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• Lithium Americas shareholders approve split between U.S. and Argentina businesses

  31-07-2023 23:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Lithium Americas Corp. says shareholders have approved its split into two companies. 
  The Vancouver-based company says shareholders voted in favour of separating the company into two entities: Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp., and a new Lithium Americas Corp. 
  President and CEO Jonathan Evans says the Lithium Argentina team will advance the Cauchari-Oloroz project, while the Lithium Americas team will advance the Thacker Pass project. 
  The separation is targete
  
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• A timeline of events leading up to the new tentative B.C. port deal

  31-07-2023 23:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The union representing about 7,400 port workers in British Columbia and the association of employers have announced a new tentative agreement to end their long-running dispute over a collective agreement.
  Here is a timeline of events leading up to the new deal.
  2022
  Nov. 30: The British Columbia Maritime Employers Association provides notice to commence collective bargaining to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada.
  2023
  Feb. 16: Negotiations begin.
  March 20: T
  
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• Chilliwack Lake Park has a sparkling lake & 40 km of hiking trails - Curiocity

  31-07-2023 23:21 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Lake Park has a sparkling lake & 40 km of hiking trails  Curiocity
  
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• Reliever Jordan Hicks eager to pitch for Blue Jays; Francis called up from triple-A

  31-07-2023 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Right-handed reliever Jordan Hicks has arrived in Toronto and is ready to start pitching for the Blue Jays.
  He was traded from the St. Louis Cardinals to Toronto on Sunday.
  Right-handed reliever Jay Jackson has been placed on the family medical emergency list. 
  His son JR was born prematurely earlier this month.
  Righty Bowden Francis was recalled from the Blue Jays’ triple-A affiliate in Buffalo, N.Y., in a corresponding move.
  Jackson says he’s hoping to start pi
  
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• Canada’s Andreescu loses in third-set tiebreak to Ukraine’s Kostyuk at Citi DC Open

  31-07-2023 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Canada’s Bianca Andreescu is out of the Citi DC Open after losing to Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine in three sets, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) in the first round on Monday.
  Andreescu, currently 44th in the WTA rankings, came into the match as the underdog with Kostyuk ranked 34th.
  The 23-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., lost despite winning 51.7 per cent of the points, largely thanks to a dominant first set.
  It was Andreescu’s first match of the hard-court season, having last play
  
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• SD33 board chair issues apology for controversial meme circulated by Teri Westerby

  31-07-2023 23:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Board of Education chair Willow Reichelt has issued an apology on behalf of the school district after trustee Teri Westerby circulated a Barbie-themed steamroller on social media that tramples Christian values and those that hold traditional values.
  In the past week, Westerby circulated a meme on social media that appears to lampoon reaction in some conservative circles around the blockbuster Barbie movie starring Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie.
  The meme disseminate
  
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• WestJet expands winter routes from Abbotsford to Mexico - Chilliwack Progress

  31-07-2023 22:56 via news.google.com
  
  WestJet expands winter routes from Abbotsford to Mexico  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Semi-truck rolls into barricade and slows traffic near Mission Bridge - Chilliwack Progress

  31-07-2023 22:53 via news.google.com
  
  Semi-truck rolls into barricade and slows traffic near Mission Bridge  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Trudeau appears at news conference with bandage after bumping ... - Chilliwack Progress

  31-07-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Multi-vehicle crash on busy Vancouver route kills one, injures seven - Chilliwack Progress

  31-07-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
  Multi-vehicle crash on busy Vancouver route kills one, injures seven  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. minister offers condolences after child dies at Okanagan ... - Chilliwack Progress

  31-07-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack woman traumatized by indecent act of neighbour - Mission City Record

  31-07-2023 22:25 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack woman traumatized by indecent act of neighbour  Mission City Record
  
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• Chilliwack woman traumatized by indecent act of neighbour - Hope Standard

  31-07-2023 22:25 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack woman traumatized by indecent act of neighbour  Hope Standard
  
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• Chilliwack woman traumatized by indecent act of neighbour - Chilliwack Progress

  31-07-2023 22:25 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack woman traumatized by indecent act of neighbour  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Multi-vehicle crash on busy Vancouver route kills one, injures seven

  31-07-2023 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A 26-year-old Uber driver has been killed in an early morning collision in Vancouver involving three vehicles.
  A statement from Vancouver police says a red Cadillac carrying a 17-year-old driver and three teenage passengers slammed into a taxi just before 2 a.m. at Main Street and 12th Avenue and the taxi then broadsided the Uber vehicle.
  The lone driver in the Uber was killed while the taxi driver and two passengers were taken to hospital to be checked over.
  The driver of the
  
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• Lost budgie named Pineapple returned to B.C. girl on 11th birthday - Chilliwack Progress

  31-07-2023 21:55 via news.google.com
  
  Lost budgie named Pineapple returned to B.C. girl on 11th birthday  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Child porn trial begins for Aldergrove man - Chilliwack Progress

  31-07-2023 21:54 via news.google.com
  
  Child porn trial begins for Aldergrove man  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Biden has decided to keep Space Command in Colorado, rejecting move to Alabama, officials tell AP

  31-07-2023 21:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has decided to keep U.S. Space Command headquarters in Colorado, overturning a last-ditch decision by the Trump administration to move it to Alabama and ending months of politically fueled debate, according to senior U.S. officials.
  The officials said Biden was convinced by the head of Space Command, Gen. James Dickinson, who argued that moving his headquarters now would jeopardize military readiness. Dickinson’s view, however, was in contrast to
  
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• Trudeau appears at news conference with bandage after bumping head

  31-07-2023 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared at a news conference Monday with a bandage in the middle of his forehead. 
  A spokesperson for Trudeau says he bumped his head while he was playing with his kids over the weekend. 
  Alison Murphy says the prime minister is fine, and is excited to be on the road connecting with Canadians this week. 
  Trudeau’s itinerary for Sunday said he was taking some personal time in Ottawa.
  His office wouldn’t disclose what activit
  
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• SOGI 123 enters into 7th year in B.C. classrooms - Chilliwack Progress

  31-07-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
  SOGI 123 enters into 7th year in B.C. classrooms  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack trustee shares controversial meme with anti-Christian tone - Hope Standard

  31-07-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack trustee shares controversial meme with anti-Christian tone  Hope Standard
  
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• Chilliwack Trustee Shares Controversial Meme With Anti-Christian ... - Abbotsford News

  31-07-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Trustee Shares Controversial Meme With Anti-Christian ...  Abbotsford News
  
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• Boat recovery underway one week after B.C. man presumed drowned - Chilliwack Progress

  31-07-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
  Boat recovery underway one week after B.C. man presumed drowned  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• City of Mission receives nearly $40K grant to continue conservation of iconic Mission Museum

  31-07-2023 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — The City of Mission says it is the “grateful recipient” of a $38,920 grant from the Heritage Legacy Fund that will be used to continue important exterior conservation work on the Mission Museum.
  “The City very much appreciates this contribution,” said Mayor Paul Horn. “Our Museum building is a treasured asset and deserves to be a showcase in our downtown, so these funds will help us to keep this source of pride.”
  The grant will be used to compl
  
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• Sunfest ready to shine on Vancouver Island with headliner Blake ... - Chilliwack Progress

  31-07-2023 20:47 via news.google.com
  
  Sunfest ready to shine on Vancouver Island with headliner Blake ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• EDITOR’S NOTE: Prepare to lose access to local news on Facebook, Google

  31-07-2023 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — By now many of you have likely heard about Canada’s Online News Act – formerly known as Bill C-18.
  The new law calls for big tech companies to compensate media outlets and aims to make a more level playing field when it comes to online advertising – a revenue stream many of our local newsrooms within Pattison Media rely on, but which companies like Google and Meta monopolize.
  In response to the new legislation, Google said it will remove Canadian news links f
  
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• Idaho mom Lori Vallow Daybell sentenced in deaths of 2 children and her romantic rival

  31-07-2023 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho mother Lori Vallow Daybell has been sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday in the murders of her two youngest children and a romantic rival.The case has included bizarre claims that her son and daughter were zombies and that she was a goddess sent to usher in the Biblical apocalypse.Vallow Daybell was found guilty in May of killing her two youngest children, ages 7 and 16, as well as conspiring to kill Tammy Daybell, who was previously married to Vallow
  
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• All governments must hold Calgary Stampede accountable after sex abuse settlement: MP

  31-07-2023 20:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — A member of Parliament who is criticizing how the Calgary Stampede handled years of sexual abuse at a performance school it runs says all levels of government must hold the organization to account.
  George Chahal, who last week called for a pause in federal funding for the festival and said its board had lost public trust, says the city of Calgary as well as the provincial government have responsibilities to ensure children are protected at the Stampede.
  Chahal, the MP for Calgary
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP investigate targeted stabbing on Young Road

  31-07-2023 20:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP are investigating a targeted stabbing that occurred early Monday in the 8700 block of Young Road, not far from the Alliance Church.According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP Sgt. Krista Vrolyk, media relations spokesperson for the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment, Chilliwack RCMP were called to the 8700 block of Young Road in response to a stabbing. Police are in the preliminary stages of the investigation and suspect this was a targed incident, Sgt.
  
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• Pee-wee Herman actor Paul Reubens dies from cancer at 70 - Chilliwack Progress

  31-07-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
  Pee-wee Herman actor Paul Reubens dies from cancer at 70  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Quebec trucking company ordered to reinstate driver fired for drinking and driving

  31-07-2023 19:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec trucking company has been ordered to reinstate a driver who was fired after she drank at least nine beers before she lost control of her truck on a Pennsylvania highway.
  Labour arbitrator Huguette April says the driver’s drinking was from alcoholism — a disability — and that trucking company Groupe Robert should have made a reasonable accommodation for her.
  The woman was fired after she was involved in a single-vehicle crash on June 30, 2022, which dam
  
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• Pee-wee Herman actor Paul Reubens dies from cancer at 70

  31-07-2023 19:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Reubens, the actor and comedian whose character Pee-wee Herman became a cultural phenomenon through films and TV shows, has died.Reubens died Sunday night after a six-year struggle with cancer that he did not make public, his publicist said in a statement.“Please accept my apology for not going public with what I’ve been facing the last six years,” Reubens said in a statement released with the announcement of his death. “I have always felt a
  
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• Canada captain Christine Sinclair sounds warning in wake of early World Cup exit

  31-07-2023 19:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia — Captain Christine Sinclair refused to point the finger at Canada Soccer in the immediate aftermath of the Canadians’ early exit from the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
  But the world’s all-time leading scorer sounded a warning after the Olympic champion’s tournament-ending 4-0 loss to Australia on Monday.
  “Look we’ve been battling our federation for support but I can’t put this on (Canada Soccer). There’s 23 players out there a
  
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• Conservatives maintain fundraising lead over Liberals with $5M edge in second quarter

  31-07-2023 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Conservative party continues to hold a big fundraising edge over the Liberals, bringing in millions more than the governing party in this year’s second quarter.
  The Tories raised nearly $8 million in donations from almost 47,000 contributors between April and June.
  Figures provided by the party show that’s a slight decrease from the $8.3 million the Tories raised during the first three months of the year, though more people made donations.
  The Liberals, who held a
  
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• Canada drops 9-6 decision to Finland in Hlinka Gretzky Cup opener

  31-07-2023 19:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TRENČÍN, Slovakia — Canada’s national men’s summer under-18 team dropped a 9-6 decision to Finland on Monday at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup.
  Canada led 3-1 after 11 minutes but Finland rebounded with three goals in the second period and pulled away with four goals in the third.
  Cole Beaudoin, Maxim Masse, Justin Poirier, Berkly Catton, Henry Mews and Roger McQueen scored for Canada in the preliminary round opener for both teams. 
  Tuomas Suoniemi had a hat trick for
  
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• Proactive work by AbbyPD leads to drug seizure, charges against prolific offender

  31-07-2023 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department caught up to a prolific offender in the community who was up to no good over the weekend.According to a social media post, Abbotsford Police Department patrol officers stopped a suspicious vehicle in the 34000 block of Gladys Avenue Saturday (July 29) and identified a 43-year-old male driver who is known to police.Police say the man, who is a prolific offender in Abbotsford, was arrested. Weapons and breach charges have been forwarded, and furt
  
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• Mixed doubles wheelchair curling added to 2026 Paralympic Games in Italy

  31-07-2023 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BONN, Germany — Wheelchair mixed doubles curling added to the 2026 Paralympic Winter Games is music to the ears of Karen O’Neill.
  The CEO of the Canadian Paralympic Committee says that addition plays to the country’s strength in the sport.
  Since four-person wheelchair team curling was introduced to the Paralympic program in 2006 — the rule is one person on the team must be female — Canada has finished on the podium every time with three gold medals and two bronze.
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• New Canadian cigarette warning labels come into effect this week - Chilliwack Progress

  31-07-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
  New Canadian cigarette warning labels come into effect this week  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Struggling Edmonton Elks promote Jarious Jackson to offensive coordinator

  31-07-2023 18:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The struggling Edmonton Elks reassigned assistant coach Stephen McAdoo on Monday and promoted pass game coordinator and quarterbacks coach Jarious Jackson to offensive coordinator.
  The moves came two days after the winless CFL club dropped its eighth straight game of the season.
  The latest loss, a 27-0 decision to the B.C. Lions, gave the Elks sole possession of the longest streak of home defeats in North American professional sports history.
  Edmonton has lost 21 times in a row
  
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• Winds play key role as wildfire continues to threaten Osoyoos, B.C.

  31-07-2023 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Winds will likely be a major factor in the battle to save the southern British Columbia town of Osoyoos from a raging wildfire, but the latest forecast offers some hope.
  Environment Canada is calling for northwest winds through the day before gusts of 20 kilometres per hour ease late in the day.
  The BC Wildfire Service says that will help push the nearly nine-square-kilometre Eagle Bluff wildfire away from Osoyoos, less than two days after flames sparked in Washington state raced across the Cana
  
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• CF Montreal trades defender Camacho to Columbus Crew for general allocation money

  31-07-2023 18:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal traded defender Rudy Camacho to the Columbus Crew for US$400,000 in general allocation money on Monday.
  Camacho was consistently in Montreal’s starting 11 this season, having played in 20 of 23 Major League Soccer games.
  The 32-year-old from France signed with Montreal in 2018, making the move from Belgian First Division A club Waasland-Beveren, and won the team’s defensive player of the year award in 2021.
  Last year, Montreal re-signed Camacho to a two-y
  
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• BC EHS dispatched over the weekend to near-drowning at Harrison Hot Springs

  31-07-2023 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HARRISON HOT SPRINGS — BC Emergency Health Services personnel were dispatched over the weekend to a report of a child who nearly drowned in the Harrison lagoon in Harrison Hot Springs.According to scanner traffic, paramedics were called to the lagoon in front of Esplanade Avenue for the report of a possible drowning.BC EHS arrived on scene at about 4:03 p.m. Saturday (July 29). Emergency personnel were able to revive the 10-year-old child, who was awake shortly thereafter and had regained
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted – Week of July 30, 2023

  31-07-2023 17:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.Name: Jordyn BegleyAge: 32
  Height: 5’11” ft Weight: 201lbs
  Hair: Brown Eyes: BlueWanted: Assault
  Warrant in effect: July 25, 2022
  Parole Jurisdiction: Chilliwack
  Name: Christopher Wayne Ellis
  Age: 46
  Height: 6’1” ft Weight: 198lbs
  Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
  Tattoos: Both Shoulders- Dragon
  Wanted: Operate Motor Vehicle While Disqualified, Operate Motor Ve
  
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• Two supermoons in August mean double the stargazing fun - Chilliwack Progress

  31-07-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
  
  Two supermoons in August mean double the stargazing fun  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Trump’s defamation lawsuit against CNN over ‘the Big Lie’ dismissed - Chilliwack Progress

  31-07-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
  
  Trump’s defamation lawsuit against CNN over ‘the Big Lie’ dismissed  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada ‘strongly condemns’ Niger military coup as others threaten sanctions, cut aid

  31-07-2023 17:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada is speaking out against a coup d’état in Niger, as analysts fear political instability across West Africa will embolden terrorist groups and the Russian mercenary group Wagner.
  A faction of Niger’s military claims to have overthrown the country’s democratically elected president Mohamed Bazoum after detaining him in his palace last Wednesday.
  The move is the latest in a series of attempted coups across the Sahel region, where the so-called Islamic S
  
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• Montreal light-rail transit system shuts down on first official day of service

  31-07-2023 17:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BROSSARD, Que. — Montreal’s new light-rail transit system shut down unexpectedly this morning on its first full day of operation.
  The Réseau express métropolitain, or REM, officially launched today for paying customers after more than 120,000 people rode the system for free over the weekend.
  A spokesperson for the REM says a switch problem on the tracks caused service to shut down around 8 a.m. before it resumed at around 9:15 a.m.
  Commuters were left waiting in long li
  
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• Chilliwack man trying to get home after suffering stroke in Winnipeg - iHeartRadio.ca

  31-07-2023 17:19 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack man trying to get home after suffering stroke in Winnipeg  iHeartRadio.ca
  
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• Mar-a-Lago worker makes his first court appearance in Trump’s classified documents case

  31-07-2023 17:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI (AP) — The property manager of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate made his first court appearance on Monday on charges in the classified documents case against the former president but did not enter a plea because he has not found a Florida-based attorney to represent him.
  Carlos De Oliveira was added last week to the indictment with Trump and the former president’s valet, Walt Nauta. De Oliveira faces charges including conspiracy to obstruct justice and lying to investigat
  
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• Maple Leafs re-sign forward Nick Abruzzese to two-year, two-way extension

  31-07-2023 17:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have re-signed forward Nick Abruzzese to a two-year, two-way contract extension.
  The average annual value of the contract is US$775,000 at the NHL level. 
  Abruzzese had two assists in two games for the Maple Leafs in 2022-23. 
  The 24-year-old had 48 points (16 goals, 32 assists) through 69 games with AHL affiliate Toronto Marlies, and added seven points (two goals, five assists) through seven playoff games. 
  Abruzzese was a fourth-round pick
  
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