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• Woman, 22, dead after northern B.C. home invasion, police say - Chilliwack Progress

  19-07-2023 23:51 via news.google.com
  
  Woman, 22, dead after northern B.C. home invasion, police say  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Wolf attacks dog in Prince Rupert on B.C. north coast - Chilliwack Progress

  19-07-2023 23:48 via news.google.com
  
  Wolf attacks dog in Prince Rupert on B.C. north coast  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP investigating axe assault on Yale Road; victim hospitalized

  19-07-2023 23:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP are investigating an assault with a deadly weapon that happened over the weekend in downtown Chilliwack on Yale Road outside a 7-Eleven convenience store.
  According to a statement from the Chilliwack RCMP, Sgt. Krista Vrolyk says Mounties were dispatched to the 46200 block of Yale Road at about 3 a.m. on Saturday, July 15 for the report of an assault with a weapon.
  Sgt. Vrolyk says preliminary investigation suggests that a 28-year-old woman was hit in the head
  
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• Researchers say two tornadoes struck southern Quebec during major storm last week

  19-07-2023 23:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Researchers at Western University say two tornadoes struck southern Quebec during a major thunderstorm last week.
  The Northern Tornadoes Project says it found evidence of a weak tornado near St-Thomas, Que., northeast of Montreal, including a telltale track through crops.
  In a blog post, the researchers say the July 13 tornado, which was given the lowest tornado intensity rating, caused damage to trees and two barns, as well as minor damage to a home.
  They say that another torna
  
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• Faucet frugality: Experts say B.C. residents need to conserve water ... - Chilliwack Progress

  19-07-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP seek witnesses to 'targeted' axe attack at 7-Eleven ... - Hope Standard

  19-07-2023 23:21 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP seek witnesses to 'targeted' axe attack at 7-Eleven - Chilliwack Progress

  19-07-2023 23:21 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack RCMP seek witnesses to 'targeted' axe attack at 7-Eleven  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP Seek Witnesses To ‘targeted’ Axe Attack At 7-Eleven - Abbotsford News

  19-07-2023 23:21 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack RCMP Seek Witnesses To ‘targeted’ Axe Attack At 7-Eleven  Abbotsford News
  
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• Pfizer reports North Carolina pharmaceutical plant damaged by tornado, no serious injuries

  19-07-2023 23:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHOENIX — A tornado heavily damaged a large Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina on Wednesday, scattering medicine and other debris around the complex, a sheriff and the company said.
  Pharmaceutical company Pfizer confirmed in an email that the large complex was damaged by a twister that tore through the Rocky Mount area, but it reported no serious injuries. “We are assessing the situation to determine the impact on production,” the company said.
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• Atkins: Ryu and Green’s return from surgeries will shape Blue Jays deadline approach

  19-07-2023 23:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays will certainly be buyers at Major League Baseball’s trade deadline.
  But what kind of player they’re looking for depends largely on the pending returns of pitchers Hyun-Jin Ryu and Chad Green.
  General manager Ross Atkins says that if those two pitchers return on schedule and bolster the Blue Jays’ rotation and bullpen they can focus on other priorities at the deadline.
  MLB’s trade deadline is on Aug. 1, less than two weeks away.
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• Man charged after Pride flag stolen, damaged in North Vancouver - Chilliwack Progress

  19-07-2023 22:37 via news.google.com
  
  Man charged after Pride flag stolen, damaged in North Vancouver  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Harrison council puts skating rink on ice - Chilliwack Progress

  19-07-2023 22:37 via news.google.com
  
  Harrison council puts skating rink on ice  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Province makes decision on Surrey Police Service

  19-07-2023 22:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — The BC government has directed the City of Surrey to move forward with the Surrey Police Service, citing the Police Act that states that the minister of public safety and solicitor general must ensure that adequate and effective law enforcement is maintained throughout the province.
  In a news release from the BC government Wednesday (July 19), the province says it is securing securing safety and providing certainty for people in Surrey and throughout British Columbia by directing
  
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• Families of military members killed in 2020 Cyclone helicopter crash sue manufacturer

  19-07-2023 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The families of six members of the Canadian Armed Forces who were killed in a helicopter crash in April 2020 are suing the manufacturer. 
  The suit was filed in U.S. Federal Court in Pennsylvania, where the Sikorsky helicopters are made and tested. 
  Lawyers representing the families say a design flaw caused the electronic flight control system to take over control of the chopper, plunging it into the Ionian Sea off the coast of Greece. 
  They also say the pilots and t
  
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• BREAKING: Surrey ordered to proceed with Surrey Police Service - Chilliwack Progress

  19-07-2023 22:24 via news.google.com
  
  BREAKING: Surrey ordered to proceed with Surrey Police Service  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• West Kelowna, Nanaimo BCHL alumni needs help after death of ... - Chilliwack Progress

  19-07-2023 21:45 via news.google.com
  
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• Winnipeg Jets, Gabriel Vilardi avoid arbitration, agree to two-year contract

  19-07-2023 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets and forward Gabriel Vilardi avoided arbitration by agreeing to a two-year contract worth US$6.875 million on Wednesday.
  Vilardi’s hearing was set for July 28 after the two sides elected to go to arbitration ahead of the July 6 deadline.
  The Jets acquired Vilardi, a 23-year-old from Kingston, Ont., from the Los Angeles Kings last month in a trade that sent centre Pierre-Luc Dubois the other way.
  Vilardi had 41 goals and 37 assists in 152 games with the Kin
  
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• Offensive tackle Cage to miss Argos game with Ticats due to thigh injury

  19-07-2023 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto Argonauts tackle Isiah Cage will miss a third straight game with a thigh injury.
  On Wendesday, the Argos (4-0) listed Cage as being out for their road game Friday night versus the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2-3). The American offensive lineman had been limited in practice this week.
  Toronto will also be minus defensive linemen Thomas Costigan (ankle) and Benoit Marion (thigh). Costigan is an American while Marion is a Montreal native.
  Defensive lineman Shawn Oakman (not injury related) was lis
  
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• ‘Undesired’ air brake release behind B.C. train derailment near ... - Chilliwack Progress

  19-07-2023 21:26 via news.google.com
  
  ‘Undesired’ air brake release behind B.C. train derailment near ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Investigation continues a year after Langley spree shooting - Chilliwack Progress

  19-07-2023 21:20 via news.google.com
  
  Investigation continues a year after Langley spree shooting  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• CAQ member Joëlle Boutin quits politics, setting stage for byelection faceoff with PQ

  19-07-2023 21:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — A member of the governing Coalition Avenir Québec party is quitting politics to take on a job in the private sector.
  The departure of Joëlle Boutin sets the stage for a byelection in Quebec City, where the Parti Québécois is newly resurgent.
  The PQ, which won three seats in the last election, received 30 per cent support in the Quebec City area in a Leger poll taken in mid-June, good for first place and three points higher than the CAQ.
  Boutin, 43, was fi
  
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• Pedestrian killed on Lougheed Highway in Mission - Chilliwack Progress

  19-07-2023 20:46 via news.google.com
  
  Pedestrian killed on Lougheed Highway in Mission  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack massage therapist barred from treating female patients ... - Hope Standard

  19-07-2023 20:40 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack massage therapist barred from treating female patients - Chilliwack Progress

  19-07-2023 20:40 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Massage Therapist Barred From Treating Female Patients - Abbotsford News

  19-07-2023 20:40 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Massage Therapist Barred From Treating Female Patients  Abbotsford News
  
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• Stanford University president announces resignation over concerns about his research

  19-07-2023 20:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The president of Stanford University said Wednesday he would resign, citing an independent review that cleared him of research misconduct but found flaws in some papers he authored.
  Marc Tessier-Lavigne said in a statement to students and staff that he would step down August 31.
  The resignation comes after the board of trustees launched a review in December following allegations he engaged in fraud and other unethical conduct related to his research and papers.
  He says
  
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• Federal judge nixes Donald Trump’s bid to move hush-money criminal case, keeping it in state court

  19-07-2023 20:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to move his hush-money criminal case from New York state court to federal court, ruling that the former president had failed to meet a high legal bar for changing jurisdiction.
  U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein’s decision sets the stage for Trump to stand trial in state court in Manhattan as early as next spring, overlapping with the 2024 presidential primary season in what could be a frenetic stretch
  
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• Recent resignations suggest industry has too much sway with Health Canada: NDP

  19-07-2023 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — NDP health critic Don Davies says the resignation of a scientific adviser from the federal pesticide regulator is yet another example of industry having too much influence at Health Canada.
  Dr. Bruce Lanphear, a health-sciences professor at Simon Fraser University, stepped down as co-chair of Health Canada’s scientific advisory committee on pest control products late last month.
  He cited concerns over the role the pesticide industry plays in the regulatory process, pointing
  
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• Firefighters quick to get handle on pair of North Shuswap fires - Chilliwack Progress

  19-07-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
  Firefighters quick to get handle on pair of North Shuswap fires  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Swimming free: B.C. wildlife rescue group releases orphaned ducks ... - Chilliwack Progress

  19-07-2023 20:20 via news.google.com
  
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• EU rushes firefighters to Greece as grueling Mediterranean heat ... - Chilliwack Progress

  19-07-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
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• New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu won’t seek reelection in 2024

  19-07-2023 19:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu, who considered but decided against runs for president and the U.S. Senate, said Wednesday he will not seek reelection in 2024.Sununu, who has been governor since 2017, said in an email that he will not seek a fifth, two-year term.“This was no easy decision as I truly love serving as Governor,” he stated.“Public service should never be a career, and the time is right for another Republican to lead our great s
  
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• B.C. police sound alarm over wealthy cryptocurrency investors being robbed

  19-07-2023 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND, B.C. — Police in Richmond and Delta, B.C., are warning the public of a disturbing trend of high-value cryptocurrency investors being targeted for home invasions. 
  Richmond RCMP and Delta Police say they have responded to several calls of reported robberies in the homes of cryptocurrency investors over the past year. 
  Staff Sgt. Gene Hsieh with Richmond RCMP major crimes says police are issuing the warning to the public because the robberies appear to be aimed at high-va
  
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• Chilliwack city council says drug decriminalization in BC hasn’t worked

  19-07-2023 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Councillor Chris Kloot minced no words during a presentation by a Chilliwack staff member on drug decriminalization in BC and how the city will respond to the province’s ongoing efforts to clamp down on illicit drug use in public spaces.
  Caitlin Weston, manager of bylaw enforcement for the City of Chilliwack, delivered brief remarks surrounding illicit drug consumption in public places to city councillors during their regular meeting on Tuesday afternoon, July
  
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• A vast problem: Coast guard floats a new solution to problem of abandoned boats

  19-07-2023 19:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canadian government’s inventory of wrecked, abandoned or hazardous boats includes a U.S. warship, a derelict floating McDonald’s known as the McBarge, a human-smuggling ship and an old BC Ferries vessel rotting on the Fraser River. 
  But the most problematic aren’t the well-known vessels with colourful histories — it’s the fleet of mystery craft that have dogged the Canadian Coast Guard and Transport Canada for years.
  The inventory has more than 1,700 entrie
  
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• Quarterback Dustin Crum has been impressive as a rusher for Redblacks

  19-07-2023 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Dustin Crum has given Ottawa Redblacks plenty to cheer about the last two weeks.
  The young quarterback rallied Ottawa to a stunning 31-28 overtime home win Saturday night over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. In his first CFL start, Crum helped the Redblacks overcome a 19-point, fourth-quarter deficit by scoring on a 12-yard touchdown run with nine seconds remaining, then finding Nate Behar for the two-point convert to force overtime.
  Following Winnipeg kicker Sergio Castillo’s 48-yard field goa
  
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• Judge signs off on Montreal archdiocese sex abuse class-action settlement

  19-07-2023 18:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has signed off on a sex abuse class-action settlement involving the Montreal archdiocese.
  The agreement, announced earlier this year, includes a minimum $14.8 million in compensation for victims of sexual abuse committed by diocesan priests and lay employees of the archdiocese since 1940.
  The lead plaintiff in the class action was a victim of Brian Boucher, a since-defrocked priest who was convicted of sexually abusing two boys under his supervision
  
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• Chilliwack limits lawn watering to conserve water in face of drought - Chilliwack Progress

  19-07-2023 18:32 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack limits lawn watering to conserve water in face of drought  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• UPDATE: Man charged with Abbotsford homicide - Chilliwack Progress

  19-07-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
  UPDATE: Man charged with Abbotsford homicide  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. grizzly bear attack survivor calls for more blood donations - Chilliwack Progress

  19-07-2023 18:25 via news.google.com
  
  B.C. grizzly bear attack survivor calls for more blood donations  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• City of Chilliwack implements stricter watering restrictions effective immediately

  19-07-2023 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — In light of ongoing drought conditions throughout the province, the City of Chilliwack has implemented stricter watering standards for households effective immediately.In a news release Wednesday morning, the City of Chilliwack says it has moved to stage 3 watering restrictions as of July 19.At its meeting yesterday, Chilliwack city council approved an extension of the watering restrictions period to October 15, and adopted new triggers for implementing each stage of summer wa
  
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• Montreal traffic control worker dies several days after hit-and-run at worksite

  19-07-2023 18:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The traffic control worker seriously injured last week in a hit-and-run at a roadwork site in Montreal’s east end has died.
  Montreal police say the 39-year-old man died on Monday.
  He was sent to hospital in critical condition after a vehicle drove into the roadwork site near the intersection of Industriel and Saint-Jean-Baptiste boulevards at around 10:20 p.m. on July 12.
  The driver who allegedly caused the fatal collision surrendered to authorities later that week.
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• Chilliwack Chiefs bring back goaltender Cole Savage - Hope Standard - Hope Standard

  19-07-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Grassroots groups say Canada won’t meet UN Sustainable Development Goals, lacks data

  19-07-2023 17:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A coalition of grassroots groups says Canada won’t meet goals it set for 2030 as part of a United Nations initiative to bridge inequities around the world.
  The Sustainable Development Goals are a series of benchmarks around issues such as poverty and gender equality that states have agreed to pursue at home while funding programs to help developing countries.
  Social Development Minister Karina Gould says Ottawa is making good progress on these goals in Canada, telling a revi
  
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• Senators move on from AGM Trent Mann as new owners prepare to take control

  19-07-2023 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators announced Wednesday that they have parted ways with assistant general manager Trent Mann.
  The NHL team made the move official after reports broke last week that the 50-year-old from Sackville, N.B., was on his way out.
  Mann’s departure comes five and a half months after his brother, Troy, was fired as head coach of the Belleville Senators, Ottawa’s American Hockey League affiliate.
  Trent Mann joined the Senators as a part-time amateur scout in 2010,
  
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• Sardis Bottle Depot to relocate soon to the old Canadian Tire shopping centre

  19-07-2023 17:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Sardis Bottle Depot attracts a unique blend of Chilliwack residents, from those collecting cans and looking to redeem them for cash, to those just looking to recycle plastic, glass, cardboard and other returnable items at a convenient location near Save-On-Foods.
  For years now, the bottle depot has been tucked into a cul de sac-like shopping plaza just off Vedder Road and behind the Royal Canadian Legion branch. Shoppers who frequent the Garrison Save-On-Foods know they ca
  
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• Montreal man gets 22 years in U.S. prison in transborder fentanyl distribution ring

  19-07-2023 17:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — A Quebec man has been sentenced to 22 years behind bars for his role in a global fentanyl distribution scheme operated from inside a Canadian prison. 
  Xuan Cahn Nguyen, 43, of Montreal, was extradited to the U.S. in 2021 and pleaded guilty last year in Fargo, N.D., to drug distribution and money laundering charges. 
  Two co-conspirators with Nguyen, whose alias was “Jackie Chan,” oversaw the operation from inside Drummond Institution, a medium-security pri
  
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• BC Coroners Service blames illicit drug supply for 184 deaths in June

  19-07-2023 17:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The BC Coroners Service says 184 people died in the province in June due to the toxic, unregulated drug supply that has claimed more than 1,200 lives in the first half of this year. 
  The coroners service says the numbers show how risky it continues to be for users who access their drugs on the illicit market. 
  Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe says illicit fentanyl is the main culprit driving the crisis in towns and cities big and small across British Columbia. 
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• Highway 99 in Delta reopens in both directions after truck smashes overpass

  19-07-2023 17:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DELTA — Highway 99 through Delta has reopened in both directions after engineers from the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure assessed damage caused by a commercial vehicle on Tuesday.Highway 99 southbound at Highway 17A in Delta had been closed for much of Tuesday (July 18) to allow staff from the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure to assess damage after a commercial truck struck the Highway 17A overpass earlier. Ministry engineers were on site to examine the damage.
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Urgent action must be taken to improve child welfare system

  19-07-2023 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The recent criminal case that came to light in the Fraser Valley, involving the abuse of two Indigenous children in foster care, was truly heart-wrenching. Tragically, one of these children lost their life due to the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD)’s failure to provide adequate oversight.
  This shocking case of the mistreatment of these siblings under the protection of the ministry has triggered multiple calls for the resignation of Minister Mitzi Dean. The crimes against
  
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