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• Canada’s Zhao advances to third round of Wimbledon qualifying with win over Rus

  28-06-2023 23:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON — Carol Zhao of Richmond Hill, Ont., moved one step closer to qualifying for the first Grand Slam main draw of her career with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 second-round win over Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands in Wimbledon qualifying on Wednesday.
  Zhao was accurate on 80 per cent of her first serves, winning 67 per cent of available points. She was also effective on second serve, winning 75 per cent of those points.
  The Canadian broke Rus, ranked No. 2 in the qualifying tournament, four times on
  
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• Three new buildings in Chilliwack school district 2024-25 capital ... - Chilliwack Progress

  28-06-2023 23:45
  
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• UFV Cascades hosting Boise State Broncos on Aug. 1 - Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  28-06-2023 23:19
  
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• Canada’s Myles Creighton ready for next step at Latinoamerica Tour finale

  28-06-2023 22:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Myles Creighton is poised to take the next step of his career.
  The product of Digby, N.S., is headed into the Bupa Tour Championship on Thursday atop the Totalplay Cup rankings, the points list for the Latinoamerica Tour. 
  Sitting at 1,094 points, 149 more than American Walker Lee, Creighton is in an ideal position to win the golf circuit’s overall title.
  Creighton has already locked up a top-five spot on the tour and therefore has status on the second-tier Korn Ferry Tour next year,
  
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• Canadian wildfires send smoke south, triggering air quality warnings

  28-06-2023 22:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian wildfires are continuing to send heavy clouds of smoke south, from Northern Ontario and Quebec, through both provinces and into the United States.
  Environment Canada has issued special air quality statements for large areas of Ontario and Quebec warning of high levels of air pollution due to the smoke.
  The agency says wildfire smoke plumes moved into the impacted areas including the Greater Toronto Area, Hamilton, Windsor, Barrie and London in Ontario and most of northern Quebec. 
  
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• CFL issues maximum fine against Chris Edwards of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

  28-06-2023 22:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The CFL issued a maximum fine against Hamilton defensive back Chris Edwards on Wednesday for his actions following the Tiger-Cats’ 38-12 loss to the  Montreal Alouettes last week.
  After the game Friday night, Edwards delivered a two-handed shove to Montreal receiver Austin Mack after faking a friendly handshake. Edwards was assessed an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty even though the game was over.
  The exact amount of the discipline was not disclosed but a maximum fine
  
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• B.C. to launch website to book appointments with pharmacists to treat minor ailments

  28-06-2023 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — In an attempt to ease some of the pressure on British Columbia’s health-care system, Premier David Eby says the province will become the first in Canada to offer online booking for residents to see pharmacists for treatment of minor ailments.
  The website will go live Thursday morning to allow residents to book appointments for one of 600 pharmacists who have agreed to use a new system, similar to what is used for people to book COVID-19 or flu vaccines.
  The province expan
  
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• Chilliwack hotel plans to address deepening room shortage - Western Investor

  28-06-2023 22:00
  
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• Crime Stoppers advises public of man wanted for assault out of Chilliwack parole

  28-06-2023 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted, a weekly fan-out service based on information provided by police investigators in the Lower Mainland, is advising the public of a man who is wanted out of Chilliwack parole.A warrant went into effect on Tuesday, June 27 for 34-year-old Jason Desjardins. He is wanted on assault charges and is described as 6’2″ tall, 291 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He is wanted out of the Chilliwack parole jurisdiction.Cr
  
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• Mounties in Nanaimo, B.C., probe theft of German shepherd puppies

  28-06-2023 20:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NANAIMO, B.C. — The RCMP are investigating the theft of 10 German shepherd puppies from a backyard kennel in Nanaimo, B.C. 
  Police say the theft occurred around 3 a.m. Monday morning.
  Since then, five of the eight-week-old puppies have been recovered, but police say the rest are still missing. 
  The owner told police that her daughter was awoken by a noise in the backyard and went out to their deck to investigate. 
  She screamed when she saw several people, dressed in toques a
  
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• PHOTOS: Fortin's Village Classic Car Show shines in downtown ... - Chilliwack Progress

  28-06-2023 20:47
  
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• Chilliwack-area fire halls to host Canada Day festivities

  28-06-2023 20:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — With relatively mild weather and somewhat sunny skies forecast for this Saturday, it’s a great time for Chilliwack residents and families to visit two fire halls for Canada Day activities.Fire Hall No. 1 at 45950 Cheam Avenue in Chilliwack will host a pancake breakfast by donation this Saturday, July 1 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. by donation. During the 2022 Canada Day celebration, Chilliwack firefighters allowed kids to practice their fire hose expertise, and it’s like
  
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• Devils re-sign forward Timo Meier to 8-year, $70M contract

  28-06-2023 20:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils secured another piece from last year’s team, re-signing forward Timo Meier to an eight-year, $70.4 million contract through the 2030-31 NHL season.
  General manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the signing of the restricted free agent on Wednesday, hours before the start of the league’s draft in Nashville, Tennessee.
  The contract will pay the 26-year-old Swiss forward an average of $8.8 million annually with the deal starting at $12 million
  
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• Canada’s Penny Oleksiak hopes to return at 2024 Paris Olympics

  28-06-2023 20:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Penny Oleksiak says she still plans to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
  The 22-year-old seven-time Olympic medalist withdrew from the world swimming championships on June 1 due to injury.
  She says she’s just getting over the neurological issue with her shoulder now.
  Oleksiak added that she’s slowly getting back into training leading up to next year’s Summer Games.
  She spoke at Collision, a tech conference in downtown Toronto, this afternoon.
  Oleksiak won four
  
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• B.C. opens $500M fund to help non-profits buy rental buildings, keep rent affordable

  28-06-2023 20:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has opened access to its $500-million rental-protection fund that will help non-profit groups purchase rental buildings. 
  The goal of providing the capital funding is to allow renters to stay in the buildings and keep their rents affordable. 
  The province says in a statement that more than 97,000 units where the rent was below $1,000 a month were lost between 2016 and 2021 as they were converted to condominiums, demolished or the price o
  
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• Success and struggles for Chilliwack students in 2022-23 ... - Chilliwack Progress

  28-06-2023 20:30
  
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• Trudeau announces child-care infrastructure funding to create more spaces

  28-06-2023 20:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced plans to spend $625 million to help provinces and territories build child-care infrastructure. 
  Trudeau says the money will be rolled out over four years to help providers renovate, retrofit and build new not-for-profit and public child-care facilities. 
  The announcement follows through on the child-care infrastructure fund promised by the Liberal government in the 2022 budget.
  It’s meant to complement the nati
  
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• Kamloops councillor apologizes for letting false accusation rip about ... - Chilliwack Progress

  28-06-2023 20:00
  
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• Federal minister LeBlanc calls changes to N.B.’s LGBTQ school policy a ‘mistake’

  28-06-2023 19:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FREDERICTON — A federal cabinet minister says it was a mistake for New Brunswick to change the province’s policy on sexual orientation in schools.
  Infrastructure Minister Dominic LeBlanc told reporters today in Fredericton that the changes to Policy 713 complicate things for young people and their families.
  LeBlanc says he doesn’t think the prolonged and divisive debate in the legislature has been a success for Premier Blaine Higgs.
  Two members of Higgs’ cabinet resigned
  
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• Postponed MLS game between Whitecaps and Rapids recheduled for Sept. 27

  28-06-2023 19:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A Vancouver Whitecaps’ game in Colorado that was postponed last week due to inclement weather has been rescheduled.
  The Whitecaps will face the Rapids in Major League Soccer action on Sept. 27 in Commerce City, Colo., the team announced Wednesday.
  The game had originally been scheduled for June 21, but was postponed from its 7:30 p.m. local start time as the Denver area was under a severe thunderstorm warning and tornadoes were reported in eastern Colorado.
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• Flames sign recently acquired forward Sharangovich to two-year, $6.2-million deal

  28-06-2023 19:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The Calgary Flames have signed recently acquired forward Yegor Sharangovich to a two-year, US$6.2-million deal.
  The Flames announced the deal a day after acquiring Sharangovich in a trade with New Jersey that sent veteran forward Tyler Toffoli to the Devils.
  Sharangovich, New Jersey’s fifth-round selection in 2018, was set to become a restricted free agent.
  The 25-year-old Belarusian had 53 goals and 53 assists in 205 games with the Devils. 
  This report by The Canadian
  
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• Protection coming for large tract of threatened grassland south of Kamloops, B.C.

  28-06-2023 19:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — More than 60 square kilometres of at-risk grassland in British Columbia’s southern Interior will be protected forever as part of the newest conservation project in the province.
  The Nature Conservancy of Canada says preserving the grasslands, known as Bunchgrass Hills, south of Kamloops, secures vital habitat and safe pathways for dozens of species living in the Thompson-Nicola region.
  Several of those are listed as threatened, including the great basin spadefoot toad and
  
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• NHL salary cap to increase by $1 million per team for 2023-24 season

  28-06-2023 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — NHL teams will operate with a salary cap of US$83.5 million in 2023-24, a modest increase of $1 million over this past season.
  The NHL and NHL Players’ Association also announced a salary floor of $61.7 million for next season.
  The numbers were determined after the NHL and NHLPA arrived at a salary midpoint of $72.6 million per team based on hockey-related revenue.
  Wednesday’s announcement put to rest talk of a salary-cap increase for 2023-24 beyond the projected bump
  
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• Dental care to cost $3B less than budgeted unless provinces drop coverage, PBO says

  28-06-2023 18:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Parliamentary Budget Officer estimates the promised federal dental insurance plan will cost $2.9 billion less than the government budgeted, assuming provincial governments don’t drop their coverage. 
  The Liberals promised a stand-alone dental insurance plan for low- and middle-income Canadians who don’t have private insurance as part of its supply and confidence deal with the NDP last year.
  The program is expected to launch before the end of the year, starting
  
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• VIDEO: Search underway for teen missing in Golden Ears Provincial ... - Chilliwack Progress

  28-06-2023 18:30
  
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• Pink-haired poodle from Chilliwack area raises money for breast ... - Hope Standard

  28-06-2023 18:25
  
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• Pink-haired Poodle From Chilliwack Area Raises Money For Breast ... - Abbotsford News

  28-06-2023 18:25
  
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• Chilliwack Alzheimer’s Walk raises thousands for dementia services in B.C.

  28-06-2023 18:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack community rallied their family and friends to raise more than $13,000 during the Alzheimer’s Walk on Sunday, May 28 in Chilliwack.In a news release from Sara Wagner, manager of community services for the Alzheimer Society of BC, the non-profit charity welcomed the fundraising tally as it delivers programs and services in the Fraser Valley like the First Link Dementia Helpline.Online donations will be accepted until July 15, so the fundraising numbers will
  
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• UConn introduces Siberian husky pup Jonathan XV as the school’s next mascot

  28-06-2023 18:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  STORRS, Conn. (AP) — The University of Connecticut officials welcomed a new celebrity on Wednesday, and they say he’s a very good boy.
  Jonathan XV is a 2-month old Siberian husky who will take over as the official UConn Husky mascot this fall.
  The puppy was born in Canada on April 19 and arrived on campus on June 17, school spokeswoman Stephanie Reitz said. He was presented Wednesday morning to the school’s board of trustees.
  The puppy is living with the same host family as UCo
  
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• Cree evacuees in Quebec wildfire crisis face particular cultural, health challenges

  28-06-2023 17:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Almost 1,200 vulnerable people from Cree communities are among the evacuees who have fled northern Quebec because of wildfires and smoke. 
  Dr. François Prévost of the Cree health board says the evacuation process has gone relatively well, but he adds that the situation poses particular health, logistical and cultural challenges.
  He says the health agency is striving to maintain care for evacuees — including elders, pregnant women and infants — who
  
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• CP NewsAlert: B.C. port union issues 72-hour strike notice

  28-06-2023 17:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The union representing port workers in British Columbia says it has issued 72-hour strike notice and its members are ready to walk off the job on Saturday.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Mountain Institution staff seize syringes, needles and weapons during lockdown

  28-06-2023 17:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — Following what appears to be a seven-day lockdown that involved a subsequent search at Mountain Institution west of Agassiz, Correctional Service Canada says it has removed a host of contraband and unauthorized items at the medium-security federal prison.In a news release from CSC Tuesday (June 27), authorities say a lockdown put in place on Tuesday, June 20 has ended and an exceptional search has been completed.Correctional staff seized syringes and needles, handmade drug paraph
  
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• Canada welcomes largest number of immigrants in first quarter since at least 1972

  28-06-2023 17:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country welcomed more than 145,000 immigrants during the first three months of the year.
  That’s the highest number for a single quarter on record, since comparable data became available in 1972.
  The federal agency released its quarterly population estimates today, showing Canada continues to grow rapidly.
  The pace of population growth was the fastest on record for a first quarter as well, with 98 per cent of the growth coming from immigration.
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• Gymnastics star Simone Biles returning to competition in August in first meet since 2020 Olympics

  28-06-2023 17:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Simone Biles is back.
  The gymnastics superstar plans to return to competition at the U.S. Classic outside Chicago in early August, her first event since the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
  USA Gymnastics announced Wednesday that Biles, a seven-time Olympic medalist and the 2016 Olympic champion, is part of the women’s field for the single-day event set for Aug. 5 at NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates.
  Biles has taken most of the last two years off following her eventful stay in Japan, where her decision to
  
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• Argos sporting CFL-best ground game early in 2023 regular season

  28-06-2023 16:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  As the defending Grey Cup champion the Toronto Argonauts’ start to the 2023 season isn’t surprising. But how they’ve done it certainly is.
  Toronto (2-0) hosts the B.C. Lions (3-0) at BMO Field on Monday night. The Argos enter the contest leading the CFL in rushing, averaging 152 yards per game.
  Granted, it’s early in the season and thus a very small sample size. But consider last year when Toronto finished last in CFL rushing (81.7 yards per game) and scored just nine tou
  
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• Secrets and Lives with Sonia Furstenau - Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  28-06-2023 16:30
  
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• Jordi Fernandez replaces Nick Nurse as coach of Canadian men’s basketball team

  28-06-2023 16:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Sacramento Kings assistant coach Jordi Fernandez is replacing former Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse as the head coach of the Canadian men’s basketball team, Canada Basketball announced Wednesday.
  Nurse, who was hired by Canada Basketball in 2019, had a contract to coach the Canadian team through the 2024 Olympics. He was fired as coach of the Toronto Raptors earlier this year and is now coach of the Philadelphia 76ers.
  Nurse says he needed to step away from national team
  
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• Vessel with underwater vehicle that searched for Titan returns to Newfoundland port

  28-06-2023 15:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — A vessel that had been searching for debris from the ill-fated Titan submersible returned to port in St. John’s, N.L., this morning.
  The Canadian-flagged Horizon Arctic is carrying a remotely operated vehicle, or ROV, that searched the ocean floor not far from the wreck of the Titanic, about 700 kilometres south of Newfoundland.
  The owners of the ROV, U.S.-based Pelagic Research Services, confirms that its team has successfully completed offshore operations.
  
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• Why Is Everyone Watching TV With the Subtitles On?

  28-06-2023 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!During the early days of film, text proved a must. Movies were silent, so dialogue delivery required the written word. The first intertitles did little more than fill in the blanks. That said, they also facilitated increasingly sophisticated storylines. By the 1930s, sound hit film, rendering intertitles obsolete. By the early 1970s, television paved the way for a new kind of screen text: the subtitle.
  One of the first TV personalities to benefit from subti
  
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• Options to save Twilight Drive-in ordered by Langley Township ... - Chilliwack Progress

  28-06-2023 14:00
  
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• MERCIER: Internationally trained professionals continue their ... - Chilliwack Progress

  28-06-2023 14:00
  
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• Decades after Fly at Night, Bill Henderson of Chilliwack enters Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame - CBC.ca

  28-06-2023 14:00
  
  Decades after Fly at Night, Bill Henderson of Chilliwack enters Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame  CBC.ca
  
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• Bedard will likely go first, who follows and where will they go at NHL draft?

  28-06-2023 12:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE — The NHL Awards ceremony held inside Bridgestone Arena on Monday night served up a casual country, chummy comedic vibe.
  Expect things to be more businesslike when the NHL entry draft takes over the home arena of the Nashville Predators for two tense decision-filled days.
  The draft consists of seven rounds, with the opening round taking place Wednesday night. Rounds 2 to 7, covering all 224 player selections, is held Thursday.
  The Chicago Blackhawks will make the first overall pi
  
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• Think you could pass the citizenship test? Poll shows most Canadians would flunk

  28-06-2023 10:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canadians’ hearts may be brimming with pride as Canada Day approaches, but a new poll suggests their minds aren’t full of the knowledge needed to pass a citizenship test.
  In a survey of 1,512Canadian adults, Leger found that only 23 per cent would pass the citizenship test, based on their answers to 10 randomly selected questions.
  People who wish to become Canadian need to answer 20 questions about citizens’ rights and responsibilities, as well as Canada’s
  
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• Program for institutions at risk from hate crimes expanded to shelters

  28-06-2023 10:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A federal program that helps community institutions make safety-related improvements is being expanded to shelters for victims of gender-based violence.
  The $5-million Security Infrastructure Program covers as much as half the cost of security equipment such as lighting, fencing, cameras and alarm systems, up to $100,000 per project.
  Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says eligible recipients, including community centres, educational institutions, places of worship and others,
  
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• Canadians come up short on citizenship test: A look at what’s In The News for today

  28-06-2023 10:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today. 
  Citizenship test and Canada Day
  Canadians’ hearts may be brimming with pride as Canada Day approaches, but a new poll suggests their minds aren’t full of the knowledge they would need to pass a citizenship test.
  In a survey of more than 1,500 Canadian adults, Leger (LEH”-zhay) found that only 23 per cent would pass the citizenship test, based on their ans
  
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• Quebec advocates take aim at no-pet clauses in leases amid housing crisis

  28-06-2023 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Tobias Gurl thinks his five-year-old collie, Winston, is a pretty ideal roommate: she’s quiet, well-trained and indispensable to her owner’s well-being.
  Gurl, who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and is awaiting an autism screening, says Winston is a service dog who has been trained to help him during panic attacks through trained behaviours. Those could be a well-timed nudge, climbing on top of him like a weighted blanket or circling around him to create
  
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• Ottawa urged to back U.S., not TC Energy, in $15B lawsuit over demise of Keystone XL

  28-06-2023 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — A progressive public policy think tank is urging the federal government to side against oil and gas transmission giant TC Energy in its ongoing dispute with the United States over the ill-fated Keystone XL project.
  The Calgary-based company is seeking to recoup US$15 billion in lost revenue from the on-again, off-again cross-border pipeline expansion, which President Joe Biden killed off for good in 2021 on his first day as commander-in-chief. 
  The lawsuit is based on the
  
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• Three new buildings in Chilliwack school district 2024-25 capital plan - Chilliwack Progress

  28-06-2023 09:00
  
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• Pink-haired poodle from Chilliwack area raises money for breast ... - Chilliwack Progress

  28-06-2023 09:00
  
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