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• Quebec man recounts rescue attempt in propane explosion that left workers missing

  14-01-2023 23:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  As a ceiling and wall collapsed on a woman desperately trying to flee the scene of an explosion at a Quebec propane distribution company, Éric Lizotte could only watch in horror. 
  The resident of St-Roch-de-l’Achigan, Que., whose home is just metres from Propane Lafortune, said he was in the middle of trying to rescue the unknown woman and anyone else trapped by the Thursday morning blast. 
  Three people remain missing after the explosion which Lizotte said left him shaken
  
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• Canada into women’s under-18 hockey championship final with 3-2 OT win over Finland

  14-01-2023 23:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ÖSTERSUND, Sweden — Alex Law scored twice, including the overtime winner, as Canada edged Finland 3-2 in overtime in a women’s world under-18 hockey championship semifinal Saturday.
  Canada will face Sweden for the gold medal Sunday.
  Law’s OT winner at 7:32 was first credited to defender Ava Murphy, although it was Law’s wrist shot that sneaked under Kerttu Kuja-Halkola.Murphy skated the puck from the defensive to offensive zone and dished to Law in open ice. Law&rsqu
  
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• 'This will be a flagship location for us': Trevor Linden in Chilliwack ... - Hope Standard

  14-01-2023 22:46 via news.google.com
  
  'This will be a flagship location for us': Trevor Linden in Chilliwack ...  Hope Standard
  
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• Man United flying high in English Premier League after City win and Liverpool loss

  14-01-2023 22:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — It was a very good day for Manchester United, whose revival under Erik ten Hag is really taking shape. 
  As if victory against Manchester City in the 189th Manchester derby wasn’t enough for fans rejoicing Saturday at Old Trafford, there was bonus news a few hours later when Liverpool was stunned by Brighton 3-0 in the English Premier League. 
  Beating City 2-1 strengthened the rising belief that Ten Hag is turning the fortunes around for the 20-tim
  
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• Madeline Schizas holds off 16-year-old Ruiter to win Canadian figure skating title

  14-01-2023 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OSHAWA, Ont. — Madeline Schizas admitted to feeling some pressure this week as the defending Canadian champion.
  The 19-year-old from Oakville, Ont., who was the last woman to skate Saturday at the Tribute Communities Centre, held off the hard-charging Kaiya Ruiter to win her second national figure skating title.
  “I knew that the skaters ahead of me had put pressure on me to put out a skate that maybe didn’t need to be perfect but did need to be a fight from start to finish. And
  
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• Smith says she urged minister to consider whether COVID prosecutions could succeed

  14-01-2023 21:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has delivered a third version of what she discussed with justice officials over how to handle the prosecution of people charged with breaking COVID-19 health rules. 
  Smith told her Corus radio show Saturday that she has urged Justice Minister Tyler Shandro and his deputy attorney general to consider whether the cases were in the public interest and whether there was a reasonable chance of conviction before proceeding. 
  Prosecutors, under
  
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• Avalanche risk high around Revelstoke due to unpredictable ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-01-2023 21:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Ranj Pillai set to be sworn in as Yukon’s 10th premier

  14-01-2023 20:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WHITEHORSE — Yukon’s 10th premier is set to be officially sworn into his post later today, also giving the provincial liberal party a new leader.
  Ranj Pillai, a member of the territory’s legislature since 2016, is replacing Premier Sandy Silver.
  The public swearing-in ceremony for the premier-designate and his cabinet takes place in Whitehorse this afternoon.
  Pillai inherits a minority government that functions through a confidence and supply agreement with the Yukon New Democr
  
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• Edmonton Elks re-sign Canadian running back Anti Litre

  14-01-2023 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks have signed Canadian running back Ante Litre to a one-year contract extension.
  The 28-year-old from Vancouver suited up in all 18 games for the Elks in 2022.
  He posted a career-high 241 rushing yards and ran for a touchdown as well as catching 16 passes for 89 yards. 
  Litre also ranked third on the team with seven special-teams tackles.
  “I’m coming back because we have a lot of unfinished business from last year,” Litre said Saturday in a
  
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• Everton directors to skip game because of ‘credible threat’

  14-01-2023 18:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Everton’s board of directors were instructed not to attend Saturday’s home match against Southampton because of a “real and credible threat to their safety and security,” the Premier League team said.
  The decision was made ahead of reports of a possible protest at Goodison Park in the wake of Everton’s poor form this season.
  “The board members received the instruction following malicious and unacceptably threatening corresponde
  
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• Canada’s Loutitt, Strate finish just off World Cup ski jump team podium in fourth

  14-01-2023 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  YAMAGATA, Japan — A day after becoming the first Canadian woman to win a World Cup ski jump event, Alexandria Loutitt joined with Abigail Strate to finish fourth in a team event Saturday.
  The Calgarians finished just off the podium behind winner Austria, runner-up Norway and bronze medallist Germany at Zao Onsen Ski Resort.
  Loutitt’s third and final jump of 96.5 metres was second only to Chiara Kreuzer’s second-round 97 for Austria.
  Loutitt and Strate helped Canada earn a bronz
  
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• Lawyers found more classified documents at Joe Biden’s home

  14-01-2023 18:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for President Joe Biden found more classified documents at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, than previously known, the White House acknowledged Saturday.
  White House lawyer Richard Sauber said in a statement that a total of six pages of classified documents were found during a search of Biden’s private library. The White House had said previously that only a single page was found there.The latest disclosure is in addition to the discovery of documents found
  
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• Kilde dominates World Cup downhill in big win over Odermatt

  14-01-2023 17:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WENGEN, Switzerland (AP) — The dominant men’s downhill racer is Aleksander Aamodt Kilde — clearly.
  Kilde won Switzerland’s marquee World Cup race Saturday by a big margin for his fourth win in six downhills this season.
  “It’s flowing pretty well now, it’s really a lot of fun. I feel so happy skiing,” Kilde told Swiss broadcaster RTS.
  That Kilde won with Swiss standout Marco Odermatt second was less of a surprise than the gap between them on a short
  
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• Kaillie Humphries wins World Cup monobob gold, Canada’s Appiah third

  14-01-2023 17:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ALTENBERG, Germany (AP) — Kaillie Humphries won a World Cup women’s monobob race for the 100th medal of her career in major international competition and Canada’s Cynthia Appiah took bronze.
  Humphries has won 70 medals in two-woman races in her career; 60 in World Cups, seven at the world championships and three at the Olympics. 
  She’s won another 11 medals in monobob events — including Olympic gold at Beijing last year — plus 10 more on the North America
  
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• Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre working to triple the number of Aqua Fit classes

  14-01-2023 17:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The municipal operator of the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre says it continues to work to bring back Aqua Fit classes that were once a staple of the recreation centre.But it all depends on the ability to procure qualified staff.
  In an email to Fraser Valley Today on Friday (Jan. 13), Landing Leisure Centre manager Lauren Janzen indicated the recreation centre has been working to expand group fitness so long as they have instructors.“We are expanding group fitness, inc
  
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• Federica Brignone wins World Cup super-G; Shiffrin sits out

  14-01-2023 17:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ST. ANTON, Austria (AP) — Federica Brignone won a World Cup super-G on Saturday for the 2020 overall champion’s first victory this season in a race that American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin skipped.
  Brignone mastered a course shortened because of heavy overnight snowfall and triumphed after her Italian teammate Sofia Goggia skied faster but went out following a nasty crash.
  Goggia, the downhill standings leader, had just passed a checkpoint halfway through her wild run down the Karl Sc
  
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• Albertans who regularly visit Moraine Lake say move to restrict vehicles was overdue

  14-01-2023 16:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Some Albertans who regularly bike, climb, hike or take photographs at Moraine Lake in Banff National Park say a decision by Parks Canada to restrict personal vehicles on its access road was long overdue.
  The federal agency has announced it will require visitors to take its shuttles, regional transit or commercial vehicles to get to the iconic blue alpine lake and its nearby climbing routes and hiking trails. People with a disability tag hanging in their vehicle and those who want to bike will be
  
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• MP Mark Strahl grills transport minister, airlines for lack of communication over holidays

  14-01-2023 16:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Canadians didn’t sign up for long hours waiting on hold to sleepless nights on airport floors and desperate scrambles to rebook flights and find missing bags, but thousands did so during the Christmas holiday travel season.As the vice-chair of the Transport Committee, Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl got a chance to hear from top travel executives and the federal transport minister this past week.
  Leaders from the country’s major airports and airlines were among witn
  
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• Camping reservations open up on Monday for Vedder River Campground

  14-01-2023 16:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Less than two weeks after B.C. Parks began accepting reservations for a four-month window on January 3, a Chilliwack campsite with rates similar to provincial campsites will begin accepting reservations this coming week.Vedder River Campground, which is managed by the Fraser Valley Regional District, wrote on Facebook Friday that it will begin accepting reservations for the 2023 camping season this coming Monday, January 16 at noon. It said it had introduced new improvements t
  
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• Mountain biking group asks Cultus Lake Park Board to let it build trail through Vedder Mountain

  14-01-2023 15:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The Fraser Valley Mountain Bikers Association has filed a formal request asking the Cultus Lake Park Board to let it build and maintain a multi-use trail north of Parmenter Road, and west of the Emil Anderson public works yard, on Cultus Lake Park property.
  In a letter dated December 21, 2022 and addressed to Chief Administrative Officer Joe Lamb of the park board, the FVMBA sought formal permission from park board commissioners to build and maintain a multi-use trail that wou
  
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• Sebov’s lengthy struggles pave way to berth in first Grand Slam

  14-01-2023 13:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MELBOURNE, Australia — It’s been a long, solitary road for Katherine Sebov of Woodbridge, Ont., who has been toiling in anonymity at the lower levels of tennis for years, trying to break through.
  On Friday in Melbourne, in the qualifying round for the Australian Open, her perseverance finally paid off.
  Sebov, who turned 24 on Jan. 5 and came in at a career-high No. 191 in the WTA Tour rankings, qualified for the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career af
  
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• Academic troubled by MPs’ refusal to share newsletters with researchers

  14-01-2023 13:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — While MPs send out newsletters to get the public’s attention, many of them are refusing to share these taxpayer-funded mailouts with academics for research purposes.
  “The secrecy (with which) some MPs and their offices deal with these things is astounding,” said Alex Marland, a renowned expert in political communication and party politics.
  “It just makes you wonder, what kind of democracy do we live in?”
  MPs in charge of expense policies refused inter
  
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• Premiers demand bail reform in letter to Trudeau after killing of OPP officer

  14-01-2023 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada’s premiers are unanimously urging Ottawa to take “immediate action” to strengthen the country’s bail system. 
  The premiers from all 13 provinces and territories signed a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, dated Friday, that says the time for action is now and “our heroic first responders cannot wait.” 
  The letter, which originated in Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s office, comes amid growing calls for reform after the la
  
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• ‘Gift for all’: Nunavut TV channel looks be in the homes of every Canadian

  14-01-2023 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — As a little girl in the early ’80s, Lucy Tulugarjuk said she would spend most of her time playing outside instead of in front of a screen.
  Her family and friends in Igloolik, Nvt., did not own televisions, she said, with most households choosing to keep television out as a way to protect Inuit culture. 
  But she recalled that when she was five years old, she heard people in the nearby community of Hall Beach were watching TV, and the medium piqued her interest.
  “It
  
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• China reports almost 60,000 COVID-related deaths

  14-01-2023 11:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BEIJING (AP) — China on Saturday reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December following complaints the government was failing to release data about the status of the pandemic.
  The death toll included 5,503 deaths due to respiratory failure caused by COVID-19 and 54,435 fatalities from other ailments combined with COVID-19. The National Health Commission said those deaths occurred in hospitals, which left open the possibility more people also might have died
  
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• Ukrainian officials report Russian missile attack on Kyiv

  14-01-2023 09:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A series of explosions were heard in Kyiv on Saturday morning before the air raid sirens were turned on.Deputy head of Ukraine’s presidential office Kyrylo Tymoshenko said on Telegram that a missile attack on critical infrastructure in the capital was underway.Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said that “explosions were heard in Dniprovskyi district, left bank of Kyiv.”It wasn’t immediately clear whether the explosions were caused by the strikes or by
  
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• PHOTOS: Provincial championships of curling in Chilliwack - Surrey ... - Surrey Now Leader

  14-01-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• McDavid nets 2 goals, assist as Oilers scorch Sharks 7-1

  14-01-2023 07:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the San Jose Sharks 7-1 on Friday night.
  Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each a goal and two assists, and Klim Kostin, Jesse Puljujarvi and Ryan McLeod also scored for the Oilers. Jack Campbell made 25 saves in Edmonton’s second straight win.
  Oskar Lindblom scored for the San Jose, and Kaapo Kahkonen finished with 34 saves. The Sharks have lost four of their last five games (1-3-1)
  
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• Iran hangs former defense ministry official over spy claim

  14-01-2023 06:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran said Saturday it had executed a dual Iranian-British national who once worked for its defense ministry, despite an international outcry over his death sentence and those of others held amid nationwide protests.
  Iran’s Mizan news agency, associated with the country’s judiciary, announced Ali Reza Akbari’s hanging.
  It did not say when it happened. However, there were rumors he had been executed days ago.
  Iran had accused Akbari, witho
  
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• Guerrero, Jays reach $14.5M deal, skip arbitration

  14-01-2023 06:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Toronto Blue Jays avoided salary arbitration Friday night by agreeing to a $14.5 million contract for next season.
  Toronto had 12 players eligible for arbitration — only Tampa Bay with 14 had more. The lone member of that Blue Jays group who did not settle Friday was shortstop Bo Bichette.
  Also agreeing to one-year deals were Toronto closer Jordan Romano ($4,537,500), catcher Danny Jansen ($3.5 million), right-hander Adam Cimber ($3.15 mil
  
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• Scheifele scores twice as Jets dump Penguins 4-1

  14-01-2023 04:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mark Scheifele scored twice, including the go-ahead goal late in the second period and the Winnipeg Jets soared past the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Friday night.
  Scheifele’s first goal with 2:02 left in the second off a pretty feed by Blake Wheeler put the Jets ahead to stay. Nikolaj Ehlers doubled the advantage 22 seconds later to send surging Winnipeg to its seventh win in its last eight games.
  David Rittich stopped 22 shots for the Jets, who dominated the deplete
  
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• Chilliwack schools hire uncertified teachers amid staffing shortages - CBC.ca

  14-01-2023 03:49 via news.google.com
  
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• Montgomery leaves trash talk behind in Vegas to lead Sony

  14-01-2023 03:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HONOLULU (AP) — PGA Tour rookie Taylor Montgomery quietly went about his work with a 4-under 66 on Friday for the early lead in the Sony Open, hardly looking like a guy who would willingly trash talk Michael Jordan.
  He loves to run his mouth for fun. This golf job is working out pretty good, too.
  Montgomery finished in the top 15 at all but one of the PGA Tour events he played in the fall, and he carried it into the new year down from the shores of Waikiki Beach by scrambling his way aroun
  
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• Ceremony to be held for child’s partial remains found at residential school site

  14-01-2023 01:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  STAR BLANKET CREE NATION — A First Nation in southeastern Saskatchewan is preparing a proper burial after a fragment of a child’s jawbone was found in an unmarked grave during a search of a local residential school site.
  The Star Blanket Cree Nation made the discovery in the fall while the community was searching the site of the former Lebret Indian Industrial School. 
  The bone was identified by the province’s coroner’s service to be that of a child between the ages
  
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• Pierre Poilievre speech to Frontier Centre as part of daylong visit to Winnipeg

  14-01-2023 00:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — Conservative party leader Pierre Poilievre is defending his decision to speak to a group that has come under fire for comments on residential schools and discrimination.
  Poilievre spoke today to the Frontier Centre for Public Policy — a Winnipeg-based think tank that ran radio ads in 2018 that said it was a myth that residential schools robbed Indigenous children of their childhood.
  Last month, the centre posted an article that said anti-white male policies represent the o
  
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• Alberta NDP: ‘A lot of lying going on’ about premier’s role in COVID-19 prosecutions

  14-01-2023 00:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Alberta’s Opposition NDP leader says Premier Danielle Smith has entangled herself in a web of lies and needs to come clean over what she has been saying to prosecutors pursuing COVID-19 health violations.
  “She’s scrambling. She is either lying now or she was lying then. Clearly lying is happening. There is a lot of lying going on,” Rachel Notley told reporters in Calgary on Friday. 
  Notley added there is also evidence of interference in the administration of justice.
  
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• Philadelphia Eagles sign former Calgary Stampeder tackle Julian Good-Jones

  14-01-2023 00:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles signed former Calgary Stampeder tackle Julian Good-Jones on Friday.
  Good-Jones had a workout with the Eagles in November.
  The six-foot-four. 319-pound Good-Jones spent the last two seasons with Calgary. He appeared in 16 games last year at left tackle for the CFL club.
  Good-Jones signed with Philadelphia as an undrafted free agent out of Iowa State in 2020 but was released during training camp. He joined the Stampeders in ’21, starting seven gam
  
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• Crystal Gala Foundation Makes Donations To Improve Breast ... - Abbotsford News

  14-01-2023 00:11 via news.google.com
  
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• Okanagan senior fighting to keep condo strata from becoming 55 ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-01-2023 00:00 via news.google.com
  
  Okanagan senior fighting to keep condo strata from becoming 55 ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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