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• Toronto Blue Jays blank Washington Nationals 7-0 in rubber game of three-game series

  30-08-2023 23:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Blue Jays starter Chris Bassitt threw eight shutout innings and Alejandro Kirk drove in three runs to help the Toronto Blue Jays to a 7-0 victory over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday.
  Bassitt allowed just three hits and a walk as the Blue Jays took the rubber game of the three-game series at Rogers Centre. He had three strikeouts over the 110-pitch outing.
  Kirk scored twice and had three of Toronto’s 12 hits. Santiago Espinal had two RBIs and Davis Schneider had two r
  
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• Sports integrity commissioner says safe sport gaps exposed in first year of office

  30-08-2023 23:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Sarah-Eve Pelletier’s first year as Canada’s sport integrity commissioner showed her that her reach doesn’t extend far enough.
  Federally funded sports bodies are among the 86 organizations now under the umbrella of the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC), which was established in June 2022 to administrate the Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport.
  OSIC is designed to be one remedy to the country’s safe sport crisis. Athletes
  
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• Ottawa man charged with promoting neo-Nazi terrorist group released on bail

  30-08-2023 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — An Ottawa man who has been charged with terrorism offences for promoting a far-right group has been granted bail. 
  Patrick Gordon Macdonald, 26, was charged in July with participating in the activity of a terrorist group, facilitating terrorist activity and wilfully promoting hatred for a terrorist group.
  The RCMP say he helped make propaganda material for the Atomwaffen Division, a neo-Nazi organization that has been listed as a terror group in Canada since 2021.
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• Infant antibiotics tied to eczema, asthma, food allergies - Chilliwack Progress

  30-08-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
  Infant antibiotics tied to eczema, asthma, food allergies  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chiefs X Huskers Golf Classic

  30-08-2023 22:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The tournament is taking place at the Chilliwack Golf Club with a shotgun start of 1:30. There will be tons of great food, prizes, and activities throughout the course.
  Plus lots of opportunities to meet and interact with players from both the Chiefs and Huskers.
  We are also pleased to announce that there is an exclusive opportunity to golf with Chiefs Head Coach and GM Brian Maloney and Huskers Head Coach Bob Reist. Contact the Chiefs office at 604-392-4433 to learn more.
  To register for the to
  
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• Kelowna connection to $7.8M international Ponzi scheme - Chilliwack Progress

  30-08-2023 22:15 via news.google.com
  
  Kelowna connection to $7.8M international Ponzi scheme  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Toxic drug deaths still rising in Chilliwack and Abbotsford, says ... - Chilliwack Progress

  30-08-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
  Toxic drug deaths still rising in Chilliwack and Abbotsford, says ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Toxic drug deaths still rising in Chilliwack and Abbotsford, says ... - Abbotsford News

  30-08-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
  Toxic drug deaths still rising in Chilliwack and Abbotsford, says ...  Abbotsford News
  
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• Bombers’ Collaros looking to remain unbeaten in Labour Day contests

  30-08-2023 21:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Playing on Labour Day certainly agrees with Zach Collaros.
  The veteran quarterback is 6-0 on the holiday weekend heading into Winnipeg’s contest Sunday night versus the Saskatchewan Roughriders at Mosaic Stadium. Collaros, 35, was 3-0 with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 1-0 for the Riders and this weekend looks to improve to 3-0 with the Blue Bombers.
  Collaros has 13 touchdown passes over those six contests with just three interceptions. He has thrown for over 300 yards three times and in 2015 r
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP says police presence on Tyson Road Sunday involved weapon, person in crisis

  30-08-2023 21:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP says a heavy police presence that surrounded a home in the 5700 block of Tyson Road Sunday night (Aug. 27) involved a person in crisis.In a brief statement released Wednesday (Aug. 30) by Sgt. Krista Vrolyk, media relations spokesperson for the Chilliwack RCMP detachment, Mounties in Chilliwack responded to the report of a person in crisis on Tyson Road at roughly 7:30 p.m Sunday evening. The person in question was in possession of a weapon, Sgt. Vrolyk said.Po
  
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• Arrest made in cold-case sex assaults, suspect released by judge: Vancouver police

  30-08-2023 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Vancouver police say they have solved a series of cold-case sexual assaults dating back 14 years, leading to the arrest of a suspect in Saskatchewan.
  Deputy Chief Constable Fiona Wilson told a briefing that 45-year-old Arturo Garcia Gorjon has been linked to four “blitz-style” assaults in Vancouver from July 1, 2009, to Christmas Eve 2010.
  She says Gorjon, who is believed to live in Vancouver but travels for work, went before a judge and has been released with conditions.
  Wilson says
  
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• Less than one in five federally funded charging stations are operational

  30-08-2023 20:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — More than 43,000 electric vehicle chargers have been funded over the last seven years under the federal government’s two main EV infrastructure programs.
  But data supplied by the Department of Natural Resources shows fewer than one in five are actually operational.
  The data comes as Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is in Quebec City today making another funding announcement on EV chargers.
  He says the current electric car charging program will spend $25 million to add anot
  
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• Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell appears to freeze up again, this time at a Kentucky event

  30-08-2023 20:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell appeared to briefly freeze up and was unable to answer a question from a reporter at an event in Kentucky on Wednesday, weeks after he had a similar episode in Washington.According to video from a local news station, the 81-year-old McConnell was asked whether he would run for reelection in 2026. The senator asked the reporter to repeat the question before trailing off and staring straight ahead for about 10 seconds.A woman standin
  
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• Pattison Media, parent company of Fraser Valley Today, announces purchase of Western Media Group

  30-08-2023 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KAMLOOPS — Pattison Media, the parent company of Fraser Valley Today in Chilliwack, is pleased to announce their purchase of Western Media Group (WMG), a leading marketing solutions company, based in Vancouver, BC.
  This proudly Canadian, independent media marketing firm has carved a niche as a solutions-based expert in the Canadian advertising world. They have built their reputation as a nimble and collaborative partner, focusing on finding the right-sized solutions to media, advertising,
  
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• Northwest Territories extend State of Emergency another 2 weeks - Chilliwack Progress

  30-08-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C. audit confirms $704M government budget surplus - Chilliwack Progress

  30-08-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
  B.C. audit confirms $704M government budget surplus  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• ‘Freedom Convoy’ leaders’ criminal trial goes beyond mischief charges

  30-08-2023 19:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The leaders of the “Freedom Convoy” are preparing to answer to criminal charges next week for their part in the massive demonstration that gridlocked Ottawa last year — but the stakes go beyond the actions of two protest organizers.
  Tamara Lich and Chris Barber were among the most prominent organizers of the protest movement that rolled into Ottawa early in 2022, and they’re scheduled to be the first members of the organizing committee to stand trial on Sep
  
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• Former Catholic cardinal, age 93, is not competent to stand trial on teen sexual abuse charges

  30-08-2023 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A judge ruled Wednesday that a 93-year-old former Roman Catholic cardinal is not competent to stand trial after both prosecutors and defense attorneys determined he suffers from dementia, and dismissed charges he sexually assaulted a teenage boy in Massachusetts decades ago.
  Theodore McCarrick, the ex-archbishop of Washington, D.C., was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 after an internal Vatican investigation determined he sexually molested adults as well as children.
  
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• B.C. posts $704 million budget surplus for 2022-2023, say audited public accounts

  30-08-2023 19:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — An audited public accounting of British Columbia’s financial records shows the province posted a surplus of more than $700 million in the 2022-2023 budget year.
  Finance Minister Katrine Conroy outlined the province’s financial performance in the government’s public accounts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.
  The government’s budget forecasts have been on an up-and-down ride for the past two years, with the 2022-2023 budget originally forecast in F
  
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• King’s Plate winner Paramount Prince to run in Prince of Wales

  30-08-2023 19:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — King’s Plate winner Paramount Prince will take a run at the OLG Canadian Triple Crown.
  Trainer Mark Casse said Wednesday that Paramount Prince will race Sept 12 in the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie Racetrack.
  Paramount Prince, with veteran jockey Patrick Husbands aboard, went wire-to-wire in winning the $1-million King’s Plate by 1 1/2-lengths Aug. 20 at Woodbine Racetrack.
  Husbands guided Wando to the last Canadian Triple Crown title in 2003 for late b
  
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• Two men hospitalized after assault on South Sumas Road in Sardis early Wednesday

  30-08-2023 19:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Two men were transported to hospital for non-life-threatening injuries after they assaulted each other early Wednesday morning on South Sumas Road in Sardis.
  According to a brief synopsis from Sgt. Krista Vrolyk, media relations spokesperson for the Chilliwack RCMP detachment, Mounties received a report of a possible stabbing in the 45300 block of South Sumas Road at approximately 2:45 a.m.Police attended and determined that an assault between two men had occurred, resulting i
  
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• Source: Canadian Rourke clears NFL waivers, to return to Jags on practice roster

  30-08-2023 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Canadian Nathan Rourke will begin his NFL career on the Jacksonville Jaguars’ practice roster.
  According to a source, the Victoria native cleared NFL waivers Wednesday and will join the Jaguars’ practice roster. The source spoke on the condition of anonymity as Jacksonville hadn’t formally announced the move.
  The Jaguars waived Rourke on Monday despite the six-foot-two, 209-pound Rourke having a stellar pre-season with the club, completing 23-of-35 pa
  
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• Quebec transport minister apologizes after being photographed without seatbelt

  30-08-2023 19:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Quebec Transport Minister Geneviève Guilbault is apologizing after photos emerged of her not wearing her seatbelt while on the road.
  The photos, published by the Journal de Montreal today, were taken over a three-year span and posted to her social media accounts, both while Guilbault was driving or a passenger in a vehicle.
  Guilbault, who is also the deputy premier, apologized for the lapse in judgment as she headed into a cabinet meeting.
  She said the moments where she forgot to buckle u
  
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• Chilliwack Fire called to small fire on First Nations land, but learns it has no jurisdiction there

  30-08-2023 19:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Two engines from the Chilliwack Fire Department were dispatched to Chilliwack Lake Road Wednesday morning (Aug. 30) for the report of a fire, only to learn that they have no authority or jurisdiction on First Nations land.According to scanner dispatch, Chilliwack firefighters were called to the area of 46120 Chilliwack Lake Road shortly after 7:20 a.m. Wednesday morning and discovered a small fire burning in a front yard.
  Campfires and open burning have been banned for months
  
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• Peters named Hurricanes head coach, first coaching job after racism controversy

  30-08-2023 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Bill Peters is being given a second chance by the Lethbridge Hurricanes, but not by the former player who was the target of his racism.
  Peters was named Lethbridge’s new head coach on Wednesday, returning him to the Western Hockey League and organized hockey for the first time in nearly four years.
  Peters resigned as the head coach of the NHL’s Calgary Flames in November 2019 after it became public that he had committed an act of anti-Black racism involving
  
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• Canada’s Henderson, Conners to team up at Grant Thornton Invitational

  30-08-2023 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s top-ranked men’s and women’s golfers are teaming up.
  Brooke Henderson and Corey Conners will be partners at the Grant Thornton Invitational.
  The unique event will see 16 LPGA and 16 PGA Tour players compete together in a co-sanctioned tournament for equal prize money of US$4 million. 
  Henderson, from Smiths Falls, Ont., has the most professional wins of any Canadian golfer with 13 on the LPGA Tour.
  Conners, from Listowel, Ont., is a two-time winner on the PGA Tour
  
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• Head coach Keefe signs multi-year contract extension with Maple Leafs

  30-08-2023 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Head coach Sheldon Keefe has signed a multi-year contract extension with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
  Terms of the deal were not announced.
  The 42-year-old was named Maple Leafs head coach on Nov. 20, 2019, and has posted a 166-71-30 regular-season record over that time.
  However, Toronto has yet to translate that success to the post-season. 
  The Maple Leafs beat Tampa Bay in six games earlier this year to earn its first playoff series win since 2004 before going on to lose to th
  
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• Canadian Armed Forces doing away with mandatory duty to report policy

  30-08-2023 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The military’s chief of professional conduct and culture says the Canadian Armed Forces will end its “inflexible and inhuman” mandatory reporting policy. 
  Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan says members will still be able to report misconduct, but they will no longer face possible penalties for failing to report something they experience or witness.
  The change is meant to give victims of sexual misconduct control and agency over the reporting process. 
  It was rec
  
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• Wildfire threat in B.C. continues as winds pick up during stormy weather

  30-08-2023 18:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Several major wildfires continue to burn out-of-control in British Columbia’s Interior, where forecasted rain had been hoped to dampen blazes in parts of the Central Okanagan and the Shuswap.
  But Environment Canada data shows neither Kelowna’s airport nor Salmon Arm recorded measurable precipitation Tuesday, after initial predictions called for possible rain and thunderstorms in the evening.
  The weather station at Kelowna International Airport did observe light rain Tuesday night at
  
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• Preliminary hearing postponed for Quebec man charged with killing 3 people with truck

  30-08-2023 17:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AMQUI, Que. — A preliminary hearing for a Quebec man charged with killing three people with his truck has been postponed until January 2024.
  A spokesperson for the province’s prosecutions office says the request was made by Steeve Gagnon’s lawyer on Tuesday.
  Gagnon, 38, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder and nine counts of attempted murder in connection with the alleged attack on March 13 in Amqui, Que., about 350 kilometres northeast of Quebec City.
  A truck dr
  
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• Trudeau to visit Indonesia, Singapore and India next week as Canada seeks trade deals

  30-08-2023 17:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is headed to Asia next week for a whirlwind tour of Indonesia, Singapore and India.
  The trip involves the G20 leaders’ summit in New Delhi, and a focus on economic ties in booming regions of Southeast Asia, as Canada seeks alternatives to a rising China.
  In Jakarta, Trudeau will attend a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, where the group of 10 countries that will ratify a strategic-partnership agreement with Canada.
  The next
  
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• N.W.T. extends state of emergency, premier to tour Edmonton evacuation centre

  30-08-2023 17:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YELLOWKNIFE — A state of emergency in the Northwest Territories has been extended until Sept. 11.The territorial government declared it on Aug. 15 as wildfires threatened several communities, including the capital, Yellowknife.
  The move was meant to allow the government to marshal the resources it needed to protect the health and safety of residents during an unprecedented wildfire season.Nearly 70 per cent of the territory’s population — including some 20,000 Yellowknifers &md
  
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• White House says Putin and Kim Jong Un traded letters as Russia looks for munitions from North Korea

  30-08-2023 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Wednesday said that it has new intelligence that shows Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have swapped letters as Russia looks to North Korea for munitions for the Ukraine war.
  National Security Council spokesman John Kirby detailed the latest finding just weeks after the White House said that it had determined that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during a recent visit to Pyongyang called on North Korean official
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: B.C. gas prices continue to skyrocket amid affordability crisis

  30-08-2023 17:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It’s a frustrating feeling to watch as the prices at the local gas station increase with each passing day. Right now, we are seeing yet another massive spike in the cost of fuel, with the average price of gas in Metro Vancouver on reaching $2.08 per litre on Monday morning, while prices in the Fraser Valley hover around the $2 mark. The last few years have conditioned us to accept wildly high prices as typical, but no one can argue that $2 a litre for gas is anything close to normal.It&rsq
  
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• North Korea launches a missile toward the sea after US flies bomber during drills with South Korea

  30-08-2023 17:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, hours after the U.S. flew at least one long-range bomber to the Korean Peninsula in a show of force against the North.South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the launch occurred Wednesday but gave no further details, such as how far the missile flew.
  Earlier Wednesday, the United States flew a B-1B bomber to the Korean Peni
  
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• UPDATE: Highway 1 reopens after rockfall north of Hope - Chilliwack Progress

  30-08-2023 16:44 via news.google.com
  
  UPDATE: Highway 1 reopens after rockfall north of Hope  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Motorists, residents asked to comment on upgrades to Hwy. 1 from Langley to Abbotsford

  30-08-2023 16:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Besides the reality that many Fraser Valley residents and motorists want it done as soon as possible, the BC government is asking for Fraser Valley residents to offer feedback on its plan to upgrade and widen HIghway 1 between 264 Street in Langley and Highway 11 in Abbotsford.
  Earlier this month, the provincial government announced updates to long overdue plans to widen Highway 1 between Langley and Abbotsford and build long-awaited interchange improvements to 264 Street. The
  
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• Suspected stabbing in Abbotsford leaves 46-year-old woman injured - Chilliwack Progress

  30-08-2023 16:34 via news.google.com
  
  Suspected stabbing in Abbotsford leaves 46-year-old woman injured  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Judge’s illness delays sentencing for ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in Jan. 6 case

  30-08-2023 16:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio’s sentencing for orchestrating the far-right extremist group’s attack on the U.S. Capitol was delayed until Sept. 5 because the trial judge was sick on Wednesday.
  The government is seeking a 33-year sentence for Tarrio in one of the most significant prosecutions in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. That is nearly twice the length of the longest prison term so far among the hundreds of riot prosecutio
  
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• Trudeau off to Asia in pursuit of trade deals - Chilliwack Progress

  30-08-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Residential school radar finds 93 Saskatchewan 'areas of interest' - Chilliwack Progress

  30-08-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
  Residential school radar finds 93 Saskatchewan 'areas of interest'  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Montreal will not replace toppled John A. Macdonald statue that stood downtown

  30-08-2023 16:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The City of Montreal says it won’t replace a toppled statue of Canada’s first prime minister in a downtown park.
  The city’s executive committee says it will instead partner with a local institution to display the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald in a different location with more contextual information for onlookers.
  Erected in 1895, the statue was frequently the target of vandalism before protesters tore it down from its pedestal in downtown Montreal’s Pla
  
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• CNN names Mark Thompson, former BBC and New York Times executive, as its new leader

  30-08-2023 15:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — CNN is bringing in a former chief executive of the BBC and The New York Times in an attempt to turn around a news organization that has burned through two leaders and bled viewers over the past two years.
  Mark Thompson was appointed as chair and CEO of CNN by David Zaslav, head of the network’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, which made the announcement Wednesday. Thompson replaces Chris Licht, who was fired in June, and a four-person team that had been runnin
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP, Chilliwack Fire Dept. offering free car seat clinic this Friday, Sept. 1

  30-08-2023 14:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP, Chilliwack Crime Prevention and the Chilliwack Fire Department are teaming up to conduct a free car seat clinic later this week.
  In an ongoing effort to emphasize child passenger safety and furnish information to parents and guardians, the three public safety agencies are holding an educational event this Friday, September 1 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Chilliwack Alliance Church parking lot, located at 8700 Young Road.
  The clinic will provide caregivers with th
  
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• IHIT deployed to Mission after 45-year-old man was shot, killed in gang-related incident

  30-08-2023 14:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Homicide investigators have been deployed to Mission after a 45-year-old man was shot Monday afternoon and later died early Tuesday morning.According to a press release from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT), Mounties in Mission were called to the 32700 block of Laminman Avenue Monday, August 28 at 5:01 p.m. for the report of shots fired. RCMP members attended and located a 45-year-old victim suffering from life-threatening gunshot wounds.IHIT says the victim was
  
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• Hungary’s Orbán urges US to ‘call back Trump’ to end Ukraine war in Tucker Carlson interview

  30-08-2023 13:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, said in a sprawling interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that the only path to ending the war in Ukraine would be the reelection of Donald Trump to the presidency.In the interview, posted Wednesday on Carlson’s page on X, formerly known as Twitter, Orbán praised Trump’s foreign policy while blasting the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden and its approach to the
  
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• Woman hospitalized after being stabbed at park in Abbotsford, west of Clearbrook

  30-08-2023 13:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department’s Major Crime Unit is investigating after a 46-year-old woman was stabbed near a park west of Clearbrook in Abbotsford in what police believe was a targeted incident.
  In a news release from Constable Art Stele, media relations spokesperson for the Abbotsford Police Department, police were dispatched on Tuesday, August 29 at 1:53 p.m. for the report of a suspicious circumstance near Nadeau Park in the 3000 block of Townline Road.The park i
  
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• In the news today: Universities pull course info and BC kids head back to school soon

  30-08-2023 10:18 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…
  Universities pull course info from public sites for safety
  Several Ontario universities are removing course location, and other information, from their public websites as a safety measure, as faculty representatives look to be more involved in efforts to prevent harassment and hate crimes on campus. 
  The move to pull some information from public pages comes after a t
  
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• No more ‘Forest Fridays’: B.C. pupils to return to school in fire-ravaged communities

  30-08-2023 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Alesha Campbell’s five-year-old daughter Maddie used to look forward to “Forest Fridays,” when she and kindergarten classmates would walk through the woods behind Rose Valley Elementary in West Kelowna.
  But now most of the forest has been burned by the McDougall Creek wildfire, part of a fire complex that has damaged or destroyed at least 189 properties. It came close to destroying the school, too.
  “Their playground and the field is fine, but their outdo
  
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• Mohawk-language Bible published after decades-long effort by one Quebec man

  30-08-2023 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KANESATAKE — Harvey Satewas Gabriel still remembers the first time he heard a preacher read Bible passages in the Mohawk language back in the 1950s. He watched the United Church minister open the book and translate the Scripture into Mohawk straight off the page as he read, the words sounding like “honey” to the then-17-year-old from Kanesatake, Que.
  Gabriel went home and asked his mother why there was no Mohawk Bible. She said, “That’s a big project, who’s go
  
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