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• Suncor says person injured by bear north of Fort McMurray

  09-05-2023 23:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Suncor Energy says someone was injured by a bear at its oilsands base plant north of Fort McMurray, Alta., on the weekend.Spokesman Leithan Slade says it happened on Saturday at 8 p.m.
  He says the person was taken to hospital and released a few hours later.
  Slade says a full investigation is underway and Bear Scare, a wildlife management company, is on site is monitoring high-priority locations.In 2014, a Suncor worker was killed in a bear attack while working near F
  
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• California to pay $24M for man’s death in police custody

  09-05-2023 23:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — California will pay a $24 million civil rights settlement to the family of a man who died in police custody after screaming “I can’t breathe” as multiple officers restrained him while trying to take a blood sample, lawyers said Tuesday.Seven California Highway Patrol officers and a nurse were charged with involuntary manslaughter earlier this year in connection with the 2020 death of Edward Bronstein, age 38.Annee Della Donna, an attorney for Bronstein&
  
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• Riverbank erosion prompts Wisconsin band to ask for emergency shutdown of Line 5

  09-05-2023 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — An Indigenous band is asking a Wisconsin judge to order an emergency shutdown of the Line 5 pipeline.
  The Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa says ongoing spring flooding risks exposing and rupturing the pipeline on its territorial land. 
  The band has asked District Court Judge William Conley, who is presiding over the ongoing dispute with pipeline owner Enbridge Inc., to make a decision by Friday.
  Court documents show spring flooding has already carved away seve
  
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• Canola industry concerned about export access to China after diplomatic spat

  09-05-2023 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The canola industry is expressing concern that China will retaliate to Canada’s expulsion of its diplomat by blocking agricultural shipments.
  China blocked canola shipments from two major Canadian companies in 2019 not long after Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou was arrested by Canadian authorities, and the ban lasted for three years. 
  The ban lasted for three years before being lifted in 2022.
  On Monday, the Canadian government expelled Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei, alleging he was involve
  
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• Opposition says B.C. NDP ‘blame shifting’ on housing; non-profit says no wrongdoing

  09-05-2023 23:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — A non-profit housing provider in British Columbia says it won’t give up on its management despite being embroiled in a report that highlights risks to public funds and criticizes leadership at the provincial housing agency. 
  The board of directors at Atira Women’s Resource Society responded to the forensic audit report in a statement, noting there were no allegations of financial improprieties. 
  The Ernst and Young audit found mismanagement related to a con
  
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• Chilliwack Museum saw exhibition admissions more than doubled to ... - Chilliwack Progress

  09-05-2023 23:44 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Museum saw exhibition admissions more than double to ... - Chilliwack Progress

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• Oilers intend to tighten defence around their own net in Game 4 versus Golden Knights

  09-05-2023 23:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Stoutness around their own crease is what the Edmonton Oilers want more of to even up their playoff series with the Vegas Golden Knights.
  The Golden Knights own a 2-1 lead in their second-round series with the Oilers by scoring early and often from Edmonton’s own doorstep in a 5-1 win in Game 3.
  After taking a split home from Las Vegas, the Oilers now need the same from Rogers Place heading into Wednesday’s Game 4 in the best-of-seven affair.
  Vegas scored their first
  
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• Blue Jays pitching prospect Ricky Tiedemann listed as week-to-week after MRI

  09-05-2023 23:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto Blue Jays pitching prospect Ricky Tiedemann is listed as week-to-week with left biceps inflammation.
  The team said Tuesday the injury was picked up in an MRI.
  The 20-year-old Tiedemann left a start with double-A New Hampshire last Thursday after four innings with arm soreness.
  Tiedemann has an 0-1 record with a 4.97 earned-run average over four starts for New Hampshire this season.
  Baseball America has Tiedemann at No. 31 in its top 100 prospects list.
  He was drafted in the third round o
  
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• This is only a test: Emergency alert going off in B.C. - Chilliwack Progress

  09-05-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  
  This is only a test: Emergency alert going off in B.C.  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Trudeau Foundation board chair decries ‘unfair attacks’ after interference allegation

  09-05-2023 23:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The chair of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation’s board says the organization has been subjected to “unwarranted and unfair attacks” over allegations it received a donation that was part of a China-led foreign influence campaign.Edward Johnson was before a parliamentary committee investigating the circumstances around a pair of 2016 and 2017 donations from two Chinese billionaires that totalled $140,000.
  The Globe and Mail reported in February, citing an unnam
  
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• Madrid, City draw 1-1 in Champions League semifinals

  09-05-2023 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid and Manchester City drew 1-1 in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals on Tuesday after long-range strikes by Vinícius Júnior and Kevin de Bruyne.
  Vinícius put Madrid ahead with a shot into the top corner in the first half and De Bruyne equalized for the visitors with a powerful one-time shot in the second half.
  The second leg will be played next week in Manchester. The first leg of the other semifinal between Italian rivals Inter Mi
  
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• Flawed licensing exam led to half of Quebec nursing students failing, report finds

  09-05-2023 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — An investigation has found that hundreds of prospective nursing candidates were denied entry into the profession last fall due to a flawed exam administered by their professional order.
  The independent commissioner who oversees access to Quebec professional orders raises questions about the reliability and validity of the order of nurses’ entrance exam.
  André Gariépy’s second progress report includes several recommendations to correct flaws in the metho
  
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• ‘Critical thinking’ panels added as controversial Royal B.C. Museum ... - Chilliwack Progress

  09-05-2023 23:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Leafs’ Rielly, Senators’ Tkachuk among nominees for King Clancy Memorial Trophy

  09-05-2023 22:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly and Ottawa Senators forward Brady Tkachuk are among the 32 nominees for the King Clancy Memorial Trophy.
  The nominees were selected by their respective teams, while the winner is chosen by a committee of senior NHL executives led by Commissioner Gary Bettman and Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly.
  The award is presented “to the player who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice and has made a noteworthy humanitarian
  
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• Help name Chilliwack's new bike-lane sweeper - Hope Standard - Hope Standard

  09-05-2023 22:19 via news.google.com
  
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• Help name Chilliwack's new bike-lane sweeper - Aldergrove Star - Aldergrove Star

  09-05-2023 22:19 via news.google.com
  
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• Quebec tables new bill to crack down on Airbnb-style, short-term rentals

  09-05-2023 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — The Quebec government has tabled a bill that would require short-term rental companies to ensure their online listings are certified by the province.
  The legislation would make it illegal for anyone to advertise a short-term rental online without including the number and expiry date for their provincial certificate.
  Quebec’s bill is in response to calls from cities for limits on the number of Airbnb-style rentals, which have removed apartments from the long-term rental marke
  
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• Three youths injured in ‘serious’ Chilliwack crash - Global News

  09-05-2023 21:57 via news.google.com
  
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• Three youths injured in ‘serious’ Chilliwack crash

  09-05-2023 21:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Lower Mainland District Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service has been deployed to the area of Keith Wilson Road and Lindys Drive, officers confirmed.
  
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• Multiple pedestrians hit in ‘serious’ Chilliwack crash

  09-05-2023 21:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Lower Mainland District Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service has been deployed to the area of Keith Wilson Road and Lindys Drive, officers confirmed.
  
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• Atira challenges accuracy of conflict-of-interest investigation into BC ... - Chilliwack Progress

  09-05-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Authorities: Texas mall gunman had ‘neo-Nazi ideation’

  09-05-2023 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ALLEN, Texas (AP) — The gunman who killed eight people and wounded seven others at a suburban Dallas shopping mall had no prior criminal record but had “neo-Nazi ideation,” authorities said Tuesday.
  Investigators are still trying to determine why Mauricio Garcia opened fire Saturday at the Allen Premium Outlets, Hank Sibley, the regional director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said at a news conference.
  Garcia, 33, researched when the mall in Allen was busiest &mdash
  
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• Water pipe reportedly bursts at Chilliwack Secondary, firefighters respond

  09-05-2023 21:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Students at Chilliwack Secondary School were reportedly evacuated earlier today after a water pipe burst, prompting a fire alarm activation and a swift response from the Chilliwack Fire Department and Chilliwack ambulance personnel.Social media users reported Tuesday morning (May 9) that a water pipe burst at the school, resulting in the school’s fire alarm activation.
  Chilliwack firefighters responded, as did two ambulances from B.C. Emergency Health Services.Water was
  
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• Raptors forward O.G. Anunoby named to NBA all-defensive second team

  09-05-2023 20:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto Raptors forward O.G. Anunoby has been named to the NBA all-defensive second team.
  Anunoby, 25, led the league in steals during the regular season, averaging 1.9 per game and was consistently tasked with guarding opposing teams’ top perimeter players.
  Toronto also led the NBA in steals per game with 9.4. The closest teams were New Orleans and Memphis at 8.3. 
  The six-foot-seven, 232-pound Anunoby received 14 first-team votes and 53 second-team votes.
  He is joined by Memphis gua
  
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• Head of ‘non-political’ B.C. group meets Xi Jinping at meeting for ‘fresh troops’

  09-05-2023 20:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The head of a British Columbia-based group that says it is a “non-political” organization helping Chinese integrate into Canadian society travelled to Beijing to meet President Xi Jinping at a government conference this week.
  Chinese state media videos and photos show Canadian Community Service Association president Niu Hua attending the “10th Conference for Friendship of Overseas Chinese Associations,” hosted by the state council’s overseas Chinese affairs office.
  
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• Conservative private member’s bill raises spectre of abortion debate

  09-05-2023 20:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada is criticizing a Conservative private member’s bill the group says is being used to promote fetal rights. 
  If passed, Bill C-311 would encourage judges to consider physical or emotional harm to a pregnant victim an aggravating factor during sentencing. 
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has said in the past he is “pro-choice” when it comes to abortion rights, and Conservative MP Cathay Wagantall says the party
  
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• Canadian envoy who was expelled from Saudi Arabia says consul faces challenging days

  09-05-2023 20:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A former Canadian diplomat who was barred from Saudi Arabia in 2018 says the consul set to be expelled from China should prepare for challenging days ahead. 
  Dennis Horak, the former ambassador to Saudi Arabia, was ordered out of Riyadh in 2018 as the kingdom hit back at Canada for condemning the jailing of two human rights activists. 
  He says there will likely be similarities between his experience and what awaits Jennifer Lynn Lalonde, the Canadian consul in Shanghai, who China is ex
  
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• Chilliwack's Zach Benson playing in WHL championship series ... - Hope Standard

  09-05-2023 20:50 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack's Zach Benson playing in WHL championship series - Chilliwack Progress

  09-05-2023 20:50 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack spray parks to open Saturday ahead of hot weekend weather

  09-05-2023 20:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre and Cheam Leisure Centre wrote on Facebook Tuesday morning (May 9) that their spray parks will be open for the summer starting this weekend.The spray park hours will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., every single day, starting this Saturday, May 12.Environment Canada is forecasting extremely warm temperatures by Canadian standards. It is projecting sunny skies and a high temperature of 31 degrees Saturday, and even hotter on Sunday with a for
  
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• Child exploitation, online sexual abuse cases in B.C. surging: RCMP

  09-05-2023 20:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Investigators with the B.C. RCMP in Surrey say they have seen a staggering increase in the number of online child exploitation reported to them in just the first quarter of 2023 alone.In a press release from S/Sgt. Kris Clark, senior media relations officer for the B.C. RCMP provincial headquarters, Mounties say reports of online child exploitation rose dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, which causes many to stay in their homes.
  Now that pandemic restrictions have ease
  
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• Rare May heat wave brings worries for further floods and fires: emergency minister

  09-05-2023 20:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — A spell of unseasonably warm weather forecast for British Columbia is raising concerns for further flooding and fires.  
  Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma says the heat will impact the pace of snowmelt, which has already pushed river levels near or over their banks in several parts of central and southeastern B.C. 
  Dave Campbell, with the B.C. River Forecast Centre, said in a briefing on Monday that about three quarters of the snow on the mountains remain and the
  
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• Closure of Montreal’s legendary Main Deli mourned by regulars, prime minister

  09-05-2023 20:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Regulars at a Montreal deli are lamenting the loss of an institution after the restaurant abruptly closed earlier this week.
  The Main Deli, on Montreal’s St-Laurent boulevard, was known for its longtime rivalry with Schwartz’s.
  The two restaurants — located across the street from each other — are both known for their smoked meat sandwiches.
  Frederic Serre, a longtime regular at the Main, says it was more comfortable than Schwartz’s and that the staf
  
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• Facebook resistance to paying for news links ‘deeply irresponsible’: Trudeau

  09-05-2023 20:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Facebook’s resistance to paying publishers for articles posted on the platform is “deeply irresponsible” and “out of touch.”
  He says the tech giant’s opposition to compensating media companies for use of their stories shows how much work must be done to protect our democracies.
  His remarks came during a media scrum, a day after Facebook’s parent company Meta told the federal heritage committee it will blo
  
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• B.C. RCMP seeing skyrocketing reports of online predators ... - Chilliwack Progress

  09-05-2023 20:10 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP investigating suspicious fire on Vedder Mountain FSR

  09-05-2023 20:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP and Cultus Lake Fire personnel responded to a fire early Sunday morning (May 7) in which a vehicle burned near the intersection of Vedder Mountain Forest Service Road and Parmenter Road.According to Chilliwack RCMP Sgt. Krista Vrolyk, RCMP responded to Parmenter Road/Cardinal Court and Vedder Mountain Forest Service Road at about 12:45 a.m. early Sunday morning.On arrival, first responders discovered a fully engulfed vehicle.“We did respond to the fire an
  
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• Indigenous guardians help restore nature and community

  09-05-2023 19:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A network of Indigenous guardians who are helping restore and conserve land and culture are in Ottawa this week hoping to showcase their work and spur more stable government funding.
  The meeting is the largest gathering of Indigenous guardians ever in Canada, bringing together at least 250 guardians and more than 100 others who are assisting the cause.
  All the programs focus on conservation but in ways that are unique to their local area.
  In the Northwest Territories, the Ni Hat&r
  
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• First wild koalas caught and vaccinated against chlamydia - Chilliwack Progress

  09-05-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
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• RCMP say man with BB gun near Ashwell and Kipp was detained, later released

  09-05-2023 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP say a man who was carrying what appeared to be a rifle Sunday afternoon not far from Skwah First Nation was taken into custody and later released.According to a statement from RCMP Sgt. Krista Vrolyk, media relations spokesperson, Mounties received a report on Sunday afternoon, May 7 of a man carrying what appeared to be a rifle walking in the area of Ashwell Road and Kipp Avenue, just a few blocks southeast of the entrance to Skwah First Nation.Police attended
  
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• Senators star Claude Giroux to play in PGA Tour Canada event in Ottawa

  09-05-2023 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Senators star Claude Giroux has been offered a sponsor’s exemption to play in the Commissionaires Ottawa Open, a PGA Tour Canada event.
  Giroux will also be the tournament’s honorary chair.
  He isn’t the first active NHL player to compete in a PGA Tour Canada event.
  Winnipeg Jets forwards Mark Scheifele (2018, 2022) and Kyle Conner (2019) have both played in the CentrePort Canada Railpark Manitoba Open.
  Their Jets teammate Blake Wheeler will also play that event in
  
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• Alberta NDP says it would build hockey arenas and improve other facilities if elected

  09-05-2023 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Alberta’s NDP says it will bring in a program to build and improve community associations, hockey arenas and ball diamonds in communities across the province if it is elected on May 29.
  It says the program, dubbed Hometown Alberta, would create 1,500 jobs over three years.
  Leader Rachel Notley says it will also build stronger communities by supporting municipalities and non-profits to build, repair or expand local facilities.
  She says the program would increase gr
  
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• Iran hangs 2 in rare blasphemy case as executions surge - Chilliwack Progress

  09-05-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Doctors of BC president Dr. Greggain joining “Walk with your Doc” Wednesday in Hope

  09-05-2023 18:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Division of Family Practice, the non-profit society that represents family physicians from Boston Bar to Chilliwack, invites the public to participate in “Walk with your Doc” on Wednesday, May 10 in downtown Hope.
  Dr. Joshua Greggain, the president of Doctors of B.C., is among the physicians slated to participate. He dedicated 18 years of his life practicing medicine in Chilliwack, Hope and the Fraser Canyon with Fraser Health before relocating to Va
  
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• VIDEO: Third in the series of Chilliwack Chamber/CEPCO ... - Chilliwack Progress

  09-05-2023 18:18 via news.google.com
  
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• Jury starts deliberations in suit accusing Trump of rape

  09-05-2023 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A jury in New York City began deliberating Tuesday in the lawsuit brought by columnist E. Jean Carroll, who alleges that Donald Trump raped her in a luxury Manhattan department store in 1996.
  U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan read instructions on the law to the nine-person jury for about an hour before the panel began discussing Carroll’s allegations of battery and defamation.
  If they believe Carroll, jurors can award compensatory and punitive damages. Trump, who di
  
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• Maple Leafs-Panthers playoff series drawing interest from Proline bettors

  09-05-2023 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — It seems hope springs eternal in sports-betting circles for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
  According to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., 73 per cent of Proline bettors picked Toronto to defeat the Florida Panthers in their playoff game Sunday night. The Panthers won the game 3-2 in overtime to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.
  Fifty-three per cent of Proline customers correctly picked the total under of 6.5 goals.
  The series resumes Wednesday night in Sunrise
  
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• B.C. air quality advisories in place for North Peace region, Fort Nelson

  09-05-2023 17:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Environment Canada says wildfire smoke from northern Alberta is causing poor air quality and reduced visibility in parts of northeastern British Columbia.
  Special air quality advisories are in place for the North Peace region and Fort Nelson, B.C.
  The weather service says wildfire smoke can be harmful and everyone should try and find a place where they can get clean, cool air.
  More than 29,000 Albertans have been ordered to leave their homes in recent days due to dozens of wildfires.
  Two out-of-
  
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• Pedestrians struck at Keith Wilson intersection in Chilliwack Tuesday morning

  09-05-2023 17:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Multiple police, fire and ambulance units responded to the intersection of Keith Wilson Road and Lindys Drive Tuesday morning (May 9) after two pedestrians were struck just before 8 a.m.
  Their condition is unknown, but a social media user tracking the situation through an online scanner said the two children were reportedly OK.
  Three B.C. ambulances could be seen driving westbound away from the scene at 8:18 a.m. on Keith Wilson Road. Their emergency lights were not activated.
  
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• UPDATE: Chilliwack crosswalk collision injures 3 young pedestrians ... - Hope Standard

  09-05-2023 17:26 via news.google.com
  
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