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• Minister didn’t authorize fake travel docs for Afghans, says he didn’t check email

  26-04-2023 23:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan says he did not know Sen. Marilou McPhedran was handing out unauthorized travel documents to hundreds of Afghans during the rise of the Taliban in 2021.
  McPhedran told Parliament’s immigration committee last week that Sajjan’s then-chief of staff had given her a template for a “visa facilitation letter” that Afghans could use to clear checkpoints on their way to the airport to escape the country. 
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• Vancouver Canucks legend Trevor Linden coming to Chilliwack ... - Hope Standard

  26-04-2023 23:45 via news.google.com
  
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• Vancouver Canucks legend Trevor Linden coming to Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  26-04-2023 23:45 via news.google.com
  
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• Vancouver Canucks legend Trevor Linden coming to Chilliwack ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  26-04-2023 23:45 via news.google.com
  
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• ‘Job’s not done:’ Leafs’ captain Tavares staying even-keeled with big Game 5 ahead

  26-04-2023 23:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The opportunity at hand is not lost on Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares. And he says it’s a great one for his team to rise to.
  Toronto holds a 3-1 lead in its first-round playoff series against the Tampa Bay Lightning heading into Game 5 on Thursday at Scotiabank Arena. The Maple Leafs have not won a playoff series since 2004 and are 2-17 over their last 19 post-season contests when leading a series.
  Asked what the moment is like, the Mississauga, Ont., native share
  
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• Road rage shooter convicted of 1st-degree murder

  26-04-2023 23:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado man who shot and killed a 13-year-old boy after a road rage confrontation and wounded the boy’s mother, brother and a witness was found guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday.
  A jury deliberated for less than three hours before issuing the verdict for Jeremy Webster, who was also found guilty of attempted murder and assault for the June 14, 2018, attack.Webster told police that he was not in his body or in control of his emotions during the attack,
  
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• Shifting the Story: Challenging Stigma happens at Semiahmoo ... - Chilliwack Progress

  26-04-2023 23:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Canadian DL Tavius Robinson eagerly anticipating 2023 NFL draft

  26-04-2023 22:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Tavius Robinson is neither anxious nor nervous about the 2023 NFL draft.
  The University of Mississippi defensive lineman believes he did everything possible this off-season to show NFL coaches, scouts and executives who he is, both as a player and individual. So the only emotions the 24-year-old Guelph, Ont., native has leading up to the draft, which begins Thursday in Kansas City, are anticipation and excitement regarding where he’ll get a chance to begin a pro career.
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• Passaglia, Cutler and other football alumni demand removal from SFU Hall of Fame

  26-04-2023 22:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY, B.C. — Canadian Football Hall of Famers Lui Passaglia, Dave Cutler and Doug Brown are among 11 football-only members of the Simon Fraser University Sports Hall of Fame who are demanding they be removed from the shrine over the school’s decision to cease its football program.
  School president Joy Johnson announced April 4 that Simon Fraser was discontinuing its football program, effective immediately. Johnson added it wasn’t a financial decision but was based on the Tex
  
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• Jets forward Scheifele ruled out for must-win Game 5 against Golden Knights

  26-04-2023 22:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAS VEGAS — Winnipeg Jets forward Mark Scheifele will not play in Thursday’s must-win Game 5 against the Vegas Golden Knights.
  Head coach Rick Bowness says Scheifele does not have the necessary range of motion to return to the lineup.
  Scheifele, who scored 42 goals in the regular season, left Monday’s Game 4 loss in Winnipeg with an upper-body injury.
  Meanwhile, Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers practised today at T-Mobile Arena and will be re-evaluated Thursday morning.
  He has yet t
  
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• Liberals changing sex offender registry in response to Supreme Court decision

  26-04-2023 22:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A new law introduced today will change the criteria that require sexual offenders to be automatically added to a national registry that keeps track of them.
  The change comes six months after the Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional to automatically add all people convicted of sexual crimes to the registry, and struck down parts of the Criminal Code that related to it.
  The new law would automatically register repeat sexual offenders and those who are considered serious child
  
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• Telus Health, Medical Services Commission reach settlement over fee program: minister

  26-04-2023 22:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Health Minister Adrian Dix says pending court action launched to protect British Columbia’s public health care has been averted with a settlement between Telus Health and Medical Services Commission.
  Dix says the settlement has resulted in the commission suspending its court injunction application alleging the Telus Health LifePlus program was charging for health services covered under the medical services plan.
  The injunction was filed last December and Dix says since the
  
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• B.C. coroner’s inquest hears updated toxicology results for Myles Gray

  26-04-2023 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY, B.C. — A forensic toxicologist says an initial drug screening report suggested Myles Gray had a natural psychoactive compound in his system when he died, but followup testing showed the low concentration didn’t meet the threshold for detection.
  Aaron Shapiro told the British Columbia coroner’s inquest into Gray’s death that he reviewed the original toxicology report and changed the finding for mitragynine, an extract from an Asian plant known as kratom.
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• Bichette’s homer, two RBI singles help Blue Jays complete sweep of White Sox

  26-04-2023 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Bo Bichette had a home run and two RBI singles as the Toronto Blue Jays swept the Chicago White Sox with an 8-0 victory on Wednesday afternoon.
  Whit Merrifield stretched his on-base streak to 19 games with a hit in the fourth and a two-run single in the seventh as Toronto (16-9) won its fourth straight, including the three-game sweep of Chicago.
  Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in two runs with a double in the third and Santiago Espinal added an RBI single in the fourth.
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• Saskatchewan man left brain-dead after altercation with police has died: family

  26-04-2023 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SASKATOON — Relatives of an Indigenous man left brain-dead after an altercation with police in Prince Albert, Sask., say he has died. 
  Boden Umpherville, who was 40, had been hospitalized since he was stopped by police on April 1 in the city north of Saskatoon.
  Family took him off life support last week and he died this morning.
  Umpherville’s family alleges that police officers used excessive force.
  The Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team, which reviews cases when a pers
  
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• Quebec man sentenced to prison for creating AI-generated, synthetic child pornography

  26-04-2023 22:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec Court judge has sentenced a Quebec man to prison for using artificial intelligence to produce synthetic images of child pornography.
  Provincial court judge Benoit Gagnon sentenced Steven Larouche, 61, to eight years in prison for a series of sex crimes, including possession of child pornography. 
  Larouche pleaded guilty to possessing more than 545,000 computer files containing images or videos of child sexual abuse, and to creating at least seven videos with so-cal
  
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• Chilliwack judge dismisses defendant's arguments as 'nonsensical ... - Hope Standard

  26-04-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack judge dismisses defendant's arguments as 'nonsensical ... - Chilliwack Progress

  26-04-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Montana transgender lawmaker faces possible discipline

  26-04-2023 21:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Republican leaders in Montana are voting Wednesday on whether to discipline transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr for saying her colleagues would “see the blood on your hands” over votes to ban gender-affirming medical care for children.
  Lawmakers began their session shortly after 1 p.m.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  Republican leaders in Montana will vote Wednesday on censuring or expelling transgender lawmaker Zooey Z
  
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• Maple Leafs head coach Keefe sticking to lineup despite Bunting suspension being over

  26-04-2023 21:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe says he’ll be rolling with the lineup he’s had in Toronto’s three consecutive first-round playoff wins against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
  Keefe’s comments on Wednesday confirmed that veteran forward Michael Bunting will be scratched for Thursday’s pivotal Game 5 at home. The Leafs are up 3-1 and have a chance to win their first playoff series since 2004 on home ice.
  Bunting, who scored 23 goals in the regular season
  
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• Edmonton Oilers take a playoff breather ahead of Game 6 in Los Angeles

  26-04-2023 21:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have the upper hand in their playoff series with the Los Angeles Kings.
  If the Oilers can keep it, the chance to close it out Saturday in Los Angeles is there.
  A commanding 6-3 win over the visiting Kings in Tuesday’s Game 5 at Rogers Place gave Edmonton its first lead of the best-of-seven, first-round series.
  A Game 7, if necessary, would be played Monday in Edmonton.
  A three-day break between the fifth and sixth games afforded both teams a day of rest
  
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• Alberta Premier Smith hopes funding for Flames arena won’t become election issue

  26-04-2023 21:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she hopes provincial money she promised for an NHL arena project in Calgary doesn’t become an election issue. 
  She made the comment a day after she linked $330 million for the Calgary Flames arena to her United Conservatives getting re-elected. 
  Smith says the $1.2-billion project is good for Calgary and good for Alberta, adding that she hopes political parties of all stripes will rally around it.
  The premier has promised to dro
  
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• Agent Murphy McGuire seems Canadian trend at NFL draft continuing

  26-04-2023 21:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Multiple Canadians being called in the NFL draft is a trend agent Murphy McGuire doesn’t see ending any time soon.
  Five Canadians are projected to be selected in this year’s draft, which begins Thursday night in Kansas City. If that happens, it would surpass the previous high of four (in 1986, 2014 and ’21).
  “That’s just them coming down and saying, ‘Hey, I know what I want, I believe in this dream and I’m going to go do everything I can and work my tail
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Bus strike impacting newcomers

  26-04-2023 21:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Suzan Deng, an immigrant from Sudan, is one of the thousands of people affected by the ongoing bus strike.
  Deng uses public transportation to attend English language classes at Archway Community Services four days a week and to get to work. Since the bus strike began, every day is a juggling act. She sometimes walks half an hour both ways to make it to classes. Other times, she is able to hitch a ride and sometimes resorts to a taxi.
  Her daughter is studying to become a nurse and is struggling t
  
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• Protected areas, fishing closures, to help B.C.’s threatened southern resident orcas

  26-04-2023 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Transport Canada has announced several new measures, ranging from sanctuary zones to fishing closures, as it works to protect critically endangered southern resident killer whales off the British Columbia coast.
  The federal departments of fisheries, environment and transport have issued a joint news release outlining what is described as a fifth consecutive year of strong action to protect and restore the southern resident population.
  There are 10 measures this year, including
  
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• Come hungry for the food truck festival this weekend in downtown Chilliwack

  26-04-2023 21:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Come hungry and save some room in your stomach this weekend in downtown Chilliwack for a feast of epic proportions at the Chilliwack Central Park Block Party.
  The Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival is partnering with the Downtown Chilliwack Business Improvement Association for a block party at Central Community Park in which 20-plus food trucks will be ready and eager to serve hungry patrons from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. this Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. this Sunday.
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• Adnan Syed asks court to reconsider backing victim’s family

  26-04-2023 21:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Attorneys for Adnan Syed filed a motion Wednesday asking a Maryland appellate court to reconsider its recent decision to reinstate his decadesold murder conviction and life sentence, a ruling that upheld arguments from the victim’s family claiming a lower court violated their rights.
  Syed, whose protracted legal odyssey gained international attention from the hit podcast “Serial,” regained his freedom last year after Baltimore prosecutors moved to vacate
  
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• Canada’s Cockerill has eye on the British Open after second-place finish in Japan

  26-04-2023 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A near-win at the ISPS Handa Championship has Canada’s Aaron Cockerill dreaming of the first major of his career.
  Cockerill lost to Australia’s Lucas Herbert in a two-hole playoff at PGM Ishioka Golf Club in Omitama, Japan, on Sunday. That second-place finish moved Cockerill up to 25th on the DP World Tour’s points list and within range of a berth at the upcoming British Open.
  “If I keep moving up and stay high on the Race to Dubai standings, there’s a chance that I
  
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• Hurricanes’ Drury back to skating after Game 4 exit on hit

  26-04-2023 20:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Hurricanes forward Jack Drury has resumed skating after being knocked from Game 4 against the New York Islanders following a jarring hit into the boards, coach Rod Brind’Amour said Wednesday.
  Drury missed the Hurricanes’ Game 5 loss to the Islanders on Tuesday following the hit by Ryan Pulock two days earlier, though Brind’Amour said Drury doesn’t have a concussion.
  Brind’Amour said Drury’s return to the ice is “a good
  
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• Oklahoma board denies clemency for death row inmate Glossip

  26-04-2023 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s state parole board voted Wednesday not to recommend clemency for death row inmate Richard Glossip, even though the state attorney general said he doesn’t think the condemned man received a fair trial.
  The board voted 2-2 to not recommend that Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt grant clemency to Glossip, who is scheduled to die by lethal injection on May 18. One board member recused himself because his spouse is a prosecutor who had previous involvement
  
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• Man exposed himself to woman in Abbotsford park, say police - Chilliwack Progress

  26-04-2023 19:22 via news.google.com
  
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• More Canadians airlifted from Sudan, but no timeline for CAF flights

  26-04-2023 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says about 50 additional Canadians were evacuated out of Sudan in the past day as more add their names to a list seeking help to flee to safety.
  That means about 150 Canadians and permanent residents have now been helped to get out.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said earlier this week Canada had a C-17 military plane in the region to help airlift Canadians out but so far has relied on other countries to find space on their planes or boa
  
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• Union Gospel Mission clarifies it does not drop off people in Chilliwack without housing

  26-04-2023 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Union Gospel Mission in Vancouver is defending itself after a video shows individuals being dropped off at a parking lot in Chilliwack, over the weekend, seeking housing here.In a statement provided by Nicole Mucci, spokesperson for the organization, UGM says an outreach team member from the organization did nothing wrong when he appeared to drop off unhoused clients from outside Chilliwack sometime Saturday, April 22.“With a few articles in regional Fraser Valley newspa
  
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• Canes’ Aho, Oilers’ Hyman each take a puck off the face

  26-04-2023 18:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Sebastian Aho of the Carolina Hurricanes and Zach Hyman of the Edmonton Oilers are giving new meaning to the word “faceoff.”
  Both were hit in the face by a puck on Tuesday night, and each played an indirect role in goals.
  Aho was bloodied after being struck near the mouth by a shot from near the blue line by Pierre Engvall of the visiting Islanders. As the puck was falling to the ice, New York’s Brock Nelson swatted it out of the air and past Carolina goalie Antti Raanta for th
  
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• North Dakota limits bathroom use for transgender people

  26-04-2023 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  North Dakota’s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum signed a bill that limits access to bathrooms, locker rooms and shower rooms for transgender and gender-nonconforming people in several state facilities, his office announced Wednesday.
  This includes dorms and living facilities controlled by the state board of higher education, penitentiaries and correctional facilities for youths and adults. Restrooms and shower rooms at these facilities would be designated for use exclusively for males or exclus
  
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• Asa Hutchinson formally launches 2024 campaign in Arkansas

  26-04-2023 18:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson formally launched his Republican presidential campaign Wednesday, pledging to “bring out the best of America” and aiming to draw contrasts with other GOP hopefuls on top issues, including how best to reform federal law enforcement agencies.
  Hutchinson kicked off his 2024 bid in his hometown of Bentonville, on the same steps where he launched an unsuccessful U.S. Senate campaign 30 years ago.
  “I ran as a conserva
  
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• Abby PD looking for man who exposed himself, followed a woman who reported him

  26-04-2023 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department is investigating an incident of indecent exposure after a female notified police that a man exposed himself upon seeing her at a park on Maclure Road.
  On Thursday, March 30, at 11:50 a.m., Abbotsford PD patrol officers responded to Elwood Park for a reported indecent act in the 31400 block of Maclure Road, according to Sgt. Paul Walker, media relations spokesman for the Abbotsford Police Department. The female caller advised that she witnessed
  
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• Bains appointment to Rogers prompts House committee to invite lobbying commissioner

  26-04-2023 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The lobbying commissioner is being asked to appear at a House of Commons committee to explain why the appointment of a former industry minister to an executive role at Rogers doesn’t break the lobbying code.
  The House of Commons ethics committee agreed Tuesday to invite the commissioner to a future meeting following a motion moved by Conservative Michael Barrett.
  Former Liberal MP Navdeep Bains was the minister of industry for more than five years until he left government fo
  
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• ‘Bond villain’: Organizer accused of Zoom theft by O’Toole campaign seeks apology

  26-04-2023 17:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The organizer Erin O’Toole named in a complaint about an alleged theft of Zoom materials more than two years ago is suing the former Conservative leader and demanding an apology, saying his name has been dragged through the mud.
  Jamie Lall served as an organizer for the leadership campaign of Peter MacKay, the runner-up in the 2020 leadership race that saw O’Toole crowned the victor. 
  That summer, months after the contest was turned upside down by the arrival of t
  
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• Minister warns impact of federal workers’ strike on services is increasingly severe

  26-04-2023 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Sean Fraser is warning on the eighth day of a public-sector strike that disruptions to important services are getting more and more severe. 
  Fraser told reporters this morning that citizenship ceremonies have been cancelled and an immigration backlog is growing, with tens of thousands of applications not being processed.
  He said the government is working to prioritize essential services for people whose lives may be in danger.
  Families Minister Karina Gou
  
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• Trump accuser begins to testify in rape lawsuit trial

  26-04-2023 17:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A writer suing Donald Trump took the stand Wednesday to tell jurors that the future president raped her after she accompanied him into a department store fitting room in 1996.
  “I’m here because Donald Trump raped me, and when I wrote about it, he said it didn’t happen. He lied and shattered my reputation, and I’m here to try and get my life back,” she testified.
  Trump denies E. Jean Carroll’s allegations. He hasn’t attended the tria
  
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• Psychiatric evaluation completed for man accused of crashing bus into Quebec daycare

  26-04-2023 17:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAVAL, Que. — A psychiatric hospital has completed an evaluation of a man accused of killing two young children by driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare. 
  Montreal’s Philippe-Pinel institute had been mandated to evaluate Pierre Ny St-Amand’s mental state at the time of his alleged crimes on Feb. 8.
  Both the Crown and the defence told a Laval, Que., courtroom that they had only received the 22-page report earlier today, and they asked that case be put off until Ju
  
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• 175 police conduct raids, execute search warrants in March murder of teen in Montreal

  26-04-2023 17:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal police say 175 officers are conducting search and seizures in connection with a homicide last month in the city’s east end.
  The operation is in connection with the killing of an 18-year-old man in the Anjou district on March 19.
  The seizures taking place across four boroughs include officers with the Montreal, Longueuil, Que., and provincial police forces.
  Montreal’s sixth homicide of 2023 occurred around 10 p.m. on March 19 when the victim was gunned down on the sidewalk.
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• Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard arguing against extradition order at Appeal Court

  26-04-2023 17:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — An appeal hearing is underway in Winnipeg for former fashion mogul Peter Nygard. 
  Nygard’s lawyers are appealing a United States extradition order that would require the 81-year-old be sent south of the border once his Canadian court cases are settled. 
  He has waved his appearance at the Manitoba Court of Appeal hearing.
  Nygard was first arrested in Winnipeg in 2020 under the Extradition Act after he was charged with nine sex-related counts in New York. 
  He
  
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• Canada developing new immigration policy to attract French-speaking people, teachers

  26-04-2023 17:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government says it is developing new policy on francophone immigration as a way to grow the French language in Canada.
  Official Languages Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor says it’s an advantage for Canada to have a bilingual workforce and population. 
  The policy is part of a five-year action plan for official languages the government released today. 
  The plan says Canada aims to recruit from Africa, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas and attract b
  
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• Canada’s Leylah Fernandez upset by Russian teen Mirra Andreeva at Madrid Open

  26-04-2023 17:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADRID — Canada’s Leylah Fernandez suffered a 6-3, 6-4 loss to 15-year-old Mirra Andreeva in the first round of the Madrid Open on Wednesday.
  The Russian teen, ranked 194th in the world, needed just an hour and 16 minutes to upset the 49th-ranked Fernandez. 
  Fernandez, from Laval, Que., won just 59.6 per cent of her first serves, compared to 70.1 per cent for Andreeva.
  The 20-year-old Fernandez was successful on just one of six breakpoint opportunities, while Andreeva stole Fern
  
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• Two arrested in connection with Quebec City killing after body found near pool

  26-04-2023 17:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Quebec City police say two men have been arrested after a body was found over the weekend near a downtown pool.
  Two suspects were arrested by police in Longueuil, Que., on Montreal’s South Shore, and will appear in court by video conference later today.
  The male suspects, aged 19 and 22, are from the Quebec City area.
  Quebec City police opened a homicide investigation after the discovery Saturday morning of the man’s body near the municipal pool in the St-Roch district. 
  The vic
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Stop the open drug use in public places, protect our families

  26-04-2023 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  For many, getting behind Premier David Eby’s plan to decriminalize hard drugs came with the expectation that the proper protections, such as training and treatment, would be in place. Mothers like Andrea Miller, whose daughter Everleigh found a packet of fentanyl at her elementary school playground in Nanaimo, learned this wasn’t the case the hard way.
  Decriminalizing hard drugs without proper guardrails has exposed our communities to the dangers of uncontrolled consumption in public
  
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• Trudeau urged to make good on critical mineral commitments during New York City visit

  26-04-2023 16:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on his way to New York today, where experts say they hope to hear more about Canada’s plans for critical minerals. 
  With the two countries committed to working together, business leaders say it’s time for a more streamlined permitting process to capitalize on Canadian mineral riches. 
  Trudeau will attend the Global Citizen NOW conference, a star-studded showcase of progressive efforts to tackle issues such as poverty and cli
  
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• Players, coaches unsure of where officiating standard rests in NHL playoffs

  26-04-2023 16:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Confused looks. Bewildered players. Irate fans. Pundits weighing in. Coaches searching for an explanation.
  The annual discussion about officiating in the NHL playoffs is well underway.
  Unlike many springs past, however, when penalties that weren’t being calling compared to the regular-season standard was often the hot topic, 2023 post-season refereeing chatter has been more about competitors trying to figure out where the line rests when it comes what’s allowed — and what isn&r
  
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