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• Missouri appeals court rules against ballot summary language that described ‘dangerous’ abortions

  31-10-2023 23:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday ruled against Republican-written summaries that described several abortion-rights amendments as allowing “dangerous and unregulated abortions until live birth.”A three-judge panel on the Western District Court of Appeals found the summaries written by Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, who is running for governor in 2024, are politically partisan.The judges largely upheld summaries that were rewritten by a lower
  
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• One man recovering, 16 containers retrieved in Iqaluit port following fall

  31-10-2023 23:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  IQALUIT, Nunavut — A shipping company serving the Far North says an employee is recovering in an Ottawa hospital after he and almost two dozen containers fell into the water near Nunavut’s capital on Friday.
  A spokesperson for NEAS Arctic Sealift, based in Montreal, says a worker lost his footing, fell into an Iqaluit shipping port, was rescued by a local and brought ashore to emergency crews. 
  Jeremy Hennessy, with the Canadian Coast Guard, says 16 of the 23 containers that fel
  
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• Raptors aiming to fix issues to avoid furthering losing skid: ‘These are must win’

  31-10-2023 22:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors find themselves in what forward Pascal Siakam calls a “must-win” situation early in the NBA season.
  The Raptors have dropped three straight since winning their season opener and face a tall task of winning on the road Wednesday at Milwaukee or Thursday at Philadelphia to avoid extending that skid.
  “Obviously we’re 1-3, so these are must-win games for us, we’ve got to win these games,” Siakam said Tuesday. “We just got
  
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• Canada joins U.S., U.K. on sanctions targeting arms sales to Myanmar military junta

  31-10-2023 22:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada is joining the United States and the United Kingdom in sanctioning dozens of people and entities linked to Myanmar’s military regime.
  The new sanctions target 39 people and 22 entities that Ottawa accuses of helping the military junta since it overthrew civilian rule in February 2021.
  The Myanmar military has been accused in recent months of conducting deadly airstrikes against civilians, such as at an April gathering of an opposition movement and in early October at
  
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• Alberta moves to strengthen legislation before proposed opioid class-action lawsuit

  31-10-2023 22:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Alberta government has introduced updated legislation that it says would help make sure anyone who contributed to the opioid addiction crisis is held responsible.
  Dan Williams, the minister of mental health and addiction, says the proposed changes aim to strengthen the province’s position in current class actions to recover opioid-related health-care costs and other damages.
  The legislation would make pharmaceutical consultants subject to potential legal action, clarif
  
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• Ukraine’s Yakhno bonds with Canada’s artistic swim team after invasion of her country

  31-10-2023 22:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SANTIAGO, Chile — Lyza Yakhno went from standing on the Olympic podium for Ukraine to standing poolside for Canada at the Pan American Games.
  She’d just retired from artistic swimming after Ukraine’s team bronze in Tokyo’s Olympics when Russia invaded her country Feb. 24, 2022.
  Yakhno contemplated starting her own swim apparel business before rockets fell on Kharkiv where she lived, 30 kilometres from the Russian border.
  “They attacked, like, every day 100 rockets o
  
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• Dany Fortin retires from Canadian Armed Forces after reaching settlement in lawsuit

  31-10-2023 22:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin has retired from the Canadian Armed Forces, The Canadian Press has learned.A source close to Fortin, who spoke on the condition that they not be named because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter, says a small gathering to mark his departure was held on Friday at the Canadian Army Officers’ Mess in Ottawa.Fortin was removed as head of Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout campaign in May 2021 while he was under investigation for
  
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• First Quantum shares continue to slide after Panama promises referendum

  31-10-2023 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Shares in First Quantum Minerals Ltd. continued to slide Tuesday as uncertainty clouds the fate of its Cobre Panama mine. 
  Over the weekend, Panama’s government promised to hold a referendum on whether a deal with First Quantum over the mine should be scrapped. 
  Citizens in Panama have been protesting the long-term mining concession with First Quantum’s local subsidiary for more than a week. The scale and scope of the deal have raised both nationalist ange
  
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• Charges in Aldergrove police station crash - Chilliwack Progress

  31-10-2023 22:03 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C. high school teacher suspended over communication with ... - Chilliwack Progress

  31-10-2023 21:58 via news.google.com
  
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• Jacob Lew, former treasury secretary to Obama, confirmed as US ambassador to Israel

  31-10-2023 21:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed Jacob Lew as ambassador to Israel, filling the key diplomatic post as the country is fighting a war with Hamas.Lew, a treasury secretary under President Barack Obama, was confirmed 53-43.
  He has promised to stand side by side with Israel’s leaders as they respond to the militant group’s surprise attack on Oct. 7, telling senators in his confirmation hearing earlier in October that “at this moment, there is no greater mission than
  
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• In Kenya, King Charles III expresses ‘greatest sorrow and the deepest regret’ for past violence

  31-10-2023 21:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — King Charles III has expressed “greatest sorrow and the deepest regret” for the “abhorrent and unjustifiable acts of violence” committed against Kenyans as they sought independence, during a speech on his first day of a four-day visit. But he didn’t explicity apologize for Britain’s actions in its former colony, as many Kenyans wanted.
  Charles at the state banquet hosted by Kenyan President William Ruto said there “can be no e
  
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• UPDATE: Chilliwack crews battle 'suspicious' fire at vacant house on ... - Chilliwack Progress

  31-10-2023 21:05 via news.google.com
  
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• Canada men head to Spain as they look to gear up for road to next Rugby World Cup

  31-10-2023 21:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canadian men’s rugby team leaves Wednesday for Spain and the four-team La Vila International Rugby Cup. 
  For centre Ben LeSage, it’s the latest stop on an eventful journey that has seen him injured in Tonga and — restored to health — training in England in recent months.
  The Canadians play No. 19 Spain while the 18th-ranked U.S. face No. 26 Brazil on Nov. 11. The winners will meet in the Nov. 18 final while the losers play for third place in Villajoyosa, a coasta
  
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• Chilliwack Fire Dept. responds to fire at abandoned home on School Street Tuesday, near CGH

  31-10-2023 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Multiple fire engines from the Chilliwack Fire Department have been dispatched for the report of a working fire at an abandoned home at 9049 School Street, about one block east of Chilliwack General Hospital.
  The call for service came in at approximately 12:24 p.m., according to scanner traffic.
  Chilliwack resident Julie Hiscock shared an image of smoke billowing from a boarded up home at about 12:30 p.m. The fire continues to produce a significant amount of smoke as of 12:40
  
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• Chilliwack Fire Dept. responds to fire at 9049 School Street Tuesday

  31-10-2023 20:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Multiple fire engines from the Chilliwack Fire Department have been dispatched for the report of a working fire at what appears to be an abandoned home at 9049 School Street, about one block east of Chilliwack General Hospital.
  The call for service came in at approximately 12:24 p.m., according to scanner traffic.
  Chilliwack resident Julie Hiscock shared an image of smoke billowing from a boarded up home at about 12:30 p.m. The fire continues to produce a significant amount of
  
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• AbbyPD, CVSE and law enforcement partners remove 9 commercial rigs from service

  31-10-2023 20:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Law enforcement made their collective presence known to commercial truck drivers in the Lower Mainland this week by noting over 40 violations, including the removal of nine commercial vehicles from the road.According to a social media post, the Traffic Enforcement Unit from the Abbotsford Police Department teamed up with the Delta Police Department, New Westminster Police Department, RCMP and members of the Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement (CVSE) to conduct proactive
  
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• Milanovich calls the shots as Butler runs the show for Hamilton Tiger-Cats

  31-10-2023 20:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — James Butler has given the Hamilton Tiger-Cats something they haven’t had since 2010 but he certainly had to work for it the last half of the regular season.
  Butler finished third overall in rushing with 1,116 yards, his second straight 1,000-yard campaign. He’s Hamilton’s first 1,000-yard rusher since 2010 when DeAndra’ Cobb had 1,173 yards.But the 5-9, 210-pound Butler accumulated 406 rushing yards on 86 carries through Hamilton’s first eight regu
  
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• Freeland to meet with provincial finance ministers on possible Alberta CPP withdrawal

  31-10-2023 20:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says she will meet provincial and territorial finance ministers later this week to discuss the possibility of Alberta’s withdrawal from the Canada Pension Plan. 
  A letter from Freeland to her counterparts says she is convening the virtual meeting on Friday to speak to what she calls flaws underlying Alberta’s proposed exit formula. 
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said last week her government stands by its assertion that the
  
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• B.C. government proposes to remove 1 hectare of land from E.C. Manning Park

  31-10-2023 20:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MANNING PARK — The B.C. government plans to modify the boundary description of E.C. Manning Park east of Hope by removing one hectare of land adjacent to Highway 3.
  According to a news release dated October 31 from the Ministry of the Attorney General, the proposed amendment will allow the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure to replace the aging Snass Creek and 19 Mile bridges, which the government says are both nearing the end of their serviceable lifespan.The provincial governm
  
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• Habs forward Dach undergoes right knee surgery, expected back next season

  31-10-2023 20:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens say forward Kirby Dach is expected to be ready for the start of the next NHL season after undergoing knee surgery.
  General manager Kent Hughes says the surgery was performed Tuesday in New York and a full recovery is expected before the 2024-25 season begins.
  Dach sustained tears in the medial collateral and anterior cruciate ligaments of his right knee when he was checked into the Blackhawks’ bench by defenceman Jarred Tinordi during the first perio
  
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• Canada may face ‘big fight’ with U.S. over digital tax plans, American envoy warns

  31-10-2023 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The United States ambassador to Canada says there could be a “big fight” looming if the federal government goes through with its plans for a digital services tax. 
  U.S. envoy David Cohen made the remarks today in a question-and-answer session following a luncheon speech hosted by the Canadian Club of Ottawa. 
  The three per cent levy, which is slated to take effect in January, targets foreign companies such as streaming services that generate revenue from Cana
  
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• Construction of at least 25,000 housing units blocked in Quebec: survey

  31-10-2023 19:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A new survey by a housing construction industry association suggests that stalled construction projects are holding up the delivery of at least 25,000 homes across Quebec.
  The survey of 42 real estate developers found that more than half of those units, around 14,500, were planned for Montreal and the regions to its north and south.
  Association vice-president Isabelle Demers says the number of blocked units is likely much higher since many developers might have hesitated to disc
  
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• Elements Casino in Chilliwack donates $2,000 to autism organization serving Chilliwack

  31-10-2023 19:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — When you recreate at Elements Casino in Chilliwack for a combination of casino cames, live music and dining options, gaming proceeds flow right back into the broader Chilliwack community.Elements Casino on Young Road recently presented a $2,000 cheque to Pacific Autism Family Network Foundation, supporting the PAFN Spoke located in Chilliwack.Upon presenting the cheque to Hannah Vannery, Fraser Valley Spoke manager, and Steve Saccomano, founder and volunteer of the annual fund
  
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• BC United promises carbon tax relief if elected government next year, says Falcon

  31-10-2023 19:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s Opposition leader is promising to immediately cut the provincial carbon tax on all fuels and stop planned future increases if elected to form government next year.
  BC United Leader Kevin Falcon says his party would give motorists a break by eliminating the provincial fuel tax, currently at about 15 cents per litre on gasoline and diesel, and remove the carbon tax on all home-heating fuels. 
  The BC United position comes after Prime Minister Justin Tr
  
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• VIDEO: Coven of Chilliwack witches dance to raise money for food ... - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  31-10-2023 19:45 via news.google.com
  
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• B.C. communities dominate list of 'rattiest' cities in Canada - Chilliwack Progress

  31-10-2023 19:45 via news.google.com
  
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• Alouettes GM Maciocia calls hiring coach Maas his best move for 2023 season

  31-10-2023 19:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal Alouettes general manager Danny Maciocia says hiring head coach Jason Maas was his best move of the 2023 CFL season.
  The Alouettes won 11 games for the first time since 2012 this season despite losing several key players in free agency amid an uncertain ownership situation.
  CFL.ca had the Alouettes ranked last in their power ranks to start the season.
  Now they host the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the East Division semifinal at Molson Stadium on Saturday.
  Maciocia believes Maas is a strong ca
  
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• Biden to welcome Trudeau to Washington this week: U.S. Ambassador David Cohen

  31-10-2023 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to be in Washington on Friday as part of U.S. President Joe Biden’s push for greater economic integration across the Western Hemisphere.
  U.S. Ambassador David Cohen says Trudeau will be part of meetings in to help shape the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity, a Biden-backed trade framework.
  The project aims to create more jobs and restore faith in democracy by having roughly a dozen countries bolster the region’s econ
  
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• NBA Notebook: Blazers coach Billups likens Sharpe’s potential to Suns star Booker

  31-10-2023 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups didn’t hold back in his vision of what Shaedon Sharpe could develop into in the NBA.
  Portland selected Sharpe, of London, Ont., seventh overall in 2022. He has slotted into the starting rotation this season, with Anfernee Simons out with a thumb injury, and is the team’s second-leading scorer through four contests at 18 points per game.
  Billups likened Sharpe’s potential to that of Phoenix Suns superstar guard Devin Booker.
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• Third First Nation wants use of Jasper National Park, saying they were evicted

  31-10-2023 19:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A third First Nation wants Parks Canada to give its members limited hunting rights in Jasper National Park, saying they were evicted when the park was created in western Alberta. 
  The Aseniwuche Winewak Nation says it wants in on a deal signed last weekend with the Simpcw and Stoney First Nations.
  That deal gives the bands a stronger voice in park management and opens the door to limited harvesting in the park. 
  But AWN president David MacPhee says his people were cast out from the par
  
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• Up to 70 free bikes available to the community through Chilliwack Restorative Justice

  31-10-2023 18:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Restorative Justice and Youth Advocacy Association has approximately 70 bikes to give away to the broader Chilliwack community.
  According to executive director Steve Roukema, the non-profit organization and registered charity has been promoting its campaign to distribute free bikes to anyone in the community who might need one, so long as there’s a documented need.
  The bikes are available for people who are looking to find or keep employment, accessing necessi
  
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• Miller lays out federal government’s priorities for improving immigration system

  31-10-2023 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Marc Miller is laying out the federal government’s priorities for improving Canada’s immigration system today with a newly released report.
  The federal government’s report outlines key actions intended to strengthen the immigration system, based on consultations with stakeholders.
  It says Ottawa plans to take housing, health care, infrastructure and other services into account when planning immigration levels.
  The report proposes creating a c
  
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• Police: Investigation into hockey player Adam Johnson’s death may ‘take some time’

  31-10-2023 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SHEFFIELD, United Kingdom — South Yorkshire Police say the investigation into the death of hockey player Adam Johnson remains ongoing and will likely “take some time.”
  Police said in a statement Wednesday that officers have finished their work at Utilita Arena in Sheffield and have moved on to a wider investigation.
  Johnson, 29, was playing for the Nottingham Panthers at the Sheffield Steelers on Saturday when his neck was cut by a skate blade.He died at a hospital.The native o
  
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• Vancouver woman plans to buy a home after winning the $1 million Lotto 6/49 prize draw

  31-10-2023 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Miriam Nacionales’ dream of buying a home might not have to wait much longer.The Vancouver resident’s goal of home ownership may come to fruition after learning she won $1 million from the July 1, 2023 Lotto 6/49 draw.
  “I remembered to check the ticket I shared with a friend,” recalled Nacionales, who stopped into Dundas Market in Vancouver with her son to do so. “I also found my other ticket I had not checked yet. The [ticket self-scanner] was a b
  
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• Chilliwack Cougars Scout Day: Statistical Analysis - prepbaseballreport.com

  31-10-2023 18:26 via news.google.com
  
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• QUIZ: Are you ready for thrills and chills for Halloween? - Chilliwack Progress

  31-10-2023 17:59 via news.google.com
  
  QUIZ: Are you ready for thrills and chills for Halloween?  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack MLA Kelli Paddon to host free pancake breakfast this Saturday in Chilliwack

  31-10-2023 17:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — B.C. NDP MLA Kelli Paddon, representing Chilliwack and Cultus Lake, will host a free pancake breakfast this Saturday, November 4 at Carman United Church, 7258 Vedder Road, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.“Hot cakes, flapjacks, pancakes! Join MLA Kelli Paddon for a free pancake breakfast. Meet new friends and other supporters in Chilliwack-Cultus Lake as we gear up for the next election and work towards getting Kelli Paddon re-elected in 2024,” the event listing said on Faceb
  
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• Chilliwack overpass to undergo planned maintenance today, congestion delays expected

  31-10-2023 17:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Emil Anderson Maintenance, the provincial contractor tasked with maintaining Fraser Valley highways and roads, says motorists should expect delays from congestion today due to planned maintenance on the Lickman Road overpass.The work should continue until 3:30 p.m., Emil Anderson Maintenance wrote on X/Twitter.Emil Anderson Maintenance is also conducting similar work in Hope today at exit 173. Crews will be patching today, Tuesday, October 31 until 3 p.m. The right lane of Old
  
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• MP Vis faults B.C. govt. for requiring archaeology assessments in Lytton before rebuilding can occur

  31-10-2023 17:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — MP Brad Vis says a mandate from the BC government that requires archaeology assessments on each individual property before it can be rebuilt has been costly to the residents of Lytton who have been struggling more than two years after a wildfire ravaged nearly the entire town.According to an emailed statement to constituents, Vis, who represents Mission, Agassiz, Harrison Hot Springs and Lytton in his federal riding, says the mandatory assessment on each property has been the sou
  
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• Anti-racism group says two Black Montreal firefighters faced years of racial abuse

  31-10-2023 17:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Two Black Montreal firefighters say they have for years been subject to racist abuse from their colleagues and that their managers didn’t do anything about it.
  A Montreal anti-racism group told reporters today it filed a complaint with Quebec’s human rights commission on behalf of the two firefighters.
  The Red Coalition says one of the firefighters, on his first day at work, was called the N-word by a colleague and that he faced more insults after he told his team he
  
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• Ex-BOC governor Carney questions carbon price break on home heating oil

  31-10-2023 16:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Mark Carney pressed for Canada to stick with predictable climate policy as he questioned the federal government’s move to lift the carbon price on home heating oil. 
  The former central banker, who has long been rumoured to be a possible future Liberal leadership candidate, says he would have looked for different ways to provide financial support to Canadians other than the government’s chosen path. 
  But Carney, the United Nations special envoy on climate acti
  
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• ‘Chronic underfunding’: 22 Quebec Indigenous police forces file rights complaint

  31-10-2023 16:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s 22 Indigenous police forces have filed a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission accusing the Public Safety Department of chronic underfunding.
  Shawn Dulude, president of the Quebec Association of First Nation and Inuit Police Directors, says federal funding for Indigenous police has set forces up to fail.
  Dulude, who is also chief of the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service, says funding levels prevent Indigenous police from providing basic services on par
  
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• Former Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner and four others appointed to rep N.B., N.S. in Senate

  31-10-2023 16:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Former Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner, who was most recently Canada’s consul general in Boston, has been named a senator for Nova Scotia.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office announced that Cuzner and four others have been appointed to represent Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in the Senate.
  Cuzner was first elected to the House of Commons in 2000 and retired as the member of Parliament for his Cape Breton riding in 2019.
  The selection process Trudeau brought in early in his
  
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• Abbotsford Police investigates weekend hit-and-run - Chilliwack Progress

  31-10-2023 15:25 via news.google.com
  
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• Sources: Ex-CFL star, Ontario cabinet minister Lumsden in mix for Elks president

  31-10-2023 15:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A name familiar to Edmonton Elks fans has surfaced as a potential president of the CFL club.
  According to two sources, Neil Lumsden, who won three Grey Cups as a fullback with Edmonton, has emerged as a candidate for the Elks’ full-time president position.
  Lumsden, of London, Ont., is currently Ontario’s Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport. He was elected in the riding of Hamilton East-Stoney Creek in June 2022.
  Lumsden didn’t immediately return telephone messages to both hi
  
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• B.C. man pleads guilty to second-degree murder of Ashley Simpson in 2016

  31-10-2023 15:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SALMON ARM, B.C. — A 21-day murder trial that was supposed to begin Monday in British Columbia Supreme Court in Salmon Arm ended almost immediately as Derek Favell entered a guilty plea.
  The Shuswap-area resident, who is in his early 40s, was charged with the 2016 slaying of his former girlfriend Ashley Simpson.
  She was reported missing in April of 2016 but the body of the 31-year-old was not found until November 2021 during a search of an area outside Salmon Arm.
  Favell was charged with s
  
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• Police reportedly capture gunman who held staff member hostage in a Japanese post office for 8 hours

  31-10-2023 14:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police have captured a gunman who holed up at a post office and have rescued a member of staff who was held hostage, NHK television reported Tuesday.It followed a more than eight-hour standoff with the man, who entered the post office with a gun in Warabi, north of Tokyo, an hour after a hospital shooting in which two people were wounded in a nearby city of Toda.
  Police said they were investigating the two cases together because of a possibility they are related. They
  
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• Canadian Tire buys back stake in financial services business from Scotiabank

  31-10-2023 14:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. has signed a deal to buy back the 20 per cent stake in Canadian Tire Financial Services that is owned by Scotiabank for $895 million.
  The move restores the retailer’s full ownership over the business.
  Canadian Tire CEO Greg Hicks says the deal will give the company more control and flexibility when it comes to its Triangle Rewards loyalty program.
  It also says it will evaluate strategic alternatives for its financial services arm.
  The retailer says
  
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• 76ers trade disgruntled guard James Harden to Clippers, AP source says

  31-10-2023 13:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — James Harden got his trade to the Clippers.
  The Sixers sent Harden, P.J. Tucker and Filip Petrušev to L.A. for Marcus Morris, Robert Covington, Nic Batum, K.J. Martin, a 2028 unprotected first-round pick, two second-round picks, a 2029 draft-pick swap and additional first-rounder from a third team, a person familiar with the trade told The Associated Press.
  The person spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the final details of the trade are not yet offic
  
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