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• CHIEFS GAME NIGHT HOSTED BY THE CANUCKS

  16-10-2024 23:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Thursday, October 17th is set to be a Canucks filled game night!
  Starting with Party on the Plaza at 5:30.
  Some Canucks alumni are joining the party!
  Including, Kirk McLean, Darcy Rota, Dave Babych, Jyrki Lumme
  The Canucks inflatable shooting game and other family-friendly activities will be on sight along with Canucks Fin.
  During the game, it is the Canucks game show with special guest, PA announcer, Al Murdoch.
  We will have the Abbotsford Canucks in-stands person hosting our game and handing o
  
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• Tomorrow’s Golf League modernizes sport for prime time television

  16-10-2024 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The future of golf might be arriving as soon as 2025.
  That’s when Tomorrow’s Golf League, an arena-based, team version of the 600-year old sport, will launch at the purpose-built SoFi Center in Palm Beach, Fla. TGL chief executive officer Mike McCarley, who founded the league with golf greats Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, said it’s all about modernizing the sport.
  “If we’re creating a version of the game today, in 2024, what would that look like?” said McCarle
  
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• Warriors drop weeknight matchup in Chilliwack 5-3 - News Talk Sports AM 1150

  16-10-2024 23:09 via news.google.com
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• Canadian Evan Kung qualifies to compete on Elite Series in 2025

  16-10-2024 23:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The second time was the charm for Evan Kung.
  The 25-year-old Pickering, Ont., resident was 28th on Saturday in the final Bassmaster Open event at Alabama’s Lake Martin. That earned Kung enough points to finish ninth in the overall standings and qualify to compete on the Elite Series next season.
  “It’s still kind of shocking that I was able to do it,” Kung said during a telephone interview. “I’m trying to appreciate it and take it all in but I don’t think
  
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• Quebec anti-corruption unit says 90 per cent of convictions from fake COVID passports

  16-10-2024 22:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — Quebec’s anti-corruption unit released its annual report today, saying the past 12 months were busy.
  The unit, know as UPAC, says 19 people were charged in criminal cases and 18 people were convicted during the 12 months ending March 31, 2024, while 265 individuals or companies were fined.
  The number of people charged and convicted is roughly six times higher than in the preceding 12 months.
  About 90 per cent of the convictions in the 2023-24 year were related to the
  
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• Chilliwack train show returns with new focus on any and all hobbies - Maple Ridge News

  16-10-2024 22:41 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack train show returns with new focus on any and all hobbies - Langley Advance Times

  16-10-2024 22:41 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack train show returns with new focus on any and all hobbies - Aldergrove Star

  16-10-2024 22:41 via news.google.com
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• 'Doggo-Ween' makes scary holiday fun for Chilliwack canines - Maple Ridge News

  16-10-2024 22:38 via news.google.com
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• Cleanup effort planned for popular recreation area east of Chilliwack - Fraser Valley Today

  16-10-2024 22:22 via news.google.com
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• Argos can cement East Division home playoff game with win over Redblacks

  16-10-2024 22:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Chad Kelly and the Toronto Argonauts can complete the East Division’s playoff picture.
  The Argos (9-7) host Ottawa (8-7-1) on Saturday afternoon. They can clinch second in the East Division with a win and gain home-field advantage in the opening round of the playoffs versus the Redblacks.
  The Montreal Alouettes (12-3-1) have already clinched first in the East. They’ll host either Toronto or Ottawa in the division final Nov. 9.
  Winnipeg (10-7), Saskatchewan (9-7-1) and B.C. (8-9) have
  
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• More than a dozen relatives of brother Erik and Lyle Menendez call for their release from prison

  16-10-2024 22:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than a dozen family members of Erik and Lyle Menendez on Wednesday called for the release of the brothers from prison after the killings of their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion 35 years ago.
  The news conference in downtown Los Angeles was the largest gathering of the extended family since the brothers’ 1996 sentencing. The public call for their release comes less than two weeks after the Los Angeles County district attorney announced his office would b
  
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• Cleanup effort planned for popular recreation area east of Chilliwack

  16-10-2024 22:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRASER VALLEY — The beauty of Jones Lake, also known as Wahleach Lake, east of Chilliwack remains a sought-after recreational destination for day users, campers and nature lovers alike.But that pristine destination isn’t looking so great these days due to what one cleanup organizer says is an accumulation of garbage and other unsightly blight spanning several kilometres, prompting volunteers to organize a cleanup of the lake this coming weekend.
  Ryan Smith, one of the volunteers invo
  
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• Military whistleblower sues Ottawa after reporting alleged Afghan civilian killings

  16-10-2024 22:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A former sergeant with the Canadian Armed Forces is suing the federal government for nearly $3 million alleging unfair treatment after he reported the killing of civilians during the war in Afghanistan.
  The lawsuit in Quebec Superior Court alleges that former Sgt. Claude Lepage witnessed Canadian soldiers execute an unarmed man and bomb civilian residences in 2006.
  Lepage, a former member of a special forces unit known as Joint Task Force 2, says he reported the execution to his
  
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• Chilliwack Fire, B.C. Ambulance respond to workplace fall at Chilliwack construction site - Fraser Valley Today

  16-10-2024 22:00 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack Fire, B.C. Ambulance respond to workplace fall at Chilliwack construction site  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack Fire, B.C. Ambulance respond to workplace fall at construction site

  16-10-2024 21:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Fire Department crews and B.C. Ambulance paramedics were dispatched Wednesday around noon after a tradesman fell from scaffolding at a construction site at Promontory Road and Thomas Road in Chilliwack.According to scanner traffic, first responders were called to Andmar, a residential and commercial development under construction, at 12:03 p.m. after a male fell from a slab and onto concrete below. The exact site of the accident is 46183 Thomas Road, not far from G.
  
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• Former Canada captain Christine Sinclair leads B.C. Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2025

  16-10-2024 21:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Former Canada soccer captain Christine Sinclair is headed to the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame.
  The 41-year-old from Burnaby, B.C., who added to her distinguished resume with a goal in the Portland Thorns’ 6-0 win over Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite in CONCACAF W Champions Cup play Tuesday at B.C. Place Stadium, is joined by four other athletes, three builder-coaches, one team, one pioneer, one media member and the winner of the W.A.C. Bennett Award in the 2025 induction c
  
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• Feds, provinces must work together to tackle productivity crisis: Alberta premier

  16-10-2024 21:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Canada’s economic productivity crisis can only be solved if the federal and provincial governments come together to address issues like major project approvals and inter-provincial trade barriers, Alberta’s premier said Wednesday.
  Danielle Smith made the remarks in Calgary at a national conference on productivity, a term which describes how much an economy produces per hour worked.
  Canada’s lagging productivity record has been in the spotlight in recent months.
  
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• Campaign volunteers in Richmond, B.C., targeted with racist insults

  16-10-2024 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND — An Independent election candidate in Richmond, B.C., says her campaign volunteers were subjected to racist insults from a passerby who called them “trash” and abused them for speaking Mandarin.
  The incident on Sunday is captured on video, showing a man in a grey suit berating supporters of Richmond Centre candidate Wendy Yuan while they were waving signs at an intersection.
  The man is seen swearing at the group and telling them to “take down” the Chinese
  
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• 'Doggo-Ween' makes scary holiday fun for Chilliwack canines - Chilliwack Progress

  16-10-2024 21:16 via news.google.com
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• PHOTOS: Chilliwack Chiefs win BCHL showcase game against West Kelowna - Abbotsford News

  16-10-2024 20:55 via news.google.com
  PHOTOS: Chilliwack Chiefs win BCHL showcase game against West Kelowna  Abbotsford News
  
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• Chilliwack non-profit park society welcomes applications for its executive board - Fraser Valley Today

  16-10-2024 20:55 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack non-profit park society welcomes applications for its executive board

  16-10-2024 20:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Park Society, a non-profit committed to enhancing and promoting the well-being of parks and trails in and around Chilliwack, says it is welcoming applications for its 2024 board of director positions to coincide with its annual general meeting later this month.
  On its website, Chilliwack Park Society says it is fielding applications for its 2024 board of directors from individuals who are passionate about trails in Chilliwack and are looking for a way to make a diff
  
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• Texas board votes against clemency for a man facing execution in shaken baby syndrome case

  16-10-2024 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Wednesday denied a request for clemency for a man who this week could be the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.
  The parole board voted to not recommend that Robert Roberson’s death sentence be commuted to life in prison or that his execution be delayed.
  Gov. Greg Abbott can only grant clemency after receiving a recommendation from the board. Abbott does have
  
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• Idaho issues execution warrant for inmate who survived a botched attempt

  16-10-2024 20:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho prison officials will attempt to execute the state’s longest-serving death row inmate next month using new protocols after botching the first attempt several months ago.
  A judge issued a death warrant for Thomas Eugene Creech Wednesday morning, one day after the Idaho Department of Correction announced it had renovated its execution chamber to allow the execution team to insert catheters deep into the neck, groin, chest or arms of inmates if they are unable
  
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• Palestinians who fled Gaza to receive transitional financial assistance from Ottawa

  16-10-2024 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Palestinians who have fled Gaza will receive transitional financial assistance and supports after they arrive in Canada.
  The Immigration Department says the funds will help cover basic needs, such as shelter, food and clothing, with more details to be shared at a later date.The government will also offer temporary health coverage for three months, settlement services such as language training as well as the ability to apply for study and open
  
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• Canadian men to face Suriname in CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal

  16-10-2024 19:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada will face Suriname in next month’s two-legged CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal.
  Suriname, ranked 138th in the world by FIFA, advanced by finishing second to Costa Rica in Group A of League A play. The 38th-ranked Canadian men, along with No. 17 Mexico, the 18th-ranked U.S. and No. 37 Panama, received a bye into the final eight of the CONCACAF competition.
  Suriname, which finished ahead of No. 107 Guatemala, No. 156 Guyana and unranked Martinique and Guadeloupe in its group, will
  
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• Argonauts players Kelly, McManis earn CFL top performer awards

  16-10-2024 19:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Quarterback Chad Kelly and linebacker Wynton McManis of the Toronto Argonauts were named the CFL’s top offensive and defensive performers Wednesday.
  Kelly earned a grade of 90.4 for his play in Toronto’s 14-11 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Kelly completed 16-of-23 passes for 208 yards and a TD while rushing nine times for 33 yards.
  McManis received a grade of 88.8 in the contest. He had eight tackles, a pass knockdown and fumble recovery over 63 snaps and earned
  
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• Jonathan Osorio leads the way at Toronto FC, on and off the football pitch

  16-10-2024 19:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — As another Toronto FC season slipped away, veteran midfielder Jonathan Osorio showed he is the conscience of the MLS club — as well as its captain.
  Beaten 4-1 by the visiting New York Red Bulls on Oct. 2 in TFC’s penultimate regular-season outing, a loss that all but ended the team’s slim playoff hopes, Osorio left the field after the final whistle to hear it from disgruntled fans in the south stand of BMO Field.
  “It’s not easy but as the captain, in
  
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• Border agency recovered nearly 2,000 stolen vehicles this year: transport minister

  16-10-2024 19:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s border guards have recovered more stolen vehicles at railyards and ports so far this year than in all of 2023.Transport Minister Anita Anand says the Canada Border Services Agency has recovered 1,945 stolen vehicles, with the majority found in Quebec.
  The federal government launched an action plan earlier this year to address the record rates of vehicle thefts, involving local and international police agencies, vehicle manufacturers and other partners.Much of the pr
  
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• Leaders converge on Vancouver Island as B.C. voters break advance polling record

  16-10-2024 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Leaders of British Columbia’s main political parties have converged on Vancouver Island in the final stage of campaigning before the provincial election on Saturday, with record numbers of voters already casting their ballots in advance polling.
  Elections BC says more than 181,000 people voted on Tuesday, breaking a record set on the first day of voting last week.
  The election office says 778,000 people have already voted ahead of today’s final day of advance voting.
  NDP Leader David
  
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• Man with prior assault convictions charged in Vancouver tourist beating

  16-10-2024 19:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Police say a man has been charged with aggravated assault and remains in custody after an unprovoked attack on a woman who was visiting Vancouver.Vancouver police say the 35-year-old victim was walking near the cruise ship terminal at Canada Place shortly before 9 a.m. Sunday when she was assaulted.
  They say the attacker repeatedly punched and kicked her in the face, leaving the woman with injuries that required treatment in hospital.Sgt. Steve Addison says the woman and the 30
  
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• Chilliwack River Valley owners stymied as province denies funding - Saanich News

  16-10-2024 19:07 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack River Valley owners stymied as province denies funding - Cloverdale Reporter

  16-10-2024 19:07 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack River Valley owners stymied as province denies funding - Abbotsford News

  16-10-2024 19:07 via news.google.com
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• Over 12,000 votes already cast in Chilliwack-area ridings - Fraser Valley Today

  16-10-2024 18:55 via news.google.com
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• Air India passengers get lift from air force after bomb scare forces Nunavut landing

  16-10-2024 18:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  IQALUIT — More than 200 Air India passengers have landed in Chicago after a bomb threat forced their flight to be diverted to Nunavut.
  The airline issued an update overnight via social media, thanking the Royal Canadian Air Force for helping ferry the 211 passengers of Flight 127 from India to their final destination.
  Since Iqaluit was not equipped to house that many unexpected guests, Ottawa gave the green light to use military resources to help the waylaid travellers.
  The flight from New
  
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• Over 12,000 votes already cast in Chilliwack-area ridings

  16-10-2024 18:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Over 12,000 voters in two Chilliwack-area ridings have already cast their ballots in advance voting ahead of this Saturday’s provincial election.
  According to Elections BC, 5,881 people from the Chilliwack North riding took part in advance voting between Thursday, October 10 and Sunday, October 13. The most activity among the four voting days occurred Friday when 1,961 people cast a ballot.Chilliwack North encompasses parts of east Abbotsford around Sumas Mountain Region
  
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• Dabrowski, Routliffe through to semifinals in Japan with win over Aoyama, Hozumi

  16-10-2024 18:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OSAKA — Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand advanced to the women’s doubles semifinals at the Japan Open with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Japan’s Shuko Aoyama and Eri Hozumi on Wednesday.
  The top-seeded duo of Dabrowski and Routliffe made big shots when they needed them, saving 10 of 11 break points.
  They scored four breaks on 12 chances against the Japanese duo.
  Routliffe and Dabrowski won 66.7 per cent of first-serve points and were solid on se
  
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• Former Las Vegas-area Democratic official sentenced to 28 years for killing reporter in 2022

  16-10-2024 18:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Las Vegas-area Democratic elected official was sentenced Wednesday to serve at least 28 years in Nevada state prison for killing an investigative journalist who wrote articles critical of his conduct in office two years ago.A judge invoked sentencing enhancements for elements including use of a deadly weapon, laying in wait and the age of the reporter to add eight years to the minimum 20-year sentence that a jury set in August after finding Robert Telles guilty of
  
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• Chilliwack River Valley owners stymied as province denies funding - Chilliwack Progress

  16-10-2024 18:20 via news.google.com
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• British Columbia to get another new area code next year

  16-10-2024 18:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — British Columbia is about to get another new area code following a decision by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications to meet the growing demand for new telephone numbers.According to a news release Wednesday (Oct. 16) from the Telecommunications Alliance, 257 will be the new area code for British Columbia starting May 24, 2025. B.C. is already served by area codes 250, 604, 778, 672 and 236.“The introduction of a new area code creates millions of additiona
  
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• Montreal police make arrest in fatal stabbing on downtown subway platform

  16-10-2024 17:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal police say they’ve made an arrest after a man was fatally stabbed on the platform of a downtown metro station late Saturday.
  Police say a 32-year-old man faces a charge of second-degree murder in the death of a 37-year-old who was stabbed at Guy-Concordia metro station.
  The victim was pronounced dead in hospital after the stabbing, which happened at about 11:20 p.m.
  Montreal police say a suspect was arrested in Montreal North on Tuesday night and is expected to ap
  
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• The US Navy says a fighter jet with two on board crashed in Washington state during training

  16-10-2024 17:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The U.S. Navy was searching Wednesday for two aviators whose plane crashed during a routine training flight.
  The EA-18G Growler jet from the Electronic Attack Squadron crashed east of Mount Rainier at about 3:23 p.m. Tuesday, according to Whidbey Island Naval Air Station. Search teams, including a U.S. Navy MH-60S helicopter, launched from NAS Whidbey Island to try to find the crew and examine the crash site.
  The Navy hasn’t said whether the two crew members managed to eject before the cra
  
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• Driver of semi trailer that struck Hwy. 1 overpass west of Chilliwack charged - Fraser Valley Today

  16-10-2024 17:41 via news.google.com
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• Driver of semi trailer that struck Hwy. 1 overpass west of Chilliwack charged

  16-10-2024 17:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — BC Highway Patrol says the driver of a semi-trailer towing a modular home has been charged under the Motor Vehicle Act after it struck an overpass on Highway 1 west of Chilliwack last week.According to a statement from police Wednesday morning (Oct. 16), the driver has been charged following the vehicle incident that caused a temporary shutdown of Highway 1 at No. 3 Road in Abbotsford.Police say the collision happened Friday afternoon, October 11, just before 12:30 p.m. The co
  
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• Diana Matheson added to interim coaching staff for Canadian women’s soccer team

  16-10-2024 17:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It will be coach by committee for the Canadian women’s soccer team’s upcoming friendly with Spain, in the absence of suspended coach Bev Priestman.
  Former Canadian international Diana Matheson joins returning assistant coaches Andy Spence, Jen Herst and Neil Wood in the coaching ensemble for the Oct. 25 game in Almendralejo, Spain
  Matheson, co-founder of the fledgling Northern Super League, is serving in an interim team support role. The staff will also include Vancouver Whitecaps FC
  
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• Statistics Canada says levels of food insecurity rose in 2022

  16-10-2024 17:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the level of food insecurity increased in 2022 as inflation hit peak levels.
  In a report using data from the Canadian community health survey, the agency says 15.6 per cent of households experienced some level of food insecurity in 2022 after being relatively stable from 2017 to 2021.
  The reading was up from 9.6 per cent in 2017 and 11.6 per cent in 2018.
  Statistics Canada says the prevalence of household food insecurity was slightly lower and stable during
  
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• More than 140 people are killed and dozens injured after a gasoline tanker explodes in Nigeria

  16-10-2024 16:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — More than 140 people, including children, were killed and dozens were injured in Nigeria after an overturned gasoline tanker truck exploded in flames while they were trying to scoop up fuel pouring from the vehicle, emergency services said Wednesday.
  The accident occurred at midnight in Jigawa state’s Majiya town when the tanker driver lost control of the vehicle while traveling on a highway, police spokesperson Lawan Adam said. Residents rushed to the scene and
  
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• ‘You don’t park it’: NHLers dream of representing their countries at 4 Nations

  16-10-2024 15:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Sam Reinhart lived out a childhood dream in June.The Florida Panthers sharpshooter is hoping for another memorable moment this winter.Reinhart sits among a group of players looking to grab roster spots for the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off — the league’s first foray into international hockey since the 2016 World Cup.Canada, the United States, Sweden and Finland make up the field for the tournament set to run Feb. 12-20 in Montreal and Boston.The countries have each already announced six nam
  
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