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• Proud Boys’ Enrique Tarrio gets record 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

  05-09-2023 23:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison for orchestrating his far-right extremist group’s attack on the U.S. Capitol in a failed bid to stop the transfer of presidential power after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.Tarrio’s sentence is the longest so far among more than 1,100 Capitol riot cases, topping the 18-year sentences that Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and one-time Proud Boys leader Ethan Nordean both
  
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• Fierce storm in southern Brazil kills at least 21 people and displaces more than 1,600

  05-09-2023 23:50
  
  SAO PAULO (AP) — At least 21 people died in southern Brazil due to a fierce storm that caused floods in several cities, authorities said Tuesday.
  Rio Grande do Sul Gov. Eduardo Leite said the death toll is the state’s highest due to a climate event. He said about 60 cities had been battered by the storm, which was classified as an extratropical cyclone.
  Leite said 15 of the deaths occurred in one house in Mucum, a city of about 50,000 residents.
  The Rio Grande do Sul state government
  
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• Former Toronto FC fullback Ashtone Morgan joins MLS club’s front office

  05-09-2023 23:30
  
  TORONTO — Former Toronto FC fullback Ashtone Morgan has come full circle, returning to the MLS club where he started his pro career but this time to play a role in the front office.
  The 32-year-old has been named TFC’s manager of player engagement and alumni relations.
  Morgan came through the Toronto academy and went on to make 168 appearances in all competitions during nine seasons with his hometown club. After Toronto declined to exercise his option following the 2019 campaign, Mor
  
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• Judge allows Georgia to resume enforcing ban on hormone replacement therapy for transgender youth

  05-09-2023 23:24
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia can resume enforcing a ban on hormone replacement therapy for transgender people under 18, a judge ruled Tuesday, putting her previous order blocking the ban on hold after a federal appeals court allowed Alabama to enforce a similar restriction.
  Attorneys for the state had asked Judge Sarah Geraghty to vacate the preliminary injunction in light of the Alabama decision.
  Geraghty did not go that far, but she also said keeping her injunction in place was not possible af
  
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• Two men in stolen truck try to steal a trailer, but crash into 3 other vehicles Tuesday in Langley

  05-09-2023 23:10
  
  LANGLEY — Call it poetic justice or karma, but two men who were in a stolen truck and tried to steal a trailer Tuesday morning (Sept. 5) in Langley wound up crashing into three other vehicles.Langley RCMP says it received a report shortly after 7 a.m. that suspects in a Chevy pick up truck were attempting to steal a trailer from a property in the 25100 block of 50 Avenue. Witnesses interrupted the attempted theft and the suspects fled colliding with the victim’s vehicle on the proper
  
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• Climate change feeds billion-dollar global invasive species problem - Chilliwack Progress

  05-09-2023 23:10 via news.google.com
  
  Climate change feeds billion-dollar global invasive species problem  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada marks two years of single-game sports betting with concerns from researchers

  05-09-2023 22:44
  
  Canadian researchers are raising concerns about the lack of health data as well as the long-term effects related to single-game and in-play sports gambling across the country.
  Statistics Canada last collected national data on the prevalence of gambling back in 2018, fuelling worries about what has changed since single-game sports betting was legalized in August 2021.
  Matthew Young, the chief research officer for Greo Evidence Insights, said there has been an increase in online gambling since the
  
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• Chilliwack man in custody after Sunday shooting leaves victim in critical condition - Global News

  05-09-2023 22:39 via news.google.com
  
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• Chilliwack man in custody after Sunday shooting leaves victim in critical condition

  05-09-2023 22:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  After more than 36 hours of silence on the incident, RCMP have revealed a shooting took place, leaving one man in the hospital with critical injuries.
  
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• Safer, expanded schools in Abbotsford; new elementary school in ... - Voiceonline.com

  05-09-2023 22:37 via news.google.com
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• Sweeping cellphone ban not incoming for B.C. classrooms - Chilliwack Progress

  05-09-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
  Sweeping cellphone ban not incoming for B.C. classrooms  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Mother tells B.C. murder trial she regrets leaving her daughter home alone

  05-09-2023 22:30
  
  VANCOUVER — The mother of a 13-year-old girl killed six years ago told a British Columbia Supreme Court jury she regrets allowing the girl to stay home alone the day she went missing.
  Ibrahim Ali has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of the teen, whose body was found in Burnaby’s Central Park early on July 19, 2017, just hours after her mother reported her missing.
  The Chinese mother said through an interpreter that had she known there were “bad guys”
  
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• Viking-themed B.C. performers made mud dragons at Burning Man quagmire

  05-09-2023 22:24
  
  Hjeron O’Sidhe has been leading a group of Viking-themed performance artists to the Burning Man festival in Nevada for 13 years running, and he wasn’t about to let the rain and mud this year dampen their good time. 
  British Columbia resident O’Sidhe and almost 100 other performers – Canadians, Australians, Americans, Norwegians and others – make up the group known as known as MythMaker. 
  They travelled in a convoy to the Nevada desert, including O’Si
  
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• The leading storylines ahead of the Rugby World Cup in France. The big kickoff is on Friday

  05-09-2023 22:13
  
  France may never have a better chance to win a Rugby World Cup. The same for Ireland. New Zealand and defending champion South Africa — the tournament’s two most successful teams — can’t ever be counted out.
  Seldom has rugby’s big tournament had such a long list of realistic contenders from both sides of the equator.
  Host nation France is already feeling the excitement of an upcoming Olympics next year, but it has another major sporting spectacle to savor first.
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• Chilliwack RCMP says man suffered apparent gunshot wound Sunday on Chilliwack Lake Rd.

  05-09-2023 22:07
  
  CHILLIWACK — A Chilliwack man has been arrested and remains in custody after an alleged shooting that happened Sunday night on a Chilliwack Lake Road property.
  In a statement from Sgt. Krista Vrolyk, Mounties in Chilliwack received a report of a disturbance on a property in the 46100 block of Chilliwack Lake Road just before 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 3. Police arrived to find a 35 -year-old man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the leg, Sgt. Vrolyk said. Information received was th
  
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• B.C. helps Williams Lake First Nation buy property at former residential school site

  05-09-2023 22:02
  
  WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — A former British Columbia residential school site being investigated as a possible location of unmarked graves has been purchased by the Williams Lake First Nation with the help of the provincial government.
  The nation’s chief, Willie Sellars, says the purchase of the private property ensures the integrity of the ongoing investigation, and allows them to think about how to honour the children who disappeared and those who were taken from their families and force
  
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• Alcohol suspected in motorcycle crash Tuesday in Langley; driver hospitalized with serious injuries

  05-09-2023 21:53
  
  LANGLEY — Langley RCMP believes alcohol played a role in a crash that sent the driver of a red motorcycle to hospital with serious injuries early Tuesday morning.In a statement from Langley RCMP media relations officer Craig van Herk, Langley RCMP received reports of an impaired driver operating a red motorcycle in the 20300 block of Fraser Highway on Tuesday, Sept. 5 at just before 3 a.m. As officers were arriving to the area, a witness directed them to Logan Avenue near 200 Street where
  
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• SD33 superintendent addresses safe spaces, food security in welcome back letter

  05-09-2023 21:43
  
  CHILLIWACK — SD33 Superintendent Rohan Arul-pragasam addressed safe spaces, food insecurity and other pertinent topics in a lengthy two-page welcome back to school letter emailed to parents late Thursday night, August 31.In his letter, Arul-pragasam touched on safe spaces and said recent protests in various Canadian communities have opposed the LGBTQ community, highlighting what he said was the presence and increase of hate in society. He did not cite the specific venues where these protes
  
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• GW Graham rolls to 51-0 win in season opener against Belmont Friday in Chilliwack

  05-09-2023 21:29
  
  CHILLIWACK — Coaching debuts don’t get any better than the one newly installed head coach Ryk Piche had this past Friday.GW Graham’s senior varsity football team dominated all facets of the game behind two rushing touchdowns from RB Yapo Conteh and two passing touchdowns from QB Aiden Hewitt, as the Grizzlies rolled to a 51-0 season-opening win over Belmont Secondary of Langford Friday afternoon (Sept. 1) at Exhibition Stadium in Chilliwack.The Grizzlies (1-0) clicked on all fr
  
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• Canada sets sights on success on World Cup stage with goal of Olympic berth complete

  05-09-2023 21:26
  
  The goal of earning an Olympic berth is checked off, but that’s not where it ends in the mind of Canada head coach Jordi Fernandez.
  Canada qualified for the Olympics for the first time since 2000 following an 88-85 comeback win over No. 1-ranked and defending champion Spain on Sunday at the FIBA Men’s Basketball World Cup. The 15th-ranked Canadians needed a top-two finish among the seven Americas teams and did so alongside the U.S.
  While acknowledging how “special” it is
  
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• UPDATE: 2 arrested following police manhunt in Langley - Chilliwack Progress

  05-09-2023 20:26 via news.google.com
  
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• 61 indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges connected to ‘Stop Cop City’ movement

  05-09-2023 20:26
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Sixty-one people have been indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges following a long-running state investigation into protests against a proposed police and training facility in the Atlanta area that critics call “Cop City.”
  In the sweeping indictment, prosecutors allege the defendants are “militant anarchists” who have supported a violent movement that prosecutors trace to the widespread 2020 racial justice protests. The Aug. 29 indictment under t
  
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• PWHL Ottawa makes first three signings with trio of Canadian Olympians

  05-09-2023 20:09
  
  OTTAWA — A trio of Canadian Olympians are the first players to sign on with the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s Ottawa franchise, the league announced Tuesday.
  Forwards Emily Clark and Brianne Jenner, and goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer have all agreed to terms on three-year contracts that will run through the 2026 season. Salary figures were not disclosed.
  The trio have been staples with the Canadian national team that won two of the last three world championships and are
  
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• Some evacuation orders to lift in B.C., but wildfire disruptions drag on

  05-09-2023 20:06
  
  VANCOUVER — Residents of British Columbia’s Shuswap region must wait another day for evacuation orders to lift in wildfire-ravaged areas of the community, complicating the return to school for some students.
  The North Okanagan-Shuswap School District says in a message on its website that the year will begin a day late, with a half day of classes on Wednesday for most of its roughly 6,000 students.
  The district says students from North Shuswap Elementary, the area where wildfires deva
  
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• Unionized Starbucks store in Vancouver to close as lease expires

  05-09-2023 19:17
  
  VANCOUVER — One of the few unionized Starbucks stores in British Columbia is closing at the end of September.
  Leanna Rizzi, a spokeswoman for the coffee chain, confirmed the closure of the Dunbar Street location in Vancouver via email, saying it’s due to a natural lease expiry.
  She says the store is one of the smallest in the Starbucks portfolio, and it wasn’t possible to make necessary investments to renovate it, but workers will have the opportunity to transfer to a nearby lo
  
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• Some of the races to keep an eye on in Manitoba’s provincial election

  05-09-2023 19:09
  
  WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s election has been called for Oct. 3. Here are some of the races to watch:
  Southdale — Currently held by Audrey Gordon, the Progressive Conservative health minister. She won this south Winnipeg seat by fewer than 500 votes in 2019, and may be in for a tough battle now that the NDP are riding higher in opinion polls. The New Democrats have given a high profile to their candidate, Renee Cable, at recent press conferences and events. The Liberals have nominate
  
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• Winners of recent Manitoba elections have seen sizable majority governments

  05-09-2023 19:04
  
  WINNIPEG — A Manitoba election has been called for Oct. 3. Here is a look at Manitoba elections and governments over the past 20 years:
  New Democrats, 2003
  The NDP under then premier Gary Doer wins a second consecutive term with a larger majority, capturing 35 of the 57 legislature seats. The New Democrats secure longtime Progressive Conservative strongholds in suburban Winnipeg. Party leader Stuart Murray steps down two years later after lukewarm support in a party leadership review. He i
  
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• Correctional staff seize $287K in contraband at Agassiz prison, including needles and weapons

  05-09-2023 19:01
  
  AGASSIZ — Federal prison staff announced Tuesday that they have confiscated a rather large amount of contraband ranging from phones to steroids, needles to handmade weapons and more, at a maximum-security correctional institution west of Agassiz.In a news release, Correctional Service Canada attributed the contraband seizure at Kent Institution to the vigilance of staff members.The contraband and unauthorized items seized included smart phones, steroids, needles, handmade weapons, SD card
  
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• A profile of Dougald Lamont, leader of the Manitoba Liberal party since 2018

  05-09-2023 19:01
  
  WINNIPEG — After years of working behind the scenes in politics, Dougald Lamont now has five years of experience as a Manitoba legislature member and six years at the helm of the provincial Liberals.
  It has been a learning curve, he admits. 
  With three seats in the legislature and a much smaller amount of money and staff than his Progressive Conservative and NDP counterparts, Lamont’s Liberals often have to fight for time in the spotlight.
  However, he believes a smaller party ca
  
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• Vancouver on track to see home price stabilization amid higher borrowing costs: board

  05-09-2023 18:59
  
  VANCOUVER — The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says higher borrowing costs combined with seasonal patterns are putting the housing market on track to see slowing sales and price stabilization.
  The board’s outlook is being informed by August sales, which totalled 2,296, 13.8 per cent below the 10-year seasonal average.
  Compared with a year earlier, August sales jumped more than 21 per cent.
  There were 3,943 new listings last month, a roughly 18 per cent increase from a year ea
  
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• From rapper to reporter to politician: A profile of Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew

  05-09-2023 18:56
  
  WINNIPEG — Rap artist. Journalist. Economics student.
  Wab Kinew’s path as a young man, including several brushes with the law and some convictions, did not appear a likely path to politics.
  But as he entered his 30s, he decided political office might be where he could make a difference. 
  One of the reasons he cites is what happened to the family of his wife, Lisa Monkman, whose mother was on social assistance in the 1980s and was given an opportunity for education and a career.
  
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• Who will become Manitoba’s next premier? A look at party leaders vying for the job

  05-09-2023 18:54
  
  WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s provincial election has been called for Oct. 3. Here’s a look at the leaders of the province’s three parties that have seats in the legislature. 
  Heather Stefanson, Progressive Conservative Leader
  Age: 53. Born May 11, 1970. 
  Pre-Politics: Political science degree from the University of Western Ontario. Worked as a special assistant in the Office of the Prime Minister under Brian Mulroney before returning to Manitoba in 1993 as an assistant
  
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• Getting used to the spotlight: A profile of Manitoba PC Leader Heather Stefanson

  05-09-2023 18:54
  
  WINNIPEG — Despite her 23 years as a politician — and almost two as Manitoba’s first female premier — Heather Stefanson says she is still getting used to the public spotlight. She is more accustomed to working in the background.
  “I’m not someone that seeks attention. I like to get things done,” Stefanson said in an interview.
  “I’ve always been … a little bit of a behind-the-scenes kind of person. So I think that spotlight is not someth
  
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• Fraser Valley real estate sales dip in August, but prices remain steady

  05-09-2023 18:45
  
  SURREY — The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board says seasonal trends coupled with what it says is “cautious anticipation” of the next interest rate announcement from the Bank of Canada resulted in a slight sales dip in August.In a news release Tuesday morning, the Surrey-based real estate association representing realtors from White Rock to Abbotsford said sales fell slightly for the second straight month after reaching a 15-month high in June.The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board r
  
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• Blue Jays’ Triple-A affiliate places pitcher Alek Manoah on temporarily inactive list

  05-09-2023 18:20
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. — Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah has been placed on the temporarily inactive list by the team’s Triple-A affiliate.
  The move by the Buffalo Bisons opens a roster spot as Manoah builds back up after missing almost a month of game action. He remains with the team, which was scheduled to play the Lehigh Valley IronPigs on Tuesday night at Sahlen Field.
  Manoah, who has struggled for most of the season, was optioned to the Buffalo Bisons on Aug. 11 but did not im
  
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• Sqwá First Nation in Chilliwack partners with SD33 to establish new Adult Education Centre

  05-09-2023 18:19
  
  CHILLIWACK — Sqwa First Nation and Chilliwack School District announced a groundbreaking partnership Friday (Sept. 1) in which an Adult Education Centre will be established at Sqwa First Nation and be open to all community members.In a news release, the First Nation reserve, located about two kilometres west of downtown Chilliwack, says the Adult Education Centre will offer opportunities for adults to earn their B.C. Adult Graduation Diploma (Adult Dogwood) while gaining valuable trade or
  
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• India envoy ‘very satisfied’ by Canada response to threats by Sikh separatist groups

  05-09-2023 18:19
  
  OTTAWA — India’s envoy to Canada says he is satisfied the federal government is adequately protecting his country’s diplomats after New Delhi raised concerns for their safety earlier this year.
  Indian High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma says he’s optimistic both countries can circumvent heated diaspora politics to form closer ties.
  Some members of Sikh communities in Canada advocate for part of Punjab to separate as an independent state called Khalistan but the Indian go
  
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• Key interest rate got climb again, Bank of Canada cautions - Chilliwack Progress

  05-09-2023 18:15 via news.google.com
  
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• Time to slow down in speed zones across Chilliwack as school starts - Chilliwack Progress

  05-09-2023 18:13 via news.google.com
  
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• Mounties eyeing change to recreational cannabis use policy for members

  05-09-2023 18:09
  
  OTTAWA — The RCMP is looking at easing a policy that requires front-line officers and many other employees to refrain from recreational cannabis use for four weeks before duty.
  A change to the five-year-old policy could bolster recruitment of new officers by bringing the Mounties in line with police forces that have much less restrictive policies on pot use.
  An internal RCMP briefing note, obtained by The Canadian Press through the Access to Information Act, recommends a 24-hour restrictio
  
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• Montreal Alouettes sign former third-round NFL draft pick Damontre Moore

  05-09-2023 18:05
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes have signed American defensive lineman Damontre Moore, the team announced Tuesday.
  Terms of the contract were not disclosed.
  Moore, 30, was drafted in the third round of the NFL draft by the New York Giants in 2013 before playing 66 games in the league.
  The Texas A&M product registered a total of 97 tackles, 11 sacks, 12 tackles for loss, four forced fumbles and one fumble recovery playing for eight different teams: New York, Miami, Seattle, Dallas, Oa
  
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• Chilliwack Fire Dept. says fire at Cross Connection Church is under investigation

  05-09-2023 17:56
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Fire Department says Monday’s epic fire at a 75-year-old church is under investigation.
  In a news release from Assistant Fire Chief Chris Wilson, the Chilliwack Fire Department was dispatched to a report of smoke coming from Cross Connection Church at 9310 Williams Street. Fifty-four firefighters from Halls 1 (Cheam Avenue), 2 (Rosedale), 4 (South Sumas), 5 (Ryder Lake) and 6 (Greendale) responded to the scene and discovered smoke venting from the attic sp
  
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• Political pressure to stop rate hikes now coming from premiers, as BoC decision nears

  05-09-2023 17:46
  
  OTTAWA — Two premiers have sent letters to Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem urging the central bank to halt rate hikes ahead of its next rate decision tomorrow. 
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford sent a letter on Sunday saying families and businesses cannot afford the “crushing impact of further rate hikes,” echoing a letter British Columbia Premier David Eby sent on Thursday. 
  Associate professor and founding director of McGill University’s Max Bell School of Publi
  
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• Capitol physician says McConnell’s health episodes show ‘no evidence’ of being strokes or seizures

  05-09-2023 17:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s health episodes show “no evidence” of being strokes or seizures, the Capitol physician said in a letter released Tuesday after a medical evaluation and consultation with neurologists.Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick, The Associated Press
  
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• Serbia moves into World Cup semifinals by beating Lithuania, which had just topped the U.S.

  05-09-2023 17:34
  
  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Lithuania beat the U.S. at the 1998 world championships, then failed to medal. Lithuania then beat the U.S. again at the 2004 Olympics, then failed to medal.
  And history will repeat itself at this World Cup.
  Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 18 of his 21 points in the first half and Serbia — motivated by a serious injury endured by one of its players — topped previously unbeaten Lithuania 87-68 in the World Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday in a result that means L
  
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• BC government says new elementary school will be built in east Chilliwack, open by 2026

  05-09-2023 17:24
  
  CHILLIWACK — The BC government says it will build a new elementary school in Chilliwack, one of the fastest-growing communities in BC, starting next year.
  To support growth in Chilliwack, the provincial government announced Tuesday (Sept. 5) that it will provide $58.6 million to build a new elementary school on Chilliwack’s east side with room for 500 students. The school will include a neighbourhood learning centre for community programming, such as child care. The school’s de
  
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• With the Obamas and Biebers, Aaron Rodgers and Aaron Judge, the US Open stars aren’t just on court

  05-09-2023 17:19
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Coco Gauff glanced up at one of the 35-foot-wide video boards high atop Arthur Ashe Stadium during a U.S. Open match last week and caught a glimpse of celebrity couple Justin and Hailey Bieber.
  “I saw them immediately on the jumbotron. I don’t know if the camera saw me looking up,” said Gauff, who was scheduled to play in the quarterfinals in Ashe on Tuesday. “I hoped if I lost the match, they weren’t going to blame it on that.”
  The stars
  
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• Spanish soccer federation fires women’s national team coach Jorge Vilda amid Rubiales controversy

  05-09-2023 17:03
  
  MADRID (AP) — The Spanish soccer federation fired women’s national team coach Jorge Vilda on Tuesday, less than three weeks after his team won the Women’s World Cup title and amid the controversy involving suspended federation president Luis Rubiales.
  The coach was among those who applauded Rubiales when he refused to resign despite facing widespread criticism for kissing player Jenni Hermoso on the lips without her consent during the title celebrations in Sydney last month.
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• Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw resigns, months before end of mayor’s second term

  05-09-2023 17:02
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw will step down this month to take a leadership position with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the mayor said Tuesday.
  Outlaw, the first Black woman to run the 6,000-member police department, came to Philadelphia from Portland, Oregon, where her handling of protests had raised concerns.
  She leaves after a bumpy three years on the job that began just before the pandemic lockdowns and was quickly followed by in
  
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• New elementary school coming in Chilliwack | BC Gov News - BC Gov News

  05-09-2023 16:56 via news.google.com
  
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