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• Harris expects players to step up as injury-riddled Riders host Elks

  05-07-2023 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — Trevor Harris sees an opportunity for players to step up as the injury-riddled Saskatchewan Roughriders prepare to host the Edmonton Elks.
  The Riders currently have 13 players on their injured lists, including starting centre Peter Godber and receivers Jake Weineke, Derel Walker, Brayden Lenius, Juwan Brescacin and Kian Schaffer-Baker.
  Saskatchewan’s roster depth will be tested Thursday against the Elks, but Harris believes the game is a golden opportunity for players to sho
  
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• Trudeau says Conservatives ‘blocking’ consensus on foreign interference inquiry

  05-07-2023 23:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAINT-HYACINTHE, Que. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he hopes he’ll be able to announce a decision about a public inquiry on foreign interference in the coming weeks, but he is accusing the Conservatives of stalling the process. 
  Trudeau told reporters that cross-party agreement is needed on the structure of the inquiry and who is best suited to lead it.
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has said his party will only co-operate on those details after Trudeau confirms an
  
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• Some hits and misses over Henderson’s seven-year run as Curling Canada CEO

  05-07-2023 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Katherine Henderson will use the next six weeks to help with the transition at Curling Canada before she moves on to her new job as Hockey Canada president and chief executive officer.
  There were some hits and misses over her seven-year run as CEO of the national curling organization, with some big question marks remaining as she prepares for her exit.
  In a release announcing her departure, Curling Canada trumpeted Henderson’s efforts overseeing a “transformation of the organization&
  
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• Communication is key for Alouettes to improve their offence, says coach Maas

  05-07-2023 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — After a three-point outing last week, Montreal Alouettes head coach Jason Maas emphasized one area the team’s offence needs to improve on heading into Sunday’s game visiting the B.C. Lions.
  “Communication, communication, communication. We need to be better at communicating,” said Maas of both the run game and pass protection on Wednesday. “That’s coaches to players, players to players on the field. 
  “We just need to be better at und
  
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• Teens can access Cheam, Chilliwack Landing for free after 4 p.m., four days a week, this summer

  05-07-2023 23:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — To keep teens active this summer, the YMCA says it will offer free usage of the Cheam Leisure Centre and Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre this summer on selected days for users ages 13-19.
  According to YMCA manager Lauren Janzen, teens are free to use the Cheam Leisure Centre after 4 p.m. on Wednesday and Friday, while teenagers can access the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre for free after 4 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday.For their safety, teens are required to complete a fit
  
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• CFL rushing title would be special accomplishment for Riders’ Morrow

  05-07-2023 23:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Make no mistake, doing his part to secure the Saskatchewan Roughriders a Grey Cup title remains Jamal Morrow’s top priority.
  But as a running back, winning the CFL rushing title also has its appeal for the 28-year-old Californian.
  “It’s something I do want,” Morrow said recently. “It would be something super cool just to have.
  “But that comes one step at a time, one game at a time.”
  The five-foot-eight, 205-pound Morrow stands third in CFL rushing with 2
  
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• RCMP officer says he forgot to record B.C. murder suspect’s arrest after car crash

  05-07-2023 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The police officer who arrested a man accused of murdering a 13-year-old girl found dead in a Burnaby, B.C., park six years ago says no recording of the arrest exists because he forgot to switch on his recorder when a police car crashed into another vehicle at the scene 
  Burnaby RCMP Const. Jason Cutler told a B.C. Supreme Court jury that Ibrahim Ali was “co-operative and well behaved” when he was apprehended during the co-ordinated traffic stop on Sept. 7, 201
  
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• G.W. Graham football team visits U.S. development camp to hone their skills

  05-07-2023 22:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHENEY, WASHINGTON — Under new head coach Ryk Piche, the opportunity for the G.W. Graham football team to learn from some Division 1 coaches and players was just too good to pass up.
  Thirty players from the Grizzlies headed down to Cheney, Washington last week for a football camp at Eastern Washington University, a Div. 1 school. Players spent four days and three nights at EWU dorms alongside 16 teams from Alaska, B.C., Idaho, Washington and Oregon.In a statement from assistant coach Ian P
  
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• Quebec offers $50 million to businesses affected by unprecedented wildfire season

  05-07-2023 22:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec has announced $50 million in support for businesses hit by unprecedented wildfires that have been raging for several weeks in different regions of the province.
  The measures announced Wednesday target loggers, sawmills, paper mills, outfitters, tourism operators and other affected local businesses. 
  The assistance will be a loan or loan guarantee and will be administered by the regional municipality or the provincial government’s investment corporation, dependi
  
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• RCMP suspect series of recent Vancouver Island wildfires ... - Chilliwack Progress

  05-07-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Gender reveal party 'explodes' into wildfire near Oliver - Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  05-07-2023 22:11 via news.google.com
  
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• Blue Jays ready for MLB draft despite losing second-round pick after Bassitt signing

  05-07-2023 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays will have a long wait between picks when Major League Baseball holds its draft this weekend. Shane Farrell, the team’s director of amateur scouting, believes the Blue Jays are prepared for that big gap.
  Toronto has the 20th overall pick on Sunday and won’t go again until Monday’s third round, when the Blue Jays will select the 89th player in the draft. Farrell notes that Toronto was in a similar position in the 2021 draft and said that expe
  
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• UNESCO report on Wood Buffalo park shows urgency of problems, First Nation says

  05-07-2023 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  An Alberta First Nation that first brought concerns about Canada’s largest national park to UNESCO says a report from the United Nations organization reveals a growing urgency to deal with those problems. 
  Melody Lepine of the Mikisew Cree First Nation says the report reaffirms the threats that dams, climate change and oilsands development pose to Wood Buffalo National Park where her people practice treaty rights. 
  Wood Buffalo is at risk not only from industrial development, but
  
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• Iowa’s Republican governor calls a special legislative session to revive abortion restrictions

  05-07-2023 21:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday day called a special legislative session to pursue new abortion restrictions after the state Supreme Court declined to reinstate a 2018 ban after about six weeks of pregnancy.
  The court was split 3-3 last month and did not issue a decision on the merits of the law, leaving open the possibility that the GOP-controlled Legislature would try to pass a similar ban. In the meantime, abortion remains legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks of preg
  
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• Hockey Diversity Alliance feels betrayed, says NHL ‘late to party’ in launching inclusion coalition

  05-07-2023 21:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Akim Aliu and his fellow members of the Hockey Diversity Alliance say they feel betrayed and confused by the NHL’s decision to launch — or as far as the HDA is concerned, re-launch — an inclusion committee to diversify the sport and make hockey more welcoming.
  Whatever happened, Aliu wondered, to the league announcing a partnership with the HDA to address the same issues three years ago? And why, the HDA wondered in releasing a scathing statement Wednesday, is the NHL essential
  
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• Former Cheam Chief June Quipp remembered as passionate leader ... - Chilliwack Progress

  05-07-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP nab 12 impaired drivers in 1 night - Hope Standard - Hope Standard

  05-07-2023 21:24 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP Nab 12 Impaired Drivers In 1 Night - Abbotsford News

  05-07-2023 21:24 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Dogwood Monarch Lions Club makes generous donation to Cultus Lake Fire

  05-07-2023 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Cultus Lake Fire Department received a substantial donation of approximately $21,000 recently from the Chilliwack Dogwood Monarch Lions Club that enabled them to purchase necessary equipment to aid them in their fire response efforts.Cultus Lake Fire Chief Warren Mazuren was joined by members of the Cultus Lake Fire Department to celebrate a large monetary donation from the Chilliwack Dogwood Monarch Lions Club totaling approximately $21,000, according to a Facebook post l
  
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• Nothing found: Kelowna Law Courts reopens after bomb threat ... - Chilliwack Progress

  05-07-2023 20:42 via news.google.com
  
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• Top-ranked Canadian amateur Monet Chun one of four Canucks at U.S. Women’s Open

  05-07-2023 20:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Monet Chun knows she’s good. This week, she’ll get to see just how good.
  The product of Richmond Hill, Ont., is one of four Canadians who will tee off at the U.S. Women’s Open, the third major of the women’s golf season. World No. 11 Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., is the top-ranked Canadian in the field, with Chun, Lauren Kim of Surrey, B.C., and Celeste Dao from Notre-Dame-de-l’Ile-Perrot, Que., all amateurs.
  “It’s just an amazing opportunity,
  
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• Provinces falling short of national long-term care standards: report ... - Chilliwack Progress

  05-07-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
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• $500K Ferrari crashes into 3 parked cars in Kelowna - Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  05-07-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP intercepts 12 impaired drivers in a single night

  05-07-2023 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — On the eve of a long weekend, the Chilliwack RCMP had a busy night pulling over impaired drivers in nearly record fashion.Despite reminders to plan ahead for a safe and sober ride home, the Chilliwack RCMP says far too many people continue to drive impaired.
  RCMP Sgt. Krista Vrolyk says Chilliwack RCMP intercepted 12 impaired drivers on a single night.“Too many people are missing the message,” said Sgt. Vrolyk, media relations spokesperson for the Chilliwack RCMP.&
  
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• Bus strike leaves Chilliwack seniors vulnerable to heat - Hope ... - Hope Standard

  05-07-2023 20:10 via news.google.com
  
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• Bus Strike Leaves Chilliwack Seniors Vulnerable To Heat - Abbotsford News

  05-07-2023 20:10 via news.google.com
  
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• Defensive back Robertson Daniel among five Argos to earn CFL weekly honours

  05-07-2023 20:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Defensive back Robertson Daniel, who had three interceptions and a pick-six in Toronto’s 45-24 home win over the B.C. Lions on Monday night, was among five Argonauts recognized Wednesday in the CFL’s weekly honour roll.
  Players in nine specific positions are highlighted on a weekly basis as per data points registered and compiled by Pro Football Focus, a sports analytics company.
  Daniel received an 88.2 grade for his performance, which also included four tackles. Also
  
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• Cyclist injured after collision with truck near Keith Wilson and Canterbury

  05-07-2023 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Fire and B.C. Emergency Health Services personnel responded to the intersection of Keith Wilson Road and Canterbury Avenue Wednesday morning after a cyclist collided with a vehicle.
  The accident happened at about 8:25 a.m. Wednesday (July 5).
  The cyclist could be seen on his back on a Canterbury Avenue lawn, just north of Keith Wilson Road, shortly after the collision, as several firefighters and paramedics rendered medical aid. He appeared to be moving a bit on the
  
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• BC RCMP - Chilliwack RCMP took 12 impaired drivers off the road ... - BC.RCMP-grc.gc.ca

  05-07-2023 19:58 via news.google.com
  
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• Coaching and motherhood the new frontier in Canada’s high-performance coaching ranks

  05-07-2023 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  When Shannon Winzer moved back to Canada from Australia to take an assistant coaching job with Volleyball Canada, her heart pounded when she asked head coach Tom Black if she could arrive an hour late on her first day in order to get her children settled in school.
  “I was so nervous,” Winzer recalled. “It was his first interaction with me. I’m going to a new job and I’m asking someone to let me show up an hour late.
  “He was incredibly supportive right away. Th
  
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• Tuesday set an unofficial record for the hottest day on Earth. Wednesday may break it.

  05-07-2023 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The planet’s temperature spiked on Tuesday to its hottest day in at least 44 years and likely much longer, and Wednesday could become the third straight day Earth unofficially marks a record-breaking high, the latest in a series of climate-change extremes that alarm but don’t surprise scientists.The globe’s average temperature reached 62.9 degrees Fahrenheit (17.18 degrees Celsius) on Tuesday, according to the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer, a common tool based
  
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• Updated legislation aims to tackle discrimination in public service: PSC

  05-07-2023 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Federal government departments and agencies will now have to evaluate whether their hiring practices are discriminatory as changes to the Public Service Employment Act take effect.
  Public Service Commission spokeswoman Élodie Roy says the changes will strengthen diversity and inclusion in the federal government workforce.
  The changes were among several amendments introduced to the act in budget implementation process in 2021 but these changes did not take effect until this
  
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• Yankees pitcher Cordero is suspended for the rest of the season under MLB’s domestic violence policy

  05-07-2023 19:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees pitcher Jimmy Cordero was suspended for the rest of the season by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Wednesday for violating the sport’s domestic violence policy.
  MLB said the 31-year-old right-hander accepted the suspension and will miss the season’s final 76 games and the postseason.
  Cordero was 3-2 with a 3.86 ERA in one start and 30 relief appearances and has a $720,000 salary, the major league minimum. He missed the 2021 season after Tommy John su
  
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• Fraser Valley real estate sales surged in June versus a year ago

  05-07-2023 19:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board says the real estate market encountered strong sales in June with levels on par with the 10-year average for the month, despite ongoing issues with housing supply.In June, the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB) processed 1,935 sales on its Multiple Listing Service, an increase of 51.1 per cent compared to June 2022 and a 13.1 per cent increase compared to May.
  The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board encompasses White Rock, Surrey, Langley, Nort
  
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• Evacuated residents returning to Quebec town where landslide killed two people

  05-07-2023 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Residents of Quebec’s Saguenay—Lac-St-Jean region are returning home after torrential rain over the weekend caused a series of landslides, including one that killed two people.
  An official with the town of Rivière-Éternité says that while it’s safe for residents to return, some homes have been damaged by water and mud and will need disinfecting before they can be lived in again.
  Sandra Côté says the town will know by the end of
  
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• Abbotsford Police nab “L” driver who was clocked at 127 km/hr on Hwy. 11

  05-07-2023 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — A B.C. driver with a lead foot and an “L” learner license did the exact opposite of everything that ICBC teaches young drivers.The Abbotsford Police Department posted on Facebook Wednesday that its Traffic Enforcement Unit officers stopped an “L” driver driving 127 kilometres an hour on Highway 11 in Abbotsford sometime Tuesday, July 4.Not only was the driver well over the posted speed limit, there was no supervisor in the vehicle as required, and the d
  
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• Abbotsford Chamber CEO Alex Mitchell recognized as one of the top young leaders in B.C.

  05-07-2023 18:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce CEO Alex Mitchell has been recognized on the annual BC Business Top 30 under 30 list for her leadership and commitment to community impact.
  The award celebrates young leaders who collectively represent a promising future for British Columbia and are paving the future of the economy.
  “On behalf of the Board, we’re thrilled to see our CEO, Alex Mitchell, receiving this prestigious recognition. Alex is a respected voice in Abbotsford and
  
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• Veteran quarterback Masoli to make his first start of the season for Redblacks

  05-07-2023 18:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It’s been a long road back for Jeremiah Masoli.
  The veteran quarterback will get the start Saturday when the Ottawa Redblacks visit the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. It will come a year to the day when Masoli suffered a season-ending fractured leg versus the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
  Masoli’s return in Hamilton is appropriate given he played there from 2013-’21, earning the East Division’s outstanding player nomination in 2018 after passing for 5,209 yards and 28 TDs. Masoli joine
  
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• Canada’s Raonic a winner in Grand Slam return, beats Novak in Wimbledon opener

  05-07-2023 18:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON — Milos Raonic made a successful return to Grand Slam tennis on Wednesday with a 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-1 win over Austria’s Dennis Novak in first-round action at Wimbledon.
  The hard-serving Canadian fired 28 aces in his first match at a tennis major since losing to Novak Djokovic in the round of 16 of the 2021 Australian Open.
  Raonic overcame a pair of rain delays and wore down the Austrian qualifier before clinching the match in two hours 38 minutes with a dominant fourth
  
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• Campfire ban to be reinstated across Kamloops Fire Centre ... - Chilliwack Progress

  05-07-2023 18:19 via news.google.com
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Canadian government suspends advertising on Facebook, Instagram

  05-07-2023 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says the federal government will stop advertising on Facebook and Instagram. 
  The decision comes after Meta began blocking Canadian news content on its Facebook and Instagram platforms in response to Canada’s recently passed Online News Act, which would make tech giants pay media outlets in exchange for using their content.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Ottawa man first to face terrorism, hate charges linked to far-right propaganda

  05-07-2023 18:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — An Ottawa man is the first ever to be charged in Canada with terrorism and hate propaganda offences for advocating a violent, far-right ideology.
  RCMP say they arrested and charged 26-year-old Patrick Gordon Macdonald with participating in the activity of a terrorist group, facilitating terrorist activity and wilfully promoting hatred for a terrorist group. 
  The RCMP says Macdonald helped make propaganda material for a terrorist group called Atomwaffen Division.
  The group, al
  
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• More campfire bans coming to B.C. by Friday as dry conditions raise wildfire danger

  05-07-2023 18:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — More campfire bans are on the way in British Columbia as warm, dry conditions push the wildfire danger upward.
  The BC Wildfire Service says, as of noon on Friday, campfires will no longer be permitted in the Kamloops Fire Centre.
  The restriction will also extend to include all areas of the Coastal Fire Centre, except Haida Gwaii.
  Campfires have been banned since last month across the Prince George Fire Centre and in the driest sections of the Northwest and Coastal fire centres,
  
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• Chilliwack cyclist hit by car at Keith Wilson and Canterbury Wednesday morning

  05-07-2023 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Fire and B.C. Emergency Health Services personnel responded to the intersection of Keith Wilson Road and Canterbury Avenue Wednesday morning after a cyclist was hit by a vehicle.
  The accident happened at about 8:25 a.m. Wednesday (July 5).
  The cyclist could be seen on his back on a Canterbury Avenue lawn, just north of Keith Wilson Road, shortly after the collision, as several firefighters and paramedics rendered medical aid. He appeared to be moving a bit on the gr
  
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• Two dead as motorcycle and SUV collide between Lytton and Spences Bridge, B.C.

  05-07-2023 17:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LILLOOET, B.C. — Two people have died in a collision between a motorcycle and an SUV northeast of Lytton, British Columbia.
  A statement from RCMP says the crash happened just after 6 p.m. Monday on Highway 1 between Lytton and Spences Bridge.
  Staff Sgt. Kris Clark says both victims were on the motorcycle.
  He says the investigation is just beginning, but early indications suggest the motorcycle might have crossed into the path of the oncoming SUV.
  Other travellers provided first aid to the
  
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• Canada follows peers, blasts Hong Kong bounties that include Edmonton-born activist

  05-07-2023 17:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Ottawa is condemning Hong Kong officials for issuing bounties for the arrest of eight activists living abroad, days after Canada’s peers slammed the move.
  Hong Kong’s national-security law restricts civil liberties in the territory, which is a special administrative region within China but was guaranteed certain democratic freedoms when Britain handed over the former colony in 1997.
  Officials announced on Monday that eight pro-democracy activists who are charged under the law are the
  
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• Minister demands better after 'unacceptable ' BC Ferries long ... - Chilliwack Progress

  05-07-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Rotary Club of Chilliwack announces 2022-23 Leaders of Tomorrow from G.W. Graham

  05-07-2023 17:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Rotary Club of Chilliwack has announced its 2022-23 Leaders of Tomorrow from G.W. Graham Secondary in Chilliwack.They consist of Mackenzie Lascelle, Tatyana Martz, Lily Renaud, Zach Wang, Rida Khan, Gavin Kheleh and Sophia Kim.Rotary Club of Chilliwack provided the following information about each exemplary student that excelled in the classroom or in other extracurricular activities.Mackenzie Lascelle is described as a hard-working student who demonstrates excellent self-
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Urgent action needed to prevent toxic drug deaths among B.C. youth

  05-07-2023 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Every month we are now met with the BC Coroners Service’s Drug Toxicity Deaths reports and the situation continues to get more desperate and disheartening. More than 175 people in B.C. lost their lives to drug toxicity in the month of May — they were parents, children, siblings, and loved ones. Each death is a devastating tragedy that simply should not have happened.It is obvious that we are in a crisis that is not showing any signs of improvement. After six years under the NDP, more
  
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• Chilliwack cyclist riding 360 kms in Terry Fox Ride of Hope this Saturday

  05-07-2023 16:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Hundreds of cyclists from across Canada will be honouring Terry Fox’s courageous legacy in support of cancer research through long-distance cycling rides this year.The Lower Mainland’s premier endurance event gets underway this Saturday, July 8 as the Vancouver/Fraser Valley Terry Fox Ride of Hope starts at the Terry Fox Hometown Square in Port Coquitlam and wraps up at Vedder Park in Chilliwack at roughly 7:30 p.m.While other cities across Canada will hold similar
  
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