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• Houston-area Shell chemical plant catches fire

  05-05-2023 23:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DEER PARK, Texas (AP) — A chemical plant in the Houston area caught fire Friday, sending a huge plume of smoke into the sky.
  The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said the fire was at a Shell USA Inc. facility in Deer Park, a suburb east of Houston.
  Officers received a service call just after 3 p.m. Friday to help divert traffic around the plant, Harris County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Thomas Gilliland said. The city of Deer Park said in an advisory that there was no shelter-in-p
  
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• Man gets 14 years in 1/6 case, longest sentence imposed yet

  05-05-2023 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Kentucky man with a long criminal record was sentenced Friday to a record-setting 14 years in prison for attacking police officers with pepper spray as he stormed the U.S. Capitol with his wife.
  Peter Schwartz’s prison sentence is the longest so far among hundreds of Capitol riot cases. The judge who sentenced Schwartz also handed down the previous longest sentence — 10 years — to a retired New York Police Department officer who assaulted a police offi
  
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• COVID-19 is still with us even as WHO says it is no longer a global emergency: Duclos

  05-05-2023 23:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the impact of COVID-19 is still with us even after the World Health Organization declared earlier today that the illness no longer qualifies as a global emergency.
  The declaration made in Geneva is a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions of people worldwide.
  But Duclos says while it’s the end of an emergency, it’s not the end of the thre
  
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• Ottawa aims to add new limits to controversial use of dry cells in prisons

  05-05-2023 23:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government says it is changing prison regulations to limit the use of dry cells and improve the process for the search and seizure of contraband in correctional institutions.
  Dry cells, in which there is no access to running water, are used to closely monitor inmates under bright lighting on the expectation they will eventually pass whatever they might be concealing in their bodies.
  The proposed regulations would require officials to use body scanner technology more of
  
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• Canada finishes seventh in men’s 10m synchro at Diving World Cup

  05-05-2023 22:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Canada’s Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray finished seventh in the men’s 10-metre platform synchronized event at the World Aquatics Diving World Cup on Friday.
  Lian Junjie and Yang Hao of China captured gold, Kirill Boliukh and Oleksii Sereda of Ukraine won silver and Noah Williams and Matthew Lee of Britain earned bronze at the Olympic Pool.
  Wiens, a 21-year-old from Pike Lake, Sask., and the 20-year-old Zsmobor-Murray of Pointe-Claire, Que., finished with a com
  
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• After winning $385K in damages from Quebec government, Charest seeking $700K more

  05-05-2023 22:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — Former Quebec premier Jean Charest is seeking another $705,000 from the provincial government for media leaks related to a corruption investigation targeting him and his party.
  A judge already awarded him $385,000 in damages in early April after Charest sued the government because journalists were given details about a police investigation into alleged illegal Liberal party financing during his tenure as premier.
  The former premier and recent candidate for the leadership of the Co
  
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• Leafs have no doubts in turning series around despite taking 0-2 deficit on the road

  05-05-2023 22:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Sheldon Keefe’s tone when he spoke to media on Friday was a far cry from the one he had less than 24 hours prior.
  The Toronto Maple Leafs head coach wore a blank expression with little to say in a very brief post-game press conference after his team’s 3-2 loss to the Florida Panthers on Thursday in Game 2 of their second-round playoff series.
  With Toronto staring at an 0-2 deficit going on the road for the next two games, Keefe said his team isn’t lacking confid
  
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• Canada 15s captain Sophie de Goede set to makes World Series sevens debut

  05-05-2023 22:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada 15s captain Sophie de Goede, a nominee for World Rugby’s Women’s 15s Player of the Year award in 2022, will make her HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series debut next week in France.
  The May 12-14 HSBC France Sevens is the seventh and last stop on the women’s sevens circuit. The eighth-ranked Canadian women will face No. 1 New Zealand, the third-ranked U.S. and invitational side Poland in Pool A at Stade Ernest-Wallon.
  De Goede, who plays No. 8 for the 15s team, joins a sevens s
  
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• Wildfire evacuees in northern Saskatchewan head to Regina

  05-05-2023 22:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — Molly Herman says all she could do was cry as she and her three young children fled from La Loche, Sask., early Friday morning as a nearby wildfire threatens the northern community.
  Standing outside a Regina hotel, Herman said she’s weak and tired after she and dozens of others took a bus to the provincial capital for shelter and support.
  “You could just see flames in the air, like a block away behind my house … I was literally shedding tears while I was packing
  
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• Sudan’s warring sides send envoys for talks in Saudi Arabia

  05-05-2023 22:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ASWAN, Egypt (AP) — Sudan’s two warring generals sent their envoys on Friday to Saudi Arabia for talks aimed at firming up a shaky cease-fire after three weeks of fierce fighting that has killed hundreds and pushed the African country to the brink of collapse, three Sudanese officials said.
  The negotiations would be the first between Sudan’s military, led by Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, commanded by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, since clas
  
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• The Simon Fraser Football Alumni Society tables proposal to university

  05-05-2023 21:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY, B.C. — The Simon Fraser Football Alumni Society outlined details Friday of a proposal it sent to the school regarding the future of its football program.
  School president Joy Johnson announced April 4 that Simon Fraser was discontinuing its football program, effective immediately. Johnson said the decision wasn’t based on financial reasons, but on the Texas-based Lone Star Conference’s announcement it would not renew its football affiliation with Simon Fraser past the
  
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• Senator says RCMP must release evidence of alleged Chinese police stations in Canada

  05-05-2023 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Canadian senator is denouncing the stigmatization of two Montreal-area community organizations that have been accused by the RCMP of hosting secret Chinese government police stations.
  Independent Sen. Yuen Pau Woo told reporters today that the RCMP must come forward with evidence against these two groups.
  Woo made the comments during a news conference with members of Montreal’s Chinese community at the office of one of the groups targeted by the police, Service à
  
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• New Westminster, B.C., police charge two suspects with kidnapping

  05-05-2023 20:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — Police in New Westminster, B.C., say two suspects have been charged in the armed kidnapping of a person in the city last month.
  Police say they learned a local resident had been kidnapped on April 25, and with the help of five other Metro Vancouver police units, including the gang squad and emergency response team, they were quickly able to arrest two armed suspects and safely rescue the hostage.
  Police say the two suspects face charges of kidnapping, forcible confi
  
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• Scoundrels damage vehicles at Abbotsford home with axes, swords and bats

  05-05-2023 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department is investigating a bizarre case of mischief and vandalism in which a large group of suspects, likely young males, smashed windows and destroyed property at a home in Abbotsford last week in what appears to be a targeted hit.According to a press release from Constable Scott McClure, media relations officer for the Abbotsford Police Department, patrol officers from Abby PD responded to a report of mischief in progress at a residence in the 2300 b
  
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• Supreme Court blocks Richard Glossip’s execution in Oklahoma

  05-05-2023 20:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday blocked Oklahoma from executing death row inmate Richard Glossip after the state’s attorney general agreed Glossip’s life should be spared.
  Glossip had been scheduled to be put to death on May 18 despite statements by new Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond that Glossip did not receive a fair trial.
  An Oklahoma appeals court subsequently upheld Glossip’s conviction and the state’s pardon and parole board deadlocke
  
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• Hundreds of pounds of pasta dumped near New Jersey stream

  05-05-2023 20:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OLD BRIDGE, N.J. (AP) — Authorities in a central New Jersey town say they are no longer noodling over the mystery of how hundreds of pounds of pasta were dumped near a stream.
  Old Bridge Mayor Owen Henry said Friday that the spaghetti, noodles and macaroni was cleaned up last week by public works crews, shortly after officials learned about the oodles of noodles that quickly drew national attention when photos of the pasta were posted on social media.
  The estimated 500 pounds (225 kilogram
  
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• Scrutiny of CRA push to collect on overpaid COVID benefits welcome: minister’s office

  05-05-2023 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier’s office says it welcomes a federal watchdog’s decision to monitor the Canada Revenue Agency’s approach to collecting on overpayments of COVID-19 benefits.The Office of the Taxpayers’ Ombudsperson announced Thursday it is monitoring complaints from people who say they are receiving collection letters from the CRA despite having repaid the government for pandemic benefits they did not qualify for.
  The CRA announced in Apr
  
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• More than 13,000 people forced from homes as wildfires burn across Alberta

  05-05-2023 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Alberta emergency officials say more than 13,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes as 78 wildfires burn across the province — 19 of them out of control. 
  An out-of-control 1,500-hectare wildfire has caused thousands of people to flee Drayton Valley, Alta., and the surrounding rural area
  An evacuation order was issued Thursday night instructing more than 7,000 residents to leave the town about 140 kilometres west of Edmonton.
  Evacuees are to go to Edmonton and register at t
  
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• Lockdown at Langley schools sparked by online threats of “slaughter” - Chilliwack Progress

  05-05-2023 20:15 via news.google.com
  
  Lockdown at Langley schools sparked by online threats of “slaughter”  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Get your tickets for Chilliwack Hospice’s Fashionista Fashion Show Friday, May 12

  05-05-2023 20:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — It’s being billed as a “Tea Party with a Twist,” and it’s sure to be a good time next Friday, May 12 at 6:30 p.m. at Evergreen Hall in Chilliwack.The fifth annual Thrifty Boutique Fashionista Fashion Show, sponsored by Chilliwack Hospice Society, features over 50 original outfits worn by volunteer models, a cash bar, silent auction, hat contest, and door prizes.The 50 original outfits will be available for purchase after the show.Tickets are $25 each, a
  
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• Laval’s Arnaud Desjardins to attend Bombers camp via CFL internship program

  05-05-2023 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Quarterback Arnaud Desjardins ended last season celebrating a Vanier Cup championship with the Laval Rouge et Or. He will start the ’23 campaign at the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ training camp.
  Desjardins, of Montreal, will be one of nine participants in the CFL’s quarterback internship program. The initiative, which began in 2010, gives quarterbacks playing in Canada the chance to further develop through attending a CFL team’s training camp.
  Arnaud, who led U
  
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• Veteran coaches Bruce Arena, Bob Bradley face off Saturday as Revs visit Toronto

  05-05-2023 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Bob Bradley and Bruce Arena face off as coaching rivals for the seventh time Saturday, the latest chapter in a relationship that stretches back some 40 years.
  Both are focused on the present rather than the past, however.
  Bradley’s Toronto FC (2-2-6) looks to build on just its second win of the season, a 1-0 decision last Saturday over New York City FC, when Arena’s New England Revolution (6-1-3) visits BMO Field. The league-leading Revs, on a eight-game unbeaten run
  
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• Leafs forward Knies has concussion, unlikely to return in second-round series

  05-05-2023 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto forward Matthew Knies has been ruled out of the Maple Leafs’ next two playoff games with a concussion and is unlikely to return during their second-round series, head coach Sheldon Keefe said Friday.
  The 20-year-old forward sustained the injury in Thursday night’s 3-2 loss to the Florida Panthers in Game 2 of the series.
  Knies was cross-checked into the boards in the first period by Florida’s Sam Bennett, who followed up by grabbing the Leafs winger by the head/neck are
  
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• American busted for smuggling loaded guns across Fraser Valley border crossing

  05-05-2023 19:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — An American who tried to smuggle loaded, restricted firearms through the Canadian border crossing in Surrey will live to regret his ill-advised decision.The Canada Border Services Agency announced in a press release Thursday (May 4) that Jonathan Ressler, a U.S. resident, was sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to the possession of loaded, restricted and prohibited firearms without a license, contrary to section 95(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada.Ressler was s
  
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• ‘It’s surreal’: Canadian to play King Charles’s former cello in coronation concert

  05-05-2023 19:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON — When Marion Portelance plays in King Charles’s coronation concert on Sunday, she’ll be playing a cello with a special connection to the monarch.
  The student from the Royal College of Music, who is originally from Montreal, will be playing on a William Forster cello from 1804 that was once owned and played by King Charles.The 24-year-old says she’s honoured and excited to play at the concert, which follows Saturday’s coronation ceremony.
  She’s part of
  
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• YDHS will not sell or rent museum collection to Forager Foundation - Chilliwack Progress

  05-05-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
  YDHS will not sell or rent museum collection to Forager Foundation  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Hockey coaches not afraid to show some emotion on the bench this post-season

  05-05-2023 18:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The stoic, high-intensity style of hockey coaches who barely blink on the bench after a big goal may be changing somewhat in this NHL post-season. 
  And Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe appears to be leading the way. 
  He just about jumped out of his shoes in Toronto’s first OT win of the playoffs. The sequel a few nights later was just as emphatic.
  “It’s just nice to see the emotion,” said Maple Leafs forward Ryan O’Reilly. “Everyone&rs
  
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• THE MOJ: It’s training camp time, and Lions’ optimism abounds - Chilliwack Progress

  05-05-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
  THE MOJ: It’s training camp time, and Lions’ optimism abounds  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• ICC chief prosecutor says he has ‘every confidence’ South Africa will arrest Putin

  05-05-2023 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor says he has every confidence that South Africa will arrest Vladimir Putin when the Russian president is expected to attend an international summit there in August.
  Karim Khan defended his decision to issue the arrest warrant at a news conference in Ottawa today, saying it is a “litmus test” for whether the international community will take collective action against Putin for Russia’s year-old assault again
  
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• Toffoli, Fantilli highlight Canada roster for upcoming world hockey championship

  05-05-2023 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Calgary Flames veteran forward Tyler Toffoli and top prospect Adam Fantilli were among 20 players named Friday to Canada’s roster for the upcoming world hockey championship.
  Toffoli had the best offensive NHL season of the players named, with 34 goals and 39 assists in 82 games.
  He is one of three Flames named to the roster along with defenceman MacKenzie Weegar and veteran forward Milan Lucic.
  Fantilli had a NCAA-leading 30 goals and 65 points for the Michigan Wolverines last season en ro
  
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• RCMP Musical Ride tickets go on sale today for Chilliwack shows in June

  05-05-2023 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Tickets for two performances of the RCMP Musical Ride in Chilliwack in late June are now on sale effective Friday morning, May 5.In an email from Chilliwack Fair event coordinator Nicole Williams, tickets are now on sale for the performances on Thursday, June 29 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. at Heritage Park in Chilliwack.Adults and general admission are $20 (13 yrs and above), children are $10 (2-12 yrs), and 2 yrs and under don’t require a ticket if sitting on a lap. Tickets ar
  
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• Tickets on sale for RCMP Musical Ride in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  05-05-2023 18:19 via news.google.com
  
  Tickets on sale for RCMP Musical Ride in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• NHL fines Panthers’ Benett $5K for cross-checking Maple Leafs’ Bunting

  05-05-2023 17:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — The NHL has fined Florida Panthers forward Sam Bennett US$5,000 for cross-checking Toronto forward Michael Bunting in Game 2 of their second-round playoff series.
  The incident occurred in the second period of Florida’s 3-2 win in Toronto on Thursday night. Bennett cross-checked Bunting in the side of the head in a scrum in front of the Panthers’ net and was given a minor penalty.
  The fine is the maximum amount allowed under the collective bargaining agreement between
  
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• Liberal party convention set to hear from Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jean Chrétien

  05-05-2023 17:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Former U.S. secretary of state and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is set to take the stage at the Liberal party convention this evening for a conversation with Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland. 
  She is expected to draw a big crowd, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not be in the room as he travels to attend the King’s coronation in London.
  Former prime minister Jean Chrétien and François-Philippe Champagne are scheduled to address the party
  
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• Quebec coroner formally identifies the two firefighters swept away in floodwaters

  05-05-2023 17:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAINT-URBAIN, Que. — The Quebec coroner’s office has confirmed that two bodies pulled from a river Wednesday in the province’s Charlevoix region were those of volunteer firefighters who had been swept away by floodwaters.
  A spokesperson says the two men who disappeared on Monday during a rescue mission were Régis Lavoie, 55, and Christopher Lavoie, 23.
  Police on Wednesday found their bodies about 500 metres apart in the Rivière du Gouffre, in St-Urbain, Que.
  Quebe
  
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• Proud Boys’ Tarrio guilty of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy - Chilliwack Progress

  05-05-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
  
  Proud Boys’ Tarrio guilty of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Biden said to pick Air Force general as Joint Chiefs chair

  05-05-2023 17:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to nominate a history-making Air Force fighter pilot general with years of experience in shaping U.S. defenses to meet China’s rise to serve as the nation’s next top military officer, according to two people familiar with the decision.If confirmed by the Senate, Air Force Gen. C.Q. Brown Jr. would replace the current chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Mark Milley, whose term ends in October.Brown has long been cons
  
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• Manslaughter conviction set aside due to delay caused by Crown, Supreme Court says

  05-05-2023 17:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says it set aside a man’s manslaughter and firearm convictions because of an unwarranted delay in his trial caused by the Crown.
  In reasons released today for a decision made from the bench last month, the top court says the net delay of about 35 months violated Dia ‘Eddin Hanan’s Charter right to be tried within a reasonable time.
  Hanan was charged in the shooting of two people in December 2015. 
  His jury trial was slated to begi
  
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• Trudeau says no decision yet on expelling Chinese envoy implicated in threats to MP

  05-05-2023 16:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says no decision has been made yet on whether to expel a Chinese diplomat who allegedly targeted a member of Parliament and his family. 
  Trudeau says removing another country’s envoy from Canada is a big step and all the potential effects of such a decision must be considered.
  Conservative MP Michael Chong says he was informed this week that allegations China was targeting his family members in Hong Kong were shared with the prime minister&
  
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• With flags and fancy hats, Canadians join the crowds ahead of King’s coronation

  05-05-2023 16:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON — Canadians are joining the crush of jubilant royal fans from all over the world converging on London ahead of tomorrow’s coronation. 
  Flag-draped tents were lined three deep along the road to Buckingham Palace as royal fans donned fancy hats and plastic crowns, sipped champagne and took photos of cardboard cutouts of King Charles. 
  Over a dozen members of the Monarchist League of Canada gathered in front of a statue of King George VI, where they unfurled a huge Cana
  
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• WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it’s no longer emergency - Chilliwack Progress

  05-05-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Secrets and Lives with Rebecca Burrows - Chilliwack Progress

  05-05-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Interior communities brace for weekend rain as floods forecasted in ... - Chilliwack Progress

  05-05-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• King Charles III surprises crowd outside Buckingham Palace

  05-05-2023 16:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — King Charles III surprised a crowd of fans Friday assembled outside Buckingham Palace who had begun gathering a day ahead of his coronation.The king, his eldest son, Prince William, and daughter-in-law, Kate, stopped for a walkabout to shake hands and speak briefly with the adoring throng.
  Many of those in the crowd planned to spend Friday night hoping for a prime perch for the procession Saturday, with a view of the newly crowned monarch and Camilla, his wife, waving from th
  
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• Football Canada, NFL Canada reach agreement on long-term deal

  05-05-2023 15:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Football Canada has partnered with NFL Canada to support and grow the sport in this country.
  The three-year deal, announced Friday, will focus on youth participation programs (boys and girls, aged eight to 12 years) and coaching clinics in Canada, with the aim of helping grow female football.
  NFL Canada will also support Football Canada’s youth flag football programs to “underserved communities” while strengthening player pathways to international competition.
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• Formula E considering a return to Canada as new GEN3 engine revolutionizes sport

  05-05-2023 15:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Formula E’s chief executive officer says that a Canadian stop on the electric car racing circuit would make a lot of sense.
  Jamie Reigle, who is from Vancouver, spoke on Wednesday about the possibility of having a Canadian event as he arrived in Nice, France, ahead of Formula E’s race in Monaco this weekend. 
  He said that the cinematic quality of certain Canadian cities would really lend themselves to the 16-round series that has races in Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Berlin, Rome, an
  
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• Showtime! UK readies pomp for King Charles III’s coronation - Chilliwack Progress

  05-05-2023 12:10 via news.google.com
  
  Showtime! UK readies pomp for King Charles III’s coronation  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• In The News for May 5 : A look at April’s employment numbers

  05-05-2023 10:16 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 5 …
  What we are watching in Canada …
  Statistics Canada is set to release its April labour force survey this morning, providing updated numbers on employment levels in the country. 
  RBC says it expects 12,000 jobs were added last month, the lowest number since September.  
  Employers have kept their hiring appeti
  
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• ‘We are in a crisis’: Red Dress Day honoured as leaders say more work to be done

  05-05-2023 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The head of the Native Women’s Association of Canada says it’s clear there’s an ongoing emergency nearly four years after the final report into missing and murdered Indigenous woman and girls was released. 
  “We are in a crisis,” said Carol McBride. 
  Red dresses are set to be on display across the country Friday to recognize the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People. It has become known as Red Dress
  
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• ‘The ship sank all over again’: Families of victims in wreck recall Gordon Lightfoot

  05-05-2023 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Darren Muljo was six years old when his teacher asked the students in his elementary school class to pick a song they wanted to learn to play.
  Muljo, now 52, chose the 1976 song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” by legendary Canadian folk musician Gordon Lightfoot. 
  Muljo’s mother, Cheryl Rozman, first introduced him to the six-minute-long folk ballad, which chronicles the demise of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
  The ship sank in Lake Superior near Whitefish Point, Mich., durin
  
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