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• Wearing many hats in the CFL has its perks but also challenges

  27-07-2023 23:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Chris Jones wears multiple hats with the Edmonton Elks, and before that  made the football-related decisions for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
  But Jones is only following the advice given to him by none other than Bill Parcells, the Pro Football Hall of Famer who won two Super Bowls as the New York Giants’ head coach.
  “He said, ‘You can’t be successful as a head coach if you don’t have the ability to set your roster,'” Jones said. “He told me, &lsqu
  
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• Sho-no: Ohtani not pitching in Toronto disappoints Blue Jays fans

  27-07-2023 23:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — For months Cory Gosselin was looking forward to seeing Shohei Ohtani, a generational baseball talent, pitch in person.
  But the quirks of the Los Angeles Angels schedule saw Ohtani pitch in the day game of a doubleheader in Detroit on Thursday, meaning he won’t take the mound on Friday at Toronto’s Rogers Centre and might not play at all in the first game of their three-game set.
  “I’ve tried to get tickets to see Shohei for the last few years and for whatev
  
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• BC United leader Kevin Falcon visits Chilliwack to connect with business leaders, staff

  27-07-2023 23:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — BC United leader Kevin Falcon paid a visit to three Chilliwack businesses Tuesday afternoon to get a glimpse into their operations, connect with business leaders and hear their concerns about running a business in British Columbia.
  Falcon, the leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, took time to meet with staff and management from Pacific Dairy Centre, Langley Concrete Group and Creative Kids Learning Centre in Chilliwack on Tuesday (July 25).
  “What I heard
  
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• Warner, LePage compete in discus at Canadian championships as preparation for worlds

  27-07-2023 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY, B.C. — Olympic champion Damian Warner says he’s using this week’s 2023 Canadian Track and Field Championships as a tune-up to the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary in August.
  Warner is competing in individual events at the Canadian competition and placed sixth in discus with a throw of 48.65 metres on Thursday.
  After missing 10 months due to a hamstring injury suffered at the worlds in Portland last summer, Warner is determined to continue his return to form, an
  
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• Redblacks look to win three straight as Ticats visit Ottawa for key East matchup

  27-07-2023 23:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Thanks to some late heroics behind quarterback Dustin Crum, the Ottawa Redblacks will be looking for their first three-game winning streak in five years when they host the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday night.Crum has led the team to back-to-back overtime wins since taking over from the injured Jeremiah Masoli against Hamilton three weeks ago, bringing a little swagger to the Redblacks (3-3).The 24-year-old, who started the season as the fourth string quarterback, has shown a pench
  
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• Williams Lake, B.C., Mountie charged three years after car crash with suspect

  27-07-2023 23:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The BC Prosecution Service says it has approved several charges against an RCMP officer, three years after a suspect was seriously injured in a crash with a police cruiser. 
  The prosecution service says the Mountie faces charges of assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, criminal negligence and dangerous driving. 
  Prosecutors say the charges against Const. Madeline Hjelden stem from an on-duty motor vehicle incident in Williams Lake, B.C., that occurred in
  
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• Renovations to Montreal’s famed Olympic Stadium just got more complicated

  27-07-2023 22:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Repairs to the roof of Montreal’s problem-plagued Olympic Stadium have become significantly more complicated.
  The agency in charge of the landmark sports complex that hosted the 1976 Olympics says the technical ring around the oval structure needs to be replaced — not just the roof.
  The concrete ring, which supports the stadium’s roof, is almost 500 metres around.
  Since its opening the Olympic Stadium has had construction problems, principally with its roof, wh
  
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• Man arrested in cold case of woman found in Ontario ‘dumped her body’ in river: docs

  27-07-2023 22:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A man charged with murdering a woman who was found dead in eastern Ontario decades ago told police investigating the cold case that he dumped her body in a river, U.S. court documents show.
  The details of Rodney Mervyn Nichols’ conversation with Ontario Provincial Police at a Florida retirement home are contained in court documents filed this week as Nichols was arrested Tuesday. 
  OPP have charged Nichols, of Hollywood, Fla., with murder in the death of Jewell ‘Lalla’ Lang
  
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• Rick Hansen Foundation gets $5M boost from B.C. - Chilliwack Progress

  27-07-2023 22:22
  
  Rick Hansen Foundation gets $5M boost from B.C.  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Montreal man, 27, who allegedly stabbed police officer charged with attempted murder

  27-07-2023 22:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A 27-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed a Montreal police officer Wednesday.
  Quebec prosecutors say Menachem Benaroch appeared in a Montreal court this morning.
  He has also been charged with two counts of assault with a weapon, two counts of assaulting a peace officer with a weapon, and one count of carrying a weapon for dangerous purposes.
  Patricia Johnson, a spokeswoman for Quebec’s prosecutors office, says Benaroch is schedule
  
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• City of Chilliwack says it has taken steps to mitigate pickleball noise at Kinsmen Park

  27-07-2023 21:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Even though Chilliwack residents Rajnish and Harpreet Dhawan have ended their hunger strike, the City of Chilliwack says it has taken steps to help mitigate noise at the Kinsmen Park pickleball courts.
  According to a statement released Thursday by the city, Mayor Ken Popove says the city has restricted pickleball sessions at Kinsmen Park from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., added signage about utilizing foam balls, and closed the pickleball courts for several months at a time.
  The Dhawans,
  
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• Sammy Yatim’s mother continues fight for justice 10 years after son’s death

  27-07-2023 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ten years after her son was fatally shot on an empty Toronto streetcar, Sammy Yatim’s mother said she’s still fighting for justice.
  Eighteen-year-old Yatim was shot multiple times by Const. James Forcillo while standing alone holding a small knife on the streetcar on July 27, 2013. Cellphone footage of the shooting posted online set off a wave of public outrage and calls for police reform.
  On the 10th anniversary of her son’s death, Yatim’s mother said she
  
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• Investigators say poor track conditions caused a 2021 Amtrak derailment in Montana that killed three

  27-07-2023 21:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Poor track conditions that should have been flagged by a freight railroad company’s inspectors caused the derailment of an Amtrak train in Montana that killed three people and injured 49 others in 2021, federal investigators said Thursday in a final report.
  The combination of wear and damage to the railroad track, had it been noticed by BNSF Railway inspectors, should have led to the track being replaced before the derailment occurred, the National Transportation
  
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• Chilliwack corn seller has bad experience with irate customer - Mission City Record

  27-07-2023 21:00
  
  Chilliwack corn seller has bad experience with irate customer  Mission City Record
  
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• Chilliwack corn seller has bad experience with irate customer - Hope Standard

  27-07-2023 21:00
  
  Chilliwack corn seller has bad experience with irate customer  Hope Standard
  
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• Chilliwack Corn Seller Has Bad Experience With Irate Customer - Abbotsford News

  27-07-2023 21:00
  
  Chilliwack Corn Seller Has Bad Experience With Irate Customer  Abbotsford News
  
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• Paris marks 1-year countdown to war-clouded Olympic Games - Chilliwack Progress

  27-07-2023 20:30
  
  Paris marks 1-year countdown to war-clouded Olympic Games  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack hockey player pursues pro opportunity in Europe - Chilliwack Progress

  27-07-2023 20:30
  
  Chilliwack hockey player pursues pro opportunity in Europe  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Public Safety department says Liberal law did not factor into Bernardo’s transfer

  27-07-2023 20:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal Public Safety department says Paul Bernardo would have been transferred to a medium-security prison even if the previous version of the corrections law was still been in place. 
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has said the transfer would not have happened if the Liberal government hadn’t changed the law. 
  Bernardo is serving a life sentence for the kidnapping, sexual assault and murders of teenagers Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy in the early 19
  
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• CP NewsAlert: First victim of N.S. floods identified as member of local rock band

  27-07-2023 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — A man who died during a torrential rainstorm last weekend in rural Nova Scotia has been identified as Nicholas Anthony Holland.
  Holland was one of four people, including two small children, who went missing early Saturday after the vehicles they were in were swept off a road and submerged as they fled their homes.
  His former partner Julie Giffin Holland confirmed to The Canadian Press that the 52-year-old, a member of the local rock band Hogtooth, died trying to escape the floodw
  
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• Study: Soccer most popular sport among Canadian kids post-pandemic

  27-07-2023 20:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Soccer is the most popular sport for young Canadians to play, according to a recent study.
  The 2023 Canadian Youth Sports Report is an independent syndicated study published by Solutions Research Group in late June.
  It found that 16 per cent of all Canadian youth between the ages of three and 17 participate in organized soccer.
  Swimming was the second most popular athletic activity, followed by hockey.
  The study revealed that the average annual expenditure related to youth sports is $1,820 per c
  
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• Kelowna man’s journey to completing Hardrock 100 trail running race - Chilliwack Progress

  27-07-2023 20:00
  
  Kelowna man’s journey to completing Hardrock 100 trail running race  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Sign outside Quebec Ukrainian summer camp vandalized with pro-Russian graffiti

  27-07-2023 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHERTSEY, Que. — Officials who run a summer camp north of Montreal for Ukrainian children say one of its signs has been vandalized with pro-Russian graffiti.
  A photo shows the Camp Ste-Sophie sign vandalized with graffiti spelling the words “Russia” and “Wagner” — the name of the Russia-affiliated paramilitary group active in the invasion of Ukraine.
  Also written on the sign at the entrance of the camp was the letter “Z,” a symbol found on tanks an
  
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• Pat Carney, former MP, senator, remembered as kind, ‘wise leader’

  27-07-2023 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Pat Carney is being remembered as a life force and a woman who got things done. 
  The former member of Parliament, senator and trailblazer died Tuesday at the age of 88. 
  Former Conservative MP John Reynolds says Carney was someone who was able to work with people to accomplish many goals both in Parliament and the Senate. 
  He says when someone had a problem that needed to be fixed, he suggested they go to Carney. 
  Senator Donna Dasko says in a tweet that Car
  
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• Aging infrastructure struggling to keep up with storms, wildfires, changing climate

  27-07-2023 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FREDERICTON — The torrential rain that washed out roads, bridges and a key rail link in Nova Scotia on the weekend is is being described as another sign that engineers cannot rely on past weather patterns to design infrastructure able to withstand rising sea levels and destructive storms.
  Slobodan Simonovic said that when planning infrastructure, builders consider population needs, precipitation and other weather data.
  “This design is usually based on historical observations, how muc
  
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• Accused in Ottawa east-end explosion expected to plead guilty next month

  27-07-2023 19:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The man charged with causing an explosion that destroyed several new homes in Ottawa earlier this year is expected to plead guilty next month.
  Kody Troy Crosby, 35, is scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 31 to offer his plea, and a sentencing hearing is expected to follow.
  People in the east end of Ottawa woke up to a massive boom on Feb. 13 as a ball of fire rose into the air.
  The blast sent six people to hospital, destroyed four homes under construction in the newly built Avalo
  
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• Canadian curlers can participate in multiple events at 2026 Olympics

  27-07-2023 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian curlers will be able to compete in both mixed doubles and four-player teams at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
  Curling Canada announced changes to its mixed-doubles qualification process on Thursday. 
  The doubles team will be determined 14 months in advance of the Games in Milan and Cortina, Italy, to give flexibility to curlers looking to qualify for multiple events.
  The 16-team Olympic mixed-doubles trials will begin in later December 2024 at a location yet to be determined.
  The 2022 t
  
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• RCMP recognize Kootenay men who saved girl from drowning - Chilliwack Progress

  27-07-2023 18:45
  
  RCMP recognize Kootenay men who saved girl from drowning  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Justice Dept announces broad investigation of Memphis police practices after Tyre Nichols death

  27-07-2023 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday it is investigating the patterns or practices of the police department in Memphis, Tennessee, seven months after the violent beating of Tyre Nichols by five officers after a traffic stop.
  Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Civil Rights Division made the announcement in Memphis. The investigative tool can look collectively at an agency’s stops, searches, or arrests; use of excessive force; possible discri
  
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• Young Road housing development in Chilliwack to feature 25 detached homes with legal suites

  27-07-2023 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A real estate promotional sign has popped up on Young Road in Chilliwack, boasting of the forthcoming development of 25 modern homes with legal suites.According to promotional signs that now appear at 9825 Young Road and at 45135 Watson Road, Uptown Homes is a 25-unit housing development that will feature detached homes with legal suites.“Tucked away in a quiet neighbourhood that’s close to everything,” according to a description on Uptownhomes.ca. “Upt
  
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• Tiger-Cats list veteran Mitchell as their starting quarterback versus Redblacks

  27-07-2023 18:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — Bo Levi Mitchell is back as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats starting quarterback.
  Mitchell was listed as the No. 1 quarterback for Hamilton (2-4) for its road game Friday night versus the Ottawa Redblacks (3-3).
  Hamilton placed Mitchell on the six-game injured list with a hip ailment following its 32-14 road loss to the Toronto Argonauts on June 18. 
  Mitchell missed four games, but was pulled off the injured list Monday when he resumed practising with the Ticats.
  Rookie Taylor Powe
  
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• Weather delivers modest respite for wildfire starts in B.C., as latest update due

  27-07-2023 18:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Fire and emergency management officials are set to provide an update on the state of wildfires around British Columbia, as recent rains have offered some reprieve but several blazes still threaten communities.
  The BC Wildfire Service is reporting 412 active wildfires, down by about 70 since Monday.
  Twenty-one highly visible or potentially threatening fires are listed on the wildfire service website, while the site shows just eight new blazes have been recorded in the last 24 ho
  
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• Trump lawyers meeting with prosecutors as potential new federal indictment looms, AP source says

  27-07-2023 17:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump were meeting Thursday with members of special counsel Jack Smith’s team as a potential indictment loomed over the former president’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to a person familiar with the matter.
  The meeting included Trump lawyer John Lauro, said the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to The Associated Press to describe a private gathering.
  Trump earlier this month was informed by Smi
  
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• Enormous Lebanon bologna sandwich unveiled at Pennsylvania community fair

  27-07-2023 17:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LEBANON, Pa. (AP) — An enormous Lebanon bologna sandwich billed as one of the world’s largest has been unveiled at a central Pennsylvania fair.
  The 150-foot-long (45.7-meters-long) sandwich was created Tuesday night at the Lebanon Area Fair by a large crew of volunteers known as the “Bologna Security.” Lebanon bologna is known for its distinct smoked and tangy flavor.
  Every footlong “bite” was sponsored at $100 per foot. The money was donated to Lebanon County
  
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• Greek wildfires trigger blasts at ammunition dump. EU agency records a huge carbon emissions spike

  27-07-2023 17:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RHODES, Greece (AP) — Wildfires caused explosions Thursday at an air force ammunition dump in central Greece that had been safely evacuated in advance, as strong gusts of wind caused flare-ups around the country.
  The fires have raged across parts of Greece during three successive Mediterranean heat waves over two weeks, leaving five people dead, including two firefighting pilots, and triggering a huge evacuation of tourists over the weekend on the island of Rhodes.
  A blaze in the region of
  
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• Shoe with human remains found on Victoria beach - Chilliwack Progress

  27-07-2023 17:30
  
  Shoe with human remains found on Victoria beach  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack's Zach Benson invited to Hockey Canada summer meetings - Chilliwack Progress

  27-07-2023 17:30
  
  Chilliwack's Zach Benson invited to Hockey Canada summer meetings  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canadian women’s team goes to ground, limits media access at FIFA World Cup

  27-07-2023 17:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PERTH, Australia — With its tournament future on the line, Canada has gone to ground at the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
  In the wake of Wednesday’s 2-1 win over Ireland, the Canadian team plans no media access until the mandatory pre-game news conference Sunday, following training, ahead of Monday’s do-or-die game with Australia at the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium.
  “With the accumulated load from the past month, the tech team has decided to give the players extra days o
  
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• People convicted of money laundering, forgery to be banned from Quebec casinos

  27-07-2023 17:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Quebec government intends to ban people convicted of certain crimes from province-owned casinos.
  The new regulation bans people who have been convicted of or have pleaded guilty to crimes within the past five years that could affect the integrity of casinos or undermine public trust in them. 
  Those crimes include money laundering, forgery and charging interest at a criminal rate. 
  The regulation follows a 2021 audit into the use of casinos by members of organized c
  
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• Diverse releases new Iron Horse homes in Chilliwack with starting price of $769,900

  27-07-2023 17:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Abbotsford-based Diverse Properties has released a set of row homes with a starting price point of $769,900 in the Iron Horse housing development on Promontory Road in Chilliwack.According to a Facebook ad and a statement from Kassy Crocker, sales and marketing coordinator for Diverse Properties, Diverse released a set of move-in ready homes on Wednesday, July 26.“Iron Horse has become a desirable Master Plan Community established within Chilliwack, with strong interest
  
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• Revelstoke comedian hosting 2023 Tour de France Femmes - Chilliwack Progress

  27-07-2023 17:15
  
  Revelstoke comedian hosting 2023 Tour de France Femmes  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Toronto Blue Jays unveil new Rogers Centre renovation plans for 100 level

  27-07-2023 17:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have unveiled detailed plans for Phase 2 of its Rogers Centre renovations.
  The current 100-level seating bowl and structure will be fully demolished at the end of the 2023 season.
  New seats will be installed from foul pole to foul pole, oriented toward the infield for improved viewing.
  These new seats are in addition to the three new premium clubs and seating sections previously announced in April.
  Major renovations on the 34-year-old ballpark in downtown To
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Supporting survivors

  27-07-2023 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Survivors of sexual assault deserve compassion, appropriate care, and justice, no matter where they live in B.C. Speaking up about sexual assault can be difficult, and accessing the care you need to heal is an act of bravery.When looking for help, you shouldn’t have to face even more barriers. Stable funding for programs and services that support survivors is vital. We heard this loud and clear after so many years of neglect of the anti-violence sector.
  This week our government announced n
  
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• Republican senator calls out Canada’s ‘feeble commitment’ on NATO spending

  27-07-2023 16:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Canada is again in the U.S. spotlight for what one Republican senator is calling its “feeble commitment” to defence spending. 
  Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan called out the Liberal government’s commitment to NATO during a confirmation hearing Wednesday for the next Norad commander. 
  Sullivan cited a Wall Street Journal editorial earlier this month that described Canada as a free rider on the global military alliance. 
  The country has a history of fal
  
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• ‘Suspicious’ fire extinguished on 14th Avenue in Mission - Chilliwack Progress

  27-07-2023 16:35
  
  ‘Suspicious’ fire extinguished on 14th Avenue in Mission  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack Fire dispatched to Island 22 homeless trailer camp for reported fire

  27-07-2023 16:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Fire Department personnel were dispatched early Thursday morning (July 27) for the report of a fire that reportedly torched two RVs at the Island 22 homeless camp.
  According to Chilliwack resident Julie Hiscock, who works graveyard shift and monitors overnight scanner traffic, Engines 1 (Cheam Avenue firehall) and 4 (South Sumas Road firehall) were dispatched to the Island 22 homeless encampment just south of Cartmell Road in Fairfield Island at about 2:15 a.m. earl
  
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• Montreal police investigate double homicide after mother, daughter found dead in home

  27-07-2023 16:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal police say they are investigating a double homicide after the bodies of a mother and her preteen daughter were found in a home.
  Police say the woman, 56, and the girl, 12, were found dead inside a home in the southwestern borough of Lachine.
  They say officers were called just after midnight about a missing person and that their probe led them to the residence about 75 minutes later.
  Const. Mariane Allaire Morin says the deaths were the city’s 17th and 18th homicides of the year.
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• Supreme Court won’t hear appeal of ex-construction boss convicted of corruption

  27-07-2023 16:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from a former construction boss who was convicted of corruption, breach of trust and conspiracy to commit fraud. 
  Tony Accurso was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 30 months and four years in 2018 in what a Quebec judge called one of the worst examples of municipal corruption to come before a Canadian court. 
  A jury convicted Accurso of charges tied to a kickback scheme that saw companies receive lucrative public
  
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• Man involved in Watson Road ERT situation remains in custody

  27-07-2023 16:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The man involved in an ERT high-risk incident near Watson Road earlier this month remains in custody as he faces multiple charges for his alleged role in the forcible confinement of an individual.Wyatt William Scott, 45, has been charged with a number of offences including forcible confinement, assault, and breaching his conditions. He reportedly made his first court appearance on Monday, July 24.
  According to a statement from Sgt. Krista Vrolyk, media relations spokesperson f
  
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• Thanks to Nigeria’s upset win, Canada now finds itself in Women’s World Cup logjam

  27-07-2023 15:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PERTH, Australia — After a wild night in Perth, the Canadian women’s soccer team returned to its training base in Melbourne on Thursday to prepare for what is now a do-or-die match against Australia at the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
  Hours after landing, seventh-ranked Canada found itself in a Group B logjam thanks to No. 40 Nigeria’s 3-2 upset win over No. 10 Australia in the final game of the day.
  With one round of games remaining, it’s all up for grabs in Group B. Ol
  
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