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• Trump probe: Court halts Mar-a-Lago special master review

  01-12-2022 23:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday ended an independent review of documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate, removing a hurdle the Justice Department said had delayed its criminal investigation into the retention of top-secret government information.
  The decision by the three-judge panel represents a significant win for federal prosecutors, clearing the way for them to use as part of their investigation the entire tranche of documents sei
  
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• B.C. medical services agency files court injunction against Telus LifePlus program - Chilliwack Progress

  01-12-2022 23:30 via news.google.com
  B.C. medical services agency files court injunction against Telus LifePlus program  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Guerrero named Blue Jays’ player of the year by Toronto baseball writers’ association

  01-12-2022 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Vladimir Guerrero Jr., was named Blue Jays player of the year on Thursday in voting by the Toronto chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.
  The all-star first baseman had a .274 batting average, smashed 32 home runs, and won a Gold Glove for his fielding.
  Alek Manoah was named pitcher of the year and right-hander Ross Stripling was named most improved player. 
  Manoah earned a 16-7 record in his first all-star season with 180 strikeouts and a 2.24 earned
  
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• B.C. Nisga’a totem on display at Scotland museum since 1930 is heading home

  01-12-2022 22:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — The National Museum of Scotland says it will return a memorial totem pole taken nearly a century ago from the Nisga’a Nation in British Columbia. 
  The museum says its board of trustees approved the First Nation’s request to transfer the pole back to its home in northwest B.C.
  A delegation of Nisga’a leaders travelled to Edinburgh last August to request the transfer of the 11-metre pole back to their territory.
  Nisga’a Nation Chief Earl Stephens says
  
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• Hall of Fame goalie Roberto Luongo honoured to be recognized by Vancouver Canucks

  01-12-2022 21:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — Roberto Luongo knows there’ll be a lot of emotions when he takes the ice in Vancouver Thursday night. 
  After all, Rogers Arena has long held a special place for the former Canucks goalie. 
  It’s the rink where he backstopped Team Canada to Olympic gold in 2010 and the spot where he and his Canucks teammates experienced heartbreak in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final in 2011.
  Those are among the moments Luongo will be thinking of when he’s honoured Thurs
  
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• Crunch time: The baguette gets UN world heritage status - Chilliwack Progress

  01-12-2022 21:30 via news.google.com
  Crunch time: The baguette gets UN world heritage status  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Don Meredith’s lawyer says Senate vote to strip him of ‘Honourable’ title ‘troubling’

  01-12-2022 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The lawyer representing a former senator charged with sexual assault says it’s “troubling” the Senate voted to strip his client of the title of “Honourable” while a process is ongoing in court.
  The upper chamber voted this week to ask Gov. Gen. Mary Simon to take the title away from Meredith as well as other former senators who had been indicted and convicted of a crime.
  Meredith resigned from the Senate amid allegations of sexual misconduct in 2017 a
  
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• Streaky Success: Robertson, Marner among NHL’s stars of November

  01-12-2022 21:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NEW YORK — Dallas forward Jason Robertson and Toronto winger Mitch Marner were honoured by the NHL on Thursday for their impressive scoring streaks.
  Robertson was named the league’s first star of November after leading the league with 15 goals and 26 points in 14 games last month.
  The Stars winger had at least a point in every game he played in November and increased his scoring streak to 16 games (17 goals, 12 assists).
  Marner also had a point in every game last month and was named
  
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• Justices keep student loan cancellation blocked for now

  01-12-2022 21:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Biden administration program to cancel student loans will remain blocked for now, but the justices agreed to take up the case in late winter.
  The court’s decision to hear arguments relatively quickly means it is likely to determine whether the widespread loan cancellations are legal by late June.
  That’s about two months before the newly extended pause on loan repayments is set to expire.
  The administration had wanted a co
  
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• Province, feds commit $9.9 million for Cultus Lake wastewater treatment facility

  01-12-2022 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The provincial and federal government announced Thursday morning (Dec. 1) that they have jointly committed $9.9 million in grant funding towards the Cultus Lake North wastewater treatment facility.“This is an important project,” said Kirk Dzaman, chair of the Cultus Lake Park Board, who thanked Chilliwack-Kent MLA Kelli Paddon for keeping this project front and centre. “Not just of monetary importance and providing necessary funding for much-needed infrastruc
  
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• Scrambling for aircraft in N.S. mass shooting, RCMP told to ‘pound sand’: official

  01-12-2022 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Transcripts of calls between the RCMP and search and rescue officials in Halifax show an overall lack of understanding of what was required to have a military aircraft assist during the search for a gunman who killed 22 people in April 2020.
  Log and audio transcripts obtained by The Canadian Press under an access to information request also reveal muddled advice from the military’s Joint Rescue Coordination Centre, which was initially under the impression that it had adequa
  
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• Klinsmann leads FIFA team analyzing World Cup on the road

  01-12-2022 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The black SUV packed with soccer fans wearing Lionel Messi shirts pulls up alongside a World Cup -branded vehicle, both inching forward in late-night traffic after leaving Argentina’s game against Poland.
  Two men in the Jeep Wrangler with Bahrain license plates look over, waving and smiling after seeing Messi play in the 2-0 victory but oblivious to the storied occupants in the back seat of the van.
  Jurgen Klinsmann, Faryd Mondragón and Cha Du-ri.
  One is a W
  
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• Iceland’s ambassador discusses shared priorities with leaders in N. W. T

  01-12-2022 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  YELLOWKNIFE — Iceland’s ambassador to Canada was in the Northwest Territories capital this week discussing shared priorities with leaders in the territory.
  Hlynur Gudjonsson met with N.W.T. Premier Caroline Cochrane and Julie Green, the territory’s minister of health. He said they discussed a variety of topics including renewable energy, climate change, mental health and substance use among youth.
  “The Northwest Territories and Iceland are linked in ways that have created
  
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• Harjo at the helm, first woman to coach Canadian women’s alpine ski team

  01-12-2022 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — Karin Harjo isn’t just the first woman to be the head coach of a Canadian alpine ski team, she’s also the first woman to have that job with any country on the World Cup circuit.
  Harjo is a few weeks into her first season at the helm of the Canadian women’s team.
  “It’s a dream role,” Harjo told The Canadian Press. “To be asked to take on such a huge responsibility is pretty incredible.
  “As far as the gender piece, this is
  
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• Alberta deputy premier says sovereignty act not a power grab, eyes changes to bill

  01-12-2022 20:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  EDMONTON — Alberta’s deputy premier says the proposed sovereignty act does not grant cabinet unilateral power to rewrite laws behind closed doors, but amendments may be needed to clear that up.
  Kaycee Madu, in a post on Twitter, says the legislation explains that any law cabinet changes must go back to the house for final approval in the form of a bill.
  However, the act does not state this and legal experts say the sweeping power it would give cabinet coupled with a lack of legislatu
  
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• Icy cold, wind and chance of more snow forecast for parts of B.C.: Environment Canada

  01-12-2022 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — A high pressure system over British Columbia is pushing arctic air and bitter cold to several areas of B.C. along with the potential for snow and wind on Friday. 
  Environment Canada says an extreme cold warning is up for B.C.’s Peace River regions with forecasts of wind chill values to minus 40. 
  Arctic outflow warnings have been posted for B.C.’s central and northern coasts, with the wind chill predicted at minus 20. 
  Special weather statements are a
  
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• Biden says climate law has ‘glitches’ after Macron criticism

  01-12-2022 20:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday acknowledged “glitches” in America’s clean energy law that have raised concerns in Europe, but said “there’s tweaks we can make” to satisfy allies.
  Biden made the comments during a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron.
  Biden, who is honoring Macron with the first state dinner of his presidency on Thursday evening, said he and the French president spoke a “a good deal” ab
  
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• Jamie Lee Curtis to receive award for overcoming ageism in entertainment - Chilliwack Progress

  01-12-2022 20:00 via news.google.com
  Jamie Lee Curtis to receive award for overcoming ageism in entertainment  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Wind chill to hit -19 tonight in Chilliwack; possible snow Friday night

  01-12-2022 19:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Environment Canada has revised its forecast of snow for Friday (Dec. 2), saying instead that there is only a 60 per cent chance of snow.
  Up until Thursday morning, Environment Canada had been calling for flurries during the day on Friday and snow at night.
  The national weather forecaster now says it will be cloudy on Friday and only a 60 per cent chance of snow at night.
  Similarly, Environment Canada released an Arctic outflow advisory Thursday saying that wind chill values wi
  
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• Nexus applicants can shuffle off to Buffalo as Canada, U.S. expand pilot project

  01-12-2022 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — An experimental bid to rescue the troubled Nexus trusted-traveller program between Canada and the United States has expanded to the Peace Bridge. 
  New York congressman Rep. Brian Higgins says Nexus applicants in Canada can now sit down with border agents on opposite sides of the link between Fort Erie, Ont., and Buffalo, N.Y. 
  It’s an expansion of a pilot project between the Canada Border Services Agency and U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Thousand Is
  
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• AGCO orders Ontario gaming operators to stop offering UFC bets due to concerns

  01-12-2022 19:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario is requiring all registered casino, lottery and igaming operators to stop offering and accepting wagers on Ultimate Fighting Championship events. 
  That comes after the commission says it learned of recent alleged incidents involving possible betting by UFC insiders, as well as reports of suspicious betting patterns in other jurisdictions.
  The AGCO says the order to stop wagers on UFC events is due to concerns about non-compliance
  
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• New paid sick leave rules coming into effect for federally regulated workers

  01-12-2022 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Employees in federally regulated private-sector workplaces are now eligible for 10 days of paid sick leave. 
  As of Dec. 31, workers who have been continuously employed for at least 30 days will have access to three paid sick days. 
  Workers will then get a fourth sick day as of Feb. 1, and will accumulate one additional day at the start of every month up to a maximum of 10 days per year. 
  On the campaign trail in 2021, the Liberals pledged to introduce 10 days of pai
  
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• New-look Matt Dunstone rink is top Canadian team on year-to-date world ranking list

  01-12-2022 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  A strong start to the season has launched the new-look Matt Dunstone team past the rest of the Canadian competition on the world men’s curling rankings list.
  Dunstone is the top domestic entry on the World Curling Federation year-to-date list at No. 2 behind reigning world champion Niklas Edin of Sweden.
  The 27-year-old resident of Kamloops, B.C., won seven straight games to capture the recent Red Deer Curling Classic. It was the third straight final appearance for a team that has opened t
  
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• A look at how $10-a-day child-care plans have been rolling out across Canada

  01-12-2022 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  IQALUIT, Nunavut — Families in Nunavut are now paying an average of $10 a day for child care, the first jurisdiction to achieve the goal under a Canada-wide plan. 
  The federal government has signed agreements with every province and territory, aiming to reduce child-care fees by an average of 50 per cent by the end of 2022 and to $10 a day by 2026.
  Here is how the program is rolling out across the country. 
  Nunavut signed a $66-million agreement in January with plans to reach $10
  
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• Nunavut reaches $10-a-day average for child care, years ahead of Canada-wide goal

  01-12-2022 18:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  IQALUIT, Nunavut — Families across Nunavut are now paying an average of $10 a day for child care under a Canada-wide plan, 15 months earlier than initially expected and three years ahead of the national goal. 
  The federal government has signed child-care agreements with every province and territory. It aims to increase the number of regulated child-care spaces across Canada and reduce fees by an average of 50 per cent by the end of 2022 and $10 a day by 2026.
  In signing a $66-million
  
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• Military was told to prepare to intervene in ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests: official

  01-12-2022 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Defence Department’s top official says he told the military to prepare to intervene as “Freedom Convoy” protests gridlocked downtown Ottawa and several border crossings with the U.S. earlier this year.
  But Deputy Minister Bill Matthews says the plans were never seriously considered or presented to Defence Minister Anita Anand.
  Matthews instead says the Liberal government was adamant the Armed Forces should be used only as a last resort, particularly as the sh
  
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• City of Mission uses cute video to remind residents not to cut down Christmas trees in its forest

  01-12-2022 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSION — It’s nice to save a few bucks here and there, but it’s not worth interfering with Mother Nature and the forests that British Columbians appreciate and enjoy.
  The City of Mission put out a friendly reminder Thursday morning (Dec. 1) in a funny but heartwarming video that Christmas tree cutting is not permitted in the Mission Municipal Forest in a new video exploring the benefits of community forestry.
  “Our community depends on healthy and productive forests that
  
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• Canada exits World Cup on third straight loss as Morocco profits from poor defending

  01-12-2022 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DOHA, Qatar — Canada is leaving the World Cup without a point after losing 2-1 to Morocco in its final group stage game.
  Canada dug itself an early hole and couldn’t find a way out despite a late surge.
  The result leaves Canada winless at the World Cup for the second time in 36 years.
  Hakim Ziyech and Youssef En-Nesyri scored for No. 22 Morocco, which took advantage of horrendous Canada defending to lead 2-0 after 23 minutes and clinched top spot in Group F with the win and a 0-0 dra
  
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• Chilliwack first responders to collect food and funds for Emergency Services Food Drive

  01-12-2022 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The work of first responders in Chilliwack often overlap when the community needs them most.And in this case, first responders in Chilliwack will be prioritizing the needs of local families for the first annual, community-based Emergency Services Food Drive starting this weekend.The Chilliwack RCMP, the Chilliwack Fire Department and Chilliwack Search and Rescue are teaming up for the first ever community-based Emergency Services Food Drive, according to a news release from th
  
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• Saskatchewan mass stabbing sparks law to suspend benefits for offenders at large

  01-12-2022 18:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  REGINA — Saskatchewan says it wants to suspend government benefits to violent offenders who have warrants out for their arrest. 
  The Saskatchewan Party government introduced legislation today that would cut off people’s provincial benefits if they have an active warrant, or make them ineligible. 
  Public Safety Minister Christine Tell says the bill is in response to the mass stabbings in September on James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon. 
  Eleven p
  
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• Joly ups cash for International Criminal Court sex-crime probes, as Russia rift grows

  01-12-2022 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is announcing another $1 million for the International Criminal Court.
  The money is meant to support the court’s investigations into sexual and gender-based violence everywhere, as Canada helps that agency look into possible Russian war crimes in Ukraine.
  Joly is speaking in Poland at a summit of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, one of the last forums where Russia and the West have diplomatic relations.
  Th
  
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• ‘Maybe tomorrow will be too late.’ War adds urgency for Ukrainian artists

  01-12-2022 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  KYIV, Ukraine — At first glance, the space looks like any other trendy gallery in a western country: faded walls, a stylish café where regulars chat quietly, all in a neighbourhood that wouldn’t look that out of place in Montreal.
  But hanging on the walls beside peeling paint and cracked plaster, small images are vaguely reminiscent of photos and internet memes that have been circulating since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.
  Draw a little closer, and certain scenes are cl
  
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• Inquiry into Emergencies Act urged to recommend greater political oversight of police

  01-12-2022 17:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — A political scientist says there is virtue in clearly defining the difference between government oversight of law enforcement and the independence of police, although it is not as straightforward as some witnesses at a public inquiry have suggested.
  The concept of police oversight and independence came up time and again over six weeks of fact-finding testimony at the Public Order Emergency Commission, which is investigating the federal Liberal government’s use of the Emergen
  
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• B.C. school district troubled by vaping students - Chilliwack Progress

  01-12-2022 17:30 via news.google.com
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• Case of Quebec man charged in plot to overthrow Haitian government put off to January

  01-12-2022 17:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  QUEBEC — The case of a Quebec man charged with planning a terrorist act to overthrow the Haitian government of Jovenel Moïse has been put off to the new year.
  Gérald Nicolas was not in court as lawyers appeared for a brief hearing, during which a judge pushed the case to Jan. 31, 2023.
  Nicolas, 51, of Lévis, Que., just south of Quebec City, is charged with leaving Canada to facilitate a terrorist activity, facilitating a terrorist activity and providing property for terr
  
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• Former Expos reporter Richard Milo honoured by Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame

  01-12-2022 17:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ST. MARYS, ONTARIO, CANADA — Longtime Canadian Press writer Richard Milo has been named the winner of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s 2022 Jack Graney Award.
  The honour is given annually to a member of the media who has made significant contributions to baseball in Canada through their life’s work.
  Jeremy Diamond, chair of the Hall of Fame’s board of directors, says that Milo’s articles were “essential reading for French-speaking baseball fans&
  
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• Richard Wagamese’s novel ‘Ragged Company’ secures film adaptation

  01-12-2022 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WHISTLER, B.C. — Richard Wagamese’s novel “Ragged Company” is being turned into a feature film.
  British Columbia-based Sea to Sky Entertainment and Grinding Halt Films say they have acquired the rights to adapt the book.
  Montreal-raised filmmaker Stephen Campanelli is slated to direct the film, with cameras expected to roll in 2023.
  Cree filmmaker Jules Koostachin is writing the film’s screenplay alongside Canadian playwright, screenwriter, and novelist Dennis Foon.
  
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• Parti Québécois barred from Quebec legislature after refusing to take oath to King

  01-12-2022 16:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  QUEBEC — The three recently elected Parti Québécois members who have steadfastly refused to swear the oath of office to the King were barred today from taking their seats in the legislature.
  PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon and the two other members of his caucus were followed by journalists up to the doors of the legislature chamber — known as the Blue Room — and were blocked from entering by the sergeant-at-arms.
  Inside the chamber, Speaker Nathalie Roy told t
  
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• NDP call for boycott of India hosting G20, citing treatment of religious minorities

  01-12-2022 16:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The New Democrats are calling on the Liberals to boycott India’s hosting of the G20, citing that country’s treatment of minorities.
  Today, India started its term in the rotating presidency of the Group of 20, a forum for the world’s largest economies.
  That involves convening meetings throughout the year, which culminates in a leaders summit planned for next September in New Delhi.
  The NDP says India has “horrific discriminatory laws” against minority
  
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• Advocates criticize slow expansion of needle exchange program in federal prisons

  01-12-2022 16:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Health advocates say the federal prison needle exchange program is failing because of a poor rollout by the Correctional Service and a lack of improvement since it was introduced four years ago.
  Sterile equipment for drug use has been available to inmates at nine of 43 Canadian prisons since the program last expanded in 2019, and last summer officials said it would be implemented across the country. 
  A report published this week by the HIV Legal Network says the program conti
  
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• Drug slows Alzheimer’s but can it make a real difference? - Chilliwack Progress

  01-12-2022 16:30 via news.google.com
  Drug slows Alzheimer’s but can it make a real difference?  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. teachers strongly approve three-year contract with pay boost, added benefits

  01-12-2022 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s public school teachers have ratified a new three-year contract.
  Nearly 50,000 members of the BC Teachers’ Federation were eligible to cast a ballot and a statement from the union says the vote was 94 per cent in favour.
  BCTF president Clint Johnston says the union has “achieved some historic gains that will help members who are struggling with the affordability crisis.”
  The contract was reached after more than 50 days of bargaining wit
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Creating safer communities

  01-12-2022 16:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Living in British Columbia, one of the most amazing places to live in the world, our government wants to ensure that people feel safe.
  Public safety is important to the people that live here in Maple Ridge and Mission. We want to keep our family, our friends and our neighbours, especially those most vulnerable, safe.
  With that in mind, our government recently announced concrete actions to help protect everyone who lives and visits the province with our Safer Communities Action Plan.
  Keeping repe
  
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• Suspicious package found at US Embassy in Spain amid probe

  01-12-2022 14:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MADRID (AP) — Spanish officials say a suspicious package has been discovered at the U.S. Embassy in Madrid and placed under police control.The finding on Thursday came as police reported a wave of explosive packages being sent in Spain’s capital, including one that ignited at the Ukrainian Embassy.
  Police say other explosive devices concealed in postal packages were sent over the past two days to Spain’s Defense Ministry, a European Union satellite center in Spain and an arms f
  
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• Contractor: Golden Gate Bridge suicide net will cost $400M - Chilliwack Progress

  01-12-2022 10:30 via news.google.com
  Contractor: Golden Gate Bridge suicide net will cost $400M  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• In The News for Dec. 1: Canada gains on U.S. in permanent resident race

  01-12-2022 10:18 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 Dec. 1 …
  What we are watching in Canada …
  Since the global onset of COVID-19, Canada has been gradually closing the gap with the United States when it comes to attracting and keeping an important economic prize: new permanent residents.
  The annual number of permanent residents admitted to the U.S. was well below pre-pandemic
  
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• McCormack, Da Silva Rondeau among individuals testifying for Status of Women study

  01-12-2022 10:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Soccer player Ciara McCormack and boxer Myriam Da Silva Rondeau will have the floor today in Ottawa. 
  McCormack and Da Silva Rondeau are among the women testifying before members of Parliament today as the Standing Committee Status of Women continues its hearings on the safety of women and girls in sport.
  McCormack is a former Vancouver Whitecaps player and the whisteblower against Bob Birarda, a former Whitecaps and Soccer Canada coach.
  Birarda was recently sentenced to two
  
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• Canada-Morocco: Montreal’s Moroccans cheering both teams in today’s World Cup match

  01-12-2022 10:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Members of Montreal’s Moroccan community are packing bars and cafés across the city today for the Canada-Morocco match at the World Cup in Qatar.
  The excitement will be particularly palpable in “Little Maghreb,” a district north of downtown where immigrants from Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia have been moving to since the 1990s.
  Canada is playing for pride today after the team lost to Croatia on Sunday and was eliminated from the knockout round.
  But Morocc
  
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• Pandemic, slower U.S. migration see Canada closing gap with U.S. in workforce race

  01-12-2022 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON — Since the global onset of COVID-19, Canada has been gradually closing the gap with the United States when it comes to attracting and keeping an important economic prize: new permanent residents.
  The annual number of permanent residents admitted to the U.S. was well below pre-pandemic levels in 2021, while Canada welcomed the most newcomers ever in a single year, analysis by the Association for Canadian Studies shows. 
  Last year, the number of new permanent residents in th
  
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• HIV activists hope World AIDS Day marks an end to backsliding on infections, stigma

  01-12-2022 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — HIV activists are marking World AIDS Day by urging Ottawa to help stop a global backslide in progress on stemming infections and stigma.
  “It’s clear to us that this government is seized of the issue, but the truth of the matter is, no movement is happening quickly enough for people with HIV living in Canada,” says Janet Butler-McPhee, who co-leads the HIV Legal Network in Toronto.
  The Public Health Agency of Canada estimated that 62,790 people in Canada were livi
  
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