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• Family remembers firefighter killed in N.W.T. as brave and passionate about his job

  18-07-2023 23:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT LIARD, N.W.T. — The sky dumped buckets of rain, explosive thunder and lightning shook Jack Yeadon’s home, and the father started to cry.
  Yeadon said it was the Creator telling him that his son was being honoured for his sacrifice battling a wildfire near his home community in the Northwest Territories.
  Adam Yeadon, 25, died while fighting a wildfire near Fort Liard, a hamlet north of the British Columbia boundary, on Saturday afternoon. 
  “I was connected to that storm
  
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• MLS Commissioner Don Garber talks Messi, Leagues Cup on eve of All-Star Game

  18-07-2023 23:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — MLS Commissioner Dan Garber figures Lionel Messi’s arrival is just the start of an exciting few years for soccer in North America.
  The United States, Mexico and Canada are hosting the World Cup in 2026, and before that, the 2024 Copa America and 2025 Club World Cup come to the U.S.
  “North America is driving a lot of the energy and a lot of the potential value of soccer on a global basis, and we believe that MLS is one of the drivers of all of that energy,&rdqu
  
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• Fargo police officer’s funeral scheduled; 2 other officers remain hospitalized after shooting

  18-07-2023 23:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Funeral services have been scheduled for the Fargo, North Dakota, police officer killed in a shooting that also left two other officers injured.
  The funeral service for Jake Wallin, 23, is set for 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Pequot Lakes High School in Pequot Lakes, Minnesota, according to an obituary. A private service will follow graveside at a cemetery in Nisswa, Minnesota.
  Fargo police say Mohamad Barakat, a 37-year-old Fargo resident, fatally shot Wallin while police and firefighters were respon
  
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• Louisiana youths held at adult prison’s old death row suffer heat, isolation, advocates say

  18-07-2023 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Juveniles held in a former death row building at a Louisiana prison for adults are suffering through dangerous heat and psychologically damaging isolation in their cells with little or no mental health care, inadequate schooling and foul water, advocates say in a federal court filing asking a judge to order that the youths be moved.
  The document, filed in Baton Rouge and dated Monday, says state officials have broken promises to provide constitutionally acceptable facili
  
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• Iowa governor plans to appeal block on restrictive abortion law

  18-07-2023 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said on Tuesday that plans are in progress to appeal a temporary block on the state’s new, restrictive abortion law, previewing a likely emotional court battle that could take months to resolve.
  Reynolds told reporters at the Iowa Capitol that her staff is working with lawyers in Attorney General Brenna Bird’s office to work out the details, so “it’s just a matter of time,” she said.
  The Republican-controlled Legi
  
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• Galchenyuk to check into player assistance program after outburst during arrest

  18-07-2023 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Former Arizona Coyotes player Alex Galchenyuk is entering the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program and apologized for hurling threats at officers during his arrest earlier this month.
  Galchenyuk tweeted a letter on Tuesday apologizing for repeatedly using racial slurs toward an officer in training and threated to have two officers killed following a July 9 traffic stop.
  “I am deeply ashamed of my recent behavior and I am beyond sorry to everyone I offended and
  
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• Texas trooper’s accounts of bloodied and fainting migrants on US-Mexico border unleashes criticism

  18-07-2023 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s escalating measures to stop migrants along the U.S. border with Mexico came under a burst of new criticism Tuesday after a state trooper said migrants were left bloodied from razor-wire barriers and that orders were given to deny people water in sweltering heat.
  In one account, Texas Trooper Nicholas Wingate told a supervisor that upon encountering a group of 120 migrants on June 25 — including young children and mothers nursing bab
  
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• Michigan charges 16 fake electors for Donald Trump with election law and forgery felonies

  18-07-2023 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general filed felony charges Tuesday against 16 Republicans who acted as fake electors for then-President Donald Trump in 2020, accusing them of submitting false certificates confirming they were legitimate electors despite Joe Biden’s victory in the state.
  Attorney General Dana Nessel, a Democrat, announced Tuesday that all 16 individuals would get eight criminal charges, including two counts of forgery, which is a 14-year felony. The
  
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• Big-ticket dreams spurred by $1 billion Powerball jackpot, but expert warns: Take is slow

  18-07-2023 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — With the Powerball jackpot topping $1 billion for this week’s drawing, millions of people across the country will be lining up at convenience stores, grocery and gas station counters hoping to hit it big.
  HOW DOES THIS LATEST POWERBALL JACKPOT STACK UP?
  The new jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing would be the seventh highest in U.S. history and the third largest for Powerball. If a sole player picks all five numbers plus the Powerball number drawn, they have the
  
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• After court ruling, Alabama GOP criticized for rejecting 2nd majority-Black congressional district

  18-07-2023 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Republicans on Tuesday advanced proposals to boost the number of Black voters in one of the state’s seven congressional districts, but critics said the plans flout a court order to create a second majority-Black district or something close to it.
  Lawmakers must adopt new maps by Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court in June upheld a finding that the current state map — with one majority-Black district in a state that is 27% Black — likely vio
  
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• Senator’s convoy rant breached ethics code, watchdog says apology not sufficient

  18-07-2023 23:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Senate ethics watchdog has found Conservative Sen. Michael MacDonald violated the code of conduct during the “Freedom Convoy” protest in February 2022.
  The Nova Scotia senator was caught on video castigating downtown Ottawa residents who complained about the protests, saying they were overpaid and underworked.
  MacDonald has apologized for his remarks in the Senate, and he told media he had been drinking the evening in question.
  The Senate Ethics Officer says he bre
  
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• No resolution on Highway Patrol duty shift to Chilliwack, Hope RCMP

  18-07-2023 23:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Despite a face-to-face meeting with the BC public safety minister on Monday involving Mayor Ken Popove and two city councillors, there haven’t been changes to a service model change that would force Hope RCMP and Chilliwack RCMP to begin responding to incidents and collisions on the Coquihalla starting in September.At issue is a decision by the provincial government to download the South Coast Highway Patrol’s service model onto municipalities like Chilliwack. The
  
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• Alberta moves to decentralize health-care delivery, 15 years after centralizing it

  18-07-2023 23:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta’s new health minister has been given the green light to decentralize the entire health-care delivery system — 15 years after the province completed a multistage, multiyear process to centralize it.
  In a mandate letter, Premier Danielle Smith directs Health Minister Adriana LaGrange to reform the management and structure of Alberta Health Services to spread out decision-making to improve front-line care.
  The decision sets in motion a reversal of government pol
  
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• Consolation 69-run win for England in final Women’s Ashes ODI against Australia

  18-07-2023 23:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TAUNTON, England (AP) — Nat Sciver-Brunt hit another century as England claimed a Women’s Ashes series draw with a 69-run win over Australia under the DLS method in the final one-day international at Taunton.
  Victory saw the multi-series format drawn 8-8 on points — the same score as when England last avoided Ashes defeat in Australia five years ago — and meant England had won both the ODI and Twenty20 series 2-1.
  Urn holder Australia had already retained the Ashes by win
  
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• Police haul more items from home of man charged in Gilgo Beach killings

  18-07-2023 22:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Police carted more boxes of potential evidence Tuesday out of the Long Island home of Rex Heuermann, who has been charged with killing at least three women and leaving their remains alongside a remote stretch of beach highway.
  Items pulled out of Heuermann’s home in Massapequa Park in recent days have included more than 200 firearms, a large doll in a glass case, a large portrait of a woman with a bruised face and a filing cabinet.
  Investigators, some dre
  
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• RCMP officers’ group says Mounties shouldn’t be ‘scapegoats’ in police shortage

  18-07-2023 22:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The voice for almost 20,000 RCMP says its members should not be used as “political pawns” in the dispute between the British Columbia government and the City of Surrey over its policing situation. 
  Brian Sauvé, the president of the National Police Federation, says in an open letter to Premier David Eby that the government’s lack of funding has led to staff shortages and it’s unfair to blame the Mounties for not filling their vacancies.
  The st
  
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• Georgia’s Kirby Smart says complacency is the biggest threat to the Bulldogs’ three-peat hopes

  18-07-2023 22:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kirby Smart says complacency is the biggest challenge his Georgia Bulldogs face while trying to add a third straight national football championship.
  Smart and his Bulldogs also don’t have history on their side.
  Winning back-to-back national championships is tough enough. No Division I program has strung together three consecutive college football titles since Minnesota in 1934-1936, even though powers ranging from Alabama, Oklahoma, Notre Dame and Nebraska hav
  
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• Doukhobor kids taken from B.C. homes in 1950s deserve ... - Chilliwack Progress

  18-07-2023 22:50 via news.google.com
  
  Doukhobor kids taken from B.C. homes in 1950s deserve ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Drones, ATVs hamper B.C.’s wildfire fighting efforts - Chilliwack Progress

  18-07-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
  Drones, ATVs hamper B.C.’s wildfire fighting efforts  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack Jets hire coach away from Chilliwack Chiefs - Chilliwack Progress

  18-07-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Jets hire coach away from Chilliwack Chiefs  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Bus catches fire on Hwy 16, stranding tourists; B.C. firefighters respond - Chilliwack Progress

  18-07-2023 22:22 via news.google.com
  
  Bus catches fire on Hwy 16, stranding tourists; B.C. firefighters respond  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Kansas’ governor gets to defend birth certificate changes in court, a judge rules

  18-07-2023 22:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge is considering Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s arguments that a new Kansas law rolling back transgender rights doesn’t bar the state from changing the sex listing on transgender people’s birth certificates.
  U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree ruled Tuesday that Kelly’s office can defend her administration’s policy of changing birth certificates and accepted its “friend of the court” arguments. The state’s Rep
  
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• Quarterback Chad Kelly having fun playing football with Toronto Argonauts

  18-07-2023 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Chad Kelly is having fun again playing football.
  Kelly is a big reason why Toronto (4-0) is the CFL’s only unbeaten team. On Friday night, the former Ole Miss star was a tidy 21-of-25 passing for 351 yards and three touchdowns while rushing for another in the Argonauts’ exciting 35-27 road win over the Montreal Alouettes.
  “I’m having the most fun I’ve had since I was in Little League football, really,” Kelly said following Toronto’s pract
  
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• Judge refuses to toss discrimination lawsuits over Georgia voting districts

  18-07-2023 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has refused to dismiss lawsuits alleging Georgia’s congressional and legislative districts illegally discriminate against Black voters.
  U.S. District Judge Steve Jones ruled Monday that he could only decide disputes over the facts of the cases and the credibility of the witnesses after a full trial, which he set for September.
  “Additionally, given the gravity and importance of the right to an equal vote for all American citizens, the court will engage in
  
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• Jordi Alba to reunite with Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets at Inter Miami

  18-07-2023 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Veteran defender Jordi Alba is set to join former FC Barcelona teammates Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets in Miami.
  The 34-year-old Alba will continue his career with MLS’s Inter Miami nearly two months after announcing that he was leaving Barcelona after 11 years with the club.
  Inter Miami co-owner Jorge Mas confirmed the move Tuesday, adding that he expected the signing to be official by the end of the day.
  Alba, who joined in 2012 from Valencia, helped
  
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• Harrison Hot Springs by-election set for Sept. 16 - Chilliwack Progress

  18-07-2023 22:01 via news.google.com
  
  Harrison Hot Springs by-election set for Sept. 16  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Woman severely injured in bison attack in Roosevelt Park

  18-07-2023 21:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A bison severely injured a Minnesota woman on Saturday in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, the National Park Service said in a statement on Tuesday.
  Park officials reported she was in serious but stable condition after suffering “significant injuries to her abdomen and foot.”
  The woman was taken to a Fargo hospital after being transported by ambulance to a hospital in Dickinson, about 30 miles (48.28 kilometers) east of Painted Canyon, a colorful Badlands
  
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• Thai election winner set to make last stand in contentious bid to become prime minister

  18-07-2023 21:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — The leader of Thailand’s Move Forward Party, which won a surprise first-place finish in May’s general election, is expected to have a last chance Wednesday to get the country’s parliament to confirm him as the next prime minister after he was rebuffed in a first round of voting.
  Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat fell short last week when he failed to get enough support from the non-elected Senate, whose members made clear they would not vote for h
  
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• A ‘person of interest’ is being held in Oregon deaths of 4 women after governor revokes commutation

  18-07-2023 21:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A man considered a person of interest in the deaths of four women whose bodies were found in northwestern Oregon is being held in a state prison after Gov. Tina Kotek reinstated a prison sentence that was commuted by her predecessor.
  Jesse Lee Calhoun, 38, is a person of interest in the deaths of 22-year-old Kristin Smith, 24-year-old Charity Lynn Perry, 31-year-old Bridget Leann Webster and 22-year-old Ashley Real, according to a law enforcement official with knowledge
  
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• CFL receiving yard leader Austin Mack seizing his opportunity with Alouettes

  18-07-2023 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal Alouettes receiver Austin Mack wasn’t familiar with the CFL a few months ago.
  “I pull up a highlight tape of the Alouettes, and I see guys running to the line of scrimmage, motioning sideways on the line of scrimmage, and I’m just like, ‘what is going on? This is crazy,'” said Mack of Canadian football rules, reminiscing on when he first learned of Montreal’s interest in him in April.
  The product of Fort Wayne, Ind., now leads the league in receiving
  
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• US says Ukraine has significant combat power not yet committed to the war

  18-07-2023 21:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian forces have a “significant amount of combat power” that hasn’t yet been committed to the war, the top U.S. military officer said Tuesday, saying Kyiv is conserving some of its tactical effort while troops slowly work their way through deadly Russian minefields.
  Speaking to reporters after defense leaders from around the world met to discuss Ukraine’s military needs, Army Gen. Mark Milley was asked about the slow pace of Ukraine’s of
  
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• Virginia NAACP demands to see governor’s criteria for restoring voting rights to felons

  18-07-2023 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia NAACP on Tuesday called on Gov. Glenn Youngkin to establish clear and publicly available criteria for restoring the voting rights of convicted felons who have served their time, saying the system now is secretive and could discriminate against people of color.
  Youngkin has come under scrutiny since his administration confirmed earlier this year that it shifted away from a system used by three of his predecessors that was partly automatic. Two lawsuits have
  
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• Prosecutor cites risky investments as ‘grave’ violations, in closing of Vatican financial case

  18-07-2023 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) —The Vatican prosecutor insisted Tuesday that his indictments of 10 people, including a cardinal, for alleged financial crimes held up under two years of testimony, criticism and defense motions, as he began closing arguments in a trial that exposed the unseemly financial underbelly of the Holy See.
  Prosecutor Alessandro Diddi opened two weeks of hearings to summarize his case by accusing officials in the Vatican secretariat of state of committing “grave violations&
  
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• In backlash over their expulsions, 2 Tennessee Democratic lawmakers raised $2M combined

  18-07-2023 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee state Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones have raised more than $2 million combined through about 70,400 campaign donations after Republican lawmakers abruptly expelled the Democrats this spring for their gun control protest on the House floor.
  The vast majority of those small donations came over just a few days when the two had been kicked out, but not yet reinstated. If Republicans kept the two young Black House members in office, they would not have b
  
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• Filmmaker James Cameron calls Titan submersible implosion ‘extreme outlier’

  18-07-2023 21:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian filmmaker and deep sea explorer James Cameron says the implosion of the Titan submersible that killed five people last month was an extreme outlier.
  The “Titanic” director told reporters in Ottawa today that faulty engineering was to blame for the incident, which happened as the submersible was on its way to visit the site of the ship’s wreckage in the Atlantic Ocean. 
  Cameron was in the city for the opening of a new Royal Canadian Geographic Society exhibition ab
  
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• Ontario, Quebec to see more tornado ‘fuel,’ but more data needed

  18-07-2023 21:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Climate change will likely bring more weather conditions to Ontario and Quebec that are favourable to the development of tornadoes, but it’s still unclear whether Central Canada will actually be hit by more of them, experts say.
  Severe thunderstorms — and at least two tornadoes — damaged homes, knocked down power lines and overwhelmed sewers in eastern Ontario and Quebec last week. Steven Flisfeder, Environment Canada warning preparedness meteorologist, says th
  
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• Lack of compensation for Doukhobor religious group disappointing: B.C. ombudsperson

  18-07-2023 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s ombudsperson says he’s “deeply disappointed” the government won’t commit to compensating members of an exiled Russian religious group who were forcibly removed from their parents in the 1950s.
  Jay Chalke says in a report that he’s relieved the government has committed to an apology to members of the Doukhobor community this fall, calling it a “momentous” step toward justice.
  But he says he’s “saddened
  
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• A mudslide in Colombia kills at least 14 people and blocks a crucial highway

  18-07-2023 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A mudslide in central Colombia killed at least 14 people early Tuesday and blocked a highway that connects Bogota to the nation’s eastern plains, officials said.
  The avalanche of mud and debris took down several homes in Quetame, a municipality located an hour’s drive southeast of Bogota. It was unleashed by heavy rains that flooded three streams.
  Police said they were searching for missing people who could be buried under the debris. The mudslide also s
  
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• IHIT called to Abbotsford home on Madiera Place west of Clearbrook, arrest made

  18-07-2023 21:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department says the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has been dispatched after municipal police discovered a deceased person at a home in the 31000 block of Madiera Place in West Clearbrook.According to a press release from Constable Art Stele, media relations spokesperson for the Abbotsford PD, patrol officers attended a home on Madiera Place at 7:29 a.m. in response to a suspicious circumstance that had been reported to police. On arrival at the r
  
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• British Columbia’s record-breaking wildfire season, by the numbers

  18-07-2023 21:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia’s wildfire season is now the most destructive on record, with about 14,000 square kilometres of the province burned, surpassing the previous high of 13,543 square kilometres set in 2018.
  Here are some statistics about the current season from the BC Wildfire Service website, as of noon Pacific time, July 18.
  Total area burned: 13,986 square kilometres
  Fires currently burning: 398, including 21 fires of note
  New fires in past 24 hours: 37
  Out-of-control fires: 260
  Total numb
  
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• Visa re-ups sponsorship with US Soccer, equal investment in women

  18-07-2023 21:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — On the eve of the Women’s World Cup, U.S. Soccer has extended its partnership with Visa for the next five years.As part of the agreement announced Tuesday, Visa again vowed that 50% of investment will go towards programs surrounding the U.S. women’s national team and women’s soccer initiatives.
  The deal ensures Visa’s ongoing involvement in the SheBelieves Cup international tournament in the United States each year. The financial service
  
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• Crowded GOP field vies for the Christian Zionist vote as Israel’s rightward shift spurs protests

  18-07-2023 21:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — When John McCain was the Republican presidential nominee in 2008, he was forced to reject megachurch pastor John Hagee’s endorsement after a sermon surfaced that was derided as antisemitic.
  But as the 2024 campaign for the White House intensifies, Hagee and his organization, Christians United for Israel, are welcome presences within the GOP.
  Hagee and CUFI hosted several presidential contenders at their annual summit in suburban Washington this week, including F
  
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• Quebec gondola crash probe continues; victim identified as Canadian soldier

  18-07-2023 21:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Canadian Armed Forces confirmed today that the man who died in a fatal gondola crash Sunday at the Mont-Tremblant resort was a military member.
  Fifty-year-old Sheldon Johnson of Kingston, Ont., was a member of the 5th Canadian Division and had served for 20 years, the military confirmed in a statement offering condolences to Johnson’s colleagues, family and friends.
  Provincial police and other authorities were back at the resort about 105 kilometres northwest of Montre
  
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• National Lacrosse League’s Vancouver Warriors hire Malawsky as head coach, GM

  18-07-2023 21:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Warriors have hired Curt Malawsky as their head coach and general manager.
  He is the third general manager and third head coach in the National Lacrosse League team’s history.
  Malawsky replaces Troy Cordingley, who served as interim general manager and head coach for Vancouver last season.
  The 53-year-old Malawsky spent the last 13 seasons in a front office and coaching capacity with the Calgary Roughnecks before joining the Warriors.
  Malawsky previously pla
  
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• Björn Borg’s son Leo wins his first match on ATP tour

  18-07-2023 21:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BASTAD, Sweden (AP) — More than 40 years later, there is another Borg on the list of ATP match winners.
  Leo Borg, the son of 11-time Grand Slam champion Björn Borg, won a main-draw match on the ATP tour for the first time on Tuesday.
  The 20-year-old Borg put his hands on his hips and beamed broadly after sealing the win with an ace — on the first of three match points — to record a 7-6 (5), 6-3 victory over Swedish compatriot Elias Ymer at the Nordea Open.
  “It’
  
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• Belarus arrests a prominent journalist in its continued crackdown on dissent

  18-07-2023 20:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authorities in Belarus have arrested a prominent journalist who has written for the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the latest step in a yearslong crackdown on opposition figures, independent journalists and human rights activists.
  The Belarusian Association of Journalists said Ihar Karnei, 55, was arrested in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, on Monday. His apartment was raided, with police seizing phones and computers, his daughter, Polina, told The Asso
  
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• B.C. farmers facing feed, hay shortages amid drought, wildfires - Chilliwack Progress

  18-07-2023 20:50 via news.google.com
  
  B.C. farmers facing feed, hay shortages amid drought, wildfires  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Maple Leafs hire former Canucks executive Clancey as assistant general manager

  18-07-2023 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have hired Derek Clancey as assistant general manager, player personnel.
  The 54-year-old spent last season as an assistant GM with the Vancouver Canucks.
  He was a pro scout with the Calgary Flames in the 2021-22 season following 14 seasons as a scout and front-office executive with Pittsburgh.
  The Penguins won three Stanley Cups during Clancey’s time with the club.
  In a statement, Leafs GM Brad Treliving called Clancey “one of the premier talen
  
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• Kamloops teen dead after falling into waterfall near Revelstoke - Chilliwack Progress

  18-07-2023 20:45 via news.google.com
  
  Kamloops teen dead after falling into waterfall near Revelstoke  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Alaska volcano’s week-long eruption spews another massive ash cloud

  18-07-2023 20:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An ongoing eruption of a remote volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands produced an ash cloud so large Tuesday warnings were sent to pilots about potentially dangerous conditions.
  The ash cloud with an initial height of around 5.5 miles (8.9 kilometers) was drifting south-southeast from Shishaldin Volcano, the Alaska Volcano Observatory said in a statement. The eruption was described as moderate with ashfall drifting toward the Pacific Ocean, creating a potentia
  
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