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• Sen. Victor Oh says Chinese Canadians need to fundraise to sue ‘messy reporters’

  23-06-2023 23:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A Canadian senator said he wants Chinese Canadians to set up a national foundation that would focus on raising money to fund lawsuits against “messy reporters” and politicians who “try to smear” the community.
  A video of Conservative Sen. Victor Oh making the remarks was uploaded to the social media platform WeChat on June 5, showing him addressing a group at what was described as the Montreal Chinese Community United Centre.
  The Canadian Press obtained the
  
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• Schneider: No timeframe for Alek Manoah’s return to Blue Jays rotation

  23-06-2023 23:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — There’s no firm date for pitcher Alek Manoah’s return to the Blue Jays starting rotation.
  Toronto manager John Schneider says that Manoah has been making progress in his minor-league stint.
  The 25-year-old right-hander was demoted from the majors on June 6 after going 1-7 with a 6.36 earned-run average over 13 starts.
  Schneider says that Manoah has been focusing on his delivery and throwing strikes at the Blue Jays’ training facility in Dunedin, Fla.
  Manoah was
  
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• Highway 4 on Vancouver Island reopening after wildfire closure

  23-06-2023 23:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — A key highway that connects communities on the west coast of Vancouver Island is partially reopening Friday afternoon, after being closed for more than two weeks due to a wildfire that sent trees and debris tumbling onto the route.
  A statement from the Transportation Ministry says Highway 4 east of Port Alberni will operate with single-lane alternating traffic for a two-kilometre stretch.
  It says lines of traffic are expected to be “extensive,” and the province is as
  
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• B.C. warns of summer drought, asks people to conserve water

  23-06-2023 23:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is urging people to save water, saying the forecast predicts drought across much of the province this summer.A statement from the Forests Ministry says recent rains have provided some relief in parts of B.C., but it hasn’t been enough to make up the deficit.
  B.C.’s drought map shows much of the northeastern corner of the province is at drought level four on the five-level scale, meaning conditions are extremely dry with communities and
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs to open 2023-24 BCHL season versus Langley ... - Hope Standard

  23-06-2023 23:15 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs to open 2023-24 BCHL season versus Langley ... - Chilliwack Progress

  23-06-2023 23:15 via news.google.com
  
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• Canada’s Gabriel Diallo rising up the rankings, ready for Wimbledon qualifiers

  23-06-2023 23:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  At six foot eight with a long wingspan to match, Canadian tennis player Gabriel Diallo can be a handful for his opponents.  
  The 21-year-old has made big strides as he continues his first full season as a pro. Diallo will look to take another step next week in the Wimbledon qualifiers.
  “Just from the momentum of his long arms, when he connects it’s like a big heavyweight,” said coach Martin Laurendeau. “When the timing is good, his ball speed is really difficult to h
  
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• Gayle Force: Cricket great Chris Gayle to throw opening pitch at Blue Jays game

  23-06-2023 22:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Universe Boss is embracing his role as an ambassador for the sport of cricket.
  Chris Gayle will be throwing out the opening pitch at Rogers Centre on Saturday as the Toronto Blue Jays host the Oakland Athletics. The 43-year-old Jamaican all-rounder said that as his playing days are winding down he wants to use his platform to help grow cricket, the sport he loves.
  “It’s good to have a sportsman from a different sport, both combining together, it’s really goo
  
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• Judicial oversight bill passes, creating new process for punishing judges

  23-06-2023 22:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A new process for how the Canadian Judicial Council will review misconduct allegations against judges has been written into the law.
  A bill that received royal assent Thursday evening amends the Judges Act to clarify when a judge can be removed and changes the way the council reports recommendations to remove a judge to the federal justice minister.
  The law also creates a new panel to review complaints and determine whether a judge’s removal is justified, as well as a new pr
  
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• CFL partnership with PFF took years to finalize

  23-06-2023 22:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Cris Collinsworth was ahead of the game on analytics, buying Pro Football Focus in 2014.
  The Emmy Award-winning football analyst says it wasn’t until 2018, however, that he really started believing in the numbers. That’s when the Philadelphia Eagles routinely bucked conventional thinking and went for it on fourth down en route to winning a Super Bowl title.
  “That was the Eagles’ MO the whole year, they went for it when other teams didn’t,” Collinsworth said in
  
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• Abbotsford driver fined $1,500 for leaving scene after running over ... - Chilliwack Progress

  23-06-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Former NFL star Collinsworth nearly began pro career in CFL

  23-06-2023 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It took 42 years, but Cris Collinsworth is finally part of the CFL.
  Earlier this month, the CFL announced a partnership with Pro Football Focus. The sports analytics company is owned by Collinsworth, NBC’s Emmy Award-winning football analyst and a former NFL receiver.
  In 1981, after being drafted in the second round by the Cincinnati Bengals, Collinsworth seriously considered playing for the CFL’s Montreal Alouettes. In fact, he even made the trip north to meet with team officials.
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• Military releases names of Air Force captains killed in Chinook helicopter crash

  23-06-2023 21:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The military has released the names of the two Royal Canadian Air Force members who were killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Ontario on Tuesday. 
  Capt. David Domagala and Capt. Marc Larouche were taking part in a nighttime training exercise near Garrison Petawawa when their CH-147F Chinook helicopter crashed into the Ottawa River.
  Their families have allowed the military to share their names publicly.
  Larouche, 53, was originally from Amos, Que., and joined the 450 Tactic
  
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• Art classes for adults, Dungeons and Dragons workshops and more ... - Hope Standard

  23-06-2023 21:25 via news.google.com
  
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• Art classes for adults, Dungeons and Dragons workshops and more ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  23-06-2023 21:25 via news.google.com
  
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• Sikh Liberal MPs meet with public safety minister over Surrey, B.C., killing

  23-06-2023 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Member of Parliament Sukh Dhaliwal says the shooting death of a religious leader in the parking lot of a British Columbia temple has prompted a meeting with Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino and members of the Sikh Liberal caucus.
  Dhaliwal, who represents the Metro Vancouver riding of Surrey-Newton where the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar took place, posted a statement on Twitter, saying Sikh members of the Liberal caucus met with the minister “regarding the trag
  
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• B.C. public schools move away from letter grades from kindergarten to Grade 9

  23-06-2023 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — All students from kindergarten to Grade 9 in British Columbia public schools will now be assessed with a proficiency scale instead of letter grades. 
  A statement from the Education Ministry says that starting in the 2023-2024 school year, only students in grades 10, 11 and 12 will receive letter grades and percentages so post-secondary entry requirements are met. 
  About half of B.C.’s students have already been getting the new progress reports in a pilot program
  
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• Cat rescue organization hosting hotdog fundraiser in Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  23-06-2023 20:45 via news.google.com
  
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• Calgary Flames name Lambert, Savard assistant coaches to Ryan Huska

  23-06-2023 20:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The Calgary Flames have hired Dan Lambert and Marc Savard to be assistants to new head coach Ryan Huska.
  Lambert spent the last four seasons as an assistant coach with the Nashville Predators.
  Savard, who played 221 of his 800 career NHL games with the Flames from 1999 to 2003, spent the last two seasons coaching the Ontario Hockey League’s Windsor Spitfires.
  “I know how competitive Marc is from when we played together over three seasons here in Calgary,” new Fl
  
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• Kamloops Mountie injured after being attacked with a skateboard ... - Chilliwack Progress

  23-06-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
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• G.W. Graham students proudly unveil Grizzly bear barbecue ... - Chilliwack Progress

  23-06-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
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• National Indigenous Peoples Day celebrated with Stó:lō place ... - Chilliwack Progress

  23-06-2023 20:23 via news.google.com
  
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• More ferries being added over summer in B.C. waters

  23-06-2023 20:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — B-C Ferries is putting five more vessels into service on key South Coast routes to provide more than 47-hundred additional sailings between now and Labour Day.
  But its president warns that cancellations are to be expected as the company grapples with retirements and a global shortage of professional mariners.
  Nicolas Jimenez says the company is still short backup staff to cover unexpected absences in key positions, particularly at the Swartz Bay and Nanaimo terminals.
  He says t
  
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• Scrutiny rises on Titan sub’s unconventional design after deep water disaster

  23-06-2023 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The deadly implosion of the Titan submersible raises questions about whether the vessel exploring the Titanic wreckage was destined for its own disaster because of its unconventional design and its creator’s refusal to submit to safety checks that are standard in the industry.
  All five people aboard the Titan died when it was crushed near the world’s most famous shipwreck, U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger said Thursday, bringing an end to a massive multinati
  
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• Titan owner OceanGate will likely seek court protection, and soon: lawyer

  23-06-2023 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — A maritime law professor at Louisiana’s Tulane University says the owner of a small submersible that imploded Sunday on its way to the wreck of the Titanic will likely seek court protection — and soon.
  Martin Davies says he expects OceanGate Expeditions will try to limit its financial liability if families of the five crew members who died aboard the Titan decide to sue.
  Davies said in an interview that the company would first have to decide which count
  
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• Reign of world’s largest hockey stick coming to an end as Duncan, B.C., holds survey

  23-06-2023 19:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The world’s largest hockey stick survived Expo ’86, a move to Vancouver Island, the wrath of Canadian winters and even woodpeckers, but time is catching up with the monument to Canada’s game attached to an ice arena in Duncan, B.C.
  The 28,118-kilogram stick was built to mark the entrance to the Canada pavilion at Vancouver’s Expo in 1986, but 37 years later the Cowichan Valley Regional District said it is coming to “the end of its life.”
  The regional district
  
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• Minister’s Access to Info focus is better service amid calls for legislative overhaul

  23-06-2023 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal minister responsible for the much-criticized access-to-information system says her focus is on improving service amid growing calls to go further and rewrite the transparency law.
  In an interview today, Treasury Board President Mona Fortier says her priority is better administration of the Access to Information Act, not a legislative overhaul.
  Fortier’s comments follow release this week of a House of Commons committee report in which opposition MPs recommend chan
  
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• Ewoks take over Langley toy store for Star Wars anniversary ... - Chilliwack Progress

  23-06-2023 19:40 via news.google.com
  
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• Deguchi beats fellow Canadian Klimkait to win gold at Grand Slam judo event

  23-06-2023 19:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia — Christa Deguchi clamied the women’s under-57 kilogram gold medal at the Ulaanbaatar Grand Slam judo tournament Friday with a win over fellow Canadian Jessica Klimkait.
  Deguchi, the reigning world champion from Lethbridge, Alta., clinched the gold medal by biding her time and forcing Klimkait to make errors. 
  Klimkait, received two penalties in the first 75 seconds of the bout. She later received a third, giving Deguchi the win.
  Deguchi won her first Grand
  
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• Parks Canada says bison herd to remain the backcountry of Banff National Park

  23-06-2023 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BANFF, Alta. — A final report on a five-year project to bring plains bison back to Banff National Park in Alberta says the herd will stay on the mountain landscape.
  Parks Canada published the report, as well as a summary of the public comments on the project, online earlier this week.
  Officials say the herd has grown to more than 100 animals, including this year’s calves, from the 16 that were relocated to the Banff backcountry in 2017 from Elk Island National Park near Edmonton.
  The
  
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• Canadian heavyweight Arjan Bhullar loses One Championship title in first defence

  23-06-2023 19:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BANGKOK — Unbeaten Russian Anatoly (Sladkiy) Malykhin stopped Canadian Arjan Bhullar in the third round Friday to win the One Championship heavyweight title.
  The loss, in the main event of the “One Friday Fights 22” card at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, came in Bhullar’s first MMA title defence since dethroning Brandon (The Truth) Vera in April 2021 in Singapore. Malykhin (13-0-0 with nine knockouts) came into the bout as the One Championship light-heavyweight and interim heav
  
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• New long-term care home coming to Abbotsford - Chilliwack Progress - Chilliwack Progress

  23-06-2023 19:15 via news.google.com
  
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• Canadians gather to recognize a grim anniversary

  23-06-2023 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — It’s been 38 years since two bombs were placed on separate flights in Vancouver setting off what would become Canada’s worst act of terrorism.
  Air India flight 1-82 blew up hours later off Ireland’s coast, killing all 329 people aboard — most of whom were Canadians.
  Health Minister Adrian Dix will take part in an event today for the National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism at the Air India Memorial in Vancouver.
  Similar events will be held in
  
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• Quebec wildfires: Cree community orders evacuation due to heavy smoke

  23-06-2023 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Cree community in northern Quebec was being evacuated Friday because of heavy smoke from a nearby forest fire.
  The wildfire in Mistissini, Que., the second largest Cree community in the province, is located about 10 kilometres from the road to southern Quebec — and about 30 kilometres from the town itself.
  “We have time to evacuate,” said Chief Michael Petawabno in a video posted on the Cree Nation of Mistissini’s Facebook page, adding that he wanted to
  
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• Toronto FC in hostile territory as it looks for first road win of the MLS season

  23-06-2023 18:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  After losing 3-0 midweek at league-leading FC Cincinnati, Toronto FC finds itself in equally hostile territory Saturday when it visits New England.
  Cincinnati (13-1-4) entered the MLS record books with Wednesday’s victory, tying the 2002 San Jose Earthquakes in winning the first 10 home games of the season. Now Toronto (3-6-10) faces a New England Revolution side that has yet to lose at Gillette Stadium in nine games this season (6-0-3).
  New England, wrapping up a homestand that has alread
  
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• New White Rock business features 'refillery,' Ghana-inspired ... - Chilliwack Progress

  23-06-2023 18:20 via news.google.com
  
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• Connor Bedard’s NHL draft journey nearly complete: ‘Hard to wrap your head around it’

  23-06-2023 18:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Connor Bedard was about to jet off to a sunny destination.
  He wasn’t happy about it.
  With minor hockey tryouts just around the corner, Bedard — the projected No. 1 pick at next week’s NHL draft, but at the time a just youngster with big dreams — begrudgingly agreed to his family’s Hawaiian vacation.
  There was a caveat: a couple of extra items needed to be packed, namely some sticks and his in-line skates.
  “He didn’t really want to go,” Tom Bedard,
  
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• CF Montreal exploring all options to rediscover road form against Charlotte FC

  23-06-2023 18:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — After tying the Major League Soccer record for most consecutive shutout wins at home with six, CF Montreal is looking to duplicate that success on the road.
  Montreal will look for just its second road win of the season when it faces Charlotte FC on Saturday. 
  Most MLS teams struggle away from home, given the amount of travel in the league. Only Cincinnati FC and Los Angeles FC have winning road records. 
  Montreal (8-9-1) has taken this principle to the extreme, standin
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs trade forward to Merritt Centennials - Hope Standard - Hope Standard

  23-06-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs trade forward to Merritt Centennials - Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  23-06-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
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• The Auto Sleuth: Wrangler updates; Hyundai eyes a new coupe + ... - Chilliwack Progress

  23-06-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Canada’s Marino eliminated from Wimbledon warmup with quarterfinal loss

  23-06-2023 16:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom — Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino has been eliminated from the Rothesay Classic tennis tournament after a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 quarterfinal loss to China’s Zhu Lin on Friday.
  Marino fired 10 aces in the loss, but was accurate on just under 52 per cent of her first serves and won just 36.5 per cent of second-serve points.
  Zhu broke Marino five times on 12 chances while saving five of the Canadian’s seven break opportunities.
  The loss ended a four-match winni
  
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• 'Titanic' director says search for missing sub became a 'nightmarish ... - Chilliwack Progress

  23-06-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• NHL drops theme-night jerseys after Pride refusals cause ... - Chilliwack Progress

  23-06-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• U.S. Navy heard possible ‘implosion’ before Titan submersible was reported missing

  23-06-2023 16:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The U.S. Navy has confirmed its acoustic sensors detected on Sunday “an anomaly consistent with an implosion” in the area where the doomed submersible Titan was operating several hours before the vessel was reported missing.
  In an email, a senior U.S. Navy official says an analysis of the acoustic data was shared with the “unified command” leading the search for the vessel with five people aboard, the wreckage of which was discovered Thursday near the Titanic.
  The navy of
  
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• Three Canadians to ride together on Israel-Premier Tech team for Tour de France

  23-06-2023 15:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadians Michael Woods, Hugo Houle and Guillaume Boivin will ride together in Israel-Premier Tech’s entry for the Tour de France.
  The 110th edition of the storied race, which covers 3,404 kilometres over 21 stages this year, starts July 1 in Bilbao, Spain, and finished July 23 in Paris.
  Houle won Stage 16 last year, joining Steve Bauer as the only Canadian to win a stage at cycling’s biggest race. Bauer, who won the first stage of the 1988 Tour, now serves as sports director for Isr
  
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• After 5 killed on Titanic-bound submersible, authorities are trying to figure out how it imploded

  23-06-2023 13:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Authorities turned their focus to determining why a submersible carrying people to the wreck of the Titanic imploded deep in the North Atlantic, as tributes poured in for the five aboard who were killed.
  The announcement that no one survived Thursday brought a tragic end to a five-day saga that included an urgent around-the-clock search for the vessel known as the Titan.
  The investigation into what happened was already underway and would continue in the area around Titanic where debris from the
  
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• Centre Block on pace to reopen in 2032, include new public area under Parliament Hill

  23-06-2023 12:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A massive overhaul of Centre Block on Parliament Hill is expected to be completed by 2031 and open to the public by 2032. 
  Rob Wright, an assistant deputy minister at Public Services and Procurement Canada, says structural strengthening and heritage restoration is currently underway. 
  A new three-level welcome centre is being built underneath the building and around the core of the Peace Tower. 
  Wright says crews are digging 23 metres deep to clear space for the 32,
  
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• Owner of destroyed sub could use ‘cruel’ law for protection : In The News for today

  23-06-2023 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today…
  Titan submersible torn apart by catastrophic implosion, killing all five aboard
  A catastrophic implosion ripped apart the Titan submersible, killing all five people aboard as it was descending to the bottom of the North Atlantic during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic, a U.S. Coast Guard official said Thursday. 
  Several pieces of the minivan-size craft, incl
  
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• Foreign firefighters fight flames, fatigue and get ‘eaten alive’ by mosquitoes

  23-06-2023 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Eighteen-year-old Hunter Sousa from Maine celebrated his high school graduation by hopping in a truck and heading to Nova Scotia to fight the biggest forest fire in the province’s history.
  Sousa works for the Maine forest service as an on-call firefighter, but had never before fought a fire. The call from his superior came on a Thursday. 
  “They said they’d be meeting in Bangor Friday night and I had my graduation Friday night, so I graduated and got my dip
  
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