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• Former Montreal schoolteacher sentenced to eight years for abusing young girls

  15-08-2023 23:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A former Montreal primary school teacher has been sentenced to eight years in prison for sexually abusing five young girls.
  Quebec court Judge Mélanie Hébert says Dominic Blanchette was in a position of authority and trust when he abused the victims, some of whom were as young as 10.
  She says the 29-year-old was aware of the consequences of the abuse he committed between September 2017 and May 2022.
  Blanchette pleaded guilty in March on eight counts, including sexu
  
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• Bargains galore as Rotary Club of Chilliwack holds 4th annual one-day book sale

  15-08-2023 23:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Book lovers and bargain hunters are in for a treat next week.The Rotary Club of Chilliwack will hold its 4th annual one-day book sale next Saturday, August 26 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the parking lot of the Rotary building at 44870 Wolfe Road, between Townsend Park and the municipal water treatment plant.Rotary Club of Chilliwack wrote on Facebook that the event will be weather permitting, so they’re hoping there’s plenty of sun.Rotary says there will be over 40,0
  
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• Alberta bid winner for donair costume says all about provincial pride — and lettuce

  15-08-2023 23:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton business owner who forked out $16,000 in a government-sponsored bidding war for a life-size donair costume says it was all about keeping the meat suit from being desecrated by lettuce-rejecting Maritimers.
  Adil Asim, owner of PrimeTime Donair, said the business decided to up the ante and not quit when it heard some of the rival bidders were East Coast donair operators promising to alter the donair suit to remove or cover up its faux-lettuce adornments.
  “When w
  
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• Tennis great Roger Federer to be honoured at Laver Cup in Vancouver

  15-08-2023 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Roger Federer will be honoured at the Laver Cup in Vancouver.The 20-time Grand Slam champion will be invited onto the black court on Sept. 22 to commemorate the one-year anniversary of his last competitive match.
  Federer concluded his illustrious career at last year’s tournament, partnering with longtime rival Rafael Nadal for Team Europe.
  They suffered a loss against Team World’s Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe at the O2 Arena in London, England.
  Federer will flip the
  
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• TFC nearing decision on head coach, which could include Dunfield keeping interim role

  15-08-2023 22:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — It appears Toronto FC is nearing a decision on its search for a permanent coach.
  But it also seems the MLS club has various options, one of which is keeping Terry Dunfield on as interim coach for the remaining 10 games of the season.
  “We’re going to come to a decision pretty soon here that will let us know if we’re going in a specific direction or if Terry is getting the nod to complete the season,” general manager Jason Hernandez said Tuesday. “I th
  
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• Alouettes say QB Fajardo will once again be a game-time decision against Redblacks

  15-08-2023 22:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal Alouettes head coach Jason Maas says quarterback Cody Fajardo will once again be a game-time decision ahead of Saturday’s meeting with the Ottawa Redblacks at TD Place.
  Fajardo missed his first game Friday against his former team, the Saskatchewan Roughriders, due to a left shoulder injury sustained a week prior against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
  He was a game-time decision and warmed up before the game, but backup Caleb Evans ultimately started, with Davis Alexander serving as QB N
  
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• Forecasted winds pose biggest wildfire threat amid heat wave: BC Wildfire Service

  15-08-2023 22:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KAMLOOPS, B.C. — While scorching temperatures are expected to reach their climax Tuesday in a prolonged heat wave in southern British Columbia, the BC Wildfire Service says the greatest wildfire risk won’t come until later this week.
  Fire information officer Sarah Budd says a cold front from the northwest due Thursday will hit the high-pressure system, bringing heat, creating strong winds, dry lightning and a greater potential for new fire starts.
  Budd says it comes as the heat wave
  
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• A look at British Columbia’s heat wave, by the numbers

  15-08-2023 22:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A protracted heat wave has settled over the southern half of British Columbia, sending temperatures in some places into the 40s this week.  
  Here’s a look at data associated with the hot spell that began Sunday, provided by Environment Canada. Information is correct as of noon Tuesday.
  Hottest temperature: 41.5 C at Lytton on Monday
  Daily heat records set at B.C. weather stations since Sunday: 26
  Hottest temperature at Vancouver International Airport: 24.4 C on Monday
  Hottest temperat
  
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• Raptors’ group play schedule for NBA in-season tournament released

  15-08-2023 22:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors will open the NBA’s inaugural in-season tournament against the Boston Celtics at Scotiabank Arena.
  Toronto is in East Group C with the Celtics, Brooklyn Nets, Chicago Bulls and Orlando Magic.
  The Raptors begin the tournament at home against the Celtics on Nov. 17 followed by a road game against the Magic on Nov. 21.
  Toronto will then host the Bulls on Nov. 24 and conclude group play on Nov. 28 on the road against the Nets.
  Eight teams advance to knockout
  
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• Ottawa poised to offer update on response to Emergencies Act inquiry recommendations

  15-08-2023 22:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government says it will soon provide an update on how it plans to address recommendations that stemmed from a public inquiry into the use of the Emergencies Act during the “Freedom Convoy” protests.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed to having a plan in place within six months of Justice Paul Rouleau’s report, which was released Feb. 17. 
  A spokesman for Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says with that deadline fast approaching, the gov
  
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• Toronto FC hopes to get some reinforcements ahead of derby match with Montreal

  15-08-2023 21:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Struggling Toronto FC could have some welcome reinforcements Sunday when it returns to action after a three-week layoff.
  Forward Lorenzo Insigne, captain Michael Bradley and fellow midfielder Victor Vazquez were all part of the Toronto training session that was open to the media Tuesday. All three have missed chunks of the MLS season through injury.
  “We’re pretty fortunate at this point of time … a couple of guys we haven’t seen in some time rejoining us,
  
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• 2 masked suspects steal delivery truck at gunpoint in Richmond - Chilliwack Progress

  15-08-2023 21:40 via news.google.com
  
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• Heat exhaustion can sneak up on you, so know the signs - Chilliwack Progress

  15-08-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
  Heat exhaustion can sneak up on you, so know the signs  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• City of Chilliwack says it’s working to lessen construction-related congestion at Vedder/South Sumas

  15-08-2023 21:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — As work steadily progresses on reconstruction of the intersection at Vedder Road and South Sumas in Sardis, the city of Chilliwack says it’s working on a plan to minimize traffic congestion with the return to school three weeks away.In its monthly transportation newsletter for August, the city says it has worked with the contractor to develop a schedule that will lessen traffic congestion as much as possible during school days and summer.“The public can expect some
  
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• PHOTOS: Giant murals tower over downtown Chilliwack for annual ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-08-2023 21:18 via news.google.com
  
  PHOTOS: Giant murals tower over downtown Chilliwack for annual ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Blue Jays activate closer Romano off injury list ahead of meeting with Phillies

  15-08-2023 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto closer Jordan Romano has been reinstated from the 15-day injured list and made available for the Blue Jays’ game tonight against the visiting Philadelphia Phillies.
  Romano was placed on the injured list on July 29 with lower back inflammation.
  Despite missing half a month of action, the right-hander from Markham, Ont., remains third in the American League and tied for fifth in the majors with 28 saves.
  In a corresponding move, right-hander Nate Pearson has been optioned to Triple-A
  
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• Dog locked in Mission vehicle during heat wave - Chilliwack Progress

  15-08-2023 21:02 via news.google.com
  
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• COVID-19 activity showing early signs that it may be increasing, new PHAC data says

  15-08-2023 20:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COVID-19 infections may be slowly starting to rise again in Canada, new data from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) suggests. 
  “There are signs of continued fluctuations in some COVID-19 activity indicators after a long period of gradual decline,” the agency’s online epidemiology update said on Tuesday. 
  “This may be an early sign of increases in activity.”
  COVID-19 activity is still low to moderate across the provinces and territories, the update
  
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• Seven Proline players cash in on NFL preseason pool selections

  15-08-2023 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — It was a good start to the NFL pre-season for seven Proline players.
  According to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., the NFL preseason pool had seven players with 11-of-12 correctly selected. The pool players received $1,810.29.
  On Thursday night, 70 per cent of patrons correctly selected the slightly favoured Seattle Seahawks to win on the money line versus the Minnesota Vikings. Seattle won the game 24-13.
  The Houston-New England game Thursday was the second-most popular con
  
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• Bombers quarterback Brown secures CFL weekly honour roll selection

  15-08-2023 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A stellar relief effort earned Dru Brown of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers the top quarterback grade in the CFL’s weekly honour roll.
  Brown received a score of 89.4 after relieving an injured Zach Collaros in Winnipeg’s 38-29 comeback win over the Edmonton Elks. Brown threw for 307 yards and four touchdowns in the contest.
  Players in nine specific positions are highlighted as per data points registered and compiled by Pro Football Focus, a sports analytics company.
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• Georgia indictment brings total Trump charges to 91, with prospect of televised trial

  15-08-2023 20:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s defiant march deeper into infamy barely broke stride Tuesday after a grand jury in Georgia finally handed up another long-awaited indictment of the former president — his fourth in five months. 
  “Communism has finally reached America’s shores,” Trump’s campaign, seemingly buoyed by his mounting legal woes, declared in a fundraising missive that accused “rogue prosecutors” of “criminalizing dissent.&rdquo
  
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• RCMP back at B.C. logging blockades after high court confirmed protester’s acquittal

  15-08-2023 20:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. — Mounties are back enforcing an injunction against anti-logging protesters on Vancouver Island less than a week after the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed the acquittal of a protester at the same site because police failed to fully read out a court order. 
  RCMP say in a statement that there have been numerous violations of the court-ordered injunction granted to Teal Cedar Products in April of 2021, so their officers have returned to the Fairy Creek Watershed nea
  
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• Canadiens trade Petry for second time in just over a year in deal with Red Wings

  15-08-2023 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Jeff Petry’s second stint with the Montreal Canadiens lasted just over a week.
  The Canadiens announced Tuesday that they have dealt the veteran defenceman for the second time in just over a year. His destination this off-season is the Detroit Red Wings, in exchange for defenceman Gustav Lindstrom and a conditional fourth-round draft pick in 2025.
  Montreal acquired Petry from Pittsburgh on Aug. 6 as part of the three-team trade that sent star defenceman Erik Karlsson from S
  
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• Canada’s Camryn Rogers embracing self-imposed pressure with eyes on world title

  15-08-2023 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Camryn Rogers enjoys all the pressure and emotions that come with aiming far and high on the biggest stages.
  “Feel the fear and do it anyway,” is a quote the Richmond, B.C., native rolls with and will continue to do so at the upcoming World Athletics Championships.
  Rogers enters the worlds — which run from Saturday to Aug. 27 — as the reigning silver medallist in the women’s hammer throw and having the second-longest throw of the season at 78.62 metres.
  The 24-year-
  
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• Elks, CEO/president Victor Cui ‘mutually part ways’ during disastrous season

  15-08-2023 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Victor Cui is out as president and chief executive officer of the Edmonton Elks.
  The CFL club made the official announcement Tuesday afternoon, adding the search for Cui’s replacement will begin in the coming weeks.
  In the meantime, the franchise’s day-to-day business operations will be handled by existing business operations senior leadership.
  Cui had served as Edmonton’s top executive since January 2022, replacing Chris Presson, who was fired following the &r
  
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• Ottawa Redblacks add defensive back Brandin Dandridge to active roster

  15-08-2023 19:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks placed American defensive back Brandin Dandridge on their active roster Tuesday.
  Ottawa placed Dandridge on the six-game injured list with a foot ailment before its 26-24 loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Aug. 6. The five-foot-11, 183-pound Dandridge also missed the Redblacks’ 44-31 road loss to Toronto on Sunday night.
  Ottawa (3-6) hosts the Montreal Alouettes (5-3) on Saturday night.
  Dandridge has registered four interceptions this season, leavin
  
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• Hamilton Sports Group unveils its plans for ’23 Grey Cup Festival

  15-08-2023 19:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — The second time will be the charm for Hamilton’s Grey Cup organizing committee.
  On Tuesday, the Hamilton Sports Group unveiled its plans for the 2023 Grey Cup, which will be held Nov. 19 at Tim Hortons Field. It will mark the second time since 2021 that the CFL’s championship game will be held at the venue.
  But in 2021the CFL was just coming out of the global pandemic, which forced the league to cancel the 2020 campaign. Social-distancing protocols back then resulted
  
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• Military members can now take sexual misconduct complaints to human rights commission

  15-08-2023 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Members of the military now have the option to bypass the Canadian Armed Forces grievance process and taking complaints of sexual misconduct, harassment or discrimination to a third party.The military announced today that the independent Canadian Human Rights Commission will hear new and existing complaints.Former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour recommended the change in her May 2022 report on sexual misconduct and toxic culture in the Armed Forces.Defence Minister Bill Blair
  
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• Agassiz, Chilliwack first responders help rescue teen who fell 30 feet while hiking

  15-08-2023 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — Multiple emergency personnel from several agencies in the Agassiz and Chilliwack area were dispatched Monday night to a mountainous area northeast of Agassiz after a teenager fell about 30 feet down a nearly-dry waterfall feet first.According to a social media post Tuesday morning from a Fraser Valley company, Agassiz Fire, Kent-Harrison Search and Rescue, Chilliwack Search and Rescue, and BC Emergency Health Services were dispatched after a 16-year-old male fell while he was hik
  
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• Federal Liberals have gone more than six months without appointing ethics watchdog

  15-08-2023 19:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — It’s now been more than six months since Canada has had a federal ethics watchdog. 
  Mario Dion retired in February after serving as the last permanent ethics and conflict-of-interest commissioner. 
  A longtime staffer in that office, Martine Richard, took on an interim role in April — but she resigned within weeks amid controversy around the fact she is the sister-in-law of Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc.
  Investigations that would normally
  
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• Chilliwack offers citizens different ways to beat the heat - Chilliwack Progress

  15-08-2023 18:51 via news.google.com
  
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• Volunteers needed for Chilliwack mud races this weekend at Heritage Park

  15-08-2023 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — It’s a great way to get close to the action of this weekend’s mud races in Chilliwack without paying admission fees.The North West Mud Race Association (NWMRA) is looking for volunteers to help staff this weekend’s mud races at Heritage Park for one of the biggest races of the season.The action happens Saturday and Sunday, August 19-20 at Heritage Park as 200-foot mud drags, junior racers, blown alcohol dragsters and the mega “hill ‘n hole”
  
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• Michael Oher, former NFL tackle known for ‘The Blind Side,’ sues to end Tuohys’ conservatorship

  15-08-2023 17:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Michael Oher, the former NFL tackle known for being the inspiration for the movie “The Blind Side,” filed a petition Monday in a Tennessee probate court accusing Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy of lying to him by having him sign papers making them his conservators rather than his adoptive parents nearly two decades ago.
  In the petition filed Monday in Shelby County Probate Court, Oher asks for the conservatorship to be terminated along with asking for a full a
  
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• 17 people sent to hospital after alleged bear spray attack at Quebec vacation camp

  15-08-2023 17:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Seventeen people were sent to hospital after they were allegedly attacked with bear spray at a vacation camp northeast of Montreal.
  Provincial police spokeswoman Sgt. Éloïse Cossette says five people were arrested in Monday’s alleged attack.
  Cossette says the five suspects wanted to target a man in the cafeteria of the camp in Hérouxville, Que., when they released the bear repellent. 
  She says the spray affected the victims’ eyes and airways b
  
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• Canadian corporate ethics czar launches China forced-labour probe into Ralph Lauren

  15-08-2023 17:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Ottawa’s corporate-ethics watchdog has announced an investigation into fashion company Ralph Lauren over the alleged use of forced labour in its supply chains.
  Sheri Meyerhoffer, who is the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise, says it’s not clear whether the company is doing enough to weed out components linked to the mistreatment of China’s Uyghur minority.
  Her report says that in response to her inquiries, Ralph Lauren insisted it’s an American company that
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Toronto Maple Leafs legend Bobby Baun dead at 86

  15-08-2023 17:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Bobby Baun, a hard-nosed defenceman who entered hockey lore by helping the Toronto Maple Leafs to the 1964 Stanley Cup on a broken leg, has died at the age of 86.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Mother pleads guilty to felony child neglect after 6-year-old son used her gun to shoot teacher

  15-08-2023 16:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in Virginia pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge of felony child neglect, seven months after her son used her handgun to critically wound the educator in a classroom full of students.
  Prosecutors agreed to drop the misdemeanor charge of reckless storage of a firearm against Deja Taylor. As part of the plea agreement, prosecutors said they will not seek seek a sentence that is longer than state sentencing guidelines, whi
  
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• Toronto FC opens doors to Giovinco, allowing former MLS MVP to use training facility

  15-08-2023 16:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC has opened its doors again to Sebastian Giovinco.
  The 36-year-old Italian is not back with the MLS club. But the former MLS MVP, has once again indicated his interest in resuming his career in Toronto colours and the team has offered to let the club legend use its north Toronto training facility.
  Giovinco, who still has a home in Toronto, is not training with the team yet but club officials are keeping an eye on him to see what’s left in the tank.
  Toronto (3-11-10) could use som
  
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• Australia has captured its continent as it faces England for a spot in the Women’s World Cup final

  15-08-2023 15:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SYDNEY (AP) — Sam Kerr released her autobiography roughly three weeks before Australia’s national team opened the Women’s World Cup. Kerr is the leader of the Matildas — she’s actually among the best players in the world — and as captain of the tournament’s co-host team, she was supposed to be the star of the show.
  But Kerr was injured and missed all of group play. And Australia didn’t really get buzzworthy until the Aussies knocked off Denmark to
  
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• Spain hoping for one more win at Women’s World Cup to set off historic celebrations back home

  15-08-2023 14:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADRID (AP) — Not long after Spain secured its spot in the Women’s World Cup final on Tuesday, coach Jorge Vilda gathered with his players and staff in a huddle near midfield and sent them a brief message.
  “We’ve put an entire country on its feet, now we want all of us to be on the streets celebrating together after winning this final,” he said before leading everyone into a loud celebration.
  Spaniards were also celebrating back home as the national team made it to
  
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• A Women’s World Cup semifinal is the here and now for the Australia-England rivalry, not the Ashes

  15-08-2023 14:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — This is Australia’s Matildas against England’s Lionesses. The Women’s World Cup semifinals. The here and the now.
  Both teams want to be clear, it’s not one of those clashes for the Ashes that have come to represent an intense international sporting rivalry dating back to the 1800s.
  That began with the burning of some bails — small wooden pegs that sit atop cricket stumps — after a team of English gentry lost to a squad of colon
  
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• Homeless, impoverished at risk during B.C. heat wave, advocates warn

  15-08-2023 13:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — An outreach team for the Union Gospel Mission in Vancouver has been working in the city’s Downtown Eastside to ensure people are aware and are prepared to cope with the latest heat spike across parts of B.C. 
  Mission spokeswoman Nicole Mucci says those who are experiencing mental illness, homelessness or who have chronic health conditions are most at risk of illness and death during such heat waves. 
  Record-breaking temperatures moved into southern B.C. on Sunda
  
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• Carmona’s late goal sends Spain to the Women’s World Cup final with a 2-1 win over Sweden

  15-08-2023 12:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Spain will play for its first Women’s World Cup championship after Olga Carmona’s goal in the 89th minute lifted La Roja to a 2-1 victory over Sweden in the Tuesday semifinal.Spain, which overcame last year’s near mutiny by its players against coach Jorge Vilda, will play the winner of tournament co-host Australia and England on Sunday in the final in Sydney.The winner Sunday will be a first-time World Cup champion.Sweden has now lost in four
  
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• Wildfire near Cannell Lake in Mission officially out - Chilliwack Progress

  15-08-2023 10:52 via news.google.com
  
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• In the news today: Wildfires in NWT, heatwave in B.C. breaks records

  15-08-2023 10:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today…
  Soldiers set to help fight wildfires in N.W.T.
  Members of the Canadian Armed Forces are set to be mobilized in the Northwest Territories today as wildfires threaten communities, including the capital, and hundreds of people have been airlifted to safety.
  The military is expected to send a helicopter and Twin Otter airplane along with 124 soldiers, with 100 set to help wit
  
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• Quebecers no longer seeing doctor-assisted deaths as exceptional, says oversight body

  15-08-2023 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — As the frequency of medical aid in dying continues to rise in Quebec, the head of the independent body that monitors the practice in the province says he worries doctor-assisted deaths are no longer being seen as a last resort.
  Quebecers have stopped appreciating MAID as an exceptional procedure for people with incurable illnesses whose suffering is unbearable, Dr. Michel Bureau said in a recent interview. 
  “We’re now no longer dealing with an exceptional treatm
  
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• How the feds could push cities to build more homes — with a carrot or stick

  15-08-2023 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — From local zoning to community consultations, there are plenty of ways cities are hitting the brakes on residential construction, even as Canada faces a significant housing shortage.
  According to the Canadian Home Builders’ Association, average municipal approval timelines for housing projects in 2022 spanned from three months to nearly three years, depending on the city.
  That’s why encouraging municipalities to build more homes, more quickly, is becoming a major focus
  
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• Canadian rugby men soundly beaten by Tonga for second time in five days

  15-08-2023 06:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga — Tonga continued its mastery over Canada on Monday, running in six tries for a comfortable 36-12 win in an international rugby test match.
  The 23rd-ranked Canadian men lost 28-3 to the 15th-ranked Pacific Islanders in the opening test Wednesday in the Tongan capital.
  As in the first meeting, the Tongan execution was far from perfect. But the home side’s power and pace were too much for the Canadians at Teufaiva Stadium.
  Sosefo Sakalia and Kyren Taumoefolau ea
  
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• Attendance, ticket records growing at 2023 Women’s World Cup

  15-08-2023 05:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SYDNEY (AP) — With Matildas’ matches becoming hot tickets, Australia’s run to the Women’s World Cup semifinals and the expanded 32-team format have helped set records for attendance at the tournament.
  Soccer’s international governing body said Tuesday that 1.77 million tickets have been sold for the tournament being co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, with a total 1,734,028 attendance for the 60 games.
  The record match attendance for the 2023 edition is 75,784 f
  
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• Nanaimo-Vancouver foot ferry cancels half its scheduled sailings for ... - Chilliwack Progress

  15-08-2023 05:15 via news.google.com
  
  Nanaimo-Vancouver foot ferry cancels half its scheduled sailings for ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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