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• Deputies accused of abusing Black men are fired by Mississippi sheriff amid federal probe

  27-06-2023 23:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Deputies accused of beating and sexually assaulting two Black men before shooting one of them in the mouth, prompting a federal civil rights investigation, have been fired, a Mississippi sheriff announced Tuesday.The announcement comes months after Michael Corey Jenkins and his friend Eddie Terrell Parker said six deputies from the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department burst into a home without a warrant. The men said deputies beat them, assaulted them with a sex t
  
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• B.C. to provide up to 8,000 free air conditioners to low-income, vulnerable people

  27-06-2023 23:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government is giving its Crown power utility $10 million to provide up to 8,000 free air-conditioning units to vulnerable people. 
  A death review panel by the BC Coroners Service found that most of the 619 people who died in B.C.’s heat dome event in 2021 were low-income and vulnerable people who were 60 years and older. 
  One of the key recommendations from the panel was that the government provide air-conditioning units to those living in s
  
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• Dubois rumours end as Jets centre heads to Los Angeles for players, draft pick

  27-06-2023 23:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE — The Winnipeg Jets have traded star forward Pierre-Luc Dubois to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for three forwards and a 2024 second round draft pick.
  Dubois was a restricted free agent coming off a one-year contract.
  The Kings say Dubois has agreed to an eight-year contract worth an average annual value of US$8.5 million through the 2030-31 season.
  Dubois, 25, had 63 points (27, 36) in 73 games for the Jets last season, the second straight yet he eclipsed the 60-point mark.
  
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• NHL draft moment almost here for phenom Connor Bedard

  27-06-2023 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE — Connor Bedard strode into a bright room on the 11th floor of an office tower overlooking Bridgestone Arena.
  He took his place at the podium before a phalanx of cameras and a few dozen reporters.
  It was a spot he’s slowly grown accustomed to — being the centre of attention.
  Discussed in hockey circles as the potential “Next One” for a significant chunk of his young life, the 17-year-old phenom’s moment has nearly arrived.
  Bedard is all but assured o
  
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• Quebec movie theatre mogul Vincenzo Guzzo charged with criminal harassment

  27-06-2023 22:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Vincenzo Guzzo, CEO of a large independent movie theatre chain in Quebec and investor on CBC Television’s “Dragon’s Den,” has been charged with criminal harassment.
  The Quebec prosecutor’s office says Guzzo is accused of criminally harassing someone between November 2022 and June 2023. He was also charged for allegedly failing to comply with a condition not to communicate, directly or indirectly, with that person.
  In a statement issued Tuesday, Guzz
  
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• Vehicle incident affecting Hwy. 1 eastbound traffic before No. 3 Rd.

  27-06-2023 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Eastbound Highway 1 traffic is heavily backed up near No. 3 Road west of Chilliwack Tuesday afternoon.
  Drive BC said on Twitter that a vehicle incident eastbound before No. 3 Road has the left lane blocked.
  Motorists should expect significant delays until the incident is cleared.
  A picture shared by Drive BC shows traffic backed up extensively on eastbound Highway 1 as of 1:26 p.m.
  
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• B.C. woman speaks out after stuck elevator traps 2 - Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  27-06-2023 22:30
  
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• U.S. arrests 4 Mexican nationals in 2022 deaths of 53 migrants found trapped in hot tractor trailer

  27-06-2023 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — U.S. authorities on Tuesday announced the arrests of four more people in last year’s smuggling deaths of 53 migrants, including eight children, who were left in a tractor trailer in the scorching Texas summer.
  Authorities said the four Mexican nationals were aware that the trailer’s air-conditioning unit was malfunctioning and would not blow cool air to the migrants trapped inside during the nearly three-hour ride. When the trailer was opened in San Antonio,
  
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• Chilliwack cheese producer Smits & Co.w to mark 13th anniversary on Canada Day

  27-06-2023 22:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Out on agricultural land between Chilliwack and Greendale is a quaint little dairy producing whole milk, cheese curds, and other delightful cheese varieties for locals to enjoy.
  For Sardis residents who like to support local businesses and prefer fresh milk straight from the source, the trip to 5787 Lickman Road just north of Keith Wilson Road is worth the drive.Chilliwack dairy producer Smits & Co.w Farm Cheese will celebrate its 13th anniversary this Saturday, July 1 on
  
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• PHOTOS: Hundreds of Chilliwack high school students celebrate ... - Chilliwack Progress

  27-06-2023 21:34
  
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• Canadian wildfires are causing unhealthy air quality again in Chicago and other parts of the US

  27-06-2023 21:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Drifting smoke from the ongoing wildfires across Canada is creating curtains of haze and raising air quality concerns throughout the Great Lakes region, and in parts of the central and eastern United States.
  In Minnesota, a record 23rd air quality alert was issued Tuesday through late Wednesday night across much of the state, as smoky skies obscure the skylines of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
  Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy on Tuesday issued
  
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• Andreescu, Marino knocked out of Bad Homburg, Eastbourne International

  27-06-2023 21:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BAD HOMBURG, Germany — Bianca Andreescu was knocked out of the Bad Homburg Open, losing 3-6, 2-6 to Spain’s Rebeka Masarova on Tuesday in the round of 16.
  Andreescu, from Mississauga, Ont., had one ace but struggled on her winning percentage from her first serve.
  Masarova dominated in that regard, with a 92 per cent winning percentage.
  Andreescu was the tournament’s fifth seed.
  Meanwhile, Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino lost to China’s Xiyu Wang 4-6, 2-6 at the Eastbourn
  
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• Expanded restrictions in Vancouver to stop spread of damaging Japanese beetle

  27-06-2023 21:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — It’s flying season for the Japanese beetle, which has prompted expanded restrictions on soil and plants in Vancouver that cover much of the city. 
  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced the expanded restrictions on Tuesday, cutting off the movement of plants and soil from Stanley Park to the Fraser River, with the exception of parts of south and east Vancouver, Point Grey and the University of B.C. endowment lands. 
  The invasive pest was first detected in
  
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• Sheldon Keefe to return as Maple Leafs head coach: Treliving

  27-06-2023 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE — Sheldon Keefe will be back behind the Maple Leafs’ bench in October.
  Toronto general manager Brad Treliving told reporters at the NHL draft in Nashville the 42-year-old head coach will lead the club into the 2023-24 season.
  Keefe’s status was unclear after the Leafs fired Kyle Dubas in the wake of the team’s second-round playoff exit.
  Treliving said at his introductory press conference last month he wanted to get to know Keefe, who has one year left on his con
  
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• Kevin Hayes traded from the Flyers to the Blues for a 6th-round pick in 2024

  27-06-2023 20:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The St. Louis Blues have acquired center Kevin Hayes from the Philadelphia Flyers for a sixth-round pick in the 2024 draft.
  The teams announced the trade Tuesday, the day before the first round of the draft. The Flyers are retaining half of Hayes’ $7.14 million salary cap hit for the next three years.
  Hayes gives the retooling Blues depth down the middle as they try to return to the playoffs next season. The 31-year-old is a veteran of nearly 700 NHL games and bri
  
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• Former captain Ryan Getzlaf named player development coordinator by Ducks

  27-06-2023 20:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Former captain Ryan Getzlaf is now the player development coordinator for the Anaheim Ducks.Getzlaf served as Anaheim’s captain for 12 seasons (2010-22). He is also the all-time leading scorer in franchise history with 1,019 points, including 737 assists, and played in a team-record 1,157 games.
  In his new role, Getzlaf will assist Director of Player Development Jim Johnson in preparing prospects in Anaheim’s system for a career in professional hockey
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• Canadiens deal draft picks, Fairbrother for Colorado’s Alex Newhook

  27-06-2023 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE — The Montreal Canadiens have traded for Colorado Avalanche forward Alex Newhook.
  In return for the 22-year-old centre, the Habs will send both a first and second round pick (31st and 37th overall) in Thursday’s NHL Entry draft as well as 22-year-old defenceman Gianni Fairbrother to Colorado.
  Newhook tallied 66 points (27, 39) in 159 games for the Avalanche.
  He was selected by Colorado as the 16th overall pick in the 2019 draft. 
  Newhook is a restricted free agent.
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• B.C. roadside workers brace for another summer of reckless drivers ... - Chilliwack Progress

  27-06-2023 20:30
  
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• Chilliwack residents respond generously to help Salvation Army food bank

  27-06-2023 20:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack residents have historically stepped up to help the Chilliwack Salvation Army Food Bank in a pinch.
  Saturday was no exception.
  The Chilliwack Salvation Army wrote on Facebook Monday (June 26) that its summer food drive over the weekend brought in thousands of dollars and 4,500 pounds of donated food for the Chilliwack food bank.“Our Summer Food Drive on Saturday was a big success, with over $6,000 raised and 4500lbs of food brought in for the Chilliwack Food Ba
  
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• NHL, players unveil inclusion coalition they hope will help make hockey more diverse and welcoming

  27-06-2023 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The NHL and NHLPA launched a new inclusion committee Tuesday that is made up of current and former men’s and women’s players, with minority and LGBTQ+ representation, aimed at diversifying hockey and making the sport more welcoming.
  The NHL Player Inclusion Coalition is the latest step in a process started in the summer of 2020, when the police killing of George Floyd led to a worldwide reckoning on matters of race and racism. It comes on the heels of Pride night incidents around the
  
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• D.J. Smith to return to Ottawa; Senators may deal DeBrincat: Dorion

  27-06-2023 19:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE — D.J. Smith and his coaching staff will return to the Ottawa Senators next season, the team’s general manager says.
  Pierre Dorion said at an NHL draft media availability that he recommended retaining Smith to new Senators owner Michael Andlauer who informed him that the general manager was the one in charge of running the hockey team.
  The Senators had their best season under Smith this past season, posting a 39-35-8 record, but have missed the playoffs every year during hi
  
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• Homeless camps remain entrenched in Chilliwack River Valley

  27-06-2023 19:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — As a Chilliwack River Valley homeless encampment stakeholder working group continues to assemble each month, so do the homeless encampments the task force is trying to address.
  Ross Aikenhead, a Chilliwack resident and environmental cleanup volunteer, presented a detailed list of all the homeless camps that occupy the panoramic, otherwise pristine landscape of the Chilliwack River Valley east of the Tamihi Bridge.
  And they aren’t pretty to say the least.
  For example, two
  
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• Ottawa widens pathways for attracting tech talent

  27-06-2023 19:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The federal immigration minister says Ottawa is ramping up its efforts to attract tech talent to Canada. 
  In an announcement at tech conference Collision in Toronto, minister Sean Fraser revealed the Tech Talent Strategy, which includes a new, dedicated pathway for permanent residents targeting employees and workers in the STEM sectors. 
  Fraser says the government is streamlining how it prioritizes applications to its startup visa program after allocating more spots for
  
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• Running back Ouellette, Argos recognized in CFL’s weekly honour roll

  27-06-2023 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Running back A.J. Ouellette was among five Toronto Argonauts recognized Tuesday in the CFL’s weekly honour roll.
  Players in nine specific positions are highlighted on a weekly basis as per data points registered and compiled by Pro Football Focus, a sports analytics company.
  Ouellette, who received the top grade among running backs at 81.1, ran for 84 yards and three TDs on 18 carries in Toronto’s 43-31 road win over the Edmonton Elks on Sunday night.
  Other Argos to b
  
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• What the grocery report recommends to improve competition

  27-06-2023 19:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GATINEAU, Que. — Canada’s competition watchdog released its much awaited study into the country’s retail grocery market on Tuesday.Here are the Competition Bureau’s recommendations for the sector, in its own words:
  Recommendation One
  Canada needs a Grocery Innovation Strategy aimed at supporting the emergence of new types of grocery businesses and expanding consumer choice.There are new businesses that want to disrupt how the industry works, including by selling groceries
  
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• Sierra Leone’s president wins second term without need for runoff, election commission announces

  27-06-2023 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio has won a second term in office, receiving 56.17% of ballots cast and narrowly clearing the threshold for avoiding a runoff in the West African nation, electoral officials said Tuesday.
  Main opposition candidate Samura Kamara received 41.16% of the vote, according to official results from Saturday’s election.
  The announcement comes after supporters of both parties had claimed to have won in recent days, with Kama
  
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• Northern B.C. home invasion now a homicide, police say ... - Chilliwack Progress

  27-06-2023 19:12
  
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• N.W.T. power corporation says it has improved safety systems after worker’s death

  27-06-2023 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories Power Corporation says it has improved its safety systems and processes since a worker died in 2021. 
  Michael Chinna was struck in the head and neck by a column of ice outside an entrance at the Jackfish Lake diesel plant in Yellowknife on March 5 that year. 
  He was taken to hospital in Yellowknife then sent to Edmonton, where he died in hospital on March 14.
  In a statement, the power corporation says it plans to share what is has learned w
  
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• More newsroom resources on the table should Meta, Google block local news: Rodriguez

  27-06-2023 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says he’s hopeful that the Liberal government can find a positive outcome with Google and Meta. 
  But should the companies remove news from their platforms in response to Bill C-18, he says the Liberal government will make sure newsrooms have the necessary resources for journalists to continue their work.
  The government’s Online News Act became law last week, requiring Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content
  
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• Chilliwack Chief carries big hopes into NHL draft week - Hope ... - Hope Standard

  27-06-2023 19:00
  
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• Possible grow op may have contributed to Sunday’s Carleton St. fire in Chilliwack

  27-06-2023 18:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — While a fire official with the Chilliwack Fire Department says he can’t comment on the investigation into what may have caused Sunday morning’s two-alarm blaze in the 9200 block of Carleton Street, a neighbour near the fire says there is a strong possibility that a grow op was located in the basement of the home.Approximately 25 firefighters from Halls 1, 2, 4 and 6 were dispatched to a residential structure fire on Carleton Street at around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, June
  
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• Wildfire above Highway 99 in West Vancouver now ‘held’ after route closed Monday

  27-06-2023 18:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Traffic was moving again as crews worked quickly to corral a brush fire that closed a major Vancouver-area highway for hours.
  The BC Wildfire Service says a human-caused blaze in the steep hills above Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver on Monday forced closure of Highway 99 just north of the exit to the BC Ferries terminal.
  An aerial attack by the wildfire service and efforts on the ground by West Vancouver Fire and Rescue helped confine the blaze to about one hectare.
  It is now o
  
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• Zhao wins, Bouchard falls in qualifying play at Wimbledon

  27-06-2023 18:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON — Canada’s Carol Zhao beat Britain’s Emily Appleton 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 in the first round of qualifying play at Wimbledon on Tuesday.
  Zhao, ranked 166 in the world, will face Arantxa Rus in the next round. The Dutch player is seeded second in the qualifying draw and beat Daria Snigur to advance.
  Rus, ranked No. 85 in the world, previously reached Wimbledon’s third round in 2012.
  Eugenie Bouchard, from Westmount, Que., lost 4-6, 5-7 to Belgian Greet Minnen in qualifying
  
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• What caused the spike in Chilliwack's overdose drug deaths ... - Chilliwack Progress

  27-06-2023 18:00
  
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• What Caused The Spike In Chilliwack’s In Overdose Drug Deaths? - Abbotsford News

  27-06-2023 18:00
  
  What Caused The Spike In Chilliwack’s In Overdose Drug Deaths?  Abbotsford News
  
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• Pilot killed in small plane crash near northern B.C. lake - Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  27-06-2023 17:53
  
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• Assistant general manager Jason Hernandez promoted as changes continue at TFC

  27-06-2023 17:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC announced on Tuesday that assistant general manager Jason Hernandez has been promoted to general manager.
  Hernandez previously played as a player for Toronto in 2017 and 2018 before making the move to the front office in 2019.
  The New York native started his MLS career playing for defunct club Chivas USA in 2006 and made 300 club appearances for four teams until his retirement in 2018.
  He was part of the Toronto FC side that won the MLS Cup, the Supporters’ Shield and the Canadi
  
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• Canada needs more grocery competition, federal watchdog finds ... - Chilliwack Progress

  27-06-2023 17:30
  
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• NASA says smoke from Quebec fires covering parts of southwestern Europe

  27-06-2023 17:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — NASA is reporting that smoke from wildfires in northern Quebec has reached Europe.
  The American space agency says satellite imagery from Monday showed smoke extending across the North Atlantic Ocean to the Iberian Peninsula, France and other parts of western Europe.
  NASA says that air quality in Europe has not deteriorated to the extent seen in Canada because of the height of the smoke in the atmosphere.
  Smoky air led Environment Canada to issue smog warnings in much of southern
  
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• Canada bans testing of cosmetic products on animals

  27-06-2023 17:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canada has banned testing cosmetic products on animals. 
  It’s a largely symbolic move that brings Canada’s policy in line with dozens of other countries. 
  Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says Bill C-47 was enacted last week, and included amendments to the Food and Drug Act. 
  The act prohibits brands from selling cosmetics that rely on animal testing data to establish safety going forward. 
  But the ban does not work retroactively. Products that wer
  
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• Dolphin moms use baby talk to call to their young, recordings show

  27-06-2023 16:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — You know instantly when someone is speaking to an infant or small child. It turns out that dolphin mothers also use a kind of high-pitched baby talk.
  A study published Monday found that female bottlenose dolphins change their tone when addressing their calves. Researchers recorded the signature whistles of 19 mother dolphins in Florida, when accompanied by their young offspring and when swimming alone or with other adults.The dolphin signature whistle is a unique and impo
  
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• A scientist’s 4-decade quest to save the biggest monkey in the Americas

  27-06-2023 16:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CARATINGA, Brazil (AP) — The emerald-green canopy shifts and rustles as a troop of willowy, golden-gray monkeys slides through a tropical ecosystem more threatened than the Amazon.
  Karen Strier started studying the biggest monkey in the Americas four decades ago, when there were just 50 of the animals left in this swath of the Atlantic forest, in southeastern Brazil’s Minas Gerais state.Strier immediately fell in love with the northern muriqui, dedicating her life to saving it and la
  
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• Provinces with existing dental coverage got smaller share of federal kids’ benefit

  27-06-2023 16:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Provinces that already cover dental-care services for children have been given a smaller share of federal dollars from the Canada Dental Benefit, further driving concerns that governments will end that coverage as the program expands.
  Data provided to Parliament shows that provinces and territories with dental benefits for all children were given less federal money per the size of their populations than those that offer only targeted coverage.
  The federal dental benefit was launch
  
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• Meta launches more parental supervision tools for Instagram. Is it ... - Chilliwack Progress

  27-06-2023 16:30
  
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• Supreme Court upholds North Carolina ruling that congressional districts violated state law

  27-06-2023 16:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that North Carolina’s top court did not overstep its bounds in striking down a congressional districting plan as excessively partisan under state law.
  The justices rejected the broadest view of a legal theory that could have transformed elections for Congress and president.
  The court declined to invoke for the first time the “independent state legislature” theory, which would leave state legislatures virtually unchecked
  
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• No evidence of political interference in McKinsey contracts: Treasury Board report

  27-06-2023 16:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Treasury Board says it has found no evidence of political interference in federal contracts with consulting firm McKinsey & Company.
  Treasury Board President Mona Fortier and Procurement Minister Helena Jaczek were tasked with reviewing contracts awarded to McKinsey after media reports detailed the rapid growth in their value since the Liberals came to power in 2015.
  The final report today says departmental audits found no evidence of political interference or that the int
  
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• Court date postponed for Trump valet Walt Nauta in classified documents case

  27-06-2023 16:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A court appearance has been postponed for a valet for Donald Trump charged with helping the former president hide classified documents that the Justice Department wanted back.
  A lawyer for Walt Nauta told a judge Tuesday that Nauta had not yet been able to find a Florida-based attorney and was stuck in Newark, New Jersey and had been unable to fly down because of a canceled flight.
  As a result, a judge pushed back the arraignment until July 6.
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• Faith of Canadians in Biden, U.S. slipped in the spring, Pew survey suggests

  27-06-2023 16:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — A new survey suggests Canadians still have a more positive view of the United States than they did three years ago — but that their faith is slipping. 
  The Pew Research survey released today found 57 per cent of 1,007 Canadian respondents have a favourable view of the U.S., down from 63 per cent in 2022. 
  It’s still a far cry from the Trump-era low of 35 per cent in 2020, as well as the 2002 high of 72 per cent that followed the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
  
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• Winnipeg Blue Bombers sign veteran quarterback Dakota Prukop

  27-06-2023 15:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Dakota Prukop is back with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
  The CFL club signed the veteran American quarterback to a one-year deal Monday. Prukop returns to Winnipeg after dressing for four games this season with the USFL’s New Jersey Generals.
  Prukop completed 31-of-50 passes for 312 yards and three TD with the Generals while rushing for 97 yards and a touchdown.
  Prukop spent last season with Winnipeg, rushing for six touchdowns while passing for two others.
  Prukop has appeare
  
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• 2023… The Year Of The Ocean’s Revenge?

  27-06-2023 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not!The catastrophic implosion of OceanGate’s Titan submarine has skyrocketed the ocean to the top of the news cycle recently. Many people have weighed in, including James Cameron. The director of 1997’s Titanic, Cameron is no stranger to the ocean, the siren call of the Titanic, or the dangers of deep-sea exploration.
  On March 26th, 2012, Cameron completed a record-breaking solo dive aboard the Deepsea Challenge. He descended 35,787 feet to the bot
  
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