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• In U.S., Canada’s ‘game plan’ for Trump all about stepping up the tempo of talks

  08-09-2023 23:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Canada’s ambassador to Washington typically doesn’t get a whole lot of notice before the president of the United States makes a decision with the potential to reverberate beyond the country’s borders. 
  But when President Joe Biden signed a measure to better ensure U.S. companies and workers reap the lion’s share of the benefits of American research and development, Kirsten Hillman had known about it for nearly two months.
  “They wanted to talk
  
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• Quarterback Ta’amu among 10 players revealed on Riders negotiation list

  08-09-2023 23:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — He’s currently an NFL free agent but Jordan Ta’amu isn’t necessarily out of pro football options.
  On Friday, the Saskatchewan Roughriders revealed the reigning XFL most valuable player as one of 10 on their 45-man negotiation list. That gives the club exclusive rights to Ta’amu should he decided to play football in Canada.
  Since 2018, CFL teams have unveiled 10 players from their negotiation twice a year – September and December.
  Ta’amu earned
  
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• ‘Marathon in a sauna’: emergency projects aim to help B.C. salmon through drought

  08-09-2023 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s prolonged drought risks damaging the salmon population for generations and has led to a series of emergency, rapidly deployed projects in an effort to intervene.
  The Pacific Salmon Foundation has funded four emergency projects, with more on the way, and convened a federal and provincial advisory group allowing for regulatory approval in a matter of days rather than the standard months-long process.
  The foundation’s vice-president of salmon program
  
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• Langley Hotel and neighbouring buildings to face wrecking ball - Chilliwack Progress

  08-09-2023 23:00 via news.google.com
  
  Langley Hotel and neighbouring buildings to face wrecking ball  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Rise Up event to honour Halq'eméylem songs, truth, reconciliation in ... - Chilliwack Progress

  08-09-2023 22:59 via news.google.com
  
  Rise Up event to honour Halq'eméylem songs, truth, reconciliation in ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Acclaimed B.C. author leads panel picking top English-language book - Chilliwack Progress

  08-09-2023 22:59 via news.google.com
  
  Acclaimed B.C. author leads panel picking top English-language book  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Vancouver cop charged after pedestrian struck in city’s Downtown Eastside last year

  08-09-2023 22:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Prosecutors in British Columbia have approved multiple charges against a Vancouver police officer a year after a pedestrian was hit by a police car in the city’s Downtown Eastside.
  Const. Jack Zhao has been charged with driving without due care and attention, failing to exercise due care to avoid colliding with a pedestrian, and speeding.
  The province’s prosecution service says the charges were approved by an experienced Crown counsel who has no connection with the
  
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• B.C.’s health minister warns high emergency medical care demand may be ‘new normal’

  08-09-2023 22:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix says the province is experiencing unusually high demand for emergency medical services — even before the cold-and-flu season begins — and the situation may be a “new normal.”
  Dix was meeting doctors and officials at Surrey Memorial Hospital this morning to update them on expanding the facility’s emergency capacity, after complaints this year from workers that they lack resources to cope with the large
  
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• Correctional Service reports death of inmate at Victoria-area prison

  08-09-2023 22:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The Correctional Service of Canada says an inmate serving a sentence for second-degree murder has died at the Victoria-area William Head Institution.
  A statement Friday says inmate Richard Paul Preston died on Saturday while in custody at the minimum-security federal institution.
  The Correctional Service statement does not provide details on the cause of death, but says Preston’s next of kin have been notified as have the police and coroner.
  The statement says Preston was
  
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• De Grasse claims first medal of Diamond League season with bronze at Brussels

  08-09-2023 22:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRUSSELS — Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse claimed his first medal of the Diamond League circuit with a bronze in the men’s 200 metres at the Allianz Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, Belgium on Friday.
  De Grasse, the reigning Olympic champion, clocked in at 19.89 seconds to book his spot in the Diamond League final, to be held in Eugene, Ore., on Sept. 16 and 17.
  Fellow Canadian Aaron Brown finished fourth in 19.98 and also clinched a spot in the final. Both he and De Grasse ran sea
  
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• New figures show residential construction in B.C. down in July - Chilliwack Progress

  08-09-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
  New figures show residential construction in B.C. down in July  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Fraser Health launches 1st virtual psychiatry unit in B.C. - Chilliwack Progress

  08-09-2023 22:10 via news.google.com
  
  Fraser Health launches 1st virtual psychiatry unit in B.C.  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• New outreach centre for youth aims to save lives in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

  08-09-2023 22:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Youth struggling with mental health or addiction will have access to a new outreach centre in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, providing what the government says will be life-saving support.
  The outreach centre, launched at 786 Powell Street on Friday, is being operated by the Vancouver Coastal Health authority.
  Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Jennifer Whiteside says in a statement the centre will connect young people with the help they need on their journey to wel
  
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• Provincial unemployment drops, but economic struggles on the ... - Chilliwack Progress

  08-09-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
  Provincial unemployment drops, but economic struggles on the ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Decriminalization meant to save lives in toxic drug crisis: Whiteside - Chilliwack Progress

  08-09-2023 21:54 via news.google.com
  
  Decriminalization meant to save lives in toxic drug crisis: Whiteside  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Supreme Court is asked to reject limits on a drug used in the most common method of abortion

  08-09-2023 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is being asked to reverse an appellate ruling that would cut off mail-order access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion in the United States.
  The case would be the first major abortion dispute decided by the Supreme Court since it overturned Roe v. Wade last year. That ruling has led to bans on abortion at all stages of pregnancy in 15 states, with some exceptions, and once cardiac activity can be detected, which is around six weeks, in t
  
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• Canada-wide drug smuggling operation taken down by Kelowna ... - Chilliwack Progress

  08-09-2023 21:50 via news.google.com
  
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• Climate-action group asks city to 'incentivize' heat pumps in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  08-09-2023 21:46 via news.google.com
  
  Climate-action group asks city to 'incentivize' heat pumps in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Blue Jays all-star shortstop Bo Bichette returns from 10-day injured list

  08-09-2023 21:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Bo Bichette is back.
  Bichette was reinstated from the Toronto Blue Jays’ 10-day injured list.
  The all-star shortstop has been out since Aug. 27 with a strained right quad.
  He took batting practice at Rogers Centre hours before tonight’s game in the Kansas City Royals.
  Infielder Mason McCoy was optioned to the Blue Jays’ triple-A affiliate in Buffalo, N.Y., in a corresponding move.
  Bichette’s .314 average leads Toronto and his 18 home runs are second most o
  
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• Uzelman: Provinces fumble renewable energy opportunities - Chilliwack Progress

  08-09-2023 21:15 via news.google.com
  
  Uzelman: Provinces fumble renewable energy opportunities  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• ‘One Chip Challenge’ product pulled from Canadian shelves after U.S. teen’s death

  08-09-2023 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The manufacturer of the One Chip Challenge is pulling the product from Canadian and U.S. shelves after a teen’s death in Massachusetts.     
  A spokesperson for Texas-based Paqui says the One Chip Challenge is sold “in very limited distribution in Canada.”
  The One Chip Challenge is an individually-wrapped tortilla chip containing the extremely spicy Carolina Reaper peppers and Naga Viper peppers.
  Participants in the social media challenge eat the chip and see
  
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• Chilliwack non-profits benefit from Battle of the Businesses softball ... - Chilliwack Progress

  08-09-2023 21:00 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack non-profits benefit from Battle of the Businesses softball ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada’s Dabrowski and partner Routliffe advance to doubles final at U.S. Open

  08-09-2023 20:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe will play for the women’s doubles championship at the U.S. Open.
  The pair advanced to the final with a 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) semifinal win over the eighth-seeded duo of Taiwan’s Su-Wei Hsieh and China’s Xinyu Wang on Friday.
  Dabrowski and Routliffe won 62 per cent of their first serves and converted seven of nine breakpoint opportunities.
  Dabrowski, who has won pair of Grand Slam titles in mixed doubles, has
  
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• COVID-19 numbers spike in B.C. but no more cases of new variant are detected

  08-09-2023 20:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia is experiencing a spike in COVID-19 numbers, with cases, test positivity, hospitalizations and deaths all up in recent weeks.
  The BC Centre for Disease Control says in a monthly report that 447 people tested positive in tests funded by the province’s medical services plan in the week ending Sept. 2, more than triple the 133 cases in the week ending Aug. 12. 
  Positivity doubled to about 18 per cent in the same period.
  The increase in COVID-19 numbers
  
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• Canada seeks medal glory at men’s basketball World Cup as well as sustained success

  08-09-2023 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s men’s basketball team has accomplished its highest-ever finish at a men’s World Cup, but staff and players are aiming to take those first-time accomplishments a step further: a medal.
  The Canadians fell 95-86 to Serbia in the semifinals as the team’s bid to make the World Cup final fell short.
  Instead, they will meet the United States on Sunday for the bronze medal.
  “I know this is emotional for everybody, but I know these guys will do whatever it takes to
  
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• BoC likely done raising interest rates, despite job gains last month: economists

  08-09-2023 20:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Canadian economy added more jobs than expected in August, but most forecasters still believe the Bank of Canada is done raising interest rates as overall trends in the economy point to a slowdown.
  Statistics Canada reported Friday the economy added 40,000 jobs last month — double the consensus expectation from economists.
  The employment gain was just enough for the jobless rate to hold steady at 5.5 per cent, ending a three-month streak of rising unemployment.
  “Can
  
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• Regulator yanks thousands of wells from troubled oil company, transfers for cleanup

  08-09-2023 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Alberta’s energy regulator has transferred thousands of oil and gas wells and other facilities held by a troubled Calgary company to the group that’s responsible for cleaning up poorly maintained or abandoned sites.In an order issued Monday, the regulator has told AlphaBow Energy that it is no longer allowed on the sites it owns and has transferred control to the Orphan Well Association.
  Regulatory documents show more than 3,000 wells, 2,700 pipeline segments and 350 facilities are a
  
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• Canadian forward Deanne Rose signs two-year deal with England’s Leicester City

  08-09-2023 20:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LEICESTER, United Kingdom — Canadian international forward Deanne Rose has joined England’s Leicester City.
  The 24-year-old from Alliston, Ont., arrives on a free transfer from Reading, which was relegated after being after being beaten by Chelsea on the final day of the FA Women’s Super League season. 
  The Reading women have since moved to a part-time setup. 
  “This league is the best in the world and I’m excited to be a part of it,” Rose told the Le
  
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• Joffre Lakes Park in B.C. stays shut another week after First Nations closure

  08-09-2023 19:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s environment minister says Joffre Lakes Provincial Park will remain closed until next Friday, after public access was shut down by two First Nations more than two weeks ago.
  George Heyman says in a statement that the government has been in discussion with the Lil’wat and N’Quatqua First Nations about their decision to halt access to “harvest and gather” resources in the territory.
  The First Nations had originally said the park wou
  
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• Elks look to avenge last minute collapse against Stampeders in rematch

  08-09-2023 19:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Selfish plays. Too many players getting caught out of position. Bad penalties.
  The Edmonton Elks’ (2-10) defensive players are still seething about Monday’s 35-31 loss to the Calgary Stampeder where they blew a 15-point fourth-quarter lead.
  But the Elks hope the tables will turn when the Stamps (4-8) visit Commonwealth Stadium Saturday.
  “We take the onus on ourselves, knowing that we pretty much lost the game in the fourth quarter,” veteran defensive back
  
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• Chiefs open preseason with a pair of weekend games

  08-09-2023 19:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Chiefs open a new era of hockey in the B.C. Hockey League Friday (Sept 8) evening at the Chilliwack Coliseum.When the Chiefs host the Prince George Spruce Kings at 7 p.m. in their first preseason game, they will be playing their first game in the independent BCHL.
  The league is entering its 62nd year and until now, operated as a member of Hockey Canada.But with a vote last year, the league’s teams chose to operate as an independent league.
  The BCHL says it
  
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• 4R's Learning Centre bringing Chilliwack to Courtenay - Comox Valley Record

  08-09-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
  4R's Learning Centre bringing Chilliwack to Courtenay  Comox Valley Record
  
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• Canadian middleweight Marc-Andre Barriault looks for third straight UFC win

  08-09-2023 19:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian middleweight Marc-Andre (Power Bar) Barriault will look to extend his UFC win streak to three when he takes on Brazil’s Michel (Demolidor) Pereira on a UFC Fight Night card next month in Las Vegas.
  Barriault (16-6-0) is coming off victories over Americans Eryk (Ya Boi) Anders and Julian (The Cuban Missile Crisis) Marquez.
  The 33-year-old native of Gatineau, Que., who now makes his home in South Florida, has won three of his last four. Barriault, who lost his first three bouts in t
  
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• Highway closure has Summerland winery GM paragliding to work - Chilliwack Progress

  08-09-2023 19:20 via news.google.com
  
  Highway closure has Summerland winery GM paragliding to work  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. teen model headed for Paris runway, Times Square jumbotron - Chilliwack Progress

  08-09-2023 19:20 via news.google.com
  
  B.C. teen model headed for Paris runway, Times Square jumbotron  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Langley film studio ditches diesel for green power - Chilliwack Progress

  08-09-2023 19:18 via news.google.com
  
  Langley film studio ditches diesel for green power  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• PHOTOS: Harrison Sunflower Festival offers peace in the valley - Chilliwack Progress

  08-09-2023 19:14 via news.google.com
  
  PHOTOS: Harrison Sunflower Festival offers peace in the valley  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Hockey Canada summit puts elite men’s hockey under the microscope

  08-09-2023 19:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The closed door of the locker room and violence presented as toughness were among the themes kicking off Hockey Canada’s Beyond The Boards Summit.
  The two-day summit in Calgary tackles toxic masculinity in elite men’s hockey as a root problem that causes racism, sexism and homophobia in the game.
  Attendees also heard how toxic masculinity also hurts men playing hockey.
  Hockey Canada is under pressure to change its culture and that of hockey following reports and alleg
  
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• Ottawa school bus routes cancelled for thousands of students due to driver shortage

  08-09-2023 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Thousands of Ottawa parents are still scrambling to find a way to get their kids to school after their buses were suddenly cancelled because of a driver shortage.
  About 7,500 students are affected after the bus service for both the Ottawa public and catholic school boards cancelled 300 routes just before schools opened this week.
  The Ottawa Student Transportation Authority says the city’s rural west end is among the hardest hit areas after a bus company that was to operate 3
  
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• Restorative Cycle, which offers repaired bikes at lower prices, to hold Chilliwack grand opening Saturday

  08-09-2023 19:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Restorative Justice executive director Steve Roukema recognizes that the cost of a new bike can be problematic for many Chilliwack families, as well as those experiencing homelessness.To that end, a new bike shop in downtown Chilliwack aims to provide lower-cost bicycles for families and individuals that could use them, while raising funds for the work that Chilliwack Restorative Justice does in Chilliwack schools and the broader community.Restorative Cycle is set t
  
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• Is hurricane Lee headed for Canada? The ‘spaghetti models’ can be misleading: expert

  08-09-2023 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — For residents of Canada’s East Coast, some of the latest images showing the potential path northward for a rapidly intensifying hurricane Lee are disturbing.
  By combining multiple computer-generated forecasts, meteorologists have produced maps of the western Atlantic Ocean that suggest the powerful storm could slam into the Maritimes late next week.
  But an expert says these long-range models are of little use beyond about five days.
  Chris Fogarty, program manager at the Can
  
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• ‘Low-key’ King Charles focused on Indigenous reconciliation in first year on throne

  08-09-2023 18:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Chadwick Cowie says he’s feeling cautiously optimistic about King Charles III’s relationship with Indigenous Peoples in Canada after meeting the monarch at a July garden party in Scotland.
  Cowie, who was invited to attend as part of a delegation from the Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg — or Mississauga — Nation in Ontario, said that as 8,000 guests waited for the King’s attention, Charles spent 15 minutes of the two-hour event talking to the Indigenous gro
  
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• Man dies after being struck by a car on Lougheed Highway: Mission RCMP

  08-09-2023 18:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mission RCMP say a man has died after apparently being struck by a vehicle in the 32000 block of Lougheed Highway Thursday night in Mission.
  In a news statement, Mission RCMP responded to a report of a collision on Thursday, Sept. 7 at 9:35 p.m. Initial reports indicated a pedestrian had been hit by a car. Mission Fire Rescue Service and BC Ambulance Services responded to the scene. A male victim was located and life-saving efforts were initiated but the man died from his injurie
  
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• Pelosi says she’ll run for reelection in 2024 as Democrats try to win back House majority

  08-09-2023 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday she will run for reelection to another term in Congress as Democrats work to win back the majority in 2024.First elected to Congress in 1987, the Democratic leader made history becoming the first female speaker in 2007, and in 2019 she regained the speaker’s gavel.Pelosi led the party through substantial legislative achievements, including passage of the Affordable Care Act, as well as turbulent times with two impeachmen
  
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• B.C.’s Cantonese speakers fight to preserve language amid uncertainty in Hong Kong

  08-09-2023 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  You wouldn’t know that Cantonese is under threat, judging from the food court of the Parker Place shopping mall in Richmond, B.C., the most ethnically Chinese city in the world outside Asia.
  All around, tables of diners young and old meet to “chui sui” — literally, to “blow water,” or gossip — in the language that originated in southern China and Hong Kong.
  Charles Chan, who immigrated to British Columbia from Hong Kong 40 years ago, said he raised his c
  
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• Quebec man facing arson charges in northern wildfires detained ahead of bail hearing

  08-09-2023 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A Quebec man facing arson charges in connection with forest fires in the province’s north during the spring and summer will remain detained ahead of a bail hearing on Monday.
  Quebec provincial police say 37-year-old Brian Paré of Chibougamau, Que., was charged with two counts of arson on Thursday.
  Prosecutors say the charges are in connection with a fire that was allegedly ignited deliberately in a forest between July 8 and Tuesday, and a second blaze at a fishing cabin around May 3
  
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• Hockey Canada still needs more culture change: sports minister - Chilliwack Progress

  08-09-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
  
  Hockey Canada still needs more culture change: sports minister  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Roadblock: Blue Jays radio broadcasters won’t be returning to road this season

  08-09-2023 17:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — In a change from last year, the Toronto Blue Jays’ radio rights-holder will not resume in-person broadcasts of road games as the team enters the playoff stretch drive. 
  The decision was confirmed by a Sportsnet spokesperson via email. 
  The network used remote coverage in 2022 before shifting back to traditional in-person road broadcasts for most of the second half of last season. 
  In 2023, radio broadcasters went back to a pandemic-style setup of calling road
  
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• Canada coach stays loyal to World Cup veterans in choosing Olympic playoff roster

  08-09-2023 17:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada coach Bev Priestman has stayed loyal to her World Cup squad, selecting 21 of the 23 tournament players for an Olympic qualifying playoff with Jamaica later this month.
  The Olympic champion Canadian women, who fell to 10th in the world rankings from seventh after failing to survive the group stage in Australia, open the two-game series Sept. 22 in Kingston Jamaica, before hosting the 37th-ranked Reggae Girlz four days later at Toronto’s BMO Field.
  Canada has won all nine previous mee
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Investing in our schools for a successful year

  08-09-2023 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  This week, students are going back to school in communities across B.C. Whether it’s the first day of kindergarten or the start of Grade 12, this week always brings anticipation, excitement, and friends old and new.
  School helps to shape our kids’ lives, and their futures. That’s why we are always investing in B.C.’s schools, to make sure students have what they need to thrive.Since New Democrats formed government in 2017, we’ve dedicated almost $3.9 billion towards
  
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