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• Hope business owner expresses frustration over retail thefts

  11-04-2023 23:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — Kerfuffle Creations owner Sarah Preson has done everything humanly possible to protect her store in downtown Hope from theft by way of six security cameras, an alarm system, and security gates.Her store, located at 332 Wallace Street, sells fantasy gifts, knives, metaphysical items, and creations from Canadian artists. It bills itself as “a lot of fun in a little store,” according to its Facebook page. It is located across from the District of Hope municipal building in
  
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• Maple Leafs recall goaltender Joseph Woll, sign OHL’s Matt Onuska to amateur tryout

  11-04-2023 23:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs recalled goaltender Joseph Woll from the American Hockey League ahead of Tuesday’s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
  The Maple Leafs will also have an amateur serving as backup for the third consecutive game after signing Ontario Hockey League netminder Matt Onuska to a tryout Tuesday.
  Onuska, 20, had a 17-11-4 record with a .868 save percentage and a 4.44 goals-against average for the Windsor Spitfires this season.
  Ilya Samsonov started Toronto&
  
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• Chilliwack Youth Health Centre presses provincial government for ... - Mission City Record

  11-04-2023 23:40
  
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• Chilliwack Youth Health Centre Presses Provincial Government For ... - Abbotsford News

  11-04-2023 23:40
  
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• Vancouver’s homeless shelters are overwhelmed following heavy ... - Chilliwack Progress

  11-04-2023 23:30
  
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• Major rock-scaling project taking place on Highway 1 near Hope - Chilliwack Progress

  11-04-2023 23:30
  
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• Alberta premier commits to medicare; NDP points to past musings on private options

  11-04-2023 23:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith, in an election-style event, says her United Conservative Party will not make Albertans pay out of pocket to see their family doctor or get medical treatment.
  Smith says her party, should it win next month’s general election, would also not delist from public funding any future medical procedures or prescriptions.
  Smith made the announcement Tuesday in a party-sponsored event in front of a medical clinic in Sherwood Park, just east of Edmonton.
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• Deep Canadian squad confident heading into Billie Jean King Cup qualifier

  11-04-2023 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Even without one of its top players, Canada is ready to rally as women’s tennis returns to Vancouver this week. 
  Bianca Andreescu won’t be in the lineup when the Canadians face Belgium in the Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers on Friday and Saturday. 
  Andreescu, the country’s top-ranked women’s player, will miss the tie after tearing two ligaments in her left ankle while playing at the Miami Open on March 27. The 22-year-old from Mississauga, Ont.
  
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• Canada comeback falls short in 2-1 loss to France in Women’s World Cup tune-up

  11-04-2023 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LE MANS, France — The injury-depleted Canadian women fell short in an attempted comeback Tuesday, beaten 2-1 by France in a women’s soccer friendly for their fourth loss in their last five outings.
  The fifth-ranked French went ahead in the 51st minute with Grace Geyoro, finding separation from her marker, heading home an accurate cross from Delphine Cascarino. Sandie Toletti and Cascarino combined on a nice give-and-go before Cascarino, eluding both Sophie Schmidt and Allysha Chapman
  
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• Survivor of fatal Downtown Eastside hotel fire files proposed class-action lawsuit

  11-04-2023 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A woman who survived a fatal fire at a downtown Vancouver rooming hotel has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against the building’s owner, the operator of the residence and the city’s fire department.
  Plaintiff Jennifer Hansma is expected to join fellow survivors and members of a local housing advocacy group at a news conference later today to mark the one-year anniversary of the fire, which killed two people anddisplaced dozens of others.
  The lawsuit says the
  
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• Chilliwack rock revival band brings 'humorous energy' to stage with ... - Chilliwack Progress

  11-04-2023 22:55
  
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• Montreal Alouettes extend Canadian kicker David Cote through 2024 season

  11-04-2023 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes signed kicker David Cote to a contract extension through the 2024 season Tuesday.
  Cote, of Quebec City,made 44-of-51 field goal attempts last season, his 86.3 per cent ratio standing fourth among league kickers. Cote, 26, booted 16 field goals of 40 or more yards, tops in the CFL.
  The six-foot-four, 215-pound Cote made six of the seven field goals he tried in the playoffs. After downing Hamilton 28-17 in the East Division semifinal, Montreal lost 34-27 to
  
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• Canadian charities struggle with staff burnout, revenue, escalating ... - Chilliwack Progress

  11-04-2023 22:30
  
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• What to know about the TTC’s upcoming Rogers cellphone network

  11-04-2023 22:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Rogers and BAI Communications reached a deal Monday that will see the telecommunications giant acquire the exclusive rights to build the TTC’s wireless network. Here is what you need to know about cell service coming to the subway system.
  When will Torontonians have cell service?
  It will likely be at least nine months before Toronto subway riders can make calls and browse their phones underground in certain parts of the network, while Rogers is aiming to have the whole syst
  
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• Ex-firefighter gets prison for Jan. 6 extinguisher attack

  11-04-2023 22:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A retired firefighter who threw a fire extinguisher at police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Tuesday to more than four years in prison.
  Robert Sanford struck two police officers in the head with the fire extinguisher that he threw as he stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with a mob of Donald Trump supporters. He also threw an orange traffic cone at a Capitol police sergeant.
  “Sanford also hurled obscenities and insults at the law enforcement officers on the Lower
  
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• Canadian Jamie Bruce continues quest to secure ’24 Elite Series berth

  11-04-2023 21:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The odyssey continues for Jamie Bruce.
  The 33-year-old from Kenora, Ont., is in Many, La., for the Bassmaster Open event that begins Thursday at Toledo Bend Reservoir. It will be the second of nine he’ll do this year to qualify for the ’24 Elite Series.
  Cooper Gallant of Bowmanville, Ont., fished all nine ’22 Opens to qualify for the Elite Series, pro bass fishing’s top circuit. The move paid off as Gallant finished third in the Southern standings to punch his ticket.
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• Chilliwack's Alison Fitzsimmons celebrates 25th and final year ... - Chilliwack Progress

  11-04-2023 21:30
  
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• Fire at Agassiz Thrift Store deliberately set: RCMP - Chilliwack Progress

  11-04-2023 21:11
  
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• Agassiz thrift store set on fire, suspect arrested

  11-04-2023 21:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — Agassiz RCMP announced Tuesday (Apr. 11) they have arrested a suspect in connection with a case of arson that happened at the Agassiz Harrison Community Service Thrift Store on Cheam Avenue back in March.According to a news release from Agassiz RCMP Sgt. Mike Sargent, Agassiz Fire and Agassiz RCMP responded to a report of a structure fire at 7:28 a.m. on Thursday, March 23 at 6910 Cheam Avenue. Mounties and Agassiz RCMP determined that the fire had been deliberately set.Further i
  
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• Manhattan DA sues Rep. Jordan over Trump indictment inquiry

  11-04-2023 20:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg filed a federal lawsuit against Rep. Jim Jordan on Tuesday, accusing the Republican of a “transparent campaign to intimidate and attack” him over his prosecution of former President Donald Trump.
  Bragg, a Democrat, is asking a judge to invalidate subpoenas that Jordan, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, has or plans to issue as part of an investigation of the Bragg’s handling of the Trump case.
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• Trudeau announces new military aid, bilateral agreements during ... - Chilliwack Progress

  11-04-2023 20:30
  
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• Longtime volunteer receives Canada's highest honour for 3500 ... - Chilliwack Progress

  11-04-2023 20:30
  
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• Volunteers invited to clean up Thompson Park in Chilliwack Apr. 22 on Earth Day

  11-04-2023 20:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Families and individuals are invited to take a few hours out of their Saturday and clean up a neighbourhood park in the Chilliwack River Valley later this month.On Earth Day, volunteers with the Chilliwack/Vedder River Cleanup Society will hold their annual Spring River Cleanup at Thompson Regional Park, 48600 Chilliwack Lake Road, on Saturday, Apr. 22.Registration is open from 8:30-9:30 a.m. and volunteers with the society will be supplying garbage bags, gloves, and pick-up s
  
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• Germany advances to quarterfinals, Hungary ousted at world hockey championship

  11-04-2023 20:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRAMPTON, Ont. — Germany booked a spot in the women’s world hockey championship quarterfinals by defeating Hungary 2-1 in its preliminary round finale Tuesday.
  Hungary, with one win in four games, will finish fourth or lower in the Group B standings, guaranteeing relegation. All five teams in Group A advance to the quarterfinals, while only the top three teams in Group B make it in.
  Germany finishes second in Group B behind leaders Finland.
  Defenceman Ronja Hark opened the scoring 10
  
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• Union for 911 operators in RCMP calls for recruitment plan to address staff shortages

  11-04-2023 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The union that represents the RCMP’s emergency dispatchers and 911 operators is calling for the force to come up with a recruitment plan to fix worsening staff shortages.
  CUPE Local 104 president Kathleen Hippern says hundreds of people are off on long-term sick leave, but the force has not hired replacements for many of them.
  Hippern says that few centres are fully staffed, specifying that in Nova Scotia, staffing is only at about 50 per cent. 
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• Woodbine Entertainment CEO Jim Lawson to step down from his post

  11-04-2023 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Woodbine Entertainment CEO Jim Lawson plans to step down from his post sometime this fall.
  Lawson made the announcement Tuesday in a letter to the horse-racing community.
  The exact date of when Lawson will leave his current post wasn’t divulged.
  Lawson has been Woodbine’s CEO since April 2015.
  The 64-year-old Hamilton native cited two reasons for his decision: The desire to spend more time with his family and believing the time is right for a new CEO to take charge.
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• Injunction to be filed for reinstatement of Simon Frasier University football program

  11-04-2023 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY, B.C. — The Simon Fraser University Football Alumni Society will be filing an injunction against the school to reinstate its football program
  The society plans to file the injunction on Wednesday in B.C. Supreme Court on behalf of seven players on the football team.
  Last week, school president Joy Johnston announced Simon Fraser was discontinuing its football program, effective immediately. Johnston added the decision came after the Texas-based Lone Star Conference announced it wou
  
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• Easter long weekend marred by violent incidents: Abbotsford PD

  11-04-2023 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — While many people were enjoying the Easter long weekend with family, cooking up a feast for guests, or attending Easter egg hunts, the Abbotsford Police Department dealt with a string of what it calls “violent calls.”
  According to a tweet Tuesday morning from the municipal police agency, Abbotsford Police handled hundreds of files over the Easter long weekend.“Over the long weekend, our officers were extremely busy with over 300 police files. In addition, off
  
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• Request to remove newspaper article among Ottawa’s queries to social-media giants

  11-04-2023 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Newly released documents show that a federal government department asked Facebook and Twitter to delete a newspaper article that it felt contained errors — but both social-media giants denied the request.
  The request to remove social-media posts that linked to an unspecified Toronto Sun article came from a director of communications at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada in September 2021.
  The social-media companies said they were denying the request because the art
  
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• Singer Gordon Lightfoot cancels 2023 concert schedule, citing health - Chilliwack Progress

  11-04-2023 19:00
  
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• Hockey Canada names staff for men’s U18 world championship

  11-04-2023 18:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Hockey Canada has named its staff for the 2023 men’s under-18 world championship.
  Jeff Truit of the Western Hockey League’s Prince Albert Raiders will be the team’s head coach.
  John Dean of the Ontario Hockey League’s Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds and Bruce Richardson of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s Blainville-Boisbriand Armada will serve as assistants.
  Justin Pogge, a Toronto Maple Leafs draft pick in 2004 who starred for Canada at the 2006
  
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• The Chilliwack Tulip Festival Opens April 19 - Foodology

  11-04-2023 18:36
  
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• THE MOJ: Shocked football world pushing back against SFU football ... - Chilliwack Progress

  11-04-2023 18:30
  
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• About 16,000 Quebec clients remain without power six days after ice storm

  11-04-2023 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s electric utility says it still can’t say with certainty when power will return to all the homes and businesses affected by last week’s ice storm.
  About 16,000 customers are still off the grid, and Hydro-Québec says the majority of them are in the Montreal area. 
  Utility spokesman Francis Labbé says work is particularly complicated in areas where mature trees have damaged power lines and need to be removed before crews can conduct rep
  
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• At least 300 visits expected as B.C.’s 2023 cruise ship season officially launches

  11-04-2023 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Cruise ship season officially launches in British Columbia as the Sapphire Princess berths in Victoria for a one-day visit.
  The vessel then travels to Vancouver to begin that city’s season.
  The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority expects 330 ships between April and October, bringing at least 850,000 passengers to the capital.
  The Port of Vancouver says 331 cruise ships are scheduled over the same period, potentially delivering more than one million visitors into the downto
  
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• Police: Louisville shooter legally bought gun a week ago

  11-04-2023 18:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The shooter who killed five people at a Louisville bank legally bought the weapon he used a week ago, police said Tuesday.
  Louisville Metro Police Department Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said at a news conference that Connor Sturgeon bought the gun from a local dealership on April 4.
  Gwinn-Villaroel also said that officers’ body camera video from shooting will be released Tuesday afternoon.
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• Hope, Yale firefighters stop shop fire from spreading to nearby home

  11-04-2023 18:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — Hope firefighters, along with volunteer personnel from the Yale and District Volunteer Fire Department, were able to contain a structure fire within a shop or shed on Landstrom Road, located west of downtown Hope, Monday evening.According to Hope Fire Chief Thomas Cameron, Hope firefighters were dispatched for a structure fire sometime after 5 p.m. on Monday (Apr. 10). The fire originated, and was contained to, a shop or shed on the property. Chief Cameron said firefighters prevente
  
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• U.S. ‘allies, partners,’ including Canada, briefed by U.S. after ... - Chilliwack Progress

  11-04-2023 17:00
  
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• CEO, board of Trudeau Foundation resign citing recent politicization of their work

  11-04-2023 16:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The CEO and most members of the board of directions for the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation say they are stepping down because of the political climate that has recently surrounded their work. 
  In a statement posted on its website, the foundation says the politicization of a donation it received seven years ago has put a great deal of pressure on its management, volunteer board of directors and staff.
  The resignations come after the Globe and Mail newspaper reported, citing
  
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• AP source: Democrats pick Chicago to host 2024 convention

  11-04-2023 16:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have chosen Chicago to host their 2024 national convention, trying to keep the party’s momentum going after last fall’s midterm election success in the critical Midwest.The decision, confirmed by a Democratic official who spoke on Tuesday on the condition of anonymity before an official announcement, comes after President Joe Biden personally chose Chicago over finalists that also included Atlanta and New York.
  Chicago is solidly Democratic, as is Il
  
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• Fancy a dip? An Olympic reboot for Paris’ toxic River Seine

  11-04-2023 16:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — Even before he has dipped his toes into the murky waters of Paris ‘ famous but forbidden River Seine, French triathlete Thibaut Rigaudeau is already fielding questions from disbelieving friends.“Are you scared of swimming in the Seine?” he says they ask him. “It looks disgusting.'”For decades, it was. Though immortalized in art, literature and song, and cherished by lovers who whisper sweet nothings or tearfully part on the privacy of its banks, t
  
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• When exactly will India surpass China as most populous? - Chilliwack Progress

  11-04-2023 15:30
  
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• Canadian Press NewsAlert: Glencore adds cash component to Teck Resources offer

  11-04-2023 14:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Swiss company Glencore is modifying its hostile takeover offer for Teck Resources Ltd. to include an US$8.2-billion cash component to its proposal.
  More coming.
  Companies in this story: (TSX:TECK.B)The Canadian Press
  
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• Toronto Blue Jays set for long-anticipated home opener against the Detroit Tigers

  11-04-2023 11:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays are finally home.
  Toronto is set to play its home opener tonight against the Detroit Tigers in the first of a three-game series.
  The Blue Jays (6-4) started the Major League Baseball season on a 10-game road trip due to renovations to Rogers Centre.
  Opening ceremonies will consist of individual award presentations to catcher Alejandro Kirk (Silver Slugger), first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Gold Glove) and pitcher Jordan Romano (Tip O’Neill).
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• Germany: ‘Uncooperative’ squirrel freed from manhole cover

  11-04-2023 10:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Firefighters say they have freed an “uncooperative” squirrel that was stuck in a manhole cover in western Germany — echoing a similar incident that happened in the same city four years ago.
  The Dortmund fire department said it was alerted to a distressed red squirrel by a pedestrian Monday afternoon, after she spotted its head peering out of a hole in the road. The woman covered it with a scarf to calm it down before calling for help.
  A crew of firefighters
  
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• Ukrainian PM to meet with Trudeau today : In The News for April 11

  11-04-2023 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 April 11 …
  What we are watching in Canada …
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to meet his Ukrainian counterpart in Toronto this morning.
  Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal is expected to thank Canada for its support of his country, while also pressing for more help in the form of weapons and money.
  Canada has co
  
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• Ukrainian prime minister expected to appeal for more aid during visit to Canada today

  11-04-2023 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to meet his Ukrainian counterpart in Toronto this morning.
  Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal is expected to thank Canada for its support of his country, while also pressing for more help in the form of weapons and money.
  Canada has contributed billions of dollars in economic and military aid to Ukraine since Russia invaded its neighbour in February 2022.
  That includes a $2.4-billion loan announced in last month’s federal budget
  
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• Two Canadian women released from Syrian camp set to appear in Brampton, Ont., court

  11-04-2023 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRAMPTON, Ont. — Two Canadian women who were arrested after returning to Canada from a prison camp in northeastern Syria last week are expected to appear in a Brampton, Ont., court today.
  The RCMP says the two women are scheduled to appear for a bail hearing while the Mounties seek a terrorism peace bond against them under the Criminal Code.
  They were among four Canadian women and 10 children who landed in Montreal last week after being held for years at the al-Roj prison camp in northeast
  
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• Muslim groups promise to monitor Quebec ban on school prayer spaces

  11-04-2023 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Muslim groups are speaking out against the Quebec government’s intention to ban prayer spaces in public schools, saying they will monitor how the Education Department enforces its new rules.
  In response to reports that at least two Montreal-area schools had reserved spaces for Muslim students to pray, Education Minister Bernard Drainville promised last week to prohibit schools from doing so. The minister, however, said he wouldn’t ban prayer altogether; students who
  
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