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• Global climate march weekend begins in B.C. with Vancouver protest - Chilliwack Progress

  15-09-2023 23:46 via news.google.com
  
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• Canada announces $5 million for Libya flood victims as death toll mounts

  15-09-2023 23:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada is announcing $5 million in aid for groups helping people in Libya who have been displaced by disastrous flooding.
  International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen said the money will help provide emergency health care, water and shelter to northeast Libya through groups like United Nations agencies and the Red Crescent.
  The flooding started last Sunday, when storm Daniel caused dams to burst.
  Some 10,000 people are missing and presumed dead in a disaster that has already cl
  
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• McDavid, Draisaitl aiming for Oilers’ breakthrough after playoff disappointments

  15-09-2023 23:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl know their Stanley Cup window is wide open.
  Two painful playoff exits has the Edmonton Oilers’ dynamic duo hungrier than ever to push through.
  The club made the Western Conference final in 2022 before falling to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche. The Oilers were then stopped in their tracks last spring – again by the team that would go onto hoist hockey’s holy grail – in the second round by the Vegas Golden Knights.
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• B.C. Lions maintain mantra of ‘one game at a time’ ahead of Redblacks tilt

  15-09-2023 23:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Rick Campbell is maintaining his, and his team’s, mantra of “one game at a time” as the push to make the CFL post-season kicks into high gear.
  With a win Saturday and a Calgary loss next week, the B.C. Lions would be a playoff team for a second straight season.
  The Lions (8-4) take on the struggling Ottawa Redblacks (3-9) who have lost six in a row, but Campbell said he’s focused on how his own team performs.
  “We have so much to play for down th
  
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• Kansas to no longer change transgender people’s birth certificates to reflect gender identities

  15-09-2023 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will no longer change transgender people’s birth certificates to reflect their gender identities, the state health department said Friday, citing a new law that prevents the state from legally recognizing those identities.
  The decision from the state Department of Health and Environment makes Kansas one of a handful of states that won’t change transgender people’s birth certificates. It already was among the few states that don’t change th
  
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• Blue Jays recall reliever Nate Pearson, option Bowden Francis to triple-A

  15-09-2023 23:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Hard-throwing pitcher Nate Pearson was recalled by the Toronto Blue Jays from their triple-A affiliate in Buffalo, N.Y.
  The righty was active for Friday’s game against the visiting Boston Red Sox.
  Right-handed reliever Bowden Francis was optioned to the Buffalo Bisons in a corresponding move.
  Pearson has a 5-2 record with a 5.18 earned-run average and 41 strikeouts over 40 innings this season.
  Francis has one win with a 1.73 ERA over 36 1/3 innings pitched and 35 strikeouts
  
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• Vancouver police find scrapbook with Summerland connection - Chilliwack Progress

  15-09-2023 23:17 via news.google.com
  
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• Legendary musician Roy Forbes coming to Harrison - Chilliwack Progress

  15-09-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
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• ‘Bunch of idiots’: Victim relatives query psychiatric releases, lawyers urge caution

  15-09-2023 22:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Rebecca Mayrhofer said she felt “100 per cent frustrated” when she heard about a triple stabbing in Vancouver’s Chinatown on the weekend, that police allege was committed by a man on day release from psychiatric detention.
  But she wasn’t surprised.
  Blair Evan Donnelly, 64, had previously been found not criminally responsible for stabbing his teenage daughter to death in 2006 and was sent to B.C.’s Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam.
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• Toronto FC opts not to bring Giovinco back in the fold but keeps the door open

  15-09-2023 22:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Major League Soccer’s roster freeze came and went Friday without Toronto FC adding former league MVP Sebastian Giovinco back in the fold.
  Toronto opened its training centre to the 36-year-old Italian in August, allowing him to practice on his own. Earlier this month, he was incorporated into the team warmups before training.
  “If we were just looking for a nice moment, a nice feeling for our fans, for Seba, we probably could have pulled the trigger on a deal,” in
  
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• CF Montreal continue playoff push against visiting Chicago Fire

  15-09-2023 22:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — After a two-week international break, CF Montreal is set to resume its playoff push with a Saturday showdown with the Chicago Fire at Stade Saputo
  Chicago (8-11-8) limps into match on a five-game losing streak but only trail eighth-placed CF Montreal (11-14-2) by three points in Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference standings.
  The top nine teams qualify for the post-season and there is only a seven-point gap between Montreal and Inter Miami, who sit in 14th place. All p
  
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• Wildfire ignites north of Harrison Hot Springs - Chilliwack Progress

  15-09-2023 22:19 via news.google.com
  
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• Prosecutors in DC election case concerned about harassment, ‘intimidation’ from Trump, judge says

  15-09-2023 22:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors in the case charging Donald Trump with scheming to overturn the 2020 presidential election are alleging that the former president has targeted individuals with threats, harassment and inflammatory statements, a judge said Friday.
  U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan made the revelation in an order permitting special counsel Jack Smith’s team to file a redacted motion on the topic that will black out the names and identifying information of the indiv
  
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• Borthwick counting on fans to roar England again to win against Japan at Rugby World Cup

  15-09-2023 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NICE, France — England coach Steve Borthwick believed their fans became the team’s 15th man after Tom Curry was sent off last weekend against Argentina.
  He’s counting on similar support on Sunday against Japan in Nice, where a second straight win would put England in pole position to win Pool D.
  “When you go down to 14 men after two minutes, certainly in the stand there it was as if the supporters recognised the gap,” Borthwick said about the 27-10 win against the P
  
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• TFC interim coach has long memory when it comes to Whitecaps coach’s celebration

  15-09-2023 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC interim coach Terry Dunfield has a long memory, it seems. And it includes Whitecaps coach Vanni Sartini.
  Dunfield, who played for both Toronto and Vancouver, has not forgotten the colourful Italian’s celebration following the Whitecaps’ penalty shootout win over TFC in the Canadian Championship final at B.C. Place Stadium in July 2022
  “I thought what Sartini did was a little bit disrespectful, taking his shirt off,” Dunfield said on the eve of the Whitecaps&rsq
  
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• Canada’s Sarah Mitton eyes more hardware at Diamond League final

  15-09-2023 21:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Sarah Mitton has her eyes set on more hardware this weekend, specifically a diamond.
  The Brooklyn, N.S., native will be competing in the women’s shot put Diamond League final on Saturday in Eugene, Ore. She is one of four Canadians competing at the Prefontaine Classic, with Marco Arop (800 metres), Andre De Grasse (200) and Aaron Brown (200) all running on Sunday at Hayward Field.
  Having won silver at the world championships in August, Mitton is driven by the thought of earning her first D
  
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• Canadians dominate PWHL coach hirings, Troy Ryan named Toronto coach

  15-09-2023 21:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A who’s who of people with roots in Canadian women’s hockey were hired to step behind the benches of Professional Women’s Hockey League teams in the league’s inaugural season.
  Five of the six head coaches announced Friday by the PWHL are Canadian: Troy Ryan (Toronto), Carla MacLeod (Ottawa), Kori Cheverie (Montreal) Courtney Birchard-Kessel (Boston) and Howie Draper (New York).Minnesotan Charlie Burggraf was named head coach of the Minneapolis-St. Paul club. The coaches w
  
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• Three Canadians sickened in France’s botulism outbreak are from Quebec: PHAC

  15-09-2023 21:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Public Health Agency of Canada has confirmed that the three Canadians who fell ill in a botulism outbreak in France are from Quebec.They’re among at least 12 people who have suspected botulism after eating sardines prepared and served at Tchin Tchin Wine Bar in Bordeaux, France.The food was eaten between Sept. 4 and Sept. 10.
  The Associated Press has reported that some patients have been released from hospital, butmost of them are in intensive care or critical condition.
  
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• Veteran defensive lineman Ja’Gared Davis returns to Ticats lineup versus Bombers

  15-09-2023 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — The long wait is over for Ja’Gared Davis.
  The veteran defensive lineman will dress Saturday for Hamilton’s home game versus the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (10-3). It will mark Davis’s first action since July 13 when the Tiger-Cats (5-7) earned a 37-29 victory over the Edmonton Elks.
  “Man, I’m thankful just being able to get back on the field with the guys,” Davis said. “Running around yelling and screaming and doing what we love to do.
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• Defence in Ibrahim Ali murder trial suggests sex partner, killer not same person

  15-09-2023 20:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A defence lawyer at the Ibrahim Ali murder trial in British Columbia Supreme Court has put forward the theory that the person who had sex with the alleged murder victim may not be the one who killed the teenager. 
  Kevin McCullough has finished cross-examining forensic biologist Christine Crossman, focusing on the fact Ali’s genetic profile only matched samples found in the victim’s vaginal and anal areas.
  McCullough questioned the decision by investigators not
  
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• US military orders new interviews on the deadly 2021 Afghan airport attack as criticism persists

  15-09-2023 20:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) —The Pentagon’s Central Command has decided to interview roughly two dozen service members who were at the Kabul airport when suicide bombers attacked during U.S. forces’ chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal but weren’t included in the military’s initial investigation.
  The decision, according to officials, does not reopen the administration’s investigation into the deadly bombing and the withdrawal two years ago. But the interviews are meant to see i
  
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• Canada sanctions more Iran officials to mark one year since Mahsa Amini’s death

  15-09-2023 19:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada is sanctioning more Iranian officials to mark the anniversary of a young woman’s death that sparked global protests one year ago.
  Six senior regime officials are banned from entering Canada or having holdings in the country.
  Saturday will mark one year since 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in police custody after being arrested for allegedly not properly wearing her hijab.
  The new sanctions echo Canada’s allies, and include members of the Supreme Council of the Cul
  
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• 17,000-pound metal T. rex ready to move from Chilliwack to ... - The Free Press

  15-09-2023 19:45 via news.google.com
  
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• Springboks go left field again with players switching positions for Romania game at Rugby World Cup

  15-09-2023 19:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Faf de Klerk is a scrumhalf but will be the reserve flyhalf for South Africa’s Rugby World Cup game against Romania.Grant Williams is also a scrumhalf but will start the match as a wing.
  And then there are the two actual scrumhalves in the team for Sunday in starting No. 9 Cobus Reinach and Jaden Hendrikse on the bench.
  The defending champion Springboks pushed rugby’s boundaries with a left-field team selection to play the underdog Romanians in Bordeaux that kept alive their traditio
  
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• B.C. government, First Nations reach deal to reopen Joffre Lakes park

  15-09-2023 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The popular Joffre Lakes Provincial Park east of Pemberton, B.C., will reopen Monday after an agreement between the provincial government and the two local First Nations that had stopped visitors in August.The Lil’wat and N’Quatqua nations prevented public access to the park while their members harvested and gathered resources in the territory.The park, with its turquoise lakes and jagged, snow-capped mountains, has been so popular that the province had to start issu
  
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• 83-year-old Chilliwack man charged with killing neighbours, aged 58 and 67 - CBC.ca

  15-09-2023 19:16 via news.google.com
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• Police identify both victims, elderly suspect in Chilliwack shootings

  15-09-2023 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK, B.C. — Homicide detectives have identified two people found dead in a home in rural Chilliwack, B.C., on Wednesday and say an elderly suspect has been charged.
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says 58-year-old John Kavaloff and 67-year-old Valerie Smith were found in the home as officers responded to reports of gunfire.
  Police say 83-year-old Robert Freeman was nearby and was taken into custody a short time later.
  Court documents show he made a first appearance before
  
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• E. coli outbreak spotlights daycare food safety, experts say

  15-09-2023 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Experts say an outbreak of E. coli that’s sickened hundreds has shone a much-needed spotlight on food safety at daycares.
  There have been 337 lab-confirmed cases of the bacterial infection in the Calgary outbreak that’s linked to a daycare catering company, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province is looking into new regulations for shared kitchens and food safety.
  Martha Friendly, executive director of the Childcare Resource and Research Unit, says Canada
  
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• Texas Senate begin deliberations at Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial

  15-09-2023 19:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Senate on Friday began deliberating whether impeached Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton should be removed from office over corruption allegations that have shadowed him for years.
  The deliberations began after Texas lawmakers leading the impeachment made a final appeal Friday to the jury of senators following nearly two weeks of testimony. The closing arguments were the last chance for impeachment managers to make their case that Paxton is unfit for offi
  
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• ‘Incident between neighbours’: 2 murder charges laid in Chilliwack double shooting - Global News

  15-09-2023 18:53 via news.google.com
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• ‘Incident between neighbours’: 2 murder charges laid in Chilliwack double shooting

  15-09-2023 18:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Investigators have identified the victims as 58-year-old John Kavaloff and 67-year-old Valerie Smith in hopes of advancing their investigation.
  
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• Former teammates Bourke, Bowman heading into Canadian Football Hall of Fame together

  15-09-2023 18:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  They were teammates for the bulk of their CFL careers, celebrated two Grey Cup wins and spent countless hours off the field together. So it’s only fitting that Josh Bourke will enter the Canadian Football Hall of Fame with John Bowman.
  “Life is crazy, after football you have a tendency to drift away from the game and guys you played with but John and I still talk on a semi-regular basis,” Bourke said. “When we played together, we were super close.“We trained togethe
  
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• Former Spanish soccer federation chief Rubiales given a restraining order, denies wrongdoing to Spanish judge

  15-09-2023 18:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADRID (AP) — Luis Rubiales, the former president of the Spanish soccer federation, has been given a restraining order and is prohibited from contacting the player he kissed on the lips last month at the Women’s World Cup, Spain’s National Court said Friday.
  Rubiales appeared in front of Judge Francisco de Jorge and denied any wrongdoing when questioned about kissing Spain player Jenni Hermoso on the lips during the awards ceremony, the state prosecutors’ office said.
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• IHIT names victims in double homicide, charges 83-year-old Robert Freeman with second-degree murder

  15-09-2023 18:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has identified the victims of Wednesday’s double homicide on Chilliwack Lake Road in hopes of advancing the investigation.
  According to a statement from IHIT Sgt. Timothy Pierotti, investigators are now identifying the victims as 58-year old John Kavaloff and 67-year old Valerie Smith of Chilliwack.
  On Wednesday, September 13, at 7:44 p.m., RCMP officers from the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment RCMP responded to a
  
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• As Lee bears down, East Coasters ‘can’t believe’ cell service spotty in some areas

  15-09-2023 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — Donnie Fletcher can’t comprehend why his small community doesn’t have quality cellular service so that locals can be warned of oncoming danger, as another hurricane bears down on the Maritimes.
  The 74-year-old lives in New Salem, N.S., a hamlet on a peninsula that juts into the Bay of Fundy — which is in the path of hurricane Lee, forecast to sweep through overnight on Saturday.
  “Here we are in 2023 and, no cell coverage …. We’re just the last
  
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• Senior charged with 2nd-degree murder in Chilliwack, B.C., double ... - CTV News Vancouver

  15-09-2023 18:24 via news.google.com
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• Women’s World Cup winners maintain boycott of Spain’s national team

  15-09-2023 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The new coach of Spain’s women’s team delayed the announcement of her first squad Friday after nearly all of the country’s World Cup-winning players maintained their boycott of the national team as part of their fight against sexism in soccer.
  Montse Tomé was set to announce her squad Friday, but 20 minutes before a scheduled news conference, the federation said it was postponed to a time to be determined.
  The federation said the players had
  
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• F1 drivers ready for Singapore heat and humidity, where their drinking water is like hot tea

  15-09-2023 18:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It’s a hot question for the Formula One grid this week: do you sip the tea in Singapore?
  The Singapore Grand Prix is known for its heat and stifling humidity, causing drivers to lose significant weight by sweating as they drive. Drivers have drinks tubes built into their helmets which pump fluids from a bag in the cockpit, but in Singapore those drinks can reach the temperature of hot tea.
  “Hydrate well,” was runaway standings leader Max Verstappen’s advice to Liam Lawson
  
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• Health professionals, patients challenging rejection to use psilocybin in training

  15-09-2023 17:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A group of health-care workers and patients have turned to Federal Court in an effort to overturn Health Canada’s rejection of their request to use a restricted psychedelic drug for professional training. 
  Health Canada turned down the request last month to allow health workers to access and consume psilocybin – the psychedelic compound produced by magic mushrooms – after they argued it was necessary for professional training to provide psilocybin-assisted therapy. 
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• Vancouver council approves zoning to allow multiplex units in most neighbourhoods

  15-09-2023 17:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says the city has taken a “huge step” toward “housing attainability” by approving multiplex units in single-family neighbourhoods, but critics of the plan argue the step is little more than a shuffle.
  Councillors unanimously endorsed a motion Thursday night that creates a single residential zone across most of the city, clearing the way for what supporters call “missing middle” housing.
  The term describes a range of multi-family or town
  
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• One American, two Russians blast off in Russian spacecraft heading to International Space Station

  15-09-2023 17:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — One American and two Russian space crew members blasted off Friday aboard a Russian spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a mission to the International Space Station.
  NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub lifted off on the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft at 8:44 p.m. local time ( 1544 GMT, 11:44 a.m. EDT).O’Hara will spend six months on the International Space Station while Kononenko and Chub will
  
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• West Virginia University gives final approval to academic program, faculty cuts

  15-09-2023 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University gave final approval Friday to wide-ranging cuts in academic programs and faculty positions, the culmination of a impassioned back and forth between the campus community, students and officials as the university addresses a $45 million budget shortfall.The university Board of Governors voted to drop 28 of its majors, or about 8%, and cut 147 of the faculty positions, or 5.7%, on its Morgantown campus. Among the cuts are one-third of educatio
  
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• Environment Canada extends hurricane watch to Halifax as Lee creeps closer

  15-09-2023 17:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Halifax and Lunenburg are the latest regions in Nova Scotia being asked to prepare for damaging winds, large waves, flooding and power outages as hurricane Lee creeps closer to the Maritimes.
  Environment Canada added the two counties this morning to its list of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick communities under a hurricane watch.
  The agency says Lee will move into western Nova Scotia and southern New Brunswick on Saturday, bringing heavy rains, high winds, and powerful waves.
  The storm is expected
  
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• Canada’s Plouffe twins eager for another shot at Olympics in 3×3 basketball

  15-09-2023 17:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Signs of Katherine and Michelle Plouffe’s competitiveness stem all the way back to before they were old enough to play on a basketball team. 
  As the youngest of five, the twin sisters, who are now the leaders of Canada’s 3×3 women’s basketball team, “grew up” in the elementary school gym while their siblings had practice.
  One day, their sister’s coach encouraged them to pass the ball back and forth at recess, and even that mundane task was treated l
  
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• UNESCO puts two locations in war-ravaged Ukraine on its list of historic sites in danger

  15-09-2023 16:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The U.N.’s World Heritage Committee on Friday placed two major historical sites in Ukraine on its list of such sites that it considers to be in danger.
  The iconic Saint Sophia Cathedral in the capital, Kyiv, and the medieval center of the western city of Lviv, are UNESCO World Heritage Sites central to Ukraine’s culture and history. The decision Friday to put those two on the body’s list of sites “in danger” has no enforcement mecha
  
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• Volatile world, arbitrary detentions have Ottawa seeking more friends at UN next week

  15-09-2023 15:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is planning to use next week’s United Nations General Assembly to try building momentum against states using people as pawns in diplomatic spats, with the help of former detainees such as Michael Kovrig.
  “We’re in the midst of an international security crisis. That’s the reality in which Canada and the world is right now,” Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly told The Canadian Press in an exclusive interview.
  “Now
  
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• USA back atop FIBA men’s world rankings, Canada moves to No. 6

  15-09-2023 14:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  USA Basketball is back atop the FIBA men’s world rankings, even after failing to medal at the World Cup.
  The Americans flipped spots with Spain for No. 1 in the world in the updated rankings that were released Friday, reclaiming the top spot that they lost late last year. Spain is now No. 2, and World Cup champion Germany soared eight spots to No. 3 on the world list — the best in that program’s history.
  It’s certainly possible now that the Americans will keep the top spo
  
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• A daughter of long-detained activist in Bahrain is blocked from traveling to the island kingdom

  15-09-2023 14:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A daughter of a long-detained human rights activist in Bahrain tried to return to the island kingdom on Friday to press for her father’s release but was turned away from her flight in London.Maryam al-Khawaja was accompanied by a phalanx of other activists, including the secretary-general of Amnesty International, Agnès Callamard, seeking to prevent authorities from immediately detaining her.But before she could board her British Airways flig
  
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• In the news today: Alberta premier to address E. coli outbreak at daycares

  15-09-2023 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…
  Alberta premier to address Calgary daycare E. coli outbreak
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is to address the E. coli outbreak related to several Calgary daycares during a news conference this morning, a day after parents with children in the daycares sent an open letter asking Smith to do more to deal with the situation.
  There are 329 lab-confirmed cases of the bacterial
  
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• Alberta premier to address Calgary daycare E. coli outbreak as parents urge action

  15-09-2023 10:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is to address the E. coli outbreak related to several Calgary daycares during a news conference this morning.
  There are 329 lab-confirmed cases of the bacterial infection related to an outbreak that was declared on Sept. 4.
  Thirteen children are still in hospital, 11 of whom have hemolytic uremic syndrome — a complication affecting the blood and kidneys.
  Six of those children are receiving dialysis.
  Smith is to be joined by Health Minister Adr
  
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