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• William Shatner dives into salmon farm debate with profanity-laden campaign

  20-06-2024 23:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian actor William Shatner is wading into the debate over open-pen salmon farming in British Columbia, saying it’s time to stop being polite in an F-word-filled video that calls for an end to the ocean farms.
  The video is part of a campaign by the Pacific Wild conservation group that opposes the farms, which must be phased out by 2029 under a plan announced by federal Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier on Wednesday.
  In the YouTube video, the 93-year-old Star Trek actor declares his
  
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• Spain beats Italy 1-0 and advances to knockout round at Euro 2024

  20-06-2024 23:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Spain advanced to the round of 16 at Euro 2024 after a 1-0 win against defending champion Italy on Thursday.A 55th-minute own goal by Italy’s Riccardo Calafiori handed victory to Spain in the first clash of international heavyweights at this European Championship.Three-time winner Spain totally dominated the Group B game at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, with 16-year-old winger Lamine Yamal further enhancing his reputation as one of soccer’s m
  
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• Judge finds no documentation to support Global News reporting on Han Dong allegations

  20-06-2024 23:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — An Ontario Superior Court judge has found no documented evidence to support allegations made against former Liberal MP Han Dong in series of Global News stories last year.The judge made the comments as he rejected an application from Corus Entertainment to throw out Dong’s lawsuit against the news agency, saying it is in the public interest to hear the case.
  A report early last year that cited unidentified sources suggested Dong privately advised a senior Chinese diplomat to
  
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• Police say 15 shot during Juneteenth celebration in Oakland, California

  20-06-2024 23:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Fifteen people were shot during a Juneteenth celebration in Oakland, California, police said Thursday.
  The violence broke out Wednesday night during an event at Lake Merritt that was largely peaceful, with as many as 5,000 in attendance, until a sideshow involving “motorbikes and vehicles” took place around 8:15 p.m. on the north side of the lake.
  A fight broke out down the street from the sideshow and a crowd gathered in the area of the fight, police sai
  
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• McDavid, Oilers looking to continue Stanley Cup push in Game 6 against Panthers

  20-06-2024 23:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Connor McDavid has spent his entire life pushing toward the biggest moment on hockey’s biggest stage.
  The crisp winter nights on outdoor rinks. The countless hours inside arenas. The long bus rides. The training sessions in searing summer heat. The hours of skating, stickhandling, shooting.
  The grind has taken the Edmonton Oilers captain, blessed with good genes and an unparalleled work ethic, from youngster to prodigy to superstar.
  He now sits two wins from hoisting the S
  
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• The Lakers are hiring JJ Redick as their new head coach, an AP source says

  20-06-2024 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — JJ Redick is being hired as the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, a person with knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press.
  The person spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday because the Lakers hadn’t yet publicly announced the decision to hire the former guard for his first coaching job.
  The 39-year-old Redick is an extraordinary choice by the Lakers, who hired a 15-year veteran with absolutely no coaching experience to lead a franchise with 17 NBA
  
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• 'We're extremely excited': Chilliwack Chiefs release next season's schedule - Chilliwack Progress

  20-06-2024 23:14 via news.google.com
  
  'We're extremely excited': Chilliwack Chiefs release next season's schedule  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Alberta environment minister unworried by movement toward methane tariffs

  20-06-2024 23:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Alberta’s environment minister expressed little concern that European countries are taking steps toward tariffs on imported natural gas associated with high methane emissions as she promoted the province’s role as an energy ally in Washington.
  Rebecca Schulz says there have only been a few conversations about the emerging exporting issue as she visited the United States capital this week.
  European Union countries approved a law earlier this year to impose methane e
  
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• Oilers hope to join ’42 Leafs as only team to win Cup after losing first three games

  20-06-2024 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Edmonton Oilers are entering territory few teams have charted in the NHL post-season, yet alone in a Stanley Cup final.
  After dropping the first three games of the best-of-seven championship series to the Florida Panthers, the Oilers have won two straight and will host Game 6 on Friday night. An Edmonton win would force a deciding Game 7 on Monday evening in Sunrise, Fla.
  The Oilers are hoping to become the fifth NHL team to come back from an 0-3 deficit to win a series. Here’s a look
  
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• Minister wants B.C. to be model for aquaculture as it moves to containment

  20-06-2024 22:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Federal Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier says the country’s “strict rules” on banning open-net salmon farming are necessary, since the goal is to make British Columbia “a model” in global aquaculture.
  During a separate funding announcement on salmon restoration in Vancouver, Lebouthillier noted that Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne would be in B.C. soon to meet with First Nations affected by the pending open-net farm ban.
  When as
  
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• Victoria police say fatal dog shooting was justified

  20-06-2024 22:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Victoria police say they have full confidence in the decision of an officer to shoot and kill a dog that was chasing him.Police say they’re releasing the statement to correct “misinformation” about the shooting that happened on Monday as officers were arresting a man, when the adult dog lunged from a nearby tent and started to chase the officer.The department says in a news release that officers later learned the dog had been required to be muzzled in public af
  
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• Westbow to host free outdoor movie nights this summer, open to the public, in Chilliwack

  20-06-2024 22:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The developer behind the new Cedarbrook development near the base of Chilliwack Mountain will host a series of free outdoor movie nights starting next week.
  According to a Facebook post from Westbow, the public is welcome to attend the first outdoor movie night next Saturday, June 29 at Cedarbrook Park, 45434 Willowstream Road in the Cedarbrook development.The first featured movie is “The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023).” The movie will begin at 8 p.m. around dusk.
  
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• 'Frustration' over lack of transit improvements for Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  20-06-2024 22:14 via news.google.com
  
  'Frustration' over lack of transit improvements for Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Federal Appeal Court tosses Charter challenge for pair on Canada’s no-fly list

  20-06-2024 21:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Federal Court of Appeal has thrown out a bid by two men to get off the country’s no-fly list after they weren’t allowed to get on planes in Vancouver in 2018.In a ruling this week, the court dismissed an appeal by Bhagat Singh Brar and Parvkar Singh Dulai after they lost their constitutional challenge of Canada’s Secure Air Travel Act in the lower court.The ruling says the act empowers the public safety minister to ban people from flying if there are &ldqu
  
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• Islamic holiday celebration in Montreal park draws ire from secularists

  20-06-2024 21:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Earlier this week, members of Montreal’s Muslim community gathered in a park to celebrate the Eid al-Adha holiday, a day when families traditionally wear their finest clothes, share gifts, feast and pray together.
  Religious celebrations are not uncommon at Parc des Hirondelles in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough: for several years the city has authorized an outdoor Catholic mass held by the Italian community on the grassy field.
  Eid was celebrated in the park last year wi
  
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• Herdman says speedy wingback Tyrese Spicer likely out for six weeks with back injury

  20-06-2024 21:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto FC, looking to find its way back into the win column, will likely be without rookie wingback Tyrese Spicer for the next six weeks.
  Coach John Herdman said the back injury which has forced the 23-year-old from Trinidad and Tobago to sit out the last two games is more serious than originally thought.
  “Some imaging revealed that there’s a deeper issue,” Herdman said Thursday. “That’s part of why he didn’t go to his international call-up an
  
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• Is that Connor McDavid? Oilers fan decorates yard with life-size player paintings

  20-06-2024 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — It’s hard to miss Edmonton Oilers Captain Connor McDavid jumping over the fence of Warren Sillanpaa’s downtown home.
  Sillanpaa, an extreme Oilers fan, has glued life-size paintings of some of the team’s players and painted their jerseys on his fence around his front yard.
  The 60-year-old artist says he put up the pictures, team flags and an oil derrick on the lawn when the team made it to the playoffs.
  He says drivers are honking every day as they pass by.
  Albe
  
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• England fails to convince in 1-1 draw with Denmark though should advance at Euro 2024

  20-06-2024 20:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — England was far from convincing in a 1-1 draw with Denmark on Thursday even if it likely ensured advancing to the round of 16 at the European Championship.
  Harry Kane gave England another fast start at Euro 2024, scoring it the 18th minute, but the captain was substituted off in the second half as the team faded. England coach Gareth Southgate removed his forward line in a triple substitution with 25 minutes to play.
  Denmark leveled in the 34th when Morten Hjulman
  
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• B.C. government says Othello Tunnels east of Hope will partially reopen this summer

  20-06-2024 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — The B.C. government says a portion of the Coquihalla Canyon Park, including the first two Othello Tunnels, will partially reopen in mid-July.
  According to a statement Thursday (June 20) from the province, the reopening plan follows significant damage from the flooding events of November 2021 that ravaged more than 30 sites in the park, including the historic tunnels that were constructed in 1914. Bridge foundations were also adversely impacted, coupled with stability of the canyon s
  
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• Cottonwood Cinemas in Chilliwack to offer a choice of 5 free movies on Canada Day - Fraser Valley Today

  20-06-2024 20:00 via news.google.com
  
  Cottonwood Cinemas in Chilliwack to offer a choice of 5 free movies on Canada Day  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Cottonwood Cinemas in Chilliwack to offer a choice of 5 free movies on Canada Day

  20-06-2024 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — There aren’t many freebies out there these days, but one local movie theatre in Chilliwack is bucking the trend.
  Cottonwood 4 Cinemas, located at 45380 Luckakuck Way in Chilliwack, will offer a choice of five free movies to the general public on Canada Day, according to their Facebook page.The five movies consist of Migration (noon, 2:10 and 4:15), Unsung Hero (1:50 and 4:00), Kung Fu Panda (12:30, 2:40 and 4:45), Ghostbusters (12:15, 2:25 and 4:30) and Godzilla X Kong (
  
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• Former Canada captain de Guzman savouring life in New York Red Bulls front office

  20-06-2024 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC will find a familiar face rooting against them Saturday at Red Bull Arena.
  Former Canada captain Julian de Guzman joined the New York Red Bulls as sporting director in February. The 43-year-old, Toronto’s first-ever designated player, is tasked with connecting all areas of the franchise.
  “Honestly it’s a dream opportunity. It’s a dream job,” said de Guzman.His main priority is the first team, working with both coaches and players, but he also keeps an eye
  
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• $750K shortfall for new Chilliwack Search and Rescue building - Chilliwack Progress

  20-06-2024 19:53 via news.google.com
  
  $750K shortfall for new Chilliwack Search and Rescue building  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Murder-conspiracy trial hears of guns found in travel trailer near Coutts blockade

  20-06-2024 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — An RCMP officer has told a murder-conspiracy trial that several weapons were discovered inside a travel trailer parked near the 2022 border blockade at Coutts, Alta.
  Sgt. Gary MacLaren testified he spotted an assault rifle on a bed, a shotgun on a kitchen bench, another rifle under a mattress and several boxes of ammunition.
  He says officers also found a machete and two sets of body armour, as well as a driver’s licence and a firearms acquisition certificate belon
  
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• Chilliwack event to feature art, food and culture with local artist and podcast host Friday evening

  20-06-2024 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack residents are invited to take part in a transformative evening that connects art, culture and conversation on National Indigenous Peoples Day over food and drinks in Chilliwack.The event happens Friday, June 21 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Cowork Chilliwack (12-8465 Harvard Place) and features renowned artist Carrielynn Victor and the charismatic host of Bigger Than Me podcast, Aaron Pete, who graduated from UBC law school and serves as a councillor with Chawathil
  
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• Spy watchdog raps RCMP over application of protocol to avoid complicity in torture

  20-06-2024 19:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A federal spy watchdog says a senior RCMP official wrongly considered the importance of a strategic relationship with a foreign organization when deciding whether sharing information posed a risk of torture.
  The aim of the Avoiding Complicity in Mistreatment by Foreign Entities Act is to prevent the brutalization of someone in overseas custody due to the information Canada exchanges with agencies abroad.The RCMP and other federal agencies subject to these provisions must assess th
  
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• Liberals plan talks to launch school food program before end of next school year

  20-06-2024 19:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Families Minister Jenna Sudds says the government hopes to see kids getting meals from the national school food program before the end of the next school year, but it will take time for organizations to scale up their operations.The Liberals set aside $1 billion over five years for the program, which they promised during the 2021 election campaign.
  Sudds says the deals will be similar in nature to the child-care agreements the government signed with provinces and territories to lo
  
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• Jewish leaders concerned after Chilliwack trustee wears a keffiyeh to school board meeting - Fraser Valley Today

  20-06-2024 19:26 via news.google.com
  
  Jewish leaders concerned after Chilliwack trustee wears a keffiyeh to school board meeting  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• California voters lose a shot at checking state and local tax hikes at the polls

  20-06-2024 19:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Supreme Court on Thursday removed a measure from the November ballot that would have made it harder to raise taxes, siding with Gov. Gavin Newsom and his Democratic allies in the state Legislature.
  The measure would have required voter approval for tax increases passed by the state Legislature. It also would have raised the threshold required for voter approval of certain local government tax increases to a two-thirds vote at the polls. Currently th
  
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• Jewish groups concerned after Chilliwack trustee wears a keffiyeh to school board meeting

  20-06-2024 19:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Roughly two months after an incident at Imagine High prompted an apology from the SD33 superintendent over biased content around the Israel-Palestine conflict, a human rights organization that combats antisemitism in Canada has expressed concern after a Chilliwack trustee wore a green keffiyeh to the most recent meeting of the Chilliwack Board of Education.
  Aron Csaplaros, regional manager in British Columbia for B’nai Brith, one of Canada’s leading human rights or
  
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• Former Assembly of First Nations national chief suing organization for $5 million

  20-06-2024 19:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is suing the organization and its executive for defamation and breach of contract, asking for $5 million in damages.
  RoseAnne Archibald, who was ousted from the job last July, alleges that a “number of illegal and unlawful steps” were made against her, including suspending her as national chief.
  After she was elected, she had called for the AFN to hire a forensic accounting firm to review their books.
  The suit
  
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• Jewish groups concerned after Chilliwack trustee wears a keffiyeh to school board meeting - Fraser Valley Today

  20-06-2024 19:20 via news.google.com
  
  Jewish groups concerned after Chilliwack trustee wears a keffiyeh to school board meeting  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Senators sign defenceman Nikolas Matinpalo to one-year, two-way contract extension

  20-06-2024 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have signed defenceman Nikolas Matinpalo to a one-year, two-way contract extension, the NHL club announced Thursday.
  The contract has a value of US$775,000 in the NHL and US$200,000 in the American Hockey League.
  The 25-year-old from Espoo, Finland, had 14 points (four goals, 10 assists) and a team-high plus-15 rating in 67 games with the AHL’s Belleville Senators last season.
  He made his NHL debut in the Senators’ 5-2 win at Pittsburgh on Oct. 28 a
  
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• Broncos goaltender Jacob Wasserman named to Canadian Paralympic team in rowing

  20-06-2024 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Former Humboldt Broncos goaltender Jacob Wasserman has been named to Canada’s Paralympic team and will compete in rowing this summer in Paris.
  Wasserman was among 13 survivors of a crash that killed 16 on April 6, 2018.
  The 24-year-old was paralyzed from the navel down when a semi-trailer truck drove through a stop sign and collided with the Broncos’ team bus near Tisdale, Sask.The Broncos were en route to a Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League playoff game.
  Wasserman won
  
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• National security adviser defends cabinet confidence in foreign meddling probe

  20-06-2024 19:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s national security adviser says breaking or easing the rules that protect cabinet secrets to respond to alleged foreign interference would be a win for the bad actors trying to meddle in Canadian politics.
  Nathalie Drouin is speaking at a House of Commons committee today alongside Democratic Institutions Minister Dominic LeBlanc.
  Opposition parties pushed for the meeting to demand the government explain how many documents they are withholding from the foreign interfe
  
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• IIO clears Abbotsford Police Dept. after man dies at his home

  20-06-2024 18:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — After reviewing phone records, police reports and medical files, the civilian watchdog agency tasked with investigating police incidents involving serious harm or death in B.C. has cleared the Abbotsford PD of any wrongdoing after a man died at his home in December 2023.According to a statement Thursday morning (June 20), the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) of BC says it has now completed its investigation into the death of a man in Abbotsford (IIO 2024-022).
  The IIO s
  
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• Zhang to make fifth Olympic appearance as part of Canada’s table tennis team

  20-06-2024 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Mo Zhang and Eugene Wang will lead an experienced Canadian table tennis team at this summer’s Paris Olympics.
  Zhang, from Vancouver, will be competing at her fifth Olympics as part of the roster announced Thursday by Table Tennis Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee.
  The 35-year-old reached the Round of 16 at the Tokyo Games, matching Canada’s best ever Olympic result in women’s singles. She also finished ninth in mixed doubles with Wang.
  Wang, from Aurora,
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs @ Nanaimo Clippers Friday, September 27, 2024 - Nanaimo Clippers

  20-06-2024 18:45 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Chiefs @ Nanaimo Clippers Friday, September 27, 2024  Nanaimo Clippers
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs Saturday, September 21, 2024 | Prince George Spruce Kings - Prince George Spruce Kings

  20-06-2024 18:43 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Chiefs Saturday, September 21, 2024 | Prince George Spruce Kings  Prince George Spruce Kings
  
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• Hate the long walk on Canada Day? Ottawa mayor, feds point fingers over transit plan

  20-06-2024 18:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — People attending Canada Day celebrations in Ottawa can use public transit for free, but they won’t be allowed to use the train station closest to the event.
  The main stage is set up at LeBreton Flats, but light-rail transit users will be told to get off at Lyon Station, more than a kilometre away.People with mobility challenges will be able to use the station closest to the events, but everyone else will be asked to walk.
  Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe blamed the federal govern
  
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• Chilliwack rescue crews activated Thursday to retrieve hikers north of Chilliwack Lake Rd. - Fraser Valley Today

  20-06-2024 18:41 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack rescue crews activated Thursday to retrieve hikers north of Chilliwack Lake Rd.  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs @ Nanaimo Clippers Friday, September 27, 2024 - BCHL

  20-06-2024 18:41 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Chiefs @ Nanaimo Clippers Friday, September 27, 2024  BCHL
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs @ Coquitlam Express Friday, September 20, 2024 - BCHL

  20-06-2024 18:41 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Chiefs @ Coquitlam Express Friday, September 20, 2024  BCHL
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs @ Alberni Valley Bulldogs Saturday, September 28, 2024 - BCHL

  20-06-2024 18:41 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Chiefs @ Alberni Valley Bulldogs Saturday, September 28, 2024  BCHL
  
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• Chilliwack rescue crews activated Thursday to retrieve hikers north of Chilliwack Lake Rd.

  20-06-2024 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Search and Rescue was activated Thursday morning after two hikers reportedly required assistance between Greendrop Lake and Flora Lake in the rugged backcountry north of Chilliwack Lake Road, according to a nearby Chilliwack River Valley resident.Derrick Kramer, who sometimes documents the work of heroic first responders in the Chilliwack River Valley, says rescue crews were dispatched after two hikers were reportedly disoriented and tired between Greendrop and Flor
  
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• France coach says team doing all to ensure Mbappé available for Netherlands match at Euro 2024

  20-06-2024 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — France coach Didier Deschamps says his team is doing all “to ensure” Kylian Mbappé is available for the Euro 2024 clash against the Netherlands on Friday.
  “Everything is going well, after the shock we had. He was able to take part is some light exercises yesterday and that will be the same this evening″ Deschamps said Thursday. “We’ll do all we can to ensure that he’ll be available tomorrow.”
  Mbappé broke
  
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• Canada thumps Germany 3-0 in men’s Volleyball Nations League action

  20-06-2024 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MANILA — Canada improved its chances of advancing to the quarterfinals of the men’s Volleyball Nations League with a lopsided 3-0 win over Germany on Thursday.
  Stephen Maar and Arthur Szwarc each had a game-high 15 points for Canada which won handily with set scores of 25-18, 25-18 and 25-21.
  Moritz Karlitzek led Germany with 13 points.
  Canada outscored Germany in attacking (46-31), blocking (8-3) and aces (4-3).
  Canada, which has already qualified for the Paris Olympics, sits fifth
  
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• Calgary mayor sticks to Stampede opening day for possible main water fix

  20-06-2024 18:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Calgary’s mayor is sticking to opening day of the Stampede as a best-case scenario for the full resumption of water services in the city.But Jyoti Gondek warns that unforeseen problems could delay repairs to a catastrophic water main break that has forced citywide use restrictions for more than two weeks.Gondek says the Stampede rodeo and fair, which starts July 5, is still in talks with neighbouring communities about trucking in water for both crowds and animals at the eve
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear dispute about Nova Scotia teacher contract

  20-06-2024 17:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not delve into a dispute between Nova Scotia and its teachers union that stretches back several years.The province’s Supreme Court ruled two years ago that a four-year contract imposed in a 2017 law, known as Bill 75, was significantly worse than a tentative agreement Nova Scotia Teachers Union members had earlier rejected.
  The court said that at best, Bill 75 was an overzealous but misguided attempt at fiscal responsibility.
  It concluded the
  
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• Justice minister says RCMP has tools needed to deal with threats against politicians

  20-06-2024 17:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Federal Justice Minister Arif Virani says he isn’t going anywhere without a mobile duress alarm in his pocket.He doesn’t move around without first informing someone, including when he attends public events.
  And he doesn’t just work with a security team at the Department of Justice, but a separate one in the House of Commons, too.
  “That’s just unfortunately where we’re at in Canadian society right now,” Virani said in an interview Wednesday
  
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