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• Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa wins re-election after troubled vote

  26-08-2023 23:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa was re-elected for a second and final term Saturday.
  Mnangagwa won 52.6% of the vote, the Zimbabwe Election Commission said at a late-night announcement in the capital, Harare.
  Main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa won 44% of the vote.
  The result will likely be scrutinized after election observers raised questions over the election environment in the buildup to the vote and pointed to an atmosphere of intimidation against Cham
  
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• Receiving death threats not regular part of Quebec elementary teacher’s job: tribunal

  26-08-2023 23:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LÉVIS, Que. — The psychological harm suffered by a Quebec elementary teacher after a student brought knives to school and told classmates he planned to kill her was a workplace injury, the province’s labour tribunal has ruled.
  The teacher, identified only as K.R. in the ruling, filed a workplace injury claim in February 2020, saying the incident — which took place three months before — and the boy’s continued presence in her class led to an anxiety disorder.
  
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• Evacuation order lifted for some Westbank First Nation properties - Chilliwack Progress

  26-08-2023 23:08 via news.google.com
  
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• Evacuated Hay River mayor says town in better shape than feared the night before

  26-08-2023 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A town in the Northwest Territories recently evacuated due to a raging wildfire emerged “in much better condition” than anyone could have imagined only a day earlier when high winds and hot temperatures propelled the blaze close to its boundaries and forced fire crews and other non-essential workers to retreat, the community’s mayor said Saturday.
  In a statement posted online, Hay River Mayor Kandis Jameson said she and her dogs, along with soldiers and many fire support servic
  
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• Foul play not suspected in Pacific Institution inmate death

  26-08-2023 22:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — An inmate at a B-C correctional facility has died of apparent natural causes.
  A statement from Correctional Service Canada says Clifford Maltby died on Thursday at the Pacific Institution in Abbotsford.
  Officials say they are currently reviewing the circumstances of Maltby’s death.
  At the time of his death, Maltby was serving an indeterminate sentence that began in November 1982 for first-degree murder, robbery and other offences.The federal government says the Pacific I
  
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• Canada’s LePage, Warner claim gold, silver in decathlon at world championships

  26-08-2023 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUDAPEST, Hungary — Canada’s Pierce LePage and Damian Warner claimed gold and silver, respectively, in the men’s decathlon at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday.
  LePage of Whitby, Ont., finished with a personal-best and world-leading 8909 points to win his first world title, upgrading on his silver from last year’s worlds. His previous personal best was 8701 in that silver-medal effort.
  The 27-year-old LePage is also the first Canadian to win the men’s wo
  
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• Salvation Army leader supports Kelowna-area fire fight with free meals

  26-08-2023 21:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WEST KELOWNA, B.C. — Jennifer Hansen was evacuated from her home in the West Kelowna, B.C., area last week, but that hasn’t stopped the Westside Salvation Army captain from feeding firefighters and other evacuees.
  “It feels real good,” said Hansen, standing in front of a Salvation Army emergency disaster response vehicle parked at a West Kelowna community centre where hundreds of meals are being prepared.
  “I’ve said to many people, I can’t put the fire o
  
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• Fleetwood Magic will pay tribute to classic rock band at Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  26-08-2023 21:41 via news.google.com
  
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• Canada’s Mitton earns silver in women’s shot put at World Athletics Championships

  26-08-2023 21:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUDAPEST, Hungary — Canada’s Sarah Mitton earned silver in the women’s shot put at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday.
  Mitton of Brooklyn, N.S., had a top throw of 20.08 metres, which was a season-best, from her fifth of six attempts.
  American Chase Ealey repeated as world champion with a season-best 20.43, while China’s Lijiao Gong (19.69) earned bronze.
  It is the first worlds medal of Mitton’s career.
  The 27-year-old was tied for bronze with the Netherl
  
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• Fleetwood Magic will pay tribute to classic rock band at Chilliwack ... - Hope Standard

  26-08-2023 20:35 via news.google.com
  
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• Publicist says popular game show host Bob Barker has died - Chilliwack Progress

  26-08-2023 19:59 via news.google.com
  
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• Canada’s Bianca Andreescu withdraws from U.S. Open due to injury

  26-08-2023 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Canadian tennis player Bianca Andreescu has withdrawn from the U.S. Open and will be replaced by a qualifier/lucky loser, the tournament announced on Saturday.
  Andreescu, the 2019 U.S. Open champion, pulled out of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati earlier this month after announcing she had a small stress fracture in her back.
  The 23-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., said on Aug. 12 via X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, that she experienced back
  
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• Charitable arm of Chilliwack firefighters makes generous donation to Meadow Rose Society

  26-08-2023 19:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  erCHILLIWACK — The charitable arm of the association representing full-time firefighters in Chilliwack has made a magnanimous donation to a downtown Chilliwack non-profit that helps young families in crisis.
  Meadow Rose Society, located at 45789 Spadina Avenue near the Chilliwack Museum, has been awarded $3,000 thanks to the generosity of the Chilliwack Professional Firefighters Local 2826 Charitable Society.“We appreciate the support, which allows us to provide for the needs of fami
  
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• Elks look to build off first-win momentum, snap home losing skid against Redblacks

  26-08-2023 19:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Only in the CFL could the coach and players of a 1-9 team be talking about how their next three games might put them into the playoff mix.
  But that’s the reality of a league where only three out of nine teams don’t make the playoffs. 
  The Elks won their first game of the season last week in Hamilton and will try to break a 22-game home losing streak this Sunday when they face the 3-7 Ottawa Redblacks.
  Entering the weekend, the Redblacks were one of three teams w
  
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• Shxwha:y Village marks overdose awareness day with event in ... - Chilliwack Progress

  26-08-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Canada’s LePage, Warner sit in first and third, Mitton advances at athletics worlds

  26-08-2023 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUDAPEST, Hungary — Canada’s Pierce LePage and Damian Warner sit in first and third heading into the final two events of the men’s decathlon on Saturday at the World Athletics Championships.
  LePage of Whitby, Ont., leads the pack with 7477 points with just the javelin throw and 1,500 metres remaining in the afternoon session.
  Warner of London, Ont., has 7260 points, just behind Germany’s Leo Neugebauer at 7282. 
  LePage was a silver medallist at the 2022 worlds, with
  
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• Ovarian Cancer Canada Walk of Hope set for Abbotsford - Chilliwack Progress

  26-08-2023 17:00 via news.google.com
  
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• University students struggling to find housing in Calgary and other cities

  26-08-2023 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Luis Sanchez Diaz didn’t win a lottery this year for on-campus housing at the University of Calgary, but he still considers himself lucky.
  The international student, who’s in his fourth year of a political science degree, studied online during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 from Cuernavaca,Mexico. He moved to Calgary in fall 2021 and lived in a campus residence until he lost his spot in April. 
  “It was a lottery, so it really didn’t matter how early yo
  
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• ‘A protected right’: Saskatchewan family speaks out over pronoun and name changes

  26-08-2023 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — Kiké Dueck loves gym class, especially long-distance running. 
  The 10-year-old, who is nonbinary, says everyone at school “is really good about gender,” but knows not all parents are accepting.
  “There’s a few people in my school that are in the LGBTQ2S+ community but are afraid to tell their parents,” said Dueck, sitting beside their mom, Dennie Fornwald, in their Regina home.
  “I don’t know anybody in my class that has wanted t
  
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• Another smoky day ahead for Fraser Valley

  26-08-2023 15:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Smoke from wildfires in British Columbia’s interior and Washington State will continue to dominate the Fraser Valley airshed Saturday.
  An Air Quality advisory remains in place due to the high level of fine particulate matter carried by the smoke.
  Those with pre-existing health conditions should pay close attention to their breathing during air quality advisories.Those at risk should postpone or reduce outdoor physical activity while smoky conditions are present, especial
  
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• Abbotsford’s Gallery 7 Theatre opens auditions for holiday show

  26-08-2023 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Abbotsford’s Gallery 7 Theatre is calling all aspiring actors to audition for its Christmas production, “Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley.” The open auditions for the play, written by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, will be held on September 13, 2023, at the theatre’s rehearsal hall in Abbotsford.
  Actors from diverse backgrounds and experience levels aged 16 and above are invited to take part in the auditions. “Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pem
  
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• FIFA suspends Spain soccer federation president Luis Rubiales for 90 days after World Cup final kiss

  26-08-2023 14:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ZURICH (AP) — FIFA suspended Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales from office on Saturday while its disciplinary committee investigates his conduct at the Women’s World Cup final, which included kissing a player without her consent.
  FIFA said Rubiales is removed from soccer duties for 90 days “pending the disciplinary proceedings opened” against him Thursday.
  Rubiales refused to resign from his soccer presidency Friday at an emergency meeting where he had bee
  
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• QUIZ: Are you ready for the fruit harvest? - Chilliwack Progress

  26-08-2023 13:50 via news.google.com
  
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• U.S. team to digitize Quaker boarding school records, drawing inspiration from Canada

  26-08-2023 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A coalition advocating for Indigenous Peoples forced to attend boarding schools in the United States is planning to digitize 20,000 archival pages related to schools that were operated by the Quakers.
  Outside of Native Nations, most people aren’t even aware these schools were an integral part of history and U.S. federal Indian policy, said Samuel Torres, the deputy CEO of the Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition.
  He and his team are trying to change that, drawin
  
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• More evacuation orders rescinded in B.C. fires as warm, dry weather returns

  26-08-2023 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Evacuation orders in the Central Okanagan region of British Columbia continue to be rescinded as more residents are allowed to return home.
  The Central Okanagan Emergency Operations Centre says it has lifted a number of evacuation orders throughout communities in West Kelowna, Westbank First Nation and District of Lake Country.
  Meanwhile, crews say they were carrying out an aerial controlled burn Friday to combat the McDougall Creek wildfire, which forced thousands of residents in the Kelowna ar
  
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• Leake’s club-record fourth punt-return TD rallies Argos past Stampeders 39-31

  26-08-2023 05:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Javon Leake’s club-record fourth punt-return touchdown earned the Toronto Argonauts a shootout 39-31 home win over the Calgary Stampeders on Friday night.
  Leake returned Cody Grace’s punt 86 yards for the touchdown at 7:19 of the fourth quarter to break a 31-31 tie. Leake entered the contest tied with Jimmy Cunningham (1995) and Bashir Levingston (2003) for most punt-return TDs in a season for Toronto.
  Toronto (8-1) avenged its lone loss of the season, a 20-7 road los
  
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• Skate Canada says former Olympian Alexandra Paul killed in car crash

  26-08-2023 04:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BARRIE, Ont. — Skate Canada is paying tribute to a former Canadian Olympic figure skater who died in a collision involving seven vehicles in Melancthon Township, north of Shelburne, Ont., earlier this week.
  Alexandra Paul, who was 31, was in a vehicle with her baby boy on Tuesday afternoon when police say a transport truck entered a construction zone on Country Road 124 and crashed into the lineup of stopped cars.
  Skate Canada says Paul and her partner and husband, Mitchell Islam, won mult
  
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• Blue Jays losing streak extends to 3 after 5-2 loss to Cleveland Guardians

  26-08-2023 04:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ramon Laureano drove in three runs, including a two-run homer, to pace the Cleveland Guardians in their 5-2 victory against the Toronto Blue Jays in the series opener on Friday.
  Canadian Bo Naylor also helped the visitors by homering in his first at-bat at Rogers Centre as the Blue Jays (70-59) dropped their third game in a row before 40,755.
  With Toronto ahead 1-0 after George Springer’s lead-off homer to right field in the second inning, Naylor, a 23-year-old rookie catch
  
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• Canadian Chris Johnston remains second at Elite Series finale on St. Lawrence River

  26-08-2023 02:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CLAYTON, N.Y. — Canadian Chris Johnston remains in the hunt for his second Elite Series event on the St. Lawrence River.
  Johnston, of Peterborough, Ont., remained second Friday in the season-ending event. Johnston had five fish weighing 24 pounds, 11 ounces to boost his overall total to 52 pounds, 14 ounces.
  Johnston enters Saturday’s round a half-pound behind American Kyle Welcher. He took the overall lead Friday at 53 pounds, six ounces after his five-fish limit weighed 27 pounds,
  
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• 49ers trade quarterback Trey Lance to Cowboys, AP source says

  26-08-2023 01:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have traded quarterback Trey Lance to the Dallas Cowboys less than three years after trading three first-round picks to draft him.
  A person familiar with the situation said the Cowboys will send a midround pick to San Francisco for a player drafted third overall in 2021. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal hasn’t been announced.
  ESPN first reported the trade.
  Lance had lost the competition to San Darnold to be
  
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• VIDEO: Artists embrace change with 'Transformation' exhibition in ... - Chilliwack Progress

  26-08-2023 01:38 via news.google.com
  
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• VIDEO: Artists embrace change with 'Transformation' exhibition in ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  26-08-2023 01:38 via news.google.com
  
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• Pospisil bounced from U.S. Open qualifier

  26-08-2023 00:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Vasek Pospisil’s hopes of playing in the U.S. Open were dashed Friday.
  The Vernon, B.C., tennis star lost 6-3, 4-6, 2-6 to Zachary Svajda of La Jolla, Calif., in a match that was delayed Thursday, then rescheduled numerous times during the day Friday.
  Pospisil had defeated Pedro Martinez of Spain 7-6, 6-7 and 6-4 in Wednesday’s opening round of qualifiers.
  Pospisil had nine aces compared to Svajda’s three, but he had six double faults, 14 unforced errors and on
  
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• VIDEO: Water-safety series continues in wake of Chilliwack drownings - Chilliwack Progress

  26-08-2023 00:20 via news.google.com
  
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• Matthews says focus solely on hockey, winning after signing extension

  26-08-2023 00:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Auston Matthews will be well paid to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a Stanley Cup championship.
  The question will be for the star centre is if his four-year US$53-million extension — formally signed Wednesday — will be enough to get the team over the difficult NHL playoff hump.
  The deal carries an average annual value of $13.25 million, which makes Matthews the league’s highest-paid player starting in 2024-25 — passing Colorado Avalanche’s star Nath
  
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• CPKC Women’s Open serves as measuring stick for young Canadian professionals

  26-08-2023 00:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The CPKC Women’s Open isn’t just a showcase for some of the LPGA Tour’s top players — it’s an opportunity for Canada’s youngest professional golfers to see how they measure up.
  Although Brigitte Thibault and Sarah-Eve Rheaume both missed the cut at the Canadian women’s golf championship on Friday, they agreed that they learned a lot from the experience. The 24-year-old Thibault has been playing on the Women’s All-Pro Tour this sea
  
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• 131 structures lost in Shuswap as a result of Bush Creek East wildfire

  26-08-2023 00:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KAMLOOPS — The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) says the Bush Creek East fire that swept through the Shuswap last weekend, destroyed 131 structures and damaged another 37. The figures are considered to be approximate at this point as a full assessment is not yet complete.
  Despite the massive damage, no lives were lost.
  It says the ongoing wildfire has hindered a comprehensive assessment. The CSRD says it will be reaching out to every property owner to assist them in dealing with t
  
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• Canada confirms it changed land claim process, mulls Indian Act changes

  26-08-2023 00:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada changed the way it settles First Nation land claims, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada confirmed Friday.
  The department is also mulling over possible amendments to the Indian Act and the Specific Claims Tribunal Act, though it didn’t say what those changes would be.
  The response came after The Canadian Press obtained briefing materials prepared for the deputy minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada under the Access to In
  
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