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• Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley not expected to play again this weekend

  04-05-2023 23:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley, who has not played since a 0-0 tie at Nashville on April 8, looks set to miss his fourth straight outing.
  The 35-year-old midfielder was listed as questionable ahead of last weekend’s 1-0 win over New York City FC but did not dress. Coach Bob Bradley, Michael’s father, had said he hoped the skipper might be ready for this weekend’s visit by the New England Revolution.
  Bradley did not participate in the portion of training open to media Thursd
  
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• Vancouver Police arrest man selling crack, coke and meth from mobile trailer in DTES

  04-05-2023 23:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A day after a man boldly proclaimed that he would begin selling crack, coke, and crystal meth from his trailer in the Downtown Eastside, Vancouver Police swiftly arrested the drug-dealing entrepreneur.
  In a press release issued at 1:28 p.m. Thursday (May 4), Vancouver Police have arrested a man for drug trafficking in connection with an illicit drug dispensary that began operating yesterday in the Downtown Eastside.
  VPD’s Organized Crime Section launched an investigation
  
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• Police: Former student arrested for 3 stabbings in Davis

  04-05-2023 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — A 21-year-old who was a student at the University of California, Davis, until last week was arrested Wednesday for allegedly committing three recent stabbings, including two that were fatal, city police said.Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel said Carlos Domiguez was taken into custody on Tuesday after 15 people called in reports of a person who matched the description of the suspect in a local park. Pytel says that Dominguez had a large knife in his backpack. He was wear
  
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• Veteran kicker Sergio Castillo rejoins Bombers after being cut by Elks

  04-05-2023 23:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Sergio Castillo wasn’t unemployed long.
  Not long after being released by the Edmonton Elks on Thursday, the veteran kicker signed a one-year deal with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
  Castillo, an American, hit 37-of-44 field goals last season with Edmonton while averaging 60 yards on kickoffs. He signed with Edmonton as a free agent after helping Winnipeg win a Grey Cup title in 2021.
  The Elks also released American defensive lineman Avery Ellis. Edmonton acquired Ellis, 28, fr
  
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• Embattled 1st Black St. Louis prosecutor Kim Gardner resigns

  04-05-2023 23:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Embattled St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner announced Thursday that she will resign amid calls from Republican leaders for her ouster.
  In a letter to Republican Gov. Mike Parson released by Gardner’s office, she said she will step aside effective June 1.
  Gardner is the city’s first Black prosecutor and a Democrat. Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey took legal steps to remove her from office in February, alleging negligence.Bailey has said too many c
  
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• N. Carolina legislature approves abortion rules; veto ahead

  04-05-2023 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina lawmakers on Thursday approved a ban on nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, down from the current 20 weeks, in response to last year’s overturning of Roe v. Wade at the U.S. Supreme Court.
  The ban is one of the least onerous of a slew of bills Republican-led assemblies have pushed through in recent months since the high court stripped away women’s constitutional protections for abortion. Other states have banned the procedure ne
  
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• Icedogs players kicked out, GM handed two-year suspension for violating OHL policies

  04-05-2023 23:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Ontario Hockey League announced Thursday that two players on the Niagara IceDogs, including team captain Landon Cato, have been kicked out of the league and the team’s general manager has been suspended two-years for violating league policies.
  The sanctions were handed down after findings from an independent third-party investigation.
  The OHL had received allegations that “certain Niagara IceDog players” had violated the OHL’s maltreatment, bullying an
  
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• MPs advise against military intervention in Haiti, but call for improved sanctions

  04-05-2023 22:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The House of Commons foreign-affairs committee is urging Ottawa not to send troops to clear out Haiti’s violent gangs, but instead to beef up sanctions targeting that country’s political and economic elite.
  Members of Parliament on the committee say Canada should make clear its military will not participate in direct military operations on the ground — which means rejecting a request from Haiti’s de facto prime minister, Ariel Henry. 
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• Ex-Democrat Florida gov nominee not guilty of lying to FBI

  04-05-2023 22:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida Democratic candidate for governor Andrew Gillum, who came within a whisker of defeating Republican Ron DeSantis in 2018, was acquitted Thursday of lying to the FBI in a corruption case that also involved illegal use of campaign contributions.
  But the federal jury hung on charges that Gillum funneled tens of thousands of dollars in campaign money to personal accounts. Prosecutors said they will retry him on those counts. They had claimed Gillum was st
  
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• Taxpayer watchdog tracking CRA efforts to collect on overpayment of COVID-19 benefits

  04-05-2023 22:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The office of Canada’s Taxpayers’ Ombudsperson says it is monitoring complaints from people who say they’ve continued to receive collection letters from the Canada Revenue Agency despite having repaid the government for COVID-19 benefits they did not qualify for.
  François Boileau’s office says in a press release published today that it continues to receive such complaints and will launch a former investigation if necessary.
  The ombudsperson says it i
  
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• Here's what's coming up at Chilliwack's 3 libraries - Chilliwack Progress

  04-05-2023 22:07 via news.google.com
  
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• Liberal convention ‘essential’ to help send optimistic message to Canadians: Trudeau

  04-05-2023 21:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Federal Liberals are billing their party convention this week as a chance to contrast what they say is their more positive vision for Canada with the “politics of anger” being stoked by their chief opponents.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived to kick off the three-day convention in downtown Ottawa with short speeches to the party’s Indigenous and youth wings mid-afternoon before he delivers a keynote address later tonight.
  He says the conversations the party
  
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• Brandon Montour shining for surprising Panthers: ‘I just wanted to run with it’

  04-05-2023 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Brandon Montour unloaded a one-timer and watched the puck hit the back of the net before dropping to one knee and sweeping his glove over the ice in celebration. 
  The third-period goal on a delayed penalty took the air out of Scotiabank Arena and gave his Florida Panthers breathing room on the way to a 4-2 victory in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series against the Toronto Maple Leafs. 
  For anyone not paying attention this season, Montour stepping up in a key mom
  
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• Police ID man shot dead in Surrey Tuesday - Chilliwack Progress

  04-05-2023 21:39 via news.google.com
  
  Police ID man shot dead in Surrey Tuesday  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Sex offender wanted by Kamloops RCMP for alleged breaches in ... - Kelowna Capital News

  04-05-2023 21:23 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack real estate making slow gains as weather warms - Hope ... - Hope Standard

  04-05-2023 21:15 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack band 'Like Bears' releases single, kicks off 10-stop ... - Chilliwack Progress

  04-05-2023 21:14 via news.google.com
  
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• G.W. Graham football players chosen for CFC Prospect Game in Ottawa

  04-05-2023 21:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Two standouts from the G.W. Graham senior varsity football program have been chosen to play in the CFC Prospect Game, a contest featuring the top 70 Canadian high school football prospects, later this month in Ottawa.Brody Munro, an offensive tackle who has committed to play at the University of Alberta in 2024 on a full athletic scholarship, and Riley Ashley, a linebacker who contributed mightily to the Grizzlies defence, are slated to play in the game on Friday, May 26 at TD
  
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• Canadian rider Derek Gee looks forward to testing himself at Giro d’Italia

  04-05-2023 20:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Derek Gee feels a mix of emotions heading into Saturday’s start of the Giro d’Italia.
  Gee, the lone Canadian rider in the field, is excited to be taking part in his first Grand Tour event (the other two are the Tour de France and the Spanish Vuelta). But the 25-year-old from Ottawa also has a healthy respect for what lies ahead — 21 stages and 3,489.2 kilometres of hard racing against the world’s best. 
  “A good mix of excitement and nerves,” Gee said. &ld
  
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• Pilots decry industry push for solo flying - Chilliwack Progress

  04-05-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Attorney general alerts online companies to B.C.’s new image-sharing law

  04-05-2023 20:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s attorney general has sent a letter to technology companies warning they could face orders to stop the distribution of intimate images of B.C. residents that have been shared without their consent.
  Niki Sharma says the Intimate Images Protection Act will come into force in the coming months and create new legal mechanisms to stop the distribution of such photos online.
  In a letter sent to companies, including Twitter, Meta, OnlyFans, and Pornhub, Sharma s
  
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• No Mow May? Good intentions, bad approach, critics say - Chilliwack Progress

  04-05-2023 20:20 via news.google.com
  
  No Mow May? Good intentions, bad approach, critics say  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• How to have a fun summer when your finances fall short - Chilliwack Progress

  04-05-2023 20:20 via news.google.com
  
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• Tyre Nichols died of blunt force injuries, autopsy shows

  04-05-2023 20:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tyre Nichols died of blunt force injuries to the head after he was beaten by Memphis police during a January arrest, an autopsy report released Thursday showed.
  The autopsy said the manner of death was homicide. It described multiple contusions, brain injuries, cuts and bruises to the head and other parts of the body.
  Nichols was Black, as were the five police officers fired and charged with second-degree murder and other counts after his death. They pleaded not guilt
  
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• GOP Oregon state senators boycott 2nd day, prevent quorum

  04-05-2023 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Republican members of the Oregon Senate on Thursday extended their boycott of Senate proceedings into a second day, delaying action by the majority Democrats on bills on gun safety, abortion rights and gender-affirming health care.The stayaway prevented a quorum, with Senate President Rob Wagner having to postpone the planned opening of the Senate. Republican lawmakers have used walkouts in the past, but this time — if they continue to stay away — they’
  
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• Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce calls on mediator to help end bus strike

  04-05-2023 20:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Not long after Chilliwack City Council voted to join the cities of Abbotsford and Mission in sending a letter to the B.C. NDP government to help resolve the ongoing bus strike, another organization in Chilliwack is joining the effort to end the transit strike.In a Facebook post on Wednesday (May 3), the Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce indicated that it is asking the Ministry of Labour to appoint a mediator to help resolve the current transit strike affecting businesses and comm
  
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• ‘Hissy fit’ fallout: trade minister speaks with U.S. envoy over tax-credit comment

  04-05-2023 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — International Trade Minister Mary Ng has talked to the U.S. envoy to Ottawa after he accused Canada of having a “hissy fit” about about electric vehicle tax credits.
  David Cohen made the comments Wednesday during a speech at the Wilson Center’s Canada Institute in Washington, D.C. 
  Cohen was describing Canada’s initial reaction to President Joe Biden’s plan to create tax credits for EVs that favoured vehicles built in the U.S. with union labo
  
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• Environment Canada opens Fisheries Act investigation into Kearl tailings releases

  04-05-2023 19:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Environment Canada is opening an investigation into whether Imperial Oil broke federal laws with two releases of tailings from its Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta.
  The federal agency’s enforcement branch says it is looking into whether the releases broke the Fisheries Act, which forbids putting hazardous materials into waters inhabited by fish. In May 2022, Imperial workers discovered what they at first called discoloured water seeping from one of the mine’s
  
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• As cities recover from flooding, Quebec premier warns not enough money to go around

  04-05-2023 19:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault says the province doesn’t have enough money to satisfy all the demands from cities for climate change-related projects.
  Legault made the comments today as cities and towns across the province clean up after severe flooding washed out roads and cut off communities from basic services.
  Quebec municipalities are asking for $2 billion in new money over five years to deal with climate adaptation, noting that each dollar invested now will s
  
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• Canadian Indigenous leaders meet with King Charles in London ahead of coronation

  04-05-2023 19:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A delegation of Indigenous leaders from Canada has met with King Charles ahead of Saturday’s coronation.
  Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Natan Obed and Métis National Council President Cassidy Caron had an audience at Buckingham Palace.
  Obed says the leaders were able to talk about the issues facing their communities and invited the King to visit Canada to continue the work of reconciliation. 
  The three leaders say
  
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• Man who was convicted of second-degree murder of his mom dies at Mission prison

  04-05-2023 19:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — A man who was convicted in the second-degree murder of his mom has died at Mission Institution, a medium-security federal prison in the Fraser Valley.The Correctional Service of Canada said in a press release dated Monday, May 1 that Damian Hawley died while in custody on April 29.Hawley was charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 85-year-old mother, which happened in 2014 in Ontario. He attacked her with a hammer. He wound up pleading guilty to second-degree murder.
  
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• Highway 3 opens to single-lane traffic after landslide closure - Chilliwack Progress

  04-05-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Chamber calls on labour minister to take action to end ... - Hope Standard

  04-05-2023 18:37 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Chamber Calls On Labour Minister To Take Action To ... - Abbotsford News

  04-05-2023 18:37 via news.google.com
  
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• Quebec rights body opens investigation after young girl’s clitoris allegedly removed

  04-05-2023 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s human rights commission is investigating reports that the province’s youth protection services failed to act on a suspected case of child genital mutilation.
  The commission says in a news release today that it opened the probe on its own initiative after learning in the media about the case involving a two-year-old girl.
  La Tribune reported Wednesday that a daycare worker in the Quebec City region discovered while changing a girl’s diaper that her clit
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear man’s appeal in alleged wrongful conviction case

  04-05-2023 18:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the appeal of a Quebec man seeking compensation over imprisonment for murders he says he did not commit.
  Yves Plamondon spent almost 28 years behind bars for the first-degree murders of three people in the 1980s.
  Plamondon was relased in early 2014 pending a new trial ordered by the Quebec Court of Appeal, but the Crown elected not to proceed.
  He initiated court action seeking compensation, arguing there had been a miscarriage of justice b
  
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• Quebec renames highway for Montreal Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur

  04-05-2023 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THURSO, Que. — Quebec is renaming a provincial highway for late Montreal Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur.
  Highway 50, an east-west route in the greater Montreal area, will now be known as Autoroute Guy-Lafleur.
  The highway passes through the hockey great’s hometown of Thurso, in western Quebec.
  Lafleur died in April 2022 at the age of 70 after a battle with lung cancer.
  Premier François Legault made the announcement today in Thurso alongside Lafleur’s family.
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• Petr Klima, who scored triple OT goal in 1990 Stanley Cup final, dead at 58

  04-05-2023 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Petr Klima, whose triple-overtime goal against Boston in Game 1 of the 1990 NHL final ended the longest game in Stanley Cup final history, has died at 58.
  The Oilers confirmed Klima’s death on their Twitter account. A cause of death was not given.
  Klima scored 28 goals in 95 career NHL playoff games, with the most memorable coming in the ’90 Cup final.
  The Oilers had squandered a 2-0 lead in Game 1 after star Bruins defenceman Ray Bourque scored two goals in the thir
  
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• Chilliwack-area home sales continue to surge in April, prices going up

  04-05-2023 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — After a relatively frigid start to the year in which only 120 homes were sold in January, the number of homes sold through the MLS system of the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board totaled 277 units in April 2023.
  “Home sales continue to rise at an accelerating pace on a month-over-month basis,” said Brad Latham, president of the Chilliwack and District Real Estate Board. “Year-over-year declines are shrinking as we move past the one-year mark of the pe
  
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• “Canada in my blood’: Charles’s coronation follows half century of Canadian visits

  04-05-2023 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON — Last year, while still Prince of Wales, King Charles III opened a meeting of Commonwealth heads of government in Rwanda’s capital of Kigali and pitched Canada as an example for the world to follow.
  In a speech that reflected on the relationship between Commonwealth countries and the Crown, and on the roots of the association that run deep into the African slave trade, he commended Canada’s commitment to reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. 
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• B.C. flooding, mudslides prompt evacuation orders, highway closures in the Interior

  04-05-2023 17:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CACHE CREEK, B.C. — The first spell of summer-like weather in British Columbia has sped up snowmelt in the mountains, causing flooding and mudslides that have prompted evacuation orders and highway closures in several areas of the province’s southern Interior.
  A statement from the B.C. government says hot weather is expected to accelerate snowmelt throughout the Interior through Friday, followed by heavy rainfall.
  The statement issued late Wednesday says conditions in areas that are
  
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• New York, California probing workplace discrimination at NFL

  04-05-2023 17:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The attorneys general of New York and California announced Thursday that they are investigating allegations of workplace discrimination at the NFL, citing lawsuits filed by employees that describe sex, racial and age bias, sexual harassment, and a hostile work environment.
  Attorneys General Letitia James, of New York, and Rob Bonta, of California, said they have issued subpoenas to NFL executives as part of an examination into the workplace culture at the the league’s
  
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• Canada summons Chinese ambassador over alleged threats to Tory MP Michael Chong

  04-05-2023 17:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government is summoning China’s ambassador over allegations by Canada’s spy agency that a Chinese diplomat in Toronto was involved in a plot to intimidate a Conservative MP and his family.
  Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she asked her deputy minister to tell Chinese Ambassador Cong Peiwu that Canada will not tolerate any form of foreign interference in its affairs.
  She also says that the federal government remains open to expelling Chinese
  
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• Man dies after being placed in a chokehold by a subway rider

  04-05-2023 17:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The choking death of a man with apparent mental illness in the New York subway was setting off powerful reactions Thursday, with some calling the chokehold a homicide and others defending the passenger’s action as a defense against disorder.New York has become one of the nation’s safest cities but the emotional responses recalled the metropolis of decades ago, when residents felt besieged by crime and fatal vigilantism made national headlines.Manhattan prosecuto
  
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• Efforts resuming to repatriate five missing Canadians from Syria, lawyer says

  04-05-2023 17:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A lawyer working to repatriate Canadians from detention in Syria says there is fresh word about two women and three children who had originally been slated to return to Canada last month.
  Lawyer Lawrence Greenspon says Global Affairs Canada has confirmed that the department has recently been in contact with Kurdish authorities in northeastern Syria about the five Canadians.
  He says the department has obtained assurances the authorities will help Canada facilitate repatriation of t
  
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• Ex-Proud Boys leader Tarrio guilty of Jan. 6 sedition plot

  04-05-2023 17:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was convicted on Thursday of orchestrating a plot for members of his far-right extremist group to attack the U.S. Capitol in a desperate bid to keep Donald Trump in power after the Republican lost the 2020 presidential election.
  A jury in Washington, D.C., found Tarrio guilty of seditious conspiracy after hearing from dozens of witnesses over more than three months in one of the most serious cases brought in the stunning attack that
  
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• Source: Canadian receiver Mayala returning to Montreal Alouettes

  04-05-2023 17:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Hergy Mayala is returning to the Montreal Alouettes.
  A CFL source said Thursday the Canadian receiver had re-signed with the CFL club. The source spoke on the condition of anonymity as the Alouettes hadn’t announced the move.
  The six-foot-one, 208-pound Mayala became a CFL free agent in February and signed with the New Orleans Breakers of the United States Football League. However, he never played with the club.
  Mayala, 27, had 33 catches for 409 yards and two TDs last sea
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Supporting the arts and culture sector in the Fraser Valley

  04-05-2023 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Arts and culture organizations are the heartbeats of our communities. From comedic relief, to cultural connection, to inspirational storytelling, it’s critical that we continue to support this sector and the talented people who make art happen.
  That’s why, last week we announced $34.5 million in funding to make arts and culture organizations across B.C. more resilient, including in the Fraser Valley.
  The pandemic brought many challenges for the arts community, and we saw creativity f
  
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• Ukraine’s leader takes plea for justice to war crimes court - Chilliwack Progress

  04-05-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• This May the Fourth, Carrie Fisher gets Walk of Fame star - Chilliwack Progress

  04-05-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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