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• Mission man found guilty of sexual assault for groping a woman on a trail

  15-06-2023 23:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — A Mission man who was arrested in Abbotsford for his role in a disturbing incident on a Lynn Valley trail in February 2022 has been found guilty of one count of sexual assault.North Vancouver RCMP said Wednesday that Jairus-Paul Covacha Sacramento of Mission was found guilty of sexual assault following a North Vancouver Provincial Court trail. He will be sentenced at a later date.North Vancouver RCMP said in February 2022 that a suspicious male sexually assaulted a woman by gr
  
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• ‘Vindication’: Appeal court reinstates justice of the peace who critiqued bail system

  15-06-2023 23:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Justice of the peace Julie Lauzon will return to the bench following an Ontario Court of Appeal ruling in her favour, which found the punishment she received for writing a 2016 column criticizing Canada’s bail system was unjust. 
  A review council had previously recommended Lauzon be removed from the bench after the National Post column prompted complaints from the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario.
  Lauzon challenged the decision, arguing that her judicial inde
  
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• Former Minister of Sport Kirsty Duncan renews call for safe sport inquiry

  15-06-2023 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Liberal MP Kirsty Duncan has again called for an inquiry into Canada’s safe sport crisis.
  Duncan spoke before the standing committee on Canadian Heritage, outlining seven steps she believes would help national sports organizations keep their athletes safe.
  She served as Minister of Science and Sport from 2015 to 2019.
  Sport Canada is overseen by the federal Heritage Ministry.
  The hearings began last year after media reports that Hockey Canada had paid out a substantial legal
  
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• Reports of multiple deaths in crash on Manitoba highway

  15-06-2023 23:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — A government source says at least 10 people are dead and others have been taken to hospital following a highway crash west of Winnipeg.
  Another report from the Winnipeg Free Press says sources tell them at least 15 have died.
  Authorities have not confirmed numbers but RCMP are set to hold a news conference later today, at 3:30 MT, 4:30 local time.
  RCMP are calling the crash “very serious” and are asking people to avoid the area of the Trans-Canada Highway where it in
  
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• Bill that would force Meta, Google to bargain with publishers closer to becoming law

  15-06-2023 23:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A bill aimed at getting tech giants such as Meta and Google to pay publishers for news that appears on their platforms is one step closer to becoming law.
  Bill C-18, also known as the online streaming act, has passed third reading in the Senate with about a dozen amendments, the majority of which the government agrees with. 
  The legislation will require Meta and Google to enter into agreements with news publishers to pay them for news content that appears on their sites if it
  
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• Annual Hops & Heritage fundraiser coming to the Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-06-2023 23:00 via news.google.com
  
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• State of emergency to be lifted in Lytton, B.C., two years after fire destroyed town

  15-06-2023 22:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LYTTON, B.C. — Almost two years after a wildfire ripped through Lytton, B.C., residents will soon be able to return to their properties.
  Council for the Village of Lytton has voted to allow the local state of emergency to expire on June 19. 
  The emergency was declared June 30, 2021, after B.C.’s sweltering heat dome triggered a wildfire that raced through the village, killing two people and burning homes, businesses, the ambulance station, police detachment and village office.
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• Electricity demand in B.C. expected to increase by 15% by 2030 ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-06-2023 22:49 via news.google.com
  
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• G.W. Graham QB Lucas Feaver joins Valley Huskers

  15-06-2023 22:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Valley Huskers are poised to welcome a familiar face among local football fans to its roster this year.
  A day after standout wide receiver Braeden Macdonald committed to play for them, the Huskers announced on Facebook that quarterback Lucas Feaver from G.W. Graham has joined their roster.
  “Announcing the commitment of Lucas Feaver from Chilliwack, BC,” the Huskers wrote on Facebook at 11:27 a.m. Thursday (June 15). “Welcome to the Huskers fam! @lucasfeav
  
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• Vancouver Police Board to receive department’s report on Myles Gray inquest

  15-06-2023 22:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A report to the Vancouver Police Board says the department is committed to adopting both recommendations from a coroner’s inquest into the beating death of Myles Gray, but advocates say key concerns remain unaddressed.
  In a statement released by Pivot Legal Society, the policy director for the B.C. Civil Liberties Association says the police report “leads the reader to believe that everything is fine at the (department) — short of implementing body-worn camera
  
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• Rutschman, Hays HRs back Wells’ sharp pitching performance as Orioles beat Blue Jays 4-2

  15-06-2023 22:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Adley Rutschman and Austin Hays homered, Anthony Santander singled in the tiebreaking run in the sixth inning and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 Thursday behind a strong pitching performance by Tyler Wells.
  Rutchman went 3 for 4 to help the Orioles overcome a pair of homers by Toronto’s Danny Jansen in the deciding matchup of the three-game series.Baltimore has won six of seven and owns the second-best record in the majors (43-25).
  Wells (6-2) a
  
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• Farnworth chides Surrey for not sharing report prior to policing vote ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-06-2023 22:12 via news.google.com
  
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• Republicans in Oregon Senate end six-week walkout that blocked bills on abortion, trans health care

  15-06-2023 22:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Enough Republican members showed up in the Oregon Senate on Thursday to end a six-week walkout that halted the work of the Legislature and blocked hundreds of bills, including some on abortion, transgender health care and gun safety.
  The boycott, which prevented the Senate from reaching a two-thirds quorum needed to pass bills, was prompted by a sweeping measure on abortion and gender-affirming care that Republicans said was too extreme. The measure would allow doctors t
  
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• Mayor Popove to co-chair B.C. Urban Mayors’ Caucus, will lobby the province on several issues

  15-06-2023 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove says he’s looking forward to co-chairing the B.C. Urban Mayors’ Caucus as an opportunity to press the province on things like mental health and public safety.In a phone interview Thursday afternoon (June 15), Mayor Popove says he wanted to be a part of the caucus prior to the election, but the overriding consensus among the group was to wait until after the fall election to confirm which elected officials would win. Popove won the mayora
  
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• CP News Alert: Reports of multiple deaths in crash on Manitoba highway

  15-06-2023 22:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Media reports say several people have died in a highway crash west of Winnipeg. 
  The Winnipeg Free Press, CBC and CTV, citing unidentified sources, say there are multiple fatalities, but authorities have not confirmed a number.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• BC Hydro set to start first hunt in 15 years for new electricity sources

  15-06-2023 22:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Crown utility in charge of generating and delivering electricity in British Columbia says the province is going to need enough new power to run 270,000 homes starting as early as 2028.
  The forecast from BC Hydro comes as the company plans its first call in 15 years to find new large sources of electricity starting next spring.
  Premier David Eby says the forecast that calls for the additional 3,000 gigawatt hours per year of renewable energy is three years earlier than previ
  
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• Riders coach Dickenson vows better offensive execution against Bombers

  15-06-2023 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — Some questionable play-calling at the end of the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ season-opening win at Edmonton put the game — and their starting quarterback — in jeopardy.
  Roughriders coach Craig Dickenson said he expects his team to execute better when it hosts Winnipeg on Friday night. The Bombers have won the last seven head-to-head meetings between the two teams.
  It’s unclear whether quarterback Trevor Harris will start for Saskatchewan (1-0). He suffered a
  
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• Jarome Iginla back with Calgary Flames as special adviser to GM Craig Conroy

  15-06-2023 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Jarome Iginla is back with the Calgary Flames.
  The team announced Thursday the Hall of Fame winger has been named special adviser to rookie general manager and former teammate Craig Conroy.
  Iginla registered 525 goals and 1,095 points in 1,219 games with Calgary during his decorated playing career, including two 50-goal seasons as one of the NHL’s top power forwards.
  The 18th captain in Flames history, the Edmonton native also played for Pittsburgh, Boston, Colorado and Los
  
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• Former foster parents face sentencing in Chilliwack for horrific child ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-06-2023 21:45 via news.google.com
  
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• Remparts name Gagné GM, Bouchard assistant GM after departure of Patrick Roy

  15-06-2023 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — The Quebec Remparts have started to rebuild after this week’s departures of head coach and general manager Patrick Roy and president Jacques Tanguay.
  The Memorial Cup champions announced Thursday that former NHL player Simon Gagné will take over as GM, with front-office veteran Nicole Bouchard getting a promotion to assistant GM.
  Gagné spent three years in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with the Beauport/Quebec franchise from 1996-99.
  He played 14 season
  
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• Device found along railway tracks was explosive: Vernon RCMP ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-06-2023 21:35 via news.google.com
  
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• Canada rugby coach names 40-woman camp roster ahead of Pacific Four Series tests

  15-06-2023 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada women’s rugby coach Kevin Rouet has named a 40-player roster for a camp ahead of a pair of World Rugby Pacific Four Series matches in Ottawa next month.
  The pre-tournament camp will be held in Perth, Ont., from June 26 to July 1.
  The fourth-ranked Canadian women play No. 2 New Zealand on July 8 and No. 5 Australia on July 14 at TD Place Stadium. Canada defeated the seventh-ranked U.S. 50-17 on April 1 in its opening match of the four-team tournament in Madrid.
  The camp roster includ
  
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• Fifth Trans Mountain pipeline-related sinkhole since April concerns ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-06-2023 21:23 via news.google.com
  
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• Ethan Bear underwent shoulder surgery after injury at world championship, Canucks say

  15-06-2023 21:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks say defenceman Ethan Bear has undergone successful shoulder surgery and is expected to be out for six months.
  General manager Patrick Alvin says in a statement that the injury was sustained at the men’s world hockey championship, where Bear played eight games.
  Bear was set to become a restricted free agent this summer after playing on a one-year, US$2.2-million deal.
  The defenceman registered three goals and 16 points, averaging 18:32 in ice time thr
  
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• Former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole steps into top role at global strategy firm

  15-06-2023 20:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole has been named as the president and managing director of risk advisory firm ADIT North America.
  The firm provides services to companies, investment funds and agencies that operate or invest globally.
  It describes itself as specializing in strategic intelligence, business diplomacy, due diligence, security and compliance. 
  The regional branch of the Paris-based firm that O’Toole will helm encompasses operations in both Canada
  
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• Child protection authorities notified after parent has child blow into ignition interlock: Abby PD

  15-06-2023 20:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Provincial child protection authorities have been notified after a B.C. motorist had a child blow into an ignition interlock system installed in the motorist’s vehicle.According to a tweet from the Abbotsford Police Department, officers with the Abbotsford Police Department executed a proactive traffic stop Wednesday night during which time the driver admitted to police that they made their child blow into the ignition interlock system installed in the vehicle.As a resul
  
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• Mendicino grapples to explain lack of Bernardo info despite his office, PMO knowing

  15-06-2023 20:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says it is “unacceptable” he was kept in the dark about Paul Bernardo’s controversial prison transfer. 
  Questions are swirling on Parliament Hill today about why he and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau were among the last to know about it, despite their staff being informed months earlier.
  The Liberal government was already dealing with fallout from the Correctional Service of Canada’s decision to move the convicted
  
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• Vancouver Police 'committed' to using body cameras after Myles ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-06-2023 19:56 via news.google.com
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Wildfire evacuation order lifted for Tumbler Ridge, B.C.

  15-06-2023 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  An evacuation order has been lifted for the community of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., nine days after more than 2,000 residents were forced out by an encroaching wildfire.More comingThe Canadian Press
  
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• Canada’s Sarah Mitton wins shot put gold at Diamond League competition

  15-06-2023 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OSLO — Canada’s Sarah Mitton won gold in women’s shot put on Thursday at the Oslo Diamond League track and field meet.
  Mitton, from Brooklyn, N.S., sent her first shot 19.54 metres, a distance that held up for a close victory over American Maggie Ewen (19.52).“I knew we had a really solid field of throwers today so I just wanted to make sure that my first throw counts,” Mitton said. “I came with a big energy and it worked.”
  Mitton cleared the 19-metre ma
  
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• Nova Scotia man who served 16 years after wrongful conviction dead at 67, lawyer says

  15-06-2023 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — A lawyer for Glen Assoun, the Nova Scotia man who served 16 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend, confirmed today that his longtime client has died.
  Sean MacDonald says Assoun, 67, died suddenly Wednesday night while he was at a restaurant in Dartmouth, N.S.
  Assoun was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison in September 1999 for the stabbing death of Brenda Lee Anne Way in Dartmouth — a crime tha
  
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• Greek coast guard arrests 9 survivors of migrant ship sinking

  15-06-2023 19:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KALAMATA, Greece (AP) — The Greek coast guard says nine survivors from the migrant ship that sank off the country’s coast have been arrested on suspicion of belonging to the smuggling ring that arranged the voyage.
  State-run ERT TV said the suspects were all Egyptian nationals.
  The arrests followed interrogations by coast guard officials at the southern port of Kalamata, where the 104 survivors from the shipwreck were taken. The sinking left at least 78 people dead.
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• Quebec to exhume remains of Innu boys whose families have questions about 1970 deaths

  15-06-2023 18:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized the exhumation of the remains of two Innu boys whose families have questions about their 1970 deaths at a Quebec hospital.
  The exhumations are the first to be authorized under a 2021 Quebec law intended to help Indigenous families learn more about the deaths and disappearances of their children in Quebec health-care institutions. 
  The children, aged four months and one month, died in May 1970 at a hospital in Baie-Comeau, Que., a
  
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• Third-party review finds ‘toxic’ culture at University of Prince Edward Island

  15-06-2023 18:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHARLOTTETOWN — A review of allegations of workplace misconduct at the University of Prince Edward Island says the school had a toxic environment where bullying and harassment were widespread and condoned at the top.
  The 112-page report by Toronto law firm Rubin Thomlinson also says the university failed to create a safe, respectful, and positive environment for staff and students.
  The university ordered the review in December 2021 following allegations of workplace misconduct against its
  
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• Indigenous kept from economic opportunities from pot legalization: Senate committee

  15-06-2023 18:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A Senate committee says the current cannabis market and legislation has kept Indigenous Peoples from sharing in the economic opportunities that the legalization of recreational pot created.
  The standing Senate committee on Indigenous Peoples wants the country to shift its approach to cannabis to help Indigenous communities and entrepreneurs better benefit from the pot market.
  The committee found some First Nations are completely blocked from participating in the cannabis market be
  
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• Ottawa Senators sign draft pick Oskar Pettersson to three-year, entry-level contract

  15-06-2023 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have signed forward Oskar Pettersson to a three-year contract, the club announced Thursday.
  Terms of the entry-level deal with the 72nd pick in the 2022 NHL draft were not disclosed.
  Pettersson made his Swedish Hockey League debut this past season with Rogle BK, putting up a goal and an assist over 29 regular-season games. He did not register a point in nine playoff contests.
  The 19-year-old Swede spent his junior career with Rogle BK Jr. He led his team in bot
  
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• Canadian entrepreneur looks to revive Spanish soccer team, help it climb the ranks

  15-06-2023 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian Steve Nijjar has always dreamt big. So reviving a soccer franchise in Spain is not out of character.
  A former goalkeeper, coach, boxer, gym owner, bodyguard, film actor and producer, Nijjar is a man of his many hats. His latest passion project is Racing Madrid FC.
  Nijjar, from Nobleton, Ont., originally came to Madrid to accompany his youngest son Tejpal, a 14-year-old goalkeeper who is in Rayo Vallecano’s academy. While there, his son’s adviser Morris Pagniellointroduced hi
  
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• Canada’s Bianca Andreescu drops second-round match at Libema Open

  15-06-2023 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands — Canada’s Bianca Andreescu was eliminated from the Libema Open on Thursday after dropping a 7-6 (6), 6-3 decision to Slovakia’s Viktoria Hruncakova. 
  Andreescu, from Mississauga, Ont., lost the second-round match in one hour 57 minutes. The Canadian had opportunities but converted only two of her 16 break-point chances.
  Andreescu, the world No. 37, was the No. 6 seed at the WTA 250-level tournament. 
  The unseeded Hruncakova holds t
  
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• Small fire breaks out at former drug house in Chilliwack early Thursday

  15-06-2023 18:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — An abandoned residence and former drug house on Third Avenue in Chilliwack caught fire overnight, prompting a response from the Chilliwack Fire Department.According to Chilliwack resident Julie Hiscock, who works graveyard shift and monitors scanner traffic, Chilliwack firefighters were dispatched at about 1:31 a.m. early Thursday morning for the report of a structure fire.Engine 1 arrived on scene at 1:37 a.m. Firefighters encountered a small house fire including smoke coming
  
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• Quebec firefighters struggling to control wildfires in northern, western regions

  15-06-2023 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — Officials say firefighters are still struggling to control wildfires in two Quebec regions as the situation has improved in the rest of the province.
  Sylvain Tremblay of Quebec’s forest fire prevention agency — SOPFEU — says there are about 100 blazes in the southern half of the province and another 20 in the north.
  He says rainfall hasn’t been sufficient to halt the progression of out-of-control fires in the northern and western parts of the province.
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• Nathan Carman dies awaiting trial for his mother’s death in 2016 fishing trip off New England

  15-06-2023 17:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The man charged with killing his mother at sea during a 2016 fishing trip off the coast of New England in what prosecutors say was a scheme to inherit millions of dollars has died, federal authorities said Thursday.Nathan Carman, 29, of Vernon, Vermont, was scheduled to face trial in October. He had pleaded not guilty last year to fraud and first-degree murder in the death of his mother, Linda Carman of Middletown, Connecticut.The eight-count indictment also says Car
  
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• CFL announces Touchdown Atlantic contest is officially a sellout

  15-06-2023 17:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — For a second straight year, Touchdown Atlantic is a sellout.
  The CFL announced Thursday the Saskatchewan Roughriders-Toronto Argonauts contest slated for July 29 at Halifax’s Saint Mary’s University has been sold out. 
  The league has expanded capacity within Huskies Stadium for an additional 1,000 fans to attend.
  This year’s game will be just the second regular-season game played in Nova Scotia.
  Toronto defeated Saskatchewan 30-24 on July 16, 2022 in Wolfvi
  
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• American arrested for assault on 2 US tourists in Germany that left one woman dead

  15-06-2023 17:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BERLIN (AP) — An American man has been arrested after allegedly assaulting two U.S. tourists near Neuschwanstein castle in southern Germany and then pushing them down a steep slope, an attack that left one of the women dead, authorities said Thursday.
  The incident near the popular tourist attraction happened on Wednesday afternoon. It took place near the Marienbruecke, a bridge over a gorge close to the castle that offers a famous view of Neuschwanstein.
  The 30-year-old man met the two fem
  
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• Ottawa confirms land expropriations for rail bypass after Lac-Mégantic tragedy

  15-06-2023 17:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The federal government says it will expropriate land from residents near Lac-Mégantic, Que., to create a rail bypass around the town where a train crashed in 2013 and killed 47 people.
  Ottawa released a statement Wednesday confirming that it was going ahead with the expropriations without the consent of all affected land owners.
  Federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra and Procurement Minister Helena Jaczek say in the release that the federal government will take physical
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Celebration and solidarity this Pride Month

  15-06-2023 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Although Pride parades and festivals take place all summer across B.C., June is celebrated as Pride Month in Canada and in many places around the world.
  This month is not only a time to celebrate the advancements in inclusion and equality for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community – it’s also a chance to remember how far we have come, and how far we still have to go.
  Pride originally began as a protest. In 1969, riots took place at the Stonewall Inn in New York City, in response to years of suppre
  
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• Russia summons Canadian envoy in Moscow over ‘undisguised robbery’ of cargo plane

  15-06-2023 16:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Moscow has again summoned Canada’s top diplomat in Russia, this time over the Trudeau government’s seizure of a massive Russian cargo plane.
  Russia says it has summoned Canadian chargé d’affaires Brian Ebel to tell him that Ottawa’s plans risk “the most serious repercussions.”
  It comes two days after Moscow warned relations with Canada were “on the verge of being severed” over the issue, and three months after the Kremlin summ
  
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• Mathurin, Boucher, Dort among those coach Basketball Without Borders camp in Quebec

  15-06-2023 16:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Three Canadian NBA players will be putting on their coaching hat with top high school-age prospects from Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean next week.
  Bennedict Mathurin of the Indiana Pacers, Chris Boucher of the Toronto Raptors and Lu Dort of the Oklahoma City Thunder will be among the nine coaches at the Basketball Without Borders Americas camp set to be held at Cégep Édouard-Montpetit in Longueuil, Que., from June 22-25. 
  Another Canadian will be Toro
  
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• Liberals table ‘sustainable jobs’ bill to back up pledge to help workers transition

  15-06-2023 16:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal Liberals introduced new legislation today that would require the government to develop and share a plan every five years to help workers transition to a clean-energy economy.
  It would hold the government to account for its promises to help workers retrain and create new jobs as Canada shifts away from its current reality as a combustion-energy powerhouse.
  The government says a clean-energy economy could create as many as 400,000 new jobs before the end of this decade a
  
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• Chilliwack firefighters respond to campfire burning Wednesday night at Tamihi Creek Bridge

  15-06-2023 16:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Some people must have missed the memo about the province-wide campfire ban that went into effect last week, or the fires raging throughout the pristine forests of British Columbia.A crew of five firefighters from the Chilliwack River Valley Fire Department responded Wednesday night (June 14) to a burning complaint near the Tamihi Rapids Recreation site, on the north side of the bridge, sometime after 8:30 p.m.According to scanner traffic, the campfire was extinguished once fir
  
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• Supreme Court rejects challenge to Native American child welfare law

  15-06-2023 16:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved the system that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children, rejecting a broad attack from Republican-led states and white families who argued it is based on race.
  The court left in place the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act, which was enacted to address concerns that Native children were being separated from their families and, too frequently, placed in non-Native homes.
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