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• Raptors waive guard-forward Joe Wieskamp

  17-07-2023 23:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have waived guard-forward Joe Wieskamp, the team announced Monday.
  The 23-year-old had signed a multi-year deal with Toronto on Feb. 11 after a pair of 10-day contracts in January.
  Wieskamp appeared in nine games for the Raptors last season, totaling nine points, four rebounds and three assists in 50 minutes. He also played in the G League, having split time between the Wisconsin Herd and Raptors 905.
  The six-foot-six, 205-pounder was most recently on Toronto&
  
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• In California’s wide-open Senate race, Rep. Adam Schiff builds big fundraising edge

  17-07-2023 23:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The crowded 2024 contest to fill the seat of retiring Democratic U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein is considered wide open, but U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff has built a substantial fundraising edge over his chief rivals, federal records showed Monday.
  Schiff, a Southern California Democrat who rose to national prominence as the lead prosecutor in then-President Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial, announced earlier this month that he had raised $8.1 million over the past thre
  
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• ‘Very lucky’ hiker rescued after 50-foot slip near Cascade Falls - Chilliwack Progress

  17-07-2023 23:40 via news.google.com
  
  ‘Very lucky’ hiker rescued after 50-foot slip near Cascade Falls  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Potential jurors share strong feelings about Trump ahead of trial over Michael Cohen’s legal fees

  17-07-2023 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in Michael Cohen’s civil lawsuit against the Trump Organization, in which the former president’s personal attorney and fixer claims he is owed more than $1 million.
  Roughly three dozen prospective jurors sat inside a Manhattan courtroom, largely silent as Judge Joel Cohen outlined the coming trial dates and posed a series of questions meant to weed out candidates with potential conflicts of interest.
  Then the judge asked the assembled
  
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• Alabama Republicans reject call for 2nd majority Black district, despite Supreme Court ruling

  17-07-2023 23:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) —Alabama Republicans, under orders of the U.S. Supreme Court to redraw congressional districts to give minority voters a greater voice in elections, rejected calls Monday to craft a second majority-Black district and proposed a map that could test what is required by the judges’ directive.Lawmakers must adopt a new map by Friday after the high court in June affirmed a three-judge panel’s ruling that Alabama’s existing congressional map — with a
  
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• Atlanta petition drive to stop ‘Cop City’ is ‘futile,’ city’s attorneys argue

  17-07-2023 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — An ongoing petition drive to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training center is “futile” and “invalid,” attorneys for the city of Atlanta argued in a court filing Monday, as they sought to prevent the proposed referendum from appearing on November’s ballot.
  For the past month, activists with the “Stop Cop City” movement have been trying to gather the signatures of more than 70,000 registered Atlanta voters by Aug. 1
  
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• Abortion in Iowa is legal again, for now, after a judge blocks new restrictions

  17-07-2023 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa judge on Monday temporarily blocked the state’s new ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, just days after Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the measure into law.That means abortion is once again legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy while the courts assess the new law’s constitutionality.
  The new law prohibits almost all abortions once cardiac activity can be detected, which is usually around six weeks of pregnancy and before many
  
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• SEC commissioner calls on Congress to set national standards for athlete compensation

  17-07-2023 23:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey made clear Monday that only Congress can truly set a national standard for name, image and likeness compensation in college athletics.Sankey said NIL isn’t a partisan issue and that state legislatures haven’t yet enforced their NIL laws, some of which would bar the NCAA and conferences from adopting and enforcing their own standards.“Congressional action is then the only way to provide a national uni
  
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• Former Northwestern football players hire civil rights attorney to investigate hazing

  17-07-2023 23:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Eight former Northwestern football players have retained attorneys following a hazing scandal that led to the firing of coach Pat Fitzgerald and criticism of university leadership for its initial response to the allegations.
  Civil rights attorney Ben Crump and the Chicago-based Levin & Perconti personal injury law firm announced Monday that they have “uncovered a vast array of incidents of abuse in the Northwestern football program.” They also said more athle
  
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• Over a dozen impaired drivers keep AbbyPD officers busy all weekend

  17-07-2023 22:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Traffic Enforcement Unit of the Abbotsford Police Department maintained a watchful eye throughout the weekend for impaired, drunk drivers that thought nothing of endangering other motorists.
  In the end, traffic police and the impaired motorists both got their just reward.In a tweet from the police department, Abbotsford Police and its Traffic Enforcement Unit removed 15 high-risk drivers from the Abbotsford roadways over the weekend.“Over the weekend, AbbyPD officers
  
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• First troops in B.C. for wildfire fight, as helicopters and Hercules plane readied

  17-07-2023 22:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canadian Armed Forces says the first troops to help in British Columbia’s wildfire fight have arrived in the province, with more soldiers, helicopters and a Hercules plane poised for deployment.
  The forces said in a statement that a reconnaissance team is on the ground in Prince George in central B.C. and is working with local authorities including the BC Wildfire Service to strategize.
  The arrival of the personnel and equipment will be welcomed by firefighters and communities, said th
  
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• Officials file more charges, but not hate crimes, against man accused of attacking Muslim lawmaker

  17-07-2023 22:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A prosecutor added felony charges, including attempted sexual assault, Monday against a man accused of attacking Connecticut’s first Muslim state representative after a prayer service, but did not file hate crime allegations demanded by the lawmaker’s supporters.
  The case of Andrey Desmond, 30, went before a judge in Hartford Superior Court, where supporters of state Rep. Maryam Khan, including local imams, also gathered.
  “It continues to be a myste
  
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• Team Japan takes gold at Canada Cup softball tournament in Surrey - Chilliwack Progress

  17-07-2023 22:32 via news.google.com
  
  Team Japan takes gold at Canada Cup softball tournament in Surrey  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Biden still concerned about judicial overhaul as he extends invite to meet with Israel’s Netanyahu

  17-07-2023 22:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet with him in the U.S. this fall, the White House said, even as he expressed ongoing concern about Netanyahu’s controversial plans to overhaul his country’s judicial system.
  Monday’s phone conversation between the U.S. and Israeli leaders came one day before Israel’s figurehead president Isaac Herzog is set to visit to the White House and as Netanyahu’s gove
  
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• Minister says he’ll announce decision Wednesday on future of policing in Surrey, B.C.

  17-07-2023 22:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK, B.C. — British Columbia Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says he’ll announce Wednesday whether Surrey will be allowed to revert to policing by the RCMP or be forced to continue the transition to a municipal force.
  Farnworth says no matter what he decides, he’s confident officers with either force are going to continue to do an “incredible job.” 
  Uncertainty around policing in Surrey has swirled since October, after the election of Mayor Brenda
  
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• Deadly flooding hit several countries at once. Scientists say this will only be more common

  17-07-2023 22:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Extreme rainfall accompanied by deadly flooding hit the United States and several other countries over the weekend and last week.There were several dozen fatalities in central and southern regions of South Korea, including the Chongju region where an underpass flooded and drowned motorists who became trapped in their submerged vehicles.
  In the U.S., flooding claimed five lives in Upper Makefield Township, Pennsylvania, where a search is ongoing for two missing children. Flooding also struck part
  
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• Citing Trump case, Pentagon leak suspect Teixeira urges judge to release him while he awaits trial

  17-07-2023 22:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking secret military papers challenged a judge’s decision that he remain behind bars, pointing Monday to the pretrial release of former President Donald Trump and others charged in high-profile classified documents cases.A magistrate judge who ruled in May that 21-year-old Jack Teixeira must remain behind bars while the case plays out found that releasing him would pose a risk that he would attempt to flee the co
  
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• Top official in Justice Department’s criminal division to depart

  17-07-2023 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Justice Department’s criminal division is leaving at the end of July after two years of overseeing work that ranged from corporate fraud prosecution to war crimes investigations.
  Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite’s tenure has included work to combat human smuggling, prosecute white-collar crime and pursue accountability for Russian war crimes in Ukraine, Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.
  “Under his leadership,
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs land former Wenatchee Wild forward - Hope ... - Hope Standard

  17-07-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs land former Wenatchee Wild forward - Chilliwack Progress

  17-07-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Chiefs land former Wenatchee Wild forward  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Deaths of four Oregon women over three months are linked, authorities say

  17-07-2023 21:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The deaths of four women whose bodies were found over the course of three months in or near Portland, Oregon, are linked, and at least one person of interest has been identified, authorities said Monday.
  The Multnomah County District Attorney’s office in Portland says no charges have been filed against anyone but that the community is not currently in any danger. Local media reported that a man is in custody.
  The women’s bodies were found in Portland and rura
  
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• Judge strikes down law allowing Tennessee attorney general to argue certain death penalty cases

  17-07-2023 21:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers violated the Tennessee Constitution when they passed a law this spring giving the state attorney general more authority to argue certain death penalty cases, according to a judge’s ruling Monday.
  The new law allows the attorney general to step in and take over post-conviction capital cases. But Shelby County Judge Paula Skahan said that’s unconstitutional because it removes the power of the locally elected district attorney to argue th
  
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• Chiefs Sign Caleb Elfering

  17-07-2023 21:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Chilliwack Chiefs are proud to announce the signing of Caleb Elfering for the upcoming 2023/24 BCHL season.
  Elfering, a 2004-born forward, has spent the last three seasons with the Northstar Christian Academy Knights. This past season with the 18U AAA team, he scored 33 goals and 39 assists for 72 points in 52 games.
  “We’ve had our eye on Caleb for a couple of years now. We wanted a right handed shot, puck distributing player with the skill set that Caleb brings,” said Chie
  
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• Blinken urges Congress to act on delayed ambassadorial nominations

  17-07-2023 21:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday urged the Senate to move forward with votes on more than 60 diplomatic nominations, including 38 ambassadors, that have been stalled due to objections by individual lawmakers.In a letter to all 100 senators and in public comments, Blinken said delays in confirmation votes for these nominees constitute a national security risk. Blinken said 35 of the 38 ambassadorial nominees are career foreign service officers who have served in
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of July 16, 2023

  17-07-2023 21:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.Name: Randy RyleAge: 34
  Height: 5’9” ft Weight: 145lbs
  Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
  Wanted: Assault – Threats of Violence Use of Force (X2), Utter Threat to Cause Death/Harm, Armed Robbery, Use Imitation Firearm While Committing, Theft Under $5000, Obstruct Public/Peace Officer, Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose, Operate Motor Vehicle – Flight
  
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• VIDEO: Coach frustrated by fourth straight Vancouver Bandits loss - Chilliwack Progress

  17-07-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
  VIDEO: Coach frustrated by fourth straight Vancouver Bandits loss  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Report finds ‘breadth of sexual harassment’ at BC Ambulance Service - Chilliwack Progress

  17-07-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
  Report finds ‘breadth of sexual harassment’ at BC Ambulance Service  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Vanderbilt adds John Calipari’s son, Brad, to basketball staff

  17-07-2023 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — John Calipari’s son is joining a Southeastern Conference staff, just not at Kentucky.
  Brad Calipari, 26, has been hired as Vanderbilt’s director of on-court player development, Commodores coach Jerry Stackhouse announced on Monday.
  “Brad is a talented, young coach who has worked hard to prepare himself for this opportunity,” Stackhouse said. “He is knowledgeable, high-energy, and a strong communicator. We are very excited about his abil
  
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• US sending fighter jets, warship to Gulf region to protect ships from Iranian seizures

  17-07-2023 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending additional fighter jets and a warship to the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman to increase security in the wake of Iranian attempts to seize commercial ships there.
  The Pentagon said Monday that the USS Thomas Hudner, a destroyer, and a number of F-35 fighter jets will be heading to the area. The Hudner had been in the Red Sea.
  Defense officials last week announced the deployment of F-16s to the area over the past weekend, and there have been A-10 atta
  
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• Jurors weighing fate of Pittsburgh synagogue killer hear of the devastation he left behind

  17-07-2023 21:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The gunman who killed 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue targeted them because of their faith and has never once expressed remorse, a federal prosecutor said Monday in asking jurors to impose a death sentence. The defense argued that life in prison is sufficient punishment for the nation’s deadliest antisemitic attack.
  Opening statements Monday in the sentencing phase of Robert Bowers’ federal trial painted dueling portraits of the man who opened fire du
  
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• Chilliwack, Abbotsford getting crisis response teams as part of $3M ... - Hope Standard

  17-07-2023 21:15 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack, Abbotsford getting crisis response teams as part of $3M ...  Hope Standard
  
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• Chilliwack, Abbotsford getting crisis response teams as part of $3M ... - Chilliwack Progress

  17-07-2023 21:15 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack, Abbotsford getting crisis response teams as part of $3M ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack, Abbotsford Getting Crisis Response Teams As Part Of $3 ... - Abbotsford News

  17-07-2023 21:15 via news.google.com
  
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• Online News Act: Google withholds AI chatbot as Meta runs ads opposing new law

  17-07-2023 21:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The tech giants are continuing their battle against the Liberal government, with Google deciding against allowing its new artificial-intelligence chatbot to be used in Canada and Meta running ads opposing the Online News Act.
  A Google spokesman says the digital company is working through regulatory uncertainty in Canada related to Bard, an AI-driven online conversational tool seen as a competitor to the popular ChatGPT from OpenAI.
  Bard currently surfaces links to news, which conf
  
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• B.C. promises $3M to expand program that partners cops with health-care providers

  17-07-2023 21:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK, B.C. — British Columbia is spending $3 million to expand a program that partners health-care workers with police to respond to mental-health-related calls.
  Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says the program aim is to connect people in crisis to the appropriate services in their community and take pressure off stretched police resources.
  New teams are being funded for Abbotsford, Port Coquitlam/Coquitlam, Burnaby, Chilliwack, Penticton, Vernon, Squamish, Prince Rupert and th
  
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• Police seize 4,000 marijuana plants and 18 guns in Abbotsford - Chilliwack Progress

  17-07-2023 20:59 via news.google.com
  
  Police seize 4,000 marijuana plants and 18 guns in Abbotsford  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Golf has long been about making connections. That won’t change in an LIV-PGA Tour world

  17-07-2023 20:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Kerry Bowie’s daughters have dreams. Big ones. His 15-year-old wants to go to law school, maybe dabble in politics. His 12-year-old plans to be a business magnate.
  And while their schedules are jammed, at some point this summer Bowie plans to take them to Franklin Park in the heart of Boston, place a golf club in their hands and have them learn about a game whose influence extends far beyond fairways and greens.
  “There are some things people miss out on by not doing it,” Bowie
  
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• Fatal stabbing victim identified as Mission’s Jesse Kennedy - Chilliwack Progress

  17-07-2023 20:47 via news.google.com
  
  Fatal stabbing victim identified as Mission’s Jesse Kennedy  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• BC Ferries cancels Victoria-mainland sailings, warns of more ... - Chilliwack Progress

  17-07-2023 20:40 via news.google.com
  
  BC Ferries cancels Victoria-mainland sailings, warns of more ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• More nurses pairing with police for mental health calls across B.C. - Chilliwack Progress

  17-07-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
  More nurses pairing with police for mental health calls across B.C.  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• ‘Mission: Impossible’ debuts with $80M over five days - Chilliwack Progress

  17-07-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
  ‘Mission: Impossible’ debuts with $80M over five days  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Military, officials set to discuss B.C.’s volatile wildfire situation - Chilliwack Progress

  17-07-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
  Military, officials set to discuss B.C.’s volatile wildfire situation  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Additional mental health support teams coming to Chilliwack: Public Safety Minister Farnworth

  17-07-2023 20:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Public Safety Minister and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth joined fellow MLAs and ministers Monday morning (July 17) at Chilliwack City Hall for a $3 million funding announcement that the province says will bring new mobile, integrated-response teams to Chilliwack and eight other communities throughout the province.The province said in a statement Monday that people in a mental-health or substance-use crisis will have the support of experts as new mobile, integrated-response
  
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• Scientific adviser resigns from Health Canada, calls for overhaul of pesticide rules

  17-07-2023 20:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — An independent scientific adviser has resigned from a Health Canada committee on pesticide management over concerns about a lack of transparency and scientific oversight.
  Dr. Bruce Lanphear, a health sciences professor at Simon Fraser University, stepped down as the co-chair of the Health Canada scientific advisory committee on pest control products on June 27.
  In his three-page resignation letter, he says he has little or no confidence that the committee can help the pesticide br
  
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• Abbotsford Police raid large-scale grow op at Abbotsford farm, seize sawed-off guns

  17-07-2023 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Drug Enforcement Unit of the Abbotsford Police Department has executed a search warrant on an Abbotsford farm containing a large-scale marijuana grow operation, resulting in the seizure of multiple weapons and thousands of marijuana plants.
  According to a press release from Constable Art Stele, media relations spokesperson, Abbotsford Police were asked on Thursday, July 13 by the BC Conservation Officer Service to execute a search warrant on a property located in the 7400
  
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• Turning Point Action’s student activists were torn between Trump and DeSantis last year. Not anymore

  17-07-2023 20:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — When student activists assembled in Florida last year for Turning Point Action’s annual summit, many were torn, wrestling with whether former President Donald Trump or Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was the Republican Party’s best hope for 2024.
  One year later, there is no more doubt. Attendees at this year’s meeting booed at even the suggestion of a contested GOP primary. Trump, they overwhelmingly said, is their pick.
  “Trump, for sure. I do
  
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• Dozens of followers of Pakistan’s Imran Khan quit his party and launch their own ahead of elections

  17-07-2023 20:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — In a major blow to Pakistan’s former prime minister and top opposition leader Imran Khan, dozens of his followers quit his party on Monday to launch their own ahead of parliamentary elections expected later this year.
  The dramatic development — described as a “political rebellion” within Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party — came two months after violent protests shook the country in early May. Khan’s followers, angered over his
  
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• After heat wave, wildfires force thousands to flee seaside resorts outside Greek capital

  17-07-2023 20:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOUTRAKI, Greece (AP) — Wildfires outside Athens forced thousands to flee seaside resorts, closed highways and gutted vacation homes Monday, as high winds pushed flames through hillside scrub and pine forests parched by days of extreme heat.Authorities issued evacuation orders for at least six seaside communities as two major wildfires edged closer to summer resort towns and gusts of wind hit 70 kph (45 mph).The army, police special forces and volunteer rescuers freed retirees from their h
  
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• Sports apparel giant Nike permanently ends partnership with Hockey Canada

  17-07-2023 20:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Sports apparel giant Nike has permanently ended its sponsor partnership with Hockey Canada.
  Nike was one of several major partners that paused its sponsorship deal with Canada’s governing hockey body in 2022 amid heavy criticism of Hockey Canada’s handling of sexual assault allegations and settlement payouts.
  Nike’s decision comes almost two weeks after equipment brand Bauer reinstated its partnership with Hockey Canada following the hiring of former Curling Canada chief execut
  
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• VIDEO: SUV flees police, causes crash in Langley - Chilliwack Progress

  17-07-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
  VIDEO: SUV flees police, causes crash in Langley  Chilliwack Progress
  
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