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• Victims, including three Canadians, claim former Harrods boss Al Fayed was a ‘monster’ who abused young women, lawyers say

  20-09-2024 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — Lawyers in Britain representing dozens of alleged victims — including three Canadians — of Mohamed Al Fayed, the former boss of Harrods, said Friday their clients assert that he was a “monster” who raped and sexually abused young women.
  Lawyer Bruce Drummond said three of Al Fayed’s alleged victims were from Canada, including one who was “seriously, seriously assaulted when she was 16.”
  At a press briefing in London on Friday in the w
  
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• Joly convenes fellow women foreign ministers to talk harassment, equity in politics

  20-09-2024 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is convening female foreign ministers from a dozen countries to talk about women’s participation in governance and issues like online harassment.
  Joly is co-hosting a two-day meeting in Toronto with her Jamaican counterpart, Kamina Johnson Smith, and foreign ministers from countries ranging from Ghana and Indonesia to Nepal and Romania.
  The gathering follows a 2018 meeting in Montreal, as well as informal discussions on the sideli
  
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• Dutch prosecutors say man arrested after fatal stabbing is suspected of a terrorist motive

  20-09-2024 17:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch prosecutors say that a 22-year-old man arrested after a fatal stabbing in Rotterdam that left one person dead and another seriously wounded is suspected of murder and attempted murder with terrorist intent.
  The Rotterdam public prosecution service said Friday that investigations into the suspect, whose identity has not been released, uncovered “ indications that the suspect may be ideologically driven. For example, the suspect shouted Allahu akbar
  
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• Could a cap on grad students from abroad hurt more than help? Experts raise the alarm

  20-09-2024 17:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Experts are raising questions about the need for the federal government’s planned cap on international graduate students, and suggesting it may prompt some top talent to look elsewhere.Students attending master’s, doctoral and postdoctoral courses were previously exempt from the overall cap on international students that Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced in January but they are now included in a further reduction of student visas he announced this week.Miller
  
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• Canada Soccer waiting on drone spying review findings, Priestman still getting paid

  20-09-2024 16:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Nearly two months after announcing an independent, external review into the Paris Olympics drone spying scandal, Canada Soccer — like everyone else — is waiting on its findings.
  Canada women’s coach Bev Priestman, assistant coach Jasmine Mander and analyst Joseph Lombardi are serving one-year FIFA suspensions in the wake of New Zealand’s Olympic Committee filing a complaint with the International Olympic Committee’s integrity unit, alleging drones were flown over a
  
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• Supreme Court leaves Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein off the ballot in Nevada

  20-09-2024 16:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from Nevada’s Green Party seeking to include presidential candidate Jill Stein on the ballot in the battleground state.
  The court’s order Friday, without any noted dissents, allows ballot preparation and printing to proceed in Nevada without Stein and other Green Party candidates included.
  The outcome is a victory for Democrats who had challenged the Greens’ inclusion on the ballot in a state with a hist
  
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• Hezbollah hits northern Israel with 140 rockets

  20-09-2024 13:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets Friday, a day after the militant group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed to retaliate against Israel for a mass bombing attack, the Israeli military and the militant group said.
  Israel’s military said the rockets came in three waves Friday afternoon targeting sites along the ravaged border with Lebanon.
  Hezbollah said it had targeted several sites along the border with Katyusha rockets, including multiple air def
  
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• In the news today: Eby ready to take campaign bus on test drive

  20-09-2024 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Eby ready to take campaign bus on test drive
  A day before the official start, British Columbia’s election campaign sees B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad and Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau speaking to municipal leaders, while NDP Leader David Eby is gearing up to get his campaign bus rolling.
  Eby spoke to local politicians yesterday at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention, as they p
  
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• Some key issues to watch for in B.C.’s provincial election campaign

  20-09-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia provincial election campaign is expected to officially kick off Saturday, but party leaders have been vying for votes for months in the lead up to the Oct. 19 fixed election day.
  Here’s a look at some of the issues that are expected to be front and centre over the next month and what the political parties have said about them so far.
  Health Care
  B.C. Conservatives promise significant changes to the system, including sending people outside the province
  
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• B.C. election campaign starts Saturday; but Eby takes bus on test run, Rustad at UBCM

  20-09-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A day before the official start, British Columbia’s election campaign sees B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad and Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau speaking to municipal leaders, while NDP Leader David Eby is gearing up to get his campaign bus rolling.
  Eby spoke to local politicians yesterday at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention, as they presented a laundry list of concerns for the provincial government at the meeting, from homelessness to the overdose crisis
  
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• A look back at nearly three decades of British Columbia provincial elections

  20-09-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  British Columbians are voting in the next provincial election on Oct. 19. The NDP is hoping to hold on to power, while those on the right are running in a new political landscape after the former Opposition BC United folded and its Leader Kevin Falcon placed his support behind the B.C. Conservatives.
  Here’s a look at B.C. elections over the past three decades:
  British Columbia New Democratic Party, 1996
  The NDP win a majority government under Glen Clark despite Gordon Campbell’s Libe
  
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• Ashleigh Buhai leads on LPGA Tour and Nelly Korda shows no sign of Solheim fatigue

  20-09-2024 02:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MAINEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Nelly Korda had a tough time getting out of bed Thursday morning. Any Solheim Cup fatigue had no bearing on her standard of golf, a bogey-free 67 in the Kroger Queen City Championship that left her two shots behind Ashleigh Buhai.
  Korda and Leona Maguire, who also had a 5-under 67, are among 11 players who competed in the Solheim Cup last week and got right back to work at the TPC River’s Bend. Savannah Grewal of Mississauga, Ont., also had a 67 on the day to
  
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• Kentucky sheriff charged in slaying of judge at courthouse

  20-09-2024 02:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WHITESBURG, Ky. (AP) — A judge in a rural Kentucky county was shot and killed at the local courthouse on Thursday, and the local sheriff was charged in the shocking slaying, police said.
  The governor said the judge was fatally shot in his chambers. The preliminary investigation indicates that the sheriff shot Mullins following an argument inside the courthouse, police said.
  District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was hit multiple times in the shooting, Kentucky State Police said. The judge was p
  
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• Shohei Ohtani becomes the first major league player with 50 homers, 50 stolen bases in a season

  20-09-2024 01:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Shohei Ohtani became the first major league player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season, with the Los Angeles Dodgers star going deep twice to reach the half-century mark and swiping two bags to get to 51 against the Miami Marlins on Thursday.
  Ohtani hit his 50th homer in the seventh inning, an opposite-field, two-run shot to left against Marlins reliever Mike Baumann. One inning earlier, he hit his 49th, launching a 1-1 slider from George Soriano 438 feet to the
  
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• Canucks training camp ‘nerve wracking’ for new addition DeBrusk

  20-09-2024 01:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PENTICTON, B.C. — Jake DeBrusk had a bit of an unfamiliar feeling as he prepared to hit the ice with his Vancouver Canucks teammates Thursday — butterflies.
  The 27-year-old winger is no stranger to NHL training camps, but after seven seasons with the Boston Bruins, Thursday marked his first time skating with a new team.
  “It was actually pretty nerve wracking. I was a little nervous going out there,” DeBrusk said after the Canucks’ first day of training camp in Penti
  
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• Woman dies, watchdog notified after police shooting in Surrey, B.C.

  20-09-2024 00:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — British Columbia’s independent police watchdog has been notified after a women was shot and killed by police in Surrey, B.C.RCMP say in happened Thursday when police were called to a disturbance at a home at about 4:40 a.m.
  Police say they found a woman barricaded in a room. She was reportedly holding a weapon next to a young child, and one officer fired their weapon during an interaction with the woman.The woman died at the scene despite immediate medical treatment.
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• MPs want Canadians tied to alleged Russian influencer op to testify at committee

  20-09-2024 00:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — MPs on the public safety and national security committee voted unanimously to launch an investigation into an alleged Russian ploy to dupe right-wing influencers into sowing division among Americans.
  A U.S. indictment filed earlier this month charged two employees of RT, a Russian state-controlled media outlet, in a US$10-million scheme that purportedly used social media personalities to distribute content with Russian government messaging.While not explicitly mentioned in court d
  
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• Labour Day train delay isolated incident, Via Rail CEO tells MPs

  20-09-2024 00:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The head of Via Rail says a train delay over the Labour Day long weekend was an isolated incident.
  Mario Péloquin appeared in front of a parliamentary committee to answer to an incident that stranded passengers between Montreal and Quebec City for 10 hours as they ran out of food, water and working toilets.
  MPs pressed Via Rail executives about why the incident occurred even though Via Rail made changes following similar disruptions during the 2022 holiday season.
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• Battle for starting goalie headlines Calgary Flames training camp

  20-09-2024 00:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Among the competitions for jobs at Calgary Flames training camp, the battle for starting goaltender stands out.
  The trade of Jacob Markstrom to the New Jersey Devils in June opened the door for a new No. 1 to walk through.
  Dan Vladar and Dustin Wolf are the two main contenders trying to land that job, although the newly acquired Devin Cooley wants to make it a three-man race.
  The 27-year-old Vladar’s been Markstrom’s backup the last three seasons. Wolf, 23, saw a spat
  
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• B.C. Premier touts involuntary care plans at convention, days before campaign begins

  19-09-2024 23:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — B.C. Premier David Eby says several city governments are on board with having a “secure site” to house and treat severely mentally ill and drug addicted people.Eby told local politicians at the Union of B.C. Municipalities conference in Vancouver that public safety is a priority for cities, especially in downtown cores, where many people are seen “visibly” struggling with addictions.Eby says 250 more RCMP officers have been added around the province in s
  
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• With NHL national rights up in 2026, could Amazon be the big winner after MLSE deal?

  19-09-2024 23:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Rogers Communications’ plan to buy out Bell’s ownership share of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment could become a big victory for an emerging power player on the sports media scene.
  The deal makes tech giant Amazon a strong favourite to land national NHL broadcast rights once the current deal with Rogers expires in less than two years, a sports management associate professor said Thursday.
  “The big winner was Amazon,” said Brock University’s Mike Naraine. &ldquo
  
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• West Fraser indefinitely curtails Lake Butler, Fla., sawmill

  19-09-2024 23:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it’s indefinitely curtailing its sawmill in Lake Butler, Fla., by the end of the month.
  The Vancouver-based company says the decision is because of high fibre costs and soft lumber markets.
  West Fraser says the curtailment will affect about 130 employees, though it will mitigate the impact by providing work opportunities at other locations.
  The company says high fibre costs at Lake Butler and the current low-price commodity environment hav
  
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• Gausman pitches 5 no-hit innings and Guerrero goes deep twice as Blue Jays beat Rangers 4-0

  19-09-2024 23:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Kevin Gausman pitched five no-hit innings before exiting with lower back tightness, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit two solo homers after that and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Texas Rangers 4-0 on Thursday to avoid a series sweep.
  Texas managed only two singles against Gausman and four relievers.
  Gausman (13-11) struck out six and the only runner he allowed was on a walk in the fifth. The 33-year-old right-hander threw 38 of his 58 pitches for strikes before Dillon Tate
  
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• Norris looks to put injury woes behind him as Senators open training camp

  19-09-2024 23:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The road to recovery for Josh Norris has been long, but he’s starting training camp determined to leave the challenges of past seasons behind him.
  The Ottawa Senators centre has had his share of injuries and is no stranger to the gruelling process of rehab. Last season, Norris underwent surgery on his left shoulder for the third time and second in as many years.
  “A long summer of training,” Norris said. “I had a lot of time to train so I feel good.”
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• Off-season departures means opportunity knocks for young players at Jets camp

  19-09-2024 23:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have some huge holes to fill on both offence and defence this season.
  They lost second-line centre Sean Monahan and winger Tyler Toffoli to free agency and promising centre/winger Cole Perfetti — a restricted free agent — has yet to re-sign.
  That opens the door to such young blood as Nikita Chibrikov, Brad Lambert, Brayden Yager and others to crack the starting to roster.
  Chibrikov, 21, has been impressive in the early going, scoring two goals and a
  
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• Stamps, Riders face off in battle of teams desperate to make a playoff push

  19-09-2024 22:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Even though the Calgary Stampeders haven’t won a game in more than a month, they’re still right in the thick of things in the CFL’s West Division.
  When the Stampeders (4-8-1) host the Saskatchewan Roughriders (5-7-1) at McMahon Stadium on Friday night, it will be a clash between two struggling teams battling for their playoff lives.
  “Two teams that are fighting for their for their season to continue, and it’s a big series,” said Calgary quarter
  
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• Veteran linebacker Wynton McManis returns to Argos defence to face Ticats

  19-09-2024 22:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Wynton McManis will get a second shot at the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
  The veteran linebacker returns Friday night when the Toronto Argonauts (7-6) host Hamilton (4-9). McManis missed six games with a groin injury.
  “Man, that’s tough as hell,” said McManis, a trademark toothpick in his mouth. “Just seeing your brothers going out there and competing and laying it all on the line and feeling you have something to offer or want to offer something to be able to hel
  
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• Chilliwack’s newest Little Free Library features artwork from local elementary school

  19-09-2024 22:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack’s newest Little Free Library at Vedder Park contains the hand-crafted work of some pretty creative students from nearby Stitó:s Lá:lém Totí:lt Elementary School, just up the Vedder Rotary Loop Trail.Chilliwack resident Tony Gore says two elementary classes were instrumental in contributing the imagery to the book house. Mr. Froese’s grade 3 class from the 2023-24 school year produced the space theme on one half of the book hou
  
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• French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Ottawa, Montreal next week

  19-09-2024 22:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Canada next week after a planned trip in July was cancelled amid political turmoil in France.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in a statement today that Macron will be in Canada Wednesday and Thursday after the leaders attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
  Trudeau will welcome Macron in Ottawa on Wednesday, where they are expected to discuss collaboration on geopolitical issues including their ongoing suppor
  
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• Justice Department opens civil rights probe into sheriff’s office after torture of 2 Black men

  19-09-2024 22:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff’s department whose officers tortured two Black men in a case that drew condemnation from top U.S. law enforcement officials, including Attorney General Merrick Garland.
  The Justice Department will investigate whether the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department engaged in a pattern or practice of excessive force and whether it used racially discriminatory policing practices
  
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• Health Canada approves updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccine

  19-09-2024 22:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Health Canada has authorized Novavax’s updated COVID-19 vaccine that protects against currently circulating variants of the virus.The mRNA vaccine, called Nuvaxovid, has been reformulated to target the JN.1 subvariant of Omicron.
  It will replace the previous version of the protein-based vaccine, which targeted the XBB.1.5 subvariant of Omicron.
  Health Canada recently asked provinces and territories to get rid of their older COVID-19 vaccines to ensure the most current vaccine will be used
  
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• Quebec public services are becoming ‘dehumanized’ due to rise in demand: ombudsperson

  19-09-2024 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s ombudsperson is warning that public services are becoming “dehumanized” in the province amid a rise in demand for them.
  Marc-André Dowd released his annual report today, which highlights several examples of people receiving inadequate care across the health network in the 12 months leading to March 31.
  One dying man who lived alone was denied help cleaning his letterbox by his local health clinic, a service Dowd says should have been given for &
  
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• Métis Nation Saskatchewan leaves national council, cites concerns with Ontario group

  19-09-2024 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Métis Nation of Saskatchewan has pulled out of a national body representing Métis, citing problems with the Métis Nation of Ontario.
  In a resolution passed Thursday morning, the Saskatchewan group says the Ontario group, which is a member of the national body, accepts and continues to represent people who are not Métis.
  “The Métis National Council has increasingly been used for advocacy purposes that are inconsistent with its original m
  
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• Yukon RCMP officer cleared in 2022 fatal shooting at Whitehorse airport

  19-09-2024 21:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Independent investigators have cleared a Yukon police officer in a 2022 fatal shooting of a man who was threatening others with a rifle.
  In a report released by the civilian-led Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, investigators say an officer who shot the man at Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport was “acting properly in the execution of his duties.”
  The shooting happened on Nov. 24, 2022, when a man with a rifle followed an airline employee past a secu
  
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• Nelly Furtado to perform at Invictus Games opening cermony with Bruneau and Kahan

  19-09-2024 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Canadian pop icon Nelly Furtado has been named one of three headliners for the opening ceremony of the upcoming Invictus Games.
  Furtado, from Victoria, will share the stage with alt-pop star Roxane Bruneau of Delson, Que., and American singer-songwriter Noah Kahan.
  They’ll be part of the show that opens the multi-sport event in Vancouver and Whistler, B.C., in February.
  The Invictus Games sees wounded, injured, and sick military service members and Veterans compete in 11
  
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• NDP to join Bloc in defeating Conservatives’ non-confidence motion

  19-09-2024 21:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he will join the Bloc Québécois in blocking a non-confidence motion next week when the Conservatives attempt to topple the the government.
  The planned votes from the Bloc and the New Democrats eliminate the possibility of a snap election next week.Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced he will put forward a motion that simply states that the House had no confidence in the government or the prime minister.
  If it were to pass, it w
  
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• Lawsuit by Manitoba chiefs urges Lake Winnipeg be legally defined as a person

  19-09-2024 21:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — A Manitoba court is being asked to declare Lake Winnipeg a person with Constitutional rights to life, liberty and security of person.
  The contention is contained in a lawsuit filed by the province’s Southern Chiefs Organization, which hopes to use the lawsuit to force the government to hold public hearings on Manitoba Hydro’s licence renewal to continue regulating the lake’s waters for power generation.The lawsuit says Lake Winnipeg, one of the world’s la
  
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• Red Wings sign Moritz Seider to 7-year deal worth nearly $60M

  19-09-2024 21:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings made another investment this week in a young standout, signing Moritz Seider to a seven-year contract worth nearly $60 million.
  The Red Wings announced the move with the 23-year-old German defenseman on Thursday, three days after keeping 22-year-old forward Lucas Raymond with a $64.6 million, eight-year deal.
  Detroit drafted Seider with the No. 6 pick overall eight years ago and he has proven to be a great pick. He has 134 career points, the most by a d
  
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• Chilliwack businesses not for lease, despite two signs in their parking lots

  19-09-2024 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Two popular Chilliwack businesses are not for lease, despite a pair of signs indicating otherwise in their parking lot.
  Two for-lease signs appeared sometime recently in the parking lot outside Jimmy J’s Grill and Characters Pub & Grill at 8559 Young Road, but the businesses are in no danger of closing nor are they looking for a new location.
  Re/Max commercial realtor Gavin Pannu told Fraser Valley Today over the phone Thursday morning there is office space for lease
  
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• B.C. First Nations declare state of emergency over opioid crisis and mental health

  19-09-2024 21:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORT ALBERNI, B.C. — A tribal council representing 14 First Nations along the west coast of Vancouver Island is declaring a state of emergency over the opioid crisis, which is killing their members and leaving others with mental health struggles.Judith Sayers, president of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, says not enough is being done and the nations need help from governments and health authorities to devise their own solutions for fight what she calls a “war on trauma” in d
  
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• New Brunswick election candidate profile: Liberal Leader Susan Holt

  19-09-2024 20:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FREDERICTON — A look at Susan Holt, leader of the Liberal Party of New Brunswick.
  Born: April 22, 1977.
  Early years: Raised in Fredericton, she attended Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont., and then spent a year in Toronto before moving abroad for three years, spending time in Australia and India.
  Education: Bachelor of arts in economics and a bachelor of science in chemistry from Queen’s University.
  Family: Lives in Fredericton with her husband Jon Holt and three young daught
  
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• Vancouver Canucks star goalie Thatcher Demko working through rare muscle injury

  19-09-2024 20:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PENTICTON, B.C. — Vancouver Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko says he’s been working his way back from a rare lower-body muscle injury since being sidelined in last season’s playoffs.The 28-year-old all star says the rehabilitation process has been frustrating, but he has made good progress in recent weeks and is confident he’ll be able to return to playing.
  He says he and his medical team have spent the last few months talking to specialists around the world, and have not fo
  
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• Olympic medallist Alysha Newman aims for new heights after career-best season

  19-09-2024 20:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Alysha Newman was initially disappointed when her historic season, marked by an Olympic medal and record-breaking performances, came to a close.The 30-year-old from Delaware, Ont., finished third in the Diamond League final on Saturday, clearing 4.80 metres in the women’s pole vault. That capped a campaign where Newman overcame an ankle injury late in the indoor season to win Olympic bronze.
  “The first emotion I had was I was kind of sad,” she said. “With the injury that
  
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• Chilliwack’s Smoking Gun Coffee finalist for Small Business BC E-commerce award

  19-09-2024 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A small Chilliwack coffee shop’s online platform, which sells beans and brew gear, has put it in the running for a Small Business BC (SBBC) Award.
  Smoking Gun Coffee on Yale Road has made the final three in a category recognizing excellence in e-commerce among 400 participating businesses across the province.
  “They focused on building a fun and unique online experience with appealing visuals and interesting information and recipes,” the SBBC acknowledged in a
  
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• Climate, food security, Arctic among Canada’s intelligence priorities, Ottawa says

  19-09-2024 20:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The pressing issues of climate change and food security join more familiar ones like violent extremism and espionage on a new list of Canada’s intelligence priorities.
  The federal government says publishing the list of priorities for the first time is an important step toward greater transparency.
  The government revises the priorities every two years, based on recommendations from the national security adviser and the intelligence community.
  Once the priorities are reviewed
  
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• Veterans Tyson Beukeboom, Karen Paquin lead Canada’s team at WXV rugby tournament

  19-09-2024 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Veterans Tyson Beukeboom and Karen Paquin will lead Canada at the WXV 1 women’s rugby tournament starting later this month in the Vancouver area.
  WXV 1 includes the top three teams from the Women’s Six Nations (England, France and Ireland) and the top three teams from the Pacific Four Series (Canada, New Zealand, and the United States).Third-ranked Canada faces No. 4 France, No. 7 Ireland and No. 1 England in the elite division of the three-tiered WXV tournament that runs Sept. 29 to
  
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• New Brunswick election profile: Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs

  19-09-2024 20:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FREDERICTON — A look at Blaine Higgs, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick.Born: March 1, 1954.
  Early years: The son of a customs officer, he grew up in Forest City, N.B., near the Canada-U.S. border.Education: Graduated from the University of New Brunswick with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1977.
  Family: Married his high-school sweetheart, Marcia, and settled in Saint John, N.B., where they had four daughters: Lindsey, Laura, Sarah and Rachel.
  Before polit
  
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• New Brunswick election candidate profile: Green Party Leader David Coon

  19-09-2024 20:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FREDERICTON — A look at David Coon, leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick:Born: Oct. 28, 1956.
  Early years: Born in Toronto and raised in Montreal, he spent about three decades as an environmental advocate.
  Education: A trained biologist, he graduated with a bachelor of science from McGill University in Montreal in 1978.
  Family: He and his wife Janice Harvey have two daughters, Caroline and Laura.Before politics: Worked as an environmental educator, organizer, activist and manager for
  
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• Radko Gudas is named the Anaheim Ducks’ first captain since Ryan Getzlaf’s retirement 2 years ago

  19-09-2024 19:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Radko Gudas has been named the first captain of the Anaheim Ducks since Ryan Getzlaf’s retirement two seasons ago.
  The Ducks made the announcement on the first day of training camp Thursday.
  Gudas joined Anaheim a year ago as a free agent. The 34-year-old Czech defenseman had six goals, 12 assists and 128 penalty minutes last season while providing badly needed veteran leadership for the Ducks’ talented young core.
  Gudas is the ninth captain in Ducks histo
  
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• Jacob Trouba says ‘there’s no animosity’ toward Rangers following trade rumors

  19-09-2024 19:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — New York Rangers defenseman Jacob Trouba said Thursday “there’s no animosity” toward the organization following an offseason in which his name was prominently mentioned in trade rumors.
  “It’s part of the business of hockey,” Trouba said following the first day of training camp for the reigning Presidents’ Trophy-winning Rangers.
  According to reports, Rangers president and general manager Chris Drury had negotiated a trade th
  
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