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• Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of BC warns public about 3D printed guns

  11-07-2023 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — Law enforcement authorities in BC are taking the unusual, but proactive step in warning the public about what they say are the dangers associated with 3D printed firearms and privately made firearms.In a rare news release from the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia (CFSEU-BC) specifically addressing this topic, authorities say there are dangers of privately made firearms (PMF’s) such as 3D printed firearms.According to its website, CFSEU-BC’s
  
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• Green Leader Elizabeth May home after hospitalization due to ... - Chilliwack Progress

  11-07-2023 23:30
  
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• As port strike prompts disruption, study points finger at shipping firms ... - Chilliwack Progress

  11-07-2023 23:30
  
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• Veteran police officers converge on PRTC in Chilliwack to join RCMP

  11-07-2023 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Twenty veteran, experienced police officers (EPOs) completed their RCMP on-boarding and graduated with their troop last week following training at the Pacific Region Training Centre in Chilliwack.These officers have joined the BC RCMP from police forces nation-wide and will be assigned to various detachments and units across the province.
  Rather than formal training at the RCMP Depot in Regina, Saskatchewan, the RCMP says these officers already bring with them a wealth of know
  
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• Military prepares to pull crashed Chinook helicopter from Ottawa River

  11-07-2023 23:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Canadian Armed Forces says it plans to pull the Chinook helicopter that crashed into the Ottawa River last month out of the water starting today. 
  Four Royal Canadian Air Force members were conducting a normal nighttime training exercise around midnight near the Petawawa military base on June 20 when the helicopter crashed into the water, killing two of the members on board and injuring two others. 
  The bodies of the two pilots were recovered the next day after an ex
  
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• Aritzia sees net income fall to $17.5 million in first quarter despite higher revenue

  11-07-2023 22:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Aritzia Inc. says its net income for the first quarter was $17.5 million, almost half of its net income of $33.3 million a year earlier.
  The Vancouver-based retailer says net revenue for the quarter was $462.7 million, up 13.4 per centfrom $407.9 million during the same quarter last year. 
  The company says its gross profit margin was lower due to higher product-related costs amid inflationary pressures, temporary warehousing costs related to inventory management, and other
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Montreal police raid illegal magic mushroom store

  11-07-2023 22:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal police are carrying out an operation targeting a store selling illegal magic mushrooms.
  The first FunGuyz location in Quebec opened in Montreal today offering pills, dried fungi and chocolate bars all containing the psychedelic agent psilocybin, subject to sale and possession bans in Canada.
  Company spokesperson Edgras Goban says FunGuyz has already been the target of police raids in Ontario, where it has 10 franchises. 
  Montreal police had warned earlier in the day that they could
  
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• Whitecaps hand out contract extension to Paraguay midfielder

  11-07-2023 22:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have given defensive midfielder Andres Cubas a contract extension to the end of the 2026 season.
  Cubas, 27, arrived from French club Nimes Olympique last year on a deal lasting until June 2026.
  The new deal goes through the 2026 season and has a club option for 2027.
  The Paraguayan international has made 40 starts across two seasons with one goal and one assist.
  Cubas is in the top 10 of the 2022-23 MLS season for interceptions and the top 10 of the West
  
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• B.C. police warn about 3D-printed guns that look like ‘harmless toys’

  11-07-2023 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Police in British Columbia are raising concerns about the rise of 3D-printed guns and other privately made firearms, saying the risks posed by the weapons that often resemble “harmless toys” may not be understood by parents or teachers.
  The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit has shared a photo of an array of weapons printed in colourful plastic, with names including Songbird, Biden’s Bane and Macdaddy.
  Others appear to be replicas of commercially made
  
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• Leslie Van Houten, follower of cult leader Charles Manson, released from California prison

  11-07-2023 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten walked out of a California prison Tuesday after serving 53 years of a life sentence for her participation in two infamous murders.
  The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said Van Houten “was released to parole supervision.”
  Her release comes days after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he would not fight a state appeals court ruling that Van Houten should be granted parole.
  Van Houten, now in her 70s, r
  
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• Ukraine now has a path to NATO membership, but allies have not set out a timeline

  11-07-2023 21:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VILNIUS, Lithuania — A stark exhibition of war photographs lines the walls of a tunnel on the way into the NATO leaders’ summit.
  Signs printed on shuttle buses read: “While you’re waiting for this bus, Ukraine is waiting for NATO membership.”
  Reminders of Russia’s war on the eastern European country are everywhere this week in Vilnius, Lithuania. Even in the flower beds. Rows of blue and yellow blooms outside the venue are arranged to match the Ukrainian flag.
  
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• Quebec officials dismantle homeless camp under Montreal highway

  11-07-2023 21:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec officials have dismantled a homeless encampment beneath an elevated Montreal highway ahead of a major roadwork project and following a months-long legal battle.
  The province’s Transport Department says the last of the camp’s residents departed this morning and department personnel were in the process of clearing the site to make way for repair work to begin on the Ville-Marie Expressway.
  The ministry last week issued a final notice to camp residents to vacate
  
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• Toronto Argonauts sign head coach Ryan Dinwiddie to contract extension

  11-07-2023 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts have signed head coach Ryan Dinwiddie to a multi-year extension.
  Dinwiddie is in his third season as Toronto’s head coach.
  He has guided the franchise to consecutive first-place finishes in the East Division, and the Argos capped the 2022 campaign defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24-23 for their 18th Grey Cup championship.
  Toronto (3-0) is the CFL’s lone unbeaten team heading into its game Friday night in Montreal versus the Alouettes (2-2).
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• Canada draws on Toronto Arrows, New England Free Jacks for Tongan rugby tour

  11-07-2023 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada will have a sizable contingent from the Major League Rugby champion New England Free Jacks and the Toronto Arrows when it tours Tonga next month.
  Canada, currently ranked 23rd in the world, will take on No. 15 Tonga on Aug. 10 and 15 at the 10,000-capacity Teufaiva Stadium in the Tongan capital of Nukuʻalofa. Before arriving in Tonga, the Canadians will hold a training camp in Nadi, Fiji, and scrimmage against the academy side of the Fijian Drua, Fiji’s Super Rugby team.
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• UPDATE: Missing 19-year-old Chilliwack man found - Hope Standard - Hope Standard

  11-07-2023 21:30
  
  UPDATE: Missing 19-year-old Chilliwack man found - Hope Standard  Hope Standard
  
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• UPDATE: Missing 19-year-old Chilliwack man found - Chilliwack Progress

  11-07-2023 21:30
  
  UPDATE: Missing 19-year-old Chilliwack man found  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP ask for help in finding missing 19-year-old man ... - Chilliwack Progress

  11-07-2023 21:30
  
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• Britney Spears announces highly anticipated memoir - Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  11-07-2023 21:30
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP looking for missing 19-year-old male

  11-07-2023 21:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP are soliciting public help in finding a missing 19-year-old male who was reported missing at the end of June.According to a news release Tuesday from Corporal Carmen Kiener, media relations spokesperson for the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment in Chilliwack, Mounties hope public assistance can help locate Harsaihaj (Har) Singh Thind, who was reported missing on June 29, 2023.Thind is described as a South Asian male, 19 years of age, 6 feet tall, 177 poun
  
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• Lions’ defensive lineman Betts leading CFL in sacks with nine

  11-07-2023 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CFL offences are getting a break from Canadian Mathieu Betts and the B.C. Lions defence.
  B.C. (4-1) has a league-high 21 sacks this season. The six-foot-three, 250-pound Betts has a CFL-best nine sacks, which is a career high and matches his combined total over the previous three seasons.
  Betts and B.C. are on a bye week. They’ll resume action July 22 hosting the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
  “Honestly, I wasn’t expecting this after five games but I’m grateful for it,”
  
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• Ottawa Senators sign goaltender Kevin Mandolese to one-year, two-way contract

  11-07-2023 21:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have signed goaltender Kevin Mandolese to a one-year, two-way contract, the team announced Tuesday.
  The contract is worth US$775,000 at the NHL level and $110,000 in the American Hockey League.
  The 22-year-old from Blainville, Que., made 46 saves in a 3-2 shootout win over the New York Islanders in his NHL debut Feb. 14.
  The performance tied him for the fifth-most saves in a goaltending debut in NHL history.
  Mandolese went 1-2-0 over three games with Ottawa las
  
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• Winnipeg police charge former fashion mogul Peter Nygard with sexual assault

  11-07-2023 21:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Winnipeg police have charged former fashion mogul Peter Nygard with sexual assault and unlawful confinement.
  Police say a person came forward with allegations from 1993 about a sexual assault at the Nygard corporate headquarters in Manitoba’s capital. 
  There were originally no charges in Manitoba but the case was sent to Saskatchewan Justice for an independent review last year. 
  Nygard was arrested at the Toronto South Detention Centre, where he remains in custody for similar cha
  
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• B.C. paraglider recalls his Canada Day spent stuck in a tree ... - Chilliwack Progress

  11-07-2023 20:45
  
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• Caster Semenya win highlights need for change in athletics: Canadian professor

  11-07-2023 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Champion runner Caster Semenya’s legal victory on Tuesday is a “huge victory for human rights,” says a professor from the University of Toronto.
  The European Court of Human Rights decided that Semenya was discriminated against by sport rules that forced her to medically reduce her natural hormone levels to compete.
  Bruce Kidd, a professor emeritus of sports policy, says the decision benefits both athletics and the wider world of sports.
  Kidd previously helped initiate a success
  
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• As port workers strike prompts disruptions, study points finger at shipping companies

  11-07-2023 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  As the ongoing port workers strike in Vancouver prompts business disruptions and concerns over delayed shipments, a new report supports the argument put forth by workers that labour is not the source of rising costs in the industry.
  The study by economist Jim Stanford, director of Vancouver’s Centre for Future Work, said hourly wages for longshore workers are similar to wages for other skilled industrial jobs. 
  But under the current dispatch system, longshore workers have insecure wor
  
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• Diaz signs with Vancouver FC - Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  11-07-2023 20:26
  
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• Ottawa could help health care with better international recruiting, Smith says

  11-07-2023 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Improving health care is not just a matter of money and transfers from Ottawa to the provinces, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Tuesday
  She said the federal government could help by streamlining recruitment of workers from abroad.
  “They are principally responsible when it comes to immigration and bringing people into the country, which is why they play a crucial role in that,” she said at the annual premiers conference in Winnipeg. 
  “We’ve all be
  
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• Roughriders quarterback Harris earns CFL weekly honours

  11-07-2023 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Trevor Harris of the Saskatchewan Roughriders was named the top quarterback in the CFL’s weekly honour roll Tuesday.
  Players in nine specific positions are highlighted based on data points registered and compiled by Pro Football Focus, a sports analytics company.
  Harris got the nod at quarterback with a grade of 88.2 for his play in Saskatchewan’s 12-11 win over the Edmonton Elks on Thursday night. Harris completed 19-of-29 passes for 292 yards and a touchdown in the
  
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• Alberta calls on federal government to help Indigenous communities with opioid crisis

  11-07-2023 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the federal government is failing when it comes to some of the big issues in its jurisdiction, particularly Indigenous health care.
  At the annual premiers’ conference in Winnipeg, Smith says provincial leaders are frustrated that Ottawa is interfering in issues that are provincial jurisdiction rather than focusing on its own areas.
  Smith says the federal government needs to better support Indigenous communities in urban areas as well as
  
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• 29-year-old victim of suspected targeted shooting in Surrey, B.C., identified

  11-07-2023 20:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Homicide investigators have identified the latest person shot and killed in Surrey, B.C.
  A statement from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says Surrey resident Pavanbar Paul Mannan was found dead on Sunday at around 5 p.m.
  The 29-year-old was sitting in his vehicle when he was shot.
  Police say they are identifying Mannan “in hopes of furthering their investigation,” and IHIT Sgt. Timothy Pierotti confirmed Mannan is known to police and the shooting appe
  
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• Observant Kelowna employee foils $100K flooring fraud - Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  11-07-2023 20:00
  
  Observant Kelowna employee foils $100K flooring fraud - Chilliwack ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Nova Scotia government says judge dismissed from inquiry had rejected offer for help

  11-07-2023 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government says a judge dismissed from leading a high-profile inquiry had rejected an offer for help, even though he had asked for four extensions to allow him to complete his final report.
  The office of the province’s attorney general issued a statement today saying the now-retired judge, Warren Zimmer, was not given a fourth extension because the government had no reason to expect that agreeing to that request would yield a final report.
  As well, departmen
  
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• Uncertain demand clouds future of Canada’s planned LNG exports, experts say

  11-07-2023 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Canadian liquefied natural gas projects looking to fill gaps in the global market left by the absence of Russian gas may run into more challenging conditions than expected, industry experts say.
  Officials from the LNG industry at an industry conference in Vancouver say the consensus among economists is that the gas shortage in Europe caused by the Ukraine war is unlikely to last beyond 10 years, while the rise of renewables will cut into demand from 2030 onward.
  Peter Abdo, chi
  
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• Multiple charges as 27-year-old accused in crash that killed two B.C. teens

  11-07-2023 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — Charges have been laid against a 27-year-old man accused of causing a crash last July that killed two Vancouver-area teenagers.
  A statement from Metro Vancouver Transit Police says Cory Brown faces two counts of criminal negligence causing death, one count of driving while disqualified and one count of flight from police.
  He remains in custody and is expected to return to court on July 19.
  The statement says members of the transit police were returning to headquarte
  
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• Get another COVID-19 booster in the fall, Canada’s immunization panel recommends

  11-07-2023 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) says people should get another COVID-19 vaccine booster in the fall if it’s been at least six months since their last dose or COVID-19 infection. 
  It says the booster doses will be new formulations updated to target more recent, immune-evasive variants. 
  NACI continues to strongly recommend that anyone five years of age and older who hasn’t yet been vaccinated should be immunized with a primary
  
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• Ledcor Group announces closure of Chilliwack Cant Mill - Terrace ... - Terrace Standard

  11-07-2023 19:33
  
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• Ledcor Group announces closure of Chilliwack Cant Mill - Smithers Interior News

  11-07-2023 19:33
  
  Ledcor Group announces closure of Chilliwack Cant Mill  Smithers Interior News
  
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• Ledcor Group announces closure of Chilliwack Cant Mill - Comox Valley Record

  11-07-2023 19:33
  
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• Williams Lake Stampede to house livestock impacted by wildfires ... - Chilliwack Progress

  11-07-2023 19:30
  
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• B.C. assessing changes Twitter could have on emergency ... - Chilliwack Progress

  11-07-2023 19:30
  
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• California man paralyzed from run-in with police gets $20 million settlement

  11-07-2023 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California man who was left paralyzed after he was slammed to the ground during a traffic stop won a $20 million settlement, one of the largest in the state’s history, officials announced Tuesday.Gregory Gross, an Army veteran who lives in Yuba City, sued the police department in 2022 after police officers used “pain compliance” techniques and expressed disbelief when he repeatedly cried out, “I can’t feel my legs.” Police off
  
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• Cabins destroyed by wildfire near Tulita, N.W.T.

  11-07-2023 19:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TULITA, N.W.T. — The Northwest Territories government says several cabins near Tulita have likely been destroyed by a wildfire burning in the area.
  In a special wildfire bulletin on Saturday, the territory’s wildfire agency says photos and reports of structure losses at 12 Mile have been circulating.
  It says it has been unable to verify the losses as visibility has made travelling to the sites unsafe. 
  Tulita Elder David Etchinelle says 10 buildings have been affected, including
  
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• Final FIFA World Cup ride for Abbotsford's Sophie Schmidt ... - Chilliwack Progress

  11-07-2023 19:12
  
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• Three men arrested after foot chase on B.C. waterfront promenade ... - Chilliwack Progress

  11-07-2023 19:10
  
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• BC Highway Patrol impounds three Porsches, including two after drivers clocked at nearly 200 km/h

  11-07-2023 19:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SQUAMISH — The need for speed has left three Porsche drivers from the Lower Mainland with three-month driving suspensions and a need for alternate transportation.According to a news release from provincial highway authorities, an officer with the B.C. Highway Patrol Squamish division was conducting speed enforcement in the area of the Porteau Cove overpass on the northbound Sea to Sky Highway in Squamish on Friday, June 30, just before Canada Day, at approximately 8 p.m.The officer observe
  
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• Free swims, free skates, fireworks added to roster of 'Chilliwack 150 ... - Chilliwack Progress

  11-07-2023 19:01
  
  Free swims, free skates, fireworks added to roster of 'Chilliwack 150 ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• State of emergency declared in Quebec town due to flood risk, more towns evacuating

  11-07-2023 18:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A town near Quebec City has declared a state of local emergency due to rising water levels, as heavy rain over many parts of the province has communities on alert for flooding.
  The mayor of Ste-Brigitte-de-Laval announced the state of emergency today, after officials in the town ordered the evacuation of more than 200 homes late Monday due to flood risk.
  Environment Canada has issued rainfall or thunderstorm warnings for several parts of the province, and has warned of possible
  
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• Chilliwack to celebrate its 150th anniversary with free swims, skating and fireworks

  11-07-2023 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — While a provincial fireworks ban in June scuttled a planned fireworks celebration on Canada Day in Chilliwack, the city still has events planned to celebrate its 150th anniversary this summer and fall.
  The City of Chilliwack announced Tuesday morning (July 11) that it will offer free weekly swimming at the Rotary Outdoor Pool on Saturday afternoons for the rest of the summer, free ice skating this fall, and a bigger fireworks celebration in November.The Township of Chilliwhack
  
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• Staff at Okanagan-Shuswap seniors care homes heading to strike ... - Chilliwack Progress

  11-07-2023 18:30
  
  Staff at Okanagan-Shuswap seniors care homes heading to strike ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Fire that killed 2 on a cargo ship in New Jersey is out after nearly a week, officials say

  11-07-2023 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Crews extinguished the intensely burning fire aboard a cargo ship docked in New Jersey after nearly a week and are now beginning their investigation into the blaze that killed two firefighters, officials said Tuesday.“We can officially declare the fire is out,” Coast Guard Capt. Zeita Merchant, the captain of the Port of New York and New Jersey, said during a news conference in Port Newark.
  It could be a while before officials know what led to the blaze that
  
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