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• IIO clears Abbotsford PD of any wrongdoing after man seriously injures himself

  17-08-2023 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The provincial watchdog agency tasked with investigating all officer-related incidents that result in serious harm or death has cleared the Abbotsford Police Department of any wrongdoing following an incident earlier this month.The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) of BC released a statement Thursday (Aug. 17) saying it has concluded investigation 2023-222 into an incident in Abbotsford that resulted in one man sustaining a serious injury.
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• Brazilian hacker claims Bolsonaro asked him to hack into the voting system ahead of 2022 vote

  17-08-2023 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian hacker claimed at a congressional hearing Thursday that then-President Jair Bolsonaro wanted him to hack into the country’s electronic voting system to expose its alleged weaknesses ahead of the 2022 presidential election.
  Walter Delgatti Neto did not provide any evidence for his claim to the parliamentary commission of inquiry. But his detailed testimony raises new allegations against the former far-right leader, who is being investigated for his ro
  
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• Kelly looking to find a bit of last season’s form by defending Shaw Classic title

  17-08-2023 23:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — After winning three times on the PGA Tour Champions circuit last year, Jerry Kelly has yet to find a way to return to that same form this season.
  The 56-year-old golfer from Madison, Wis., would like nothing more than to break out of his slump by defending his title at the 2023 Shaw Charity Classic, which runs from Friday to Sunday at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club.
  “I hope so,” said Kelly, who beat John Huston in a one-hole playoff to win last year’s Shaw
  
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• Reaction to wildfires forcing evacuation of Yellowknife, other N.W.T. communities

  17-08-2023 22:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YELLOWKNIFE — Wildfires have forced the evacuation of the Northwest Territories capital, home to some 20,000 residents, as well as thousands of others from communities to the south. 
  Here are some comments about the dangerous situation: 
  “We’re all tired of the word unprecedented, yet there is no other way to describe this situation in the Northwest Territories. The country is watching, and our neighbours are keeping us in their thoughts and prayers.” — Pr
  
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• Mission RCMP investigates hit and run of cyclist on Lougheed Highway

  17-08-2023 22:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mounties in Mission are investigating an incident in which a cyclist was struck by a vehicle and the responsible driver fled the scene.On Wednesday, August 16, at just after 10 p.m., Mission RCMP received a report of a hit and run collision in the 32000 block of Lougheed Highway. Mission RCMP, as well as BC Emergency Health Services, attended and located a cyclist who had been struck by a vehicle which had fled the scene. The cyclist was transported to hospital with non-life thre
  
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• Cavan Biggio’s new philosophy gets results at the plate for Toronto Blue Jays

  17-08-2023 22:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Conversations with Victor Martinez and Hunter Mense have changed Cavan Biggio’s thought process at the plate.
  The results of that new philosophy can be seen in his batting average.
  Biggio got off to a slow start this season, with his batting average sinking as low as .111 on April 29. But he and fellow Toronto utility infielder Santiago Espinal started chatting with Martinez, a special assistant to the Blue Jays organization, at spring training about how they can improve of
  
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• Multiple Okanagan highways to experience strong winds ... - Chilliwack Progress

  17-08-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Raptors set to open NBA regular season at home versus Timberwolves in October

  17-08-2023 21:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Toronto Raptors’ 2023-24 regular-season schedule is now in place.
  Toronto will begin its NBA campaign at home against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Oct. 25. It’s the 12th straight season that the Raptors open at Scotiabank Arena.
  Among its notable contests, the Raptors host former head coach Nick Nurse and the Philadelphia 76ers on Oct. 28. Nurse was fired in April and replaced by Darko Rajakovic in June.
  Toronto also hosts former Raptor Fred VanVleet and the Houston Rockets on F
  
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• Pacific Salmon Commission raises forecast for B.C. Fraser River pink salmon run

  17-08-2023 21:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The run of pink salmon in British Columbia’s Fraser River is exceeding expectations this summer.
  The Pacific Salmon Commission is increasing its projections of pink salmon returns to possibly 11.6 million, up from an estimate of between 6.1 million and 8.6 million fish. 
  The commission, which was formed by the governments of Canada and the United States in 1985 to implement the Pacific Salmon Treaty, says the increase is based on the “abundance” of pink sa
  
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• Lockdown in place at Mission Institution - Chilliwack Progress

  17-08-2023 21:14 via news.google.com
  
  Lockdown in place at Mission Institution  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Soroptimists offer Live Your Dream financial awards for Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  17-08-2023 21:04 via news.google.com
  
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• WestJet adjusts prices, flight schedule amid Yellowknife evacuation efforts

  17-08-2023 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WestJet says it’s adjusting prices and adding capacity to help with evacuation efforts in Yellowknife. 
  Residents of the city and two nearby First Nations have been ordered out by noon Friday while crews fight fires that have already forced thousands to evacuate. 
  The airline says it’s added an extra recovery flight scheduled for Thursday between Yellowknife and Calgary, and added larger aircraft to operate previously scheduled flights between the cities.
  It says it has adj
  
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• N.W.T. sending 55 hospital patients, care home residents to B.C. - Chilliwack Progress

  17-08-2023 20:40 via news.google.com
  
  N.W.T. sending 55 hospital patients, care home residents to B.C.  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Three Canadian women make watch list for NCAA soccer’s Hermann Trophy

  17-08-2023 19:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadians Jade Rose, Maya Antoine and Mya Jones are among the 56 women named to the 2023 Hermann Trophy watch list.
  The award, presented annually by the Missouri Athletic Club, goes to the top NCAA player as decided by a vote of Division I coaches who are members of United Soccer Coaches.
  The men’s watch list will be announced Aug. 24.
  Rose, a junior defender at Harvard, has won already won eight caps for Canada. But the 20-year-old from Markham, Ont., missed out on the World Cup in Austra
  
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• Communities spring into action to help N.W.T. wildfire evacuees

  17-08-2023 19:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Communities receiving those fleeing the Northwest Territories wildfires are springing into action to help.
  Calgary pet charity Parachutes for Pets says it’s gathering supplies for animals and has reached out to boarding kennels to see whether some can offer space.
  Melissa David, who runs the charity, says some evacuees may not have taken pet supplies. 
  She says some shelters have also closed their doors and not all evacuation centres are pet friendly,  
  In Fort Mc
  
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• Canada’s social housing stock lagging behind peer countries - Chilliwack Progress

  17-08-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
  Canada’s social housing stock lagging behind peer countries  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Montreal Chinatown residents urge city to act against crime, drug use

  17-08-2023 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Residents of Montreal’s Chinatown are urging the city to act against what they describe as rising crime and drug use in their neighbourhood.
  A group of residents and merchants told a news conference today they’re being exposed to increasing acts of vandalism, harassment, violence and open air drug use.
  They mostly blame a homeless shelter, opened during the COVID-19 pandemic, that they say has attracted drug dealers to the neighbourhood and led to increased crime and
  
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• Two more free swims left at Outdoor Rotary Pool in Chilliwack before summer ends

  17-08-2023 19:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack residents are invited to enjoy two more free Saturday swims before the summer ends.
  As part of the city’s 150th anniversary, there will be free swimming this Saturday, August 19 and the following Saturday, August 26 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Outdoor Rotary Pool, 46245 Reece Avenue.The City of Chilliwack has more events planned to celebrate its 150th anniversary this fall, including four free skates Saturday and Sunday, September 16-17, and Saturday and Sund
  
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• Five things to know about the wildfire situation in the Northwest Territories

  17-08-2023 19:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YELLOWKNIFE — Wildfires have ripped through tens of thousands of square kilometres in the Northwest Territories, forcing the government to declare a state of emergency and residents of its capital city to flee.
  Here are five things to know about the situation: 
  Extreme fire danger
  The Northwest Territories has been grappling with 236 wildfires that have already burned an area almost four times the size of Prince Edward Island, or the equivalent of more than 21,000 square kilometres.&n
  
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• The victim of an illegal tackle, Canada’s Ben LeSage part of raging rugby controversy

  17-08-2023 19:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s Ben LeSage has unwittingly found himself in the middle of a raging rugby controversy.
  The Canadian co-captain is a victim rather culprit in the story which involves two separate red cards in test matches played some 16,600 kilometres apart. At issue is how the sport polices itself when it comes to dangerous play.
  LeSage, a 27-year-old from Calgary who plays his club rugby for the MLR champion New England Free Jacks, was hurt early in the second half of Canada’s 28-3 loss to
  
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• UPDATE: Nanaimo-Tsawwassen ferry breakdown could take weeks ... - Chilliwack Progress

  17-08-2023 18:45 via news.google.com
  
  UPDATE: Nanaimo-Tsawwassen ferry breakdown could take weeks ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Thunderstorms, strong winds expected on three highways north, east of Hope today

  17-08-2023 18:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement indicating three highways north and east of Hope will face widespread gusty winds and the risk of thunderstorms later today.According to a special weather statement posted Thursday (Aug. 17) by the federal weather agency, storm conditions are expected to pass through the southern Interior accompanied by strong winds and the likelihood of thunderstorms Thursday afternoon and evening.Environment Canada indicates strong, gusty w
  
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• Ferry breakdown causes cancellations on Nanaimo-Tsawwassen ... - Chilliwack Progress

  17-08-2023 18:45 via news.google.com
  
  Ferry breakdown causes cancellations on Nanaimo-Tsawwassen ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• NDP calls on feds to give study permits to institutions with ‘credible’ housing plan

  17-08-2023 18:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced a plan to address student housing shortages on Thursday.
  The party is calling on the federal government to allocate student permits to post-secondary institutions that demonstrate they have a credible and affordable housing plan.
  The proposal comes as the number of international students enrolled in Canada skyrockets, putting more pressure on housing shortages.
  Immigration Minister Marc Miller said in a recent interview with The Canadian Press th
  
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• Mission unveils sign commemorating Komagata Maru incident - Chilliwack Progress

  17-08-2023 18:34 via news.google.com
  
  Mission unveils sign commemorating Komagata Maru incident  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Okanagan man fined $8k for illegally killing moose - Chilliwack Progress

  17-08-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
  Okanagan man fined $8k for illegally killing moose  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada mulling ‘game plan’ if U.S. takes far-right, authoritarian shift: Joly

  17-08-2023 18:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada has been considering a “game plan” for how it would respond if the United States takes a far-right, authoritarian shift after next year’s presidential elections.
  Joly said in French during an interview with a Montreal radio station Wednesday that Canada must “prepare several scenarios” because of Ottawa’s close ties to the U.S.
  She says Canada has a game plan in mind but wouldn’t get
  
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• Justice minister says Canada remains ‘open’ to criminalizing coercive control

  17-08-2023 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s federal justice minister says gender-based violence is a “epidemic” and Ottawa remains open to criminalizing a pattern of behaviour known as coercive control. 
  Arif Virani made the comments in a recent letter to Ontario’s chief coroner, in which he provided the Liberal government’s response to a series of recommendations that came from an inquest into the 2015 slayings of three women. 
  Carol Culleton, Nathalie Warmerdam and Anastasi
  
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• Human activity and climate change cause cascading effects for Arctic ecosystem

  17-08-2023 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It doesn’t end up on dinner plates and it lacks the popular appeal of whales and dolphins, but scientists warn that a small fish that is critical to Arctic marine life could be in trouble from climate change and human activity.
  Maxime Geoffroy, a researcher at the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland, said the fate of the Arctic cod — also known as the polar cod — has a ripple effect on animals such as beluga and bowhead whales and ringed seals.
  
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• Access to electric vehicle charging getting better but not quickly enough

  17-08-2023 18:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — If you live in Montreal or Vancouver and own an electric car, finding somewhere to charge it is likely as easy as a quick search of an app on your smartphone.
  If you live almost anywhere else in Canada, the struggle to find a charging station is real.
  “Things have progressed really well in Quebec and British Columbia,” said Jeff Turner, director of mobility for the Montreal-based research firm Dunsky Energy and Climate.
  As of Aug. 15, a charging station database mainta
  
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• Skwah First Nation receiving $30,000 to plan for extreme-heat events - Chilliwack Progress

  17-08-2023 18:14 via news.google.com
  
  Skwah First Nation receiving $30,000 to plan for extreme-heat events  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Trudeau calls urgent ministers’ meeting as fire forces Yellowknife ... - Chilliwack Progress

  17-08-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
  Trudeau calls urgent ministers’ meeting as fire forces Yellowknife ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Independent review of troubled supportive housing in Maple Ridge ... - Chilliwack Progress

  17-08-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Court rules it is sexual assault to secretly record consensual encounter - Chilliwack Progress

  17-08-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
  Court rules it is sexual assault to secretly record consensual encounter  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Free Flight Fest airshow set to soar in Chilliwack - Maple Ridge News

  17-08-2023 17:48 via news.google.com
  
  Free Flight Fest airshow set to soar in Chilliwack  Maple Ridge News
  
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• Saskatchewan vice-chief David Pratt running for Assembly of First Nations leadership

  17-08-2023 17:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — David Pratt is the first person to announce his intention to run to be the new national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
  Pratt currently serves as a vice-chief with the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, an organization representing 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan.
  His platform focuses on unity and inclusion, reconciliation and rights, economic empowerment and environmental stewardship. 
  The upcoming election comes after the dramatic ouster of former national
  
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• Collaros listed as third-string QB, Brown to start for Bombers against Stampeders

  17-08-2023 17:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Zach Collaros is listed as the third-string quarterback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ game on Friday against the Calgary Stampeders.
  Dru Brown will start after Collaros suffered a neck injury against the Edmonton Elks in a 38-29 win last Thursday.
  Collaros, the CFL’s most outstanding player the last two seasons, was hurt after being hit by Elks defensive lineman Kony Ealy in the first half.
  Collaros was attempting to escape pressure and was falling to the turf after throwing a pass
  
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• Hawaii is vowing to protect landowners pressured to sell after wildfires - Chilliwack Progress

  17-08-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
  
  Hawaii is vowing to protect landowners pressured to sell after wildfires  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Britney Spears’ husband files for divorce - Chilliwack Progress

  17-08-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
  
  Britney Spears’ husband files for divorce  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• B.C. health minister visits Vernon hospital - Chilliwack Progress

  17-08-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
  
  B.C. health minister visits Vernon hospital  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• German forward Prince Owusu looks to make mark in MLS with Toronto FC

  17-08-2023 17:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — German forward Prince Owusu is backing himself to make a mark in Major League Soccer, choosing Toronto FC over European options.
  Owusu got some intel on MLS from Joao Klauss and Sergio Cordova, former teammates in Germany. Brazil’s Klauss, a former Hoffenheim player, is now with St. Louis City SC while Venezuela’s Cordova, formerly with Arminia Bielefeld, wears Vancouver Whitecap colours.
  “But I want to make my own history, build my own legacy here,” Owusu
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Quebec woman sentenced to 22 years for sending poisoned letter to Trump

  17-08-2023 17:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — A Quebec woman has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison after sending a poison-laced letter to former president Donald Trump. 
  Pascale Ferrier, 56, agreed to the sentence as part of a plea agreement back in January, but D.C. district court Judge Dabney Friedrich didn’t sign off until today. 
  The French-born Ferrier pleaded guilty to a total of nine biological weapons charges, each of which carries a potential maximum sentence of life in prison. 
  She
  
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• Swing with Bling women’s golfing charity event happens Sept. 21 in Abbotsford

  17-08-2023 17:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Women from across the Fraser Valley are invited to grab their golf clubs, best friends and best bling to support the Fraser Valley Child Development Centre next month.The Fraser Valley Child Development Centre will hold its “Swing with Bling” charity golf classic on Thursday, September 21 at the picturesque 18-hole Fraserglen Golf Course in Abbotsford.The event promises to be a fabulous day of golf, prizes and fundraising for the Fraser Valley Child Development Cen
  
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• Twila Kilgore tapped as interim coach for U.S. women’s national soccer team

  17-08-2023 17:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Twila Kilgore will serve as interim coach of the U.S women’s national soccer team following the resignation of coach Vlatko Andonovski.U.S. Soccer formally announced Andonovski’s resignation on Thursday. Kilgore, the first American-born woman to earn U.S. Soccer’s top-level Pro License, was an assistant under Andonovski and will lead the team while a search for a permanent coach is conducted.Andonovski’s resignation comes less than two weeks after the United States was kn
  
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• Supreme Court to hear appeal from airlines on air passenger rights compensation

  17-08-2023 17:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear an appeal from several airlines looking to quash rules that boost compensation to passengers for delayed flights or damaged luggage.
  Air Canada, Porter Airlines Inc. and 16 other appellants argue that Canada’s four-year-old passenger rights charter violates global standards and should be rendered invalid for international flights.
  Launched in 2019, the legal action states the provisions exceed the Canadian Transportation Agency&
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Pharmacists helping British Columbians

  17-08-2023 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Meeting the health care needs of people in B.C. is one of the highest priorities of our government right now. We’re working hard to open and upgrade hospitals and clinics, and recruit and retain primary care providers for team-based care, which will help to strengthen our public health system over the longer term.
  But we’re also taking action that has improved the health care experience right away. One of the biggest improvements has been making it easier to get care from your local
  
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• World chess federation bars transgender women from competing in ... - Chilliwack Progress

  17-08-2023 17:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Okanagan Mountain Park fire an enduring memory - Chilliwack Progress

  17-08-2023 17:00 via news.google.com
  
  Okanagan Mountain Park fire an enduring memory  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• After taking spending spree to $1B, Chelsea heads to West Ham ready to kick on under Pochettino

  17-08-2023 16:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  So, after a change of ownership, two managerial firings, three wild transfer windows and the arrival of 23 players — and counting — at a staggering cost of around $1 billion, is new-look Chelsea ready to compete for the English Premier League title again?
  Not yet, most would say.
  However, there are signs that good things might be around the corner for a club which, for the past two years, has been consumed by chaos on and off the field and rarely out of the spotlight because of its o
  
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• Mississippi judge declares mistrial in case of 2 white men charged in attack on Black FedEx driver

  17-08-2023 16:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case of two white men charged in the attack on a Black FedEx employee who was making a delivery.
  Brandon Case and his father, Gregory Case, are charged with attempted first-degree murder, conspiracy and shooting into the vehicle driven by D’Monterrio Gibson in January 2022. Gibson, now 25, was not injured. But the chase and gunfire led to complaints on social media of racism in Brookhaven, about an hour&
  
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