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• Carcillo says testimony didn’t acknowledge culture of hazing, abuse in CHL

  27-07-2022 23:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Former NHL player Daniel Carcillo is angry about the testimony of Canadian hockey officials at a parliamentary hearing looking into the handling of recent assault allegations.
  Carcillo filed a statement of claim with the Ontario Superior Court in 2020, alleging abuse and hazing in a class-action lawsuit.
  “I have shared my stories of abuse as a child playing in this league, as have dozens of others,” Carcillo state in a statement on Wednesday. “I lead this class action on behalf
  
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• Canada asked France extradite priest facing sexual assault charge in Nunavut

  27-07-2022 23:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government has confirmed that Canada asked France to extradite a priest who is accused of crimes against children in Nunavut.
  A spokesman for the Justice Department says the Public Prosecution Service of Canada made the extradition request for Johannes Rivoire, but did not say when and provided no more details.
  Pope Francis is expected to travel to Nunavut this week as part of his visit to Canada, where he apologized to residential school survivors.
  Inuit leaders have
  
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• Fraser Valley air pollution alert to last all week

  27-07-2022 23:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Not only is it an unpleasant time to be outside during this week’s summer heat wave, but so is the air quality.
  Metro Vancouver Regional District has extended its Air Quality Advisory for eastern sections of Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, including Chilliwack, because of high concentrations of ground-level ozone that are expected to linger throughout the week, according to a statement released by the regional government today (Jul. 27 ).Hot and sunny conditions a
  
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• The Latest on the Pope’s visit to Canada

  27-07-2022 23:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Pope Francis is on a six-day tour of Canada aimed at reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in residential schools. 
  Here are the latest developments on his stops today (all times are ET):
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  Pope Francis and Gov. Gen. Mary Simon had a brief chat on multilingualism and the languages they each speak as they met at the Citadelle of Québec.
  Sitting side by side before the cameras, Simon told the Pope in English that she is learning
  
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• Manchin says he has health, energy, tax deal with Schumer

  27-07-2022 23:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In an unexpected turnabout, Sen. Joe Manchin announced Wednesday that he had reached an expansive agreement with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer — which had eluded them for months — on health care costs, energy and climate issues, taxing higher earners and large corporations and reducing federal debt.Manchin, D-W.Va., whose resistance had long derailed sweeping legislation on those issues, abruptly revealed the agreement in a press release. It provided vi
  
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• Teck’s Elk Valley coal mines make bank in Q2 - Chilliwack Progress

  27-07-2022 23:00 via theprogress.com
  
  Teck’s Elk Valley coal mines make bank in Q2  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Beating of angler caught on video launches Chilliwack RCMP investigation - Global News

  27-07-2022 22:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Beating of angler caught on video launches Chilliwack RCMP investigation  Global News
  
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• Beating of angler caught on video launches Chilliwack RCMP investigation

  27-07-2022 22:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Officers said some witnesses have come forward but they are looking to speak to more witnesses of the incident and obtain more video.
  
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• Chilliwack teacher suspended for inappropriate actions, communication with high school students

  27-07-2022 22:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A Chilliwack School District teacher has been reprimanded by a provincial disciplinary agency after he was found to have violated professional standards by touching and kissing a Grade 11 student.The B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation, a provincial agency, released the findings of its report Tuesday (Jul. 26) in which Sheldon Lyle Nickel agreed to a one-month suspension of his certificate qualifications. The report alleged that Nickel engaged in inappropriate electronic
  
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• Montreal AIDS conference: progress made toward cure, but COVID stalled global fight

  27-07-2022 22:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Ahead of a major international AIDS conference in Montreal, researchers and officials on Wednesday promoted the progress toward finding a cure for HIV but lamented how the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the global fight against the disease.
  A report released Wednesday by UNAIDS — the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS — said about 1.5 million people were infected with HIV in 2021. That number is 3.6 per cent less than the year before but the smallest drop in the
  
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• Embattled Hockey Canada head says world juniors will go on as planned

  27-07-2022 22:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Embattled Hockey Canada president and chief executive officer Scott Smith says his organization will fulfil its duty as host at next month’s world junior hockey tournament in Edmonton.
  Smith spoke to reporters Wednesday after being questioned by MPs, some of whom called for a change of leadership at Hockey Canada, at a parliamentary hearing looking into the hockey governing body’s handling of recent sexual assault allegations.
  Hockey Canada has been under fire since ne
  
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• Parade attack suspect indicted for murder, attempted murder

  27-07-2022 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The man accused of opening fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago has been indicted by a grand jury on 21 first-degree murder counts, 48 counts of attempted murder and 48 counts of aggravated battery, representing the seven people killed and dozens wounded in the attack on a beloved holiday event.Prosecutors previously filed seven murder charges against Robert E. Crimo III. They announced the grand jury’s decision to indict him on 117 felony charges on
  
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• CRTC needs to do a better job regulating telecoms, experts say

  27-07-2022 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The recent Rogers outage has spurred a flurry of policy recommendations from experts and elected officials, including legislation that would recognize telecommunication services as essential public ones, but experts say much of the responsibility to act falls on the federal telecom regulator. 
  The July 8 Rogers outage, which left over 12 million Canadians in a communications blackout and affected access to 911 emergency services, prompted the House of Commons industry committ
  
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• Chilliwack paintball fundraiser raises more than $7000 for Canuck Place - Chilliwack Progress

  27-07-2022 21:50 via theprogress.com
  
  Chilliwack paintball fundraiser raises more than $7000 for Canuck Place  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• No-camping signs put up near Terry Fox statue across from Parliament Hill

  27-07-2022 21:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — It is not an obvious place to pitch a tent in Ottawa, on a concrete plaza opposite the Parliament Buildings.
  Yet federal authorities have seen fit to put up three no-camping signs — each picturing a two-person tent with a red line across it — near a statue of Terry Fox across the street from Parliament Hill. 
  To reinforce the message that vacationers and protesters should find somewhere else to plant their bed rolls, the authorities have put up an additional sign
  
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• B.C. teenager pushed back against online extortionist, Crown attorney tells jury

  27-07-2022 21:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A Crown attorney says British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd pushed back against the person harassing and extorting her online, sending them a message saying she hoped they felt guilty for “ruining a young girl’s life.”
  Kristen LeNoble says Todd also made a post on Facebook, asking people she was connected with to support her, and not judge her, as she feared her harasser was about to distribute a link depicting her in a sexual manner.
  LeNoble told
  
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• Ticats set to open stretch of six straight contests versus East Division teams

  27-07-2022 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  This marks a very important stretch for Dane Evans and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
  Hamilton (1-5) will play six straight games, and seven of its next eight, against East Division competition, starting Thursday night at home versus the Montreal Alouettes (2-4). The Ticats will face archrival Toronto four times over that span with the other three being against the Als.
  The abundance of East Division games is important ,given Hamilton is third in the conference standings, just two points behind second
  
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• In rare contact, US offers Russia deal for Griner, Whelan

  27-07-2022 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has offered a deal to Russia aimed at bringing home WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American Paul Whelan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday.In a sharp reversal of previous policy, Blinken also said he expects to speak with his Kremlin counterpart for the first time since before Russia invaded Ukraine.The statement marked the first time the U.S. government has publicly revealed any concrete action it has taken to secure
  
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• MEDIA ADVISORY - GOVERNMENT OF CANADA TO MAKE HOUSING-RELATED ANNOUNCEMENT IN CHILLIWACK - Yahoo Finance

  27-07-2022 20:42 via finance.yahoo.com
  
  MEDIA ADVISORY - GOVERNMENT OF CANADA TO MAKE HOUSING-RELATED ANNOUNCEMENT IN CHILLIWACK  Yahoo Finance
  
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• ‘Gaps’ in Pope’s apology can’t be ignored, says Crown-Indigenous Relations minister

  27-07-2022 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller says the “gaps” in Pope Francis’s apology to residential school survivors cannot be ignored.Miller says the pontiff’s words, delivered this week near Edmonton, are important to the survivors and communities now absorbing them.
  The minister says Indigenous people will decide for themselves what they think, but notes some differences between the pontiff’s apology in Canada and one delivered years earlier t
  
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• Canada’s top doc encourages safe sex, fewer partners to prevent spread of monkeypox

  27-07-2022 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Dr. Theresa Tam says Canadians — especially men who have sex with men — should practice safe sex and reduce the number of partners to reduce the spread of monkeypox in Canada.
  The World Health Organization declared the virus a public health emergency of international concern over the weekend.
  Tam, the chief public health officer, says there are 745 confirmed cases of the monkeypox reported in Canada and 99 per cent of those affected are men.
  She says monkeypox is circu
  
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• Veteran Canadian receiver Durant to make Hamilton debut versus Alouettes

  27-07-2022 20:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — The wait is finally over for Lemar Durant.
  The veteran slotback will make his 2022 debut Thursday night when Hamilton (1-5) hosts the Montreal Alouettes (2-4). The six-foot-two, 218-pound Vancouver native joined the Tiger-Cats as a free agent in January but missed their first six games with a hand injury.
  “I’m excited to play football again, it’s been a while,” Durant said Wednesday. “It was a frustrating time but now I’m back and ready to sta
  
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• Two people arrested in murder of Ripudaman Singh Malik: homicide team

  27-07-2022 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Two men have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Ripudaman Singh Malik. 
  Malik, the man acquitted in 2005 for bombings aimed at Air India jets that killed 331 people, was shot in his vehicle outside his business in Surrey, B.C., on July 14. 
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says 21-year-old Tanner Fox and 23-year-old Jose Lopez have been charged. 
  Police said after the murder that a vehicle with people inside had waited for hours th
  
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• Vancouver police say woman deliberately burned Monday in attack

  27-07-2022 19:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver say a woman they describe as “vulnerable” has serious burns after a man poured a flammable liquid on her and set it on fire.
  A statement from police says it happened at about 1:30 a.m. Monday.
  The statement says the woman, who’s in her 50s, was sitting on a sidewalk in the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood when a man in his 30s approached, poured the liquid on her head and lit it.
  Const. Tania Visintin says the man fled and the woman ran to a
  
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• Judge temporarily blocks Wyoming abortion ban

  27-07-2022 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming judge temporarily blocked the state’s abortion ban on the day it took effect, siding with a firebombed women’s health clinic and others who argued the ban would harm healthcare workers and their patients and violate the state constitution.
  Attorneys arguing before Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens, in Jackson, disagreed over whether the Wyoming Constitution provided a right to abortion.
  Owens was sympathetic, however, with arguments that
  
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• Saskatchewan Roughriders add veteran running back Shaq Cooper

  27-07-2022 19:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed veteran running back Shaquille Cooper.
  The Florida native spent the 2021 season with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the B.C. Lions, rushing for 142 yards and one touchdown while adding 11 receptions for 69 yards in seven total games.Cooper also returned eight punts for 19 yards and five kickoffs for 108 yards.
  The 29-year-old spent two seasons (2018-19) with the Edmonton Elks, where he registered 90 carries for 496 yards and two touchdowns w
  
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• Canadian experts says sexual violence in hockey, other sports has existed for decades

  27-07-2022 19:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Laurel Walzak says while recent news of sexual violence in Canadian hockey was disturbing, she wasn’t surprised at all.
  And, Walzak warned, it’s just the beginning.
  “Now is not even the tip of the iceberg,” Walzak told The Canadian Press in a phone interview. “I’m so grateful. But I’m also afraid. It’s just so widespread.”
  Walzak was one of 28 Canadian experts from 21 universities who signed an open letter to Sport Minister Pa
  
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• Senior Mountie says early descriptions of mass shooting not ‘consistent’ with reality

  27-07-2022 19:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — The Mountie who was among the first to tell the public about the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia testified today that some of the early descriptions police provided were not “consistent” with the reality of what had happened. 
  Chief Supt. Chris Leather is the second senior officer to provide evidence before the public inquiry into the April 18-19, 2020 murders of 22 people by a gunman who drove a replica RCMP patrol car.
  Commission lawyer Rachel Young asked Lea
  
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• World champion swimmer Summer McIntosh withdraws from 200 at Commonwealth Games

  27-07-2022 19:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canadian world champion swimmer Summer McIntosh has withdrawn from the women’s 200-metre butterfly at the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.
  Swimming Canada high performance director and national coach John Atkinson said pulling out of that event will allow McIntosh to concentrate on other events during a busy season.
  The 15-year-old from Toronto will have a busy Games regardless. She’s swimming in the 400-metre freestyle, 200 and 400 individual medle
  
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• Multi-use play areas open in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  27-07-2022 19:00 via theprogress.com
  
  Multi-use play areas open in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• City of Chilliwack announces new multi-use game areas at Watson Glen, Landing park facilities

  27-07-2022 18:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Glimmering new multi-use game areas have been installed at two parks in Chilliwack, giving youth and families alike a freshly painted, newly surfaced facility on which to play basketball or hockey.
  One multi-use game area is located at Watson Glen Park, 5775 Tyson Road, and the other is at the Landing, 9145 Corbould Street. Each game area features a paved surface, basketball hoops, line markings, and large and small recessed nets ideal for ball hockey or soccer.
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• Temperature records fall as heat wave hits Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  27-07-2022 18:45 via theprogress.com
  
  Temperature records fall as heat wave hits Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Protesters enter Iraqi parliament, chant curses against Iran

  27-07-2022 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of Iraqi protesters breached Baghdad’s parliament Wednesday, chanting curses against Iran, in a protest against the selection of a nominee for prime minister by Iran-backed parties.Many protesters were followers of an influential cleric. Some were seen walking on tables and waving Iraqi flags.No lawmakers were present. Only security forces were inside the building and they appeared to allow the protesters in with relative ease.
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• Lockdown ends at Mountain Institution prison, contraband seized

  27-07-2022 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — A lockdown procedure that required an exceptional search at Mountain Institution over the weekend has ended, resulting in the seizure of contraband and other items.The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) said on Friday (Jul. 22) that it implemented the lockdown to ensure the safety and security of the institution, its staff and inmates. Normal operations, including visits, were suspended until a resumption of routine operations was considered safe. However, private family visits
  
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• Chilliwack teacher suspended after ‘crossing personal boundaries‘ with students - Maple Ridge News

  27-07-2022 18:20 via mapleridgenews.com
  
  Chilliwack teacher suspended after ‘crossing personal boundaries‘ with students  Maple Ridge News
  
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• Donations sought for injured dog found at Chilliwack Lake by Abbotsford animal rescue society - Chilliwack Progress

  27-07-2022 18:15 via theprogress.com
  
  Donations sought for injured dog found at Chilliwack Lake by Abbotsford animal rescue society  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Donations sought for injured dog found at Chilliwack Lake by Abbotsford animal rescue society - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  27-07-2022 18:15 via agassizharrisonobserver.com
  
  Donations sought for injured dog found at Chilliwack Lake by Abbotsford animal rescue society  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• Donations Sought For Injured Dog Found At Chilliwack Lake By Abbotsford Animal Rescue Society - Abbotsford News

  27-07-2022 18:15 via abbynews.com
  
  Donations Sought For Injured Dog Found At Chilliwack Lake By Abbotsford Animal Rescue Society  Abbotsford News
  
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• Amanda Todd said ‘pedophile’ had been blackmailing her for years: Crown - Chilliwack Progress

  27-07-2022 18:13 via theprogress.com
  
  Amanda Todd said ‘pedophile’ had been blackmailing her for years: Crown  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Blackmon scores, Vancouver Whitecaps win Canadian Championship on penalties - Chilliwack Progress

  27-07-2022 18:11 via theprogress.com
  
  Blackmon scores, Vancouver Whitecaps win Canadian Championship on penalties  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Quebec police kill man and find woman and teenager seriously injured inside his home

  27-07-2022 18:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Que. — Quebec’s police watchdog is investigating after officers shot and killed a man south of Montreal before finding a woman and a teenager seriously injured inside his home.
  The independent police oversight agency — the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes — says a man called 911 around 2 a.m. today and said he had done something irreparable.
  Police in the city of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, about 40 kilometres southeast of Montreal, arri
  
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• WHO chief advises reducing sex partners to avoid monkeypox

  27-07-2022 18:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday advised men at risk of catching monkeypox to consider reducing their sexual partners “for the moment” following the U.N. health agency declaring the escalating outbreaks in multiple countries to be a global emergency.WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said 98% of the monkeypox cases detected since the outbreaks emerged in May have been among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. He ca
  
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• How England’s national team became a power in women’s soccer

  27-07-2022 17:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  There have been messages of support and praise from the royal family and Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
  The coverage is widespread, across the rolling news channels and both the front and back pages of the nation’s newspapers.
  The “Football’s Coming Home” chant is back in vogue.
  The England women’s soccer team is the talk of the nation and capturing hearts and minds because of its run to the final of the European Championship.
  After a 4-0 win over Sweden in the semif
  
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• Neymar to stand trial in Spain for Barcelona transfer

  27-07-2022 17:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Brazil forward Neymar will stand trial in Spain a month before the World Cup for alleged irregularities involving his transfer to Barcelona in 2013.
  Neymar’s parents, former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell and both the club and Brazilian team Santos are also set to go on trial after a complaint brought by Brazilian investment group DIS regarding the amount of the player’s transfer.
  The trial is scheduled to start on Oct. 17, nearly a month before the W
  
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• Liberals to launch consultation on criminal justice response to HIV non-disclosure

  27-07-2022 17:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government plans to hold consultations on the criminal justice system’s response to HIV non-disclosure.
  Justice Minister David Lametti is making the commitment as he meets interested parties in the lead-up to the International AIDS Conference in Montreal this weekend.
  The consultation, slated to begin in October, will seek input on how to modernize the criminal justice system in light of scientific evidence related to the risk of sexual transmission of HIV, the v
  
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• In U.S., Indigenous groups echo Canadian complaints that Pope’s apology falls short

  27-07-2022 17:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Indigenous groups in the United States are echoing Canadian complaints about the Pope’s apology to survivors of residential schools north of the border.
  The National Congress of American Indians acknowledged the apology from Pope Francis as a historic moment, but is pressing the church to do more. 
  President Fawn Sharp says the Canadian residential school system was modelled after a similar system in the U.S., one under investigation by the Department of the Interio
  
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• Biden tests negative for COVID-19, ends ‘strict isolation’

  27-07-2022 16:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is ending his COVID-19 isolation after testing negative for the virus on Tuesday night and again on Wednesday.That’s according to a letter the White House released Wednesday from Biden’s physician.Dr. Kevin O’Connor writes that Biden has completed his course of treatment with the drug Paxlovid and remains free of fever. O’Connor says that given those factors and the pair of negative tests, Biden will discontinue his “stric
  
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• Teck Resources posts record quarterly profit amid soaring commodity prices

  27-07-2022 16:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — High commodity prices boosted Teck Resources Ltd.’s balance sheet as the mining company posted a record quarterly profit more than five times higher than the same period last year.
  The Vancouver-based mining firm says its net income attributable to shareholders surged to $1.68 billion or $3.07 per diluted share, compared with $260 million or 48 cents per diluted share a year earlier.
  Adjusted profit attributable to shareholders was $1.77 billion or $3.25 per diluted share
  
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• CAMH to study effects of psilocybin on depression after receiving first federal grant

  27-07-2022 15:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health says it has been awarded Canada’s first federal grant to study the effects of a psychedelic chemical component in “magic mushrooms” on treatment-resistant depression.
  The psychiatric institute says researchers will explore whether experiencing the effects of psilocybin – found in “magic mushrooms” – is necessary for it to have antidepressant effects. 
  The clinical trial will recruit 60 adult
  
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• Griner testifies at Russia drug trial about interrogation

  27-07-2022 15:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — The drug trial of American basketball star Brittney Griner resumed Wednesday in a Russian court with Griner testifying that a language interpreter provided during her questioning translated only a fraction of what was said.
  Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport in February. She acknowledged in court earlier this month that she had vape canisters containing cannabis oil when she arrived in Russia but contends she had no criminal intent and the canisters ended up in h
  
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