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• 7 new cystoscopes for Chilliwack General Hospital thanks to ... - Chilliwack Progress

  03-08-2023 23:20 via news.google.com
  
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• Struggling Calgary Stampeders seek turnaround, starting with Toronto Argonauts

  03-08-2023 22:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders have a mountain to climb in August starting with Friday’s home game against the defending Grey Cup champion Toronto Argonauts.
  The Stampeders will attempt to clamber out of their 2-5 hole on the backs of the top three teams in the CFL — the Argonauts, the B.C. Lions, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Argos again in that order — before the end of the month.
  “It’s probably going to be one of the more difficult stretches of our se
  
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• Texas A&M reaches $1 million settlement with Black journalism professor

  03-08-2023 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M University reached a $1 million settlement Thursday with a Black journalism professor after botched attempts to hire her unraveled after pushback over her past work promoting diversity.
  The nation’s largest public school agreed to pay Kathleen McElroy $1 million, and apologized to her while admitting “mistakes were made during the hiring process.”
  Texas A&M had initially welcomed McElroy, a Texas A&M graduate, with great fanfare
  
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• Rallies across Canada demand landfill search for slain Indigenous ... - Chilliwack Progress

  03-08-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
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• De Grasse, LePage, Rogers among Canadian headliners for world athletics championships

  03-08-2023 22:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Decathlete Pierce LePage, hammer thrower Camryn Rogers and sprinters Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake and Brendon Rodney headline the Canadian team for the upcoming world athletics championships.
  Athletics Canada named its 50-athlete squad on Thursday for the Aug. 19-27 competition in Budapest.
  “There is a lot of strength throughout the entire group that’s been selected,” Canadian head coach Glenroy Gilbert said in a release. “If you look at the i
  
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• COLUMN: Anyone can fall victim to having a drink drugged - Chilliwack Progress

  03-08-2023 21:38 via news.google.com
  
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• Trump arrives at DC courthouse to face charges he tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election

  03-08-2023 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has arrived at the federal courthouse in Washington to surrender to authorities on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 defeat in the presidential election.The early front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination will appear before a magistrate judge on charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States. The courthouse sits within sight of the U.S. Capitol that his supporters attacked on Jan. 6, 2021, to stop Congress
  
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• Rallies across Canada demand governments search landfill for slain Indigenous women

  03-08-2023 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Calls to search a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two First Nations women are ramping up as rallies take place across the country. 
  Families of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran are leading a round dance today in the city’s downtown.
  Pressure has been mounting since Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson said her government would not support a search of the privately owned Prairies Green Landfill north of the city because it could expose searchers to asbestos and
  
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• Appeal in court ruling to move harassment case against Trudeau Foundation to Quebec

  03-08-2023 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A woman who filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation is appealing a Newfoundland and Labrador court decision that would have the case moved to Quebec.
  Cherry Smiley alleges she was sexually harassed by former Northwest Territories premier Stephen Kakfwi during an event organized by the Trudeau Foundation, which had paired her with Kakfwi through a mentorship program. 
  Smiley’s lawyer, Kathryn Marshall, says a Newfoundland and Lab
  
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• UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP seize drugs in arrests at city hall - Chilliwack Progress

  03-08-2023 21:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Fundraiser launched for family of toddler killed at Okanagan ... - Chilliwack Progress

  03-08-2023 20:55 via news.google.com
  
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• Canadian electric vehicle registrations inching closer to Liberal government’s target

  03-08-2023 20:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada is inching closer to reaching a milestone where one in every 10 passenger vehicles sold is powered by electricity.
  But the federal government wants the share of electric vehicles to be twice that in just two years, and the pace of EV sales has to jump significantly for that to happen.
  Statistics Canada data published this week show more than 30,000 new electric vehicles were registered in January, February and March, making up 8.6 per cent of the total passenger vehicles ad
  
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• Chilliwack gets government grant for mental health programming - Chilliwack Progress

  03-08-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Mississippi ex-law enforcement charged with civil rights offenses against 2 Black men during raid

  03-08-2023 19:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Six former law enforcement officers in Mississippi have been charged with federal civil rights offenses against two Black men who were brutalized for more than an hour during a home raid, before an officer allegedly shot one of the men in the mouth.
  The charges were unsealed Thursday as the former five Rankin County sheriff’s deputies and another officer — all of whom are white — appeared in federal court.The two Black men, Michael Corey Jenkins and
  
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• Alberta announces six-month pause on renewable energy, citing rural concerns

  03-08-2023 19:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta’s United Conservative government is pausing all approvals of large renewable energy projects in response to what it says are rural and environmental concerns.
  In a statement Thursday, the government said the Alberta Utilities Commission is to institute a six-month moratorium on approving all wind and solar power projects greater than one megawatt over issues of development on agricultural land, effect on scenery, reclamation security and system reliability.
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• Union vote begins on B.C. port deal that could end months-long dispute

  03-08-2023 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A union vote among British Columbia port workers is underway to determine the fate of a deal with employers that could bring their long-running industrial dispute to an end.
  The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada is holding its vote from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and tomorrow to decide whether to ratify the agreement recommended by negotiators.
  Rejection would raise the prospect of more federal involvement in the case, with the Canada Industrial Relations Board dir
  
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• Morocco’s historic run at the Women’s World Cup ignites national pride at home

  03-08-2023 19:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RABAT, Morocco (AP) — In the picturesque town of Sale, the shock and euphoria of Morocco’s soccer team advancing to the knockout round of the Women’s World Cup were palpable.
  “We did not expect this accomplishment,” said Ghita Alaoui, an IT consultant who was at the Hollywood cafe.
  Especially after a 6-0 loss to Germany in the opener. But a 1-0 victory over Colombia on Thursday propelled Morocco beyond the group stage — a first for an Arab or North African nat
  
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• Some federal parties resisting foreign interference probe looking beyond China: Singh

  03-08-2023 19:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party faces resistance to including countries other than China in the terms of reference for a public inquiry on foreign interference.
  House leaders from the main federal parties have been meeting over the summer in an attempt to set the terms and timeline for an inquiry and to appoint a potential leader. 
  The talks follow media reports earlier this year that alleged China tried to interfere in the last two federal elections, althoug
  
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• Quebec, Airbnb deadlocked on illegal rentals as Montreal begins its own crackdown

  03-08-2023 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Quebec government and Airbnb are at odds over how to identify illegal short-term rental listings that persist on the platform as the deadline approaches for the company to ensure compliance with provincial law.
  Quebec rental property operators offering stays of 31 days or less have to display registration numbers from the province’s tourism industry regulator in their listings, with a new law requiring platforms such as Airbnb to begin verifying those numbers as of Sep
  
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• Pittsburgh synagogue gunman has been sentenced to die in the nation’s deadliest antisemitic attack

  03-08-2023 18:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The man who killed 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue was formally sentenced to death Thursday, one day after a jury determined that capital punishment was appropriate for the perpetrator of the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history.
  U.S. District Judge Robert Colville imposed the sentence on Robert Bowers, a 50-year-old truck driver whose vicious antisemitism led him to shoot his way into a place of worship and target people for practicing their faith.
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• Germany’s exit at the Women’s World Cup caps wild finale to the group stage as upsets continue

  03-08-2023 18:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SYDNEY (AP) — In a wild finale to the group stage of the Women’s World Cup, two-time champion Germany was eliminated on Thursday and the second lowest-ranked team in the tournament, Morocco, advanced to the knockout stage.Colombia also advanced as Group H winner to round off a slew of upsets in the opening weeks of the competition being held in Australia and New Zealand.A day earlier, Jamaica eliminated another favorite, Brazil, to advance to the round of 16, while South Africa is al
  
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• Blue Jays put reliever Trevor Richards on 15-day injured list; call up Bowden Francis

  03-08-2023 18:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have placed reliever Trevor Richards on the 15-day injured list with neck inflammation. 
  The team also recalled fellow right-hander Bowden Francis from Triple-A Buffalo.
  Francis will be available for today’s matinee against the Baltimore Orioles at Rogers Centre.
  Richards (1-1) has been a reliable middle-innings option out of Toronto’s bullpen this season.
  He has a 2.98 earned-run average with 83 strikeouts over 54 1/3 innings pitched.
  Franc
  
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• Vancouver Whitecaps acquire Canadian defender Sam Adekugbe

  03-08-2023 18:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps acquired Canadian defender Sam Adekugbe via transfer from Turkish side Hatayspor on Thursday. 
  The 28-year-old wingback agreed to a Major League Soccer contract through 2026 with a club option for 2027, the team said in a release.
  It’s a homecoming for the Calgary resident, who came up through the Whitecaps academy before signing with the first team in 2013.
  “We are very excited to welcome Sam back to our club,” said Whitecaps spor
  
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• Oaks winner Elysian Field, Plate Trial victor Paramount Prince to run in King’s Plate

  03-08-2023 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Oaks winner Elysian Field and Plate Trial victor Paramount Prince will both run in the $1-million King’s Plate.
  Mark Casse, the trainer for both horses, said Elysian field and Paramount Prince will be in the field for the first leg of Canada’s Triple Crown on Aug. 20 at Woodbine Racetrack.
  Elysian Field won the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks by 2 1/4 lengths July 23 at Woodbine Racetrack. The 5-1 pick covered the 1 1/8-mile race on Woodbine’s Tapeta course in 1:49.83 wi
  
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• Manitoba government promising up to $1M to support bid for basketball championship

  03-08-2023 17:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is promising up to $1 million dollars to support a bid by the Winnipeg Sea Bears to host the Canadian Elite Basketball League championship in 2025.The Sea Bears joined the league this year and have posted a record of 12 wins and eight losses so far.Premier Heather Stefanson says hosting the championship would bring economic benefits to Winnipeg.The Progressive Conservative government also supported a bid to host the Canadian Football League championship w
  
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• Nick Taylor’s life has surreal moments since RBC Canadian Open win - Chilliwack Progress

  03-08-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Mountain-climbing event raised $2500 for Chilliwack Search and ... - Chilliwack Progress

  03-08-2023 17:20 via news.google.com
  
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• Vancouver, Montreal to host NBA pre-season contests in ninth NBA Canada Series

  03-08-2023 17:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Vancouver and Montreal will be hosting NBA pre-season games come October in the ninth NBA Canada Series.
  The Toronto Raptors will be taking on the Sacramento Kings at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena on Oct. 8. 
  Toronto played in both NBA Canada Series games last year, facing the Utah Jazz in Edmonton and playing the Boston Celtics in Montreal.
  The Kings will have Canadian representation in forward Trey Lyles of Saskatoon and assistant coach Jordi Fernandez — the head co
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Getting hay to B.C. farmers

  03-08-2023 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Farmers and ranchers are facing a difficult summer, as drought conditions continue to create a shortage of hay and feed all across Western Canada. This is causing unexpected costs and forcing tough decisions for many B.C. farmers and their families.We’ve been talking to those impacted, listening to their concerns, and we’re taking action. We’re working to find all available sources of feed, whether in Canada or internationally, and get it to the animals who need it.Our governme
  
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• Salmon advocacy group rejoices after province scraps plans to mine gravel from Vedder River

  03-08-2023 16:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Vancouver-based Watershed Watch Salmon Society is celebrating after the BC government has apparently scrapped its plans to mine gravel from the Vedder River.In a statement on the non-profit group’s website dated Tuesday, August 1, Watershed Watch says over 1,000 letters were sent to decision-makers as a means of pressuring the provincial government into canceling its plans to extract gravel from the river in a pink salmon spawning year.According to the group, pink sa
  
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• Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay bringing burger and steak outlets to ... - Chilliwack Progress

  03-08-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• RCMP in British Columbia - BCHP – Chilliwack attends crash ... - BC.RCMP-grc.gc.ca

  03-08-2023 16:07 via news.google.com
  
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• Edmonton Oilers hire Connor McDavid’s agent Jeff Jackson as team CEO

  03-08-2023 16:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Former player agent Jeff Jackson, whose client list included superstar Connor McDavid, has been named CEO of hockey operations for the Edmonton Oilers, the team announced Thursday.
  The Oilers say Jackson will oversee all aspects of the organization’s NHL, AHL and WHL teams.
  Jackson had been the executive vice president of Wasserman Hockey, a prominent global agency well-known for representing numerous NHL stars, including the Oilers captain.
  The former corporate and entert
  
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• BCHP – Chilliwack attends crash involving two vehicles on Highway ... - BC.RCMP-grc.gc.ca

  03-08-2023 15:23 via news.google.com
  
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• Man reportedly arrested, subsequently released, for unlawfully entering a Chilliwack home

  03-08-2023 14:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A man has been reportedly arrested and already released after he unlawfully entered a home near Watson Road in Sardis.According to a post on social media early Wednesday morning (August 2), a Chilliwack resident reported that a man unlawfully entered a home, remained inside for approximately two minutes, and then left the home.The victim was not at home during the invasion and was unharmed.Police were contacted and the man has been identified and was reportedly in custody, acc
  
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• Morocco makes more Women’s World Cup history, reaches knockout rounds with 1-0 win over Colombia

  03-08-2023 14:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PERTH, Australia (AP) — Morocco has beaten Colombia 1-0 to make it to the Women’s World Cup knockout round – and to make even more history.Morocco is the first Arab or North African nation to go this far at the Women’s World Cup. It is the only one of eight tournament newcomers to advance, Morocco’s winning goal came in first-half stoppage time, when Anissa Lahmari put back a penalty-save rebound.
  The win meant Morocco qualifies in second place in the group, behind
  
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• Two-time champion Germany out of Women’s World Cup 1after 1-1 draw with South Korea

  03-08-2023 14:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Brisbane, Australia (AP) — Germany failed to reach the knockout stage for the first time at the Women’s World Cup after being held to a 1-1 draw against South Korea on Thursday.Morocco’s win over Colombia meant Germany needed a win to advance. Germany pushed forward in search of the winning goal. Led by the head of captain Alexandra Popp, the Germans created numerous scoring opportunities but could not find the winner. Colombia topped Group H and Morocco took second place with
  
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• 13 injured in South Korea when a man rams a car onto a sidewalk, stabs pedestrians

  03-08-2023 13:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — At least 13 people were injured in South Korea on Thursday when a man rammed a car onto a sidewalk and then stepped out of the vehicle and began stabbing people near a subway station in the city of Seongnam.
  Yoon Sung-hyun, an official from the southern Gyeonggi provincial police department, said at least nine people were stabbed and four others were injured by the vehicle. Police did not confirm whether any were in serious condition.
  Police were questioning an un
  
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• Gilgeous-Alexander among leaders of Canadian men’s squad ahead of FIBA World Cup

  03-08-2023 13:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has come a long way from being the youngster soaking up information on the Canadian men’s basketball team.
  The 25-year-old Hamilton native got his first taste of the senior team in 2016 when he joined Canada for the FIBA Olympic qualifying tournament in Manila, Philippines. 
  “I was really young. I didn’t play a minute in a game. I was pissed about it,” Gilgeous-Alexander told reporters Tuesday.
  “I think I learned professi
  
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• In the news today: Challenging week ahead for crews battling B.C. wildfires

  03-08-2023 10:16 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…
  Wind poses challenge in B.C. wildfire fight
  The operations director at the BC Wildfire Service says firefighters are bracing for a “challenging week” as hot and dry conditions are expected to persist.
  Cliff Chapman says winds are gusting from 40 to 70 kilometres an hour in southern B.C., making it difficult to suppress and contain fires burning in the region.
  
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• Wind gusting up to 70 km/h poses challenges in B.C. wildfire fight: fire service

  03-08-2023 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The operations director at the BC Wildfire Service says firefighters are bracing for a “challenging week” as hot and dry conditions are expected to persist.
  Cliff Chapman says winds are gusting from 40 to 70 kilometres an hour in southern B.C., making it difficult to suppress and contain fires burning in the region.
  He says the conditions, coupled with steep terrain of fires, including the Downton Lake wildfire burning 110 kilometres northwest of Whistler, B.C., is
  
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• UBC research blames bigger floods on clear-cutting, calls for more selective logging

  03-08-2023 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Reducing clear-cut logging and paying more attention to where trees are removed will help reduce the flood risk in British Columbia, a researcher says. 
  A paper published by a team, including University of British Columbia Prof. Younes Alila, found that when 21 per cent of trees were harvested using clear-cut logging, the average flood size increased by 38 per cent in the Deadman River watershed and 84 per cent in Joe Ross Creek area, both snowy regions located north of Ka
  
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• Trump returns to D.C. to face latest charges, steps from scene of Capitol Hill riots

  03-08-2023 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is returning to the scene of the alleged crime.
  The former president is scheduled to appear in D.C. court today to confront new charges related to his effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. 
  The hearing at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse will play out just steps from Capitol Hill, where legions of Trump’s supporters stormed Congress on Jan. 6, 2021. 
  Trump faces four new charges: conspiracy to defraud the United
  
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• Maternity ward to close once again at Chilliwack General Hospital, patients to divert to Abbotsford

  03-08-2023 09:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — For the second time this year, staffing issues will impact patient care in the maternity ward at Chilliwack General Hospital.Fraser Health Authority has notified family doctors in Chilliwack that the maternity unit at Chilliwack General Hospital will need to close for multiple days starting next week and lasting until the end of September.According to a Wednesday night text from a Chilliwack family doctor, the maternity ward at Chilliwack General Hospital will close on specifi
  
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• Swim lesson registration happens next week for Cheam, Chilliwack Landing rec centres

  03-08-2023 09:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The window of opportunity opens for just a few minutes every 2-3 months, so don’t miss out on your chance to get your kids into the water for swim lessons at two rec centres in Chilliwack.Sign-ups for the next round of swimming lessons at the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre and Cheam Leisure Centre are happening on staggered days next week.
  Sign-ups for the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre happen Tuesday, August 8 at 9 a.m. If the Chilliwack Landing rec centre is too
  
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• Chilliwack Corn Maze at Greendale Acres, Canada’s 1st corn maze, to open for 25th season

  03-08-2023 09:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The concept of Canada’s first corn maze originated when John Bruinsma happened to read a magazine article about a student in Utah who set up a corn maze to help families experience farm life in a fun way.This concept appealed to Bruinsma, who, along with his wife Diane, had strong ties to the agricultural community in the Fraser Valley. They recognized that a dwindling number of people had access to family farms and believed in the importance of connecting the broader co
  
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• Wildfire burning in North Shuswap threatens structures, evacuation ... - Chilliwack Progress

  03-08-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• 'These ain't your nana's bandanas': Chilliwack artist creates unique ... - Chilliwack Progress

  03-08-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Mountain-climbing event raised $2,500 for Chilliwack Search and ... - Mission City Record

  03-08-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Mountain-climbing Event Raised $2,500 For Chilliwack Search And ... - Abbotsford News

  03-08-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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