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• DOJ won’t seek death penalty for El Paso Walmart shooter

  17-01-2023 23:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Federal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a man accused of fatally shooting nearly two dozen people in a racist attack at a West Texas Walmart in 2019.
  The U.S. Department of Justice disclosed the decision not to pursue capital punishment against Patrick Crusius in a one-sentence notice filed with the federal court in El Paso on Tuesday.
  Crusius, 24, is accused of targeting Mexicans during the Aug. 3 massacre that left dozens wounded and killed 23 people. The Dallas-area native is
  
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• Highway 1 eastbound closed at Clearbrook in Abbotsford

  17-01-2023 23:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Emergency crews and first responders are investigating after a pedestrian was struck on Highway 1 near the Clearbrook off-ramp, resulting in the closure of eastbound Highway 1 at Clearbrook Road on Tuesday afternoon (Jan. 17).
  According to a tweet from Abby PD at 1:56 p.m. Tuesday, a pedestrian was struck on Highway 1 east of Clearbrook Road (exit 87). As a result, the highway east of Clearbrook Road is closed. Emergency crews remain on scene.At about 1:40 p.m., AbbyPD tweeted
  
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• Search uncovers 171 ‘plausible burials’ near Ontario residential school

  17-01-2023 23:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KENORA, Ont. — Searches for unmarked graves at the site of a former northern Ontario residential school have uncovered 171 “plausible burials,” the Wauzhushk Onigum Nation said Tuesday, with other sites still to be investigated. 
  Most of them were unmarked, except for five with grave markers, the First Nation said in a news release. 
  Federal and provincial ministers were expected to meet with the First Nation Tuesday for discussions, including about resources to conti
  
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• Abbotsford Police investigating early morning assault; victim in critical condition at hospital

  17-01-2023 23:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Detectives from the Abbotsford Police Department’s Major Crime Unit are investigating an early morning assault that left a 32-year-old man in critical condition at a local hospital.According to Sgt. Paul Walker, media spokesperson for the Abby PD, patrol officers responded to the 32900 block of South Fraser Way for a report of an injured man on Monday, January 16 at 6 a.m.Upon arrival, police located a 32-year-old man suffering from serious life-threatening injuries. The
  
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• Man arrested after stealing ambulance from Okanagan hospital - Chilliwack Progress

  17-01-2023 23:20 via news.google.com
  
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• BIA to hold town hall on downtown Chilliwack safety and security

  17-01-2023 23:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Following a string of incidents in which windows belonging to businesses were broken or shattered, resulting in thousands of dollars in damage, the Downtown Chilliwack Business Improvement Association plans to gather stakeholders in a roundtable discussion.
  The BIA announced Tuesday (Jan. 17) that it will be organizing a town hall discussion with the Upper Fraser Valley RCMP in Chilliwack, security personnel, and members of Chilliwack City Council to better equip merchants and
  
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• B.C. promises $90M for innovative projects for forest-dependent communities

  17-01-2023 23:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — The British Columbia government is promising up to $90 million over three years to support new industrial and manufacturing projects in communities hurt by the downturn in the forestry industry.
  Premier David Eby made the announcement in Prince George, where Canfor Pulp Products said last week it was closing the pulp line at its mill, eliminating 300 jobs by the end of the year.
  The program will take applications for support from all manufacturing sectors, but the gov
  
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• French protesters call for extradition of retired priest to Canada

  17-01-2023 23:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LYON, FRANCE — Activists are calling on France to extradite a retired priest to Canada to face allegations that he sexually abused Inuit children in Nunavut decades ago. 
  Nearly a dozen members of BeBrave France, the French chapter of a global advocacy movement that aims to end sexual violence against children, demonstrated outside the retirement home of Johannes Rivoire in Lyon, France on Monday.
  They held signs and banners, painted messages on the sidewalk and spoke over a microphon
  
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• ICBC president Nicolas Jimenez leaves to take the top job at BC Ferries

  17-01-2023 23:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The president and CEO of the Insurance Corporation of B.C. is leaving to take on the same job at BC Ferries. 
  The insurance corporation says in a news release that Nicolas Jimenez has been with them for almost 20 years. 
  Board chair Catherine Holt says Jimenez has made many contributions during his tenure, including the “remarkable transformation” of the public auto insurer. 
  When the NDP took office, then-attorney general David Eby called the financia
  
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• Chilliwack-Hope MP urges Trudeau to list Iranian IRGC as terrorist ... - Hope Standard

  17-01-2023 23:00 via news.google.com
  
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• SD33 not the only district looking to hire uncertified school personnel

  17-01-2023 22:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — In the midst of concerns raised by the Chilliwack teachers union and the District Parent Advisory Council about uncertified teachers being hired by the Chilliwack School District, it appears SD33 isn’t the only school district in the Fraser Valley turning to uncertified personnel in a pinch.
  Kent Elementary School in Agassiz, which forms a part of the SD78 Fraser-Cascade School District, posted on Facebook Monday (January 16) indicating that SD78 is seeking uncertified s
  
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• Chilliwack man arrested for intentionally damaging businesses with pellet or BB gun

  17-01-2023 22:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP have arrested a 40-year-old Chilliwack man in connection with a string of recent incidents involving a BB or pellet gun that resulted in thousands of dollars in damage to windows in downtown Chilliwack.Sgt. Krista Vrolyk, media spokesperson for the Chilliwack RCMP, said Tuesday (Jan. 17) that the RCMP’s Community Response Team has arrested a 40-year-old Chilliwack man in connection with recent incidents of intentional damage to windows.The latest incident
  
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• Premiers want Ottawa to fix the bail system, but are provinces doing enough?

  17-01-2023 22:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Premiers are calling on Ottawa to make it harder for some accused people to get bail, but some say that provinces could also do more to hold those who violate their bail conditions accountable.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said this week that his government is looking at a letter from premiers asking Ottawa to do more to reform the system.
  In British Columbia, members of the Opposition Liberals have long been calling on the governing NDP to improve bail conditions. 
  Former R
  
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• Canadian fighting with Ukrainian forces dies in battle: reports

  17-01-2023 22:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Global Affairs Canada says it’s aware of the death of a Canadian citizen after reports that a young medical student fighting with Ukrainian forces was killed in battle. 
  Multiple media reports say Grygorii Tsekhmistrenko died on Sunday near the city of Bakhmut.
  A friend of Tsekhmistrenko’s spoke with The Canadian Press while on his way to meet the fighter’s family to help make funeral arrangements. 
  Adam Thiemann says he got word from a soldier in Ukraine that Tsekhmi
  
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• An Iranian cultural experience comes to Chilliwack - Hope Standard - Hope Standard

  17-01-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
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• An Iranian cultural experience comes to Chilliwack - Agassiz ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  17-01-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Newborn baby is one of three killed in highway crash in B.C.’s Interior

  17-01-2023 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CASTLEGAR, B.C. — A newborn baby is among three people who died in a highway crash near Castlegar in southeast B.C. on Monday.
  RCMP Staff Sgt. Kris Clark says in a news release that police were called to a collision involving a car and a pickup truck on Highway 3a along the Kootenay River just before 4 p.m.
  Clark says a 26-year-old man, a 25-year-old woman and an eight-day-old infant were killed in the passenger vehicle, while a two-year-old child survived and is expected to recover from t
  
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• VIDEO: Victoria volunteer captures ‘awesome’ elephant seal birth - Chilliwack Progress

  17-01-2023 21:50 via news.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Victoria volunteer captures ‘awesome’ elephant seal birth  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Medals for North American Indigenous Games showcase Mi’kmaq culture

  17-01-2023 21:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MILLBROOK, N.S. — Medals to be awarded at this summer’s North American Indigenous Games in Nova Scotia will showcase Mi’kmaq art, including a traditional eight-pointed star.
  Organizers revealed the design today and said Indigenous athletes from across the continent will take home nearly 3,000 gold, silver and bronze medals from thesporting competitions set for July.
  The design also includes a symbol that represents the word “L’nu,” which Mi’kmaq use to d
  
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• Police search for answers at ‘vast’ Quebec explosion site where three found dead

  17-01-2023 21:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The investigation into the causes of a fatal blast at a propane company north of Montreal could be long and complex, police said Tuesday after three bodies were found at the site.
  Officials are dealing with a “vast” scene complicated by snow, hazardous materials and objects that were projected far from the scene, provincial police spokeswoman Éloïse Cossette said.
  “It’s a very large scene with piles of debris, so we need to be very careful,&rd
  
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• Residential school records needed to answer ‘hard questions’: special interlocutor

  17-01-2023 21:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The woman appointed to work with Indigenous communities as they search for unmarked graves around former residential schools says additional records must be shared in order to answer “hard questions,” including who the missing children were, how they died and where they are buried.
  Without records of the genocide of Indigenous Peoples, special interlocutor Kimberly Murray says “deniers will continue to deny” and future generations could be led to forget.
  
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• Coroner orders inquiry into death of 21-year-man at Montreal jail

  17-01-2023 21:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s head coroner has ordered an inquest into the jail death of a Black man in Montreal following an altercation with correctional staff just before Christmas.
  Pascale Descary announced today that public hearings will be held to examine the death of Nicous D’Andre Spring, an inmate at Montreal’s Bordeaux jail.
  Spring, 21, was unlawfully detained on Dec. 24 when guards fitted his head with a spit hood and pepper-sprayed him twice. He died later in hospital.
  
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• Country star Lee Brice bringing Beer Drinking Opportunity Tour to ... - Chilliwack Progress

  17-01-2023 20:59 via news.google.com
  
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• Oilers forward Evander Kane set to return from LTIR against Kraken

  17-01-2023 20:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers activated forward Evander Kane off long-term injured reserve ahead of their Tuesday night game against the visiting Seattle Kraken.
  Kane had been sidelined since sustaining a lacerated wrist in a Nov. 8 game against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
  Kane has five goals and eight assists in 14 games this season.
  His return gives the Oilers’ top-six forward group a significant boost as Edmonton looks to lock down a playoff berth over the second half of the NHL sea
  
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• Edmonton Elks sign defensive back Harry, receiver Vandervoort to contract extensions

  17-01-2023 20:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks signed defensive back Jamie Harry and receiver Danny Vandervoort to one-year contract extensions Tuesday.
  Both players are Canadians.
  Harry appeared in nine games for Edmonton last season after being released by the B.C. Lions.
  Vandervoort suited up for all 18 regular-season contests in 2022, registering eight receptions for 75 yards. A former B.C. Lion, Vandervoort has 12 catches for 154 yards and three touchdowns in 57 career regular-season games.
  This report
  
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• Canadian QB Rourke looking to carve out NFL career with Jacksonville Jaguars

  17-01-2023 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Former B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke says he’s looking to create a job for himself as he heads to the NFL.The 24-year-old from Victoria inked a standard rookie contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday after working out for a dozen NFL teams.Rourke says he picked a squad where he could go in and compete for the backup quarterback position and be “one play away from playing.”The six-foot-two, 209-pound Rourke is coming off a stellar CFL season
  
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• Fastest Corvette ever is all-wheel-drive gas-electric hybrid - Chilliwack Progress

  17-01-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
  Fastest Corvette ever is all-wheel-drive gas-electric hybrid  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• China records 1st population fall in decades as births drop - Chilliwack Progress

  17-01-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
  China records 1st population fall in decades as births drop  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• ‘Zoom fatigue’: New study suggests human brains need in-person ... - Chilliwack Progress

  17-01-2023 20:20 via news.google.com
  
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• Officials promise changes at Montreal hospital after ER nurse protest

  17-01-2023 20:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Officials at a major Montreal hospital are promising changes after almost 100 emergency room nurses demanded the resignation of their unit chief.
  The ER at the Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital was forced to reduce operations last night because of a nurse-led protest.
  Jean-François Fortin-Verreault, head of the health authority for east-end Montreal, told reporters today his goal is to keep the ER open and improve working conditions for nurses.
  Fortin-Verreault says ambulance
  
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• Canadian defender/midfielder Kwame Awuah signs with D.C. United affiliate club

  17-01-2023 20:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LEESBURG, Va. — Canadian Kwame Awuah has signed with Loudoun United FC, the USL Championship affiliate of D.C. United.
  The 27-year-old from Toronto, originally drafted 16th overall by New York City FC in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft. spent last season with St. Louis City 2 in the MLS Next Pro league.
  “Kwame is a proven winner at every club he has been at,” Loudoun head coach Ryan Martin said in a statement. “He is dangerous going forward so he can play central midfield or left
  
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• Victoria officer finds ‘unauthorized intruder’ in patrol car during traffic ... - Chilliwack Progress

  17-01-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Federal government delivers $9.7 million to support Alberta jobs, hydrogen industry

  17-01-2023 19:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The federal government has delivered nearly $10 million to support Alberta’s growing hydrogen industry.
  The federal money, expected to support 1,600 jobs, is to be augmented by another $3 million from Alberta.
  Announced this morning in Edmonton, the money is to improve access to hydrogen fuels, support product testing, attract investment and increase training opportunities for Alberta workers.Edmonton is increasingly being seen as a hub for hydrogen development, with plans
  
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• Former CFL/NFL head coach Trestman believes Rourke in good place with Jaguars

  17-01-2023 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Marc Trestman believes Nathan Rourke is in very good hands.
  Rourke, the CFL’s top Canadian last season, signed a three-year deal Sunday with the Jacksonville Jaguars. The 24-year-old Victoria native spent his first two seasons of pro football with the B.C. Lions after being bypassed in the 2021 NFL draft.
  Sophomore Trevor Lawrence, drafted first overall in 2021, is firmly entrenched as Jacksonville’s starter. But Trestman, a former CFL and NFL head coach, said Rourke will benefit fro
  
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• Canadian Championship to kick off in April with 14 teams chasing the Voyageurs Cup

  17-01-2023 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The 2023 Canadian Championship will kick off April 18 with 14 clubs including the defending champion Vancouver Whitecaps and three first-time participants.
  Canada Soccer says the four-round tournament features teams from Major League Soccer, Canadian Premier League, League1 BC, League1 Ontario and Quebec’s Premier League (Première ligue de soccer du Quebec or PLSQ).
  New to the tournament are the CPL’s Vancouver FC, League1 BC’s TSS Rovers FC from Richmond, and Quebec&rsq
  
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• UFV Cascades women’s volleyball win streak hits seven - Chilliwack Progress

  17-01-2023 19:47 via news.google.com
  
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• Volunteers remove over 6,000 pounds of debris from Vedder Bridge homeless encampment

  17-01-2023 19:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Community-minded volunteers and stewards concerned with the environment hauled away over 6,000 pounds of garbage and other belongings from a homeless encampment along Sweltzer Creek Crescent this past Sunday, January 15.At least a dozen individuals, including a resident from Vancouver, gathered to collect unsightly debris from an active homeless encampment just steps away from Sidekick Brewing near the Vedder Bridge.Organizers of the informal cleanup event pledged to go into t
  
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• Worried about Canada’s new alcohol guidance? Try a damp January - Chilliwack Progress

  17-01-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Toronto FC forced to improvise at training camp as heavy rain falls in California

  17-01-2023 19:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC headed to San Diego in search of warm weather during training camp. Mother Nature has not co-operated so far.
  Head coach Bob Bradley says the team has had to “Improvise” of late because of heavy rain that has affected field conditions at the University of California San Diego.
  “Hopefully by (Wednesday) we can get back into more of the regular kind of trainings that we started with,” Bradley told a virtual availability Tuesday. “I thought we were off to a
  
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• Blue Jays unveil progress on Phase 1 of Rogers Centre renovations

  17-01-2023 19:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Fans taking in a Toronto Blue Jays game at Rogers Centre this spring will have an entirely new experience.
  Significant progress of the ballpark’s major overhaul was unveiled to media on Tuesday, with significant changes made to the 500 level and the lower outfield decks. Phase 1 of the renovations are focused on spectators, while the second step — slated for next off-season — is concerned with behind-the-scenes and players-only areas.
  Anuk Karunaratne, executive
  
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• Defence industry worried about Canada’s absence from American-British-Australian pact

  17-01-2023 19:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — An association representing Canadian defence firms is adding its voice to those concerned that Canada is not included in a security pact between Australia, Britain and the United States.
  Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries president Christyn Cianfarani says one worry is that Canada won’t have access to the same technology as its closest allies.
  There are also fears the arrangement will hurt Canadian defence companies by making it easier for competitors fr
  
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• Shapiro takes oath of office to become 48th Pa. governor

  17-01-2023 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Josh Shapiro has become the 48th governor of Pennsylvania at Tuesday’s inaugural ceremony at the state Capitol, taking the oath of office on a cold winter day in the nation’s fifth-most populous state on the heels of his blowout win in November’s election.
  Shapiro, 49, comes into office with more experience in state government than any of his recent predecessors, including seven years as a state lawmaker and six as the state’s elected
  
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• Man, 32, in critical condition after assault in Abbotsford - Chilliwack Progress

  17-01-2023 18:43 via news.google.com
  
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• Two adults and a newborn killed in crash near Castlegar - Chilliwack Progress

  17-01-2023 18:37 via news.google.com
  
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• State of local emergency after rockslide closes Highway 3 near ... - Chilliwack Progress

  17-01-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Kelowna taxi driver assaulted and robbed by passengers - Chilliwack Progress

  17-01-2023 18:15 via news.google.com
  
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• New provincial curling champions emerge at Chilliwack Curling Club

  17-01-2023 18:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The 2023 B.C. Scotties Women’s Curling Championship and the 2023 BC Men’s Curling Championship wrapped up over the weekend, with two new provincial champion teams minted at the Chilliwack Curling Club.
  Team Clancy Grandy, of the Vancouver Curling Club, emerged as the new provincial women’s curling champions, while Team Jacques Gauthier of the Victoria Curling Club became the new provincial men’s champions.
  Both will now move on to play for their respect
  
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• Raptors sign guard-forward Joe Wieskamp to second 10-day contract

  17-01-2023 18:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have signed Joe Wieskamp to a second 10-day contract.The six-foot-six, 205-pound guard-forward appeared in one game with Toronto’s G League affiliate during his first 10-day contract with the Raptors.He posted 19 points and seven rebounds in Raptors 905’s 122-119 win over Capital City on Jan. 9.
  A native of Muscatine, Iowa, Wieskamp averaged 17.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 29.4 minutes in 13 games with the Wisconsin Herd in the NBA G League this seas
  
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• UPDATE: Two bodies found in home near Vernon - Chilliwack Progress

  17-01-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
  UPDATE: Two bodies found in home near Vernon  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• NATO surveillance planes temporarily deployed to Romania - Chilliwack Progress

  17-01-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
  NATO surveillance planes temporarily deployed to Romania  Chilliwack Progress
  
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