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• Dentist convicted of killing wife on African safari given life sentence and over $15M in penalty

  21-08-2023 23:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER (AP) — A judge has handed down a sentence of life in prison and over $15 million in penalties to a wealthy dentist convicted of killing his wife at the end of an African safari.
  Larry Rudolph was sentenced Monday in a Denver federal court for murder in the 2016 death of Bianca Rudolph as well as for mail fraud. He cashed in nearly $5 million in insurance policies for his wife. Prosecutors say he wanted to live a lavish retirement with his longtime girlfriend using the insurance mone
  
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• Argonauts, Blue Bombers in control of finishing atop respective divisions

  21-08-2023 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It’s going to be a busy second half of the CFL regular season for Chad Kelly and the Toronto Argonauts.
  Kelly and Co. come off their third — and final — bye week preparing to host the Calgary Stampeders on Friday night. Toronto (7-1) remains atop the East Division, just ahead of the Montreal Alouettes (6-3), who have won four straight.
  With no more bye weeks, the defending Grey Cup champions will play in each of the remaining 10 weeks of the 2023 campaign. They’ll face Mo
  
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• National wildfire incident response group meets ahead of cabinet ... - Chilliwack Progress

  21-08-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  
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• First Nation hosts healing gathering to recover from stabbing rampage - Chilliwack Progress

  21-08-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  
  First Nation hosts healing gathering to recover from stabbing rampage  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Abbotsford pair face more charges related to drug-and-weapon ... - Chilliwack Progress

  21-08-2023 23:17 via news.google.com
  
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• Elections watchdog fines ex-PMO staffer for voting in wrong riding in 2021 election

  21-08-2023 23:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s elections watchdog has fined a former staffer in the Prime Minister’s Office $1,500 for knowingly voting in the wrong federal riding in 2021.
  A summary of the notice of the violation on the election commissioner’s website says Ayesha Chughtai tried to cast a ballot at the returning officer’s office in the Alberta riding of Calgary Skyview on Sept. 2, 2021. 
  The notice says she was told she couldn’t vote there because she didn’t liv
  
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• Excavator reportedly hits gas line near Commercial Court in Chilliwack

  21-08-2023 23:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — FortisBC and Chilliwack Fire Department personnel have been dispatched to Commercial Court near Eagle Landing Monday afternoon after an excavator reportedly hit a gas line at, or near, a construction site.Image: Mike Vanden Bosch / Pattison Media / FortisBC and Chilliwack Fire Department vehicle on scene Monday after an excavator reportedly hit a gas line at, or near, a construction site.
  Three fire engines from Chilliwack Fire Department were dispatched to the 45000 block of
  
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• 7 people spend 24 hours homeless in Mission as fundraiser - Chilliwack Progress

  21-08-2023 23:00 via news.google.com
  
  7 people spend 24 hours homeless in Mission as fundraiser  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Tour de Cure issues traffic advisory for Aug. 26-27 - Chilliwack Progress

  21-08-2023 22:46 via news.google.com
  
  Tour de Cure issues traffic advisory for Aug. 26-27  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Tour de Cure issues traffic advisory for Aug. 26-27 - Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  21-08-2023 22:46 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C.’s premier urges Meta to allow news sharing in B.C. amid wildfire crisis

  21-08-2023 22:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Premier David Eby is calling on the social media company Meta to reverse its decision to block Canadian news from being shared online in British Columbia, saying it feels like it is holding the province “ransom” in its ongoing spat with Ottawa.
  Eby is imploring the company and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, to open up access to critical information that could help keep residents safe as the province grapples with devastating wildfires that have forced thousands of people
  
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• Canada’s Sutherland advances to women’s 400 hurdles semifinals at world championships

  21-08-2023 22:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUDAPEST, Hungary — Savannah Sutherland qualified for the women’s 400-metre hurdles semifinals Monday at the world athletics championships.
  Sutherland, from Saskatoon, claimed the fourth and final automatic qualifying spot in her heat in a time of 55.85 seconds.
  “It wasn’t my smoothest race. It wasn’t my best race ever, but I raced with the people next to me and I was able to qualify, so I’m really happy with that and my ability to compete with the people that
  
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• Wildfire fight switches from defence to offence near Yellowknife - Chilliwack Progress

  21-08-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
  Wildfire fight switches from defence to offence near Yellowknife  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canadian clubs talk ‘Messi effect’ as superstar grabs headlines - Chilliwack Progress

  21-08-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
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• American Sha’Carri Richardson caps comeback by winning wild 100 meters at worlds

  21-08-2023 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — American Sha’Carri Richardson won the women’s 100-meter world title Monday, outsprinting a star-studded field to take a gold medal two years after a positive marijuana test derailed her Olympic dreams.
  Running on the far outside in Lane 9, Richardson finished in 10.65 seconds to match the year’s best time and set the world-championship record.
  She beat Shericka Jackson of Jamaica by .07 seconds and five-time champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce by .12
  
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• Former President Donald Trump’s bond is set at $200,000 in Georgia case

  21-08-2023 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump’s bond has been set at $200,000 in the Georgia case accusing the former president of scheming to overturn his 2020 election loss, according to court papers filed Monday.The bond agreement was outlined in a court filing signed by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Trump’s defense attorneys.Trump was charged last week in the case alongside 18 allies. It’s the fourth criminal case against the former president who is campaigning to rec
  
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• Edmonton Elks offer evacuees from N.W.T. wildfires free tickets to game vs. Ottawa

  21-08-2023 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks are offering evacuees from wildfires in the Northwest Territories free tickets for their home game Sunday against the Ottawa Redblacks.
  The CFL club announced Monday that any evacuees who have come to Edmonton can claim their tickets throughout this week by showing their evacuation wristband or N.W.T. driver’s licence.
  The club says over 3,000 evacuees had registered at the Edmonton Expo Centre as of noon Sunday.
  The ongoing wildfire crisis has forced the
  
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• Chilliwack outdoor movie cancelled in light of B.C. wildfires, air quality - Hope Standard

  21-08-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack outdoor movie cancelled in light of B.C. wildfires, air quality  Hope Standard
  
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• Chilliwack outdoor movie cancelled in light of B.C. wildfires, air quality - Chilliwack Progress

  21-08-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack outdoor movie cancelled in light of B.C. wildfires, air quality  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack Outdoor Movie Cancelled In Light Of B.C. Wildfires, Air ... - Abbotsford News

  21-08-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre pool to close for nearly 2 1/2 weeks

  21-08-2023 21:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The aquatic facility at the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre, one of two city-owned recreation centres in town, will be closed from Monday, August 21 through Friday, September 8 for scheduled maintenance and cleaning.The pool at the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre (9145 Corbould Street) will reopen on Saturday, September 9.The fitness centre at Chilliwack Landing Centre will remain open. Given the pool’s closure, Chilliwack residents who have any membership concerns q
  
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• Charcuterie on the Pier event falconer recounts hunt with Prince Philip - Chilliwack Progress

  21-08-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
  Charcuterie on the Pier event falconer recounts hunt with Prince Philip  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Out of control fire north of Chilliwack Lake doubles in size

  21-08-2023 20:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A fire north of Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park in the mountainous Skagit Range has grown from 356 hectares as reported last week to over 800 hectares as of Sunday.The BC Wildfire Service updated its website over the weekend about the fire that has been burning for well over a month.Fire V11256 was first discovered back on July 7 and has grown to 805 hectares in size as of Sunday, August 20 at 3:13 p.m. It is considered out of control and is believed to be naturally caused and
  
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• Canadian clubs talk ‘Messi effect’ as superstar grabs headlines

  21-08-2023 20:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Lionel Messi joined Major League Soccer club Inter Miami in July, and the results have been near-instant.
  His club won the reformatted Leagues Cup competition, which features teams from Mexico’s LigaMX and MLS, with the Argentine scoring 10 goals along the way.
  He’s also been heavily featured in advertising since his arrival, both by the league and its broadcast partners.
  Canadian Major League Soccer clubs are sharing the benefits, and drawbacks, of having one of the world’s gr
  
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• Veteran quarterback Collaros resumes practising with Blue Bombers

  21-08-2023 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Veteran quarterback Zach Collaros is back practising with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
  Collaros was again leading Winnipeg’ starting offence Monday as the Bombers (8-2) began preparations to host the Montreal Alouettes (6-3) on Thursday night.
  Collaros missed Winnipeg’s 19-18 road win over the Calgary Stampeders on Friday night due to a neck injury. Dru Brown drew the start, completing 17-of-27 passes for 171 yards.
  Collaros was injured in the first half of Winnipeg&rs
  
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• Record-high ocean temperatures hurting coral reefs: B.C. study - Chilliwack Progress

  21-08-2023 19:50 via news.google.com
  
  Record-high ocean temperatures hurting coral reefs: B.C. study  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Former Leafs goalie Jonathan Bernier retires after playing more than a decade in NHL

  21-08-2023 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEWARK, N.J. — Goaltender Jonathan Bernier has decided to retire after playing more than a decade in the NHL, a career that spanned six teams and included winning a Stanley Cup ring.
  The 35-year-old announced his retirement in a social media post Monday, thanking the organizations who gave him an opportunity and family members for supporting him along the way.
  “After 14 years, it’s time for me to hang up the pads,” Bernier wrote. “There are no words to express my gr
  
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• Chilliwack-area man, Hope woman facing charges for breaking into retail store

  21-08-2023 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KAMLOOPS — A Chilliwack-area man with an extensive criminal record is one of three people facing numerous charges after a series of Kamloops-area crimes, including a recent break-and-enter at the Heffley Creek Store.
  In a news release distributed to media, Supt. Jeff Pelley of Kamloops RCMP said the detachment’s Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) arrested three people in Barriere on August 10. Three stolen vehicles were also recovered.
  “The arrests and subsequent charge approvals came
  
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• United Way launches B.C. recovery fund for wildfire evacuees - Chilliwack Progress

  21-08-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
  United Way launches B.C. recovery fund for wildfire evacuees  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Quebec community mourns four family members killed in home construction accident.

  21-08-2023 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A rural community in Quebec’s Bas-St-Laurent region is in mourning after four family members died in a home construction accident over the weekend.
  Investigators said two men and two women were atop a scissor lift on Saturday in St-Léandre, Que., when the device toppled for an unknown reason.
  Sixty-year-old Marco Roy and 53-year-old Jocelyne Bouchard were killed, as were 27-year-old Émerik Chenard and 24-year-old Kim Blouin. 
  Police say the older two vic
  
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• Quebec teachers unions call for better working conditions to address staff shortages

  21-08-2023 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Unions representing Quebec teachers are calling on the provincial government to address staff shortages by improving working conditions.
  Josée Scalabrini, president of a federation of 34 Quebec teachers unions, told a news conference today that teachers’ workloads have become untenable.
  She says teachers need more resources to manage the number of students who have learning difficulties.
  Scalabrini cited a survey of thousands of teachers that she said showed 100 per
  
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• Mourners gather to remember the last captive southern resident orca - Chilliwack Progress

  21-08-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
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• RCMP converge on Watson Road home Friday, where an overdose occurred Sunday

  21-08-2023 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Members of the RCMP Emergency Response Team responded to the 45400 block of Watson Road Friday afternoon to reportedly execute a search warrant at a home on the north side of the road.That same house was the site of a reported overdose on Sunday afternoon, prompting emergency personnel from the Chilliwack Fire Department and BC Emergency Health Services to respond to the residence in question.According to residents and witnesses who live in the area, RCMP members converged on
  
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• Smoke aids B.C. fire fight, as BC Wildfire Service warns about Hurricane Hilary

  21-08-2023 17:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The BC Wildfire Service says weather across British Columbia will be impacted by a hurricane in Southern California, challenging firefighters already battling hundreds of fires that forced 30,000 people from their homes and caused a provincial state of emergency.
  It says the Bush Creek East wildfire in the Columbia Shuswap region, which merged and encompassed the Adams Lake wildfire this weekend, is now about 410 square kilometres in size. 
  The Service warns that Hurricane
  
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• Court documents suggest reason for police raid of Kansas newspaper - Chilliwack Progress

  21-08-2023 17:35 via news.google.com
  
  Court documents suggest reason for police raid of Kansas newspaper  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• ‘Blue Beetle’ unseats ‘Barbie’ atop box office, ending 4-week reign - Chilliwack Progress

  21-08-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
  
  ‘Blue Beetle’ unseats ‘Barbie’ atop box office, ending 4-week reign  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Law society hearing for lawyers accused of surveilling Winnipeg judge begins

  21-08-2023 17:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — A Law Society of Manitoba hearing is underway for two lawyers facing charges related to complaints that they hired a private investigator to surveil a judge who was hearing a case involving COVID-19 public health orders.John Carpay, president of the Calgary-based Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, and Randal Jay Cameron face charges from the independent regulator, which include undermining public respect for the administration of justice and breach of integrity.Both men
  
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• Montreal police investigating after overnight violence leaves one dead, two injured

  21-08-2023 16:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal police are investigating separate violent incidents last night that left one person dead and two people injured.
  Police say they responded to a call about gunshots a little after midnight in the St-Michel borough.
  They say officers and ambulance crews arrived to find an injured 25-year-old man, who was pronounced dead at the scene. 
  About one hour later police responded to a 911 call in the nearby Montréal-Nord borough and found a 52-year-old man in an apartment who they say
  
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• Smoky conditions help B.C. fire fight, cause Metro Vancouver air ... - Chilliwack Progress

  21-08-2023 15:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Crime rate on the rise in Chilliwack

  21-08-2023 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — There is a disturbing trend emerging as society recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic and it has nothing to do with physical health. Instead, the trend is an increase in crime. That was a point made last week by Superintendent Davy Lee of the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment.
  “We are seeing a rise in the crime data,” Lee told Chilliwack City Council Tuesday in his quarterly community policing report. “Now that we are moving to the post-pandemic era, we&r
  
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• British nurse Lucy Letby imprisoned for life for the murders of 7 babies and attempted murders of 6

  21-08-2023 14:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — A British judge has sentenced Lucy Letby to spend the rest of her life in prison for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others while working as a neonatal nurse at a hospital in northern England.
  Justice James Goss imposed the most severe sentence possible under British law on Letby Monday.
  Following 22 days of deliberation, a jury at Manchester Crown Court convicted Letby, 33, of killing the babies during a yearlong spree that saw her prey on the vulnerabiliti
  
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• Suspected Palestinian gunman kills an Israeli, wounds another in latest attack in occupied West Bank

  21-08-2023 11:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — A suspected Palestinian attacker killed an Israeli woman and seriously wounded a man in the south of the occupied West Bank on Monday, Israeli authorities said, as violence continued to flare in the restive territory shortly after another shooting killed two Israelis.The latest attack is part of a sharp escalation in the region in recent months involving Palestinian militants, Israeli security forces and radical Jewish settlers. It took place as Israeli forces were already
  
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• Born to herd - Chilliwack Progress

  21-08-2023 10:30 via news.google.com
  
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• In the news today: Wildfires continue raging across B.C., N.W.T.

  21-08-2023 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…
  Smoky conditions help B.C. fire fight
  As Metro Vancouver is being warned about the risk of particulates in the air from wildfire smoke, those battling blazes in the central Okanagan say the smoke is helping their cause.
  The Metro Vancouver Regional District remains under an air quality advisory as a result of smoke from hundreds of wildfires burning across the province.
  A
  
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• Smoky conditions help B.C. fire fight, causes Metro Vancouver air quality advisory

  21-08-2023 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  As Metro Vancouver is being warned about the risk of particulates in the air from wildfire smoke, those battling blazes in the central Okanagan say the smoke is helping their cause.
  The Metro Vancouver Regional District remains under an air quality advisory as a result of smoke from hundreds of wildfires burning across the province.
  An estimated 30,000 people are under evacuation orders in the province because the blazes, including the 110-square-kilometre McDougall Creek fire burning on both si
  
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• Recently shuffled Liberal cabinet is meeting in Charlottetown this week

  21-08-2023 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHARLOTTETOWN — The Liberal cabinet is in Prince Edward Island’s capital this week for a retreat as it gets ready for the next sitting of the Parliament. 
  It’s expected the housing crisis will be the central topic for ministers as they sit down to discuss their government’s priorities. 
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said this summer’s cabinet shuffle was meant to signal a new focus on the economy and affordability. 
  The authors of a recent nationa
  
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• Premier Caroline Cochrane recounts hunt for homeless during Yellowknife evacuation

  21-08-2023 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YELLOWKNIFE — Northwest Territories Premier Caroline Cochrane was a social worker before entering politics, so when the territory ordered everyone in its capital to leave last week due to encroaching wildfires, she said she checked to make sure homeless people weren’t forgotten.
  “My heart’s with those people. I’ve worked in that field for over 20 years,” Cochrane told an online news conference about the firefighting efforts over the weekend, when she was asked
  
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• Another company of soldiers deployed to N.W.T to help with wildfire fight

  21-08-2023 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YELLOWKNIFE — Defence Minister Bill Blair says another company of soldiers is being deployed to Hay River in the Northwest Territories, which has been evacuated for more than a week due to a threatening wildfire nearby.
  Blair announced the deployment to the town located on the south shore of Great Slave Lake in a tweet yesterday afternoon, saying it will bring the number of soldiers who are helping the territory around Hay River and Yellowknife to around 400.
  N.W.T officials say a fire tha
  
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• First Nation hosting traditional healing gathering to recover from stabbing rampage

  21-08-2023 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JAMES SMITH CREE NATION — A Saskatchewan First Nation that was the site of a mass stabbing last year is hosting a gathering of traditional healing. 
  James Smith Cree Nation Chief Wally Burns says up to 3,000 people from across North America are expected to be in the community north of Saskatoon this week to take part in spiritual and traditional healing practices. 
  Eleven people were killed and 17 were injured during a rampage in the First Nation and nearby village of Weldon last
  
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• Chilliwack outdoor movie cancelled in light of B.C. wildfires, air quality - Mission City Record

  21-08-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack outdoor movie cancelled in light of B.C. wildfires, air quality  Mission City Record
  
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