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• Chilliwack Chiefs forward commits to Lake Superior State University

  06-01-2023 23:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Chiefs proudly announced Friday (Jan. 6) that forward Sasha Teleguine has committed to playing his NCAA hockey for the Lake Superior State University Lakers in Michigan.
  “I am honored to be able to continue my college hockey career at Lake Superior State University. I’m very thankful to the city of Chilliwack for their warm welcome back. As well, I’m thankful to the coaching staff for giving me the opportunity to achieve this step.” Teleg
  
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• Wildlife habitat restored in Chilliwack by planting 13502 cedar trees ... - Chilliwack Progress

  06-01-2023 23:54 via news.google.com
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• LETTER: ICBC’s no-fault insurance is ruining crash victim’s life - Chilliwack Progress

  06-01-2023 23:51 via news.google.com
  LETTER: ICBC’s no-fault insurance is ruining crash victim’s life  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Pigeon with meth backpack caught in B.C. prison yard, says officers’ union president

  06-01-2023 23:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A prison union spokesman says a pigeon carrying a miniature backpack filled with drugs was captured last week at a B.C. correctional institution.
  John Randle, Pacific regional president of the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers, says the bird was apprehended at Pacific Institution in Abbotsford, 80 kilometres east of Vancouver.
  He says the backpack contained crystal methamphetamine.
  Randle says he was told by officers that the bird was spotted with its unusual cargo on Dec
  
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• Advocates, police warn online ‘sextortion’ of youth is on the rise in Canada

  06-01-2023 23:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Mounties in Metro Vancouver have issued a warning about a recent increase in “sextortion,” saying police have received a “large number” of reports of money-motivated extortion targeting young girls and boys.
  The statement issued by Coquitlam RCMP follows similar warnings from police departments in other provinces in recent months, including in Alberta and Ontario.
  Stephen Sauer, the director of Cybertip.ca, a tip line operated by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection,
  
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• Sasha Teleguine Commits to Lake Superior State University

  06-01-2023 23:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Chilliwack Chiefs are extremely excited to announce that forward Sasha Teleguine has committed to playing his NCAA hockey for the Lake Superior State University Lakers.
  “I am honored to be able to continue my college hockey career at Lake Superior State University. I’m very thankful to the city of Chilliwack for their warm welcome back. As well, I’m thankful to the coaching staff for giving me the opportunity to achieve this step.” Teleguine continued. “I would
  
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• Almost $11K in drugs seized at Matsqui Institution in Abbotsford - Chilliwack Progress

  06-01-2023 23:11 via news.google.com
  Almost $11K in drugs seized at Matsqui Institution in Abbotsford  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• ‘Have your wits about you’: Travel advice for Canadians visiting Mexico

  06-01-2023 23:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The federal government says 1.8 million Canadians travelled to Mexico in 2022. Some of the more popular tourist spots include Cabo San Lucas, Cancun, Mazatlan, Playa Del Carman and Puerto Vallarta.
  Travel agents say direct flights from many locations and all-inclusive resorts are a major draw.
  But, like other travel, it’s not without risks.
  Some Canadian tourists in Mexico were barricaded in their hotel this week amid violence after the arrest of a major alleged drug cartel leader. The vio
  
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• No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz out of Australian Open with leg injury

  06-01-2023 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz pulled out of the Australian Open on Friday because of an injured right leg.
  The 19-year-old from Spain wrote on social media that he got hurt “through a chance, unnatural movement in training.”
  Alcaraz won the U.S. Open last September and rose atop the ATP rankings. He is the youngest man to finish a season at No. 1 since the computerized men’s tennis rankings began a half-century ago.
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• LETTER: Chilliwack city council should cut its coat according to the ... - Chilliwack Progress

  06-01-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
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• EDITORIAL: Christmas travel challenges should not be a surprise - Chilliwack Progress

  06-01-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
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• Kenyan midfielder Wanyama signs two-year contract to remain with CF Montréal

  06-01-2023 22:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — CF Montréal has signed midfielder Victor Wanyama to a two-year contract extension through the 2024 Major League Soccer season.
  Wanyama will remain a designated player with the team.
  The 31-year-old joined Montreal on a free transfer from English Premier League side Tottenham on March 3, 2020. 
  He has five goals and eight assists over 80 MLS games with Montreal, including 78 as a starter.
  He also played the full 90 minutes in each of the club’s last six CONCACAF
  
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• Time to pick your favourite Chilliwack organizations, businesses and ... - Chilliwack Progress

  06-01-2023 22:13 via news.google.com
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• 2023 BC Scotties Men's Curling Championships: Final - Chilliwack - CBC.ca

  06-01-2023 22:10 via news.google.com
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• ‘Stunning lack of judgment’: Nunavut prosecutor, Mountie acquitted of contempt

  06-01-2023 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  IQALUIT, Nunavut — A Nunavut judge has acquitted a prosecutor and an RCMP officer of criminal contempt but says their joint actions in the arrest of a man outside a courtroom were a “direct and public insult to the integrity of the Nunavut Court of Justice.”
  In a written decision, Justice Paul Bychok says Cpl. Andrew Kerstens and prosecutor Emma Baasch were “reckless” and their actions in the arrest of Robert Campbell inside the courthouse “reveal a stunning l
  
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• Chilliwack real estate market sees increase in strata home values ... - Hope Standard

  06-01-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
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• Canada’s Mirela Rahneva slides to World Cup skeleton silver

  06-01-2023 21:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINTERBERG, Germany — Canada’s Mirela Rahneva slid to second in women’s World Cup skeleton Friday on a track that’s been good to her.
  The 34-year-old from Ottawa claimed her 13th career World Cup medal and her fourth on Winterberg’s sliding track.
  “Winterberg is a really gentle gliders track,” Rahneva said. 
  “It is a really nice, gentle track, and that is my preferred kind of driving. It is really intuitive.
  “When I enjoy the track, it i
  
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• B.C. to reactivate its COVID emergency operations centres to prepare for more illness

  06-01-2023 21:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government will reopen 20 hospital emergency operations centres set up for COVID-19 to deal with an expected surge in flu, respiratory illness and COVID cases.
  Health Minister Adrian Dix says they’ve been coping with an unprecedented increase in demand in the health care system. 
  Dix says reactivating the centres starting Monday will ensure people have continued access to hospital care and will allow for a co-ordinated response during periods of
  
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• CP NewsAlert: B.C. to reactivate its COVID emergency operations centres

  06-01-2023 21:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government will reopen 20 hospital emergency operations centres set up for COVID-19 to deal with an expected surge in flu, respiratory illness and COVID cases.
  Health Minister Adrian Dix says they’ve been dealing with an unprecedented increase in demand in the health care system. 
  More coming. The Canadian Press
  
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• Feds must enforce vaping penalties to protect kids: advocates

  06-01-2023 21:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Advocates on both sides of the vaping debate say the government must do more to enforce penalties for selling vapes to kids after a review concluded no changes to the legislation were warranted.
  The Tobacco and Vaping Products Act aims to walk the narrow the line between giving people who smoke a safer alternative to combustible tobacco products and protecting youth and people who don’t already smoke from taking up vaping. 
  Health Canada decided amendments to the law we
  
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• WWE’s Vince McMahon is back after misconduct investigation

  06-01-2023 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Vince McMahon is rejoining the board of WWE several months after he retired from the sports entertainment company during an investigation into alleged misconduct.
  WWE said Friday that McMahon, the founder and majority shareholder of WWE, would return as executive chairman. It also announced a board shakeup.Shares surged more than 22%.
  McMahon retired as WWE’s chairman and CEO in July. He had stepped down temporarily from the posts a month earlier. The Wall Street Journal reported over the
  
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• Canadian tourists remain barricaded in hotel amid Mexican cartel ... - Chilliwack Progress

  06-01-2023 20:25 via news.google.com
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• Sardis single-family home prices drop nearly 22% in one year to $865K; Chilliwack prices near $800K

  06-01-2023 20:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Not only have sales of Chilliwack-area homes dropped 47% from a year ago, prices of single-family homes in Chilliwack continue to plummet year over year.According to statistics released Friday morning (Jan. 6) from the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board, the benchmark price of a single-family home in Chilliwack is now $802,600 as of December 2022, a drop of 16.9 per cent from December 2021.However, that price is still up 46.5 per cent from only three years ago, data sho
  
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• Prince Harry’s book exposes grief, war, drugs, family rifts - Chilliwack Progress

  06-01-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
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• City says it substantially paved 23 roads in 2022, looks ahead to 2023

  06-01-2023 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack wrote in its just-released monthly transportation newsletter Friday (Jan. 6) that it substantially paved 23 roads throughout Chilliwack in 2022, and has a couple of roads it’d like to pave coming up in the spring.
  The city it has mostly completely paving on 23 roads, including roadways in Ryder Lake, Rosedale, Yarrow, Sardis, and the Bailey Landfill.The city’s list of substantially completed roads consist of the following:
  Hopedale Road (Keit
  
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• Toronto FC coach Bob Bradley sees plenty of positives as players report for duty

  06-01-2023 19:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — While there are roster holes still to be filled, head coach Bob Bradley was full of optimism as Toronto FC players reported for pre-season medicals.
  Bradley, starting his second year at Toronto’s helm, says TFC is setting its sights high. He says Toronto, which finished second from last in the league the last two seasons, will field a good team this year.
  There is work to do. Toronto needs a starting goalkeeper, centre back and left back — as well as help at forward a
  
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• MP Strahl cites Society for Community Living in opposing expansion of state-assisted dying

  06-01-2023 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl hasn’t given up in his push to vehemently oppose a further expansion of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) to include those suffering from mental illness.
  In a tweet on Thursday (Jan. 5), Strahl continues to push back against widening the criteria by which those with mental illness can seek medically assisted death.“Disability and human rights organizations across Canada, including the #Chilliwack Society for Community Living in our c
  
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• Man who died near Quebec migrant crossing had been trying to enter U.S., police say

  06-01-2023 19:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The man whose body was found this week near an unofficial border crossing south of Montreal likely died of hypothermia while trying to enter the United States, Quebec provincial police said Friday.
  The body of Fritznel Richard was found Wednesday afternoon in a wooded area in St-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Que., near Roxham Road.
  While the rural road is a popular crossing point for asylum seekers coming to Canada, the Sûreté du Québec said Friday that Richard, 44, wa
  
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• Sentencing starts for man convicted of killing of two Métis hunters in rural Alberta

  06-01-2023 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — The sentencing for an Alberta man convicted in the killing of two Métis hunters has begun today in Edmonton.
  Anthony Bilodeau was convicted in May of second-degree murder in the death of Maurice Cardinal and manslaughter in the death of Jacob Sansom.
  Sansom, who was 39, and Cardinal, who was 57, had been moose hunting in March 2020, before they were shot and left on the side of the road near Glendon, Alta., a rural community about 200 kilometres northeast of Edmonton.
  Bil
  
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• Federal Court hears final arguments in case of Canadians detained in Syria

  06-01-2023 19:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Federal Court is hearing final arguments in a challenge from family members of 23 Canadians held in Syria who say Ottawa is violating Charter rights by not arranging for their return.
  The detainees are among many foreign nationals in Syrian camps run by Kurdish forces in regions reclaimed in the war-torn region from the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. 
  Lawyers sparred today over whether new evidence submitted by the applicants, including a letter from a United Nations specia
  
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• Cows removed from Okanagan Lake, two weeks after drowning - Chilliwack Progress

  06-01-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
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• ‘Heave Away’: Canada’s goal tune at the world juniors is ‘the song that never dies’

  06-01-2023 18:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — “Heave away, me jollies, heave away!”
  It’s a phrase that Canadian hockey fans couldn’t get enough of at the world junior hockey championship — a Celtic melody played each time Team Canada scored a goal.
  And for Billy Sutton, one of the members of St. John’s band The Fables, it’s a reminder of why their 25-year-old recording of the traditional sea shanty “Heave Away” has stood the test of time.
  “It’s the song that n
  
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• Canadian tourists remain barricaded in hotel amid Mexican cartel violence

  06-01-2023 18:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canadian tourists remain barricaded in their hotel today amid violence in the streets after the arrest of a major drug cartel leader.
  Tina Dahl, an Edmonton woman with relatives stranded in the popular resort town of Mazatlan, says her six family members remain safe.
  But she says they’re definitely shaken by what’s happened.
  She says the hotel lobby was full of people who slept there overnight after their flights were cancelled.
  The beaches are full of military vehicles patrolling up
  
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• Stampeders’ Sindani suspended two games for performance-enhancing drug violation

  06-01-2023 18:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Calgary Stampeders wide receiver Richie Sindani was suspended two games by the CFL on Friday for testing positive for banned substances.
  The 27-year-old from Regina tested positive for Methandienone and Stanozolol, the league said in a statement.
  “We were very disappointed when informed of Richie’s violation,” the Stampeders said in a statement. “The team trusts he will learn from his mistake and avoid another occurrence. 
  “This incident once again proves playe
  
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• No Fighter Jets Coalition protests Canada’s planned F-35 purchase

  06-01-2023 18:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A group called the No Fighter Jets Coalition is holding weekend rallies to oppose Ottawa’s plans to buy F-35 strike fighters.
  The Canadian Press revealed last month the Department of National Defence received approval to spend $7 billion on 16 F-35 fighter jets and related gear.
  It’s part of a decade-long process to buy 88 fighter jets to replace aging CF-18s in the coming years.
  Activists will rally today until Sunday across the country, asking Ottawa to cancel the de
  
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• Community partners help plant over 13,000 trees at Chilliwack restoration site

  06-01-2023 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack made good on its ongoing commitment to the environment recently when it matched a $6,751 donation from Coast Mountain Trail Running to plant 13,502 Western Red Cedar trees along Chilliwack’s streamside areas, the city announced in a statement Thursday (Jan. 5).The majority of trees were planted along Chilliwack Creek, while others were planted at Bell Slough, Nevin Creek, and Dunville Creek.
  The improved habitat along Chilliwack Creek will benefit
  
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• Kraken reassign Canada world junior captain Wright to OHL’s Frontenacs

  06-01-2023 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SEATTLE — The NHL’s Seattle Kraken have returned top prospect Shane Wright to the Ontario Hockey League’s Kingston Frontenacs.
  Wright was captain of Canada’s gold-medal-winning team at the 2023 world junior hockey championship in Halifax and Moncton, N.B.
  He had four points and three assists in seven games for Canada and scored on his 19th birthday as Canada beat Czechia 3-2 in overtime in Thursday’s tournament final.
  Kraken general manager Ron Francis said on the t
  
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• Quebec woman returned from ISIS detention camp in northeastern Syria granted bail

  06-01-2023 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A Quebec woman facing terrorism charges after returning from a detention camp in northeastern Syria last October has been granted bail.
  The details of Oumaima Chouay’s bail hearing or the reasons for her release today by a Quebec court judge are under a publication ban. 
  Chouay, 27, is charged with leaving Canada to participate in the activity of a terrorist group, participating in the activity of a terrorist group, providing property or services for terrorism purpose
  
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• Figure skater Keegan Messing crossing fingers he doesn’t miss birth of second child

  06-01-2023 16:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Canadian figure skating championships are going to be a roller-coaster of emotions for Keegan Messing.
  Not only are they expected to be his final national event — he plans to retire this off-season — his pregnant wife Lane Hodson is due to give birth to their second child on Jan. 14, the day of the men’s free program at Tribute Communities Centre in Oshawa, Ont.
  “Right now we’re crossing our fingers and hoping baby comes in two days or baby stays comfortable for
  
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• Canada’s under-18 women’s hockey team chases repeat gold in world championship

  06-01-2023 16:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The women’s world under-18 hockey championship returns to its regular time slot with Canada chasing a second gold medal in less than seven months.
  The Canadians open defence of their title Sunday against Finland in Oestersund, Sweden.
  “These girls are through the roof and excited for this opportunity,” Canadian head coach Courtney Birchard-Kessel told The Canadian Press from Sweden.“You don’t have to fire them up, that’s for sure. Sometimes you have to tell th
  
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• Taking the plunge - Chilliwack Progress

  06-01-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
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• Police associations to examine issues behind officer killings after recent deaths

  06-01-2023 16:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Some of Canada’s largest police associations say they are banding together to identify the root causes behind the killings of five police officers in the past four months.
  The Canadian Police Association, the Police Association of Ontario, the Ontario Provincial Police Association, and the Toronto Police Association say they are joining forces to examine the issues at play and will then call for change to make sure the “wave of violence” against police doesn&rsq
  
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• Djokovic beats Shapovalov; advances to face Medvedev in Adelaide semis

  06-01-2023 14:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic beat Canada’s Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-4 at the Adelaide International on Friday to set up a semifinal with Daniil Medvedev.
  The combined ATP-WTA event is a warmup for this year’s Australian Open, which the top-seeded Djokovic missed last year after being barred from the country because he was not vaccinated against COVID-19.
  Medvedev, the runner-up last year to Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open, defeated fellow Russian Karen Khachanov
  
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• Canadian phenom Connor Bedard etches name into WJC history books with scoring output

  06-01-2023 12:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canadian phenom Connor Bedard strung together the best scoring performance at a world junior hockey championship in 20 years, leading his country to its 20th gold medal on Thursday.
  The 17-year-old had a tournament-best 23 points (nine goals, 14 assists), which was the fourth-highest total at a single world junior championship.
  The Canadian Press takes a look at the five greatest scoring performances at the world juniors.
  PETER FORSBERG, SWEDEN
  Forsberg still lays claim to the greatest scoring p
  
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• In The News for Jan. 6, 2023: Are there toxic contaminants in some Alberta snowpacks?

  06-01-2023 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Friday, Jan. 6, 2023 …
  What we are watching in Canada …
  The Alberta government is refusing to release information on toxic contaminants in snowpacks downwind from mountaintop removal coal mines. 
  The data was collected by two senior provincial government scientists who conducted research into the impact of windblown dus
  
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• Prince Edward Island bald eagle receives rare surgery, heads to new home in Halifax

  06-01-2023 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  He won’t be able to soar into the skies or skim the waters with his wings, but a bald eagle treated at a veterinary college at the University of Prince Edward Island after being hit by a car in October 2021 is doing well and settling in a new home.
  Bald eagle 450 — the 450th patient of the Atlantic Veterinary College hospital in 2021 — is believed to be only the second bird in the world to receive surgery for a spinal cord compression.
  “It was maybe done on a penguin like
  
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• He sleeps in a van but drives a Tesla: life on wheels in Vancouver’s camper community

  06-01-2023 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — At the end of his day, Lucas Philips drives to his home overlooking Spanish Banks Beach in Vancouver, near some of the most expensive real estate in Canada.
  He climbs out of his black Tesla and soaks up what he calls his “million-dollar view.”
  But Philips is no wealthy property owner. His home is a Vanguard campervan berthed in a beachside parking lot.
  He spends most of his life on wheels, working as an Uber driver in his leased Tesla. He’s trying to get ahead
  
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• Alberta government won’t release data on snowpack contamination from coal mines

  06-01-2023 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — The Alberta government is refusing to release information on toxic contaminants in snowpacks downwind from mountaintop removal coal mines. 
  The data was collected by two senior provincial government scientists who conducted research into the impact of windblown dust from mines in British Columbia on a pristine Alberta alpine lake. They recently published a paper concluding that sediments in Window Lake are as contaminated as lakes downwind from the oilsands.
  They also analy
  
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• Vancouver Canucks snap skid with 4-2 win over struggling Colorado Avalanche

  06-01-2023 07:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Andrei Kuzmenko scored twice and his Vancouver Canucks got a much-needed win Thursday, edging the Colorado Avalanche 4-2. 
  Brock Boeser and J.T. Miller each added a goal for the Canucks (17-18-3), who snapped a three-game losing skid and won their first game of 2023.
  Elias Pettersson and Oliver Ekman-Larsson both contributed a pair of assists. 
  Mikko Rantanen and Samuel Girard replied for the Avs (19-15-3). 
  Vancouver’s Collin Delia stopped 29-of-31 shots a
  
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• McCarthy offers deal to end standoff in House speaker fight

  06-01-2023 07:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The contours of a deal that could make Republican leader Kevin McCarthy the House speaker have begun to emerge after three grueling days and 11 failed votes in a political spectacle unseen in a century.. It has left Republicans in disarray and exposed anew the fragility of American democracy.
  The House will be back at it Friday, with Republicans trying to elect their new House speaker — this time, against the backdrop of the second anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021 at
  
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