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Good morning!

My kids have woken me in a lot of different ways over the past decade. They’ve jumped on me, prodded me, screamed at me, and tickled me. They’ve yelled about breakfast, school, each other, their parents, the TV, the pets, the location of various foodstuffs, and the weather. They’ve slammed doors, cried about missing toys, and announced various biological processes to have occurred. But this morning was the first time they woke me with magic.

There was no ‘Good morning, Dad,’ or whispered ‘Are you awake?’ Instead, it was straight to “Want to see this card trick?!” My daughter had begun doing card tricks the previous day. And she’s already surprisingly good at her newest passion. Though I’m not betting (or hoping) that she sticks with it. It’s amazing to see her bake, perform magic, or twirl like a dancer. But one hopes that, at some point, she’ll come across something she develops a love of something with more economic upside. But then again, her dad is a reporter.

– Tyler

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NEWS

Désolé: Hope declines French town’s advances

A 2023 fling was so memorable that a French mayor is asking for a long-distance relationship with the District of Hope. But the BC municipality needs time to work on itself.

• Today, Josh writes about why Hope’s mayor has rebuffed the advances of a colleague in a small French town.

Related

Need to Know

🗳 Absentee ballots will be counted today; the NDP needs 12 more votes in one riding to gain an additional seat and win a narrow majority [Global]

🛥 A barge became stuck along the Fraser River near Langley [CTV]

🚲 The construction of a new mountain bike trail on Hope Mountain is nearly complete [Hope Standard]

❗ The destruction of hot springs pools near Harrison Resort has locals outraged [Global] / The mayor says the resort may be to blame [Agassiz-Harrison Observer]

👉 A Langley woman says her Uber driver exposed himself to her [Global]

🔎 A Chilliwack man has been missing for more than a week [Chilliwack Progress]

🚂 A man was airlifted to hospital after being struck by a train in Abbotsford [Abbotsford News]

🚒 Mission’s Superstore has reopened after a fire in its toilet paper aisle forced it to close [Fraser Valley Today]

👚 Japanese retailer Uniqlo has opened a location in Langley [Vancouver Sun]

🧨 Chilliwack’s mayor is reminding locals that just because they can buy fireworks nearby, doesn’t make it legal to set them off within city limits [Chilliwack Progress]

🚑 A worker was seriously injured in a workplace accident in Mission [Mission Record]

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The Agenda

High-profile authors will deliver keynotes at free writers festival

Two high-profile British Columbia writers will deliver keynotes at the Fraser Valley’s Writers Festival on Friday. The festival, which is free to attend, will also include a panel with Abbotsford author Loghan Paylor, whose debut novel was longlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize.

The festival takes place at the University of the Fraser Valley’s Abbotsford campus and kicks off Friday evening with keynote addresses from poet and non-fiction author Billy-Ray Belcourt and high-profile journalist Angela Sterritt. Satruday includes a series of panels and workshops. Attendance is free, but attendees need to reserve a spot ahead of time for each event. More details are online. (See the menu at the top of the page.)

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🗓 Things to do

Howl-a-ween: Juno Award-winner Norman Foote features in the Howl Masquerade, a family-friendly concert Oct. 29 at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre. Tickets and details online.

Halloween at Hub: HUBco Brewing in Mission hosts a Halloween Party on Thursday, Oct. 31 starting at 8pm. Dress in costume and enjoy live music from Sylvester Road Band. Prizes for best costume. Tickets and details online.

Spooky swing: LoRock Step Swing Dance Society hosts a Halloween-themed swing dance on Friday, Nov. 1. The night starts with a beginner lesson at 7:30pm, and is followed by an evening of dancing from 8:30 to 10:30pm. Tickets and details online.

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Catch up

Today, we’re at the Jack Webster Awards, where we’re a finalist in the business writing coverage for our writing about the collapse of Black Press. You can read our award-winning(?) story here:

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