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• 'Vulnerability' rate among Chilliwack school kids is high but on the decline - Chilliwack Times

  01-12-2016 23:01
  
  'Vulnerability' rate among Chilliwack school kids is high but on the decline
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  One in three children in Chilliwack were found to be 'vulnerable' when they start school. — image credit: MetroCreative. by Paul J. Henderson - Chilliwack Times; Chilliwack posted Dec 1, 2016 at 1:00 PM. One in three Chilliwack children entering their ...
  
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• Vancouver Island land transferred in deal between province and two First Nations

  12-05-2024 14:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The B.C. government and two First Nations communities have agreed to a deal that will see the transfer of a 312 hectare land parcel on Vancouver Island to the Lyackson First Nation and Cowichan Tribes.
  The land is valued at $8.55 million and was recently purchased by the province from Mosaic Forest Management.
  The province says the deal will see the Lyackson First Nation and Cowichan Tribes hold the land in partnership until a plan to divide the parcel is put in place.
  The provi
  
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• Canada Post cracks down on Nunavut loophole to get free Amazon Prime shipping

  12-05-2024 14:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Amanda Eecherk is worried her grocery bills will skyrocket after Canada Post closed a loophole that people across Nunavut were using to stock their pantries with items shipped for free through Amazon Prime.
  A can of tomatoes costs $10 in Rankin Inlet, says the 42-year-old mother.
  But with a slight change to her postal code when purchasing through Amazon, Eecherk could get almost 10 cans sent to the hamlet on the northwestern side of Hudson Bay for the same cost.
  “Amazon provided the relief
  
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• An apartment block collapses in a Russian border city after heavy shelling, with deaths reported

  12-05-2024 13:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  An apartment block partially collapsed in the Russian border city of Belgorod Sunday. Officials blamed Ukrainian shelling and said there were deaths.
  Online footage showed rescuers searching for survivors among the remnants of the building’s stairwell, then fleeing the scene as part of the roof crashed to the ground.
  In a statement, Russia’s Investigative Committee, the country’s top law enforcement agency, said that the 10-story block had been hit by Ukrainian shelling. It sai
  
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• RCMP boss expresses desire for new law to deal with threats against politicians

  12-05-2024 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — RCMP commissioner Mike Duheme says he wants the government to look at drafting a new law that would make it easier for police to pursue charges against people who threaten elected officials.
  The Mounties are seeing an increase in invective directed at politicians, including comments from the same individuals on multiple occasions, Duheme said in an interview.
  However, often the behaviour does not meet the Criminal Code threshold for laying a charge of uttering threats.
  “So t
  
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• Northvolt should turn Quebec into a major EV player. So why are people so unhappy?

  12-05-2024 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — In late September, Quebec Premier François Legault announced his government had attracted the largest private manufacturing investment in the province’s history, which he said would transform Quebec into a global player in the electric vehicle supply chain.
  He lauded it as the “greenest electric battery factory in the world,” but since then, the $7-billion project has managed to anger many across the province — particularly environmentalists.
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• NHL roundup: Hurricanes avoid being swept with 4-3 win over Rangers

  12-05-2024 07:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Brady Skjei scored on the power play with 3:11 left in the third period to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 4-3 on Saturday night, staving off a sweep by winning Game 4 of the second-round playoff series.
  Skjei’s shot from the point came off a feed from Tuevo Teravainen, with the puck zipping past Igor Shesterkin to catch the post and bang into the net. That was Carolina’s first goal with the man advantage in 17 attempts in the series,
  
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• Seguin, Stankoven each score twice to power Stars’ 4-1 win over Avalanche

  12-05-2024 07:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER (AP) — Tyler Seguin scored the tiebreaking goal in the second period and added an empty-netter in the third, and Dallas goaltender Jake Oettinger made it all hold up, powering the Stars to a 4-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night for a 2-1 lead in their Western Conference second-round series.
  The Avs pulled goaltender Alexander Georgiev with just under 2 minutes remaining and Seguin scored an empty-netter with 1:37 to go to make it 3-1, and Logan Stankoven, who scored
  
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• Boston beats Montreal 2-1 in triple overtime to take 2-0 lead in PWHL semifinal

  12-05-2024 07:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAVAL, Que. — As the clock struck midnight, the scoreboard art Place Bell marked the arrival of Mother’s Day by showing a picture of Marie-Philip Poulin and her mom.
  A few minutes after the sellout crowd of 10,1723 celebrated the holiday, there was a moment of shock as Taylor Wenczkowski scored at 11:44 of triple overtime to give Boston a 2-1 win over Montreal in Professional Women’s Hockey League playoff action.
  Amanda Pelkey gave Boston a 1-0 lead at 6:48 of the first period,
  
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• Tatum scores 33 points, Celtics rebound to beat Cavs 106-93

  12-05-2024 05:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored 33 points, Jaylen Brown added 28 and the Boston Celtics looked more like themselves after stumbling at home, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 106-93 on Saturday night in Game 3 to take a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
  The top-seeded Celtics didn’t mess around after dropping Game 2 on their home parquet floor by 24.
  That lacklustre performance — Boston was favoured by double digits — was reminiscent of the first round, wh
  
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• NBA roundup: Mavericks take 2-1 series lead with 105-101 win over Thunder

  12-05-2024 05:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving scored 22 points, including a running left-hander in the lane in the final minute to help Dallas hold on, and the Mavericks beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 105-101 on Saturday for a 2-1 lead in the NBA’s best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals.
  Luka Doncic also had 22 points to go with 15 rebounds, and P.J. Washington scored 27, just two shy of his playoff high from the previous game.
  Canadian Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 31 points, 10 rebounds and four b
  
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• New York City FC holds on to defeat Toronto FC 3-2 in ill-tempered MLS match

  12-05-2024 04:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Santi Rodriguez, Malachi Jones and Andres Perea scored and New York City FC held on to defeat Toronto FC 3-2 in an ill-tempered MLS game Saturday, ending TFC’s five-game winning streak across all competitions.
  For the 20-year-old Jones, a teammate of Toronto rookie Tyrese Spicer at Lipscomb University, it was his first MLS goal in his first start.
  Federico Bernardeschi and substitute Raoul Petretta scored for Toronto, which trailed 2-0 at the break. 
  Petretta’s g
  
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• Skjei helps Hurricanes beat Rangers 4-3 to extend playoff series

  12-05-2024 03:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Brady Skjei scored on the power play with 3:11 left to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 4-3 on Saturday night, staving off a sweep by winning Game 4 of the second-round playoff series.
  Skjei’s shot from the point came off a feed from Tuevo Teravainen, with the puck zipping past Igor Shesterkin to catch the post and bang into the net. That was Carolina’s first goal with the man advantage in 17 tries in the series, and it finally pushed
  
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• Fans flock to Stade Saputo as ‘Messi Mania’ arrives in Montreal: ‘This is just crazy’

  12-05-2024 02:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Lionel Messi superfan Pier-Marc Brunelle is finally getting the chance to see his idol play live.
  And he can’t believe that it’s happening in Montreal of all places.
  Brunelle, 25, travelled to Europe on separate occasions hoping to see Messi play for FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, but the Argentine superstar didn’t take the pitch either time.
  On Saturday, Brunelle was one of thousands of fans who flocked to Stade Saputo early as Messi’s Inter Miami
  
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• Sagstrom, Zhang break away in Founders Cup, dashing Korda’s bid for record sixth straight win on LPGA Tour

  12-05-2024 01:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — Madelene Sagstrom and Rose Zhang left Nelly Korda and everyone else way behind Saturday in the Cognizant Founders Cup.
  Trying to win a record sixth straight LPGA Tour event, Korda was 11 shots behind Sagstrom and 10 back of two-time NCAA champion Zhang with a round left at Upper Montclair Country Club.
  After months of near-perfect play, Korda inexplicably hit bad drives, found bunkers from the fairway and missed short putts. She shot a 1-over 73.
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• Police announce arrest of fourth suspect in Sikh activist Nijjar’s death

  12-05-2024 01:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — Police have charged a fourth Indian national in last year’s killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says 22-year-old Amandeep Singh was already in the custody of Peel Regional Police in Ontario for unrelated firearms charges.
  Investigators say the evidence in the Nijjar case was “sufficient” for the BC Prosecution Service to charge Singh with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
  They say no further
  
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• Police announce arrest of fourth suspect in B.C. Sikh activist Nijjar’s death

  12-05-2024 01:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — A fourth Indian national living in Canada has been charged in last year’s killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar outside of a temple in British Columbia.
  The province’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said in a release Saturday that 22-year-old Amandeep Singh was already in the custody of Peel Regional Police in Ontario for unrelated firearms charges.
  “IHIT pursued the evidence and gained sufficient information for the BC Prosecution Service t
  
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• PWHL New York changing coaches as Draper steps down, returns to Alberta

  12-05-2024 01:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PWHL New York is changing coaches after reaching a mutual agreement with Howie Draper, who decided to step down and return to his former job coaching the University of Alberta women’s hockey program, the league announced Saturday.
  The move comes a week after the Professional Women’s Hockey League closed its inaugural season with New York finishing last in the six-team standings with a 9-12-3 record.
  As part of the agreement, Draper will remain involved with New York in a special advi
  
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• Lionel Messi in Inter Miami’s starting 11 against CF Montreal

  12-05-2024 01:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Messi Mania has arrived in Canada.
  Lionel Messi is part of Inter Miami CF’s starting 11 for Saturday’s Major League Soccer match against CF Montreal at Stade Saputo.
  Messi — considered by many as the best player ever — is joined by fellow former FC Barcelona stars Luis Suarez and Sergio Busquets in the starting lineup.
  The 36-year-old Messi enters the match with 10 goals and 12 assists in eight league games after a record-setting one-goal, five-assist sho
  
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• Irving, Doncic help Mavs hold off Thunder for 2-1 lead in West semis

  12-05-2024 01:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving scored 22 points, including a running left-hander in the lane in the final minute to help Dallas hold on, and the Mavericks beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 105-101 on Saturday for a 2-1 lead in the NBA Western Conference semifinals.
  Luka Doncic also had 22 points to go with 15 rebounds, and P.J. Washington scored 27, just two shy of his playoff high from Dallas’ Game 2 victory.
  Canadian Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 31 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks, but
  
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• Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s three RBIs help Blue Jays rally past Twins 10-8

  12-05-2024 00:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went 4 for 5 with three RBIs, a run, and a stolen base as the Toronto Blue Jays rallied past the Minnesota Twins 10-8 on Saturday.
  Ernie Clement’s RBI single in the seventh inning gave Toronto (18-21) its first lead of the game. The Blue Jays reeled off seven unanswered runs in the comeback.
  Danny Jansen had a two-run homer, while Bo Bichette and Davis Schneider each had a solo shot in Toronto’s offensive surge. Schneider also had a sacrifice fly
  
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• McIntosh looks for more success, Acevedo takes veteran role at Canadian swim trials

  12-05-2024 00:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Summer McIntosh and Javier Acevedo, representing the young and old hands of the Canadian Swimming squad, met poolside for what turned out to be an awkward greeting on Saturday.
  The 26-year-old Acevedo bungled the last part of a new handshake devised by his younger Canadian teammates on the eve of the 2024 Olympic & Paralympic Swimming Trials at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre.
  “I guess I’m too old, or you’re just too young,” Acevedo told McIntosh, 17.
  
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• Bear attack near Squamish sends woman to hospital

  11-05-2024 23:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SQUAMISH— Officials say a woman was attacked by a bear while she was walking her dog at a nature estuary in Squamish.
  British Columbia’s Conservation Officer Service says in a Facebook post that the trails have been closed since the attack happened Friday, when the woman was walking her dog and it ran off into thick bush.
  Officers say the woman then noticed two bear cubs and was “suddenly charged” by an accompanying female bear, suffering non-life-threatening injuries in
  
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• Trails closed after bear attacks woman at estuary in Squamish, B.C.

  11-05-2024 23:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SQUAMISH, B.C. — Officials say a woman was attacked by a bear while she was walking her dog at a nature estuary in Squamish, B.C.
  British Columbia’s Conservation Officer Service says in a Facebook post that the trails have been closed since the attack happened Friday, when the woman was walking her dog and it ran off into thick bush.
  Officers say the woman then noticed two bear cubs and was “suddenly charged” by an accompanying female bear, suffering non-life-threatening
  
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• Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime advances to third round at Italian Open

  11-05-2024 22:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROME — Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime continued his successful run on clay with a 6-1, 7-6 (8) win over Dutch qualifier Botic van de Zandschulp in second-round action Saturday at the Italian Open.
  Auger-Aliassime had four breaks in the match that went just under two hours five minutes, including a crucial break to cut van de Zandschulp’s lead in the second set to 5-4.
  Down 6-5 later in the set, Auger-Aliassime fought off set point to hold and force a tiebreaker. The 23-year-o
  
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• Growing wildfire near Fort Nelson, B.C., brings heavy smoke, telecom disruptions

  11-05-2024 21:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The wildfire that forced thousands to evacuate from a northeast British Columbia town doubled in size early Saturday and is now burning merely a few kilometres west of the city limits.
  The BC Wildfire Service said the Parker Lake fire near Fort Nelson, B.C., reached almost 17 square kilometres in size overnight, up from the eight square kilometres reported late Friday.
  It also knocked out 911 service and disrupted telecommunications in Yukon and Northern B.C., with officials in the territory ask
  
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• Former Liberal cabinet minister and MP Jim Peterson dies at 82, family says

  11-05-2024 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Jim Peterson, a long-time member of Parliament from Toronto and former Liberal cabinet minister, has died at the age of 82.
  Former Ontario Premier David Peterson confirmed the death to The Canadian Press, saying his brother Jim had a heart attack at his farm on Friday.
  David Peterson described his brother as generous, well-respected and accomplished, adding  his wife remains strong as she faces a difficult loss.
  Peterson represented the Toronto riding of Willowdale throughou
  
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• City reminds Chilliwack residents to be prepared for any emergency

  11-05-2024 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack is reminding residents of the importance of planning ahead to be prepared for an emergency.In a social media post, the City says there are three key steps to take to be prepared for the unexpected – make a plan, get a kit, and be informed.
  The city website offers a series of tips to help residents take the necessary steps to be prepared in times of a crisis. It says knowing the risks such as flooding, heat and earthquakes can help you and your fami
  
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• Ron Ellis, who played over 1,000 games with Maple Leafs, dead at 79

  11-05-2024 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ron Ellis, who played over 1,000 games with the Toronto Maple Leafs and was a member of Canada’s team at the 1972 Summit Series, has died at age 79.
  The Maple Leafs confirmed Ellis’s death on social media Saturday. A cause of death was not given.
  Ellis played his entire 15-season NHL career in Toronto and had 640 points (332 goals, 308 assists) over 1,034 games. He is one of five players to reach 1,000 games with the club. He was a four-time all-star and member of the
  
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• Edmonton police clear pro-Palestinian encampment at University of Alberta

  11-05-2024 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Edmonton police cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Alberta early Saturday morning, one of several measures authorities have taken in recent days to crack down on campus protesters at sites across the country.
  The Edmonton Police Service said it repeatedly gave campus demonstrators notice that they were breaching university policy and provincial trespassing laws. Officers issued a final warning just after 4:30 a.m. and escorted demonstrators from the north campus quad follo
  
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