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• Friend of slain B.C. Sikh advocate says police warned him of threat after killing

  28-09-2023 23:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A member of the Surrey, B.C., gurdwara where Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar served as president before he was gunned down in June says police have also warned him about a threat to his life. 
  Gurmeet Toor, who calls himself a close friend of Nijjar, says he was surprised when two police officers knocked on his door one night last month and handed him a “duty to warn” letter saying his life may be in danger.
  Toor told The Canadian Press in an interview conducted in Punjabi that
  
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• India hacker attack on Canada a 'nuisance' federal authorities say - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Canadian bass fisher Jamie Bruce in contention for Elite Series berth

  28-09-2023 23:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Regardless of what happens next month, 2024 promises to be a monumental year for Jamie Bruce.
  The Kenora, Ont., nativeheads into the final ’23 Bassmaster Open event holding the ninth and final Elite Series qualifying spot for next season. Bruce is 10th overall but No. 5 Kenta Kimura is already on pro bass fishing’s top circuit.
  With a solid performance at the Harris Chain of Lakes tournament in Leesburg, Fla., from Oct. 12-14, Bruce would become the fifth Canadian to reach the Elite
  
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• Bo Bichette hits fourth for first time this season as Blue Jays hope to create runs

  28-09-2023 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — All-star shortstop Bo Bichette will bat fourth for the Toronto Blue Jays tonight against the New York Yankees.
  Bichette’s .301 batting average leads the Blue Jays this year.
  He has hit second in the order all season but Toronto manager John Schneider says he wants Bichette to be in a position to drive in runs.
  The Blue Jays have been shut out by the Yankees in the first two games of their three-game set at Rogers Centre.
  Toronto holds the second wild-card spot in the Americ
  
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• ‘We’ve got to take care business:’ Game against depleted Argos still big for Bombers

  28-09-2023 22:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Adam Bighill is hoping Winnipeg Blue Bombers fans get at least one thing they want on Friday — a victory.
  Winnipeg’s home game against the CFL-leading Toronto Argonauts (12-1) is the club’s third straight sellout at IG Field, but it’s not the marquee matchup 32,343 fans were expecting to watch.
  The Argonauts, who beat Winnipeg 24-23 in last year’s Grey Cup, are resting some players after clinching the East Division title two weeks ago.
  “The wa
  
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• Artizia sees $6M net loss in Q2, CEO says results ‘do not meet our high standards’

  28-09-2023 22:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Aritzia Inc. says it incurred an almost $6 million net loss in its latest quarter as its chief executive admitted the financial results do not meet its “high standards.”
  The Vancouver apparel company says the net loss in the second quarter compared with a net income of $46 million during the same period the year before.
  Aritzia’s net loss amounted to five cents per diluted share for the period ended Aug. 27 compared with a net income of 40 cents per diluted sh
  
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• Professional improv company makes new home in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2023 22:28 via news.google.com
  
  Professional improv company makes new home in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• 'Unsafe' South Surrey softball field worrying to parents, stakeholders - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2023 22:20 via news.google.com
  
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• Masks to be worn in B.C. health facilities as flu and COVID cases increase

  28-09-2023 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — An upward trend in flu and COVID-19 cases in British Columbia has prompted a renewed requirement to wear masks in all health-care facilities. 
  Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the masks must be worn by all health-care workers, volunteers and visitors in patient-care areas starting Oct. 3. 
  New flu and COVID-19 vaccines are expected to arrive soon, and Henry says priority populations, such as seniors, Indigenous Peoples and those who are pregnant, will b
  
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• Memories come rushing back for Frankie Lasagna, one year after going viral

  28-09-2023 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Memories came rushing back for Blue Jays fan Frankie Lasagna when he looked out at the stands beyond the left-field wall at Rogers Centre. 
  The restaurant owner was back at the ballpark a year after going viral when he came inches away from catching Aaron Judge’s American League record-tying 61st home run ball.
  “I think about that moment,” Lasagna said. “I get to re-live it every other day when different customers come to the restaurant. 
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• Former Sardis Bottle Depot location facing likely demolition

  28-09-2023 21:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Well, that didn’t take long.
  About five weeks after the former Sardis Bottle Depot location closed its doors for good in August at 45635 Lark Road just off Vedder Road, a bobcat excavator could be seen in front of the shuttered facility. Building debris was located on the ground and parts of the building were exposed, including what appeared to be yellow insulation.
  The new Sardis Bottle Depot opened up on Friday, August 18 next to the Canada Post location in the northea
  
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• Agassiz Fire, RCMP respond to car fire on Hwy. 7; occupants reportedly escaped

  28-09-2023 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — Agassiz Fire and RCMP were dispatched late Wednesday night (Sept. 27) for an emergency vehicle fire that happened west of Agassiz near Mount Woodside.According to scanner traffic, first responders, including Agassiz Fire (Engine 1, Tender 1, and Chief 2) were dispatched to the 3000 block of Lougheed Highway (Highway 7) west of Agassiz at about 10:23 p.m. Wednesday night.All occupants were reportedly out of the vehicle, according to scanner traffic.The fire was knocked out by abou
  
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• Spruce Kings acquire Brady from Chilliwack Chiefs - CKPGToday.ca

  28-09-2023 21:41 via news.google.com
  
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• Abbotsford trucking company named in $10M fatal-crash lawsuit - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2023 21:38 via news.google.com
  
  Abbotsford trucking company named in $10M fatal-crash lawsuit  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Delta mayor sounds alarm over ‘rampant’ crime at B.C. port, as expansion looms

  28-09-2023 21:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DELTA, B.C. — A new report about policing of Metro Vancouver port terminal facilities says there’s “literally no downside” for organized criminals to set up shop, and one British Columbia city is sounding the alarm. 
  Delta Mayor George Harvie says the city commissioned the report about the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s Roberts Bank Terminal amid “rampant” criminal activity due to a lack of funds for policing. 
  The report by consultants Pete
  
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• Lightning goalie Vasilevskiy is expected to miss the first 2 months of the season after back surgery

  28-09-2023 21:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy is expected to miss the first two months of the NHL season after undergoing back surgery.
  The team announced the stunning injury news Thursday, midway through training camp and with opening night less than two weeks away.
  General manager Julien BriseBois said Vasilevskiy had a successful microdiscectomy to address a lumbar disk herniation. The recovery could sideline arguably the best goalie in the world for 25 or more ga
  
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• Disco-themed gala brings in $103000 for Chilliwack hospice - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2023 21:22 via news.google.com
  
  Disco-themed gala brings in $103000 for Chilliwack hospice  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Mom of Colorado man killed by police after taking ‘heroic’ actions to stop gunman settles with city

  28-09-2023 21:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER (AP) — A Colorado city has reached a $2.8 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by the mother of a man mistakenly killed by police in 2021 after taking heroic actions to stop a gunman who had shot another officer, a law firm announced Thursday.
  Kathleen Boleyn filed the lawsuit in June 2022, a year after the midday shootings in the main square in Olde Town Arvada, a historic shopping and entertainment area about 7 miles (10 kilometers) northwest of downtown Denver.
  Boleyn said her s
  
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• Health Canada authorizes updated Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine

  28-09-2023 21:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Health Canada has authorized Pfizer-BioNTech’s updated COVID-19 vaccine for people six months and older.  
  The mRNA vaccine targets the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant that is circulating in Canada. 
  This is the second vaccine targeting XBB.1.5 that will be available in this country. 
  Earlier this month, Health Canada authorized Moderna’s updated mRNA vaccine.
  Both Pfizer and Moderna’s shots are one-dose vaccines for people five years of age and older.
  
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• Catholic Bishops say $30-million reconciliation fund on track to meet new deadline

  28-09-2023 21:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canadian Catholic leaders say they are almost halfway to their fundraising goals for a reconciliation fund formed after the church failed to meet its previous financial commitments.
  The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops held its annual meeting in Toronto this week.
  The organization says the Indigenous Reconciliation Fund has raised $11.5 million so far, nearly 40 per cent of its goal, and they expect to have raised $14 million in total by the end of the year.
  The Canadian bi
  
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• Sweden’s leader turns to the military for help as gang violence escalates

  28-09-2023 21:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s prime minister on Thursday said that he’s summoned the head of the military to discuss how the armed forces can help police deal with an unprecedented crime wave that has shocked the country with almost daily shootings and bombings.
  Getting the military involved in crime-fighting would be a highly unusual step for Sweden, underscoring the severity of the gang violence that has claimed a dozen lives across the country this month, including teenagers and
  
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• Sovereignty act may be used to fight 2035 net-zero electricity plan: Alberta premier

  28-09-2023 21:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she would use her province’s sovereignty act as a last resort to challenge any attempt by the federal government to impost a net-zero electricity grid by 2035.
  Smith says achieving net-zero 12 years from now is not realistic, adding that it could lead to power blackouts because Alberta wouldn’t have a reliable source of baseload power such as natural gas.
  Smith’s government is arguing for a net-zero grid by 2050, and has a wo
  
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• Group monitoring RCMP response to mass shooting inquiry needs public’s help: chair

  28-09-2023 20:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — The head of the committee overseeing how governments and the RCMP are responding to the Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry says the public will play a key role in ensuring the inquiry’s recommendations do not gather dust.
  Linda Lee Oland, chair of the independent Progress Monitoring Committee, told a news conference today that the 16-member group does not have a “stick” to force the Mounties and government officials to do the right thing.
  Instead, the retired Nov
  
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• Brewhalla beer and music festival coming to Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2023 20:49 via news.google.com
  
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• U Sports drops first-year grade requirements for participation, scholarships

  28-09-2023 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canada’s governing body of varsity sports is changing its policies to allow students entering universities to be eligible to participate in sports and receive athletic scholarships regardless of their grades.
  U Sports said in a statement Thursday that enrolling student-athletes will be able to play and receive scholarships as long as they have been accepted to a member university and enrolled in degree-granting courses.
  The changes will come into force for the 2024-25 seaso
  
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• Nisga'a pole return marks global landmark in reconciliation reckoning - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2023 20:31 via news.google.com
  
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• Netflix kills operations for original DVD by mail service - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Judge grants injunction over Saskatchewan’s pronoun policy for schools

  28-09-2023 20:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — A judge has granted an injunction to halt a Saskatchewan policy that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to go by different names and pronouns at school.
  The decision by Court of King’s Bench Justice Michael Megaw stops the policy for now.
  Lawyers for UR Pride sought the injunction, arguing it could cause teachers to out or misgender children and violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. 
  The province’s lawyers say the policy has been misinter
  
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• Northvolt to build $7B battery factory near Montreal, includes government money

  28-09-2023 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Swedish manufacturer Northvolt says it will build a $7 billion gigafactory for electric vehicle batteries near Montreal that it claims will represent the largest private investment in Quebec’s history.
  On hand at the unveiling in Montreal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the investment would help build the economy of the future.
  “This is a historic and transformative announcement. Northvolt’s investment will bring end-to-end battery manufacturing to Canada,
  
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• Ex-MPP Randy Hillier’s request to move trial away from Ottawa denied

  28-09-2023 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A judge has denied a second request by former Ontario MPP Randy Hillier, who is facing charges related to his participation in the “Freedom Convoy” protest, to move his jury trial away from Ottawa.
  Hillier’s lawyer David Anber had argued that “widespread bias” against the 2022 protest, which disrupted the capital city’s downtown core for three weeks could taint the perspectives of jurors.
  Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne London-Weinstein says
  
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• B.C. Rogers technicians give strong strike mandate amid concerns over Shaw job losses

  28-09-2023 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Around 300 former Shaw technicians absorbed by Rogers Communications Inc. during the companies’ merger have overwhelmingly voted to strike amid concerns over job security following recent layoffs and voluntary departures.
  The union representing the workers, who are based in Vancouver, Richmond, Surrey and Langley, B.C., says those job losses call into question Rogers’ commitment to create 3,000 new jobs in Western Canada over five years — a federally mandated
  
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• Abbotsford dentist suspended for one year for 'professional ... - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2023 19:56 via news.google.com
  
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• Dutch police say 2 people are killed in shootings at a university hospital and home in Rotterdam

  28-09-2023 19:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A lone gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire in an apartment and a hospital in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam on Thursday, killing two people and seriously injuring a 14-year-old girl, police said.
  The shooting sent patients and medics fleeing the Erasmus Medical Center in downtown Rotterdam, including some who were wheeled out of the building in beds. Others barricaded themselves into rooms and stuck hand-written signs to windows to show their locat
  
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• Emails at centre of court martial for Lt.-Gen. Whelan are under publication ban

  28-09-2023 19:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The military judge presiding over the court martial for Lt.-Gen. Steve Whelan has decided the emails at the centre of the case will not be made public during the trial unless they are allowed as evidence.
  The defence had asked for a publication ban to protect Whelan from embarrassment and reputational damage, and it plans to argue the emails between him and the complainant are irrelevant to the case.The prosecution and a lawyer hired by the Globe and Mail argued that embarrassment
  
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• Gore Brothers family set to develop Peach Road lot in Chilliwack

  28-09-2023 19:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Gore Brothers development family is set to develop a 1-acre lot in the 5400 block of Peach Road, south of Keith Wilson Road, near River’s Edge.
  In a statement Wednesday (Sept. 27) from the Gore Brothers, Tony Gore, one of the three brothers, says the former homestead of the Peach family is now being subdivided.
  As part of the development process, Vandell Drive will be completed as it passes directly through the lot. This will connect Peach Road with the Webster&rsquo
  
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• Elks quarterback Tre Ford has brought hope back to beleaguered Edmonton fans

  28-09-2023 19:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  He’s moved his team into playoff contention — barely — but Tre Ford has provided the Edmonton Elks and their beleaguered fans with something much more tangible: Hope for the future.
  The six-foot-one, 185-pound quarterback from Niagara Falls, Ont., has led Edmonton (4-11) to wins in four-of-seven games since becoming the starter The Elks remain playoff longshots, but their resurgence under Ford has tempered the pessimism and gloom that resulted from their miserable 22-game home
  
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• New video board revealed at Abbotsford Centre - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2023 19:15 via news.google.com
  
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• Winter tires required by October 1 - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Liberals’ bail reforms will keep more Black, Indigenous people in jail, lawyers warn

  28-09-2023 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — An association representing Black lawyers in Canada says more Black people will be sent to jail if the Liberal government’s bail-reform legislation passes as is. 
  And Indigenous Bar Association member Christa Big Canoe says it runs the risk of seeing more Indigenous women kept behind bars if a proposed provision around intimidate partner violence is kept in place.
  Representatives of the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers and the Indigenous Bar Association are testify
  
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• Hope Fire Department looking for volunteer firefighters

  28-09-2023 18:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — It’s never a dull moment for volunteer firefighters in the Fraser Valley who are tasked with everything from responding to motor vehicle incidents to haz mat situations, extinguishing structure fires to providing medical assistance, and more.According to a Facebook post from Fire Chief Thomas Cameron, the Hope Fire Department says it is accepting applications for volunteer firefighters. The deadline to submit an application is October 19.Hope volunteer firefighters are asked t
  
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• 4 plead guilty in B.C. drug trafficking investigation - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2023 18:35 via news.google.com
  
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• University of Alberta returns endowment honouring Ukrainian who fought with Nazis

  28-09-2023 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The University of Alberta is returning endowment funds from the family of a Ukrainian man whose military service was linked to the Nazis.
  Since 2019, the university’s Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies has had a $30,000 endowment carrying the name Yaroslav Hunka.
  Hunka was introduced in the House of Commons last week during a visit from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
  It was later revealed that Hunka had fought in a Ukrainian unit set up by Nazi Germany to fi
  
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• Okanagan school district needs kitty litter for ice, not kids - Chilliwack Progress

  28-09-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
  Okanagan school district needs kitty litter for ice, not kids  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. creates searchable database to track human rights recommendations

  28-09-2023 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Office of the Human Rights Commissioner is making it easier to learn about human rights and possible solutions.
  A statement from the office says a new tool has been created to provide access to more than 1,700 human rights-related recommendations contained in more than 70 reports published since 2018.
  Users can search the database in numerous ways, including by the issue, groups affected and the source or year of the proposal or recommendation.
  The statemen
  
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• Military police under investigation over handling of sexual assault case

  28-09-2023 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Military Police Complaints Commission is investigating the way officers handled allegations of sexual assault against a soldier who took his own life. 
  Military police charged Maj. Cristian Heistand, a flight instructor, with two counts of sexual assault in November 2021. 
  The complainant alleged that Heistand sexually assaulted her twice, after they had just ended a relationship. 
  Heistand died by suicide two months later, and his parents and sister filed separ
  
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• Joyce Echaquan’s community fights for change to health system three years after death

  28-09-2023 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — It has been three years since Joyce Echaquan died in hospital after filming staff insulting her, but for her family and her First Nation, the fight continues to ensure a legacy of better treatment for Indigenous people.
  In July, her Atikamekw community officially launched the Joyce’s Principle office, which aims to lobby for the adoption of a document that community members presented to the Quebec and Canadian governments after Echaquan’s death on Sept. 28, 2020.
  Joy
  
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• Cyberattacks hit military, Parliament websites as India hacker group targets Canada

  28-09-2023 18:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government is coping with apparent cyberattacks this week, as a hacker group in India claims it has sowed chaos in Ottawa.
  The Canadian Armed Forces says that its website became unavailable to mobile users midday Wednesday, but was fixed within a few hours.
  The military says the site is separate from other government sites, such as the one used by the Department of Defence, and the incident remains under investigation.
  Various pages on the House of Commons website are
  
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• Abbotsford Police escort Abbotsford school board trustees following protests at meeting

  28-09-2023 17:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — An estimated 300 people, possibly more, turned out for what appeared to be a boisterous protest at an Abbotsford School District board meeting Tuesday night, prompting a response from the Abbotsford Police Department.Video circulating online shows Abbotsford PD officers forming a line of protection outside a building as members of the Abbotsford Board of Education and its administrative team leave a building. Video footage also shows chants from protesters standing on a street
  
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• House Republicans start making their case for President Biden impeachment inquiry at first hearing

  28-09-2023 17:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans launched their first formal impeachment hearing Thursday against President Joe Biden saying they intend to “provide accountability” as they make their case to the public, their colleagues and skeptics in the Senate.
  The chairmen of the Oversight, Judiciary, and Ways and Means committees are using the first hearing of their impeachment inquiry to review the constitutional and legal questions involved. They are trying to show what they say are
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

  28-09-2023 16:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  On September 30th people across British Columbia and the entire country observe Orange Shirt Day to honour and remember residential school survivors and those children who never came home. We also acknowledge the resilience and strength that Indigenous communities have shown in the wake of the intergenerational trauma caused by the residential school system and the impacts of colonialism. We have the opportunity to come together to convey a clear message: “Every Child Matters”.
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