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• ‘Disappointing’ that U.S. pressing ahead with duties on Canadian softwood lumber: Ng

  24-01-2023 23:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Canada’s international trade minister says the United States appears to be pressing ahead with what she calls “unjustified” duties on softwood lumber imports.
  Mary Ng says the anti-dumping and countervailing duties the U.S. imposes on Canadian softwood lumber are little more than a tax on American consumers. 
  A raft of documents filed today by the U.S. Department of Commerce, just the latest in a series of reviews of the dispute, indicates the anti-dumpi
  
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• Freeland silent on tanks for Ukraine, but says victory would boost world economy

  24-01-2023 23:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The United States and Germany are taking steps to send battle tanks to Ukraine, but Canada still will not say whether it plans to make a similar move to help the war-torn country.
  Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada is working with allies, but refused to say whether that means sending along battle tanks to Ukraine.
  The Associated Press reports U.S. officials saying that Washington is set to approve sending M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine to help that country fight
  
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• Arkansas officers charged in violent arrest caught on video

  24-01-2023 23:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Two former Arkansas law enforcement officers are charged with civil rights violations in the violent arrest of a man outside a convenience store that was caught on video and widely shared on social media, the Justice Department said Tuesday.Former Crawford County sheriff’s deputies Zack King and Levi White are charged in the Aug. 21 arrest of 27-year-old Randal Worcester outside a convenience store in the small town of Mulberry, about 140 miles (220 kilometer
  
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• Veteran Canadian goalkeeper Erin McLeod leaves Orlando Pride for Iceland

  24-01-2023 23:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. — Veteran Canadian goalkeeper Erin McLeod and her wife, Iceland international midfielder Gunny Jonsdottir, are leaving the NWSL’s Orlando Pride to play in Iceland.
  The 39-year-old from St. Albert, Alta., and Jonsdottir married Jan. 2. McLeod joined the Pride in 2020, one year before Jonsdottir.
  “Both Gunny and Erin have been incredibly important members of, not only the Pride, but of the NWSL as a whole,” Pride head coach Seb Hines said in a statement. &ldqu
  
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• Board voting on superintendent departure after teacher shot

  24-01-2023 22:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia school board is scheduled to vote this week on the departure of its superintendent after a 6-year-old student shot and wounded his teacher.The Newport News School Board has posted an agenda for a special meeting on Wednesday saying it will vote on a separation agreement and severance package for Superintendent George Parker III. The board is also scheduled to vote on a new interim superintendent.Parker has been sharply criticized by parents and teachers who
  
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• Montreal aid groups seek more money to help care for rise in asylum seekers

  24-01-2023 22:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A coalition of Montreal community groups says its members are overwhelmed by the growing number of asylum seekers arriving in the city and need more resources to help them. 
  Refugee aid groups say that the easing of border restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a massive influx of would-be refugees to Canada, many of whom are arriving in Quebec.
  The federal government says that between January and November 2022, 45,250 asylum seekers arrived in Quebec, compare
  
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• Woman injured after stabbing on Toronto streetcar in latest violence on transit

  24-01-2023 22:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A woman riding a Toronto streetcar was stabbed in the head on Tuesday in the latest case of violence on city transit as police said they were working to address safety issues in the system.
  Officers were called around 2 p.m. to a streetcar just south of a busy section of the city’s Bloor Street. They found a woman in her 20s with multiple stab wounds and arrested a woman in her 40s. 
  “(The victim) was suffering from stab wounds to her head and face … She i
  
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• ‘The toll on families is tremendous:’ N.W.T. sees increase in opioid-related deaths

  24-01-2023 22:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAY RIVER, N.W.T. — Health officials in the Northwest Territories say they’re responding to an increase in opioid toxicity deaths. 
  Chief Coroner Garth Eggenberger says there were six such deaths in the territory last year, all in the town of Hay River.
  He says in each case, the person was using drugs alone and did not have naloxone, a medication used to reverse an overdose, on site. 
  Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola says five of the deaths were directly related
  
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• Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly says Cameroon peace talks ‘messy,’ but should continue

  24-01-2023 22:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly offered no explanation today for why Cameroon claims it never sought Canada’s help in peace talks.
  Ottawa announced last Friday that it has been leading discussions between the government of Cameroon and separatist groups, whose decades-long conflict has violently escalated in recent years.
  But the Cameroon government said on Monday that it had never sought any external mediator.
  Joly told reporters today that peace talks tend to be &ldqu
  
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• Toronto FC adds to its defence by signing Raoul Petretta from Turkish side

  24-01-2023 22:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC added to its defence Tuesday by signing former Italian youth international Raoul Petretta from Turkey’s Kasimpasa Spor Kulubu.
  Toronto used targeted allocation money to sign the 25-year-old through 2025 with an option for 2026.
  Petretta fills the void left by fellow Italian Domenico Criscito, who left after the 2022 season to rejoin his former club Genoa.
  Petretta, whose parents are originally from Italy, joined Kasimpasa in July and appeared in 12 matches across all competition
  
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• Abbotsford police renew call for help to locate a missing woman

  24-01-2023 21:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — It’s been nearly three weeks since 57-year-old Shaunna-Rae Johnson was last seen in Abbotsford. And police are making a second request for the public’s assistance in locating her.
  Johnson was last seen in the 2700 block of Gladys Ave on the fourth of January. She is Indigenous, 5’5”, 132 lbs, and has black hair and brown eyes. She may be using a bicycle for transportation.
  Image: Shaunna-Rae Johnson / AbbyPD supplied
  Police say her disappearance is comp
  
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• A timeline of the avalanche hazard in B.C., where five people are dead

  24-01-2023 21:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Five people have been killed in British Columbia avalanches this month. Forecasters have compared this season’s snowpack with the conditions of 2003, one of the worst years on record for fatalities.Here is a timeline of avalanche events this season:
  Jan. 5: Avalanche Canada warns of a touchy snowpack, with various weak layers created by long periods of drought and cold weather. “Riders have triggered large, scary avalanches with high consequences,” the advisor
  
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• Suspect sought after 3 killed in convenience store shooting

  24-01-2023 21:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities closed portions of several roads Tuesday as they searched for the suspect in a random shooting at a Yakima, Washington, convenience store that left at least three people dead.
  Yakima police Chief Matt Murray said the shooting was reported at a Circle K convenience store about 3:30 a.m., and responding officers found three people dead. Murray said police have security camera video and eyewitnesses from the store.
  “It appears to be a random situation,”
  
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• Curling PA plans met with ‘cautious optimism’ from some top Canadian curlers

  24-01-2023 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The organizer of a new curling players’ association said the group’s efforts have been generally well received by athletes since its executive group and plans were unveiled a month ago.
  Rylan Hartley recently held a town hall session with curlers eager to hear about next steps from a group that lists Sweden’s Niklas Edin as its interim president and Canadians Tyler Tardi and Emma Miskew among its leadership.
  Over 60 athletes have signed an initial “letter of support,&rdqu
  
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• Delicate B.C. snowpack leads to more avalanches, killing two

  24-01-2023 20:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Two people are dead and two more are hurt in separate avalanches in British Columbia’s backcountry. 
  Heli-skiing operator CMH Nomads says two guests and a guide were caught in an avalanche near Revelstoke on Monday. 
  CMH president Rob Rohn says in a statement that two of the three people were fully buried by the slide and were located by their transceivers. 
  He says both guests were unresponsive when they were pulled from the snow and were later pronounced
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Two dead, two hurt in separate B.C. avalanches

  24-01-2023 20:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Two people are dead and two more are hurt in separate avalanches in British Columbia’s backcountry. 
  Heli-skiing operator CMH Nomads says two guests and a guide were caught in an avalanche near Revelstoke on Monday, and both guests were unresponsive when they were pulled from the snow. 
  B.C. Emergency Health Services says in a statement it was called Monday afternoon following an avalanche in the Cherryville area east of Vernon, B.C., where one person was taken
  
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• Monterey Park shooting victims named; police seek motive

  24-01-2023 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) — The 11 people killed in a dance hall shooting ranged in age from 57 to 76, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office said Tuesday in releasing the names of the dead as investigators kept probing for a motive in the worst shooting in county history.
  Sheriff Robert Luna called the gunman, 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, a “mad man” and said investigators were looking into whether he had relationships with the people who were shot at the Star Ballroom Da
  
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• Quebec Innu community seeks $2.2B from Hydro-Québec for Churchill Falls destruction

  24-01-2023 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec Innu community is suing Hydro-Québec for $2.2-billion, claiming the Churchill Falls hydroelectric station has destroyed a significant part of their traditional territory.
  The lawsuit filed Friday in Quebec Superior Court by the Innu of Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam claims the megaproject’s reservoirs and more than 1,000 kilometres of transmission lines “flooded and destroyed” part of their traditional territory and disrupted the community’s tradi
  
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• Canada’s passport application backlog now ‘virtually eliminated,’ minister says

  24-01-2023 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Social Development Minister Karina Gould says Service Canada has “virtually eliminated” the massive backlog of passport applications that were delayed this year because of a surge in demand.
  Most new passport applications were being processed on time by October, but thousands of people who applied before then still faced excessive delays.
  Gould says 98 per cent of those backlogged applications have now been processed.
  The pandemic caused a nearly two-year lull in passp
  
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• Georgia election probe report to remain secret for now

  24-01-2023 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A report by a special grand jury in Georgia investigating possible interference in the 2020 election will remain secret for now while a judge considers its release.
  Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney heard arguments Tuesday from prosecutors who argued against immediately releasing the report and a coalition of media organizations who argued it should be made public.
  He said he would consider their arguments and would reach out to both parties with any questio
  
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• Const. Nicole Chan may have had suicide attempts prior to 2019 death: VPD sergeant

  24-01-2023 20:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY, B.C. — A Vancouver Police Department human resources officer told a coroner’s inquest that Const. Nicole Chan had a history of mental health issues and potential suicide attempts before inappropriate relationships she had with two senior officers.
  Sgt. Cindy Vance, who put together a timeline of Chan’s HR complaints, says that during her hiring process, Chan disclosed that she had consumed 30 to 40 Tylenol in 2006, when she was 17 years old.
  Vance also testified about
  
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• Fish sounds could help scientists understand their ocean world

  24-01-2023 19:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Fish, it turns out, are a chatty lot. They communicate about everything from what area of the sea has the best food to where predators might be hiding and, of course, their desire for a mate.
  Now, researchers from universities in Canada, the United States and Brazil have put together an online portal called FishSounds that lets people sift through an inventory of sea creature noises. People can listen to the underwater recordings and learn that a sablefish emits a rasp, while the orange-lined tr
  
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• Ottawa Senators assistant coach Bob Jones diagnosed with ALS

  24-01-2023 19:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Ottawa Senators assistant coach Bob Jones has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  Jones, 53, is currently in his fourth season as an assistant coach with the Senators after being appointed to head coach D.J. Smith’s staff on July 5, 2019. He joined the club while having previous experience in the American Hockey League and a decorated Ontario Hockey League coaching career spanning more than 20 seasons.
  “A devoted member of our family, Bob Jones, has been diagnosed with
  
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• Former home of Nova Scotia’s first Black doctor granted heritage status

  24-01-2023 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Halifax regional council voted today to register as a heritage property the former home of Clement Ligoure, the first Black doctor in Nova Scotia and an unsung hero of the 1917 Halifax Explosion.
  Originally from Trinidad, Ligoure graduated in 1916 with a medical degree from Queen’s University, in Kingston, Ont., and he would later become editor of Nova Scotia’s first Black newspaper, the Atlantic Advocate. 
  Ligoure established a private clinic inside his home in the north end of
  
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• Nearly one-quarter of trails in southern B.C., Alberta unmapped and unmanaged: study

  24-01-2023 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  New research has spelled out for the first time the gap between official lists of trails in the southern Rockies and the number of trails there actually are, suggesting effects from the growing number of backcountry users may be larger than suspected.
  The conclusions, the result of crunching 50 different data sets from Alberta and British Columbia covering more than 50,000 kilometres of trails and roads, show nearly a quarter of trails in those areas don’t appear on official maps.
  “T
  
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• Canada opens women’s world hockey golden three-peat bid against Swiss

  24-01-2023 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Canada will open its quest for a third straight women’s world hockey championship gold medal against Switzerland in Brampton, Ont.
  The schedule for the 10-country tournament April 5-16 at the CAA Centre was released Tuesday, with the host country taking on some different opponents early because of a shakeup in the standings at last year’s world championship.
  Canada will attempt a three-peat for the first time since 2004, when the women capped a run of eight titles dat
  
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• In reversal, US poised to approve Abrams tanks for Ukraine

  24-01-2023 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In what would be a reversal, the Biden administration is poised to approve sending M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Tuesday, as international reluctance toward sending tanks to the battlefront against the Russians begins to erode. The decision could be announced as soon as Wednesday, though it could take months or years for the tanks to be delivered.
  U.S. officials said details are still being worked out. One official said the tanks would be bought under an
  
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• Veteran Canadian midfielder Desiree Scott re-signs with the Kansas City Current

  24-01-2023 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Current have re-signed captain Desiree Scott for the 2023 season.
  The 35-year-old from Winnipeg, who has won 186 caps for Canada, returns for her third season with the Current and seventh in the National Women’s Soccer League.
  “Desi is an extremely important part of this club, and we are so happy to have her return for the 2023 season,” Kansas City GM Camille Levin Ashton said in a statement. “Her leadership and infectious positivi
  
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• Canadian Cyle Larin gets fresh start with loan move to Spain’s Real Valladolid

  24-01-2023 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Forward Cyle Larin, Canada’s leading men’s international scorer, has joined Spain’s Real Valladolid on a loan deal with a purchase option at the end of the season.
  The move from Belgium’s Club Brugge offers the 27-year-old from Brampton, Ont., a fresh start.
  Larin joined fellow Canadian Tajon Buchanan at Club Brugge in July from Turkey’s Besiktas but failed to establish himself in the lineup. He had one goal in 13 appearances for the Belgian side.
  Larin, who was out
  
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• Classified documents found at Mike Pence’s home, lawyer says

  24-01-2023 18:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Documents with classified markings were discovered in former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana Home last week, according to his attorney.
  “The additional records appear to be a small number of documents bearing classified markings that were inadvertently boxed and transported to the personal home of the former Vice President at the end of the last Administration,” Pence’s lawyer, Greg Jacob, told the National Archives in a letter last week.
  He said
  
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• Snowfall warning for Coquihalla Highway after 24 centimetres fall overnight

  24-01-2023 17:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KAMLOOPS — A snowfall warning is in effect for the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt Tuesday (Jan. 24).
  In an online alert, Environment Canada says 24 centimetres of heavy snow fell on the stretch of Highway 5 overnight and around 10 to 15 more centimetres is due before snow eases later Tuesday.
  The weather agency warns that visibility may be suddenly reduced in heavy snow, and it may be difficult to navigate through highways, roads, walkways, and parking lots.
  Drivers on the Coquiha
  
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• Hamilton Tiger-Cats agree to terms with quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell

  24-01-2023 16:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — Bo Levi Mitchell is a Hamilton Tiger-Cat.
  The club announced Tuesday that the veteran quarterback has signed a three-year deal with the team.
  Hamilton acquired the rights to Mitchell in November from the Calgary Stampeders for a 2023 third-round pick, a 2024 fifth-rounder and future considerations.
  Mitchell, 32, joined the Stampeders in 2012 and had played his entire CFL career in Calgary, leading the franchise to two Grey Cup titles while twice being named the league’s ou
  
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• MLSE working on ‘mixed reality’ tech to enhance fan experience and help its teams win

  24-01-2023 16:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Imagine being on the court with the Toronto Raptors. Or watching an NHL game from the stands with real-time statistics literally in front of your nose.
  Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment is ahead of you, developing “mixed reality” technology to change how fans experience the action by integrating digital information with the user’s environment in real time.
  MLSE Digital Labs, the sports conglomerate’s technology and digital innovation arm, and Amazon Web
  
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• Sarah Polley, Domee Shi among top Canadian Oscar nominees

  24-01-2023 15:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto filmmakers Sarah Polley and Domee Shi are among the Canadians competing in the top categories at this year’s Academy Awards.  
  Polley’s “Women Talking” receiveda best picture Oscar nomination as well as an adapted screenplay nod. 
  The movie is based on Manitoba author Miriam Toews’ 2018 novel of the same name. It’s about a group of women who gather in a barn to discuss what steps to take after a series of sexual assaults shocks their remote M
  
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• Police search for up to 15 male youth after alleged assault of TTC workers

  24-01-2023 15:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Police are investigating after up to 15 youth allegedly attacked two Toronto Transit Commission workers on a bus. 
  Toronto police say officers responded to an area in the city’s east end Monday afternoon where a group of 10 to 15 youths, all male, allegedly assaulted two TTC employees. 
  Police described the injuries as minor, noting the initial report noted no obvious signs of injury. 
  The TTC called the attack a “despicable” swarming and assault.
  
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• Netanyahu flies to Jordan for surprise meeting with king

  24-01-2023 15:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a surprise trip to Jordan on Tuesday to meet with King Abdullah II, his first visit since taking power at the helm of Israel’s most right-wing and religiously conservative government in history.Jordan’s official statement suggested that the rare meeting between the leaders, who have long had a rocky relationship, dealt primarily with the status of a sensitive holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem. The sacred compo
  
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• WalMart shooting suspect to plead guilty to federal charges

  24-01-2023 14:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The man accused of killing nearly two dozen people in a racist attack at an El Paso Walmart plans to plead guilty to federal charges in the case, according to court records filed days after the federal government said it wouldn’t seek the death penalty in the case.
  Patrick Crusius is still charged in state court with capital murder and could still face the death penalty in Texas if convicted in the 2019 mass shooting that killed 23 people.
  In a court filing Satu
  
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• Olivier-Maxence Prosper enjoys breakout year while helping star sis Cassandre

  24-01-2023 12:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  For Olivier-Maxence Prosper, the lessons and experiences are not just for himself as he inches closer to a potential shot at his NBA dream.
  They are also for the Montreal native to share with his younger sister, Cassandre, who is embarking on a path she hopes leads to the WNBA.
  “Growing up, I was trying to be the best role model I can be for her,” he told The Canadian Press. “All the experiences I went through, I just help her so that she could be better, so that her experience
  
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• Poland seeks Germany’s permission to send tanks to Ukraine

  24-01-2023 11:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Poland has officially requested permission from Germany to transfer its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said Tuesday.
  Berlin has received Warsaw’s request, Błaszczak said in a tweet, though German officials did not immediately confirm that.
  Błaszczak wrote on Twitter: “The Germans have already received our request for consent to the transfer of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. I also appeal to the German side
  
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• Finland’s top diplomat hints at joining NATO without Sweden

  24-01-2023 10:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s top diplomat appeared to suggest Tuesday that the country may have to join NATO without Sweden after Turkey’s president cast doubt on the expansion of the military alliance.
  “We still have to evaluate the situation if it turns out that Sweden’s application is stalling for a long time to come,” Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto told Finnish broadcaster YLE.
  His comment came a day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warne
  
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• In The News for Jan. 24: Will Rogers’ takeover of Shaw get scuttled in court?

  24-01-2023 10:16 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 Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023 …
  What we are watching in Canada …
  The fate of Rogers Communications Inc.’s proposed takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. goes before the Federal Court of Appeal today as the Competition Bureau seeks to overturn the Competition Tribunal’s decision approving the deal.
  In its appeal filings t
  
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• Passport backlog update expected as federal cabinet retreat enters second day

  24-01-2023 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberal cabinet will head into the second of a three-day retreat in Hamilton today with a lengthy to-do list, including tackling inflation and making the country more competitive.
  Later today, however, they intend to show proof of one thing mostly ticked off the list: passports.
  Families Minister Karina Gould is set to update the situation in passport offices, which were snowed under by passport renewal applications as COVID-19 restrictions eased last year. 
  The months-lo
  
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• Saskatchewan cattle rancher visits Chilliwack twice a year to find her ... - Chilliwack Progress

  24-01-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Saskatchewan cattle rancher visits Chilliwack twice a year to find her ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Food court removal plan for Cottonwood Centre in Chilliwack sparks ... - Hope Standard

  24-01-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Food court removal plan for Cottonwood Centre in Chilliwack sparks ...  Hope Standard
  
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• Food court removal plan for Cottonwood Centre in Chilliwack sparks ... - Chilliwack Progress

  24-01-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Food court removal plan for Cottonwood Centre in Chilliwack sparks ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Flames edge Blue Jackets 4-3 in OT in Gaudreau’s return to Saddledome

  24-01-2023 06:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Dillon Dube scored the overtime winner for the Calgary Flames in a 4-3 victory over the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday.
  Andrew Mangiapane, Walker Duehr and Nazem Kadri also scored for the Flames (23-16-9).
  Dube scored the winner on a two-on-one with Mangiapane at 2:25 of extra time. Calgary goaltender Dan Vladar stopped 21 saves for his second win in as many starts.
  Columbus counterpart Joonas Korpisalo had 45 saves in the loss.
  Patrik Laine had a goal and two assists t
  
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• William Nylander powers Maple Leafs over struggling Islanders

  24-01-2023 03:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — William Nylander had two goals and two assists as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the slumping New York Islanders 5-2 on Monday night.
  John Tavares, with a goal and an assist, Calle Jarnkrok and Auston Matthews also scored for Toronto (29-11-8), which got 31 saves — and a key setup — from Ilya Samsonov. Justin Holl added two assists.
  Anders Lee had both goals for New York (23-21-5). Ilya Sorokin stopped 33 shots as the Islanders dropped to 1-6-3 over their last 10.
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• Petition seeks to free Hawaiian man convicted of ’91 murder

  24-01-2023 03:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — A petition filed Monday outlining new evidence in one of Hawaii’s biggest murder cases asks a judge to release a Native Hawaiian man who has spent more than 20 years in prison for the sexual assault, kidnapping and murder of a white woman on the Big Island.On Christmas Eve in 1991, Dana Ireland, 23, was found barely alive in the bushes along a fishing trail in Puna, a remote Big Island district. She was sexually assaulted and beaten, and later died at Hilo hospital. T
  
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• Official: 7 killed in California community; suspect arrested

  24-01-2023 03:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — Seven people were killed in two related shootings Monday at a mushroom farm and a trucking firm in a coastal community south of San Francisco, and a suspect was in custody, officials said.San Mateo County Board of Supervisors President Dave Pine says four people were killed at the farm and three at the trucking business on the outskirts of Half Moon Bay, a city about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of San Francisco.The police have arrested 67-year-old Zhao Chunl
  
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• Cameroon government says it never authorized Canada peace talks

  24-01-2023 02:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Cameroon’s state-affiliated newspaper says the country’s government never authorized Canada to lead peace talks aimed at ending an escalating conflict in the west-central African country. 
  Ottawa announced last Friday that it has been hosting talks with the government of Cameroon and various factions to come up with a peace process for a political resolution to the crisis.
  Yet the country’s state-affiliated newspaper, the Cameroon Tribune, said the governmen
  
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