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• A look at some of the seven victims who perished in Old Montreal fire

  27-03-2023 23:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal police said seven people perished in a fire that swept through an Old Montreal building on the morning of March 16. Victims are from Ontario, Quebec and the United States. After discovering the final two bodies on Monday, police said they did not believe there were any other victims in the rubble.
  Here is a list of the victims who have been identified or reported missing.
  An Wu, 31, a neuroscientist doing post-doctoral work at the University of California San Diego, was in Montreal for
  
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• Canada extends, shrinks anti-ISIL ‘Operation Impact’ mission in the Middle East

  27-03-2023 23:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada is extending a scaled-down version of its military mission in Iraq and the Middle East for another two years.
  Defence Minister Anita Anand announced the extension Monday afternoon, before the mandate for the mission known as Operation Impact was set to expire on Friday.The latest extension comes more than eight years after Canada first deployed troops to the region in October 2014 as the Islamic State militant group threatened to take over Iraq and Syria.
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• Cerundolo upsets Canada’s Auger-Aliassime in Miami Open third round

  27-03-2023 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI — Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the Miami Open after being upset 6-2, 7-5 in a third-round match with Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo.
  Cerundolo, ranked 25th in Miami, scored a crucial break over fifth-seed Auger-Aliassime to go up 6-5 in the second set before serving out for the match.
  The Argentine made the most of his opportunities, breaking Auger-Aliassime four times on six chances. He faced only two break points, saving one.
  Auger-Aliassime saw his strea
  
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• B.C. plans family law changes to decide who gets the pets when couples split

  27-03-2023 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The important role pets play in families who are separating is being addressed in proposed amendments to British Columbia’s Family Law Act.
  Attorney General Niki Sharma says amendments she introduced in B.C.’s legislature will clarify the law around pets, property and pensions for couples and families going through a separation or divorce.
  She says the amendments, if passed, will provide more guidance for people and judges involved in a legal dispute.
  The changes wou
  
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• New B.C. legislation looks to clarify pet custody during divorce - Chilliwack Progress

  27-03-2023 23:00 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C. municipal councillor resigns after calling mayor ‘Mr. Hitler’ - Chilliwack Progress

  27-03-2023 23:00 via news.google.com
  
  B.C. municipal councillor resigns after calling mayor ‘Mr. Hitler’  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• NJ takes over Paterson police after crisis worker’s shooting

  27-03-2023 22:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PATERSON, N.J. — New Jersey’s attorney general said Monday that his office has taken control of the police department in the state’s third-largest city, Paterson, less than a month after officers there fatally shot a well-known crisis intervention worker during a tense standoff.Attorney General Matt Platkin said at a news conference that his office had assumed control of all police functions without delay, including the division that investigates internal police matters. His an
  
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• UPDATE: Chilliwack senior's $5000 mobility scooter stolen out of shed - Chilliwack Progress

  27-03-2023 22:38 via news.google.com
  
  UPDATE: Chilliwack senior's $5000 mobility scooter stolen out of shed  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Man charged with murder following stabbing outside Vancouver coffee shop

  27-03-2023 22:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A 32-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder following a fatal stabbing outside a Vancouver Starbucks.
  Police say the stabbing happened Sunday after a brief altercation between two men outside the coffee shop in the city’s downtown core. 
  Investigators say they don’t believe the victim and suspect knew each other but the details of what led up to the stabbing are still under investigation.
  Police say in a statement that a constable patrolling in
  
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• Hockey Canada ordered to hand over report on 2018 allegations to Parliament

  27-03-2023 22:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The House of Commons’ heritage committee unanimously passed a motion Monday directing Hockey Canada to hand over a report from an investigation into allegations of sexual assault involving members of the 2018 world junior team.
  The original motion, tabled by Conservative MP Kevin Waugh, ordered Hockey Canada to provide a completed report on the allegations by law firm Henein Hutchison Robitaille LLP within 24 hours of its adoption.
  It passed with an amendment from Liberal MP
  
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• In Trump probe, key witness as grand jury is back at work

  27-03-2023 22:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A pivotal figure in the hush money payment investigation of Donald Trump was seen Monday leaving the Manhattan building where a grand jury has been meeting for months, though there was still no word on when the panel might vote on a possible indictment of the former president.
  David Pecker, a longtime Trump friend and the former chief executive of the parent company of the National Enquirer, was also seen weeks ago at the same building, suggesting that his testimony could b
  
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• B.C. tribunal orders $9,755 payout to taxi driver over caste-based discrimination

  27-03-2023 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has ordered that a taxi driver be paid more than $9,000 in compensation because his caste was insulted during a physical altercation at a staff Christmas party.
  The tribunal’s March 15 decision says Manoj Bhangu, an immigrant from Punjab in India, was discriminated against by two co-workers on the basis of his ancestry, place of origin, and race.
  Tribunal adjudicator Sonya Pighin says brothers Inderjit and Avninder Dhillon used a
  
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• Vancouver looks to frozen eggs to help control Canada goose population

  27-03-2023 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The booming population of Canada geese is “wreaking havoc” on Vancouver’s green spaces, and the park board is asking for help in keeping their numbers in check. 
  The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation wants the public to report a nest sighting so staff can replace the eggs with ones that have been frozen to help control the population.
  Vancouver is an ideal habitat for the birds, with few natural predators and plenty of newly seeded fields and lawns.
  
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• Again taking path less travelled nets Canadian historic Bassmaster Classic victory

  27-03-2023 21:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It’s not much to look at and about as exciting to watch as paint drying, but it’s a technique Canadian Jeff Gustafson has parlayed into big success on the pro bass circuit.
  On Sunday, the Kenora, Ont., angler became the first Canadian to win the US$1-million Bassmaster Classic. And he accomplished the historic feat by presenting a plastic shad bait on a jig just above bottom-hugging smallmouth bass.
  That technique, called moping, secured Gustafson 12 smallmouths for a tournament-winn
  
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• After returning to the World Cup in Qatar, Canada men look to win trophies this year

  27-03-2023 21:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canada coach John Herdman says his team’s ambition is simple this year — to win trophies.
  The 53rd-ranked Canadian men can take a step closer to that goal Tuesday when they host No. 81 Honduras in CONCACAF Nations League play at Toronto’s BMO Field.
  A draw or a win and Canada wins its group and advances to the tournament’s final four in June in Las Vegas, joining the other heavyweights from North and Central America and the Caribbean.
  Herdman’s team
  
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• Hungarian parliament approves Finland’s bid to join NATO

  27-03-2023 21:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s parliament on Monday approved Finland’s bid to join NATO, putting an end to months of delays and bringing the Nordic country one step closer to becoming a full member of the Western military alliance.
  The measure, passed with 182 votes for and six against, came after Hungary’s government had for months frustrated allies in NATO and the European Union by repeatedly postponing the vote after nearly all other alliance members ratified Finla
  
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• Golden courthouse arson investigation continues, town council to push province to keep registry, rebuild

  27-03-2023 20:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GOLDEN —Those scheduled to dispute their traffic tickets in Golden, B.C. had to do so at the town’s Ramada Limited hotel after Golden Law Courts burned down in an arson earlier this month. But whether the town’s court registry will be a permanent loss is a concern for local leaders.
  Mayor Ron Oszust said town council plans to formally advocate for the building’s replacement and to avoid centralizing Golden’s court services to a larger community.
  “It was the fi
  
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• Abbotsford man charged again day after being convicted of vehicle ... - Chilliwack Progress

  27-03-2023 20:54 via news.google.com
  
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• Queen’s Plate-winning jockey Steve Bahen calling it a career

  27-03-2023 20:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Jockey Steve Bahen, who rode 82-1 long-shot T J’s Lucky Moon to a stunning victory in the 2002 Queen’s Plate, retired Monday.
  Bahen, a 56-year-old Montreal native, had been pondering retirement since the end of the 2022 season. He won 1,574 career races, 44 of them stakes
  “I’m going to miss it, but I’m healthy now and if I kept doing it, now that I’m older, that might change,” he told Woodbine Entertainment. “I don’t have any
  
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• Twitter celebs balk at paying Elon Musk for blue check mark - Chilliwack Progress

  27-03-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Gwyneth Paltrow accuser calls Utah ski crash ‘serious smack’ - Chilliwack Progress

  27-03-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
  Gwyneth Paltrow accuser calls Utah ski crash ‘serious smack’  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Olympian Kylie Masse embraces leadership role at this week’s Canadian swimming trials

  27-03-2023 20:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — When Kylie Masse looks around the pool deck at Toronto’s Pan Am Centre, she sees a lot of friendly, familiar faces from Canada’s swimming community. 
  But what the 27-year-old Masse doesn’t see is many of her peers, as most of the swimmers she grew up competing against have retired from the sport.
  Realizing that she has become one of Canada’s most experienced swimmers, Masse hopes to lead by example.
  “I think even the simplest of things like show
  
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• Prolific offender spends a day on Abbotsford streets before being arrested again in stolen vehicle

  27-03-2023 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Abbotsford Police have released information about the latest prolific offender that has been arrested in the city, shortly after being released for a previous crime.
  In a news release, officers spotted a stolen Toyota 4-Runner along Victoria Street Saturday night at 6:15 p.m.Plainclothes officers followed the vehicle until it stopped in the 31900 block of South Fraser Way.
  The male driver recognized his situation and tried to make a run for it but was captured after a brief fo
  
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• At least 10 injured after explosion destroys Calgary home: fire department

  27-03-2023 19:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Fire officials say at least 10 people have been injured after an explosion destroyed a home in Calgary.
  They say the force of the explosion created a large debris field, several fires and damage to surrounding houses in a northeastern neighbourhood.
  Officials say the 10 injured were believed to have been inside the home when it blew up.
  Crews have been unable to search the site and look for other victims due to structural problems.
  Power to the area has been shut down and workers
  
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• Two more bodies pulled from rubble after Old Montreal fire, five bodies identified

  27-03-2023 19:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Police say two more bodies have been pulled from the rubble of a building that caught fire March 16 in Old Montreal, bringing the death toll to seven.
  Police Insp. David Shane said today four more victims of the fire have been identified, for a total of five.
  Shane says police recently identified the bodies of An Wu, Dania Zafar, Saniya Khan, and Nathan Sears.
  Fire operations chief Martin Guilbault says the fire department secured the structure and deployed search dogs, who help
  
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• Ontario’s labour ministry reviewing CFLPA’s workers’ compensation concerns

  27-03-2023 19:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ontario’s labour ministry says it’s reviewing concerns brought forward by the Canadian Football League Players’ Association and other professional athlete unions.
  A spokeswoman for Monte McNaughton, Ontario’s minister Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, said that the review is part of the provincial government’s larger plans to improve compensation for injured workers. 
  The statement comes after a lobby of athlete u
  
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• Ottawa appoints new official in charge of Indigenous corrections

  27-03-2023 18:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government has appointed a deputy commissioner for Indigenous corrections in a move towards tackling the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in Canada’s criminal justice system.
  Correctional Service Canada announced today that it is promoting Kathy Neil, a Métis official, to serve in the role beginning May 1. 
  The hiring of such a position was a call to justice in the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
  
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• Suspect dead after shooting at Nashville private school

  27-03-2023 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A shooting at a private Christian grade school in Nashville wounded several people Monday, authorities said. The suspect is dead after a confrontation with police.
  The shooting occurred at The Covenant School, a Presbyterian school for about 200 students from preschool to sixth grade. Students walked to safety Monday, holding hands as they left their school surrounded by police cars, to a nearby church to reunited with their parents.The Nashville Fire Department sai
  
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• Indigenous groups hope for infrastructure dollars and economic development in budget

  27-03-2023 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Funding for infrastructure and economic development are two of the main asks some prominent Indigenous organizations have put to the Liberal government ahead of its upcoming budget. 
  Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has promised that the spending plan to be made public Tuesday will demonstrate fiscal restraint. 
  It is also expected to include money to advance Canada’s green energy transition and measures to keep it competitive with the United States, which is agg
  
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• Twitter hunts Github user who posted source code online - Chilliwack Progress

  27-03-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Budget to include rebate for groceries, increase RESP withdrawal limit: source

  27-03-2023 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A federal source says Tuesday’s budget will extend the temporary boost to the GST rebate for low-income Canadians, but will frame the payment as help with the rising cost of groceries. 
  The government official, who was granted anonymity to discuss matters that will not be public until the budget is released, said it will also include an increase to the withdrawal limit for a registered education savings plan from $5,000 to $8,000. 
  The measures, which will be part
  
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• Watchdog couldn’t probe charity bias allegations ‘deeply enough’ due to lack of info

  27-03-2023 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal taxpayers’ ombudsperson is recommending better unconscious bias training for employees of the Canada Revenue Agency’s charities directorate.
  In a report today on the fairness of the audit process for registered charities, François Boileau says the training should be mandatory for all employees involved in the audit process, including decision-makers.
  However, Boileau says that due to obstacles in accessing relevant information, he could not examine t
  
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• MP Han Dong threatens legal action against Global over foreign interference report

  27-03-2023 17:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Han Dong is threatening legal action against Global News and its parent company Corus Entertainment after the media outlet published an allegation the Toronto MP spoke to a Chinese diplomat about delaying the release of two Canadians.
  The Liberal-turned-Independent MP says in a statement released today that he has retained a lawyer “to begin legal action to its fullest extent.” 
  Global News published a report last week, citing anonymous security sources, that alle
  
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• Ottawa’s slow rollout of internet to First Nations creating economic rift: audit

  27-03-2023 17:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government’s slow rollout of high-speed internet to rural areas is putting First Nations at an economic disadvantage while billions of dollars earmarked to fix the issue remains untouched, says Canada’s auditor general.
  The lack of internet access continues to exclude First Nation reserves from accessing education, work and medical or government services online, Karen Hogan says in a report released Monday — despite there being billions of dollars in
  
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• Centre Block construction within cost, but Ottawa needs to make faster decisions: AG

  27-03-2023 17:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s auditor general says the modernization of Parliament’s Centre Block is within budget so far, but the federal government needs to do a better job at making up their minds before major construction begins.
  Karen Hogan warns in a report released today that if decision-making remains fragmented, it could lead to construction delays — and more costs for taxpayers.
  The rehabilitation of Centre Block already comes with a price tag of up to $5 billion, and is se
  
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• Two-thirds of Canadians with disabilities found barriers on planes, trains: audit

  27-03-2023 17:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — About two-thirds of people with disabilities encountered barriers on federally regulated planes and trains in 2019 and 2020, highlighting a lack of consultation and enforcement by agencies involved, the federal auditor general says in a new report.
  Auditor general Karen Hogan says in the report that Via Rail and the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority have made accessibility improvements over the last several years, but serious gaps still remain.
  For example, booking sites a
  
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• Disorganized foreign-aid reporting means Ottawa can’t track feminist outcomes: audit

  27-03-2023 17:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada has no sense of whether development aid meant to help women and girls abroad is actually advancing gender equity, according to an audit tabled in Parliament today.
  The auditor general says Ottawa does not track whether an annual $3.5 billion in bilateral aid is actually meeting the goals of Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy, and adds that aid for Africa has been diverted to Ukraine.
  The audit released today says the department struggled
  
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• Quebec girl, 9, dies after snow fort collapses behind residence

  27-03-2023 16:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAINT-UBALDE, Que. — A nine-year-old girl has died after a snow fort collapsed in a forest behind a rural Quebec home.
  The young victim was building a fort with another girl, 7, when it collapsed on them in the town of St-Ubalde, about 100 kilometres west of Quebec City.
  Quebec provincial police were called to the scene at 2:40 p.m. Sunday along with local firefighters and ambulance technicians.
  First responders tried to resuscitate the nine-year-old before she was transported to hospital,
  
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• Border crossings returning to pre-pandemic opening hours

  27-03-2023 16:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Opening hours are being extended at 39 border crossings with the United States and at several airports across the country as the Canada Border Services Agency returns to pre-pandemic hours. 
  The changes will take effect on March 31.
  The border agency first restricted hours at land border crossings in April 2020, closing many points of entry early and stopping 24-hour service at seven crossings.
  Six crossing points in Quebec and the Regway crossing in Saskatchewan will again b
  
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• Canada sanctions more Iran guard corps members, police after Toronto rally criticism

  27-03-2023 16:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Ottawa is adding more Iranian individuals and companies to its sanctions list after the government faced heavy criticism at a diaspora event this weekend.
  The new sanctions apply to eight people, as well as a company that creates armoured vehicles and a cybersecurity training institute.
  The Tehran commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a branch of Iran’s military known as the IRGC, is on the list, as are officials involved in using drones and ballistic missiles in regions of I
  
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• Zelenskyy meets with UN atomic agency chief in Ukraine

  27-03-2023 15:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with U.N. atomic energy chief Rafael Mariano Grossi in Ukraine.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two people were killed and 29 wounded Monday when Russian forces shelled the Ukrainian city of Sloviansk, in the partially occupied eastern Donetsk region, local officials said.
  Video footage of the aftermath showed damaged residential buildings, debris
  
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• Israeli embassy in Canada joins strike against Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul

  27-03-2023 15:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Israeli diplomats in Canada have joined a strike against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary.
  Israeli Embassy spokesman Eli Lipshitz confirmed that the mission in Ottawa is closed in accordance with a decision by Israel’s largest trade union, Histadrut.
  Histadrut spokesman Yaniv Levy says missions are providing only emergency services.
  Workers from across a range of fields went on strike Monday in a bid to ramp up pressure
  
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• Chilliwack walk shows people living with dementia that 'they are not ... - Chilliwack Progress

  27-03-2023 15:30 via news.google.com
  
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• UN-backed probe cites crimes against humanity in Libya

  27-03-2023 14:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GENEVA (AP) — U.N.-backed human rights experts said on Monday there is evidence that crimes against humanity — including sexual slavery — have been committed against Libyans and migrants in the North African country.
  The investigators commissioned by the U.N.-backed Human Rights Council also faulted the European Union for sending support to Libyan forces that they say contributed to crimes against migrants and Libyans.
  The findings come in an extensive new report, based on hund
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs face Coquitlam in first round BCHL playoff rematch

  27-03-2023 14:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Chiefs will open their BC Hockey League playoffs against Mainland Division rivals Coquitlam Express this weekend.In a rematch of last year’s first round series, the Chiefs will try to eliminate the Express once again.Last spring’s series was a seven-game thriller, with the Chiefs winning the decisive game on home ice. This year, the Express will have home ice advantage in the best of seven affair.
  Head to head, the Express beat the Chiefs in five of
  
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• Bandits host play day for Grade 6 and 7 basketball enthusiasts - Chilliwack Progress

  27-03-2023 14:00 via news.google.com
  
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• In The News for March 27 : A final goodbye to two fallen Edmonton police officers

  27-03-2023 10:17 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 March 27 …
  What we are watching in Canada …
  A regimental funeral is set to be held today for two Edmonton police officers who were shot and killed by a 16-year-old boy.
  Police say a 2 1/2-kilometre procession from the Alberta legislature to Rogers Place in Edmonton’s downtown is scheduled to begin just before noon.
  The
  
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• Funeral for two Edmonton police officers shot and killed responding to family dispute

  27-03-2023 10:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — A regimental funeral is set to be held today for two Edmonton police officers who were shot and killed by a 16-year-old boy.
  Police say a 2 1/2-kilometre procession from the Alberta legislature to Rogers Place in Edmonton’s downtown is scheduled to begin just before noon.
  The funeral for Const. Travis Jordan, who was 35, and Const. Brett Ryan, who was 30, is planned to be held in the afternoon at the home arena for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League.
  The ser
  
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• Sask. judge to decide on bail for sisters who say they were wrongfully convicted

  27-03-2023 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YORKTON, Sask. — A Saskatchewan judge is set to deliver his decision on whether to give bail to two sisters who have spent nearly 30 years in prison for what they say are wrongful murder convictions.
  Odelia and Nerissa Quewezance were convicted of second-degree murder in the 1993 stabbing death of 70-year-old Saskatchewan farmer Anthony Dolff near Kamsack.
  Defence lawyers have asked for the Indigenous sisters to get a conditional release while their case is undergoing a federal conviction
  
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• Canada argues court misconstrued Charter in directing feds to bring men in Syria home

  27-03-2023 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Canadian government says a federal judge misinterpreted the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in directing officials to secure the release of four men from detention in northeastern Syria.
  Government lawyers are set to stress that point in the Federal Court of Appeal today as they seek to overturn a January ruling by Federal Court Justice Henry Brown.
  In his decision, Brown said Ottawa should request repatriation of the men in Syrian prisons run by Kurdish forces as soon as reaso
  
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