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• Anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr. challenging Biden in 2024

  05-04-2023 23:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist and scion of one of the country’s most famous political families, is running for president.Kennedy filed a statement of candidacy Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission.The 69-year-old’s campaign to challenge incumbent President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination is a long shot. Self-help author Marianne Williamson is also running in the Democratic race.Kennedy, a nephew of President John F. K
  
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• Canada’s Corey Conners is fresh off a win and ready to contend at Augusta

  05-04-2023 23:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Corey Conners consistently thrives in early April. He’s hoping that can carry him to a win at the Masters, the first major of the men’s golf season.
  The first time Conners qualified for the storied tournament at Augusta National Golf Club was when he won the Valero Texas Open in 2019. He won the Texas Open again last weekend, although he had already qualified for the Masters, and that victory has given him more confidence heading into this week.
  “I feel great about where my gam
  
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• ‘Clear violation’: Experts say Alberta premier must explain call with accused

  05-04-2023 23:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith must explain to Albertans why she discussed a criminal case with the accused before his trial, whether she still believes such calls are OK and whether she will continue to have these conversations, legal experts and political scientists say.
  They say the premier’s actions a violation of the democratic firewall separating politicians from court cases and that Smith’s strategy to stay silent and threaten to sue media ensures the controversy will
  
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  05-04-2023 23:09 via news.google.com
  
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• Hangover from discriminatory policies may still be felt by Roma refugees: advocates

  05-04-2023 22:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Roma advocates say discriminatory policies meant to keep people from making what a former immigration minister called “bogus” refugee claims have a lingering effect on families fleeing persecution.
  A Romani family of four recently drowned in the St. Lawrence River during an attempt to make it to the United States, after their lawyer let them know they were to be deported back to Romania.
  Their bodies and those of four other migrants were found near Akwesasne, Que., las
  
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• B.C. to boost minimum wage to $16.75 an hour, matching inflation with 6.9% hike

  05-04-2023 22:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s minimum wage will increase to $16.75 an hour, a boost that the government says fulfils a promise to tie the benchmark pay level to inflation.
  The new minimum wage kicks in on June 1 and represents a 6.9 per cent increase from the current $15.65 an hour.
  Labour Minister Harry Bains says the measure is a key step to preventing the province’s lowest-paid workers from falling behind.
  He says the same percentage increase will apply for residential caret
  
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• ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ explores vigilante eco-sabotage - Chilliwack Progress

  05-04-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
  ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ explores vigilante eco-sabotage  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• ‘Union guy through and through’: New NHLPA boss getting positive early reviews

  05-04-2023 22:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Marty Walsh provided some broad strokes on his plans for the NHL Players’ Association.
  The union’s new executive director didn’t offer specifics on how he will approach negotiations on the next collective bargaining agreement or his view of hockey’s current economic system — one that’s included a salary cap since 2005 — at that introductory news conference last week.
  He was, however, clear on a few things.
  Walsh trumpeted his background in organized labo
  
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• Sweden’s Edin makes a “one in a 1,000” game-tying spinner at world curling playdowns

  05-04-2023 22:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Thinking it may have been a circus throw for show, some laughs were heard at TD Place when Niklas Edin tried a spin shot in the 10th end of Sweden’s game against Norway on Wednesday.
  Gasps mixed with shrieks of incredulity rang out when he actually made it.
  Edin, the defending champion at the world men’s curling playdowns, tied the game with an otherworldly shot that left the sport’s most seasoned rock-throwers at a loss for words.
  “There’s these mome
  
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• Maple Leafs centre Ryan O’Reilly ready to return from broken finger against Bruins

  05-04-2023 22:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ryan O’Reilly is ready to return. And into the lion’s den he will go.
  The Toronto Maple Leafs centre declared himself fully healthy following Wednesday’s practice after missing a month with a broken finger ahead of Thursday’s game in Boston against the first-place Bruins.
  O’Reilly suffered the injury March 4 in Vancouver when he took a friendly fire shot off his left hand against the Canucks that required surgery.
  Acquired from the St. Louis Blues in
  
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• Only ‘silent’ praying allowed in Quebec schools as province moves to ban prayer rooms

  05-04-2023 22:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Quebec’s education minister says it will soon be forbidden to have prayer rooms in the province’s public schools.
  Bernard Drainville told reporters today he has learned of at least two Montreal-area schools that have permitted students to gather for prayer.
  Drainville says he will issue the directive to all school services centres, adding that prayer rooms in schools are not compatible with official secularism — a guiding principle of the Quebec state.
  The minister, however, is
  
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• Queen Camilla: Charles’ wife gets title on coronation invite - Chilliwack Progress

  05-04-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Man pleads not guilty to murdering 13-year-old Marrisa Shen, of Burnaby, B.C.

  05-04-2023 21:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A man accused of the first-degree murder of a Burnaby, B.C., teenager six years ago repeatedly denied killing the girl as his trial started. 
  Ibrahim Ali pleaded not guilty and told the jury through an interpreter that he “did not kill Marrisa Shen.” 
  The body of the 13-year-old girl was found in Burnaby’s Central Park on July 18, 2017, just hours after her mother had reported her missing. 
  Police announced charges against Ali 14 months later, s
  
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• B.C. minimum wage increasing to $16.75/hr. effective June 1

  05-04-2023 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The B.C. government says the lowest-paid workers in the province will get a pay raise from $15.65 an hour to $16.75 an hour effective June 1.“Having a minimum wage that keeps up with inflation is a key step to prevent the lowest paid workers from falling behind,” said Harry Bains, Minister of Labour, in a statement released Wednesday (April 5). “These workers and their families feel the impacts of high costs much more than anyone else. We are maintaining our
  
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• Ottawa and Edmonton cement manufacturer sign preliminary deal on carbon capture

  05-04-2023 21:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The federal government has signed a deal to work with an Edmonton cement manufacturer to keep carbon dioxide generated at the plant from entering the atmosphere.
  Innovation, Science and Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne has signed a memorandum of understanding with Heidelberg Materials to help with construction of a carbon capture and storage facility.
  The deal marks the start of negotiations on a federal role in the $1.4-billion project, which is expected to be oper
  
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• Kansas bans transgender athletes from women’s, girls’ sports

  05-04-2023 21:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is banning transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports from kindergarten through college, the first of several possible new laws restricting the rights of transgender people pushed through by Republican legislators over the wishes of the Democratic governor.
  The Legislature on Wednesday overrode Gov. Laura Kelly’s third veto in three years of a bill that applies a ban to school teams and club sports, and came a day after lawmaker passed
  
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• Free coffee returns Thursday as “Coffee with a Cop” meets at Midtown Starbucks

  05-04-2023 21:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Members of the Chilliwack RCMP promise they won’t break out into long-winded speeches or subject attendees to a carefully crafted narrative.There’s no pretense about the opportunity to connect with members of the Chilliwack RCMP when Coffee with a Cop returns Thursday, April 6 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Midtown Starbucks, located at 45604 Airport Road.Officers will be there to chat with Chilliwack residents and answer questions. Residents can stop by, get caffe
  
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• Canadiens haven’t confirm if all players will wear Pride-themed warm-up jerseys

  05-04-2023 21:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BROSSARD, Que. — The Montreal Canadiens haven’t confirmed whether all of the team’s players will wear themed warm-up jerseys during Pride night Thursday against the Washington Capitals.
  Head coach Martin St. Louis and the players made available to the media after Wednesday’s practice indicated there had been a meeting to discuss the subject. However, St. Louis declined to go into specifics and added that he would answer “questions (Thursday), when we are ready to an
  
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• Vancouver police deployed to end tent encampment in city’s ... - Chilliwack Progress

  05-04-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Pence won’t appeal order compelling grand jury testimony

  05-04-2023 21:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence will not appeal a judge’s order compelling him to testify in the Justice Department’s investigation into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, a spokesman said Wednesday.
  The decision clears the way for Pence to appear before a federal grand jury in Washington.Jill Colvin And Eric Tucker, The Associated Press
  
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• Prospect of tax fraud could be key to Bragg’s strategy in Trump indictment: experts

  05-04-2023 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Legal experts are still puzzling over Alvin Bragg’s pursuit of Donald Trump — and some are focusing on one mostly overlooked aspect of the indictment.
  The Manhattan district attorney’s statement of facts alleges that Trump and his operatives “mischaracterized for tax purposes” payments that were made to his lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen. 
  Bragg has been vague on the details, but former assistant U.S. attorney Neama Rahmani says the prospect
  
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• Blue Jays claim Luplow off waivers, transfer Ryu to 60-day injured list

  05-04-2023 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Outfielder Jordan Luplow was claimed off waivers by the Blue Jays from the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday and then optioned to Toronto’s triple-A affiliate in Buffalo, N.Y.
  Left-handed pitcher Hyun Jin Ryu was transferred to the 60-day injured list from the 15-day IL as he continues to recover from Tommy John surgery.
  Luplow, 29, played in 83 games for the Arizona Diamondbacks last season, batting .176 while connecting for 11 home runs. 
  The five-foot-11, 195-pound outfie
  
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• Hope Fire Department responds to three suspicious fires in one night

  05-04-2023 20:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — The Hope Fire Department says it responded to three suspicious fires the past 24 hours.In a press release from Fire Chief Thomas Cameron, Hope Fire Department responded to three separate fire incidents.Shortly after midnight, Cameron said a call was received for a rubbish fire at a home under construction near Yale and Rupert.While on scene there, a second call involved a fire in a carport in the 300 block of 3rd Avenue. Cameron said the resident was able to act quickly thereby stop
  
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• Finland routs France 14-1 to open women’s world hockey championship

  05-04-2023 20:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRAMPTON, Ont. — Jenniina Nylund scored a hat trick as Finland dominated France in a 14-1 victory at the women’s world hockey championship on Wednesday.
  Finland left little doubt in the result by jumping out to a 6-0 lead after the first period of the tournament’s first game at the CAA Centre.
  After Finland scored its eighth goal on 18 shots in the second period, France replaced goaltender Margaux Mameri with backup Caroline Lambert, who allowed six goals on 35 shots in relief.
  
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• Lawyer blasts Ottawa for ‘preposterous’ delay in assessing Canadian woman in Syria

  05-04-2023 20:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A lawyer working to bring a Quebec woman home from a Syrian prison camp along with her six children says it is “preposterous” that her departure is being held up by the government’s failure to complete her security assessment.
  Lawyer Lawrence Greenspon says he has asked Global Affairs Canada to take the necessary, urgent steps to allow the mother to come home with her young children.
  The Canadians are among the many foreign nationals in Syrian camps run by Kurdis
  
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• Chilliwack volunteer, 85, receives Governor General’s award for tireless volunteerism

  05-04-2023 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — After a lengthy career in the Canadian military followed by a 13-year career with B.C. Corrections, Vince Merritt decided he wasn’t ready to completely call it quits.In fact, Merritt was just getting started on a rewarding, selfless journey of service above self.In his post-retirement years, Merritt spent 13 years with the Chilliwack RCMP volunteering for Victim Services, before transitioning to Chilliwack Hospice Society and employing his talents by helping with electro
  
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• VIDEO: 'Plant A Row For Us' urges Chilliwack gardeners to grow ... - Chilliwack Progress

  05-04-2023 19:52 via news.google.com
  
  VIDEO: 'Plant A Row For Us' urges Chilliwack gardeners to grow ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Alberta regulator confirms Kearl oilsands toxins in small fish-bearing waterbody

  05-04-2023 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Alberta’s energy regulator is confirming that hazardous chemicals are present in a small waterbody after two releases of tailings-contaminated wastewater from Imperial Oil’s Kearl oilsands mine. 
  In an update released Tuesday, the agency says hydrocarbons and naphthenic acids have been found in an unnamed fish-bearing lake located almost entirely within Imperial’s lease about 70 kilometres north of Fort McMurray.
  The lake, near where the releases occurred, is less than a q
  
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• Canada’s Leylah Fernandez falls to Spain’s Paula Badosa at Charleston Open

  05-04-2023 19:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. — Canada’s Leylah Fernandez lost in the round of 32 at the Charleston Open on Wednesday, falling to Spain’s Paula Badosa in straight sets, 7-5, 7-6 (6).
  Fernandez had seven double faults and gave up three break points in the defeat at Volvo Car Stadium.
  The 2021 U.S. Open finalist has made it past the round of 32 in a WTA singles event just once so far this year.
  The 20-year-old from Montreal is currently ranked 51st in the world.
  Badosa, 25, achieved the world
  
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• Scientists confirm first Canadian fossil of Ice Age predator the dire wolf

  05-04-2023 19:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada now has its first dire wolf. 
  For the first time, a Canadian fossil has been confirmed as coming from the Ice Age predator featured in the TV series “Game of Thrones.” The specimen, from near Medicine Hat in southern Alberta, was tentatively identified decades ago but a team from the Royal Ontario Museum used new technology to finally lock it down.
  “It had never been fully described,” said evolutionary biologist Ashley Reynolds, lead author of the paper publis
  
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• US flies nuclear-capable bombers amid tensions with N. Korea

  05-04-2023 19:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States flew nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to the Korean Peninsula again on Wednesday in a show of strength against North Korea amid concerns that the North might conduct a nuclear test.The long-range bombers took part in joint aerial drills with U.S. and South Korean fighter jets over the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s Defense Ministry said. It said it was the first deployment of U.S. B-52 bombers to the peninsula in a month.
  The drills “sho
  
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• Maryland AG releases report on Catholic Church sex abuse

  05-04-2023 19:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The Maryland Attorney General’s Office has publicly released a redacted version of an investigative report detailing sex abuse allegations against more than 150 Catholic priests and examining the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s response.
  The redacted findings were made public Wednesday afternoon, marking a significant development in an ongoing legal battle over its release and adding to growing evidence from parishes across the country as numerous similar revelation
  
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• Small businesses not getting what they were promised in aid to offset carbon price

  05-04-2023 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Small businesses in Canada have received less than 10 per cent of the financial aid they were promised to help them offset the costs of the national price on carbon emissions.
  The Liberals promised when their new carbon pricing policy was enacted in 2018 that seven per cent of revenues would be returned to the small- and medium-sized businesses whose greenhouse gas emissions aren’t high enough to qualify for the industrial carbon pricing program.
  The government’s annua
  
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• House leader, Taiwan president hold historic meeting in US

  05-04-2023 19:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy welcomed Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen for a historic meeting on U.S. soil Wednesday, underscoring U.S. lawmakers’ growing support for her self-ruled island as tensions rise with rival China.
  McCarthy greeted Tsai on her arrival at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Southern California.
  Tsai, making the most sensitive stop on a weeklong journey meant to shore up alliances in the U.S. and Central America, was to me
  
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• Vancouver police deployed to end tent encampment in Downtown Eastside

  05-04-2023 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Vancouver police have dispatched officers to a tent encampment on the city’s Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers. 
  The City of Vancouver says it has asked police to help bring a close to the encampment, removing all remaining tents and structures. 
  It says in a statement that it decided to act due to “the growing public safety risk” posed by the encampment on East Hastings Street.
  It says the city has been working on the street daily to
  
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• Tennis Canada to tour country with Davis Cup trophy after 2022 win

  05-04-2023 18:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Tennis Canada announced Wednesday it will tour the country with the Davis Cup trophy in celebration of Canada’s victory in the 2022 event.
  Canada won the Davis Cup for the first time in the competition’s 123-year history by defeating Australia in Malaga, Spain, in November.
  Canada defeated Germany in the quarterfinal and Italy in the semifinal before Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov swept their singles matches against Australia to clinch the title.
  The troph
  
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• G.W. Graham QB Lucas Feaver looking for new home after SFU cancels football program

  05-04-2023 18:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — G.W. Graham quarterback Lucas Feaver racked up 2,401 passing yards and 27 passing TDs during a memorable 2022 season in which the Grizzlies won 11 games en route to the provincial championship game.
  That impressive stat sheet enabled Feaver, a 5-foot-9, 175-pounder who holds a 3.25 GPA and runs a 4.89 speed in the 40-yard dash, to receive an athletic scholarship to Simon Fraser University in Burnaby and gain acceptance into the Beedie School of Business.That all changed Tuesda
  
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• B.C. city has 1st homicide after senior dies from beating - Chilliwack Progress

  05-04-2023 18:40 via news.google.com
  
  B.C. city has 1st homicide after senior dies from beating  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Robotaxis aim to take San Francisco on ride into the future - Chilliwack Progress

  05-04-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Mission man caught stealing $500 worth of hockey cards - twice - Chilliwack Progress

  05-04-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Indigenous child-welfare settlement heading back to Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

  05-04-2023 18:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A multibillion-dollar settlement for children and families harmed by Ottawa’s underfunding of on-reserve services will be presented to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal for approval after being endorsed by First Nations chiefs.
  Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu says the revised $23-billion compensation package is the largest settlement in Canadian history, and represents an “important piece of healing” for those harmed by past government policies.
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• Feds’ draft plan to enshrine UN’s Indigenous rights declaration ‘not perfect’ Lametti

  05-04-2023 18:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Justice Minister David Lametti says he knows the government’s draft action plan for implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is not perfect. 
  Lametti made the comments while addressing a special gathering of chiefs with the Assembly of First Nations today, telling them he knows there is “a lot missing” from the plan published last month, but it is designed to kick off “intense” discussions over the next thre
  
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• Canadian cricketers regain one-day international status at Namibia qualifier

  05-04-2023 18:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINDHOEK, Namibia — Pargat Singh led the batting attack with 66 runs and bowler Jeremy Gordon took six wickets as Canada wrapped up play Wednesday at the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Playoff with a 90-run victory over winless Papua New Guinea
  While Canada fell short of its main goal of reaching the final round of qualification for the 2023 World Cup, it regained its one-day international status for the first time in almost a decade by finishing in the top four and will join the ICC Cric
  
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• Foreign veterinarians save sick elephant at Pakistani zoo

  05-04-2023 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Veterinarians said they performed a critical procedure to save a sick elephant at a zoo in southern Pakistan on Wednesday.Noor Jehan, 17, was brought to Karachi with three other elephants more than a dozen years ago. Videos of her leaning her head against a tree and struggling to stand have caused alarm in Pakistan. The elephant is experiencing a number of health issues, including arthritis.
  An eight-member team from the Austrian animal welfare organization Four Pa
  
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• Downtown Chilliwack building no stranger to repeated fires

  05-04-2023 18:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The downtown Chilliwack housing complex where a fire broke out on the top floor Tuesday afternoon has seen several fires over the years, including an explosion involving cooked drugs.Over 40 Chilliwack firefighters responded from Halls 1, 2, 4, and 6 Tuesday (Apr. 4) just after noon and encountered heavy, black smoke and flames on an exterior top unit of the New Mark apartment building, located at 45269 Yale Road.Chilliwack Fire Dept. said in a news release the majority of the
  
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• Indian man extradited from Canada to U.S., charged with human smuggling in Akwesasne

  05-04-2023 18:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Federal prosecutors in the United States say an Indian man living in Canada was paid thousands of dollars to smuggle other Indian nationals into the United States through the Akwesasne Mohawk reserve.
  Simranjit (Shally) Singh, 40, appeared in an Albany, N.Y., court Friday to face six counts of alien smuggling for profit and three counts of conspiracy to commit alien smuggling for profit, a day after he was extradited from Canada.
  The case is not connected to the deaths last week
  
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• Canada’s Gushue beats South Korea 9-4 at world men’s curling championship

  05-04-2023 17:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s Brad Gushue defeated South Korea’s Byeongjin Jeong 9-4 at the world men’s curling championship on Wednesday morning. 
  South Korea conceded after Canada scored four points in the eighth end.
  Canada, now 5-2 in round-robin play, was scheduled to take on American John Shuster in the evening draw.
  The top six teams in the 13-team field will qualify for the weekend playoffs.
  Medal games are scheduled for Sunday.
  This report by The Canadian Press was firs
  
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• ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ is okey-dokey - Chilliwack Progress

  05-04-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Zelenskyy visits Poland to thank ally and meet Ukrainians

  05-04-2023 17:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Military honors, tributes and praise welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife to Poland on Wednesday as the couple made a state visit meant as a gesture of thanks for the crucial support the neighboring country has provided to Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion.
  The visit to Warsaw was a rare wartime foray out of Ukraine for Zelenskyy. While he also traveled to the United States, Britain, France and Belgium, the trip to Poland
  
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• Minister praises ‘vigilance’ of Winnipeg landfill staff after woman’s body found

  05-04-2023 17:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal minister responsible for Crown-Indigenous relations is praising workers at a Winnipeg landfill for their “heightened vigilance” after the remains of an Indigenous woman were discovered there on Monday.
  Marc Miller also says a study into the feasibility of searching a different Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two other Indigenous women will be completed in the coming weeks.
  The Winnipeg homicide unit says it has launched an investigation after staf
  
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