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• Police release victim’s identity in fatal shooting in Surrey, B.C.

  01-12-2025 23:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — Police have identified the man killed in a late-night shooting in Surrey, B.C., last week, in the hope of advancing the investigation into the death.
  Homicide investigators say 26-year-old Jaskaran Birring of Chilliwack had previous interactions with police and was "believed to be involved in the drug trade."
  Birring was found by arriving officers with life-threatening injuries and police say he died despite life-saving measures.
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• IHIT identifies victim of Surrey shooting as 26-year-old Chilliwack resident - Chilliwack Progress

  01-12-2025 23:47 via news.google.com
  IHIT identifies victim of Surrey shooting as 26-year-old Chilliwack resident  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Vancouver Whitecaps invite fans to watch MLS Cup showdown at B.C. Place

  01-12-2025 23:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The Whitecaps won't play the MLS Cup at home, but the team is still inviting fans to come watch the championship game together in Vancouver.
  The 'Caps will battle Inter Miami for the MLS Cup in Florida on Saturday, and fans who aren't making the nearly 5,500-kilometre trek can instead take in the game at B.C. Place.Tickets for the watch party are $15, with proceeds going to the Whitecaps FC Foundation.Doors will open at 10:30 a.m. PT and the first 15,000 fans will receive a fre
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Calgary man found guilty of three terrorism-related charges

  01-12-2025 23:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA — A Calgary judge has found Jamal Borhot guilty of three counts of participation in a terrorist group relating to activities in the Middle East over a decade ago.
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• 26-year-old Chilliwack man shot, killed in Friday night shooting in Surrey: IHIT - Fraser Valley Today

  01-12-2025 23:34 via news.google.com
  26-year-old Chilliwack man shot, killed in Friday night shooting in Surrey: IHIT  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• 26-year-old Chilliwack man shot, killed in Friday night shooting in Surrey: IHIT

  01-12-2025 23:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — Homicide investigators in B.C. have now identified the 26-year-old man who was shot and killed in Surrey on Friday night as a Chilliwack man who was known to police and was believed to be involved in the drug trade.
  According to a statement from IHIT spokesperson Sgt. Freda Fong, RCMP Surrey Provincial Operations Support Unit (SPOSU) frontline officers responded to reports of a shooting near 152 Street and 104 Avenue in Surrey on Friday night, Nov. 28 at about 11:40 p.m.
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• Chiefs Trade Jordan Geike for the Playing Rights of Kyan Labbé

  01-12-2025 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Chilliwack, B.C. – The Chilliwack Chiefs have traded forward Jordan Geike to the Nanaimo Clippers in exchange for the playing rights of goaltender Kyan Labbé.
  As an important part of the Chiefs organization since the 2023/24 season, Geike has been a reliable teammate with a great work ethic, attitude, and commitment. He positively impacted the community and has consistently given everything asked of him.
  “Jordan has been with us for a long time and has always carried himself t
  
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• Star attacker Ollie Bassett returns to the Canadian Premier League with Inter Toronto

  01-12-2025 22:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Inter Toronto FC, formerly York United FC, has signed former CPL Player of the Year Ollie Bassett.
  The 27-year-old from England spent four years in the Canadian Premier League, one with Pacific FC and then three with Atletico Ottawa, before spending last season with the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the USL Championship.
  Bassett has signed with Toronto through 2027, with club options for 2028 and 2029.
  The attacking midfielder was named both the CPL Player of the year and Players' Player
  
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• Liam Hickey scores twice as Canada tops Czechia 3-1 in Para Cup hockey action

  01-12-2025 22:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DAWSON CREEK — Liam Hickey scored two goals to lead Canada to a 3-1 win over Czechia in Para Cup hockey action on Monday.
  Vincent Boily added the other score for Canada, which improved to 2-0 after Sunday's 7-0 tournament-opening win over China.
  Vaclav Hecko had the lone goal for Czechia with 6:36 left in the contest.After a scoreless opening period, Boily opened the scoring 2:10 into the second period.
  Hickey doubled Canada's lead almost 10 minutes later. He added his second of the game t
  
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• Surrey homicide victim identified as Jaskaran Birring, 26, of Chilliwack - Indo-Canadian Voice

  01-12-2025 22:39 via news.google.com
  Surrey homicide victim identified as Jaskaran Birring, 26, of Chilliwack  Indo-Canadian Voice
  
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  01-12-2025 22:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
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• Generations of Indigenous leaders brace for a new battle over another pipeline

  01-12-2025 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — For some First Nations leaders, the prospect of conflict with provincial and federal governments over plans to send another pipeline to the B.C. coast brings back vivid memories of years past.
  For many First Nations youth, it's a whole new call to action.
  "My ancestors — all the ancestors of every First Nations person here in what is now called British Columbia — have stories about our people having to stand on the front lines, rain or shine," said Katisha Paul, the yo
  
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• Canada seeks to even women’s hockey Rivalry Series with U.S. in Edmonton

  01-12-2025 22:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Hockey Canada has named its 25-player roster for Rivalry Series games against the United States in Edmonton, where the archrivals will clash for the last time before the Olympic Games.
  Canada's three goalies, eight defenders and 14 forwards take on reigning world champion U.S. on Dec. 10 and Dec. 13 at Rogers Place.
  The Americans beat Canada 6-1 on Nov. 8 in Buffalo, N.Y., and 4-1 on Nov. 6 in Cleveland in the first two games of the series, and also 4-3 in overtime in the final o
  
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• Woman charged in alleged breach of Surrey, B.C., hospital’s neonatal care unit

  01-12-2025 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  SURREY — A 35-year-old woman has been arrested and charged in connection to a breach in the Surrey, B.C., hospital neonatal intensive care unit in October.The Surrey Police Service says Lindsey Hirtreiter now faces three assault charges and remains in custody pending her appearance in court on Monday.Police say the woman is accused of making contact with infants after gaining unauthorized access to the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit.
  The service sent out photos of a suspect in the
  
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• Stolen truck in Mission could be linked to separate theft incident: RCMP

  01-12-2025 21:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSION — Mounties in Mission say a black pickup truck stolen from a house over the weekend in Mission could be linked to another incident of crime involving an attempted trailer theft.Mission RCMP say a black 2001 GMC pickup was stolen from a house on 4th Avenue on the night of Friday, November 28 and into Saturday, Nov. 29. Not long after, on the night of Sunday, November 30 into Monday morning, December 1, a black GMC pickup was reportedly involved in an attempted theft of a trailer on
  
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• Son of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty in US drug trafficking case in deal with prosecutors

  01-12-2025 21:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHICAGO (AP) — A son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” pleaded guilty Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, months after his brother entered a plea deal.Known locally in Mexico as the “Chapitos,” or “little Chapos,” Joaquin Guzman Lopez and his brother, Ovidio Guzman Lopez, are accused of running a faction of the Sinaloa cartel. Federal authorities in 2023 described the operation as a massive effort to send “staggering” quantiti
  
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• Federal review finds 44% of US trucking schools don’t comply with government rules

  01-12-2025 21:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Nearly 44% of the 16,000 truck driving schools in the U.S. may be forced to close after a review by the federal Transportation Department found they may not be complying with government requirements.The Transportation Department said Monday that it plans to revoke the accreditation of nearly 3,000 schools unless they can comply with training requirements in the next 30 days. The targeted schools must notify students that their accreditation is in jeopardy. Another 4,000 schools are being warned
  
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• Charge’s Carla MacLeod navigates desire to coach and need for cancer treatment

  01-12-2025 21:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Carla MacLeod says it won't be easy reconciling her desire to coach hockey with her need for breast cancer treatment.
  The coach of the PWHL's Ottawa Charge and a two-time Olympic gold medallist for Canada feels she has the support of the hockey community in both.
  MacLeod is optimistic she'll continue coaching the Charge, and also the Czech women to the Olympic Games, but says there may be modifications to her time with both teams.
  The 43-year-old from Calgary won't be behind the C
  
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• May says voting for budget was ‘mistake’ and it won’t happen again

  01-12-2025 21:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Green Party leader Elizabeth May says supporting the Carney government on the budget vote is a "mistake" she won't make again.
  May told The Canadian Press the memorandum of understanding Prime Minister Mark Carney signed with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on energy — specifically the part that applies federal tax credits to enhanced oil recovery — amounted to a "significant betrayal and a reversal" which has her questioning the worth of Carney's word.
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• B.C. community holds vigil to mourn deaths, losses in deadly Hong Kong fire

  01-12-2025 20:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A makeshift memorial dedicated to the victims of one of Hong Kong's deadliest fires drew hundreds of people in downtown Vancouver before it was removed.
  The front steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery were filled with tea lights and bouquets of white flowers as mourners lined up for hours to remember and pay tribute to the more than 150 people who died in the fire last week.The busy area went quiet as hundreds of people bowed their heads in silent tribute Sunday evening, some wipi
  
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• Chilliwack Crusaders secure double victory in challenging conditions - Chilliwack Progress

  01-12-2025 20:54 via news.google.com
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• UPDATE: RCMP reviewing a ‘lot of video’ to try to locate missing Chilliwack senior; SAR not deployed today

  01-12-2025 20:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A spokesperson for the Chilliwack RCMP detachment says police are examining CCTV video to determine where an 85-year-old missing man may have gone when he left his home just days ago.
  Walter Schmur was first reported missing on Friday, November 28, 2025. He was last seen wearing red pajama pants, a grey shirt, grey vest, a long grey housecoat, black slippers, and a red and white toque. He was last seen near his home near Peach Road in Chilliwack.
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• Heavier snow expected on the Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt later today, overnight

  01-12-2025 20:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY — Yellowhead Road and Bridge Nicola Ltd., the provincial highway contractor, says heavier snow is expected later today as temperatures drop across its service area.
  According to a social media bulletin, YRB Nicola says there is light snowfall across its service area Monday morning as snow levels have dipped with the lower temperatures, resulting in light road snow accumulation at lower elevations.
  The light snow will give away to a forecasted increase in snowfall this af
  
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• Canadian injured in West Bank in what local group calls assault by Israeli settlers

  01-12-2025 20:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada says it is "aware of a Canadian citizen injured in the West Bank" and is providing consular help after an incident this past weekend reportedly involving Israeli settlers.
  A local organization called Unarmed Civilian Protection in Palestine says settlers attacked one Canadian and three Italians who were taking part in programs to protect Palestinians from settler violence.
  The attack appears to have happened in the early hours of Sunday near Jericho and the o
  
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• Chilliwack council to consider 4.9 per cent tax increase for 2026 budget - Chilliwack Progress

  01-12-2025 20:10 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack council to consider 4.9 per cent tax increase for 2026 budget  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Federal union asks Treasury Board for clarity on return-to-office rules

  01-12-2025 19:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A federal union has sent a letter to the Treasury Board president asking for clarity in response to reports the federal government may soon order public servants to work in-office five days per week.
  La Presse reported that the federal government is considering implementing the new policy by January 2027, and may require executives to start working in-office full time even sooner.
  Canadian Association of Professional Employees president Nathan Prier says in a letter to Treasury Bo
  
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• Polytechnique expands scholarship program to 14 women in memory of 1989 tragedy

  01-12-2025 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Polytechnique Montréal is expanding its scholarship program honouring the 14 women who were killed at the engineering school 36 years ago.
  The Order of the White Rose scholarship was established in 2014 and had previously only been awarded to one female engineering student in Canada per year.
  This year, new donors have stepped up to fund 14 scholarships valued at $50,000 each for female students to pursue an engineering master’s or doctoral degree in Canada or elsew
  
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• Cal Foote, one of the players acquitted in Hockey Canada sexual assault case, signs in the AHL

  01-12-2025 19:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHICAGO (AP) — Cal Foote has signed an American Hockey League contract with the Chicago Wolves, making him the fourth of five players acquitted of sexual assault in the high-profile trial of members of Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team to continue his career.
  The team announced the deal with the soon-to-be 27-year-old defenseman on Monday. Goaltender Carter Hart signed with the NHL's Vegas Golden Knights in mid-October just after the window opened for the players to be eligible for ne
  
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• Philomusica and Re:Action choir unite for musical Christmas offering - Chilliwack Progress

  01-12-2025 19:40 via news.google.com
  Philomusica and Re:Action choir unite for musical Christmas offering  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Johnston, Hagel, Wilson named NHL’s three stars of the week

  01-12-2025 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Dallas Stars centre Wyatt Johnston, Tampa Bay Lightning left-wing Brandon Hagel and Washington Capitals right-wing Tom Wilson have been named the NHL’s three stars of the week.
  Johnston had nine points (five goals and four assists) across four games, which included a pair of four-point performances as the Stars enjoyed a perfect week.
  He had a goal and three assists in an 8-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday, in addition to a three-goal, one-assist effort in a 6-1 v
  
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• Activists, politicians mark World AIDS Day urging criminal reform, prevention funding

  01-12-2025 19:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — AIDS activists are calling on the Liberals to stick with a Trudeau government promise to reform the laws on HIV disclosure, and to get Canada's efforts to end the pandemic back on track.
  The HIV Network Legal Network says Canada's stalled progress on preventing new HIV cases — especially among Indigenous people in the Prairies — is ramping up government spending by millions of dollars.
  The group is calling on Justice Minister Sean Fraser to take up the Trudeau governme
  
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• Police increase presence after threat made against three Nanaimo, B.C., schools

  01-12-2025 18:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NANAIMO — Police in Nanaimo, B.C., are stepping up their presence at three local high schools after receiving what what's described as an "unspecified threat."
  RCMP say in a news release that there will be an increased police presence at the Dover, Wellington and Nanaimo District secondary schools on Monday.
  Police say their presence at the school is precautionary, and classes are expected to run as normal.
  The RCMP says the schools also remain open to the public.
  No further details of the
  
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• BC Hydro launches first ultra-fast charging hub in Hope, just off Highway 1

  01-12-2025 18:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HOPE — BC Hydro says it has launched its first exclusively high-powered EV charging hub in its network with eight charging ports in Hope that will foster greater EV adoption for light and medium-duty EVs using Highways 1, 3 and 5.According to a statement, BC Hydro says the site is located at the Esso gas station and Silver Creek Travel Centre at 19700 Klassen Road, just off Highway 1 and the Flood Hope Road (exit 168). The site features four 350-kilowatt chargers – the highest powere
  
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• Not Forgotten Memorial to honour the unhoused who passed in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  01-12-2025 18:52 via news.google.com
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• Government expected to name new culture minister this afternoon

  01-12-2025 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will name a new minister of culture and identity this afternoon.
  Steven Guilbeault, the previous culture minister, quit cabinet on Thursday to protest Ottawa's new pact with Alberta on a proposed pipeline.
  Guilbeault previously served as environment minister in Justin Trudeau's government.
  During a previous stint as heritage minister, Guilbeault first introduced the Online Streaming Act.
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• Montreal mayor announces crisis unit to help homeless population during winter

  01-12-2025 18:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — The mayor of Montreal is announcing new measures to help the city's homeless population survive the winter.Soraya Martinez Ferrada says Montreal will open 500 new spaces in warming shelters by Christmas.She also says the city is forming a crisis unit that will meet weekly to respond to emerging needs of the homeless population.Martinez Ferrada has promised to end homeless encampments in Montreal within four years, but says in the interim, tent cities will not be dismantled.She s
  
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• Snowfall, freezing rain warnings issued for B.C.’s central Interior

  01-12-2025 18:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WILLIAMS LAKE — Parts of the British Columbia Interior are in for a blast of wintry weather with freezing rain and snow of up to 15 centimetres.
  Environment Canada has issued the advisories covering parts of the central and northern Interior, including a snowfall warning for the areas around Williams Lake.
  The warnings also extends to parts of Highway 97 from Clinton to 100 Mile House, and motorists are asked to be prepared for potentially hazardous driving conditions.
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• Vancouver-based firm acquires mineral claims near U.S. border, Chilliwack Lake - Fraser Valley Today

  01-12-2025 16:48 via news.google.com
  Vancouver-based firm acquires mineral claims near U.S. border, Chilliwack Lake  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Vancouver-based firm acquires mineral claims near U.S. border, Chilliwack Lake

  01-12-2025 16:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Vancouver-based Sasquatch Resources Corp. announced this past week it is acquiring mineral claims encompassing over 1,500 hectares south of Chilliwack near the U.S. border.In a news release, the mineral exploration company says 11 of the 14 claims covering about 1,567 hectares have been acquired as part of a purchase agreement with Justin Deveault, described as the vendor, dated Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025.Sasquatch says it has made an application through BC MinFile for the three
  
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• In wake of NSL final loss, AFC Toronto looks to impress at seven-a-side tournament

  01-12-2025 16:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Coach Marko Milanovic says AFC Toronto needed some time away after its 2-1 loss to the Vancouver Rise in the Nov. 15 Northern Super League final.
  "We had a couple of days drinking," he said.
  The line came with a belly laugh, proving that while Milanovic lost the NSL championship, his sense of humour is still intact.
  And so is his team, which leaves Wednesday for Florida and the first-ever North American edition of the World Sevens Football seven-a-side tournament.
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• Former Trump lawyer Alina Habba disqualified as New Jersey prosecutor, US appeals court rules

  01-12-2025 15:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Alina Habba, whom the administration has maneuvered to keep in place as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor, is disqualified from serving in the role, an appeal court said Monday. A panel of judges from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sitting in Philadelphia sided with a lower court judge's ruling after hearing oral arguments at which Habba herself was present on Oct. 20. “It is apparent that the current admini
  
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• City of Chilliwack plans to hire more RCMP members, firefighters as part of 2026 financial plan

  01-12-2025 15:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — With an emphasis on public safety through additional police officers and firefighters, the City of Chilliwack is now projecting a nearly five per cent property tax increase in its 2026 financial plan.
  According to a staff report from finance director Glen Savard contained in this week’s council meeting agenda, the city anticipates hiring two additional RCMP members, one fire chief position, and three additional firefighter budgeted positions.
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• City of Chilliwack plans to hire more RCMP members, firefighters as part of 2026 financial plan - Fraser Valley Today

  01-12-2025 15:47 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack councillors to vote on proposed amusement centre containing bowling alley, bar and more

  01-12-2025 15:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack councillors are set to vote this week on a temporary use permit for a proposed amusement centre that would house a bowling alley, arcade, restaurant, bar and other amenities.
  According to agenda item 11.3.1 on this Tuesday’s council agenda, Taranjit Pabla has submitted an application to the City of Chilliwack to operate an amusement centre in units 101 and 102 at 44981 Commercial Court in Chilliwack.
  Because the property is zoned CD-2 (Comprehensive Developmen
  
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• Chilliwack councillors to vote on proposed amusement centre containing bowling alley, bar and more - Fraser Valley Today

  01-12-2025 15:37 via news.google.com
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• In the news: New HIV prevention guidelines say doctors should not ‘gatekeep’ PrEP

  01-12-2025 11:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  New HIV prevention guidelines say doctors should not be 'gatekeeping' PrEP
  A coalition of doctors across Canada is releasing a new guideline for prescribing medications that can prevent HIV infection, with a strong focus on increasing the promotion and awareness of the expanding class of drugs.
  The clinical guideline provides 31 recommendations and 10 good practices for prescribing antiretroviral medic
  
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