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• Chilliwack voters make way to polling stations in heavy rain - Chilliwack Progress

  19-10-2024 23:48 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack voters make way to polling stations in heavy rain  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Missing Chilliwack woman could be in Surrey or Maple Ridge: RCMP - Langley Advance Times

  19-10-2024 23:36 via news.google.com
  Missing Chilliwack woman could be in Surrey or Maple Ridge: RCMP  Langley Advance Times
  
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• Missing Chilliwack woman could be in Surrey or Maple Ridge: RCMP - Maple Ridge News

  19-10-2024 23:26 via news.google.com
  Missing Chilliwack woman could be in Surrey or Maple Ridge: RCMP  Maple Ridge News
  
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• Missing Chilliwack woman could be in Surrey or Maple Ridge: RCMP - Hope Standard

  19-10-2024 23:26 via news.google.com
  Missing Chilliwack woman could be in Surrey or Maple Ridge: RCMP  Hope Standard
  
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• Road construction to fully close McCallum Road in Agassiz for one day

  19-10-2024 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ – Crews will fully shut down McCallum Road on Tuesday during a two-day construction initiative.
  District of Kent’s Public Works team said initial work will begin between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Monday with a full road closure during the same time frame on Oct. 22.
  The division didn’t reveal the nature of the work, but can answer questions from the public at 604-796-2235 or [email protected]
  
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• Batherson has three points to lead Senators to 5-4 win over Lightning

  19-10-2024 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Special teams proved to be the difference for the Ottawa Senators in a 5-4 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday afternoon at Canadian Tire Centre.
  Noah Gregor’s short-handed goal in the third period proved to be the winner for the Senators (3-2-0). It was his first goal of the season.Ottawa was 2-for-5 with the man advantage as the Lightning (3-1-0) lost for the first time this season.
  Drake Batherson led the way for Ottawa with two goals and an assist. Josh Norris a
  
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• Flooding closes roads in Surrey, lanes on Highway 1 - Chilliwack Progress

  19-10-2024 21:27 via news.google.com
  Flooding closes roads in Surrey, lanes on Highway 1  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Potential sinkhole closes roadway in Langley: RCMP

  19-10-2024 20:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY – Police have closed a roadway in Langley due to concerns that a sinkhole may be forming beneath the pavement.
  RCMP say the slump, seen early Saturday morning on 40th avenue between 216 and 212 Streets, is tied to a deluge of inclement weather in Southern B.C.
  “Heavy rainfall within the past 24 hours has compromised the stability of the roadway on 40th Avenue,” Langley RCMP Cpl. Zynal Sharoom said in a statement.
  Motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians are advised to avoid
  
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• 17-year-old facing charges in connection with crash in Mission that sent woman to hospital: RCMP

  19-10-2024 20:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION – A 17-year-old is facing two charges following a crash last Sunday night in Mission that sent a driver to the hospital.
  RCMP believe a blue Dodge Caravan and a gray Ford pickup collided just before 10 p.m. at the intersection of Lougheed Highway and Nelson Street.
  The collision pinned a woman behind the steering wheel of the blue minivan, while the truck, which is suspected of having made a left turn before the incident, fled the scene, according to investigators.
  The woman was tr
  
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• Portion of Highway 7 in Maple Ridge closed due to flooding: Drive BC

  19-10-2024 19:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MAPLE RIDGE – Crews have closed a portion of Highway 7 (Lougheed Highway) near 287 Street in Maple Ridge due to flooding.
  Drive BC says travellers can expect delays between St. Anthony’s Way and 287 for at least a couple of hours while attempts are made to alleviate the flooding.
  An update is expected to be issued by the Ministry of Transportation early Saturday afternoon.
  Environment Canada issued a rainfall and wind warning for the Maple Ridge area on Friday, suggesting that the in
  
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• Canada’s Diallo upsets Cerundolo to reach first career ATP Tour final

  19-10-2024 19:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ALMATY — Canada’s Gabriel Diallo advanced to his first career ATP Tour final on Saturday with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo at the Almaty Open.The 23-year-old from Montreal needed 68 minutes to complete the victory.Diallo, the world No. 118, had a 5-1 edge in aces and saved the lone break point he faced. The 31st-ranked Cerundolo won just 55 per cent of points on his first serve and had six double-faults.
  The Canadian will next face 26th-ranked Karen K
  
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• Fearing demolition, Montreal skateboarders rally to protect DIY skatepark from city

  19-10-2024 18:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal skateboarders are rallying to protect a Do-It-Yourself skatepark known as Project 45 from what the city has said are plans to redevelop the space but skaters fear are plans to demolish what makes it unique.
  Skateboarders say they built Project 45 themselves more than a decade ago in the borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension on land belonging to the city of Montreal but with the blessing of Le TAZ, a nearby indoor skatepark.
  Skateboarder Marie-Pier
  
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• Polls open for British Columbia’s 43rd Provincial General Election

  19-10-2024 17:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA – Polls are now open for British Columbia’s 43rd Provincial General Election, as the final voting day has arrived after four weeks of campaigning.
  Six days of advance polls in B.C.’s election brought out a record number of early voters across the province this past week—about 28 percent of those registered.
  Elections BC spokesperson Andrew Watson says the 1,000,000-plus who cast an early ballot are part of a trend observed over the past two elections.
  “The
  
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• First atmospheric river of fall season to bring heavy rains on B.C. election day

  19-10-2024 17:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Environment Canada is ramping up rainfall warnings in British Columbia, where Vancouver Island, metro Vancouver and the coastal regions of the province are bracing for major downpours through the weekend.The first atmospheric river of the season is expected to bring up to 120 millimetres of rain to west and inland Vancouver Island on Saturday — the day on which the province’s residents cast their ballots in a provincial election — and into Sunday.The weather agency warns 150 mi
  
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• Hannah Green keeps 2-shot lead after three rounds of the BMW Ladies Championship

  19-10-2024 17:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PAJU, South Korea (AP) — Hannah Green of Australia shot a 2-under 70 on Saturday to hold a two-stroke lead after three rounds of the BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea.
  Green shot 64 in each of the first two rounds. The second round was completed early Saturday after rain washed out much of the play on Friday.
  Green has led outright or shared the lead at the end of each round. She is 18-under 198 overall.
  Yu Jin Sung of South Korea soared up the leaderboard with her 9-under 63, the bes
  
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• Emirates Team New Zealand wins 37th America’s Cup by beating INEOS Britannia 7-2

  19-10-2024 15:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Emirates Team New Zealand won the 37th America’s Cup by clinching match point for a 7-2 victory over INEOS Britannia on Saturday.
  New Zealand secured a three-peat after also winning the oldest trophy in international sport in 2017 and 2021. It was the Pacific island nation’s fifth cup in total.
  Britain has never won the America’s Cup in its 173-year history. They were competing in their first final in six decades.
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• It’s Voting Day in Chilliwack in the 2024 B.C. election - Chilliwack Progress

  19-10-2024 14:33 via news.google.com
  It’s Voting Day in Chilliwack in the 2024 B.C. election  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• ‘Hateful and mean’: LGBTQ+ advocates slam Sask. Party’s proposed change room policy

  19-10-2024 14:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Blake Tait says he’s still healing from being outed by his school’s guidance counsellor when he was 14.
  Feeling safe at his school in Saskatoon, he started telling people he was transgender. But he felt uneasy when his guidance counsellor set up a meeting for Tait to tell his family.
  His parents were supportive. His mom’s ex-husband, whom they lived with at the time, was not, leading to four years of emotional abuse that manifested in alcoholism, drug misuse and a suicide attem
  
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• Lawyer for Mozambique’s opposition politician is fatally shot following disputed election

  19-10-2024 12:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Gunmen chased down the lawyer for Mozambique’s leading opposition politician and a senior opposition official and fatally shot them in their car in the capital, their party said Saturday.This comes as the country waits for the results of a tense election that has drawn more allegations of vote rigging and clamping down on dissent against the long-ruling governing party.
  Elvino Dias, a lawyer and advisor to opposition presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane,
  
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• Lawyer for Mozambique’s opposition politician is fatally following disputed election

  19-10-2024 12:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Gunmen chased down the lawyer for Mozambique’s leading opposition politician and a senior opposition official and fatally shot them in their car in the capital, their party said Saturday.This comes as the country waits for the results of a tense election that has drawn more allegations of vote rigging and clamping down on dissent against the long-ruling governing party.
  Elvino Dias, a lawyer and advisor to opposition presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane,
  
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• ‘Sleeping with an elephant:’ What will a Republican or Democrat win mean for Canada?

  19-10-2024 12:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Pierre Trudeau famously described living next to the United States as “sleeping with an elephant,” a sentiment his son is intimately aware of amid this year’s tumultuous and polarized American election.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has likely reflected on his father’s words about Canada’s proximity to the U.S.: “one is affected by every twitch and grunt.”
  The U.S. is Canada’s closest neighbour and largest trading partner and who
  
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• Where will B.C.’s election be won or lost? Here are five bellwether ridings to watch

  19-10-2024 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia voters are heading to the polls, and political podcast co-host Mike McDonald says he is watching five ridings as bellwethers.
  Here are the five ridings he’s watching as indicators of whether the NDP or the B.C. Conservatives will form government, and why:
  Nanaimo-Lantzville
  McDonald says one of the key factors in determining bellwethers is a history of centre-right support in places that swung to the NDP in 2020.
  Nanaimo-Lantzville is a new riding, carved mostly out of Nan
  
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• B.C. voters face a once-unthinkable election choice, after stunning rise of Rustad

  19-10-2024 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The choice facing British Columbians in the provincial election today would have been unthinkable just a few months ago.
  The B.C. Conservatives, whose party won less than two per cent of the vote last election, stand on the brink of forming government or, at least, becoming the official Opposition, with Leader John Rustad challenging New Democrat incumbent David Eby to be premier.
  Rustad’s unlikely rise came after he was thrown out of the Opposition BC United party, joine
  
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• Strike launched toward Israeli prime minister’s house

  19-10-2024 09:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s government said a drone was launched toward the the prime minister’s house Saturday, with no casualties.
  Sirens wailed Saturday morning in Israel, warning of incoming fire from Lebanon, with a drone launched toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s house in Caesarea, the Israeli government said.
  Neither he nor his wife were home and there were no casualties, said his spokesperson in a statement.Adam Schreck And Samy Magdy, The Associate
  
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• Shirley Doolan Obituary - Chilliwack, BC - Dignity Memorial

  19-10-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
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• Sheryl Lundstrom Obituary - Chilliwack, BC - Dignity Memorial

  19-10-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
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• October 2024 the wettest month in Chilliwack since 2021 disaster - Chilliwack Progress

  19-10-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  October 2024 the wettest month in Chilliwack since 2021 disaster  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. Conservative Heather Maahs wins Chilliwack North riding - The Chilliwack Progress

  19-10-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
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• Hurricanes score four consecutive goals to beat Penguins 4-1

  19-10-2024 06:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Martin Necas had a goal and an assist, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Friday night.
  Jackson Blake, a 21-year-old rookie, tied it 1-all with 6:36 left in the first period with his second NHL goal and the first of four consecutive for Carolina. Necas and Shayne Gostisbehere scored on the power play in the second period, and Jack Roslovic extended the lead to three goals in the third.
  Frederik Andersen made 26 saves for the Hurricanes. Jesper
  
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• Jets gift Hellebuyck with eight goals of run support on night of his 500th start

  19-10-2024 06:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — First, they gave their most prized netminder an unspecified gift in the morning.
  Then, they gifted Connor Hellebuyck eight goals and a win on “Hellebuyck Night” at the Canada Life Centre on Friday night.
  The line of Vlad Namestnikov, Cole Perfetti and Nikolaj Ehlers had their best game of the season, accounting for five Winnipeg Jets goals in an 8-3 triumph over the San Jose Sharks.
  “It’s great,” said Perfetti, who broke out with two goals and two a
  
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• Yankees get to Guardians closer Clase again, score 2 runs in 9th to win 8-6 and take 3-1 ALCS lead

  19-10-2024 06:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase gave up two runs in the ninth inning and the New York Yankees moved closer to another World Series, beating the Guardians 8-6 on Friday night to take a 3-1 lead in the American League Championship Series.
  Gleyber Torres hit an RBI single and New York scored its go-ahead run as shortstop Brayan Rocchio booted Alex Verdugo’s grounder for an error.
  It was a messy ninth for Clase (0-2) as baseball’s best reliever altered for
  
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• Blondin, Fish win more titles at Canadian long-track speedskating championships

  19-10-2024 06:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — Ivanie Blondin and Graeme Fish captured more hardware at the Canadian long-track speedskating championships on Friday.
  Blondin, who won the 3,000-metre crown on Thursday, claimed her second national title of the season with a win in the women’s 1,000.
  The 34-year-old from Ottawa won in a time of 1:15.562, ahead of Maddison Pearman of Ponoka, Alta. (1:17.182) and Rose Laliberté-Roy of St-Étienne, Que. (1:18.119).
  “I was really happy with the end res
  
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• Ehlers and Perfetti score twice, Jets stay perfect with 8-3 win over Sharks

  19-10-2024 04:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG —
  Nikolaj Ehlers and Cole Perfetti each scored twice to lead the Winnipeg Jets to an 8-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Friday night.
  Perfetti added two assists while Ehlers had one helper as Winnipeg improved to 4-0-0 on the season.
  Vlad Namestnikov and Neal Pionk each produced a goal and three assists. Kyle Connor and Josh Morrissey also scored, and Gabriel Vilardi and Alex Iafallo pitched in with two assists each.
  Former Jets forward Tyler Toffoli scored on a first-period
  
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• Taylor Pendrith avoids biggest wind and stays in front in Las Vegas with a long day ahead

  19-10-2024 04:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Taylor Pendrith was spared wind so strong it caused a four-hour delay and battered the field Friday in the Shriners Hospital Open. The Canadian only had to play six holes and stayed in the lead before the second round was halted by darkness.
  Pendrith, who had a 10-under 61 on Thursday in a relatively calm morning to start the tournament, now faces a long Saturday — 12 holes to complete the second round and however many holes in the third round as the autumn light all
  
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• Lynx force Game 5 of WNBA Finals on Carleton’s free throws to beat Liberty 82-80

  19-10-2024 04:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Canada’s Bridget Carleton made two free throws with 2 seconds left, and the Minnesota Lynx forced a decisive Game 5 of the WNBA Finals, beating the New York Liberty 82-80 on Friday night.
  The teams will meet Sunday night in New York in the first Game 5 of the Finals since 2019, when Washington topped Connecticut.
  Kayla McBride scored 19 points and Courtney Williams added 15 for Minnesota, which forced Liberty stars Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu into poor shoo
  
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• Dodgers’ Jack Flaherty flops in 2nd NLCS outing vs. Mets, who force Game 6 in Los Angeles

  19-10-2024 04:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Instead of pitching his hometown team into the World Series, Jack Flaherty sent the NL Championship Series back to California.
  Dominant in the opener, Flaherty flopped in Game 5.
  Pete Alonso hit a three-run homer in the first and the Mets beat up Flaherty for five runs in the third inning of a 12-6 victory Friday night that pulled New York to 3-2 in the best-of-seven series.
  “First time a while I kind of let the game speed up on me a little bit and didn’t make t
  
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• Bo Levi Mitchell’s five TD passes lead Ticats past Stampeders 42-20

  19-10-2024 04:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — Bo Levi Mitchell threw five touchdown passes to lead the Hamilton Tiger-Cats past the Calgary Stampeders 42-20 on Friday night.
  The win was Mitchell’s first against his former team. The 34-year-old Texan spent his first 10 CFL seasons with Calgary before joining the Ticats in 2023.
  Hamilton opened the season with a 32-24 road loss to Calgary on June 7. Mitchell was 27-of-38 passing for 300 yards with a TD and interception in his return to McMahon Stadium.
  Mitchell staked H
  
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• Groundwater at Eagle Gold mine in Yukon shows high cyanide levels

  19-10-2024 03:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Yukon government says groundwater samples at the site where a mine’s ore containment facility failed in June “continue to reveal high levels of cyanide.”
  In a written update, the Yukon government says tests from Dublin Gulch below the slide at the Eagle Gold mine also show metals such as cobalt, copper, mercury, nickel, silver and selenium in the groundwater.
  While the government says the form of mercury found in the groundwater “has low potential for accumulating in
  
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• Teenager goes missing: Abbotsford Police

  19-10-2024 03:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Police in Abbotsford say a 17-year-old girl has gone missing.According to a statement from Constable Jody Thomas, media relations spokesperson for the AbbyPD, Ellora was last seen on foot in the 5000 block of Riverside Street in Abbotsford between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. today (Friday, Oct. 18). Police say Ellora, who last name was not provided, has no affiliation or connections to Abbotsford and primarily frequents the Burnaby area.
  Ellora may have left the Riverside Street area as
  
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• Alonso and Mets extend season again, beating Dodgers 12-6 to send NLCS back to LA for Game 6

  19-10-2024 02:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso golfed an early three-run homer and the New York Mets hammered an ineffective Jack Flaherty, extending the National League Championship Series with a 12-6 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 on Friday.
  Starling Marte had three doubles, four hits and three RBIs for New York. Francisco Alvarez broke out of a slump with three hits — including an RBI single in a five-run third inning. Francisco Lindor and Jesse Winker each laced an RBI triple.
  After
  
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• CF Montreal must finish the job at home to make the MLS playoffs

  19-10-2024 02:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Just six weeks ago, CF Montreal was on the brink of collapse. Now Montreal has the perfect chance to exorcise its demons on Saturday.
  Coined as “Decision Day,” the final match day of the Major League Soccer regular season can bring euphoria or heartbreak for teams still seeking to clinch a playoff berth.
  Montreal is well aware of this.
  In 2021, at home, Montreal needed a win against Orlando City SC to secure its spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs, but fell 2-0.
  
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• Large Crowd Expected for ‘Ugly Potato Day’ Giveaway in Cloverdale

  19-10-2024 02:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY – Nearly 15,000 people are expected to descend on the Cloverdale Rodeo Fairgrounds to take advantage of approximately 250,000 pounds of free produce.
  Heppell Farms’ Ugly Potato Day takes place on Saturday (Oct. 19), and the grassroots event anticipates a large crowd for a fair that offers imperfect but edible produce and other foods.
  Event founder Ty Heppell says the idea harnesses the power of the North American farming community to bring farmers together to donate fresh prod
  
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• Southbound lane on Yale Road to close for completion of multi-use path in Chilliwack

  19-10-2024 00:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A portion of the southbound lane of Yale Road between Parr and Airport Roads in Chilliwack will be closed to traffic starting Monday to complete the construction of a multi-use pathway.
  The city says that “curb preparation” work will take place between Oct. 21 and 25 and, weather permitting, should be completed by next Friday.
  “Most of the work will occur on the shoulder, but in rare instances, lane closures may be necessary to safely complete the work,&rdquo
  
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• BetMGM cuts under prop bets on NBA players on 2-way or 10-day contracts

  19-10-2024 00:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — BetMGM Sportsbook, in light of the lifetime banishment of Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter, will not take NBA proposition under bets on players on two-way or 10-day contracts.
  The sportsbook is joining several others taking this action that, according to ESPN, include FanDuel, DraftKings and ESPN BET.
  Porter was banned April 17 after a league investigation determined he disclosed confidential information to sports bettors and wagered on games that included betting on
  
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• Chilliwack drivers to see delays as part of Yale Road closure - Chilliwack Progress

  19-10-2024 00:13 via news.google.com
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