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• Culvert replacement finally done on Prest Road in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  20-09-2024 23:57
  Culvert replacement finally done on Prest Road in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• RCMP officers face firing over ‘atrocious’ racist behaviour, harassment

  20-09-2024 23:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Three RCMP members from a Metro Vancouver detachment could be fired over alleged “atrocious,” “racist” and “horrible” behaviour detailed by a fellow officer.
  A schedule from the RCMP shows Constables Philip Dick, Ian Solven and Mersad Mesbah are slated to appear next February for code of conduct hearings over allegations including discrimination, harassment and discrediting the police force.
  In court filings to obtain a search warrant, an off
  
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• Fall Adopt a River cleanup picks up in Chilliwack this weekend - Fraser Valley Today

  20-09-2024 23:05
  Fall Adopt a River cleanup picks up in Chilliwack this weekend  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Fall Adopt a River cleanup picks up in Chilliwack this weekend

  20-09-2024 23:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK – A Chilliwack-based nonprofit dedicated to keeping the river valley clean will host a BC Rivers Cleanup event this Sunday at Thompson Regional Park.
  The Chilliwack Vedder River Cleanup Society (CVRCS) is partnering with the Fraser Valley Regional District for the Adopt a River program. The organized event begins with registration at 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 22.
  Participants will receive garbage and recycling bags, along with gloves, for the trek, which will take place rain or shine.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Three men injured after man enters Quebec mosque bearing a knife

  20-09-2024 22:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Three men have been injured after a 24-year-old man entered a mosque southwest of Montreal armed with a knife.Police in Châteauguay, Que., on Montreal’s South Shore, say the three men were in their fifties and suffered only minor injuries, with one transported to hospital.The suspect entered the Muslim cultural centre in Châteauguay this afternoon.
  A physical altercation followed, but police wouldn’t confirm whether the knife was used to cause any of the
  
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• Quebec company looks to help open up Canada to Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship

  20-09-2024 22:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  With an ownership stake in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, Quebec’s Allrem Sports & Entertainment has a vested interest in seeing the promotion flourish in Canada.
  BKFC has held two cards to date in Canada, both at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Enoch, Alta. — an Indigenous-owned venue on Treaty 6 territory. But it has to convince provincial regulatory bodies elsewhere to sanction the sport.
  And that’s where Allrem comes in.
  Allrem president Erik de Pokomandy i
  
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• Hobbled Redblacks look to clinch playoff spot with win over league-leading Alouettes

  20-09-2024 22:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Playoff hopes are on the line as the Ottawa Redblacks host the Montreal Alouettes on Saturday.
  The Alouettes (10-2-1) have already secured a playoff berth, but a win, coupled with a Toronto loss, would lock up a home playoff game for the defending Grey Cup champions. Meanwhile, the Redblacks (8-4-1) are eager to clinch their first postseason appearance since 2018.
  Ottawa (6-0-1) is the league’s only undefeated team at home, but the challenge will be steep at TD Place Stadium
  
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• Canadiens’ St. Louis preaches patience as Laine, Dach, Newhook build chemistry

  20-09-2024 22:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Martin St. Louis knows Patrik Laine and Kirby Dach can be difference-makers on the Montreal Canadiens’ second line.
  The Canadiens head coach says his job now is to preach patience as the two towering forwards return to the ice from lengthy absences.
  “It’s been a while since they’ve played, and it’s not easy to play in the NHL. When you’ve lost time, it’s hard to come back,” St. Louis said Friday, the third day of training camp at C
  
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• RCMP say arson destroyed Red Bridge across Thompson River in Kamloops, B.C.

  20-09-2024 22:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Police in Kamloops, B.C., say they have launched an arson investigation into the fire that destroyed the 88-year-old Red Bridge across the South Thompson River.
  RCMP say in a statement that the blaze started early Thursday morning and by the time fire crews and police arrived, the bridge was fully engulfed in flames.While crews did try to fight the flames, police say the 365-metre-long bridge collapsed into the river.A statement from RCMP Supt. Jeff Pelly says the investig
  
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• City-wide garage sale gives Chilliwack residents a chance to extend the life of clothing, household items - Fraser Valley Today

  20-09-2024 22:00
  City-wide garage sale gives Chilliwack residents a chance to extend the life of clothing, household items  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• City-wide garage sale gives Chilliwack residents a chance to extend the life of clothing, household items

  20-09-2024 21:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A city-wide garage sale, described as “a unique opportunity” for Chilliwack residents to encourage the reuse of materials, is set for Saturday.
  The fall garage sale, which offers free advertising for participants on social media and in the local newspaper, runs for five hours and showcases gently used clothing and household items.
  The event runs from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 21 and is one of two annual events held in both spring and fall.
  A list of participa
  
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• Chilliwack singled out by Eby at UBCM 2024 for work with unhoused - Peace Arch News

  20-09-2024 21:50
  Chilliwack singled out by Eby at UBCM 2024 for work with unhoused  Peace Arch News
  
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• Chilliwack singled out by Eby at UBCM 2024 for work with unhoused - Maple Ridge News

  20-09-2024 21:50
  Chilliwack singled out by Eby at UBCM 2024 for work with unhoused  Maple Ridge News
  
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• Chilliwack singled out by Eby at UBCM 2024 for work with unhoused - Abbotsford News

  20-09-2024 21:50
  Chilliwack singled out by Eby at UBCM 2024 for work with unhoused  Abbotsford News
  
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• Journeyman ties 36-hole record at Wentworth to lead by two; McIlroy four shots back

  20-09-2024 21:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Three weeks ago, Matthew Baldwin was laughing at himself for mishitting a drive so badly that the ball went between his legs and advanced just one yard in front of the tee markers.
  On Friday, the No. 363-ranked journeyman from England was the second-round leader by two strokes at the flagship event on the European tour and preparing himself for the biggest weekend of his career.
  The 38-year-old Baldwin shot 6-under 66 to set an unexpectedly hot pace at the BM
  
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• Blue Bombers visit Elks as hottest teams in the West square off

  20-09-2024 20:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have won five in a row. The Edmonton Elks have won five of their last six games. They are the two hottest teams in the West.
  When they meet Saturday at Commonwealth Stadium, something has to give.“Yeah, somebody’s got to lose,” said Elks rookie defensive back Devodric Bynum. “It won’t be us, though.”
  Bynum is part of a secondary that hauled in nine interceptions in two previous wins over the Calgary Stampeders. Bynum
  
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• North Dakota US Sen. Kevin Cramer’s son pleads guilty in car-chase death of a deputy

  20-09-2024 20:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The adult son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer pleaded guilty on Friday to all the charges he faced in connection with a car-chase crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy.
  Ian Cramer, 43, changed his plea in the Dec. 6, 2023, death of Mercer County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Martin, 53. The charges included homicide while fleeing peace officer, fleeing a peace officer, preventing arrest, reckless endangerment, driving under suspension, possession of methamph
  
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• A year into job as Hockey Canada chief, Henderson says hockey healthier

  20-09-2024 20:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Hockey Canada president and chief executive officer Katherine Henderson says the organization and hockey are headed in healthier directions since she stepped to the helm just over a year ago.
  Henderson inherited an organization in crisis.Five players from Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey championship team were charged in January with sexual assault that allegedly occurred at a Hockey Canada gala in London, Ont., in June of that year.
  The allegations have not been proven in
  
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• Abbotsford to host one of many Walk For Veterans across Canada this weekend

  20-09-2024 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD – A group of veterans and civilians in Abbotsford will join a nationwide walk raising awareness for those who serve in Canada’s forces.
  The seventh annual Canadian Walk For Veterans will take place Saturday morning at Mill Lake Park, with participants hitting the road between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., according to organizers.
  “Each year, the Canadian Walk for Veterans invites Canadians to walk together in recognition of serving members of the armed forces, veterans, and th
  
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• Chilliwack bakery to host Apple Fest with 30-plus vendors, food trucks and Kidz Zone this weekend - Fraser Valley Today

  20-09-2024 20:05
  Chilliwack bakery to host Apple Fest with 30-plus vendors, food trucks and Kidz Zone this weekend  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Music equipment donation invigorates residents at Chilliwack long-term care, says foundation - Fraser Valley Today

  20-09-2024 20:00
  Music equipment donation invigorates residents at Chilliwack long-term care, says foundation  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack bakery to host Apple Fest with 30-plus vendors, food trucks and Kidz Zone this weekend

  20-09-2024 19:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Just in time for the fall harvest, a Chilliwack bakery invites the community to join them for Apple Fest this weekend.Benanna Bakery at 8985 Young Road says Apple Fest activities consist of over 30 local vendors, food trucks, live entertainment, giveaways, demonstrations, free samples, door crasher sales and a chance to win a $300 shopping spree.Families with little ones can take advantage of the the event’s Kidz Zone packed with fun activities including a bouncy castle,
  
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• Music equipment donation invigorates residents at Chilliwack long-term care, says foundation

  20-09-2024 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A set of drums and bells are part of a music equipment donation aiding therapy efforts at a long-term care home in Chilliwack.
  A spokesperson for Fraser Valley Health says music programs at Heritage Village have been enriched as residents take to the new instruments, which arrived in August, offering therapeutic benefits.
  “In particular, our Bell Choir experience has been enhanced with the extra set of bells to use,” said local music therapist Marni Brechin.
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• NDP ask competition watchdog to investigate potential rent-fixing by landlords

  20-09-2024 19:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The NDP is asking the Competition Bureau to investigate whether Canadian landlords are using the same AI software that sparked an antitrust lawsuit in the United States.The U.S. Justice Departmentfiled the lawsuit last month against real estate software company RealPage Inc., accusing it of an illegal scheme that allows landlords to coordinate to hike rental prices.
  The lawsuit, filed alongside attorneys general in states including North Carolina and California, alleges the compan
  
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• RCMP ask for help in finding 7-year-old girl missing near Burns Lake, B.C.

  20-09-2024 19:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNS LAKE, B.C. — Police are asking the public for help in finding a seven-year-old girl missing from her home about 250 kilometres west of Prince George, B.C.
  RCMP say Oaklynn Schwedder was last seen outside her home in the small community of Southbank, near Burns Lake, at 6 p.m. on Thursday.
  They describe the girl as “on the autism spectrum” and non-verbal.
  Police say they have “numerous resources” in the area, including search and rescue crews who are working wi
  
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• Toronto FC balances MLS playoff push against upcoming Canadian Championship final

  20-09-2024 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Coach John Herdman finds himself between a rock and a hard place ahead of Toronto FC’s game Saturday at the Colorado Rapids.
  With just four regular-season games remaining, eighth-place Toronto (11-16-3) needs points to stay above ninth-place Philadelphia and 10th-place D.C. United in the Eastern Conference playoff hunt. The two chasing teams are both three points behind with a game in hand.
  The eighth- and ninth-place teams meet in a playoff wild-card game, with the winner moving on to tak
  
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• Secret Service report details communication failures preceding July assassination attempt on Trump

  20-09-2024 19:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service’s performance ahead of a July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, according to a new report that lays out a litany of missed opportunities to stop a gunman who opened fire from an unsecured roof.
  A five-page document summarizing the Secret Service report’s key conclusions finds fault with both local and federal law enforcement, underscoring the cascading and wid
  
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• Suspect in Edmonton-area bank robberies arrested in Chilliwack: RCMP

  20-09-2024 18:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — A 30-year-old man from Chilliwack is facing four charges in connection with a pair of July bank robberies in and around Edmonton, Alberta.
  Alberta RCMP say the first robbery occurred at a CIBC in Spruce Grove around noon on July 17, when the accused handed a note to a teller saying, “This is a robbery.”
  After telling the bank employee he had a gun and demanded cash, he walked out after being handed money, according to investigators.
  The following day, Edmonton Police
  
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• Suspect in Edmonton-area bank robberies arrested in Chilliwack: RCMP - Fraser Valley Today

  20-09-2024 18:55
  Suspect in Edmonton-area bank robberies arrested in Chilliwack: RCMP  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Georgia State Election Board approves rule requiring hand count of ballots

  20-09-2024 18:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s State Election Board on Friday voted to approve a new rule that requires poll workers to count the number of paper ballots by hand.The board voted 3-2 to approve the rule, going against the advice of the state attorney general’s office, the secretary of state’s office and an association of county election officials. Three board members who were praised by former President Donald Trump during a rally last month in Atlanta voted to approve the measu
  
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• Former Harrods boss Al Fayed was a ‘monster’ who abused young women, lawyers for his accusers say

  20-09-2024 18:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — Mohamed Al Fayed, the former boss of Harrods, was a “monster’ who raped and sexually abused young women, lawyers representing dozens of his accusers said Friday.
  The abuse went on through much of Al Fayed’s 25-year tenure — from 1985 on — at the helm of the world-renowned London department store, the lawyers said. They spoke at a televised news conference in London in the wake of the BBC documentary “Al-Fayed: Predator At Harrods.”The
  
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• Legacy, financial opportunity likely motivated Rogers for MLSE takeover: experts

  20-09-2024 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Experts say rising team valuations and the desire to forge a legacy are likely at the heart of what motivated Rogers Communications Inc. executive chair Edward Rogers to bolster the company’s portfolio of Toronto professional sports teams.
  The company’s $4.7-billion deal to acquire rival telecom BCE Inc.’s 37.5 per cent stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment will give Rogers a majority control of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Raptors, Toronto Argonaut
  
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• Quebec minister accuses organized crime of using 14-year-old ‘to do their dirty work’

  20-09-2024 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s public security minister says he’s shocked by reports that a 14-year-old boy’s death southeast of Quebec City is linked to organized crime.
  François Bonnardel was reacting to multiple media reports that the body of a teenager from Montreal was found near a Hells Angels bunker in Frampton, Que., about 50 kilometres southeast of Quebec City in the Beauce region.
  In recent months, there has been an ongoing fight in the Quebec City area over drug te
  
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• Raptors forward Bruce Brown out several weeks after knee surgery

  20-09-2024 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors say forward Bruce Brown has undergone arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and will be out for several weeks.
  The Raptors said in a release Friday that an update on Brown’s condition will be provided when he is re-evaluated in three weeks.
  Brown averaged 9.6 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 26.0 minutes in 34 games (11 starts) with the Raptors last season.Toronto acquired Brown from Indiana on Jan. 17 in the trade that sent all-star forward Pascal
  
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• NHL’s Senators, NCC call press conference as arena deal deadline arrives in Ottawa

  20-09-2024 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The National Hockey League’s Ottawa Senators and the National Capital Commission have called a joint press conference on the deadline date to finalize a deal to build a downtown arena.The reason for the press conference was not disclosed in a Friday press release, but the Senators have long been interested in building a downtown arena to replace the Canadian Tire Centre.
  The team had entered a memorandum of understanding with the NCC to develop the downtown LeBreton Flats ar
  
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• LETTER: Quiet change to Chilliwack council meeting times limits democracy - Chilliwack Progress

  20-09-2024 18:00
  LETTER: Quiet change to Chilliwack council meeting times limits democracy  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• LETTER: Chilliwack gas price fluctuations 'outrageous' - Chilliwack Progress

  20-09-2024 18:00
  LETTER: Chilliwack gas price fluctuations 'outrageous'  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Victims, including three Canadians, claim former Harrods boss Al Fayed was a ‘monster’ who abused young women, lawyers say

  20-09-2024 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — Lawyers in Britain representing dozens of alleged victims — including three Canadians — of Mohamed Al Fayed, the former boss of Harrods, said Friday their clients assert that he was a “monster” who raped and sexually abused young women.
  Lawyer Bruce Drummond said three of Al Fayed’s alleged victims were from Canada, including one who was “seriously, seriously assaulted when she was 16.”
  At a press briefing in London on Friday in the w
  
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• Joly convenes fellow women foreign ministers to talk harassment, equity in politics

  20-09-2024 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is convening female foreign ministers from a dozen countries to talk about women’s participation in governance and issues like online harassment.
  Joly is co-hosting a two-day meeting in Toronto with her Jamaican counterpart, Kamina Johnson Smith, and foreign ministers from countries ranging from Ghana and Indonesia to Nepal and Romania.
  The gathering follows a 2018 meeting in Montreal, as well as informal discussions on the sideli
  
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• Dutch prosecutors say man arrested after fatal stabbing is suspected of a terrorist motive

  20-09-2024 17:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch prosecutors say that a 22-year-old man arrested after a fatal stabbing in Rotterdam that left one person dead and another seriously wounded is suspected of murder and attempted murder with terrorist intent.
  The Rotterdam public prosecution service said Friday that investigations into the suspect, whose identity has not been released, uncovered “ indications that the suspect may be ideologically driven. For example, the suspect shouted Allahu akbar
  
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• Could a cap on grad students from abroad hurt more than help? Experts raise the alarm

  20-09-2024 17:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Experts are raising questions about the need for the federal government’s planned cap on international graduate students, and suggesting it may prompt some top talent to look elsewhere.Students attending master’s, doctoral and postdoctoral courses were previously exempt from the overall cap on international students that Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced in January but they are now included in a further reduction of student visas he announced this week.Miller
  
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• Canada Soccer waiting on drone spying review findings, Priestman still getting paid

  20-09-2024 16:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Nearly two months after announcing an independent, external review into the Paris Olympics drone spying scandal, Canada Soccer — like everyone else — is waiting on its findings.
  Canada women’s coach Bev Priestman, assistant coach Jasmine Mander and analyst Joseph Lombardi are serving one-year FIFA suspensions in the wake of New Zealand’s Olympic Committee filing a complaint with the International Olympic Committee’s integrity unit, alleging drones were flown over a
  
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• Supreme Court leaves Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein off the ballot in Nevada

  20-09-2024 16:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from Nevada’s Green Party seeking to include presidential candidate Jill Stein on the ballot in the battleground state.
  The court’s order Friday, without any noted dissents, allows ballot preparation and printing to proceed in Nevada without Stein and other Green Party candidates included.
  The outcome is a victory for Democrats who had challenged the Greens’ inclusion on the ballot in a state with a hist
  
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• Writ drops tomorrow, but B.C. parties already campaigning hard - Chilliwack Progress

  20-09-2024 16:00
  Writ drops tomorrow, but B.C. parties already campaigning hard  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• What's happening Chilliwack: List of events from Sept. 20 onward - Chilliwack Progress

  20-09-2024 14:35
  What's happening Chilliwack: List of events from Sept. 20 onward  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Unbeaten Ridge Meadows Flames host Chilliwack on Friday night - Maple Ridge News

  20-09-2024 14:00
  Unbeaten Ridge Meadows Flames host Chilliwack on Friday night  Maple Ridge News
  
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• Hezbollah hits northern Israel with 140 rockets

  20-09-2024 13:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets Friday, a day after the militant group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed to retaliate against Israel for a mass bombing attack, the Israeli military and the militant group said.
  Israel’s military said the rockets came in three waves Friday afternoon targeting sites along the ravaged border with Lebanon.
  Hezbollah said it had targeted several sites along the border with Katyusha rockets, including multiple air def
  
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• In the news today: Eby ready to take campaign bus on test drive

  20-09-2024 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Eby ready to take campaign bus on test drive
  A day before the official start, British Columbia’s election campaign sees B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad and Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau speaking to municipal leaders, while NDP Leader David Eby is gearing up to get his campaign bus rolling.
  Eby spoke to local politicians yesterday at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention, as they p
  
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• Some key issues to watch for in B.C.’s provincial election campaign

  20-09-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia provincial election campaign is expected to officially kick off Saturday, but party leaders have been vying for votes for months in the lead up to the Oct. 19 fixed election day.
  Here’s a look at some of the issues that are expected to be front and centre over the next month and what the political parties have said about them so far.
  Health Care
  B.C. Conservatives promise significant changes to the system, including sending people outside the province
  
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• B.C. election campaign starts Saturday; but Eby takes bus on test run, Rustad at UBCM

  20-09-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A day before the official start, British Columbia’s election campaign sees B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad and Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau speaking to municipal leaders, while NDP Leader David Eby is gearing up to get his campaign bus rolling.
  Eby spoke to local politicians yesterday at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention, as they presented a laundry list of concerns for the provincial government at the meeting, from homelessness to the overdose crisis
  
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