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• Prince George, B.C. Mounties urge people not to feed coyotes after 6 attacks

  29-09-2023 23:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Prince George Conservation and RCMP officers are “actively investigating” six separate coyote attacks within a week in the city.
  RCMP say in a statement they have issued a warning to the public after receiving separate complaints of the attacks.
  B.C. conservation officer Eamon McArthur says most of the attacks have been on homeless people, some of whom have also been “actively feeding” the coyotes.He says it’s unclear if they are feeding
  
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• Vancouver Whitecaps look for home relief as race for MLS post-season tightens

  29-09-2023 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — After a gruelling streak of seven games away from home, which ended with a disappointing draw with bottom-of-the-league Colorado, the Vancouver Whitecaps are relying on home comforts to help lock in a playoff spot. 
  Vancouver is sixth in Major League Soccer’s Western Conference with second to ninth place in the division within five points of each other.
  The Whitecaps play three of their final four matches of the regular season at home, where they are 7-3-4 and have s
  
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• Bail bondsman charged alongside Trump in Georgia becomes the first defendant to take a plea deal

  29-09-2023 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A bail bondsman charged alongside former President Donald Trump and 17 others has become the first defendant in the Georgia election interference case to accept a plea deal with prosecutors.
  Scott Hall pleaded guilty in court on Friday to five counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with performance of election duties, all misdemeanors. Prosecutors had accused him of participating in a breach of election equipment in rural Coffee County.
  Hall is one of the lo
  
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• Clean electricity regs can be tweaked, but no special deal for Alberta: Guilbeault

  29-09-2023 22:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says there will be no special treatment for Alberta when it comes to new regulations to make electricity cleaner. 
  Guilbeault is currently consulting on draft regulations published in August that would compel all electricity to be from renewable sources or equipped with carbon capture technology by 2035.
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said this week she will use her province’s sovereignty act to challenge any attempt by Ottawa to e
  
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• Europe strikes back in Ryder Cup and ties record for largest lead

  29-09-2023 22:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Europe swept the opening session of the Ryder Cup for the first time in its history, a beating so thorough that none of the foursomes matches reached the 18th hole.
  And then somehow it got even worse for the Americans.
  Right when they were on the verge of escaping Friday with a manageable deficit, Europe delivered one punch after another on the 18th hole at Marco Simone. It left the Americans without a single win on opening day for the first time in Ryder
  
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• B.C. tech holding company Tiny buys majority stake in film review platform Letterboxd

  29-09-2023 22:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Tech holding company Tiny Ltd. says it’s buying a majority stake in movie review platform Letterboxd.
  Victoria, B.C.-based Tiny has not shared what it will pay for the 60 per cent stake it will take in the film diary and rating website.
  Letterboxd co-founder Michael Buchanan says the deal secures the platform’s future as an independently run company, while taking advantage of Tiny’s experience helping founders through growth periods.
  He adds the transaction wil
  
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• Legislation increasing housing density coming next week: BC ... - Chilliwack Progress

  29-09-2023 22:00
  
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• Jessica Campbell, Kori Cheverie breaking barriers for female coaches in NHL

  29-09-2023 21:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Jessica Campbell grew up wanting to play in the NHL.
  Now she’s finding a place for herself in hockey’s top men’s league — and it’s behind the bench.
  The Coachella Valley Firebirds assistant is in a position to make it as a coach, something she couldn’t have imagined even a few years ago.
  “I didn’t imagine this path for me. I didn’t see it,” she said. “Quite frankly there was no visibility and there weren’t other females doin
  
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• Saudi Arabia resumes flights to Canada as relations normalize after 2018 spat

  29-09-2023 21:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Saudi Arabia’s national airline is resuming flights to Canada after a five-year diplomatic spat.
  Saudia, formerly known as Saudi Arabian Airlines, will fly three times a week between Jeddah and Toronto’s Pearson International Airport starting Dec. 2. 
  Transport Canada says it’s the first time there have been direct routes between the two countries since 2018, when Saudi Arabia suspended flights as it protested the Canada’s loud condemnation of its huma
  
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• Saskatchewan premier defends plan to use notwithstanding clause for pronoun policy

  29-09-2023 21:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SASKATOON — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is defending his decision to recall the legislative assembly early and use the notwithstanding clause to ensure the province’s pronoun policy in schools stays in place.
  Speaking to reporters in Saskatoon, he said he wants to make it clear the policy will go ahead.
  “The policy is paused here today,” Moe said Friday. 
  “What we feel is of paramount importance is to provide clarity to parents, to families and ultimately to
  
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• Defence Department to cut $1B from budget as government tightens spending

  29-09-2023 21:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The country’s top soldier and outside experts say that cutting almost $1 billion from the Department of National Defence budget will affect the Armed Forces’ capabilities.
  The chief of the defence staff, Gen. Wayne Eyre, confirmed the figure to MPs on the House national defence committee Thursday. 
  Eyre says there is no way to trim that amount without having an effect on the Canadian Armed Forces. 
  The federal government announced plans to find more than $15
  
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• Baltimore Archdiocese says it will file for bankruptcy before new law on abuse lawsuits takes effect

  29-09-2023 21:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced Friday it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization days before a new state law goes into effect removing the statute of limitations on child sex abuse claims and allowing victims to sue their abusers decades after the fact.
  The step will “allow the archdiocese to equitably compensate victim-survivors of child sexual abuse” while the local Catholic church continues its mission and ministries, Archbishop William E. Lor
  
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• Christina Black upsets third-seed Jennifer Jones at PointsBet Invitational

  29-09-2023 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OAKVILLE, Ont. — The PointsBet Invitational saw its first major upset in women’s competition Friday with Christina Black defeating Jennifer Jones 9-6 in second-round action at the single-elimination curling tournament.
  Jones, the women’s third seed, led 6-5 after six ends. But after a blank seventh end, Black’s sixth-seeded team took the lead with two in the eighth.
  The third seeds kept the hammer heading into the final end after a blank ninth. But Jones, who curled a gam
  
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• Als look to clinch playoff berth, while Redblacks’ post-season hopes hang by a thread

  29-09-2023 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — With just four games remaining this season, the Ottawa Redblacks know there is little room for error.
  The Redblacks (4-10) sit outside the CFL’s playoff picture, but they’re not eliminated. They will try to keep those hopes alive when they host the Montreal Alouettes (7-7) Saturday afternoon. Montreal can clinch a post-season berth with a win.
  The Redblacks have two games left against both the Alouettes and Toronto, which doesn’t bode well for Ottawa considering
  
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• Langley Thanksgiving food drive collects 42000 lbs of donations - Chilliwack Progress

  29-09-2023 21:00
  
  Langley Thanksgiving food drive collects 42000 lbs of donations  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C.-wide call made for protection of old-growth forests - Chilliwack Progress

  29-09-2023 20:30
  
  B.C.-wide call made for protection of old-growth forests  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• New puzzle sale will raise money for Chilliwack food bank - Chilliwack Progress

  29-09-2023 20:07
  
  New puzzle sale will raise money for Chilliwack food bank  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• VIDEO: B.C. residential school survivor aims to break the cycle - Chilliwack Progress

  29-09-2023 20:00
  
  VIDEO: B.C. residential school survivor aims to break the cycle  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• European Union heads to visit Canada amid talks for access to EU science grants

  29-09-2023 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The top heads of the European Union are expected to visit Canada this year, as officials discuss the possibility of Ottawa joining a major research-funding pact. 
  Brussels and Ottawa hold leaders’ summits every two years as part of an agreement signed in 2017 alongside a major trade deal.
  The EU’s ambassador to Canada, Melita Gabric, says detailed planning for the visit has yet to start, but it is expected for sometime “this year.” 
  European Commi
  
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• Blinken on Canada-India rift: ‘Those responsible must be held accountable’

  29-09-2023 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is again urging India to co-operate with Canada to bring Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killers to justice. 
  Blinken confirmed that he delivered that message Thursday in his meeting with Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India’s external affairs minister. 
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has publicly implicated the Indian government in the shooting death of Nijjar, a prominent Sikh separatist and Canadian citizen. 
  Blinken says th
  
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• B.C. Ferries cancels sailings heading into busy Thanksgiving weekend - Chilliwack Progress

  29-09-2023 19:55
  
  B.C. Ferries cancels sailings heading into busy Thanksgiving weekend  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Ticats linebacker Thurman looking forward to facing Stampeders

  29-09-2023 19:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — Jameer Thurman has never had a problem getting himself up to play football, but the veteran linebacker admits he’ll have a bit more juice than usual Saturday night.
  Thurman leads Hamilton against the Calgary Stampeders (4-9) in a key contest at Tim Hortons Field. It will mark Thurman’s first game against the franchise he spent four seasons with before signing with the Tiger-Cats in February as a free agent.
  “I’m up for any challenge, it doesn’t matt
  
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• Canada disagrees with inclusion of Russians, Belarusians in 2024 Paralympics

  29-09-2023 19:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Canadian Paralympic Committee disagreed with the International Paralympic Committee’s decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals in next summer’s Paralympic Games in Paris.
  While the IPC voted Friday to partially suspend the membership of Russia and Belarus for two years, athletes from the two countries are eligible to compete as individuals and neutrals in upcoming Paralympic, world and regional championships.
  Russia invaded Ukraine e
  
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• Truth and reconciliation federal commitment as national day arrives - Chilliwack Progress

  29-09-2023 19:30
  
  Truth and reconciliation federal commitment as national day arrives  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. wildfires in 2023 scorch 3 million hectares - Chilliwack Progress

  29-09-2023 19:30
  
  B.C. wildfires in 2023 scorch 3 million hectares  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Wild sign Mats Zuccarello to 2-year, $8.25M contract extension for top line security

  29-09-2023 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild signed right wing Mats Zuccarello to a two-year, $8.25 million contract extension on Friday, solidifying their top line beyond this season.
  Zuccarello, 36, has three 20-goal seasons in 13 years in the NHL, two of them with the Wild over the last two seasons. He had 22 goals and a team-leading 45 assists in 2022-23 while averaging a career-high 20:12 of average ice time per game.The Norway native is a close friend and linemate of star Kirill Kaprizo
  
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• Rare road win in Orlando would help CF Montreal’s MLS playoff push

  29-09-2023 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A rare road victory against Orlando City SC on Saturday evening could go a long way in securing a playoff spot for CF Montreal.
  It’s a very tall order for Montreal as it heads into its final four games of the Major League Soccer season.Orlando (14-7-9) has not lost at home in all competitions since April 22 and currently sits second in the Easter Conference. But pressures do not appear to be affecting Montreal (11-15-4), which currently sits in eighth in the East and holds
  
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• Head of Canadian Ukrainian group defends man who fought for unit created by Nazis

  29-09-2023 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The president of the Ukrainian National Federation of Canada is defending a Second World War veteran of a Nazi unit who was recently lauded as a hero in Canada’s Parliament.
  Jurij Klufas has not met 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka but says the treatment the veteran is getting is unfair.
  He says Hunka was a soldier who understood he was fighting for Ukraine — not Germany — and that countries, including Canada, have cleared his division of war crimes.
  Hunka received a standing ovation
  
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• Angels star Shohei Ohtani finishes with the best-selling jersey in MLB this season

  29-09-2023 18:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s soaring popularity was even more evident when it came to jersey sales.
  Ohtani had the best-selling jersey in Major League Baseball this season, the first time a Japanese player finished in the top spot. The league and the Players Association released its top-20 list Friday, with rankings based on sales of Nike jerseys since Opening Day on MLBShop.com.
  The Los Angeles Angels’ two-way star beat out Atlanta’s Ronald Acuña Jr., Aaron Jud
  
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• Judge greenlights class action against Bausch Health on Cold-FX products

  29-09-2023 18:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — An Ontario Superior Court judge has certified a class-action lawsuit against Bausch Health Companies Inc. that alleges false advertising for some of the pharmaceutical firm’s cold remedies.
  The lawsuit states that Bausch, formerly known as Valeant Pharmaceuticals, made false or misleading ad claims to consumers around five of its Cold-FX products.
  Filed in 2019, the suit notes that packaging and social media profiles for the products include statements such as “clinic
  
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• Navy to start randomly testing SEALs, special warfare troops for steroids

  29-09-2023 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy will begin randomly testing its special operations forces for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs beginning in November, taking a groundbreaking step that military leaders have long resisted.
  Rear Adm. Keith Davids, commander of Naval Special Warfare Command, announced the new program Friday in a message to his force, calling it necessary to protect their health, safety and military readiness. The Navy will be the first to begin random testing, but Arm
  
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• Tyson Fury to fight Oleksandr Usyk for undisputed heavyweight title, Fury’s promoter says

  29-09-2023 18:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Tyson Fury will face Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia in the first fight this century to unify all of the major heavyweight boxing titles, Fury’s promoter Frank Warren said Friday.
  Fury holds the WBC version of the heavyweight title and Usyk has the IBF, WBA and WBO belts. No date was given in statements announcing the fight, which is set to be held in the Saudi Arabian capital city of Riyadh.
  “This is the biggest fight that could possibly be made in o
  
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• CFB Trenton commander facing firearms charges has been permanently removed

  29-09-2023 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The military is permanently removing Col. Leif Dahl from his post as commander of Canadian Forces Base Trenton a month after he was charged with weapons offences.
  Ontario Provincial Police say they charged Dahl on Aug. 25 after he was seen shooting at protected wildlife from a boat in Quinte West, Ont.
  Police allege Dahl threw two firearms into the canal, which their dive team recovered, and they have charged him with obstructing police. 
  He also faces a charges related to hu
  
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• First-degree murder charge in connection with human remains found in Quebec City

  29-09-2023 17:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — A Quebec man is facing a first-degree murder charge in connection with human remains that were found in the provincial capital area.
  François Bouchard, 31, was charged today at the Quebec City courthouse in the killing of Santiago Gaona.
  His co-accused, Cassandra Major, 31, and Jean-Phillipe Lamontagne, 44, were charged with conspiracy to commit murder.
  The three suspects were arrested on the evening of Sept. 17 in the Montreal-area Mohawk territory of Kahnawake and origina
  
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• Michigan teen shooter eligible for life in prison, no parole, for killing 4 students, judge rules

  29-09-2023 17:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A teenager who killed four students at Michigan’s Oxford High School is eligible for life in prison with no chance for parole, a judge said Friday.
  Judge Kwamé Rowe announced the decision over video conference, weeks after hearing from experts who clashed over Ethan Crumbley’s mental health and witnesses who described the tragic day in 2021 in sharp detail.
  Rowe said prosecutors had overcome a presumption that life in prison would be unfair to a min
  
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• B.C.'s Connor Bedard 'comfortable' in his NHL exhibition debut - Chilliwack Progress

  29-09-2023 17:30
  
  B.C.'s Connor Bedard 'comfortable' in his NHL exhibition debut  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Man dies in Edmonton mall parkade after standing up through car sunroof: police

  29-09-2023 17:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Edmonton police say they are investigating the death of a man in a mall parkade after he stood up through the sunroof of a car and was struck by a beam.
  Officers responded to the call Thursday at West Edmonton Mall.
  They were told a sedan had been travelling through the mall parkade when the 18-year-old passenger stood up.
  As the car passed underneath a ramp, the man was struck by a concrete beam.
  Emergency workers treated the man at the scene and took him to hospital, but he died of his injurie
  
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• Senators hire Steve Staios as president of hockey operations

  29-09-2023 16:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have appointed Steve Staios as their new president of hockey operations.
  Staios joined the Senators on Friday after resigning from his post as special adviser on the Edmonton Oilers’ hockey operations staff.
  The Hamilton native previously served the president and general manager of the Ontario Hockey League’s Hamilton Bulldogs from 2016-22, including a stint solely being president in 2015. The Bulldogs franchise is owned by Ottawa’s new majori
  
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• Chilliwack ridership on BC Transit buses running at more than 120% of pre-pandemic levels

  29-09-2023 15:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — After more than three years of diminished bus ridership due to COVID-19, BC Transit has seen steady increases and is now encountering a province-wide return to pre-pandemic ridership levels.“BC Transit is one of the first agencies in North America to reach this ridership recovery milestone following the pandemic and BC Transit staff deserve a huge amount of credit for all their hard work and dedication in difficult and uncertain circumstances,” said Rob Fleming, Mini
  
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• Abbotsford French teacher, Madison Hendry, returns home to the district where she graduated

  29-09-2023 15:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — French language educator Madison Hendry’s academic journey from Abbotsford to UBC and back to the Fraser Valley has come full circle.
  Hendry, who graduated from the French immersion program in Abbotsford, has returned to the same school district to teach in French. Canadian Parents for French (CPF) BC & Yukon announced on Tuesday (Sept. 26) that it has recognized the grade 8 Chief Dan George Middle School educator with its 2023 Teacher Award.
  Since 1992, CPF BC &
  
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• Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California dies at age 90, sources tell the AP

  29-09-2023 15:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat who was elected to the Senate in 1992 in the “Year of the Woman” and broke gender barriers throughout her long career in local and national politics, has died. She was 90.
  Three people familiar with the situation confirmed her death to The Associated Press on Friday.
  Feinstein, the oldest sitting U.S. senator, was a passionate advocate for liberal priorities important to her state — including
  
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• Human ‘Skull Cup’ Has Been Discovered In Spanish Cave

  29-09-2023 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!Archaeologists in Spain recently discovered prehistoric human bones buried thousands of years ago in a Spanish cave that were possibly tied to cannibalistic practices. Among the findings were a human shinbone, i.e., tibia, crafted into a tool and a human skull in the shape of a cup!
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  This area in the southern part of Spain has produced other similar objects, indicating that there was a strong connection between the living and the dead.
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• Toronto Blue Jays on the cusp of locking down a wild-card berth

  29-09-2023 12:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — It’s time to put the champagne on ice at Rogers Centre. The Toronto Blue Jays are on the cusp of locking up a playoff berth.
  The Blue Jays can clinch a playoff berth if they beat the visiting Tampa Bay Rays tonight and the Seattle Mariners lose to the Texas Rangers.Toronto shut out the New York Yankees 6-0 on Thursday to remain in sole possession of the second American League wild-card spot.Toronto is one game ahead of the Houston Astros, who hold the third wild-card spot.
  
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• Bombers kicker Sergio Castillo takes in other sports as a photographer

  29-09-2023 12:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Blue Bombers placekicker Sergio Castillo is used to having football players run full blast at him while he concentrates on kicking balls.
  On Wednesday night, it was hockey players rushing toward him.
  Castillo, who shoots photography as a hobby, got to be rinkside and snap pictures like a pro through a cut-out glass hole at the pre-season game between the Winnipeg Jets and Calgary Flames at Canada Life Centre.
  One rule he had to follow was closing the hole’s sliding door an
  
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• Explosion at rally celebrating birthday of Islam’s prophet kills 21 people in southwest Pakistan

  29-09-2023 10:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful bomb exploded near a mosque at a rally celebrating the birthday of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad in southwest Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 21 people and wounding more than 50 others, police and a government official said.
  The bombing occurred in Mastung, a district in Baluchistan province, government administrator Atta Ullah said. Injured people were taken to nearby hospitals and some were in critical condition, he said.
  A senior police officer,
  
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• Nisga’a Nation celebrates return of totem after it was taken almost a century ago

  29-09-2023 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAXGALTS’AP, B.C. — A ceremony will be held today by the Nisga’a Nation in northern British Columbia for a memorial totem that has gone to Scotland and back over the last century. 
  The 11-metre totem was carved in 1860 to honour a dead chief, but it was taken almost 100 years ago by a person doing research in the village and then sold to the National Museum of Scotland.
  A Nisga’a delegation, including some with family connections to the totem, travelled to Scotland a
  
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• Genuine Spells For Love ✍️ +27789571548 Spells Caster in ... - Carolina Huddle

  29-09-2023 09:09
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• Surprise visit turns Downtown Chilliwack into Disneyland | News - Daily Hive

  29-09-2023 09:00
  
  Surprise visit turns Downtown Chilliwack into Disneyland | News  Daily Hive
  
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• Chilliwack ice arena heats pools, cuts greenhouse gases - BC Hydro

  29-09-2023 09:00
  
  Chilliwack ice arena heats pools, cuts greenhouse gases  BC Hydro
  
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• Tolvanen scores twice as Kraken beat Vancouver Canucks 3-1 - Chilliwack Progress

  29-09-2023 07:30
  
  Tolvanen scores twice as Kraken beat Vancouver Canucks 3-1  Chilliwack Progress
  
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