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• Police incident unfolding near Yale and Menzies in Chilliwack

  03-05-2023 23:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP have blocked off Yale and Menzies Wednesday afternoon for some kind of police incident.
  Social media users are reporting that there is a police incident unfolding near Yale and Menzies, with caution tape and a motorcycle cop near the intersection. At least two RCMP officers and an ambulance are in a parking lot near Yale and Menzies.
  According to other users on Facebook, RCMP officers were reportedly searching a vehicle across from the Dollarama on Menzies.
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• Stampeders announce receiver Philpot out indefinitely following off-season surgery

  03-05-2023 23:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders won’t have Canadian receiver Jalen Philpot for the start of training camp later this month.
  The CFL club said Wednesday that Philpot is sidelined indefinitely as he recovers from surgery resulting from a hamstring injury.
  “Jalen suffered a serious injury in March while training,” Stampeders general manager/head coach Dave Dickenson said in a statement. “Although this is an unfortunate injury, we felt we had time to address our depth
  
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• A changing of the guard in Canadian diving ahead of Montreal World Cup event

  03-05-2023 23:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Canadian diver Caeli McKay has a pretty unusual nickname for a 23-year-old.
  “I actually get called ‘Grandma,’” the Tokyo Olympian from Calgary said Wednesday from the Olympic Pool. “In the gym, I get called ‘Grandma.’ Already. I’m only 23.”
  Canada’s senior diving team is full of young, new faces entering this weekend’s World Aquatics Diving World Cup in Montreal as the squad undergoes a changing of the guard.
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• PM’s brother denies Trudeau Foundation was involved in foreign interference

  03-05-2023 23:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The prime minister’s brother says the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation has not been part of any foreign interference attempts by China. 
  Alexandre Trudeau, who has been involved in the foundation since its early days and was an executive director up until 2020, says donations from Chinese businessmen were negotiated before his brother became prime minister.
  The committee is investigating the circumstances around a pair of 2016 and 2017 donations from Chinese billionair
  
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• Nicola Valley under severe thunderstorm watch while rivers rise - Chilliwack Progress

  03-05-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  
  Nicola Valley under severe thunderstorm watch while rivers rise  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Erling Haaland sets new Premier League scoring record

  03-05-2023 23:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Erling Haaland set a new Premier League goals record by scoring his 35th of the season in Manchester City’s game against West Ham on Tuesday.
  The 22-year-old Norway striker struck in the 70th minute at Etihad Stadium to give the defending champions a 2-0 lead.
  Haaland had evened the previous record jointly held by Alan Shearer and Andy Cole with his 34th of the campaign against Fulham on Sunday.
  And he moved out on his own with the most Premier League goals
  
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• Cache Creek becomes raging river as floodwaters rise: mayor

  03-05-2023 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The mayor of Cache Creek says what’s normally a babbling brook has become a raging river, with floodwaters flowing right through the village firehall.
  John Ranta says water levels are the highest he’s ever seen in the community located about 80 kilometres west of Kamloops in British Columbia’s southern Interior.
  Snow at higher elevations is melting quickly, and with warm weather and rain in the forecast this week, Ranta says the flooding may get even worse.
  He says one of five
  
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• Victims’ families question release of Oklahoma sex offender

  03-05-2023 22:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HENRYETTA, Okla. (AP) — A woman whose daughter and three grandchildren were among seven bodies found on a rural Oklahoma property said Wednesday that sheriff’s investigators told her that her son-in-law, a convicted sex offender, shot all six victims in the head before killing himself.
  Law enforcement authorities have released no details about how they died or who killed them since the bodies were found on Monday.
  But Janette Mayo said investigators with the Okmulgee County Sheriff&r
  
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• Subban launches show showcasing diverse world of hockey

  03-05-2023 22:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  More than a year since playing his last NHL game and retiring at age 33, P.K. Subban is still pushing himself away from the ice.
  Sure, he’s still training and staying in shape, but the 2013 Norris Trophy-winning defenseman is now working on pushing the limits on television.
  “I don’t ever put limits on myself. I would suggest that the game of hockey do the same,” Subban said. “I think that there’s no limits on what we can do. The game is still very young in ter
  
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• MPs pass law meant to curb forced labour, as critics decry its lack of teeth

  03-05-2023 22:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The House of Commons has passed a bill that takes aim at child labour and forced labour around the world.
  The new law will require Canadian companies and government departments to scrutinize their supply chains and file reports on them. 
  The intent is to ensure none of their products or components are made by children in sweatshops in other countries, or by people forced to work excessive hours.
  Conservatives supported Liberals in passing the bill, which was first introduced
  
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• Canada has nothing to fear from U.S. protectionist rhetoric, envoy to Ottawa insists

  03-05-2023 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. ambassador to Canada says his country’s largest trading partner has nothing to fear from the Biden administration’s Buy American rhetoric. 
  David Cohen says he wants to end, once and for all, persistent concerns in Canada about protectionist sentiment south of the border. 
  Cohen made the comments during a speech at the Wilson Center’s Canada Institute in Washington, D.C. 
  He called Canada’s initial reaction to U.S.-specific incen
  
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• Oregon Republicans stay home ahead of abortion, guns votes

  03-05-2023 22:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Republican state senators in Oregon didn’t show up to work on Wednesday, denying the Democrats who control the chamber a quorum and casting doubt on planned votes later this week on legislation pertaining to abortion rights, gun control and gender-affirming health care.
  The office of Democratic Senate President Rob Wagner said 10 Republican senators and chamber’s lone independent were absent, and that four of the Republicans and the independent were absent wi
  
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• No word on which Canadians will attend crowning of King Charles in London

  03-05-2023 22:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Prime Minister’s Office still has yet to announce which eminent Canadians will be invited to join him for the coronation of King Charles in just three days.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Governor General Mary Simon will be at Westminster Abbey this weekend as the King is officially crowned, but the rest of the official Canadian delegation largely remains a mystery.
  Simon’s itinerary for the trip includes an audience with the King on Thursday at Buckingham Palac
  
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• Milan Borjan and Cloé Lacasse honoured as Canada Soccer Players of the Month

  03-05-2023 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Goalkeeper Milan Borjan and forward Cloé Lacasse have been named Canada Soccer’s Players of the Month for April.
  Borjan won his sixth Serbian League title with Red Star Belgrade while Lacasse hoisted her third Taça da Liga Feminina (League) cup with Portugal’s Benfica via a 3-1 win over Braga.
  The 35-year-old Borjan, who grew up in Hamilton, also helped Red Star qualify for a group stage berth in the 2023-24 Champions League. In three matches in April, Borjan played 270
  
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• Alouettes’ coach fashioned solid CFL career after being drafted last in ’08

  03-05-2023 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Luc Brodeur-Jourdain understands and appreciates where Anthony Vandal is.
  Vandal, a six-foot-three, 290-pound offensive lineman at Sherbrooke, was the last player taken in the 2023 CFL draft Tuesday by the Toronto Argonauts. That could suggest Vandal is a longshot to crack the defending Grey Cup champions’ roster but Brodeur-Jourdain is living proof draft position doesn’t determine a player’s pro readiness.
  In ’08, Brodeur-Jourdain was taken with the last
  
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• Trudeau announces appointment of new senators for Newfoundland and Labrador, P.E.I.

  03-05-2023 21:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that two new senators will join the upper chamber.Jane MacAdam, a former auditor general of Prince Edward Island who boasts more than 40 years of experience in legislative auditing, will represent that province.
  Entrepreneur Iris Petten, whose experience is focused on the fishing industry, will serve as a representative for Newfoundland and Labrador.
  Both were recommended by the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments, a merit
  
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• Trump lawyers say they won’t call witnesses at rape trial

  03-05-2023 20:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers said Wednesday that they will not call any witnesses at the New York civil trial arising from writer E. Jean Carroll’s claims that the former president raped her in the mid-1990s.
  Trump lawyer Joseph Tacopina said they decided not to put on a defense case after learning that health issues were preventing their expert witness, a psychiatrist, from testifying. Tacopina previously disclosed that Trump would not testify at the trial, in federa
  
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• Chilliwack suspect behind BB gun damage won’t face justice until 2024

  03-05-2023 20:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP Superintendent Davy Lee told Chilliwack City Council members at their meeting on Tuesday that the man allegedly behind BB gun damage to several Chilliwack businesses earlier this year and late last year won’t have a court appearance until January 2024.During a presentation on quarterly crime statistics to council members Tuesday afternoon (May 2), Supt. Lee credited the Downtown Chilliwack Business Improvement in assisting the RCMP in tracking down the su
  
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• B.C. wildlife group shares tips on duckling dilemmas, as dozens of orphans brought in

  03-05-2023 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY, B.C. — A British Columbia animal rescue group is issuing tips for the public after dozens of orphan ducklings have been brought into its centre. 
  The Wildlife Rescue Association of BC says the recent warm spell in the province set off the orphan surge to its hospital.  
  Kimberly Stephens, the group’s hospital manager, says they expect to see more ducklings brought in and they’ll have to be cared for over the next six to eight weeks. 
  The group says duckl
  
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• Mooseheads player favours a swig of mustard on the bench to ward off leg cramps

  03-05-2023 20:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — Sitting on the Halifax Mooseheads’ bench Sunday during a playoff game, Zachary L’Heureux grimaced as he squeezed a bright yellow mustard bottle and took a swig.
  Since the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League posted a video Tuesday on Twitter of the 19-year-old left-winger and his unusual snack, it has attracted nearly 100,000 views and caused plenty of raised eyebrows.
  L’Heureux, the 2021 first-round draft pick of the NHL’s Nashville Predators, says in a video
  
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• Chilliwack Golf Club hosting open house - Chilliwack Progress

  03-05-2023 20:40 via news.google.com
  
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• Balanced budget, electoral reform back on policy agenda for Liberals at convention

  03-05-2023 20:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Balanced budgets and electoral reform are back on the agenda for Canada’s Liberals this week as the party holds its first in-person policy convention in five years.
  The Liberal government is coming off a rough few months, hounded by allegations it is failing to protect Canadians and the electoral system from foreign interference.
  Some Liberals see the three-day convention as a chance to regroup and remember who they are and what they are trying to do.
  Others want to revisit
  
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• Galactic gobble: Star swallows planet in one big gulp

  03-05-2023 20:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — For the first time, scientists have caught a star in the act of swallowing a planet — not just a nibble or bite, but one big gulp.Astronomers on Wednesday reported their observations of what appeared to be a gas giant around the size of Jupiter or bigger being eaten by its star. The sun-like star had been puffing up with old age for eons and finally got so big that it engulfed the close-orbiting planet.
  It’s a gloomy preview of what will happen to Ea
  
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• B.C. reaches revenue-sharing, land-management deals with McLeod Lake Indian Band

  03-05-2023 20:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The chief of a northeast British Columbia First Nation says revenue-sharing and land-management agreements reached with the province will ensure future prosperity for his people.
  Chief Harley Chingee of the McLeod Lake Indian Band says the agreements will benefit today’s members while providing healthy lands for future generations.
  Chingee made the comments Wednesday at a news conference at the B.C. legislature flanked by three B.C. government cabinet ministers.
  He says Mc
  
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• Blue Jays’ Chapman named AL player of the month after batting .384 in April

  03-05-2023 19:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Matt Chapman has been named the American League player of the month for April after putting up impressive offensive numbers in the first month of the season.
  Chapman hit .384 (38-for-99) with 15 doubles, five home runs, 21 runs batted in, 14 walks and 17 runs scored as the Blue Jays went 18-10 in April.
  He finished off the month going 3-for-5 with two doubles in a 10-8 extra-inning loss to visiting Seattle on Sunday.
  Atlanta Braves slugger Ronald Acuna Jr. was nam
  
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• Union threatens to disrupt Liberal party convention if CRA doesn’t offer ‘fair’ deal

  03-05-2023 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The union representing Canada Revenue Agency workers says its members plan to show up at the Liberal Party of Canada’s convention Thursday if their employer doesn’t table a “fair offer” before then.
  Public Service Alliance of Canada representatives made the threat at a news conference updating reporters about negotiations between its Union of Taxation Employees and the CRA.
  Some 35,000 CRA workers continue to be on strike, after the union reached tentative
  
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• Chilliwack River Valley firefighters team up with B.C. Wildfire for fire break near Post Creek

  03-05-2023 19:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Post Creek is a remote subdivision of 80 recreational homes nestled in the picturesque terrain of the Chilliwack River Valley about 38 kilometres east of the Vedder Bridge.
  To guard against the spread of any fires in that vicinity and implement what’s known as a “FireSmart” approach, the Chilliwack River Valley Fire Department teamed up with the B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) on Tuesday (May 2) to undertake an annual cleanup of the fire break that surrounds par
  
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• Police: Multiple injured in shooting inside Atlanta building

  03-05-2023 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Police said Wednesday afternoon that they were investigating an “active shooter situation” in a building in Atlanta’s Midtown neighborhood and that multiple people had been injured.
  The Atlanta Police Department said on Twitter that the active shooter was inside a building on West Peachtree Street, between 12th and 13th Streets, a commercial area with many office buildings and high-rise apartments. No suspect was in custody and police said in an email just
  
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• Canada joins U.S., Spain in trilateral agreement to ease irregular migration

  03-05-2023 19:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Canada is teaming up with the U.S. and Spain in an effort to create legal pathways for migrants and ease the burden of irregular migration in North America.
  A joint statement issued by all three countries says Canada is exploring ways to expand its temporary foreign worker program in the agriculture sector. 
  Ottawa is also looking into allowing more displaced Latin American migrants on humanitarian and economic grounds, and promoting opportunities with small- and medium-s
  
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• BCHL faces complications with divorce from Hockey Canada - Chilliwack Progress

  03-05-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Surrey RCMP identify deceased man with tattoo of Angelica, $100 bill hat

  03-05-2023 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — Last week, Mounties in Surrey issued a media release asking for help in identifying the remains of a man who had a tattoo of “Angelica” along with a distinctive hat and T-shirt.Within hours of the media release, Surrey RCMP say police received multiple calls from people providing information to help identify the person.In a news release issued Wednesday morning (May 3), Surrey RCMP say they followed up on the information and continued to work closely with B.C. Coroners
  
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• Canada pledges $71 million in aid for Sudan, South Sudan and Central African Republic

  03-05-2023 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan is announcing $71 million in humanitarian aid for Sudan and two neighbouring countries that are dealing with a large number of refugees in the wake of a violent crisis.
  Sajjan says the funds will flow through agencies of the United Nations and the Red Cross as well as non-governmental organizations to provide basic food, water and health services.
  Nearly $31 million will go toward Sudan, while slightly more will be sent to South Sud
  
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• Vernon Grannies ready to get dirty sudsing up support - Chilliwack Progress

  03-05-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
  Vernon Grannies ready to get dirty sudsing up support  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Berlin police say 2 girls seriously wounded in school attack

  03-05-2023 18:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Berlin police say two young children were seriously wounded in an attack at a school in the south of the capital.
  Police said the victims were girls, ages 7 and 8 years. One is in a life-threatening condition, they said in a statement.
  A suspect has been detained, police said. Further details weren’t immediately available.The Associated Press
  
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• Canada’s Fernandez advances to women’s doubles semifinals at Madrid Open

  03-05-2023 18:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADRID — Canada’s Leylah Fernandez and American partner Taylor Townsend advanced to the women’s doubles semifinals at the Madrid Open with a 6-0, 7-6 (3) win over Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-Wei and Czechia’s Barbora Srtycova on Wednesday.
  Fernandez, of Laval, Que., and Townsend racked up three breaks on six chances and won 63.2 per cent of return points in a dominant first set.
  The North American pair overcame serving issues in the second set — they had five double-fau
  
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• Mission RCMP asking for help in locating missing 35-year-old woman

  03-05-2023 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mounties in Mission are asking for the public’s help in locating a 35-year-old female who was reported missing on Monday, May 1.Stephanie Lang, 35, is described as a Caucasian female, 5’6″ tall, with a slender build, blonde hair, and green eyes.She was last seen wearing black sweat pants, pink shoes, and a black baseball cap
  Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Stephanie Lang is urged to contact Mission RCMP at 604-826-7161, or their local police.
  
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• Lawyers charged by regulatory body after investigation into surveilling judge

  03-05-2023 18:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Two lawyers are facing charges under the Law Society of Manitoba after the regulatory body investigated complaints they hired a private investigator to surveil a judge who was hearing a case involving COVID-19 public health orders. 
  John Carpay, president of the Calgary-based Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, and Randal Jay Cameron face charges from the independent regulator.
  Charges include undermining the public respect for the administration of justice and a he
  
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• Canada sanctions Iran morality police officers, prison and drone company

  03-05-2023 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada has slapped fresh sanctions on Iranian officials whom Ottawa blames for the arrest of Mahsa Amini, whose death sparked widespread anti-regime protests last September.
  Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly has announced a travel ban and asset freeze on nine people and one prison for “gross and systematic human rights violations.”
  The list includes four members of the so-called morality police whom Canada accuses of being in the squadron that arrested Amini
  
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• One dead in targeted B.C. shooting - Chilliwack Progress

  03-05-2023 17:55 via news.google.com
  
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• Province touts micro-credentials in latest post-secondary education ... - Chilliwack Progress

  03-05-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack council adopts new public alerting policy with app used in ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  03-05-2023 17:20 via news.google.com
  
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• Bear gives West Virginia principal a roaring wake-up call

  03-05-2023 17:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A black bear gave a West Virginia principal quite the wake-up call when it emerged — growling and roaring — from a dumpster outside an elementary school.
  Zela Elementary School principal James Marsh was surprised to discover the bear had somehow managed to get inside the dumpster over the weekend even after the school installed a lock bar. As Marsh was unlocking the bin Monday, the bear began pushing open the lid.“That will wake a person up,” Marsh said Tuesday in a phone
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Limited use of involuntary care should be considered

  03-05-2023 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  As the overdose crisis continues to claim lives in British Columbia every day, BC United continues to urge the NDP government to explore every possible avenue to help those struggling to overcome addiction. Government should be providing these individuals with access to all types of treatment and support services to achieve long-term recovery, including the limited use of involuntary care as a necessary tool to treat mental health and substance use disorders as laid out in the Official Oppositio
  
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• CSIS must inform MPs about all threats against them, no matter how credible: Trudeau

  03-05-2023 16:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada’s intelligence agencies are being directed to immediately inform MPs if there are any threats against them, regardless of whether the threats are considered credible.
  Trudeau says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service never told anyone about information it received concerning China threatening family members of Conservative MP Michael Chong who live in Hong Kong.
  The prime minister says he only learned on Monday, after it was re
  
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• Canfor reports $142M Q1 loss compared with a profit a year ago

  03-05-2023 15:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Canfor Corp. reported a loss in its first-quarter compared with a profit a year ago as its lumber operations in Western Canada faced lower prices.
  Canfor chief executive Don Kayne says it was another challenging quarter for the company’s lumber business.The Vancouver-based forestry company says strong earnings from its European operations and more modest results from its operations in the U.S. South were outweighed by continued pricing pressure on its western Canadian ope
  
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• After overnight dress rehearsal, RCMP say they’re ready to play key coronation role

  03-05-2023 15:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Londoners up in the early hours of Wednesday morning were treated to a full dress rehearsal of King Charles’ coronation procession — including five RCMP members riding just ahead of the gold state coach that will carry the King and Queen Consort to Buckingham palace after Saturday’s ceremony.
  The rehearsals began after midnight and culminated in a 3 a.m. procession down the Mall — the road to Buckingham Palace — which is already draped with flags and lined with meta
  
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• Russia says it foiled an alleged drone attack on Kremlin

  03-05-2023 14:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities accused Ukraine on Wednesday of attempting to attack the Kremlin with two drones overnight in an effort to assassinate President Vladimir Putin.The Kremlin decried the alleged attack attempt as a “terrorist act” and said Russian military and security forces stopped the drones before they could strike.In a statement carried by Russian state-run news agencies, it said no casualties took place.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russia’s st
  
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• Players urge Canada Soccer members to vote for leadership change at annual meeting

  03-05-2023 14:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canadian men’s and women’s soccer teams are urging change in Canada Soccer’s leadership at the governing body’s annual meeting this week in Saint John, N.B.
  In a letter to presidents of the provincial federations, the players say soccer in Canada is at “an inflection point, and we are deeply concerned about the ability of Canada Soccer’s leadership to guide the organization into the future.”
  “For far too long, we have been engaging with leaders
  
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• Dissident pulled off plane by Belarus gets 8 years in prison

  03-05-2023 12:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian court convicted a dissident journalist who was arrested after being pulled off a commercial flight that was diverted to the country and sentenced him Wednesday to eight years in prison.Raman Pratasevich’s dramatic arrest in May 2021 elicited outrage in the West, with some leaders saying the plane’s diversion was tantamount to state-sponsored hijacking.
  Belarusian flight controllers ordered the Ryanair jetliner traveling between Greece and Li
  
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• Leeds hires Sam Allardyce as manager after firing Gracia

  03-05-2023 11:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LEEDS, England (AP) — Sam Allardyce made an unlikely return to the Premier League on Wednesday when the 68-year-old former England coach was hired by Leeds until the end of the season after the relegation-threatened club fired manager Javi Gracia.
  Allardyce’s last coaching role was at West Bromwich Albion for the second half of the 2020-21 season, when he failed in his short-term mission to keep the team in the Premier League.
  That hasn’t stopped Leeds from turning to Allardyce
  
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