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• Chilliwack artist teams up with T-Pain and Snoop Dogg - Chilliwack Progress

  07-11-2023 23:48 via news.google.com
  
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• Private plane that lost control near Kelowna being investigated - Chilliwack Progress

  07-11-2023 23:44 via news.google.com
  
  Private plane that lost control near Kelowna being investigated  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Petition filed to recall Surrey MLA - Chilliwack Progress

  07-11-2023 23:32 via news.google.com
  
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• Judge tells Ibrahim Ali jury to disregard testimony of Crown witness who died

  07-11-2023 23:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The judge in the first-degree murder trial of Ibrahim Ali, who is accused of killing a Burnaby, B.C., teenager six years ago, has told the jury to completely disregard the testimony of a witness who died before the end of her cross-examination.
  Dr. Tracy Pickett, a sexual assault expert called by the Crown, had not finished testifying when she was found dead on Sept. 28.
  Justice Lance Bernard has instructed the jury to disregard Pickett’s testimony and to resist all specu
  
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• Defence, Crown make final arguments to the jury in Peter Nygard’s sex assault trial

  07-11-2023 23:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The sexual assault case against Peter Nygard is built on a “false narrative” created by women whose testimony was not credible, his lawyer argued on Tuesday while the Crown urged the jury to reject the former fashion mogul’s “blanket denials.” 
  Defence lawyer Brian Greenspan said in his closing arguments that the Crown’s case is based on “contradictions and innuendo” that do not meet the burden of proof, and that much of what h
  
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• Electric-vehicle chargers distributed unequally in Canada, environment audit finds

  07-11-2023 22:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The national infrastructure program to install electric chargers for passenger vehicles is too concentrated in a small number of provinces and has no data to show where the biggest gaps are, a new audit says.
  The report was one of several that Environment Commissioner Jerry DeMarco tabled in the House of Commons on Tuesday.
  DeMarco said the good news is that Canada appears on track to hit its goal of installing 33,500 charging ports by 2026. 
  As of July, the Zero Emission Veh
  
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• Father of boy abducted in 2011 not notified of Hopley’s escape from halfway house

  07-11-2023 22:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The father of a boy abducted in 2011 by a man who is now wanted on a Canada-wide warrant says he’s incredulous the repeat offender could walk away from a Vancouver halfway house.
  Paul Hebert says in a written statement that police did not notify him or his family that Randall Hopley went missing on Saturday after removing his electronic monitoring bracelet.
  Hebert, who now lives in Alberta, says Hopley was also released from custody just two weeks before he abducted his three-year-old son
  
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• Chilliwack home sales up 32% from a year ago, a solid showing given market conditions: CADREB

  07-11-2023 22:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board says the sale of 194 units through the Multiple Listing Service in October 2023, an increase of 32.9 per cent over October 2022, is a remarkable showing given the current economic landscape.According to a news release from CADREB, home sales were 27.8 per cent below the five-year average and 28.1 per cent below the 10-year average for the month of October
  On a year-to-date basis, home sales totaled 2,306 units over the first 10 mon
  
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• Canadian men face tough opposition in Dubai for kickoff of World Rugby sevens season

  07-11-2023 22:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canadian men will find themselves in tough company when they kick off World Rugby’s sevens season next month in Dubai.
  Canada will play New Zealand, South Africa and Samoa in Pool A of the Dec. 2-3 Emirates Dubai 7s, the opening stop of the rebranded HSBC SVNS, formerly known as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.
  The All Blacks took last season’s World Series overall title, winning five of the 11 stops and finishing second or third in three others. South Africa won Dubai and was
  
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• Man accused of killing Ridge Meadows Mountie appears in court - Chilliwack Progress

  07-11-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Chiefs Sign Ty Campbell

  07-11-2023 21:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Chilliwack Chiefs are pleased to announce the signing of Clarkson University commit Ty Campbell.
  Campbell, a 2005-born defenceman, joins the Chiefs after starting the season with the Omaha Lancers of the USHL.
  “We’re excited and fortunate to add Ty to our defense group. He’s only a 2005 born, but he’ll bring us size and experience,” said Head Coach and GM Brian Maloney. “Having played juniors already, plus the start of this year in the USHL.”
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• Former fullback Ashtone Morgan relishes new role with Toronto FC front office

  07-11-2023 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ashtone Morgan credits then-assistant coach Jason Bent for setting him on the right path when he signed his first contract with Toronto FC.
  Bent, now part of Greg Vanney’s coaching staff at the Los Angeles Galaxy, told him: “Don’t buy any Gucci. Don’t buy Louis (Vuitton). Don’t buy a car.” And instead focus his energy on earning another contract.
  Words to live by when you’re only making US$32,600 a year and half of your four-year deal con
  
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• RCMP paintings return home after 25 years; now on display in ... - Chilliwack Progress

  07-11-2023 21:16 via news.google.com
  
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• Abbotsford's West Coast Christmas Show cancelled for 2023 - Chilliwack Progress

  07-11-2023 21:12 via news.google.com
  
  Abbotsford's West Coast Christmas Show cancelled for 2023  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Edmonton Oilers place struggling goaltender Jack Campbell on waivers

  07-11-2023 20:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have placed struggling goaltender Jack Campbell on waivers and plan to assign him to their American Hockey League affiliate.
  Campbell has a 1-4-0 record with a 4.50 goals-against average and .873 save percentage in five appearances this season.
  The 31-year-old from Port Huron, Mich., has a 22-13-4 record with a 3.53 GAA and .886 save percentage since signing a five-year, US$25-million contract with Edmonton before the 2022-23 season.
  Campbell’s likely d
  
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• Changes promise to cut B.C. development negotiations, provide ... - Chilliwack Progress

  07-11-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C. Indigenous leaders lobby for transition from open-net salmon farms

  07-11-2023 20:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — An alliance of British Columbia Indigenous leaders is calling on the federal government to stand firm on plans to transition away from open-net salmon farms in B.C. waters by 2025.
  Chiefs from across the province are in Ottawa for meetings with federal officials, including Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier (dih-YAN’ lih-boo-TIL’-yay.)
  Bob Chamberlin, chair of the First Nations Wild Salmon Alliance, says they told the minister that most B.C. First Nations want the
  
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• Israeli military says its ground forces are battling Hamas ‘in the depths’ of Gaza City

  07-11-2023 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) —The Israeli military said Tuesday that its ground forces are now fighting in “the depths” of Gaza City.
  The comments signaled a new stage by the Israeli military as it moves in toward what it says is the headquarters and stronghold of the Hamas militant group.
  Speaking to reporters, the chief military spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said that Israeli ground forces “are located right now in a ground operation in the depths of Gaza City and
  
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• Ukrainian children abducted by Russia appeal for Canadian MPs to help

  07-11-2023 20:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Ukrainian children abducted by Russia during its assault on their country are sharing the stories of their captivity with Canadian parliamentarians, in hopes they will help rescue others.
  Members of Parliament were tearful as four teenagers who were forcibly taken from Ukraine to camps in Russia or Russian occupied territories shared their stories with a House of Commons subcommittee on international human rights. 
  The MPs also heard from two parents who were separated from t
  
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• Residential school records released day before archbishop testifies at Senate

  07-11-2023 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A Catholic archdiocese that includes parts of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Ontario released long-awaited residential schools records this week.
  The news comes as religious leaders face accusations they are keeping information about the largely church-run institutions secret.
  Archbishop Murray Chatlain says the Keewatin-Le Pas archdiocese gave the documents to the Winnipeg-based National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation on Monday.
  That was one day before his testimony at a Senate
  
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• New Cheam Longhouse addition in Cheam First Nation to be completed by year’s end

  07-11-2023 19:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — For the past two years, the chief and council members of Cheam First Nation east of Chilliwack have worked to secure funding to support a 2,400-square foot addition to the Cheam Longhouse for a kitchen, washrooms and septic field.Cheam First Nation provided an update this past week that indicates the new longhouse addition should be completed by December 31.Construction began on Monday, July 17 and should wrap up in time for winter.In May 2022, Cheam First Nation was awarded f
  
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• Ottawa ‘must act’ to overhaul RCMP’s federal policing program, committee report says

  07-11-2023 19:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A committee of parliamentarians says the RCMP’s federal policing program suffers from challenges that undermine its ability to fulfil an essential role in the security and intelligence community. 
  In a report released today, the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians blames the problems on factors including the RCMP’s focus on front-line policing across Canada, weak governance and inadequate data management. 
  The committee of MPs and
  
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• NATO freezes a Cold War-era security pact after Russia pulls out, raising questions on arms control

  07-11-2023 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO member countries that signed a key Cold War-era security treaty froze their participation in the pact on Tuesday just hours after Russia pulled out, raising fresh questions about the future of arms control agreements in Europe.
  Many of NATO’s 31 allies are parties to the Treaty of Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, which was aimed at preventing Cold War rivals from massing forces at or near their mutual borders. The CFE was signed in November 1990 as the Soviet
  
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• Agassiz alumna honoured as coach of the year - Chilliwack Progress

  07-11-2023 19:17 via news.google.com
  
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• Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to share stage with former Fox host Tucker Carlson

  07-11-2023 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — A right-wing news commentator is to have a conversation with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in January when he’s scheduled to speak in Calgary.
  Tucker Carlson, who was fired by Fox News in April, is to appear at the Telus Convention Centre on Jan. 24.
  An itinerary posted on Carlson’s website says he will make remarks and have a conversation with Smith.
  The premier’s office says in a statement that Smith participates in a variety of public and private events, and
  
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• Rapper Ice Cube coming to Abbotsford in 2024

  07-11-2023 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Ice Cube, an award-winning musician, actor, director and producer, and CEO of the BIG3 professional 3-on-3 basketball league, will be making a stop in Abbotsford in the coming year as part of his Straight Into Canada tour on February 20 at the Abbotsford Centre in Abbotsford.
  Tickets go on sale this Friday, November 10 at 10 a.m. (Pacific Standard Time) for an evening with Ice Cube and guest DJ Kav.
  After penning the most memorable lyrics on N.W.A’s groundbreaking songs
  
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• Lab tests pending after dozens of dead birds seen in Chilliwack Park - Maple Ridge News

  07-11-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
  Lab tests pending after dozens of dead birds seen in Chilliwack Park  Maple Ridge News
  
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• Legendary rapper Ice Cube coming to Abbotsford - Chilliwack Progress

  07-11-2023 18:58 via news.google.com
  
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• NBA Notebook: Brooks enjoying strong start to season with new team Rockets

  07-11-2023 18:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Dillon Brooks has been a “luxury” for the Houston Rockets, according to new head coach Ime Udoka. 
  Brooks has enjoyed an impressive start to the 2023-24 season with his new team. The native of Mississauga, Ont., is averaging 16.3 points per game on a blistering 59.3 per cent from the field, 56.5 per cent from three-point range and 93.8 per cent from the free-throw line through six games. 
  This comes after a down year in Memphis during a contract season in 2022-23, with the
  
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• Alberta government report on safe consumption ‘pseudoscience,’ says medical journal

  07-11-2023 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A paper in a prominent medical journal says an Alberta government report that influenced safe drug consumption policy is so badly flawed it’s harming people and should be withdrawn.
  The paper in the Canadian Journal of Public Health calls the government’s 2019 report into seven supervised consumption sites pseudoscience.
  It says the United Conservative-commissioned report is biased in three major ways, all of which distort its findings against such sites. 
  It points out the gove
  
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• Abbotsford nursing students' education left in limbo by understaffed ... - Chilliwack Progress

  07-11-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C. Conservation officers, RCMP check over 400 hunters and anglers north of Hope, seize firearms

  07-11-2023 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON BAR — Personnel from the B.C. Conservation Officer Service joined B.C. RCMP officers, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Environment Canada for a multi-agency road check in Boston Bar during the last weekend in October.
  More than 400 hunters and anglers were checked and over 400 fish and game animals were inspected, including 104 mule deer, 287 grouse and 10 moose, B.C. COS said. Wildlife biologists with the Ministry of Water, Land and Natural Resources also took more than 25 samples a
  
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• Federal Fisheries Department doing a poor job of monitoring fishing industry: report

  07-11-2023 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A new report slams the federal Fisheries Department for failing to properly monitor Canada’s commercial fishing industry.
  The report from the federal environment commissioner, Jerry DeMarco, says Fisheries and Oceans Canada lacks the ability to collect timely and dependable data about what is being caught.
  DeMarco says the dearth of reliable data means the department can’t protect Canada’s fish stocks from overfishing.
  The commissioner says the problem is that th
  
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• Captain Lucas Rumball to return to Toronto Arrows for a sixth MLR season

  07-11-2023 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Arrows have re-signed captain Lucas Rumball, the Major League Rugby franchise’s first-ever signing.
  The 28-year-old flanker returns for a sixth season with his hometown club. Rumball has made 54 career appearances (including 51 starts) since the team’s inaugural 2019 campaign, second only to the recently retired Mike Sheppard’s 59 appearances.
  Rumball is one of six Arrows currently in Spain with the Canadian national team at the four-team La Vila Int
  
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• Montreal police investigating two firebombings at Jewish institutions

  07-11-2023 18:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal police are investigating overnight firebombings at two Jewish institutions in the on-island suburb of Dollard-des-Ormeaux.
  Police spokesperson Sabrina Gauthier says incendiary devices caused minor damage to the front door of a synagogue and the back door of another building across the street that houses a Jewish organization.
  Jewish advocacy group B’nai Brith Canada says the synagogue is called Congregation Beth Tikvah.
  Cantor Henry Topas says synagogue members are horrified by th
  
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• U.S. dismisses charges against Saskatoon mother accused of faking deaths

  07-11-2023 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SASKATOON — A United States court has dismissed charges against a Saskatchewan woman accused of faking her death and that of her child before they crossed the border. 
  Dawn Walker was given a one-year conditional sentence in Saskatoon court last Thursday, after she pleaded guilty charges of forgery and abduction.
  The following day, the U.S. Attorney’s Office asked a district court in Oregon to dismiss her charges there, saying it was in the interest of justice based on Walker&rs
  
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• Chilliwack Board of Education to consider changes to public participation at board meetings

  07-11-2023 18:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Board of Education is set to consider changes to how the public interacts with the school board at its virtual online meeting today.According to an update to Bylaw 5 prepared by SD33 Secretary-Treasurer Simone Sangster, the proposed modification changes the methods by which the board receives comments and questions during the public participation period, and encourages the community to submit written questions and/or comments either through email or at the publi
  
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• The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve a gun law that protects domestic violence victims

  07-11-2023 18:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to preserve a federal law that prohibits people under domestic violence restraining orders from having guns.
  In their first guns case since last year’s expansion of gun rights, the justices suggested that they will reverse a ruling from an appeals court in New Orleans that struck down the 1994 ban on firearms for people under court order to stay away from their spouses or partners.
  Liberal and conservative justices sounded per
  
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• Is your child struggling in school? - Chilliwack Progress

  07-11-2023 17:45 via news.google.com
  
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• Canada’s emissions reduction plan falling short: environment commissioner

  07-11-2023 17:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s detailed plan to reach its greenhouse-gas emissions targets in 2030 is coming up short, the federal environment commissioner said Tuesday in a new audit.
  Jerry DeMarco did a deep dive into the government’s Emissions Reduction Plan as part of a series of fall audits tabled in the House of Commons.
  The plan was published last year and is a requirement under the federal net-zero accountability law passed in 2021. It is supposed to lay out a road map for Canada to
  
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• Three arrested after child killed inside suburban home north of Montreal

  07-11-2023 17:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOIS-DES-FILION, Que. — Quebec police say three people have been arrested in connection with the death of a child Monday evening in a suburb north of Montreal.
  The police force for Bois-des-Filion, Que., about 20 kilometres north of Montreal, says the three suspects are being questioned by investigators.
  Police say they were called to a home about 5:30 p.m. regarding a young child suffering from serious injuries.
  Despite attempts to revive the child, whose age and gender were not made publ
  
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• Feds unlock public properties to build homes, say 29,200 units to be built by 2029

  07-11-2023 17:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government says it will build more than 2,800 homes on its properties in cities across the country, putting it on track to build nearly 30,000 homes on public lands over the next six years.
  Ottawa also says the Canada Lands Corporation is setting a new target to include at least 20 per cent affordable housing across its projects.
  Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced today that the corporation, through agreements with developers, will be unlocking 2,800 addit
  
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• Small businesses still pleading for federal pandemic loan extension - Chilliwack Progress

  07-11-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Police investigating reported 'disgusting' mob attack on B.C. soccer ... - Chilliwack Progress

  07-11-2023 16:27 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C.'s Furtado will host 2024 Juno Awards in Halifax - Chilliwack Progress

  07-11-2023 16:15 via news.google.com
  
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• Bellingham available for Real Madrid in Champions League match against Braga

  07-11-2023 14:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid will have Jude Bellingham available for the Champions League match against Braga on Wednesday, when it will go for its fourth straight win in Group C.
  Bellingham has been nursing an injury to his left shoulder sustained in the Spanish league match against Rayo Vallecano on Sunday, but he trained on Tuesday.
  Madrid leads the group with nine points, three more than Napoli and six more than Braga.
  Napoli hosts winless Union Berlin in the other group match on Wednesda
  
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• In the news today: Canadians in Gaza could soon cross into Egypt after list published

  07-11-2023 10:17 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…
  Canadians in Gaza could soon cross into Egypt
  Canadians looking to flee Gaza might soon be able to cross into Egypt, after a new document containing names of Canadians was published by the General Authority for Crossings and Borders in Gaza.
  The document, containing lists of “foreign passports”, potentially allows for Canadians in Gaza to cross into Egypt thro
  
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• Small businesses still hoping for CEBA loan forgiveness extension as time runs out

  07-11-2023 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — As the deadline to repay pandemic loans and receive partial forgiveness approaches, small businesses are still hoping the federal government will reverse course and extend it for another year.
  Nearly 900,000 organizations applied for and received a Canada Emergency Business Account loan during the COVID-19 pandemic. The federal program offered up to $60,000 in interest-free loans to help businesses and non-profits survive related shutdowns and slowdowns.
  A total of $49.2 billion w
  
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• Canadians in Gaza could soon cross into Egypt after names appear on official list

  07-11-2023 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadians looking to flee Gaza might soon be able to cross into Egypt, after a new document containing names of Canadians was published by the General Authority for Crossings and Borders in Gaza.
  The document, containing lists of “foreign passports”, potentially allows for Canadians in Gaza to cross into Egypt through the Rafah land border.
  In Canada, two women trying to help relatives leave the besieged Gaza Strip say they received information from Global Affairs that Canadians were
  
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• Indigenous soldiers determined to carry on family legacies

  07-11-2023 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Indigenous Peoples have been part of Canada’s military history dating back to the War of 1812, when it’s estimated more than 10,000 First Nations people fought. More than 7,000 Indigenous people later served in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. Many continue to serve today.
  Wednesday is National Aboriginal Veterans Day, which was first observed in Winnipeg in 1994.
  The Canadian Press spoke with three Indigenous soldiers about why they enlisted:
  Wendy Jocko, 63, from
  
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