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• Raleigh hits two-run homer in 10th inning as Mariners top Blue Jays 6-1

  10-04-2024 23:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Cal Raleigh led off the 10th inning with a two-run homer to help power the Seattle Mariners to a 6-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday at Rogers Centre.
  With Mitch Garver aboard as the automatic runner, Raleigh turned on a first-pitch sinker from left-hander Tim Mayza (0-1) for his second homer of the year. 
  The Mariners added some insurance runs against reliever Mitch White, who gave up an RBI double to Ty France and a two-run single to Mitch Haniger. 
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• Punk rock drummer Jon Card dead at 63, played with SNFU, D.O.A. and the Subhumans

  10-04-2024 23:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Drummer Jon Card, who played stints with Canadian punk rockers D.O.A., SNFU, The Subhumans and Personality Crisis, has died at the age of 63 in Vancouver.
  Card was a staple in the Canadian punk scene for four decades, recording and performing with some of the country’s most influential and enduring acts. 
  He died on Monday, friends and former bandmates said.
  On D.O.A.’s Facebook page, the band posted “RIP old friend” with a black and white photo of
  
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• Canada’s Julien’s homers twice, Correa nabs Ohtani at the plate in Twins’ 3-2 win over Dodgers

  10-04-2024 23:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Edouard Julien homered twice and scored three runs for the Minnesota Twins to spark a lagging lineup and lead a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday.
  Julien, who entered the afternoon in a 3-for-28 start to the season, led off the first and fifth innings with opposite field drives into the bleachers in left for his first career multi-homer game.“I had a good spring training, but it’s different in the regular season. I’ve just got to bui
  
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• New York appeals court rejects Donald Trump’s third request to delay April 15 hush money trial

  10-04-2024 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — For the third straight day, a New York appeals court has rejected an attempt by Donald Trump’s lawyers to delay the former president’s hush money criminal trial.
  Trump’s lawyers had argued that the trial should be put off indefinitely while they fight to remove the judge, Juan M. Merchan, and challenge several of his rulings.
  Justice Ellen Gesmer’s ruling is another loss for Trump, who has tried repeatedly to get the trial postponed. The decision mea
  
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• Unifor applies to represent two Amazon fulfilment centres in Metro Vancouver

  10-04-2024 23:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Unifor says it has filed two applications to represent Vancouver-area Amazon workers with the B.C. Labour Relations Board. 
  The union says it’s filed applications for two Amazon fulfilment centres, one in New Westminster and one in Delta. 
  Unifor first announced a union drive for Amazon workers in Metro Vancouver last July, and says workers began signing cards in October. 
  When the union drive was announced, Unifor national president Lana Payne said Amazon
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Alberta introduces bill giving it gatekeeping role on federal funding

  10-04-2024 22:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta is proposing a law that would allow it to veto any deal struck between municipalities and the federal government.
  Premier Danielle Smith says the province has had long-standing concerns over federal intrusion into areas of provincial authority, and recent housing deals between Ottawa and some municipalities were the last straw.
  Smith says the housing deals are unfair because they force cities to upend planning and zoning rules to get the cash, and some cities get the fun
  
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• At least two shot when gunfire erupts at Philadelphia Eid event, official tells AP

  10-04-2024 22:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — At least two people were shot Wednesday at an Eid al-Fitr event in Philadelphia, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
  The official could not discuss details of the ongoing investigation and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity.
  It was not immediately clear what caused the shooting or how many shooters may have been involved.
  The injured were being treated at hospitals, but further details on their injuries were not immediately disclosed.
  Dozens of poli
  
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• Canada wary of quarterfinal opponent Sweden at world women’s hockey championship

  10-04-2024 22:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UTICA, N.Y. — Canada’s women intend to be on their toes against a quarterfinal opponent that took them to the brink of elimination in last year’s world hockey championship.
  A Sarah Nurse overtime goal was required in Brampton, Ont., to beat Sweden 3-2 in that quarterfinal.
  “We all remember that game last year and we’ve got something to prove,” Canadian forward Blayre Turnbull said Wednesday.
  The Canadians and Swedes clash again in Thursday’s four-game sl
  
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• UPDATE: 5-year-old missing Indigenous boy found, says Chilliwack RCMP - Abbotsford News

  10-04-2024 22:03 via news.google.com
  
  UPDATE: 5-year-old missing Indigenous boy found, says Chilliwack RCMP  Abbotsford News
  
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• UPDATE: 5-year-old missing Indigenous boy found, says Chilliwack RCMP - Chilliwack Progress

  10-04-2024 21:41 via news.google.com
  
  UPDATE: 5-year-old missing Indigenous boy found, says Chilliwack RCMP  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Quebec Superior Court judge authorizes QMJHL hazing class-action lawsuit

  10-04-2024 21:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec Superior Court has authorized a class-action lawsuit against the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League and its teams over alleged hazing abuse.
  Justice Jacques G. Bouchard gave the suit the green light in a decision published today, after hearing arguments last month in Quebec City.
  The lawsuit of more than $15 million was filed last April by Carl Latulippe, a former Quebec minor hockey star who went public with alleged abuse suffered while playing for two teams in the mi
  
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• UPDATE: Chilliwack RCMP say a missing 5-year-old boy has been safely located

  10-04-2024 21:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP say the 5-year-old boy who went missing Wednesday has been located. “We are relieved to report the male child has been located in good health and unharmed,” Chilliwack RCMP Cpl. Carmen Kiener said.
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP says a 5-year-old boy has gone missing

  10-04-2024 21:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP is asking for assistance in locating a missing 5-year-old boy.
  According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP Corporal Carmen Kiener, Jared Gauthier-Vanoverveld was reported missing on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. He was last seen Wednesday morning at 9:45 a.m. in the 9200 block of Broadway Avenue.
  Description of Jared Gauthier-Vanoverveld:
  · Indigenous male
  · 5 years
  · 3 ft., 0 inches (91 cm)
  · brown hair
  · blue eyes
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• B.C. has lowest snowpack on record, drought a concern: BC River Forecast Centre

  10-04-2024 21:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A hydrologist with British Columbia’s River Forecast Centre says the April snow survey shows the lowest snowpack on record in the province. 
  Jonathan Boyd says the snowpack is 63 per cent of normal, which may mean an increased risk for drought this spring and summer.
  The latest monthly snow survey, which includes data from weather stations around the province, says that 95 per cent of the seasonal snowpack typically accumulates as of April.
  The forecast centre says d
  
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• Preparations are being made for a potential NHL team in Salt Lake City

  10-04-2024 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Preparations are being made behind the scenes and in the public eye in case an NHL team is in Salt Lake City sooner than later.
  Prospective owner Ryan Smith on social media earlier this week solicited suggestions for a team name. Smith, who owns the NBA’s Utah Jazz, in January noted not only his interest in having an NHL club in Salt Lake City but the ability to make that happen immediately.
  The Smith Entertainment Group asked at the time for the initiation of an expansion process, somethi
  
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• Adam Silver says gambling probe of Toronto’s Jontay Porter could lead to banishment from league

  10-04-2024 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Toronto’s Jontay Porter could face expulsion from the league if the gambling-related accusations against him are found to be true, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday.
  Silver, speaking after a two-day meeting of the league’s Board of Governors, did not reveal any specifics about the investigation surrounding Porter, other than saying the probe is ongoing. Porter has not played since the league said it was looking into betting patterns surrounding his on-
  
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• Rural Chilliwack fire department promotes its first ever female training officer

  10-04-2024 20:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack River Valley Fire Department on Chilliwack Lake Road has promoted one of its volunteers to a rank that has not been previously held by a female.According to a social media post from the department, Fire Chief Mike Danyluk congratulated Tegan Luckham on being promoted to the new role of training officer.“Last night some new officers were appointed, and we’d like to share the exciting news,” CRVFD wrote on social media. “Tegan Luckham was p
  
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• NDP says carbon price is not ‘be-all, end-all’ of climate policy, backs Tory motion

  10-04-2024 20:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  OTTAWA — The New Democrats say they will support a Conservative motion that calls on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to defend his carbon pricing policy in a televised “emergency meeting” with the country’s premiers.
  NDP environment critic Laurel Collins says the carbon price is not the “be-all, end-all” of climate policy and that New Democrats are open to alternative plans presented by premiers. 
  Collins says the Liberal government is using climate as a po
  
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• Message delivered: When NHL head coaches go public with criticism

  10-04-2024 20:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Sheldon Keefe walked into the Maple Leafs locker room and did something he loathed. 
  Toronto’s head coach addressed his team after a loss — a particularly ugly one at that. He called out his leaders, including captain John Tavares, by name.
  The word “immature” was used to describe the bitterly disappointing performance. Keefe then met the media and repeated the message. 
  “Hated lots about our game,” Keefe concluded in front of the cameras. 
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• B.C. building code to allow mass timber in buildings up to 18 storeys, up from 12

  10-04-2024 20:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The use of mass timber in British Columbia is moving up and expanding to schools, libraries and other construction. 
  The province says it’s making building-code changes allowing for the use of mass timber in buildings up to 18 storeys, an increase from the previous 12-storey limit. 
  The expansion also includes building with mass timber for housing, retail, light and medium industrial construction and care facilities, as part of government efforts to streamline p
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs sweep Langley Rivermen in first round of BCHL playoffs - Chilliwack Progress

  10-04-2024 20:37 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Chiefs sweep Langley Rivermen in first round of BCHL playoffs  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Vermont’s Goddard College to close after years of declining enrollment and financial struggles

  10-04-2024 20:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PLAINFIELD, Vt. (AP) — Vermont’s Goddard College, a small school known for its progressive education, is closing after years of declining enrollment and financial struggles, the board of trustees announced.The decision to close at the end of the semester was heart-wrenching but unavoidable as the school, created in 1938, faces financial insolvency, the board said in a statement Tuesday.Goddard currently has 220 students, compared with more than 1,900 in the early 1970s, the board sai
  
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• Three-time Grey Cup champion Shawn Lemon announces retirement from football

  10-04-2024 19:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Veteran defensive lineman Shawn Lemon, who won three Grey Cups with three different organizations, announced his CFL retirement Wednesday.
  The 35-year-old Lemon had signed a one-year contract extension with the Montreal Alouettes in December.
  Lemon joined the Alouettes last season after the B.C Lions cut him in training camp due to their Canadian ratio requirements.
  After acquiring Lemon, Montreal went 12-4, including the post-season, en route to a Grey Cup championship. He had 26 defensive tack
  
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• New security plan for Montreal metro amid rise in mental health and addictions issues

  10-04-2024 19:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal’s transit corporation is concentrating security personnel in certain metro stations amid what officials say has been a rise in the number of people with mental health or addiction issues in the network.
  Éric Alan Caldwell, president of the corporation’s board, says the transit authority is worried about losing riders because of a perception of insecurity linked to the presence of vulnerable people.
  The corporation is deploying special constables and other safety emplo
  
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• Quebec tables bill that includes fines of up to $1,500 for threatening politicians

  10-04-2024 19:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — People who harass or threaten Quebec politicians could soon be hit with a court injunction or a fine of up to $1,500.
  Municipal Affairs Minister Andrée Laforest tabled a bill today that aims to put an end to the toxic climate faced by elected officials.
  The legislation would give police the power to impose a fine of between $50 and $500 to anyone who disrupts a city council meeting with disorderly conduct.
  A person who threatens, intimidates or harasses a municipal or provi
  
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• Daytime cougar sighting in Promontory Heights prompts advisory

  10-04-2024 19:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — WildSafeBC Fraser Valley says it has been notified of a cougar sighting in daylight in the Promontory Heights area of Chilliwack, prompting the organization to issue a public advisory through social media.
  According to a social media post dated Tuesday, April 9 at 2:44 p.m., the non-profit organization says Promontory Heights Elementary School staff and the B.C. Conservation Officer Service are both aware of the daytime cougar sighting and are monitoring the situation.“T
  
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• Fury says Usyk won’t overcome size difference in the fight to crown the undisputed heavyweight champ

  10-04-2024 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MORECAMBE, England (AP) — For Tyson Fury, size will count for everything in his fight with Oleksandr Usyk to crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion since 2000.
  Usyk, a former cruiserweight, might be giving away around 50 pounds (22.7 kilograms) to Fury, who — at 6-foot-9 (2.09 meters) — is 6 inches (15cm) taller and has a bigger reach of 7 inches (nearly 18cm).
  Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, Fury complimented Usyk’s boxing skills but said the size di
  
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• Trump says Arizona’s abortion ban goes too far and defends the overturning of Roe v. Wade

  10-04-2024 18:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump said Wednesday that an Arizona law that criminalizes nearly all abortions goes too far and the former president called on Arizona lawmakers to change it, while also defending the overturning of Roe v. Wade that cleared states to ban the procedure.“It’ll be straightened out and as you know, it’s all about states’ rights,” Trump told supporters and journalists after landing in Atlanta for a fundraiser. “It’ll be straighten
  
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• Splash pad coming to downtown park in Hope thanks to donation from local company

  10-04-2024 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — The District of Hope intends to revitalize Memorial Park in downtown Hope with the advent of a splash pad thanks to a generous donation of $20,000 from BlueTriton Brands.According to a statement Wednesday morning from the municipality, the district hopes to refresh the park through the installation of a spray park to promote community vibrancy and engagement.
  “The District of Hope values our collaborative partnerships and the collective effort to breathe new life into our down
  
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• Jones, Jacobs rebound from lopsided losses at Players’ Championship

  10-04-2024 18:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Jennifer Jones and Brad Jacobs bounced back from lopsided tournament-opening losses with victories in Wednesday’s early draw at the Grand Slam of Curling’s Players’ Championship.
  Winnipeg’s Jones, who was defeated 9-2 by Sweden’s Isabella Wrana in Tuesday’s tournament-opening draw, scored one in the seventh end and stole two in the eighth for an 8-5 win over Italy’s Stefania Constantini.
  Jacobs, from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., scored two in
  
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• B.C. makes it easier to salvage timber damaged by wildfires

  10-04-2024 18:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The B.C. government says it’s making it easier for forestry companies to salvage timber damaged by wildfires.
  Sustainable Forestry Innovation Minister Andrew Mercier says in a statement that changes to the price of fees for harvesting timber on Crown land make salvage “more economic,” and will speed up forest regeneration.
  The province says the changes to a document called the Interior Appraisal Manual that sets out timber pricing and procedures became effectiv
  
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• Police question man, considered person of interest, in woman’s death near Montreal

  10-04-2024 18:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CANDIAC, Que. — Quebec provincial police say they are becoming increasingly convinced that a woman in her late 20s found dead in an apartment southwest of Montreal was a homicide victim.
  Spokesman Louis-Philippe Ruel says a man in his 30s, described as a person of interest, is being questioned by investigators.
  He says police are working today on the homicide theory as they continue investigating the scene in Candiac, Que.
  Local police were called to the suburban apartment building by some
  
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• Chilliwack Symphony Orchestra to present an evening of inspiring music and choirs Apr. 19 at the Cultural Centre

  10-04-2024 18:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Symphony Orchestra invites the community to experience the magic of music at its upcoming concert entitled “Voices” on Friday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre.
  Spectators can expect to relish an evening of captivating performances by esteemed choirs, including the majestic harmonies of the Vancouver Orpheus Male Choir, the nostalgic melodies of Company B, the youthful energy of Voces Gioventu Children’s Choir, and the enchan
  
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• Drought, heat raise risk of repeat of last summer’s record-breaking wildfires

  10-04-2024 17:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Persistent drought and months of above-average temperatures have raised the risk of a repeat of last year’s record-breaking wildfires.
  Federal officials say conditions are already ripe for an early and above-normal fire risk from Quebec all the way to British Columbia in both April and May.
  But Michael Norton, the director general of of the Northern Forestry Centre at Natural Resources Canada, says in the spring the main risk factor is humans.
  While lightning becomes the mai
  
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• Soon to be a 2-time Olympic host city, Salt Lake City’s zest for the Games is now an outlier

  10-04-2024 17:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Reminders of the 2002 Winter Olympics are nestled in every nook and cranny of Utah’s capital city, from a towering Olympic cauldron that overlooks the Salt Lake Valley to an Olympic emblem stamped on manhole covers downtown.
  As visitors leave the airport, they are greeted with a can’t-miss Olympic arch amid snow-capped mountains in a message essential to Salt Lake City’s bid to host the Games again: You are entering an Olympic city.
  Unlike so many ot
  
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• Arkansas hires John Calipari to coach the Razorbacks, a day after stepping down from Kentucky

  10-04-2024 17:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas hired John Calipari as men’s basketball coach on Wednesday, a day after the Hall of Fame coach stepped down from the Kentucky program he led to the 2012 NCAA championship.
  The 65-year-old Calipari signed a five-year contract with an annual base salary of $7 million through April 2029 with a maximum of two automatic rollover years for NCAA Tournament appearances that would extend the contract to 2031.
  The deal includes a $1 million signing bonus and
  
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• Lane Hutson focused on NCAA Men’s Frozen Four, but NHL looms for Canadiens prospect

  10-04-2024 17:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Lane Hutson has never had any issue staying in the moment. 
  And the defenceman’s razor-sharp focus is currently on helping Boston University secure its sixth U.S. college hockey title at the NCAA Men’s Frozen Four. 
  Hutson, however, also knows there’s a big decision coming. 
  Widely viewed as the Montreal Canadiens’ top prospect, the 20-year-old could sign and have already played his first NHL game by this time next week — no matter what happens at the
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: NDP fails to learn from Oregon’s failed decriminalization experiment

  10-04-2024 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It’s been over one year since the NDP decriminalized hard drugs in British Columbia. In that year, the addiction and overdose crisis in our province is worse than ever before – 2023 saw record-high overdose deaths, with a staggering 2,511 lives lost.
  We have seen an increase in toxic drug-related deaths since decriminalization in January 2023, along with a deeply disturbing increase in our communities of both public drug use and social disorder.
  Many British Columbians are afraid to
  
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• 3 sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Israeli airstrike, relatives, Hamas media say

  10-04-2024 16:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Relatives and official Hamas media said Wednesday that three sons of the Islamic militant group’s supreme leader, Ismail Haniyeh, have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip.
  The reports say Hazem, Ameer, and Mohammed Haniyeh were killed with family members in the strike near the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. Ismail Haniyeh, who now lives in exile in Qatar, is originally from Shati.
  There was no immediate comments from the Israeli army.
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• Canada’s Nick Taylor gets a Masters Mulligan after COVID-19 tainted first experience

  10-04-2024 16:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Nick Taylor is happy to be getting a Mulligan on his first Masters appearance.
  The Abbotsford, B.C., native made his one and only appearance at Augusta National Golf Club in 2020. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Masters was held in November that year, there were no fans and players could only have one person in the bubble with them at the course.
  Taylor will tee it up at the first major of the men’s golf season on Thursday but, this time, his whole family will be there and he’l
  
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• 6 former Mississippi law officers to be sentenced in state court for torture of 2 Black men

  10-04-2024 16:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Already sentenced to federal prison, the first of six former Mississippi law enforcement officers has been sentenced on state charges for his part in torturing two Black men.
  Brett McAlpin, who was the fourth highest-ranking officer in the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office, was sentenced in state court Wednesday to 20 years in prison, weeks after he was sentenced by a federal judge to about 27 years of imprisonment.
  Rankin County Circuit Judge Steve Ratcliff is sen
  
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• Switzerland will host a Ukraine peace conference in June and hopes Russia can join one day

  10-04-2024 16:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s government said Wednesday it will host a high-level international conference in June to help chart a path toward peace in Ukraine after more than two years of war, in hopes that Russia might join in the peace process one day.The lakeside Bürgenstock resort is expected to host the June 15-16 gathering. It’s expected to draw top government officials from dozens of countries, following on a plan laid out by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
  
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• Canfor closing Jackson mill as part of restructuring in Alabama

  10-04-2024 15:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Canfor Corp. is closing its Jackson mill in southern Alabama at the end of June as part of a restructuring of its operations in the state.
  The forestry company says as part of the changes in Alabama it will add a second shift at its nearby Fulton mill.
  Canfor is also set to open a new sawmill in Axis, Ala., later this year.
  Lee Goodloe, president of Canfor Southern Pine, says the company is working to optimize its operational footprint in the region.
  Goodloe says the company ex
  
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• Roots CEO sees consumers getting back to discretionary spending in back half of year

  10-04-2024 15:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Roots Corp. executives say the back half of 2024 will likely see consumers edging back into purchasing discretionary goods they forewent as inflation and interest rates climbed.
  “Interest rates are playing a big impact on consumer discretionary spending broadly. We saw that in the fourth quarter and we expect to continue to see that in the first half of the year,” Meghan Roach, chief executive of the Toronto-based apparel manufacturer, said on a Wednesday call with an
  
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• Track and field becomes first sport to pay prize money at Olympics. Paris gold medalists get $50,000

  10-04-2024 14:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Monaco — Track and field is set to become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics, with World Athletics saying Wednesday it would pay $50,000 to gold medalists in Paris.
  The move is a symbolic break with the amateur past of the Olympics in one of the games’ most-watched events.
  The governing body of athletics said it was setting aside $2.4 million to pay the gold medalists across the 48 events on the track and field program for this year’s Paris Olympics. Relay
  
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• Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime falls to Sonego at Monte Carlo Masters

  10-04-2024 14:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ROQUEBRUNE-CAP-MARTIN, France — Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime was eliminated from the clay-court Monte Carlo Masters tournament on Wednesday after dropping a third-round match 6-4, 7-5 to Lorenzo Sonego of Italy.
  Auger-Aliassime, ranked 35th in the world, fired just three aces while committing 13 unforced errors in a two-hour and two-minute match.
  Sonego, ranked 57th, was a “lucky loser” replacement for world No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, who pulled out of the tournamen
  
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• Exit polls suggest a big win by South Korea’s liberal opposition parties in parliamentary election

  10-04-2024 11:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Initial exit polls suggested South Korea’s liberal opposition parties are expected to win a landslide victory in Wednesday’s parliamentary election.
  The joint exit polls by South Korea’s three major TV stations – KBS, MBC and SBS – show the main opposition Democratic Party and its satellite party were forecast to win combined 183-197 seats in the 300-member National Assembly.
  The polls suggested the ruling People Power Party and its s
  
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• Time ticks down for stranded orca calf as rescue efforts ramp up, but no set date

  10-04-2024 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ZEBALLOS, B.C. — The British Columbia First Nation at the centre of a complex attempt to rescue a young killer whale stranded in a tidal lagoon near the Vancouver Island village of Zeballos says it is facing hard decisions.
  The Ehattesaht First Nation says in a statement that it is relying on its traditional knowledge about whales and its territorial waters, along with modern tools, to rescue an orca calf stranded in a remote tidal lagoon.
  Ehattesaht First Nation Chief Simon John previousl
  
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• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to testify at foreign interference inquiry

  10-04-2024 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to testify today at an inquiry into foreign meddling in Canada’s last two elections.
  The inquiry has already heard that China and other state actors attempted to interfere, but there has been little evidence so far to indicate whether they were successful.
  Trudeau has maintained over the last year that foreign interference had no meaningful impact on Canada’s free and fair elections, which echoes what senior government official
  
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• BoC to announce interest rate decision this morning, expected to hold rate at 5%

  10-04-2024 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is set to announce its interest rate decision this morning.
  It’s widely expected to maintain its key interest rate at five per cent, but economists will be watching for any hints about the timing of upcoming rate cuts.
  Forecasters expect the central bank to begin lowering its key rate in June as the economy continues to slow and inflation trends lower. 
  High interest rates have slowed demand in the economy as consumers pull back on spending and busine
  
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