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• Former SD33 employee sues Chilliwack school board for censoring, interrupting her at board meeting

  18-10-2023 23:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Calgary-based Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) announced Wednesday (Oct. 18) that a lawsuit has been filed against the Chilliwack School District after its board chair and vice-chair allegedly censored and ultimately ended the public remarks of a Chilliwack resident back in June 2023.JCCF says the lawsuit was filed on October 6, 2023 in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, with a court file number of CHI-S-S-40035.According to the JCCF, Lynda di Armani d
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP looking for missing 36-year-old man

  18-10-2023 23:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP says it is seeking public assistance in locating 36-year-old Daniel McRae, who was reported missing on October 2, 2023.McRae was last seen in Chilliwack on August 28, 2023.
  Description of Daniel McRae:Caucasian male
  36 years old
  5 ft. 8 in.
  154 lbs.
  brown hair
  blue eyesChilliwack RCMP Sgt. Krista Vrolyk said, “As investigators continue to search for Mr. McRae, they are asking the public to remain watchful for him. Police and family are very concerned for
  
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• Jets forward Vilardi out four to six weeks with sprained knee ligament

  18-10-2023 23:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Winnipeg Jets forward Gabe Vilardi has a medial collateral ligament sprain in his right knee and will miss the next four to six weeks, the NHL club announced Wednesday.
  Vilardi was tripped along the boards by Los Angeles forward Blake Lizotte in the first period of the Jets’ 5-1 loss to the Kings on Tuesday.
  The 24-year-old grabbed his right knee and skated off the ice putting some weight on it. He didn’t return to the game.
  Jets coach Rick Bowness said he feels “terrible&rdquo
  
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• Complainant’s ex-husband, mother testify at Peter Nygard sexual assault trial

  18-10-2023 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The ex-husband of a woman who has accused Peter Nygard of sexual assault testified Wednesday that he and the complainant agreed she was “absolutely” taken advantage of, but they struggled to determine whether what happened could be considered rape at the time.
  Societal attitudes were different more than three decades ago, he testified, and they both wondered if her allegations against a powerful fashion mogul could lead to a conviction.  
  “She asked me poin
  
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• Halloween pop-up store in Chilliwack suffers break-ins, thefts, assaults - Chilliwack Progress

  18-10-2023 23:21 via news.google.com
  
  Halloween pop-up store in Chilliwack suffers break-ins, thefts, assaults  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• RCMP say 12-year-old killed while biking to school in Pitt Meadows, B.C.

  18-10-2023 23:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PITT MEADOWS, B.C. — Police in Metro Vancouver say a 12-year-old was hit and killed by a recycling truck while biking to school this week.
  The RCMP say they’re investigating the collision that occurred at an intersection in Pitt Meadows, B.C., around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.
  They say paramedics and Pitt Meadows firefighters tried to save the child’s life, but the young victim was pronounced dead at the scene. 
  Police say the truck driver stayed at the scene and impairment is not
  
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• Maple Leafs hit the road for season-long trip looking for right mix

  18-10-2023 23:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Mitch Marner was asked if there’s any added incentive playing the opponent that crushed the Maple Leafs’ hopes five months ago.
  The Toronto winger started his answer heading one direction — “Any time you get to play a team again, you wanna …” — before appearing to catch himself.
  “Doesn’t matter,” Marner continued after a brief pause. “You wanna play your best against any team. Maybe there’s some extra motiva
  
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• After they were written off early, Pumas and All Blacks meet in World Cup semifinal

  18-10-2023 23:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — Argentina and New Zealand weren’t supposed to get this far after losing their opening games at the Rugby World Cup. The Pumas were seen as no-hopers, the All Blacks perceived as a faded force.
  Both proved their doubters wrong to set up a semifinal showdown on Friday at Stade de France that few tipped to happen.
  Reaching a final is unchartered waters for Argentina, while a fifth final in 10 tournaments is on offer for big-stage-veteran New Zealand.
  “The history is n
  
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• AQ monitors, energy meters available through Fraser Valley ... - Chilliwack Progress

  18-10-2023 23:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Canada’s Hadwin, Pendrith thriving after strong showings at Shriners Children’s Open

  18-10-2023 22:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadians Adam Hadwin and Taylor Pendrith both finished near the top of the leaderboard at the Shriners Children’s Open on Sunday and are resting this week as they consider what to do next.
  Hadwin finished second at TPC Summerlin on Sunday, one shot behind eventual winner Tom Kim of South Korea. Pendrith was in a group tied for third, a shot back of his fellow Canadian. 
  “It was a good week. I didn’t know what to expect coming in,” said Hadwin, who had last played in
  
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• Former Abbotsford Police media officer recognized for flood response - Chilliwack Progress

  18-10-2023 22:46 via news.google.com
  
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• Stanford receiver Farrell not surprised by Canadian Ayomanor’s stellar performance

  18-10-2023 22:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Teammate Bryce Farrell wasn’t the least bit surprised by Canadian Elic Ayomanor’s breakout performance Friday night versus Colorado.
  Ayomanor had 13 catches for a school-record 294 yards and three TDs in rallying Stanford to a stunning 46-43 double overtime road win over the Buffaloes, who are coached by former NFL star Deion Sanders. The Cardinal erased a 29-0 deficit at halftime with the largest comeback in school history while handing Colorado its largest blown lead ever.
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• Five Toronto Blue Jays named finalists for Gold Glove Awards

  18-10-2023 22:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Five members of the Toronto Blue Jays have been named finalists for American League Gold Glove Awards.
  Pitcher Jose Berrios, catcher Alejandro Kirk, third baseman Matt Chapman, left-fielder Daulton Varsho and centre-fielder Kevin Kiermaier were among the three finalists at each of their respective positions.
  Major League Baseball announced the finalists Wednesday afternoon. Winners will be named on Nov. 5.
  Managers and coaches from each team voted from a pool of players in their
  
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• Credit union collaboration sparks B.C. wildfire relief - Chilliwack Progress

  18-10-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
  Credit union collaboration sparks B.C. wildfire relief  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• New Speaker puts MPs on notice over unruly, toxic behaviour in House of Commons

  18-10-2023 21:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA, Ill. — Speaker Greg Fergus is warning MPs that he will use all powers available to him to maintain order and decorum in the House of Commons if they can’t do it themselves.Fergus rose before question period today to declare his intention to bring down the temperature during parliamentary proceedings.
  He says behaviour in the House has deteriorated over the years, and heckling from MPs intended to intimidate and drown out others has become boorish, rude and insulting.Fergus, w
  
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• Exams, flights all part of training for international figure skating, competitor says

  18-10-2023 21:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian figure skaters are preparing to take part in the 2023 Skate Canada International event. But first, some have university exams to write.
  Madeline Schizas is in her third year at McMaster University and has been training alongside her studies.
  “It’s not something that’s easy. I’m writing two midterms in the next week,” she said, adding that the exams are for transportation planning and research methods. “I really do rely on my support network … I
  
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• Environmental group challenges federal action on protecting endangered spotted owl

  18-10-2023 21:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — An environmental group is in Federal Court in Vancouver challenging what it describes as Ottawa’s failure to protect the endangered northern spotted owl despite an “imminent threat” to its recovery.
  The Wilderness Committee, represented by environmental law charity Ecojustice, says federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault delayed by eight months recommending an emergency order to cabinet that would have protected the owl in B.C.’s Fraser Canyon.&nb
  
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• Archeology work the latest roadblock to rebuild Lytton, B.C.: Mayor

  18-10-2023 21:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LYTTON, B.C. — Former Lytton, B.C., residents are rallying to protest continual delays that they say have hampered their ability to rebuild more than two years after a devastating wildfire tore through the village in June 2021.
  Lytton Mayor Denise O’Connor says costly archeological work is the latest roadblock for residents, and follows debris cleanup, foundation and soil removals and backfilling.
  The village was partially built on an ancient archeological site and burial ground and
  
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• REVIEW: ‘Wonder’ brings Super Mario back to his roots, with a few twists

  18-10-2023 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Super Mario is returning to his old stomping grounds for the first time in more than a decade.
  The mustachioed plumber is best known as the prototypical hero of Nintendo’s popular two-dimensional platform games. In fact, he helped originate the genre (in his non-super form) in the 1981 arcade classic “Donkey Kong.”
  But in the 11 years since the release of “New Super Mario Bros. U” — the last original side-scrolling platformer in the franchise &
  
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• 2 more arrests announced in shooting that killed a Philadelphia police officer and wounded a second

  18-10-2023 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two additional suspects have been arrested in connection with an airport parking garage shooting that killed a Philadelphia police officer and wounded another, authorities announced Wednesday.Alexander Batista-Polanco, 21, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Hendrick Peña-Fernandez, 21, of Pennsauken, New Jersey, were arrested on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, First Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore said at a news conference.
  Police on Monday had said at least tw
  
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• Grandmother sues Chilliwack School Board for censoring citizens - Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms

  18-10-2023 20:32 via news.google.com
  
  Grandmother sues Chilliwack School Board for censoring citizens  Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms
  
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• As Canada evacuates citizens in Israel, some Israeli-Canadians don’t want to leave

  18-10-2023 20:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — As Shawna Goodman-Sone spoke to a reporter from a suburb of Tel-Aviv Wednesday, she had to end the call abruptly and seek refuge in her home’s safe room as an air raid warning went off.
  Before fleeing into the reinforced room, she spoke about moving to Israel from Montreal nine years ago — and why she has decided to stay in the country despite the war with Hamas.
  “We’re taking a leap of faith that this is where we belong,” Goodman-Sone said. “
  
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• Jacksonville elevates B.C.'s Rourke to NFL active roster - Chilliwack Progress

  18-10-2023 20:30 via news.google.com
  
  Jacksonville elevates B.C.'s Rourke to NFL active roster  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Single-room residential structure, RV go up in flames Tuesday night in Hope

  18-10-2023 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — It was a busy day of calls for the Hope Fire Department on Tuesday (Oct. 17), highlighted by a blaze involving a single-room residential structure and a nearby RV fully engulfed in flames.According to a social media post, Hope Fire Department personnel responded to Jason Road near Othello, east of Hope, just after 6:30 p.m. Tuesday after receiving multiple reports of a possible mobile home on fire. On arrival, crews encountered a small single-room structure and a recreational vehicl
  
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• Jacksonville Jaguars sign Canadian Rourke to their active roster

  18-10-2023 19:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Canadian Nathan Rourke has been elevated to the Jacksonville Jaguars active roster.
  The NFL team announced Wednesday it had signed the Victoria native from the practice squad to the active roster. The move comes after starter Trevor Lawrence suffered a left knee injury in the club’s 37-20 win over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.
  Jacksonville (4-2, first in AFC South) is slated to face the New Orleans Saints (3-3) on Thursday night. Lawrence’s status for t
  
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• Canada beats Slovenia, advances to quarterfinals at mixed curling worlds

  18-10-2023 19:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABERDEEN, United Kingdom — Canada improved to 7-0 and clinched a quarterfinal spot at the world mixed doubles curling championship with a 7-5 win over Slovenia on Wednesday.
  Skip Felix Asselin and his Montreal-area rink came back from a 5-4 deficit after five ends with a point in the sixth end and a steal of two in the decisive seventh.
  Canada was already assured of top spot in Group B before they hit the ice after Taiwan fell 9-5 to Hungary in an earlier draw.
  Asselin’s foursome has
  
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• Canada a beacon for others but must keep its promises: UN human-rights chief

  18-10-2023 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The United Nations human-rights chief says Canada can boost its chances of joining the council that monitors freedom around the world by better following up on the pledges it makes at home and abroad.
  “When you think of Canada, you think of human rights,” said Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in a Tuesday interview.
  Türk visited Ottawa this week to touch base on human-rights issues in general, including how they are handled in Canada an
  
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• First atmospheric river of fall deluges parts of B.C. south coast, southern Interior

  18-10-2023 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s south coast is weathering its first atmospheric river of the fall and the province’s Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness says residents should prepare for increased rainfall and the chance of flooding.
  Rainfall warnings cover most of Vancouver Island, as well as the Sunshine Coast, Howe Sound, Whistler and Metro Vancouver as Environment Canada pinpoints a firehose-like band pumping moisture from the subtropics directly at the B.
  
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• 'Suspicious' trailer fire at Chilliwack homeless camp under ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  18-10-2023 19:31 via news.google.com
  
  'Suspicious' trailer fire at Chilliwack homeless camp under ...  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• Stampeders looking to make CFL playoffs for an 18 straight season

  18-10-2023 19:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It’s been a difficult year for the Calgary Stampeders but they’re still in control of reaching the CFL playoffs for an 18th straight season.
  Calgary (5-11) is currently fourth in the West Division, just two points behind Saskatchewan (6-11). The Stampeders visit the B.C. Lions (12-5) on Friday night while the Roughriders conclude their regular season hosting the Toronto Argonauts (14-2) on Saturday night.
  Calgary will clinch a playoff spot with a win over B.C. and Saskatchewan loss t
  
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• GOP’s Jim Jordan fails again to win vote to become House speaker as colleagues seek options

  18-10-2023 19:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Jim Jordan failed again Wednesday on a crucial second ballot to become House speaker, the hard-fighting ally of Donald Trump losing even more GOP colleagues who refused to give him the the gavel.
  Next steps were highly uncertain as a bipartisan group of lawmakers floated an extraordinary plan — to give the interim speaker-pro-tempore, Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., more power to reopen the House and temporarily conduct routine business.
  What was clear
  
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• Trial of former RCMP intelligence official paused, expected to resume next week

  18-10-2023 19:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The trial of a former RCMP intelligence official accused of disclosing secrets is on hold until next week while an issue is sorted out.
  Details of the matter in the Ontario Superior Court case of Cameron Jay Ortis are covered by a publication ban.
  Justice Robert Maranger told the jury another court would decide the issue, and he anticipates the trial resuming in his courtroom on Monday.
  Ortis is charged with violating the Security of Information Act by allegedly revealing secrets
  
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• A list of Manitoba’s new cabinet ministers

  18-10-2023 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s new premier and his cabinet have been sworn in. The premier’s executive council will have 15 ministers:
  Wab Kinew: premier, minister of intergovernmental affairs and international relations, minister responsible for Indigenous reconciliation
  Uzoma Asagwara: deputy premier, minister of health, seniors and long-term care
  Ron Kostyshyn: minister of agriculture
  Matt Wiebe: minister of justice and attorney general, keeper of the great seal of the province of Ma
  
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• Canadian men to face Jamaica in CONCACAF Nations League play for Copa America berth

  18-10-2023 18:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada will face Jamaica next month in the CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinals, with a berth in the 2024 Copa America going to the winner of the two-legged series.
  Canada, Mexico, the U.S. and Costa Rica were given byes to the final eight of the competition, based on the March 2023 CONCACAF rankings.
  Panama, Jamaica, Honduras and Trinidad and Tobago advanced via a qualifying round in the September and October international windows.
  The 11th-ranked U.S. will play No. 98 Trinidad and Tobago whil
  
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• Canadian man with relatives in Gaza says his loved ones are starving, need water

  18-10-2023 18:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  An Ontario man says his father and other relatives are on the brink of starvation in Gaza and violence has broken out during scrambles for scarce essential supplies.Moayed Salim says his 66-year-old-year Canadian father, who was born in Gaza, moved last year to the Palestinian territory in his retirement and has been stuck there ever since the Israel-Hamas war broke out.Salim says his father has registered with the Canadian embassy and is hoping to be able to leave Gaza but his family might run
  
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• Surrey wife killer gets full parole - Chilliwack Progress

  18-10-2023 18:50 via news.google.com
  
  Surrey wife killer gets full parole  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Assembly of First Nations climate strategy seeks collaboration between governments

  18-10-2023 18:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Assembly of First Nations launched its new national climate strategy in Ottawa today, calling on federal, provincial, and territorial governments to work with First Nations to implement their climate priorities. 
  Interim National Chief Joanna Bernard said this year’s record-breaking wildfire season is a reason why all leaders should be taking climate change seriously, especially in First Nations communities.
  She says this is only the beginning of what it to come, an
  
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• Zoos go boo: botanical and animal gardens embracing Halloween fun - Chilliwack Progress

  18-10-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
  Zoos go boo: botanical and animal gardens embracing Halloween fun  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• AbbyPD Sgt. Paul Walker honoured for leadership, crisis communication during 2021 floods

  18-10-2023 18:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Abbotsford Police Department Sgt. Paul Walker was a steady hand and trusted communicator during the 2021 atmospheric river events that wreaked havoc in Sumas Prairie and Abbotsford.In recognition of his core competencies, Sgt. Walker was awarded the prestigious International Association of Police Chiefs’ Public Information Management Award for his leadership and crisis communication during the catastrophic flooding of 2021.
  Abbotsford Police Chief Constable Mike Serr pre
  
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• National Business Book Award finalists include top Bay Street names, ex-BoC governor

  18-10-2023 17:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The former governor of the Bank of Canada and several top Bay Street names are among the three finalists for the National Business Book Award 2023.
  Stephen Poloz, who served as a governor of the central bank from 2013 to 2020, has been nominated for a book called “The Next Age of Uncertainty: How the World Can Adapt to a Riskier Future,” which talks about how the Bank of Canada works and why it does what it does.
  A compilation of first-person essays on leadership duri
  
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• Nicola Valley Hospital ER in Merritt closed for the 18th time in 2023

  18-10-2023 17:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MERRITT — Merritt residents awoke to familiar news as the hospital was closed for the 18th time this year. That makes up 6 per cent of 2023 with 74 days left in the calendar year. That averages out to a closure once every 20 days or once every three weeks, a staggering set of statistics.
  In a news release, Interior Health says the emergency department at Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt will be temporarily closed from 7 p.m. Tuesday (Oct. 17) to 8 a.m. Wednesday due to limited nursing sta
  
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• Caribbean leaders meeting in Ottawa to talk climate, trade and instability in Haiti

  18-10-2023 17:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeauhas welcomed a dozen leaders from across the Caribbean to Ottawa, as part of a two-day summit aimed at forming closer ties with Canada.
  The Caribbean Community includes 15 countries and five overseas territories, spanning from Bahamas to Trinidad and Tobago, but not including Cuba.
  Heads of government from across the CARICOM group began the day with a morning meeting focused on fighting climate change, green growth and biodiversity.
  Next on the schedul
  
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• Canada coach calls up Miami Hurricanes ‘keeper Melissa Dagenais for Brazil friendlies

  18-10-2023 17:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada coach Bev Priestman has called up University of Miami goalkeeper Melissa Dagenais for women’s soccer friendlies against Brazil later this month.
  The graduate student from Saint-Hubert, Que., recorded her 13th career shutout on Saturday in the Hurricanes’ scoreless draw with North Carolina State. Dagenais made three saves to up her career total to 249, fourth-best in program history.
  Dagenais joins No. 1 Kailen Sheridan and fellow ‘keepersSabrina D’Angelo and
  
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• Sweden’s Niklas Edin tops American John Shuster 9-4 at Grand Slam’s Tour Challenge

  18-10-2023 17:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — Reigning Olympic champion Niklas Edin earned his first win at the HearingLife Tour Challenge on Wednesday with a 9-4 victory over American John Shuster.
  The veteran Swede, who dropped his round-robin opener a day earlier, scored a deuce in the sixth end and added three more points in the seventh.
  In other early games, Italy’s Joel Retornaz beat Winnipeg’s Reid Carruthers 4-2 and Japan’s Riku Yanagisawa edged Calgary’s Kevin Koe 6-5.
  Ross Whyte
  
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• Suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance in Aruba revealed her fate as part of plea deal

  18-10-2023 17:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance in Aruba had to reveal her fate as part of a plea deal in an extortion case.U.S. Judge Anna Manasco said the plea deal required Joran van der Sloot to provide all the information he knew about Holloway’s disappearance and allow her parents to hear in real time his discussion with law enforcement about the disappearance.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Affordable childcare long way off under NDP

  18-10-2023 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Everyone wants to be able to provide for their families. To put good food on the table, give their children the best possible childhood, go on the occasional vacation, and put a little money away every month in savings. But for so many British Columbians, this is becoming harder than ever.It feels like we’re in the midst of a relentless middle-class squeeze. Suddenly we’re reevaluating what food we can buy at the grocery store, whether we can afford to put our children in the sport t
  
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• 'Absolutely unfair': Families of B.C. dyslexic children spending ... - Chilliwack Progress

  18-10-2023 17:00 via news.google.com
  
  'Absolutely unfair': Families of B.C. dyslexic children spending ...  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• NHL Notebook: Connor Bedard’s handling of early whirlwind impresses NHL peers

  18-10-2023 16:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Auston Matthews knows a little bit about what Connor Bedard has been going through to open his NHL career.
  A player dubbed as a potential “Next One” since age 13, the top pick at June’s draft ran a gauntlet through his first four professional games.
  Bedard kicked things off by facing childhood idol Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins in his debut before visiting a trio of Original Six teams — the Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs.
  “They
  
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• US vetoes UN resolution condemning Hamas’ attacks on Israel and all violence against civilians

  18-10-2023 16:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States vetoed a U.N. resolution Wednesday that would have condemned Hamas’ attacks against Israel and all violence against civilians and urged humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza.
  The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 votes in favor, the United States against and two abstentions.
  U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said after the vote that President Joe Biden is in the region engaging in diplomacy “and we need that diplomacy
  
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• Rally to be held today in Lytton to protest lack of building activity since 2021 fire

  18-10-2023 15:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LYTTON — As a retired school principal, Lytton mayor Denise O’Connor is accustomed to solving problems.But getting the village she represents back up and running after a fire ravaged her community over two years ago is proving to be a formidable task, leaving her and others in this small town with a growing sense of frustration.
  That’s why she and others in this small Fraser Canyon community north of Boston Bar are holding a rally today (Wednesday, October 18) at noon to protes
  
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