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• CF Montreal trains ahead of pre-season match with Inter Miami CF

  14-02-2023 23:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CF Montreal is still in the experimentation phase of camp as it continues pre-season preparations in Florida. For new head coach Hernan Losada, the name of the game is data collection and learning what the winning combinations on the field will look like.
  After playing to a 2-2 draw against Houston Dynamo on Feb. 11 in their first taste of Major League Soccer opposition, preparations now begin for their second friendly against Inter Miami — which will also be Montreal’s opponent in i
  
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• Israeli cabinet ministers reject US criticism on West bank settlements

  14-02-2023 23:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM — Two ultranationalist Israeli Cabinet ministers on Tuesday defiantly dismissed a growing chorus of global condemnation of new Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank, instead promising to double down and legalize dozens of wildcat outposts in the occupied territory.
  Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir reaffirmed their commitment to expand Israeli authority in the lands that the Palestinians seek for a future state. Th
  
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• Russian bomber intercepted near Alaska as search continues for ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-02-2023 23:30
  
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• Anniversary of Emergencies Act invocation brings modest convoy ... - Chilliwack Progress

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• Woman seriously injured during interaction with Vancouver police ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-02-2023 23:28
  
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• Jays outfielder Springer feeling healthy again, comfortable moving to right field

  14-02-2023 23:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUNEDIN, Fla. — Blue Jays outfielder George Springer was his usual easygoing self at spring training on Tuesday, hamming it up at times with his teammates as everyone gets settled into the regular pre-season routine and flow.
  An injury-plagued 2022 season behind him, Springer is feeling energized and healthy after undergoing off-season surgery to remove a bone spur from his right elbow. 
  “I’m in a good spot and I’m very happy about it,” Springer said. “It
  
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• Russian bomber intercepted near Alaska as search continues for downed ‘objects’

  14-02-2023 23:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — After days of shooting down unidentified “objects,” fighter jets from Canada and the United States were scrambled Monday night to intercept four Russian military aircraft as they buzzed North American airspace.
  The North American Aerospace Defence Command, which detected the group comprised of Russian long-range bombers and fighter escorts as it approached Alaska, painted the incident as a normal occurrence that did not pose any threat.
  Norad also dismissed the Russian
  
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• Scientists slam DFO report regarding salmon farms, sea lice - Chilliwack Progress

  14-02-2023 23:00
  
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• Quebec premier demands explanation from junior hockey league about ‘disgusting’ abuse

  14-02-2023 22:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Quebec Premier François Legault is calling on the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League to provide a public explanation regarding disturbing revelations in a recent Ontario court decision of sexual assault and torture suffered by young players.
  The premier called the hazing abuse detailed by the judge “disgusting” and told reporters in Quebec City that the league cannot remain silent.
  Earlier, the provincial minister responsible for sports said that her announcement of anindepende
  
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• Canadian women frustrated, disheartened by ongoing labour dispute with Canada Soccer

  14-02-2023 22:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Captain Christine Sinclair says the ongoing labour dispute with Canada Soccer has left her and other team representatives “exhausted and deflated” as they prepare to face the top-ranked Americans in the opening game of the SheBelieves Cup on Thursday.
  At a time when the on-field showdown with their archrival should be front and centre, the women say they are having to fight for equality and transparency off the field.
  “As a team we are just at our wits’ end,” Sincla
  
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• Canada’s Marino out of Qatar Open with first-round loss to Kasatkina

  14-02-2023 22:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DOHA, Qatar — Canada’s Rebecca Marino fell 7-6 (5), 6-2 to Russia’s Daria Kasatkina in the opening round of the Qatar Open on Tuesday.
  The Vancouver native had one ace to four double faults and only won 46.2 per cent of first-serve points. However, Marino went 4-for-8 on break point opportunities.
  Kasatkina didn’t record a single ace and had six doubles faults of her own. She won 59.3 per cent of first-serve points and broke on six of her 15 chances across the one hour 41
  
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• Ex-SNC-Lavalin executive Sami Bebawi loses appeal, must report to prison

  14-02-2023 22:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A former SNC-Lavalin vice-president found guilty in 2019 of bribing foreign officials and pocketing millions of dollars has lost his appeal.
  Sami Bebawi, 76, appealed his conviction of the grounds that evidence gathered through an RCMP undercover operation targeting his former lawyer should not have been admitted.
  His lawyers also argued that some of the acts for which he was convicted shouldn’t have been considered fraud as they didn’t put his victims financial inte
  
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• B.C. Premier Eby and federal ministers discuss bilateral health agreements

  14-02-2023 22:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Premier David Eby and two federal ministers held talks today focusing on reaching bilateral agreements on health-care issues in British Columbia.
  The talks come after Canada’s premiers agreed this week to accept a federal offer that will add $46.2 billion in new health-care funding over 10 years.
  Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says he expects Ottawa and B.C. to soon reach a flexible bilateral action plan on health issues involving family care improvements, mental health
  
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• Montreal Alouettes sign veteran quarterback Fajardo in free agency

  14-02-2023 22:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Cody Fajardo has a new CFL home.
  The veteran quarterback signed a two-year deal with the Montreal Alouettes on Tuesday, the first day of CFL free agency.The move wasn’t a surprise as former Alouettes quarterback Trevor Harris agreed to a deal last week with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Fajardo’s former team.
  Fajardo, 30, spent the past three seasons with Saskatchewan, leading the Riders to the West Division final in 2019 and ’21. Montreal also secured him a re
  
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• Hamilton Tiger-Cats quietly busy on opening day of CFL free agency

  14-02-2023 22:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — It was a somewhat quiet first day of free agency for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats but still a productive one.
  The Ticats signed American defensive back Javien Elliott to a two-year deal Tuesday, the opening day of CFL free agency. Elliott, 29, spent the last two seasons with the Calgary Stampeders, registering 12 tackles in five games played.
  But CFL sources requesting anonymity said the Ticats also had deals in place with linebacker Jameer Thurman, defensive linemen Casey Sayles and
  
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• Creative showcase featuring drag performers at Chilliwack Secondary draws support, opposition

  14-02-2023 22:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — As organizers gear up for what’s being billed as a creative showcase and dance featuring drag performers later this week at Chilliwack Secondary, the planned event has drawn support, along with dismay from perhaps an unlikely opponent.
  “Chilliwack Glow Up” is set for this Thursday, February 16 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Chilliwack Secondary. Tickets are $10. The event features a dance and creative showcase complete with a photo booth and drag performances.Tammy
  
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• Man with explosives arrested outside Swiss parliament

  14-02-2023 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GENEVA (AP) — Police in Switzerland’s capital evacuated Parliament and related offices Tuesday after a man in a bulletproof vest was arrested near one of its entrances and found to be bearing explosives.
  Berne police said in a statement that in the early afternoon, “federal security staffers noticed a man at the southern entrance of the Parliament building whose appearance — he was wearing a bulletproof vest and weapon holster — and behavior were suspicious.”&
  
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• Chilliwack student activists counter misconceptions about drag ... - Hope Standard

  14-02-2023 22:12
  
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• Show baby’s breath no love this Valentine’s Day, invasive species group warns

  14-02-2023 22:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A British Columbia non-profit organization fighting invasive species is reminding people on Valentine’s Day to spread the love, not the baby’s breath.
  The Invasive Species Council of B.C. says the small white sprigs stuck between your long-stem roses are actually a harmful invasive plant in the province.
  The council’s Allison McCabe says if the plant invades grazing land, it reduces native grasses and forage for wildlife.
  She recommends buying flowers without
  
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• Grey Cup-champion Argos sign veteran defensive back Adarius Pickett

  14-02-2023 22:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Grey-Cup champion Toronto Argonauts signed offensive lineman Darius Ciraco, defensive back Adarius Pickett and defensive lineman Folarin Orimolade on Tuesday.
  Ciraco is Canadian while the other two are Americans. The moves came after the free-agent period opened Tuesday.
  Pickett, 26, appeared in 16 regular-season games with Montreal last year. He was voted the Alouettes’ top defensive player after registering 73 tackles, seven special-teams tackles, four sacks, one inte
  
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• MPs seek transparency in Canada’s sanctions regime, accountability for Russia’s war

  14-02-2023 21:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The House of Commons foreign affairs committee wants the Liberal government to report to Parliament on a regular basis about whether its sanctions regime is actually working.
  The committee launched a study of the Russian military buildup at the border with Ukraine shortly before Moscow chose to invade the country a year ago.
  Since then, Ottawa has sanctioned hundreds of people linked to Russia’s war effort, as well as officials accused of human-rights breaches from Haiti to
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of February 12, 2023

  14-02-2023 21:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list isprovided by Crime Stoppers.Name: Daylan (Sarah Dawn) Chalifoux-Schneider
  Age: 34Height: 5’8” ft
  Weight: 170lbs
  Hair: Brown/ balding Eyes: Hazel
  Tattoos: Neck Tattoo, and Under Left Eye
  Wanted: Robbery, Break and Enter, Use of Imitation Firearm while CommittingWarrant in effect: February 4, 2023
  Parole Jurisdiction: Vancouver
  Name: Frederick NewmanAge: 31Height: 5’8”
  Weight: 161l
  
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• What we know — and don’t know — about the objects being shot down over North America

  14-02-2023 21:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canadians have been inundated with reports of unidentified objects being shot down by American fighter jets over the U.S. and Canada. So what do we know about what is happening — and what don’t we know?
  What is going on?
  You have to go back to Jan. 28: That’s when U.S. officials say they first detected an alleged Chinese spy balloon entering Alaskan airspace over the Aleutian Islands. The public only learned about the balloon’s existence a few days later wh
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP investigates multiple bail scam calls - Hope ... - Hope Standard

  14-02-2023 21:33
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP Investigates Multiple Bail Scam Calls - Abbotsford News

  14-02-2023 21:33
  
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• Judge vacates conviction of man imprisoned nearly 3 decades

  14-02-2023 21:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri judge on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a man who has served nearly 28 years of a life sentence for a killing that he has always said he didn’t commit.
  Lamar Johnson, 50, closed his eyes and shook his head slightly as a woman on his legal team patted him on the back when Circuit Judge David Mason issued his ruling.
  Before announcing his decision, Mason said that in weighing the case, there had to be “reliable evidence of actual innocence &mdash
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP investigating multiple reports of seniors being scammed for bail money

  14-02-2023 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Society’s most vulnerable people are being exploited mercilessly by nefarious scammers who are masquerading as family members and asking for bail money.The Chilliwack RCMP released a statement Tuesday (Feb. 14) advising that they are investigating multiple reports of seniors who have fallen victim to fraud after receiving phone calls from people posing as police officers requesting bail money for a loved one.
  In a statement from Chilliwack RCMP Sgt. Krista Vrolyk, Mounti
  
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• Saskatchewan Roughriders sign veteran quarterback Trevor Harris

  14-02-2023 21:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — Trevor Harris is officially a Saskatchewan Roughrider.
  The CFL club announced Harris’s signing Tuesday, the first day of CFL free agency. But sources had indicated last week that Harris agreed to terms on a two-year deal with the Riders.
  Harris, 36, completed 71.6 per cent of his passes for 4,157 yards last season with the Montreal Alouettes. The six-foot-three, 212-pound American is entering his 12th CFL season but Saskatchewan would be his fifth different team after spendi
  
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• Leafs star Auston Matthews eyeing Wednesday return following knee sprain

  14-02-2023 20:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Auston Matthews is ready to get back into action.
  The Maple Leafs star told reporters following Tuesday’s practice he’s aiming to return to the lineup when Toronto hosts the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday.
  Matthews has been sidelined since suffering a sprained knee in warm-ups Jan. 25.
  The 25-year-old centre, who won last season’s Hart Trophy as NHL MVP and put up the league’s first 60-goal season in a decade, initially played through the injury, but got
  
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• Conservatives clarify opposition to Bill 21 following vote for notwithstanding clause

  14-02-2023 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives are trying to reassure the World Sikh Organization of Canada that the party remains opposed to Quebec’s secularism law after its MPs voted in support of a provision the province used to make it into law.
  On Monday the Conservatives voted en masse in favour of a Bloc Québécois motion recognizing that provinces have a “legitimate right” to use the notwithstanding clause, including pre-emptively.
  In a letter to the Sikh associ
  
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• Landlord denies tenant security camera use, B.C. law vague on ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-02-2023 20:45
  
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• Canada rugby coach Kingsley Jones to serve as assistant coach for Barbarians match

  14-02-2023 20:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Barbarians, an iconic rugby all-star team, have appointed Canada coach Kingsley Jones an assistant coach for their May 28 match against a World XV.
  Jones will assist Eddie Jones, the former England and now Australia coach, in running the Barbarians at Twickenham.
  “Coaching the Barbarians is one of the highest honours in rugby,” Kingsley Jones said in a statement. “I was lucky enough to play for the Baa-baas in 2000 — which was an incredible experience — and also
  
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• Nephew of former NHLer from the Okanagan suspended from WHL ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-02-2023 20:35
  
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• Pandemic benefits reduced child poverty, government should build on success: report

  14-02-2023 20:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A new report says pandemic benefits rolled out to cushion the blow of COVID-19 lockdowns significantly reduced the child poverty rate.
  The analysis by the anti-poverty group Campaign 2000 says in 2020 13.5 per cent of Canadian children were living in poverty.
  That is down from 17.7 per cent in 2019, and 24.2 per cent 20 years earlier.
  It notes the decline is the largest drop since the federal government pledged to end child poverty in 1989, and accounts for nearly half of the decl
  
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• Parents of girl killed in Quebec bus crash remember her as a ‘ray of sunshine’

  14-02-2023 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The parents of one of the two children killed when a bus smashed into a Laval, Que., daycare last week are paying tribute to their four-year-old daughter in a letter sent to Quebec media.
  In the letter signed “Jessica and Nicolas,” the parents remember their daughter Maëva as a “ray of sunshine” who was full of energy. La Presse reports the parents are Jessica Therrien and Nicolas David and that their daughter was Maëva David.
  The parents say sh
  
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• California Sen. Feinstein says she won’t run for reelection

  14-02-2023 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced Tuesday that she will not seek reelection in 2024, signaling the end of a groundbreaking political career spanning six decades in which she shattered gender barriers and left a mark on political battles over reproductive rights, gun control and environmental protection.“I am announcing today I will not run for reelection in 2024 but intend to accomplish as much for California as I can through the end of next year when my t
  
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• Edmonton Elks sign speedy receiver Eugene Lewis

  14-02-2023 20:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Eugene Lewis is on the move.
  The East Division’s top player last season signed with the Edmonton Elks on Tuesday, the first day of CFL free agency.
  Contract details weren’t divulged but Lewis, 29, reportedly signed a two-year contract worth over $300,000 annually.
  The six-foot-one, 208-pound Lewis set career highs in catches (91), receiving yards (1,303) and touchdowns (10) last season in helping Montreal reach the East Division final for the first time since 2014.Le
  
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• Anniversary of Emergencies Act invocation brings modest convoy protest to Ottawa

  14-02-2023 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Protesters returned to Ottawa in significantly smaller numbers today to mark the one-year anniversary of the Liberal government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act.
  City officials said more police and bylaw officers would be on patrol today due to possible “convoy activity,” a year after the “Freedom Convoy” blockaded the city’s downtown and several Canada-U.S. border crossings. 
  Only about a dozen protesters were present on Parliament Hill
  
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• Pandemic benefits pushed down B.C.’s child poverty rate in 2020: advocacy group

  14-02-2023 20:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — An advocacy group says child poverty decreased in British Columbia in 2020 due to government benefits provided in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but any progress may be wiped out by the rising costs of living. 
  The annual B.C. child poverty report card from the First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society shows the 2020 child poverty rate was 13.3 per cent, a decrease from 18 per cent in 2019.
  It’s the largest one-year drop in the rate since 2000, but one in eight
  
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• Two elderly Chilliwack residents killed in two-vehicle crash in ... - North Delta Reporter

  14-02-2023 19:50
  
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• Two elderly Chilliwack residents killed in two-vehicle crash in ... - Chilliwack Progress

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• Latest British Columbia avalanche claims two backcountry skiers

  14-02-2023 19:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REVELSTOKE, B.C. — Two backcountry skiers are dead after being caught in an avalanche in south central British Columbia. 
  A report from Avalanche Canada says the skiers were on a slope called Potato Peak, south of Tatla Lake, about 750 kilometres northwest of Vancouver. 
  It says both victims were fully buried during the slide that happened Saturday. 
  Search and rescue crews were notified when the victims were reported overdue and their bodies were later recovered from the sc
  
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• Realtor Brad Latham to become the youngest president of Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board

  14-02-2023 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — In a household with a dad as a realtor, a mom who was a rental manager, and a sister who worked as a property manager, Brad Latham learned a lot about the ins and outs of the housing business.By the time he was 22 years old, Brad caught the real estate bug by joining his dad Steve in the real estate industry in 2013, at which point he never looked back.After 10 years as a realtor, including the past eight years in Chilliwack, Brad is set to become the youngest president of the
  
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• ‘Everything to make them smile:’ Montreal Canadiens host Ukrainian peewee team

  14-02-2023 19:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens gave the Ukraine Selects peewee team a chance to momentarily forget about the atrocities of the Russian invasion on Tuesday.
  The Ukraine Selects defeated Team Romania Wolves 2-0 on Monday to extend their three-week stay in Quebec City and move on in the tournament. Shortly after, the players got word that they would be travelling to Montreal and be special guests at the Habs’ game against the Chicago Blackhawks Tuesday night at the Bell Centre.
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• Early results of search for possible graves at Vancouver Island school to be released

  14-02-2023 19:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORT ALBERNI, B.C. — A First Nation on Vancouver Island says it is ready to release the results of its preliminary investigation into possible unmarked graves on the grounds of a former residential school near Port Alberni, B.C.
  The Tseshaht First Nation says the findings will be made public on Feb. 21, in Port Alberni.
  It says ground-penetrating radar has been used over the last 18 months to check the area around the former Alberni Indian Residential School site, mirroring probes at other
  
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• TikTok ‘de-influencers’ want Gen Z to buy less - and more - Chilliwack Progress

  14-02-2023 19:30
  
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• Amid ChatGPT outcry, some teachers are inviting AI to class - Chilliwack Progress

  14-02-2023 19:30
  
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• Rising toll makes quake worst in Turkey’s modern history

  14-02-2023 19:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JINDERIS, Syria (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Tuesday that 35,418 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week’s earthquake, making it the deadliest such disaster since the country’s founding 100 years ago.
  Confirmed deaths passed those recorded from the massive Erzincan earthquake in 1939 that killed around 33,000 people.
  Erdogan said 105,505 people were injured as a result of the Feb. 6 quake centered around Kahramanmaras and its aftershocks.
  
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• 2 backcountry skiers killed in avalanche in B.C.’s Chilcotin - Chilliwack Progress

  14-02-2023 19:20
  
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• Canada’s Auger-Aliassime begins title defence with first-round win at Rotterdam Open

  14-02-2023 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Felix Auger-Aliassime’s title defence at the Rotterdam Open got off to a fast start Tuesday.
  The Montreal native needed just one hour 22 minutes to oust Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego 6-2, 6-3 in the first round.
  Auger-Aliassime fired 13 aces and 21 winners, including an 86 per cent rate on first-serve points.
  The 22-year-old also went 3-for-3 on break point opportunities as he set up a second-round clash with France’s Gregoire Barrere.
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