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• Breast health clinic at Chilliwack Hospital fully funded for renos, equipment

  06-05-2023 23:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation wrote in an online newsletter Friday (May 5) that the breast health clinic at Chilliwack General Hospital is now fully funded for renos and equipment.
  “Thank you for supporting improved health care in the Fraser Valley East. The gifts we have received from individuals, families, businesses and organizations have positively impacted healthcare in our communities,” Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation wrote online. “Than
  
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• Quebec public security officials say 89 communities affected by spring flooding

  06-05-2023 23:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec public security officials say 89 municipalities are dealing with spring flooding with more than 660 people across the province forced to leave their homes. 
  The regions hardest hit are Outaouais, in western Quebec, the Mauricie region in central Quebec, as well as the Laurentians, Lanaudière and Montérégie regions that surround Montreal.
  Officials say more than 1,200 homes have been flooded. 
  In Gatineau, across from Ottawa, authorities say
  
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• B.C. film industry watching the writers’ strike closely - Chilliwack Progress

  06-05-2023 23:18 via news.google.com
  
  B.C. film industry watching the writers’ strike closely  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack Community Band holding spring concert, by donation, Monday, May 8

  06-05-2023 23:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Community Band, under the direction of Kevin Biegel, will hold a spring concert with admission by donation on Monday, May 8 at the Rotary Studio Theater at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre.The event will also feature the Fraser Valley Children’s Chorus, directed by Heidi Epp, and the Philomusica Community Chorus, directed by Paula Quick.Songs to be performed include selections “Every Tear is a Waterfall,” Toto’s “Africa,” &ldquo
  
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• Canada Post issues its first stamp featuring King Charles III - Chilliwack Progress

  06-05-2023 23:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Leafs head south looking to climb out of 0-2 hole: ‘A lot of hockey left’

  06-05-2023 22:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Maple Leafs are back under pressure — and under the microscope.
  Having finally won a playoff series for the first time in 19 years when John Tavares banked in the Game 6 overtime clincher to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning and spark wild celebrations across a tortured fan base, Toronto now finds itself down 0-2 to the underdog Florida Panthers in the second round following consecutive home losses.
  What a difference seven days can make.
  The Leafs certainly aren’t righ
  
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• Chilliwack Hospice hosting UFV professor for talk on fitness, osteoarthritis May 11

  06-05-2023 21:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Hospice Society will host Dr. Gillian Hatfield, director and associate professor for kinesiology in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Fraser Valley, for an educational presentation on “keeping active when you have osteoarthritis or lower back pain” this Thursday, May 11 beginning at 10 a.m.
  Dr. Hatfield graduated from Dalhousie University with a Bachelor of Science in physiotherapy in 2007. She worked clinically for two years in pri
  
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• Canucks sign Jonathan Lekkerimäki to three-year, entry-level contract

  06-05-2023 21:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have signed forward Jonathan Lekkerimäki to a three-year, entry-level contract, the team announced Saturday.
  Lekkerimäki recently completed his season with Djurgårdens IF of HockeyAllsvenskan in Sweden, where he helped lead the team to a finals appearance.
  His 15 points (five goals, 10 assists) across 15 games tied him for fourth in the league in post-season scoring. The 18-year-old had three goals and six assists in 29 regular-season games
  
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• Liberals reject balanced budget and mandatory voting as official policy

  06-05-2023 21:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberals have rejected a policy resolution that would have called on them to make a balanced budget part of their next election platform. 
  The policy resolution brought forward by Quebec Liberals asks the party to develop a clear, costed proposal for a return to balanced budgets, and that it be part of their next election platform. 
  It was rejected in a morning vote 97-76, without formal debate, and it will not be part of the official party’s policy.
  Liberals a
  
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• Rising waters likely to send debris from Chilliwack homeless camp into nearby river

  06-05-2023 21:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Provincial inaction on occupied homeless encampments in and around Chilliwack is leading to unintended consequences.As Chilliwack cleanup volunteer Ross Aikenhead pointed out this week, rising waters in the Chilliwack/Vedder River mean personal effects and other toxic debris from the Sweltzer Creek homeless camp will likely end up downstream.“The Sweltzer camp is starting to flood and all the garbage and stolen property is in danger of being washed downstream,” Aik
  
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• Canada announces plans to place King Charles on $20 bill, coins - Chilliwack Progress

  06-05-2023 21:03 via news.google.com
  
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• Government still investigating why threats against Chong not passed up to cabinet

  06-05-2023 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says the government is still investigating why warnings that a Conservative MP was being threatened by the Chinese government never made it to the desk of any cabinet minister.
  Mendicino says Canada’s priority is holding China accountable for any threatening or harassing behaviour to Michael Chong and his family in Hong Kong and discussions about whether to expel diplomats from China are ongoing.
  The diplomat Chong was told oversaw an e
  
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• Queen or queen consort? What to know about Camilla’s title - Chilliwack Progress

  06-05-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Canada Post issues its first stamp featuring King Charles III

  06-05-2023 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada Post has released its first definite stamp featuring King Charles as monarch.
  The Crown corporation says it is the first time the King has appeared on the Canadian stamp.
  The stamp was released at the ceremony in Ottawa marking the King’s coronation.
  Canada Post says the stamp continues the corporation’s long-standing tradition of issuing definitive stamps depicting the Canadian sovereign, dating back more than 170 years.
  It says the tradition began in 1851 with
  
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• RCMP to hold recruiting sessions in Chilliwack later this month

  06-05-2023 18:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — As the RCMP often like to say in their recruiting messages online, a uniform with your name on it is waiting for you.In an effort to bolster its ranks and add to its numbers, officers from the B.C. RCMP recruiting team will be coming through Chilliwack for two open house recruiting sessions later this month.
  There will be two career information sessions at the Chilliwack RCMP building, near the UFV Chilliwack campus, on Tuesday, May 23 from 2:30-4 p.m. and 6:30-8 p.m., at 4534
  
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• Simon Fraser University hires lawyer after student-athletes voice ... - Chilliwack Progress

  06-05-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Elected officials, dignitaries mark coronation of King Charles in Ottawa

  06-05-2023 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government honoured the coronation of King Charles III, Canada’s new head of state, with a ceremony of its own in the nation’s capital this morning. 
  Elected officials and dignitaries attended the ceremony in Ottawa with speeches, musical performances and special unveilings.
  Leaders of federal parties, including the NDP’s Jagmeet Singh and the Conservative’s Pierre Poilievre, were absent from the event. 
  Speaking to attendees, Intergov
  
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• Charmaine Crooks elected Canada Soccer president at annual meeting in Saint John

  06-05-2023 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Charmaine Crooks has been elected president of Canada Soccer.
  The former Olympian beat out former Canada Soccer vice-president Rob Newman for the top elected job at the governing body’s annual meeting.
  Crooks was elevated to interim president from vice-president in late February after Nick Bontis resigned, acknowledging change was needed to achieve labour peace with the Canadian men’s and women’s national teams.
  Crooks’ term lasts for a year, matc
  
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• Emil Anderson asks Chilliwack residents for feedback on its winter maintenance

  06-05-2023 17:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Emil Anderson Maintenance, the contractor tasked with maintaining Highway 1 and other regional highways for the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, will hold a series of public meetings this coming week asking residents of Chilliwack, Hope and Abbotsford for feedback on its winter maintenance operations.In several tweets earlier this week, Emil Anderson Maintenance said its Fraser Valley team will hold its annual post-winter stakeholder meetings in-person in Chilliw
  
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• King Charles III crowned in ancient rite at Westminster Abbey - Chilliwack Progress

  06-05-2023 16:54 via news.google.com
  
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• Canadian politicians offer congratulations to King Charles on Coronation Day

  06-05-2023 14:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The coronation of King Charles III took place early Saturday morning in London’s historic Westminster Abbey, prompting well-wishes from across Canada. Here’s what people had to say:
  “Today, we ring in the reign of His Majesty King Charles III and reaffirm Canada’s enduring commitment to the Commonwealth. As we celebrate this momentous occasion, let us be reminded of our shared values of inclusivity, diversity, and respect for human rights as we work together to build a be
  
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• King Charles III to be crowned at Westminster Abbey

  06-05-2023 12:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — King Charles III is being crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey, in a ceremony built on ancient traditions, at a time when the monarchy faces an uncertain future.
  The monarch traveled to the abbey from Buckingham Palace in a gilt-trimmed, horse-drawn carriage, the final mile of a seven-decade journey from heir to monarch.
  More than 2,000 guests, thousands of troops, tens of thousands of spectators and a smattering of protesters converged in and around the abbey as the king an
  
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• Trudeau, Simon arrive at coronation along with other Canadian dignitaries

  06-05-2023 11:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and their spouses are among the Canadiandelegation who have entered Westminster Abbey to witness the coronation of KingCharles III.
  The Canadian contingent also includes astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who is set to travel to the moon next year as part of the Artemis mission.
  Hansen is carrying the Canadian flag
  Astronaut Jennifer Sidney-Gibbons is also on the Canadian guest list.
  A drizzle fell in London as the guests arrived.
  Indigeno
  
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• ‘A feast for the eyes’: Canadians prepare to celebrate King’s coronation

  06-05-2023 11:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  People across Canada are preparing to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III this weekend, the first coronation in seven decades, with watch parties, commemorative pins and public events.
  The coronation service at Westminster Abbey in London begins at 11 a.m. local time Saturday. Buckingham Palace has said the ceremony will “reflect the monarch’s role today and look towards the future, while being rooted in long-standing traditions and pageantry.”
  At Victoria’s 144-
  
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• Ukraine downs Russian hypersonic missile with US Patriot

  06-05-2023 10:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s air force claimed Saturday to have downed a Russian hypersonic missile over Kyiv using newly acquired American Patriot defense systems, the first known time the country has been able to intercept one of Moscow’s most modern missiles.
  Air Force commander Mykola Oleshchuk said in a Telegram post that the Kinzhal-type ballistic missile had been intercepted in an overnight attack on the Ukrainian capital earlier in the week. It was also the first time
  
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• Israeli army kills 2 Palestinians in West Bank raid

  06-05-2023 10:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians during a military raid in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. A local armed group said the pair were militants.
  The deadly raid in the Nur Shams refugee camp near the city of Tulkarem was the latest in Israeli-Palestinian violence that has surged since last year.
  The ministry and Tulkarem’s branch of Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a militant group with connections to President Mahmou
  
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• Evacuation alerts expanded as floodwaters rise on some B.C. rivers, creeks

  06-05-2023 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Hundreds of residents in British Columbia’s southern and central Interior have been warned they may have to leave quickly if floodwaters move in. 
  Flood warnings, watches and advisories cover about half of the province, although the areas most under threat are the Boundary and Thompson regions. 
  Heavy rain on Friday and today following a week of record-setting temperatures that melted the snowpack has swollen rivers and creeks and set off mudslides. 
  Evacuation alerts have b
  
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• Fraser Valley Youth Theatre Company Brings Beauty And The Beast ... - Abbotsford News

  06-05-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Hakstol, Montgomery, Ruff nominated for Jack Adams Award as NHL’s best head coach

  06-05-2023 07:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Seattle’s Dave Hakstol, Boston’s Jim Montgomery and New Jersey’s Lindy Ruff have been named the finalists for the Jack Adams Award.
  The Adams is presented to the NHL head coach who has “contributed the most to his team’s success.”
  Hakstol guided Seattle (46-28-8) to the club’s first-ever berth in the NHL playoffs in just its second season, with the Kraken joining the Vegas Golden Knights and Atlanta Flames (now Calgary Flames) as the onl
  
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• Hurricanes top Devils, go up 2-0 in 2nd-round playoff series

  06-05-2023 05:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored twice in a roughly 2 1/2-minute span during Carolina’s four-goal second period, Frederik Andersen stopped 28 shots and the Hurricanes beat the New Jersey Devils 6-1 on Friday night for a 2-0 lead in their second-round playoff series.
  Jordan Staal and Martin Necas also scored in that blow-it-open second, which turned a scoreless game between the top two regular-season teams still alive in the playoffs into a romping Hurricanes win with th
  
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• The Globe and Mail, La Presse top winners at 2022 National Newspaper Awards

  06-05-2023 05:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Globe and Mail was the top winner at the 2022 National Newspaper Awards, collecting nine prizes at a gala in Toronto Friday.
  The Globe’s Grant Robertson set a record for most career wins with his ninth award, this time in the sports category for a three-part series on the Hockey Canada scandal.
  La Presse collected six honours, including the international reporting award for Isabelle Hachey’s dispatches from Ukraine, as well as the column prize for her writing on t
  
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• Canada’s Alphonso Davies wins CONCACAF award for second year in a row

  06-05-2023 04:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian Alphonso Davies has been named CONCACAF Men’s Player of the Year for the second year in a row.
  The 22-year-old from Edmonton is the first back-to-back winner of the award that dates back to 2013. Costa Rica goalkeeper Keylor Navas has also won the award twice, but not in consecutive years (2014 and 2017).
  Jamaica’s Khadija Shaw won the Women’s Player of the Year Award.
  The awards were decided in a vote by coaches, players, media and fans from across CONCACAF, which cov
  
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• Bassitt impressive as Blue Jays end skid, top Pirates 4-0

  06-05-2023 03:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Chris Bassitt allowed four hits over seven innings, George Springer hit his fourth home run of the season and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 on Friday night.
  Bassitt (4-2) struck out five and walked four as Toronto ended a five-game losing streak. Bassitt had little trouble with the suddenly skidding Pirates, who have dropped five straight. The right-hander, who signed a three-year deal with Toronto in the offseason, won for the third time in four s
  
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• Simon Fraser University hires lawyer after student-athletes voice concerns

  06-05-2023 02:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY, B.C. — Simon Fraser University has retained a Vancouver-based lawyer after concerns were raised by student-athletes.
  University spokesman Braden McMillan says in an emailed statement that the university has hired Sarah Chamberlain, who works for the law firm Southern Butler Price, and specializes in investigating sports-related matters.
  McMillan did not detail the specific allegations Chamberlain will investigate
  He says the university takes all complaints of bullying and harassme
  
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• Jan. 6 prosecutors seek 25 years for Oath Keepers’ Rhodes

  06-05-2023 02:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Justice Department is seeking 25 years in prison for Stewart Rhodes, the Oath Keepers founder convicted of seditious conspiracy for what prosecutors described as a violent plot to keep President Joe Biden out of the White House, according to court papers filed Friday.A Washington, D.C., jury convicted Rhodes in November in one of the most consequential cases brought in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, when a mob of then-President Donald Trump’s supporters assaulted police
  
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• Chilliwack sex offender found with child porn avoids jail by agreeing ... - Chilliwack Progress

  06-05-2023 02:10 via news.google.com
  
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• Hatton in 3-way tie for lead at Wells Fargo; McIlroy falters

  06-05-2023 01:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Tyrrell Hatton shot a 6-under 65 on Friday to move into a share of the second-round lead at the Wells Fargo Championship, while Rory McIlroy’s bid for a record fourth tournament title hit a major snag.
  Hatton, who has one PGA Tour victory and six more on the European tour, played the final four holes at Quail Hollow in 4 under to reach 8-under 134, matching Nate Lashley and Wyndham Clark through 36 holes.
  Lashley is also a one-time winner on tour, while Clark h
  
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• Othello Tunnels to remain closed in 2023, repairs will take years: B.C. Parks

  06-05-2023 01:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — A sought after destination east of Hope best known for its tunnels, stunning river views in the canyons below, and picturesque trails will remain closed for all of 2023.B.C. Parks wrote on its website Friday (May 5) that Othello Tunnels, also known as Coquihalla Canyon Park, will remain closed in 2023.In a statement, B.C. Parks acknowledged the significant damage to local access roads, park trails, tunnels and bridges at Othello Tunnels following the atmospheric river events of Nove
  
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• Canada’s Fernandez, partner Townsend fall in Madrid women’s doubles semifinals

  06-05-2023 01:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADRID — Canada’s Leylah Fernandez missed out on her third women’s doubles final of the season when she and American partner Taylor Townsend fell 6-4, 0-6, 10-6 to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia on Friday at the Madrid Open.
  Fernandez, of Laval, Que., and Townsend got off to a quick start with a break in the opening game.Azaranka and Haddad Maia would come back to score four breaks on seven chances in taking the first set.
  Fernandez and Town
  
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• Chilliwack and Eastern Fraser Valley reporters win several ... - Chilliwack Progress

  06-05-2023 01:27 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C. Real Estate Association pessimistic about Chilliwack in 2024 ... - Hope Standard

  06-05-2023 01:20 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C. Real Estate Association pessimistic about Chilliwack in 2024 ... - Chilliwack Progress

  06-05-2023 01:20 via news.google.com
  
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• Knights’ goaltender Laurent Brossoit facing yet another former team in NHL playoffs

  06-05-2023 01:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS — Timing is everything, and doubly so for an NHL goaltender.
  Laurent Brossoit spent much of this season outside the NHL, but the 30-year-old from Surrey, B.C., is a playoff starter for the first time in his career.
  The Vegas Golden Knights’ goaltending carousel — five different starters — stopped at Brossoit because he was healthy and playing well by the end of the regular season.
  “It’s been a crazy year that way,” Brossoit said Friday at the K
  
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• B.C. reports high level of COVID-19 immunity as WHO ends global health emergency

  06-05-2023 00:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia health officials say the World Health Organization’s declaration of the end of COVID-19 as a global health emergency is an “important milestone,” but warn the virus will still be around for the foreseeable future.
  Minister of Health Adrian Dix and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry say in a joint statement that COVID-19 is no longer causing severe disease in most people.
  They attribute the “high level of population immunity”
  
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• New this week: Jonas Brothers, Muppets, Bennifer and ‘Air’ - Chilliwack Progress

  06-05-2023 00:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Kamloops, Vernon men charged in New Westminster kidnapping - Chilliwack Progress

  06-05-2023 00:30 via news.google.com
  
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• LETTER: Union Gospel Mission president responds to Chilliwack ... - Hope Standard

  06-05-2023 00:20 via news.google.com
  
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• LETTER: Union Gospel Mission president responds to Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  06-05-2023 00:20 via news.google.com
  
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• LETTER: Union Gospel Mission President Responds To Chilliwack ... - Abbotsford News

  06-05-2023 00:20 via news.google.com
  
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• Blue Jays place reliever Pop on 15-game injured list with hamstring strain

  06-05-2023 00:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PITTSBURGH — The Toronto Blue Jays have placed right-handed reliever Zach Pop on the 15-day injured list with a right hamstring strain.
  Pop sustained the injury in the eighth inning of Toronto’s 11-5 loss at Boston on Thursday and had to be helped off the field.
  He pitched two-thirds of the eighth before exiting, giving up two hits and three earned runs.
  Pop, from Brampton, Ont., has a 4.85 earned-run average over 13 innings for the Blue Jays this season.
  The Blue Jays recalled Jay J
  
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