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• Iowa teen found guilty of 2nd-degree murder and manslaughter in deaths of 2 students at school

  14-09-2023 23:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa teenager was found guilty on Thursday of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the deaths of two students that he shot at a Des Moines alternative school earlier this year.
  Preston Walls, 19, had been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths, but jurors found him guilty of lesser charges. That seemed to indicate jurors accepted Walls’ claim that he fired on the students because he feared for his life.
  Walls was charged in the deaths of Gionni
  
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• Shift to hydrogen at Port of Vancouver led by companies with ... - Surrey Now Leader

  14-09-2023 23:44 via news.google.com
  
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• Shift to hydrogen at Port of Vancouver led by companies with ... - Mission City Record

  14-09-2023 23:44 via news.google.com
  
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• Shift to hydrogen at Port of Vancouver led by companies with ... - Maple Ridge News

  14-09-2023 23:44 via news.google.com
  
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• Government websites down in four provinces, territories; cyberattacks blamed in two

  14-09-2023 23:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Government websites in four provinces and territories are shut down, with at least two jurisdictions blaming cyberattacks for their outages.
  Internet searches of websites for Yukon, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island and Nunavut show those sites are inaccessible.
  Prince Edward Island and Yukon say cyberattacks are behind their shutdowns.
  Officials in those jurisdictions say attackers are using the so-called denial-of-service tactic, generating artificial website traffic to overburden servers.
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• Canfor to build new $200 million mill in northern B.C. - Chilliwack Progress

  14-09-2023 23:29 via news.google.com
  
  Canfor to build new $200 million mill in northern B.C.  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• U.K. man convicted for sex crimes involving girl from Surrey, B.C., police say

  14-09-2023 23:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Mounties say a man has been convicted in the United Kingdom for sex crimes committed against young girls, including a 12-year-old from Surrey, B.C.
  An RCMP statement says British police arrested 29-year-old Kevin Brock last February, and in April asked Mounties in Surrey to help identify the girl.
  Police say a forensic examination of Brock’s devices uncovered contact with hundreds of underage girls over the social media platforms TikTok and Snapchat. 
  They say the
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Ex-B. C. police chief to investigate release of suspect before stabbing

  14-09-2023 23:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY, B.C. — Former Abbotsford police chief Bob Rich has been appointed to look into the release of a man from British Columbia’s psychiatric hospital before allegedly stabbing three people in Vancouver’s Chinatown.Premier David Eby says he has read the BC Review Board report on the accused and wants Rich to determine how a violent, psychotic person could be released into the community.More coming.
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• Sikh referendum asks B.C. voters about killing outside Surrey temple - Chilliwack Progress

  14-09-2023 22:55 via news.google.com
  
  Sikh referendum asks B.C. voters about killing outside Surrey temple  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• 3 people from Canada sickened in botulism outbreak in Bordeaux, France

  14-09-2023 22:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Public Health Agency of Canada says three Canadian residents have fallen ill from a botulism outbreak in Bordeaux, France. 
  They’re among 10 people who have suspected botulism after eating sardines prepared and served at Tchin Tchin Wine Bar in an area popular among tourists.
  One of the patients, who was not from Canada, has died. 
  The food was eaten between Sept. 4 and Sept. 10. 
  The public health agency says there could be more cases, including among Can
  
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• 2 dead, 1 arrested after reports of shots fired at Chilliwack, B.C., mobile home park - CBC.ca

  14-09-2023 22:50 via news.google.com
  
  2 dead, 1 arrested after reports of shots fired at Chilliwack, B.C., mobile home park  CBC.ca
  
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• Best solution to American Bullfrogs? Eat 'em - Chilliwack Progress

  14-09-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Blue Jays third baseman Matt Chapman returns to game lineup after finger injury

  14-09-2023 22:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays activated infielder Matt Chapman from the injured list for Thursday’s game against the visiting Texas Rangers.
  Chapman went on the injured list Aug. 28 with a right middle finger sprain.
  The third baseman’s batting average was .248 with 15 home runs prior to his injury.
  Heading into Thursday’s game, Toronto (80-66) trailed the Seattle Mariners by a game for the American League’s third and final wild-card spot.
  In other moves Thursday,
  
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• Change to B.C. drug decriminalization policy prohibits use near playgrounds, parks

  14-09-2023 22:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government says its drug decriminalization policy has been amended to stop people from using illegal substances near playgrounds and parks. 
  The Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions says in a statement that the federal government approved the changes to its drug decriminalization policy.
  The federal government gave the province an exemption from the law in May last year to allow for the removal of criminal penalties for people caught with a small a
  
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• Shift to hydrogen at Port of Vancouver led by companies with ... - Chilliwack Progress

  14-09-2023 21:54 via news.google.com
  
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• MLS investigating after CF Montreal player banned from amateur league

  14-09-2023 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Major League Soccer is investigating the conduct of CF Montreal attacking midfielder Matko Miljevic after he was banned for life from a Quebec amateur soccer league.
  Several Quebec sports media outlets reported Wednesday that Miljevic was suspended by the Quebec Calcetto Soccer League for striking another player in the face following a heated exchange.
  The 22-year-old Argentine player allegedly used a false name in order to play three games in the amateur indoor league, which is
  
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• Fitzpatrick and Åberg shine out of Europe’s Ryder Cup players at Wentworth. Helligkilde leads

  14-09-2023 21:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Europe’s 12 Ryder Cup players delivered a mixed bag of scores in the first round of the BMW PGA Championship.
  None of them were better than Marcus Helligkilde.
  The No. 232-ranked Dane made seven birdies in a nine-hole stretch then closed with three in a row to shoot an 8-under 64 and take a two-stroke lead at the European tour’s flagship event on Thursday.
  Of the Europeans heading to Rome for the Ryder Cup in two weeks, Matt Fitzpatrick (66), Ludv
  
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• DNA match in Ibrahim Ali murder case as exact as identical twins, B.C. court is told

  14-09-2023 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — An RCMP expert testifying at Ibrahim Ali’s murder trial says she’s never seen a DNA match as close as the one between the suspect and samples found on his alleged victim — except for DNA matches between identical twins.
  Forensic biologist Christine Crossman says police investigators were very thorough in their collection and testing of genetic samples from the body of the 13-year-old girl, whose identity is protected by a publication ban.
  Crossman says only th
  
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• Judge expresses sympathy, but rules audit of Muslim charity should run its course

  14-09-2023 21:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — An Ontario Superior Court judge has dismissed a major Muslim charity’s bid to halt a Canada Revenue Agency audit, saying it is too early to intervene in the federal examination.
  In his ruling, Justice Markus Koehnen says while he is sympathetic to many of the Muslim Association of Canada’s arguments, a court should not involve itself in a government body’s process while it is still playing out.
  The association, a grassroots Muslim charity, contends that a long-ru
  
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• Trainer Kevin Attard has choices to make ahead of Saturday races

  14-09-2023 21:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Kevin Attard has some tough decisions to make.
  The Canadian trainer has four horses slated to chase two berths into the 2023 Breeders’ Cup this weekend at Woodbine Racetrack. Trouble is, two of them — fillies Bolt Enoree and Airosa — are currently entered in both the $500,000 Grade 1 bet365 Summer Stakes and the $500,000 Grade 1 Johnny Walker Natalma Stakes, that go Saturday on the card highlighted by the $1-million Ricoh Woodbine Mile.
  What Attard and the respe
  
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• Argonauts seek to claim division, Alouettes want to halt losing skid

  14-09-2023 21:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Toronto Argonauts can clinch top spot in the Canadian Football League’s East Division with a win Friday over the host Montreal Alouettes.
  After securing a playoff berth last week with a dominant 39-10 win over the visiting Alouettes, Toronto (10-1) also looks to sweep the three-game season series after a 35-27 victory in July.
  Last week’s game in Toronto quickly became contentious when Alouettes receiver Austin Mack was ejected after a mass confrontation in the f
  
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• B.C. Sikh referendum will ask if Indian diplomat was responsible for Nijjar killing

  14-09-2023 21:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Organizers of an unofficial worldwide referendum on Punjabi independence have added a question to the ballot in British Columbia asking if India’s high commissioner was responsible for the killing of a prominent provincial Sikh leader in June.
  The group Sikhs for Justice, which has been staging a series of non-binding votes in several countries on the independence issue, says the first stage of balloting in B.C. on Sunday attracted more than 135,000 voters.
  It says the
  
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• Vehicle incidents slow westbound Hwy. 1 west of Chilliwack Thursday morning

  14-09-2023 20:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Westbound Highway 1 west of Chilliwack has been impacted by two vehicle incidents before noon Thursday morning.
  At least two engines from the Chilliwack Fire Department were dispatched to a vehicle incident Thursday at about 10:28 a.m. after a vehicle went off the road and into a ditch near the CN railroad.
  According to scanner traffic, a single vehicle went off the road and into the ditch. The other vehicle involved in the apparent crash fled the scene, according to scanner t
  
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• All former youth in care in B.C. now eligible for education tuition waivers: minister

  14-09-2023 20:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia has expanded its tuition waiver program to include all former youth in government care enrolling in post-secondary education.
  Selina Robinson, post-secondary education and future skills minister, says the program is no longer capped at the student’s 27th birthday.
  She says the budget for the Provincial Tuition Waiver Program is $19.2 million over the next three years, providing former youth in care with free tuition at all 25 public post-secondary institut
  
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• NHLPA execs meeting with Blue Jackets players over Babcock reports

  14-09-2023 20:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The NHL Players’ Association says its executive director and assistant executive director are in Columbus, Ohio, to investigate reports of Blue Jackets head coach Mike Babcock invading players’ privacy.
  Marty Walsh and Ron Hainsey were meeting with some Blue Jackets players on Thursday as part of the investigation.
  Babcock said Tuesday he had done nothing wrong by asking players to show him family photos from their phones, clarifying he was trying to get to know them.
  Ex-NHLer Paul B
  
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• Brazil’s top court imposes 17-year sentence, in first case against rioters who stormed the capital

  14-09-2023 20:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday handed a 17-year prison sentence to a supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed top government offices on Jan. 8 in an alleged bid to forcefully restore the right-wing leader to office.
  Aécio Lúcio Costa Pereira, 51, is the first of several participants in the uprising to be prosecuted. Police arrested him on the day of the riot.
  In January, cameras at the Senate filmed him wearing a shirt calling for a
  
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• Abbotsford Lowe’s at 1225 Sumas Way to become Rona+ store; Rona promises lower prices

  14-09-2023 20:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Rona, one of Canada’s leading home improvement retailers operating or servicing some 425 corporate and affiliated stores under different banners, is continuing its transition plan to make Rona a mainstay in the Canadian home improvement sector.
  Rona announced Thursday (Sept. 14) that it will convert the Abbotsford and Vancouver Lowe’s stores to the brand-new Rona+ banner over the course of the coming weeks. This project is part of a nationwide plan set into motion
  
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• Death toll soars to 11,300 in flooding in Libya’s coastal city of Derna, Libyan Red Crescent says

  14-09-2023 20:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DERNA, Libya (AP) — The Libyan Red Crescent said Thursday that the death toll from floods in Libya’s eastern Libyan city of Derna has soared to 11,300, as search efforts continue,
  Marie el-Drese, Secratery General of aid group, told the Associated Press by phone that a further 10,100 are reported missing in the coastal city.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  DERNA, Libya (AP) — The Libyan city of Derna has buried thousands of people in mass
  
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• One arrested, two dead, as RCMP probe homicide in Chilliwack, B.C. - Vernon Matters

  14-09-2023 20:22 via news.google.com
  
  One arrested, two dead, as RCMP probe homicide in Chilliwack, B.C.  Vernon Matters
  
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• One arrested, two dead, as RCMP probe homicide in Chilliwack, B.C.

  14-09-2023 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK, B.C. — RCMP in Chilliwack, B.C., say they are investigating a double homicide.
  A statement from the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment says officers were called to reports of shots fired in a rural area south of the city on Wednesday night.
  It says two people were found dead in a nearby home in the 46000 block of Chilliwack Lake Road.
  A suspect was found in the same area and is now in custody.
  Neither the victims nor the suspect have been identified and police say no furth
  
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• More evacuation orders coming down around West Kelowna, B.C., wildfire

  14-09-2023 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WEST KELOWNA, B.C. — The area under evacuation order around a wildfire in West Kelowna, B.C., is gradually shrinking.
  The Central Okanagan emergency operations centre says residents of 16 properties along Bear Creek Road are allowed to go home, although they remain on evacuation alert and must be ready to leave again if the McDougall Creek wildfire flares. 
  Evacuation orders were lifted for more than two dozen other properties on Wednesday, weeks after thousands of residents were chas
  
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• Republican-led Wisconsin Senate votes to fire state’s nonpartisan top elections official

  14-09-2023 20:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate voted Thursday to fire the battleground state’s nonpartisan top elections official ahead of a 2024 presidential election.
  Democrats say the vote was held improperly and that lawmakers don’t have the authority to oust Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe. The issue is expected to end in a legal battle.
  The fight over who will lead the elections agency stems from persisting lies about the 2020 el
  
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• Youth arrested for bear-spray attack on Sikh teen in Kelowna, B.C.: RCMP

  14-09-2023 20:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KELOWNA — RCMP say they’ve arrested a youth after a bear-spray attack on a Sikh teenager who was riding a bus in Kelowna, B.C.
  Corp. Michael Gauthier with Kelowna RCMP says in a statement that video shows the suspect assaulting and spraying the victim during an attack that took place both on and off a B.C. Transit bus on Monday.
  Gauthier says the suspect remains in custody and is scheduled to appear in court Thursday for a bail hearing.
  In a previous statement, the Kelowna detachment
  
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• After it allowed drug decriminalization, BC govt. bans possession of illegal drugs at spray parks, playgrounds

  14-09-2023 20:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Roughly eight months after it ushered in drug decriminalization for certain illegal drugs, the provincial government announced Thursday (Sept. 13) it has received approval from the federal government to ban possession of illegal drugs at playgrounds, spray pools, wading pools and skate parks.The announcement comes after several cities across BC had pushed for changes to open drug use and/or possession where kids and children might be present.According to a provincial statement r
  
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• Lemur on the loose! Video shows police chasing critter that escaped in Missouri

  14-09-2023 20:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Bounding through a darkened city park, a lemur managed to stay one step ahead of police officers armed only with a large towel.Bodycam video shows the two officers’ attempts to nab the speedy little primate, which made a dash for freedom Tuesday in Springfield, Missouri.
  “We see the tail,” one officer says with a chuckle as he tries to get closer.Not giving up easily, the lemur raises its distinctive black-and-white banded tail and dashes away. It
  
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• Woman who was one of eight people to overdose Sunday in Montreal has died: police

  14-09-2023 19:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal police have announced the death of a 42-year-old woman who was one of eight people who overdosed on Sunday in the city’s downtown.
  Const. Jeanne Drouin says the woman died in hospital Tuesday and that the coroner’s office will investigate the cause and circumstances of her death.
  Six people were sent to hospital Sunday, and police have said the lives of the five others are not in danger.
  Paramedics treated eight people for overdoses in the same area of downtown Montreal afte
  
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• WestJet union should apologize for trying to ‘silence’ free speech, Poilievre says

  14-09-2023 19:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the union representing WestJet cabin crew should apologize for trying to silence free speech.
  Poilievre used the public announcement system to give a 45-second speech on Sunday night on board a WestJet plane that was headed to Calgary from Quebec City after the Conservative party convention.
  After video of the speech circulated online, CUPE Alberta’s local 4070 president said it was disappointing the airline allowed a politician t
  
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• Richie Laryea returns to Toronto FC for first time since leaving for Vancouver

  14-09-2023 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — For the second time in his career, Richie Laryea is returning to a former club.
  Laryea joined the Vancouver Whitecaps in August from English Premier League side Nottingham Forest, after his loan deal with Toronto FC expired at the end of June.
  Saturday will mark his first time back at BMO Field since leaving for the West Coast, and the wingback said it comes with mixed emotions.
  “It’s a mixed bag, mostly excited,” he said. “Seeing old friends, old teamma
  
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• Hunter Biden indicted on federal firearms charges in long-running probe weeks after plea deal failed

  14-09-2023 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden was indicted Thursday on federal firearms charges, the latest and weightiest step yet in a long-running investigation into the president’s son.
  Biden is accused of lying about his drug use when he bought a firearm in October 2018, a period when he has acknowledged struggling with addiction to crack cocaine, according to the indictment filed in federal court in Delaware.
  President Joe Biden’s son has also been under investigation for his business d
  
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• Industrial trades school run by 2 unions relocating to Chilliwack - Langley Advance Times

  14-09-2023 19:41 via news.google.com
  
  Industrial trades school run by 2 unions relocating to Chilliwack  Langley Advance Times
  
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• Industrial trades school run by 2 unions relocating to Chilliwack - Hope Standard

  14-09-2023 19:41 via news.google.com
  
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• Double homicide in Chilliwack, neighbour taken into custody: IHIT - Global News

  14-09-2023 19:32 via news.google.com
  
  Double homicide in Chilliwack, neighbour taken into custody: IHIT  Global News
  
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• Double homicide in Chilliwack, neighbour taken into custody: IHIT

  14-09-2023 19:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Homicide investigator Sgt. Timothy Pierotti said a neighbour, an adult man, was taken into custody 'without incident' following the deaths in Chilliwack.
  
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• Shooting in Chilliwack turns to double homicide at residence - The Record (New Westminster)

  14-09-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
  Shooting in Chilliwack turns to double homicide at residence  The Record (New Westminster)
  
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• B.C. excludes playgrounds, rec areas from drug decriminalization trial - Chilliwack Progress

  14-09-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
  B.C. excludes playgrounds, rec areas from drug decriminalization trial  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Mohawk Mothers seek halt to excavation amid former Montreal hospital grave search

  14-09-2023 19:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A group of Indigenous elders known as the Mohawk Mothers are in court today to stop drilling and excavation at the site of a former Montreal hospital where they think unmarked graves may be located.
  Their motion seeks to stop work that began Monday at the construction site, managed by McGill University and Quebec’s infrastructure agency.
  The Mothers obtained a Superior Court injunction in April that permitted a search for unmarked graves of Indigenous patients buried in an
  
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• Langley crash sends 1 to hospital with serious injuries - Chilliwack Progress

  14-09-2023 19:02 via news.google.com
  
  Langley crash sends 1 to hospital with serious injuries  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack news: 2 dead after possible 'neighbour dispute,' IHIT says - CTV News Vancouver

  14-09-2023 18:49 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack news: 2 dead after possible 'neighbour dispute,' IHIT says  CTV News Vancouver
  
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• In Congress, a mounting push to bring Latin American countries under USMCA umbrella

  14-09-2023 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON — Two members of Congress want to invite Latin American countries to join Canada’s trade agreement with the United States and Mexico. 
  Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy and Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat from Colorado, say they want to create a Western Hemisphere trading bloc to combat China. 
  They say expanding the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement to include Latin American countries would be a win-win for the Americas. 
  Their proposed Americas Trade and I
  
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• Legault invited to UN climate summit, seen as recognition of province’s efforts

  14-09-2023 18:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Quebec Premier François Legault will be attending a United Nations climate summit in New York next week.
  Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres invited Legault to attend the UN General Assembly and to participate in the first Climate Ambition Summit.
  The premier’s office says Legault was the only Canadian premier invited to the summit, describing it as recognition of the province’s efforts to address climate change.
  Legault often boasts that Quebec emi
  
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