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• ‘Havana syndrome’ report won’t undermine U.S. support for victims: White House

  01-03-2023 23:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — The White House says a new report debunking the idea that “Havana syndrome” was the work of a foreign adversary won’t diminish President Joe Biden’s support for its victims. 
  U.S. intelligence officials say they have found no single cause for the hundreds of cases of brain-related injuries reported by foreign emissaries and their staff in Cuba since 2017. 
  The victims include Canadians, in particular a number of Canadian diplomats, staffers an
  
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• VIDEO: Trudeau, Eby announce $27 billion B.C. health care deal - Chilliwack Progress

  01-03-2023 23:45 via news.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Trudeau, Eby announce $27 billion B.C. health care deal  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chasing Horse pleads not guilty in Nevada sex abuse case - Chilliwack Progress

  01-03-2023 23:45 via news.google.com
  
  Chasing Horse pleads not guilty in Nevada sex abuse case  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. eyes $150M spend for 911 upgrades, including texting - Chilliwack Progress

  01-03-2023 23:40 via news.google.com
  
  B.C. eyes $150M spend for 911 upgrades, including texting  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Vancouver Canucks acquire defenceman Hronek from Red Wings for picks

  01-03-2023 23:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have added to their blue line, acquiring defenceman Filip Hronek from the Detroit Red Wings.The trade, announced Wednesday, sees Vancouver send Detroit a pair of draft picks, including the conditional 2023 first-round pick the Canucks got from the New York Islanders in a deal for centre Bo Horvat and Vancouver’s second-round selection in this year’s draft.In addition to the 25-year-old Hronek, the Red Wings are sending the Canucks their 2023 fo
  
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• California board denies parole for RFK killer Sirhan Sirhan

  01-03-2023 23:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California panel on Wednesday denied parole for Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan.Sirhan’s lawyer Angela Berry says the parole board decided the 78-year-old prisoner still lacks insight into what caused him to shoot the senator and presidential candidate in 1968.
  Berry said she believes Sirhan has shown that awareness, however, and that his psychiatrists have said for decades that he is unlikely to reoffend.
  A different California parole board two years ago
  
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• Explosive found in bag at Pennsylvania airport, man arrested

  01-03-2023 23:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man was arrested after an explosive was found in a bag checked onto a Florida-bound flight at an eastern Pennsylvania airport, federal authorities said.
  Marc Muffley, 40, is charged with possessing an explosive in an airport and possessing or attempting to place an explosive or incendiary device on an aircraft, according to a criminal complaint.
  Prosecutors allege that the material was found in a suitcase Muffley had checked in Monday at Lehigh Valley International
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Budget 2023 delivers all rhetoric, no results

  01-03-2023 23:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  In Premier David Eby’s first budget, the NDP has once again proposed record-high spending while delivering record-low results for British Columbians.Despite what the NDP may argue, Budget 2023 offers nothing new for everyday people. This budget may come with glossy new packaging, loud fanfare, many uses of the word “record” and a new Premier, but it isn’t fooling anyone. This is the same old NDP rhetoric and the same old NDP priorities that have left our province in concu
  
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• Women’s pro golf season in full swing with Henderson, Costabile representing Canada

  01-03-2023 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The women’s professional golf season gets into full swing this week with two events on opposite sides of the globe.
  Superstar Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., is the only Canadian in the field at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore, the third stop on the LPGA Tour’s calendar. Likewise, Selena Costabile of Thornhill, Ont., is the only Canuck playing in the Florida’s Natural Charity Classic in Winter Haven, Fla., the season-opening event of the second-ti
  
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• Free-agent receiver Kamar Jorden feels he still has plenty of good football left

  01-03-2023 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Kamar Jorden is playing a waiting game.
  Entering his ninth CFL season, the six-foot-three, 205-pound receiver feels he still has some productive years remaining. However, just over two weeks after hitting the open market, the 33-year-old remains unsigned. 
  “Yeah, I’m surprised but at the same time I’m a realist,” Jorden said in a telephone interview. “I know I didn’t have a great (2022) season, I know I’m getting a little older.
  “But I think m
  
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• Canadian forward Josh Mao combines high-level rugby with top academics at Cal

  01-03-2023 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Part of Cal’s storied college rugby program, Canadian Josh Mao is also looking to make a mark off the pitch. 
  The junior front-row forward from Victoria, who is majoring in molecular cell biology, is helping conduct research in the field of immunology. Mao, 20, is currently working on how immune cells detect proteins that different bacterial pathogens secrete in order to weaken the host’s immune system.
  Combined with rugby practice, It makes for a busy week.
  “I think every
  
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• 6 current, former Nelson police officers face discipline in racism case - Chilliwack Progress

  01-03-2023 22:52 via news.google.com
  
  6 current, former Nelson police officers face discipline in racism case  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Photo ID, completion of form now required to attend Chilliwack school board meetings

  01-03-2023 22:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Fraser Valley Today has learned that members of the public who wish to attend future school board meetings of the Chilliwack Board of Education must now have photo ID, provide their phone number, and fill out a brief two-item form in order to watch and participate at the school district office.SD33 Superintendent Rohan Arul-pragasam confirmed in an email Wednesday (Mar. 1) that Chilliwack residents who wish to watch school meetings in person will be required to have photo ID w
  
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• Climate protester paints Royal B.C. Museum’s iconic mammoth - Chilliwack Progress

  01-03-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
  Climate protester paints Royal B.C. Museum’s iconic mammoth  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Company planning to make COVID-19 vaccine in Canada could go out of business

  01-03-2023 22:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — An American company that signed a deal with the federal government to produce COVID-19 vaccines in Montreal is warning investors it could go out of business within the year. 
  Executives at Maryland-based Novavax told investors yesterday on a conference call that there is significant uncertainty surrounding the company’s ability to continue funding operations as the market for COVID-19 vaccines changes. 
  In February 2021, the federal government announced a deal wi
  
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• Alexandria Loutitt wins Canada’s first ski jumping world title

  01-03-2023 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PLANICA, Slovenia — Alexandria Loutitt became Canada’s first-ever ski jumping world champion Wednesday with a gold medal in the women’s large hill event.
  The 19-year-old from Calgary totalled 254.4 points over two jumps, 10.4 points better than silver medallist Maren Lundby of Norway.
  Germany’s Katharina Althaus took bronze with 235.9 points.
  Loutitt and Lundby were tied after the first jump, but the Canadian pulled away with a second jump of 136.5 metres that scored 133.
  
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• Alberta to introduce bill to include federal officials in trespassing rules

  01-03-2023 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Alberta government says federal officials have trespassed on private land and they are putting forward a bill to stop it.Government House Leader Joseph Schow declined to provide details on who is trespassing or why, but says it has happened.
  He directed reporters to ask Justice Minister Tyler Shandro’s office for details, but Shandro’s office did not immediately return requests for comment.
  Schow cited water testing as a concern, as last summer the Saskatchewan g
  
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• B.C. and Ottawa reach $27 billion health funding agreement

  01-03-2023 21:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government has agreed in principle to a $27.47 billion deal for health-care funding from the federal government. 
  The agreement is a step toward completing a $196-billion, 10-year health-care funding proposal that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made with Canada’s premiers last month. 
  The money for B.C. includes an immediate $273 million to address urgent needs, especially in pediatric hospitals and emergency rooms and to address long wait ti
  
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• Oilers captain Connor McDavid named NHL’s first star for February

  01-03-2023 20:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid is the NHL’s first star for the month of February.
  Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon earned second star honours and Boston Bruins goaltender Linus Ullmark garnered third-star honours.
  McDavid, who began February by participating in his sixth all-star game, led the NHL in assists (14), points (23), shots on goal (63) and power-play points (eight) across 11 games.
  He also shared second place in goals with nine, including scorin
  
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• UK: Remains of baby found after missing couple arrested

  01-03-2023 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — British police said they found the remains of a 2-month old baby Wednesday after officers arrested the infant’s mother and her boyfriend, who vanished after the child was born in early January.
  Constance Marten, 35, and her boyfriend Mark Gordon, 48, a convicted sex offender, had crisscrossed England to avoid authorities, police said. Investigators suspect the pair used large amounts of cash to live off the grid, traveling around the country by taxi, covering their face
  
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• Toronto Raptors send five players to G-League affiliate during road trip

  01-03-2023 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Toronto Raptors sent five players to their G-League affiliate on Wednesday
  Canadian guard Dalano Banton, centre Christian Koloko and swingman Joe Wieskamp were all put on assignment to Raptors 905 in Mississauga, Ont.
  Guard Jeff Dowtin Jr. and forward Ron Harper Jr. were both sent to the 905 on their two-way contracts.
  Toronto begins a five-game road trip with a stop in Washington on Thursday.
  The 905 have a five-game homestand at the same time, allowing the five players sent to the team to
  
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• Millennial Money: New parents’ finances need nurturing too - Chilliwack Progress

  01-03-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
  Millennial Money: New parents’ finances need nurturing too  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Flames remain confident in playoff chances despite recent struggles

  01-03-2023 20:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY, United Kingdom — The Calgary Flames have work to do to get back into playoff position in the NHL.
  The Flames are five points out of Western Conference wild-card spot with a quarter of their regular season remaining.
  Sub-par goaltending recently hasn’t helped the Flames’ cause.
  Both Jacob Markstrom and Dan Vladar say they’re working hard to sharpen their game and that their confidence in net hasn’t been dented.The NHL trade deadline is Friday.
  The Flames hav
  
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• Harrison artist uses new colours for Canadian flag in show at ... - Chilliwack Progress

  01-03-2023 20:19 via news.google.com
  
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• Number of temporary foreign workers in Quebec on the rise, labour minister says

  01-03-2023 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — The number of temporary foreign workers is on the rise in Quebec, and the province’s labour minister says he expects the trend to continue. 
  Jean Boulet told a news conference today that the number of foreign workers rose to 38,500 last year from 23,300 in 2019.
  He told reporters in Quebec City that this “significant” increase is due to increased demand from businesses, which have to contend with an aging population and labour shortages.
  While temporary fore
  
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• Rapid demise of ‘Dilbert’ is no surprise to those watching - Chilliwack Progress

  01-03-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
  Rapid demise of ‘Dilbert’ is no surprise to those watching  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Saskatchewan banning TikTok on government-issued devices

  01-03-2023 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — The Saskatchewan government says it is banning the use of the TikTok app on government-owned devices pending the results of a threat assessment by the federal government. 
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Five-year manslaughter sentence for Chilliwack man who shot and ... - Chilliwack Progress

  01-03-2023 19:45 via news.google.com
  
  Five-year manslaughter sentence for Chilliwack man who shot and ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Five-year Manslaughter Sentence For Chilliwack Man Who Shot ... - Abbotsford News

  01-03-2023 19:45 via news.google.com
  
  Five-year Manslaughter Sentence For Chilliwack Man Who Shot ...  Abbotsford News
  
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• Senators goaltender Mads Sogaard named NHL rookie of the month for February

  01-03-2023 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Ottawa Senators goaltender Mads Sogaard is the NHL’s rookie of the month for February.
  The 22-year-old went 4-0-1 with a .922 save percentage and 2.33 goals-against average in six appearances.
  Sogaard, who made his NHL debut last February, is the fourth rookie netminder in Senators history to earn points in his first five or more decisions of a season, following Ray Emery (6-0-1) in 2005-06, Robin Lehner (2-0-4) in 2012-13 and Jani Hurme (3-0-2) in 2000-01. 
  The Dane
  
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• Trio of UFV Cascades volleyball players earn Canada West honours - Chilliwack Progress

  01-03-2023 19:34 via news.google.com
  
  Trio of UFV Cascades volleyball players earn Canada West honours  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Coronavirus origins still a mystery 3 years into pandemic - Chilliwack Progress

  01-03-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
  Coronavirus origins still a mystery 3 years into pandemic  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Officer’s actions justified in 2021 crash involving speeding driver ... - Chilliwack Progress

  01-03-2023 19:01 via news.google.com
  
  Officer’s actions justified in 2021 crash involving speeding driver ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack drug overdose victim leaves grieving family behind ... - Hope Standard

  01-03-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack drug overdose victim leaves grieving family behind ...  Hope Standard
  
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• Chilliwack drug overdose victim leaves grieving family behind - Chilliwack Progress

  01-03-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack drug overdose victim leaves grieving family behind  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Auger-Aliassime out of Dubai Tennis Championships with second-round loss to Sonego

  01-03-2023 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime was eliminated in the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a 7-6 (4), 6-4 loss to Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego on Wednesday.
  Sonego hit three winners in a tiebreaker to win an even first set that saw both players hold serve throughout.
  The Italian scored the only break of the game to go up 4-3 in the second set. Auger-Aliassime had game point twice but failed to hold.
  Sonego had two aces and served to love in
  
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• Two Tory MPs silent after Poilievre says they ‘regret’ meeting German politician

  01-03-2023 18:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Two Conservative members of Parliament are remaining tight-lipped about whether they regret meeting with a German politician, which is something Pierre Poilievre has said they do.
  Neither Leslyn Lewis nor Dean Allison have responded to direct questions about whether they agree with the Conservative leader’s characterization of their feelings about their choice to take part in a recent luncheon with Christine Anderson.
  The German politician visited Canada as part of a tour or
  
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• Neufeld files campaign finance disclosure form late, but avoids being banned from the next election

  01-03-2023 18:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Former Chilliwack school board trustee Barry Neufeld has filed what will could be his last campaign finance disclosure form following the October 2022 municipal election that saw him defeated.Neufeld paid the late filing fee of $500 and submitted his completed campaign finance disclosure forms to Elections B.C. by the late filing deadline date, thereby avoiding a disqualification from running in the next election by the provincial election agency, according to Elections B.C.
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• $55M winning lottery ticket sold on Vancouver Island - Chilliwack Progress

  01-03-2023 18:45 via news.google.com
  
  $55M winning lottery ticket sold on Vancouver Island  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Intel agencies: No sign adversaries behind ‘Havana Syndrome’

  01-03-2023 18:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence agencies cannot link a foreign adversary to any of the incidents associated with so-called “Havana syndrome,” the hundreds of cases of brain injuries and other symptoms reported by American personnel around the world.
  The findings released Wednesday by U.S. intelligence officials cast doubt on the longstanding suspicions by many people who reported cases that Russia or another country may have been running a global campaign to harass or attac
  
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• Ex-Tory MP Bernard Valcourt pleads not guilty to obstructing, resisting police

  01-03-2023 18:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMUNDSTON, N.B. — Former federal Conservative cabinet minister Bernard Valcourt has pleaded not guilty to obstructing and resisting police.
  Valcourt, 71, is accused of allegedly obstructing the work of two police officers on Oct. 4 in Edmundston, N.B., located in the province’s northwest, by the Maine border.
  Little information is included in court documents about the incident involving Valcourt, who served as a New Brunswick MP in the governments of Brian Mulroney, Kim Campbell and
  
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• Birth of Mexican volcano inspires scientists 80 years later - Chilliwack Progress

  01-03-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
  Birth of Mexican volcano inspires scientists 80 years later  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• World champion curler Lisa Weagle to oversee Canadian team in Youth Olympic Games

  01-03-2023 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — World champion curler Lisa Weagle will be Canada’s chef de mission at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in a place where she became an Olympian herself.
  The 36-year-old from Ottawa made her Olympic debut in 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea, playing lead for Rachel Homan.
  South Korea will recycle several Pyeongchang venues and sites for next year’s Winter Youth Olympic Games, which is the largest multi-sport event for athletes aged 15 to 18.
  The Canadian Olympic Comm
  
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• Former Chilliwack teacher, principal banned from running in the next school board election

  01-03-2023 18:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Elections B.C. pulls no punches when it comes to requiring municipal candidates for public office to file their campaign finance disclosure paperwork on time, or even by the late filing period.Melanie Hull, a communications advisor for Elections B.C., reported Monday (Feb. 27) that former Chilliwack school board candidate Greg Nelmes has been disqualified from running in the next school board election in 2026.Nelmes finished 14 out of 15 candidates with 4,133 votes, or 23.8 pe
  
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• Kings trade Quick to Blue Jackets for Gavrikov, Korpisalo

  01-03-2023 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Kings achieved their goal of adding a quality defenseman near the trade deadline. It came with a heavy cost.
  The Kings acquired defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov and goaltender Joonas Korpisalo in a trade with Columbus Blue Jackets. In return, Los Angeles sent two-time Stanley Cup winning goaltender Jonathan Quick, a conditional 2023 first-round draft pick and a third-rounder in 2024.
  “Jonathan Quick is a two-time Stanley Cup winner who has been an outs
  
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• Montreal to pay $6 million, apologize to settle protest class-action lawsuits

  01-03-2023 17:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Quebec Superior Court has approved a $6-million settlement that will end 16 class-action lawsuits against the City of Montreal by protesters who say their rights were violated by police.
  An estimated 3,119 people who were encircled by police during various protests between 2012 and 2015 and arrested or detained will be eligible for payment.
  The City of Montreal will also post an apology to the protesters on its website for 90 days.
  The demonstrations included marches associa
  
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• Homeless camps growing again after B.C. govt. ignores them, doesn’t fund Chilliwack cleanups

  01-03-2023 17:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The 2023 B.C. budget as tabled yesterday by MLAs may have rightfully set aside $867 million over three years for mental health and addictions services.But when it comes to funding cleanups for Chilliwack residents who want to keep toxic junk out of critical waterways and pristine forests, there’s nary a peep from government officials tasked with keeping encampments from proliferating.After all the wonderful work done by Chilliwack-area volunteers to help clean up a homel
  
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• Chinese embassy decries ‘baseless and defamatory’ interference claims

  01-03-2023 17:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — China’s embassy in Ottawa is denying reports of attempted election interference in Canada, saying the claims are “baseless and defamatory” and harm diplomatic relations.
  The Liberal government has come under pressure in recent weeks to explain what Canada is doing about allegations of Chinese meddling in the last two federal elections, after they were spelled out in anonymous leaks to the media from security sources.
  “China has always been firmly against an
  
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• Environment groups say Bay du Nord approval flawed, must be overturned

  01-03-2023 17:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Lawyers for several Canadian environmental groups say Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault failed to consider all the climate impacts of the Bay du Nord offshore oil project when he approved it last year.
  They are arguing in Federal Court today that the approval was unreasonable and should be overturned.
  The oil project off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador could pump out at least 300 million barrels of oil in its lifetime, though a new analysis suggests the area may contai
  
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• Buffalo Sabres looking to finally end long, ugly playoff drought

  01-03-2023 17:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Rasmus Dahlin talked before the NHL season about finally getting the Buffalo Sabres over their ugly playoff hump.
  And what it would mean for the city.
  “It’s such a passionate sports town,” said the defenceman.
  Dahlin also had a pretty good idea what the reaction to post-season success would look like on the ground after seeing the rabid support afforded the NFL’s Bills — a franchise that’s emerged from the darkness and climbed the standings with a young, excit
  
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