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• Surrey teenager facing manslaughter charge in death of 45-year-old man

  22-08-2023 23:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — A 17-year-old Surrey youth is facing a charge of manslaughter in the death of a 45-year-old man last week.In a news release from the BC RCMP, police say Surrey RCMP responded to an assault in progress at the intersection of 184 Street and Fraser Highway and found 45-year-old victim Leroy Billy suffering from stab wounds. Billy was transported to hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) took conduct of the investigation and work
  
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• Surrey RCMP trying to locate missing 26-year-old woman

  22-08-2023 23:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — Mounties in Surrey are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 26-year-old female.In a news release from the detachment, Surrey RCMP say Gemina Mitchell was reported missing on Wednesday, August 16. She was last seen the previous day in the 13600-block of 94A Avenue. Police and family are concerned for her health and well-being.
  Gemina Mitchell is described as a 26-year-old Caucasian female, 5’8, 155 lbs., with blonde hair (may have been dyed brown) and blue
  
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• Return of live shows post-COVID revived performing arts industry - Chilliwack Progress

  22-08-2023 23:15 via news.google.com
  
  Return of live shows post-COVID revived performing arts industry  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• AbbyPD arrests man with airsoft firearm Tuesday morning

  22-08-2023 23:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — A suspect is in custody after being arrested by the Abbotsford Police Department early Tuesday morning (August 22) for possession of an airsoft firearm.According to a post on X, formerly Twitter, the Abbotsford PD said that its patrol officers were dispatched to the 2100 block of Sandalwood Crescent for the report of a weapons call.Police did not go into detail on its social media post, but said a suspect who was safely arrested was armed with a airsoft firearm.Police noted in
  
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• An Ohio school bus overturns after crash with minivan, leaving 1 child dead and 23 injured

  22-08-2023 23:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAWRENCEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A school bus full of children overturned after a crash with a minivan in Ohio, killing one child and injuring 23 others, one seriously, authorities said.
  Trooper Tyler Ross of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said there were 52 children from Northwestern Local Schools and a driver on the bus at the time of the crash shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday on Route 41 in Lawrenceville.
  He said an eastbound minivan went into the lane of the westbound bus, which veered onto the s
  
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• Ministry of Transportation working to fix Hwy. 1 north of Hope

  22-08-2023 22:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON BAR — The BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure says Highway 1 remains closed between Boston Bar and Lytton due to impacts from the Kookipi Creek wildfire.
  According to a brief update posted on its Facebook Monday afternoon, the provincial ministry is working to conduct danger tree and rockfall assessments.Power line repair work is underway by BC Hydro.
  Parts of Highway 1 between Hope and Lytton have been closed since Thursday night when the Kookipi Creek wildfire rapidly
  
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• Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard advances to second round of US Open qualifying

  22-08-2023 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Eugenie Bouchard advanced to the second round of qualifying at the U.S. Open with a 6-2, 6-3 win over American Katherine Hui on Tuesday.
  Hui struggled on serve with seven double-faults and was broken by Bouchard six times on 10 chances.
  Bouchard, from Westmount, Que., will next face 12th seed Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine.
  Toronto’s Katherine Sebov missed a chance to join Bouchard in the next round, losing 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-2 to third seed Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium.
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• UFV to receive $130K for graduate scholarships in 2023-24 ... - Chilliwack Progress

  22-08-2023 22:11 via news.google.com
  
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• Screen politicos shout for solidarity with Hollywood strikers outside ... - Chilliwack Progress

  22-08-2023 21:50 via news.google.com
  
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• Alouettes QB Cody Fajardo to return from injury Thursday vs. Blue Bombers

  22-08-2023 21:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal Alouettes quarterback Cody Fajardo is set to return from injury this week against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, head coach Jason Maas confirmed on Tuesday.
  Fajardo had missed the last two games with a left shoulder injury sustained during Week 9 against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
  Backup Caleb Evans filled in, helping the Alouettes earn wins against the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Week 10 and the Ottawa Redblacks on Saturday.
  Montreal now faces a quick turnaround, with a matchup Thursday agai
  
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• Patients in B.C. long-term care homes and N.W.T. hospitals displaced by wildfires

  22-08-2023 21:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Nearly 900 seniors have been forced out of care facilities in a wildfire-ravaged region of British Columbia while the province has joined Alberta in receiving medical evacuees from the Northwest Territories, where thousands of residents have escaped dangerous conditions.
  Susan Brown, CEO of Interior Health in B.C., said most of the residents were transferred from long-term care homes and memories of the devastation from past fires in the province may be exacerbating angst among both patients and
  
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• Nashville 'rhythm and roots' musician Bradford Loomis returns to ... - Chilliwack Progress

  22-08-2023 21:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Mission to close municipal forest due to wildfire risk - Chilliwack Progress

  22-08-2023 21:26 via news.google.com
  
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• Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation settles century-old grievance with Ottawa

  22-08-2023 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation in Saskatchewan has settled a specific claim with the federal government over nearly 20,000 acres of land.
  The nation north of Regina and the federal government announced this week the settlement of a claim for Canada’s “breach of statutory and fiduciary duties” relating to nearly 18,352 acres of reserve lands in 1909.
  The settlement agreement provides total compensation of $150 million and includes the potential to add the lost acre
  
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• Grief support training in Abbotsford opens up B.C. wide - Chilliwack Progress

  22-08-2023 21:21 via news.google.com
  
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• Grief support training in Abbotsford opens up B.C. wide - Chilliwack ... - Chilliwack Progress

  22-08-2023 21:21 via news.google.com
  
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• American busted at Abbotsford border crossing for bringing prohibited guns into Canada

  22-08-2023 21:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — An American with an affinity for guns may live to regret his ill-advised attempt to cross into Canada with a cache of prohibited firearms in his vehicle earlier this year.In a news release Tuesday (Aug. 22), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced that it has laid charges for Criminal Code and Customs Act offences against a US traveller following a firearms seizure at the Abbotsford-Huntingdon port of entry in British Columbia.
  Andrew Case was attempting to enter Canada
  
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• Quebec court authorizes class action over alleged sterilization of Indigenous women

  22-08-2023 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Quebec’s Superior Court has authorized a class-action lawsuit on behalf of Atikamekw women who say they were sterilized against their will.
  Two plaintiffs are leading the suit filed on behalf of all the women from the Atikamekw First Nation who allegedly didn’t consent to a procedure that impaired their fertility.
  The lawsuit demands unspecified damages from two doctors — identified as R.M and Y.B. — as well as the estate of a third, M.T., who the plaintiffs say violated
  
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• B.C. woman looking for lone firefighter she says saved her home with garden hose

  22-08-2023 21:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KELOWNA — A British Columbia fire evacuee is looking for a solo firefighter she says saved her home from flames with a garden hose. 
  Marnie Endersby has taken to social media to share her story in hopes of finding the firefighter to express her gratitude after her backyard camera captured the footage of their heroic efforts last Thursday in West Kelowna. 
  “I posted that photo on our Rose Valley Facebook group,” said Endersby, referring to a screenshot showing the lone
  
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• City of Mission to close its municipal forest due to extreme wildfire risk

  22-08-2023 21:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — The Mission Municipal Forest will close this Thursday, August 24 due to extreme wildfire risk as ordered by its municipal fire chief.In a statement Tuesday morning (Aug. 22), the city says this closure includes users of the BC Hydro boat launch, Stave West Forest and Recreation Area, Hunter Road, and Red and Bear Mountain. Only vehicles travelling to designated and reserved campsites will be permitted in the area at this time.
  “As we have all witnessed in recent days, the r
  
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• Climate change made Quebec fire weather twice as likely, flames more intense: study

  22-08-2023 21:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Climate change has made summers like the kind that led to Quebec’s disastrous wildfire season at least seven times more likely to happen again, says a new scientific analysis.
  The study by the U.K.-based World Weather Attribution group, released Tuesday, says greenhouse gas emissions made the province’s overall fire weather about 50 per cent more conducive to fire between May and June. The very worst days were twice as likely to happen and were about 20 per cent worse than they would
  
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• Canada’s Marco Arop advances to men’s 800m semifinal at World Athletics Championships

  22-08-2023 20:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUDAPEST, Hungary — Edmonton’s Marco Arop cruised into the men’s 800-metre semifinals on Tuesday at the World Athletics Championships.
  Arop finished atop the seventh and final heat with a time of one minutes 45.05 seconds. His time was the second best overall across the heats.
  The 24-year-old, who is the top-ranked 800 runner in the world, won bronze at last year’s worlds. 
  Arop was the second Canadian man to ever medal at worlds in the event after Gary Reed won silv
  
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• PHOTOS: Pride Festival 2023 floods Chilliwack streets with love and ... - Chilliwack Progress

  22-08-2023 20:35 via news.google.com
  
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• Ford named CFL’s top-graded quarterback after leading Elks to first victory

  22-08-2023 20:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canadian Tre Ford was very efficient in leading the Edmonton Elks to their first win of the season.
  Ford, of Niagara Falls, Ont., earned the top quarterback grade of 91.7 on Tuesday in the CFL’s weekly honour roll. Ford was recognized for his play in Edmonton’s 24-10 road win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats last week. 
  Ford finished 13-of-18 passing for 174 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran five times for 60 yards.
  Players in nine specific positions are highligh
  
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• Federal NDP targets blue seats in Alberta, bets on urban prairie appetite for change

  22-08-2023 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal New Democrats are eyeing Alberta’s urban-rural divide as a way to flip blue seats in the next general election.
  Jennifer Howard, chief of staff to NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, sees an opening in the Prairie province.
  She believes Alberta’s recent provincial election shows voters in the urban Prairies are rejecting politicians who peddle conspiracy theories, talk about the World Economic Forum and bash the media. 
  Howard says while these are topics conserv
  
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• Quebec releases new road safety plan, includes higher fines for drivers

  22-08-2023 20:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec is rolling out a sweeping series of proposed regulations to deter dangerous drivers by increasing fines and adding speed cameras across the province.Transport Minister Geneviève Guilbault presented a five-year road plan today, which includes higher financial penalties and more demerit points for drivers who commit infractions in school and construction zones.
  Also included in the 27-point plan is a provincewide, 30-kilometre-per-hour speed limit in school zones, a
  
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• UK approval last hurdle for mammoth Microsoft Activision takeover - Chilliwack Progress

  22-08-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
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• UPDATE: 3 injured after large explosion in downtown Prince George ... - Chilliwack Progress

  22-08-2023 19:44 via news.google.com
  
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• New marine-themed murals in pediatric wing of Chilliwack Hospital emergency dept.

  22-08-2023 19:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Visits to a hospital can be unsettling for any child, especially when they face the uncertainty of medical procedures.But a new marine-themed mural in the pediatric area of the emergency department at Chilliwack General Hospital is working to create a more inviting space when children receive medical attention from healthcare professionals.The Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation announced in a news release Tuesday (Aug. 21) that new murals now appear in the pediatric wing of
  
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• Stricter bail a ‘balancing act’ with overrepresented groups: police chiefs

  22-08-2023 19:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The leader of Canada’s police chiefs says it’s a balancing act to toughen up the bail system without the risk of more people of colour ending up behind bars.
  Danny Smyth, president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, made the comments today after meeting other chiefs to discuss opportunities for more immigrants to become officers.
  His comments come as the federal Liberal cabinet meets ahead of Parliament’s return next month, when housing, immigration
  
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• Canada wants judicial review of latest U.S. softwood lumber duties - Chilliwack Progress

  22-08-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Seasonal transit from Chilliwack to Cultus Lake ending Sept. 5

  22-08-2023 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — BC Transit says it will end summer transit service on route 56 to Cultus Lake after the Labour Day long weekend.In a news release Tuesday morning, BC Transit says it will seasonally discontinue service between Chilliwack and Cultus Lake on Tuesday, September 5.
  Sunday service on route 71 serving Agassiz and Harrison Hot Springs will also be seasonally discontinued.BC Transit says service improvements are coming to the Fraser Valley Express (FVX) aboard route 56, as customers w
  
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• Former restaurant explodes in Prince George, injures 3 Tuesday morning

  22-08-2023 19:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PRINCE GEORGE — Update: RCMP say three people were injured in this morning’s blast, one of whom had serious injuries though they say it’s still too early to pinpoint a cause.
  “We have been informed that hydro in the area has been shut down and will remain that way for an undetermined amount of time,” says RCMP.
  Earlier: There were multiple injuries after a building exploded in downtown Prince George Tuesday morning.
  “We have been informed that hydro in the are
  
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• LeLacheur back as interim president, CEO of Edmonton Elks

  22-08-2023 18:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Rick LeLacheur is returning to the Edmonton Elks as the team’s interim president and chief executive officer.
  LeLacheur, an Edmonton native, previously held both roles with the CFL team from 2002 to 2011.
  The team won Grey Cups in 2003 and 2005 with LeLacheur at the helm.
  He resigned from his positions on Dec. 1, 2011 and was succeeded by Len Rhodes. LeLacheur later spent five seasons (2018 to 2022) as president of the B.C. Lions.
  The Elks say LeLacheur’s appointment
  
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• Broaden scope of Canada’s weather alert system to account for wildfires, expert urges

  22-08-2023 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — As wildfires rage in western Canada, a communications and broadcasting policy expert says the national weather alerting system should account for a wider range of extreme events. 
  Monica Auer of Canada’s Forum for Research and Policy in Communications says emergency notifications should be sent out for any events that have the potential to threaten lives, such as wildfires.
  As of now, the National Public Alerting System — publicly known as Alert Ready — issu
  
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• Body found in B.C. homeless fire - Chilliwack Progress

  22-08-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Saskatchewan says parental consent needed for name, pronoun change

  22-08-2023 18:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — The Saskatchewan government says schools must now seek parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns. 
  Education Minister Dustin Duncan says the province wants to standardize pronoun and naming policies, as they varied from one school division to another. 
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Adventist church camp west of Hope hosting, feeding nearly 50 evacuees from BC fire

  22-08-2023 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CAMP HOPE — A BC Adventist church camp west of Hope has accepted approximately 50 evacuees from the Kookipi Creek wildfire.
  According to a social media post from Camp Hope, located at 61855 Lougheed Highway west of Hope, the BC Adventist church camp has taken in just under 50 guests.“As of late last Thursday night, under the auspices of the Fraser Valley Regional District emergency services, we are hosting fire evacuees again,” Camp Hope wrote on its social media page.Camp Hope
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Large explosion in Prince George, B.C., sends several to hospital

  22-08-2023 17:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Mounties in Prince George, B.C., say there has been a large explosion at an abandoned building in the city’s downtown core. 
  They say the cause of the blast is unknown, but several injured people have been taken to hospital. 
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Fire near Boston Bar grows by more than 3,000 hectares, incident managers to oversee fire starting today

  22-08-2023 17:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON BAR — The Kookipi Creek fire originally located approximately 16 kilometres northwest of Boston Bar continues to grow in leaps and bounds.According to an update on the BC Wildfire Service website posted Monday night, August 21 at 9:33 p.m., the raging inferno has grown over from 10,500 hectares on Saturday, August 19 to 13,674 hectares as of Monday night.
  The fire was 8,791 hectares in size as of Friday afternoon (Aug. 18), according to the BCWS website and its Facebook page.BCWS sa
  
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• Breathing easier across Lower Mainland but air quality advisory ... - Chilliwack Progress

  22-08-2023 17:16 via news.google.com
  
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• RCMP release photos of suspect vehicle in hit-and-run that killed a Merritt city councillor

  22-08-2023 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VALEMOUNT, BC — Valemount RCMP released surveillance photos of a vehicle suspected to be involved in a crash that killed a Merritt city councillor.
  In a news release issued Monday (Aug. 21), RCMP say the crash that claimed the life of a 46-year-old Merritt woman – later identified as Merritt Councillor Claire Newman – took place between 11:45 p.m. on July 4 and midnight on July 5. It happened on Highway 16 near Lucerne Campground just west of the B.C.–Alberta border.
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• Welcome Baby: Montreal to give out free boxes of items for families with newborns

  22-08-2023 16:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal will give out boxes of free toys and baby supplies to every family in the city with a new infant starting next year.
  The so-called Welcome Baby boxes will be available in 45 city libraries as of Jan. 1, 2024, for newborns, new arrivals and adopted children up to one year old.
  The colourful boxes will contain 12 items from local vendors with a total value of $200, including a blanket, a bath towel, a pair of pants, a pool diaper, a rattle, a silicone bib, a stuffed animal and a toothbrus
  
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• Attorney John Eastman surrenders to authorities on charges in Georgia 2020 election subversion case

  22-08-2023 16:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — John Eastman, the conservative attorney who pushed a plan to keep Donald Trump in power, turned himself in to authorities Tuesday on charges in the Georgia case alleging an illegal plot to overturn the former president’s 2020 election loss.Eastman was booked at the Fulton County jail before being released by authorities. He’s expected later face a judge to be arraigned in the sprawling racketeering case brought last week.Eastman is charged alongside former Presid
  
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• West Edmonton Mall locked down as 3 seriously injured in shooting - Chilliwack Progress

  22-08-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Accused in Quebec daycare bus crash that killed two kids has case postponed

  22-08-2023 16:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LAVAL, Que. — The court case of a Quebec man accused of killing two young children by driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare has once again been postponed.
  Pierre Ny St-Amand was arrested after a city bus crashed into the front of a daycare in the Ste-Rose neighbourhood of Laval, Que., on Feb. 8, killing two four-year-olds and injuring six other children.
  The 51-year-old former city bus driver was charged with two counts of first-degree murder as well as seven other charges, inclu
  
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• Canada to seek judicial review of latest U.S. decision on softwood lumber duties

  22-08-2023 16:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — The federal government in Ottawa is pushing back against the latest U.S. decision to keep imposing duties on Canadian softwood lumber. 
  Trade Minister Mary Ng says Canada is seeking a judicial review of last month’s Treasury Department assessment of the levies, which she calls unfair, unjust and illegal. 
  The latest administrative review provided modest relief, but maintained the combined duty rate at 7.99 per cent. 
  Ng is also urging U.S. Trade Representa
  
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• Knicks sue Raptors, accusing rival of using ex-Knicks employee as ‘mole’ to steal scouting secrets

  22-08-2023 15:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Knicks sued the Toronto Raptors, their new head coach and a former Knicks scouting employee on Monday, saying the defendants conspired to steal thousands of videos and other scouting secrets over the past few weeks.
  The lawsuit in Manhattan federal court seeks unspecified damages and a ban on the further spread of the Knicks’ trade secrets. The lawsuit claimed that secrets including scouting and play frequency reports, along with a prep book and a link to
  
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• Feds look to sitting judges to lead foreign interference inquiry

  22-08-2023 15:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHARLOTTETOWN — Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says the government is talking to sitting judges in its bid to find someone to lead a public inquiry into foreign interference.
  LeBlanc says it is taking time because there are specific protocols that must be followed when dealing with judges currently on the bench.
  He would not confirm or deny reports that the government hasn’t been able to find anyone willing to take on the role following the debacle that faced former governor
  
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• Wildfire continues to burn in Lake Country - Chilliwack Progress

  22-08-2023 14:35 via news.google.com
  
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