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• FedEx driver says he strangled Texas girl in van: warrant

  08-12-2022 23:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The FedEx driver accused of abducting and killing a 7-year-old girl last week in Texas told authorities that he strangled her after accidentally hitting her with his van while making a delivery at her home, according to an arrest warrant.
  Tanner Lynn Horner, 31, told investigators that Athena Strand wasn’t seriously hurt after he hit her while backing up, but he panicked and put her in his van. He said she was talking to him and told him her name, the affidavit said.
  The affidavit said Hor
  
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• Canada to stop directly financing fossil-fuel projects abroad, with some exceptions

  08-12-2022 23:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada has announced that it will end new direct subsidies for fossil fuel investments and projects abroad, including those owned by Canadian companies. 
  The policy released Thursday afternoon applies to the extraction, production, transportation, refining and marketing of crude oil, natural gas or thermal coal, as well as power generation projects that do not use technologies such as carbon capture to significantly reduce emissions.
  There is a narrow carveout for natural gas
  
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• Canadian international Koné ‘grateful’ to MLS team that gave him his start

  08-12-2022 23:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — In March of 2021, a 19-year-old Ismael Koné was invited to CF Montreal’s first-team training camp. 
  A year and a half later, the Canadian international’s profile has skyrocketed, earning a call-up to Canada’s first World Cup squad since 1986 and a move to English club Watford F.C.
  While a new adventure awaits Koné in Europe, he says he will always fondly remember breaking into the professional ranks with his hometown team.
  “I’ve a
  
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• WADA decision leaves Canadian luge team short-handed for hometown World Cup

  08-12-2022 22:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Brooke Apshkrum returned to luge excited about the prospect of “track blazing” a whole new discipline.Days before racing her first women’s doubles World Cup race in Whistler, B.C., though, the 23-year-old Calgarian learned her season was already over due to a decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency.The decision leaves a hole in Team Canada’s roster as the World Cup returns to Canada on Friday for its second stop of the season. It will mark the first time since 2019 that
  
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• Conroy brings rural perspective to B.C.’s bottom line, may expand speculation tax

  08-12-2022 22:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — Katrine Conroy says she asked to keep her old job as British Columbia’s forests minister, but Premier David Eby had other ideas and now she’s in charge of managing the province’s purse strings. 
  The veteran New Democrat, who was first elected in 2005, says she was surprised and honoured to be appointed finance minister in Eby’s new cabinet, which the premier says is a blend of experienced politicians with energetic newcomers to focus on big issues fa
  
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• Case against shooter dropped for lack of cooperation

  08-12-2022 22:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Authorities dropped a 2021 bomb threat case against the Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooter after family members refused to cooperate, a Colorado district attorney said Thursday.The case alleged that the defendant planned to become the “next mass killer.”
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A judge on Thursday unsealed a bomb threat case that showed the suspect in the Colo
  
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• Ex-prison warden convicted of sexually abusing inmates

  08-12-2022 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The former warden of a federal women’s prison in California where inmates said they were subjected to rampant sexual abuse was convicted on Thursday of molesting inmates and forcing them to pose naked in their cells.
  Ray Garcia was found guilty of all eight charges and faces up to 15 years in prison. He was among five workers charged with abusing inmates at the federal correctional institution in Dublin, California, and the first to go to trial.
  Garcia, 55, retired from his post last year
  
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• ‘Potential culture clash’: Some northerners critical of federal firearms bill

  08-12-2022 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  YELLOWKNIFE — Some northerners are criticizing proposed changes to a bill intended to address gun violence in Canada, saying they are confusing and could negatively affect hunters. 
  The Liberal government proposed an amendment to strengthen Bill C-21 late last month that would enshrine the definition of a prohibited “assault-style” firearm in law, alongside a list of guns it said should be banned. 
  While some have praised the move, critics argue it could affect severa
  
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• Safety board says maintenance problems, blade failure led to fatal crash in B.C.

  08-12-2022 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  RICHMOND, B.C. — The Transportation Safety Board says a fatal helicopter crash near Campbell River, B.C., three years ago was caused by a failure in the main rotor blades. 
  The lone pilot, who was also the owner of E & B Helicopters Ltd., died when the chopper slammed into a building and burst into flames. 
  No one was hurt on the ground. 
  The safety board’s investigation found an engine power problem likely forced the pilot to make an emergency landing, but fatigue
  
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• Mauna Loa lava no longer imminent threat to Hawaii highway

  08-12-2022 21:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HONOLULU (AP) — Lava from Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano is no longer feeding a flow that’s been creeping closer to a crucial highway, scientists said Thursday, even as the world’s largest volcano keeps on erupting.
  That means lava isn’t advancing, and is no longer an imminent threat to the road that connects the east and west sides of the Big Island. Hawaii County officials say they will continue to plan and remain vigilant.As of Thursday morning, the lava that was con
  
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• Quebec economic update: A lot of uncertainty in 2023, Girard says

  08-12-2022 21:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Quebec is announcing help for seniors today in an economic update that responds to stubborn inflation and points to a possible recession and much uncertainty for the coming year. 
  Finance Minister Eric Girard says the risk of a recession is more apparent than ever and he anticipates an economic slowdown in 2023, one that could be greater than previously anticipated.
  Economic growth is not expected to exceed 0.7 per cent next year, compared to 3.1 per cent for 2022. The 2022-23 provincial bu
  
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• Rural Chilliwack fire departments collect staggering amounts of donated food this week for the Salvation Army

  08-12-2022 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Firefighters with two rural Chilliwack fire departments went the extra mile this week by collecting food for those who could use a little help this Christmas and holiday season.
  The Chilliwack River Valley Fire Department announced on Facebook that it received 49 boxes of food and $580 in cash donations.“Last night our crews were out in full force collecting canned food for the Salvation Army Food Bank,” the Chilliwack River Valley Fire Department wrote Wednesday n
  
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• Penguins’ Letang returns to practice 10 days after stroke

  08-12-2022 21:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang returned to practice with his teammates Thursday, just 10 days after suffering the second stroke of his career.
  The 35-year-old Letang remains out indefinitely, with the club describing him as “day to day.”Letang said he felt “pretty good” after being greeted by stick taps from his teammates when he skated onto the ice at the team’s practice facility. Still, the married father of two called the exper
  
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• Justice minister open to changes on Victims Bill of Rights after scathing report

  08-12-2022 21:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal justice minister says he is open to updating the Victims Bill of Rights as a parliamentary report calls on the federal government to better support victims of crime.
  Justice Minister David Lametti says he has not yet read the House of Commons justice committee’s report, released Wednesday, but he says he is looking forward to working with the recommendations within it.
  The report is the latest scathing review of how Canada treats victims of crime, and it calls fo
  
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• OPINION: How to fight against flu and COVID-19 this winter - Chilliwack Progress

  08-12-2022 20:44 via news.google.com
  OPINION: How to fight against flu and COVID-19 this winter  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Defence Department reviewing contracts with Ontario company linked to China

  08-12-2022 20:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The Department of National Defence says it is reviewing several contracts that were awarded to an Ontario company with links to China.
  The review comes after Radio-Canada reported that Sinclair Technologies was awarded a separate contract to provide the RCMP with a radio frequency filtering system last year.
  Its parent company, Norsat International, has been owned since 2017 by Hytera, a telecommunications firm in which the Chinese government has a 10 per cent stake through an inv
  
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• Chilliwack Minor Hockey benefits from $100K in community grants from B.C. govt.

  08-12-2022 20:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — If your child plays hockey, baseball, football, or participates in Chilliwack ringette and figure skating, there’s a good chance the organization governing these recreational sports has received a sizable community gaming grant from the B.C. government.The B.C. government announced in a news release Thursday (Dec. 8) that community grants for not-for-profit organizations in the Lower Mainland will help deliver services so people can be more active, creative and culturall
  
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• Harry and Meghan slam British tabloids in new Netflix series - Chilliwack Progress

  08-12-2022 20:35 via news.google.com
  Harry and Meghan slam British tabloids in new Netflix series  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Severely injured humpback travels from B.C. to Hawaii - Chilliwack Progress

  08-12-2022 20:30 via news.google.com
  Severely injured humpback travels from B.C. to Hawaii  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Rotor blade malfunction caused fatal 2019 B.C. helicopter crash: TSB - Chilliwack Progress

  08-12-2022 20:30 via news.google.com
  Rotor blade malfunction caused fatal 2019 B.C. helicopter crash: TSB  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• MPs want to hear from witnesses on the government’s assault-style gun definition

  08-12-2022 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Seven members of a parliamentary committee studying the Liberal gun bill have requested two special meetings to hear from witnesses on the government’s proposed definition of an assault-style firearm.
  The definition, put forward by the government as an amendment, has prompted confusion and controversy as MPs go over the bill clause by clause.
  The seven Liberal, Bloc and New Democrat MPs want clarity on the amendment amid concerns the measure would outlaw many firearms common
  
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• Police reveal identity of Philly’s slain ‘Boy in the Box’ - Chilliwack Progress

  08-12-2022 20:25 via news.google.com
  Police reveal identity of Philly’s slain ‘Boy in the Box’  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Quebec judge authorizes class-action lawsuit against ‘addictive’ Fortnite video game

  08-12-2022 20:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — A Superior Court judge has authorized a lawsuit brought by Quebec parents who allege their children became addicted to the popular online video game Fortnite.
  Justice Sylvain Lussier issued the ruling on Wednesday after hearing arguments in July regarding the 2019 class-action request from three parents who described how their children had symptoms of severe dependence after playing the game.
  The judge authorized the lawsuit for any players residing in Quebec since Sept. 1, 2017
  
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• Putin vows to persist with strikes in Ukraine, ignoring West - Chilliwack Progress

  08-12-2022 20:15 via news.google.com
  Putin vows to persist with strikes in Ukraine, ignoring West  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• House passes defense bill scrapping COVID vaccine mandate

  08-12-2022 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to rescind the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of the U.S. military and provide nearly $858 billion for national defense passed the House on Thursday as lawmakers scratch off one of the final items on their yearly to-do list.
  The bill provides for about $45 billion more for defense programs than President Joe Biden requested, the second consecutive year Congress significantly exceeded his request, as lawmakers seek to boost the nation’s military competit
  
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• Children’s deaths from influenza up in B.C., with five mortalities last month

  08-12-2022 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — At least five children died in British Columbia from influenza last month alone, a rise that comes as an early season of respiratory illnesses adds strain to the beleaguered health-care system. 
  Data from the BC Coroners Service shows the figure marks a departure from the average two to three flu deaths recorded annually among children in the province between 2015 and 2019. 
  Before the COVID-19 pandemic, an average five to six kids died per flu season across Canada, da
  
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• Federal environment minister certifies 14 bird-friendly cities in six provinces

  08-12-2022 19:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is certifying 14 more Canadian cities as bird-friendly.
  Guilbeault, who’s attending the COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal, says cities share some responsibility to protect and sustain Canada’s declining bird populations.
  The program, administered by Nature Canada, recognizes cities that have reduced threats to birds such as free-roaming cats, pesticides and collisions into windows. 
  The additional 14 brings
  
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• AFN chiefs to vote on opposing federal gun-control bill, citing risk to treaty rights

  08-12-2022 19:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Chiefs at the Assembly of First Nations are set to vote on whether to publicly oppose Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s proposed gun-control legislation. 
  An amendment to Bill C-21, which is currently being debated by members of Parliament, aims to create a definition for “assault-style” weapons and enshrine it in law, allowing the government to ban hundreds of models of firearms.
  Some First Nations leaders take issue with that, arguing it may ban some types o
  
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• N.S. hockey leagues give young referees green armbands to reduce verbal abuse

  08-12-2022 19:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  HALIFAX — Minor hockey associations in Nova Scotia are the latest to embrace a program aimed at eliminating verbal abuse of young referees by identifying them on ice with a green armband.
  Jason Clark, the referee-in-chief with the Cole Harbour Minor Hockey Association, says it’s not uncommon for spectators and even coaches to hurl insults at officials when unpopular calls are made.
  Clark says that aggressive comments and yelling from the stands have led some young referees to quit.
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• City of Mission seeks input on secondary suites

  08-12-2022 19:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MISSION — As the provincial government moves forward with legislation designed to force local governments to meet housing growth targets through the Housing Supply Act, the City of Mission is staying one step ahead of the game.
  The City of Mission is asking residents to share their perspectives on secondary suites in an engagement that launched Wednesday (Dec. 7) on Engage Mission.
  In a news release, the city says secondary suites hold a significant role in providing a range of housing typ
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs standout A.J. Lacroix to play in Top Prospects game

  08-12-2022 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — The BCHL announced Thursday morning (Dec. 8) that A.J. Lacroix will be representing the Chilliwack Chiefs at the league’s Top Prospects game in January.The game is part of the BCHL All-Star Weekend. Forty players, split into two teams, will compete against each other for 60 minutes to determine a winner in front of fans, pro scouts and NCAA coaches.
  Lacroix, a recent Michigan State commit, currently has 20 points (7g, 13 a) in 24 games played.
  Earlier this season, Lacroi
  
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• AJ Lacroix Selected to BCHL Top Prospects Game

  08-12-2022 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The BCHL announced this morning that AJ Lacroix will be representing the Chilliwack Chiefs at the league’s Top Prospects game, taking place this upcoming January.
  The game is part of the BCHL All-Star Weekend. 40 players, split into two teams, will compete against each other for 60 minutes to determine a winner in front of fans, pro scouts and NCAA coaches.
  Lacroix, a recent Michigan State commit, currently has 20 points (7g, 13 a) in 24 games played.
  Earlier this season, Lacroix was inclu
  
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• Canadians Gilles, Poirier on pace for a career-first Grand Prix Final medal

  08-12-2022 18:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier arrived at the Grand Prix Final amid what is so far the best season of their partnership.
  Gilles and Poirier captured gold in both of their ISU Grand Prix assignments, setting the Canadians up as a favourite to claim the Final title this week in Turin, Italy.
  But Gilles and Poirier, who had pondered retirement last summer, haven’t paused to reflect on their terrific season so far. They’re much too busy for that. 
  “Maybe we
  
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• Kicker Sean Whyte sticking with B.C. Lions through 2023 season

  08-12-2022 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions have signed placekicker Sean Whyte to a one-year extension. 
  The team announced the news Thursday, saying the deal will keep the 37-year-old native of White Rock, B.C., with his hometown team through the 2023 season. 
  It will be his 15th CFL campaign and his fifth with the Lions, who were ousted from the western final by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in November.
  Whyte made 36-of-39 field goal attempts and 54-of-55 convert attempts over 18 regular-season co
  
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• B.C. govt. tells City of Chilliwack that fast food outlets must charge for takeout paper bags, no exceptions

  08-12-2022 18:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Since April 1, 2022, fast food restaurants and other retail establishments in Chilliwack have been required to levy a fee of 15 cents for each paper bag given to customers, whether in person at a fast food counter or in drive-throughs.
  This fee arose after the Chilliwack City Council approved the Single-Use Item Reduction Bylaw at its meeting in September 2021; the bylaw regulates shopping bags, foam cups, straws, and disposable utensils.
  The bylaw adoption was intended to com
  
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• Trudeau says Ottawa to work constructively with Alberta after sovereignty act passes

  08-12-2022 17:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is going to work as constructively as possible with Alberta after lawmakers passed Premier Danielle Smith’s controversial sovereignty act.
  The legislature passed the legislation overnight after stripping out a provision that would have granted the provincial cabinet extraordinary powers. 
  Indigenous groups had called for the bill to be scrapped and the Opposition New Democrats described it as “a hot mess ex
  
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• Bill protecting same-sex, interracial unions passes House

  08-12-2022 17:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House gave final approval Thursday to legislation protecting same-sex marriages, a monumental step in a decadeslong battle for nationwide recognition of such unions that reflects a stunning turnaround in societal attitudes.
  President Joe Biden is expected to promptly sign the measure, which requires all states to recognize same-sex marriages, a relief for hundreds of thousands of couples who have married since the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision that legalized tho
  
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• Raptors’ VanVleet: Instagram purge had nothing to do with his recent shooting slump

  08-12-2022 17:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — Fred VanVleet says his recent social media activity has nothing to do with his shooting slump.
  The Toronto Raptors guard raised a stir when he unfollowed his teammates on Instagram this week, but VanVleet laughed it off after Wednesday’s 126-113 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday.
  “I unfollowed my mom too, they didn’t care about that part,” VanVleet said with a laugh.
  VanVleet said he was trying to “fight the algorithms” after seeing
  
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• First Nations leaders call for police chief to resign after not searching landfill

  08-12-2022 17:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  First Nations leaders in Manitoba are calling for the resignation of Winnipeg’s police chief after the force decided to not search a landfill for the remains of two Indigenous women.
  Police chief Danny Smyth said this week that it’s believed the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran are in a landfill outside the city, but too much time has passed and too much garbage has been disposed of to make the search feasible. 
  Long Plain First Nation Chief Kyra Wilson and Grand Chie
  
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• Canada set to open world junior camp after strange summer event: ‘A cleaner process’

  08-12-2022 16:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  James Boyd had a lot more runway this time. 
  Moved from last December and January to August because of COVID-19, the postponed and reimagined 2022 world junior hockey championship presented unique challenges.
  For the head of Hockey Canada’s management group, it was a daily battle just to figure out which players would show up in Edmonton for an awkwardly timed tournament — one staged after the NHL draft and just weeks before the start of a new campaign.
  “We had players tha
  
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• ‘Devastated’ family of American prisoner backs Griner deal

  08-12-2022 16:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The family of an American detained in Russia for nearly four years said Thursday that the Biden administration “made the right decision” in agreeing to a prisoner exchange that freed WNBA star Brittney Griner but they are “devastated” that Paul Whelan remains behind.“As the family member of a Russian hostage, I can literally only imagine the joy she will have, being reunited with her loved ones, and in time for the holidays,” David Whelan, Paul’s brother
  
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• Celine Dion diagnosed with rare neurological condition, cancels some tour dates - Chilliwack Progress

  08-12-2022 16:30 via news.google.com
  Celine Dion diagnosed with rare neurological condition, cancels some tour dates  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Head coach Mike O’Shea signs three-year extension with Blue Bombers

  08-12-2022 16:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed head coach Mike O’Shea to a three-year contract extension.
  O’Shea won his second consecutive Annis Stukus Trophy as the CFL’s top coach this year after leading the Blue Bombers to a club-record 15 regular-season wins and a third straight trip to the Grey Cup.
  The Blue Bombers are 82-58 under O’Shea with Grey Cup championships in 2019 and 2021.
  Winnipeg has posted six consecutive seasons with double-digit wins, matchin
  
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• Schumer reelected Senate leader after Dems expand majority

  08-12-2022 16:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Chuck Schumer was unanimously elected Thursday for another term as Senate Democratic leader, helming a bolstered 51-seat majority for a new era of divided government in Congress.
  Senate Democrats met behind closed doors at the Capitol to choose their leadership team for the new Congress that begins in January.As Senate majority leader, Schumer has proven to be a surprisingly steady, if frenzied, force amid one of the more consequential sessions of Congress.He took th
  
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• Seattle Kraken forward Shane Wright joins Canada’s world junior team

  08-12-2022 16:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CALGARY — Canada’s junior hockey team is getting another big boost from the NHL.
  Hockey Canada says the Seattle Kraken have loaned forward Shane Wright to the team before the start of its selection camp in Moncton, N.B., for the upcoming world junior championship.
  The Kraken picked Wright fourth overall in the 2022 NHL draft.
  He recently returned from a conditioning stint in the American Hockey League and scored his first NHL goal on Tuesday against visiting Montreal.
  Wright was on C
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Bringing more doctors to British Columbia

  08-12-2022 16:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Everyone deserves quality health care, when and where they need it. But I know that isn’t always the case for people in our community, and since the pandemic, our health care system has been under more pressure than ever.Our government is intensely focused on strengthening the health care system, after it was gutted and increasingly privatized by the previous BC Liberal government.Our latest initiative will help recruit more doctors for
  
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• EU: Croatia to enter Europe’s ID-check-free area in January

  08-12-2022 15:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Croatia was given a greenlight on Thursday to join the group of nations that make up Europe’s ID-check-free travel area, the European Union’s presidency said.
  The decision came during a meeting of EU interior ministers in Brussels. There was no immediate word on the candidacies of Bulgaria and Romania.
  “The Schengen area is growing for the first time in more than a decade,” the Czech Republic, which holds the EU’s rotating presidency tweeted. &
  
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• PODCAST: What would you do as GM of the Vancouver Canucks? - Chilliwack Progress

  08-12-2022 14:40 via news.google.com
  PODCAST: What would you do as GM of the Vancouver Canucks?  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Griner for Bout: WNBA star freed in US-Russia prisoner swap

  08-12-2022 14:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, American officials said. The swap, at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine, achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden, but carried a heavy price — and left behind an American jailed for nearly four years in Russia.
  The deal, the second such exchange in eight months with Russia, procured the release
  
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• Luis Enrique out as Spain coach after World Cup elimination

  08-12-2022 12:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The Spanish soccer federation said Thursday that Luis Enrique will not continue as coach of the men’s national team following its elimination in the round of 16 of the World Cup.
  The announcement comes two days after Spain lost to Morocco 3-0 in a penalty shootout after a scoreless draw in regular and extra time.
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