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• Freed ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero Paul Rusesabagina arrives in US

  29-03-2023 23:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — The man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” and was freed by Rwanda last week from a terrorism sentence returned Wednesday to the United States, where he will reunite with his family after being held for more than two years, according to a person familiar with the matter.
  Paul Rusesabagina’s arrival in the U.S was expected this week. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told journalists on Monday that Rusesabagina was in Doha, Qatar a
  
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• The non-disparagement clause; some Canadian athletes feel contractually silenced

  29-03-2023 23:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Athletes’ fears of repercussions if they talk about problems they see in their sport have been cited as one reason for Canada’s current safe-sport crisis.
  In order to receive just over $21,000 annually in Sport Canada funding, Olympic athletes must sign contracts with their national sports federations. Those contracts, known as “athlete agreements”, have contained clauses stating broadly that athletes must watch what they say.
  While often referred to as a non-disclosure a
  
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• Edmonton Elks release veteran CFL running back James Wilder Jr.

  29-03-2023 23:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks released veteran American running back James Wilder Jr. on Wednesday.
  The six-foot-three, 232-pound Wilder appeared in 15 games over two seasons with Edmonton. He ran for 894 yards on 170 carries (5.3-yard average) with two touchdowns while registering 37 receptions for 316 yards and a touchdown.
  Wilder played in just three regular-season contests last season before suffering a spine injury.
  Wilder, 30, began his CFL career with the Toronto Argonauts in 2017, e
  
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• Canucks sign college standout Akito Hirose to entry-level contract - Chilliwack Progress

  29-03-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C. announces increased rates for foster parents and kinship care ... - Chilliwack Progress

  29-03-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Fatal stabbing casts a pall over downtown Vancouver neighbourhood as court date set

  29-03-2023 23:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The fatal stabbing of a 37-year-old father outside a downtown Vancouver Starbucks is casting a pall over the normally bustling block.
  Passersby have been pausing to pay their respects to Paul Stanley Schmidt at a makeshift memorial of flowers, pictures and notes outside the café.
  Police say Schmidt was stabbed after a brief altercation shortly after 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
  They say Inderdeep Singh Gosal was arrested at the scene moments later when bystanders flagged down a con
  
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• Stalled vehicle slows Hwy. 1 eastbound through Chilliwack

  29-03-2023 23:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Drive B.C. wrote on Twitter Wednesday (Mar. 29) that motorists heading eastbound on Highway 1 should expect delays due to a stalled vehicle that has the eastbound left lane between Yale Road (exit 109) and Lickman Rd. (exit 116) through Chilliwack blocked.
  Drive B.C. reported the slow traffic at 1:38 p.m. Crews are on scene; motorists are asked to pass with caution.
  The next update will be posted at 2:30 p.m., Drive B.C. said on Twitter.
  
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• 7 California officers charged in death of man in custody

  29-03-2023 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors charged seven California Highway Patrol officers and a nurse with involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday in connection with the 2020 death of a man who screamed “I can’t breathe” while multiple officers restrained him as they tried to take a blood sample.
  Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced the charges in the death of Edward Bronstein, which the LA County coroner said was caused by “acute methamphetamine
  
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• N.W.T. releases strategy to reduce alcohol-related harms

  29-03-2023 23:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories government has released its first strategy aimed at reducing alcohol-related harms.
  It details 15 actions the territory plans to take by the end of March 2028 to improve communications, policy, prevention, public safety and treatment. That includes adjusting prices to incentivize the purchase of lower-alcohol products, introducing substance use education at a younger age and encouraging the use of interlock devices to prevent drunk driving.“We
  
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• Impressive 2022 takes Canada’s Monet Chun to Augusta Women’s National Amateur

  29-03-2023 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  An impressive season of amateur golf has taken Canada’s Monet Chun to one of the most storied courses in the world.
  Chun, from Richmond Hill, Ont., teed off at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur on Wednesday, the lone Canadian entry in the third edition of the tournament. She earned her way into the field after being a medallist as part of Michigan’s championship team at the 2022 Big Ten Women’s golf tournament and winning that year’s Canadian Women’s Amateu
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs take on Coquitlam Express in BCHL playoff ... - Chilliwack Progress

  29-03-2023 23:10 via news.google.com
  
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• Mission RCMP report missing woman has been located

  29-03-2023 23:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — After nearly a week of being missing, Mission RCMP say a 50-year-old First Nations woman who was previously last seen on Saturday, March 18 has been safely located.
  According to a post from Constable Harrison Mohr, media relations spokesperson for the Mission RCMP, Mounties confirmed on Friday, Mar. 24 that Joanne Bodai has been located safe and sound.
  “The RCMP is pleased to confirm that the 50-year-old female reported missing on March 18 has been located, and she is safe
  
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• OHL found no evidence of tampering with draft, commissioner says

  29-03-2023 22:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Ontario Hockey League confirmed Wednesday the league conducted an independent third-party investigation to probe allegations of parents paying for their sons to be selected in the 2022 OHL draft.
  Branch says the league conducted the investigation last year.
  Following a report by TSN’s Rick Westhead detailing the allegations, OHL commissioner David Branch said in a statement to The Canadian Press the investigation found no evidence of any team tampering with the draft.&n
  
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• Mission RCMP investigates carjacking, $30K crypto fraud in busy week

  29-03-2023 22:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Of the 273 calls for service during the week of Monday, March 20 through Sunday, March 26, a carjacking and a report of $30,000 in cryptocurrency fraud highlight a busy week for Mounties in the city on the Fraser River.
  Mission RCMP wrote on Facebook that a female was walking to her vehicle on Thursday, Mar. 23 in the parking lot of a grocery store in Mission when two males attacked her and stole her truck. Mounties say Mission RCMP quickly located the vehicle fleeing the scene,
  
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• B.C. announces increased rates for foster parents and kinship care providers

  29-03-2023 22:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Foster families in British Columbia will get a monthly pay raise of hundreds of dollars starting April 1.
  Mitzi Dean, the child and family development minister, says families fostering kids 11 and under will see their payments increase by $450 a month to $1,465 per child, while caregivers for those 12 to 19 will see a $531 monthly increase to $1,655 per child.
  Dean says rates were frozen for nearly a decade under the previous government, and the latest increase is the second imp
  
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• One impaired driver rolls vehicle, another hits fire hydrant in ... - Chilliwack Progress

  29-03-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Young Canadian midfielder Ismael Kone turns heads with club and country

  29-03-2023 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Just 20, Ismael Kone is making his mark with club and country.
  Kone showed off his speed and power Tuesday in a head-turning outing in the Canadian midfield with Stephen Eustaquio and Jonathan Osorio as Canada defeated Honduras 4-1 in CONCACAF Nations League play.
  “Probably one of the best midfield performances I’ve ever seen in the time I’ve been here,” said Canada coach John Herdman.
  “That was a real breakout performance for Canada,” he added
  
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• Canadian supporters of missing Chinese human-rights defender want more information

  29-03-2023 21:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canadian supporters of Dong Guangping, a missing Chinese human-rights defender, are disappointed with what they call a disingenuous response from Vietnamese officials to the United Nations.
  There has been no word of Dong’s fate since he was arrested Aug. 24 by Vietnamese police.
  In mid-December, UN human-rights experts wrote to the Vietnamese government seeking answers about his whereabouts and well-being.
  In a recent reply to the UN, the government said it had no informatio
  
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• Clock ticks on Liberal-NDP deal as budget omits pharmacare bill promised in 2023

  29-03-2023 21:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — One of the Liberals’ outstanding promises for 2023 in their deal with the NDP was conspicuously absent from the federal budget.
  The confidence-and-supply agreement requires the government to table legislation on pharmacare by the end of the calendar year in exchange for the NDP’s support on key votes in the House of Commons.
  Both parties say that is still on track to happen, but even if a bill is introduced by December, it’s unclear when a pharmacare system could
  
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• GOP lawmakers override veto of transgender bill in Kentucky

  29-03-2023 21:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Wednesday swept aside the Democratic governor’s veto of a bill regulating some of the most personal aspects of life for transgender young people — from banning access to gender-affirming health care to restricting the bathrooms they can use.
  The votes to override Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto were lopsided in both legislative chambers — where the GOP wields supermajorities — and came on the next-to-last day
  
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• Move toward ‘economic reconciliation’ must also come with healing: AFN national chief

  29-03-2023 21:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald says advancing “economic reconciliation” must go hand in hand with helping communities heal from intergenerational trauma.She says the federal government needs to strike a balance between the two issues — and sees both the governing Liberals and Opposition Conservatives as missing a piece in their respective approaches toward reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.
  Speaking after the release of Tuesday&r
  
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• UAE leader designates his son as crown prince

  29-03-2023 21:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates, appointed his eldest son Khalid as crown prince of Abu Dhabi on Monday, placing him as next in line to take over as the leader of the federation.
  After Sheikh Mohammed, who is commonly known as MBZ, ascended to the presidency last year, rumors swirled about whether he would make one of his brothers his heir, as has been tradition.In that case, the front-runners would have been
  
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• Alleged Quebec cop killer was on probation, had history of mental health problems

  29-03-2023 20:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec man accused of killing a provincial police officer had a history of mental health issues and had been found not criminally responsible at least five times for past offences.
  Isaac Brouillard Lessard, 35, was shot dead by police after he allegedly fatally attacked Sgt. Maureen Breau on Monday evening and left her partner injured in Louiseville, Que., about 100 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
  Brouillard Lessard’s lawyer, Yanick Péloquin, says his client was
  
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• Canada coach Bev Priestman names 25 players for April camp and friendly in France

  29-03-2023 20:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada can now boast two Manchester United players on its women’s national team roster.
  Coach Bev Priestman has summoned fullback Jayde Riviere and forward Adriana Leon to her 25-player camp roster for the April international window.
  The two Red Devils join captain Christine Sinclair and fellow stalwarts Sophie Schmidt, Jessie Fleming, Kadeisha Buchanan, Ashley Lawrence, Kailen Sheridan, Allysha Chapman and Quinn, who goes by one name, for a camp that will culminate with an April 11 friend
  
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• Unions welcome federal budget promise to cap outsourcing, but fear service cuts

  29-03-2023 20:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government says in this year’s federal budget that it will begin a new belt-tightening exercise that includes a 15 per cent cut to consulting, travel and other professional services — a move that has public-sector unions expressing mixed feelings. 
  Unions representing thousands of federal public servants are welcoming the Liberal government’s decision to scale back on outsourcing, which Tuesday’s budget says would result in savings of $7.1
  
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• Fight against toxic mining runoff from Canada persists, say U.S. Indigenous leaders

  29-03-2023 20:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. Indigenous leaders say they aren’t about to stop pushing Canada to agree to a bilateral investigation into toxic mining runoff from British Columbia.
  Representatives from several Indigenous groups from the U.S. Pacific Northwest were in D.C. this week for meetings with White House officials and lawmakers on Capitol Hill. 
  President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreed to pursue a tentative agreement by this summer to address water pollution in the
  
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• Montreal mayor denounces vandalism of synagogue defaced with antisemitic graffiti

  29-03-2023 20:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is expressing her support for the city’s Jewish community after a historic synagogue was defaced with antisemitic graffiti.
  Plante says there’s no place in Montreal for discrimination and racism, adding that the city is working hard to ensure everyone’s safety.
  Her comments come after Jewish organization B’nai Brith Canada circulated photos that showed swastikas spray-painted on the 102-year-old Bagg Street Synagogue.
  B’nai Brith
  
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• Chiefs & Express Set for Round One

  29-03-2023 20:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Round One of the Shaw BCHL Playoffs is here!
  The chase for the Fred Page Cup finally begins this week and your Chilliwack Chiefs are gearing up to take on our Mainland Cup rivals, the Coquitlam Express in a rematch from last year’s 1st round series!
  The Chiefs start the series on the road before returning to the Chilliwack Coliseum.
  The Chiefs are excited to welcome Red Chillies Sports Bar as the first round presenting partner! Fans will have opportunities to win Red Chillie
  
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• Canucks sign college standout Akito Hirose to entry-level contract

  29-03-2023 20:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have signed free-agent defenceman Akito Hirose to a one-year, entry-level contract, the team announced Wednesday.
  Hirose, 23, had four goals and 23 assists in 38 games with Minnesota State University this season, his third in the NCAA.
  The six-foot, 170-pound college standout from Calgary had two goals and 24 assists in 38 games with Minnesota State last season.
  Hirose’s older brother, Taro, has played 58 National Hockey League games after signing wi
  
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• Mission man loses $30,000 in cryptocurrency scam: RCMP - Chilliwack Progress

  29-03-2023 20:37 via news.google.com
  
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• Vancouver police arrest 217 people in 3-week crackdown on ... - Chilliwack Progress

  29-03-2023 20:33 via news.google.com
  
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• Atiba Hutchinson hopes to hoist a trophy for Canada before calling it quits

  29-03-2023 20:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — After 20 years of banging the drum for Canada Soccer, Atiba Hutchinson was a natural to lead the Viking Clap in front of the south stand at BMO Field after the Canadian men’s 4-1 win over Honduras.
  “I’ve always wanted to do that,” the 40-year-old captain said with a smile. “It was nice. I was just trying not to lose my rhythm (with the drum).
  “It was good. They (the fans) were kind of calling for me. I was just happy to do that. The support tha
  
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• Calgary charity seeking one-month homes for Ukrainian refugees after massive influx

  29-03-2023 20:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — A Calgary charity says it has found a temporary fix to a serious housing shortage an influx of Ukrainian evacuees has caused.The Centre for Newcomers is seeking 100 hosts for families or individuals for a month while they find housing of their own.
  Kelly Ernst, with the centre, says there has been a flood of Ukrainians trying to take advantage of a federal program allowing them to temporarily resettle in Canada.
  The program has been extended until July and Ernst says he expects p
  
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• Cheam First Nation still looking to acquire Bridal Falls Golf Club

  29-03-2023 20:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Although it’s been closed due to ongoing Trans Mountain Pipeline construction activities, the Bridal Falls Golf Club appears to still have a willing buyer interested in acquiring it.
  In a statement released to Fraser Valley Today on Tuesday, March 21, Cheam First Nation Councillor Luke Pike says his band has a policy of acquiring land within its traditional territory as opportunities permit.“Cheam First Nation has a policy of reclaiming traditional territory when i
  
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• Quebec police conduct anti-drug trafficking raids targeting Hells Angels, Mafia

  29-03-2023 19:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Several police forces across Quebec are participating in joint anti-drug trafficking raids across the province targeting members of the Hells Angels and the Mafia.
  Police say they are conducting eight operations, including in Montreal, Laval and Estérel, in Quebec’s Laurentians region.
  Provincial police Sgt. Audrey-Anne Bilodeau wouldn’t say whose residences are being searched but said they involved important figures in the province’s organized crime wor
  
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• Green, Jackson taken off Blue Jays Major League roster ahead of season opener

  29-03-2023 19:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays took a pair of right-handed pitchers off of their Major League roster ahead of Thursday’s season opener in St. Louis.
  Chad Green was placed on Toronto’s 60-day injured list as he continues to recover from Tommy John surgery.
  Toronto signed Jay Jackson to a one-year Major League contract on Wednesday but he was immediately optioned to the Blue Jays triple-A affiliate in Buffalo, N.Y.
  Green underwent the surgery last summer and signed with the Blue
  
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• With no end to federal deficits in sight, budget spells dismay for some economists

  29-03-2023 19:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal Liberals’ latest budget announced new spending primarily on the clean economy and health care, but even with that relatively tight focus, the federal government is projected to continue running deficits over the next five years.Many economists are expressing disappointment in the federal budget and its fiscal projections, noting the government could be in trouble if the economy slows more than it is expected to.Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland promised that Tue
  
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• Budget aims for a smoother passenger experience, but ‘devil is in the details’

  29-03-2023 19:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The federal government has air travel on its radar after laying out plans in its budget to speed up airport security screening and reduce flight delays.
  Tabled Tuesday by the Liberals following a year of travel turmoil, the budget promises $1.8 billion over five years for the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) to improve passenger screening and strengthen security measures at airports.
  It also proposes a new rule requiring airlines and airports to share and report
  
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• B.C. woman loses thousands after bank account hacked - Chilliwack Progress

  29-03-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Legion demands answers on budget promise for veterans’ disability backlog

  29-03-2023 18:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Legion is asking the Liberal government for more details about its promise of more money to address longstanding delays and backlogs for ill and injured veterans.
  The Liberals made the funding commitment in Tuesday’s federal budget, setting aside $156 million over five years to address what has emerged as the main source of anger for Canada’s veterans’ community.
  Yet the budget plan does not provide any real specifics on how the money will be u
  
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• Senate votes to repeal 2002 measure that approved Iraq war

  29-03-2023 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) —The Senate voted Wednesday to repeal the resolution that gave a green light for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, an effort to return a basic war power to Congress from the White House 20 years after an authorization many now say was a mistake.
  Iraqi deaths are estimated in the hundreds of thousands, and nearly 5,000 U.S. troops were killed in the war after President George W. Bush’s administration falsely claimed that Saddam Hussein was stockpiling weapons of mass destruct
  
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• International development groups say budget cut will end Canadian programs abroad

  29-03-2023 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Humanitarian groups are giving Tuesday’s federal budget a thumbs down, saying it will create a backslide in progress on fighting disease and hunger abroad.
  The Liberal budget projects that it will spend nearly $6.9 billion for international development in the coming fiscal year, a 16 per cent drop from last year’s allocation.
  Yet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tasked International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan to increase aid spending every year.
  The Liberals h
  
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• Chilliwack actors bring classic rock opera 'Jesus Christ Superstar' to ... - Chilliwack Progress

  29-03-2023 18:28 via news.google.com
  
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• Old Yale Brewing opening new location in Abbotsford in coming weeks

  29-03-2023 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — It wasn’t a complete secret in all honesty, but Old Yale Brewing announced Monday (Mar. 27) that it will be opening a new location in downtown Abbotsford in the coming weeks.
  According to a Facebook post from Old Yale Brewing, which has a brewery at 44500 South Sumas Road in Chilliwack, the new location will open at 33738 Laurel Street in downtown Abbotsford and feature a 200-seat customer experience, a 10-hectoliter brewery, a full bar with 15 beers on tap, a selection
  
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• Canada will face Italy, Sweden and Chile in Davis Cup title defence

  29-03-2023 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MÁLAGA, Spain — Defending champion Canada will face Italy, Sweden and Chile in the group stage of the 2023 Davis Cup men’s tennis tournament.
  Canada, the No. 1 country in the Davis Cup rankings, was selected as the top seed of Group A, which will play its matches at Unipol Arena in Bologna, Italy, from Sept. 12-17.
  The top two teams from each group will qualify for the knockout stages (quarterfinals, semifinals, and final) in Malaga, Spain.
  Canada won its first Davis Cup title
  
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• 2 Chilliwack men who rescued dump truck driver from creek to ... - Surrey Now Leader

  29-03-2023 18:20 via news.google.com
  
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• 2 Chilliwack Men Who Rescued Dump Truck Driver From Creek To ... - Abbotsford News

  29-03-2023 18:20 via news.google.com
  
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• Drunk driver overturns on Hwy. 1 overnight

  29-03-2023 17:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department is expressing dismay on social media Wednesday morning after two impaired driving accidents happened in just one night.The Abbotsford Police Dept. wrote in a tweet that its patrol officers responded to a pair of impaired driving accidents, one of which involved a rollover collision on Highway 1, while the other accident saw a vehicle take out a fire hydrant.Both incidents involved alcohol, Abbotsford Police said.“The amount of impaired dr
  
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• Biden, Trudeau pledge action on Columbia River Treaty, water ... - Chilliwack Progress

  29-03-2023 17:45 via news.google.com
  
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• North Korean defectors are dying lonely deaths in wealthy South - Chilliwack Progress

  29-03-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
  
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