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• The story behind Barbenheimer, the summer's most online movie ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-07-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Decriminalization not permission for public use: B.C. addictions ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-07-2023 23:20 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C. drops Facebook, Instagram advertising in response to Meta’s news block, says Eby

  14-07-2023 23:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it has stopped advertising on Facebook and Instagram to send a message to parent company Meta, which is blocking Canadian news from the social media platforms.
  Premier David Eby says in a statement Meta’s decision to cut off news access for many people in British Columbia who use the social media sites is “unacceptable.”
  Meta recently announced it will block Canadian news on its platforms in response to the new federal Onlin
  
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• Women in Motorsports program gives Chip Ganassi Racing a competitive edge

  14-07-2023 23:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Chip Ganassi Racing has been at the forefront of hiring women to its IndyCar Racing team, a strategy that has helped put two of its drivers atop the season’s standings.
  Anna Chatten, a gearbox mechanic for Ganassi, said that hiring women has created a more diverse range of voices on the team and fostered a more creative atmosphere. She believes it’s one of the factors that has drivers Alex Palou and Scott Dixon Nos. 1 and 2 respectively in IndyCar.
  “Obviously, f
  
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• It’s early, but Roughriders-Stampeders game has possible playoff implications

  14-07-2023 23:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — It’s only Week 6 of the 2023 CFL season, and yet the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Calgary Stampeders are preparing for a game with possible playoff implications. 
  The 3-1 Riders host the 1-3 Stampeders at Mosaic Stadium on Saturday, and a Saskatchewan victory will give them the regular-season series. 
  The Riders slipped past the Stampeders 29-26 in overtime on June 24 in Calgary. Saskatchewan head coach Craig Dickenson said his players are aware of the ramification
  
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• No charge for Kelowna RCMP officer after 2019 shooting ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-07-2023 23:00 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C. phasing out single-use plastics, giving businesses six months to use inventory

  14-07-2023 22:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia is phasing out the use of a range of single-use and disposable plastics with businesses being given six months to use up their inventory.
  Environment Minister George Heyman says the new regulation comes into effect in December and will cover plastic shopping bags, disposable food service accessories, degradable plastics and any packaging made of hard-to-recycle plastics.
  The move will coincide with a federal government ban on the sales of plastic checkout bags,
  
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• Firefighters prioritizing wildfires in northern B.C.; 27+ evacuation ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-07-2023 22:45 via news.google.com
  
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• Win or lose, Redblacks rookie quarterback Crum is about to make history

  14-07-2023 22:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Dustin Crum is going to make history Saturday afternoon, whether he wins or loses.
  The Redblacks rookie will become his team’s fourth different starting quarterback this season when Ottawa (1-3) hosts the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. 
  No other team has ever had four different starting QBs in its first five games.
  To recap: Nick Arbuckle started the first two games, then Tyrie Adams made his first CFL start in Ottawa’s third game and picked up the only win of the season
  
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• FIS removes tentative men’s downhill races at Lake Louise from calendar

  14-07-2023 22:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The International Ski and Snowboard Federation has removed a tentative men’s downhill at Lake Louise, Alta., from next season’s calendar.
  The governing body of skiing initially had the men competing Nov. 22-26 at the ski resort in Banff National Park, but with a “to be confirmed” designation.
  But Alpine Canada said in a release Friday that it ran out of time to secure funding for the races.
  Alpine Canada president and CEO Therese Brisson says the organizat
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP motorcycle officer rear-ended, injured on Yale Road

  14-07-2023 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A Chilliwack RCMP motorcycle officer was reportedly rear-ended Friday morning (July 14) in the 46100 block of Yale Road in downtown Chilliwack, prompting a response from the Chilliwack Fire Department and BC Emergency Health Services.According to two eyewitnesses who work at 89.5 JR Country in the building directly above the site of the accident, a motorcycle officer was rear-ended by a vehicle after the constable allowed a pedestrian to cross the road in a crosswalk. In doing
  
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• Vigilantes send B.C. man to hospital over 'unsubstantiated' rumours ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-07-2023 21:54 via news.google.com
  
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• Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will meet in the Wimbledon final ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-07-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Canada set to end domestic subsidies for unabated fossil-fuel ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-07-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will meet in the Wimbledon final

  14-07-2023 21:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — This was the moment. If Novak Djokovic was going to be stopped in the Wimbledon semifinals, if his much younger and harder-hitting opponent, Jannik Sinner, was going to turn things around Friday, the monumental comeback required would need to start immediately.
  Djokovic knew it. Sinner knew it. The 15,000 or so Centre Court spectators knew it.
  After taking the first two sets, Djokovic trailed 5-4 in the third, and a flubbed forehand made the game score 15-40 as he
  
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• Bus stolen from Lower Mainland transit centre, man arrested ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-07-2023 21:16 via news.google.com
  
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• N.W.T. confirms anthrax outbreak in Slave River Lowlands bison

  14-07-2023 20:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT SMITH, N.W.T. — The Northwest Territories government is confirming an anthrax outbreak among the Slave River Lowlands bison population.
  The Department of Environment and Climate Change reported the suspected outbreak last week after 15 bison carcasses were found between Fort Smith and Fort Resolution. 
  This week, it says the outbreak has been confirmed by laboratory testing and a total of 28 carcasses have been found.
  It says all carcasses are being treated as anthrax cases
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• Scott Dixon ready to defend title at Honda Indy Toronto, his ‘home’ race

  14-07-2023 20:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto just feels like home to Scott Dixon.
  The New Zealander often jokes that as the only IndyCar race in a Commonwealth country, the Honda Indy Toronto is essentially his backyard. 
  He’s also won four times on the street course around Exhibition Place, including a dominant performance in 2022, for the second-most victories in the race’s history.
  “I think you can never really rest on last year’s performances,” said Dixon, who won twice in 2013, when there was
  
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• VIDEO: Pod of orcas, including calves, swarm Vancouver Island pier ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-07-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Fraser Valley Pride hosting weekly events in July - Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  14-07-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Fraser Valley Pride hosting weekly events in July - Chilliwack Progress

  14-07-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Court grants temporary injunction to end Winnipeg landfill blockade

  14-07-2023 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — A Manitoba judge has granted a temporary injunction to end a blockade at a Winnipeg landfill, where dozens of protestors have blocked the main road demanding a search of a different landfill north of the city for the remains of two slain Indigenous women. 
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Condolences pour in after firefighter, 19, dies battling blaze near ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-07-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Highway 8 between Merritt and Spences Bridge closed due to ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-07-2023 19:50 via news.google.com
  
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• Canadian Rangers to help evacuate Quebec Cree communities threatened by wildfires

  14-07-2023 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Ottawa is deploying Canadian Rangers to help evacuate northern Quebec communities threatened by wildfires.
  Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair said today the government will also help fly people to safety.
  Quebec’s forest fire agency says there are 134 wildfires burning in the province, including 93 in the zone that includes several Cree communities. 
  Canadian Rangers are part of the Canadian Army Reserve who live in remote, isolated and coastal regions of the
  
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• Canada set to end domestic subsidies for unabated fossil-fuel production

  14-07-2023 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government is expected next week to finally fulfil a promise Canada made 14 years ago to end federal subsidies that aid in the production of fossil fuels.
  Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the policy directive will be similar to the one last year ending most of Canada’s public financing for international fossil-fuel projects.
  That means going forward, fossil-fuel projects could only receive federal funding if the government could square them with Canada
  
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• New government rules spell end for Nova Scotia’s distinctive shark-fishing derbies

  14-07-2023 19:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Nova Scotia shark derbies, which for 30 years offered anglers a chance to land one of the ocean’s top predators, have been called off after authorities determined they no longer served a scientific purpose.
  Fisheries and Oceans Canada had authorized the shark-fishing tournaments by issuing scientific licences so the animals could be studied after they were caught. But the department has informed derby organizers that its research program no longer needs derby-caught specimens.
  Organizers o
  
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• CF Montreal hosts Charlotte looking to salvage points from crucial week

  14-07-2023 19:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — An offensively stunted CF Montreal is desperately looking to get any points out of this crucial week in the Major League Soccer season when it hosts Charlotte FC on Saturday evening.
  Montreal (8-12-2) has faltered over a sequence of games that could have gone a long way in cementing its place in the Eastern Conference playoff race.In the club’s last four games—all against opposition involved in the race to the post-season—Montreal has come up with a single draw
  
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• Naked woman assaults Kamloops Mountie - Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  14-07-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
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• City of Abbotsford says it’s making headway in support for homeless individuals

  14-07-2023 18:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The City of Abbotsford is touting a collaborative program aimed at giving those on the streets, a helping hand up.The City is working with the CEDAR Outreach Society and the Abbotsford Police Department, to provide intervention and support for struggling individuals. Thanks to funding from the City, and a grant from the Union of BC Municipalities Strengthening Communities: Safe Restart Program, CEDAR Outreach has been able to supplement law enforcement efforts with a focus on
  
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• Coyotes terminate contract of Galchenyuk following arrest on multiple charges

  14-07-2023 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes have terminated the contract of newly-signed free agent forward Alex Galchenyuk following his arrest on multiple charges last weekend.
  The Coyotes terminated Galchenyuk’s contract on Friday due to a material breach of terms a day after placing him on unconditional waivers.
  “We are aware of the incident involving Alex Galchenyuk and strongly condemn this type of behavior,” the Coyotes said in a statement. “Once the Club wa
  
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• Hiker dies after falling 200 feet into canyon in West Vancouver ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-07-2023 18:27 via news.google.com
  
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• Telus International shares slump on lower guidance

  14-07-2023 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Shares of Telus International Inc. were trading down almost 30 per cent at midday on the Toronto Stock Exchange after it slashed its growth guidance for the year.
  The company, which Telus Corp. spun off in 2021 but remains the controlling shareholder, says it expects revenue in the range of US$2.7 billion and US$2.73 billion and growth of between one and two per cent for the year, excluding its WillowTree acquisition.
  It was only in May that the company reiterated its previous
  
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• BC Wildfire Service crew member dies near Revelstoke while responding to wildfire

  14-07-2023 17:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The B.C. government is confirming the death of a firefighter who was responding to a wildfire near Revelstoke.
  A statement from Premier David Eby issued late Thursday offers his condolences.
  Calling it a “tremendous loss for everyone involved with the BC Wildfire Service at an already challenging time,” the statement goes on to say the tragedy serves as a heartbreaking reminder that firefighters are often putting their lives on the line to keep people and communities
  
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• Supreme Court orders new trial on criminal organization charge over jury instruction

  14-07-2023 16:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has set aside a man’s conviction for taking part in the activities of a criminal organization, saying the trial judge’s instruction to the jury was insufficient.
  In a 7-1 decision today, the top court ordered a new trial for Ahmed Abdullahi on the count in question, which stemmed from an investigation into the trafficking of illegal firearms in Ontario.
  A jury found Abdullahi guilty of various firearm-related offences, and the convictions we
  
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• Online, ‘unalive’ means death or suicide. Experts say it might help kids discuss those things

  14-07-2023 16:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  When Emily Litman was in middle school, kids whose parents grounded them would blithely lament: “I just want to die.” Now she’s a middle school teacher in New Jersey, and when her students’ phones and TikTok access are taken away, their out-loud whining has a 21st-century digital twist: “I feel so unalive.”
  Litman, 46, teaches English as a second language to students in Jersey City. Her students don’t use — and perhaps have never even heard —
  
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• Tornado touched down north of Montreal, no injuries or damage ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-07-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• “Caring to make it nice” - Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

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• “Caring to make it nice” - Chilliwack Progress

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• Canadian police, emergency agencies consider adopting Meta's ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-07-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Alberta, B.C. want to expand Canadian LNG reach globally: Danielle ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-07-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Canada’s McIntosh ready for showdown with Ledecky and Titmus at worlds in Japan

  14-07-2023 16:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  To hear her tell the story, Canadian swim sensation Summer McIntosh is like any other teenager looking to make the most of an all-too-short summer.
  “I’m pretty much the most, like, basic 16-year-old girl you can think of,” McIntosh told reporters via video conference on Thursday night from Tokyo. “I’ll just hang out with my friends. We will go to the movies, or I’ll go shopping. Or if I’m not in school, I’ll spend too many hours on TikTok per day,
  
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• Widespread power outages in Quebec after severe thunderstorms, tornado

  14-07-2023 16:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — There are power outages across Quebec this morning after severe thunderstorms — and at least one tornado — hit the province Thursday.
  Hydro-Québec says almost 170,000 customers are without electricity, down from a peak of about 300,000.
  Most outages are in Montreal and the regions to its south and north.
  The hydro utility says it could take up to two days to restore service to all customers because of the scale of the damage to the network caused by the storm.
  
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• ESPN's Dick Vitale diagnosed with cancer for a 3rd time - Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-07-2023 16:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan is Canada’s undisputed No. 1 at the Women’s World Cup

  14-07-2023 15:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada has a proud record of goalkeeping excellence, from Karina LeBlanc, Erin McLeod and Stephanie Labbe to Craig Forrest, Pat Onstad, Paul Dolan and Milan Borjan.
  Kailen Sheridan continues the Canadian tradition of safe hands.
  The 27-year-old from Whitby, Ont., who plays her club football for the NWSL’s San Diego Wave, is Canada’s undisputed No. 1 at the FIFA Women’s World Cup. 
  “A great teammate (and) obviously a world-class goalkeeper,” said captain Christi
  
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• Canada ties England 0-0 in a closed-door match, its final World Cup warmup

  14-07-2023 14:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOKARINA, Australia — Canada tied England 0-0 in a closed-door match Friday, its last outing before the July 20 kickoff of the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
  The game at Queensland Sports Stadium was deemed a training fixture, not an official game, with no caps awarded. It featured two 45-minutes halves and unlimited substitutes (with three substitution windows allowed).
  Canada Soccer and England’s Football Association provided the score and the players who saw
  
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• Amber Alert e-petition in honour of late Chilliwack mom now up and ... - Hope Standard

  14-07-2023 14:36 via news.google.com
  
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• Amber Alert e-petition in honour of late Chilliwack mom now up and ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-07-2023 14:36 via news.google.com
  
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• With TFC aimless, Dunfield turns to CFL legend Pinball Clemens for inspiration

  14-07-2023 12:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Interim head coach Terry Dunfield turned to a different kind of back-field player, hoping to turn around the miserable season for his Toronto FC.
  Before his club hit the pitch Thursday for its final training session in preparation for TFC’s next outing against the Chicago Fire at Soldier Field on Saturday, Dunfield invited Toronto Argonauts legend Michael (Pinball) Clemons to address the Major League Soccer team.
  “Pinball has done it all as a player, as a coach and as
  
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• In the news today: Tornado hits Ottawa suburb, work resumes at B.C. ports

  14-07-2023 10:17 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…
  Tornado hits Ottawa suburban neighbourhood, damaging 125 homes
  Emergency crews are cleaning up an Ottawa suburb after a tornado touched down with little to no warning.
  Residents were shocked while looking at the remains of totalled fences, blown-out windows and ripped-off roofs that were scattered across Half Moon Bay, a neighbourhood in the Barrhaven suburb.
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