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• UPDATE: North Okanagan wildfire still burning, but evacuation order ... - Chilliwack Progress

  07-07-2023 23:45
  
  UPDATE: North Okanagan wildfire still burning, but evacuation order ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Interim coach Terry Dunfield looking for TFC breakthrough: ‘We need to start winning’

  07-07-2023 23:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Terry Dunfield fired a ball from 25 yards out that clipped the crossbar of an empty goal.
  Toronto FC’s interim head coach jokingly celebrated the pre-training skill display before joining his players warming up on an adjacent practice field.
  That brief moment of joy — arm raised, smile on his face — is one the former Canadian international is desperate to replicate for real under the bright lights.
  “One thing I’ve learned through these last 10 days i
  
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• Francophonie ministers stress collaboration on official languages action plan

  07-07-2023 23:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Ministers have wrapped up a meeting in Vancouver with the hope of increasing francophone immigration and addressing the decline of French across Canada.
  The Ministers’ Council on the Canadian Francophonie representing francophone and Acadian communities had been meeting for the past two days, involving representatives of all three levels of government.
  Federal Official Languages Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor says the ministers discussed immigration, supporting the vita
  
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• Project brings nature accessibility to site of former B.C. golf course ... - Chilliwack Progress

  07-07-2023 23:30
  
  Project brings nature accessibility to site of former B.C. golf course ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Former Surrey Mountie charged with multiple crimes - Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  07-07-2023 23:30
  
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• Chilliwack River Road project nearly complete

  07-07-2023 22:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack says the Chilliwack River Road project should be complete by the end of July.
  The project has been in the works for years, initially beginning with a 2016 conceptual study by the Tzeachten First Nation. Together with the City, a design and planning process was begun to connect the Tzeachten Sportsfields, Tzeachten Cemetery, and Band housing to Promontory Road.
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  Meantime the City upgraded Promontory Road to include bike lanes and
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs make first foray into international recruiting - Hope ... - Hope Standard

  07-07-2023 22:00
  
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• B.C. Lions look for spark after first loss of season to Toronto Argonauts

  07-07-2023 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Vernon Adams Jr. admits he made mistakes against the Toronto Argonauts earlier this week as the B.C. Lions lost for the first time this season.
  The veteran quarterback, who threw six interceptions in the 45-24 loss to Toronto on Monday, said he’s looking past the disappointing performance and aiming to rebound when the Lions host the Montreal Alouettes on Sunday.
  “We watched it, flushed it, I learned from my mistakes and continue to grow as a quarterback and a perso
  
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• Searching landfill for remains of Indigenous women too complex for police: RCMP

  07-07-2023 21:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Internal emails show the former head of the RCMP believed police are not equipped to handle the complexities of searching a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of slain Indigenous women.
  The statementis contained in an email sent last December by then RCMP commissioner Brenda Lucki to senior leaders in the departments of Public Safety and Crown-Indigenous Relations.
  The privately-owned Prairie Green Landfill north of the city is where police believe the remains of Morgan Harris
  
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• Whitecaps need to compete for ‘entirety of the game’: Sartini

  07-07-2023 21:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps are hoping home comforts once again provide relief after a loss on the road.
  Vancouver (6-6-7) was blanked 3-0 by Sporting Kansas City on July 1, their eighth road loss of the season. 
  The B.C. club has not won two matches on the road since August 2018 and went seven games without a win away from home in the regular season before their 3-2 win over LAFC.
  Coach Vanni Sartini wants to see more competitiveness from his squad when it hosts the rival Sea
  
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• Coroner identifies second victim in Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean landslide

  07-07-2023 21:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Quebec coroner’s office is confirming the identity of the woman killed in a landslide in the province’s Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region last weekend.
  Pascale Racine, 44, was one of two people who died last Saturday in Rivière-Éternité, Que., about 260 kilometres northeast of Quebec City.
  Earlier in the week, authorities identified the other victim killed after heavy rains triggered landslides and flooding as 48-year-old Pascal Héon.
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• Family of Jared Lowndes sue RCMP over 2021 shooting death in Campbell River

  07-07-2023 20:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Family members of a man shot and killed by the RCMP have filed a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court, the day before the two-year anniversary of his death. 
  Relatives of Jared Lowndes say in a notice of civil claim that the Campbell River man was shot and killed by unnamed members of the RCMP at a Vancouver Island Tim Hortons on July 8, 2021. 
  Lowndes’ mother Laura Holland and his daughters Phoenix and Patience say in their lawsuit that Lowndes was in his vehicle the
  
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• Dutch media report that the Dutch government has failed to agree on a new migration package

  07-07-2023 20:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Tense talks between the four parties that make up Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s ruling coalition failed to broker a deal over ways to rein in migration, Dutch media reported Friday, citing unnamed sources.
  If months of talks on the thorny issue end in failure, it could bring down the administration and force a general election. The government did not confirm the reports and no ministers immediately emerged from the meeting near Rutte’s office.
  
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• B.C. mass-stabbing killer apologizes to victims, cites ‘enormous’ drug use

  07-07-2023 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — The man who committed a deadly mass stabbing at a library in North Vancouver, B.C., two years ago, has apologized to each of his victims by name at his sentencing hearing.
  Yannick Bandaogo’s lawyer says his client cannot explain a motive for the attack that killed one woman and wounded several other people, but in his statement, the 30-year-old told the court of a troubled childhood that led him into drug use.
  Bandaogo pleaded guilty this year to second-degree
  
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• The US will provide cluster munitions to Ukraine as part of a new military aid package

  07-07-2023 20:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will provide thousands of cluster munitions to Ukraine and take steps to address concerns by NATO allies on the dangers the controversial weapon poses to civilians, national security adviser Jake Sullivan, said Friday.
  The decision comes on the eve of the NATO summit in Lithuania, where President Joe Biden is likely to face questions from allies on why the U.S. would send a weapon into Ukraine that more than two-thirds of alliance members have ban
  
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• Vancouver Island marmot makes marathon journey looking for love ... - Chilliwack Progress

  07-07-2023 20:30
  
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• Summer sales fall off in Chilliwack real estate market - Hope Standard - Hope Standard

  07-07-2023 20:30
  
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• Summer sales fall off in Chilliwack real estate market - Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  07-07-2023 20:30
  
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• North Okanagan walk-in clinic closing permanently - Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  07-07-2023 20:30
  
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• B.C. library killer apologizes to victims, cites 'enormous' drug use ... - Chilliwack Progress

  07-07-2023 20:30
  
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• Veteran Ottawa quarterback Masoli to make ’23 season debut versus Ticats

  07-07-2023 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — They’re opponents now, but Simoni Lawrence still has a soft spot in his heart for Jeremiah Masoli.
  Masoli will make his season debut when Ottawa (1-2) visits the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (0-3) on Saturday night. Masoli’s return will come a year to the day when he suffered a season-ending leg injury versus the Saskatchewan Roughriders — a span of 17 games that saw the Redblacks go 5-12.
  “Honestly, Jeremiah is one of those guys that even though he’s on the
  
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• Profane email to client leads to firing of Langley company's ... - Chilliwack Progress

  07-07-2023 19:50
  
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• Indian authorities arrests 3 railway officials over the train crash that killed more than 290

  07-07-2023 19:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s federal crime agency said Friday it has arrested three railway officials in connection with one of the country’s deadliest train accidents, which killed more than 290 people last month.
  The arrested men have been charged with culpable homicide without murder and destruction of evidence, the Central Bureau of Investigation said in a statement. It identified them as two signal engineers and one technician, and said the investigation is ongoing.
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• Blue Jays recall starter Manoah after one-month stint in minors

  07-07-2023 19:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays recalled right-hander Alek Manoah from Double-A New Hampshire on Friday and placed reliever Jay Jackson on the paternity list.
  Manoah, who spent the last month in the minor leagues, was scheduled to start for the Blue Jays on Friday night at Detroit. 
  The team’s Opening Day starter has struggled mightily at the big-league level this season. He was sent down to the Florida Complex League on June 6. 
  Manoah struck out 10 batters over five stron
  
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• Unemployment in B.C. hits 5.6%; economy remains strong: minister ... - Chilliwack Progress

  07-07-2023 19:30
  
  Unemployment in B.C. hits 5.6%; economy remains strong: minister ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chiliwack sends 17 to North American Indigenous Games ... - Chilliwack Progress

  07-07-2023 19:30
  
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• Athletes from Chilliwack, Agassiz, Hope head to North American ... - Hope Standard

  07-07-2023 19:30
  
  Athletes from Chilliwack, Agassiz, Hope head to North American ...  Hope Standard
  
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• VIDEO: Plane crashes through fence at Langley Airport - Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  07-07-2023 19:00
  
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• Texas gunman in Walmart shooting sentenced to 90 life sentences but could still face death penalty

  07-07-2023 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A white gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in a Texas border city was sentenced Friday to 90 consecutive life sentences but could still face more punishment, including the death penalty.
  Patrick Crusius, 24, pleaded guilty earlier this year to nearly 50 federal hate crime charges in the 2019 mass shooting in El Paso, making it one of the U.S. government’s largest hate crime cases.Police say Crusius drove more than 70
  
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• The search for the Chilliwack Giant - Fraser Valley Current

  07-07-2023 18:52
  
  The search for the Chilliwack Giant  Fraser Valley Current
  
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• Heavy foot passenger traffic expected on Tsawwassen-Duke Point ... - Chilliwack Progress

  07-07-2023 18:45
  
  Heavy foot passenger traffic expected on Tsawwassen-Duke Point ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Displaced residents scrambling after fires at Mission Inn Motel ... - Chilliwack Progress

  07-07-2023 18:30
  
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• As Quebec gets wetter because of climate change, risks of landslides increase

  07-07-2023 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Climate change is likely to increase the frequency of weather events that cause landslides in Quebec, like the one that killed two people a week ago, said a researcher who studies natural risks. 
  Jacques Locat, a professor emeritus at Université Laval, says climate change models predict that southern Quebec will receive between five per cent and 14 per cent more rain by 2050. That increase in precipitation, his research suggests, coupled with an expected rise in extr
  
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• Kansas attorney general sues to prevent transgender people from changing driver’s licenses

  07-07-2023 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican attorney general of Kansas sued Friday to block transgender residents from changing their sex on their driver’s licenses and to rebuke the Democratic governor for defying his interpretation of a new law.
  Attorney General Kris Kobach went to a state court in hopes of getting an order to stop Gov. Laura Kelly and agencies under her control to stop allowing the changes to transgender people’s licenses. Kobach contends a law that took effect Satur
  
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• Chilliwack athlete invited to wheelchair basketball national ID camp ... - Chilliwack Progress

  07-07-2023 18:15
  
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• Lack of staff forces Saanich, B.C., hospital to close ER overnight for two months

  07-07-2023 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NORTH SAANICH, B.C. — Island Health says a lack of staff has forced it to begin overnight closures of the emergency room at a small Victoria-area hospital.
  A statement from the health authority says closure of the Saanich Peninsula Hospital emergency department begins at 10 p.m. tonight and will end at 7 a.m. Saturday.
  The statement says the closures will continue every night until Sept. 4 at the 85-bed hospital just south of Sidney.
  The health authority says the closures will ensure docto
  
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• CF Montreal looks to continue playoff push against visiting Atlanta United

  07-07-2023 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal looks to rekindle its dominance at home as it continues its playoff push Saturday against Atlanta United.
  Montreal (8-10-2) has established Stade Saputo as one of Major League Soccer’s premier fortresses. Before a 1-0 loss to New York City FC last week, Montreal tied a 23-year-old record for most consecutive home wins without conceding a goal (six in MLS, eight in all competitions) and held the second-best home record in MLS.
  Atlanta (8-5-8) has lost just one o
  
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• Vandals hit playground at Chilliwack elementary school - Hope ... - Hope Standard

  07-07-2023 17:45
  
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• Vandals Hit Playground At Chilliwack Elementary School - Abbotsford News

  07-07-2023 17:45
  
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• Tree planter airlifted to hospital after bear attack near Tumbler Ridge ... - Chilliwack Progress

  07-07-2023 17:30
  
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• Full-tilt franchise turns it up in 'Mission: Impossible - Dead ... - Chilliwack Progress

  07-07-2023 17:30
  
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• ‘Missed opportunity’ for Canada at summit on climate reform of developing world loans

  07-07-2023 17:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign-aid and climate advocates say Ottawa needs to do much more to help developing countries brace for climate chaos without going broke, after Canada’s uninspiring contribution to a summit last month that aimed at reforming global finance.
  French President Emmanuel Macron hosted the summit in Paris, convening leaders from Africa and small island states, along with rich countries and financial institutions.
  The New Global Financing Pact was intended to start transforming
  
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• Canada’s Andreescu posts comeback win over Kalinina at Wimbledon

  07-07-2023 17:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON — Canada’s Bianca Andreescu defeated 26th-seeded Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7) Friday in a second-round Wimbledon match that featured major momentum swings.
  Andreescu looked like she was heading for a routine victory after winning the first set and going up a break early in the second.
  However, Kalinina later broke back to even the second set at 4-4, and picked up another break in the deciding game to even the match at a set apiece.
  The Ukrainian had a break a
  
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• U.S. trade envoy presses Canada on digital services tax, home shopping obligations

  07-07-2023 17:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — America’s trade envoy is urging her Canadian counterpart to abandon plans for a digital services tax and to allow U.S. home shopping north of the border. 
  U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and International Trade Minister Mary Ng met one-on-one in Mexico during two days of meetings in Cancun, which wrap up today. 
  The annual gathering is a chance for all three countries to take stock of their progress under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
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• Life, style etc. with Stephanie Brown - Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  07-07-2023 16:30
  
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• Tree planter airlifted to hospital after bear attack near Tumbler Ridge, B.C.

  07-07-2023 15:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — A tree planter has been attacked by a bear in northeastern British Columbia.
  Few details have been released, but a statement from the Conservation Officer Service says it happened Thursday near Tumbler Ridge.
  The statement says the victim has been airlifted to hospital in Prince George.
  The service has not said if the attack involved a grizzly or a black bear.
  It says four officers have been assigned to investigate what happened.
  They will determine next steps if they
  
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• Nearly 200 set to play in the 2023 Chilliwack Open this weekend

  07-07-2023 14:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Some of the top golfers in the region will be teeing it up this weekend in the 2023 Chilliwack Men’s Open tournament at the Chilliwack Golf Club. The tournament caters to both professionals from across the Pacific Northwest as well as amateur golfers.
  Professionals in the field will be playing for a grand prize total of $4,500 while amateurs will be competing in four flights.
  “The Langley Concrete Chilliwack Men’s Open is our club’s signature event of t
  
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• Chilliwack band Dealers Choice ready to release music video, 2 ... - Chilliwack Progress

  07-07-2023 14:35
  
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• B.C. port strike enters day seven as union, employers association trade barbs

  07-07-2023 14:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The strike by thousands of workers at more than 30 British Columbia ports has entered its seventh day, as their union and the association representing B.C. maritime employers trade barbs about the stalled contract negotiations.
  The president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada, which represents about 7,400 striking workers, told a solidarity rally on Thursday that the BC Maritime Employers Association has walked away from the table three times.
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• Vernon boy's love for his Boston Terrier unleashes dog collar ... - Chilliwack Progress

  07-07-2023 14:00
  
  Vernon boy's love for his Boston Terrier unleashes dog collar ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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