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• Movie review: Jennifer Lawrence fits raunchy teen comedy 'No Hard ... - Chilliwack Progress

  21-06-2023 23:50 via news.google.com
  
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• Unifor announces union drive for Amazon workers in Metro Vancouver

  21-06-2023 23:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — Unifor says it’s planning a union drive for Amazon workers in Metro Vancouver.
  The union announced the drive in a press release Wednesday after an in-person event near an Amazon fulfillment centre in New Westminster that included an appearance by Chris Smalls, president of the Amazon Labor Union in the U.S. 
  In the press release, national president Lana Payne says joining a union would help Amazon workers push their employer to improve working conditions.
  
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• B.C. Chamber CEO calls for urgent reforms to disaster assistance ... - Chilliwack Progress

  21-06-2023 23:45 via news.google.com
  
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• MP files ‘official grievance’ with Speaker over Taylor Swift snubbing Canada on tour

  21-06-2023 23:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The bad blood over superstar Taylor Swift snubbing Canada on her latest tour has reached the House of Commons. 
  Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux says he’s filing an “official” grievance “on behalf of all Swifties” in the country after the singer-songwriter announced nearly 40 new dates for her Eras Tour.
  Fans of Taylor Swift were left disappointed on Tuesday when they discovered the new dates didn’t include any stops in Canada. 
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• VIDEO: Indigenous artist unveils mural inside Abbotsford recovery ... - Chilliwack Progress

  21-06-2023 23:40 via news.google.com
  
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• Agassiz sex offender out on bail - Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  21-06-2023 23:34 via news.google.com
  
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• Canada’s Henderson, Szeryk aiming for major title at KPMG Women’s PGA Championship

  21-06-2023 23:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Already the winningest player in Canadian golf history, Brooke Henderson wants more.
  Henderson and fellow Canadian Maddie Szeryk have their sights set on bringing home a title when they tee off Thursday at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, which is the second major of the women’s golf season. 
  Henderson has 13 career wins, including the 2016 edition of the Women’s PGA Championship and last year’s Evian Championship.
  “Your career is defined by how many majors y
  
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• Canadian women want agreement on World Cup participation sorted before leaving

  21-06-2023 23:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Players on the Canadian women’s soccer team have told Canada Soccer they want the issue of remuneration at the World Cup settled before they board the plane to Australia.
  There is not much time. The Canadian women are scheduled to report to a pre-tournament camp in Australia’s Gold Coast on June 28.
  “We’re not at a point where we’re not getting on a plane, but time’s coming where we want it done so as players we’re not having to deal with it while we&rsq
  
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• Plea for video as police say two killers of Sikh temple leader escaped through park

  21-06-2023 23:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Homicide investigators in Surrey, B.C., have released descriptions of the killers of a Sikh temple leader, but say they need video to help solve the crime. 
  Sgt. Timothy Pierotti says the two suspects in the shooting death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar are heavier-set males who were wearing face coverings. 
  Pierotti says that after shooting Nijjar outside Surrey’s Guru Nanak Sikh gurdwara, the men are believed to have escaped on foot through a nearby park and met a
  
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• Police in Delta arrest Chilliwack man for attempted break-in - Delta Optimist

  21-06-2023 22:53 via news.google.com
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: NDP failure – Fraser Valley left stranded by prolonged transit strike

  21-06-2023 22:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  For more than three agonizing months, the Fraser Valley transit strike has held our communities hostage, leaving bus commuters stranded and disconnected from essential services. It is a situation that should never have been allowed to escalate to this point, and it reflects the utter failure of the NDP government to stand up for the people in the Fraser Valley.As the MLA for Abbotsford South, not only am I concerned about Premier Eby’s lacklustre response to this crisis, but also the silen
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs trade forward Dalton MacGillivray to Cowichan Valley

  21-06-2023 22:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Chiefs say one of their fan favourites this past season will have a new home on Vancouver Island this coming year.The Chiefs announced Wednesday that forward Dalton MacGillivray has been traded to the Cowichan Valley Capitals in exchange for future considerations.
  The 2004-born forward netted 15 points in 44 games in his rookie season for the Chiefs.
  “Dalton is a great kid that gave us everything last year. We were able to move him all around our lineup an
  
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• UPDATE: 8 hours later, power restored to all 4,000 customers in ... - Chilliwack Progress

  21-06-2023 22:12 via news.google.com
  
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• Alberta youth arrested in terrorism investigation subject to peace bond

  21-06-2023 22:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Police in Calgary say they have arrested a youth in relation to a terrorism investigation. 
  Details about the accused’s identity are protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
  RCMP say the youth was arrested last week and appeared in court under a section of the Criminal Code that allows for a peace bond if there’s fear the person may commit a terrorism offence.
  If granted, the peace bond is in effect for up to one year or, if there’s a previous terror
  
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• Nearly 4,000 Hydro customers in Chilliwack without power

  21-06-2023 21:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Nearly 4,000 BC Hydro customers in Chilliwack are without power Wednesday afternoon due to what BC Hydro calls an equipment failure.
  According to a notice on the BC Hydro website, 3,976 customers north of Highway 1 in an area southeast of Yale Road, north of Chilliwack Central Road, and west of Ford Road (Rosedale), are impacted by the power outage.
  The outage may have been connected to a smoking Hydro pole at the corner of Cheam Avenue and Young Road, near the Fraser Valley R
  
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• VIDEO: 'Historic' first home win for Vancouver FC - Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  21-06-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Chapman homers and Gausman throws 6 solid innings as Blue Jays beat Marlins 6-3

  21-06-2023 21:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Matt Chapman homered and doubled, Kevin Gausman pitched six-plus innings of three-run ball and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Miami Marlins 6-3 on Wednesday.
  Cavan Biggio stepped in for late scratch Bo Bichette and doubled and singled for the Blue Jays. Bichette, who leads the American League in hits with 101 and had played in Toronto’s first 75 games, sat out because of left thumb discomfort.
  Luis Arraez went 2 for 5 for the Marlins and is now hitting a major league-lea
  
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• RCMP looking to ID suspect who defrauded business out of $237K in bank drafts

  21-06-2023 21:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — Surrey RCMP is releasing photos of a fraud suspect and asking anyone with information to contact police.
  On March 18, Surrey RCMP received a report that a currency exchange business located in the 8000-block of 128 Street had been defrauded $237,000. Two separate bank drafts were cashed and later determined to be fraudulent.
  Through investigation it was determined that the person who was involved in the fraudulent bank drafts was utilizing another person’s identity, accordin
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Lundqvist, Ouellette among Hockey Hall of Fame’s class of 2023

  21-06-2023 21:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Henrik Lundqvist, Caroline Ouellette, Pierre Turgeon, Mike Vernon and Tom Barrasso have been announced as the Hockey Hall of Fame’s class of 2023. 
  Ken Hitchcock and Pierre Lacroix have been added as builders. 
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Ottawa releases action plan to implement UNDRIP, despite calls for more consultation

  21-06-2023 20:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government has released its action plan on implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
  Its release coincides with the country marking today as National Indigenous Peoples Day, and follows feedback it received on a draft of the plan in April.The government had presented its draft to chiefs gathered for a meeting of the Assembly of First Nations, which formally called on Ottawa to do more consultations.Justice Minister David Lametti s
  
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• VIDEO: Abbotsford agriculture tour highlights innovation in farming ... - Chilliwack Progress

  21-06-2023 20:32 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C. teen's software featured in blockbuster Spider-Verse movie ... - Chilliwack Progress

  21-06-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Canada Bread fined $50M for role in bread price-fixing scandal

  21-06-2023 20:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada Bread Co. will pay a fine of $50 million after pleading guilty to its role in a criminal price-fixing arrangement that raised the wholesale price of fresh commercial bread. 
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Chiefs Trade MacGillivray to Capitals

  21-06-2023 20:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Chilliwack Chiefs have traded Dalton MacGillivray to the Cowichan Valley Capitals in exchange for future considerations.
  The 2004-born forward netted 15 points in 44 games in his rookie season for the Chiefs.
  “Dalton is a great kid that gave us everything last year. We were able to move him all around our lineup and use him in all situations,” said Head Coach and General Manager Brain Maloney.
  MacGillivray quickly became a fan favourite known for his constant smile, big personali
  
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• Three years too long a wait for Line 5 reroute, Indigenous band in Wisconsin says

  21-06-2023 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — The Indigenous band that’s fighting Line 5 says three years is too long to wait for the controversial cross-border pipeline to be moved. 
  A U.S. judge has given Enbridge Inc. until June 2026 to remove the 19 kilometres of pipe that crosses an Indigenous reservation in Wisconsin.  
  But the chairman of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa says that’s more than enough time for a catastrophic oil spill to happen.
  Mike Wiggins says he also fully ex
  
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• ‘Experimental with no oversight:’ Experts had concerns about OceanGate sub for years

  21-06-2023 19:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Two engineers behind a 2018 effort to flag concerns about the submersible missing in the North Atlantic say the vessel has not had the design and safety scrutiny typical in their industry.
  William Kohnen, president and CEO of the California-based engineering firm Hydrospace Group, says it’s hard to know what went wrong on the Titan submersible because the vessel isn’t classed.
  He said in an interview that classification involves a recognized third-party
  
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• Abbotsford anti-gang program at risk of closing again after govt. funding ends

  21-06-2023 19:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — In It Together (IIT), a gang and crime prevention program for youth run by Archway Community Services in Abbotsford, says it is at risk of closing its doors again after its government funding ended.
  In a news release from the Abbotsford-based non-profit agency, Archway Community Services says the program has struggled to secure consistent and sustainable funding since 2018 when a 5-year federal grant from the Ministry of Public Safety ended.
  Provincial funding allowed the prog
  
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• Cost of search for missing submersible ‘irrelevant,’ fisheries minister says

  21-06-2023 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — As the search for a missing submersible with five people aboard continues about 700 kilometres south of Newfoundland, two federal cabinet ministers came forward today to say the focus is on saving lives, not on the cost of the rescue operation.
  In Ottawa, the minister responsible for the Canadian Coast Guard, Joyce Murray, said the mounting bills for the U.S.-led mission were “irrelevant” as long as there is a chance of saving those on the Titan submersible, which was
  
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• Blue Bombers, Lions square off in battle of unbeaten West Division teams

  21-06-2023 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It has been quite the start to the 2023 CFL season for Zach Collaros and Vernon Adams Jr.
  The two veteran quarterbacks are ranked first and second in CFL passing through the opening two weeks. More importantly, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and B.C. Lions both sport 2-0 records heading into their showdown Thursday night at IG Field.
  Collaros, the CFL’s outstanding player the last two seasons, leads the league in passing yards (647) and touchdown tosses (five) and has yet to throw an intercepti
  
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• While sub disappearance transfixes some, many say their focus is on other calamities

  21-06-2023 19:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — The search for a submersible that disappeared while taking wealthy tourists to see the wreck of the Titanic has gripped many with its grim cinematic elements — a ticking clock, passengers running out of oxygen, and of course, the iconic ocean liner itself, which still captivates the public imagination more than a century after it sank.
  In Pakistan, where two of the passengers were from, people flocked to social media with prayers and newspapers covered it h
  
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• Bloc leader optimistic Trudeau will call public inquiry into foreign interference

  21-06-2023 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet says he is hopeful the Liberal government will soon call an independent public inquiry into foreign meddling is Canada’s affairs.
  Blanchet told reporters today he was encouraged by talks with Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc, adding that an agreement could be reached within hours.
  He says he believes that at a minimum, the Bloc and the Liberals would agree on details of the inquiry, which he says migh
  
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• AbbyPD removes unsafe, overweight trailer for improper hitch and breakaway chains

  21-06-2023 19:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — In their line of work, police see the good, the bad, and the not-so-pretty.Like this unsafe vehicle, with what appears to be a broken rear cargo window, that was improperly towing a trailer on Clearbrook Road just south of Highway 1 over the weekend.In a social media post Wednesday morning (June 21), the Traffic Enforcement Unit with the Abbotsford Police Department said it observed a Ford Aerostar-looking vehicle carrying a load. Upon inspection, police found that the driver
  
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• VIDEO: Meet Chilliwack divers who'll pick up submerged trash at ... - Langley Advance Times

  21-06-2023 19:01 via news.google.com
  
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• VIDEO: Meet Chilliwack divers who'll pick up submerged trash at ... - Hope Standard

  21-06-2023 19:01 via news.google.com
  
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• Surrey councillor breached conflict rules in police vote: ethics report

  21-06-2023 18:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — An ethics report has found that a Surrey, B.C., councillor who had family working for the RCMP breached ethics rules when he voted to halt the transition to an independent police force.
  The investigation by Surrey’s ethics commissioner says Rob Stutt broke the council’s code of conduct on Nov. 14 when he voted at a meeting to decide the fate of the transition.
  The move to the Surrey Police Service was rejected in a 5-4 vote.
  The report said that Stutt had two fam
  
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• Sprawling Georgian Style Mansion In BC's Chilliwack Asks $2.8M - Storeys

  21-06-2023 18:53 via news.google.com
  
  Sprawling Georgian Style Mansion In BC's Chilliwack Asks $2.8M  Storeys
  
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• Back from lengthy layoff, Canada’s Arjan Bhullar set to defend One Championship title

  21-06-2023 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  After more than a two-year absence due to injury and a contract dispute, Canadian Arjan Bhullar is set to defend his One Championship heavyweight title.
  The 37-year-old from Richmond, B.C., takes on unbeaten Russian Anatoly (Sladkiy) Malykhin on Friday’s “One Friday Fights 22” card at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok.
  Bhullar (11-1-0) says his career ended up on hold after his management team asked to get “championship pay” after he dethroned title-holder Brandon
  
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• Woman injured in Manitoba bus crash dies in hospital, bringing death toll to 16

  21-06-2023 18:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DAUPHIN, Man. — A woman injured in last week’s crash between a minibus and a transport truck in Manitoba has died in hospital, bringing the death toll to 16.
  RCMP said the woman, who had been in hospital since the crash, died Tuesday.
  Health officials said Wednesday that nine patients remained in hospital and four were in critical condition.
  The bus was taking a group of seniors from Dauphin and the surrounding area on a trip to a casino Thursday, when it crashed with the semi near C
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Two dead, two injured in Vancouver Island plane crash

  21-06-2023 18:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TOFINO, B.C. — Mounties on Vancouver Island say two people have been killed in the crash of a small plane northwest of Tofino on Vancouver Island.The B.C. Ambulance Service says two other people were injured.More coming.
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• Misinformation can distort national debates on important issues, chief justice warns

  21-06-2023 18:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s chief justice is warning that the global rise in misinformation threatens national institutions and processes that underpin democracy.
  The Supreme Court’s Richard Wagner said in a speech today that people around the world have increasingly polarized ideas about what can be considered true.
  Wagner told a conference organized by the Canadian Bar Association that exposure to misinformation can increase political cynicism, change voting patterns and distort nation
  
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• Cultus Lake Park Board commissioner pay remained modest in 2022

  21-06-2023 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Figures released by the Cultus Lake Park Board show that commissioners were paid a modest salary in 2022 compared to other elected officials in the Fraser Valley.
  According to remuneration documents contained within this week’s Cultus Lake Park Board agenda, former commissioner and board chair David Renwick received the highest salary of his fellow board members in 2022 at $21,940.60, of which $1,000 was a communications expense. Renwick elected not to run for reelection
  
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• Police arrest 45, seize 440 weapons in Canada-wide raids targeting 3D-printed guns

  21-06-2023 18:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec-based anti-gun unit says 45 people have been arrested and 440 guns have been seized in raids targeting manufacturers of 3D-printed or “ghost” guns across eight provinces.
  The squad, called the L’Équipe intégrée de lutte au trafic d’armes, told reporters today in Montreal that more than 20 police forces were involved in Canada-wide raids that took place Tuesday.
  Police carried out 64 raids and seized 440 guns, including 3D-pri
  
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• Explosion hits a building in Paris, injuring four people. Police are trying to determine the cause

  21-06-2023 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — A strong explosion hit a building in Paris’ Left Bank on Wednesday, leaving four people injured and igniting a fire that sent smoke soaring over the domed Pantheon monument and prompted the evacuation of buildings, police said. The cause of the blast was not immediately known.The facade of a building in the 5th arrondissement, or district, collapsed and emergency services were working to determine if anyone was still inside, a Paris police official said.
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• Chilliwack River Valley FireSmart Day this Saturday, BBQ by donation

  21-06-2023 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Simple tips like mowing your lawn, cleaning your gutters, or storing combustibles at least 10 metres away from your home are just a few of the ways that homeowners can reduce the likelihood of a wildfire spreading on their property.The Chilliwack River Valley Fire Department will host a community event designed to raise awareness about the FireSmart program this Saturday, June 24 at Thompson Regional Park, 48600 Chilliwack Lake Road, across from the fire hall.Chilliwack River
  
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• As wildfires rage on, NDP calls for increase to tax credit for volunteer firefighters

  21-06-2023 17:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — New Democrats are calling on the federal government to increase the tax credit for volunteer firefighters as they combat wildfires raging across the country. 
  MP Gord Johns held a news conference on Parliament Hill today alongside a board member from the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs to call for an increase to the volunteer firefighter and search and rescue tax credit from $3,000 to $10,000. 
  Johns introduced a bill in the House of Commons late last year to make th
  
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• Tammy Sutton-Brown, Rowan Barrett headline Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame class

  21-06-2023 17:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Tammy Sutton-Brown and Rowan Barrett headline the 2023 class of the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame.
  Both Sutton-Brown and Barrett will be inducted as athletes. They both now work as executives in Canadian basketball.
  Sutton-Brown holds multiple titles with Raptors 905 since joining the team in 2021: associate basketball, franchise operations, team player development and community director.
  Barrett is the general manager of the Canadian men’s basketball team.
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• Trudeau raises flag honouring residential school survivors on Parliament Hill

  21-06-2023 17:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised a flag on Parliament Hill this morning to honour Indigenous people who were forced to attend residential schools.
  He said the Survivors’ Flag also serves as a daily reminder that some children never returned home from the schools.
  Trudeau added that reconciliation is the responsibility of all Canadians.The prime minister spoke in front of a crowd that included residential school survivors from around the country, telling them the church-o
  
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• Quebec town of Lebel-sur-Quévillon could have to evacuate again because of fire

  21-06-2023 17:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A wildfire could force residents of a northern Quebec town to evacuate for a second time if the flames further threaten a major route in and out of the region.
  Lebel-sur-Quévillon Mayor Guy Lafrenière told residents today that smoke is making the air quality in town poor, and citizens who can leave are recommended to do so.
  The town’s 2,000 residents spent more than two weeks out of their homes because of the fires before being allowed home on Sunday.
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• Two dead in plane crash on northwest coast of Vancouver Island ... - Chilliwack Progress

  21-06-2023 17:10 via news.google.com
  
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• Preliminary hearing in September for Quebec man accused of killing three with truck

  21-06-2023 17:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AMQUI, Que. — A Quebec man accused of killing three people with his truck will have a preliminary hearing in September.
  Steeve Gagnon appeared today in Quebec court where a judge set a preliminary inquiry for the case between Sept. 5-8.
  Gagnon, 38, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder and nine counts of attempted murder in connection with the March 13 incident in Amqui, Que., about 350 kilometres northeast of Quebec City.
  A truck drove into several groups of pedestrians on a
  
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