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• Black bear dies after attacking man, dog on Maple Ridge trail

  23-11-2024 23:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MAPLE RIDGE – B.C.’s Conservation Officer Service (COS) says a black bear was killed during an attack in Maple Ridge on Wednesday.In a statement, the COS said the incident happened around 2:30 p.m. on a trail near 240th Street, where a man was walking an off-leash dog.Investigators say the bear initially engaged with the dog being walked by the man.“The owner was able to gain control of his dog and attempted to leave when the bear re-engaged,” the COS said.
  “The man
  
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• No. 2 Ohio State takes control in the 2nd half and runs over No. 5 Indiana 38-15

  23-11-2024 23:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Will Howard passed for two touchdowns and rushed for another, TreVeyon Henderson ran for a score and No. 2 Ohio State beat previously undefeated No. 5 Indiana 38-15 on Saturday.
  All Ohio State (10-1, 7-1 Big Ten, CFP No. 2) has to do now is beat Michigan at home next Saturday and it will earn a return to the Big Ten championship game for the first time since 2020 and get a rematch with No. 1 Oregon. The Ducks beat Ohio State 32-31 in a wild one back on Oct. 12.
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• Argentina’s Racing wins its first Copa Sudamericana championship by beating Brazil’s Cruzeiro 3-1

  23-11-2024 23:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Gaston Martirena and Adrian Martinez scored first-half goals as Argentina’s Racing won its first Copa Sudamericana championship by beating Brazil’s Cruzeiro 3-1 in the final on Saturday.
  Martirena opened the scoring in the 15th minute and Martinez added a goal five minutes later to give “La Academia” its first international title since 1988 when it won the Supercopa Sudamericana.
  “Maravilla” Martinez scored 10 goals in 13 matche
  
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• Trump taps Rollins as agriculture chief, completing proposed slate of Cabinet secretaries

  23-11-2024 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary. Rollins, who heads the Trump-allies America First Policy Institute, was the director of his office of American innovation in his first term.
  The nomination must be confirmed by the Republican-led Senate. Rollins would succeed Tom Vilsack, President Joe Biden’s agriculture secretary who oversees the sprawling agency that controls po
  
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• Tourism Abbotsford shares list of popular spots holiday filmmakers are drawn to

  23-11-2024 22:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD – With holiday movies set to delight viewers in the coming month, fans of these festive films can visit spots across the Fraser Valley that have hosted filmmakers.
  Tourism Abbotsford has made it easy for enthusiasts with a “Countdown to Christmas Films” list, which maps sites across the Fraser Valley used by moviemakers for cozy backdrops.
  Lacey Chabert, Alison Sweeney, Brandon Routh, and Jordin Sparks are just some of the celebrity actors connected with recent produ
  
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• Laval Rouge et Or win Vanier Cup with 22-17 victory over Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks

  23-11-2024 22:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KINGSTON, Ont. — The Laval Rouge et Or are celebrating their record 12th Vanier Cup victory.The Quebec champions defeated the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks 22-17 to win the Canadian university football championship.
  Felipe Forteza booted a Vanier Cup record six field goals for Laval.
  It was the first loss of the year for the Ontario champion Golden Hawks.Ryan Hughes and Jaxon Stebbings scored touchdowns for Laurier.
  Laval has won the Vanier Cup in two of the last three years and improved to
  
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• Beaver Scouts plant donated trees in Chilliwack park - Chilliwack Progress

  23-11-2024 22:14 via news.google.com
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• Vancouver police say woman’s death considered a homicide, man also injured

  23-11-2024 21:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Police say they are investigating a homicide involving the death of a woman.
  Vancouver police say officers were called overnight to a home in an area near Rupert Street and Euclid Avenue on the city’s east side.
  Police say they found a woman in her 20s dead at the scene while a second male victim in his 20s was found injured and taken to hospital.
  Police say they have arrested a 46-year-old suspect, but the individual was not identified and no additional details were rele
  
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• Firearms stolen from Mission home still sought amid probe into break and enter: RCMP

  23-11-2024 21:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION – RCMP say they are still seeking information from the public to solve a mid-November break-in in Mission, during which over a dozen firearms were stolen.
  Investigators say some of the Nov. 14 theft was captured on overnight CCTV footage, which shows a group of people breaking into a Sylvester Road property in the Hatzic area just before 2 a.m.
  “They forced entry to multiple locations on the property and stole a large firearm safe, over a dozen firearms – both rifles an
  
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• Maple Leafs’ Matthews says Wednesday return possible after visiting doctor in Germany

  23-11-2024 21:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Auston Matthews is back in Toronto and says a return to action Wednesday is possible after the injured Maple Leafs captain visited a doctor in Germany.
  Matthews has missed seven games with an undisclosed upper-body ailment but skated Saturday morning at Ford Performance Centre ahead of the Maple Leafs’ practice.
  The reigning Rocket Richard Trophy winner as the NHL’s top goal scorer told reporters the injury flared up during the pre-season and worsened early in the cam
  
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• Canadian rugby sevens men thump Bermuda at RAN 7s before heavy rain disrupts play

  23-11-2024 21:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ARIMA — Canada survived changing weather conditions at the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens on Saturday, easily dispatching Bermuda before Mother Nature interrupted its game against Barbados.
  It was 31 C, feeling like 38, for the Canadian men’s late-morning 38-0 romp over Bermuda. But the conditions changed drastically for its early-afternoon Pool A finale against Barbados, which was played in a downpour and high winds.
  The weather was so bad that play was halted with Canada leading
  
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• Man City routed 4-0 by Tottenham in fifth-straight defeat as crisis deepens for Pep Guardiola

  23-11-2024 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  What started as an evening of celebration for Manchester City ended with the four-time defending Premier League champion conceding four goals and falling to a fifth-straight loss in all competitions as it faces a deepening crisis in a season that is threatening to unravel.
  A 4-0 defeat to Tottenham on Saturday left City five points behind league leader Liverpool, having played a game more.Two goals from James Maddison inside 20 minutes at the Etihad Stadium stunned the home crowd, which had been
  
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• BC Hydro says power almost fully restored after B.C. windstorms

  23-11-2024 20:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s electric utility says it has restored power to almost all customers who suffered outages during the bomb cyclone earlier this week, but strong wind from a new storm has made repairs difficult in some areas.
  BC Hydro says crews are working around the clock to repair outages across the province caused by the earlier weather system, which at one point affected more than 300,000 properties.
  The utility says there are remaining pockets of outages in places s
  
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• Joly, Blair condemn anti-NATO protest in Montreal that saw fires, smashed windows

  23-11-2024 19:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Federal cabinet ministers condemned an anti-NATO protest in Montreal that turned violent on Friday, saying “hatred and antisemitism” were on display, but protesters deny the claim, saying they demonstrated against the “complicity” of NATO member countries in a war that has killed thousands of Palestinians.
  Police said they arrested three people following a demonstration that began late afternoon Friday, which included two car fires and left some businesse
  
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• Emergency Services food drive begins, runs for the next 5 Saturdays in Chilliwack

  23-11-2024 19:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK – First responders have kicked off their annual Food Drive, running for the next five Saturdays in a row at multiple locations across Chilliwack.
  The initiative teams the Salvation Army up with the RCMP, Chilliwack Fire Department, Chilliwack Search and Rescue, and Chilliwack Emergency Support Services.
  Food bank contributions can be dropped off between 10 a.m. and 2p.m. at select grocery stores.
  They include:
  • Safeway – 45610 Luckakuck Way
  • Save-On-Foods &ndas
  
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• Jannik Sinner and Matteo Berrettini lift Italy past Australia and back to the Davis Cup final

  23-11-2024 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MALAGA, Spain (AP) — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner and Matteo Berrettini won matches Saturday in front of a supportive crowd to lift defending champion Italy past Australia 2-0 and back into the Davis Cup final.
  Sinner extended his tour-level winning streak to 24 singles sets in a row by beating No. 9 Alex de Minaur 6-3, 6-4 after Berrettini came back to defeat Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-7 (6), 6-3, 7-5.
  “Hopefully this can give us confidence for tomorrow,” said Sinner, now 9-0 against de
  
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• Canadian figure skaters Lajoie, Lagha claim ice dance silver at Cup of China

  23-11-2024 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHONGQING — Canadian figure skaters Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha won ice dance silver at the Cup of China on the Grand Prix circuit Saturday.
  Lajoie and Lagha captured their second medal of the Grand Prix season after also claiming silver at Skate Canada in Halifax.The Canadians scored a season-best 205.16 points. World bronze medallists Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri of Italy captured gold (209.13) while Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko of the United States took bronze
  
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• Canadian speedskater Blondin captures 3,000-metre gold at World Cup stop in Japan

  23-11-2024 18:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NAGANO — Canadian speedskater Ivanie Blondin won ISU World Cup gold in the women’s 3,000-metre long track competition Saturday.
  The 34-year-old skater from Ottawa led the race from start to finish, posting the fastest split time for each lap to clock four minutes 3.76 seconds at the first event of the World Cup season.
  Norway’s Ragne Wiklund and Joy Beune of the Netherlands took silver and bronze with identical times of 4:04.60.
  Blondin’s gold marked Canada’s second
  
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• Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in UAE is missing. Israeli officials fear he may have been kidnapped

  23-11-2024 17:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in the United Arab Emirates has gone missing, with Israeli authorities raising the suspicion Saturday he may have been kidnapped as tensions remain high with Iran.
  Israeli media citing unnamed security sources reported that Zvi Kogan, who has been missing since noon Thursday, may have been kidnapped. The Israeli prime minister’s office on Saturday night acknowledged Kogan disappearance, without elaborating.His disapp
  
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• Canada’s top general takes on U.S. senator in defending womens’ role in combat units

  23-11-2024 17:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — Canada’s top general firmly rejected the notion of dropping women from combat roles — a position promoted by president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary — at a security forum underway in Halifax today.
  Gen. Jennie Carignan, chief of defence staff, was responding to Republican Senator James Risch’s comments yesterday at the Halifax International Security Forum about Peter Hegseth’s opposition to women in fighting units.
  Asked ab
  
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• Suspended Bev Priestman makes first public comments in wake of drone-spying scandal

  23-11-2024 17:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Suspended soccer coach Bev Priestman has broken her silence, saying she hopes something positive comes out of the ongoing Canadian drone-spying scandal.
  “I hope out of a really tough situation, this is a turning point for our game,” she wrote in an Instagram post via her verified account. “There has been a standard and precedent set now, irrespective of gender, tournament or associated revenues that will hopefully clean up our game.”
  She did not address her role in the af
  
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• Canada Post down eight million parcels amid strike as talk carry on over weekend

  23-11-2024 17:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada Post says it has seen a shortage of more than eight million parcels amid the ongoing strike that has effectively shut down the postal system for nine days compared with the same period of 2023.
  The Crown corporation said Saturday that customers have been forced to turn to competitors for their deliveries amid a work stoppage that began Nov. 15 when more than 55,000 workers across the country walked off the job.
  The strike has centred on issues including wages and contract w
  
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• Andy Murray is going to coach Novak Djokovic through the Australian Open

  23-11-2024 17:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Recently retired Andy Murray is going to team up with Novak Djokovic, working with him as a coach through the Australian Open in January.
  Murray’s representatives put out statements from both players on Saturday.
  Djokovic is a 24-time Grand Slam champion who has spent more weeks at No. 1 than any other player in tennis history.
  Murray won three major trophies and two Olympic singles gold medals who finished 2016 atop the ATP rankings. He retired as a player after the Paris Summer Games in
  
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• Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in UAE goes missing; Israeli officials fear he may have been kidnapped

  23-11-2024 17:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in the United Arab Emirates has gone missing, with Israeli authorities raising the suspicion he may have been kidnapped as tensions remain high with Iran.
  Zvi Kogan has been missing since noon Thursday, the Israeli prime minister’s office said Saturday.“Since his disappearance, and against the backdrop of information that this was a terrorist incident, an extensive investigation has been opened in the country,&
  
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• Fighting between armed sectarian groups in restive northwestern Pakistan kills at least 37 people

  23-11-2024 15:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Fighting between armed Sunni and Shiite groups in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 37 people and injured 25 others, a senior police officer from the region said Saturday.The overnight violence was the latest to rock Kurram, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and comes days after a deadly gun ambush killed 42 people.
  Shiite Muslims make up about 15% of the 240 million people in Sunni-majority Pakistan, which has a history of sectarian animosity between
  
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• Angel Trees glitter across Chilliwack for Christmas Sharing program - Chilliwack Progress

  23-11-2024 14:49 via news.google.com
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• Polish prime minister’s party picks Warsaw mayor as its candidate for president

  23-11-2024 12:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski has been selected by Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s centrist Civic Coalition as its candidate in next year’s presidential election, beating out Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski.
  Tusk announced the decision at a party gathering on Saturday, a day after the party members voted in a primary.
  Tusk said that Trzaskowski won nearly 75% of the votes, and Sikorski slightly over 25%.Sikorski accepted the result and congratulated Trz
  
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• Football preparation for Vanier Cup a labour of love for Queen’s equipment manager

  23-11-2024 12:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KINGSTON, Ont. — Framed pictures, posters, plaques and vintage helmets adorn the walls of equipment manager Jeff Mellor’s office at Queen’s University.His work space is just as crammed. A dozen Vanier Cup footballs, a dirty towel and small brush are on his desk, the meticulous ball preparation process now complete.It was at the top of Mellor’s to-do list for Saturday’s university football championship between the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks and Laval Rouge et Or at
  
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• What a Texas border county flipping red after a century means for American politics

  23-11-2024 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RIO GRANDE CITY — Efrain Garcia points to the large Donald Trump flag waving outside his Rio Grande City home in South Texas, not far from the United States border with Mexico.
  The 84-year-old flashes a knowing smile. He was part of a red wave that ended a 132-year streak of Starr County backing Democrats for president. This year, the county went for Trump.
  “I feel pretty good about it,” Garcia says.
  In the overwhelming Republican state of Texas, the southern counties along the
  
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• Canada Post strike could delay influencer pup’s holiday cards to dozens of fans

  23-11-2024 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Christmas cards are a cherished annual tradition for Percy. He sends out dozens of them every year — more than 70 last Christmas, each with a personalized message.
  But this year, things might be a little different. With the Canada Post strike stretching into its second week, Percy’s dad isn’t sure when he’ll be able to get all those cards in the mail, or whether they’ll reach their destinations by Dec. 25.Percy isn’t worried, though. “Cards might be dela
  
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• Ottawa to deliver apology, $45M in compensation for Nunavik Inuit dog slaughter

  23-11-2024 12:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government is providing $45 million in compensation to Inuit in Nunavik as part of Canada’s apology for its role in the killing of sled dogs between the mid-1950s and the late 1960s.
  Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree is travelling to Kangiqsujuaq is scheduled to apologize for Canada’s role in the killings Saturday afternoon in Northern Quebec.
  A 2010 report from Jean-Jacques Croteau, a retired Superior Court of Quebec judge, found Queb
  
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• First Canadian case of more severe mpox strain confirmed in Manitoba

  23-11-2024 10:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Public Health Agency of Canada has confirmed the country’s first case of a more severe type of mpox in a person in Manitoba, though it says the risk to the general population remains low.
  The agency says the travel-related case is associated with an ongoing outbreak of what’s known as clade 1 mpox in central and eastern Africa.
  It says the person sought medical care for mpox symptoms in Canada shortly after their return and is isolating, with contact tracing being
  
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• South Korea will not attend Sado mines memorial event in Japan amid lingering historical tensions

  23-11-2024 08:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government said Saturday it will not attend a memorial service near Japan’s Sado Island Gold Mines due to unspecified disagreements with Tokyo over the event, which stirred longstanding tensions over the abuse of Korean forced laborers at the site before the end of World War II.
  South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement it was impossible to settle the disagreements between both governments before the planned event on Sunday
  
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• Fighting between armed sectarian groups in restive northwestern Pakistan kills at least 33 people

  23-11-2024 08:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Fighting between armed Sunni and Shiite groups in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 33 people and injured 25 others, a senior police officer from the region said Saturday.The overnight violence was the latest to rock Kurram, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and comes days after a deadly gun ambush killed 42 people.
  Shiite Muslims make up about 15% of the 240 million people in Sunni-majority Pakistan, which has a history of sectarian animosity between
  
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• Abbotsford florist recovers after facing backlash in case of mistaken identity linked to U.S. Election

  23-11-2024 04:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD – After receiving a flood of negative messages, the owner of a small Abbotsford flower shop took to social media on Thursday to clear the air in a case of mistaken identity.
  Keri McKinley, owner of Everbloom Designs on McCallum Road, says she has spent the week in damage control, dealing with criticism and even threats directed at another retailer in the United States with a nearly identical name, criticized for its political views.
  “We’ve been flooded with emails, s
  
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• Connor has goal and assist as Jets beat Penguins 4-1

  23-11-2024 04:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kyle Connor had a goal and an assist and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Friday night.
  Connor became the third player in Jets history to record at least 25 points through 20 games in a season. Gabriel Vilardi scored a power-play goal, while Nino Niederreiter and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for the Jets, who built a 3-0 lead through two periods.
  Winnipeg equaled the second-most wins (17) by any franchise through the first 20 games of a season. T
  
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• Raptors 905 forward Kevin Obanor wins G-League award for community work

  23-11-2024 03:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Kevin Obanor just wants to spread love.
  The 25-year-old forward won the NBA G-League’s Bob Lanier Community Assist Award on Friday ahead of the home opener for Raptors 905. Obanor was given a cheque for US$10,000 by G-League president Shareef Abdur-Rahim in a pre-game ceremony for Obanor to put toward his charitable works.
  “I just wanna spread love, you know? There’s a lot of violence in the world in general and I think there’s not a lot of love anymore,” said Obano
  
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• Trudeau attends Taylor Swift concert in Toronto with family

  23-11-2024 03:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is firmly in his Swiftie era.
  Trudeau attended the Taylor Swift concert in Toronto on Friday, the Eras Tour’s second-last night in the city.
  Press secretary Jenna Ghassabeh confirmed that the prime minister was at the concert with family members.
  Saturday wraps up two weekends of concerts in Toronto for the Eras Tour, which ends in Vancouver with three shows at BC Place from Dec. 6 to 8.
  The Eras Tour kicked off in March 2023 and touched down i
  
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• Grant-Mentis scores twice as Victoire beat Charge in PWHL pre-season

  23-11-2024 01:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Mikyla Grant-Mentis scored twice and the Montreal Victoire wrapped up their Professional Women’s Hockey League pre-season with a 6-3 win over the Ottawa Charge.
  Gabrielle David, Maureen Murphy, Alexandra Labelle and Kati Tabin, into an empty net, also scored for Montreal.
  Elaine Chuli and Marlène Boissonnault combined to make 23 saves on 26 shots for the Victoire, who finished 1-1 in pre-season action.
  Danielle Serdachny, Rebecca Leslie and Tereza Vanisova scored fo
  
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• Registration open for Christmas hampers in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  23-11-2024 01:35 via news.google.com
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• Fall legislative sitting scrapped in B.C. as Speaker Chouhan confirmed to serve again

  23-11-2024 01:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — There won’t be a sitting of the British Columbia legislature this fall as originally planned.The Office of the Premier issued a brief statement Friday saying that Raj Chouhan has been confirmed to serve again as the Speaker of the legislature, so there is no need to hold a sitting.Premier David Eby previously said there would be a brief sitting to elect a speaker before the end of the year.
  But the new statement says the legislature will instead return in February, startin
  
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• Silver Skagit Road closed for six months, flood repairs to resume in Spring 2025

  23-11-2024 00:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE – The province has once again closed a portion of Silver Skagit Road, located south of Hope, for the next six months.
  BC’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure said the shutdown is “seasonal” and that work to repair flood-damaged sites, linked to flooding in late 2021, will resume in April 2025.
  “Construction is underway along the route and will continue through the 2024 and 2025 construction seasons to repair the remaining 13 flood-damaged sites,&rdqu
  
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• Chilliwack left 'high and dry' by province with stalled shelter project: councillor - Langley Advance Times

  23-11-2024 00:09 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack left 'high and dry' by province with stalled shelter project: councillor  Langley Advance Times
  
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