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• Man dies in custody in Chilliwack; police watchdog called in - Chilliwack Progress

  22-04-2024 23:48 via news.google.com
  
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• BREAKING: Man dies in police custody in Chilliwack; police watchdog called in - Chilliwack Progress

  22-04-2024 23:48 via news.google.com
  
  BREAKING: Man dies in police custody in Chilliwack; police watchdog called in  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• 2 fatal off-roading crashes reported within 1 week in Chilliwack area - Chilliwack Progress

  22-04-2024 23:48 via news.google.com
  
  2 fatal off-roading crashes reported within 1 week in Chilliwack area  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• ‘Trees going up like Roman candles’ as fire season starts early in B.C., Alberta

  22-04-2024 23:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CARIBOO, B.C. — Susanne Langan first noticed the Burgess Creek wildfire from her home in British Columbia’s Cariboo region on Saturday afternoon as a distant, thin column of smoke.
  But as winds picked up that night, the flames became more aggressive.
  “I could see lots of trees going up like Roman candles.… There was certainly lots of smoke rising from it,” said Langan, who works as an equipment operator at Mount Polley Mine, about 50 kilometres north of Williams La
  
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• Jets, Avs goalies reset after wild Winnipeg win in series opener

  22-04-2024 23:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Connor Hellebuyck made sure he did one important thing while winding down Sunday after the Winnipeg Jets beat the Colorado Avalanche 7-6 in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.
  The favourite to win this season’s Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s top goalie made sure his recovery included replenishing his fluids.
  “That was probably one of the most sweatiest games I’ve played in this league,” Hellebuyck said before skipping the team’s Monday opt
  
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• Serie A title, second star and derby: Inter takes it all with win over Milan

  22-04-2024 23:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MILAN (AP) — A 2-1 victory over AC Milan in the derby on Monday gave Inter Milan a 20th league title — breaking a tie with its fierce city rival — and a coveted second star on the team shirts on Monday.
  Not even the pouring rain dampened the Nerazzurri fans’ spirits at San Siro as they joyously reclaimed city bragging rights.
  Francesco Acerbi and Marcus Thuram scored and, although Fikayo Tomori’s late goal for AC Milan threatened to delay the celebrations, Inter hel
  
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• Singh noncommittal on keeping scheduled increases to Liberals’ carbon price in place

  22-04-2024 22:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COQUITLAM, B.C. — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is raising eyebrows anew over his carbon pricing stance, refusing to say today whether or not he would keep scheduled increases in place if he becomes prime minister.
  The federal carbon price is set to rise to $170 per tonne of carbon dioxide or equivalent by 2030.
  Singh says his party will be putting forward its own plan.
  But he isn’t saying whether that includes maintaining the current system. 
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has
  
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• Seattle Kraken GM Ron Francis leaves open possibility of changes after team misses playoffs

  22-04-2024 22:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Kraken general manager Ron Francis said Monday evaluations are still ongoing about whether there will be changes with head coach Dave Hakstol or any of the coaching staff after the third-year franchise missed the playoffs.
  Francis said the team is still in the middle of examining what happened this season and he would not confirm whether Hakstol would return for a fourth year.
  “There’s a lot of things we have to look at and factor in, and we’ll cont
  
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• Advocacy group calls on Vancouver to ’embrace’ cannabis tourism after 4-20 ‘debacle’

  22-04-2024 22:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The head of a B.C. cannabis growers group says the City of Vancouver’s choice to discourage instead of sanction a marijuana celebration over the weekend was a costly “missed opportunity.” 
  The BC Craft Farmers Co-Op says the city should rethink its approach to 4-20 celebrations and sanction what could be an “international cannabis tourism event.”
  Co-op president Tara Kirkpatrick says the city erected barriers around Sunset Beach and had police
  
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• RCMP investigating Sunday night stabbing near the White Rock Pier

  22-04-2024 21:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WHITE ROCK — Mounties in White Rock say they’re investigating after a 28-year-old individual was stabbed near the White Rock Pier over the weekend.
  According to a news release from Constable Chantal Sears, White Rock RCMP are appealing to the public for information that could assist investigators in identifying the suspect in connection with a stabbing Sunday evening.On April 21, 2024, at approximately 9 p.m., Mounties received a report that someone had been stabbed near the White Ro
  
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• Chilliwack Progress and journalist Jenna Hauck celebrated at industry awards - Chilliwack Progress

  22-04-2024 21:16 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Progress and journalist Jenna Hauck celebrated at industry awards  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Thompson to start in goal, Stone returns for Vegas Golden Knights in Game 1 against Dallas Stars

  22-04-2024 21:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Logan Thompson will be in net for the defending Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights in Game 1 of their opening-round series against the Dallas Stars on Monday night, marking the postseason debut for the 27-year-old goalie.
  Coach Bruce Cassidy is going with Thompson over Adin Hill, who had a 1.99 goals-against-average and two shutouts when Vegas beat the Stars in a six-game Western Conference Final last year.
  Thompson had a .926 save percentage and 2.14 GAA in his past 1
  
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• Alberta hockey volunteer charged with sex offences back in court in May

  22-04-2024 21:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DIDSBURY, ALBERTA, CANADA — The case of an Alberta hockey association volunteer charged with sex offences against four teens has been put over to next month.
  Alexa Suitor, 32, has been charged with sexual interference, sexual assault and four counts of making sexually explicit material available to a child.
  Her defence lawyer asked for the case to be put over until May 27 while waiting for the Crown to disclose evidence.
  RCMP said they began investigating after receiving a complaint in lat
  
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• FVRD takes enforcement action against unlawful building activity at Cultus Lake home where cannabis is reportedly grown

  22-04-2024 21:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CULTUS LAKE – The Fraser Valley Regional District bylaw enforcement division has taken bylaw enforcement action against the property owners of a Cultus Lake home where construction activity has occurred without proper authorization amid reported cannabis growing operations on site.According to a corporate report dated April 11, the Fraser Valley Regional District recommends that the FVRD board authorize staff to file a notice in the land title office against the property at 3640 Vance Road
  
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• Ex-RCMP officer charged with foreign interference seeks to quash charges

  22-04-2024 19:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONGUEUIL, Que. — A former RCMP officer charged with helping China conduct foreign interference is asking the court to quash the indictment over a jurisdictional issue.
  Lawyers for William Majcher contend that Quebec is the wrong place to hear the case and the charges should have been filed where the offences are alleged to have occurred.
  They are asking a Quebec court judge to quash the indictment and force the Crown to charge him in another province, either British Columbia or Ontario.
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• Town of Endako under wildfire threat as two evacuation alerts issued in central B.C.

  22-04-2024 19:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CARIBOO, B.C. — Evacuation alerts have been issued for properties near two wildfires burning out of control in central B.C., including the small community of Endako, as fears of a long wildfire season in the province start to materialize.
  The Cariboo Regional District issued an alert on Sunday night covering six parcels of land over 32 square kilometres, saying a fire in the Burgess Creek area is dangerous and residents should prepare to leave at short notice.
  The BC Wildfire Service says
  
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• Some Jewish Canadians say this Passover comes with solemnity and complex emotions

  22-04-2024 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Some Jewish Canadians say they have complex emotions and feel more solemn than usual this Passover because of the war in Gaza and a rise in antisemitism in Canada.
  The major Jewish holiday lasts seven or eight days each year and commemorates the exodus of ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt, as recounted in the Bible. 
  The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs and Independent Jewish Voices Canada both say Passover, which begins at sundown tonight, will be markedly different this year du
  
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• Consciousness a ‘realistic possibility’ in birds, fish, squid and bees, scholars say

  22-04-2024 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Biologists, cognitive scientists and philosophers across the globe say there is a reasonable possibility the vast majority of creatures on Earth are sentient in some way.
  The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness was released Friday with 39 signatories from universities from Canada to Australia who say there is “at least a realistic possibility” that all vertebrates and many invertebrates have consciousness.
  The declaration rests on recent studie
  
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• Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service looking to hire up to 30 paid on-call firefighters

  22-04-2024 19:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — To help bolster its firefighting roster amid steady growth in the city, Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service is looking to hire up to 30 paid on-call firefighters in its latest recruiting blitz.
  According to a job description on the City of Abbotsford website, Abbotsford Fire employs a system that compensates paid on-call (POC) firefighters based on their attendance to calls and practices. The city says POC firefighters play an important role supporting the full-time firefighters du
  
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• Wrong body returned from Cuba to Quebec family after father dies on vacation

  22-04-2024 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Montreal-area woman is asking Canadian authorities to help locate her father’s body in Cuba after a devastating mix-up that saw her family receive a stranger’s remains instead.
  Miriam Jarjour says she was swimming with her 68-year-old father in the ocean near Varadero on March 22 when he suddenly had a heart attack and died. 
  She says she followed the directions given to her by the Canadian consulate, and paid $10,000 to have the body returned home to the fami
  
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• Report: 17 million Canadians consider themselves fans of women’s sports

  22-04-2024 19:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A new report shows that two in three Canadians between the ages of 13 and 65 consider themselves to be fans of women’s sports.
  The report titled “It’s Time: Unlocking the Power of Pro Women’s Sport Fans” was commissioned by Canadian Women & Sport with its research partner IMI Consulting.
  This study was conducted in October 2023 with a representative sample of over 2,000 Canadians aged 13—65.
  It also found that two in five Canadians aged con
  
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• Quebec Health Department reports 28 cases of eye damage linked to solar eclipse

  22-04-2024 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec’s Health Department says it has received 28 reports of eye damage related to the April 8 total solar eclipse that passed over southern parts of the province.
  The 28 cases reported as of April 17 include inflammation of the cornea, dry eyes and solar retinopathy, which is a permanent burn to the retina.
  The path of totality — where the sun is completely covered by the moon, resulting in a period of darkness — crossed through the regions of Montreal, Mont&
  
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• Review of UN agency helping Palestinian refugees found Israel did not express concern about staff

  22-04-2024 18:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An independent review of the neutrality of the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees found that Israel never expressed concern about anyone on the staff lists it has received annually since 2011. The review was carried out after Israel alleged that a dozen employees of the agency known as UNRWA had participated in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks.
  In a wide-ranging 48-page report released Monday, the independent panel said UNRWA has “robust” procedures to up
  
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• Simcoe County Rovers looks to play David against Toronto FC’s Goliath in cup game

  22-04-2024 18:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Doneil Henry has plenty to cheer about Wednesday when Toronto FC hosts Simcoe County Rovers FC in Canadian Championship play.
  Henry was the first Toronto FC academy player to graduate to the first team and had two stints with his hometown club. The 31-year-old defender is also a proud co-owner of Simcoe County, which won the 2023 League1 Ontario title in just its second season.
  Simcoe’s ownership group includes former Canada stars Atiba Hutchinson and Julian de Guzman as well as current Ca
  
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• Female Alberta hockey volunteer in court on sex charges involving 4 teens

  22-04-2024 18:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DIDSBURY, Alta. — A volunteer with a minor hockey association in central Alberta was accompanied by a handful of supporters as she appeared in court over sex charges involving four male teenagers. 
  RCMP began investigating after receiving a complaint in late March involving a person with the Sundre Minor Hockey Association. 
  Alexa Suitor, a 32-year-old Sundre resident, has been charged with sexual interference, sexual assault, and four counts of making sexually explicit material
  
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• Canada defeats South Korea 6-4, remains unbeaten at curling mixed doubles worlds

  22-04-2024 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ÖSTERSUND, Sweden — Canada’s Kadriana and Colton Lott remained undefeated at the world mixed doubles curling championship with a 6-4 win over South Korea on Monday.
  The husband-and-wife tandem from Gimli, Man., fell behind 3-0 early as Jiyoon Kim and Byeongjin Jeong scored singles in each of the first three ends.
  Kadriana Lott responded with a key draw in the fourth end to score three and tie the game.
  She then executed a difficult takeout to remove a South Korean shot stone in
  
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• Ottawa should engage more with the four million Canadians living abroad: senator

  22-04-2024 18:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A senator is calling on Ottawa to see Canadian citizens living abroad as more than just people to evacuate in times of crisis.
  B.C. Sen. Yuen Pau Woo argues Canadians who live abroad have ties that Canada could use to boost its diplomatic, cultural and economic heft around the world.
  He commissioned a study by a McGill University professor, which found the more than four million Canadians living abroad are particularly concentrated in the United States, Hong Kong and the United Ki
  
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• Leafs winger William Nylander not ruled out for Game 2 of series against Bruins

  22-04-2024 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON — William Nylander hasn’t been ruled out for Game 2 of the Maple Leafs’ first-round playoff series.
  Toronto’s star winger sat out his team’s 5-1 loss in Saturday’s opener with an undisclosed injury.
  Nylander didn’t take part in line rushes during today’s morning skate at TD Garden, but head coach Sheldon Keefe said following the session his status will be determined ahead of puck drop.
  The 27-year-old Swede played all 82 games for Toronto in
  
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• Fraser Valley family digs deep to fund neonatal equipment at Abbotsford Hospital

  22-04-2024 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — A magnanimous financial gift from a philanthropic family in the Fraser Valley has been made to help fund life-saving equipment in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Abbotsford Regional Hospital.
  The Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation says ventilators are used for life support to help babies breathe better in case their lungs are not working well enough. In many cases, premature babies require the support of a ventilator (bed side machine) to help them receive good ai
  
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• Captain Mike Weir Weir names assistants for upcoming Presidents Cup in Montreal

  22-04-2024 18:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Captain Mike Weir named Ernie Els, Trevor Immelman, Geoff Ogilvy and Camilo Villegas as his assistants on the International Team for the upcoming Presidents Cup.
  The best-on-best men’s golf tournament will be played at Royal Montreal Golf Club starting Sept. 24.
  Els, a 19-time PGA TOUR winner, has appeared in eight Presidents Cups (1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013) and holds the record for most matches won by an International Team player (20). 
  He was ca
  
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• Trudeau, Poilievre condemn chant on Parliament Hill glorifying Hamas attack on Israel

  22-04-2024 18:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is condemning a weekend protest on Parliament Hill where a participant openly supported the Hamas attack on Israel last fall. 
  Trudeau and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre both say such comments are unacceptable.
  Saturday’s protest, which came more than six months into the Israel-Hamas war, featured Palestinian flags and placards calling for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. 
  One video posted online inclu
  
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• Toronto FC looks to make moves as transfer window closes, reveals Laryea as third DP

  22-04-2024 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC is in discussions to bring in a player and move another out in advance of Tuesday’s closing of Major League Soccer’s primary transfer window.
  General manager Jason Hernandez says the two moves are not related, however.
  Hernandez also revealed that the club has made fullback Richie Laryea its third designated player. 
  While Jonathan Osorio is listed on the club website as a DP, the GM said the club captain had agreed to restructure his contract to fit under the salary
  
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• Scottie Scheffler finishes off another win at Hilton Head to extend dominant run

  22-04-2024 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — A Masters green jacket wasn’t enough for Scottie Scheffler.
  Scheffler was running on emotional fumes fresh off his four-shot victory at Augusta National, but full of purpose that more than made up for his lack of preparation for the RBC Heritage. The result not only was similar, it has come to be expected.
  He rarely missed a shot. He gave little hope to those chasing him. And he walked away from Harbour Town on Monday morning with another victory that
  
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• Man inside a motorhome makes comments about using gun, prompts ERT response in Mission

  22-04-2024 17:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — A 33-year-old man living inside a motorhome on Teal Street in Mission made questionable comments about using an illegal handgun, prompting the response of the Lower Mainland Emergency Response Team earlier this month.According to a statement from Mission RCMP spokesperson Corporal Harrison Mohr, Mounties in Mission received a report on Tuesday, April 9 about a male residing in a motorhome parked on Teal Street. Police became aware that the male suspect possessed an illegal handgu
  
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• Canada to force plastic makers to report how much they make, reuse and recycle

  22-04-2024 17:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada is seeking to get a better handle on how much plastic is being produced in the country by forcing companies that make it to report annually on what they produce.
  Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is announcing the national plastics registry the day before negotiations for a global treaty to end plastic waste gets underway in Ottawa. 
  Guilbeault is a key player in the talks, which aim to establish an international agreement to eliminate plastic waste by 2040.
  Canad
  
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• Nets hire Jordi Fernandez, coach of Canada’s men’s national team, as head coach

  22-04-2024 17:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jordi Fernandez was hired Monday as coach of the Brooklyn Nets, who are looking to bounce back after missing the playoffs for the first time in six years.
  The Nets finished 32-50 and fired Jacque Vaughn at the All-Star break. Kevin Ollie finished out the season as the interim coach.
  Fernandez spent the last two seasons as associate head coach of the Sacramento Kings, helping them win the Pacific Division title last year and reach the playoffs for the first time since 2006.
  
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• The Latest | Trump tried to ‘corrupt’ 2016 election, prosecutors allege in opening statements

  22-04-2024 16:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — In opening statements in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial, prosecutors alleged Monday that the former president “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt” the 2016 presidential election.
  The commencement of the proceedings set the stage for weeks of unsavory and salacious testimony about Trump’s personal life and placing his legal troubles at the center of his closely contested campaign against President Joe Biden.
  A panel of New Yorkers &md
  
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• Trump tried to ‘corrupt’ the 2016 election, prosecutor alleges as hush money trial gets underway

  22-04-2024 16:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor says Donald Trump “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt” the 2016 presidential election.
  Matthew Colangelo, a prosecutor with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, made the remarks during opening statements Monday at Trump’s historic hush money trial.
  Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records and denies wrongdoing.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  For the first time in his
  
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• Supreme Court will take up the legal fight over ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers

  22-04-2024 15:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns, which had been struck down by lower courts.
  The justices by a 5-4 vote had previously intervened to keep the regulation in effect during the legal fight. Ghost guns, which lack serial numbers, have been turning up at crime scenes with increasing regularity.
  The regulation, which took effect in 2022, changed the definition of a firearm under fed
  
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• ‘A bit surreal’: First female ‘Cup Keeper’ talks journey with hockey’s holy grail

  22-04-2024 15:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Miragh Bitove vividly remembers her first time seeing the Stanley Cup.
  She was a teenager. A cousin was visiting from out of town. Her dad suggested they head to the Hockey Hall of Fame in downtown Toronto and take a look.
  When the pair hit the top step of the staircase leading to the sport’s silver chalice, Bitove was in awe.
  “Nothing like it,” she recalled. “There’s a glow.”
  An art history and museum management major, Bitove went on to work as a Hall of Fame
  
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• Two-time Olympian Lisa Weagle to return to four-player game on Team Laurie St-Georges

  22-04-2024 15:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Two-time Olympian Lisa Weagle will return to the four-player game next season as the lead for the Laval, Que.,-based team skipped by Laurie St-Georges. 
  Weagle, who won a world title in 2017 on a team skipped by Rachel Homan, represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. She was also a member of the five-player team skipped by Jennifer Jones that wore the Maple Leaf at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. 
  Weagle stepped away from competitive team curling for the first
  
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• Young orca continues to survive while trapped in lagoon

  22-04-2024 14:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ZEBALLOS, B.C. — Killer whale experts say they are confident about a trapped young orca calf’s survival chances in the open ocean if a rescue team can successfully remove it from a tidal lagoon on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island.
  Marine scientist Jared Towers says the female orca, estimated to be about two years old, has been exhibiting signs of resiliency throughout the month she’s been trapped in the lagoon.
  He says confirmed reports that the young killer whale is now
  
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• First deportation flights will leave UK for Rwanda in 10-12 weeks, Prime Minister Sunak pledges

  22-04-2024 12:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged Monday that the country’s first deportation flights to Rwanda could leave in 10-12 weeks as he promised to end the Parliamentary deadlock over a key policy promise before an election expected later this year.
  Sunak made the comments at a news conference, making his case directly to the public after vowing last week that Parliament would remain in session until the legislation is passed. The House of Commons will take up the bill l
  
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• In the news today: First Nations people more likely to leave ER: data

  22-04-2024 10:16 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…
  First Nations patients more likely to leave ER without care, study says
  Researchers say First Nations patients are more likely to leave Alberta emergency departments before receiving care than non-Indigenous patients. 
  They say a new study published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal shows that anti-Indigenous racism is part of the reason why. 
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• Feds don’t ‘care if they die,’ says lawyer helping Canadian children held in Syria

  22-04-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Five Canadian children are languishing in a squalid detention camp in northeastern Syria after Ottawa denied their mothers permission to come to Canada, says a lawyer fighting in court on behalf of the families.
  The development is the latest setback for Canadians among the many foreign nationals in ramshackle centres set up after the war-ravaged region was wrested from militant group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
  Lawyer Asiya Hirji said she sought temporary resident permit
  
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• Israeli military intelligence chief resigns over failure to prevent Oct. 7 attack

  22-04-2024 09:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli military said Monday the head of its intelligence corps has resigned over the failures surrounding Hamas’ unprecedented Oct. 7 attack, which broke through Israel’s vaunted defenses.
  Aharon Haliva, the head of Israel’s military intelligence, becomes the first senior Israeli figure to step down Hamas’ attack, which killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, with roughly 250 more taken captive, and sparked the six-monthlong war against H
  
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• North Korea fires suspected short-range missiles into ocean in its latest weapons launch, Seoul says

  22-04-2024 09:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired multiple suspected short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Monday, South Korea’s military said, the latest in a recent series of weapons launches by the North.
  South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that it detected the launches from North Korea’s capital region but gave no further details, such as how far the weapons flew. It said South Korea has strengthened its surveillance posture and mai
  
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• Man dies in custody in Chilliwack; police watchdog called in - Maple Ridge News

  22-04-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Man dies in custody in Chilliwack; police watchdog called in  Maple Ridge News
  
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• Man dies in custody in Chilliwack; police watchdog called in - Abbotsford News

  22-04-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Man dies in custody in Chilliwack; police watchdog called in  Abbotsford News
  
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• Man dies following police incident in Chilliwack - Global News Toronto

  22-04-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Man dies following police incident in Chilliwack  Global News Toronto
  
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