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• Highway 97 north of Summerland to reopen in both directions - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2023 23:54 via news.google.com
  
  Highway 97 north of Summerland to reopen in both directions  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Redblacks look to overcome frustrations and close out against Roughriders

  21-09-2023 23:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Frustrations are starting to boil over for the Ottawa Redblacks.
  Ottawa (3-10) is mired in a seven-game losing streak and sits last in the CFL’s East Division heading into a game against the visiting Saskatchewan Roughriders (6-7) Friday night.
  Tensions came to a head Wednesday at practice when a fight broke out among players.
  Head coach Bob Dyce downplayed the event Thursday, saying he was surprised he was even being asked about it.
  “It happens, it happens all the tim
  
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• Blue Jays slugger Guerrero not in starting lineup for series finale in New York

  21-09-2023 23:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was held out of the starting lineup for a second straight day on Thursday as he rests a sore knee.
  Spencer Horwitz was given the start at first base for the finale of the three-game series at Yankee Stadium.
  Guerrero experienced some right knee discomfort in Toronto’s 7-1 win over New York on Tuesday night. He was replaced by a pinch-runner after reaching base in the ninth inning.
  Guerrero was slated to serve as designated hi
  
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• Up to 10 per cent of Quebec health-care workers have experienced long COVID: study

  21-09-2023 23:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A study by Quebec’s public health institute has found that between six and 10 per cent of the province’s health-care workers have experienced long COVID. 
  The study, whose preliminary results were presented today at a Montreal conference on long COVID, found that one-third of workers said they have had severe symptoms and more than half had experienced symptoms for at least a year.
  Dr. Sara Carazo, the study’s author and an epidemiologist at the institute,
  
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• Ireland and Springboks set for monster clash of No. 1 vs. No. 2 at the Rugby World Cup

  21-09-2023 23:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — France playing New Zealand to open the Rugby World Cup was a big deal.
  Stade de France was packed and record numbers of eyeballs were drawn to European televisions, some audiences eclipsing the men’s soccer World Cup.
  That was a ranking matchup of No. 3 vs. No. 4.
  Stade de France will be bursting again on Saturday night when No. 1 plays No. 2 in a much bigger deal.
  Top-ranked Ireland and defending champion South Africa meet for the first time in Rugby World Cup history.
  
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• Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin averts questions over sudden absence last year in playoffs

  21-09-2023 23:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Colorado Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin deflected questions Thursday concerning his sudden absence from a playoff series last season for what the team explained at the time was personal reasons.
  Nichushkin missed the final five postseason games of a first-round loss to Seattle. In a brief chat following the opening of training camp, Nichushkin thanked “everybody” for their support. But when asked if there was anything he wanted to clear up about wha
  
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• Ontario women accused of fraud after Inuit status with Nunavut groups questioned

  21-09-2023 22:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut RCMP have charged three women after receiving a complaint that they used Inuit status to defraud two organizations.
  RCMP say that between October 2016 and September 2022, the Ontario-based women applied for and obtained Inuit beneficiary status as adopted children through the land-claim body Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.Mounties alleged Thursday that the women used the status to defraud the Kakivak Association and Qikiqtani Inuit Association of funds only available to I
  
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• Hellebuyck, Scheifele on expiring deals, but are focused on the present in Winnipeg

  21-09-2023 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Whether the fates of two star players align with the Winnipeg Jets’ future plans remains to be seen.
  Starting goalie Connor Hellebuyck and top centre Mark Scheifele both spoke to the media about playing on expiring contracts after the team’s first on-ice session of training camp on Thursday.
  Their focus is on the here and now.
  “I have an open mind. I’m not closing the door to anywhere,” Hellebuyck said. “I’m going to look at anywhere tha
  
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• Canucks star Pettersson unfazed by contract uncertainty as training camp opens

  21-09-2023 22:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Vancouver Canucks star forward Elias Pettersson says starting the National Hockey League season without a signed contract extension will not be a “distraction” to him.
  Pettersson, 24, made the comments about his contract situation today as the Canucks hit the ice for their first training camp workout in Victoria.
  The Swedish sniper, who notched 39 goals and 102 points last season, is in the final year of his three-year, $22-million contract and will become a restrict
  
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• Canadian Premier League revamps trophy case with new hardware up for grabs

  21-09-2023 22:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Canadian Premier League is revamping its trophy case.
  A new trophy, the Canadian Premier League Shield, will be presented to the regular-season winner. And the North Star Cup will replace the North Star Shield, which was previously awarded to the CPL’s playoff champion from 2019 to 2022.
  The league unveiled the new CPL Shield trophy Thursday. The new North Star Shield will be revealed as part of the festivities surrounding the CPL final, scheduled for either Oct. 28 or
  
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• Hope RCMP asking for public’s help in finding missing teenager from Hope

  21-09-2023 22:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — Hope RCMP are asking for the public’s help in locating a teenager from Hope who was last seen about a week ago.
  According to an email from Sgt. Michael Sargent, Hope RCMP are requesting the public’s assistance in locating Emily Jones-Mitchell, 15, of Hope. Emily Jones-Mitchell was last seen leaving her residence in Hope, BC on Friday, September 15 at 7 p.m.
  Emily Jones-Mitchell is described as:Caucasian female
  Height: 168 cm (5’ 6)
  Weight: 50 kgs (110 lbs)
  Hair: Bl
  
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• Opening of supportive housing building in Chilliwack, west of Young Road, delayed until 2024

  21-09-2023 22:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The opening of a new supportive housing building and related shelter about one block of Young Road in Chilliwack has been delayed several months until 2024.
  According to an email Thursday afternoon from Tim Chamberlin, senior communications advisor for BC Housing, the new supportive housing building and shelter at 45857 Trethewey Avenue is now expected to open spring 2024.It previously had an opening date of fall 2023.“Construction was initially expected to complete this
  
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• Ibrahim Ali trial: Sex assault expert compares dead girl’s injuries to childbirth

  21-09-2023 22:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A sexual assault expert testifying at the trial of a man accused of killing a 13-year-old girl in a B.C. park says she suffered injuries more consistent with childbirth that would have made it difficult for her to walk.
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  Dr. Tracy Pickett, who specializes in emergency and clinical forensic medicine, says the laceration to the girl’s vagina happened before her death and is “very uncommon.”
  She told the British Co
  
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• Team Europe looks to reclaim Laver Cup title in Vancouver

  21-09-2023 22:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Members of Team Europe at the Laver Cup say they’re looking for redemption after losing the tournament for the first time last year.
  Team Europe has won four of five iterations of the competition, losing last year in London which also marked Swiss icon Roger Federer’s last competitive game.
  Captain Bjorn Borg says he and his players hate losing, and last year’s failure has stuck with them.
  The Swedish former tennis great says he and vice-captain Thomas Enqvist
  
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• Chilliwack School District still finalizing 700 bus registrations 3 weeks into new school year

  21-09-2023 22:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack School District transportation department continues to process an estimated 700 bus registrations still outstanding in the third week of the 2023-24 school year.
  According to a letter from the Chilliwack School District dated September 21 and posted on the Chilliwack District Parent Advisory Council Facebook page, the SD33 transportation department notified Chilliwack DPAC that it received approximately 4,000 bus registrations for the 2023-24 school year.“
  
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• Report: Blue Jays pitcher Manoah shut down, has received multiple injections in arm

  21-09-2023 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah has received multiple injections in his pitching arm in recent weeks and been shut down for the season, an online report said Thursday.Manoah, who was the team’s Opening Day starter but struggled for most of the year, hasn’t pitched in a game since Aug. 10. He was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo the next day.In a sourced story on Sportsnet, the website reported Manoah has seen several specialists in the last month and is continuing to meet with
  
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• Japan, Canada pledge more co-operation on battery supply chains, AI technology

  21-09-2023 21:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A new battery supply-chain agreement between Ottawa and Tokyo comes as Canada wants to expand its position in the battery industry and Japan seeks to secure access to lucrative American EV subsidies for its automakers.
  Japan’s industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said today that the move also comes as the two countries seek out like-minded allies in a world with increasing geopolitical tension.
  He only specifically mentioned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but both Cana
  
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• Most of Canada’s dangerous offenders housed in medium- and minimum-security prisons

  21-09-2023 21:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Federal statistics show most of the 700 offenders deemed most dangerous in Canada are housed in medium- and minimum-security prisons. 
  The data were tabled in Parliament in response to a written question from Frank Caputo, a Conservative member of Parliament from British Columbia. 
  His query came after news broke that notorious serial killer and rapist Paul Bernardo had been transferred to a medium-security prison in Quebec from his maximum-security lodgings at Ontario&r
  
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• B.C. court cites Korean filial tradition in payout to parents over son’s death

  21-09-2023 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has awarded more than $327,000 to the parents of a teenager killed in 2019 for the “likely hypothetical future” care their son would have provided under Korean tradition. 
  Eric Shim died after being struck by a vehicle at the age of 17, just three months before he was to graduate from high school.
  The ruling says Shim moved to Nanaimo, B.C., with his family from South Korea when he was 10, and his parents sued the driver a
  
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• Jets sign forward Colby Barlow to three-year, entry-level contract

  21-09-2023 21:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have signed first-round pick Colby Barlow on a three-year, entry-level contract.
  The deal carries an annual average value of US$1.2 million.
  The Jets selected Barlow 18th overall at the 2023 NHL draft after he had 79 points (46 goals, 33 assists) in 59 games with the Ontario Hockey League’s Owen Sound Attack last season.
  The 18-year-old added three goals in four playoff games. 
  In two seasons with Owen Sound, Barlow has 126 points (76 goals, 50 assis
  
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• Property Brother Drew Scott joins WHL Giants ownership group - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2023 21:00 via news.google.com
  
  Property Brother Drew Scott joins WHL Giants ownership group  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Ticats remain hopeful that quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell will return this season

  21-09-2023 20:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats still remain hopeful about quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell’s return.
  Mitchell, 33, suffered a lower-leg fracture in Hamilton’s 16-12 home win over Ottawa on July 28. He had surgery and went on the six-game injured list with the expectation he could return to the team later in the season.
  On Thursday, while the Ticats practised at Tim Hortons Field, Mitchell threw in the opposite end zone and did resistance training without a limp or any noticeabl
  
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• Canada women looking forward not back as they take on Reggae Girlz in Olympic playoff

  21-09-2023 20:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Olympic champion Canada returns to action Friday for the first time since a disappointing showing at the FIFA Women’s World Cup, facing Jamaica in a two-legged playoff to determine the last CONCACAF entry in the 12-county field for the 2024 Paris Games.
  After a camp in Florida, the Canadians left Thursday for Jamaica and the series opener at the National Stadium in Kingston. The rematch is Tuesday at Toronto’s BMO Field.
  Defender Sydney Collins, a relative newcomer to the squad, says
  
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• Young Ukrainian hockey players await Quebec government OK to attend English school

  21-09-2023 20:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A half-dozen boys from Ukraine who played this year in Quebec City’s famed peewee hockey tournament have been sidelined since returning to the province to attend high school.
  The youngsters arrived in Quebec on Sept. 1 but so far have not been able to attend an English high school in the Quebec City area as planned because they don’t have provincial Education Department authorization.
  Sean Bérubé, a Quebec City businessman, helped arrange for the team o
  
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• Suspect in double-homicide near Chilliwack released from jail - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
  Suspect in double-homicide near Chilliwack released from jail  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Sts'ailes firefighter dies in head-on crash - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
  Sts'ailes firefighter dies in head-on crash  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Drew Scott of ‘Property Brothers’ joins Vancouver Giants ownership group

  21-09-2023 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Giants have added another celebrity to their ownership group.
  The Western Hockey League team announced Thursday that Drew Scott, best known as co-star of the television show “Property Brothers,” is joining star singer Michael Bublé as part-owner of the club.
  Scott, who is from Vancouver, is the co-founder of lifestyle and entertainment company Scott Brothers along with his twin brother Jonathan.
  The Giants ownership also includes majority owner
  
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• Michael Kovrig urges unity against hostage diplomacy, as Canada helps craft rules

  21-09-2023 20:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A Canadian man who was held in China for nearly three years is calling on governments around the world to co-ordinate sanctions and travel bans on states that arrest foreigners for political reasons.
  Michael Kovrig says support from Canadian consular officials and the public buoyed him during his detention in China, where he and fellow Canadian Michael Spavor were arrested in December 2018.
  China was widely viewed to have detained the men in retaliation for arrest of Chinese tech
  
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• Senators sign defenceman Djibril Toure to three-year, entry-level contract

  21-09-2023 20:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have signed amateur tryout defenceman Djibril Toure to a three-year, entry-level contract.
  The 20-year-old from Dorval, Que., had 16 points (five goals, 11 assists) and a team-leading 91 penalty minutes over 57 regular-season games as a rookie with the Ontario Hockey League’s Sudbury Wolves last season.
  He also had an assist and a team-leading 12 penalty minutes in four playoff games against Peterborough.
  Toure split the 2021-22 season between the Central
  
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• Cat hitches ride from Penticton to Dawson Creek - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
  Cat hitches ride from Penticton to Dawson Creek  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• 30 Dachshunds seized from Okanagan breeder - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
  30 Dachshunds seized from Okanagan breeder  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• ‘Breath of fresh air’: Pearson excited for new opportunity with Canadiens

  21-09-2023 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Tanner Pearson’s initial reaction to being traded brought a combination of feelings.
  The veteran forward was sent to the Montreal Canadiens along with a 2025 third-round pick by the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday, in exchange for goaltender Casey DeSmith. Pearson was in attendance for the first day of training camp with his new team on Thursday.
  “Obviously mixed emotions,” the 31-year-old told reporters in Montreal. “Really close with the guys in Van but ex
  
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• B.C. couple edged in finale of 'The Amazing Race Canada' - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2023 19:46 via news.google.com
  
  B.C. couple edged in finale of 'The Amazing Race Canada'  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Snowboarder who broke spine falling from Whistler chairlift sues resort - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2023 19:45 via news.google.com
  
  Snowboarder who broke spine falling from Whistler chairlift sues resort  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Extradition appeal tied to B.C. development rejected by Supreme ... - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2023 19:41 via news.google.com
  
  Extradition appeal tied to B.C. development rejected by Supreme ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada’s Larry Jackson a ‘rock star’ after driving NASCAR in Wonder bread ad

  21-09-2023 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Larry Jackson has been firefighter of the year twice. He’s raced in the NASCAR Pinty’s Series for more than a decade.
  But doing doughnuts in the Wonder Bread car for a TV commercial? That’s what finally convinced his teenage daughter that he’s cool.
  “There was, I don’t know, like 100 people on set there and they’ve got these $300,000 cameras on the car and it was just a really, really cool event,” said Jackson from his home in Oakville, Ont. &ldquo
  
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• Fox News mogul Rupert Murdoch steps down as active leader - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
  Fox News mogul Rupert Murdoch steps down as active leader  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. Green leader accuses health minister, NDP of quiet quitting - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
  B.C. Green leader accuses health minister, NDP of quiet quitting  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• UBCM delegates reject motion that would allow unvaccinated healthcare workers back in BC

  21-09-2023 19:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Delegates at the Union of BC Municipalities conference in Vancouver have rejected a motion Thursday morning (Sept. 21) that would call on the provincial government to repeal the vaccine mandate for all health care workers in BC, given the incessant shortage of qualified staff throughout the province.
  According to information provided by Chilliwack Councillor Chris Kloot, who is one of several council members at the 2023 UBCM conference, the resolution states: “Whereas Bri
  
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• Quebec health-care establishments argue against allowing COVID-19 class action

  21-09-2023 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A lawyer for Quebec’s regional health authorities says a proposed class-action lawsuit on behalf of residents of long-term care homes that had COVID-19 outbreaks should not go forward.
  Jonathan Desjardins-Mallette told Quebec Superior Court today that the evidence in the case concerns major outbreaks that prompted crises in specific long-term care centres, but not all facilities were in the same situation.
  If the case is allowed to go ahead, it would cover all residents of
  
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• Langley's Dallas Smith headlining Abbotsford's Winter Break Up ... - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
  Langley's Dallas Smith headlining Abbotsford's Winter Break Up ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Tropical storm warning issued for US East Coast ahead of potential cyclone, forecasters say

  21-09-2023 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A tropical storm warning was issued Thursday from coastal North Carolina to Delaware ahead of a potential tropical cyclone that’s headed toward the East Coast.
  The National Hurricane Center announced “Potential Tropical Cyclone Sixteen” on Thursday morning. The disturbance was located about 370 miles (595 kilometers) southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, forecasters said, and moving north at 9 mph (15 kph).
  The tropical storm warning is in effect from Cape
  
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• Nesting cormorants — and their droppings — are taking over a harbour in Nova Scotia

  21-09-2023 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SYDNEY, N.S. — It’s a battle in the skies — and so far, the bombing cormorants sowing scatological havoc in a Nova Scotia harbour are winning.
  The Crown corporation that operates a ferry service from the harbour in Sydney, N.S., says it will form a task force to evict the cormorants strewing droppings and seaweed throughout the terminal and piers.
  The waterfowl have coated the docks in so much guano that there are designated stations for people to clean their soiled shoes.
  This
  
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• Elks confident under Ford as they look to avenge two shutout losses to Lions

  21-09-2023 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — In two previous meetings this season, the B.C. Lions have outscored the Edmonton Elks by a combined score of 49-0.
  Two blowouts. Two shutouts. 
  But that was then, when the Elks were in the midst of a nine-game losing streak to begin the season. Now, with Tre Ford at quarterback, the Elks have won four of their last five, and in that span they are averaging more than 200 yards rushing per game. 
  The 9-4 Lions can clinch a playoff spot if they can beat the Elks again whe
  
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• Defenceman Oliver Kylington to miss start of Flames’ training camp due

  21-09-2023 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The Calgary Flames say defenceman Oliver Kylington was deemed unable to take part in the opening of training camp on Thursday.
  The determination was made following the team’s medical and fitness testing on Wednesday. No other details were release as the Flames called the situation a private and personal matter. 
  Kylington, 26, did not play last season due to an undisclosed personal issue.
  The native of Stockholm, Sweden has played 168 games over parts of five seasons w
  
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• Four-time Olympian, nine-time World Cup medallist Chris Spring retires from bobsled

  21-09-2023 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Veteran Canadian bobsled pilot Chris Spring has announced his retirement, ending a career that included nine World Cup medals and four Olympic appearances.
  Spring’s career highlights include back-to-back World Cup gold in the two-man bobsled at Whistler, B.C. (2016, 2017).
  He added a sliver and two bronze in two-man bobsled and four bronze piloting a four-man sled over his World Cup career. He finished third overall in two-man over the 2017-18 season, with teammate Justin K
  
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• Small plane crash on Vancouver Island; TSB deployed - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
  Small plane crash on Vancouver Island; TSB deployed  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Licences yanked after transport truck plows into B.C. highway ... - Chilliwack Progress

  21-09-2023 17:40 via news.google.com
  
  Licences yanked after transport truck plows into B.C. highway ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Tensions between Canada, India escalate following Ottawa’s accusation over killing

  21-09-2023 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Tensions between Canada and India worsened today following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s claim that India may have been involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen.
  India halted all visa services for citizens of Canada and said it anticipates Ottawa will reduce its diplomatic presence in India. 
  Trudeau told Parliament on Monday there were “credible allegations” of Indian involvement in the killing of Sikh independence activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who
  
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• Man executed for the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student

  21-09-2023 17:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma executed an inmate Thursday for the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student — a case that went unsolved for years until DNA from the crime scene matched a man serving prison time for burglary.
  Anthony Sanchez, 44, was pronounced dead at 10:19 a.m. following a three-drug injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. He had taken the unusual step of opting not to present a clemency application to the state’s Pardon and
  
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