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• In Seattle, phones ding. Killer whales could be close. - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2023 23:42 via news.google.com
  
  In Seattle, phones ding. Killer whales could be close.  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Dandjinou strikes gold at World Cup short track speedskating stop in Montreal

  28-10-2023 23:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — After winning his first individual medal in the 1,000 metres last week at the Maurice Richard Arena, Montreal’s William Dandjinou secured his very first gold medal at the ISU short track speedskating World Cup on Saturday in the 1,500 race.
  The Montreal native, who won bronze last week, jumped out to a quick lead and was never caught, finishing in two minutes 21.78 seconds to claim his first World Cup victory.
  South Korea’s Daeheon Hwang claimed silver in a time of 2
  
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• South Africa holds on to beat New Zealand 12-11 and win a record fourth Rugby World Cup title

  28-10-2023 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — Defending champion South Africa kicked its way to a record fourth Rugby World Cup title by beating New Zealand 12-11 on Saturday after All Blacks captain Sam Cane was the first player to be red-carded in a final.
  Flyhalf Handre Pollard scored all the points for a Springboks side which repeated its 1995 success over New Zealand and denied the All Blacks their own chance to win a fourth title in their record fifth final.
  Cane was shown the red card for a high tackle on center Je
  
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• Brazil scores in stoppage time, finally beating Kailen Sheridan, to edge Canada 1-0

  28-10-2023 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Debinha scored on a deflection in stoppage time to lift Brazil to a 1-0 win over Canada on Saturday afternoon in a game that marked the beginning of the end of captain Christine Sinclair’s international career.
  The goal was a cruel blow to goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan whose heroics had kept Canada in the game. But Sheridan had no chance when the 95th-minute shot hit a defender and went the other way. A Canadian turnover paved the way for the Brazilian last-second attack.
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• Tla'amin Nation, B.C. sign agreement to further environmental ... - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2023 23:14 via news.google.com
  
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• Pope’s meeting on church future says it’s ‘urgent’ to guarantee governance roles for women

  28-10-2023 22:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis’ big gathering of Catholic bishops and laypeople said Saturday it was “urgent” to guarantee fuller participation of women in church governance and called for research on allowing women to be deacons to be released within a year.
  After a month of closed-door debate, Francis’ meeting on the future of the Catholic Church ended late Saturday with the approval of a 42-page text on a host of issues that will now be considered at a second s
  
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• Canadian boxer Tammara Thibeault claims Pan American Games ... - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2023 22:07 via news.google.com
  
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• Marino drops Pan Am Games tennis semifinal, will play for women’s singles bronze

  28-10-2023 21:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SANTIAGO — Rebecca Marino left her first Pan American Games on crutches. She wants to leave her second with a medal.
  The latter was still on the table for the Canadian tennis player despite Saturday’s 6-1, 6-4 semifinal loss to Argentina’s Maria Lourdes Carle. The loss halted Marino’s run of three straight wins to reach medal contention in Santiago, Chile.
  The 32-year-old pro faces Argentina’s Julia Riera for the bronze medal on the Tennis Sports Center’s clay
  
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• Harry Kane imitates David Beckham by scoring from his own half for Bayern Munich

  28-10-2023 21:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MUNICH (AP) — Harry Kane has done a David Beckham.
  The England captain scored a spectacular goal from his own half for Bayern Munich against Darmstadt on Saturday before going on to claim a hat trick.
  Kane spotted goalkeeper Marcel Schuhen was off his line and fired the ball around 60 yards (meters) from Bayern’s side of the center circle. The shot flew over Schuhen, who was desperately running back to his goal, and into the net to increase Bayern’s lead to 5-0 in the 69th. Bay
  
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• Ground game racks up 6 TDs as GW Graham rolls to their 4th straight win

  28-10-2023 21:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The GW Graham senior varsity football team will take whatever the opposing defence gives them.Thanks to an offensive line that loves to run the football, running backs Yapo Conteh (101 yards, 4 TDs) and Grady Andrea (93 yards, 2 TDs) propelled the Grizzlies to a 41-10 win over WJ Mouat Friday night in Abbotsford.The Grizzlies rolled to their fourth straight win and led with a powerful run game of over 100 yards in the first half. Conteh, a 5-foot-11, 210-pound back, ignited th
  
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• Jest Ladies Comedy coming to Chilliwack stage - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  28-10-2023 21:35 via news.google.com
  
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• Jest Ladies Comedy coming to Chilliwack stage - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Former Vice President Mike Pence ends campaign for the White House after struggling to gain traction

  28-10-2023 20:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence is dropping his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, ending his campaign for the White House after struggling to raise money and gain traction in the polls.
  “After much prayer and deliberation, I have decided to suspend my campaign for president effective today,” Pence said at the Republican Jewish Coalition gathering in Las Vegas. “We always knew this would be an uphill battle, but I have no regrets.”Jill
  
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• Police watchdog asks Crown to consider charges against officers in B.C. shooting

  28-10-2023 20:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Investigators with British Columbia’s independent police watchdog probing the shooting death of a man more than two years ago are asking the province’s prosecution service to consider charges against three RCMP officers.
  A statement from B.C.’s Independent Investigations Office says it has submitted a report to the prosecution service for consideration of charges related to the July 2021 incident in Campbell River on Vancouver Island.
  The statement says Ron
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs open Island road trip with loss to Bulldogs

  28-10-2023 20:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ALBERNI VALLEY — Hayden Stavroff had a goal and an assist while Callum Tung made 27 saves as the hometown Alberni Valley Bulldogs shutout the Chilliwack Chiefs 4 – 0 Friday in BCHL play.
  The Bulldogs led 1 – 0 and 2 – 0 at the intermissions, improving their record to 9 wins in 13 games. The Chiefs record fell to 4 – 7 – 1 – 0 on the season.
  Austin McNicholas faced 32 shots in the Chilliwack net as the Chiefs saw their two-game winning streak snapped.Chil
  
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• Canada’s Auger-Aliassime beats Rune to advance to Swiss Indoors final

  28-10-2023 20:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BASEL, Switzerland — Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime will get a chance to defend his championship at the Swiss Indoors tennis event on Sunday.
  Auger-Aliassime advanced to the title game with a 6-3, 6-2 semifinal win over top seed Holger Rune of Denmark on Saturday. 
  The six-seeded Auger-Aliassime used a strong service game — firing five aces and winning 82 per cent of his first serves— to make short work of world No. 6 Rune.  
  Auger-Aliassime conceded only two
  
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• Chilliwack folks invited to fill shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack folks invited to fill shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. introduces crowd-sourcing mechanism to protect old-growth ... - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2023 18:43 via news.google.com
  
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• The MOJ: Canucks Trending In The Right Direction - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
  The MOJ: Canucks Trending In The Right Direction  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Artists sought for show on inclusion at Chilliwack Museum - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
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• List of Christmassy events in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2023 18:21 via news.google.com
  
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• Ray Bonneville coming to intimate Chilliwack venue - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2023 18:10 via news.google.com
  
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• 2 earthquakes strike northern B.C., just south of Alaska border - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2023 17:54 via news.google.com
  
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• England seeks face-saving turnaround against India at the Cricket World Cup

  28-10-2023 17:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LUCKNOW, India (AP) — When the Cricket World Cup schedule was announced in July, India vs. England on Sunday was expected to be a marquee match.
  It will be anything but.
  England’s poor showing at the World Cup so far has befuddled even its most ardent fans. One win from five games is the worst showing for a defending champion since 1999, when 1996 winners Sri Lanka won two out of five league games and failed to qualify for the next stage of that tournament.
  England’s only win s
  
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• Swiss skier Gut-Behrami takes World Cup season-opening GS. Shiffrin places 6th

  28-10-2023 16:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SOELDEN, Austria (AP) — Swiss skier Lara Gut-Behrami edged first-run leader Federica Brignone by two-hundredths of a second Saturday to win the season-opening women’s World Cup giant slalom, with Mikaela Shiffrin finishing in sixth.
  Gut-Behrami trailed the Italian by 0.73 after the opening leg but made up three-quarters of a second with a gutsy second run.
  “I’m happy as it’s my third win after 10 years,” said Gut-Behrami, a former overall champion who previous
  
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• Maine embarks on healing and searches for answers a day after mass killing suspect is found dead

  28-10-2023 16:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — A Maine official says police teams had twice cleared a recycling center where the body of the man suspected of killing 18 people was found on Friday night.Department of Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sauschuck said the teams that cleared the facility included a tactical team. He said another state police team returned and found Robert Card’s body on Friday night.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  LEWISTON, Maine (AP) &m
  
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• Less boo for your buck: For the second Halloween in a row, US candy inflation hits double digits

  28-10-2023 15:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Spooked by the high price of Halloween candy? There’s not much relief in sight.
  For the second year in a row, U.S. shoppers are seeing double-digit inflation in the candy aisle. Candy and gum prices are up an average of 13% this month compared to last October, more than double the 6% increase in all grocery prices, according to Datasembly, a retail price tracker. That’s on top of a 14% increase in candy and gum prices in October 2022.
  “The price of candy has gotten to be outrag
  
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• Chilliwack Mountie cycles to honour officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty

  28-10-2023 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP member Constable Marie-Michelle Page recently returned from the fifth annual British Columbia Law Enforcement Memorial (BCLEM) Ride to Remember. This somber cycling event took place from September 21 to 24, honouring the memory of fallen officers while raising awareness of their sacrifices.
  The BCLEM Ride to Remember began in Burnaby and concluded in Victoria, where the BCLEM itself was held at the British Columbia Legislature Bastion. The 385-kilometer started
  
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• B.C. not facing an immediate shortage of ADHD drugs - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2023 14:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Israeli says it is expanding its ground operation in Gaza

  28-10-2023 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military spokesman says Israel is expanding its ground operation in Gaza with infantry and armored vehicles backed by “massive” strikes from the air and sea.
  Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said Saturday that “the forces are still on the ground and are continuing the war.”
  Earlier Saturday, the military had released videos showing columns of armored vehicles moving slowly in open sandy areas of Gaza, the first visual confirmation of ground troop
  
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• Location, location, location: three former Hells Angels clubhouses heading for sale

  28-10-2023 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The three-bedroom East Vancouver home that’s about to hit the market includes a brick fireplace and finished basement, along with a private back deck. 
  Not to worry — the Hells Angels deaths-head logos have been removed from the gables.
  The seller is motivated. The home at 3598 East Georgia St. is one of three former clubhouses of the Hells Angels that now belong to the British Columbia government after the Supreme Court of Canada chose not to hear an appeal re
  
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• Hundreds attend vigil for victims of shooting rampage in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.

  28-10-2023 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — Hundreds of flickering candles lit up the evening as residents of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. gathered for a vigil in memory of the victims of Monday’s shooting rampage, with the father of one of the victims calling for respect for the family of the gunman as well.
  Four people were killed, including three children, and a woman was injured at two different locations in the northern Ontario city before the shooter took his own life in what police have called a case
  
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• Iranian teen injured on Tehran Metro while not wearing a head scarf has died, state media says

  28-10-2023 09:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian teenage girl injured weeks ago in a mysterious incident on Tehran’s Metro while not wearing a head scarf has died, Iranian state media reported Saturday.
  The death of Armita Geravand comes after her being in a coma for weeks in Tehran and after the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and the nationwide protests it sparked.
  Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported her death.What happened in the few seconds after Armita
  
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• Chilliwack's G.W. Graham Grizzlies defeat Abbotsford's W.J. Mouat ... - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2023 07:58 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack's G.W. Graham Grizzlies defeat Abbotsford's W.J. Mouat ... - Abbotsford News

  28-10-2023 07:58 via news.google.com
  
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• Hughes scores twice as Canucks defeat Blues for third consecutive win

  28-10-2023 06:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Defenceman Quinn Hughes scored two goals in a game for the second time in his career and Thatcher Demko stopped 22 shots for the shutout as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the St. Louis Blues 5-0 Friday night to win their third consecutive game.
  J.T. Miller scored shorthanded and added two assists for Vancouver (5-2-0). 
  Phil Di Giuseppe had a goal and an assist. Ilya Mikheyev scored once and Elias Petterson had two assists.
  The shutout was the fourth of Demko’s caree
  
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• García’s HR in 11th, Seager’s tying shot in 9th rally Rangers past Arizona 6-5 in Series opener

  28-10-2023 06:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Adolis García hit an opposite-field homer in the 11th inning, after Corey Seager’s tying two-run shot in the ninth, and the Texas Rangers opened this surprise World Series of wild-card teams with a 6-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.The Cuban slugger known as El Bombi drove a 3-1 sinker from Miguel Castro into the right-field seats beyond a leaping Corbin Carroll. It was García’s second RBI of the game, setting a reco
  
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• Chicago hands Vegas first loss of season, 4-3 in OT

  28-10-2023 06:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Phillipp Kurashev scored on a power play 2:50 into overtime, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat Vegas 4-3 on Friday to hand the Golden Knights their first loss of the season.
  With William Karlsson in the penalty box for tripping Connor Bedard, Kurashev skated to the top of the slot and ripped the winner past Vegas goalie Adin Hill. It was the first time Vegas allowed a power-play goal at home this season.
  Bedard, Ryan Donato and Taylor Raddysh also scored for Chicago, which h
  
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• Caruso nails 3 in overtime to give the Bulls a wild 104-103 win over Raptors

  28-10-2023 06:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Alex Caruso nailed a 3-pointer with 2.3 seconds remaining in overtime and the Chicago Bulls beat the Toronto Raptors 104-103 on Friday night.
  Caruso hit the winner off a feed from Zach LaVine after blocking Pascal Siakam. He finished with 13 points, 13 rebounds and two steals.
  DeMar DeRozan scored 33 points. Coby White added 17, and the Bulls came out on top in a game filled with wild swings.
  They went from leading by 19 in the second quarter to trailing by 11 in the third b
  
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• Quarterback Dru Brown leads Blue Bombers to 36-13 win over Stampeders

  28-10-2023 06:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Starting quarterback Dru Brown threw a pair of touchdowns to Rasheed Bailey and Brendan O’Leary-Orange to lead the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to a 36-13 win over the Calgary Stampeders on Friday.
  Backup quarterback Dakota Prukop added a one-yard touchdown run with 1:38 remaining in the game to round out the scoring.
  Sergio Castillo kicked five field goals for the Blue Bombers (14-4).
  Winnipeg had already clinched a bye through the first round of the CFL playoffs and will host ei
  
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• Meet the 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2023 03:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Beach volleyball duo, flag-bearers Humana-Paredes, Wilkerson earn Pan Am Games silver

  28-10-2023 02:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SANTIAGO — Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson believe their new bond on and off the beach volleyball court strengthened at the Pan American Games.
  A year after the former university indoor volleyball teammates formed a beach partnership, the Toronto duo won Canada’s first Pan Am Games medal in women’s beach volleyball with a silver Friday.
  Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson fell 2-0 (22-20, 22-18) to world No. 1 Ana Patricia Silva Ramos and Eduarda “Duda” Santos
  
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• Cat found abandoned, surrounded by feces in Lower Mainland ... - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2023 02:08 via news.google.com
  
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• Canada’s Auger-Aliassime moves into semifinal at Swiss Indoors

  28-10-2023 01:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BASEL, Switzerland — Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime secured his spot in the semifinals at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament Friday with a 7-6 (2), 3-6, 7-6 (1) victory over Alexander Shevchenko.
  Auger-Aliassime, ranked 19th in the world, needed two hours and 36 minutes to down the Russian qualifier.
  The Canadian fired 16 aces in the match.
  Auger-Aliassime, the defending champion in Basel, will face Holger Rune, the tournament’s top seed and sixth-ranked player in the world,
  
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• Japan’s Sakamoto leads women at Skate Canada after short program; Canadians struggle

  28-10-2023 01:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto set the tone for the women’s short program at the Skate Canada International on Friday.
  The reigning world champion had a total score of 75.13 in her short program, nearly five points clear of second place Chaeyeon Kim, of South Korea, who made her Grand Prix debut.
  Sakamoto was pleased with her performance, but she doesn’t see it as a momentum builder. Instead, she says she’ll use it as a reminder to stay focused to ensure a simil
  
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• Ex-MP Roméo Saganash referred to restorative justice program in sexual assault case

  28-10-2023 01:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Manitoba government says former NDP member of Parliament Roméo Saganash, who was charged with sexual assault earlier this year, has been referred to a restorative justice program.
  A provincial spokesperson confirmed late Friday that the matter has been sent to diversion, and the Manitoba Restorative Justice Centre has accepted Saganash and “placed him in programming.”
  The province said it had no further comment. 
  The complainant in the case alleges that
  
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• Premier Eby condemns rise in hate crimes in B.C. stemming from Israeli-Hamas conflict

  28-10-2023 00:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby is condemning the rise in hate crimes in the province, driven by the Israeli-Hamas war.
  Eby says in a written statement that his office has heard “directly” about a number of acts of antisemitism, such as the vandalism of a rabbi’s home and two Jewish women being threatened with violence after a rally.
  He says there are also increased reports of hate incidents from Muslim organizations in the province, including an incident wh
  
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• Shoplifting 'tsunami' sparks Vancouver crackdown leading to 258 ... - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2023 00:30 via news.google.com
  
  Shoplifting 'tsunami' sparks Vancouver crackdown leading to 258 ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• New Abbotsford Police chief 'excited for the future' - Chilliwack Progress

  28-10-2023 00:00 via news.google.com
  
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