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• RCMP holds community meetings in Chilliwack to discuss policing ... - Hope Standard

  15-05-2023 23:40 via news.google.com
  
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• RCMP holds community meetings in Chilliwack to discuss policing ... - Chilliwack Progress

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• Man and teen stabbed outside Surrey hospital; suspect charged - Chilliwack Progress

  15-05-2023 23:35 via news.google.com
  
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• Kyle Dubas unsure if he will remain as Maple Leafs general manager

  15-05-2023 23:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Kyle Dubas has a big decision to make.
  It’s one of many facing the Maple Leafs.
  Toronto’s general manager said Monday as the team reflected on its second-round playoff exit that he needs time to decide whether or not he wants to continue in the role with his contract set to expire at the end of June.
  Dubas said if he does depart the Leafs it will be to spend time with his family after a trying year, adding he won’t be joining another organization for next season
  
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• 3 dead cats found on a Chilliwack lawn within 4 days leads to ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-05-2023 23:32 via news.google.com
  
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• Abbotsford’s Fast Air hosts fundraiser, holds groundbreaking ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-05-2023 23:23 via news.google.com
  
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• Autopsy showed 13-year-old B.C. teen was strangled, pathologist tells murder trial

  15-05-2023 22:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A forensic pathologist testifying in the trial of a man accused of murdering a 13-year-old girl in Burnaby, B.C., says she died by strangulation.
  Dr. Jason Morin, who conducted the autopsy, says the four-hour procedure showed there had been a lack of blood supply to the girl’s brain.
  He says he also identified a number of other injuries to her body, including bruising, scraping and tearing on the back of her head, as well as to her arms and legs.
  The body of the girl, who
  
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• Toronto FC loses influential assistant GM Jack Dodd to Portland Timbers

  15-05-2023 22:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Jack Dodd, an important member of Toronto FC’s front office who helped build the club from MLS doormat to champion, has left to join the Portland Timbers as their technical director.
  Dodd spent nine years with Toronto, most recently as assistant general manager of player personnel and scouting.
  Dodd watched the world for TFC, helping identify and acquire former MLS MVPs Sebastian Giovinco and Alejandro Pozuelo as well as Spanish midfielder Victor Vazquez.
  While he did not seek the limeligh
  
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• Bear in a tree holds Michigan city in suspense for hours on Mother’s Day

  15-05-2023 22:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A city in northern Michigan has a new Mother’s Day memory: A 350-pound bear was in a tree for hours, watched by dozens of people, before it fell asleep and dropped onto mattresses below.
  “It’s like the best block party ever,” Annette Andersen said.The drama in Traverse City began when wildlife experts responded to a morning call about a bear in a leafy tree. They fired at least four tranquilizer darts into his butt. The bear snoozed on a
  
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• Heat wave fries Armstrong tulips, forcing closure of festival - Chilliwack Progress

  15-05-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
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• House passes official languages bill to enshrine francophone immigration in law

  15-05-2023 21:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A bill that aims to enshrine a francophone immigration program into law is heading to the Senate after clearing the House of Commons.
  Bill C-13 would modernize the Official Languages Act and recognize that French is the only official language in Canada that is under threat and therefore must be protected within federal workplaces.
  The bill passed third reading in the House of Commons today with Montreal Liberal MP Anthony Housefather, who has expressed concerns about its effect on
  
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• Prosecutor ends probe of FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation with harsh criticism, but no new charges

  15-05-2023 21:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A special prosecutor has ended his four-year investigation into possible FBI misconduct in its probe of ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign with withering criticism of the bureau but a meager court record that fell far short of the former president’s prediction he would uncover the “crime of the century.”
  The report Monday from special counsel John Durham represents the long-awaited culmination of an investigation that Trump and al
  
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• Janice Abbott, embattled CEO of B.C. housing operator Atira, resigns after audit

  15-05-2023 21:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The CEO of British Columbia housing operator the Atira Women’s Resource Society is stepping down after an audit found a conflict of interest over her marriage to the former head of Crown social housing provider BC Housing.
  The society says Janice Abbott is resigning with immediate effect.
  Elva Kim, who chairs the board of Atira, which is BC Housing’s largest provider, says in a statement that she’s confident Abbott’s resignation will allow Atira to conti
  
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• Chilliwack hosting RBC PGA Scramble golf qualifier - Hope Standard - Hope Standard

  15-05-2023 21:15 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Hosting RBC PGA Scramble Golf Qualifier - Abbotsford News

  15-05-2023 21:15 via news.google.com
  
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• Canadian linebacker Jordan Williams gives Toronto roster options, versatility

  15-05-2023 21:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GUELPH, Ont. — Different team, different city, same mindset for Jordan Williams.
  The Canadian linebacker is preparing for his third CFL season but first with the Toronto Argonauts. B.C. dealt Williams to the defending Grey Cup champion this off-season for a 2023 first-round the Lions used to take Southern Utah defensive lineman Francis Bemiy ninth overall.
  Despite a solid start to his CFL career — first player taken in 2020 draft, league’s top rookie in 2021 — Williams fi
  
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• World’s oldest dog celebrates 31st birthday, according to Guinness ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-05-2023 20:58 via news.google.com
  
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• Reducing eco footprint: Chilliwack woman uses only bike, train on ... - Aldergrove Star

  15-05-2023 20:45 via news.google.com
  
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• Multiple all-time temperature records shattered in Chilliwack on the ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-05-2023 20:36 via news.google.com
  
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• Canada’s justice minister planning to introduce bail reforms this week - Chilliwack Progress

  15-05-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Canada's justice minister planning to introduce bail reforms this ... - Chilliwack Progress

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• Abbotsford police Drug Enforcement Unit collaborates with multiple agencies to dismantle drug operation in Fraser Valley

  15-05-2023 20:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD —The Abbotsford Police Department’s Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) has announced the successful conclusion of its investigation codenamed “Project Toro.” The operation, which began in 2022, identified a 42-year-old man involved in the illicit drug trade within the Abbotsford area, with alleged links to the BC Gang Conflict. The collaborative effort involved the AbbyPD Crime Reduction Unit (CRU), the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of BC (CFSEU), and the I
  
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• Wildfire evacuates Hay River, nearby reserve in Northwest Territories - Chilliwack Progress

  15-05-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Man arrested after ‘unprovoked’ stabbing inside Surrey hospital: Mounties

  15-05-2023 19:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Mounties in Surrey have arrested a 24-year-old man after a stabbing inside a local hospital.
  Police allege the man assaulted two people visiting another patient at Surrey Memorial Hospital in what investigators call an “unprovoked assault.”
  RCMP say they were called about a stabbing around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday and that the suspect was detained by hospital security until officers arrived.
  Police say a 16-year-old and a 51-year-old from the same family sustained
  
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• Man arrested after ‘unprovoked’ stabbing inside Surrey, B.C., hospital: Mounties

  15-05-2023 19:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Mounties in Surrey, B.C., have arrested a 24-year-old man after a stabbing inside a local hospital.
  Police allege the man assaulted two people visiting another patient at Surrey Memorial Hospital in what investigators call an “unprovoked assault.”
  RCMP say they were called about a stabbing around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday and that the suspect was detained by hospital security until officers arrived.
  Police say a 16-year-old and a 51-year-old from the same family sus
  
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• Green Party deputy leader to run in upcoming Montreal byelection

  15-05-2023 19:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Green Party deputy leader Jonathan Pedneault is planning to run for a seat in the House of Commons in an upcoming byelection in Montreal’s Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount riding.
  The 32-year-old ran on a joint ticket to share the party leadership in November with longtime member of Parliament Elizabeth May. 
  The party’s constitution has not yet been changed to make the pair co-leaders so Pedneault is the deputy leader.
  The Notre-Dame-de-Grâce&mdash
  
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• After first 100 days in office, Montreal police chief says gun crime trending down

  15-05-2023 19:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal’s new police chief says he’s seeing progress in the fight against gun crime after 100 days in office.
  Fady Dagher told reporters today that between Jan. 1 and April 30, there was a single murder committed with a gun in the city — down from five during the same period the year before.
  Dagher says the number of attempted murders with guns and of discharges of firearms also dropped during the first four months of the year compared with the same period the year before.
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• Inquiry into entirety of Canadian sport system called for at parliamentary hearing

  15-05-2023 19:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Own The Podium CEO Anne Merklinger says the organization would be in support of an inquiry into Canada’s sport system as a whole, rather than just safe sport.
  Merklinger referred to safe sport as a “symptom of a much bigger problem” within Canada’s sport system at a parliamentary committee hearing on Monday.
  She said the system is under-resourced and lacks leadership.
  Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport executives Jeremy Luke and Karri Dawson and Sport&rsqu
  
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• White House: Russia looks to purchase more attack drones from Iran after depleting stockpile

  15-05-2023 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Monday said that Russia is looking to buy additional advanced attack drones from Iran for use in the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine after using up most of the 400 drones it had previously purchased from Tehran.
  The Biden administration last year publicized satellite imagery and intelligence findings that it said indicated Iran sold hundreds of attack drones to Russia. For months, officials have publicly stated that the United States believed Iran was co
  
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• Canada edges Slovakia 2-1 in shootout to remain unbeaten at world hockey championship

  15-05-2023 18:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RIGA, Latvia — Jack Quinn scored the winning shootout goal as Canada edged Slovakia 2-1 Monday at the world hockey championship.
  Canada goaltender Sam Montembeault clinched the win by stopping Martin Chromiak on Slovakia’s final shootout attempt.
  Jake Neighbours scored in regulation for Canada, which leads Group A with eight points (two regulation wins, one overtime win) in three games.
  Peter Cehlarik scored for Slovakia, which is fourth in the group with four points (one win, one lo
  
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• North Langley townhouse fire forces 11 people from their homes - Chilliwack Progress

  15-05-2023 18:40 via news.google.com
  
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• Renew North American trade deal to defend democratic values: U.S. chamber CEO

  15-05-2023 18:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Business leaders from across North America are gathered in the U.S. capital to talk about maximizing the continent’s competitive advantages.
  The future of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement has been an especially hot topic at the North American Business Summit. 
  U.S. Chamber of Commerce CEO Suzanne Clark says it’s vital for North America’s economy that the agreement survive a scheduled review in 2026. 
  That’s because like democracy, free trade i
  
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• K’atl’oodeeche First Nation, Hay River, N.W.T., order evacuations as wildfire spreads

  15-05-2023 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAY RIVER, N.W.T. — A First Nation reserve and nearby town in the southern Northwest Territories have been evacuated as a wildfire spreads in the area.K’atl’odeeche First Nation issued an evacuation order Sunday afternoon advising residents to register at the evacuation centre in nearby Hay River.
  The Town of Hay River then issued an evacuation order at 11 p.m. Sunday, directing residents to travel to Yellowknife, roughly 480 kilometres away.
  In an update early today, N.W.T. Fi
  
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• UN migration agency elects American as 1st woman director, replacing her European boss

  15-05-2023 18:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GENEVA (AP) — Amy Pope of the United States elbowed aside her European boss Monday to land the top job at the International Organization for Migration, winning her bid to become the first woman to lead the U.N. migration agency.Pope, 49, defeated IOM Director General Antonio Vitorino of Portugal, the European Union candidate, who swept into the post five years ago by trouncing a candidate put up by the Trump administration for a job that was long been held by Americans.Vitorino’s pro
  
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• VIDEO: Road restrictions result of second sinkhole next to pipeline ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-05-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Justice minister planning to introduce bail reforms this week

  15-05-2023 17:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Justice Minister David Lametti and the federal government are expected to bring forward legislation to enact bail reform as early as tomorrow. 
  Lametti has said he will make “targeted reforms” to the Criminal Code after the provinces and territories publicly raised concerns about repeat offenders. 
  The federal government says the reforms will aim to deal with repeat violent offenders and offences involving firearms and other dangerous weapons.
  The premiers ha
  
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• Toronto Argonauts place veteran receiver Dontrelle Inman on retired list

  15-05-2023 17:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GUELPH, Ont. — Dontrelle Inman has cut short his return to the Toronto Argonauts.
  Toronto placed the veteran receiver on the retired list Monday, one day after he opened training camp with the CFL club. Inman, 34, spent two seasons with the Argonauts (2012-13) before heading to the NFL and suiting up for the Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers (2014-16, 2019), Chicago Bears (2017), Indianapolis Colts (2018), New England Patriots (2019) and Washington Commanders (2020).
  Inman decided to continue
  
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• UPDATE: Forest fire near Davis Lake Provincial Park still spreading ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-05-2023 16:38 via news.google.com
  
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• Forest fire near Davis Lake Provincial Park still spreading - Chilliwack Progress

  15-05-2023 16:38 via news.google.com
  
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• Life & Style with Shelley Clarke - Chilliwack Progress

  15-05-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Duo in Austria charged with playing Hitler speeches on train intercom

  15-05-2023 16:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Two people were charged in Austria for allegedly playing speeches by Adolf Hitler via the loudspeaker system of a train running from Bregenz to Vienna, Austrian news agency APA reported Monday.
  The two suspects, who were not identified, also blasted the “Heil Hitler” Nazi salute via the train’s intercom several times on Sunday. The authorities tracked them down by analyzing video from the train cameras. Spreading Nazi propaganda is a criminal offense in Aust
  
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• Trudeau to visit Edmonton, meet with CAF personnel assisting with ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-05-2023 15:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Peace River Regional District lifts evacuation order for residents ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-05-2023 15:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Turkey presidential election will go to runoff as Erdogan performs better than expected

  15-05-2023 14:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s electoral chief said that the presidential race will go to a second round on May 28 as incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan fell just short of an outright victory.
  Ahmet Yener, the head of Supreme Electoral Board, said Monday that even when the remaining 35,874 uncounted overseas votes were distributed, no one would secure the majority needed to win the elections outright.
  He said preliminary results showed Erdogan won 49.51%, his main challenger Kemal Kilicd
  
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• Fraser-Nicola MLA calling on government to assist residents impacted by weather related disasters

  15-05-2023 14:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ASHCROFT — Fraser-Nicola M-L-A Jackie Tegart says her riding has been hit hard by weather-related disasters over the past few years and the province needs to tackle climate change.
  With parts of the province experiencing record-breaking heat over the weekend, Tegart says her riding seems like the epicentre of climate change-related disasters over the past few years.The B-C United opposition M-L-A says its incumbent upon the province to step up and help people hurt by weather related disast
  
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• Edmonton Oilers’ off-season questions will include playoff goaltending choices

  15-05-2023 14:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — A lone Vegas Golden Knights fan could be heard as Edmonton’s Rogers Place descended into silence Sunday.
  “Skinn-errrr, Skinn-errrr,” was the one-man chant.
  Edmonton Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner was the target from somewhere in the upper bowl.
  Perhaps it was a disgruntled Oilers fan.
  Skinner was replaced by Jack Campbell before the third period of Sunday’s 5-2 loss to the Golden Knights.
  Vegas took the best-of-seven playoff series four games to two to
  
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• Trudeau to make first official visit to South Korea : In The News for May 15

  15-05-2023 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 15 …
  What we are watching in Canada …
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to leave Monday for a weeklong trip to Asia, where he will make his first official visit to South Korea and attend the G7 leaders’ summit in Japan. 
  The trip comes at a time when the world is collectively facing security threats and eco
  
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• Global, economic security top priorities as Trudeau heads to South Korea, G7 summit

  15-05-2023 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to leave Monday for a weeklong trip to Asia, where he will make his first official visit to South Korea and attend the G7 leaders’ summit in Japan. 
  The trip comes at a time when the world is collectively facing security threats and economic uncertainty magnified by climate change. 
  The prime minister is expected to be in Seoul between May 16 and May 18, after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s visit to Ottawa last fal
  
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• Advocates urge provinces to follow Quebec’s lead in crackdown on illegal Airbnbs

  15-05-2023 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  More provinces should follow Quebec’s lead in seeking to hold short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb accountable for uncertified listings, advocates say.
  The Quebec government tabled a bill last Tuesday that would require short-term rental companies to ensure their online listings are certified by the province.
  If passed, such companies would face fines of up to $100,000 for each illegal rental listing.
  The proposed rules would mark a first for a Canadian jurisdiction, said David Wachs
  
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• Zelenskyy visits UK on European tour seeking military aid

  15-05-2023 09:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was visiting Britain on Monday, as the staunch ally of Ukraine prepares to give more military aid in an effort to change the course of the war.
  The U.K. government confirmed Zelenskyy’s arrival early Monday and said he would meet with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.It is the fourth European country Zelenskky has visited in the past few days. He made an unannounced visit to Paris on Sunday evening to meet French President Emmanuel Macron, after
  
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