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• Memphis police disband unit that beat Tyre Nichols

  28-01-2023 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis Police Department has disbanded the special unit whose officers beat to death motorist Tyre Nichols.
  Police Director Cerelyn “CJ” Davis said Saturday that she “listened intently” to Nichols’ relatives, community leaders and uninvolved officers in making the decision.
  “It is in the best interest of all to permanently deactivate the Scorpion unit,” she said in a statement.
  She said the officers currently assigned to
  
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• Canada’s Abigail Strate soars to World Cup ski jumping bronze medal

  28-01-2023 22:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HINTERZARTEN, Germany — Canada’s Abigail Strate climbed her first World Cup ski jumping podium on Saturday, capturing bronze.
  The 21-year-old from Calgary scored 236.3 points over two runs, posting a pair of celebratory pictures on Twitter afterword with the word “Happy” and a smiling emoji.  
  Katharina Althaus of Germany won the gold with 258.8 points, while Ema Klinec of Slovakia was second (237.6).
  Strate’s medal comes two weeks after teammate Alexandria Lou
  
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• Canada’s Para star Mark Arendz races to fourth world championship title of the week

  28-01-2023 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ÖSTERSUND, Sweden — Canadian Paralympic star Mark Arendz captured his third consecutive world championship title in the men’s standing skate-ski race, highlighting a three-medal day for Canada on Saturday.
  Natalie Wilkie and Collin Cameron each skied to silver medals.
  Arendz, a 12-time Paralympic medallist from Hartsville, P.E.I., has captured four medals this week, logging countless miles up and down the hilly Swedish tracks. He partly credited his indulgence of a burger for di
  
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• Job creation a priority as Liberal caucus wraps up on anniversary of ‘Freedom Convoy’

  28-01-2023 21:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — As Ottawa marks one year since the “Freedom Convoy” arrived in the national capital, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he understands the anger and concerns protesters have. 
  Dozens gathered outside Parliament on Saturday to mark the anniversary as members of the Liberal party were attending their caucus retreat discussing their upcoming priorities for when the House of Commons resumes Monday.
  “We can feel it, how times are tough right now. We have a global
  
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• Mission RCMP investigate assault on 32-year-old man near day care centre this past week

  28-01-2023 19:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mounties in the city of Mission are investigating after a 32-year-old man was assaulted by two men near a day care centre on Lougheed Highway earlier this week.
  According to a news release Friday, a 32-year-old man from Mission was injured on Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 25), after being attacked by two males.The altercation took place in a parking lot in the 32900 block of Lougheed Highway in Mission. The suspects first physically assaulted the victim, then pulled a knife on him wh
  
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• A Quebec snowmobiler dies after possible collision with moose authorities say

  28-01-2023 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A snowmobiler has died after possibly colliding with a moose in Quebec’s Chaudière-Appalaches region.
  Provincial police confirmed the 43-year-old man’s death on Saturday morning. 
  Sgt. Béatrice Dorsainville says early evidence at the scene suggests the snowmobiler may have hit a moose.
  She says police were called to the crash near Route 269 south of Lévis, Que. on Friday around 8 p.m. 
  Dorsainville says a passerby found the man’s
  
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• Canada’s Oldham makes freestyle history winning X Games gold

  28-01-2023 17:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ASPEN, Colo. — Megan Oldham of Parry Sound, Ont., won Winter X Games gold in women’s freestyle big air Friday.
  Oldham became the first woman to land a triple cork, which she did on her third of five runs to score a perfect 50.
  Her best two runs scored a combined 91 points in the eight-athlete final on Buttermilk Mountain.
  Tess Ledeux of France was second with 90 points, while Kirsty Muir of Scotland was third with 85.
  The 21-year-old Oldham took silver last year in Aspen and placed f
  
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• Chilliwack’s biggest indoor garage sale happening today from 9-2 at Chilliwack Heritage Park

  28-01-2023 16:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Over 160 vendors offering secondhand goods for a great price are ready to welcome Chilliwack-area residents on the hunt for inexpensive novelty gifts and interesting finds.
  The Chilliwack Thrift Market will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Chilliwack Heritage Park at 44140 Luckakuck Way.The amount of vendors has now tripled since the very first thrift market, offering shoppers more selection.Admission is $2 only on a cash-only basis, so bring your loonies and toonies. There wi
  
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• Silver Skagit Road still heavily damaged south of Hope to the U.S. border after 2021 floods

  28-01-2023 16:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — As much as the province has sought to repair vital highways and roads following the heavy floods of late 2021, including the essential Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt, there’s still a recreational road south of Hope that remains severely damaged.
  According to an update from the province, the B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure reports that about 51.7 kilometres of Silver Skagit Road south of Hope, from near Silver Lake to the U.S. border, remain clos
  
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• Reservations for 2023 camping season open this week for Kilby Campground

  28-01-2023 16:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HARRISON MILLS — Following the launch of the 2023 camping reservation system for both the B.C. Parks system and the Vedder River Campground in January, another regional campground is ready to begin accepting reservations.Kilby Historic Site in Harrison Mills, home to a boat launch, museum, gift shop, cafe, day-use area and 41-site campground, announced this week on Facebook it will begin accepting online reservations on a four-month rolling window starting this Wednesday, February 1 at 9 a
  
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• Chilliwack Community Services bids fond farewell to executive director Diane Janzen

  28-01-2023 16:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Community Services steadily grew during the tenure of executive director Diane Janzen the past six and a half years, bolstered by a staff of 107 people and approximately 500 volunteers.
  In a Facebook post on Friday (Jan. 27), the non-profit organization that serves broad swaths of the Chilliwack community through 39 diverse programs bid a fond farewell to the sturdy leadership of Janzen, who will soon transition to her new role as chief administrative officer of Skw
  
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• Retired Gen. Pavel wins election to become Czech president

  28-01-2023 15:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PRAGUE (AP) — Retired army General Petr Pavel defeated populist billionaire Andrej Babis in a runoff vote on Saturday to become the new Czech president.
  Pavel, 61, will succeed controversy-courting Milos Zeman in the largely ceremonial but prestigious post.
  With the ballots from 93% of almost 15,000 polling statins counted by the Czech Statistics Office, Pavel had 57.4% of the vote compared with 42.6% for Babis.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
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• Inflation-focused Pierre Poilievre back to Parliament as health-care talks loom

  28-01-2023 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — It’s no secret what Pierre Poilievre thinks about government spending and inflation.Same with guns.But what does the Conservative leader think should happen when premiers ask for billions more in federal health transfers?
  With a deal under negotiation between Ottawa and provinces, and premiers invited to a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in early February, the issue remains one where the Tory leader’s position appears somewhat murky, including to some inside
  
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• Israeli paramedics say 2 wounded in new Jerusalem attack

  28-01-2023 10:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s rescue service said that a gunman opened fire in east Jerusalem on Saturday, wounding at least two people.The paramedics did not provide any further information. The shooting attack occurred less than a day after the deadliest attack in the city since 2008. On Friday, a Palestinian gunman killed at least seven people outside an east Jerusalem synagogue.
  The attacks mark the latest major escalation in one of the bloodiest months in Israel and the occupied Wes
  
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• Rybakina faces Sabalenka in women’s Australian Open final

  28-01-2023 10:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian Open women’s singles final between Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina and Aryana Sabalenka has started at Rod Laver Arena on Saturday.
  Rybakina is playing in her second final in the last three Grand Slam tournaments. She beat No. 1 Iga Swiatek in the fourth round at Melbourne Park.
  Sabalenka is in her first Grand Slam singles title match. She is 10-0 in 2023, winning all 20 sets she has contested this season.
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• There’s a hungry Arctic predator with a lot of arms that eats polar bears

  28-01-2023 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  On the Arctic sea floor lie hungry predators that can eat polar bears.
  The voracious carnivores are seastars, better known as starfish, and a new study by a national research group says they tie with polar bears as the top predators of the Arctic marine ecosystem.
  Co-author Remi Amiraux, a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Manitoba, said sea floor, or benthic, organisms are not commonly studied because they are often assumed to be lower on the food chain.
  But the study published last mon
  
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• Flames rebound with impressive 5-2 win over Kraken

  28-01-2023 07:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Tyler Toffoli, Elias Lindholm and Blake Coleman each had a goal and two assists, and the Calgary Flames topped the Seattle Kraken 5-2 on Friday night.Calgary rebounded impressively after getting surprisingly routed at home a day earlier in a 5-1 setback to lowly Chicago. The Flames topped the Kraken for the second straight time in Seattle, took two of three in the season series and headed into their All-Star break on a high note.Lindholm deflected a pass from Toffoli at 7:16
  
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• Curry’s 35 points send Warriors past Raptors, 129-117

  28-01-2023 06:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry had 35 points and 11 assists, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Toronto Raptors 129-117 on Friday night.
  The high-scoring affair was close until the Warriors pulled away with a 31-point fourth quarter, securing a sweep in the season series.
  Klay Thompson added 29 points, knocking down six 3-pointers despite beginning the night 0 for 5 from beyond the arc. Though Thompson played in Warriors’ 126-110 victory in Toronto on Dec. 18, the game Friday
  
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• Bo Horvat puts up four points as Vancouver Canucks top Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2

  28-01-2023 06:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Elias Pettersson scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks will head into the NHL all-star break on a win after downing the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 on Friday. 
  Quinn Hughes had a goal and a helper for the Canucks (20-26-3) and Bo Horvat contributed a career-high four assists. 
  Ilya Mikheyev and Dakota Joshua also scored for the home side, while J.T. Miller and Brock Boeser each added a pair of assists. 
  Kirill Marchenko replied with two power-play goals for the Bl
  
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• Rahm 2 back of Ryder at Torrey in bid for 3rd straight win

  28-01-2023 04:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jon Rahm made an impressive charge up the leaderboard on his favorite course with a 6-under 66 on Friday, which is now moving day at Torrey Pines, to pull within two shots of leader Sam Ryder after the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open.
  Rahm, ranked No. 3 in the world, is 18 holes away from potentially winning his third straight start and taking over at No. 1 for the first time since March 20. He began Friday at 4 under and tied for 14th, and moved into sole posses
  
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• Canada’s Devin Gibson suffers first loss in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship

  28-01-2023 04:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Devin (The Canadian Assassin) Gibson suffered his first loss as a bare knuckle fighter Friday night, beaten by American Albert Inclan at BKFC 35.
  The judges scored it 50-44, 49-45 and 48-46 for Inclan, who grew stronger as the fight wore on to improve to 1-1-0 in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship.
  Gibson was left with a 2-1-0 record and an ugly moon-shaped gash below his left eye.
  The 28-year-old from Sarnia, Ont., scored with his left hand throughout the first ro
  
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• B.C. boy handcuffed, mother says children’s hospital should have been safe space

  28-01-2023 04:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The mother of a 12-year-old Indigenous boy who was handcuffed by police at B.C. Children’s Hospital in Vancouver says it should have been a safe place for her son, who has autism, but he was pinned to the floor and treated like an adult.
  Mia Brown says she needed help with her son at a SkyTrain station Thursday because he was “pushing,” and two officers with Metro Vancouver Transit Police brought him to the hospital for assessment under B.C.’s Mental Hea
  
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• Brady Tkachuk’s two goals power Senators past Maple Leafs

  28-01-2023 03:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Brady Tkachuk scored twice and Anton Forsberg made 31 saves as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-2 on Friday night.
  Claude Giroux, with a goal and an assist, Thomas Chabot, Drake Batherson and Derick Brassard had the other goals for Ottawa (22-23-3). Tim Stutzle added two assists as the Senators picked up their first victory at Scotiabank Arena with fans in attendance since October 2018.
  William Nylander and Joey Anderson replied for Toronto (30-12-8), which
  
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• 129 neglected cattle seized from B.C. property with ‘numerous’ dead animals: SPCA

  28-01-2023 01:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAWSTON, B.C. — Animal protection officers with the SPCA have seized 129 cattle from a property in southeastern British Columbia. 
  The society says the neglected cattle were being housed in substandard conditions on a property in Cawston, B.C., with no access to shelter or protection from the elements.
  The society’s Eileen Drever says in a statement that the cows did not have adequate food or drinking water and were struggling to move through the mud.
  They were also suffering fr
  
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• Memphis authorities release video in Tyre Nichols’ death

  28-01-2023 01:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Video showing five Memphis officers beating a Black man was made public Friday, one day after they were charged with murder in the death of Tyre Nichols.
  The footage shows the Black officers savagely beating the 29-year-old FedEx worker for three minutes in an assault that the Nichols family’s legal team likened to the infamous 1991 police beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King.
  Cities across the country braced for large demonstrations. Nichols’ relat
  
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• B.C. health minister Dix ‘delighted’ premiers finally set to meet PM on funding

  28-01-2023 00:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s health minister says he’s “delighted” Canada’s premiers are set to meet with the prime minister early next month to discuss a potential deal to increase federal health funding.
  Adrian Dix says the premiers had long been asking to meet Justin Trudeau as they call on Ottawa to boost its contributions through the Canada Health Transfer.
  The premiers have demanded the federal government increase its share of health-care spending to 35
  
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• Chilliwack sees year-to-year drop in overdose/poisoning calls for ... - Chilliwack Progress

  28-01-2023 00:30 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack sees year-to-year drop in overdose/poisoning calls for ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• FortisBC Holdings Inc. signs agreement with First Nation over B.C. LNG project

  28-01-2023 00:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — FortisBC Holdings Inc. says it has signed a deal with a First Nation in British Columbia over the Tilbury liquefied natural gas expansion projects.
  The subsidiary of utilities company FortisInc. says it will collaborate with the Snuneymuxw First Nation on the expansion of the Tilbury LNG facility in Delta, B.C., and related projects.
  FortisBC Holdings says it respects Snuneymuxw’s rights in relation to the potential effects of the project and is committed to sharing pr
  
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