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• Senegalese government says diplomat “savagely beaten” by Gatineau police - Chilliwack Progress

  06-08-2022 23:09 via theprogress.com
  
  Senegalese government says diplomat “savagely beaten” by Gatineau police  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Hockey Canada’s board chair Michael Brind’Amour steps down - Chilliwack Progress

  06-08-2022 23:01 via theprogress.com
  
  Hockey Canada’s board chair Michael Brind’Amour steps down  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canadian wrestlers Di Stasio, Randhawa capture Commonwealth Games gold - Chilliwack Progress

  06-08-2022 22:56 via theprogress.com
  
  Canadian wrestlers Di Stasio, Randhawa capture Commonwealth Games gold  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Man accused in Amanda Todd harassment case found guilty on all charges

  06-08-2022 22:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A Dutch man accused of tormenting British Columbia teen Amanda Todd via online threats has been found guilty of all charges he faced in connection with the case, a jury ruled on Saturday.
  Aydin Coban was accused of extortion, harassment, communication with a young person to commit a sexual offence and possession and distribution of child pornography. The jury presiding over his trial in the B.C. Supreme Court handed down its unanimous verdict one day after  del
  
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• CP NewsAlert: man accused in Amanda Todd harassment case found guilty on all charges

  06-08-2022 22:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — The jury in the British Columbia Supreme Court trial of Aydin Coban has found him guilty on all charges he faced. 
  Coban was accused of extortion, harassment, communication with a young person to commit a sexual offence and possession and distribution of child pornography in relation to Port Coquitlam, B.C., teen Amanda Todd. 
  She was 15 years old when she died by suicide in 2012 after posting a video that described being tormented by an online harasser.&n
  
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• Canadian wrestlers Di Stasio, Randhawa capture Commonwealth Games gold

  06-08-2022 22:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom — Justina Di Stasio and Nishan Randhawa both won gold medals to lead a Canadian wrestling medal haul Saturday at the Commonwealth Games.
  Canada also struck gold at the track where Camryn Rogers of Richmond, B.C., won women’s hammer throw.
  All six wrestlers competing Saturday at Conventry Arena stepped onto the podium.
  Di Stasio, a 29-year-old from Burnaby, B.C., beat Nigeria’s Hannah Amuchechi Rueben 4-2 in the final with a four-point takedown to win
  
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• Canadian junior Weekes falls to Germany’s Altmaier in National Bank Open debut

  06-08-2022 22:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — It was just a few short years ago that Jaden Weekes was at IGA Stadium as a fan with dreams of one day playing on the ATP Tour circuit. 
  On Saturday, the 17-year-old Montreal native took the next step in his tennis journey by making his National Bank Open debut — on centre court no less — as a wild-card entry in the qualifying draw.
  Weekes held his own against Germany’s Daniel Altmaier before dropping a 6-3, 6-4 decision in one hour 27 minutes.
  “I me
  
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• ABBA-themed musical ‘Mamma Mia!’ coming to Chilliwack stage - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  06-08-2022 22:11 via agassizharrisonobserver.com
  
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• ABBA-themed Musical ‘Mamma Mia!’ Coming To Chilliwack Stage - Abbotsford News

  06-08-2022 22:11 via abbynews.com
  
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• Senegalese government says diplomat “savagely beaten” by Gatineau police

  06-08-2022 20:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GATINEAU, Que. — The government of Senegal is accusing Canadian police of “savagely” beating one of its diplomats.
  The Senegalese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the diplomat, who works at the West African nation’s embassy in Ottawa, was restrained and assaulted at her Gatineau, Que., home on Aug. 2.
  She was “handcuffed and savagely beaten, to the point that she had difficulty breathing, which led to her being taken to the hospital by ambulance,” the min
  
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• New Car Dealers Association of BC applauds electric vehicle rebate increase - Chilliwack Progress

  06-08-2022 20:00 via theprogress.com
  
  New Car Dealers Association of BC applauds electric vehicle rebate increase  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Former B.C. solicitor-general Rich Coleman is returning to politics - Chilliwack Progress

  06-08-2022 19:20 via theprogress.com
  
  Former B.C. solicitor-general Rich Coleman is returning to politics  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Northern athletes undaunted by their challenges at Canada Games

  06-08-2022 19:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YELLOWKNIFE — Athletes from across Canada’s North will be among those competing at this month’s Canada Summer Games, including some in sports rarely seen in their home territories. 
  Nunavut is sending its first beach volleyball team to compete at the amateur multi-sport festival that opened Saturday in Ontario’s Niagara Region and concludes Aug. 21.
  “We don’t play beach volleyball very often in Nunavut,” beach player Talia Grant said. “We don&
  
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• Hockey Canada’s board chair Michael Brind’Amour steps down

  06-08-2022 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The chair of Hockey Canada’s board of directors has resigned.Michael Brind’Amour told the board Friday evening he was stepping down immediately, Hockey Canada said Saturday in a statement.
  The organization is under intense scrutiny for its handling of sexual assault allegations against members of previous men’s junior teams.
  “I have listened carefully and intently to the comments of Canadians about the culture of our sport and our organization, and about o
  
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• Pandemic benefits were too generous with businesses, stringent with workers: experts - Chilliwack Progress

  06-08-2022 17:20 via theprogress.com
  
  Pandemic benefits were too generous with businesses, stringent with workers: experts  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Provincial, territorial federations want Hockey Canada meeting before paying dues - Chilliwack Progress

  06-08-2022 17:10 via theprogress.com
  
  Provincial, territorial federations want Hockey Canada meeting before paying dues  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Sextortion boom coincides with pandemic’s online shift, as experts raise alarm - Chilliwack Progress

  06-08-2022 17:00 via theprogress.com
  
  Sextortion boom coincides with pandemic’s online shift, as experts raise alarm  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• City of Chilliwack to install new drinking fountains in Sardis and Promontory

  06-08-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Nothing satisfies quite like Chilliwack’s award-winning drinking water and the hydration that it brings on a hot summer day.The City of Chilliwack announced Friday (August 5) that it will install new water stations at four popular venues in Chilliwack, including three in Sardis and one in Promontory.
  Mayor Ken Popove joined Councillors Jeff Shields and Harv Westeringh Thursday (Aug. 4) at the Promontory summit to try out the newest drinking fountain at Jinkerson Stairs,
  
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• Chilliwack Fair opens to bustling crowds with attractions galore

  06-08-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Fair pulled out all the stops for its weekend of fun Friday, giving people of all ages a local venue to experience a festive environment of food, entertainment, and shopping.Some sights were jaw-dropping, such as the breathtaking acrobatics of motocross daredevils, while others evoked a sort of Western farm feel.At any rate, thousands of Chilliwack residents and other Fraser Valley visitors gathered Friday for Day 1 of the 150th Chilliwack Fair on the grounds of
  
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• Chilliwack Cultural Centre selects new executive director from Alberta

  06-08-2022 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — An exhaustive selection process to find the next executive director of the Chilliwack Cultural Centre has culminated in the hiring of a versatile arts leader with tremendous creative and administrative leadership.Following the extensive vetting of nearly 100 interested candidates, the board of directors for the Chilliwack Arts and Cultural Centre Society (CACCS) will welcome Jean-Louis (J.L.) Bleau as the executive director effective September 1.Mr. Bleau will report to the bo
  
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• PHOTOS: Bucking bulls kick off 1st day of Chilliwack Rodeo at 150th annual fair - Chilliwack Progress

  06-08-2022 14:10 via theprogress.com
  
  PHOTOS: Bucking bulls kick off 1st day of Chilliwack Rodeo at 150th annual fair  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Artists to cash in when work is resold with update of copyright laws

  06-08-2022 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Artists are to get paid when their work is resold in a shakeup of copyright laws that would give them a slice of collectors’ profits.
  Painters, sculptors and other visual artists stand to get a payout when their work is resold at auction and by galleries, in a government move designed to help sustain thousands of artists currently working below the poverty line.
  Under reforms of copyright law, being drafted by Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne and Herita
  
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• Pandemic benefits were too generous with businesses, stringent with workers: experts

  06-08-2022 12:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Benefits rolled out at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic allowed vulnerable Canadians to stay healthy while maintaining an income, but business supports were excessive and show the outsized influence of business groups on public policy, economists say.
  Nearly two and a half years ago, the federal government faced an unprecedented task of shutting down the economy to slow the rapid spread of COVID-19. That shutdown led to a series of pandemic relief benefits aimed at softening the
  
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• Sextortion boom coincides with pandemic’s online shift, as experts raise alarm

  06-08-2022 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The mass shift online brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic coincided with a boom of so-called “sextortion scams,” new data from Statistics Canada suggests.
  As authorities aim to educate youth and parents about online sex crimes, experts are calling for more regulation, education and law enforcement.
  Sexual extortion, or sextortion, occurs when someone threatens to distribute private, often sexually explicit, material online if the victim doesn’t comply with the
  
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• Amanda Todd’s mother highlights impact of ‘sextortion’, as jury deliberates

  06-08-2022 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW WESTMINSTER — The mother of Amanda Todd hopes her daughter’s case brings increased awareness of the devastating impacts of “sextortion”, as a jury in the trial of a Dutch man accused of blackmailing the British Columbia teenager begins its first full day of deliberations. 
  Carol Todd says her daughter was “disabled” by depression and anxiety caused by what a Crown prosecutor called a persistent online campaign of harassment, before her suicide at the
  
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• UPDATE: ‘Mamma Mia!’ by Chilliwack theatre troupe has been cancelled - Hope Standard

  06-08-2022 09:00 via hopestandard.com
  
  UPDATE: ‘Mamma Mia!’ by Chilliwack theatre troupe has been cancelled  Hope Standard
  
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• UPDATE: ‘Mamma Mia!’ by Chilliwack theatre troupe has been cancelled - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  06-08-2022 09:00 via agassizharrisonobserver.com
  
  UPDATE: ‘Mamma Mia!’ by Chilliwack theatre troupe has been cancelled  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• Israel and Gaza militants exchange fire after deadly strikes

  06-08-2022 07:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli jets pounded militant targets in Gaza early Saturday as rockets rained on southern Israel, hours after a wave of Israeli airstrikes on the coastal enclave killed at least 10 people, including a senior militant and a 5-year-old girl.
  The fighting that began Friday with Israel’s dramatic targeted killing of a senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad continued throughout the night, drawing the sides closer to an all-out war.But the territory
  
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• Cavallini scores, short-handed Whitecaps snatch dramatic 2-1 win over Dynamo

  06-08-2022 06:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Lucas Cavallini scored in injury time, giving the short-handed Vancouver Whitecaps a much-needed 2-1 victory over the Houston Dynamo on Friday.The Canadian striker fired a left-footed shot from inside the penalty area in the second minute of added time to secure the win for the ‘Caps (8-10-6).Simon Becher — making his Major League Soccer debut — put away Vancouver’s first goal of the night in the 88th minute.Fafa Picault opened the scoring for Houston (7
  
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• Jays’ miscues lead to Gordon run in 10th, Twins win 6-5

  06-08-2022 06:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Nick Gordon hit a three-run homer and scored in the 10th inning for Minnesota after a pair of miscues by Toronto catcher Danny Jansen, giving the Twins a 6-5 win over the Blue Jays on Friday night.
  Gordon, who had three hits in the game, was the automatic runner to start the bottom of the 10th. Jordan Romano (3-3) struck out Jake Cave on a low slider that got past Jansen, who threw wildly to first, allowing Cave to reach and moving Gordon to third. Tim Beckham hit a grou
  
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• B.C. homicide squad says fatal Surrey park shooting was a targeted hit

  06-08-2022 04:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Police say a shooting at a Surrey, B.C., sports field that killed two men and left another man in hospital with life-threatening injuries was a targeted crime likely connected to gangs and drugs. 
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says in a statement that the shooting at the South Surrey Athletic Park last Saturday happened in a parking lot.
  Police say the dead include 26-year-old Harbir Khosa and 20-year-old Robeen Soreni.
  Jordan Krishna, who is 19, remains in
  
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• Stampeders snap two-game losing streak, defeat Redblacks 17-3

  06-08-2022 04:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Calgary Stampeders snapped a two-game losing streak with a 17-3 win over the Ottawa Redblacks Friday night at TD Place.
  Bo Levi Mitchell was far from his best, but on this night he was easily the better quarterback.
  Mitchell finished the night 13-of-27 passing for 142 yards and one interception. He fell one yard short of becoming Calgary’s all-time passing leader.
  Rene Parades connected on three field goals and the lone Calgary touchdown was scored off an interception.
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• Indiana Legislature 1st to approve abortion bans post Roe

  06-08-2022 04:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s Legislature became the first in the nation Friday to pass new legislation restricting access to abortions since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.The measure now goes to Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb, who has not indicated whether he will sign it.
  Indiana was among the earliest Republican-run state legislatures to debate tighter abortion laws after the Supreme Court ruling in June that removed constitutional protections for the procedure. It i
  
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• Canada’s Olivier Aubin-Mercier moves within one win of US$1-million MMA payday

  06-08-2022 04:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — (The Canadian Gangster) Olivier Aubin-Mercier won a unanimous decision over Paraguay’s Alex Martinez on Friday to move into the lightweight final of the Professional Fighters League.
  The 33-year-old from Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Que., will face Scotland’s Stevie (Braveheart) Ray for the 155-pound title and a US$1-million payday.
  Aubin-Mercier (16-5-0) knocked Martinez down seconds into both the second and third rounds, controlling him on the ground once they got t
  
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• GOP Rep. who voted to impeach advances in Washington primary

  06-08-2022 02:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse, who voted to impeach Donald Trump, advanced to the general election Friday following days of vote counts in Washington state’s primary, but fellow Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler saw her advantage against an opponent endorsed by Trump rapidly shrink to within recount territory.
  Both drew interparty challenges due to their vote to impeach Trump following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.Newhouse, the four-term incumbent in
  
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• UPDATE: Children complain of burning skin and eyes after visit to Chilliwack playground - Chilliwack Progress

  06-08-2022 01:53 via theprogress.com
  
  UPDATE: Children complain of burning skin and eyes after visit to Chilliwack playground  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• UPDATE: Children Complain Of Burning Skin And Eyes After Visit To Chilliwack Playground - Abbotsford News

  06-08-2022 01:53 via abbynews.com
  
  UPDATE: Children Complain Of Burning Skin And Eyes After Visit To Chilliwack Playground  Abbotsford News
  
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• Harrington takes one stroke lead after first round of Shaw Charity Classic

  06-08-2022 01:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Padraig Harrington eagled the final hole at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club on Friday to vault into the lead at the 2022 Shaw Charity Classic.
  Harrington was trailing clubhouse leader Kirk Triplett by one stroke before draining a lengthy putt from off the green on the par 5 finishing hole to card Friday’s best round of 6-under 64.
  The 50-year-old Irishman had three birdies on the front nine of the par 70, 7,086-yard layout before adding another birdie and clutch eagle
  
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• PHOTOS: Ringing in 150 years of the Chilliwack Fair - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  06-08-2022 01:36 via agassizharrisonobserver.com
  
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• Parents of child who died from fentanyl charged with murder

  06-08-2022 01:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors in Northern California filed murder charges against the parents of a 15-month-old toddler who died in May after she ingested fentanyl authorities believe her mother had been using.
  Prosecutors on Thursday also charged Evan Frostick, 26, and Madison Bernard, 23, with child cruelty and tacked on a sentence-enhancing charge alleging their actions willfully caused the suffering of a child, the Press Democrat reported.The couple, who police have described a
  
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• Chilliwack's Valley Huskers fade late in road loss to Westshore Rebels - Chilliwack Progress

  06-08-2022 01:20 via theprogress.com
  
  Chilliwack's Valley Huskers fade late in road loss to Westshore Rebels  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Bryan Burnham returns as B.C. Lions take on struggling Edmonton Elks

  06-08-2022 01:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Few would have faulted Bryan Burnham for taking some time away from the B.C. Lions this season. 
  The star receiver couldn’t be on the field anyway after a jarring hit from Toronto Argonauts defensive back Shaq Richardson on June 25 left him with fractured ribs and a collapsed lung.
  But after Burnham spent a week in a Vancouver hospital recovering, he returned to help his teammates.
  “Obviously, I would have loved to go and spend more time with my wife and our fo
  
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• EDITORIAL: Where have all the workers gone? - Chilliwack Progress

  06-08-2022 01:07 via theprogress.com
  
  EDITORIAL: Where have all the workers gone?  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada’s Fernandez draws into bracket with world No. 1 Swiatek at National Bank Open

  06-08-2022 01:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — When Leylah Fernandez’s name was drawn into the same bracket as world No. 1 Iga Swiatek for the upcoming National Bank Open a mischievous smile played across the top-seeded Canadian’s face.
  The 19-year-old from Laval, Que., leaned forward in her chair and caught the eye of the top-seeded Swiatek.
  “Hi,” said Fernandez on Friday, getting laughs from the crowd assembled on the observation deck of the CN Tower for the WTA event’s draw ceremony.
  The women
  
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• Chilliwack's Crime Severity Index among highest in B.C. - Chilliwack Progress

  06-08-2022 00:40 via theprogress.com
  
  Chilliwack's Crime Severity Index among highest in B.C.  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Jury now deliberating in online extortion case of British Columbia teen - Chilliwack Progress

  06-08-2022 00:31 via theprogress.com
  
  Jury now deliberating in online extortion case of British Columbia teen  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Tom Kim going places in a hurry, among leaders at Wyndham

  06-08-2022 00:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Joohyung “Tom” Kim began the Wyndham Championship with a quadruple bogey on his first hole and wasn’t the least bit bothered. The kid seems to be going places in a hurry.
  Already assured a PGA Tour card for next season, Kim overcame his rough start with a 6-under 64 on Friday that gave him a share of the early lead with Brandon Wu and Ryan Moore in the final PGA Tour event of the regular season.
  Kim, a 20-year-old South Korean, has to win at Sedgef
  
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• Alex Jones ordered to pay $49.3M total over Sandy Hook lies

  06-08-2022 00:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury on Friday ordered Infowars’ Alex Jones to pay $49.3 million in total damages to the parents of a first-grader killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, which the conspiracy theorist falsely called a hoax orchestrated by the government in order to tighten U.S. gun laws.The amount is less than the $150 million sought by Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose 6-year-old son Jesse Lewis was among 19 children and six educators killed in the
  
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