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• CSC seizes $287000 in contraband at Kent Institution in Agassiz - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2023 23:39 via news.google.com
  
  CSC seizes $287000 in contraband at Kent Institution in Agassiz  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Former Harrods’ owner Mohamed Al Fayed dies at 94

  01-09-2023 23:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — Mohamed Al Fayed, former owner of the famed Harrods department store in London whose son was killed in a car crash with Princess Diana, has died, his family said. He was 94.
  Al Fayed, a self-made Egyptian businessman who was also a former owner of Fulham Football Club, was devastated by the death of son Dodi Fayed in the car crash in Paris with Princess Diana 26 years ago. He spent the rest of his life mourning the loss and fighting the British Establishment he blamed for the
  
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• Rudy Giuliani pleads not guilty to charges in Georgia election case

  01-09-2023 23:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Rudy Giuliani on Friday pleaded not guilty to Georgia charges that accuse him of trying, along with former President Donald Trump and others, to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state.
  In filing his not guilty plea with the court, the former New York mayor and Trump attorney also waived his right to appear at an arraignment hearing set for Sept. 6. He joins the former president and at least 10 others in forgoing a trip to Atlanta to appear before a
  
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• B.C. MLA Ellis Ross suffers memory loss following bike incident - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2023 23:00 via news.google.com
  
  B.C. MLA Ellis Ross suffers memory loss following bike incident  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Proud Boys leader Ethan Nordean gets 18 years in prison, tying for longest sentence in Jan. 6 attack

  01-09-2023 22:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A one-time leader in the Proud Boys far-right extremist group has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, tying the record for the longest sentence in the attack.
  Ethan Nordean was “the undisputed leader on the ground on Jan 6,” said prosecutor Jason McCullough. Prosecutors had asked the judge to sentence the Seattle-area chapter president to 27 years.
  Nordean was one of several members convicted of spearheadin
  
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• Taylor Swift ticket outrage fades without promised U.S. reform - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2023 22:50 via news.google.com
  
  Taylor Swift ticket outrage fades without promised U.S. reform  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• 'Rampant illegal fishing' near Vancouver compromising rockfish ... - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2023 22:32 via news.google.com
  
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• New Professional Women's Hockey League unveils its original 6 GMs - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Blue Jays activate right-hander Chad Green from 60-day injured list

  01-09-2023 22:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Right-hander Chad Green has been reinstated by the Toronto Blue Jays from the 60-day injured list.
  Green is set to join the Blue Jays for the first time this season after undergoing Tommy John surgery last year.
  After seven years with the New York Yankees, the 32-year-old reliever signed a two-year, US$8.5 million deal with Toronto in the off-season.
  In 12 1/3 innings of work between Single-A Dunedin and Triple-A Buffalo, Green 1.46 earned-run average, 15 strikeouts and allowed just one walk.
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• Another Canadian who served in Afghanistan files discrimination lawsuit against feds

  01-09-2023 22:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government is asking a judge to combine two separate lawsuits after another Canadian-Afghan has alleged Canada discriminated against Afghan refugees by treating them differently than they did Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion.
  A former Canadian language and culture adviser who served NATO in Afghanistan filed a lawsuit at the end of July alleging the government has not allowed his family in Afghanistan to seek refuge in Canada.
  That followed a case file in May by
  
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• Superwalk in Chilliwack will raise money for those with Parkinson's ... - Mission City Record

  01-09-2023 21:38 via news.google.com
  
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• Superwalk in Chilliwack will raise money for those with Parkinson's ... - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
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• For a rising star in Canadian auto racing, one of the biggest challenges is off track

  01-09-2023 21:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Much like the way he moves around a racetrack, rising Canadian auto racing star Patrick Woods-Toth is quick to leave an impression.
  Just months since jumping from a go-kart to a race car, the 19-year-old from Saint-Lazare, Que., is leading the Formula 4 U.S. Championship Series by 36.5 points with six races remaining. He’s also attracted Canadian Motorsport Hall of Famer Ron Fellows as a mentor.
  “From everything I see, he’s a kid with as good a skill as I&rsquo
  
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• Don't put active wasp nests in green bins: City of Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2023 21:14 via news.google.com
  
  Don't put active wasp nests in green bins: City of Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• New fences, gate controls among international border upgrades since ‘Freedom Convoy’

  01-09-2023 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Canadian Border Services Agency is improving the perimeter fences, gate controls and road infrastructure at 11 border crossings between the United States and Canada following the “Freedom Convoy” protests blockaded several crossings last year.
  Protesters blocked ports of entry into Canada last year to oppose COVID-19 public health restrictions in solidarity with a massive demonstration that occupied the streets of downtown Ottawa for three weeks.
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• Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation softball tournament raises over $7,000 for area hospitals

  01-09-2023 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Participants from 10 softball teams did more than battle the sweltering summer heat earlier this month in Abbotsford.The participants helped raise over $7,000 for area hospitals’ biggest needs as part of the 2nd annual Healthcare Heroes Slo-Pitch Tournament at Exhibition Park in Abbotsford on Saturday and Sunday, August 12-13.“It was great to see everyone come out and enjoy a fun weekend of ball while watching the jets fly above from the Abbotsford Airshow,”s
  
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• Chiefs training camp opens today at Chilliwack Coliseum

  01-09-2023 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The excitement of a new season arrives today with the opening of the Chilliwack Chiefs’ training campThis year’s training camp at the Coliseum promises to be extra special with scrimmages featuring two teams named after a pair of Chilliwack hockey heroes who played pivotal roles in bringing the Fred Page Cup to Chilliwack in 2000.
  Wyatt Tunnicliffe played two seasons with the Chiefs capping his career with the Fred Page Cup victory.The Chilliwack native played 110
  
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• B.C. astronomer studies satellites putting galactic archaeology at risk - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
  B.C. astronomer studies satellites putting galactic archaeology at risk  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Spain legal panel opens case against suspended soccer chief over World Cup kiss, reports say

  01-09-2023 19:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADRID (AP) — A Spanish government legal panel is opening a case against suspended soccer chief Luis Rubiales, the state news agency Efe said.
  Rubiales has come in for a storm of criticism and calls for his resignation for kissing a player on the lips without consent after Spain won the recent Women’s World Cup final in Sydney.
  FIFA has already suspended Rubiales for 90 days while it studies the case.
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• Chilliwack RCMP offer back-to-school safety tips - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
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• New to stream: final chapter for Ford's Indiana Jones - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2023 19:07 via news.google.com
  
  New to stream: final chapter for Ford's Indiana Jones  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• CF Montreal set to meet familiar faces against visiting Columbus Crew

  01-09-2023 19:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal will run into some familiar faces when Columbus Crew pays a visit to Stade Saputo on Saturday.
  Former head coach Wilfried Nancy and centre back Rudy Camacho will be returning for the first time since their departures. 
  After leading Montreal (11-13-2) to their best regular season in club history last year, Nancy shocked Major League Soccer by taking over the Columbus (12-8-6) project. 
  Nancy added an integral part of his successful tenure in Montreal by acq
  
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• India to grant Canada requested pause in trade talks - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2023 18:40 via news.google.com
  
  India to grant Canada requested pause in trade talks  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Two key fires in Okanagan, B.C., are under control, but winds pose challenge to north

  01-09-2023 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KELOWNA, B.C. — Two of the three fires making up a devastating wildfire complex that destroyed almost 200 homes around Lake Okanagan in the B.C. Interior are now under control.
  But the BC Wildfire Service says the region’s most destructive fire, the McDougall Creek blaze in West Kelowna, continues to defy suppression efforts.
  The three fires make up the Grouse fire complex that forced thousands of people to evacuate and has been a key front in B.C.’s worst wildfire season on re
  
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• Quebec short-term rental law in effect, with big fines for uncertified listings

  01-09-2023 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s new tourist accommodation law is now in effect, with hefty fines of up to $100,000 for short-term rental platforms listing properties without a proper government certificate.
  Under a provincial law adopted in June, as of today rental platforms like Airbnb are prohibited from displaying listings that don’t have a registration number and certificate issued by the province.
  People who want to rent their properties for stays of 31 days or fewer have to acquire r
  
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• Canada suffers first loss of FIBA World Cup with 69-65 defeat to Brazil

  01-09-2023 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JAKARTA, Indonesia — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a game-high 23 points but Canada suffered its first defeat at the FIBA Basketball World Cup, losing 69-65 to Brazil in second-round action Friday.
  Lu Dort added 17 points for Canada.Brazil was led by Bruno Caboclo’s 19 points.
  Canada’s loss, in addition to Latvia’s 74-69 win over defending champion and top-ranked Spain earlier in the day creates a logjam in Group L.
  Each team holds a 3-1 record heading into the final day
  
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• Online News Act could see Google, Meta pay combined $234 million to Canadian media

  01-09-2023 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government has put a price tag on how much it would like to see Google and Facebook spend under an act requiring the tech giants to compensate media for news articles.
  Federal officials estimate Google would need to offer $172 million and Facebook $62 million in compensation to satisfy criteria they’re proposing be used to give exemptions under the Online News Act.
  The criteria listed as part of a draft set of regulations would allow compensation provided by tech
  
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• Cost of living crisis squeezing Canadians, Tory support grows: poll - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
  
  Cost of living crisis squeezing Canadians, Tory support grows: poll  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Review finds at least 120 CRA employees claimed COVID benefits while employed

  01-09-2023 17:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency says 120 people have been fired for claiming a federal COVID-19 benefit while employed there. 
  The CRA is reviewing approximately 600 cases in which current employees received the Canada Emergency Response Benefit — or CERB — during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  The benefit was worth $2,000 a month to Canadians whose jobs were lost or downgraded as a result of public-health restrictions.
  The CRA said in July that it had let 20 employees go as a
  
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• Scavenging bears force 160 B.C. firefighters to pack up camp - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2023 17:09 via news.google.com
  
  Scavenging bears force 160 B.C. firefighters to pack up camp  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Reports of child abduction in Chilliwack parking lot false: RCMP - Hope Standard

  01-09-2023 17:06 via news.google.com
  
  Reports of child abduction in Chilliwack parking lot false: RCMP  Hope Standard
  
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• Reports of child abduction in Chilliwack parking lot false: RCMP - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2023 17:06 via news.google.com
  
  Reports of child abduction in Chilliwack parking lot false: RCMP  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• It’s joy mixed with sorrow as Ukrainian children go back to school in the midst of war

  01-09-2023 16:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — In a small courtyard at a school in Bucha, scene of some of the worst atrocities committed by Russian soldiers during the war, Ukrainian children gathered Friday to celebrate the first day of the new school year.
  First graders dressed in Ukrainian embroidered costume shirts known as vyshyvankas, with neat hairstyles and holding bouquets of flowers, line up hesitantly along an improvised stage. Parents, many struggling to contain their emotions, smile and wave from the
  
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• Authorities release bodycam video showing the fatal police shooting of Black woman Ta’Kiya Young

  01-09-2023 16:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) —Ohio authorities have released bodycam video showing the fatal police shooting of Ta’Kiya Young, a young pregnant Black woman.
  Young’s family has seen the video, the family’s lawyer said Friday.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Body camera footage showing the final moments of a pregnant Black woman who was shot and killed by police in an Ohio parking lot last week is expected to be rele
  
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• The passion part of the furniture - Chilliwack Progress

  01-09-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
  The passion part of the furniture  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Veteran referee Dave Foxcroft leaving CFL officiating ranks on his own terms

  01-09-2023 15:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Dave Foxcroft is leaving the CFL officiating ranks on his own terms.
  The veteran referee works his final CFL game Monday when the Hamilton Tiger-Cats host the Toronto Argonauts at Tim Hortons Field. When the final whistle sounds, the 56-year-old Burlington, Ont. resident, will retire and cap a 22-year tenure that’s spanned over 350 games, including six Grey Cups.
  “The timing is right,” Foxcroft said. “We have six crews that work during the summer, then come Labour Day we
  
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• India envoy says Canada has asked to pause trade talks amid rapid negotiation cycle

  01-09-2023 15:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — India’s envoy to Canada says Ottawa has tapped the brakes on trade negotiations, just before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads to New Delhi.
  India’s High Commissioner, Sanjay Kumar Verma, says Ottawa sought a pause within the last month to ongoing talks for what’s called a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.
  Verma says he’s not sure why Ottawa requested the stop, but he says the negotiations have proceeded at a rapid pace, and suspects the gover
  
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• Cheam Vista Classical Concert Society announces 2024 concert series in Agassiz to mark its 7th season

  01-09-2023 15:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — The Cheam Vista Classical Concert Society in Agassiz has announced its 2024 concert series featuring four performances starting in February.The Agassiz-based non-profit society will hold four concerts beginning with the Rose Gellert String Quartet, followed by the Salish Sea Players, a baroque ensemble, in March, Cicchillitti-Cowan Duo playing classical guitar in April, and the vocal ensemble Musica Intima to cap off the season in May.Image: Cheam Vista Classical Concert Society
  
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• Kingsbury, Sauvageau among six Professional Women’s Hockey League general managers

  01-09-2023 15:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Gina Kingsbury is the general manager of the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s team in Toronto.
  Kingsbury, who has been GM of the Canadian women’s hockey team since 2018, was among six people announced by the PWHL to lead its clubs into the league’s inaugural season starting in January.
  Daniele Sauvageau (Montreal), Michael Hirschfeld (Ottawa), former U.S. team captain Natalie Darwitz (Minnesota), Danielle Marmer (Boston) and Pascal Daoust (New York) were also named ge
  
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• Island 22 Equestrian Park to host 35th anniversary Horse Trials this weekend in Chilliwack

  01-09-2023 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Island 22 Equestrian Park has come a long way since an 88-acre gravel pit containing overgrown blackberries and cottonwood trees was first envisioned as a ideal venue where kids could safely ride horses.Back in 1985, a group of Mount Cheam Pony Club parents had a goal of creating a safe equestrian park for their kids to ride in, which paved the way for the eventual establishment of the Island 22 Equestrian Park.Fast forward to this Labour Day weekend, when Island 22 Equest
  
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• Canadian Press NewsAlert: Economy pulled back in Q2, revises Q1 growth lower: StatCan

  01-09-2023 14:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Canadian economy appeared to stall in the second quarter as Statistics Canada says the economy contracted at an annualized rate of 0.2 per cent in the second quarter.
  The agency also revised its reading for growth in the first quarter to an annual pace of 2.6 per cent, down from 3.1 per cent.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• RCMP investigating 8 break and enters to South Surrey businesses in August

  01-09-2023 14:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — The Surrey RCMP Property Crime Target Team is investigating eight break and enters to businesses in South Surrey that happened in the month of August.In a news release from the Surrey RCMP Thursday, Mounties say there have been eight reported break and enters, or attempted break and enters, to South Surrey businesses in August and believe the property crimes are related.The incidents include:August 1, 2023 at 4:50 a.m. in the 15300-block of Croydon Drive;
  August 6, 2023 at 3:31 a.
  
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• Rising tensions between employers and employees has put the labor back in this year’s Labor Day

  01-09-2023 13:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Labor Day is right around the corner, along with the big sales and barbeques that come with it. But the activist roots of the holiday are especially visible this year as unions challenge how workers are treated — from Hollywood to the auto production lines of Detroit.
  The early-September tribute to workers has been an official holiday for almost 130 years — but an emboldened labor movement has created an environment closer to the era from which Labor Day was bor
  
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• Russia’s Putin and Turkey’s Erdogan will meet next week after Ukraine grain deal unraveled

  01-09-2023 12:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin will host Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.His remarks came after weeks of speculation about when and where the two leaders might meet next. Earlier this week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov hosted his Turkish counterpart for talks in Moscow.
  Turkey, together with the United Nations, brokered a deal in July 2022 that allowed Ukraine to ship grain and other
  
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• Alouettes, Lions looking to redeem themselves in Labour Day weekend clash

  01-09-2023 12:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal Alouettes quarterback Cody Fajardo is eager to get back on track Saturday after last week didn’t go to plan.
  The Alouettes host the B.C. Lions at Molson Stadium following a 47-17 loss in Winnipeg last Thursday where Fajardo threw just 137 yards with one turnover and no touchdowns, ending a four-game win streak.
  Montreal (6-4) was coming off a short turnaround, with five days between games before facing the Blue Bombers, and Fajardo was returning from a two-game injury absence.
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• Thailand’s king reduces prison term of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to a single year

  01-09-2023 11:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s king on Friday reduced the prison term of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from eight years to one year following the divisive politician’s return from 15 years of self-imposed exile.
  The decision by King Maha Vajiralongkorn was published Friday in the Royal Gazette, making ii effective immediately.
  Thaksin was prime minister from 2001 to 2006, when he was ousted by a military coup. He fled Thailand in 2008 when he faced prison time on charges
  
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• In the news today: Statistics Canada to release GDP figures today

  01-09-2023 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…
  Statistics Canada to release June and Q2 GDP figures today
  Statistics Canada will release its latest reading on how the overall economy is faring this morning.
  The agency is expected to release its figures for gross domestic product for June and for the second quarter as a whole.
  An early estimate by Statistics Canada pointed to a contraction of 0.2 per cent in real GDP f
  
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• Almost half of Canadians say workers’ right to strike outweighs economic hit: report

  01-09-2023 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A new survey from the Angus Reid Institute found that for almost half of Canadians the right to strike outweighs the risk of economic consequences. 
  The report on how Canadians perceive unions comes after several high-profile labour disputes have made headlines across the country this year, from a month-long strike by Toronto-area Metro workers to the B.C. port strike earlier in the summer. 
  The Angus Reid Institute says three in five Canadians believe that unions have had a positive i
  
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• What happens when you give 50 homeless people $7,500 each? A B.C. study found out

  01-09-2023 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — There’s a stark contrast between public perception and the reality of how homeless people spend money, says a researcher who gave 50 homeless people in British Columbia $7,500 each to do with as they wished.
  Instead of blowing the windfall on “temptation goods”, such as alcohol, drugs or cigarettes, they spent it on rent, clothing and food, the study led by University of British Columbia researcher Jiaying Zhao found.
  The handout even generated a net saving of
  
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• First Nation reflects on grief and healing one year after stabbing rampage

  01-09-2023 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JAMES SMITH CREE NATION — Eddie Head felt a deep pull toward his Saskatchewan First Nation as it was enveloped in devastation. 
  He had been a community leader for decades for James Smith Cree Nation and served a term as chief. But as he learned about the horrors of a stabbing rampage over the Labour Day weekend last year, an even more difficult connection became clear — the killer was his nephew. 
  “I felt obligated to come back home,” Head says from the band off
  
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