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• VIDEO: Traffic snarled after semi truck tips at Chilliwack intersection - Chilliwack Progress

  09-01-2025 23:53
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• CRTC to hold hearing on impact of global streamers on Canadian broadcasting

  09-01-2025 23:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The CRTC is looking at how the Canadian broadcasting system can survive the shift away from traditional TV to international streamers.
  The regulator is opening a public consultation on market dynamics and plans to hold a hearing in Gatineau, Que. in May.
  Its consultation document says the Canadian broadcast industry is at a crossroads and “facing profound changes” posed by new technologies and changes in consumer habits and global competition.
  The CRTC is studying thos
  
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• Judge releases woman who stabbed a classmate to please Slender Man from a psychiatric hospital

  09-01-2025 23:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) —A Wisconsin woman who at age 12 stabbed her sixth grade classmate nearly to death to please online horror character Slender Man is set to be released from a psychiatric hospital, a judge ordered Thursday.
  Morgan Geyser has spent nearly seven years at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute. She has petitioned Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren, who committed her, for release four times since June 2022. She withdrew her first two petitions and Bohren denied her s
  
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• Poilievre says the next Canadian election will be about the carbon price

  09-01-2025 23:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his focus in the next federal election will be on ending the carbon price, even with the threat of tariffs from the incoming Trump administration.
  Poilievre says the carbon price is essentially a tariff on Canadians imposed by their own government.
  Speaking to reporters this afternoon for the first time since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his plans to resign, Poilievre again demanded that Trudeau call a national election instead.
  
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• Okanagan referee makes PWHL officiating debut - Chilliwack Progress

  09-01-2025 23:17
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• U.S. Capitol rioter arrested in B.C. ski resort after claiming political asylum

  09-01-2025 22:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WHISTLER, B.C. — An American man convicted for his part in the riot on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has been arrested in the ski resort of Whistler, B.C.The Canada Border Services Agency says in a statement that Antony Vo, described as “a fugitive from U.S. justice,” was arrested on Monday without incident.
  Vo, who was seen on CBC footage snowboarding at the ski resort, was seeking political asylum, and posted on social media that he was happy the Canadian government had accepted
  
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• Ukrainian-Canadians urge ongoing support for country amid political shifts

  09-01-2025 22:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberal party’s political upheaval and Donald Trump’s return to the White House have Ukrainian-Canadians hoping Ottawa’s support for Ukraine remains firm.
  “We think that Canada is at its best when we have a cross-party, all-party consensus on Ukraine,” said Ihor Michalchyshyn, executive director of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress.
  At a meeting in Germany on Thursday of the Ukrainian Defence Contact Group, Defence Minister Bill Blair announced deta
  
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• Section of Rideau Canal Skateway to open Saturday

  09-01-2025 21:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The National Capital Commission says Ottawa’s Rideau Canal will open to skaters Saturday morning.
  It is the earliest the canal has opened since the 2018-19 season after two years of warmer than usual winters.
  The canal didn’t open at all two years ago for the first time in its history and last year was only open for skating for a handful of days.
  But the NCC says a 3.6 km section of the Skateway will open Saturday, almost half the total length of the full rink with mor
  
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• Suárez says Inter Miami reunion with Messi and Neymar would be welcome but complicated

  09-01-2025 21:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A reunion of Barcelona’s famed trio of Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi and Neymar at Inter Miami would certainly be welcome — if it happens.
  Suárez addressed rumors that Neymar could be headed to Major League Soccer on Thursday at the league’s media day in Miami.
  “Everyone knows what Neymar can offer, and what we achieved together in that special period. Now we are in a different period and older, but the team will certainly feel grateful to have a player like him
  
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• Former B.C. Lions coach Campbell returns to Ottawa Redblacks - Chilliwack Progress

  09-01-2025 21:57
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• Hajdu says failing to pass First Nations water bill would be ‘deep disappointment’

  09-01-2025 21:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu says it will be a “deep disappointment” if a First Nations drinking water bill dies completely before the next election.The bill is a landmark change for First Nations which would ensure First Nations communities have reliable access to clean drinking water and protect source water on their territories.
  The bill was waiting for third reading in the House of Commons when parliament was prorogued until March 24.
  It and all other l
  
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• Toronto FC captain Jonathan Osorio says MLS team has to improve in all areas

  09-01-2025 21:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Captain Jonathan Osorio didn’t mince words when asked what areas Toronto FC needs to get better in this season.
  “We need to improve everywhere,” he said at MLS Media Day in Miami on Thursday. “It’s that simple.”
  Reinforcements have been slow coming. The only addition so far has been Brazilian winger Thiago Andrade, acquired from New York City FC via San Diego FC in a draft day deal. The 24-year-old spent the last two seasons out on loan, first in Brazil with A
  
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• Belgian defensive lineman Tibo Debaillie signs contract extension with B.C. Lions

  09-01-2025 21:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Defensive lineman Tibo Debaillie signed a two-year contract extension with the B.C. Lions on Thursday.
  Debaillie was slated to become a free agent on Feb. 11.
  The six-foot-four, 280-pound Belgian had eight tackles and a sack in 14 regular-season games with B.C. in 2024.He also became the first Global player to score a CFL touchdown when he returned a fumble 20 yards for a TD in a season-opening 35-27 road loss to the Toronto Argonauts on June 9.Global players are those who do n
  
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• Valour FC coach/GM Phillip Dos Santos returns on one-year contract

  09-01-2025 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Valour FC head coach and general manager Phillip Dos Santos will return to the club on a one-year contract, the Canadian Premier League team said Thursday.
  The club finished last in the eight-team league with a 7-14-7 record last season.Dos Santos has served in his current role since September 2021.
  Assistant coach Daryl Fordyce and goalkeeper coach Patrick Di Stefani will also return next season. Assistant coach Jay Bhindi and strength and conditioning coach Daniel Guerreiro wi
  
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• Canadian water bombers, helicopters on the way to help fight Los Angeles wildfire

  09-01-2025 19:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canadian agency that co-ordinates cross-border wildfire response with the United States says it’s working to send a pair of airtankers to Southern California.The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre, headquartered in Winnipeg, said Thursday that it got a request overnight for a pair of CL-415 Skimmer Airtankers to join the fight against the fires.The request came from the U.S. National Interagency Fire Centre based in Idaho, it said.“The request is being actioned but the deliv
  
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• Saskatchewan Roughriders sign linebacker A.J. Allen to one-year contract extension

  09-01-2025 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed Canadian linebacker A.J. Allen to a one-year contract extension, the CFL team said Thursday.
  The 26-year-old native of Burlington, Ont., finished tied with Toronto’s Jack Cassar for the CFL lead with 22 special-teams tackles last season.Allen also had seven defensive tackles and returned an interception for a touchdown.The University of Guelph product made his CFL debut in 2022 after being selected in the fourth round of the 2020 draf
  
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• NBA postpones game between Lakers and Hornets due to wildfires in Los Angeles area

  09-01-2025 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NBA postponed the Los Angeles Lakers’ home game against the Charlotte Hornets on Thursday with several massive wildfires burning across the greater Los Angeles area.
  It is the second straight day a game slated to be played in downtown Los Angeles has been postponed. The NHL’s Los Angeles Kings were scheduled to host the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night.
  The date for the rescheduled games will be announced at a later time.
  Three major fires were burning i
  
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• In The Rings: Curling teams not afraid to make roster changes late in quadrennial

  09-01-2025 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The mid-season departure of Karlee Burgess from Team Chelsea Carey to fill an opening on Team Kerri Einarson was just the latest example of an unusual curling roster change late in the quadrennial.Some of the country’s top rinks have not been afraid to tinker with lineups despite the fast-approaching national championships and Canadian Curling Trials.
  Teams skipped by Kevin Koe, Brad Gushue and Matt Dunstone made changes last fall while Burgess left Carey’s side last week, less than
  
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• Hamilton Tiger-Cats release veteran running back Butler ahead of CFL free agency

  09-01-2025 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have given James Butler a head start on CFL free agency.
  The Ticats released the veteran running back Thursday. Butler, 29, was slated to become a free agent Feb. 11.
  Butler appeared in 11 regular-season games last year, rushing for 522 yards with two TDs while adding 45 catches for 372 yards and a touchdown. Rookie Greg Bell (625 yards rushing, six touchdowns in eight games) established himself as Hamiton’s starting running back.
  In 2023, Butler&rs
  
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• Mayor Popove reaffirms stance on paid parking in downtown Chilliwack, casts doubt on parkade possibility

  09-01-2025 19:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — There are no immediate plans to introduce paid parking in and around Chilliwack’s downtown core, Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove said Thursday morning (Jan. 9) during his weekly segment on 89.5 JR Country with Morning show host Glen Slingerland.Instead, Mayor Popove says the City of Chilliwack will be looking to somehow partner up, or purchase more land, so that it can create more unpaid parking stalls in and around downtown Chilliwack.“The short answer is no,” P
  
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• New Mexico is a go-to state for women seeking abortions. A new court ruling helps it stay that way

  09-01-2025 19:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday struck down abortion restrictions by conservative cities and counties at the request of the state attorney general.The unanimous opinion reinforces the state’s position as having some of the most liberal abortion laws in the country. The ruling preserves access to abortion procedures across a state that has become a major destination for people from other states with bans.
  Attorneys representing New Mexico’s Lea and
  
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• Supreme Court rejects Quebec woman’s attempt to sue comedian who mocked her son

  09-01-2025 19:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Canada’s highest court has put an end to a 12-year legal saga that pitted comedian Mike Ward against the family of a disabled Quebec singer whom he mocked in his routines.
  The Supreme Court of Canada today rejected a request to hear an appeal by Sylvie Gabriel, who had been seeking to reverse a lower court decision that dismissed her lawsuit seeking compensation from Ward over his mockery of her son, Jérémy Gabriel.
  As usual, the court did not publish the rea
  
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• Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado risks arrest by joining anti-government protests

  09-01-2025 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) —Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Thursday left her hideout for the first time in months, risking arrest as anti-government protesters made a last-ditch attempt to stop President Nicolás Maduro from being sworn in to another term after a disputed election.
  The protests are taking place a day before the ruling party-controlled National Assembly is scheduled to swear in Maduro to a third six-year term despite credible evidence that he lost t
  
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• Developer loses court battle to remove heritage status on WW1 battery in Quebec

  09-01-2025 19:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Quebec Superior Court has ruled against a real estate development company that wanted the heritage status removed for First World War fortifications overlooking the St. Lawrence River east of Quebec City.
  In a ruling on Monday, Justice Denis Jacques said the interest of the public in preserving the cultural heritage of Fort Beaumont outweighs the private interest of the company.
  The battery — a fortification for heavy guns — was built in 1914 to protect Canadian
  
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• Mayor Popove reaffirms stance on paid parking in downtown Chilliwack, casts doubt on parkade possibility - Fraser Valley Today

  09-01-2025 19:11
  Mayor Popove reaffirms stance on paid parking in downtown Chilliwack, casts doubt on parkade possibility  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Canada soccer coach Marsch hopeful future funds will be available for a January camp

  09-01-2025 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada coach Jesse Marsch says he hopes to hold a January camp in the future after plans for such a gathering this year had to be scrapped.
  “We tried to have a January camp. The stark reality is just financially we’re not in a position as a federation to support a January camp yet without having the kind of opponents to help support that,” he told MLS Media Day on Thursday in Miami.
  The U.S. traditionally holds a January camp to eyeball young talent, something Canada Soccer has
  
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• Downtown Chilliwack boutique clothing store set to close after 24 years in business

  09-01-2025 18:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Lolly’s Fashion Lounge, a women’s boutique clothing store offering elegant and classy fashion for over two decades in Chilliwack, announced Thursday (Jan. 9) that it will be closing its doors for good.According to an online statement posted Thursday, owner Lois Chadburn says the store’s pending closure comes with a host of competing sentiments.“It is with mixed emotions we announce that Lolly’s Fashion Lounge is closing its doors after 24 wonderfu
  
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• Downtown Chilliwack boutique clothing store set to close after 24 years in business - Fraser Valley Today

  09-01-2025 18:51
  Downtown Chilliwack boutique clothing store set to close after 24 years in business  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Downtown Chilliwack store Lolly's to close after 24 'wonderful' years - Chilliwack Progress

  09-01-2025 18:46
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• Agency looking at whether 'serious harm' occurred during Abbotsford arrest - Chilliwack Progress

  09-01-2025 18:35
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• CP NewsAlert: Elections BC looks into vote complaint in riding that gave NDP majority

  09-01-2025 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Elections BC says it is looking into a complaint of voting irregularities from a B.C. Conservative candidate in a riding narrowly won by the NDP, giving the government a one-seat majority in October’s provincial election.
  It says the complaint was lodged by B.C. Conservative Honveer Singh Randhawa last Friday and it is “under review.”
  Elections BC declared the NDP’s Garry Begg winner of the Surrey-Guildford riding by 22 votes over Randhawa after a judicia
  
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• Backbench Ottawa MP Chandra Arya to run for Liberal leadership

  09-01-2025 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Ontario MP Chandra Arya is the second Liberal to announce he wants to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader of the Liberal party.
  Arya posted on social media Wednesday morning that he wants to campaign on running a “small, more efficient government” and on offering “bold political decisions” to solve the country’s problems.
  Arya joins former Montreal MP and businessman Frank Baylis as the only two declared candidates in the race so far.
  High
  
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• Montreal man sentenced in U.S. for exporting weapon components to Russia

  09-01-2025 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Montreal man has been sentenced to 40 months in prison by a United States federal court for running a scheme to illegally export millions of dollars’ worth of electronic components to Russia for military use.
  Nikolay Goltsev, 38, used two companies in Brooklyn, N.Y., to purchase electronics from U.S. manufacturers and send them to companies in Russia that are under sanction by the U.S. government.
  Some of the equipment was later found in seized Russian weapons platforms
  
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• Polish government adopts resolution protecting Netanyahu from arrest if he attends Auschwitz event

  09-01-2025 18:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Polish government adopted a resolution on Thursday vowing to ensure the free and safe participation of the highest representatives of Israel — including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — who choose to attend commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau later this month.
  Netanyahu became an internationally wanted suspect last year after the International Criminal Court, the world’s top war crimes court, issued
  
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• Longtime Liberal MP, cabinet minister Gudie Hutchings not running in next election

  09-01-2025 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Newfoundland MP Gudie Hutchings says she’s not planning to run in the next federal election.
  Hutchings, who was first elected as a Liberal in 2015, is the minister of rural economic development and minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.
  In a media statement issued this morning, she thanks her family for their support and says that “if time was no issue, I would serve another 10 years.”
  Hutchings also served on the National Security and
  
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• U.S. steel, plastics among items Canada may target with retaliatory tariffs

  09-01-2025 17:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada is looking to target American steel, ceramics and plastics with retaliatory tariffs in response to an escalating trade dispute with the incoming Trump administration.
  A senior government official says the list is not final and that Ottawa has made no decisions yet on retaliation.
  Incoming U.S. president Donald Trump has threatened to impose 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico when he is inaugurated later this month.
  Trudeau and the premier
  
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• IIO investigating Abbotsford PD for alleged domestic dispute on Boxing Day

  09-01-2025 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The civilian watchdog that initiates inquiries into officer-related incidents that result in injury or death says it is investigating a Boxing Day incident in which a man suffered an injury following an alleged domestic dispute in Abbotsford.
  According to a statement Thursday morning (Jan. 9), the Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) is investigating an arrest that resulted in the injury of one man.
  AbbyPD received a call on Dec. 26, 2024, at approximately 8:10 p.m.,
  
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• 3-year high for Chilliwack home sales attained in 2024 - Chilliwack Progress

  09-01-2025 17:37
  3-year high for Chilliwack home sales attained in 2024  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Alberta to send water bombers, helicopters to help fight Los Angeles wildfire

  09-01-2025 17:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta is preparing to send water bombers, night-vision helicopters and incident command team support to help battle wildfires ravaging parts of Los Angeles.
  Premier Danielle Smith says on X that neighbours are always there for each other in times of need and the province will assist its American friends in this crisis.
  Water-bombing pilots and crews from Quebec and a British Columbia company are already fighting the wind-whipped flames in the Southern California city.
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• Rick Campbell returns to Ottawa Redblacks as special-teams co-ordinator

  09-01-2025 17:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Rick Campbell is back with the Ottawa Redblacks.
  Campbell was named Ottawa’s special-teams co-ordinator Thursday. He served as the Redblacks first head coach from 2014-19, leading the franchise to a Grey Cup title in 2016 after being named the CFL’s coach of the year the previous season.
  Campbell, 54, spent the last four years with the B.C. Lions as head coach/co-general manager. He has compiled an 82-92-2 regular-season record as a CFL head coach.
  A native of Spokane,
  
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• Vancouver Rise add veteran NWSL midfielder Nikki Stanton to inaugural roster

  09-01-2025 17:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Rise continue to build out their roster ahead of the inaugural National Super League season, signing veteran midfielder Nikki Stanton on Thursday.
  Stanton joins the Rise following nine seasons in the National Women’s Soccer League, including the last three with the Seattle Reign.The 34-year-old from North Bend, Wash., helped Seattle capture the NWSL shield in 2022.She previously played for the Chicago Red Stars and Sky Blue FC in the NWSL, Perth Glory in Aus
  
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• Striking ski patrollers at the biggest US resort return to work claiming victory

  09-01-2025 16:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Two hundred Utah ski patrollers returned to work Thursday after voting to accept a new labor contract and end a nearly two-week strike that closed many trails and caused long lift lines at the ones that remained open during a busy time of year at the country’s biggest ski resort.
  The Park City Ski Professional Ski Patrol Association claimed victory, saying in a statement that Colorado-based Vail Resorts, which owns Park City Mountain Resort, acceded to its key demands including a $2-an-hou
  
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• Okanagan-raised filmmaker explores underwater worlds in Indigenous series - Chilliwack Progress

  09-01-2025 16:44
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• An army airstrike on a village in western Myanmar has killed at least 40 people, reports say

  09-01-2025 16:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — An airstrike by Myanmar’s army on a village under the control of an armed ethnic minority group killed about 40 people and injured at least 20 others, officials of the group and a local charity said Thursday. They said hundreds of houses burned in a fire triggered by the bombing.
  The attack occurred Wednesday in Kyauk Ni Maw village on Ramree island, an area controlled by the ethnic Arakan Army in western Rakhine state, they said. The military has not announced any att
  
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• Stolen vehicle flees police, crashes into two cars in Abbotsford - Chilliwack Progress

  09-01-2025 16:38
  Stolen vehicle flees police, crashes into two cars in Abbotsford  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Vonn 10th fastest in practice for her first World Cup downhill in 6 years

  09-01-2025 16:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. ANTON, Austria (AP) — Ski great Lindsey Vonn was 10th fastest in a training run on Thursday for her first World Cup downhill in six years.
  Three weeks after her World Cup comeback with a titanium knee at age 40 in a super-G, Vonn completed the two-kilometre Karl Schranz course 2.55 seconds behind Federica Brignone of Italy.
  The United States star was clocked at close to 109 km/h (68 m.p.h.) at a fast section of the hill where she won a downhill in December 2007.
  Canadian Valerie Grenie
  
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• New York’s highest appeals court declines to block Trump’s sentencing in hush money case

  09-01-2025 15:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s highest court declined to block Donald Trump’s upcoming sentencing in his hush money case Thursday, leaving the U.S. Supreme Court as the president-elect’s likely last option to prevent the hearing from taking place Friday.
  One judge of the New York Court of Appeals issued a brief order declining to grant a hearing to Trump’s legal team.The Associated Press
  
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• Chilliwack resident instrumental in getting toxic dump removed from the Chilliwack River Valley

  09-01-2025 15:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — For all the bad news originating from within the Chilliwack River Valley concerning unsightly homeless encampments, illegal dumping and abandoned vehicles, Kelly Hawes decided to do something about it.
  Hawes says three piles of drywall containing asbestos were dumped in the Chilliwack River Valley in the spring and summer of 2024, creating an environmental hazard that can be problematic to properly dispose of.
  “One of the piles was dumped on the Trans Canada Trail, and o
  
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• Canadian women drawn with Britain, Fiji and U.S. for HSBC SVNS stop in Perth

  09-01-2025 15:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PERTH — The Canadian women have been drawn in Pool B alongside Britain, Fiji and the U.S. at the HSBC SVNS Perth in Australia later this month.
  The Perth event, the third round of the seven-stop rugby sevens season, runs Jan. 24-26 at HBF Park.
  Canada stands seventh in the overall standings after finishing eighth in the season-opening tournament in Dubai and fifth in Cape Town. The Canadian women went 1-4-0 in Dubai and 3-1-0 in Cape Town.
  The U.S. stands fourth overall while Britain is fi
  
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• Northleaf Capital Partners joins with Altor Equity Partners in CCM Hockey deal

  09-01-2025 15:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canadian investment firm Northleaf Capital Partners has partnered with Swedish private equity firm Altor Equity Partners to invest in CCM Hockey.
  Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
  Altor, which owns ski maker Rossignol Group, announced last year it had signed a deal to acquired a “significant” majority stake in CCM from Birch Hill Equity Partners.
  Michael Flood, head of private equity at Northleaf, says CCM’s iconic brand and strong industry ta
  
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