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• Retiring CFL star Harris talks new documentary, overcoming mental health struggles

  26-04-2024 23:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Andrew Harris is leaving football as one the greatest running backs in CFL history. But he says that he once went from the exhilaration of winning the 2019 Grey Cup with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to the lowest he could go.
  “When you’re having suicidal thoughts, that’s about as rock bottom as you can get,” Harris told a group of local reporters on Friday. “That’s where I was at. I mean, COVID was tough on a lot of people, but I was really in th
  
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• Blue Jays pitching prospect Ricky Tiedemann out with nerve inflammation in elbow

  26-04-2024 23:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Blue Jays pitching prospect Ricky Tiedemann will miss about seven to 10 more days with a sore elbow.
  Toronto manager John Schneider says that the 21-year-old left-hander has ulnar nerve inflammation.
  The diagnosis comes after Tiedemann met with team doctors earlier this week.
  It’s the best possible outcome after the triple-A Buffalo Bisons put him on the seven-day injured list on April 19.
  Tiedemann (0-1) had a 5.63 earned-run average through three starts, striking out 10 o
  
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• Canada’s Syla Swords eyes Olympic chance after closing impressive high school career

  26-04-2024 23:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Following the recent end of an impressive high school career, the goal for Syla Swords has shifted to making the Canadian women’s basketball team heading to Paris.
  Swords, from Sudbury, Ont., is a five-star recruit who committed to Michigan for the fall as the Wolverines’ highest-ever ranked prospect at No. 11. 
  After falling in the high school national championship game with Long Island Lutheran, Swords played in three major events this month: the Nike Hoop Summit, McDonald&rsq
  
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• On to the next: Chilliwack Chiefs look ahead after BCHL playoff elimination - Chilliwack Progress

  26-04-2024 22:55 via news.google.com
  
  On to the next: Chilliwack Chiefs look ahead after BCHL playoff elimination  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canadian women’s rugby team opens Pacific Four Series against U.S. in California

  26-04-2024 22:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Canada women’s rugby team sees its first action of 2024 on Sunday when it opens the Pacific Four Series against the ninth-ranked United States in Carson, Calif.
  The game is the first for the fourth-ranked Canadians since November, when they finished runner-up to No. 1 England at the WXV tournament. Canada has won eight straight matches over the U.S., including a 50-17 victory to begin last year’s Pacific Four Series.
  Sunday’s match is one-half of a doubleheader at Dignity H
  
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• CP NewsAlert: B.C. asks Health Canada to make drug use in public illegal again

  26-04-2024 22:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government is asking Health Canada to “urgently change” the province’s decriminalization policy to stop drug use in public. 
  Premier David Eby says in a statement the change would make illicit drug use illegal in all public spaces, including inside hospitals, on transit and in parks. 
  The U-turn by the provincial government comes after repeated criticisms about the decriminalization polices from local politicians, health workers
  
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• B.C. introduces measures to halt illicit drug use in public spaces

  26-04-2024 22:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia is introducing measures to make illicit drug use illegal in all public spaces, including hospitals, on transit and in parks. In a news conference Friday (Apr. 26) Premier David Eby said the importance of public safety while ensuring access to treatment for those struggling with addiction, is important for his government.
  “Keeping people safe is our highest priority,” said Premier David Eby in a government news release. “While we are caring and
  
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• Spence has two goals and assist, Canada thumps Czechia 6-0 at U18 hockey worlds

  26-04-2024 21:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANTAA, Finland — Malcolm Spence had two goals and an assist as Canada thumped Czechia 6-0 in a penalty-filled affair Friday at the world men’s under-18 hockey championship.
  Tij Iginla also had two goals and Carter George made 26 saves for the shutout
  Gavin McKenna had a goal and two assists and Carson Wetsch also scored as Canada improved to 2-0. Captain Porter Martone had three assists.
  Czech starting goaltender Jakub Milota allowed four goals on nine shots before being replaced by
  
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• Giannis Antetokounmpo ruled out of third game in Bucks-Pacers playoff series

  26-04-2024 21:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo has been ruled out of Game 3 of the NBA playoff series against the Indiana Pacers.
  Bucks coach Doc Rivers said Thursday that Antetokounmpo did more at practice than he had been during a nearly three-week absence with a strained left calf, though he still avoided live workouts. Instead, the Bucks waited till Friday to make the announcement on social media.
  The league’s two-time MVP has not played since getting hurt April 9
  
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• President Joe Biden says he’s ‘happy to debate’ Donald Trump. Trump says he’s ready to go

  26-04-2024 21:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that he is willing to debate his presumptive Republican opponent, Donald Trump, later this fall – his most definitive comment yet on the issue.
  Trump said he was ready, though he questioned Bidens’s willingness.
  Biden’s comment came during an interview with the Sirius XM radio host Howard Stern, who asked him whether he would participate in debates against Trump.
  “I am, somewhere. I don’t know when,” Biden
  
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• Schmidt returns to lineup for Jets in Game 3, fellow defenceman Stanley to sit

  26-04-2024 21:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER — The Winnipeg Jets are making a lineup change after splitting the first two games of their first-round NHL playoff series against the Colorado Avalanche.
  Head coach Rick Bowness says that Nate Schmidt will be in the lineup for Game 3 on Friday night and fellow blueliner Logan Stanley will sit.
  Schmidt was a healthy scratch for Winnipeg’s 7-6 win in Game 1 as well as the Jets’ 5-2 loss in Game 2 at Canada Life Centre.
  He’s expected to play with Dylan Samberg. It&rs
  
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• Abbotsford set to introduce over 220 shelter spaces to combat homelessness

  26-04-2024 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The provincial government and the City of Abbotsford are set to roll out over 220 new shelter spaces and supportive homes. The initiative was announced Friday (Apr. 26) morning in Abbotsford. It was formalized through a memorandum of understanding (MOU), with a goal to provide immediate support to individuals experiencing homelessness in the community.
  “Homelessness is a problem that affects everyone, and programs, such as Homeless Encampment Action Response Temporary Ho
  
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• Fatal B.C. stabbing victim may have chased suspect, investigators say

  26-04-2024 20:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WHITE ROCK, B.C. — Police say the man killed in a fatal stabbing attack in White Rock, B.C., earlier this week may have tried to chase down the suspect who stabbed him.
  Homicide investigators say witnesses told them that Kulwinder Singh Sohi, 26, was seen in a physical altercation with the suspect before giving chase on the White Rock Promenade on Tuesday evening.
  Sohi was attended by emergency responders at the scene after the attack but died from his injuries.
  Integrated Homicide Investi
  
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• William Nylander practises with Leafs ahead of Game 4 against Bruins

  26-04-2024 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Maple Leafs winger William Nylander appears on course to suit for the first time in this spring’s Stanley Cup playoffs.
  The 27-year-old was a full participant at today’s practice after missing the first three games of Toronto’s opening-round series against the Boston Bruins with an undisclosed injury.
  Nylander wouldn’t say what’s kept him out of the Original Six matchup, but added he’s been “feeling great” heading into tomorrow&rsqu
  
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• Bin there, dumped that: Trash cans to be reinstalled along Montreal’s Lachine Canal

  26-04-2024 20:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Parks Canada will reinstall around 30 garbage bins along Montreal’s Lachine Canal after some visitors expressed frustration at their sudden disappearance earlier this month.
  The federal agency says the measure was a pilot project to encourage visitors to take responsibility for waste destined for landfills.
  Parks Canada says in a statement today that it deemed the canal’s cleanliness satisfactory without the bins but decided to replace them at the end of the pilot af
  
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• Light, laughter added to Japanese Internment production in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  26-04-2024 20:16 via news.google.com
  
  Light, laughter added to Japanese Internment production in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Grouse Grind opens for the season this weekend

  26-04-2024 20:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The iconic Grouse Grind Trail is set to reopen to eager hikers Saturday (Apr. 27) following the completion of annual maintenance, trail enhancements, and a trailhead upgrade project.Enhancements this year include a redeveloped trailhead entrance, new seating, a water fountain, stretching bars, and enhanced accessibility for first responders. Officials have also replaced a bridge near the one-quarter mark. Environmental restoration efforts have also been completed along the trai
  
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• Voice of ‘Hockey Night in Canada’ Bob Cole never considered moving out of St. John’s

  26-04-2024 19:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Legendary sportscaster Bob Cole was a Newfoundlander through and through, and his daughter says his connection to the province was “everything” to him.
  Megan Cole says her father was asked to move away many times throughout his career with the CBC, for which he became the voice of “Hockey Night in Canada” for generations.
  She says he never entertained the idea — he loved returning home to St. John’s after spending his Saturday ni
  
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• Canada allocates millions for drone production, ammunition to support Ukraine

  26-04-2024 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government is earmarking $3 million for production of drones in Ukraine in support of Kyiv’s fight against Russia’s invasion.
  Defence Minister Bill Blair says the financial assistance is being made in collaboration with the United Kingdom.
  Speaking with a group of defence leaders, Blair also announced $13 million for the Czech Republic’s effort to provide ammunition to Ukraine. 
  The announcements allocate funding committed last year when the Libe
  
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• Britain’s King Charles III will resume public duties next week after cancer treatment, palace says

  26-04-2024 19:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — King Charles III will resume his public duties next week following treatment for cancer, Buckingham Palace announced Friday.
  Charles took a break from public appearances almost three months ago to focus on his treatment for an undisclosed type of cancer.
  The palace said Charles would make a public visit to a cancer treatment center on Tuesday in the first of several appearances he will make in coming weeks. One of his first major engagements will be hosting a state visit by t
  
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• U.S. announces new Patriot missiles for Ukraine as part of new $6 billion aid package

  26-04-2024 19:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) —The U.S. will provide Ukraine additional Patriot missiles for its air defense systems as part of a massive $6 billion additional aid package, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Friday.The missiles will be used to replenish previously supplied Patriot air defense systems and are part of a package that also includes more munitions for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, or NASAMS, and additional gear to integrate Western air defense launchers, missile
  
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• Celebrating Adopt-A-Shelter-Pet Day in Chilliwack with open house - Chilliwack Progress

  26-04-2024 19:00 via news.google.com
  
  Celebrating Adopt-A-Shelter-Pet Day in Chilliwack with open house  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Celebrating Adopt-A-Shelter-Pet Day in Chilliwack with open house - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  26-04-2024 19:00 via news.google.com
  
  Celebrating Adopt-A-Shelter-Pet Day in Chilliwack with open house  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• Cap on plastic production may be too complicated for global treaty: Guilbeault

  26-04-2024 18:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the world can solve its plastic problem without insisting on hard caps on plastic production.
  Guilbeault says talks on a treaty to end plastic waste are progressing well and he is confident a deal will be reached this fall when the final negotiations are held in South Korea.
  But he says a specific, legislated cap on how much plastic the world produces is likely too complicated to design and enforce.
  He says if negotiators agree to ban so
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Killer whale calf trapped in B.C. swims out of lagoon

  26-04-2024 18:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ZEBALLOS, B.C. — The young killer whale trapped for more than a month in a B.C. lagoon swam past a bottleneck at high tide this morning.
  The Ehattesaht and Nuchatlaht First Nations say the team is ecstatic, although she still has to leave the Inlet to reach open ocean. 
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Killer whale calf trapped in B.C. swims out of lagoon

  26-04-2024 18:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ZEBALLOS, B.C. — The young killer whale trapped for more than a month in a B.C. lagoon swam past a bottleneck at high tide this morning.
  The Ehattesaht and Nuchatlaht First Nations say the team is ecstatic, although she still has to leave the Little Espinosa Inlet to reach open ocean.
  A statement from the team says the calf swam past the area where her mother died, under a bridge and down the inlet “all on her own.”
  The calf has been trapped in the lagoon since March 23 when he
  
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• Woodbine jockey Wilson in pursuit of Krone’s all-time purse record

  26-04-2024 18:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Emma-Jayne Wilson may be a Canadian thoroughbred racing trailblazer and pioneer. But she had a very good mentor.
  Long before Wilson established herself as Canada’s top female jockey, she received a call from American Julie Krone, the first woman to win an American Triple Crown race aboard Colonial Affair in the 1993 Belmont Stakes.
  Wilson has made many trips to the winner’s since then, having amassed a Canadian-record 1,875 victories — including a historic trium
  
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• After mid-week cup win, Toronto FC faces much stiffer challenge in Orlando

  26-04-2024 18:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Fresh from a mid-week 5-0 romp over semi-pro Simcoe County in Canadian Championship play, Toronto FC faces a much stiffer test Saturday when it returns to league action at Orlando City.
  While Toronto (4-4-1) goes into the weekend in fifth spot in Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference, seven places and four points ahead of Orlando (2-3-3), it is winless in its last eight meetings with Orlando (0-6-2) dating back to 2019.
  The Florida team, which had to divide its time between league and C
  
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• BC Hydro giving away air conditioning units to low income, vulnerable people

  26-04-2024 18:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — B.C.’s public utility provider is giving away portable air conditioner units ahead of the summer heat.
  Low income and vulnerable people can apply to B.C. Hydro for a free AC unit, funded through a three-year, $10-million provincial program intended to provide 8,000 free portable AC units to people who need them the most.
  In the past year, the Crown Corporation provided 4,400 people free AC units, and is encouraging people who qualify to the program to apply before the hot
  
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• Striker Brian White has chance to make Whitecaps history against his old team

  26-04-2024 17:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Striker Brian White isn’t sure how he will celebrate if he makes Vancouver Whitecaps history by scoring against his old New York Red Bulls team.
  White’s next goal will be his 44th across all competitions, the most of any Whitecap in the Major League Soccer era.
  “I’ll see how the moment takes me,” the 28-year-old, who grew up in Flemington, N.J., said as the Whitecaps prepared to face the Red Bulls on Saturday in New Jersey.
  “You try not to th
  
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• Ottawa, Quebec commit $100M for semiconductor capacity in Bromont, Que., 280 jobs

  26-04-2024 17:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BROMONT, Que. — The federal and Quebec governments are spending close to $100 million to boost the country’s manufacturing capacity for semiconductors, which are vital in technologies ranging from artificial intelligence to quantum computing.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters today in Bromont, Que., that Ottawa will invest $59.9 million to help fund IBM Canada’s semiconductor packaging facility in the town about 70 kilometres southeast of Montreal.
  He says the invest
  
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• Shapovalov downs Etcheverry, advances to third round at Madrid

  26-04-2024 17:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADRID — Canada’s Denis Shapovalov advanced to the third round of the Madrid Open tennis tournament with a 7-6, 6-3 win over Argentina’s Tomas Etcheverry on Friday.
  Shapovalov had to overcome issues with his serve to defeat the 26th-seeded Argentine in two hours three minutes.
  The 25-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., hit into 12 double faults and only landed 58 per cent of his first serves. 
  But he had eight aces, compared to one for Etcheverry, and converted three break
  
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• Aamjiwnaang First Nation declares state of emergency over industry benzene leak

  26-04-2024 17:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Aamjiwnaang First Nation is declaring a state of emergency over a benzene leak linked to a neighbouring petrochemical facility.
  The community near Sarnia, Ont., which is surrounded by industrial facilities, raised the alarm last week as citizens fell ill and closed its offices to limit exposure to the cancer-causing substance.
  Leaders from the First Nation and international environment advocates also wrote to the federal environment minister on Thursday asking him to take immediat
  
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• Supreme Court rules military judges sufficiently independent from chain of command

  26-04-2024 17:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says the constitutional right of judicial independence is not compromised for soldiers appearing in front of military judges.
  Nine members of the Canadian Armed Forces argued that military judges may have divided loyalties, because they are also military officers who are part of a chain of command.
  Some of the military judges in those cases agreed that they lack judicial independence, because they could be vulnerable to pressure from higher ranks. 
  
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• First court appearance for boy and girl charged in death of Halifax 16-year-old

  26-04-2024 17:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — A girl and a boy, both 14 years old, made their first appearance today in a Halifax courtroom, where they each face a second-degree murder charge in the stabbing death of a 16-year-old high school student. 
  Crown attorney Terry Nickerson told provincial youth court Judge Bronwyn Duffy that he will be seeking adult penalties for both of the accused.
  Their identities are protected from publication under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
  The victim, Ahmad Maher Al Marrach, was fo
  
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• Minister ‘outraged’ after AFN national chief’s headdress taken from Air Canada cabin

  26-04-2024 17:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal minister of Crown-Indigenous relations is calling on Air Canada to “make things right” with the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, whose headdress was removed from an airplane cabin.
  Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, who leads the advocacy organization, said in a social-media post Thursday her headdress was taken away and put in a garbage bag.
  She says the incident left her with hurt feelings, and Air Canada needs a protocol for First Nations peoples s
  
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• Fraser Valley Regional District seeks board of variance volunteers - Chilliwack Progress

  26-04-2024 16:45 via news.google.com
  
  Fraser Valley Regional District seeks board of variance volunteers  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada recognizes housing as a human right. Few provinces have followed suit

  26-04-2024 16:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — As more Canadians find themselves struggling to afford or find housing, the country’s smallest province is the only one that can point to legislation recognizing housing as a human right.
  The Canadian Press asked every province whether it agrees with the federal housing advocate that shelter is a human right, and if it intends to introduce legislation upholding that right.
  Most did not answer the questions directly and responded with a laundry list of initiat
  
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• Andrew Tate’s trial on charges of rape and human trafficking can start, a Romanian court rules

  26-04-2024 15:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A court in Romania’s capital on Friday ruled that a trial can start in the case of influencer Andrew Tate, who is charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.
  The Bucharest Tribunal ruled that prosecutors’ case file against Tate met the legal criteria but did not set a date for the trial to begin.Tate’s spokesperson, Mateea Petrescu, said the ruling will be appealed.
  Tate, 37, was arrested in Decembe
  
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• ‘Violation’: CSIS had officer investigated after she reported a superior raped her

  26-04-2024 15:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A CSIS officer’s allegations that she was raped repeatedly by a superior in agency vehicles set off a harassment inquiry, but also triggered an investigation into her that concluded the alleged attacks were a “misuse” of agency vehicles by the woman.
  She is the same officer whose sexual assault allegations in a story published by The Canadian Press prompted public pledges of reform last year from David Vigneault, the director of the Canadian Security Intellige
  
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• Canada ousted by Estonia at world mixed doubles curling championship

  26-04-2024 14:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ÖSTERSUND, Sweden — Canada’s Kadriana and Colton Lott were ousted from the world mixed doubles curling championship after suffering a 6-5 loss to Estonia in a playoff qualification game on Friday.
  The husband-and-wife team from Gimli, Man. led 5-4 after six ends but Estonia tied the score in the seventh and sealed the victory with a steal of one in the eighth and final end.
  It marked just the second loss of the tournament for the Canadian team, which finished 8-1 in the prelimin
  
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• Head of Vietnam’s parliament resigns amid corruption probe

  26-04-2024 13:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese state media outlet VN Express reports that the head of Vietnam’s Parliament, Vuong Dinh Hue, has resigned.
  He is the latest member of senior government to leave office amid an ongoing anti-corruption campaign.
  Hue’s resignation takes place four days after his assistant Pham Thai Ha was arrested on charges of abusing his position and power for personal gain, according to state media.
  Vietnam’s Communist Party accepted what called Hue’
  
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• Ohtani visits Toronto with Dodgers for first time since free agency madness

  26-04-2024 13:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Shohei Ohtani will play his first game in Toronto on Friday since opting to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers instead of the Blue Jays.
  The two-way superstar had played the previous six seasons with the Los Angeles Angels and was the unanimous choice as American League MVP last season before entering free agency.The Dodgers were the early favourites to land Ohtani, but some analysts had Toronto emerging as a strong contender after the Japanese star reportedly visited the Blue Jays’ spring
  
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• Gushue says Cole gave young Newfoundlanders belief that they could achieve big things

  26-04-2024 12:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian curling champion Brad Gushue first struck up a friendship with Bob Cole some 20 years ago during the NHL lockout. 
  The legendary broadcaster — an elite curler himself in his younger days — would often watch the up-and-coming skip throw stones at the local club in their hometown of St. John’s, N.L. 
  “At times during my career, I’d talk to him about how things were going,” Gushue said. “The one thing with Bob, he was always very honest w
  
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• Burkina Faso Suspends BBC and Voice of America after covering report on mass killings

  26-04-2024 11:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso suspended the BBC and Voice of America radio stations for their coverage of a report by Human Rights Watch on a mass killing of civilians carried out by the country’s armed forces.
  Burkina Faso’s communication spokesperson, Tonssira Myrian Corine Sanou, said late that Thursday that both radio stations would be suspended for two weeks, and warned other media networks to avoid reporting on the story.According to the report published by Human Rig
  
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• In the news today: Consular freeze worries Ukrainian man in Canada

  26-04-2024 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…
  Consular freeze worries Ukrainian man in Canada
  A Ukrainian man living in Canada says he’s worried a freeze on consular services for Ukrainians abroad could put his future in peril.
  Mykyta Zakharchenko lived under the shadow of two major conflicts in his home country before he escaped to Canada during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
  This week, the Ukrainian
  
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• ‘I just want to be safe’: Ukrainian man in Canada faces limbo amid consular freeze

  26-04-2024 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The future was just starting to appear bright for Mykyta Zakharchenko.
  The 18-year-old’s youth in Ukraine was shadowed by two major conflicts with Russia before he escaped to Canada in 2022.
  With harrowing experiences of war behind him, he recently graduated high school, competes internationally as a rower and is determined to study finance in a few years. 
  But a recent decision to restrict consular services for fighting-aged Ukrainian men has made him feel less certain
  
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• As the climate changes, so too do Canadians’ farm fields and dinner tables

  26-04-2024 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada’s farm fields are in the midst of a transformation.
  As the country rapidly warms from human-caused climate change, farmers are being pushed to reconsider conventional wisdom about what can and can’t survive in this northern climate.
  Crops are getting planted later in the year than ever as killer winter frost delays its arrival in Ontario. Berries in British Columbia devastated by recent climate-driven extreme heat and floods are moving into the controlled climates of vertical
  
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• New Norad commander calls Canada’s defence policy update ‘very encouraging’

  26-04-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — American troops will be spending more time training in the Far North, the new commander of Norad says, a strategy that fits “hand-in-glove” with Canada’s renewed focus on Arctic defence.
  U.S. Gen. Gregory Guillot took over command of the binational North American Aerospace Defense Command in February. 
  His first order of business: a 90-day assessment of Norad’s capabilities, which includes visits to Canada. 
  During a stop in Ottawa in mid-April, G
  
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• Gordon, Jokic lead the Nuggets to the brink of a sweep with a 112-105 win over the Lakers in Game 3

  26-04-2024 07:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aaron Gordon had 29 points and 15 rebounds, Nikola Jokic added 24 points, 15 rebounds and nine assists, and the Denver Nuggets moved to the brink of the second round with a 112-105 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 3 of their first-round series Thursday night.
  Jamal Murray of Kitchener, Ont., scored 22 points as the defending NBA champion Nuggets won their 11th consecutive meeting with LeBron James and the Lakers in dominating style.
  Michael Porter Jr. added 20
  
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