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• Steven Guilbeault to become first cabinet minister to visit China since 2018

  16-08-2023 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault will travel to China on a diplomatic mission later this month, even as politicians in Ottawa continue to negotiate a public inquiry into alleged foreign interference.
  Guilbeault will be in Beijing from Aug. 26 to 31 in what will be the first official visit of a Canadian cabinet minister to China since 2018.
  A spokesperson for Guilbeault says the world is faced with the “triple crisis” of climate change, pollution and biodiversity,
  
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• NDP and Green leaders cleared to review secret evidence on foreign meddling attempts

  16-08-2023 23:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Federal leaders for the New Democrats and Green Party have both received the security clearance they need in order to be briefed on specific allegations of foreign interference attempts in Canadian elections.
  Former special rapporteur David Johnston released an initial report on alleged meddling in May, along with a confidential annex of evidence that he said opposition party leaders who obtained relevant clearance could review.
  The report found the federal Liberals did not knowin
  
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• City of Mission unveils new sign acknowledging the Komagata Maru tragedy

  16-08-2023 23:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION— The City of Mission has unveiled a new sign in the Jack Poole Waterfront Park that the municipality hopes will encourage Fraser Valley residents to reflect on the Komagata Maru tragedy and strive for a more inclusive society.In a news release Wednesday, the city unveiled a monument in the waterfront park that shares the story of the early 20th century Japanese steamship that carried 376 passengers of mostly Sikhs and some Hindus and Muslims from India, heading to Canada.In May 191
  
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• Toronto Arrows forward Mitch Eadie to start for famed rugby Barbarians against Samoa

  16-08-2023 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto Arrows forward Mitch Eadie has been selected to start for the famed Barbarians against Samoa in Brive, France, on Friday.
  The match serves as a Rugby World Cup warm-up for the 12th-ranked Pacific Islanders, who will face No. 6 England, No. 7 Argentina, No. 14 Japan and No. 22 Chile in Pool D in France next month.
  The 31-year-old Eadie joined the Arrows from his hometown Bristol Bears in England. The six-foot-three, 240-pound backrower made more than 150 appearances for Bristol across two
  
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• North Carolina House completes 1st half of veto override on gender-affirming care ban for minors

  16-08-2023 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A GOP supermajority in the North Carolina House voted Wednesday to override the Democratic governor’s veto of legislation to ban gender-affirming treatments for transgender minors, putting those youth just a vote away from losing access to that care.
  The vote immediately followed a vote by the chamber overriding Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of another bill banning transgender girls from girls’ sports teams participation from middle school through college.
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• BC Hydro faults equipment malfunction for massive power outage in Chilliwack

  16-08-2023 23:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — BC Hydro says a substation failed Tuesday night, leading to a massive power outage that affected thousands of customers in Sardis, Cultus Lake, Yarrow, Promontory, and parts of Chilliwack.A total of 19,106 customers in Chilliwack and Abbotsford saw their power go out at about 8:07 p.m. Tuesday (August 15), leading to a flood of social media posts about the outage.BC Hydro spokesperson Kevin Aquino says the Crown corporation had an equipment malfunction.“The outage was no
  
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• B.C. police seek suspected getaway driver in killing of Sikh temple leader Nijjar

  16-08-2023 23:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Homicide investigators in British Columbia say they are seeking a third suspect in the killing of Surrey Sikh temple leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was gunned down on June 18.
  Sgt. Timothy Pierotti of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the person was thought to be connected to two gunmen who shot Nijjar in his vehicle in Surrey, B.C., outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, where Nijjar was president.
  Pierotti told a media briefing that the suspected getaway dri
  
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• China leaves Canada off list of countries approved for group tours - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C. changes policy on dispute with U.S. on selenium contamination from coal mines

  16-08-2023 22:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The British Columbia government has changed its tune on a long-requested investigation into contamination from its mines flowing into U.S. waters, opening the door to progress on an issue that has drawn the attention of President Joe Biden. 
  The province has confirmed to The Canadian Press that it would now welcome a role in such an investigation for the International Joint Commission, a body created in 1909 to resolve water-related disputes between the two countries. 
  “B.C. has
  
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• Elysian Field, Paramount Prince in 17-horse King’s Plate field

  16-08-2023 22:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Oaks winner Elysian Field and Plate Trial champion Paramount Prince will highlight the 17-horse field for the $1-million King’s Plate.
  The King’s Plate, North America’s oldest continually run race, goes Sunday on Woodbine Racetrack’s Tapeta course. The 1 1/4-mile race is the first leg of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown.
  Elysian Field won the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks by 2 1/4 lengths July 23 at Woodbine. The filly, a 5-1 pick, overtook stablemate Ticker Tape Ho
  
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• North Shuswap evacuation alert extended to include Scotch Creek - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2023 22:20 via news.google.com
  
  North Shuswap evacuation alert extended to include Scotch Creek  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Missing Coquitlam woman found dead in Mission - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2023 22:20 via news.google.com
  
  Missing Coquitlam woman found dead in Mission  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• BC United faults BC NDP govt. for slow rollout of free air conditioner program

  16-08-2023 22:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — As temperatures skyrocket across the province andleave vulnerable British Columbians at risk, BC United asserts the BC NDP government’s free air conditioner program has been a resounding failure.The British Columbia government announced in June 2023 that its Crown power utility, BC Hydro, would provide up to 8,000 free air-conditioning units to vulnerable people at a cost of $10 million.The move followed a deadly heat wave in 2021 that killed more than 600 people.A death
  
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• Chilliwack Pride Festival has more of everything on offer for 2023 - Hope Standard

  16-08-2023 21:54 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Pride Festival has more of everything on offer for 2023  Hope Standard
  
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• Chilliwack Pride Festival has more of everything on offer for 2023 - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2023 21:54 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Pride Festival has more of everything on offer for 2023  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Olympic champion Warner out to prove a point by winning elusive world decathlon title

  16-08-2023 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Damian Warner is returning to the world championship stage with a point to prove.
  The reigning Olympic champion from London, Ontario, sustained a hamstring injury while leading after four events in the decathlon at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. While difficult to enter the off-season on a “sour note,” Warner was intent on proving himself again.
  “I kind of had a task to deal with — rehabbing my hamstring, I was doing a lot of physio, doing some strength training
  
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• Two decades later, record wildfires in Kelowna, B.C. are dwarfed by current season

  16-08-2023 21:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KELOWNA, B.C. — It’s been about five years since Jesse Zeman began a summer ritual of boxing up keepsakes and personal effects to ship to relatives because he worried his home in Kelowna, B.C., would burn down. 
  Eventually, Zeman said he and his wife moved their treasures permanently after the family had to evacuate twice. Now they have a so-called “go box” prepared and they are ready to leave at a moment’s notice every summer.
  They’ve had fires start wit
  
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• Mission man facing child pornography charges - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2023 21:36 via news.google.com
  
  Mission man facing child pornography charges  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Unconscious man floating on Okanagan Lake rescued, taken to ... - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2023 21:35 via news.google.com
  
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• Some abortion drug restrictions are upheld by an appeals court in a case bound for the Supreme Court

  16-08-2023 21:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New restrictions on access to a drug used in the most common form of abortion would be imposed under a federal appeals court ruling issued Wednesday, but the Supreme Court will have the final say.
  The ruling by three judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans overturned part of a lower court ruling that revoked the Food and Drug Administration’s approval — more than two decades ago — of mifepristone. But it left intact part of the ru
  
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• Chilliwack golfer takes home top prize at PGA of BC Championship ... - Revelstoke Review

  16-08-2023 21:00 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack golfer takes home top prize at PGA of BC Championship ...  Revelstoke Review
  
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• Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, one year on: ‘It’s restoring the American dream’

  16-08-2023 20:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — The White House is celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act — and making it the centre of President Joe Biden’s re-election hopes.
  Democrats bill the $1.2-trillion climate, health and deficit-lowering measure as nothing short of an effort to resurrect the American dream. 
  But in Canada, the multibillion-dollar magnitude of the U.S. incentives has led to a lot of sleepless nights over the last 12 months. 
  The U.S. Treasury Depart
  
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• Veteran defensive lineman Dylan Wynn returns to Ticats lineup to face Elks

  16-08-2023 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — It’s been a long road back for Dylan Wynn.
  The veteran defensive lineman has been sidelined since Sept. 17 with a knee injury. But the six-foot-two, 283-pound Wynn will finally make his 2023 debut Thursday night when the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3-5) host the Edmonton Elks (0-9).
  And when the always energetic Wynn hits the field — he’ll be part of a three-man defensive tackle rotation with Canadian Ted Laurent and American Casey Sayles — he won’t hold a
  
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• Kansas prosecutor says material seized in police raid of weekly newspaper should be returned

  16-08-2023 20:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MARION, Kansas (AP) — The prosecutor in Marion County, Kansas, said Wednesday that police should return all seized material to a weekly newspaper that was raided by officers in a case that has drawn national scrutiny of press freedom.
  Marion County Attorney Joel Ensey said his review of police seizures from the Marion County Record found “insufficient evidence exists to establish a legally sufficient nexus between this alleged crime and the places searched and the items seized.&rdquo
  
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• Winds, heat and lightning trigger concern as 2 B.C. wildfires surge - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
  Winds, heat and lightning trigger concern as 2 B.C. wildfires surge  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. launches account on Chinese-language social media platform ... - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2023 20:20 via news.google.com
  
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• China leaves Canada off list of countries approved for group tours

  16-08-2023 20:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — China has lifted a pandemic ban on group tours to several countries, including the United States and Australia, but tourists are still be barred from group visits to Canada. 
  The change announced by China’s culture and tourism ministry last week allows Chinese and online travel agencies to book group tours and packages for Chinese tourists in 70 more countries all over the world.
  Canada was quietly left off the list.
  The reason is related to Canada’s recent focus
  
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• Hockey Canada releases plan to promote equity, diversity and inclusion

  16-08-2023 20:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — An audit to address gaps in pay equity, a reworked recruitment strategy and ensuring Indigenous representation in event bids are among the deliverables in a diversity and inclusion report released by Hockey Canada.
  The organization says the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Path Forward report summarizes its efforts to change hockey’s ecosystem.
  Hockey Canada was called out for a lack of diversity in its nomination process for its board of directors last year as one of the fi
  
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• Harrison Mayor apologizes after missing land acknowledgement on ... - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2023 20:17 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C. First Nations coalition seeks leave to join case to support salmon farm closures

  16-08-2023 20:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — A coalition representing 19 British Columbia First Nations and the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs has applied jointly to the Federal Court to intervene in a case involving the closure of fish farms off Vancouver Island and the survival of wild salmon. 
  A joint statement from the coalition says they are applying to the court out of their obligation to protect wild salmon for current and future generations. 
  Last February, the federal fisheries minister announced that 15 op
  
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• A former fundraiser for Rep. George Santos has been charged with wire fraud and identity theft

  16-08-2023 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A former fundraiser for U.S. Rep. George Santos was indicted Wednesday on federal charges that he impersonated a high-ranking congressional aide while soliciting contributions for the New York Republican’s campaign.Sam Miele was charged with four counts of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in an alleged scheme to defraud donors and obtain money under false pretenses. Prosecutors said Miele impersonated a high-ranking aide to a House member with leadership respo
  
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• BC SPCA Chilliwack facility closed to the public until further notice

  16-08-2023 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The BC SPCA works tirelessly to protect and enhance the quality of life for domestic, farm and wild animals in BC, and the Chilliwack SPCA facility on Hopedale Road in Greendale has a similar mission taking care of cats, dogs, rabbits and other animals.Earlier this week, the BC SPCA in Chilliwack wrote on social media that it will be closed to the public until further notice.“Due to an increase in animal care needs, the Chilliwack BC SPCA will be closed to the public, un
  
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• Helicopter spotted in park, at BC Hydro dam prior to crash - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
  Helicopter spotted in park, at BC Hydro dam prior to crash  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• John Calvin School in Yarrow to replace aging gymnasium, add second-storey addition

  16-08-2023 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YARROW — John Calvin School, an independent school in Yarrow, is in the process of replacing its gymnasium that was built more than a half century ago.
  According to information and documents provided by a City of Chilliwack spokesperson, John Calvin School, located at 4268 Stewart Road in Yarrow, applied for a non-farm use application with the Agricultural Land Commission to replace its aging gymnasium that was built around 1952.The property at 4268 Stewart Road is located within the Agric
  
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• Kids overdosing is a public health emergency, Canadian pediatricians say

  16-08-2023 19:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A new survey says an alarming number of kids age 12 and older have been treated for drug overdoses in Canada. 
  The Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program says stimulants are the most commonly reported cause of severe or life-threatening overdoses, followed by sedatives and opioids. 
  The report says drug overdoses are a public health emergency.
  It says fatal overdoses are the leading cause of death in children and teens between 10 and 18 years old in Western Canada. &nb
  
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• New GM Jason Hernandez says turning Toronto FC around will take time

  16-08-2023 19:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Some seven weeks into his tenure as Toronto FC general manager, Jason Hernandez’s to-do list remains extensive.
  A win would be nice. So would a goal. A permanent head coach is needed.
  While Hernandez has already made some roster moves, pulling the 3-11-10 MLS club out of its nosedive is clearly going to take time.
  “We are going to build this thing out into the machine that it can be,” Hernandez said in an interview. “It just won’t happen by tomorrow
  
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• Death toll rises to 25 as Dominican firefighters find more bodies in this week’s explosion

  16-08-2023 18:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The death toll from a powerful explosion in the Dominican Republic this week rose to 25 on Wednesday, with firefighters still trying to extinguish the ongoing blaze, a high-ranking Civil Defense official told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
  The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said the number of missing remains at 10 because forensic officials are still trying to determine whether
  
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• Free agent defensive back Shaquille Richardson returns to Stampeders

  16-08-2023 18:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Shaquille Richardson is back for a second stint with the Calgary Stampeders.
  The CFL club announced Wednesday that it has signed the veteran defensive back.
  Richardson originally signed with Calgary in 2015 and appeared in 27 regular-season games with the Stampeders over the 2016 and 2017 seasons.
  After a stint in the NFL, Richardson joined the Toronto Argonauts in 2019. 
  He played 29 regular-season games over three seasons for the Argos and was a member of Toronto’s G
  
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• The death toll from militia clashes in Libyan capital jumps to 45, medical authorities say

  16-08-2023 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAIRO (AP) — The toll of people killed during clashes between rival militias in Libya’s capital Tripoli has jumped to at least 45, medical authorities said Wednesday.
  Malek Merset, the spokesperson for Libya’s Emergency Medicine and Support Center said an additional 146 were injured, up from 106 reported on Tuesday.
  Some 24 hours of clashes between the 444 brigade and the Special Deterrence Force that began Monday appear to be the largest bout of violence to rock Tripoli this y
  
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• Chilliwack recruits paid on-call firefighters for emergency response - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2023 18:41 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack recruits paid on-call firefighters for emergency response  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• RBC foundation donates $100,000 to downtown Abbotsford farm to grow spinach, greens

  16-08-2023 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — A foundation associated with one of Canada’s Big Five banking institutions has generously donated a six-figure amount to help grow spinach and other leafy greens to reduce the amount of produce that Canada imports.In a statement from Archway Community Services Wednesday (August 16), the Archway Urban Farm in downtown Abbotsford has received a $100,000 donation from RBC Foundation through RBC Tech for Nature in support of a container farm for growing spinach and other gre
  
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• Winds, heat and lightning trigger concern as two British Columbia wildfires surge

  16-08-2023 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Wildfire crews in British Columbia are bracing for an incoming weather system expected to bring strong winds and dry lightning by Thursday, but conditions are already flaring in at least two areas of the province.
  The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen has issued an evacuation order for the area southwest of Keremeos affected by two wildfires that have been burning for several weeks.
  Thirteen properties have been ordered evacuated along the Ashnola River and in the Snowy
  
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• Toronto FC loses goalkeeper Sean Johnson for four to six weeks with broken hand

  16-08-2023 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC’s nightmarish season took another turn for the worse Wednesday with news that goalkeeper Sean Johnson will be out four to six weeks with a broken hand.
  The MLS team said Johnson was injured during training Tuesday and will be assessed this week by a hand specialist to determine if surgery is needed.
  The 34-year-old ‘keeper, who joined Toronto before the season as a free agent from New York City FC, has a goals-against average of 1.16 in 19 league outings with six shutouts
  
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• Canadian Ford looking to secure Edmonton Elks first win of season

  16-08-2023 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Tre Ford is returning to the scene of his first win as a CFL starting quarterback.
  The 2021 Hec Crighton Trophy winner will make his second straight start and fifth overall Thursday night when the Edmonton Elks (0-9) visit the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3-5). 
  Last year, the six-foot-one, 185-pound Niagara Falls, Ont., native rallied his team to a 29-25 victory at Tim Hortons Field in his first CFL start.
  It’s been a rough go this season for Edmonton, which is riding a CFL-record 22-game ho
  
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• Canada’s Denis Shapovalov withdraws from US Open due to knee injury

  16-08-2023 18:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Denis Shapovalov is pulling out of the U.S. Open.
  The tennis star from Richmond Hill, Ont., made the announcement on social media Wednesday.
  Shapovalov stated that he had done everything he could to be healthy for the Grand Slam event, but needs more time to recover from a knee injury.
  The 24-year-old had withdrawn from the recent National Bank Open in Toronto because of the same injury.
  Shapovalov, currently ranked 22nd in the world, last competed at Wimbledon, where he fell to Roman Safiullin
  
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• 30-year-old Vancouver man dead following drowning near Chilliwack - Surrey Now Leader

  16-08-2023 18:09 via news.google.com
  
  30-year-old Vancouver man dead following drowning near Chilliwack  Surrey Now Leader
  
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• Project AIM earns almost $18,000 for menstrual equity in Fraser Valley - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
  
  Project AIM earns almost $18,000 for menstrual equity in Fraser Valley  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Time to deliver on Highway 1 widening

  16-08-2023 17:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  As the familiar sights of bumper-to-bumper traffic continue to plague Highway 1, Abbotsford and Fraser Valley residents have been given yet another disheartening glimpse into David Eby’s inefficient NDP government and its broken promises. The widening of Highway 1 through Abbotsford, an NDP promise once hailed as a solution to growing regional traffic, now seems to be driving off into the realm of distant dreams.
  We recently learned from Minister of State for Transportation and Infrastruct
  
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• Two people missing after float plane crashes in St. Lawrence River near Quebec City

  16-08-2023 16:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — Two people are missing after a float plane crashed Tuesday in the St. Lawrence River southwest of Quebec City.
  Quebec provincial police spokesperson Sgt. Nancy Fournier says authorities received a call at around 8 p.m. about a crash in the water between Neuville, Que., and St-Antoine-de-Tilly, Que.
  Police officers, firefighters and coast guard members were deployed to search for the aircraft, with aerial support from the army.
  Fournier says they located debris later that evening b
  
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• Blind Side battle: Tuohys call Oher’s filing ‘hurtful’ shakedown attempt - Chilliwack Progress

  16-08-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
  Blind Side battle: Tuohys call Oher’s filing ‘hurtful’ shakedown attempt  Chilliwack Progress
  
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