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• U.S. tells Saudis to hold ‘accountable’ killers of journalist - Chilliwack Progress

  15-01-2019 00:15
  U.S. tells Saudis to hold ‘accountable’ killers of journalist  Chilliwack ProgressU.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he told the king and crown prince of Saudi Arabia on Monday that the Trump administration expects the kingdom to ...
  
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• Over 180 garage sales happening in Chilliwack this weekend

  11-05-2024 00:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Not only is it Mother’s Day weekend in town, there will be a whole lot of second-hand thrift buying throughout Chilliwack on Saturday, May 11.The City of Chilliwack’s City-Wide Garage Sale is a spring tradition that offers households throughout Chilliwack, Sardis, Yarrow, Greendale, Eastern Hillsides, Rosedale and everywhere in between the chance to offload their unwanted goods and put the proceeds to good use.“The City-Wide Garage Sale is a unique opportunit
  
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• Tickets still available as ‘Messi Mania’ visits CF Montreal; club expects a sellout

  10-05-2024 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Tickets are still available for “Messi Mania” in Montreal — if you’re willing to pay up.
  Montreal hosts Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami CF in Major League Soccer action Saturday at Stade Saputo as the global icon makes his first professional trip to Canada.
  As of late Friday afternoon multiple sections at the 19,619-capacity venue had more than 40 seats remaining (not including resale tickets) and one section had more than 75.
  The cheapest ticket availab
  
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• Major geomagnetic storm associated with solar flares hitting all of Canada

  10-05-2024 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s space weather agency is warning of a “major geomagnetic storm” that is hitting the country and could have severe impacts on power systems and other infrastructure. 
  Space Weather Canada says the storm that is associated with massive solar flares was striking all of Canada Friday afternoon.
  The U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration issued its first geomagnetic storm watch since 2005 and says the storm is a “potentially hist
  
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• B.C. finance minister says she will retire following provincial election this fall

  10-05-2024 23:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CASTLEGAR, B.C. — British Columbia’s finance minister says she won’t be running again in the next provincial election after serving in the legislature for nearly two decades.
  Katrine Conroy says it will be hard to leave the people she’s worked with over the years, but at 66, it’s time to step back to spend time with her family.
  She has held several portfolios under the New Democrat government and says it’s too hard to settle on a “greatest accomplishment
  
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• Strong solar storm hits Earth, could disrupt communications and produce northern lights in US

  10-05-2024 23:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth could produce northern lights in the U.S. this weekend and potentially disrupt power and communications.
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a rare severe geomagnetic storm warning when a solar outburst reached Earth on Friday afternoon, hours sooner than anticipated. The effects were due to last through the weekend and possibly into next week.
  NOAA alerted operators of power plants and spacecr
  
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• US says Israel’s use of US arms likely violated international law, but evidence is incomplete

  10-05-2024 23:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Friday that Israel’s use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law but wartime conditions prevented U.S. officials from determining that for certain in specific airstrikes.
  The administration’s findings of “reasonable” evidence to conclude that its ally had breached international law in its conduct of the war in Gaza, released in a summary of a report being delivered to Congress on
  
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• B.C. halts new jade mining in northwest, five-year transition for existing operations

  10-05-2024 22:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia has prohibited mining activities on new jade tenures in the northwest, while setting a five-year wind-down period for existing operators.
  A statement from the Ministry of Energy and Mines says officials have been working closely with First Nations to address concerns about the effects of jade mining on sensitive alpine environments in the area near Dease Lake.
  It says an order under the Environment and Land Use Act was necessary to protect the area from further
  
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• Trudeau says Meta news ban degrades safety while it makes billions off communities

  10-05-2024 22:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WEST KELOWNA, B.C. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada’s dispute with Meta is a “test moment” for the country to stand against the social media giant that’s making billions off people, but taking no responsibility for the well-being of communities they profit from. 
  Trudeau made his comments in West Kelowna, one of several B.C. communities involved in evacuations of thousands of people last summer, while information about wildfires and escape routes wer
  
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• Canucks viewing party set for Abbotsford

  10-05-2024 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Canucks fever is growing as the NHL club prepares for game two of their second round playoff series with the Edmonton Oilers. Viewing parties are being staged throughout the province including in Abbotsford.
  ABBOTSFORD CENTRE SET TO HOST CANUCKS STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS VIEWING PARTY
  #Canucks Viewing Party for Game 2 is now on sale!
  Watch the live feed on the video board with game day energy and in-arena highs for the second game of Round 2!
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• Canada abstains on Palestine recognition at UN, open to statehood before peace

  10-05-2024 21:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada has abstained from another United Nations vote aimed at formally recognizing Palestine, while opening the door to supporting statehood before the end of the current conflict.
  The federal Liberals are also announcing more sanctions against Hamas and Iran, but have yet to follow through on a promise three months ago to sanction West Bank settlers.
  The UN General Assembly voted by a wide margin this morning to grant the Palestinian delegation more procedural rights in UN forum
  
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• Suspect in fatal hit-and-run in Montreal area turns himself in to police

  10-05-2024 21:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAVAL, Que. — The suspect in a hit-and-run that killed a 30-year-old man in the Montreal area on Thursday has turned himself in to police. 
  Provincial police Sgt. Hugues Beaulieu says major crimes officers arrested a man in his 40s, who is scheduled to appear in court later in the day.
  On Thursday, around 5:15 a.m., a man in his 30s was struck and killed while he was changing a tire on the Gédéon-Ouime Bridge, which connects Laval, Que., with Boisbriand, Que.
  Police rele
  
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• Oilers star Leon Draisaitl questionable for Game 2 vs. Canucks

  10-05-2024 21:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Edmonton Oilers star Leon Draisaitl is questionable for Game 2 against the Vancouver Canucks on Friday.
  The 28-year-old German forward appeared to be in pain late in Edmonton’s dramatic 5-4 loss to the Canucks Wednesday. He didn’t participate in practice on Thursday or in the Oilers’ optional pre-game skate on Friday. 
  Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch said Draisaitl was dealing with “cramping and equipment issues.”
  “I’m feeling a l
  
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• CP NewsAlert: B.C. confident that cybersecurity attacks were state directed

  10-05-2024 21:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The head of British Columbia’s public service says there’s high confidence that cybersecurity attacks targeting the provincial government’s networks were conducted by a state or state-sponsored actor.
  Shannon Salter says there’s no evidence sensitive information was compromised in the incidents that were revealed by Premier David Eby on Wednesday.
  Eby had called the attacks “sophisticated” and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth said later that p
  
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• Kylian Mbappé announces he’s leaving Paris Saint-Germain

  10-05-2024 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — Kylian Mbappé announced Friday on social media that he is leaving Paris Saint-Germain, an expected move for the French superstar who is expected to join Real Madrid.
  Mbappé said on X that he will play his final home game on Sunday against Toulouse.
  “I never thought it would be this difficult to leave my country,” he said in the video post, adding that he will face a new challenge after seven years with the club.
  The Associated Press
  
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• CF Montreal prepares for ‘Messi Mania’ as Inter Miami visits Canada

  10-05-2024 21:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal captain Samuel Piette says he’s pinching himself knowing he might come face-to-face with Lionel Messi.
  Montreal hosts Messi’s Inter Miami CF in Major League Soccer action Saturday at Stade Saputo as the global icon makes his first professional trip to Canada.
  The Argentine superstar — widely considered the greatest player of all time — is an eight-time Ballon d’Or recipient, a four-time Champions League winner and a World Cup champion.
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• Canada pitches in $76 million for ‘faster’ German air-defence in Ukraine

  10-05-2024 21:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Defence Minister Bill Blair is announcing $76 million for an effort led by Germany to help Ukraine defend itself from Russian missiles and aircraft.
  Blair has signed an agreement with his German counterpart, Boris Pistorius, which will have Ottawa join a project with allies to provide air-defence systems to Ukraine.
  In January 2023, Canada spent $400 million to send an American air-defence system to Ukraine, which Blair says is still being manufactured.
  He says the lag in producti
  
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• Major upgrade of weather radar stations could hasten severe weather warnings

  10-05-2024 20:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Environment Canada can now spot and issue warnings about severe weather faster and more precisely with 32 newly upgraded weather radar stations across the country.
  Standing almost as tall as a 10-story building, each tower is equipped with a giant white sphere that uses microwave energy to scan for signs of bad weather like rain, ice or snow.
  The new towers cost between $4 million and $5 million each and provide 10 times as much data as those they replaced.
  Each tower can scan an
  
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• Italian star Lorenzo Insigne set to return for Toronto FC for New York City FC visit

  10-05-2024 20:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A victory over visiting New York City FC on Saturday and Toronto FC can match its entire points total of last season when it finished last in the league at 4-20-10.
  And that’s with Toronto (6-4-1) having 22 matches remaining in the regular season after weekend play.
  There’s more good news with word that Italian star Lorenzo Insigne will return Saturday after missing the last eight games in all competitions with a hamstring issue.
  “He’ll play (Saturday),&rd
  
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• Police launch assault investigation into incidents at UVic’s protest encampment

  10-05-2024 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAANICH, B.C. — Police in Saanich, B.C., say an assault investigation is underway following two alleged incidents at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the grounds of the University of Victoria.
  Deputy Chief Robert Warren says in a statement the investigation started when special Saanich duty officers at the campus were informed of two alleged incidents earlier this week at the encampment.
  A group of people set up tents in what they called the “People’s Park UVic,” o
  
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• Chilliwack and Fraser Valley expected to get a view of northern lights Friday

  10-05-2024 19:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued its first geomagnetic storm watch in nearly 20 years. An unusually strong solar storm headed toward Earth could disrupt power and communications starting tonight while producing spectacular auroras.
  NOAA has already has alerted operators of power plants and spacecraft in orbit to take precautions.
  While the situation may lead to problems for some, the storm could produce spectacular displays of northern lights
  
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• Last year’s runner-up Germany tops Slovakia at ice hockey worlds

  10-05-2024 19:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PRAGUE (AP) — Last year’s runner-up Germany topped Slovakia 6-4 to open the ice hockey world championship on Friday.
  Dominik Kahun, Jonas Muller, Lukas Kalble, Marc Michaelis, Leonhard Pfoderl and Tobias Eder had a goal each for the Germans and Philipp Grubauer stopped 35 shots in the Group B game in the eastern city of Ostrava.
  Marek Hrivik, Martin Fehervary, Libor Hudacek and Matus Sukel scored for the Slovaks, who outshot the Germans 39-22, including 18-7 in the final period.
  In G
  
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• Canadian Blood Services apologizes to LGBTQ+ groups for donation ban

  10-05-2024 19:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canadian Blood Services says it has apologized to LGBTQ+ groups for a past policy that banned gay and bisexual men from donating blood.
  The ban was in place until 2022, when it was replaced by new rules under which all donors are asked the same questions about their sexual behaviour.
  The blood-donor service says CEO Graham Sher apologized to LGBTQ+ community members in person at an event in Ottawa this morning.
  Sher said in a release the group regrets that the policy contributed t
  
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• Mayor says Ottawa will reverse course on Israel national day event after cancellation

  10-05-2024 18:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says he wants the city to reverse course after cancelling an event to mark Israel’s national day.Officials announced on Tuesday they planned to raise the Israeli flag at city hall next week, but they cancelled the usual ceremony, saying it posed a risk to public safety.
  The decision was panned by Jewish community advocates and politicians, including Sutcliffe.
  Today, the mayor says he has asked the city, police and the Jewish Federation of Ottawa to co-ordinate
  
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• Maple Leafs captain John Tavares added to Canada’s world hockey championship roster

  10-05-2024 18:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PRAGUE, Czechia — Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares has been added to the Canadian roster at the world men’s hockey championship, Hockey Canada announced Friday.
  Tavares became available after the Leafs were eliminated by the Boston Bruins in seven games in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
  It will be the fourth time Tavares has suited up for Canada at the world championship, but the first since 2012.
  The 33-year-old has helped Canada win gold at the 2014 Sochi Olym
  
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• Gaza protest encampment grows on Edmonton campus after Calgary sit-in ended by police

  10-05-2024 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — A campus protest encampment at the University of Alberta was ramping up a day after a similar sit-in in Calgary was shut down amid the loud noise and haze of flashbang explosives as police clashed with demonstrators.
  On the central grassy area of the Edmonton campus Friday, about 35 small tents were set up close together. There were Palestinian flags, both cloth versions and hand-painted cardboard ones.
  Early-rising demonstrators, most in their early 20s, sipped coffee as the su
  
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• Richmond RCMP issue violation tickets for insecure load on Highway 91

  10-05-2024 18:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND — The Richmond RCMP Road Safety Unit dealt with an unusual situation that involved a flat-deck truck transporting large trees along Highway 91 recently. During a routine patrol, an office spotted the vehicle and stopped it over concern of the load.
  Images taken by RCMP during the April 27 traffic stop showed the limbs of the trees hanging off the flat-deck in a number of directions as well as hanging off the back of the vehicle and dragging on the road.
  Image”: contributed b
  
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• ‘We’re here to win’: New MLSE president backs Shanahan, Treliving

  10-05-2024 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Maple Leafs’ key decision makers spoke with the media today for the first time since the team’s first-round playoff exit.
  The message was clear — everything is on the table moving forward, and past results are unacceptable.
  New Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment president Keith Pelley, team president Brendan Shanahan and general manager Brad Treliving fielded questions from reporters for roughly 45 minutes on the path forward for an organization that has
  
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• B.C. light-heavyweight boxer Buneet Bisla goes after Canadian title on Victoria card

  10-05-2024 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Since taking up taekwondo at the age of four, Buneet Bisla has won an armful of armful of amateur boxing and kickboxing titles.
  On Saturday, the 26-year-old from Surrey, B.C., looks to add to that collection when he faces Manitoba’s Devin Tomko in Victoria for the vacant Canadian light-heavyweight boxing title.
  The two meet in the main event of Champ Promotions’ “Round 4” card at G.R. Pearkes Recreation Centre.
  “The hard work’s been done,” said Bisla. &l
  
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• Compensation in property case should be guided by zoning as watershed area: top court

  10-05-2024 17:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says the zoning of a St. John’s, N.L., property as a watershed area should guide the process of compensating the owners for expropriation of the land.
  In a 7-0 ruling today, the top court says compensation should be assessed based on the limited uses allowed by the zoning, not as if a housing development could have proceeded.
  A formal application by the owners to develop the property was rejected in 2013, and a court declared the land had been con
  
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