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• Captain Brady Tkachuk ready to return for Senators in hometown of St. Louis

  27-11-2025 23:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators will get a major boost when captain Brady Tkachuk returns on Friday.
  Tkachuk is slated to return to Ottawa's lineup against the St. Louis Blues, ending a six-week recovery from a thumb injury that required surgery. He was hurt on Oct. 13 against the Nashville Predators, in just the Senators third game of the season, and underwent surgery four days later.
  “It was a long six weeks,” Tkachuk said. “It was tough stretches, or some highs or some lo
  
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• Steven Guilbeault quits Carney’s cabinet to protest pipeline deal

  27-11-2025 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault has resigned from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet to protest Ottawa signing an agreement with Alberta on a proposed new pipeline.
  In a social media post Thursday, Guilbeault said he submitted his resignation to Carney Thursday afternoon "with great sadness."
  "Despite this difficult economic context, I remain one of those for whom environmental issues must remain front and centre," he wrote. "That is why I strongly oppose the memorandum
  
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• Five things to know about the Quebec government’s new secularism bill

  27-11-2025 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The Quebec government has tabled new legislation that would introduce broad new restrictions on religious practices in public and private spaces.On Thursday, Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge said the bill is part of Quebec’s decades-long process of secularization. “This is how we live in Quebec, and this is how we're going to continue to live,” he said.Here are five things to know about Quebec’s new secularism bill.No more public prayer
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• Canadian rugby sevens women kick off revamped HSBC SVNS season in Dubai

  27-11-2025 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A new-look Canadian women's rugby sevens side kicks off the revamped HSBC SVNS season on Saturday at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai.
  Canada has been drawn in Pool B with Britain, Australia and Japan at the weekend tournament, the first of nine events on the elite HSBC SVNS circuit. After Dubai, the Canadian women head straight to South Africa for the Dec. 6-7 stop in Cape Town.With a large number of Canadian women playing their club rugby in England and France, Canada coach Jocelyn Barrieau expects
  
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• B.C. lowers deficit projection to $11.2 billion on higher quarterly tax revenues

  27-11-2025 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it's now projecting an $11.2 billion deficit this fiscal year, still a record but down from a projected $11.6 billion in its last quarterly report.The Ministry of Finance says in its latest quarterly report released today that the province is projecting revenues to be $512 million more than previously forecast due to more corporate and personal income taxes.But the report says other tax revenues are down, including $150 million less from prop
  
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• Five takeaways on Alberta-Ottawa pipeline memorandum of understanding

  27-11-2025 22:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA — Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday to grow Alberta's oil exports while also committing to making it a world leader in green energy technology.
  Here are five takeaways from the memorandum of understanding:
  Big-Ticket Infrastructure: Both sides agree to work on approving a bitumen pipeline of one million barrels or more per day from Alberta to Asian markets via a port on the B.C. coast. The li
  
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• RCMP say no survivors in plane crash near Nanaimo, B.C.

  27-11-2025 22:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NANAIMO — RCMP say no one has survived a plane crash on Vancouver Island near Nanaimo, B.C.
  Mounties say in a news release that the crash was reported at around three this morning in the area near Twilight Way to the southwest of the city.
  Police say a plane was found in a large debris field and there are no survivors, but no details on the type of aircraft or the number of occupants were released.
  They say investigators are at the site of the crash.The Transportation Safety Board says in
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Steven Guilbeault quitting cabinet following pipeline deal

  27-11-2025 22:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault is resigning from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet after Ottawa signed a memorandum of understanding with Alberta on a proposed new pipeline.
  A Liberal source with knowledge of the decision confirmed the departure for The Canadian Press.
  The avowed environmentalist and longtime climate activist has been a key fixture in the Liberal government for the past six years.
  Guilbeault has avoided TV cameras and questions from reporters for seve
  
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• BC Dairy to match donations to BC Children’s Hospital Foundation - Chilliwack Progress

  27-11-2025 22:28 via news.google.com
  BC Dairy to match donations to BC Children’s Hospital Foundation  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• New trial ordered in 1989 murder of 10-year old Toronto girl

  27-11-2025 22:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Court of Appeal for Ontario has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of killing 10-year-old Darla Thurrott in 1989.
  In a decision issued Thursday, the court concluded there was a miscarriage of justice in the case and set the conviction aside.
  In 1990, Timothy Rees was found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole for 15 years.
  In 2023, the federal justice minister referred Rees’s conviction back to the Court of
  
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• Jones’s jacket hangs in suite as family members watch Canadian Curling Trials

  27-11-2025 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Members of Colleen Jones's family displayed one of her curling jackets in a suite at Scotiabank Centre during the women's semifinal at the Montana's Canadian Curling Trials on Thursday.
  Jones, a six-time national women's champion, died Tuesday at age 65.She wore the blue and white Nova Scotia jacket at the 2011 Canadian senior curling championship in Digby, N.S.
  Her husband, Scott Saunders, and sons Zach and Luke were among several family members who took in the afternoon matchup
  
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• Premier blasts N.S. Power’s cyberattack response, weighs fine for utility

  27-11-2025 21:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says he is disappointed with how the privately owned provincial utility responded to a cyberattack earlier this year.
  The cyberattack struck Nova Scotia Power last April, disrupting some systems at the utility and prompting complaints from a number of customers about who had gained access to their personal information.Houston says the utility appears to be shrugging its shoulders without providing adequate explanations to affected customers.
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• Pipeline deal could trigger race to the bottom on Canada’s climate policy: advocates

  27-11-2025 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A new pipeline agreement between Alberta and Ottawa is raising concerns that key climate policies could be opened up to province-by-province negotiation.Alberta has agreed to strengthen its industrial carbon price, but the deal proposes to suspend clean electricity rules for the province and extend the timeline for it to cut down on highly polluting methane emissions.
  The head of the Pembina Institute, an energy transition thinktank, says renegotiating federal climate policies will sow investmen
  
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• Vancouver police cleared in fatal shooting of youth who had air pistol

  27-11-2025 21:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — British Columbia's independent police watchdog agency has cleared Vancouver police officers of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a youth in 2023.
  The Independent Investigations Office says the shooting at Clinton Park in East Vancouver on Aug. 5, 2023, happened after the youth pointed a replica air pistol handgun at officers.
  IIO Chief Civilian Director Jessica Berglund says she found it "difficult to reconcile police accounts of the incident with the objective evidence," specif
  
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• NDP leadership candidates to take part in a French debate in Montreal

  27-11-2025 21:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The five official NDP leadership candidates will take part in a French debate in Montreal tonight — the first debate of the race.
  None of the candidates describe themselves as fully bilingual and their French language skills vary significantly.
  Documentarian Avi Lewis appears to have the strongest French and he was the only candidate to speak it during the leadership forum hosted last month in Ottawa.
  Alberta MP Heather McPherson, union leader Rob Ashton, social worker Tanil
  
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• Expansion FC Supra set to kick off CPL U Sports draft, adding first players to roster

  27-11-2025 21:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Expansion FC Supra du Quebec officially starts stocking its roster Friday with the first two picks of the Canadian Premier League's U Sports draft.
  Given the franchise leadership's past ties to Ligue1 Quebec's CS Saint-Laurent, Supra no doubt already has other yet-to-be-announced talent ready to roll. And Rocco Placentino, Supra's president and co-founder, already has a firm vision for his side.
  "Supra is going to be a local-based product," Placentino said in an interview.
  His planned all-Quebec
  
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• ‘Frustrating’: Veterinarians urge regulatory changes as medicine shortages mount

  27-11-2025 20:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  REGINA — Canadian veterinarians no longer have to access to 40 per cent of medications they once were able to use, a figure the head of the national association says is worrying.Tracy Fisher, president of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, says drugs for animals — from cats and dogs to sheep and cattle — are becoming increasingly unavailable.She says Canadian regulations discourage drug manufacturers from going through the process to get their medications approved for
  
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• Local favourite Black upsets Einarson in women’s semi at Canadian Curling Trials

  27-11-2025 20:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Local favourite Christina Black has a berth in the women's final of the Montana's Canadian Curling Trials.She upset second-ranked Kerri Einarson of Gimli, Man., 6-3 in today's semifinal at Scotiabank Centre.The 21st-ranked Black, from Halifax, scored three points in the ninth end and ran Einarson out of rocks in the 10th.
  She will meet world No. 1 Rachel Homan of Ottawa in a best-of-three final starting Friday.The men's semifinal between Mike McEwen's Saskatoon team and Matt Duns
  
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• First Nations leader says pipeline MOU changes nothing, tanker ban is non-negotiable

  27-11-2025 20:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The president of the Coastal First Nations in British Columbia says the signing of a memorandum of understanding by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on an proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast "does nothing" to increase the chances it will happen.
  Marilyn Slett says in a statement that a tanker ban on the north coast "is not up for negotiation," and the First Nations "will never tolerate any exemptions or carveouts, period."
  She also says the nations have "zero int
  
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• Comments and reaction on Ottawa-Alberta pipeline memorandum of understanding

  27-11-2025 20:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed Thursday a memorandum of understanding that includes shared goals on green technology and a new oil pipeline to the West Coast to reach groundbreaking markets in Asia. It also opens the door to changes to the coastal tanker ban.
  Here are some of the comments and reaction:
  "In the face of global trade shifts and profound uncertainty, Canada and Alberta are striking a new partnership to build a stronger, more sust
  
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• B.C. man gets months-long sentence for assault, threats, as he waits for murder trial

  27-11-2025 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The man accused in a high-profile killing of his estranged wife has been sentenced in a separate case of choking and uttering threats in Kelowna, B.C.
  Provincial court Judge David Ruse sentenced James Plover to one year in jail on the choking charge and six months on each of the threat charges, which will all be served at the same time.
  The identity of the victims in the case are covered by a publication ban.
  Accounting for time awaiting trial, Plover will serve about five months on the charges,
  
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• Chilliwack high school teacher disciplined for professional misconduct - Chilliwack Progress

  27-11-2025 19:38 via news.google.com
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• Ottawa has no plans to re-engage with Iran at this time, Anand says

  27-11-2025 19:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada is not open to re-establishing diplomatic ties with Iran at this time.
  Anand told the Senate's foreign affairs committee today that Canada's focus with Iran is on limiting the possibility of Tehran obtaining nuclear weapons.
  The Harper government cut diplomatic ties with Iran in 2012 and Sen. Peter Harder says this has limited Canada's ability to collect intelligence in the country on behalf of its allies.
  Anand also pushed back on
  
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• IKEA sets grand opening date for its new Plan and order location in Abbotsford

  27-11-2025 19:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — IKEA Canada has confirmed that its new Plan and order location in Abbotsford will open in just a matter of weeks.According to a statement released Thursday morning, its newest Plan and order point location will open at 32700 South Fraser Way, unit 80, on Wednesday, Dec. 10, adding to a growing network of IKEA Plan and order venues across Canada.
  IKEA says Plan and order points offer customers one-on-one planning services with in-house experts to design and purchase home furnis
  
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• Police looking to ID person of interest in violent home invasion: RCMP

  27-11-2025 19:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSION — Mounties in Mission are looking to identify a person of interest in connection with a violent home invasion in Mission earlier this month.
  According to a statement from Mission RCMP spokesperson Constable Paul Gill, who is assigned to the agency’s Serious Crime Unit, police were called to a reported home invasion at a Mission home on Thursday, Nov. 13 at about 1:30 a.m.
  Police say suspects entered the home and assaulted the occupants. The victims were pepper sprayed, and on
  
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• News publishers’ copyright lawsuit against OpenAI to go ahead in Ontario

  27-11-2025 18:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — An Ontario court has decided a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers against OpenAI will proceed in that province.
  OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, had put forward a jurisdictional challenge and argued the case should be heard in a U.S. courtroom instead.
  OpenAI said the company isn’t located in Ontario and doesn’t do business in the province, and that the alleged conduct — the AI model training and crawling of web content — took place outs
  
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• Carney, Smith sign pipeline deal, open door to changing B.C. tanker ban

  27-11-2025 18:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have signed a memorandum of understanding that commits them to working toward building an oil pipeline to the West Coast — and opens the door to changes to the coastal tanker ban.
  At a signing ceremony in Calgary on Thursday, the two agreed that Ottawa would enable the export of oil through a deepsea port to Asian markets and “if necessary” adjust the tanker ban to make that happen.
  Ottawa's commitmen
  
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• How ‘Heated Rivalry,’ Crave’s ‘spicy, gay hockey show,’ became a global TV player

  27-11-2025 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Could “Heated Rivalry” be the raciest Canadian TV show ever made? Writer-director Jacob Tierney is willing to drop the mitts on it.
  “Our big competition is that episode of ‘Degrassi’ where Spike gets pregnant, so if we can get this right, then I think there's a big future for us,” the “Letterkenny” co-creator quips.
  Based on a novel by Nova Scotia author Rachel Reid, the six-episode Crave series follows two duelling male hockey play
  
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• Elections Canada says protocol wasn’t followed in Nunavik during federal election

  27-11-2025 18:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Elections Canada says voting services in Nunavik during the spring federal election were "significantly hindered" by a lack of planning and oversight that caused some polls to close early.
  Following the April 28 federal election, Elections Canada acknowledged that some voters in Nunavik were unable to cast ballots because a shortage of staff led to polls closing well ahead of schedule.
  In a report released today, Elections Canada says the returning officer's plan didn't include me
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada returns murder case to Nova Scotia Court of Appeal

  27-11-2025 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has sent a murder case back to the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal in light of potential new evidence.
  A decade ago, a jury found Nathan Johnson guilty of first-degree murder and illegal possession of a firearm in the 2010 shooting death of pizza delivery worker Chad Smith.
  Johnson was sentenced to life in prison with no parole eligibility for 25 years, and in 2017 the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal of the convictions.
  In 2022, the Supreme
  
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• Drax to shut B.C. wood pellet plant by year’s end, says not ‘commercially viable’

  27-11-2025 18:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WILLIAMS LAKE — A company operating a wood pellet plant in the British Columbia Interior says the facility will be shuttered by the end of the year due to a lack of available fibre.
  U.K.-based Drax, which has faced accusations it burns old-growth B.C. timber for power generation in Britain, says it is shutting the Williams Lake plant due to closures and curtailments at nearby sawmills, as well as "the loss of a bid for key local supply."
  The company says the reduction in fibre availability
  
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• Community invited to Pelólxw Tribe Marker unveiling in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  27-11-2025 17:59 via news.google.com
  Community invited to Pelólxw Tribe Marker unveiling in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Steel sector praises new federal measures, wants to see tariff remission program end

  27-11-2025 17:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The head of Canada's steel industry association says there was one disappointment in Prime Minister Mark Carney's otherwise helpful package of measures to boost the domestic market in the face of U.S. tariffs.
  Carney announced new measures Wednesday to help steel and lumber producers find fresh markets for their goods within Canada.
  They include tighter quotas on foreign steel entering Canada and a promise to trim freight rates for materials crossing provincial borders by rail.
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• York United FC to become Inter Toronto FC in CPL franchise’s third rebrand

  27-11-2025 17:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — York United FC is rebranding, becoming Inter Toronto FC
  It's the third name change for the Canadian Premier League side, but first under the current ownership group.
  The team, one of the CPL's original franchises, started out as York 9 FC in 2019 — a nod to the nine municipalities that make up the York region north of Toronto: Aurora, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, King, Markham, Newmarket, Richmond Hill, Vaughan, and Whitchurch-Stouffville.
  York 9 FC became York United FC in
  
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• Coquihalla protocol in effect as snow expected today between Hope and Merritt

  27-11-2025 17:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY — YRB Nicola, the provincial service contractor, says the Coquihalla protocol is in effect this morning between Hope and Merritt.YRB Nicola says forecasts are calling for wide snow in its service area, with 10-15 cm at the Coquihalla Summit, 6-12 cms on the Okanagan Connector, and 5-10 cms for Hwy. 5 between Merritt and Kamloops.
  There could be snow in the Fraser Canyon and on Highway 8 likewise.Snow levels during this time will drop, with Merritt and surrounding roads l
  
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• Truck in a ditch blocks 1 lane of Hwy. 1 traffic in Abbotsford Thursday AM

  27-11-2025 17:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — A vehicle incident involving a tractor-trailer has slowed westbound Highway 1 east of Whatcom Road.
  DriveBC posted in the past half hour that a tractor-trailer in the centre median ditch has impacted motorists traveling between Chilliwack and Abbotsford.
  Crews now on scene with the left lane blocked. Expect delays through the area.
  Drive BC’s last update was 8:09 a.m.
  A motorist on Facebook says Hwy. 1 westbound is at a crawl due to the accident just before Whatcom Road.
  
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• CFIA says there’s no need to restrict honey bee imports to ward off deadly mite

  27-11-2025 17:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says there's no scientific evidence to suggest Canada should ban imports of honey bees from outside North America.
  The CFIA says it's closely monitoring the tropilaelaps mite, a parasite that has been found in a number of countries across Asia but not in Australia, New Zealand, Italy or Chile.
  The agency was responding to a call from the head of the Alberta Beekeepers Commission, who said earlier this week that Canada should stop all imports to
  
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• Langley Rams appoint new head coach, GM to multi-year contract

  27-11-2025 16:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LANGLEY — The Langley Rams football organization announced Wednesday they have agreed to terms with Jesse Maddox as their new head coach and general manager.“The Langley Rams are a proud organization with a storied history in the CJFL, and I’m excited to lead this program. I’m looking forward to getting things going and connecting with players,” Maddox said in a statement.Maddox brings extensive experience from the Canadian Football League, CIS, Canadian Junior Foot
  
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• Afghan national charged in Guard ambush shooting drove across US to carry out attack, officials say

  27-11-2025 16:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An Afghan national has been accused of shooting two West Virginia National Guard members just blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence at a time when the presence of troops in the nation’s capital and other cities around the country has become a political flashpoint.Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said at a Thursday news briefing that the guard members shot were Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe
  
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• Cultus Lake Park Board could finalize slight increase in parking fees next month

  27-11-2025 16:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CULTUS LAKE — Cultus Lake Park Board commissioners could finalize a draft financial plan at its next meeting in December that could see a slight increase in parking fees over the next five years.According to a statement from Cultus Lake Park Chief Administrative Officer Joe Lamb, the five commissioner-park board gave first, second and third readings to the 2026-2030 draft Financial Plan on Wednesday evening Nov. 19.The draft Financial Plan calls for a parking fee increase of 20 cents each
  
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• City of Mission makes changes limiting all-day parking in downtown core

  27-11-2025 16:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSION — The City of Mission says changes are coming to on-street parking in downtown Mission starting next month.In a statement, the municipality says the majority of adjustments relate to changing areas with unrestricted parking or no parking to two-hour and four-hour time limits between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily.The city is now urging residents and visitors who need longer-term weekday parking to consider parking in the TransLink parking lot. The TransLink parking lot has available capac
  
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• Community policing office in downtown Chilliwack unlikely to return anytime soon - Fraser Valley Today

  27-11-2025 16:14 via news.google.com
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• Community policing office in downtown Chilliwack unlikely to return anytime soon

  27-11-2025 16:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — There are no immediate plans to reopen a community policing office in downtown Chilliwack after a fire earlier this year destroyed one business and heavily damaged other nearby buildings.
  Chilliwack first responders were called to a fire in the early morning hours of July 16, 2025 at 45873 Wellington Ave. It raced through a number of commercial units in a downtown block.
  In the aftermath of the fire, police said they didn’t have a date for the reopening of the Chilliwack
  
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• Anti-corruption police looking at allegations of wrongdoing involving Quebec Liberals

  27-11-2025 16:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  QUÉBEC — Anti-corruption police say they are looking into the internal crisis shaking the Quebec Liberal Party.
  Mathieu Galarneau, a spokesperson for the anti-corruption unit, says investigators are working to validate allegations of wrongdoing before deciding whether to proceed with a formal investigation.
  The party has been in crisis since Marwah Rizqy, former Liberal leader in the legislature, fired her chief of staff without consulting party leader Pablo Rodriguez.
  Rodriguez the
  
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• Support surges for Chilliwack bookstore planned for Luckakuck Way - Fraser Valley Today

  27-11-2025 16:08 via news.google.com
  Support surges for Chilliwack bookstore planned for Luckakuck Way  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Support surges for Chilliwack bookstore planned for Luckakuck Way

  27-11-2025 16:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — There’s been a groundswell of growing support for a planned bookstore on Luckakuck Way in Chilliwack.Tera Procee tells Fraser Valley Today that a total of $170,000 has been raised for a Reformed bookstore at 45802 Luckakuck Way where Nick’s Lighting is currently located.An event held on Thursday, November 6 in Chilliwack raised an additional $16,000, which is reflected in the above fundraising tally. They only need to raise an additional $35,000, Procee said.They&r
  
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• Fleetwood business owners struggle as Skytrain construction pushes away customers

  27-11-2025 16:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  FRASER VALLEY — Regan Lou, a Fleetwood business owner, was hopeful when she heard that a skytrain station would be built near her restaurant.
  Lou and her husband have been running a Chinese cuisine called “On Yuen” located on 152 Street and Fraser Highway.
  “The station is just right opposite that commercial building; it will bring more customers in…It will be a good boost for the business as well.”
  Lou, along with another Middle Eastern restaurant manager, be
  
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• Afghan national is suspect in Guard ambush shooting; 2 troops ID’d and charges mount, officials say

  27-11-2025 15:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An Afghan national has been accused of shooting two West Virginia National Guard members just blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence at a time when the presence of troops in the nation’s capital and other cities around the country has become a political flashpoint.Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said at a Thursday news briefing that the guard members shot were Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe
  
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