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• Calgary man found dead in river near Shambhala Music Festival - Chilliwack Progress

  25-07-2023 23:59 via news.google.com
  
  Calgary man found dead in river near Shambhala Music Festival  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage cancelled, thousands clean up campsite ravaged in storm

  25-07-2023 23:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAC STE. ANNE, Alta. — Thousands of religious pilgrims were cleaning up their ravaged campsite after a heavy storm blew through Lac Ste. Anne, Alta., cancelling events for the first time in decades.
  Andrew Papenbrock of the Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton says as many as 10,000 people were on the site Monday night, participating in an annual pilgrimage more than a century old. 
  Papenbrock says the site was under a tornado warning at about midnight and after the storm hit, portable to
  
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• Chilliwack pickleball hunger strike ends without a solution - Chilliwack Progress

  25-07-2023 23:45 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack pickleball hunger strike ends without a solution  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack Pickleball Hunger Strike Ends Without A Solution - Abbotsford News

  25-07-2023 23:45 via news.google.com
  
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• Star-studded Times Square rally held for striking actors and writers - Chilliwack Progress

  25-07-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  
  Star-studded Times Square rally held for striking actors and writers  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Bruin captain Patrice Bergeron announces retirement after 19 seasons - Chilliwack Progress

  25-07-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  
  Bruin captain Patrice Bergeron announces retirement after 19 seasons  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• TFC loans forward Akinola to Earthquakes, gets international roster spot in return

  25-07-2023 23:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC has loaned forward Ayo Akinola to the San Jose Earthquakes for the remainder of the 2023 Major League Soccer season, the club announced Tuesday. 
  The Earthquakes have the option to exercise a permanent transfer for Akinola through 2024 at the end of his loan.
  Toronto receives a 2023 international roster slot in return.
  The 23-year-old Akinola, from Brampton, Ont., has 18 goals in 91 appearances across all competitions with Toronto since joining the club as a homegrown player on D
  
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• B.C. ranchers struggle as drought sends hay prices soaring

  25-07-2023 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia rancher Suzanne Fradette had just got off the phone with a hay broker who had grim news amid an ongoing drought that has sent feed prices soaring: “It’s bad out there.”
  “We’ve got a fairly small herd, like 140 head, but we are thinking it’s going to be about $100,000 this year for hay,” said Fradette. 
  That’s a 30-per-cent jump compared to recent years, and a painful price for a relatively small ranch. 
  Fradette runs the
  
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• Vancouver Whitecaps, Los Angeles Galaxy Leagues Cup match rescheduled to Sunday

  25-07-2023 22:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps’ Leagues Cup match against the Galaxy originally set for Saturday in Los Angeles has been rescheduled to Sunday, the club announced Tuesday.
  The match was postponed due to a previously rescheduled match between the Galaxy and Club Leon of Mexico’s top league.
  Club Leon beat the Whitecaps in their Leagues Cup opener, winning 16-15 in a 19-round shootout with the score 2-2 after regulation in Vancouver.
  The Liga MX club then had its travel to L
  
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• B.C. working to source hay, feed for farmers in need immediately - Chilliwack Progress

  25-07-2023 22:31 via news.google.com
  
  B.C. working to source hay, feed for farmers in need immediately  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chinese foreign interference: Retired Mountie William Majcher granted bail in Quebec

  25-07-2023 22:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONGUEUIL, Que. — A former RCMP officer charged with helping China conduct foreign interference has been granted bail.
  William Majcher is charged under the Security of Information Act with conspiracy and with preparatory acts for the benefit of a foreign entity.
  The sixty-year-old Majcher was arrested Thursday in Vancouver and released today, after Quebec court Judge Ann-Mary Beauchemin signed off on his bail conditions.
  Majcher must make a $50,000 deposit with the court, surrender his pas
  
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• Trial date set for Canadian anti-crime researcher detained in Algeria since February

  25-07-2023 22:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A trial date has been set for a Canadian researcher detained in Algeria on charges he published secret information and accepted money to commit offences against public order.
  Raouf Farrah, who was born in Algeria but came to Canada as a teenager, is scheduled to stand trial Aug. 8 in the city of Constantine.
  His lawyer, Kouceila Zerguine, says Farrah was arrested February while visiting family in Algeria.
  Human Rights Watch says the arrest of Farrah, a senior analyst with the Ge
  
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• 42% complete: Auditor general releases 1st progress report on ... - Chilliwack Progress

  25-07-2023 21:56 via news.google.com
  
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• Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur withdraws from National Bank Open with knee injury

  25-07-2023 21:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur has withdrawn from the National Bank Open due to a knee injury, Tennis Canada announced Tuesday.
  The world No. 6 had made the Wimbledon final on July 15 but was upset in straight sets by Czechia’s Marketa Vondrousova.
  It was Jabeur’s third career Grand Slam final appearance.
  Jabeur’s withdrawal means Czechia’s Linda Noskova, ranked No. 59 in the world, will avoid a passage through qualifying and will move directly to the main dr
  
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• BC Supreme Court justice in Abbotsford and Chilliwack dies at age ... - Hope Standard

  25-07-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
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• BC Supreme Court justice in Abbotsford and Chilliwack dies at age 75 - Hope Standard

  25-07-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
  BC Supreme Court justice in Abbotsford and Chilliwack dies at age 75  Hope Standard
  
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• Chilliwack teenager reported missing

  25-07-2023 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A 15-year-old Chilliwack teenager has been reported missing to the Chilliwack RCMP by his family members, who are looking for help in locating him.
  According to Chilliwack resident Katelin Henry, Zachary Macleod of Chilliwack was last seen on Monday, July 24 at about 5 p.m.
  Macleod is described by his sister as 5’6″ to 5’7″ tall, approximately 170 pounds, with faded purple hair.
  Katelin Henry says the family isn’t sure where he might be heading, b
  
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• CF Montreal looks to win group, advance at Leagues Cup with victory over DC United

  25-07-2023 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal hosts DC United on Wednesday looking to advance in the Leagues Cup and secure a favourable Round of 32 matchup in the process.
  Montreal must beat United either in regulation or through penalties to finish top of its group. 
  That will allow the Major League Soccer club to play its next game at home and likely avoid a meeting with the Philadelphia Union, one of the tournament’s favourites.
  CF Montreal gained two of a possible three points in its opening Leag
  
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• Core of Montreal’s Chinatown district receives Quebec heritage status

  25-07-2023 20:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec has designated Montreal’s Chinatown neighbourhood a provincial heritage site, protecting nine buildings in the district from demolition or significant alteration without permission.
  The province says the new designation protects the “institutional core” of the city’s Chinatown, including a 19th-century school building and a former cigar factory.
  Quebec’s Culture Department says the neighbourhood bears significant markers of Montreal’s m
  
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• Mass-timber training hub gets $3.3M from B.C. - Chilliwack Progress

  25-07-2023 20:55 via news.google.com
  
  Mass-timber training hub gets $3.3M from B.C.  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• New off-leash dog area opens at Fairfield Park in Chilliwack

  25-07-2023 20:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A new off-leash dog area is now available in Fairfield Island in Chilliwack.According to a social media post Tuesday morning (July 25), the city of Chilliwack says a new off-leash dog park for big and small dogs alike is now open at Fairfield Park, located at 46213 Clare Avenue just west of Strathcona Elementary.Fairfield Park, one of Chilliwack’s mid-sized public parks and sporting facilities, boasts an area of 11.4 hectares and offers amenities such as walking paths, a
  
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• Elite Series rookie Gallant pleased to be chasing smallmouth bass

  25-07-2023 20:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Cooper Gallant’s mindset hasn’t changed, but the Canadian bass fisher’s confidence certainly has.
  The Elite Series campaign heads into the stretch run Friday on Lake St. Clair in Macomb County, Mich. It’s the first of three season-ending competitions on prime smallmouth bass water after largemouths were the primary target in the opening six events.
  The switch is great news for Gallant, of Bowmanville, Ont., and the other Canadians on tour. They all grew up fishing smallmo
  
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• Abortion rights amendment cleared for Ohio’s November ballot, promising expensive fight this fall

  25-07-2023 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A proposed constitutional amendment guaranteeing access to abortion made Ohio’s fall ballot Tuesday, setting up what promises to be a volatile and expensive fight rife with emotional messaging and competing factual claims.
  The ballot measure would establish “a fundamental right to reproductive freedom” with “reasonable limits.” In language similar to a constitutional amendment that Michigan voters approved last November, it would require
  
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• Toronto Blue Jays announce 2024 spring training schedule

  25-07-2023 20:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Toronto Blue Jays announced their spring training schedule for 2024 with 32 games against nine different teams.
  Blue Jays Grapefruit League action begins at home on Feb. 24 with a visit from the Philadelphia Phillies, the first of six games between the clubs. 
  The club’s spring opener is the first of 15 home games at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Fla.
  Four of those home games fall on a weekend and four are during Canadian March Break (March 10 to 16). 
  Toronto faces its first Ameri
  
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• Bronny James, son of LeBron, in stable condition after cardiac arrest at USC basketball practice

  25-07-2023 20:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES — Bronny James, the oldest son of NBA superstar LeBron James, was hospitalized after going into cardiac arrest while participating in a practice at the University of Southern California, a family spokesman said Tuesday.
  The spokesman said medical staff treated the 18-year-old James on site at USC’s Galen Center on Monday morning. He was transported to a hospital, where he was in stable condition Tuesday after leaving the intensive care unit.
  “We ask for respect and
  
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• Climate change: Correlation between wildfires, flooding in Nova Scotia - Chilliwack Progress

  25-07-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Jury delivers verdict over Brussels extremist attacks that killed 32

  25-07-2023 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — A jury on Tuesday found six people guilty of terrorist murder for extremist attacks in 2016 that killed 32 people, Belgium’s worst peacetime violence, according to Belgian media.
  Among those convicted was Salah Abdeslam, who is already serving a life sentence in France for his role in the 2015 attacks on Paris. Both the Brussels and Paris attacks were claimed by the Islamic State group.
  The verdict was reported by public broadcaster RTBF, newspaper Le Soir and news we
  
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• A judge blocks limits on asylum at US-Mexico border but gives Biden administration time to appeal

  25-07-2023 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a rule that allows immigration authorities to deny asylum to migrants who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border without first applying online or seeking protection in a country they passed through. But the judge delayed his ruling from taking effect immediately to give the administration time to appeal.The order from U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar of the Northern District of California takes away a key enforcement tool set in place by the Bide
  
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• Marine veteran freed from Russia in 2022 prisoner swap is injured while fighting in Ukraine, US says

  25-07-2023 19:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A former U.S. Marine who was released from Russia in a prisoner swap last year has been injured while fighting in Ukraine, the State Department and a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
  Trevor Reed was injured several weeks ago, according to the person, who was not authorized to discuss the matter by name and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. He has been taken to Germany for medical care, said State Department spokesman Vedant Patel.
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• Veteran Zach Collaros earns top quarterback grade in CFL’s honour roll

  25-07-2023 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Zach Collaros of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers was graded as the top quarterback Tuesday in the CFL’s weekly honour roll.
  Collaros earned a grade of 84.6 after completing 20-of-24 passes for 308 yards and two touchdowns in Winnipeg’s 28-14 win over the Edmonton Elks. Players in nine specific position are highlighted as per data points registered and compiled by Pro Football Focus, a sports analytics company.
  Winnipeg’s Brady Oliveira was graded as the top running ba
  
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• Jaylen Brown, Celtics agree to 5-year supermax deal worth up to $304 million, biggest in NBA history

  25-07-2023 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics have answered their most pressing question of the offseason. Jaylen Brown will be part of the franchise for the foreseeable future.The Celtics’ wing has agreed to terms on a five-year supermax contract extension that will pay him up to $304 million, his agent said Tuesday.
  It’s the richest contract in NBA history, surpassing the $264 million deal signed by Nuggets center Nikola Jokic last summer.The deal was first reported by ESPN and confirmed
  
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• Spending on fun isn’t impossible — it’s just hard, experts say - Chilliwack Progress

  25-07-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
  Spending on fun isn’t impossible — it’s just hard, experts say  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Kayaker and boat captain missing on Okanagan lakes - Chilliwack Progress

  25-07-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C. government hoping for more responses to racism survey - Chilliwack Progress

  25-07-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Alberta groups decry Calgary family medical clinic fee for faster physician access

  25-07-2023 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Alberta-based advocacy organization Friends of Medicare says the province needs to put a stop to a Calgary clinic planning to charge annual fees for faster access to a physician.
  Friends of Medicare president Chris Gallawaysays the province also has a responsibility to help family doctors struggling to keep their heads above water as costs of running these clinics continue to rise.
  Starting next week, the Marda Loop Medical Clinic has told patients it will switch to a new care mo
  
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• Ottawa buys nine Airbus planes to replace Air Force Polaris fleet that transports PM

  25-07-2023 19:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government says it has signed a contract with European aviation company Airbus to replace its aging Polaris fleet at a cost of $3.6 billion.
  The Royal Canadian Air Force uses the Polaris planes for transporting high-ranking government officials, including the prime minister and Governor General, as well as for air-to-air refuelling and transport.
  The new fleet, which will be named the CC-330 Husky, includes four new and five used aircraft that are being outfitted to fe
  
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• Flames sign Darryl Sutter’s son Brett to minor-league extension

  25-07-2023 19:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The Calgary Flames have signed former coach Darryl Sutter’s son Brett to a minor-league contract extension.
  Brett Sutter and the American Hockey League’s Calgary Wranglers agreed to a one-year contract, the Flames said Tuesday in a statement.
  The 36-year-old centre from Viking, Alta., was the Wranglers’ captain this past season when the club topped the AHL regular-season standings at 51-17-3-1.
  The Wranglers were eliminated from the playoffs May 19 in the third
  
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• Chilliwack teams have different views on BC Hockey announcement ... - Hope Standard

  25-07-2023 19:15 via news.google.com
  
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• Chawathil First Nation hosts dinner to honour Davis Lake firefighters - Chilliwack Progress

  25-07-2023 19:15 via news.google.com
  
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• RCMP to provide update on children missing in torrential Nova Scotia flooding

  25-07-2023 19:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINDSOR, N.S. — Police are expected to provide an update today on the search for two young children who were swept away in weekend flooding in Nova Scotia.
  A series of thunderstorms that began Friday dumped up to 250 millimetres of rain on several parts of the province, washing out roads and bridges and causing widespread damage.Four people, including two children, were reported missing on Saturday when the two vehicles they were travelling in were submerged in the regional municipality of
  
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• Calgary man charged with attempted murder in Surrey shooting - Chilliwack Progress

  25-07-2023 18:50 via news.google.com
  
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• Bard in the Valley to wrap Shakespeare’s Cymbeline at Abbotsford ... - Chilliwack Progress

  25-07-2023 18:47 via news.google.com
  
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• Canada’s athletes to watch in Paris 2024 Olympic Games

  25-07-2023 18:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A list of 10 Canadian athletes to watch at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris:
  Christine Sinclair, soccer
  The Canadian women’s soccer team captain is the backbone of the reigning Olympic champions and the all-time leader in international goals scored. She’ll be 41 years old in Paris.
   Andre De Grasse, track and field
  The reigning 200-metre Olympic champion from Markham, Ont., has settled into his Orlando, Fla., training base with new Irish coach John Coghlan. De Grasse, 28, is rega
  
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• A year out from Paris, safe sport crisis has Canada redefining sport success

  25-07-2023 18:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — If an obsession with medals contributed to Canada’s safe sport crisis, how will the country measure success in Paris?
  In federal parliamentary committee hearings in recent months, MPs were told the pressure on national sports organizations to produce medals, and get funding to do that, contributed to toxic environments in which athlete welfare took a back seat.
  A year out from the 2024 Summer Olympics, how Canada defines sport excellence is in question.
  Canadian sports mini
  
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• Elks, Lions to be first pro football game broadcast in Punjabi

  25-07-2023 18:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks home game against the B.C. Lions on Saturday will be the first professional football game broadcast in Punjabi.
  The Elks announced Tuesday that it is partnering with Edmonton multilingual radio station My Radio 580 AM to broadcast the CFL game across Alberta on radio and throughout Canada through the station’s online player.
  Canada is home to a Punjabi population of roughly one million people, according to the 2021 Canadian census. Alberta has the third-l
  
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• Popkum Fire Department responds to reported drowning Tuesday morning

  25-07-2023 17:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Popkum Fire Department has responded to a reported drowning Tuesday morning (July 25) involving an individual who was reportedly in a pool in a backyard.
  According to scanner traffic, Popkum Fire responded to a possible drowning that reportedly occurred on Mathela Crescent on Cheam First Nation.RCMP attended alongside Popkum Fire and ambulance personnel; cardiopulmonary resuscitation was in progress as of 7:57 a.m., according to initial reports from scanner traffic.An air
  
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• Rain of almost 20 millimetres over Chilliwack saw drought interrupted - Chilliwack Progress

  25-07-2023 17:54 via news.google.com
  
  Rain of almost 20 millimetres over Chilliwack saw drought interrupted  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• BC Hockey reclassifies its three junior B leagues to junior A to replace rogue BCHL

  25-07-2023 17:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAANICHTON, B.C. — BC Hockey will have a new junior-A system in place for the 2023-24 season.
  The provincial sports organization will promote all three of its junior B leagues to junior A.
  The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League, the Pacific Junior Hockey League, and the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League will all move up one level.
  BC Hockey reclassified its junior B leagues after the British Columbia Hockey League, its former junior A circuit, broke away from Hockey Canada.
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• How Paul Bernardo’s prison transfer renewed an old legal debate over just two words

  25-07-2023 17:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives say Canadians angry over Paul Bernardo’s move to a medium-security prison have a Liberal government law to blame. 
  Leader Pierre Poilievre points to a bill passed in 2019 that sought to end solitary confinement, which also amended the law governing Canada’s prisons to stipulate inmates should be held in the “least restrictive environment.” 
  The Liberal legislation reversed a change Conservatives had made seven years earli
  
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• Obamas’ personal chef drowns near family’s home on Martha’s ... - Chilliwack Progress

  25-07-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
  
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