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• Mayor says body found in Quebec river where Ukrainian refugee went missing

  28-07-2023 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAINT-ANSELME, Que. — A mayor southeast of Quebec City says a body has been found in the river where a Ukrainian refugee was reported missing nine days ago.
  St-Anselme, Que., Mayor Yves Turgeon says provincial police told him that a body was recovered in the Etchemin River in his town.
  Turgeon referred all other queries to Quebec provincial police, for which a spokesperson said authorities were working to retrieve the body.
  Police have not named the missing man, but the Ukrainian Canadian
  
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• Another car impounded after driver caught speeding through Abbotsford

  28-07-2023 23:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD —Abbotsford police are continuing to hunt down drivers with dangerous driving habits in the community.
  In a social media message Friday (Jul. 28), AbbyPD say a driver was clocked at 168 km/h near the intersection of Highway 11 and Townshipline Road this week.
  The driver was given a hefty fine for speeding and the vehicle was impounded.
  According to ICBC, speeding is a major contributing factor to car crash fatalities in B.C. On average, 80 British Columbians are killed in speed
  
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• Alberta won’t pull Calgary Stampede funding after abuse case ... - Chilliwack Progress

  28-07-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Charges dropped against 7 Oklahoma police officers in 3 separate fatal shootings

  28-07-2023 23:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The new prosecutor in Oklahoma’s biggest county announced Friday she’s dropping criminal charges against seven police officers in three separate fatal shootings from 2020.
  District Attorney Vicki Behenna’s predecessor, David Prater, had filed the charges in all three cases before he left office, and Behenna hired a use-of-force expert to examine the evidence in each case.“I know how highly charged the topic of law-enforcement use of force is in
  
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• Major traffic delays on Highway 1 westbound through Abbotsford - Chilliwack Progress

  28-07-2023 23:23 via news.google.com
  
  Major traffic delays on Highway 1 westbound through Abbotsford  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack's Zach Benson signs NHL contract - Chilliwack Progress

  28-07-2023 23:20 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack's Zach Benson signs NHL contract  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Police find 57 impaired drivers leaving Shambhala Music Festival - Chilliwack Progress

  28-07-2023 23:09 via news.google.com
  
  Police find 57 impaired drivers leaving Shambhala Music Festival  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Hyun-Jin Ryu to return to Blue Jays rotation against Orioles on Tuesday

  28-07-2023 22:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Hyun-Jin Ryu is set to make his long-awaited return to the Toronto Blue Jays rotation.
  Manager John Schneider says Ryu will be the Blue Jays’ starting pitcher against the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday.
  Ryu is returning after Tommy John surgery in June 2022.
  His return means Toronto will switch to a six-man rotation in time for a critical stretch of games.
  The Blue Jays host the Los Angeles Angels this weekend, with both teams in the hunt for an American League wild card berth.
  Toronto then
  
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• US to announce $345 million military aid package for Taiwan

  28-07-2023 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is set to announce $345 million in military aid for Taiwan, two U.S. officials said Friday. It would be the Biden administration’s first major package drawing on America’s own stockpiles under a new policy intended to speed up military aid to help Taiwan counter China.
  The package includes man-portable air defense systems, or MANPADS, intelligence and surveillance capabilities, firearms and missiles, according to the officials, who spoke on the condit
  
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• 2 missing hikers found dead in Crowsnest Pass in Rocky Mountains - Chilliwack Progress

  28-07-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
  2 missing hikers found dead in Crowsnest Pass in Rocky Mountains  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Officer who put suspect in car hit by train guilty of reckless endangerment but not manslaughter

  28-07-2023 22:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER (AP) — A Colorado police officer who put a handcuffed woman in a parked police vehicle that was hit by a freight train has been found guilty of reckless endangerment and assault. Jordan Steinke was acquitted of the third charge of manslaughter.Steinke was the first of two officers to go trial over the Sept. 16, 2022, crash that left Yareni Rios-Gonzalez seriously injured.
  Steinke testified that she did not know that the patrol car of another officer she was helping was parked on the
  
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• B.C. real estate agent fined $20,000 after being caught swigging milk at home showing

  28-07-2023 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A British Columbia real estate agent has been fined $20,000 after being caught on camera drinking milk straight out of the jug at a home he was showing. 
  A consent order released by the BC Financial Services Authority last week says Mike Rose was alone in the home in Kamloops, B.C., in July last year as he waited for his clients, who were interested in buying the property. 
  Rose went to the refrigerator to find water, but instead swigged some milk straight from the co
  
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• ‘Pressure is excitement for me:’ Raptors rookie Gradey Dick welcomes the spotlight

  28-07-2023 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Gradey Dick doesn’t shy away from the spotlight.
  Rather than lay low before training camp, the 19-year-old Toronto Raptors’ 2023 first-round draft pick continues to win over the NBA team’s fanbase with his social media presence and public appearances.
  On Friday, he was front and centre among the 250 youngsters at the organization’s annual summer academy at Humber College.
  “Pressure is excitement for me,” said Dick, who played one year at the Un
  
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• CF Montreal acquires 19-year-old defender Alvarez from Pachuca of Liga MX

  28-07-2023 21:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montréal has acquired central defender Fernando Alvarez via permanent transfer from C.F. Pachuca of Mexico’s Liga MX.The Major League Soccer club and Alvarez have agreed to a contract through the 2025 season, including two option years in 2026 and 2027.
  The 19-year-old joined the Pachuca organization in 2020. He made his first-team debut on Oct. 25, 2021, in a 1-1 draw with FC Juárez .
  Born in the United States to Colombian and Mexican parents, Alvarez is
  
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• Calgary man denied bail on terrorism-related charges related to TikTok video

  28-07-2023 20:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — A 20-year-old Calgary man has been denied bail on four terrorism-related charges.
  Zakarya Rida Hussein was charged in June with two counts of facilitating terrorist activity and two counts of participating in or contributing to, directly or indirectly, an activity of a terrorist group.
  Hussein appeared Friday in a Calgary courtroom for his bail hearing.
  Court documents say he’s accused of posting a TikTok video in May that contributed to or facilitated terrorist activity fo
  
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• Bear rips through tent, breaks into vehicle, closing B.C. campground - Chilliwack Progress

  28-07-2023 20:40 via news.google.com
  
  Bear rips through tent, breaks into vehicle, closing B.C. campground  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Taylor Swift fans cause 2.3-magnitude ‘Swift quake’ at Seattle concert - Chilliwack Progress

  28-07-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
  Taylor Swift fans cause 2.3-magnitude ‘Swift quake’ at Seattle concert  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Juventus removed from European competition by UEFA for financial wrongdoing

  28-07-2023 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Juventus had its place in European competition this season removed by UEFA because of a false accounting case that had already taken the club out of Champions League qualification.
  Juventus now loses its spot in the third-tier Europa Conference League which should go to Fiorentina in the playoffs round starting on Aug. 24.
  UEFA said Friday that Juventus also must also pay a fine of 10 million euros ($11 million) for breaking Financial Fair Play rules. A further 10
  
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• Maple Leafs baseball club, with roots dating back to 1895, up for sale

  28-07-2023 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team, which has roots dating back to 1895, has been put up for sale.
  The team has played in the Ontario-based Intercounty Baseball League since 1969 and won eight league titles.
  Former Major League Baseball players Rob and Rich Butler, Paul Spoljaric and Peter Orr are among the team’s alumni.
  The IBL club, based at Toronto’s Christie Pits Park, was owned by Jack and Lynne Dominico for the first 40 years of its existence, then solely by
  
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• Hundreds allowed to return home near Kamloops, B.C., as evacuation order eases

  28-07-2023 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — An evacuation order covering hundreds of properties south of Kamloops, B.C., has been scaled back to an alert as crews make good progress containing a wildfire about 10 kilometres south of the city. 
  The Thompson-Nicola Regional District is allowing residents of 327 properties to return home, although they must be ready to leave again on short notice.
  The 26-square-kilometre Ross Moore Lake wildfire was sparked by lightning one week ago and forced the evacuation of propert
  
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• Bombers’ cornerback Houston tops CFL in defensive takeaways

  28-07-2023 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The hands that have helped make Demerio Houston the CFL’s takeaway leader have been busy during the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ bye week.
  The veteran cornerback has spent the time off in Charlotte helping care for his expanding family. 
  Last month, Houston’s wife, Ashley, delivered twins (a boy and girl), giving the couple five children overall. They also have a two-year-old son together along with two older stepchildren (aged nine and 14).
  “They (Houston’s hands) a
  
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• Hundreds allowed to return home near Kamloops as evacuation order eases

  28-07-2023 20:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — An evacuation order covering hundreds of properties south of Kamloops, B.C., has been scaled back to an alert as crews make good progress containing a wildfire about 10 kilometres south of the city.
  The Thompson-Nicola Regional District is allowing residents of 327 properties to return home, although they must be ready to leave again on short notice.
  The 26-square-kilometre Ross Moore Lake wildfire was sparked by lightning one week ago and forced the evacuation of properties fr
  
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• Suncor tells regulator reconsidering approvals would arm industry opponents

  28-07-2023 20:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Oilsands giant Suncor says reopening the debate over mining an ecologically valuable wetland would play into the hands of industry opponents and upset Alberta’s energy development. 
  In April, the Alberta Energy Regulator decided to reconsider approvals it granted last fall for Suncor to mine part of McClelland Lake, a large and intact wetland about 90 kilometres north of Fort McMurray once considered for conservation.
  The decision was a response to studies filed last spring by environ
  
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• What to stream this weekend: Post Malone, ‘Beanie Bubble,’ Rolling ... - Chilliwack Progress

  28-07-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
  What to stream this weekend: Post Malone, ‘Beanie Bubble,’ Rolling ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Lowly Toronto FC limps into second Leagues Cup match after 5-0 drubbing

  28-07-2023 19:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Terry Dunfield experienced some tough times as a player with Toronto FC. 
  The last month as interim head coach might have been even worse. 
  The former Canadian international has suffered through five straight losses and watched his team get outscored 12-0 since being elevated from the club’s under-17 program to the top job on a trial basis after Bob Bradley was fired June 26. 
  The blame for a disastrous season that started with so much promise — TFC own
  
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• Plaintiff in abuse lawsuit supports call to halt federal funding for Calgary Stampede

  28-07-2023 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — One of the plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against the Calgary Stampede says he agrees with a member of Parliament who wants the federal government to temporarily withdraw funding for the organization.
  A partial settlement was reached this week in the lawsuit that alleges the Stampede allowed a performance school staffer to sexually abuse boys. 
  The settlement involves an admission of negligence and breach of duty, but it must still be approved by a judge. The Stampede
  
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• Free rides offered as transit service resumes in Chilliwack, Abbotsford and Fraser Valley next week

  28-07-2023 19:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK —Following a lengthy labour dispute, buses will be rolling again next week across the Fraser Valley. The move comes after CUPE Local 561 and First Transit Canada ratified a new contract July 21.
  Rides will be offered at no cost thanks to a partnership between BC Transit and local governments in the Fraser Valley. The offer for free rides will be in place for the entire month of August.
  In a news release, BC Transit says transit users in the Agassiz-Harrison, Central Fraser Valle
  
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• Canada’s women’s U19 squad shows national program has bright future

  28-07-2023 19:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canadian women’s basketball program has a bright future, as evidenced by its latest showing at the under-19 level.
  Canada won its second-ever medal at the FIBA U19 Women’s Basketball World Cup with an 80-73 overtime victory over France in the bronze-medal game Sunday. Canada’s only other medal at the tournament came in 2017, also under head coach Carly Clarke.
  “This is our second medal at the U19 worlds in the past six years. I think there’s a goal for Canada to
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Akwesasne police say body found was man linked to migrant deaths probe

  28-07-2023 19:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Police in Akwesasne say a body found this month in the St. Lawrence River is that of a man connected to the investigation into the deaths of eight migrants.
  Police say the coroner’s office has identified the dead man as Casey Oakes, 30, who had been missing since March.
  His boat had been found near the bodies of eight migrants who died while trying to cross illegally into the United States.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Police look for 3 teens seen kicking ‘domesticated’ chicken in ... - Chilliwack Progress

  28-07-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
  Police look for 3 teens seen kicking ‘domesticated’ chicken in ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack athlete takes aim at ringette nationals - Chilliwack Progress

  28-07-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack athlete takes aim at ringette nationals  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Enbridge, Bad River Indigenous band both appealing Line 5 court ruling in Wisconsin

  28-07-2023 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Both sides in the ongoing dispute over the Line 5 cross-border pipeline are appealing last month’s court decision in Wisconsin. 
  That’s where a district court judge gave Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. three years to reroute the controversial pipeline around Indigenous territory south of Lake Superior. 
  The Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa, however, insists the pipeline should be shut down sooner and wants the three-year timeline overturned. 
  
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• New justice minister arrives amid bail debate, vows fresh look at judicial vacancies

  28-07-2023 18:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s new justice minister says he plans to tell his staff and department to move “expeditiously” on addressing judicial vacancies, an issue that dogged his predecessors.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau picked Arif Virani to replace David Lametti when he unveiled his new cabinet this week, in a shuffle meant to renew the Liberal benches after nearly eight years in government.Trudeau says he assembled the team to respond to economic headwinds, but the changes come
  
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• VIDEO: 3 humpbacks jump in unison, in a family birthday surprise - Chilliwack Progress

  28-07-2023 18:34 via news.google.com
  
  VIDEO: 3 humpbacks jump in unison, in a family birthday surprise  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canadians Liendo, Masse reach event finals at world aquatics championships

  28-07-2023 18:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FUKUOKA, Japan — Josh Liendo qualified for two finals while Kylie Masse advanced to the women’s 200-metre backstroke final Friday at the World Aquatics Championships.
  Liendo, from Toronto, advanced to the men’s 100-metre butterfly after finishing third in qualifying.
  He also snuck into the 50-metre freestyle final in eighth, but elected not to swim that race to focus on the 100 fly on Saturday.
  “I’ve done doubles multiple times and want to keep getting better at it
  
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• Canfor Corp. reports $43.9M loss in second quarter amid tough pulp, lumber conditions

  28-07-2023 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Canfor Corp. says wildfires in Western Canada continue to disrupt its operations as it reported a loss of $43.9 million in the second quarter.
  With new records set in both Alberta and B.C. for total hectares burned, the company says operational constraints are expected to continue well into the third quarter of 2023. 
  The loss in the second quarter was down from the $373.8 million profit Canfor reported during the second quarter last year. 
  The company says declining
  
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• Chilliwack prolific offender in court for breaching conditional ... - Mission City Record

  28-07-2023 18:15 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack prolific offender in court for breaching conditional ... - Hope Standard

  28-07-2023 18:15 via news.google.com
  
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• Major Montreal water main break leaves buildings flooded, vehicles submerged

  28-07-2023 18:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A major water main break in northeastern Montreal has forced evacuations and left vehicles submerged.
  The City of Montreal says some 18 buildings the Villeray-St-Michel-Park-Extension borough were evacuated as a preventive measure.
  Firefighters have closed off a sector of the borough, and as of 11 a.m., more than 11,000 people in the area were without power.
  Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante says teams are on site to plug the leak and fix the pipe.
  The city says the cause of
  
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• Several Chilliwack families displaced overnight from Lewis Avenue ... - Hope Standard

  28-07-2023 18:11 via news.google.com
  
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• Several Chilliwack Families Displaced Overnight From Lewis ... - Abbotsford News

  28-07-2023 18:11 via news.google.com
  
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• White House escalates extreme-heat efforts as record July marks ‘global boiling’ era

  28-07-2023 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — The hottest month in recorded history is going out with a bang in the United States. 
  Much of the populous U.S. northeast is facing temperatures today and Saturday that will feel like 40 C or even higher. 
  July isn’t over until next week, but the World Meteorological Organization has already predicted it will be the most sweltering month ever recorded. 
  That has the White House taking steps to better protect outdoor workers from what President Joe Biden sa
  
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• ‘Very proud moment’: Valdez becomes first Filipino-Canadian woman to serve in cabinet

  28-07-2023 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Rechie Valdez, who made history this week when she became the first Filipino-Canadian woman named to the federal cabinet, took an unusual path to high political office, transitioning from banking to baking to Parliament. 
  Born in Zambia into a Filipino family that had immigrated to the southern African nation, Valdez, now 43, said the day her flight landed in Canada in December 1989 was the first time she ever put on a winter jacket. 
  “I grew up in shorts and T-sh
  
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• Montreal’s new light-rail train network inaugurated, will open for free over weekend

  28-07-2023 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BROSSARD, Que. — Montreal’s electric light-rail train network has been officially inaugurated.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Premier François Legault and Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante were among the dignitaries who attended a ceremony today to launch the first five stations of the 26-station, 67-kilometre electric rail network.
  The first segment — a section running from Montreal’s South Shore to downtown’s central station — will open officially
  
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• B.C. boat captain remains missing in Okanagan Lake 4 days later - Chilliwack Progress

  28-07-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
  B.C. boat captain remains missing in Okanagan Lake 4 days later  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• ‘We have all the pieces:’ 0-7 Elks insist they are better than their record

  28-07-2023 17:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Elks lineman Kony Ealy says his frustration over Edmonton’s 0-7 start to the 2023 CFL campaign reminds him of how he felt when he was a member of the New York Jets back in 2017. 
  That Jets team went 5-11 after starting the NFL season with three wins out of its first five. 
  “I faced a lot of adversity when I was with the Jets,” Ealy said. “We just didn’t have all the pieces.” 
  But with the Jets, Ealy knew there was no light at th
  
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• Edmonton Elks forge ambitious future with multilingual broadcasts

  28-07-2023 17:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Victor Cui isn’t resting on his laurels.
  On Saturday night, the Edmonton Elks’ home game versus the B.C. Lions will be the first pro football contest to be broadcast in Punjabi. This achievement follows the franchise’s earlier milestone in 2022 when they had a regular-season matchup carried in Cree.
  And already Cui, the Elks affable president/CEO, is looking to broadcast Edmonton games in other languages.
  “Chinese, as an example, is one of them,” Cui said during a t
  
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• Russia says it shot down a Ukrainian missile over a southern Russian city

  28-07-2023 16:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KYIV, Ukraine — The Russian Defense Ministry said Friday it shot down a Ukrainian missile over the southern Russian city of Taganrog, about 40 kilomters (about 24 miles ) east of the border with Ukraine, and local officials reported 15 people were injured.
  Debris fell on the city, it added, alleging that Ukraine fired the missile as part of a “terror attack.”
  The statement follows media reports of an explosion in a residential area of Taganrog.
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• Three dead, three injured in crash in Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region

  28-07-2023 16:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAGUENAY, Que. — Three people were killed and three others were injured in a two-vehicle crash Thursday evening in Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region.
  Quebec provincial police say the collision between a compact car and a truck occurred about 6 p.m. on Highway 172, near Ste-Rose-du-Nord, Que., about 185 kilometres northeast of Quebec City.
  Police say they no longer fear for the lives of the three injured.
  Authorities say their initial investigation suggests the head-on collision ma
  
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• Supreme Court upholds murder convictions of man who represented himself at trial

  28-07-2023 16:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the murder convictions of a man who represented himself at trial but complained later the proceedings were tainted by a perception of unfairness.
  In a unanimous ruling today, the top court says no miscarriage of justice arose in Emanuel Kahsai’s trial.
  Five years ago a jury convicted the Calgary man of two counts of first-degree murder for fatally stabbing his mother and a vulnerable woman in her care.
  Kahsai behaved disruptively throug
  
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