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• Brothers Keepers gang member pleads guilty to B.C. drug activity - Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2023 23:50 via news.google.com
  
  Brothers Keepers gang member pleads guilty to B.C. drug activity  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Vancouver's Pettersson named NHL's 2nd star for October - Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2023 23:37 via news.google.com
  
  Vancouver's Pettersson named NHL's 2nd star for October  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Uzelman: Canadian tax reform is overdue - Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  
  Uzelman: Canadian tax reform is overdue  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Stampeders confident they can earn another clutch road win over Lions

  01-11-2023 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders pulled off a huge road win over the B.C. Lions two weeks ago to save their season.
  Now, the Stampeders (6-12) will need to replicate that feat against the Lions (12-6) on Saturday in the CFL’s Western Semifinal at B.C. Place in Vancouver.
  “We’re not overconfident, but we’re excited to have the opportunity,” said Calgary general manager and coach Dave Dickenson. “We’ve always given ourselves a chance all year.
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• Canadian men make two changes to roster for four-team tournament in Spain

  01-11-2023 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Fullback Cooper Coats and hooker Austin Creighton have replaced Ciaran Breen and Dewald Kotze on Canada’s roster for La Vila International Rugby Cup in Spain.
  The 23rd-ranked Canadians play No. 19 Spain on Nov. 11 while the 18th-ranked U.S. take on No. 26 Brazil. The winners will face off for the title on Nov. 18 with the losers meeting in the third-place playoff.
  Coats, a member of the Canadian sevens squad, won his first 15s cap in 2021 against Wales.
  The uncapped Creighton is a former C
  
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• Tories brought in double the money that Liberals donors contributed in third quarter

  01-11-2023 23:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives continue to hold a sizable fundraising advantage over the Liberals, collecting twice as much money from donors as the governing party did in this year’s third quarter.The Tories raised just over $7 million in donations from around 42,000 contributors between July and September, a drop from the first two quarters in 2023.Figures from Elections Canada show the party had raised about $8.3 million from January to March and nearly $8 million between Apri
  
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• Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin says he wanted to return to duty after being cleared in trial

  01-11-2023 22:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Retired Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin says he wanted to return to duty after being acquitted in a sexual assault trial last December, but the Canadian Armed Forces didn’t want him back. 
  Fortin expressed concerns with the way the military handles sexual misconduct allegations, and his case in particular, in a statement posted to his LinkedIn profile on Wednesday. 
  “This long ordeal has taken a toll on me and my family. My career ended overnight. My sense of abandonme
  
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• Upcoming mortgage renewals part of why BoC held rate at 5%: Macklem

  01-11-2023 22:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says the central bank held its key interest rate at five per cent in part because of the effect a wave of upcoming mortgage renewals is expected to have on the economy.
  Macklem appeared before a Senate committee alongside senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers following the Bank of Canada’s most recent interest rate decision and monetary policy report.
  The governor says the central bank maintained its policy rate because it knows the effec
  
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• Dabrowski, Routliffe advance to doubles semis at year-ending WTA Finals

  01-11-2023 22:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CANCÚN, Mexico — Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand advanced to the semifinals of the doubles event at the season-ending WTA Finals with a  6-4, 6-2 victory over sixth seeds Laura Siegemund of Germany and Vera Zvonareva of Russia on Wednesday.
  The match was a rematch of the U.S. Open women’s doubles final, which Dabrowski and Routliffe won 7-6 (9), 6-3.
  Dabrowski and Routliffe went up a break and took a 4-3 lead in the first set.
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• B.C. set to table housing law requiring small-scale and multi-unit zoning

  01-11-2023 22:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is set to introduce legislation aimed at easing the housing crisis by spurring the development of small-scale and multi-unit homes.
  The new law would require local governments to update zoning bylaws to permit multi-unit buildings on lots typically used for single-family detached homes.
  It would also require one secondary suite or laneway home to be allowed on lots zoned single-family or duplex in communities throughout the province.
  The changes w
  
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• U.S. prosecutors say two Montreal residents helped ship weapons components to Russia

  01-11-2023 22:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — United States federal prosecutors in New York have charged two Montreal residents with wire fraud conspiracy for allegedly exporting electronic components to Russia for military use.
  U.S. authorities say some of the electronic components and integrated circuits they are alleged to have exported were found in Russian missile systems, helicopters, drones and battle tanks captured in Ukraine.Nikolay Goltsev, 37, and Kristina Puzyreva, 32, a Russian-Canadian married couple, were arr
  
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• Carbon pricing in Canada: What it is, what it costs and why you get a rebate

  01-11-2023 22:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada has had a national price on pollution since 2019, but the policy remains a political battleground — and Opposition Conservatives made clear Wednesday they intend to fight the next election over it. 
  Here is a brief overview. 
  1. What is the carbon price? 
  In 2018, Parliament passed the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, which established the legal mechanism under which the federal government requires provinces and territories to either establish a le
  
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• Canada to return to Olympic team show jumping with Pan American Games silver

  01-11-2023 22:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SANTIAGO — Canada will return to Olympic team showing jumping next year in Paris.
  Canada’s riders and horses earned the team silver medal Wednesday at the Pan American Games to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games.
  Mario Deslauriers (Emerson), Tiffany Foster (Figor), Amy Millar (Truman) and Beth Underhill (Nikka vd Bisschop) finished behind victor United States and ahead of bronze medallist Brazil.
  The top three countries in the team event not already qualified for Paris earned those s
  
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• ‘Tough to describe’: NHL players weigh in on what defines ‘hockey sense’

  01-11-2023 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Tage Thompson had one definition. 
  Leon Draisaitl offered a slightly different interpretation. 
  The same went for Troy Terry, Jack Hughes and a host of other NHL players.
  Ask a locker room to define “hockey sense” — the nebulous term often thrown around to describe elite talent — and there’s likely going to be a wide range of answers.
  “Good read on the game,” said Thompson, a centre for the Buffalo Sabres. “One of those things that’
  
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• Player’s death from a skate cut to the neck in England leads to more NHL talks on cut protection

  01-11-2023 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The death of American hockey player Adam Johnson from a skate blade to the neck in a game in England is leading to further discussions about cut-resistant protection in the NHL and other leagues.
  Commissioner Gary Bettman and Players’ Association executive director Marty Walsh touched based Sunday in the immediate aftermath of the death to set up further talks between the league and union. For several years the two sides have been studying skate cut injuries a
  
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• Covenant Chain: Mohawk men in tobacco smuggling case cite treaty, win in Quebec court

  01-11-2023 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Two Mohawk men from Kahnawake, near Montreal, have been granted a stay of proceedings in a tobacco smuggling case after a judge ruled their treaty rights were infringed. 
  Derek White and Hunter Montour were arrested in 2016 as part of a cross-border police operation called Project Mygale in connection with tobacco that was smuggled into Quebec.
  Following a trial in 2019, White and Montour were found guilty of criminal offences, including failing to pay taxes on tobbaco prod
  
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• Mission City Outlaws blank Chilliwack Jets 2-0 - Mission City Record

  01-11-2023 21:50 via news.google.com
  
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• Collapse of Kentucky plant being demolished at abandoned mine leaves 1 worker dead, another trapped

  01-11-2023 21:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  INEZ, Ky. (AP) — One man has died after he and a coworker were trapped beneath tons of concrete and steel when an 11-story building being demolished collapsed at an abandoned eastern Kentucky mine’s coal preparation plant.
  The building at Martin Mine Prep Plant in Martin County collapsed around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Teams used cameras, listening devices and search dogs to try to rescue the men, but Gov. Andy Beshear announced Wednesday that one of the men had died.
  “It’s a t
  
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• North Fraser Fire respond to blaze on Stave Lake Road - Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2023 21:48 via news.google.com
  
  North Fraser Fire respond to blaze on Stave Lake Road  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Milk price hike delayed until May to combat grocery inflation - Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
  Milk price hike delayed until May to combat grocery inflation  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Less than 25% of Chilliwack car owners practice good crime prevention tactics: Chilliwack RCMP

  01-11-2023 21:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — During the month of October, the Chilliwack RCMP and Crime Prevention Services volunteers attended the parking lots of popular fishing areas within the City of Chilliwack.
  This pro-active response used the ICBC Lock Out Auto Crime program to bring attention to the increased number of thefts from parked vehicles during the recreational fishing season. The volunteers took note of any valuable items which were left in plain view of the vehicles. Commonly stolen items can include:
  
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• Less than 25% of Chilliwack car owners follow good crime prevention tactics: Chilliwack RCMP

  01-11-2023 21:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — During the month of October, the Chilliwack RCMP and Crime Prevention Services volunteers attended the parking lots of popular fishing areas within the City of Chilliwack.This pro-active response used the ICBC Lock Out Auto Crime program to bring attention to the increased number of thefts from parked vehicles during the recreational fishing season. The volunteers took note of any valuable items which were left in plain view of the vehicles. Commonly stolen items can include:
  
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• Inaugural puzzle sale raises more than $10000 for Chilliwack food ... - Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2023 21:29 via news.google.com
  
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• Connecticut judge orders new mayoral primary after surveillance videos show possible ballot stuffing

  01-11-2023 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A state judge has taken the unusual step of ordering a new Democratic mayoral primary in Connecticut’s largest city to be held after the Nov. 7 general election is completed. The decision comes after surveillance videos showed a woman stuffing what appeared to be absentee ballots into an outdoor ballot box days before the original primary.
  Superior Court Judge William Clark determined the allegations of possible malfeasance warrant throwing out the results of the Sept. 12 primary, which in
  
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• Republican US Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado won’t seek reelection, citing party’s ‘insidious narratives’

  01-11-2023 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER (AP) — U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, a conservative Republican who represents much of Colorado’s rural eastern plains, announced Wednesday he would not seek a sixth term in Congress, citing many in his party who refuse to accept the results of the 2020 presidential election and to condemn the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
  In a video message posted online, Buck said voters’ hopes that Republicans will take decisive action may be in vain, and that his party’s “ins
  
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• Federal government to level out number of new permanent residents in Canada in 2026

  01-11-2023 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — New targets tabled in Parliament show the government plans to level out the number of new permanent residents to Canada in 2026, forecasting an end to record-breaking year-over-year immigration.
  Immigration Minister Marc Miller submitted new targets for the next three years, which call for the number of new permanent residents to hold steady at 500,000 in 2026.
  The plans show that the targets for 2024 and 2025 will increase as planned.
  The Liberals have aggressively increased thei
  
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• Abandoned home in Chilliwack demolished less than 24 hours after suspicious fire

  01-11-2023 20:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The abandoned home that went up in flames Tuesday afternoon at 9049 School Street, about one block west of Chilliwack General Hospital, has already been demolished.Fraser Valley Today visited the site of the suspicious fire on School Wednesday morning shortly after 10 a.m. and noticed two men in orange vests working around the perimeter of the rubbish and debris on School Street. The smell of charred, seared materials was still present nearly 24 hours after the suspicious fire
  
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• More consultation needed for B.C. Highway Patrol changes: Farnworth - Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2023 20:46 via news.google.com
  
  More consultation needed for B.C. Highway Patrol changes: Farnworth  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• City of Abbotsford invites elementary students to participate in Mayor’s annual Christmas card contest

  01-11-2023 20:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The City of Abbotsford is inviting Abbotsford elementary students in kindergarten through grade five to participate in the 4th annual contest to design the Mayor’s annual Christmas card.
  Each year, the Abbotsford mayor and council members disseminate many electronic Christmas cards across the city and province. Adding children’s artwork to the card adds an extra element of festive cheer. Elementary students from across the city are encouraged to create and submit a
  
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• Police officer in Saskatchewan seriously injured: Premier Scott Moe

  01-11-2023 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ESTEVAN, Sask. — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says a police officer in Estevan, Sask., has been seriously injured.Moe wished the injured officer a full recovery in a post on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
  He says the officer was hurt during an incident with a suspect in the city about 200 kilometres southeast of Regina.Estevan police did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but say in a news release that officers were on the scene of a serious incide
  
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• Hughes, Pettersson, Pastrnak named NHL’s three stars for October

  01-11-2023 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — New Jersey centre Jack Hughes, Vancouver centre Elias Pettersson and Boston right-wing David Pastrnak have been named the NHL’s three stars of October.
  Hughes led the NHL with 13 assists and 18 points in eight games last month.
  It’s the most points by a Devils player through his first eight appearances of a season, and he’s the first to collect at least 18 points over that span since Thomas Vanek with Buffalo in 2012-13.
  Pettersson ranked second in the NHL with
  
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• Lockdown over at Agassiz prison, but staff seize stabbing weapons, cocaine and lots more

  01-11-2023 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — A temporary lockdown that was instituted at a prison west of Agassiz is over, but correctional staff there have confiscated contraband that included stabbing weapons and other prohibited items.
  According to a news release from Correctional Service Canada, Mountain Institution has resumed normal operations and visits following a lockdown and exceptional search last week.During the exceptional search, contraband and unauthorized items were found. The contraband and unauthorized ite
  
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• Waste heat from ice rinks in Chilliwack piped next door to heat pools - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  01-11-2023 19:21 via news.google.com
  
  Waste heat from ice rinks in Chilliwack piped next door to heat pools  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• VIDEO: Canadian-led mission enforces international fishing ... - Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Former B.C. premier John Horgan will be Canada’s next ambassador to Germany

  01-11-2023 18:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that former British Columbia premier John Horgan has been appointed as Canada’s next ambassador to Germany. 
  A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office says Horgan has a proven track record of dedicated public service and will provide strategic advice to Trudeau in his new role. 
  Horgan, 64, was first elected to the legislative assembly in 2005 and was re-elected four consecutive times, twice as premier. 
  The
  
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• Privacy bill fails to address dangers of facial recognition technology: coalition

  01-11-2023 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A coalition pushing for better regulation of facial recognition and other biometric surveillance technologies says proposed federal privacy legislation is in “dire need of significant amendments.”
  In a letter today to Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, the Right2YourFace Coalition warns the use of facial recognition technology threatens human rights, equity principles and fundamental freedoms including the right to privacy.
  Facial recognition technol
  
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• Ministers’ responses on Afghan monument contract ‘pathetic’: design team

  01-11-2023 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — An architectural group that lost out on building a monument to Canada’s mission in Afghanistan is accusing the government of giving a “pathetic” explanation for how the contract was awarded.
  The design by Renée Daoust and her team was selected by a jury, but the government overruled that decision to award the contract to another group.
  The government says it passed over the jury’s choice to reflect the preference of veterans who filled out an anonymo
  
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• UFO sighting in Duncan depicted on new collectible coin - Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2023 18:50 via news.google.com
  
  UFO sighting in Duncan depicted on new collectible coin  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Artists explore human body in Fraser Valley Biennial show in ... - Hope Standard

  01-11-2023 18:40 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C. Coroner’s death panel recommends issuing drugs without prescription to stop ODs

  01-11-2023 18:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — A death review panel from the British Columbia Coroners Service recommends community groups be allowed to hand out drugs without a prescription in an attempt to stop toxic drugs from killing more people. 
  The panel’s report coincided with the monthly overdose death toll of 175 people in September, which the coroners service says is a 10 per cent drop from the same month a year ago, but still equal to 5.8 deaths a day across B.C. 
  The report says an estimated 225,
  
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• Senators to forfeit first-round pick for role in botched Dadonov trade

  01-11-2023 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — The Ottawa Senators will forfeit a first-round draft pick for their role in the voided trade of Evgenii Dadonov from the Vegas Golden Knights to the Anaheim Ducks in March 2022, the NHL announced Wednesday.
  Ottawa originally dealt the winger to Vegas in July 2021, but failed to disclose Dadonov’s 10-team, no-trade list.
  The Golden Knights then attempted to send Dadonov, who signed a three-year, US$15-million contract with Ottawa in October 2020, to the Ducks in March 2022,
  
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• Bombers’ Brady Oliveira, Argos Chad Kelly finalists for CFL’s top player award

  01-11-2023 18:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Rushing leader Brady Oliveira and record-setting quarterback Chad Kelly are the finalists for the CFL’s outstanding player award.
  The CFL unveiled its individual finalists Wednesday in voting conducted by the Football Reporters of Canada and nine head coaches.
  The 5-10, 222-pound Oliveira, a Winnipeg native, led the CFL in rushing with 1,534 yards (5.9-yard average) and nine touchdowns. The 26-year-old also has 38 catches for 482 yards and four touchdowns for 2,106 combined
  
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• Quebec increases immigration target by 10,000, imposes French requirement for workers

  01-11-2023 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Quebec government is increasing its immigration target to about 60,000 people next year and imposing new French-language requirements for newcomers.
  Premier François Legault says the official target will remain steady at 50,000 people a year — but a document his government released today shows that number will rise by 10,000 when immigrants admitted through other programs are factored in.
  The premier told reporters today his government will require all economic
  
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• Freezing rain forecast for Coquihalla, Crowsnest Highways: Environment Canada

  01-11-2023 17:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Coquihalla Highway and Crowsnest Highway won’t be a fun place to be tonight if a forecast from Environment Canada holds true.The national weather forecaster says there will be freezing rain on the Coquihalla Highway (Hwy. 5) from Hope to Merritt, and on the Crowsnest Highway (Hwy. 3) from Hope to Princeton via Allison Pass, from Wednesday night (Nov. 1) until Thursday morning.
  Environment Canada says a warm front associated with a low pressure system will move into t
  
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• Canadian skip Gushue sounds off on setup at WCF’s Pan Continental championships

  01-11-2023 17:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada skip Brad Gushue says he doesn’t blame TSN for dropping television coverage of the Pan Continental Curling Championships.
  He says the broadcasting situation is one of many issues he has with the World Curling Federation event that has left him questioning whether he’d play in the competition in the future.
  Gushue says the WCF production value is quite poor and is nowhere near what’s typically seen at a national or world championship.
  The event, which serves as a world ch
  
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• Auger-Aliassime eliminated from Paris Masters after second-round loss to Tsitsipas

  01-11-2023 17:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime had his six-match winning streak ended Wednesday with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) loss to seventh seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in second-round action at the Paris Masters tennis tournament.
  Auger-Aliassime had nine aces in the match but failed to make the most of his opportunities to break Tsitsipas’s serve.
  Tsitispas saved six of the seven break points he faced, including a crucial hold in the ninth game of the first set, while breaking Auger-Aliassime&r
  
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• B.C. pair accused of neglect in death of North Okanagan youngster in 2020

  01-11-2023 17:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VERNON, B.C. — Two North Okanagan residents have been ordered to appear in a Vernon, B.C., courtroom in January as they face charges of neglect that led to the death of a child nearly four years ago.
  RCMP Cpl. James Grandy says police were called to the Lumby area east of Vernon on April 4, 2020, after paramedics located a critically ill boy.
  He was flown to hospital in Kelowna, but died the next day.
  Mounties and the coroner investigated the death.
  Grandy says the probe has led to charges
  
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• Fiesta Loca Mexican Restaurant set to reopen in downtown Chilliwack Wednesday

  01-11-2023 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Fiesta Loca Mexican Restaurant plans to officially reopen today, Wednesday, November 1 at its new location in downtown Chilliwack at 9339 Main Street, near Service Canada, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
  According to its Facebook page, Fiesta Loca is an authentic Mexican restaurant, made by Mexican people, with only fresh ingredients and reasonable prices.
  The store had been previously open at 5725 Vedder Road in the Dairy Queen/A&W parking lot at Vedder and Thomas. According to a
  
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• Complicated market dealing travellers a mixed hand - Chilliwack Progress

  01-11-2023 17:00 via news.google.com
  
  Complicated market dealing travellers a mixed hand  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Fraser Health acquires several properties near Chilliwack Hospital for long-term care facility

  01-11-2023 16:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Fraser Health says the regional health authority has acquired several properties near Chilliwack General Hospital, with support from the B.C. Ministry of Health, towards the eventual construction of a new long-term care facility in Chilliwack.According to a statement from public affairs spokesperson Nick Eagland on Tuesday, Oct. 31, Fraser Health is presently working on a business plan to construct a long-term care facility to ensure the health authority can meet the growing n
  
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