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• Lifted trailer box rams overpass in Richmond, B.C., snarling traffic, RCMP say

  10-02-2023 23:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND, B.C. — A busy commuter route in Metro Vancouver closed for hours Friday while engineers assessed the safety of an overpass involved in an unusual crash.
  RCMP Cpl. Dennis Hwang says a trailer being towed by a commercial vehicle rammed into the overpass just south of the Knight Street Bridge in Richmond, B.C.He says the trailer with a box on top was in the lifted or dumping position when it crashed into the overpass.Hwang says it’s unclear what the circumstances were before t
  
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• EDITORIAL: Earthquake just tip of the iceberg - Chilliwack Progress

  10-02-2023 23:33
  
  EDITORIAL: Earthquake just tip of the iceberg  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Slain cinematographer’s Ukrainian relatives sue Alec Baldwin - Chilliwack Progress

  10-02-2023 23:30
  
  Slain cinematographer’s Ukrainian relatives sue Alec Baldwin  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. Premier David Eby in Chilliwack to announce $5 million in flood ... - Chilliwack Progress

  10-02-2023 23:25
  
  B.C. Premier David Eby in Chilliwack to announce $5 million in flood ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• OPINION: Mental health in the train and on the tracks - Chilliwack Progress

  10-02-2023 23:13
  
  OPINION: Mental health in the train and on the tracks  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Tories, Bloc push for unequal approach to amending Canada’s Official Languages Act

  10-02-2023 23:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Bloc Québécois and Conservatives are pushing for an unequal approach to amending Canada’s Official Languages Act — one that a federal official warns could reduce English services in Quebec. 
  Proposed federal legislation is aimed at promoting and protecting the French language by recognizing its status as a minority language in Canada.
  The bill is currently in front of a House of Commons committee, whose members are reviewing it clause by clause.&
  
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• Sarah McLachlan, chef Matty Matheson among Canadians making cameos in Super Bowl ads

  10-02-2023 23:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian celebs Sarah McLachlan and Matty Matheson are among the stars appearing in Super Bowl TV ads set to air for U.S. viewers this weekend.
  Previews of some of the slick publicity stunts are already available online to drum up buzz, allowing Canadians a glimpse at commercials otherwise blocked by federal broadcasting rules.
  Among them is a spot from Busch Light that spoofs McLachlan’s animal activism and a DoorDash ad featuring Toronto chef Matheson.
  In the beer commercial, an outdoors
  
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• B.C. Premier David Eby in Chilliwack to announce $5 million in flood ... - Hope Standard

  10-02-2023 23:04
  
  B.C. Premier David Eby in Chilliwack to announce $5 million in flood ...  Hope Standard
  
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• Bo Bichette’s new deal with Toronto Blue Jays includes big MVP bonus, says GM Atkins

  10-02-2023 22:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  In locking up Bo Bichette to a three-year, $33.6-million contract, Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins included escalators that could see the shortstop’s new deal rocket to more than $40 million if he rises to MVP status.
  The Blue Jays and Bichette avoided salary arbitration earlier this week by agreeing to a package that will see Bichette earn base salaries of $2.85 million this year, $11 million in 2024 and $16.5 million in the final year of the deal.
  He also will pocket a $3.2
  
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• Chilliwack wood product manufacturer fined $90000 for 'high-risk ... - Chilliwack Progress

  10-02-2023 22:54
  
  Chilliwack wood product manufacturer fined $90000 for 'high-risk ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Two 15-year-old girls injured in crash in Richmond, B.C., police say

  10-02-2023 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND, B.C. — Police in Metro Vancouver say two 15-year-old girls have been seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle driven by a 17-year-old girl. 
  RCMP in Richmond, B.C., say one of the pedestrians sustained “critical” injuries, while the other had a “serious” injury, and both were taken to hospital after the crash on Thursday. 
  The Mounties say the girls were not on the roadway at the time of the crash.
  They say the teenage driver wasn’
  
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• Chilliwack man who shot and killed his intimate partner apologizes ... - Hope Standard

  10-02-2023 22:30
  
  Chilliwack man who shot and killed his intimate partner apologizes ...  Hope Standard
  
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• Chilliwack man who shot and killed his intimate partner apologizes ... - Chilliwack Progress

  10-02-2023 22:30
  
  Chilliwack man who shot and killed his intimate partner apologizes ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack Man Who Shot And Killed His Intimate Partner ... - Abbotsford News

  10-02-2023 22:30
  
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• ‘Huge concern’: Opposition says Alberta premier should come clean on campaign funding

  10-02-2023 22:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Alberta’s New Democrat Opposition says Premier Danielle Smith should come clean on whether funding for her leadership campaign has influenced the agenda of her United Conservative Party government. 
  Energy critic Kathleen Ganley says it’s a “huge concern” that that before Smith re-entered politics, she lobbied for an oil well cleanup bailout that she made a government priority when she became premier. 
  The sources of the $1.3 million Smith raised for her leaders
  
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• Canadian striker Lucas Cavallini back in Mexico, this time with Tijuana

  10-02-2023 22:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TIJUANA, Mexico — Former Vancouver Whitecap striker Lucas Cavallini is back in Mexico, this time with Tijuana.
  The 30-year-old Canadian international played for Puebla in Liga MX before joining Vancouver as a designated player.
  He was the Whitecaps’ second-highest-paid player last year at US$1,462,500. But the MLS club opted not to pick up his option following a season that produced nine goals in 24 league outings.
  In three seasons in Vancouver, Cavallini scored 18 goals and added th
  
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• B.C. funds Fraser River shoreline flood protection in Fraser Valley

  10-02-2023 21:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK, B.C. — A British Columbia First Nation that its chief says is under consistent threat of flooding is to receive a boost from the province for shoreline stabilization.
  The $5 million aimed at so-called riprap erosion control measures is going to the Sqwá First Nation, Shxwhá:y Village and the City of Chilliwack.
  The work will also allow for a new six-kilometre dike project to go ahead along the Fraser River, including a new floodgate crossing on the Hope Slough and
  
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• Funeral to be held Thursday for four-year-old boy killed in Quebec bus crash

  10-02-2023 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAVAL, Que. — A funeral will be held Thursday for one of the two children killed when a bus crashed into a daycare Wednesday in Laval, Que., just north of Montreal.
  Jacob Gauthier, 4, was identified in an obituary posted online and officials at Ste-Rose-de-Lima church confirmed the funeral is scheduled for Thursday at 11 a.m.
  The identity of the second young victim has not been made public.
  Michel Bouchard, the parish priest, told CTV Montreal that he baptized Jacob about three years ago a
  
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• Blackhawks F Patrick Kane unsure about possible trade

  10-02-2023 21:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — While Patrick Kane is deciding if he is OK with leaving the Chicago Blackhawks — his only NHL home — the veteran forward is keeping track of the rest of the league.
  So, yeah, he definitely noticed the New York Rangers trading for fellow winger Vladimir Tarasenko on Thursday.
  “If things were going to happen … that was a team that I was definitely looking at,” Kane said. “Yeah, it seems like they kind of filled their void and went ahead and
  
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• WorkSafeBC issues steep fine against Chilliwack business for high-risk violation at its worksite

  10-02-2023 21:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — WorkSafeBC has levied a penalty of $88,348.85 for a repeated high-risk violation against a Chilliwack firm that operates a wood products manufacturing facility.According to a news release from WorkSafeBC Friday (Feb. 10), W.I. Woodtone Industries Inc., received a $88,348.85 penalty after the provincial regulator found violations at its Chilliwack work site. The hefty fine was imposed on January 24, 2023There is a Woodtone Industries facility located at 8007 Aitken Road, just n
  
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• Nick Suzuki navigating trying first season as captain of rebuilding Canadiens

  10-02-2023 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Nick Suzuki knew there would be challenges.
  Named the youngest captain in the storied history of the Montreal Canadiens before training camp, the 23-year-old was keenly aware the rebuilding Original Six franchise would endure some tough nights.
  In a trying season where injuries have once again ravaged an already thin talent pool — paving the way for more than a few ugly results — some moments have been even more difficult than he envisioned.
  “It’s hard,” Suzuki said
  
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• Pentagon shoots down unknown object flying in U.S. airspace

  10-02-2023 21:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon shot down an unknown object flying in U.S. airspace off the coast of Alaska on Friday on orders from President Joe Biden, White House officials said.
  The object was flying at about 40,000 feet and posted a “reasonable threat” to the safety of civilian flights, said John Kirby, White House National Security Council spokesman. He described the object as roughly the size of a small car.It was the second time in a week U.S. officials had downed some t
  
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• Premier recognizes ‘huge urgency’ in resolving Surrey policing issue - Chilliwack Progress

  10-02-2023 21:05
  
  Premier recognizes ‘huge urgency’ in resolving Surrey policing issue  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• 1st officer in Nichols arrest accused of brutality as jailer

  10-02-2023 20:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Years before Memphis Police officer Demetrius Haley pulled Tyre Nichols from his car on Jan. 7, setting in motion a deadly confrontation, Haley was accused of taking part in the savage beating of an inmate at the Shelby County jail.The 2015 assault of the inmate was so disturbing that 34 others — the entire cellblock — signed a letter to the corrections director.
  “We are truly asking that this matter gets looked into before someone gets hurt really b
  
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• Canada Soccer names Quebec Soccer boss Mathieu Chamberland as its new COO

  10-02-2023 20:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada Soccer has named Mathieu Chamberland its new chief operating office.
  Chamberland has spent the last five years as general director at Soccer Quebec (Federation de soccer du Quebec).
  Canada Soccer says the 36-year-old Chamberland will report to general secretary Earl Cochrane and focus on “membership engagement and administration.”
  “You always think about and keep your eye on people who you think you might want to work with at some point down the road and Mathieu has alwa
  
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• Abbotsford’s Cade Smith named to Team Canada for World ... - Chilliwack Progress

  10-02-2023 20:32
  
  Abbotsford’s Cade Smith named to Team Canada for World ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Review: Magic Mike bids farewell with a ‘Last Dance’ - Chilliwack Progress

  10-02-2023 20:30
  
  Review: Magic Mike bids farewell with a ‘Last Dance’  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Construction underway on supportive housing, homeless shelter west of Young Road

  10-02-2023 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Contracting crews have begun moving dirt at the site of a future supportive housing complex and homeless shelter on five parcels of land west of Young Road in Chilliwack.Construction is now underway on properties located at 45825, 45835, 45845, and 45855 Rowat Avenue and 45865 Trethewey Avenue, to build 49 supportive housing units and 42 shelter beds in a four-storey building. The building will have a common outdoor amenity area featuring a landscaped area, a sweat lodge, and
  
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• B.C. Premier Eby uses surplus budget cash for one-time billion-dollar growth fund

  10-02-2023 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Every community in British Columbia will be eligible for infrastructure grants coming from a one-time $1-billion government fund.
  Premier David Eby says the money has been set aside in the provincial budget surplus, which was estimated at $5.7 billion last fall.
  He says he expects the government’s Growing Communities Fund grants to help local municipalities improve roads, build arenas and water facilities and improve recreation options for families.
  The premier says th
  
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• B.C. team helps rescue woman, pulled from rubble four days after Turkey quake

  10-02-2023 20:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A search and rescue team from British Columbia has taken part in the successful rescue of a woman from earthquake rubble in Turkey, more than four days after the tremor hit.
  Footage by the CBC showed members of the Burnaby Urban Search and Rescue team being thanked and embraced by Turkish colleagues on the scene, moments after the dust-covered woman was taken to an ambulance in the town of Adiyaman on Friday.
  The volunteer Canadian team had earlier shared photos on social media showing them at w
  
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• Agassiz RCMP asking for public’s help in locating missing 12-year-old Indigenous girl

  10-02-2023 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — Agassiz RCMP are asking for assistance from the public in locating a missing 12-year-old Indigenous girl from Agassiz who may possibly be in the Chilliwack area.
  According to a news release Friday morning (Feb. 10) from Sgt. Mike Sargent of the Agassiz RCMP, Mounties say Lavonna Harris is described as an Indigenous female, 5’2″ tall, weighing 70 pounds, with black, shoulder-length hair, brown eyes, and may be associated to a blue Dodge Ram pickup truck, with a B.C. li
  
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• Agassiz RCMP seek assistance in locating 12-year-old Lavonna ... - Chilliwack Progress

  10-02-2023 20:08
  
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• Doja Cat, John Travolta, Adam Driver star in Super Bowl ads

  10-02-2023 20:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Super Bowl is advertising’s biggest, glitziest stage.Big name advertisers from Netflix to Google are paying as much as $7 million for a 30-second spot during the big game on Sunday, seeking to capture the attention of the roughly 100 million viewers who tune in each year.To get the most out of those millions, most advertisers release their ads in the days ahead of the big game to maximize publicity for their spots. In the ads released so far, John Travolta and &ld
  
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• Canada’s Zach Edey named a finalist for NCAA’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award

  10-02-2023 19:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Toronto’s Zach Edey is among 10 finalists for the NCAA’s 2023 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, the Basketball Hall of Fame announced Friday.
  The annual award is handed out to the top centre in NCAA Division 1 men’s college basketball.
  Edey, a seven-foot-four, 305-pound junior centre with top ranked Purdue, has averaged 22.1 points and 13.2 rebounds for the Boilermakers.
  Also nominated are: Oumar Ballo (Arizona); Ryan Kalkbrenner (Creighton); Clifford Omoruy
  
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• Siakam, Edwards, Fox added to NBA All-Star Game roster

  10-02-2023 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Toronto forward Pascal Siakam, Minnesota guard Anthony Edwards and Sacramento guard De’Aaron Fox have been added to the player pool for the All-Star Game as injury replacements.
  Commissioner Adam Silver’s office announced the picks Friday, after they were first reported by ESPN.
  Siakam, Edwards and Fox replace Golden State’s Stephen Curry, New Orleans’ Zion Williamson and Phoenix’s Kevin Durant — all of whom are injured and will be unable
  
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• U.S. analysis ongoing to determine if Chinese spy balloon gathered intel from Canada

  10-02-2023 19:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Canada’s defence minister says the United States is still trying to determine whether a Chinese surveillance balloon collected any intelligence from either country when it flew over North America last week.
  Anita Anand says Canada opted against shooting it down over Canadian airspace because it was deemed not to pose a threat to public safety. 
  And she says Norad, the Canada-U.S. continental defence system, tracked the balloon throughout its flight, but she won&rsqu
  
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• Vancouver Police release photo of female in her 20s suspected in homicide

  10-02-2023 18:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver say they have gathered important evidence related to the city’s first murder of 2023 and are releasing a photograph of a female suspect as they seek more clues.
  The statement from Vancouver police says 34-year-old Jeff Jeanty died in a suspicious fire on Jan. 3, but due to the “sensitive nature” of the investigation, few details could be provided at the time.
  The statement says homicide detectives spent more than a month searching for evide
  
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• Quebec police say fire that killed six, including four children, likely not criminal

  10-02-2023 18:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAINT-JACQUES, QUE. — Provincial police say they believe that a fire that killed six members of a family on Thursday in Quebec’s Lanaudière region was likely accidental.
  A police spokesperson says investigators have completed their analysis of the scene at the home in St-Jacques, Que., and have begun working to identify the bodies.
  Sgt. Éloïse Cossette says there was nothing immediately suspicious about the fire and police are assisting the coroner in its investiga
  
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• Source: Canadian running back Andrew Harris agrees to remain with Argos

  10-02-2023 18:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The CFL’s top-rushing Canadian is returning for another season.
  Canadian running back Andrew Harris has agreed to a one-year contract extension with the Toronto Argonauts, according to a CFL source. Harris, 35, was slated to become a free agent Tuesday.
  The source spoke on the condition of anonymity as since Sunday, teams have only been able to speak with pending free agents.
  The five-foot-10, 216-pound Harris ran for 490 yards on 114 carries (4.3-yard average) while adding
  
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• Canadian cricketers prepare for next step on journey to return to ICC World Cup

  10-02-2023 18:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Saad Bin Zafar will captain Canada on a tour of Sri Lanka next month as the Canadian men continue their quest to return to the ICC World Cup.
  The Canadians will play four 50-over matches against a Sri Lanka development team on the 19-day tour that starts March 3.
  The Sri Lanka trip is to prepare for the ICC 2023 World Cup Qualifier Playoff that starts March 24 in Namibia. Selectors have named a 16-man squad for the Sri Lanka tour from which 14 will be chosen to go on to Namibia.
  The Namibia tour
  
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• Police release photo of female suspect in Vancouver’s first homicide of 2023

  10-02-2023 18:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver say they have gathered important evidence related to the city’s first murder of 2023 and are releasing a photograph of a female suspect as they seek more clues.
  The statement from Vancouver police says 34-year-old Jeff Jeanty died in a suspicious fire on Jan. 3, but due to the “sensitive nature” of the investigation, few details could be provided at the time.
  The statement says homicide detectives spent more than a month searching for evide
  
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• Ottawa appeals court ruling directing government to help repatriate four men in Syria

  10-02-2023 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government is appealing a judge’s declaration that four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps are entitled to Ottawa’s help to return home.
  In a filing today in the Federal Court of Appeal, the government asks that a ruling last month by Federal Court Justice Henry Brown be set aside — and be placed on hold while the appeal plays out.
  In his ruling, Brown directed Ottawa to request repatriation of the men as soon as reasonably possible and provide t
  
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• Canadian organizations deploy aid workers in Turkey to help earthquake survivors

  10-02-2023 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canadian organizations are deploying aid workers to help the survivors of a disastrous earthquake that struck parts of Turkey and Syria. 
  More than 22,000 people have been killed and thousands of buildings have been destroyed after the quake that hit on Monday. 
  Hassan Wadi, a member of Human Concern International – a Muslim-led charity headquartered in Canada – says he travelled from Mississauga, Ont., to the Turkish city of Gaziantep this week to help the
  
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• B.C. First Nation declares emergency over drug and alcohol crisis - Chilliwack Progress

  10-02-2023 18:00
  
  B.C. First Nation declares emergency over drug and alcohol crisis  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack homeless encampment cleanup volunteer frustrated over no funding for dump passes

  10-02-2023 17:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack resident Ross Aikenhead has devoted at least six years of his life to cleaning up parts of the Chilliwack River Valley and broad swaths of mountainous backcountry terrain surrounding Chilliwack.Since January 2019, the amount of debris removed from cleanups he has arranged now exceeds 24,000 kilograms, or 53,000 pounds of garbage.Up to this point, he’s usually been able to acquire dump passes, courtesy of the City of Chilliwack or Fraser Valley Regional Distric
  
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• FBI searching Pence home as part of classified docs probe

  10-02-2023 17:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is searching former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home as part of a classified records probe, according to a person familiar with the search.
  The person was not authorized to discuss the law enforcement action and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Friday.
  The search follows the discovery of documents with classified markings by attorneys last month.
  The FBI had already taken possession of what Pence’s lawyer described to the
  
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• Canadian Olympian Marie-Michele Gagnon to retire following alpine ski season

  10-02-2023 17:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Three-time Canadian Olympian Marie-Michele Gagnon has announced she will retire from alpine ski racing at the conclusion of the World Cup season.
  The 33-year-old from Lac-Etchemin, Que., is the lone established downhiller on the Canadian women’s team.
  She’s won five World Cup medals in her career, including gold in alpine combined in both 2014 and 2016.  
  Gagnon placed eighth in women’s downhill at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing and has finished in the top-10 at five world c
  
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• NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING - Chilliwack Progress

  10-02-2023 17:30
  
  NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canadiens sign defenceman Jordan Harris to two-year contract extension

  10-02-2023 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have signed rookie defenceman Jordan Harris to a two-year contract extension, the club announced Friday.
  The deal, which runs through the 2024-25 campaign, carries an average annual value of $1.4 million.
  Harris has registered one goal and 10 assists in 47 games with Montreal in 2022-23.
  The 22-year-old played four seasons at Northeastern University in the NCAA before making his NHL debut last April.
  Selected 71st overall at the 2018 draft, Harris has two
  
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• Canada’s Miller continues carving out name with G League Ignite as eyes set on NBA

  10-02-2023 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Unwavering self-confidence has gone a long way in keeping Leonard Miller level-headed in his journey to being a potential first-round NBA draft pick in June.
  It was just under two years ago when the Scarborough, Ont., native didn’t have any offers going into his postgraduate year of high school. 
  The six-foot-10, 210-pound forward is now among the leading players (15.6 points, 8.6 rebounds and 25.9 minutes in 11 games) of the G League Ignite where he’s further developing his gam
  
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