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• Abbotsford Lonzo encampment closed for shelter construction

  30-06-2023 23:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The provincial government says it has taken a significant in the fight against homelessness in Abbotsford with the closure of the encampment at Lonzo Road and Sumas Way. The site is now a construction zone as workers begin to build a new temporary 50-bed shelter.
  In a news release Friday (Jun. 30), the Ministry of Housing says the Lonzo Road site has been fenced off to facilitate construction preparations. The 17 individuals residing at the encampment were offered indoor housi
  
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• New coaching experience not daunting, TFC’s interim head coach Dunfield says

  30-06-2023 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Interim Toronto FC manager Terry Dunfield has been on the job for four days, but he told the media at his first pre-match press conference that he’s working to not let the importance overwhelm him.
  Dunfield was handed the head coaching position, albeit for four games to start, after TFC fired veteran head coach Bob Bradley on Monday.
  His first on-field test will be Saturday against Real Salt Lake at BMO Field.
  “The focus has just been on this weekend and on Salt Lake
  
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• New B.C. pilot project aims to help youth in crisis - Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  30-06-2023 22:30
  
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• Biden pushing ahead with new student debt relief plan after Supreme Court ruling

  30-06-2023 22:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving forward on a new student debt relief plan after the Supreme Court struck down his original initiative to provide relief to 43 million borrowers.
  President Joe Biden insisted Friday that “this fight is not over” and blamed Republican opposition for the demise of his original plan.The plan would have helped the president keep a campaign promise and is seen as key to helping win over young voters in next year’s presidentia
  
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• PHOTOS: RCMP Musical Ride performs for 2 sold-out crowds in ... - Mission City Record

  30-06-2023 21:50
  
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• PHOTOS: RCMP Musical Ride performs for 2 sold-out crowds in ... - Hope Standard

  30-06-2023 21:50
  
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• Fire damages Syrian tent home of detained Canadian mother and children: advocate

  30-06-2023 21:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — An advocacy group says a Canadian mother struggling to leave a Syrian detention camp with her six children was dealt another setback this week when a fire damaged their tent home.
  Alexandra Bain of the group Families Against Violent Extremism says the woman from Quebec and a number of her children were treated at a clinic after the fire, which started in the tent’s kitchen area.
  Bain, who has been in regular touch with the woman and her neighbours in the camp, says she infor
  
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• RCMP says Lytton wildfire probe still active, two years after village’s destruction

  30-06-2023 21:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LYTTON, B.C. — Mounties say their investigation into the devastating fire that destroyed most of the village of Lytton, B.C., two years ago remains “active and ongoing.”
  Staff Sgt. Kris Clark of the B.C. RCMP says officers don’t have a timeline for when their probe into possible criminality might be complete, and are mindful of other investigations around regulatory compliance and the cause of the fire.
  A state of local emergency was declared by the village on June 30, 20
  
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• No. 1 overall draft pick Connor Bedard begins development camp with Chicago Blackhawks

  30-06-2023 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Connor Bedard is going to work with the Chicago Blackhawks.
  Bedard is the centerpiece of the team’s development camp at its practice facility near the United Center. The high-scoring forward was selected by Chicago with the No. 1 overall pick in the NHL draft on Wednesday night.
  While Bedard continues his preparation for his first NHL season, the Blackhawks are adding some veteran forwards to help with his transition.
  Chicago announced Friday that it had agreed to a $4
  
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• Missing teen spent 54 hours lost in Golden Ears Provincial Park ... - Chilliwack Progress

  30-06-2023 20:35
  
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• U.S.-based remote vehicle operator gives timeline of Titan recovery off Newfoundland

  30-06-2023 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EAST AURORA, N.Y. — The owner of the remotely operated vehicle that recovered pieces of the Titan submersible says it found the wreck on the ocean floor soon after arriving at the search site on June 22.
  Ed Cassano, CEO of Pelagic Research Services, says its ROV Odysseus 6K had the capability to dive to the wreck of the Titanic and that another ROV descended into the water to search but never made it out.
  Cassano says the ROV from another vessel, the Deep Energy, dived beyond its capabilit
  
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• 2 years since fatal Lytton wildfire; police still investigating cause ... - Chilliwack Progress

  30-06-2023 20:30
  
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• Yukon still waiting for federal support to build flooding mitigation infrastructure

  30-06-2023 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government says the territory is “patiently waiting” for federal support for building mitigation infrastructure after severe flooding in the Klondike Valley this spring.
  Premier Ranj Pillai says the territory has launched an $8-million financial assistance program for the flood’s victims as the Yukon moves from emergency response to recovery support.
  The program will provide up to $250,000 for eligible residential damages and losses, rising to $500,
  
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• Gender-affirming care for youth is lifesaving, say B.C. experts ... - Chilliwack Progress

  30-06-2023 19:30
  
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• British Columbians urged to follow fire restrictions, report wildfires ... - Chilliwack Progress

  30-06-2023 19:30
  
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• Nashville Predators buy out Matt Duchene as NHL teams prepare for the start of free agency

  30-06-2023 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A handful of NHL teams spent Friday clearing out salary cap space with some big-money buyouts on the eve of free agency.
  The Nashville Predators led the way by buying out Matt Duchene’s contract. The 32-year-old center had three years left on his deal at an annual cap hit of $8 million.
  Duchene is the latest veteran player to leave Nashville since former coach Barry Trotz took over as general manager, replacing longtime executive David Poile. The Predators also traded Ryan Johansen to Colo
  
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• ‘Imagine what we can do’: Astronaut Jeremy Hansen sees great potential for Canada

  30-06-2023 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  As Jeremy Hansen prepares for his mission around the moon, the Ontario-born astronaut is thinking about the ways Canada could help tackle some of the world’s most pressing problems. 
  The 47-year-old colonel and CF-18 pilot is to become the first Canadian to travel to the moon as part of the Artemis II mission, which could launch as early as November next year. 
  The 10-day mission involves slingshotting into deep space for a figure-8 manoeuvre around the far side of the moon. It w
  
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• CF Montreal chasing history against struggling New York City FC

  30-06-2023 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal are a single clean-sheet victory at home away from breaking Major League Soccer’s all-time record held by the 2000 Kansas City Wizards.
  They will be attempting to collect their seventh shutout on home soil on Saturday evening when they host New York City FC at Stade Saputo.
  A historically one-sided matchup, New York has won 10 of the two teams’ 17 meetings, drawing another five.
  However, while the NYCFC side of years past that had the innate ability to sc
  
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• ‘An interesting time’: Cap-squeezed NHL set to open free agency Saturday

  30-06-2023 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Brad Treliving remembers a time when NHL general managers were basically done with free agency shortly after the window opened.
  Big names quickly scooped up, roles filled, rosters largely set.
  The COVID-19 pandemic — and the economic disaster that followed — has ensured, at least for the time being, that’s no longer the case.
  “Five years ago, by July 2 you could hang the ‘Gone Fishing’ sign up,” said Treliving, GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs. 
  But wi
  
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• New Chinese Canadian Museum opens its doors in historic Vancouver Chinatown building

  30-06-2023 19:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — When the Chinese Exclusion Act came into effect in 1923, it didn’t just effectively halt Chinese immigration to Canada — it extinguished the family lines of thousands of labourers already here.
  Many were condemned to bachelorhood or cut off from loved ones in China, said Catherine Clement, curator of the inaugural exhibition for the Chinese Canadian Museum that opens on Saturday in Vancouver’s Chinatown, on the 100th anniversary of the controversial law’
  
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• Tajik man fatally shoots two officers at a Moldova airport after he was denied entry, officials say

  30-06-2023 18:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — A Tajikistan national who was denied entry into Moldova at its main international airport grabbed a guard’s weapon and fatally shot two security officers Friday, officials said. One traveler also was wounded.
  The suspect was being escorted by officials at Chisinau International Airport when he “took the gun of a border guard” and opened fire, authorities said. The individual was then neutralized and handcuffed by special forces who intervened. All
  
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• Chiefs and 89.5 JR Country Broadcast Schedule

  30-06-2023 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Chilliwack Chiefs and 89.5 JR Country are teaming up to broadcast all 26 home games and select road games.
  This season, 22 games can be heard on both the 89.5 JR Country radio station and 895jrcountry.ca.
  An additional nine games will be streamed on 895jrcountry.ca.
  Vanni De Bartolo and Tyler Garrah will once again be behind the mics to bring you all the action.
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• Brazil court votes to bar Bolsonaro from elections until 2030

  30-06-2023 18:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAO PAULO (AP) — A panel of judges voted Friday to render far-right former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro ineligible to run for office again after concluding that he abused his power and cast unfounded doubts on the country’s electronic voting system.
  The decision, once all judges have voted, will forbid Bolsonaro from running until 2030, upending the 68-year-old’s political future and likely erasing any chance for him to regain power.
  Four of the seven judges on the nation
  
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• Hollywood's actors may join its writers on strike, here's why ... - Chilliwack Progress

  30-06-2023 18:30
  
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• New women’s pro hockey league set for January debut, to be funded by Dodgers owner

  30-06-2023 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A new women’s hockey league is coming to North America.
  The Professional Hockey Federation and the Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association announced a merger Friday, with an intention of starting a new league in January 2024.
  The PWHPA has almost 100 members listed on its website, including the majority of the Canadian women’s hockey team.
  Half the U.S. women’s roster at this year’s world championship, including stars Hilary Knight and Kendall Coyne S
  
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• The Supreme Court will decide if some judges have gone too far in striking down gun restrictions

  30-06-2023 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A year after its sweeping gun rights ruling, the Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether judges are going too far in striking down restrictions on firearms.
  The justices will hear the Biden administration’s appeal of one such ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a federal law meant to keep guns away from people who have domestic violence restraining orders against them.
  Arguments will take place in the fall in the first case in which the court could def
  
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• Winnipeg Jets buying out final year of Blake Wheeler’s contract

  30-06-2023 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets say the team will be buying out the final year of forward Blake Wheeler’s contract.
  The Jets say as a result, the former captain has been placed on unconditional waivers.
  Wheeler had an average annual value of US$8.25 million for the final year of his contract.
  The 36-year-old forward spent 12 years with the Jets, leaving as the franchise leader in regular-season games played (897), points (812), assists (550), and shots (2,462).
  His 262 goals are the thi
  
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• Giants bring pre-season hockey to Maple Ridge - Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  30-06-2023 18:00
  
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• Teenage hiker Esther Wang is found safe after two days lost in B.C. park

  30-06-2023 17:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. — Rescuers say a teenage girl who was missing for more than two days in a Metro Vancouver provincial park has been found alive.
  Team manager Ryan Smith with Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue says Esther Wang was located Thursday night and has gone home with her family after a medical assessment.
  RCMP say the 16-year-old 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:
  
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• Indiana Supreme Court upholds abortion ban, says state constitution gives only limited protections

  30-06-2023 17:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state’s abortion ban doesn’t violate the state constitution, removing a major hurdle to enforcing the ban Republicans approved last summer.
  The court’s decision overturns a county judge’s ruling that the ban likely violates the state constitution’s privacy protections, which she said are stronger than those found in the U.S. Constitution. That judge’s order has allowed abortions to conti
  
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• Conservative majority on U.S. Supreme Court flexes muscles on students, LGBTQ rights

  30-06-2023 17:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — The conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court is ending its latest term with a fierce flurry of attacks on liberal values. 
  The court has ruled in favour of a Christian graphic artist in Colorado who doesn’t want to create wedding websites for same-sex couples.
  It also struck down President Joe Biden’s $400-billion plan to forgive student debt for an estimated 43 million people.
  The decisions come on the heels of Thursday’s seismic ruling that all
  
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• Wildfires leading to smog warnings, poor air quality in Ontario, Quebec

  30-06-2023 17:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Environment Canada says forest fires are causing poor air quality today across much of Quebec and Ontario.
  The federal agency has issued smog warnings for the regions around the cities of Montreal and Gatineau and for western Quebec.
  It says poor air quality can also be expected in northern Quebec, including parts of the far north, as well as in eastern and southern Ontario.
  The agency says vulnerable people should reduce or reschedule outdoor strenuous activities.
  The air quali
  
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• No need for ‘double punishment’ in mandatory sentence case, Supreme Court rules

  30-06-2023 16:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s top court says a woman who was barred from driving for almost two years while awaiting sentencing would face a kind of double punishment if she were now handed an additional, mandatory one-year prohibition.
  The Supreme Court of Canada ruling comes today in the case of Jennifer Basque, who was charged with operating a motor vehicle with excess blood alcohol concentration in Moncton, N.B., in 2017.
  Basque spent the next 21 months, between her initial court appearance
  
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• Lack of B.C. transplant surgeons means donated kidneys sent ... - Chilliwack Progress

  30-06-2023 16:30
  
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• All together now - Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  30-06-2023 16:30
  
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• Masai Ujiri, Kent Monkman appointed to Order of Canada

  30-06-2023 15:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri and Cree artist Kent Monkman are among the dozens of people newly named to Canada’s highest civilian honour.
  Gov. Gen. Mary Simon announced 85 appointments to the Order of Canada on Friday, including three companions, 22 officers and 60 members. 
  Ujiri was named an officer to the Order of Canada for his “contributions on and off the basketball court,” as both president of an NBA team and as a humanitarian.
  Monkman was al
  
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• B.C. health authority issues drug alert after benzodiazepines found in vape juice

  30-06-2023 15:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK, B.C. — A British Columbia health authority has issued a public warning after it says benzodiazepines were detected in vape juice sold in Chilliwack, B.C.
  Fraser Health issued an overdose alert Thursday saying the juice that tested positive contained cannabis and suspected synthetic cannabinoids and was sold in refillable, unmarked and unbranded cartridges.
  It did not specify where the product was sold.
  The alert says reported side-effects include prolonged sedation, nausea, vom
  
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• The Maybelles singing group to highlight Canada Day evening festivities in Chilliwack

  30-06-2023 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Maybelles, a singing quartet, will highlight an evening exposition of family-friendly activities during Canada Day festivities in Chilliwack.Canada Day activities in Townsend Park kick off at 5 pm. Head to 45130 Wolfe Road at 5 p.m. this Saturday, July 1 to take in live music and entertainment, grab snacks or dinner at one of the food trucks, and enjoy a variety of family-friendly activities, including the RE/MAX Kids Zone.
  One of those performers is The Maybelles, a class
  
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• Post Creek residents east of Chilliwack have their own Canada Day parade

  30-06-2023 14:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — While there isn’t a formal parade within Chilliwack city limits itself per se this Saturday, there’s a Canada Day parade happening way down Chilliwack Lake Road in a small little subdivision filled with vacation-style homes and quite a few permanent residents.Post Creek residents know how to celebrate Canada’s national day of pride like they did last year with a fun-filled procession of floats, ATVs, flags, assorted vehicles, and even a boat filled with revel
  
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• Whitecaps look to extend five-game unbeaten run with road win in Kansas City

  30-06-2023 13:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — With their road woes in the rear-view mirror at last, the Vancouver Whitecaps look to stretch their unbeaten streak to six games across all competitions when they head to the Midwest for a Canada Day clash with Sporting Kansas City.
  The Whitecaps (6-5-7) are coming off a 3-2 win over Los Angeles FC last Saturday. That snapped an 0-8-7 run of road futility which dated back to July 13, 2022.With 25 points in the standings, Vancouver goes into the weekend holding down the final pl
  
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• Unbeaten Alouettes look to build on momentum against formidable Blue Bombers

  30-06-2023 12:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The undefeated Montreal Alouettes will possibly look to employ a next-man-up mentality Saturday.
  With offensive lineman Pier-Olivier Lestage (back) and rookie receiver Keshunn Abram (knee) both having not practised leading up to Montreal’s meeting with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the team’s starting lineup could see some changes.
  However, Alouettes head coach Jason Maas views it as an opportunity for new players to slot in and make a difference.
  “We’ve sai
  
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• In the news today: Pair of key economic reports out today

  30-06-2023 10:16 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…
  Pair of key economic reports coming today
  Statistics Canada will release its report this morning on how the economy fared in April when it releases its reading of gross domestic product for the month.
  The agency’s early estimate for April that it released last month had pointed to a gain of 0.2 per cent.
  Another key report out today comes from the Bank of Canada, wh
  
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• B.C. must urgently change forest strategies or face more wildfire disasters: report

  30-06-2023 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s independent forests watchdog is calling for the provincial government to make critical changes to how it manages forests to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires.
  The report, released Thursday by the B.C. Forest Practices Board, says risk mitigation currently focuses on areas near communities, but leaves the wider forest landscape “severely vulnerable.”
  It comes as the largest wildfire in the province’s history, the Donnie Creek wil
  
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• Attacks on LGBTQ community largely influenced by events in the U.S.: advocates

  30-06-2023 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Wilbur Turner has witnessed his fair share of hate since he came out as a queer man 27 years ago in Alberta. 
  He’s seen it from pockets of the Christian right and from the then-Progressive Conservative government in his home province when it opposed same-sex marriage in the mid-2000s. 
  In the years since, documented attacks against the LGBTQ community have ebbed and flowed and moved from mostly behind closed doors to public spaces like schools and libraries. 
  Turner, the fou
  
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• Lack of B.C. transplant surgeons means donated kidneys are sent elsewhere: doctors

  30-06-2023 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Sukinder Mangat has been waiting 11 years for a kidneytransplant while enduring dialysis three times a week as part of a routine that leaves him exhausted, worried and unable to work.
  “I have not gone on holidays in the last 11, 12 years,” Mangat said before a four-hour appointment at a Richmond, B.C., community dialysis unit where his blood will pass through a machine to be cleaned of waste products and excess fluid because his kidneys can’t do that job.
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• ‘We’re addressing the symptom, not the cause’: A look at food banks across Canada

  30-06-2023 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The word “crisis” comes up quickly when speaking with those who run food banks across Canada. 
  With inflation driving food prices higher while wages and support programs lag behind, numerous directors say demand at Canada’s food banks is greater than ever.
  In some cities, food banks have been forced to offer less to each person in order to meet demand. 
  New Canadians and working, lower-middle class people are among those now lining up for food hampers.
  In the North, w
  
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• Zilla's Donuts opening second location in Chilliwack this weekend ... - Daily Hive

  30-06-2023 09:00
  
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• PHOTOS: RCMP Musical Ride performs for 2 sold-out crowds in ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  30-06-2023 09:00
  
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• Chilliwack-area residents love their Smile Cookies, raise over $32K for FVHCF

  30-06-2023 09:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Residents from Chilliwack to Hope sure seem to have a sweet tooth when it comes to Smile Cookies from Tim Hortons.Through their highly anticipated Smile Cookie Week campaign, the local Tim Hortons stores collectively raised an impressive $32,520 to support the foundation’s vital initiatives, according to a statement from the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation.Smile Cookie Week, an annual charitable event organized by Tim Hortons, took place from May 1 to 7 and aimed to
  
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• Fiery protests grip France for 3rd night over deadly police shooting of a teenager

  30-06-2023 06:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NANTERRE, France (AP) — French protesters erected barricades, lit fires and shot fireworks at police in the streets of some French cities early Friday morning as tensions mounted over the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old that has shocked the nation.
  Armored police vehicles rammed through the charred remains of cars that had been flipped and set ablaze in the northwestern Paris suburb of Nanterre, where a police officer shot the teen who is only being identified by his first name, Na
  
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