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• CP NewsAlert: Chinese mother of teen found dead in B.C. tearfully testifies at trial

  23-08-2023 23:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Chinese mother of a 13-year-old girl who was found dead in a Burnaby, B.C., park six years ago has taken the witness stand at the murder trial of her accused killer.
  The mother, who cannot be named under the terms of a publication ban against identifying the girl, broke down in tears as she talked about the meaning of her daughter’s name in Chinese, which refers to the fact that light rain was falling on the day she was born. 
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• Maple Leafs sign star centre Auston Matthews to four-year, $53-million extension

  23-08-2023 23:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed star centre Auston Matthews to a four-year deal, US$53-million contract extension.
  The deal carries an average annual value of $13.5 million, which will make Matthews the league’s highest-paid player beginning in 2024-25, surpassing Colorado star Nathan MacKinnon’s $12.6 AAV.
  Matthews has one season left on his current contract — a five-year, $58.2-million pact signed in February 2019 — that could have walked him into un
  
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• Bombers, Alouettes meet in showdown of teams riding four-game win streaks

  23-08-2023 23:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Montreal Alouettes have a trio of key similarities heading into their clash on Thursday night.
  Both CFL clubs are riding four-game win streaks, both will have their starting quarterbacks back from injury and both are coming off one-point victories that were nothing to brag about.
  “To me that’s kind of all outside noise,” Blue Bombers receiver Nic Demski said after Winnipeg’s walk-through on Wednesday.
  “At the end of the
  
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• Ellie and Maddie Szeryk of London, Ont., paired together at CPKC Women’s Open

  23-08-2023 23:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ellie Szeryk was preparing to tee off during a practice round at Vancouver’s Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club, going over her yardage book, managing the course, when she noticed her ball had been knocked off the tee.
  Her older sister Maddie had struck again, likely getting revenge for a joke about her short stature earlier in their round.
  The Szeryk sisters will be in the same group when the CPKC Women’s Open begins on Thursday, the first time Ellie will play in Cana
  
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• Fire north of Boston Bar grows another 750-plus hectares; 85 firefighters assigned to Kookipi fire

  23-08-2023 23:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON BAR — The Kookipi Creek wildfire now exceeds 14,000 hectares in the latest update from the BC Wildfire Service.
  According to its website updated Wednesday afternoon, August 23 at 12:23 p.m., the fire originally located northwest of Boston Bar is now 14,425 hectares.It was previously 13,674 hectares as of Monday night (Aug. 21), 10,500 hectares on Saturday, August 19, and 8,791 hectares on Friday afternoon, August 18.BCWS previously reported that an incident management team would ass
  
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• Oklahoma authorities name the BTK killer as the ‘prime suspect’ in at least two unsolved cases

  23-08-2023 22:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The BTK serial killer has been named the “prime suspect” in at least two unsolved cases, including one in Oklahoma that led authorities to dig this week near his former Kansas property in Park City, authorities announced Wednesday.
  Osage County, Oklahoma, Undersheriff Gary Upton told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the investigation into whether Dennis Rader was responsible for additional crimes started with the re-examination last year of the 1976 disappearance of Cynthia Kin
  
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• Travel restrictions remain for West Kelowna; B.C. urges caution - Chilliwack Progress

  23-08-2023 22:29 via news.google.com
  
  Travel restrictions remain for West Kelowna; B.C. urges caution  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Former Sardis Bottle Depot location all boarded up, as new Chilliwack facility opens on Vedder

  23-08-2023 22:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Sardis Bottle Depot has traded the digs of the dated Sardis Plaza for a brand new facility near the old Canadian Tire.The new Sardis Bottle Depot opened up on Friday, August 18 next to the Canada Post location in the northeast corner of the former Canadian Tire parking lot.The new facility’s hours are 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.Image: Mike Vanden Bosch / Pattison Media / The inside of the new Sardis Bottle Depot, whic
  
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• Canada sanctions Russian nuclear sector, assesses reports of Prigozhin death

  23-08-2023 21:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada is sanctioning more Russians accused of supporting the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, with a focus on banks, defence companies and the nuclear sector.
  Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is announcing a dealings ban for four Russians and 29 entities, including a rifle company, a shipbuilder and atomic research institutions.
  The ban targets subsidiaries of Russia’s state atomic energy corporation, known as Rosatom, as well as an export agency that helps sell Rus
  
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• Murals bring forward therapeutic power of art in pediatric space of ... - Voiceonline.com

  23-08-2023 21:33 via news.google.com
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• Liberals look to tackle international student rackets as part of housing crisis

  23-08-2023 21:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Liberal cabinet ministers are suggesting the federal government is ready to tackle long-standing problems related to the international student program, including cases of fraud and exploitation by consultants and shady educational institutions.
  They are doing so as part of efforts to ease the housing crisis as the government faces enormous pressure to help increase the supply of affordable homes.
  Housing Minister Sean Fraser floated several potential solutions, including capping t
  
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• Giuliani turns himself in on Georgia 2020 election charges after bond is set at $150,000

  23-08-2023 21:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Rudy Giuliani surrendered to authorities in Georgia on Wednesday on charges alleging he acted as former President Donald Trump’s chief co-conspirator in a plot to subvert the 2020 election.
  The former New York City mayor, celebrated as “America’s mayor” for his leadership after 9/11, is charged with Trump and 17 other people under Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. His bond has been set at $150,000, second only to Trum
  
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• AbbyPD looking to locate heavily damaged Mercedes, driver involved in hit-and-run

  23-08-2023 21:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department is looking for the driver of a heavily damaged luxury vehicle following a hit-and-run incident late Tuesday night.According to a social media post, members of the Abbotsford PD’s Traffic Enforcement Unit are asking for the public’s help in identifying the driver and suspect vehicle of a hit-and-run incident that happened Tuesday night, August 22 at 9:11 p.m. in the 32000 block of South Fraser Way.
  Police say they are looking for a M
  
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• Shaw services out in Maple Ridge over two days - Chilliwack Progress

  23-08-2023 20:45 via news.google.com
  
  Shaw services out in Maple Ridge over two days  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Video captures ‘incredibly rare’ B.C. wildfire tornado over lake

  23-08-2023 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LILLOOET, B.C. — The BC Wildfire Service has shared a video showing what it calls an “incredibly rare” fire tornado, also known as a fire whirl, that was whipped up over Gun Lake in the Central Interior.
  It says the video, showing a giant vortex of gas and flame disappearing into the night sky, was shot by its firefighters last week as they battled the Downton Lake wildfire near Lillooet.
  The service says a combination of extreme fire intensity, plummeting humidity and very low
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP Investigative Services Building still not operational after grand opening in 2022

  23-08-2023 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Elected officials and dignitaries alike gathered in November 2022 for the grand opening of the new Chilliwack RCMP Investigative Services Building behind the RCMP detachment on Airport Road.Roughly nine months later, the facility is still not operational in what was supposed to house the RCMP’s General Investigative Support Team (GIST), Serious Crime Unit and digital field technicians, the Crime Reduction Unit and administrative space for civilian and police use.
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• Chilliwack equestrian society jumps into its 35th year - Chilliwack Progress

  23-08-2023 20:10 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack equestrian society jumps into its 35th year  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Heavy rain helps douse Okanagan wildfires, as destruction becomes clearer

  23-08-2023 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KELOWNA, B.C. — Firefighters in the Okanagan say heavy rain overnight has helped douse wildfires that forced the evacuation of thousands of people, as the cost of the devastating blazes becomes clearer.
  They say 174 properties have been partially or totally damaged by the fires that had been rampaging around Lake Okanagan since last Thursday.
  West Kelowna fire Chief Jason Brolund says a total of 84 properties were partially or totally damaged in West Kelowna and the Westbank First Nation.
  
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• Hospital worker fired after Indigenous woman’s death should be reinstated: arbitrator

  23-08-2023 20:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  An arbitration tribunal has ordered the reinstatement of an orderly who was fired after an Indigenous woman filmed Quebec hospital staff insulting her as she died.
  Arbitrator Serge Brault says that while Myriam Leblanc made inappropriate comments toward Joyce Echaquan, she was not responsible for the bulk of the poor treatment the woman received prior to her death.
  Echaquan, a 37-year-old Atikamekw mother of seven, filmed herself on Facebook Live as a nurse and an orderly were heard making derog
  
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• CSPA clarifies statement on women’s interim deal with Canada Soccer

  23-08-2023 19:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canadian Soccer Players’ Association has cleared the air on the interim deal the senior women’s team struck with Canada Soccer in July.
  In a statement released Wednesday, the CSPA said that the compensation the women will receive as part of the deal for 2023 “is significantly more” than the players’ base compensation in 2021 and is “not zero.”
  As part of the agreement, Canada Soccer also committed “to fill all available remaining FIFA windows f
  
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• Officials say a jet crash in Russia kills 10 and Wagner chief was on passenger list

  23-08-2023 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — A business jet en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg crashed Wednesday, killing all 10 people on board, Russian emergency officials said. Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list, officials said, but it wasn’t immediately clear if he was on board.
  Unconfirmed media reports said the jet belonged to Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner private military company.Russia’s civilian aviation regulator, Rosaviatsia, said Prigozhin was on the passenger list
  
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• Wildfire evacuation orders/alerts to be downgraded in Central ... - Chilliwack Progress

  23-08-2023 19:39 via news.google.com
  
  Wildfire evacuation orders/alerts to be downgraded in Central ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Armstrong IPE going ahead as planned - Chilliwack Progress

  23-08-2023 19:16 via news.google.com
  
  Armstrong IPE going ahead as planned  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• CFL’s mid-season report shows attendance up in B.C., Montreal and Toronto

  23-08-2023 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Attendance in the CFL’s three major markets is up through the first half of the 2023 regular season.
  The CFL announced Wednesday the average game-day revenue in Toronto, B.C. and Montreal is up 26 per cent compared to the same time last season.Across the league, game-day revenues are up 2.3 per cent.
  And it seems more younger fans are tuning into CFL games, with the league stating viewership ratings in the 25-to-54 age demographic have increased by 29 per cent.
  The league a
  
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• As conservative premiers talk gender and kids, Poilievre’s grassroots ask same of him

  23-08-2023 18:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — As conservative premiers change the rules around pronoun use in schools, members of the federal Conservative grassroots want Pierre Poilievre to wade further into the debate around gender. 
  A submission advancing to a policy convention next month proposes discussion of a Conservative government prohibiting “life altering medicinal or surgical interventions” for those 18 and younger who are looking to transition. 
  The pitch is similar to ones found across the
  
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• Ford, Edmonton Elks look to break CFL-record 22-game home losing streak

  23-08-2023 18:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It’s one long losing streak down, one more to go for Tre Ford and the Edmonton Elks.
  Ford guided Edmonton to a 24-10 road win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats last week. The Elks’ first victory of the season snapped a 13-game losing streak dating back to last year.
  Edmonton (1-9) returns home to face the Ottawa Redblacks (3-7) on Sunday night. The Elks have dropped a CFL-record 22 straight games at Commonwealth Stadium, their last win there coming in October 2019.
  Ford, who captured the
  
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• Ottawa looked at changes to land claims process, acknowledged issues: documents

  23-08-2023 18:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Newly released internal documents show Canada has been pondering a new way to settle First Nation land claims.
  In briefing materials prepared for the deputy minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, the federal government also acknowledged issues with the current specific claims process.
  Specific claims deal with past wrongs against First Nations by Canada, including the administration of land or other assets.
  The July 2022 documents say Canada was mullin
  
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• Teams finalized ahead of Laver Cup tennis tournament in Vancouver

  23-08-2023 18:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Americans Tommy Paul and Ben Shelton and Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo will join Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime on Team World at the upcoming Laver Cup tennis tournament.
  World captain John McEnroe announced the final three members of his six-player team on Wednesday.
  Auger-Aliassime, the world No. 15, is competing in his second consecutive Laver Cup and was the first player picked by McEnroe back in February.
  World No. 9 Taylor Fritz and No. 10 Frances Tiafoe,
  
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• City of Mission rolling out new bike and pedestrian greenway for its residents

  23-08-2023 18:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — The City of Mission plans to have a gleaming new greenway along 7th Avenue that will appeal to cyclists and pedestrians, even rollerbladers, ready by next month.The city announced Wednesday morning that phase 1 construction of the 7th Avenue Greenway is coming to a close with substantial completion anticipated by Friday, September 8. Most work between Grand Street and Horne Street is scheduled to wrap up by August 30, ahead of the school year.
  “We recognize that the Greenwa
  
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• Passing the baton to young farmers - Chilliwack Progress

  23-08-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
  Passing the baton to young farmers  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Cycling fundraiser from Pitt Meadows to Chilliwack raising funds for ... - Maple Ridge News

  23-08-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Passionate about making a difference? Join BC Corrections today - Chilliwack Progress

  23-08-2023 17:50 via news.google.com
  
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• Fire in Silver Creek area of Hope Tuesday night reportedly burns several homes

  23-08-2023 17:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — The Hope Fire Department was dispatched to the Silver Creek area of Hope Tuesday night after a fire erupted in a neighbourhood just south of Highway 1.A fire broke out at a home near the area of Marie Street and Old Yale Road sometime after 7 p.m. Tuesday (Aug. 22) and burned three homes, according to witness Meadow Ouellet, who added that one home had just been built and completed this year.At least four engines from the Hope Fire Department were deployed to fight the massive blaze
  
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• Fire in Hope burns home Tuesday night

  23-08-2023 17:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — The Hope Fire Department was dispatched to the Silver Creek area of Hope Tuesday night after a fire erupted in a neighbourhood just south of Highway 1.
  A fire broke out at a home near the area of Marie Street and Old Yale Road sometime after 7 p.m. Tuesday (Aug. 22), according to witness Meadow Ouellet, who added that one home had just been built and completed this year.
  At least four engines from the Hope Fire Department were deployed to fight the massive blaze. Hope firefighters c
  
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• Cabinet ministers leave retreat without new plans to address housing crisis

  23-08-2023 17:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal Liberal cabinet is wrapping up a three-day retreat in Charlottetown today promising concrete action on housing but without any specific new initiatives on the table. 
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the housing challenge “has been decades” in the making and promises the government is focused on “getting more housing built.”
  But the ministers will depart Charlottetown later today with no new announcements or even a commitment to follow th
  
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• Without Trump, debate gives Republican hopefuls chance to build ... - Chilliwack Progress

  23-08-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack Fire Dept. responds to utility pole on fire in Promontory Wednesday morning

  23-08-2023 17:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Personnel from BC Hydro and the Chilliwack Fire Department were dispatched to the area of Teskey Way and Hudson Road Wednesday morning after a hydro pole caught fire and was reportedly smoking at one point.
  According to information collected by Chilliwack resident Julie Hiscock, a pole on Teskey Way caught fire at approximately 7:20 a.m. Wednesday, prompting a response from at least two Chilliwack fire engines. The pole had been smoking, Hiscock said.The primary line started t
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Communities rally together to support firefighters and evacuees

  23-08-2023 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The past week has been incredibly difficult for many communities dealing with unprecedented wildfire activity. The hearts of all B.C. residents are with those who are worried about their future and the state of their homes and livelihoods.
  Having your property put on evacuation order or alert is incredibly stressful. These decisions are not made lightly – they are issued by local governments and First Nations, on the advice and recommendation of the BC Wildfire Service and local First Nati
  
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• South Carolina’s new all-male highest court reverses course on abortion, upholding strict 6-week ban

  23-08-2023 16:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s new all-male Supreme Court reversed course on abortion on Wednesday, upholding a ban on most such procedures after about six weeks of pregnancy.The 4-1 ruling departs from the court’s own decision earlier this year to strike down a similar law.The continued erosion of legal abortion access across the U.S. South comes after Republican state lawmakers replaced the lone female on the court, Justice Kaye Hearn.Writing for the new majority, Jus
  
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• Profile for Tara Fanzega - Chilliwack Progress

  23-08-2023 16:58 via news.google.com
  
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• Mission Health Hospital Auxiliary: Giving back to the community - Chilliwack Progress

  23-08-2023 16:57 via news.google.com
  
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• Spirit Halloween set to open Wednesday in Chilliwack in the former Blockbuster

  23-08-2023 16:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Roughly 10 weeks before neighbourhoods all across Chilliwack become inundated with costumed kids seeking tricks or treats, Spirit Halloween is set to open today in the former Blockbuster on Yale Road in Chilliwack.Spirit Halloween, the seasonal retail goods store with an extensive presence throughout the Lower Mainland, is set to open at 45850 Yale Road two doors down from the Angry Otter liquor store.
  A sign on the front of the store indicates the store will open Wednesday, A
  
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• De Grasse, Brown, Rodney all qualify for men’s 200m semifinals at world championships

  23-08-2023 16:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUDAPEST, Hungary — A trio of Canadians are through to the men’s 200-metre semifinals at the World Athletics Championships.
  Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown and Brendon Rodney all placed no lower than second in their respective heats.
  De Grasse of Markham, Ont., the reigning Olympic champion in the 200, ran 20.28 seconds to finish second behind young American star Erriyon Knighton — and last year’s worlds bronze medallist — in the sixth heat.
  Toronto’s Brown was s
  
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• US Open 2023: With Serena and Federer retired, Alcaraz-Djokovic symbolizes a transition in tennis

  23-08-2023 16:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Based on the reactions on social media, it seems everyone in the world of tennis was riveted by Novak Djokovic’s victory over Carlos Alcaraz in the final of the last tournament for both ahead of the U.S. Open.
  It was a titanic, 3 1/2-hour-plus showdown between the two titans of the men’s game at the moment — the third time they’ve played each other in Djokovic’s past three events, each on a different surface — and set the stage for what will be an expected mee
  
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• Quebec to ban cellphones in elementary and high school classrooms

  23-08-2023 16:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — It’s the final bell for cellphones in Quebec classrooms as the province’s Education Department plans to ban their use in most teaching settings.
  Education Minister Bernard Drainville is scheduled to make the announcement this morning.
  The directive would only apply to public elementary and high schools and would still allow teachers to use mobile phones for lessons. 
  A spring survey of 7,000 teachers conducted by a federation of 34 teacher unions found that 92 per
  
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• India becomes the fourth country to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon

  23-08-2023 14:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — India on Wednesday landed a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, an unchartered territory that scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water and precious elements, as the country cements its growing prowess in space and technology.
  A lander with a rover inside touched down on the lunar surface at 6:04 ocal time, sparking cheers and applause among the space scientists watching in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru. After a failed attempt nearly fou
  
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• Tropical Storm Franklin makes landfall and dumps heavy rain on Haiti and Dominican Republic

  23-08-2023 14:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Tropical Storm Franklin made landfall Wednesday on the island of Hispaniola amid warnings of landslides and heavy flooding in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Tropical Storm Franklin chugged toward the island of Hispaniola shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti early Wednesday, bringing fears it would trigger deadly landslides
  
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• Evacuations ordered for eight Lytton First Nation reserves

  23-08-2023 14:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LYTTON— Eight reserves within the Lytton First Nation territory have been ordered to evacuate because of the threat of the Stein Mountain wildfire. The evacuation order was put in place at 7:55 p.m. Tuesday (Aug. 22).
  The evacuated reserves are Lytton reserves 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E, 4F, 33 and Nicklepalm reserve 4.
  Evacuated residents should gather their medical prescriptions, important documents and their grab and go bag immediately. All windows in the home should be closed and the doors loc
  
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• In the news today: Wildfires in B.C. and NWT, Yellowknife still under threat

  23-08-2023 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…
  Rain, lightning expected in B.C. wildfire regions
  Firefighters in British Columbia’s southern Interior continue to battle a number of significant wildfires even as cooler, wetter weather is anticipated in the region.
  The BC Wildfire Service says 120 wildland firefighters and 105 structural firefighters are deployed at the Bush Creek East blaze in the Shuswap region,
  
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• Yellowknife mayor says it’s too unsafe for residents to return to the capital city

  23-08-2023 10:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YELLOWKNIFE — The mayor of Yellowknife says it’s not safe for residents to go home to the territorial capital, but notes city officials are working on a return plan as a fire continues to burn about 15 kilometres away.
  Most of the residents in the city of 20,000 evacuated by air or road late last week to cities and towns as far south as Calgary and as far east as Winnipeg.
  “Of course, the question that everyone wants to know is when can we come home?” Rebecca Alty told re
  
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