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• Defence wraps cross-examination of Virtanen accuser as B.C. trial continues

  21-07-2022 23:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The defence lawyer for former a Vancouver Canuck has wrapped up his cross-examination of the woman who has accused Jake Virtanen of sexually assaulting her in 2017, and the Crown closed its case later in the afternoon.
  Virtanen’s lawyer, Brock Martland, asked the 23-year-old woman why she attended a pre-season game between the Canucks and Calgary Flames two days after the night of the alleged assault in Virtanen’s downtown Vancouver hotel room.
  The woman, whose iden
  
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• N.W.T. to begin vaccinating children between six months and five years of age

  21-07-2022 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories government says it plans to being rolling out COVID-19 vaccines for children under five years next week.
  The territory says parents and guardians can book appointments for children from six months to five years starting Monday.
  Appointment availability in communities will depend on when vaccine supplies are shipped to health centres across the territory.
  Health Canada authorized the use of Moderna’s Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine for children last w
  
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• Environment Ministry to help Vancouver Island golf course get rid of pesky pigs

  21-07-2022 22:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Conservation officers are preparing to round up feral pigs on a golf course whose operators say the animals have caused thousands of dollars in damage. 
  Cowichan Golf Club’s head pro, Norm Jackson, says the pigs have been a problem for months but fortunately haven’t been aggressive toward people using the course, just outside Duncan, B.C.
  He says the Environment Ministry has not shared the details of its plan to remove the swine but he hopes trapping or some oth
  
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• Two injured, IHIT called in after reported Chilliwack shooting

  21-07-2022 22:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Aerial footage of the scene showed two homes and a long stretch of McNaught Road behind police tape.
  
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• Two hurt, one in critical condition amid Chilliwack police incident

  21-07-2022 22:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Aerial footage of the scene showed two homes and a long stretch of McNaught Road behind police tape.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Man accused of killing Saskatchewan Mountie ordered to stand trial

  21-07-2022 22:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — A man accused of killing a Saskatchewan RCMP officer during a traffic stop has been ordered to stand trial for first-degree murder.
  Alphonse Stanley Traverse of Winnipeg was originally charged with manslaughter in the June 12, 2021, death of Const. Shelby Patton.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• New B.C. Centre for Agritech Innovation will help improve food security, while creating employment

  21-07-2022 21:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD – A new B.C. Centre for Agritech Innovation was announced by the province on Thursday morning—a commitment of the StrongerBC Economic Plan.
  The new centre will be located at Simon Fraser University (Surrey campus) and will bring together academia, government, and industry partners with the intent to improve food security in B.C. and worldwide, while creating employment.
  Dr. Joy Johnson, president and vice-chancellor ofSimon Fraser University said the centre will improve th
  
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• Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has ‘very mild symptoms’

  21-07-2022 21:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and is isolating with “very mild symptoms,” the White House said, as new variants of the highly contagious virus challenge the nation’s efforts to get back to normal after two and a half years of pandemic.
  White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden had begun taking Paxlovid, an antiviral drug designed to reduce the severity of the disease. He was isolating in the family quarters
  
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• Timeline: Hockey Canada’s handling of 2018 sexual assault allegation

  21-07-2022 21:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A timeline of Hockey Canada’s response to an alleged sexual assault involving eight players in London, Ont., in 2018:
  Jan. 5, 2018 — Canada’s world junior hockey team defeats Sweden in the gold-medal final in Buffalo, N.Y. 
  June 18, 2018 — Hockey Canada Foundation Gala & Golf event begins in London. 
  June 19, 2018 — A woman’s stepfather informs Hockey Canada she alleges she was sexually assaulted by eight players, including members of the world j
  
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• Assistants Lauer, Johnston join new head coach Bowness on Winnipeg Jets’ staff

  21-07-2022 21:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have filled out the staff of new head coach Rick Bowness, naming Brad Lauer and Marty Johnston as assistants on Thursday.
  The 55-year-old Lauer was head coach for the Western Hockey League’s Edmonton Oil Kings for the past four seasons, leading the team to a league title in 2021-22.
  The Humboldt, Sask. native previously served as an assistant coach for the Tampa Bay Lightning (2016-18), Anaheim Ducks (2012-15), and Ottawa Senators (2009-11).
  Lauer also wo
  
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• B.C. ending immigration detention arrangement with CBSA, citing human rights

  21-07-2022 21:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia is ending an arrangement with Canada Border Services Agency to hold immigration detainees in provincial correctional centres, saying the arrangement doesn’t align with its stance on human rights.
  Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says in a statement the province conducted a review that analyzed all aspects of its contract with the agency, including public safety, and consulted with advocacy groups.
  He says it brought to light that aspects of the arrang
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP, ambulance and fire respond to reports of gunshots fired at Yale Road, McNaught Road

  21-07-2022 21:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Multiple officers from Chilliwack RCMP, along with ambulance and fire personnel, responded to the area of Yale Road and McNaught Thursday morning following a report of shots fired.
  Two victims were reportedly suffering from gunshot wounds. One person is reportedly deceased, the other is in hospital with life-threatening injuries. One of the victims is reported to be a 40-year-old female.
  Four units were seen near the intersection of Yale Road and McNaught Road; police had redi
  
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• Toronto FC’s Lorenzo Insigne to take part in MLS all-star skills challenge

  21-07-2022 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Newly arrived Toronto FC winger Lorenzo Insigne will take part in the MLS All-Star Skills Challenge, part of the festivities surrounding the Aug. 10 game between the MLS and Liga MX all-stars at Minnesota United’s Allianz Field.
  Insigne and nine other MLS players will compete Aug. 9 against 10 Liga MX players over five skills — a shooting challenge, touch challenge, cross and volley challenge, passing challenge and crossbar challenge. Insigne will be joined by fellow newcomer Hector
  
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• Hot weather leads to sweat, delays for Canadian travellers in Europe

  21-07-2022 20:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Trevor Norris is used to hot summer weather, being from the Prairies. But his trip to England this week — one of many European countries facing record temperatures — has left him battling train delays and searching high and low for some sort of air-conditioned refuge.
  “Nowhere in England seems to have AC,” Norris said.
  “I went into a pub and everyone was standing outside with their beers after ordering … because it was too hot inside the pub itself. I was in
  
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• Abbotsford Canucks 2022-23 schedule released - Chilliwack Progress

  21-07-2022 20:45
  
  Abbotsford Canucks 2022-23 schedule released  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• BREAKING: 2 people shot in Chilliwack; RCMP advising residents to stay inside - The Free Press

  21-07-2022 20:34
  
  BREAKING: 2 people shot in Chilliwack; RCMP advising residents to stay inside  The Free Press
  
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• Saskatchewan Roughriders push back game versus Toronto to Sunday

  21-07-2022 20:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Saskatchewan Roughriders and Toronto Argonauts will complete their back-to-back series a day later than originally planned.
  The Riders announced Thursday the return engagement will be played Sunday night at Mosaic Stadium after 13 players and five staff members tested positive for COVID-19. The two teams had been scheduled to meet Saturday night but after dropping a 30-24 decision to Toronto on Saturday in Wolfville, N.S., the Riders were unable to practise Tuesday or Wednesd
  
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• Tokyo Olympic aftermath still being untangled a year later - Chilliwack Progress

  21-07-2022 20:30
  
  Tokyo Olympic aftermath still being untangled a year later  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Tens of thousands without power in Kelowna area as temperatures rise - Chilliwack Progress

  21-07-2022 20:30
  
  Tens of thousands without power in Kelowna area as temperatures rise  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• New York reports 1st US polio case in nearly a decade - Chilliwack Progress

  21-07-2022 20:30
  
  New York reports 1st US polio case in nearly a decade  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Beloved monarch butterflies now listed as endangered - Chilliwack Progress

  21-07-2022 20:30
  
  Beloved monarch butterflies now listed as endangered  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Elks’ Lawler looks to halt former team Blue Bombers’ perfect start to season

  21-07-2022 20:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — All eyes will be on wide receiver Kenny Lawler when the Elks host the undefeated Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Friday night.
  Lawler is still shining from last week’s standout performance as Edmonton (2-4) mounted a furious comeback to beat Montreal, 32-31. Lawler had 92 yards receiving and a touchdown, but also drew a series of drive-extending pass interference calls on the Alouettes’ secondary.
  Of course, he’s no stranger to Winnipeg, as he was part of the last two
  
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• B.C. announces consumer protection policy for homebuyers in competitive market

  21-07-2022 19:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia has announced a mandatory three-day period to allow homebuyers time to arrange an inspection and take other important steps like securing financing in a high-pressure real estate market.
  Finance Minister Selina Robinson says the consumer protection policy effective Jan. 1 is aimed at providing people with peace of mind as unconditional offers are common and could later end up costing buyers thousands of dollars in repairs.
  Robinson says the first plan of its kin
  
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• Canada’s high court upholds first-degree conviction against B.C. killer

  21-07-2022 19:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s highest court has unanimously upheld the first-degree murder conviction of a man found guilty of a January 2015 slaying near Prince George, B.C.
  The Supreme Court of Canada decision released Thursday agrees with a B.C. Court of Appeal ruling last year that raised the conviction of Darren Sundman from second-degree murder to first-degree and imposed a minimum 25-year prison term before being eligible for parole.
  Sundman was originally convicted and sentenced in 2018
  
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• Senior officer faces military charges after probe of relationship allegations

  21-07-2022 18:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The military police have charged a senior officer in the Canadian Armed Forces after an investigation into allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate.
  The office of Canada’s military police chief announced on Wednesday that Lt.-Gen. Steven Whelan is facing two counts under the National Defence Act related to “conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline.”
  Whelan stepped aside from his role as head of the Canadian military’s hum
  
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• Primary health care `collapsing’ in B.C. rural communities, critics say - Chilliwack Progress

  21-07-2022 18:30
  
  Primary health care `collapsing’ in B.C. rural communities, critics say  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• No Mothra, just a moth invasion Kootenay-style - Chilliwack Progress

  21-07-2022 18:30
  
  No Mothra, just a moth invasion Kootenay-style  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Feds announce $1 million fund to reach communities affected by monkeypox

  21-07-2022 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government plans to give $1 million to community organizations across the country to provide gay and bisexual men with information about monkeypox and combat stigma around the disease.
  Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the RÉZO community organization in Montreal will receive $150,000 to support local and provincial outreach efforts, and AIDS Committee of Toronto and MAX Ottawa will each get $100,000.
  Guilbeault stood in for the announcement at the R&Ea
  
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• West Germany soccer great Uwe Seeler dies at 85

  21-07-2022 18:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Uwe Seeler, who led West Germany to the 1966 World Cup final as captain of the national team, has died. He was 85.
  Regarded as one of Germany’s best-ever players, Seeler was famous for his overhead kicks and ability to score goals from the unlikeliest of angles. He was also known for his humility and fairness, and respected for his never wavering loyalty to hometown club Hamburger SV.
  Hamburg club spokesman Christian Pletz said Thursday that Seeler’s family had co
  
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• House OKs bill to protect contraception from Supreme Court

  21-07-2022 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The right to use contraceptives would be inscribed into law under a measure that Democrats pushed through the House on Thursday, their latest campaign-season response to concerns a conservative Supreme Court that already erased federal abortion rights could go further.
  The House’s 228-195 roll call was largely along party lines and sent the measure to the Senate, where its fate seemed uphill. The bill is the latest example of Democrats latching onto their own versio
  
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• Trudeau: Hockey Canada needs a ‘real reckoning’ in wake of scandal

  21-07-2022 18:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there needs to be a “real reckoning” at Hockey Canada as the organization continues to deal with the fallout related to its handling of an alleged sexual assault and out-of-court settlement.
  Speaking to reporters in Nova Scotia today, Trudeau adds the federation “has to do an awful lot” to regain the trust of Canadians.
  Hockey Canada has been under fire since news broke in May that a woman alleged eight players — including members
  
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• Ex-cop Lane gets 2 1/2 years on Floyd killing federal charge

  21-07-2022 17:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison on a federal civil rights charge for his role in the killing of George Floyd.
  U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson sentenced Lane on Thursday for his February conviction of depriving Floyd of medical care as he lay dying under Officer Derek Chauvin’s knee in May 2020.
  Lane, who has been free on bond, didn’t speak at the hearing. Magnuson ordered him to surrender to U.S.
  
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• Tories, advocates call on Ottawa to remove bureaucratic hurdles to resettling Afghans

  21-07-2022 17:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Opposition Conservatives are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to extend a special immigration program it set up to bring Afghans trying to flee the Taliban to Canada. 
  Tory MP Jasraj Singh Hallan says Ottawa has failed in its moral obligation to help people who assisted Canada with its military mission in Afghanistan and now face reprisals from the Taliban, which seized control of Kabul last year.
  Hallan was joined by two Afghans who managed to leav
  
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• Biden scraps announcing crime plan after positive COVID test

  21-07-2022 17:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden abruptly canceled a trip to Pennsylvania, where he had planned to propose a steep funding increase for police on Thursday, after testing positive for COVID-19.
  The Democratic president was set to ask Congress to spend roughly $37 billion for fighting and preventing crime — including $13 billion to help communities hire and train 100,000 police officers over five years. He’d been scheduled to outline the plan during a visit to Wilkes Univers
  
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• Vancouver council OKs next step in Indigenous-led 2030 Olympic bid - Chilliwack Progress

  21-07-2022 17:30
  
  Vancouver council OKs next step in Indigenous-led 2030 Olympic bid  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Defence lawyer argues former Canuck Jake Virtanen, accuser had consensual sex - Chilliwack Progress

  21-07-2022 17:30
  
  Defence lawyer argues former Canuck Jake Virtanen, accuser had consensual sex  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Maud Charron, Josh Cassidy named Canada’s flag-bearers for Commonwealth Games

  21-07-2022 17:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Weightlifter Maude Charron and wheelchair racer Josh Cassidy have been named Canada’s flag-bearers for the opening ceremony of the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.
  Charron, of Rimouski, Que., is the reigning Olympic and Commonwealth weightlifting champion. She totalled 236 kilograms for her snatch and clean and jerk to win gold in the 64-kilogram division at last summer’s Tokyo Games.
  In 2018, Charron set a Commonwealth record in the clean and jerk (
  
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• Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has ‘mild symptoms’

  21-07-2022 16:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus as new variants challenge the nation’s efforts to resume normalcy after two and a half years of pandemic disruptions.
  White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that Biden was experiencing “mild symptoms” and has begun taking Paxlovid, an antiviral drug designed to reduce the severity of the disease.
  She said Biden “wil
  
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• 187 minutes: Jan. 6 committee focuses on Trump himself in prime-time hearing finale

  21-07-2022 16:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Tonight’s prime-time finale by the Jan. 6 committee will be focused on Donald Trump himself and what he was doing — or not doing — while violence raged on Capitol Hill. 
  The committee’s eighth hearing, the second to take place during prime viewing hours, is expected to include two Trump administration officials who quit in the aftermath. 
  Deputy national security adviser Matthew Pottinger and White House deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews w
  
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• Canada teams learn path at Rugby World Cup Sevens in South Africa

  21-07-2022 16:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s men will play Zimbabwe while the Canadian women face China in their opening matches at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in South Africa.
  The schedule was released Thursday, marking the 50-day lead-up to the Sept. 9-11 tournament in Cape Town.
  Host South Africa is the top seed in the 24-team men’s competition, with Australia second and Olympic champion Fiji third. South Africa, which leads the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series with one event remaining, won the first four stops this se
  
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• Chilliwack City Council awards $1.7 million contract to stabilize slope behind Salmon Ridge Trail up on Promontory

  21-07-2022 16:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Salmon Ridge Trail previously functioned as a popular hiking path in Chilliwack within the forested trail network connecting parts of Promontory with Chilliwack Lake Road.
  At least it did until the atmospheric river event in November 2021 inflicted severe damage to its slope and eroded parts of the trail to the point that immobile fences were erected at various access points to protect hikers. Some sections of the undamaged trail have since become overgrown with vegetation
  
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• Cultus Lake Park Board sees insurance premiums skyrocket, few companies offer insurance

  21-07-2022 15:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Imagine receiving a more than 50 per cent increase on your property insurance bill and then finding out that almost no company wants to insure you.That’s what Cultus Lake Park Board commissioners learned the hard way this week.Chief financial officer Erica Lee told park board commissioners at its monthly meeting Wednesday night that its premium for the coming 2022-23 fiscal year will cost $311,003, a steep increase of 57 per cent from an insurance expense of $197,105 cov
  
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• Chilliwack City Council awards $1.7 million contract to GDM Greystone to repair damaged hiking trail up on Promontory

  21-07-2022 15:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ChilCHILLIWACK — The Salmon Ridge Trail previously functioned as a popular hiking path in Chilliwack within the forested trail network connecting parts of Promontory with Chilliwack Lake Road.
  At least it did until the atmospheric river event in November 2021 inflicted severe damage to its slope and eroded parts of the trail to the point that immobile fences were erected at various access points to protect hikers. Some sections of the undamaged trail have since become overgrown with vegeta
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Bringing essential workers back to Fraser Health

  21-07-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  There is a lot that goes on behind the scenes of healthcare that we don’t always see.Housekeeping services workers in our health authorities are valued members of the healthcare team. These workers support health care professionals to give the best care possible to patients, and they deserve job security and consistency. By supporting housekeeping service workers, we’re making the healthcare system work better for all British Columbians.Under previous governments, these workers had t
  
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• Conservative Party of Canada decides to hold third leadership debate in August

  21-07-2022 14:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Conservative Party of Canada has decided to hold a third debate in the contest to become its next leader.Members of the leadership election organizing committee met Wednesday and decided to host another following a survey the party had sent out to members.A party spokesman says 24,000 members responded “overwhelmingly” in favour of having a third debate.The event will take place in August and more details on the timing are expected to be released later today.Under
  
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• Canadian gymnasts ask sport minister to suspend government funding to their sport

  21-07-2022 13:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  More than 500 Canadian gymnasts are calling on Canada’s Sport Minister to freeze funding to their national sport organization. 
  In a public letter Thursday to Minister Pascale St-Onge — and after four months of “sharing devastating stories” of years of abuse — Gymnasts for Changes, which represents 508 athletes, are repeating their calls for strict measures.
  That includes a third-party investigation and the suspension of funding, as was done with Hockey Canada.
  
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• BC Parks encourages British Columbians to follow Camper’s Code - Chilliwack Progress

  21-07-2022 10:30
  
  BC Parks encourages British Columbians to follow Camper’s Code  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Heat warnings across Canada, BoC inflation lessons : In The News for July 21

  21-07-2022 10:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of July 21 …
  What we are watching in Canada …
  Environment Canada has issued heat warnings for a number of provinces, with temperatures expected to reach or surpass 30 C over the coming days.
  The heat advisories cover large swaths of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec, with residents warned some areas may not see coo
  
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• Temperatures expected to reach or surpass 30 C in parts of the country

  21-07-2022 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Environment Canada has issued heat warnings for a number of provinces, with temperatures expected to reach or surpass 30 C over the coming days.
  The heat advisories cover large swaths of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec, with residents warned some areas may not see cooler temperatures until the weekend.
  The weather agency reminds people that hot and humid air can also bring deteriorating air quality, and encourages them to watch for the effects of heat illness, which includes swell
  
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• Expanded Quebec provincial police cold case squad has yet to solve a murder

  21-07-2022 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — More than 50 years later, Isabel Marcotte still feels the pain of her sister’s murder every day. 
  On Sept. 12, 1969, 14-year-old Teresa Martin got off the bus near her home in Montreal’s north end after going to a movie with friends. Her body was found several hours later in a parking lot, carefully placed in a seated position with a message carved into her stomach.
  Marcotte remembers every detail of that night and the next day: her sister not coming home to the
  
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