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• Chiefs Advance to Conference Finals with 5-0 win over Nanaimo

  24-04-2023 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  By Mike Vanden Bosch – Fraser Valley Today There’s no place like home ice.
  Chilliwack took care of business Sunday night at the Chilliwack Coliseum with scoring from five different players, while goaltender Lucas Szyszka turned away 28 shots, as the Chiefs dominated Nanaimo in a 5-0 shutout to win their BCHL playoff series.
  The Clippers had been riding momentum from two straight wins in the playoff series going into Sunday’s night showdown, but the Chiefs established their
  
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• Defender Bradley Kamdem returns to Calgary, signs with CPL’s Cavalry FC

  24-04-2023 23:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Cavalry FC has signed French-born Canadian defender Bradley Kamdem to a multi-year deal.
  The 28-year-old played most recently for Malta Premier League side Valletta FC, making 22 appearances across all competitions.
  “Bradley is a brilliant addition to our squad. He is a very intelligent defender, with a lovely left foot and outstanding athleticism,” Tommy Wheeldon Jr., Cavalry’s head coach and GM, said in a statement. “He has an infectious personality, whi
  
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• DA to decide on Georgia election probe charges in summer

  24-04-2023 23:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — The prosecutor who is investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies illegally meddled in the 2020 election in Georgia said Monday she expects to announce charging decisions in the case this summer and urged “heightened security.”
  Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis wrote in a letter to county Sheriff Pat Labat that she expects to announce the decisions in the term of court that runs from July 11 to Sept. 1. She said she was providing th
  
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• Philadelphia’s Uhre earns MLS weekly player award after hat trick against Toronto FC

  24-04-2023 22:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Philadelphia forward Mikael Uhre has been named Major League Soccer’s player of the week for his three-goal performance in the Union’s 4-2 win over Toronto FC on Saturday.
  Uhre is the first Danish player to win the MLS weekly award.
  Thanks to his first career MLS hat trick, Uhre leads the Union with five goals. Only Seattle’s Jordan Morris (eight goals), LAFC’s Denis Bouanga (seven) and San Jose’s Cristian Espinoza (six) have scored more goals this season.
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• AP source: Jets agree on deal to acquire Aaron Rodgers

  24-04-2023 22:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  After six weeks of waiting, Aaron Rodgers is leaving behind his brilliant legacy in Green Bay and heading to the bright lights — and massive expectations — of the Big Apple.
  The New York Jets have agreed on a deal to acquire the four-time NFL MVP from the Packers, according to a person with knowledge of the trade.
  The person spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity on Monday because the teams have not officially announced the deal.The 39-year-old Rodgers spent a fe
  
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• Canadian Timbersports title up for grabs in Chilliwack in August

  24-04-2023 22:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — STIHL TIMBERSPORTS has announced the 2023 National Championships will in be staged at the Chilliwack Coliseum this summer. The event is scheduled for August 12 – 13 and will feature athletes from across the country.
  In a news release, organizers say the top dozen Pro division athletes will compete in the individual competition for the title of champion. They’ll compete in three disciplines over the course of the first day of the event.All 12 will compete in the Hot
  
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• Democracy, values give West an edge in race for green technology, Trudeau says

  24-04-2023 22:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada can be a leader in industries such as lithium mining if global companies make their imports contingent on being environmentally responsible and barring slave labour.
  Trudeau made the comments at an event alongside Germany’s visiting President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, which focused on the importance of democratic values as Russia and China vie for more influence.
  Trudeau said in a public discussion at the University of Ottawa that ins
  
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• Passenger rights overhaul draws criticism from both sides — airlines ... - Chilliwack Progress

  24-04-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Considerable avalanche danger remains in B.C. as temperatures ... - Chilliwack Progress

  24-04-2023 22:29 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Coliseum to Host STIHL TIMBERSPORTS National Championships

  24-04-2023 22:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  STAND TO YOUR TIMBER! … STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® IS COMING TO CHILLIWACK!
  STIHL TIMBERSPORTS is excited to announce the dates and locations for the 2023 National Championship events that will see our nation’s top athletes convene to battle for the titles of the original extreme sport.
  TIMBERSPORTS is a series of competitions that test the skill and strength of athletes in extreme lumberjack competitions. These competitions consist of a variety of disciplines, including chopping, sawi
  
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• Cimber placed on 15-day IL by Blue Jays, Pearson called up from triple-A

  24-04-2023 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Right-handed reliever Adam Cimber was placed on the 15-day injured list by the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday.
  The sidearmer was put on the IL with a rhomboid strain in his throwing arm.
  Hard-throwing righty Nate Pearson was recalled from Toronto’s triple-A affiliate in Buffalo, N.Y. in a corresponding move.
  Pearson was available out of the bullpen on Monday night as the Blue Jays hosted the Chicago White Sox.
  Cimber has a 4.50 earned-run average over 10 innings this season wi
  
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• Oilers’ goaltending the buzz heading into Game 5 of series with Kings

  24-04-2023 22:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Edmonton Oilers go home looking for their first lead in their playoff series with the Los Angeles Kings and surrounded by goaltending speculation.
  Edmonton’s plucky comeback after an early, three-goal deficit and 5-4 overtime win in Game 4 evened the first-round, best-of-seven affair at two wins apiece heading back to Rogers Place for Tuesday’s Game 5.
  “It feels better waking up with a win than a loss today,” Oilers defenceman Mattias Ekholm said M
  
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• B.C. Crown says bail policy changes need to come from federal government

  24-04-2023 21:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — A snapshot of bail hearings in British Columbia shows only about a quarter of repeat offenders were kept in custody until their trial for violent offences. 
  The BC Prosecution Service gathered seven weeks of data in response to a directive issued by the provincial attorney general to ask courts to detain repeat violent offenders until trial. 
  However, the service says in a statement that it would be unreasonable to assume policy changes by its prosecutors alone would p
  
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• 3 competing countries announced for Vancouver’s 2023 Celebration ... - Chilliwack Progress

  24-04-2023 21:33 via news.google.com
  
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• Dancing With the Stars’ judge Len Goodman dies at 78 - Chilliwack Progress

  24-04-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
  Dancing With the Stars’ judge Len Goodman dies at 78  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack school board chair calls petition mean-spirited and useless - Chilliwack Progress

  24-04-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack school board chair calls petition mean-spirited and useless  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack school board chair calls petition mean-spirited and ... - Hope Standard

  24-04-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack School Board Chair Calls Petition Mean-spirited And ... - Abbotsford News

  24-04-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
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• UAE spacecraft takes close-up photos of Mars’ little moon

  24-04-2023 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A spacecraft around Mars has sent back the most detailed photos yet of the red planet’s little moon.
  The United Arab Emirates’ Amal spacecraft flew within 62 miles (100 kilometers) of Deimos last month and the close-up shots were released Monday. Amal — Arabic for Hope — got a two-for-one when Mars photobombed some of the images. It was the closest a spacecraft has been to Deimos in almost a half-century.
  The spacecraft also observed the
  
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• 1 dead in Oklahoma college shooting, suspect in custody

  24-04-2023 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (AP) — A man shot and killed another man Monday at Rose State College in Oklahoma, according to police, who reported no other injuries after the campus was briefly put on lockdown.Midwest City Police Chief Sid Porter said the men were “acquainted through a domestic situation,” but did not elaborate on exactly what their relationship was or what led to the shooting. He also did not say if either man was a student or staff member at the school.The campus has a
  
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• VIDEO: Stihl Timbersports nationals coming to Chilliwack in August ... - Hope Standard

  24-04-2023 21:00 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C. court decision a ‘significant win’ for parental rights, commissioner says

  24-04-2023 20:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s human rights commissioner says a court decision about workplace discrimination involving the mother of a young child is “a significant win for gender equality.”
  Commissioner Kasari Govender says the latest decision “is an important step forward” in protecting workers whose parental duties may have changed during employment, creating conflicts with workplace responsibilities.
  The B.C. Court of Appeal ruled Friday that cases of emp
  
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• Iqaluit water treatment plant to return to service after more than a year

  24-04-2023 20:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  IQALUIT, Nunavut — The City of Iqaluit says its water treatment plant is to return to service Tuesday morning, more than a year after it was shut down due to contamination.
  The plant was initially shut down in October 2021 after fuel was detected in the city’s water supply.
  A do-not-consume order was lifted in December of that year, but less than a week later it was discovered the water was contaminated by a tar-like substance.
  The city has since been using a water treatment bypass s
  
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• Court decision affords B.C. parents, caregivers greater protection in ... - Chilliwack Progress

  24-04-2023 20:44 via news.google.com
  
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• Ottawa will host celebrations to mark coronation of King Charles

  24-04-2023 20:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canadians will be able to celebrate the coronation of King Charles at a special event in Ottawa on May 6. 
  The federal Heritage Department says an hour-long program is being prepared to mark the occasion featuring music, art and poetry. 
  Those include the Algonquin Eagle River Singers and a speech by Algonquin spiritual adviser Albert Dumont. 
  Canada Post is set to reveal its first stamp with the King’s image at the event.
  There will also be free activities at
  
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• Auditor general won’t review Trudeau Foundation donations, says it’s out of scope

  24-04-2023 20:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The office of the federal auditor general says it will not investigate private donations received by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, despite a letter from the board’s chair requesting an audit. 
  Natasha Leduc, a spokeswoman for the office, says the decision was based on the scope of the auditor general’s authority under the law.
  Leduc says Karen Hogan can audit any organization that has received $1 million or more in public funds, but it is not within her a
  
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• Athletes reiterate calls for national inquiry citing abuse, misconduct in sport

  24-04-2023 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Four former and current athletes reiterated calls for a national inquiry into sports culture in Canada at a parliamentary committee meeting on Monday.
  Soccer players Ciara McCormack and Andrea Neil, along with Olympic boxer Myriam Da Silva Rondeau and fencer Emily Mason echoed each other in pushing for an inquiry into the handling of abuse and mismanagement at their respective sporting organizations and across the country.
  The women spoke to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heri
  
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• Egg watch: Baby bald eaglet hatches in B.C. nest - Chilliwack Progress

  24-04-2023 20:15 via news.google.com
  
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• Quebec man charged with murder in 67-year-old woman’s death south of Montreal

  24-04-2023 20:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Que. — A 43-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a woman found at a home south of Montreal.
  Police say Joël Brosseau was arraigned today at the courthouse in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que.
  Sgt. Jérémie Levesque says police were called to the home at 9:15 a.m. Sunday and found the 67-year-old woman, who was pronounced dead in hospital.
  Brosseau was arrested at the scene, but court documents say he has no fixed addre
  
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• US facilitating land evacuation of private citizens in Sudan

  24-04-2023 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has begun facilitating the departure of private U.S. citizens who want to leave Sudan, according to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan.
  Sullivan said the U.S. has placed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets over the land evacuation route to help facilitate safe travel by land from Khartoum to the Port of Sudan, but does not have any U.S. troops on the ground.
  “We have started to see a more regular pattern of convoys
  
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• Mounties to give update this week on deadly stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan

  24-04-2023 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — Mounties are scheduled to give an update Thursday about what happened during a deadly mass stabbing in Saskatchewan last year. 
  Eleven people were killed and 18 were injured on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon on Sept. 4.
  Myles Sanderson, the 32-year-old accused in the attacks, died in police custody a few days later.
  RCMP Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore previously committed to sharing a preliminary timeline of the rampage.
  Mounties say
  
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• Head of Alberta Energy Regulator declines to say when province told of oilsands leak

  24-04-2023 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The head of the Alberta Energy Regulator has declined to tell a parliamentary committee when the provincial government was informed of releases from an oilsands tailings pond.
  Laurie Pushor told the environment and sustainable development committee he doesn’t want to jeopardize a probe by a third-party contractor hired by the regulator’s board.
  Pushor was facing questions from Edmonton New Democrat MP Heather McPherson.
  Before Pushor spoke, McPherson requested that he
  
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• Pakistani police say 2 blasts at facility in NW kill 7

  24-04-2023 19:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Two explosions Monday at a counterterrorism police facility in northwest Pakistan killed at least seven people and wounded 45, police said.
  Senior police officer Ataullah Khan said an initial blast at the facility in the Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was followed by a larger, more intense one.
  No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but in recent months, the Pakistani Taliban have claimed similar attacks after ending a cease-fire with
  
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• Hockey Nova Scotia appoints Mike Field as new executive director

  24-04-2023 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — Hockey Nova Scotia has a new executive director.
  Mike Field has been appointed to the position after serving as interim director since December, replacing Amy Walsh.
  A native of Truro, N.S., Field has more than two decades of experience in hockey governance in the province and has also held the interim executive director position in 2004 and 2018.
  In a news release, Field says he looks forward to finding new ways to make hockey more accessible and fun for all participants.
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• Mob in Haiti capital burns to death 13 suspected gangsters

  24-04-2023 19:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A mob in the Haitian capital beat and burned 13 suspected gang members to death with gasoline-soaked tires Monday after pulling the men from police custody at a traffic stop, police and witnesses said.
  The horrific violence underlined the increasingly lawless situation in Port-au-Prince where criminal gangs have taken control over an estimated 60% of the city since the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.
  Haiti National Police said in a brie
  
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• Judge grants another eviction delay to Montreal homeless camp under highway

  24-04-2023 19:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec judge is extending an injunction until mid-June to protect a downtown homeless encampment under a Montreal highway.
  The Transport Department is trying to dismantle the campsite and displace the homeless people so that it could start major repair work to the aging infrastructure.
  Lawyers for the Transport Department and the people living under the highway have agreed to allow some work to begin that doesn’t affect the encampment.
  Today’s ruling extends an inj
  
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• UBC Okanagan researching ‘major differences’ between Indian and ... - Chilliwack Progress

  24-04-2023 19:15 via news.google.com
  
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• In B.C., precarious work is becoming the new normal: study - Chilliwack Progress

  24-04-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
  In B.C., precarious work is becoming the new normal: study  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Mission RCMP announce missing 16-year-old female has been located

  24-04-2023 18:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mission RCMP announced at 8:21 a.m. Monday morning that a missing 16-year-old female from Mission who had been missing for about a week has now been located.According to Corporal Jason Raaflaub, media relations officer for the Mission RCMP detachment, Mounties in Mission say they are pleased to confirm that the 16-year-old female reported missing on Tuesday, April 18, but last seen on Sunday, April 16, has been located and is “safe and sound.”“Thanks to the medi
  
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• House suspends after bill that recognizes Canadian artists fails to get a sponsor

  24-04-2023 18:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The House of Commons took an unplanned break this morning after no member of Parliament came forward to sponsor the legislation it was set to debate.
  The House was scheduled to tackle a bill that would recognize the critical role artists and the arts play in every dimension of Canadian life.
  The bill was introduced in the Senate by Manitoba Sen. Patricia Bovey, and it was supposed to be sponsored in the House of Commons by Liberal MP Jim Carr.
  But Carr died in December and no MP h
  
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• U2 creating new experience with Sphere Las Vegas concerts - Chilliwack Progress

  24-04-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack basketball star earns spot on provincial team roster - Chilliwack Progress

  24-04-2023 18:25 via news.google.com
  
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• Transit association says more police, security needed on city buses, trains

  24-04-2023 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Canadian Urban Transit Association says cities need to hire more security officers for public transit systems and give them more power to curb dangerous behaviour on trains and buses.
  The association is making multiple recommendations today to improve rider and staff safety on public transit in the wake of a recent string of high-profile attacks on transit users and workers across the country.
  Association president Marco D’Angelo says we need stiffer penalties for assaul
  
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• Canada’s Jones, Laing earn pair of wins at world mixed doubles curling championship

  24-04-2023 17:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of — Canada’s Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing picked up a pair of wins on Monday at the world mixed doubles curling championship in South Korea.
  The duo defeated Italy’s Stefania Constantini and Sebastiano Arman 8-4 before dishing Australia’s Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt an 11-6 loss in the evening session.
  After playing from behind for much of the game, Canada took its first lead over Italy with a deuce in the fifth end. The Italians tied it with
  
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• Airlines ‘left government no choice’ but to beef up passenger rights: Minister

  24-04-2023 17:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says airlines’ use of loopholes around traveller compensation “left government with no choice” but to strengthen passenger rights rules.
  Alghabra says the COVID-19 pandemic exposed gaps in the Liberals’ passenger rights charter, as carriers frequently cited safety as the reason for last-minute cancellations and delays, relieving them of their obligation to pay compensation to customers.
  On Monday, the federal minister laid o
  
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• Kenya president says cult deaths akin to terrorism

  24-04-2023 16:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan President William Ruto said Monday that the starvation deaths of dozens of followers of a pastor in the south of the country is akin to terrorism.
  He said the pastor, Paul Makenzi, who is in police custody belongs to jail and not to any religion.
  “Mr. Makenzi … pretends and postures as a pastor when in fact he is a terrible criminal,” Ruto said.
  Makenzi was arrested on suspicion of telling his followers to fast to death in order to meet Jesus
  
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• Foreigners airlifted out; Sudanese seek refuge from fighting

  24-04-2023 16:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — As foreign governments airlifted hundreds of their diplomats and other citizens to safety, Sudanese on Monday desperately sought ways to escape the chaos, fearing that the country’s two rival generals will escalate their all-out battle for power once evacuations were completed.
  The evacuations were a dramatic operation. In convoys, foreign diplomats, workers and families made their way past combatants at tense front lines in the capital of Khartoum to reach ext
  
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• Canadian Premier League buys York United FC, looks for new ownership for CPL club

  24-04-2023 16:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Canadian Premier League has bought back York United FC as a precursor to transferring the club to new ownership.
  The franchise has actually been purchased from the Baldassarra family by Canadian Soccer Business, whose investors are the CPL team owners. The Baldassarra family was part of the original ownership group that purchased the founding CPL club in 2018, ahead of the league’s inaugural season, and became sole owner in 2021.
  CSB handles the sponsorship and marketin
  
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• China affirms ex-Soviet nations’ sovereignty after uproar - Chilliwack Progress

  24-04-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Ottawa looks to allies to possibly evacuate Canadians stuck in Sudan

  24-04-2023 16:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada is working with “like-minded countries” to help citizens who remain in Sudan flee the country as an armed conflict there escalates.
  Hundreds have been killed and thousands injured in just 10 days after power-sharing negotiations between the country’s armed forces and its paramilitary troops rapidly deteriorated.
  Joly says Global Affairs Canada is trying to contact all Canadians in Sudan who have registered
  
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