as Spotify, YouTube and Google Play Music, local artists accounted for less than eight per cent
  
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• Connor McDavid shines as Oilers pound Kraken 7-2

  31-12-2022 07:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SEATTLE (AP) — Connor McDavid had a goal and four assists, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Seattle Kraken 7-2 on Friday night.
  Zach Hyman and Klim Kostin each scored twice as Edmonton won for the third time in four games. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had four assists, and Darnell Nurse finished with a goal and an assist.
  McDavid extended his point streak to 17 games, matching his career best. He has 16 goals and 21 assists during the stretch.
  Brandon Tanev and Daniel Sprong scored for Seattle in i
  
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• Trent Jr. matches season-high 35 in Raptors’ 113-104 win over Suns

  31-12-2022 04:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Gary Trent Jr. matched his season high with 35 points as the Toronto Raptors snapped a two-game slide with a 113-104 win against the Phoenix Suns on Friday.
  With the game tied at 101, Scottie Barnes drilled a three-pointer with 3:16 remaining followed by a three from rookie Christian Koloko 1:27 later for a six-point edge.It proved to be just enough as Toronto closed 2022 by also snapping a five-game skid at Scotiabank Arena.
  In a dismal month, the Raptors (16-20) went 5-10 in De
  
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• Court: Abortion doctors can’t be charged under Arizona law

  31-12-2022 02:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona court has ruled that abortion doctors cannot be prosecuted under a pre-statehood law that criminalizes nearly all abortions yet was barred from being enforced for decades.
  But the Arizona Court of Appeals on Friday declined to repeal the 1864 law, which carries a sentence of two to five years in prison for anyone who assists in an abortion and provides no exceptions for rape or incest.Still, the court said doctors can’t be prosecuted for performing abortions
  
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• Lower Mainland RCMP warn public to avoid two men involved in criminal gang activity, violence

  31-12-2022 02:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — Surrey RCMP and anti-gang police personnel with the Combined Forces Special Unit of B.C. have issued a special warning for the public to stay away from two men involved in Lower Mainland gang activity.According to a news release from Surrey RCMP media relations officer Corporal Vanessa Munn on Friday morning (Dec. 30), Surrey RCMP and CFSEU-BC are alerting the general public that there is an increased threat to public safety posed by two individuals involved in gang activity and t
  
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• TOP STORIES 2022: Chilliwack's G.W. Graham Grizzlies come close ... - Chilliwack Progress

  31-12-2022 02:00 via news.google.com
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• Missing Bo Horvat stick found, shipped to Abbotsford on Thursday ... - Chilliwack Progress

  31-12-2022 01:23 via news.google.com
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• North Korea fires missile toward sea, South Korea says

  31-12-2022 00:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the North’s eastern waters Saturday morning, South Korea’s military said.
  It’s the first missile launch by North Korea in eight days, and comes five days after South Korea accused Pyongyang of flying five drones into South Korea’s airspace for the first time since 2017.
  South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement it detected Saturday’s missile launch but gave no further de
  
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• Chilliwack author wins Canadian Book Club Award for romance - Chilliwack Progress

  31-12-2022 00:40 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack author wins Canadian Book Club Award for romance  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• THE MOJ: Lenarduzzi recalls encounter with legendary soccer hero ... - Chilliwack Progress

  31-12-2022 00:30 via news.google.com
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• Former Habs forward Devante Smith-Pelly announces retirement from hockey

  31-12-2022 00:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Former Montreal Canadiens forward Devante Smith-Pelly announced his retirement from hockey on Friday.
  The 30-year-old Smith-Pelly played with four NHL teams — the Canadiens, Anaheim Ducks, New Jersey Devils and Washington Capitals — over a 12-year professional hockey career.
  Originally a second-round draft pick by the Ducks in 2010, Smith-Pelly last played in the NHL with the Capitals during the 2018-19 season. He scored four goals and had four assists over 54 games.
  The Toronto nati
  
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• Bedard shines as Canada preps for New Year’s Eve matchup with Sweden at world juniors

  31-12-2022 00:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Brandt Clarke was manning his position on the blue line early in the second period when the action abruptly stopped.
  The Canadian defenceman knew Connor Bedard just had the puck on his stick. 
  Then he didn’t. 
  There were gasps and cheers moments later Thursday night from the red-clad crowd inside Scotiabank Centre when they – along with the officials and Bedard’s teammates – realized what happened.
  The 17-year-old phenom had perfectly placed a sh
  
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• Fundraiser started in memory of Langley single-mom killed in crash - Chilliwack Progress

  31-12-2022 00:00 via news.google.com
  Fundraiser started in memory of Langley single-mom killed in crash  Chilliwack Progress
  
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