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• Canadian defensive back signs contract with NFL’s Green Bay Packers

  10-01-2023 23:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Canadian defensive back Tyrell Ford has signed a deal with the NFL’s Green Bay Packers.
  Ford, 24, spent last season with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, who made the native of Niagara Falls, Ont., their first pick, No. 13 overall, in the 2022 CFL draft out of Waterloo.
  Ford had 10 tackles (three solo) in 18 games last season with the Bombers, who released Ford on Tuesday to pursue NFL opportunities.
  This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 10, 2023.The Canadian Press
  
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• Conservative leader calls for probe into federal contracts awarded to McKinsey

  10-01-2023 23:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Conservative party Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for a parliamentary inquiry into federal contracts awarded to consulting firm McKinsey & Company.
  His comments come after Radio-Canada recently reported that the Trudeau government spent more than $84 million between March 2021 and November 2022 on contracts with the global consulting firm.
  Documents tabled in the House of Commons at the request of the Conservatives show that the Department of National Defence is among the
  
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• Several teams make big deals ahead of Canadian Hockey League trade deadlines

  10-01-2023 23:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  When Windsor Spitfires general manager Bill Bower learned that Shane Wright might be coming back to the Ontario Hockey League, he knew he had to start making some inquiries.
  Wright, who had been drafted fourth overall by the Seattle Kraken in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, was sent back to the OHL’s Kingston Frontenacs on Jan. 6, a day after he won gold with Canada at the world junior hockey championship. Kraken GM Ron Francis said at the time that reassigning Wright from Seattle back to Kingst
  
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• Coach Dinwiddie expects every CFL team to be gunning for Grey Cup champion Argonauts

  10-01-2023 23:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Head coach Ryan Dinwiddie is good with the Toronto Argonauts being a measuring stick in 2023.
  As the defending Grey Cup champion, Toronto can expect an opponent’s best effort this season. But Dinwiddie figures the Argos won’t be the only CFL team with a bull’s-eye firmly on its chest in 2023.
  “I think everybody is going to be gunning for us but I’m sure Winnipeg is going to be in the same boat,” Dinwiddie said via telephone Tuesday from the CFL winter meetings
  
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• VIDEO: Newly minted partnership built on 'common passion' to help ... - Mission City Record

  10-01-2023 23:05 via news.google.com
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• VIDEO: Newly minted partnership built on 'common passion' to help ... - Hope Standard

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• VIDEO: Newly minted partnership built on 'common passion' to help ... - Chilliwack Progress

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• VIDEO: Newly minted partnership built on 'common passion' to help ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

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• Canada and the F-35: What are we buying, and how is it different from last time?

  10-01-2023 23:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — After more than a decade of partisan politics and government mismanagement, Canada is buying the F-35 fighter jet. But while the announcement has been welcomed by some, questions remain. Here’s what you need to know:
  What is Canada buying, and why?
  Defence Minister Anita Anand announced Monday that Canada will purchase 88 F-35As to replace its 76 CF-18 fighter jets. Canada needs a new fighter jet because the CF-18s, which were built in the 1980s, were supposed to have been a
  
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• Engagement on cannabis consumption spaces in B.C. produces mixed opinions

  10-01-2023 22:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  VICTORIA — British Columbia has released results of public engagement on the possible approval of cannabis consumption spaces, such as at special events or businesses where marijuana is available for sale.
  The report, produced by the Ministry of Public Safety to inform a decision on consumption spaces, shows most respondents who use cannabis like the idea, while there’s opposition from those who don’t.
  It says there may be at least 750,000 people in B.C. interested in visiting
  
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• Ottawa moves toward creating Indigenous and human rights ombudsperson role

  10-01-2023 22:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal government is appointing a ministerial special representative who will be tasked with providing recommendations for the creation of an Indigenous and human rights ombudsperson role.
  Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller is expected to announce the appointment of Jennifer Moore Rattray at a news conference this evening.
  Rattray is the former executive director of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, which delivered its fin
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP seek information about stolen totem pole | Watch ... - Global News

  10-01-2023 22:29 via news.google.com
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• Long Road to Nationals: Provincial curling playdowns kick off this week

  10-01-2023 22:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The long road to the Canadian curling championships begins in earnest this week with the kickoff of the provincial playdowns, a process that will eventually fill the fields for the national showcases later this winter.
  For defending champions Kerri Einarson and Brad Gushue, they only have to circle dates on the calendar. Einarson has an automatic berth as the Canada entry at the Feb. 17-26 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and Gushue will wear the Maple Leaf at the March 3-12 Tim Hortons Brier.
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• Canadian Olympic sport talent identification program adds Indigenous component

  10-01-2023 22:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Recruitment of Indigenous athletes with Olympic dreams has been added to a Canadian talent identification program for 2023.
  In its eighth year, Training Ground is a joint project of the Canadian Olympic Committee and sponsor RBC.
  Athletes across Canada between the ages of 14 and 25 are put through a series of speed, power, strength and endurance tests in regional qualifiers, and advance to a final, in hopes of pairing them with an Olympic sport.
  Additional custom testing for Indigenous athletes
  
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• Canada to buy surface-to-air missile system for Ukraine: Trudeau

  10-01-2023 22:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada is buying a U.S. surface-to-air missile system for Ukraine nearly a year after Russia’s invasion of the country began.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau informed U.S. President Joe Biden of the purchase on the sidelines of the North American Leaders’ Summit in Mexico City.
  Trudeau’s office says this will involve buying an American-made National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, but did not immediately provide a cost estimate or timeline.
  In the past mont
  
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• Chilliwack-area Mounties help return stolen totem pole to Kwikwetlem First Nation

  10-01-2023 22:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — With the help of the Upper Fraser Valley RCMP in Chilliwack, Mounties in Coquitlam have located and returned a totem pole which was reported stolen on October 12, 2022 from kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem) First Nation in Coquitlam.
  On Wednesday, December 28, 2022, Coquitlam RCMP were advised that the stolen totem pole had been left behind after a tenant moved out of a residential basement suite in Chilliwack. With the assistance from Upper Fraser Valley R
  
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• Veteran Victor Vazquez looks to help bring Toronto FC back to its glory years

  10-01-2023 21:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Victor Vazquez was cheering for his native Spain at the recent World Cup but he still celebrated Argentina’s tournament win.
  Vazquez, starting his second go-round with Toronto FC, and Argentine captain Lionel Messi go back a long way — to the celebrated FC Barcelona youth academy where the two were young guns on the Spanish powerhouse’s Class of ’87 side.
  While a knee injury eventually derailed Vazquez’s first-team career with Barca, Messi’s star never stopped
  
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• Record on hold as Shiffrin finishes 2nd in night slalom

  10-01-2023 21:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  FLACHAU, Austria (AP) — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin finished second to Olympic champion Petra Vlhova in a night slalom race Tuesday, meaning she will have to wait for another chance to break the record for most wins on the women’s World Cup circuit.
  Shiffrin matched Lindsey Vonn’s record of 82 race victories by winning a giant slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, on Sunday, but wasn’t able to produce another win in her best discipline, slalom, to move past her former te
  
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• Raptors forward Porter done for season after undergoing surgery on left foot

  10-01-2023 21:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Toronto Raptors forward Otto Porter Jr. will miss the remainder of the 2022-23 NBA season after undergoing surgery on his left foot.
  Porter was limited to eight games in his first season in Toronto and averaged 5.5 points, 2.4 rebounds and 18.3 minutes.
  Porter signed with the Raptors as a free agent after helping the Golden State Warriors win the NBA championship last season.
  He missed the first seven games of the season with a left hamstring strain sustained in training camp, followed by person
  
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• Blue Jays agree to terms on one-year deal with longtime Giants first baseman Belt

  10-01-2023 21:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to terms with infielder Brandon Belt on a US$9.3-million, one-year contract.
  Belt, 34, was limited to 78 games with the San Francisco Giants last year due to a right knee injury that eventually required season-ending surgery. He hit .213 with eight homers and 23 RBIs in 2022.
  The six-foot-three 231-pound native of Nacogdoches, Texas, was drafted by San Francisco in 2009. He has spent all 12 of his big-league seasons with the Giants.
  “As we
  
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• Gobeil, UFV Cascades ready for challenge of second half schedule - Chilliwack Progress

  10-01-2023 21:38 via news.google.com
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• Chilliwack mother lobbies for national Amber Alert system for missing adults

  10-01-2023 21:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack resident Alina Durham carries the unspeakable anguish and unrelenting sorrow attached to losing a daughter every single day.Shaelene Bell, a 23-year-old mother of two young boys, went missing on January 30, 2021. She was last seen in the 9300 block of Edward Street, according to a press release from the Chilliwack RCMP. Her picture was widely distributed throughout Chilliwack and the Fraser Valley, from gas stations to bulletin boards, streetlight poles to parks and
  
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• CFL quarterback Nathan Rourke has workout with New York Giants

  10-01-2023 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Another day, another NFL workout for Canadian Nathan Rourke.
  The star CFL quarterback had a workout Tuesday with the New York Giants. It came a day after the 24-year-old Victoria native had a session with the Kansas City Chiefs.
  Since the end of the CFL season, the B.C. Lions quarterback has also worked out for the Cincinnati Bengals, L.A. Chargers, Las Vegas Raiders, Jacksonville Jaguars, Minnesota Vikings, Denver Broncos, Indianapolis Colts, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Arizona Cardinals. And a so
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs alum Vincent Desharnais set for National Hockey ... - Hope Standard

  10-01-2023 21:15 via news.google.com
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• Romanian court upholds arrest of influencer Andrew Tate

  10-01-2023 21:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Romanian official says a court in the capital Bucharest has upheld the 30-day arrest of influencer Andrew Tate on charges of organized crime, human trafficking and rape.
  Ramona Bolla, a spokesperson for Romanian anti-organized crime agency DIICOT, said the court late Tuesday rejected an appeal by Tate against a judge’s earlier decision to extend his arrest from 24 hours to 30 days.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
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• Stolen totem pole with ‘important cultural significance’ returned to kʷikʷəƛ̓əm First Nation

  10-01-2023 20:44 via globalnews.ca
  The totem pole was reported stolen from the office on Colony Farm Road on Oct. 12. Surveillance footage captured a suspect loading it into a U-Haul truck before driving away.
  
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• Force airlines to automatically compensate travellers, passengers’ advocate says

  10-01-2023 20:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — An advocate for air passengers says Canada should make it so travellers are automatically entitled to compensation from airlines when their flights are disrupted, rather than having to make claims on their own. 
  Gabor Lukacs serves as president of Air Passenger Rights, a non-profit group that made recommendations to a parliamentary committee studying transportation issues last month.
  The calls for reform came just before thousands of travellers found their flights cancelled o
  
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• Feds must enforce vaping penalties to protect kids: advocates - Chilliwack Progress

  10-01-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
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• As under-the-table market grows, patients urge Ottawa to regulate magic mushrooms

  10-01-2023 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Some advocates are calling on the federal government to regulate magic mushrooms and widen their availability for medical use.
  The psychoactive compound produced by the mushrooms — called psilocybin — is not legal in Canada but there are early clinical trials underway to test its effectiveness in treating mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression. 
  Thomas Hartle was among the first Canadians to get a federal exemption to use psilocybin to treat sympt
  
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• Carved figure stolen from Kwikwetlem First Nation found in ... - Hope Standard

  10-01-2023 20:26 via news.google.com
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• Poilievre mum on Tory MP’s ‘illegal refugees’ comment, calls for Roxham Road closure

  10-01-2023 20:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for the closure of the Roxham Road irregular border crossing but side-stepping questions about a Tory MP denying help to a family who used it to enter the country. 
  Poilievre told reporters today he is in favour of legal immigration but can understand the desperation that leads migrants to cross into Canada through the unofficial entry point south of Montreal.
  Thousands of asylum-seekers have entered the country between official
  
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• Parks Canada says decision to restrict private vehicles at Moraine Lake necessary

  10-01-2023 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — A decision to restrict personal vehicles at one of the most popular tourist destinations in Banff National Park was required to balance the growing number of visitors with protecting the environment, says a Parks Canada official.
  The federal agency announced Friday that it was closing the Moraine Lake road to most personal vehicles and would require visitors to take its shuttles, local transit or commercial vehicles to visit the iconic blue alpine lake and its nearby c
  
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• Via Rail apologizes for holiday travel disruptions, communication failures

  10-01-2023 19:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Via Rail Canada is apologizing to travellers for extensive delays and cancellations over the holiday period as it offers refunds and travel credits.
  Railway CEO Martin Landry says in a statement that beyond not having met the expectations of customers, Via Rail has not lived up to its own standards.
  The railway says the combination of a severe winter storm and the derailment of a freight train led to disruptions between Dec. 23 and 26, particularly along the Québec City&n
  
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• City of Abbotsford partners with AbbyPD, Cyrus Centre, and MCFD to help at risk-youth

  10-01-2023 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  ABBOTSFORD — A coalition of government agencies and a reputable Fraser Valley charity have joined hands to meet the needs of approximately 60 vulnerable, at-risk youth in Abbotsford through a new outreach program.In a news release from the City of Abbotsford on Tuesday (Jan. 10), the outreach program known as SWIFT has made significant great strides addressing at-risk youth homelessness through a coordinated service that goes into homeless camps, high-risk living situations and schools. It
  
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• Damar Hamlin’s horrific injury gives CFL opportunity to discuss, review protocols

  10-01-2023 19:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  It’s a story that’s now trending in a positive direction, but Damar Hamlin’s horrific injury is providing the CFL, its executives and its head coaches with a talking point at the league’s winter meetings.
  Hamlin a 24-year-old safety with the Buffalo Bills, suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed during a game Jan. 2 against Cincinnati. With a North American television audience looking on, Hamlin stood up after tackling Bengals receiver Tee Higgins before collapsing on the f
  
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• Blue Jays acquire pitcher Zach Thompson from Pirates for minor leaguer Chavez Young

  10-01-2023 19:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays acquired right-hander Zach Thompson from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday in exchange for minor-league outfielder Chavez Young.
  Thompson made 22 starts for Pittsburgh last season. The six-foot-seven, 250-pounder was 3-10 with a 5.18 earned-run average over 29 appearances.
  The 29-year-old native of Burleson, Texas, was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in 2014. He made his big-league debut in 2021 with the Miami Marlins.
  In 55 career appearances — inclu
  
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• Columbia Valley residents say waste materials sit uncovered on ... - Chilliwack Progress

  10-01-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
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• 2023 B.C. Scotties kicks off Wednesday at the Chilliwack Curling Club

  10-01-2023 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A curling team that was inducted into the Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame last year headlines one of the eight teams vying for bragging rights at the 2023 B.C. Scotties that kicks off Wednesday at the Chilliwack Curling Club.
  Curl B.C. will present the 2023 Scotties B.C. Women’s Curling Championship, sponsored by Best Western, and the 2023 B.C. Men’s Curling Championship open in Chilliwack this week.
  Both events run from Wednesday, Jan. 11 through to Sunday, Jan. 15,
  
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• Police watchdog investigating Vancouver arrest that left suspect ... - Chilliwack Progress

  10-01-2023 19:12 via news.google.com
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• Mendicino open to working with MPs to ‘improve’ much-criticized cybersecurity bill

  10-01-2023 19:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The federal public safety minister says he is prepared to work with parliamentarians to revise the Liberal government’s cybersecurity bill after civil society groups and opposition MPs raised transparency and accountability concerns.
  Marco Mendicino said in a recent interview that the bill introduced last year will ensure Canada has the needed defences to address the many online threats to national security.
  The government wants to establish a framework to better shield syst
  
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• Vancouver shelter resident fatally stabbed, suspect remains at large - Chilliwack Progress

  10-01-2023 18:50 via news.google.com
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• AP source: Correa reaches $200M, 6-year deal with Twins

  10-01-2023 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Carlos Correa reversed course for a second time, agreeing Tuesday to a $200 million, six-year contract that keeps him with the Minnesota Twins after failing to complete agreements with the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
  The deal for the All-Star shortstop is subject to a successful physical, the person said, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because the agreement was not announced.
  Correa agreed Dec
  
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• Hydro-Québec president Sophie Brochu announces resignation, will leave post April 11

  10-01-2023 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — Sophie Brochu, the president and CEO of Hydro-Québec, announced today she will step down on April 11.
  Brochu did not give a reason for her departure in a letter sent to employees but said it was time to “pass the baton.”
  In a news release, the Crown corporation’s board of directors thanks Brochu for her contributions and says the utility will meet with employees later today.
  In recent months, Quebec’s Economy and Energy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon h
  
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• Chilliwack veteran named Director of UFV AVP Indigenous office

  10-01-2023 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — A Chilliwack veteran with Indigenous ancestry who served for 15 years in the Canadian Armed Forces has been named Director of the AVP Indigenous office at the University of the Fraser Valley.UFV announced Friday (Jan. 6) that Ana Adamik has been elevated from executive assistant of the UFV Office of the Vice-Provost Academic, a position she held since 2020, to the director of the AVP Indigenous office.
  In the UFV news release, the university advised that Adamik will be entrust
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs smash BCHL attendance record Saturday night at the Coliseum

  10-01-2023 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Everyone came out a winner at Saturday night’s Chilliwack Chiefs game at the Chilliwack Coliseum.
  Not only did the home team emerge with a 4-3 come-from-behind victory over the Cranbrook Bucks, the Chilliwack Chiefs set a B.C. Hockey League attendance record with 5,008 fans in attendance on a night that saw former Vancouver Canuck Trevor Linden drop the puck and delight fans by signing autographs.
  “Thank you, Chilliwack,” the Chiefs wrote on Facebook. “
  
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• Maple Leafs defencamen T.J. Brodie back on injured reserve

  10-01-2023 18:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  TORONTO — T.J. Brodie is back on the sidelines.
  The Toronto Maple Leafs have placed the veteran defenceman on injured reserve after he sat out Sunday’s 6-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers with an undisclosed ailment.
  Brodie missed 12 games earlier this season with an oblique injury.
  The 32-year-old has two goals and eight points in 28 appearances in 2022-23 for a blue-line corps that has dealt with a number of absences, with Brodie, Morgan Rielly and Jake Muzzin having already m
  
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• Rep. Katie Porter seeking Feinstein’s Senate seat in 2024

  10-01-2023 17:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  Democratic Rep. Katie Porter of California said Tuesday she will seek the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a fellow Democrat and the oldest member of the chamber.“Especially in times like these, California needs a warrior in Washington,” Porter said in a video posted on Twitter. “That’s exactly why I’m announcing my candidacy for the United States Senate in 2024.”Porter, who was first elected to Congress in 2018, said she has “ch
  
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• Canada sanctions Sri Lanka ex-presidents Rajapaksa

  10-01-2023 17:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — Canada is imposing sanctions on four senior leaders of Sri Lanka, including two recent presidents, accusing them of human rights violations during that country’s civil war.
  The sanctions target former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned last July, and his older brother Mahinda Rajapaksa, who has held the titles of president and prime minister.
  Gotabaya temporarily fled his country last summer after mass protests over living costs, while Mahinda resigned from his post
  
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• CF Montreal terminates coach’s contract after political backlash over comments

  10-01-2023 17:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal has terminated the contract of its reserve squad coach after a political backlash over his previous comments about Quebec’s 2012 election night shooting.
  The Major League Soccer club today announced the end of its deal with Sandro Grande less than a day after announcing the hire, with team president and CEO Gabriel Gervais calling the hiring a mistake.
  Grande was under fire over comments he made in the wake of the 2012 Quebec election night shooting outside a P
  
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• Canada’s Galarneau and Sebov post first-round qualifying wins at Australian Open

  10-01-2023 17:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MELBOURNE, Australia — Canada’s Alexis Galarneau and Katherine Sebov earned first-round qualifying wins Tuesday at the Australian Open.
  Galarneau, from Laval, Que., defeated Britain’s Ryan Peniston 7-6 (5), 6-2. Sebov, from Toronto, upset Linda Noskova of Czechia — the No. 2 seed in the women’s qualifying draw — 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.
  Qualifying play continues through the week ahead of the main draw opener on Monday.Six Canadian players are on the main draw singles en
  
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