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• Suspicious fire guts B.C. elementary school, plans underway for students and teachers

  15-10-2023 23:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. — Plans are underway to bring school life back to normal as quickly as possible for students and teachers at a Metro Vancouver elementary school that was destroyed in a suspicious weekend fire.
  Coquitlam School District 43 says in a statement to families on its website that plans are in the works to support continued learning for the school community at Hazel Trembath Elementary School in Port Coquitlam.
  Coquitlam RCMP say they are investigating a suspicious fire at th
  
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• Canada’s Pickrem wins gold in 200-metre medley at swimming World Cup stop in Athens

  15-10-2023 23:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATHENS, Greece — Halifax’s Sydney Pickrem won gold for Canada in the 200-metre medley at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup event on Sunday.
  The 26-year-old Pickrem finished in time of two minutes 9.67 seconds, 1.48 seconds ahead of American Torri Huske, Australian star Kaylee McKeown finished third.
  Fellow Canadian Olympian Kylie Masse, of Windsor, Ont., won a bronze medal Sunday in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:10.77. McKeown won gold in the event in 2:06.02, while America
  
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• B.C. elevator workers threaten strike as lockout notice looms - Chilliwack Progress

  15-10-2023 23:08 via news.google.com
  
  B.C. elevator workers threaten strike as lockout notice looms  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada beats Australia to remain perfect at World Mixed Curling Championship

  15-10-2023 23:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABERDEEN, United Kingdom — Canada improved to 3-0 at the World Mixed Curling Championship with a 7-2 seven-end victory over Australia on Sunday.
  Canada never trailed in the contest after scoring two in the opening end.
  Australia was down 3-2 after four ends before Canada pulled away with a deuce in the fifth and two more in the seventh.
  The win vaulted the Montreal rink of skip Felix Asselin, vice-skip Laurie St-Georges, second Émile Asselin and lead Emily Rileyinto first place in p
  
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• Street art unveiled in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

  15-10-2023 22:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A sculpture by French artist Bernar Venet has become the first Vancouver Biennale art installation in the Downtown Eastside’s Strathcona neighbourhood.
  Vancouver Biennale founder and artistic director Barrie Mowatt says art in unexpected places can be a key contributor to transforming neighbourhoods.
  Venet is one of only five contemporary artists honoured with a solo exhibition at France’s Palace of Versailles in 2011.
  The sculpture will be located outside the offic
  
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• Friends and family mourn the loss of Canadians killed by Hamas in Israel

  15-10-2023 21:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Friends, family and government officials have confirmed that at least five Canadians were killed last weekend when Hamas militants conducted a series of attacks in Israel.
  Thousands of people have been killed so far in the conflict sparked by the Hamas attacks, which has escalated as Israel conducts retaliatory strikes on the Gaza Strip.
  On Sunday, Global Affairs confirmed the death of a fifth Canadian, but did not provide any details about that person, citing privacy concerns.Here’s what
  
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• Pomerleau wins women's Canadian marathon title, Broatch captures ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-10-2023 21:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Abbotsford's Care for Women inaugural event raises more than ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-10-2023 21:00 via news.google.com
  
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• NDP ready to campaign on pharmacare if it backs out of Liberal deal: Anne McGrath

  15-10-2023 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — The federal New Democrats plan to make pharmacare a central issue in the next election if the Liberals do not meet the bar the opposition party has set for legislation to reduce the cost of prescription drugs.
  The confidence-and-supply deal that sees the NDP supporting the minority Liberals on key votes in the House of Commons says the government will introduce a bill to create a framework for national pharmacare this year.
  NDP members have drawn a line in the sand by passing an
  
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• Angel Yin wins LPGA Shanghai tournament for maiden tour title

  15-10-2023 19:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SHANGHAI (AP) — American Solheim Cup player Angel Yin defeated top-ranked Lilia Vu on the first playoff hole to win the LPGA Shanghai tournament on Sunday for her first tour win.
  Both Yin and Vu finished at 14-under 274 on the Qizhong Garden Golf Club course forcing a playoff, where Yin made a birdie at the par-4 18th after Vu had narrowly missed her 20-foot birdie putt.
  It was 25-year-old Yin’s first victory in her 159th start and she shared a warm embrace with compatriot Vu on her
  
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• More than 50 Indigenous fish harvesters in the Maritimes charged or on trial: Ottawa

  15-10-2023 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — Three years after a First Nation started a self-regulated lobster fishery that sparked protests and violence in Nova Scotia, federal prosecutors are pressing ahead with charges against dozens of Indigenous fishers, some of whom are planning constitutional challenges.
  On Sept. 17, 2020, the Sipekne’katik First Nation issued five lobster licences to its members, saying they could trap and sell their catch outside the federally regulated season.
  The bold move came exactly 21 y
  
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• Pomerleau wins women’s Canadian marathon title, Broatch captures national men’s crown

  15-10-2023 19:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Caroline Pomerleau put her hand over her mouth and was wide-eyed being told what she accomplished in her marathon debut.
  The Quebec City native claimed the women’s Canadian marathon title, while Thomas Broatch, also making his marathon debut, captured the national men’s crown at the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon on Sunday.
  After crossing the finish line, Pomerleau didn’t realize she had won the title until she was informed by an official while being handed a C
  
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• Five Canadians killed in Israel after Hamas attack, Global Affairs confirms

  15-10-2023 18:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada is confirming the death of a fifth Canadian in Israel after a series of attacks by Hamas militants near the border with the Gaza Strip. 
  Officials say three other Canadians who were in Israel when the attacks happened last Saturday are still missing.
  Canada considers Hamas a terrorist group, and Canadian leaders have decried the violence it waged last week near the Palestinian territory.
  Julie Sunday, an assistant deputy minister for Global Affairs Canad
  
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• Transgender Manitoba MLA aims to bring personal experience to justice, health issues

  15-10-2023 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Logan Oxenham is celebrating a number of firsts this month. 
  He was elected for the first time to Manitoba’s legislature with the New Democrats in the Oct. 3 election. 
  The 46-year-old’s win has also been called historic, as he’s believed to be the first openly transgender person elected at the provincial level in Manitoba, and possibly in Canada.
  He was also just measured for his first fitted suit.
  “I feel honoured,” Oxenham said in a rec
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of October 15, 2023

  15-10-2023 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.
  Name: Jarrod Johnny
  Age: 34
  Height: 5’10” ft Weight: 201lbs
  Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking
  Warrant in effect: October 10, 2023
  Parole Jurisdiction: Chilliwack
  Name: Joey Van OverveldAge: 31
  Height: 5’11” ft Weight: 177lbs
  Hair: Red Eyes: Blue
  Wanted: Possession of stolen propertyWarrant in effect: October 10
  
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• Canada’s Leylah Fernandez wins Hong Kong Open

  15-10-2023 16:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HONG KONG — Leylah Fernandez rallied from a set down to defeat Katerina Siniakova 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 and win the Hong Kong Open for her first title in 19 months.It is the third title of the 21-year-old Canadian’s career and first since winning at Monterrey in March 2022. After the win, she will also move back inside the top 50 in the rankings next week.
  “We had a very, very hard past couple of years,” Fernandez, of Laval, Que., said. “My family, my parents, my coach, and
  
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• Suspicious cause behind Port Coquitlam school fire

  15-10-2023 16:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORT COQUITLAM — R-C-M-P are seeking information about a suspicious fire at an elementary school in Port Coquitlam.
  Coquitlam R-C-M-P say Hazel Trembath Elementary School was fully engulfed by fire, and the cause is suspected to be suspicious.
  The Mounties say firefighters and police were called to the school early Saturday for reports of a structure fire.
  Coquitlam R-C-M-P are asking anyone with surveillance video of the school area at the time of the fire to contact them.
  
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• UFV nursing students hold diaper drive to benefit the Salvation Army Food Bank in Chilliwack

  15-10-2023 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Nursing students at the University of the Fraser Valley went above and beyond to help Chilliwack’s Salvation Army Community Food Bank address a need that often flies under the radar.
  According to a news release on the UFV website dated Friday, October 13, the concept of a food bank is associated with basic food items and other consumables. But diapers and baby wipes are also items the Chilliwack Community Food Bank offers to families struggling to make ends meet, and tha
  
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• QUIZ: A thirsty quiz about wine and beer - Chilliwack Progress

  15-10-2023 14:03 via news.google.com
  
  QUIZ: A thirsty quiz about wine and beer  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Abbotsford Canucks sign forward Dmitri Zlodeyev - Chilliwack Progress

  15-10-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Abbotsford Canucks sign forward Dmitri Zlodeyev  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canucks badly outshot, but still beat Oilers 4-3

  15-10-2023 07:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Nils Hoglander had a goal and an assist as the Vancouver Canucks continued their early season dominance over the Edmonton Oilers, emerging with a 4-3 victory on Saturday.
  Andrei Kuzmenko, Jack Studnicka and Sam Lafferty also scored for the Canucks (2-0), who whipped the same Oilers 8-1 in their season-opener on Wednesday. Vancouver was winless in its first seven games last season.
  Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and two assists and Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid also scored fo
  
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• Gaza’s desperate civilians search for food, water and safety, as warnings of Israeli offensive mount

  15-10-2023 07:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s 2.3 million civilians faced a deepening struggle for food, water and safety Sunday and braced for a looming invasion a week after Hamas militants launched a deadly assault on Israel. While hundreds of thousands of Gaza residents sought to heed Israel’s order to evacuate roughly the northern half of the territory, others huddled at hospitals in the north.
  Israeli forces, supported by a growing deployment of U.S. warships in the region, pos
  
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• 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits western Afghanistan, USGS says

  15-10-2023 06:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, more than a week after strong quakes and aftershocks killed thousands of people and flattened entire villages.The Associated Press
  
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• Louisiana governor’s race ignites GOP hopes of reclaiming position as Democrats try to keep it blue

  15-10-2023 04:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — As Louisiana’s election polls closed Saturday night and gubernatorial candidates await results, Republicans are hoping to reclaim the governor’s mansion after an eight-year hiatus while Democrats try to keep the position in a state where Donald Trump garnered a majority of the votes in the last two presidential elections.Six major candidates — four Republicans, one Democrat and one independent — are vying for the seat that is being vacated by
  
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• Malkin, Penguins surge past Flames with five goals in third for 5-2 win

  15-10-2023 04:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist during a five-goal third-period surge and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Calgary Flames 5-2 on Saturday night.
  Malkin tied Alexander Mogilny for third-most goals in NHL history among Russian-born players. Malkin, who scored his 473rd career goal, trails only Sergei Fedorov (483) and Alex Ovechkin (822) in goals scored among Russian-born players.
  Bryan Rust scored twice, including a late empty-net goal, while Reilly Smith and Jake G
  
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• Kelly throws TD pass, scores two-point convert to rally Argos past Redblacks 40-27

  15-10-2023 04:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Chad Kelly’s third-quarter TD pass and two-point convert rallied the Toronto Argonauts to a 40-27 home win over the Ottawa Redblacks on a cool Saturday night.
  Kelly staked Toronto to a 34-27 advantage, first with a 45-yard TD strike to DaVaris Daniels at 13:35. Kelly then ran in the two-point convert himself.
  Toronto’s Dewayne Hendrix recovered Ottawa quarterback Dustin Crum’s fumble on the final play of the third. That gave the Argos possession at the Redblacks
  
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• Auston Matthews records second straight hat trick, Maple Leafs pound Wild 7-4

  15-10-2023 04:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Auston Matthews registered his second hat trick in as many games to open the season as the Toronto Maple Leafs thumped the Minnesota Wild 7-4 on Saturday.
  William Nylander added two goals and an assist, Calle Jarnkrok had a goal and an assist, and Tyler Bertuzzi also scored for Toronto, which got 28 saves from Ilya Samsonov.
  Mitch Marner and Morgan Rielly added two assists each.
  Matthews is the fifth player in NHL history to open a season with back-to-back hat tricks, joining Ale
  
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• Canadiens beat Connor Bedard and the Blackhawks 3-2 in home opener

  15-10-2023 04:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Cole Caufield scored the first of three unanswered second-period goals as the Montreal Canadiens defeated Connor Bedard and the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 in their home opener on Saturday night.
  Bedard, hockey’s most anticipated prospect since Connor McDavid, was held off the scoresheet for the first time this season. He had five shots — and many, many more attempts — and was minus-1 on the evening.
  In his first NHL game in Canada, the 18-year-old centre received a
  
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• Chilliwack's Huskers burned by Okanagan Sun in final regular ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-10-2023 02:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Woman dead after New Westminster stabbing: IHIT - Chilliwack Progress

  15-10-2023 01:56 via news.google.com
  
  Woman dead after New Westminster stabbing: IHIT  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Connor scores twice, adds assist as Jets win home opener 6-4 over Panthers

  15-10-2023 01:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Kyle Connor scored two goals and added an assist as the Winnipeg Jets won their home-opener 6-4 against the Florida Panthers on Saturday afternoon.Mark Scheifele and Mason Appleton each had a goal and assist while Morgan Barron and defenceman Dylan DeMelo also scored for Winnipeg (1-1-0).
  Josh Morrissey added two assists and Connor Hellebuyck made 29 saves for the Jets, who were starting a three-game homestand at Canada Life Centre.
  Evan Rodrigues had two goals and two assists f
  
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• Alouettes start slow, finish fast in beating Elks 35-21

  15-10-2023 01:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — A wild, winding 125-yard touchdown return from James Letcher Jr. punctuated a second-quarter scoring explosion from the Montreal Alouettes, who rallied to beat the Edmonton Elks 35-21 Saturday at Commonwealth Stadium.
  The Als, who have clinched second place in the CFL’s East Division with a 10-7 record, have now won four in a row.
  Letcher fielded Elks kicker Dean Faithfull’s missed field goal attempt 15 yards deep in his own end zone, then made a mazy run that capped
  
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• NDP delegates unanimously support pharmacare redline in their deal with Liberals

  15-10-2023 00:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — Delegates at the New Democratic convention have made pharmacare the redline in their deal with the Liberals, saying they will withdraw their support if the minority government doesn’t adhere to their demands. 
  The confidence-and-supply agreement requires the government to table legislation on a pharmacare framework by the end of the year in exchange for the NDP’s support on key votes in the House of Commons.
  On Saturday, the party unanimously passed a non-bindin
  
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