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• Triple stabbing at University of Waterloo was hate-motivated, police say, man charged

  29-06-2023 23:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A triple stabbing during a gender studies class at the University of Waterloo is believed to have been a hate-motivated attack, police said Thursday as they laid multiple charges against a 24-year-old former student. 
  The attack that took place Wednesday injured three people and shocked the university campus located about 100 kilometres west of Toronto. 
  Geovanny Villalba-Aleman, a recently graduated international student, faces three counts of aggravated assault, four counts of assaul
  
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• Sheldon Keefe ‘thrilled’ to be back as Maple Leafs head coach

  29-06-2023 23:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE — Sheldon Keefe kept his job after an unsettling process. 
  The Maple Leafs head coach also knows he’s getting a second chance.
  On the job a month after replacing the fired Kyle Dubas, Toronto general manager Brad Treliving announced this week Keefe will return behind the bench following a series of meetings between the two men to ensure the fit was right.
  “Thrilled to be back,” Keefe said Thursday on Day 2 of the NHL draft. “It’s been a process,
  
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• Climate policies and fossil fuel: Clean fuel regulations and carbon pricing explained

  29-06-2023 23:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — On Saturday, the federal government’s long-promised clean fuel regulations will take effect across Canada. Here are five things to know about what they are, how they will affect you and why they are different from the carbon price.
  What are the clean fuel regulations?
  First promised in 2016, but not completed until last year, the clean fuel regulations are designed to reduce emissions from every stage of producing, processing, transporting and using gasoline and diesel.
  It i
  
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• U.K. wants NATO to speed up Ukraine's membership process ... - Chilliwack Progress

  29-06-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Triple stabbing at University of Waterloo was hate-motivated, police ... - Chilliwack Progress

  29-06-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Toronto Argonauts have hit the ground running to open CFL season

  29-06-2023 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Quarterback Chad Kelly and the Toronto Argonauts offence have certainly hit the ground running to start the 2023 CFL season.
  Toronto (2-0) currently leads the league in rushing, averaging 152 yards per game. Last year, the Argos finished last overall in rushing (81.7 yards per game) and ran for just nine touchdowns all year.
  The Argos host the B.C. Lions (3-0) at BMO Field on Monday night having already scored seven rushing TDs. Kelly and running back A.J. Ouellette both have thr
  
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• What Google’s move to block news in Canada means for your next search

  29-06-2023 22:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Google said Thursday that it will strip Canadian news from its services in response to a new federal law that forces tech giants to pay publishers for news they share through their services.
  The move stands to alter how Canadians access, read and even stumble across news stories.
  Here’s what it means for Canadians.
  Where is Google removing Canadian news from?
  Google is removing links to Canadian news publications from its search engine, news aggregator and discovery product
  
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• Drug Alert Issued After Vape Juice Tests Positive For ... - Abbotsford News

  29-06-2023 22:51 via news.google.com
  
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• Blue Jays slugger Guerrero will take another swing at the Home Run Derby

  29-06-2023 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. will compete in the T-Mobile Home Run Derby during the All-Star festivities in Seattle on July 10.
  It will be Guerrero’s second time competing in the event after he set a record with 91 home runs as a rookie in 2019.
  Guerrero ultimately lost 23-22 to New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso in the derby final, however.
  Seattle Mariners star Julio Rodriguez is the only other confirmed participant in the event so far.
  The 24-year-old Guerrero is
  
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• 'Sweeperella' brushes past competition in Chilliwack naming contest ... - Chilliwack Progress

  29-06-2023 22:50 via news.google.com
  
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• Searchers look for B.C. teen missing in provincial park since Tuesday

  29-06-2023 22:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. — A helicopter, a drone and teams of rescuers from across the Lower Mainland are part of a search for a missing teen who was separated from her group while hiking in a Metro Vancouver provincial park.
  RCMP say 16-year-old Esther Wang from Langley, B.C., was part of a group of four people who were hiking in Golden Ears Provincial Park on Tuesday. 
  The group left a lookout point at about 2:45 p.m. to head back to their campground and about 15 minutes later they noticed
  
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• UPDATE: 2 wildfires sparked near Okanagan Connector under ... - Chilliwack Progress

  29-06-2023 22:39 via news.google.com
  
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• U.K. wants NATO to speed up Ukraine’s membership process as alliance prepares to meet

  29-06-2023 22:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Britain’s defence secretary says he wants NATO leaders to consider fast-tracking Ukraine’s membership in the military alliance when they meet next month in Lithuania.
  Ben Wallace met Canadian Defence Minister Anita Anand in London today. 
  Wallace says he believes the 31 NATO members should consider allowing Ukraine to skip the membership action plan portion of the process, given the strength and size of its military.
  Anand says Canada supports Ukraine joining NATO
  
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• Ottawa Redblacks, Edmonton Elks face off in battle of the winless

  29-06-2023 22:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Someone’s losing streak will come to an end when the Ottawa Redblacks host the Edmonton Elks on Friday night.
  The Redblacks are coming off a bye week and looking for their first win after starting the season with back-to-back losses, while the Elks are 0-3-0. 
  Ottawa is well overdue for a win at TD Place having lost its last 13 games at home. 
  “I don’t consider anyone desperate,” said Ottawa head coach Bob Dyce. “If you’re on a golf co
  
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• Dog rescued from hot vehicle by Kelowna RCMP officer - Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  29-06-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Stray kitten with broken leg found in Lower Mainland garage ... - Chilliwack Progress

  29-06-2023 21:54 via news.google.com
  
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• Deputy acquitted of all charges for failing to act during deadly Parkland school shooting

  29-06-2023 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff’s deputy was acquitted Thursday of felony child neglect and other charges for failing to act during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, concluding the first trial in U.S. history of a law enforcement officer for conduct during an on-campus shooting.
  Former Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson wept as the verdicts were read. The jury had deliberated for 19 hours over four days.
  After court adjourned, Peterson, his family and friends rushed
  
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• Political consultant gets 24 years for paying hitmen to kill a colleague

  29-06-2023 21:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey political consultant who had two hitmen kill a colleague for $15,000 was sentenced to 24 years in federal prison on Thursday.
  Sean Caddle, a one-time Democratic campaign consultant, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit murder-for-hire in the killing of Michael Galdieri, whose apartment was set on fire after he was fatally stabbed in 2014.U.S. District Judge John Michael Vazquez called the murder one of the most “heinous” cases he’s seen.
  
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• Catcher Alejandro Kirk returns to Blue Jays roster after stint on 10-day injury list

  29-06-2023 21:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Catcher Alejandro Kirk has returned from the Toronto Blue Jays 10-day injured list.
  Kirk had been out with a left hand laceration after being hit by a pitch.
  The all-star catcher will be active for tonight’s game against the visiting San Francisco Giants.
  Catcher Tyler Heineman was optioned to the Blue Jays’ triple-A affiliate in Buffalo, N.Y., in a corresponding move.
  Kirk is hitting .253 this season with three home runs and 21 runs batted in.
  Heineman is hitting .24
  
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• Transgender Kansas residents can keep updating their documents despite a new law, governor says

  29-06-2023 20:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Democratic governor in Kansas declared Thursday that the state will keep allowing transgender residents to alter their driver’s licenses and birth certificates, despite a new law aimed at preventing it.Gov. Laura Kelly issued a directive that allows agencies under her control to defy a legal opinion issued earlier this week by Republican state Attorney General Kris Kobach, telling them to follow their lawyers’ narrower view of the law. Kobach has told re
  
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• City names new bike lane sweeper with help from Unsworth Elementary class

  29-06-2023 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Sweeperella ran away with this one from the get-go.The votes are in, and the City of Chilliwack is pleased to announce its new bike lane sweeper will be named Sweeperella.The City received over 400 name suggestions for its new bike lane sweeper, and asked the community to vote for its favourite from a top 10 list, including Cheamboni, Dust in Time, Dusty McBristles, Little Bo Sweep, Obi Wan Cleanobi, Sweeperella, Sweeping Beauty, The Grim Sweeper, Tidy Tim, and Zambroomi. With
  
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• 'Absolutely devastating': View Royal teen mourns after mother bear ... - Chilliwack Progress

  29-06-2023 20:40 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C. staff who failed to check on two abused foster children lose jobs: ministry

  29-06-2023 20:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says staff members at the Children’s Ministry who failed to check on two Indigenous children who were systematically abused by their foster parents have lost their jobs. 
  A judge sentenced the foster parents this month to 10 years each in prison for the death of the 11-year-old boy and his eight-year-old sister’s serious injuries, saying it was incomprehensible how someone could inflict such suffering and violence on an innocent c
  
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• Abbotsford's Raine Padgham becomes first female player on TRU ... - Chilliwack Progress

  29-06-2023 20:12 via news.google.com
  
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• Man dead, woman injured in Lower Mainland home invasion ... - Chilliwack Progress

  29-06-2023 20:09 via news.google.com
  
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• Leaders of Lower Fraser River chart path for flood management ... - Chilliwack Progress

  29-06-2023 20:08 via news.google.com
  
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• NHL draft: Oilers ship Kailer Yamamoto to Red Wings in salary dump

  29-06-2023 20:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE — NHL teams got back to wheeling and dealing on the second day of the NHL draft.
  After the quietest opening round on the trade front in 16 years — there were exactly zero moves made during Wednesday night’s made-for-TV event — a couple of general managers made up for lost time.
  The Oilers made the biggest move, shipping wingers Kailer Yamamoto and Klim Kostin to the Detroit Red Wings for future considerations in a salary dump that gives Edmonton GM Ken Holland s
  
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• BC Parks to now send email notifications when campsites become available

  29-06-2023 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — BC Parks will introduce a new feature to its camping reservation service that will provide email notifications when a previously booked campsite becomes available at a specific campground.
  In a statement released Thursday, BC Parks says with the new “notify me” feature, people can sign up to receive as many as five alerts for any reservable campgrounds and dates. If a campsite becomes available for the desired date and location, people will receive an email notifyi
  
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• Canada’s Carol Zhao advances to Wimbledon main draw with win in qualifying

  29-06-2023 19:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON — Canada’s Carol Zhao advanced to the Wimbledon main draw with a 7-6 (4), 6-4 win over American CoCo Vanderweghe in the third round of qualifying on Thursday.
  Zhao will be making her first-ever appearance in a Grand Slam main draw.
  The 28-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., hit 11 aces and was successful with 82 per cent of her first serves, winning 84 per cent of the points.
  Zhao went one for seven on break points and never lost serve to the 31-year-old Vanderweghe.
  The 166th-
  
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• Drop-in, punch pass and membership fees increasing at Chilliwack rec centres

  29-06-2023 19:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A modest fee increase for drop-ins, punch tickets and memberships will take effect this weekend on Canada Day at two city-owned recreation centres in Chilliwack.
  Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre wrote on Facebook Thursday morning that drop-in, punch passes and membership fees will be increasing starting this Saturday, July 1 at both the Chilliwack Leisure Landing Centre and the Cheam Leisure Centre.
  The current drop-in fee is $6.35 for an adult; it will increase 10 cents to $
  
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• Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 95

  29-06-2023 19:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died.
  Her niece, the Rev. Bernice King, tweeted that her “beloved aunt” died Thursday. She was 95.
  For decades after her brother’s assassination in 1968, Farris worked along with his widow, Coretta Scott King, to preserve and promote his legacy. But unlike her high-profile sister-in-law, Farris’ activism — and grief — was often behind the scenes.
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• Chilliwack boxer Ella Meredith to represent Canada at 2023 Pan-Am Games

  29-06-2023 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Ella Meredith of Chilliwack picked up the boxing bug when she was six years old and has yet to put down her gloves, or her love of fighting, over a decade later.And while she relishes a good challenge inside the ring, her biggest battle is happening outside of it.Meredith, an 18-year-old bantamweight orthodox boxer, has an amazing opportunity to represent Canada at the 2023 Pan-Am Games this summer in Colombia. But it comes with a cost.“If I’m going to get there, I
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Google set to remove news links in Canada over online news law

  29-06-2023 19:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Google says it will remove news links in Canada because of a new law that will force digital giants to compensate media outlets for content they share or otherwise repurpose online.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• NFL suspends 3 players indefinitely, fourth gets 6 games for violating gambling policy

  29-06-2023 19:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The NFL suspended three players indefinitely Thursday for violating the league’s gambling policy and a fourth was sidelined for six games.Isaiah Rodgers and Rashod Berry of the Indianapolis Colts along with free agent Demetrius Taylor received indefinite suspensions through at least this season for betting on NFL games in 2022. They won’t be able to seek reinstatement until the 2023 season ends.
  Tennessee Titans right tackle Nicholas Petit-Frere was susp
  
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• Meta ends contract for journalism fellowship program as Bill C-18 fallout continues

  29-06-2023 18:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Digital giant Meta is terminating the contract for a fellowship program that supports the hiring of a limited number of emerging journalists at newswire service The Canadian Press
  The move comes amid fallout from the federal government’s Online News Act, formerly known as Bill C-18, which became law last week.
  The law requires tech companies such as Facebook parent Meta and Google to negotiate deals compensating media outlets for news content they share or otherwise repurpo
  
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• Double whammy of new climate policies in Atlantic Canada fuel political battle

  29-06-2023 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government is accusing Atlantic premiers of playing politics with the planet in a clash of wills over two new climate policies set to take effect on Saturday.
  But some Atlantic Liberal MPs are anxious about the potential blowback when those policies create some sudden pain at the gas pumps, even if some of the price increases may be premature.
  The four Atlantic premiers want Ottawa to delay its new clean fuel regulations, which take effect Saturday, arguing they will h
  
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• Fraser Canyon Hospital in Hope reopens after fatal police-involved shooting

  29-06-2023 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — Fraser Health says the emergency department at Fraser Canyon Hospital has reopened following a fatal police-involved shooting on Wednesday afternoon (June 27).
  The emergency department closed its doors Wednesday in order to allow the provincial police watchdog agency, the Independent Investigations Office, to investigate an interaction between the RCMP and a man at Fraser Canyon Hospital. The incident ended when a Mountie discharged a gun at a man.Police say the man received immedia
  
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• Ottawa Senators sign defenceman Jacob Larsson to one-year contract extension

  29-06-2023 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have signed defenceman Jacob Larsson to a one-year, two-way extension, the team announced Thursday.
  The contract carries a value of US$775,000 in the NHL and $325,000 in the American Hockey League.
  Larsson had four goals and 13 assists in 57 games with the Belleville Senators, Ottawa’s AHL affiliate, last season. He also played seven games in the NHL.
  The 26-year-old Swede has three goals and 21 assists in 172 career NHL games.
  Drafted 27th overall by the
  
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• Emergency department reopens after man shot dead by police in B.C. hospital

  29-06-2023 18:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE, B.C. — The Fraser Health authority says the emergency department at a Hope, B.C., hospital that was temporarily closed after a fatal police shooting has reopened.
  The department shut its doors Wednesday so that B.C.’s police watchdog could investigate what Mounties called an “interaction” between officers and a man at Fraser Canyon Hospital that ended with one officer firing their gun.
  Police say the man received immediate medical attention but was pronounced dead a
  
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• Edmonton Oilers trade Yamamoto, Kostin to Detroit Red Wings for future considerations

  29-06-2023 17:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers are clearing cap space by trading forwards Kailer Yamamoto and Klim Kostin to the Detroit Red Wings for future considerations on Thursday.
  Yamamoto, 24, had 10 goals and 15 assists in 58 games last season, his sixth in Edmonton.In 2021-22, Yamamoto hit career highs of 20 goals and 41 points.
  The 2017 Oilers first-round draft pick has one year remaining on his contract at $3.1 million.
  Kostin, also 24, is a restricted free agent. He had 11 goals and 10 assists
  
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• Review: Harrison Ford gets swashbuckling sendoff in 'Dial of ... - Chilliwack Progress

  29-06-2023 17:45 via news.google.com
  
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• Wozniacki receives National Bank Open wild card after coming out of retirement

  29-06-2023 17:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Tennis Canada is awarding Caroline Wozniacki with a wild card into the National Bank Open’s main draw in Montreal after the former world No. 1 announced she was coming out of retirement on Thursday.
  Wozniacki has not played an official match since losing to Ons Jabeur in the third round of the Australian Open in January 2020. 
  The 32-year-old revealed a month earlier that her appearance at Melbourne Park would be the last of her career, leaving the game to start a fam
  
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• BC Ferries passengers facing multi-sailing waits between Victoria ... - Chilliwack Progress

  29-06-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Supreme Court solidifies protections for workers who ask for religious accommodations

  29-06-2023 17:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday used the case of a Christian mailman who didn’t want to work Sundays to solidify protections for workers who ask for religious accommodations.
  In a unanimous decision the justices made clear that workers who ask for accommodations, such as taking the Sabbath off, should get them unless their employers show doing so would result in “substantial increased costs” to the business.
  The court made clear that businesses must cite m
  
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• Lawyers ask Amsterdam court to reduce Canadian 13-year cyberbullying sentence to Dutch citizen

  29-06-2023 17:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AMSTERDAM (AP) — A 13-year sentence a Canadian court handed to a Dutch cyber bully in a notorious case involving a young girl who took her own life in 2012 should be reduced to four-and-a-half years in the Netherlands, a prosecutor in Amsterdam said Thursday.
  Aydin Coban was convicted last year of extortion, harassment and other crimes in a case involving Canadian teenager Amanda Todd who was blackmailed to expose herself in front of a webcam. The 15-year-old died by suicide after detailin
  
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• Quebec wildfires: Montreal fireworks festival cancels event over air quality concerns

  29-06-2023 16:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal amusement park La Ronde has cancelled the first night of an international fireworks festival because of concerns over air quality stemming from forest fires in northern Quebec.
  La Ronde owner Six Flags Entertainment Corporation says it cancelled tonight’s show based on a recommendation from public health officials.
  The company says the date cannot be rescheduled but it hopes the next show, presented by Ukraine on July 6, will be able to proceed as planned. 
  Environment Canada
  
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• Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán throws 1st perfect game since ... - Chilliwack Progress

  29-06-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• RoseAnne Archibald voted out as Assembly of First Nations national ... - Chilliwack Progress

  29-06-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Canadian Chamber of Commerce wants port strike averted, cites ... - Chilliwack Progress

  29-06-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Supreme Court rules that colleges must stop considering the race of applicants for admission

  29-06-2023 16:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that colleges and universities must stop considering race in admissions, forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies.
  In a 6-3 decision, the court struck down admissions plans at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, the nation’s oldest private and public colleges, respectively.The Associated Press
  
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