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• House unanimously supports system to alert public when Indigenous women go missing

  02-05-2023 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The House of Commons has unanimously backed a motion to declare the deaths and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls a Canada-wide emergency — and to fund a new system that would alert the public when someone goes missing.
  Leah Gazan, who represents a riding in Winnipeg, presented the motion before members of Parliament this afternoon. 
  The MP previously led the effort for the House to recognize the residential school system as a genocide, which it did last fall.
  
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• Securities Commission alleges fraud committed by B.C. crypto firm

  02-05-2023 23:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The B.C. Securities Commission says a now-defunct cryptocurrency platform based in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island committed a multimillion-dollar securities fraud involving various digital currencies. 
  In a notice of hearing issued last month, the commission says David Smillie and his numbered company, which did business as ezBtc, lied to customers about its crypto asset trading platform. 
  The commission says Smillie and the company diverted about $13 million worth of bi
  
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• Vancouver city council plans pilot project to test car-free Gastown for pedestrians

  02-05-2023 23:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Vancouver city council plans to make the historic Gastown neighbourhood more pedestrian-friendly by eliminating car traffic on its main thoroughfare.
  Councillor Sarah Kirby-Yung says she will introduce a motion during a meeting on May 9 for a “people-focused Gastown,” which includes creating a pilot project which will shut down Water Street to car traffic on weekends as early as this summer.
  The plan is supported by Vancouver mayor Ken Sim and the city’s ABC-dominated council a
  
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• Myles Gray’s mother says conclusion of B.C. coroner’s inquest marks end of chapter

  02-05-2023 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Margie Gray says the end of a coroner’s inquest into the death of her son has shown the public what she has known all along; that Vancouver police officers beat her son to death when he was vulnerable and needed help.
  Gray said the classification of her son Myles Gray’s death as homicide by the inquest jury brought her some relief, nearly eight years after he died.
  “People know the truth and that to me is a huge, huge piece,” she said in an interview on Tuesday from her h
  
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• Navy commander pulled from job in connection with SEAL death

  02-05-2023 23:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The commander of the Naval Special Warfare Center who was reprimanded in connection with the death last year of a Navy SEAL candidate has been pulled out of his job about two months early, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
  Navy Capt. Brian Drechsler is being moved to another job as Navy officials seek new leadership for the Center, more than a year after SEAL candidate Kyle Mullen collapsed and died of acute pneumonia just hours after completing the grueling Hell Week test.
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• Youth charged $1,600 for graffiti damage to SD33 washroom

  02-05-2023 22:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A youth committed an apparent act of vandalism at an undisclosed school in Chilliwack that resulted in a fine of $1,600 levied against the juvenile.According to minutes from the Public Safety Advisory Committee attached to Tuesday’s Chilliwack City Council meeting, Mark Klassen, manager of facilities for SD33, advised the committee that a youth had been charged $1,600 for graffiti damage to a washroom.The minutes summarizing Klassen’s comments state the following:
  
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• Forge FC promotes Jelani Smith as it continues to revamp front office structure

  02-05-2023 22:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — Forge FC continued its front office restructuring Tuesday, promoting Jelani Smith to director of soccer operations.
  The former Canada youth international has served as the Canadian Premier League team’s club’s manager of soccer operations since the franchise’s inception in 2018.
  On Monday, Forge announced Bobby Smyrniotis was getting a four-year contract extension in an expanded role as head coach and sporting director. Smyrniotis was named the team’s fir
  
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• Nearly half of B.C.’s ministries have been affected by fraud, mostly theft: auditor

  02-05-2023 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — A new report by British Columbia’s auditor general says almost half of the government’s ministries have been affected by some type of fraud between 2021 and 2022, most commonly theft.
  Michael Pickup says his results suggest not all ministries are following the same approach for managing risk or they don’t have a full understanding of the government-wide framework for managing fraud. 
  Pickup’s office sent questionnaires to 22 ministries last September
  
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• Yarrow to host Coffee with a Cop Thursday

  02-05-2023 22:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — As part of their plan to meet in various communities in Chilliwack, officers from the RCMP Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment will hold their next instalment of Coffee with a Cop this Thursday, May 4 at Pioneer Park in Yarrow.The meet and greet goes from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the park, 4380 Kehler Street, in Yarrow.Community members are invited to meet staff from the local RCMP detachment and have free coffee over conversation. RCMP officers are simply there to listen to
  
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• Canada’s musical community weighs in on Gordon Lightfoot’s ... - Chilliwack Progress

  02-05-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Prohibited driver hit four-year-old girl on bike in Langford, B.C., RCMP say

  02-05-2023 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGFORD, B.C. — A Vancouver Island driver accused of hitting a four-year-old girl on her bike is in even more trouble after police checked his record. 
  Westshore RCMP say the girl was riding along a street in Langford, B.C., when she veered onto the roadway and was hit by a passing Mazda. 
  The girl has serious but not life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital after the crash last Thursday. 
  The 37-year-old driver remained at the scene. Police say they learned he h
  
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• Reports: PSG suspends Messi for 2 weeks for trip to SArabia

  02-05-2023 21:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain suspended Lionel Messi for two weeks after the World Cup champion took an unauthorized trip to Saudi Arabia, French media reported on Tuesday.
  The suspension means Messi would miss PSG’s next two games and comes at a delicate time as the French club hopes to extend the Argentine star’s contract beyond this season.
  L’Equipe and RMC Sport both reported the suspension without citing sources.
  The club did not immediately respond to a request b
  
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• Chilliwack's Scoops landmark makes the move to Bill Kelly Park - Chilliwack Progress

  02-05-2023 21:20 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack's Scoops landmark makes the move to Bill Kelly Park  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Florida Panthers coach Maurice reflects on Toronto tenure 15 years later

  02-05-2023 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Paul Maurice was driving home from the rink one day. 
  Then came an epiphany. 
  In the pressure cooker of hockey’s most intense media market, the then-head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs had just conducted a series of interviews and was concerned about his messaging. 
  Maurice decided, in that moment, enough was enough. 
  “That’s it,” he recalled telling himself. “I’m never, ever worrying about what I say again, ever. I’
  
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• Lake Country man files suit after complications from COVID vaccine - Chilliwack Progress

  02-05-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
  Lake Country man files suit after complications from COVID vaccine  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Hollywood writers begin strike, late-night shows go dark - Chilliwack Progress

  02-05-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Vermont allows out-of-staters to use assisted suicide law

  02-05-2023 20:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Vermont on Tuesday became the first state in the country to change its medically assisted suicide law to allow terminally ill people from out of state to take advantage of it to end their lives.Republican Gov. Phil Scott signed the bill that removes the residency requirement for the decades-old law.Last year in a court settlement, Oregon agreed to stop enforcing the residency requirement of its law allowing terminally ill people to receive lethal medication. It also agreed to ask the Legislature
  
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• Oilers’ offence, Knights’ balance headline second-round playoff clash

  02-05-2023 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The first ever playoff confrontation between the Oilers and Golden Knights pits Edmonton’s explosive offence against one of the best two-way teams in the NHL.
  Vegas (51-22-9) got it done at both ends of the ice to rank first in the Western Conference, two points up on Edmonton (50-23-9). 
  The Knights were among the league’s top-five plus-minus teams in the regular season and topped the first round of the playoffs at plus-seven.
  “They won the division, so we know what we&rs
  
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• Canada’s bid to make 2024 Copa America as guest team will involve just one opponent

  02-05-2023 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada will need to dispatch just one opponent to qualify for the 2024 Copa America as one of CONCACAF’s six guest teams.
  Under guidelines released Tuesday by CONCACAF, the U.S., Mexico and Costa Rica and Canada — as the top four teams in the region according to the March 31 CONCACAF rankings — will get byes to the League A quarterfinals of the 2023-24 CONCACAF Nations League.
  The four quarterfinal winners will join Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay
  
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• Summerland snowpack significantly higher than normal - Chilliwack Progress

  02-05-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
  Summerland snowpack significantly higher than normal  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• VIDEO: Second in the series of Chilliwack Chamber/CEPCO ... - Chilliwack Progress

  02-05-2023 19:52 via news.google.com
  
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• Federal gun bill proposals could make firearm system even more of a patchwork: expert

  02-05-2023 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A professor who has closely tracked the history of gun control says the Liberal government’s latest moves could make Canada’s complex firearm classification system even more complicated.
  The government is proposing a ban on assault-style firearms that would apply once legislation now before Parliament comes into force.
  But the ban would not apply retroactively.
  Blake Brown, a historian at St. Mary’s University in Halifax, says that means many currently available
  
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• Honorary ‘C’: Late singer Lightfoot served as honorary Leafs captain in 1991-92

  02-05-2023 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — When Maple Leafs brass held a meeting ahead of the NHL’s 75th anniversary season, several big names — John Candy, Anne Murray and Mike Myers to name a few — were considered for the honour of serving as Toronto’s honorary captain for the 1991-92 campaign. 
  “A lot of the U.S. (teams) went for comedians or people who were super-involved (with the team) or whatever,” former Leafs public relations director Bob Stellick said Tuesday. “We t
  
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• Dabrowski, Shapovalov, Auger-Aliassime ousted in Madrid doubles quarterfinals

  02-05-2023 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADRID — Canadians Gabriela Dabrowski, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov were eliminated from doubles competition in quarterfinal action Tuesday at the Madrid Open.
  Ottawa’s Dabrowski and Brazilian partner Luisa Stefani, who were seeded sixth in women’s doubles competition in Madrid, fell 6-4, 3-6, 10-5 to the top-seeded American duo of Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff.
  The Americans had 13 break point chances, converting two, and defended two of the three break chances t
  
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• Sold-out Hope fashion show raises over $22K for Fraser Canyon Hospital

  02-05-2023 19:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — A sold-out fashion show on Saturday, April 22 at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall in Hope raised over $22,000 for the Fraser Canyon Hospital, thanks to the generous efforts of attendees, donors, businesses, and volunteers alike.In a news release, the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation says the Legion Hall transformed into an evening of food fun and fashion for approximately 135 individuals. The Spring Fashion Show was a partnership presentation of the Auxiliary to the Fraser Canyon
  
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• Chilliwack pledges to help end 'period poverty' by stocking its civic ... - Hope Standard

  02-05-2023 19:24 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack pledges to help end 'period poverty' by stocking its civic ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  02-05-2023 19:24 via news.google.com
  
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• Federal government considers financial audit of Canada Soccer: sport minister

  02-05-2023 19:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s sport minister says the federal government is looking at the tools it can use to investigate Canada Soccer, including the potential for an audit of the organization’s finances.
  Pascale St-Onge says a decision on whether an audit will take place will be announced when the government is ready.
  The government previously ordered an audit in to Hockey Canada to investigate whether public funds were used to settle sexual assault cases.
  The move comes after testimony
  
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• City of Chilliwack will now use Alertable emergency alert system

  02-05-2023 19:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The city of Chilliwack announced Tuesday morning (May 2) it will now utilize the Alertable public notification system to distribute emergency alerts for Chilliwack residents.In a news release from Jamie Leggatt, director of communications for the municipality, Chilliwack will begin using Alertable, a public notification system, to send emergency alerts. These alerts will inform subscribed residents, businesses, and visitors of potential life safety issues before or during crit
  
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• B.C. skills plan looks to future jobs, changing economy, includes $3,500 grant

  02-05-2023 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia residents looking to upgrade their skills for future jobs will be eligible for a grant of up to $3,500 starting this fall.
  Selina Robinson, B.C.’s post-secondary education and future skills minister, says the tuition grants for short-term training programs are part of the provincial government’s plan to help people gain skills to succeed in a changing economy.
  She says the $480 million plan is geared to help people acquire skills and seek new job opp
  
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• VIDEO: Duck, duck, goose signals spring at Salish Park in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  02-05-2023 19:10 via news.google.com
  
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• Sudan evacuees ‘went through hell’ and Canada must help stop crisis: Joly in Kenya

  02-05-2023 18:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canadians evacuated from Sudan “went through hell” and Ottawa will do everything possible to help the country find peace.
  Joly is wrapping up a visit to Kenya, where she heard from people who escaped violence in Sudan and met with leaders from across East Africa to discuss how Canada can help bring about peace.
  In an interview with The Canadian Press from Nairobi, Joly says Canada needs to help, and can do so by sending
  
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• 2 men dead after boating incident near Haida Gwaii - Chilliwack Progress

  02-05-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Ottawa Redblacks select defensive lineman Ta’ala with first pick of CFL global draft

  02-05-2023 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Ottawa Redblacks selected defensive lineman Blessman Ta’ala with the first overall selection of the CFL global draft Tuesday.
  The six-foot-two, 305-pound defensive tackle, a native Samoan, appeared in 64 games over five seasons as Hawaii. Ta’ala, 24, accumulated 142 tackles (20 for loss) and four sacks.
  Following the draft, Ottawa announced it had signed Ta’ala to a CFL contract.
  “Blessman was a four-year starter at the University of Hawaii, and played
  
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• HSBC expects later close of Canadian division sale to RBC

  02-05-2023 18:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — HSBC Holdings plc says the sale of its Canadian division to Royal Bank of Canada is going to take longer than first expected, but that the deal remains a key priority.
  London-based HSBC says it now expects to complete the $13.5-billion transaction in the first quarter of 2024, rather than late this year as it guided when it announced the deal last November. 
  The bank says the later close is to ensure a smooth transition, while several other recent bank deals have taken lon
  
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• Multiple offers now coming in for Fraser Valley real estate sales

  02-05-2023 17:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board, representing a catchment area from White Rock to Abbotsford, says its realtor members are now seeing multiple offers attached to sales of homes.The multiple offers could be attributed to a pause in mortgage rate hikes the Bank of Canada entertained in mid-April when it held its 4.5 interest rate in place for a second time in a row.“Our members are starting to see a rise in multiple offers on properties as the spring market kicks in,&rdquo
  
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• Biden admin asks for 1,500 troops at US-Mexico border

  02-05-2023 17:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has requested 1,500 troops for the U.S.-Mexico border amid an expected migrant surge following the end of pandemic-era restrictions, according to three administration officials.The troops would be sent down to focus on administrative tasks so that U.S. Customs and Border Protection can work in the field, two of the officials said. They would not do law enforcement work. The officials were not authorized to speak publicly about the request because
  
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• Neufeld Farm Market reopens after barn fire

  02-05-2023 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — A day after a massive fire burned one of its barns on ag land just south of Highway 1 east of Clearbrook in Abbotsford, and closed the popular retailer for a day, Neufeld Farm Market has reopened.Neufeld Farm Market took to Facebook Tuesday morning to say it is grateful for the outpouring of support it received.“We are overwhelmed with the love and support we have received from such an incredible community.Looking forward to serving you today.We are open!”
  A fire a
  
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• Vancouver’s April home sales down 16.5% from a year ago: board

  02-05-2023 17:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says April home sales slid 16.5 per cent from a year ago as new listings remained below historical norms.
  The B.C. board says sales for the month totalled 2,741, almost 16 per cent below the 10-year seasonal average.
  The composite benchmark price for all residential properties in Metro Vancouver hit $1,170,700 last month, down 7.4 per cent from a year ago but up 2.4 per cent from March.
  There were 4,307 new listings last month, a 29.7
  
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• Expect long passport lineups this week, post-strike immigration backlog: ministers

  02-05-2023 17:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A federal minister is advising Canadians to expect long lines at passport offices this week as the public service resumes work following a 12-day strike.Families minister Karina Gould says the job action did not create a significant backlog, as the federal government received only about 20 per cent of the typical volume of passport applications during the strike.
  Gould says a higher volume of applications is expected this week as a result, but is reassuring Canadians that those wi
  
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• Flooding has pushed Wisconsin’s Bad River closer to Line 5 pipeline: court documents

  02-05-2023 17:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Heavy flooding throughout the U.S. Midwest has pushed the edge of the Bad River in Wisconsin ever closer to the controversial Line 5 pipeline. 
  Court documents filed Monday show the river overtopped its banks twice last month for a total of nine days, washing away some 2.5 metres of terrain at its closest point. 
  The Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa is in court to force the pipeline’s owner, Enbridge Inc., to redirect the line around its territory.&
  
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• Conservatives out-fundraise Liberals by nearly $5 million in first quarter of 2023

  02-05-2023 17:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Conservative Party of Canada brought in more donations during the first three months of the year than any other federal party. 
  Financial statements from Elections Canada show the Conservatives raised more than $8.3 million during the first quarter of the year from nearly 46,000 donors.
  The Tories routinely outperform their political rivals on fundraising, and this time they beat out the governing Liberals by nearly $5 million. 
  The Liberals brought in about $3.6 mil
  
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• Football players feeling optimistic after SFU reinstatement case ... - Chilliwack Progress

  02-05-2023 17:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Search continues for two missing Quebec firefighters swept away during spring floods

  02-05-2023 16:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BAIE-SAINT-PAUL, Que. — The search is continuing for two missing firefighters who were carried away by floodwaters northeast of Quebec City.
  The firefighters were helping two residents near St-Urbain, Que., in Quebec’s Charlevoix region, when they went missing Monday afternoon.
  Charlevoix is one of several parts of the province hit hard by flooding after a period of heavy rain, with some communities in the region declaring a state of emergency after banks overflowed, washing away roa
  
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• Jim Furyk named U.S. captain for 2024 Presidents Cup at Royal Montreal Golf Club

  02-05-2023 16:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Jim Furyk has been named the captain of the American team at the upcoming Presidents Cup.
  The international men’s golf tournament will be held at Royal Montreal Golf Club in September 2024.
  Furyk, who will make his debut as captain of the U.S. Team, has appeared in seven Presidents Cups.
  Mike Weir of Brights Grove, Ont., has already been named the captain of the International team, the first Canadian to hold the role.
  The tournament sees a team from the United States play
  
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• Orillia mourns hometown legend Gordon Lightfoot, makes books of condolences available

  02-05-2023 15:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ORILLIA, Ont. — The Ontario city of Orillia is mourning hometown legend Gordon Lightfoot, saying the famous folk musician had an immense impact on the community and beyond.Lightfoot died of natural causes at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital on Monday at 84.
  The City of Orillia says Lightfoot was highly regarded in his hometown.It is setting up books of condolences for the music icon at the Orillia Opera House and Orillia City Hall today, with an online version also available.Lightfoot w
  
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• FIFA warns Europe of Women’s World Cup broadcast blackout

  02-05-2023 15:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GENEVA —  Publicly criticizing broadcasters for offering too little to screen the Women’s World Cup has not worked out yet for FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who is now threatening a blackout in major European markets.
  A public standoff that started last October was intensified by Infantino late Monday when he warned five key countries – England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain – in a statement less than three months before the tournament starts in Australia and New
  
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• Coroner’s inquest concludes with finding of homicide

  02-05-2023 14:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The jury in the British Columbia coroner’s inquest into the police beating of Myles Gray has found his death was a homicide, but coroner Larry Marzinzik said the finding doesn’t imply fault or blame.
  Gray, who was 33, died in August 2015 after a beating by Vancouver police that left him with injuries including ruptured testicles and fractures in his eye socket, nose, voice box and rib.
  The five-member jury began deliberating Monday at the end of 11 days of testimony
  
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• PODCAST: Build Smartr; Building with Steel - Chilliwack Progress

  02-05-2023 14:40 via news.google.com
  
  PODCAST: Build Smartr; Building with Steel  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• In The News for May 2 : Farewell to “rare talent” Gordon Lightfoot

  02-05-2023 10:17 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 May 2 …
  What we are watching in Canada …
  Gordon Lightfoot, the legendary folk musician whose silvery refrains told a tale of Canadian identity that was exported to listeners worldwide, has died at 84.
  The singer-songwriter died of natural causes at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto on Monday evening, said Victoria Lord, the mus
  
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