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• CP NewsAlert: Human rights commissioner resigns over Saskatchewan’s pronoun bill

  16-10-2023 23:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — Heather Kuttai, a commissioner with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, says in a letter that she is resigning immediately because of the province’s proposed legislation requiring parental permission if a child wants to use a different name or pronoun at school.
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• Farnworth reaches for checkmate in Surrey policing transition dispute - Chilliwack Progress

  16-10-2023 23:41
  
  Farnworth reaches for checkmate in Surrey policing transition dispute  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Trent prepared to help Raptors any way he can, either off the bench or as a starter

  16-10-2023 23:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Gary Trent Jr., doesn’t know what his role will be on the Raptors this season. He doesn’t know if he’ll start or if he’ll lead Toronto’s second unit off the bench.
  All he knows is that he’s going to do whatever he can to help the Raptors win.
  “Obviously you work to start in the league and start for a team and help the team as much as you can,” Trent  said on Monday. “I have no control over that. So whatever it’s goi
  
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• Soccer match between Belgium and Sweden suspended after deadly shooting in Brussels

  16-10-2023 23:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — A soccer match between host Belgium and Sweden was suspended at halftime Monday after two Swedes were killed in a shooting in central Brussels before kickoff.
  Fans remained inside the King Baudouin stadium after the European Championship qualifier was stopped and chanted “All together, All together,” with thousands of supporters from both sides also shouting “Sweden, Sweden!”The match was being played around 3 miles (5 kilometers) away from the shoot
  
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• CP NewsAlert: B.C. to bring in law forcing Surrey to go with municipal police force

  16-10-2023 23:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Solicitor General Mike Farnworth has introduced legislation that will force the City of Surrey to provide policing with a municipal force.
  The update in the Police Act also gives the province the authority to cancel the current RCMP contract it has with the city. 
  The proposed legislation comes just days after the City of Surrey filed a petition in court asking for a judicial review of the B.C. government’s directive that it must continue its transiti
  
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• Belgian authorities raise terror alert after 2 Swedes are fatally shot in Brussels

  16-10-2023 23:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities raised the terror alert to its highest level in the capital late Monday after the fatal shooting of two Swedes in Brussels that Prime Minister Alexander De Croo linked to terrorism. The gunman remained at large.
  The killings happened some 3 miles (5 kilometers) from a stadium where over 35,000 fans were watching a Belgium-Sweden soccer match, Belgium’s anti-terror center said. The match was abandoned half way through.
  “The population needs to
  
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• Feds, Atlantic premiers meeting in Ottawa as Atlantic Loop project teeters

  16-10-2023 22:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is meeting in Ottawa today with the premiers of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, seeking an agreement to help the two provinces get off coal power by the end of the decade.
  Wilkinson invited Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston and New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs to Ottawa in August after publishing a draft of federal clean electricity regulations.
  The regulations require all electricity produced in Canada be free of greenhouse gas emissions by 2035.
  
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• Columbia Valley Fire Dept. dispatched for fire, turns out it’s in Washington state

  16-10-2023 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBIA VALLEY — The Columbia Valley Fire Department was dispatched Monday afternoon (Oct. 16) for what was believed to be a fire between Vedder Mountain in Chilliwack and the United States border.
  The call came in at about 1:03 p.m. Monday, advising crews that there was some kind of fire suspected of being within either the Abbotsford Fire Rescue jurisdiction or that of Columbia Valley Fire Department, the latter of which stretches to the U.S. border.According to scanner traffic, a calle
  
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• Ticats head into regular-season finale with strength at quarterback

  16-10-2023 22:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Head coach Orlondo Steinauer will have a pleasant issue to address when the Hamilton Tiger-Cats return from their bye week.
  Hamilton (8-9) finishes its regular season visiting Montreal (10-7) on Oct. 28. The two teams return to Molson Stadium on Nov. 4 for the East Division semifinal.
  What Steinauer must determine is playing time for his quarterbacks. Hamilton is three deep with veterans Bo Levi Mitchell and Matt Shiltz as well as rookie Taylor Powell having all won games this season.
  But with t
  
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• 'Something needs to be done' about Chilliwack intersection, resident ... - Chilliwack Progress

  16-10-2023 22:24
  
  'Something needs to be done' about Chilliwack intersection, resident ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Pedestrian killed in Richmond car crash - Chilliwack Progress

  16-10-2023 22:24
  
  Pedestrian killed in Richmond car crash  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Two community newspapers publish their last editions in B.C. this week

  16-10-2023 22:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Two newspapers in British Columbia are publishing their last editions this week, eliminating coverage by community newspapers for a large swath of the province’s northeast. 
  Glacier Media announced it is shutting down both the Dawson Creek Mirror and the Alaska Highway News out of Fort St. John.
  A letter published online from Peter Kvarnstrom, the president of Glacier’s community media division, says the business model for the papers is no longer sust
  
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• Quebec coroner says more diligent police search could have saved life of Cree teen

  16-10-2023 22:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec coroner says the death of a 16-year-old girl might have been prevented had police spent more than 10 minutes looking for her. 
  Neebin Icebound died of hypothermia Oct. 9, 2022, in the Cree community of Waswanipi, about 490 kilometres northwest of Quebec City.
  Coroner Karine Spénard says police received a report shortly before 4:30 a.m. that day of a partially naked woman lying on the ground near an elementary school.
  Spénard says it’s astonishin
  
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• Planned ignition during North Shuswap wildfire under investigation - Chilliwack Progress

  16-10-2023 21:50
  
  Planned ignition during North Shuswap wildfire under investigation  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Abbotsford man plans to go on an African safari after winning $1 million Lotto 6/49 prize

  16-10-2023 21:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — News that he had a $1 million prize through a Lotto 6/49 contest came as quite a shock to the wife of Abbotsford resident Dale Domshy.
  His dream of taking a jungle safari through Africa and buying land will likely come to fruition after the Domshy won the Lotto 6/49 prize of $1 million from the September 30, 2023 draw.
  Domshy, who bought his ticket from BCLC’s PlayNow.com, was at home on the computer when he received an email notification of his win.
  “It’s su
  
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• Grand Slam of Curling season kicks off with HearingLife Tour Challenge

  16-10-2023 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A field heavy with international talent will kick off the Grand Slam of Curling schedule on Tuesday at the HearingLife Tour Challenge in Niagara Falls, Ont.
  Reigning world champs Bruce Mouat of Scotland and Silvana Tirinzoni of Switzerland are among the headliners at the Gale Centre. Round-robin play continues through Friday ahead of the weekend playoffs.
  In yet another nod to the sport’s improved international depth, this season there are only 12 Canadian teams among the 32 total Tier-1 e
  
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• Experts weigh impact from Supreme Court ruling on other federal environmental moves

  16-10-2023 20:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Many legal experts say a Supreme Court ruling that found much of Ottawa’s environmental assessment law unconstitutional will have no impact on other federal moves, such as clean electricity regulations or oilsands emissions caps. 
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and other political leaders have said Friday’s decision means Ottawa has no right to regulate the greenhouse-gas emissions from power generation or oilsands mining. 
  Those moves, however, are based on the federal gov
  
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• Forge FC’s Bobby Smyrniotis up for CPL coach of the year for a fifth straight season

  16-10-2023 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Forge FC’s Bobby Smyrniotis is up for coach of the year in the Canadian Premier League for a fifth straight year.
  Smyrniotis is against Patrice Gheisar of HFX Wanderers FC and Cavalry FC’s Tommy Wheeldon Jr.
  The Forge coach has yet to win the award despite winning the league title in 2019, 2020 and 2022 and finishing runner-up in 2021.
  Wheeldon won the coaching award in 2019, followed by Halifax’s Stephen Hart in 2020, Pacific’s Pa-Modou Kah in 2021 and Atletico Ottawa&rs
  
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• Cycle Chilliwack’s GoByBike two-week campaign kicks off today with chance to win prizes

  16-10-2023 20:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Cycle Chilliwack’s GoByBike week kicked off Monday (Oct. 16) with the goal of getting Chilliwack residents to leave their cars at home, if possible, for their personal health, health of the community and the health of the environment.Chilliwack residents are encouraged to sign up for Cycle Chilliwack’s GoByBike starting today through Sunday, October 29. It gives residents an opportunity to explore new and improved designated bike routes across Chilliwack and access
  
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• Leaf Matthews edges Canuck Pettersson for NHL's 1st star honours - Chilliwack Progress

  16-10-2023 20:30
  
  Leaf Matthews edges Canuck Pettersson for NHL's 1st star honours  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Toronto Maple Leafs mixing up goal songs after finally shelving Hall & Oates

  16-10-2023 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Maple Leafs didn’t change their goal song for five full seasons.
  They’ve had two in two games to start the 2023-24 campaign — and there are more to come.
  Toronto used a portion of Steve Aoki’s 2012 remix of Kid Cudi’s “Pursuit of Happiness” in Wednesday’s home opener, with the track briefly taking over from Hall & Oates’ 1980s tune “You Make My Dreams (Come True).”But that dance jam was shelved by the time
  
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• UFV Cascades women's soccer punches ticket to postseason - Chilliwack Progress

  16-10-2023 20:04
  
  UFV Cascades women's soccer punches ticket to postseason  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Leafs cente Matthews, Canucks centre Pettersson headline NHL’s three stars

  16-10-2023 19:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Toronto centre Auston Matthews has been named the NHL’s first star of its opening week of the 2023-24 season after he posted hat tricks in the Maple Leafs’ first two games.
  Vancouver Canucks centre Elias Pettersson took second-star honours after posting a goal and five assists in two games, while Pittsburgh centre Evgeni Malkin was named third star with two goals and four assists in three games.
  Matthews became just the second player since the NHL’s inaugural 1
  
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• B.C. govt. to increase regulation of Airbnb, Vrbo-type short-term rentals

  16-10-2023 19:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The B.C. government announced new legislation on Monday (Oct. 16) that it says will address the growing short-term rental market, including homes found on sites like Airbnb and Vrbo, and regulate it accordingly in order to create more housing across the province.There are at least 90 homes on Airbnb alone in the Chilliwack area, according to a normal search done on the popular short-term rental website Monday morning.“Anyone who’s looking for an affordable place to
  
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• Canada men’s rugby coach Kingsley Jones gets two-year contract extension

  16-10-2023 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Rugby Canada has signed men’s coach Kingsley Jones to a two-year contract extension that will see him lead the team through 2025.
  The former Wales captain has been in charge of the Canadian men since September 2017.
  While the Canadian men failed to qualify for the World Cup currently underway in France, Rugby Canada says Jones has widened the depth of the Canadian talent pool and improved collaboration between the Canadian sevens and 15s programs.
  Jones’ record at the Canadian helm i
  
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• Canada’s new antisemitism envoy Deborah Lyons eyes campus and online anti-Jew speech

  16-10-2023 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Trudeau government has appointed former ambassador Deborah Lyons as Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism.
  Lyons is Canada’s former ambassador to Israel and to Afghanistan, and she replaces former attorney general Irwin Cotler, who held the role for three years.
  The role involves collecting data and speaking out for Jewish people when they are attacked within Canada and abroad, and similar roles exist for Muslims and
  
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• Tribunal asking Senators to disclosing their withheld emails in discrimination case

  16-10-2023 19:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A federal tribunal is asking senators to divulge emails that it believes are relevant to determining whether an employee was fired on the basis of racial discrimination.
  A tribunal is hearing the case of Darshan Singh, who served two years as the Senate’s human-resources director and was the first person of colour join the Senate’s executive team of public servants.
  The Senate’s administrative officials say that senators opted to fire Singh in December 2015 due t
  
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• CP NewsAlert: B.C. to bring in new rules on short-term rentals to create more housing

  16-10-2023 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The B.C. government has introduced legislation that would rein in what it says is a rapidly expanding short-term rental market.Premier David Eby says the number of short-term rentals has ballooned in recent years and the government is taking action to reduce the “profit-driven mini-hotel operators” by bringing in new enforcement tools.
  More coming.
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• In Newfoundland, champion runners look up to 85-year-old woman still ‘killing it’

  16-10-2023 19:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — An 85-year-old woman ran a notoriously agonizing 20-kilometre road race in St. John’s on Sunday, completing her 10th competitive run of the course and beating 121 much younger people.
  Florence Barron ran the steep, relentless hills along the Cape to Cabot course in two hours and 20 minutes, shaving a full minute off her time from last year.
  Barron was the 267th runner to cross the finish line after a 150-metre climb to the top of Signal Hill, in downtown St.
  
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• Canada defeats Lithuania to remain unbeaten at world mixed curling championship

  16-10-2023 19:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABERDEEN, United Kingdom — Canada remained undefeated halfway through round-robin play at the 2023 World Mixed Curling Championship with a 9-5 win over Lithuania on Monday.
  The Canadians, skipped by Montreal’s Felix Asselin, took a 9-4 lead after scoring two in the fifth end and following with a steal of one in the sixth.
  Lithuania conceded after being limited to one point in the seventh.
  The win moved Canada to 4-0 heading into games Tuesday against Poland and New Zealand.
  The game
  
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• Winnipeg man pleads not-guilty in killing of parents and attack on nurse

  16-10-2023 19:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Lawyers for a man accused of killing his parents and attacking a nurse at a Winnipeg hospital nearly two years ago say he is not criminally responsible due to mental illness.Trevor Farley has been charged with first-degree murder in his mother’s death, second-degree murder in his father’s death and attempted murder in a stabbing at Seven Oaks General Hospital.
  Farley appeared in Manitoba’s Court of King’s Bench before Justice Kenneth Champagne and pleaded
  
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• Trump has narrow gag order imposed on him by federal judge overseeing 2020 election subversion case

  16-10-2023 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge overseeing the 2020 election subversion case against Donald Trump in Washington imposed a narrow gag order on him on Monday, barring the Republican former president from making statements targeting prosecutors, possible witnesses and the judge’s staff.The order from U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan is a milestone moment in the federal case that accuses Trump of illegally conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.Special c
  
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• Former medical office, chiropractic business in downtown Chilliwack eyed for 5-storey housing complex

  16-10-2023 18:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Two properties in downtown Chilliwack that once housed both a family doctor’s office and a chiropractic business are being envisioned for a 5-storey housing complex.
  According to staff reports from the City of Chilliwack, the properties at 9132 and 9146 Mary Street are being considered for a possible five-storey housing complex featuring an above-ground parkade and four levels containing 32 units, including 25 small-unit apartments.
  Newcombe House Family Practice was for
  
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• First group of Canadians leave West Bank for Jordan as those in Gaza brace for worst

  16-10-2023 18:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says a group of Canadians has crossed safely from the West Bank into neighbouring Jordan as violence continues in Israel’s escalating war against Hamas. 
  Joly made the announcement this morning on X, the platform previously known as Twitter, thanking the Global Affairs staff who she says worked around the clock to make it happen.
  The federal government says 21 Canadians and foreign nationals took a bus out of the West Bank, a
  
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• Complainant in Nygard trial says former mogul said he wanted to help with career

  16-10-2023 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A woman who has accused Peter Nygard of sexual assault is telling jurors at his Toronto trial that the former fashion mogul flew her to Toronto under the guise of helping with her fashion career.
  Nygard, the founder of a now-defunct international women’s clothing company, is accused of using his position in the fashion industry to lure women and girls.
  The 82-year-old has pleaded not guilty to five counts of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement in alleged in
  
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• Canadiens forward Kirby Dach out long term with ‘significant’ injury

  16-10-2023 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BROSSARD, Que. — Montreal Canadiens forward Kirby Dach has sustained a “significant injury” and will be out for an extended period of time, the team announced Monday.
  Dach was checked into the Blackhawks’ bench by defenceman Jarred Tinordi in the first period of Montreal’s home opener against Chicago on Saturday.
  He headed to the locker room shortly afterward and did not return to the game due to a lower-body injury.
  A spokesperson for the Canadiens did not provide
  
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• Settlement over Trump family separations at the border seeks to limit future separations for 8 years

  16-10-2023 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A settlement filed Monday in a long-running lawsuit over the Trump administration’s separation of parents and their children at the border bars the government from similar separations for eight years while also providing benefits like the ability for their parents to come to America and work, according to the Biden administration.
  The settlement between the Biden administration and the American Civil Liberties Union, which has been representing families separated fro
  
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• Professional Women’s Hockey League releases rosters ahead of Nov. 15 training camps

  16-10-2023 18:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The six teams in the Professional Women’s Hockey League will open training camps on Nov. 15 in advance of the league’s inaugural season.
  The league released the roster of 184 players that will open camp in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, New York, Boston and Minnesota.
  That includes the three initial free agent signings each team was allowed to make, 88 players who were selected in the PWHL draft last month and 78 undrafted free agents invited from the draft eligibility li
  
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• Chilliwack’s Kalyn Head the fastest female in Saturday’s Around the Lake Give ‘R Take 30 race

  16-10-2023 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CULTUS LAKE — Buoyed by perfect conditions, Chilliwack’s Kalyn Head emerged as the fastest female in Saturday’s 20th running of the Around the Lake Give ‘R Take 30 kilometre trail race.Head crossed the finish line in 2 hours, 55 minutes and 5 seconds amid perfect conditions that resulted in course records being set over the weekend as over 300 racers made their way around Cultus Lake.Vancouver’s David Bandiera repeated as top finisher for the second consecutive year
  
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• Montreal mayor joins mayors of New York, Paris on UN sustainability advisory group

  16-10-2023 17:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante has joined a new United Nations group to help local and regional governments implement the organization’s sustainable development plan.
  The Advisory Group on Local and Regional Governments consists of 20 elected officials from five continents.
  Members include the mayors of New York City, London and Paris.
  The UN says the group will find ways to improve collaboration between cities, regions, national governments and international organizations, and make
  
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• MATCHDAY: England plays scandal-hit Italy in Euro 2024 qualifying. Hungary and Denmark can qualify.

  16-10-2023 17:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Tuesday:
  EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING
  GROUP C
  A European Championship spot is within reach for England as Gareth Southgate’s team hosts scandal-hit Italy at Wembley in a repeat of the 2021 final. England is unbeaten in seven games since last year’s World Cup and will qualify with a win, or even a draw if Ukraine doesn’t beat Malta. Italy is without midfielders Sandro Tonali and Nicolò Zaniolo, who were sent home
  
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• No tsunami expected for B.C. after 6.7 earthquake off Alaska - Chilliwack Progress

  16-10-2023 17:09
  
  No tsunami expected for B.C. after 6.7 earthquake off Alaska  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Doctors urged to screen for alcoholism before prescribing ... - Chilliwack Progress

  16-10-2023 17:09
  
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• Business gloom deepens as sales moderate, Bank of Canada survey finds

  16-10-2023 16:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada says its business outlook survey indicator fell in the third quarter as companies expect sales growth to slow over the coming year.
  The bank’s business outlook survey report says the indicator was at its lowest level in over a decade, except for a brief period early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
  The report found the negative effects of rising interest rates are spreading with more businesses thinking higher rates will constrain sales and investment plans.
  The
  
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• Rave review: B.C. electronic music lovers cultivating healthier culture - Chilliwack Progress

  16-10-2023 16:30
  
  Rave review: B.C. electronic music lovers cultivating healthier culture  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• A&W launches reusable, exchangeable cup program to tackle single-use cup waste

  16-10-2023 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A&W Food Services of Canada Inc. says it’s launching an exchangeable and reusable cup program across the country in a bid to reduce waste.
  The Vancouver-based fast food chain says its new A&W One Cup program will allow customers to pay $3 for an exchangeable cup when they order a beverage.
  When they return to the chain for a drink again, A&W will exchange the cup for a cleaned and sanitized one and give the customer a 20-cent discount.
  Cups can be exchanged at
  
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• Flag football to be included in Olympic program in 2028

  16-10-2023 15:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MUMBAI, India — Football will become an Olympic sport in 2028.
  The International Olympic Committee has included flag football in the official program for the 2028 Games slated for Los Angeles.
  The IOC’s decision follows deliberations and recommendations from the IOC executive board, the IOC Olympic Program Commission and the Los Angeles organizing committee, concluding a comprehensive two-year evaluation process.
  It’s estimated that 20 million player in over 100 countries, incl
  
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• Day 10 of the latest Israel-Hamas war - Chilliwack Progress

  16-10-2023 15:30
  
  Day 10 of the latest Israel-Hamas war  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Fraser Valley Regional District Director calls for support for flooded homeowners

  16-10-2023 14:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A regional district director is calling on the B-C government to help some Fraser Valley residents still suffering from the area’s historic flood two years ago.
  Fraser Valley Regional District Area E director Patti MacAhonic says she’s sent the province a letter recommending a — quote — “financial solution” for six homeowners.
  She says the homeowners have not been able to move forward and recover from the floods after their homes were destro
  
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• In the news today: Fifth Canadian dies in Israel after Hamas attacks

  16-10-2023 14:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today…
  Global Affairs confirms death of fifth Canadian in Israel after Hamas attacks
  Global Affairs Canada has confirmed the death of a fifth Canadian in Israel after a series of attacks by Hamas militants, while Canadians in the besieged Gaza Strip still have no way to get out.
  Three other Canadians who were in Israel when the attacks happened Oct. 7 are still missing, official
  
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