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• Canadian women set out to take another step forward with Olympic berth on the line

  25-09-2023 23:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canada women’s soccer head coach Bev Priestman says her squad is ready to take another step forward on Tuesday.
  Canada will host Jamaica at Toronto’s BMO Field in the second of a two-legged playoff to determine the final CONCACAF entry for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
  The 10th-ranked Canadians defeated No. 37 Jamaica on Friday 2-0 in Kingston, Jamaica. That two-goal edge means Canada could qualify with even a 1-0 loss on aggregate.
  It was Canada’s first match since
  
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• Walmart stitching together new identity for its clothing department - Chilliwack Progress

  25-09-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  
  Walmart stitching together new identity for its clothing department  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• MISSING: Williams Lake RCMP hoping to locate Elliott Dester - Chilliwack Progress

  25-09-2023 23:20 via news.google.com
  
  MISSING: Williams Lake RCMP hoping to locate Elliott Dester  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Toronto Blue Jays playoff hopes all come down to six-game homestand

  25-09-2023 23:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays’ post-season fate will be determined this week.
  Toronto will host the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays in a six-game homestand starting Tuesday.
  The Blue Jays hold the second of three American League wild-card berths.
  How Toronto fares against the Yankees and Rays will help determine if the Blue Jays finish second or third in the wild-card race.
  Three AL West teams will also have some control on the wild-card picture, with the Texas Rangers, Houston
  
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• Three fishers die after boat sinks off Quebec coast, three others rescued

  25-09-2023 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say three people are dead after a fishing boat sunk off the province’s Lower North Shore early this morning.
  The Canadian Coast Guard says six people were aboard the Silver Condor, out of Blanc Sablon, Que., about 1,300 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
  The Coast Guard says it received a distress signal from the boat shortly after 2:30 a.m.
  Two Coast Guard vessels and an Armed Forces Cormorant helicopter were dispatched to the scene, and all six of
  
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• Mamba Fight League debuting in Langley on Friday - Chilliwack Progress

  25-09-2023 23:12 via news.google.com
  
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• Federal minister criticizes Manitoba Tory ad that cites rejection of landfill search

  25-09-2023 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s Progressive Conservatives came under fire Monday for taking out a newspaper ad that highlights, in part, the province’s decision to not search a landfill for the remains of two Indigenous women.
  The full-page ad, on Saturday in the Winnipeg Free Press, touts the governing Tories’ promises on a few issues including tax cuts and violent crime. On the decision to not search the Prairie Green Landfill, the words “Stand Firm” appear in large t
  
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• Canada names new ambassador to Armenia amid Nagorno-Karabakh tensions

  25-09-2023 23:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s government has announced the ambassador who is to helm a new embassy in Armenia at a time of escalating military conflict in neighbouring Azerbaijan.
  Andrew Turner, a career diplomat, will be posted to Yerevan as soon as next month, as the Liberals try to form closer ties with countries moving away from Russia’s orbit.
  Turner’s background primarily involves postings in the Middle East, though he has also helped shape Ottawa’s response to tensions b
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Regulator rules in favour of Trans Mountain route deviation

  25-09-2023 22:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The Canada Energy Regulator has approved Trans Mountain Corp.’s application to modify the pipeline’s route.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Report finds long-term facilities’ profit outpacing staff, care costs in B.C.

  25-09-2023 22:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — A report from British Columbia’s advocate for seniors says profits for contracted long-term care facilities are growing significantly faster than expenses such as as direct care costs and staff wages.
  Isobel Mackenzie says in her latest report that a review of 181 facilities contracted to provide long-term care shows profit in 2022 increased 113 per cent over five years.
  Mackenzie says the cost of supplies and administration during that same time time rose 61 per cent, whi
  
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• Cost of living: Pepsi and Coca-Cola absent in meeting with federal industry minister

  25-09-2023 22:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s industry minister made a point of calling out Pepsi and Coca-Cola for not sending representatives to a meeting he convened on Monday with manufacturing companies to discuss stabilizing grocery prices.
  François-Philippe Champagne singled out the two companies when asked by a journalist what the consequences would be if major industry players did not succeed in stopping high inflation. 
  “This morning, (their CEOs) did not attend the meeting,” Champagne said o
  
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• Accused in Chilliwack double-murder confronted outside court - CTV News Vancouver

  25-09-2023 22:36 via news.google.com
  
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• Accused in Chilliwack double-murder confronted outside court | CTV ... - CTV News Vancouver

  25-09-2023 22:36 via news.google.com
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• New immigration minister says one-click citizenship oath still worth considering

  25-09-2023 22:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Marc Miller says the controversial idea to allow new Canadians to take their oath of citizenship with the click of a button is still a good option that’s worth considering, but there are no immediate plans for implementation. 
  The government asked for public feedback in February about the idea to allow new Canadians to skip a virtual or in-person ceremony and opt instead to take the oath with the click of a mouse. 
  Sean Fraser, the immigration
  
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• Groups call for more careful consideration of artificial intelligence measures

  25-09-2023 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Dozens of civil society organizations, experts and academics are calling on the Liberal government to remove proposed measures on artificial intelligence from a federal privacy bill, saying they must be considered separately. 
  The Liberals introduced privacy legislation last year to give Canadians more control over how their personal data is used by commercial entities, impose fines for non-compliant organizations and introduce new rules for the use of artificial intelligence
  
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• Highway 1 east of Golden closed for 11 days - Chilliwack Progress

  25-09-2023 22:15 via news.google.com
  
  Highway 1 east of Golden closed for 11 days  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Environment Canada warns B.C. coast to prepare for heavy winds, rain after drought

  25-09-2023 22:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Coastal British Columbia is experiencing its first fall storm of the season and while significant winds and rainfall are typical for the area, an extended drought has created conditions that are “more out of the ordinary,” says an Environment Canada meteorologist.
  The drought has weakened trees, Alyssa Charbonneau said in an interview Monday. 
  It leaves the potential for more fallen trees or branches, setting off power outages and the potential for injury or da
  
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• 'Deeply embarrassing': speaker's resignation called for after Nazi ... - Chilliwack Progress

  25-09-2023 22:10 via news.google.com
  
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• Honouring Chilliwack seniors with a pair of tasty events - Chilliwack Progress

  25-09-2023 22:08 via news.google.com
  
  Honouring Chilliwack seniors with a pair of tasty events  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Goaltender Ty Young signs entry-level deal with Vancouver Canucks

  25-09-2023 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Goaltender Ty Young has agreed to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Vancouver Canucks.
  Young was selected in the fifth round, 144th overall, in the 2022 NHL Entry draft.
  The 19-year-old Young appeared in a career-high 34 games for the Western Hockey League’s Prince George Cougars last season.
  He had a15-13-13 record with a 3.89 goals-against average and .889 save percentage. 
  Young split his 2021-22 season between the Cougars and the AJHL’s Calgary Ca
  
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• Moment of silence for fallen RCMP officer at Langley council - Chilliwack Progress

  25-09-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
  Moment of silence for fallen RCMP officer at Langley council  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack observes National Day of Truth and Reconciliation over 2 ... - Chilliwack Progress

  25-09-2023 21:45 via news.google.com
  
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• 33-year-old charged with aggravated assault following domestic violence incident: AbbyPD

  25-09-2023 21:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department says a 33-year-old faces two counts of aggravated assault as the result of an investigation by its Major Crime Unit.
  According to a news release from Constable Art Stele, media relations spokesperson for the AbbyPD, 33-year-old Tu Cuong Tran is facing two counts of aggravated assault stemming from a reported stabbing that happened just over a week ago.On Saturday, September 16, at 6:49 p.m., AbbyPD responded to a reported a stabbing at a reside
  
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• Toxic drugs leading cause of death in B.C. for those age 10 to 59: coroner

  25-09-2023 21:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s coroner says drug toxicity is the leading cause of death in the province for those aged 10 to 59, far larger than homicides, suicides, accidents and natural diseases combined. 
  The statistic comes as the latest figures are released for August, saying there were 174 toxic-drug deaths last month. 
  The numbers represent the lowest monthly death toll recorded since June of 2022, however the coroners’ service cautions that the data is prelimin
  
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• Lawyer challenges federal decision to deny help to woman with six children in Syria

  25-09-2023 21:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A lawyer is asking the Federal Court to direct the Canadian government to repatriate a Quebec woman being held in a Syrian detention camp with her six children.
  The woman’s lawyer, Lawrence Greenspon, says in a newly filed application that Ottawa’s refusal to help her return to Canada means indefinite detention overseas, which is “tantamount to exile.”
  The family is among the many foreign nationals in Syrian camps run by Kurdish forces that took back the wa
  
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• Golf Canada names squads for World Amateur Team Championships

  25-09-2023 21:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OAKVILLE, Ont. — Lauren Kim of Surrey, B.C., headlines Golf Canada’s two squads for the upcoming World Amateur Team Championships.
  Kim will be competing for the Espirito Santo Trophy along with Monet Chun of Richmond Hill, Ont., and Katie Cranston of Oakville, Ont. The team will be led by women’s head coach, Salimah Mussani.
  Piercen Hunt of Hartland, Wis., Ashton McCulloch of Kingston, Ont., and Brady McKinlay, 22, of Lacombe, Alta., will compete for the men’s Eisenhower
  
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• Patient hospitalized after vehicle overturns on Lickman Road in Chilliwack

  25-09-2023 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A motorist was transported to hospital after a vehicle overturned on Lickman Road north of Keith Wilson Road on Friday afternoon in Chilliwack.According to an email from BC Emergency Health Services Monday afternoon (Sept. 25), authorities said that paramedics received a call at 4:59 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 22 for a motor vehicle incident in the 6200 block of Lickman Road in Chilliwack. One ambulance responded to the scene.Paramedics cared for and transported one patient to hosp
  
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• Cascades soccer teams post big wins in Abbotsford - Chilliwack Progress

  25-09-2023 21:15 via news.google.com
  
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• Flag raising at B.C. legislature honours residential school survivors, lost children

  25-09-2023 21:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Fresh fall winds helped mark a flag-raising ceremony today at the British Columbia legislature honouring residential school survivors and remembering children who never came home.
  The orange and white Survivors’ Flag will be flown at the front lawn of the legislature until sundown on Saturday, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
  Indigenous leaders and politicians representing B.C.’s New Democrats, BC United and Greens participated in the flag-raising cerem
  
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• Bahrain says attack by Yemen rebels kills one Bahraini officer and one soldier on the Saudi border

  25-09-2023 20:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain’s military command says one of its officers and a soldier were killed in a drone attack by Yemeni rebels while patrolling the Yemeni-Saudi border.
  The statement says “a number” of soldiers were wounded in the attack early Monday.
  Bahrain is a close ally of Saudi Arabia, which has been at war with the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen for several years. A cease-fire had largely stopped the violence, and the two sides have appear
  
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• Head of Alta commission on Rocky Mountain coal mining concerned over new applications

  25-09-2023 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  At least two members of the group that recommended a pause on coal mining in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains are concerned the province’s regulator appears to have accepted applications to renew a project that has already been denied.
  Last week, the Australia-based company Northback Holdings resurrected a proposal for the Grassy Mountain steelmaking coal mine in southern Alberta, applying for three licences from the Alberta Energy Regulator.
  That’s despite the project being denied by
  
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• Raiders’ Garoppolo is in concussion protocol, putting his start for Chargers game in question

  25-09-2023 20:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is in concussion protocol, putting his status in question for when Las Vegas visits the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday.
  Garoppolo was injured in Sunday night’s 23-18 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.Coach Josh McDaniels said Monday that he didn’t know when the injury occurred, but Garoppolo took several hits in getting sacked four times and his head bounced off the turf on one play in the fourth quarter.Steelers safety M
  
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• Plan to rezone property for 4-storey, 54-unit building near downtown Hope draws opposition

  25-09-2023 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — The District of Hope will hold a public hearing Monday night, Sept. 25 to rezone property that is being eyed for up to 54 units of housing south of downtown, including the possible construction of a four-storey, 42-unit condominium building.Tonight’s public hearing at 6:30 p.m. includes agenda items that ask Hope City Council to approve amendments to the Official Community Plan by redesignating property at 455 Coquihalla Street from urban/suburban residential to comprehensive
  
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• B.C. premier in Ottawa to discuss wildfires, infrastructure, clean energy

  25-09-2023 20:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby and six of his cabinet ministers are in Ottawa for two days to meet with federal policymakers on issues including housing, wildfires, and floods.Eby’s office says the B.C. delegation will meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and senior federal officials to discuss the clean-energy sector and support for critical infrastructure needs in communities.
  Other provincial ministers on the trip include Housing Minister Ravi Khalon, Economic De
  
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• Lahaina residents begin returning to sites of homes destroyed by deadly wildfire

  25-09-2023 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Some Lahaina residents returned to their devastated properties Monday for the first time since the Hawaii town was destroyed by wildfire nearly seven weeks ago.
  Authorities allowed residents into the first area to be cleared for reentry — a zone of about two dozen parcels in the northern part of Lahaina — between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
  The Aug. 8 wildfire killed at least 97 people and destroyed more than 2,000 buildings, most of them homes. Officials urged residents
  
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• Container shipments drop 14% at Port of Vancouver as consumer demand falls

  25-09-2023 20:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says container shipments are falling, as consumer demand weakens amid a sputtering economy.
  The authority says container shipment volume at the Port of Vancouver in the first half of the year fell 14 per cent compared with the same six-month period in 2022.
  Interim CEO Victor Pang says the figures reflected a softer economy, which contracted slightly in the second quarter.
  Movement of construction materials and auto parts also slumped, while
  
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• Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove outraged over release of Chilliwack man facing second-degree murder charges

  25-09-2023 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack mayor Ken Popove says the Canadian criminal justice system is “broken” after an 83-year-old Chilliwack man charged with two counts of second-degree murder was released on bail and conditions last week.On Wednesday, September 13, at 7:44 p.m., RCMP officers from the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment responded to a report of shots fired in the 46000 block of Chilliwack Lake Road in Chilliwack. First responders arrived on scene and found two deceased
  
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• Chilliwack teachers send condolences, commit to teaching 'true ... - Chilliwack Progress

  25-09-2023 19:44 via news.google.com
  
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• Uber expands to Mission, Kent and north of Chilliwack - Hope Standard

  25-09-2023 19:39 via news.google.com
  
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• Uber expands to Mission, Kent and north of Chilliwack - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  25-09-2023 19:35 via news.google.com
  
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• VIDEO: Police march sombre at memorial ceremony in B.C. capital - Chilliwack Progress

  25-09-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Police march sombre at memorial ceremony in B.C. capital  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Military drops sexual misconduct charge against Lt.-Gen. Steve Whelan

  25-09-2023 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GATINEAU, Que. — The military has dropped a charge related to alleged sexual misconduct against Lt.-Gen. Steve Whelan, who was removed from his job as head of military personnel in 2021 after the allegations were made.
  Whelan was set to face a court martial this morning on two charges of conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline.One of those charges was related to what the military called an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate.The military prosecution says that charge
  
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• Texas Walmart shooter agrees to pay more than $5M to families over 2019 racist attack

  25-09-2023 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A white Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in 2019 agreed Monday to pay more than $5 million to families of the victims.
  Patrick Crusius was sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences in July after pleading guilty to federal hate crime charges following one of the nation’s worst mass killings. U.S. District Judge David Guaderrama signed off on the amount that Crusius must pay in restitution.Crusius still faces a
  
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• Shopping for something to wear on Orange Shirt Day? Here’s what you need to know

  25-09-2023 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Every dollar spent on an orange T-shirt for Truth and Reconciliation Day should be a conscious effort to uplift an Indigenous business or community, experts say.
  Shopping for orange T-shirts from Indigenous businesses is a tangible step toward economic reconciliation, said Rob Schulz, founder of online marketplace ShopFirstNations.
  For anyone unsure how to find those businesses, here are some tips for finding an orange shirt ahead of Sept. 30.
  Shop Indigenous 
  Pledging to purchase items fro
  
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• Knowing where your money is going proves crucial to supporting Indigenous businesses

  25-09-2023 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Jaymie Campbell has been running her beading and quilling business for over five years. It’s a money-making venture but for her, it is about more than income.
  “It’s so much about cultural reclamation and expression,” said Campbell, the owner of White Otter Design Co. in British Columbia.“A really unique thing about Indigenous businesses is that so many of us are grounded in the community even when we’re confined within capitalism,” said C
  
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• Orange Theory Fitness facility in Chilliwack facing possible closure

  25-09-2023 18:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Orange Theory fitness studio in Chilliwack on Eagle Landing Parkway has been temporarily closed and could be closed longer after members received a notification about a temporary closure.
  According to a information sent to Fraser Valley by a Chilliwack resident, the studio has been closed for approximately a week and a half. Orange Theory Fitness Chilliwack wrote the following on Instagram on Friday, September 15: “To our valued OTF Chilliwack members, due to unfores
  
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• Canfor’s Vida signs deal to buy sawmill in Sweden for $6 million

  25-09-2023 18:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Canfor Corp. says a Swedish company in which it owns a 70 per cent stake has signed a deal to buy a sawmill for $6 million.
  The Vancouver-based forestry company says Vida AB will acquire the sawmill in Sweden from Ingarp Träskydd.
  It says the mill has 50 million board feet in annual capacity.
  It adds that it has the potential to expand to 100 million board feet.
  The transaction is expected to close on Oct. 3.
  Canfor acquired its stake in Vida in 2019 for about $580 million
  
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• Popkum, Agassiz Fire respond to reported RV fire east of Chilliwack Sunday night

  25-09-2023 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Firefighters from the Popkum Fire Department and Agassiz Fire Department were dispatched for the report of a fire Sunday night on Alexis Crescent near West Victor Drive, south of the Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge, on what appears to be Cheam First Nation land.According to scanner traffic overnight, at least four engines were deployed from Popkum (Engine 1, Engine 1-2, Rescue 1) and Agassiz (Squad 1) to tackle what turned out to be an RV fire in a driveway. The RV was fully engulfed
  
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• Former foreign minister Marc Garneau says Canada, South Korea should form closer ties

  25-09-2023 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Former foreign affairs minister Marc Garneau says Canada should seek closer ties with South Korea, arguing the two countries could help each other gain influence in the strategically important Indo-Pacific.
  Garneau is to be appointed next month as the Canadian co-chair of the Canada-Korea Forum, a group dedicated to boosting trade and scientific exchanges between the two countries.
  In an interview, the former Liberal minister said Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy is helping it
  
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• Honda Indy Toronto returns for 2024 IndyCar season

  25-09-2023 18:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Honda Indy Toronto will return in 2024.
  The only IndyCar race in Canada is one of 17 races on the 2024 series schedule.
  Toronto’s Exhibition Place will host the 36th edition of the event July 19 to 21.
  Denmark’s Christian Lundgaard won the IndyCar race this year.
  The 2024 IndyCar Series season starts March 10 with the Firestone Grand Prix in St. Petersburg, Fla. 
  North America’s premier open-wheel series will criss-cross the continent, including a stop
  
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