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• West Virginia Gov. Justice running for Manchin’s Senate seat

  27-04-2023 23:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice announced Thursday that he is running for Democrat Joe Manchin’s U.S. Senate seat in 2024, setting up what could be a hard-fought campaign against two of the state’s most prominent politicians.
  Justice, an ultrawealthy businessman who is barred from running for a third consecutive term as governor, ended months of speculation with the announcement at a posh resort he owns in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
  
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• UN urges Afghanistan’s Taliban to reverse bans on women

  27-04-2023 23:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increasingly harsh restrictions on women and girls, which range from very severely restricting education to banning women from most jobs, public spaces and gyms.
  The council condemned the Taliban’s ban on women working for the U.N., a decision the resolution calls “unprecedented in the history of the United Nations.&rd
  
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• Streaming giants required to contribute to Canadian content as Bill C-11 passes

  27-04-2023 23:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A federal bill that will force digital platforms like Netflix and YouTube to contribute financially to Canadian content is on the cusp of becoming law.
  The Liberals’ online streaming bill passed its final vote in the Senate today and is now just awaiting royal assent.
  The bill updates the Broadcasting Act to bring online streaming platforms under the regulatory authority of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
  It also sets steep penalties for digi
  
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• Canada urges UN to include women in looming talks that could give Taliban legitimacy

  27-04-2023 23:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada says the United Nations’ controversial move to enter dialogue with the Taliban must include women, as the organization mulls recognizing the terrorist group as the government of Afghanistan.
  United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is set to meet with Taliban officials for closed-door talks next week in Doha, the capital of Qatar, to find what his spokesman called a “durable way forward” for Afghanistan.
  Guterres’ deputy, Amina Mohamm
  
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• Supreme Court won’t hear appeal from city in Quebec that failed to stop 2012 fire

  27-04-2023 23:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A city in Quebec has exhausted its legal avenues to avoid paying thousands of dollars in damages after it failed to deploy enough firefighters to prevent a fire from ravaging a building. 
  Canada’s highest court says it won’t hear an appeal from the City of Trois-Rivières, Que., which had sought to have a lower court decision overturned. 
  A June 2012 fire destroyed a building belonging to a snow-clearing company, Déneigement F.L.
  The city was sup
  
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• Pence testifies before election probe grand jury: AP source

  27-04-2023 23:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence testified Thursday before a federal grand jury investigating efforts by then-President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to a person familiar with the matter.
  The person requested anonymity to discuss the private appearance before the grand jury.Pence’s appearance before a grand jury in Washington scrutinizing the president he once loyally served is a milestone in the Jus
  
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• Nebraska 6-week abortion ban fails to advance in Legislature

  27-04-2023 23:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An effort to advance a bill that would ban abortion once cardiac activity can be detected — generally around the sixth week of pregnancy — fell one vote short Thursday of breaking a filibuster in the Nebraska Legislature.This means the bill is unlikely to move forward this year.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers began a second round of debate Thursday on a bill that would ba
  
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• Chilliwack police arrest 1 man after attempted bank robbery downtown - CBC.ca

  27-04-2023 23:13 via news.google.com
  
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• Newly acquired Toronto FC centre back Aime Mabika hard to miss at six foot six

  27-04-2023 23:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — At six foot six, Toronto FC’s newest defender is hard to miss. Aime Mabika comes with a good story as well.
  Born in Zambia to Congolese parents, Mabika was seven or eight when his family moved to the United States. Soccer was always his game and he was part of a championship-calibre high school team in Lexington, Ky., before making the University of Kentucky team as a walk-on.
  At Kentucky, Mabika was named Conference USA player of the year and co-defensive MVP. He started 5
  
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• Chilliwack police incident prompts warning to stay away | CTV News - CTV News Vancouver

  27-04-2023 22:36 via news.google.com
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• Veteran midfielder Jonathan Osorio the latest Toronto FC player to be hit by injury

  27-04-2023 22:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Veteran midfielder Jonathan Osorio is the latest Toronto FC player hit by the injury bug.
  Osorio has been listed as out for Saturday’s game against visiting New York City FC (4-2-3) due to a lower body injury, along with midfielder Victor Vazquez (lower body) and fullback Cristian Gutierrez (non-COVID illness).
  Toronto’s injury report also lists defender Matt Hedges (concussion protocol), captain/midfielder Michael Bradley (lower body), winger Federico Bernardeschi (l
  
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• Analysis: China’s Ukraine plan mixes peace, self-interest - Chilliwack Progress

  27-04-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Sudanese army, paramilitary accept 3-day extension of truce

  27-04-2023 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have agreed to a three-day extension to a cease-fire in Sudan.The Sudanese military accepted the deal earlier on Thursday. The truce and its extension had been brokered by the United States and Saudi Arabia.The existing truce, which was to expire at midnight Thursday, has not stopped the fighting between the two sides but created enough of a lull for tens of thousands of Sudanese to flee to safer areas and for foreign nations to
  
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• RCMP descend on Chilliwack shopping plaza in ‘active and unfolding incident’

  27-04-2023 22:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP urged the public to avoid the Salish Plaza on Thursday and not share any information about the police response or their locations.
  
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• RCMP arrest one man after ‘active and unfolding incident’ at Chilliwack bank

  27-04-2023 22:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP urged the public to avoid the Salish Plaza on Thursday and not share any information about the police response or their locations.
  
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• 64-year-old man arrested after alleged bank robbery, standoff in Chilliwack - Global News

  27-04-2023 22:22 via news.google.com
  
  64-year-old man arrested after alleged bank robbery, standoff in Chilliwack  Global News
  
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• 64-year-old man arrested after alleged bank robbery, standoff in Chilliwack

  27-04-2023 22:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP urged the public to avoid the Salish Plaza on Thursday and not share any information about the police response or their locations.
  
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• Powerful new obesity drug poised to upend weight loss care - Chilliwack Progress

  27-04-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
  Powerful new obesity drug poised to upend weight loss care  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Forcible restraint by police among factors in Myles Gray death, pathologist says

  27-04-2023 21:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY, B.C. — A forensic pathologist says a “perfect storm” of factors led to Myles Gray’s death, including his extreme exertion and the Vancouver police actions to restrain him.
  Dr. Matthew Orde told the coroner’s inquest into Gray’s death that descriptions of the 33-year-old suggest he’d been experiencing an acute behavioural disturbance, and his body would have been working in overdrive as he struggled with police.Orde testified that Gray’s he
  
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• Chilliwack Heritage Park warning about fake event being advertised ... - Hope Standard

  27-04-2023 21:45 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Heritage Park warning about fake event being advertised ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  27-04-2023 21:45 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Heritage Park Warning About Fake Event Being ... - Abbotsford News

  27-04-2023 21:45 via news.google.com
  
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• Police situation unfolding in downtown Chilliwack

  27-04-2023 21:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  **Due to safety concerns, as of 12:51 p.m. Thursday, Chilliwack RCMP Sgt. Krista Vrolyk has asked the media and the public not to post pictures or video of the police incident unfolding because it is an active, ongoing situation. Fraser Valley Today is complying with that request.**
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  CHILLIWACK — Social media users are reporting some kind of police incident, possibly an unconfirmed hostage situation, at the Coast Salish Plaza (46020 Yale Road) in downtown Chilliwack.
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• Crash sends motorcyclist to hospital in Surrey - Chilliwack Progress

  27-04-2023 21:39 via news.google.com
  
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• Oilers making Kings pay for taking penalties in first-round series

  27-04-2023 21:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — It’s hard to believe the Edmonton Oilers power play could get even better after a record-setting regular season.
  But it has.
  The Los Angeles Kings go into Saturday’s Game 6 of their first-round playoff series with the Oilers with one goal in mind — staving off elimination. But, to do that, they’ll need to stop going to the penalty box, or find a way to stop the Oilers’ juggernaut of a power play.
  The Oilers, who had an NHL all-time best 32.4 success
  
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• Chilliwack Chief Abram Wiebe named BCHL's top defenceman ... - Hope Standard

  27-04-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Chief Abram Wiebe named BCHL's top defenceman ...  Hope Standard
  
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• Chilliwack Chief Abram Wiebe named BCHL's top defenceman ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  27-04-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C. New Democrat MP Randall Garrison says he will not be seeking re-election

  27-04-2023 21:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Longtime British Columbia NDP Randall Garrison says he will not seek re-election in the next federal vote.
  The representative for Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke on Vancouver Island announced his decision in a brief post on Twitter. 
  Garrison was first elected in 2011 and had been serving as the federal NDP’s critic in Parliament for justice and national defence. 
  Party leader Jagmeet Singh says in a social-media post that Garrison has been a “trailblazer” for
  
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• Driver dies after rear-ending a commercial vehicle on Hwy. 1 west of Hope

  27-04-2023 21:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — The driver of a commercial vehicle died earlier this week in the widely-publicized crash on Highway 1 west of Hope that involved three vehicles, resulting in the closure of the highway for over 12 hours.
  According to a news release from Corporal Mike Moore of the B.C. Highway Patrol, officers from the B.C. Highway Patrol South Coast Chilliwack division responded shortly after 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25 to a report of a collision involving three commercial vehicles west of Hope.
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• Abbotsford murder trial ends with Chilliwack's David Geoghegan ... - Hope Standard

  27-04-2023 21:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Abbotsford Murder Trial Ends With Chilliwack's David Geoghegan ... - Abbotsford News

  27-04-2023 21:00 via news.google.com
  
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• China welcomes Ya Ya the panda home after 20 years abroad

  27-04-2023 20:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Ya Ya the giant panda landed Thursday in Shanghai after departing from the Memphis Zoo in Tennessee, where she spent the past 20 years on loan.
  The popular panda’s trip was closely followed online.People shared screenshots tracking Ya Ya’s flight path into Shanghai. “Finally back at home!” cheered one user in response to the news. Others asked for a live broadcast of the arrival, which was reported by Chinese state media and claimed four of the
  
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• Health minister denies interfering in arm’s-length drug-price agency before committee

  27-04-2023 20:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says he has not exercised any undue political pressure on the independent federal agency that regulates the price of patented drugs on its efforts to lower medicine costs. 
  NDP health critic Don Davies is accusing the minister of halting the implementation of a new rule intended to lower the cost of drugs at the behest of drug companies that have resisted the change. 
  The new regulation came into force in July, and would see the Patented
  
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• ‘Difficult’ Surrey, B.C. police decision on RCMP or municipal force Friday: minister

  27-04-2023 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says Surrey residents will know Friday who will police the Metro Vancouver city, the RCMP or the municipal Surrey Police Service.
  Farnworth says the government is set to announce its decision on the future of policing in the city, following last fall’s civic election that prompted the reversal of a move away from the RCMP in favour of an independent force. 
  Mayor Brenda Locke was elected on the promise to go back
  
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• Mounties give update on deadly stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan - Chilliwack Progress

  27-04-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
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• CFL reaches multi-year broadcast agreement with CBS Sports Network

  27-04-2023 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The CFL has reached a multi-year broadcast agreement with CBS Sports Network, the league announced Thursday.
  The deal will see CBS Sports Network carry 34 games this year.
  CBS Sports Network is the 24-hour cable home of CBS Sports. Financial details of the agreement weren’t divulged.
  “We’re looking forward to working closely with CBS Sports Network to serve our loyal fans in the U.S. and grow our base there,” CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie said in a state
  
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• Police say they’re worried about mother after newborn found dead in Victoria lot

  27-04-2023 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Police in Victoria say they are worried about the welfare of a new mother whose baby was found dead.  
  Officers and an ambulance were called Wednesday night to a report of a baby found in a parking lot in the city. 
  Police say it’s believed the baby had been recently born, possibly in the area. 
  A news release from the department says investigators are concerned for the welfare of the mother. 
  They say she may need medical care and support. 
  The Va
  
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• ‘Broken system:’ Policing shortages facing N.B. communities highlight national issue

  27-04-2023 19:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FREDERICTON — Some New Brunswick communities are being forced to find creative solutions to law enforcement because of RCMP policing shortages, a phenomenon experts say is symbolic of what much of small-town Canada is experiencing.Residents of McAdam, N.B., a historic village of about 1,100 people northwest of Saint John, have organized overnight patrols to compensate for a lack of police presence. While 200 kilometres north, the small town of Tobique Valley hired private security guards o
  
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• US sanctions Russia, Iran entities for detaining Americans

  27-04-2023 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday sanctioned Russia’s Federal Security Service and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence organization for wrongfully detaining Americans.
  It’s the first rollout of new sanctions authorities established last year by President Joe Biden for use against those holding Americans unjustly captive. Still, the sanctions are largely symbolic, since both organizations already are under sweeping existing sanctions
  
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• Washington state shields people seeking abortion, trans care

  27-04-2023 19:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state enacted legal protections Thursday for people who travel there seeking reproductive and gender-affirming procedures and treatment, becoming the latest Democrat-led state to enact safeguards as Republican-led states ban or restrict care.
  The law, which protects patients and providers, tells other states they will not be able to use Washington state courts or judicial processes to enforce their bans on abortion and gender-affirming health care, bill sponsor Re
  
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• Downtown parking lot proposal for Chilliwack enters rezoning process - Chilliwack Progress

  27-04-2023 19:17 via news.google.com
  
  Downtown parking lot proposal for Chilliwack enters rezoning process  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Foreign-interference office coming ‘soon’ but not yet ready to launch: Mendicino

  27-04-2023 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says the Liberals are not ready to launch the foreign-interference office they promised in last month’s federal budget, amid ongoing scrutiny of allegations that Beijing interfered in recent federal elections.
  Mendicino appeared before a House of Commons committee that is studying the issue this morning, and said he wants to get the office up and running “as soon as possible” — but he isn’t offering any specifics
  
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• Hot spell hikes risks of flooding, avalanches and fire across British Columbia

  27-04-2023 19:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — As British Columbia heads into its first warm spell of the year, forecasters are warning the heat could raise avalanche and flood risks, while the danger of wildfires has already nudged up to a “moderate” rating in some parts of the province.
  The River Forecast Centre website says temperatures are expected to be at least 10 degrees above normal for many areas of the province right through the weekend before cooler weather and rain arrive next week.
  The centre says m
  
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• Avalanche warning issued for mountains east of Chilliwack, including Elk Mountain

  27-04-2023 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The forecasted heat wave set to arrive in Chilliwack and other parts of B.C. this weekend has prompted the federal avalanche agency to distribute an avalanche warning before backcountry country users head out for the weekend.
  Avalanche Canada, in partnership with Parks Canada, Kananaskis Country, and the province of British Columbia, has issued a Special Public Avalanche Warning (SPAW) for recreational backcountry users across the mountainous regions of western Canada, includi
  
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• PHOTOS: Fire guts two-storey home in Surrey - Chilliwack Progress

  27-04-2023 18:59 via news.google.com
  
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• Police say director of Montreal seniors home billed for services that weren’t given

  27-04-2023 18:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The head of a private seniors residence in Montreal is facing fraud charges after he allegedly billed a regional health authority for resident services that were never provided.
  Quebec anti-corruption police say Paul Asselin, 60, produced fake invoices using the names of people who were not living at the care home at the time the services were allegedly provided.
  The anti-corruption police force — Unité permanente anticorruption — says the alleged fraud went o
  
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• Special avalanche warning issued for Western Canada - Chilliwack Progress

  27-04-2023 18:51 via news.google.com
  
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• Carolyn Bryant Donham, at center of Emmett Till death, dies

  27-04-2023 18:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in Louisiana, a coroner’s report shows. Carolyn Bryant Donham was 88.
  Donham died Tuesday night in Westlake, Louisiana, according to a death report filed Thursday in Calcasieu Parish Coroner’s Office in Louisiana.
  Till’s kidnapping and killing became a catalyst for the civil rights movement when his
  
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• Canada’s Rebecca Marino loses to Belgium’s Elise Mertens at Madrid Open

  27-04-2023 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADRID — Canada’s Rebecca Marino is out of the Madrid Open in the Round of 64 after losing Thursday in straight sets to Elise Mertens of Belgium, 6-3, 6-1.
  Marino, of Vancouver, had five double faults and won 49 per cent of her first serves and 22 per cent of her second serves in the match. Mertens, ranked 24th, had three aces and won 72 per cent of her first-serve points.
  Bianca Andreescu of Toronto opens her tournament against China’s Wang Xiyu in the Round of 64 on Friday. A
  
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• Potential for double-decker portables in Surrey schools raised in ... - Chilliwack Progress

  27-04-2023 18:23 via news.google.com
  
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