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• Russia says Wagner private army, with help from Russian troops, seized Bakhmut

  20-05-2023 23:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s defense ministry said early Sunday that forces of the Wagner private army, with the support of Russian troops, seized the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.
  The ministry statement on the Telegram channel came about eight hours after a similar claim by Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin. Ukrainian authorities at that time said fighting for Bakhmut was continuing.
  The eight-month battle for the city in eastern Ukraine is the longest and probably most bloody of the conflict in
  
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• Forecasted rain later this weekend could temper northeast B.C. wildfires

  20-05-2023 21:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia’s wildfire service says it is cautiously optimistic that rain later this weekend will help crews contain the large wildfires burning near Fort St. John for the last two weeks.
  Fire Information Officer Karley Desrosiers says the Stoddart Creek wildfire — the largest of the blazes– grew by only six square kilometres in the last 24 hours, aided by southerly winds blowing the flames north.
  The fire is now measured at 266 square kilometres, and Desrosiers says crews
  
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• 5 People Injured In Crash On Chilliwack Lake Road - Abbotsford News

  20-05-2023 21:29 via news.google.com
  
  5 People Injured In Crash On Chilliwack Lake Road  Abbotsford News
  
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• Man City’s treble bid up and running after winning English Premier League

  20-05-2023 20:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Manchester City’s bid for a treble of major trophies is up and running.
  The first was secured on Saturday without City even playing as the team clinched a third successive English Premier League title — and a ninth top-flight crown in its 143-year history — thanks to another slip-up by second-placed Arsenal.
  Arsenal losing at Nottingham Forest 1-0 capped an end-of-season meltdown for the once long-time leader and left City with an unassailable four-point lead.
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• Man City wins English Premier League after Arsenal loses at Nottingham Forest

  20-05-2023 20:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Manchester City clinched a third straight English Premier League title after second-placed Arsenal lost at Nottingham Forest 1-0 to cap its end-of-season collapse on Saturday.
  City holds an unassailable four-point lead, with Arsenal — the once long-time leader — having only one game remaining.
  It is City’s seventh league crown in a 12-year period during which the Abu Dhabi-owned club has changed the face of the English game.
  City’s latest
  
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• BC Wildfire Service asks the public to be vigilant this long weekend

  20-05-2023 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KAMLOOPS — The May long-weekend marks the unofficial start to summertime for many residents throughout the province.
  That means folks will be packing up the family and heading out into provincial parks or the back-country for some recreation.After several days of the warm dry weather we’ve experienced in the Interior, the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) wants everyone who enjoys a campfire this weekend, to ensure they do so safely.
  “If you’re planning to enjoy the outdoors thi
  
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• Canadian rider Derek Gee finishes second again at Giro d’Italia

  20-05-2023 20:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CASSANO MAGNAGO, Italy (CP-AP) — Canadian Derek Gee, continuing to impress in his first Grand Tour event, came within half a wheel of winning Stage 14 of the Giro d’Italia on Saturday.
  The 25-year-old from Ottawa, riding for the Israel-Premier Tech team, was part of a pack of eight riders in the final sprint. German Nico Denz led the way, celebrating before he reached the line with Gee almost nipping him at the wire.
  While Denz eventually got to celebrate his second victory in the Gi
  
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• Talks moving forward on key Canada-U.S. treaty on Columbia River management

  20-05-2023 20:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian and U.S. officials have wrapped up the latest round in a five-year negotiation to modernize a major treaty on flood control and power generation on the Columbia River.
  Global Affairs Canada says negotiators from both countries in the Columbia River Treaty met in Kelowna on May 16 and 17, and the next round of talks is scheduled for Aug. 10 and 11 in Seattle.
  The original treaty was signed in 1964 after catastrophic flooding of the Columbia River destroyed Vanport, Oregon, in 1948.
  The t
  
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• Canada’s Leylah Fernandez falls to Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo in Madrid

  20-05-2023 19:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADRID — Canada’s Leylah Fernandez lost in straight sets to Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo, 6-2, 7-5, in the W100 Madrid Open semifinal on Saturday.
  Fernandez was successful on just 55 per cent of her first serves, hitting seven double faults, and won only 50 per cent of her first-serve points.
  Sorribes Tormo won six break points in the match.
  The 26-year-old advances to take on Serbia’s Olga Danilović in the ITF tournament’s final on Sunday.
  Fernandez, a 20-year-
  
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• Canada loses to Switzerland, US qualifies for quarters after 5th win at ice hockey worlds

  20-05-2023 18:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Switzerland rallied from a goal behind to top Canada 3-2 in a clash of two undefeated teams at the ice hockey world championship on Saturday.
  Tyler Toffoli put Canada ahead midway through the second period on a power play but the Swiss answered with goals from Nico Hischier and Dario Simon in the frame.
  Andres Ambuhl stretched the advantage to two in the final period, then Michael Carcone deflected in a slap shot by Brad Hunt for Canada to reduce the lead to one with 3:
  
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• Princess Anne offers praise as Canada’s oldest military regiment marks anniversary

  20-05-2023 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONCTON, N.B. — Canada’s oldest continually serving cavalry regiment heard words of praise from a royal visitor today as part of festivities marking the southern New Brunswick unit’s 175th anniversary. 
  Princess Anne says the 8th Canadian Hussars have established a reputation for military excellence during its storied history.
  The princess’s remarks came during anniversary festivities in Moncton, N.B., during which she spoke in her capacity as the regiment’s co
  
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• Switzerland beats Canada 3-2 to stay perfect at world hockey championship

  20-05-2023 18:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RIGA, Latvia — Andres Ambuhl scored the game-winning goal as Switzerland defeated Canada 3-2 on Saturday to stay perfect at the men’s world hockey championship.
  Nico Hischier and Dario Simion also scored for Switzerland, which has five regulation wins in as many games and leads Group B.
  Captain Tyler Toffoli and Michael Carcone scored the goals for Canada in the loss.
  Leonardo Genoni made 27 saves in the Swiss net, while Samuel Montembeault turned away 23 of 26 shots for the Canadian
  
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• Canadian rugby sevens men score late win to keep World Series hopes alive

  20-05-2023 17:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON — Brock Webster’s late try and conversion lifted Canada to a dramatic 21-19 comeback win over Uruguay on Saturday at the HSBC London 7s, preserving the Canadian men’s hopes of escaping relegation from the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.
  After a heartbreaking 24-19 loss to Kenya, thanks to an Edmund Anya try with less than 30 seconds remaining, Canada needed a result against Uruguay to stay alive in the four-team relegation playoff that is part of the 11th and final stop
  
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• ‘Looking for Canada’: RCMP’s Musical Ride steeped in tradition as force turns 150

  20-05-2023 16:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Maxwell Newhouse remembers the earth quivering below his feet when 32 riders wearing bright scarlet jackets, on top of their large black horses, moved across a field in seamless patterns. 
  It was 25 years ago and his first time watching an RCMP Musical Ride, a horsey ballet where Mounties don the iconic red serge, hoist their lances and pay tribute to Canada’s heritage. 
  “It’s just the Canadian experience. It was just beyond anything I’ve ever witnessed,”
  
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• ICBC and its unionized workers reach tentative contract settlement

  20-05-2023 15:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Insurance Corporation of B-C has reached a tentative deal with nearly five-thousand employees.
  The proposed new contract covers those working in operations, including customer claims, insurance, driver licensing and administering road tests.
  The government says the deal was reached under the province’s shared recovery mandate.
  Details of the agreement won’t be released until it is ratified by union members. (The Canadian Press)
  
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• Deportation order over bogus college admission letter could set precedent: lawyers

  20-05-2023 15:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — An Edmonton woman is facing deportation from Canada this month after a college admission letter that secured her entry into the country five years ago turned out to be fake. 
  Even though Karamjeet Kaur, 25, proved not to know the letter was fraudulent, the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada has ruled that she be deported by May 29.
  That decision will likely have implications for possibly hundreds of other international students in Canada who reportedly received similar
  
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• ICBC urges motorists to slow down this Victoria Day long weekend

  20-05-2023 14:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KAMLOOPS — With long weekend travel already underway, ICBC wants to remind drivers throughout British Columbia to be extra safe on the busy highways.Tracey Hoffman, Road Safety and Community Coordinator for Northern BC wants to remind motorists that it’s important to consider everyone’s safety on the roads out there this long weekend.Along with watching out for cyclists, motorcycles, and pedestrians, she suggests that drivers reduce their speeds, as even a small adjustment can
  
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• ‘Listen to us’: LGBTQ activists seek help, prudence in raising human rights abroad

  20-05-2023 12:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — LGBTQ activists say Canada should ramp up its help in the fight against an organized movement to clamp down on sexual and gender minorities in Africa, while being cautious about when to raise issues in public.
  “We are being bullied into silence,” said Alex Kofi Donkor, the founder of LGBT+ Rights Ghana, on a visit to Ottawa.
  “We always have a strategy and I hope you always listen to us.”
  Ghana has outlawed homosexual acts since British rule, including under
  
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• Radio host jailed for sedition in Hong Kong finds a home and freedom in Canada

  20-05-2023 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Edmund Wan, recently released from a Hong Kong prison, says he feels at ease in Vancouver.
  He described the sense of familiarity that struck him in a Hong Kong-style café on Vancouver’s Cambie Street — the smell of baked pork chops on rice, the background noise of people joking in Cantonese.
  But there was something else that Wan says people in Hong Kong can no longer take for granted — the ability to talk freely and without fear in public.
  Wan, 55, is b
  
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• 'Patron Program' offers discounts to shows, classes and more at ... - Hope Standard

  20-05-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  'Patron Program' offers discounts to shows, classes and more at ...  Hope Standard
  
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• 'Patron Program' offers discounts to shows, classes and more at ... - Chilliwack Progress

  20-05-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  'Patron Program' offers discounts to shows, classes and more at ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• 'Patron Program' offers discounts to shows, classes and more at ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  20-05-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  'Patron Program' offers discounts to shows, classes and more at ...  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• Chilliwack Cultural Centre to announce show lineup for 2023/2024 ... - Chilliwack Progress

  20-05-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Cultural Centre to announce show lineup for 2023/2024 ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Plane believed to be carrying Ukraine’s Zelenskyy lands in Hiroshima for G7 summit

  20-05-2023 08:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — A plane believed to be carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has landed in Hiroshima for global diplomatic talks.
  Leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies have invited Zelenskyy as the Group of Seven tightens sanctions meant to punish Moscow and change the course of its 15-month invasion of Ukraine.
  Japan says Zelenskyy’s decision to visit Hiroshima stems from his “strong wish” to participate in talks that will influence hi
  
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• G7 leaders’ communiqué to mention foreign interference, Canadian official says

  20-05-2023 06:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HIROSHIMA, Japan — A senior Canadian government official says the G7 leaders’ communiqué at the summit in Hiroshima, Japan, will make mention of foreign interference, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised the issue of Chinese foreign interference to other leaders.
  The official gave the information during a briefing with the media, and is not being named because they are not authorized to discuss the details publicly.
  G7 countries are expected to release the communiqu&eacu
  
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• Ryan Mountcastle’s three-run homer powers Orioles past Blue Jays 6-2

  20-05-2023 04:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ryan Mountcastle’s three-run homer lifted the Baltimore Orioles over the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2 on Friday.
  Adam Frazier had a late two-run blast in the ninth and Anthony Santander added a solo shot in the sixth for Baltimore (29-16).
  Kyle Gibson (5-3) limited Toronto to a run on five hits and two walks. He struck out five over seven innings. Reliever Yennier Cano allowed another run before Félix Bautista closed out the ninth.
  Danny Jansen’s opened the scoring fo
  
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• Japan says Zelenskyy will visit Hiroshima to join G7 summit session on Ukraine

  20-05-2023 03:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Japan announced Saturday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will travel to Japan to join Group of Seven leaders in a session on Ukraine.
  Zelenskyy is expected to arrive in Hiroshima, the site of the world’s first atomic attack in western Japan, later Saturday.
  He will join leaders of the G7 wealthy nations at a session on Ukraine on Sunday. He was originally scheduled to join a session online on Friday, but that plan changed after Zelenskyy expressed
  
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• Simona Halep faces 2nd doping charge over biological passport; had failed drug test at US Open

  20-05-2023 02:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has been accused of a second doping offense by the International Tennis Integrity Agency for irregularities in her Athlete Biological Passport.
  The charge announced Friday “is separate and in addition to” the provisional suspension Halep received last year after failing a drug test during the U.S. Open in August, the ITIA said.
  Halep is a 31-year-old from Romania who reached No. 1 in the WTA rankings in 2017. She won Wimbledon in 2019, beatin
  
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• Fire burns Chilliwack RCMP Highway Patrol station

  20-05-2023 02:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A fire at the Chilliwack RCMP’s Highway Patrol office was contained by the Chilliwack Fire Department Friday (May 19) afternoon.
  Witnesses reported seeing smoke rising from the building along Airport Road around 4:30 p.m.
  Firefighters from across Chilliwack were dispatched to the site and closed traffic along Airport Road.They quickly gained control of the flames.
  The cause of the fire or a damage estimate has not been released.
  This story will be updated with more infor
  
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