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• Paraglider rescued from tree in Harrison Mills - Chilliwack Progress

  25-06-2018 19:13 via theprogress.com
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  Paraglider rescued from tree in Harrison Mills
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  A paraglider who took a wrong turn found herself stuck about 70 feet up a tree in Harrison Mills late Saturday morning. Just before 12 p.m. emergency crews responded to a paraglider stuck in a tree near Kirby Road, not far from a popular paragliding ...and more »
  
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• Government documents confirm coal lobbying on Rockies mining, show months of planning

  16-04-2024 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Documents released under Alberta Freedom of Information laws confirm the United Conservative government was talking with the coal industry for years about relaxing a policy that protected the Rocky Mountains from open-pit mines. 
  The documents also show the province was talking about opening those landscapes to more development generally for at least seven months before letting the public in on its plans. 
  The Canadian Press has seen material released to a group of sou
  
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• Venezuela closes embassy in Ecuador to protest raid on Mexican embassy there

  16-04-2024 19:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday ordered the closure of his country’s embassy and consulates in Ecuador in solidarity with Mexico in its protest over a raid by Ecuadorian authorities on the Mexican embassy in Quito.Maduro made his announcement during a meeting of the leaders of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.
  Ecuadorian authorities raided the Mexican diplomatic outpost April 5 on the orders of Ecuador’s President Dani
  
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• Quebec court approves class action alleging opioid makers misled users about risks

  16-04-2024 19:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized a class-action lawsuit against 16 pharmaceutical companies that are alleged to have misled consumers about the efficacy and dangers of opioid medications.
  The class action includes everyone in Quebec who was diagnosed with opioid use disorder after being prescribed opioid medications made by the pharmaceutical companies between 1996 and the present.
  Margo Siminovitch, one of the lawyers representing people who developed opioid use dis
  
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• Whitey Herzog, Hall of Fame manager who led St. Louis Cardinals to 3 pennants, dies at 92

  16-04-2024 19:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Whitey Herzog, the gruff and ingenious Hall of Fame manager who guided the St. Louis Cardinals to three pennants and a World Series title in the 1980s and perfected an intricate, nail-biting strategy known as “Whiteyball,” has died. He was 92.
  Cardinals spokesman Brian Bartow said Tuesday the team had been informed of his death by Herzog’s family. The team was not yet sure whether it happened Monday night or Tuesday. Herzog had been at Busch Stadium on Apr
  
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• NHL clears Canadiens defenceman Logan Mailloux ahead of season finale

  16-04-2024 19:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The NHL says it has cleared Logan Mailloux for participation after the Montreal Canadiens recalled the defenceman Monday night ahead of their regular-season finale Tuesday.
  The 21-year-old Mailloux is expected to make his NHL debut against the Detroit Red Wings after spending the entire season to date with the American Hockey League’s Laval Rocket.
  The Windsor, Ont. native was fined by Swedish authorities in 2020 after admitting to two charges related to sharing, without h
  
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• B.C. construction sector seeks support as workers shortage, late payments persist

  16-04-2024 18:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s construction industry says its workforce numbers have improved in recent years, but labour shortages persist and are putting “extreme pressures” on employers.
  The BC Construction Association says the shortage of qualified workers has pushed the average annual wage in the sector to just short of $75,000, up 21 per cent in the last five years.
  The association says the average entry-level wage for construction workers is now at more than $22 an
  
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• Federal appeals court overturns West Virginia transgender sports ban

  16-04-2024 18:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned a West Virginia transgender sports ban, finding that the law violates Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools.The ruling Tuesday from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocks a West Virginia law banning transgender girls from playing on girls’ sports teams.The court said the law cannot lawfully be applied to a 13-year-old girl who has been taking puberty-blocking medi
  
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• Ruth and Naomi’s plans 2024 Night of Hope gala to enhance its addiction recovery services in Chilliwack

  16-04-2024 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Ruth and Naomi’s in Chilliwack plans to highlight compelling testimonies from people who have been transformed by recovery at an upcoming fundraising gala.The Night of Hope event happens Friday, May 3 at 6 p.m. at Chilliwack Alliance Church, 8700 Young Road. Attendees are invited to hear powerful testimonies of transformation and hear firsthand the incredible journey from struggle to flourishing from individuals who have overcome addiction.“These stories aren&rsquo
  
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• Celebrini remains top North American prospect in final NHL pre-draft rankings

  16-04-2024 18:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Boston University Macklin Celebrini remained the top North American skater in the NHL Central Scouting Bureau’s final rankings released Tuesday ahead of the 2024 entry draft.
  Celebrini, a 17-year-old freshman from North Vancouver, B.C., led the Terriers with 64 points (32 goals, 32 assists) in 38 games this past season en route to winning the Hobey Baker Memorial Award as the NCAA’s top men’s hockey player.
  He had four goals and four assists in five games for C
  
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• International competition for ideas on how to reuse old Montreal Olympic Stadium roof

  16-04-2024 17:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The organization that oversees Montreal’s Olympic Stadium is holding an international competition to find a second life for the building’s tattered, old roof.
  The Olympic Park has launched a contest on how best to recycle and reuse the materials and components that are set to be dismantled this summer.
  Quebecers will be asked to vote for their favourite among eight ideas selected by a jury.
  In February, the Quebec government announced a project to replace the stadium
  
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• Largest Vaisakhi Day Parade in North America happens this weekend in the Fraser Valley

  16-04-2024 17:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — Mounties in Surrey say they’re gearing up for the largest Vaisakhi Day Parade in North America this weekend, where approximately 500,000 people attend Surrey’s annual parade.Every April, millions of Sikhs worldwide celebrate Vaisakhi Day, a day that commemorates the new year. Considered one of the most important festivals in the Sikh calendar, parades celebrating the event are held in Sikh communities around the world.
  According to a news release from Corporal Sarbjit
  
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• Canada’s Auger-Aliassime outlasts Marterer in marathon match in Munich

  16-04-2024 17:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MUNICH — Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime was pushed to the limit before narrowly defeating Germany’s Maximilian Marterer 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6), and 7-6 (3) in the first round of the Bavarian International Tennis Championships on Tuesday.
  Auger-Aliassime, firing 11 aces, overcame the unseeded Marterer in a marathon match that lasted three hours and 25 minutes on the clay court.
  It was the first-ever career matchup between the two players.
  Auger-Aliassime, ranked 34th in the world, n
  
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• Canadian men get another high-profile test this summer with friendly in France

  16-04-2024 17:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canadian men are getting another high-profile test in advance of this summer’s Copa America.
  Canada Soccer has confirmed the 49th-ranked Canadians will play No. 2 France on June 9 at the Matmut Atlantique in Bordeaux, a 42,115-capacity stadium that is home to Ligue 2’s FC Girondins de Bordeaux. The France game comes three days after a previously announced friendly with the seventh-ranked Netherlands at Stadion Feijenoord in Rotterdam.
  “It’s by playing against the best
  
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• Buffalo Sabres fire head coach Don Granato after extending playoff drought to 13th season

  16-04-2024 16:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Sabres fired head coach Don Granato on Tuesday, making him the seventh coach to be ousted during what’s grown into an NHL-record 13-season playoff drought.
  The move was announced by the team a day after the Sabres closed their season with a 4-2 win at Tampa Bay. They finished with a 39-27-6 record and had been eliminated from playoff contention last week.
  Granato completed his third full season in Buffalo after taking over on an interim basis in the m
  
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• Surrey RCMP appeals for help in finding missing 16-year-old girl

  16-04-2024 15:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — Mounties in Surrey are asking for the public’s help in locating a 16-year-old female who was last seen on Monday, April 15.Police say Keara Sigurdson-Gaffney was reported missing to Surrey RCMP on Monday, Apr. 15. She was last seen Monday at about 5 p.m. in the 1700 block of 152 Street. As of 1:25 a.m. early Tuesday morning, the time when Surrey RCMP sent a news release to media outlets, she has not been seen or heard from since.
  Sigurdson-Gaffney is described as a 16-year-o
  
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• Trump returns to court after first day of his hush money criminal trial ended with no jurors picked

  16-04-2024 15:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump returned to a New York courtroom Tuesday as a judge works to find a panel of jurors who will decide whether the former president is guilty of criminal charges alleging he falsified business records to cover up a sex scandal during the 2016 campaign.The first day of Trump’s history-making hush money trial in Manhattan ended Monday with no one yet chosen to be on the panel of 12 jurors and six alternates. Dozens of people were dismissed after saying they di
  
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• Hockey business is booming as the NHL bounces back from the pandemic in a big way

  16-04-2024 14:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Arenas are full, the NHL is a fixture on TV screens across North America, highlight-reel goals are talking points on a near-daily basis and “The Pat McAfee Show” even has a segment called “Hockey is Awesome.”
  Piece it all together, and more eyes are on the puck than ever before with the playoffs beginning this weekend.
  Business is booming for the NHL, which has bounced back in a major way from the pandemic. Backstopped by new media rights deals, digi
  
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• In the news today: It’s Budget day in Ottawa and March inflation numbers are due out

  16-04-2024 10:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today…
  Freeland to present federal budget today
  Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is finally set to present the federal budget in the House of Commons on Tuesday afternoon, showcasing how the government plans to win back support from disgruntled Canadians worried about the cost of living. 
  The Liberal government has already unveiled significant planks of the budget over th
  
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• Planning next bid to rescue B.C. orca calf will take ‘few days’: Fisheries Department

  16-04-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ZEBALLOS, B.C. — The Department of Fisheries says planning for a new attempt to rescue an orca calf trapped in a Vancouver Island lagoon will be finalized in the next few days but no date has been set.
  It says in a news release that any new attempt to capture and release the young whale will depend on weather and the availability of equipment and personnel.
  An initial attempt to corral the whale in the shallows of the tidal lagoon failed on Friday, after she evaded capture by staying in de
  
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• Fire rages through the 17th-century old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen and its spire has collapsed

  16-04-2024 09:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — One of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings is on fire and its iconic spire has collapsed.
  The roof of the 17th-century old Stock Exchange, or Boersen, that was once Denmark’s financial center, was engulfed in flames Tuesday.
  The building, which is situated next to the Christiansborg Palace where the parliament sits, is a popular tourist attraction. Its distinctive spire, in the shape of the tails of four dragons twined together, reached a height of 56 meter
  
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• More than 70 temporary housing units to open in Chilliwack - CityNews Vancouver

  16-04-2024 07:35 via news.google.com
  
  More than 70 temporary housing units to open in Chilliwack  CityNews Vancouver
  
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• Oilers bite Sharks 9-2, McDavid earns 100th assist

  16-04-2024 06:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Warren Foegele had two goals and Adam Henrique and Dylan Holloway each had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers closed out the home portion of their regular-season schedule with some panache, squashing the San Jose Sharks 9-2 on Monday.
  Connor McDavid had a goal and added his 100th assist of the season, while Corey Perry, Cody Ceci, Evan Bouchard and Zach Hyman all scored for the Oilers (49-25-6) who snapped a two-game losing streak. Edmonton has gone 11-1-2 in its last
  
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• Oilers captain Connor McDavid records 100th assist of NHL season

  16-04-2024 05:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Connor McDavid has achieved something only three other people in the NHL have ever done.
  The Edmonton Oilers captain, who missed his team’s last three games with an undisclosed injury, recorded his 100th assist of the season in Monday’s game against the visiting San Jose Sharks.
  Wayne Gretzky did it 11 times, while Bobby Orr and Mario Lemieux each got there once.
  McDavid hit the milestone at 15:35 of the second period against the Sharks. The captain outwaited a spraw
  
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• NHL roundup: Capitals blank Bruins 2-0 to keep playoff hopes alive

  16-04-2024 04:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  John Carlson scored another big goal, Charlie Lindgren stopped all 16 shots he faced, and the Washington Capitals moved another step closer to the playoffs by beating the Boston Bruins 2-0 on Monday night.
  Nic Dowd sealed it with an empty-netter with 11.7 seconds left, and now a win at Philadelphia on Tuesday night would put Washington back in the playoffs, regardless of other results around the NHL.
  The Capitals, if they make it, would be the second wild card in the Eastern Conference after the
  
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• Panarin scores 49th as Rangers beat Senators 4-0, clinch Presidents’ Trophy

  16-04-2024 04:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Artemi Panarin had a goal and an assist, Igor Shesterkin made 26 saves for his fourth shutout of the season, and the New York Rangers beat the Ottawa Senators 4-0 on Monday night to clinch the Presidents’ Trophy for the NHL’s best regular-season record.
  Jack Roslovic, Adam Fox and Alexis Lafreniere also scored and Chris Kreider had two assists as the Rangers won their league-best 55th game and finished with114 points — both franchise records — and wi
  
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• Raymond scores in OT as Red Wings clip Canadiens 5-4 to keep playoff hopes alive

  16-04-2024 04:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Lucas Raymond scored 4:35 into overtime after he scored a game-tying goal with 1:17 left in regulation, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-4 comeback win over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night that keeps their playoff hopes alive.
  Detroit drew iron on two shots in overtime before Raymond’s shot from the right circle got past Sam Montembeault.
  Brendan Gallagher scored two goals and Montembeault stopped 30 shots for the Canadiens, who scored two early goals and we
  
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• Bassitt provides quality start as Jays top Yankees 3-1 in opener of three-game series

  16-04-2024 03:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Chris Bassitt provided a quality start and Alejandro Kirk had two hits as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the New York Yankees 3-1 on Monday night at Rogers Centre. 
  Bassitt (2-2) held the Yankees to one earned run and four hits over his 6 1/3-inning appearance. Yimi Garcia pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his second save.
  Both teams had four hits in the opener of the three-game series. 
  Toronto scored on a bases-loaded walk and a bases-loaded wild pitch in the second in
  
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• BC United dismisses 3rd place showing in provincial polls, saying polling before 2013 election was way off

  16-04-2024 03:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — BC United has dismissed its third-place position in the most recent political poll released this past week, saying previous polls leading up to the 2013 election were wildly off base.
  A poll from Liaison Strategies released on Friday (Apr. 12) shows the BC NDP leading the surging B.C. Conservatives by only single digits, 38-34. BC United registered only 16 per cent, following by the BC Greens in fourth at 11 per cent, in the Liaison Strategies poll.In an email sent to supporter
  
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• A knife attack in Australia against a bishop and a priest is being treated as terrorism, police say

  16-04-2024 02:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SYDNEY (AP) — Australian police say a knife attack in Sydney that wounded a bishop and a priest during a church service as horrified worshippers watched online and in person was an act of terrorism.
  Police arrested a 16-year-old boy Tuesday after the stabbing at Christ the Good Shepherd Church that injured Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel and a priest. Both are expected to survive.New South Wales Police Commissioner Karen Webb said the suspect’s comments pointed to a religious motive for the
  
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