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• B.C. judge refuses to seal documents alleging RCMP bullying against Surrey police

  30-04-2024 23:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — B.C. Supreme Court Justice Kevin Loo says court documents detailing alleged bullying and harassment of Surrey Police Service members by the RCMP shouldn’t be kept from the public. 
  Loo refused to seal the material, saying allegations that are “sometimes justified and sometimes spurious,” are tendered every day in court.
  His ruling came on the second day of a legal challenge by the City of Surrey against the B.C. Public Safety minister’s order to con
  
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• Brewers call up Canadian infielder Tyler Black before game against Rays

  30-04-2024 23:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers called up Canadian prospect Tyler Black before their game Tuesday night against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays.
  The 23-year-old Black, from Toronto, was selected by Milwaukee in the first round — 33rd overall — in the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft
  The left-handed-hitting infielder is batting .303 with five homers, 18 runs batted in and three steals at Triple-A Nashville.
  Black has hit .281 with 28 homers, 134 RBIs and 76 steals in 238 games ove
  
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• ‘Biological sex’ sports bill is quickly quashed in B.C. legislature

  30-04-2024 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — A B.C. Conservative private member’s bill to classify publicly funded sports teams and events according to the “biological sex” of participants, banning transgender athletes, didn’t make it out of the starting blocks.
  The Fairness in Women’s and Girls’ Sports Act was voted down at first reading, a fate that’s a rarity in the legislature.
  The majority New Democrats, joined by two Green Party members and two Independents, voted down the pr
  
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• Trans Mountain pipeline expansion gets green light to open for May 1

  30-04-2024 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is complete and the Canada Energy Regulator has given the go-ahead for the project to open.
  The regulator says it has approved the last remaining “leave to open” applications submitted by Trans Mountain Corp. Approval of these applications was required before the expanded pipeline could begin shipping oil. 
  The pipeline expansion project took four years to construct and racked up a total cost of more than $34 billion. It twin
  
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• Semi-pro TSS Rovers savour return to Canadian Championship and Pacific FC rematch

  30-04-2024 23:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TSS Rovers FC had a season of ups and downs in 2023.
  Based in Richmond, B.C., the semi-pro side made headlines last April when it upset Canadian Premier League club Valour FC 3-1 at Swangard Stadium to become the first League1 team to beat a pro team in Canadian Championship play. While the cup run ended in a 2-0 loss to the CPL’s Pacific FC in the quarterfinals, TSS Rovers had made their mark.
  But things turned sour in July in the League1 B.C. season finale. Leading the Victoria Highlande
  
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• Vinícius Júnior leads Real Madrid to 2-2 draw at Bayern Munich in Champions League semifinal

  30-04-2024 23:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MUNICH (AP) — Vinícius Júnior scored twice for Real Madrid to draw 2-2 at Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal on Tuesday.
  The Brazil forward opened the scoring against the run of play in the 24th minute and equalized with a coolly taken penalty in the 83rd after Leroy Sané and Harry Kane had scored for Bayern.
  Kane’s goal, another penalty, was the England forward’s 43rd goal in 43 games for Bayern this season.
  The second leg i
  
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• With portable toilets and barricades, Gaza protest camp at UBC digs in for long haul

  30-04-2024 22:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Pro-Palestinian protesters who set up an encampment at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver have brought in food, water and other supplies to prepare for what may become a protracted stay.
  The encampment went up Monday and now has supply tents, filled with large quantities of bottled water, food and bedding, while two portable toilets have also been brought in.About 80 protesters have erected makeshift barriers around the field using materials ranging from met
  
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• McKenna has six points, Martone has five as Canada thumps Kazakhstan at U18 worlds

  30-04-2024 22:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANTAA, Finland — Gavin McKenna had two goals and four assists, team captain Porter Martone had a goal and four assists and Canada ended group-stage play with an 11-3 rout of Kazakhstan on Tuesday at the world men’s under-18 hockey championship.
  Canada finished as the top team in Group B, winning its four group-stage games by a combined score of 31-7.
  The Canadians will play Latvia, the fourth-place team in Group A, in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
  Liam Greentree, Tij Iginla, Maxim
  
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• Two more established farmers markets set to open in May in Chilliwack

  30-04-2024 22:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — In addition to three existing farmers markets north of Highway 1 in Chilliwack, two more established farmers markets are set to open for the 2024 season in May, including one that appears to be entering its 14th season in Sardis.
  Founded in 2011, the Artisan & Farm Market at Sardis Park, as it is formally known, opens Wednesday night, May 1 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Sardis Park east of Vedder Road. They’re going to have three food trucks, including Ma Baker’s, C
  
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• Winnipeg Jets shake up lineup for must-win game against Colorado Avalanche

  30-04-2024 21:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Going into his first career NHL playoff game on Tuesday, Cole Perfetti knew that he wouldn’t have any family in the stands cheering him on, but he was certain they’d be there in spirit.
  The Whitby, Ont., product and veteran defenceman Colin Miller were both set to make their first-round series debut in the critical Game 5 against the Colorado Avalanche, who could eliminate the Jets from the playoffs with a victory.
  “They’ll be cheering from home. They&rsq
  
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• Vancouver Canucks stay quiet on starting goalie for pivotal Game 5

  30-04-2024 21:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Head coach Rick Tocchet isn’t revealing who’ll start in net for the Vancouver Canucks when they face the Nashville Predators in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series Tuesday. 
  The choice will be a “game-time decision” based on both the health of his goalies and their recent performances, he said. 
  “You look at where that person is at injury-wise, you talk to the doctor, you talk to the trainer. And then you talk to him,” Tocche
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Speaker kicks Poilievre out of Commons over unparliamentary comments

  30-04-2024 20:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Speaker Greg Fergus kicked Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre out of the House of Commons during question period today. 
  All Conservative MPs have left the chamber in protest after Fergus gave Poilievre multiple chances to withdraw comments calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a “wacko” and an “extremist.”
  More coming. The Canadian Press
  
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• ECHL approves sale of Lions, new owners say they are committed to Trois-Rivières

  30-04-2024 20:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SHREWSBURY, N.J. — The ECHL’s board of governors has approved the sale of the Trois-Rivières Lions to Spire Hockey, the hockey league announced Tuesday.
  Spire Hockey takes over the team from Deacon Sports and Entertainment (DSE), which also owned the now defunct Newfoundland Growlers ECHL franchise. The new owners say they are committed to keeping the Lions, now the lone Canadian team in the ECHL, in Trois-Rivières, Que.
  The league had imposed an April 2 deadline for DS
  
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• Justice minister says recent protest over Israel-Hamas war at his home crossed a line

  30-04-2024 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Justice Minister Arif Virani says protesters who took their cause to his home over the weekend crossed a line. 
  A few dozen pro-Palestinian protesters showed up at Virani’s Toronto-area home on Saturday, waving flags and placards with his photo on them at the edge of his driveway. 
  Virani told reporters on his way into a cabinet meeting today that he believes in the right to “lawful and peaceful protest,” which the Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarant
  
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• City of Abbotsford soliciting feedback from residents, businesses on city’s growth plans for the next 25 years

  30-04-2024 20:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The City of Abbotsford wants to hear from its residents as the municipality plots its official path of growth and development over the next quarter-century.
  According to a statement released Tuesday (Apr. 30), the city is encouraging residents and businesses to help shape the future growth of Abbotsford by partaking in the “Abbotsforward” 2050 update of the Official Community Plan (OCP) through a series of engagement venues.As the city’s primary municipal lan
  
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• PWHL announces playoff arenas for Toronto, Montreal to start their semifinal series

  30-04-2024 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Professional Women’s Hockey League’s first four playoff games will be played in Toronto’s Coca-Cola Coliseum and Place Bell in Laval, Que.
  With Toronto and Montreal having secured playoff berths and home-ice advantage, the PWHL announced Tuesday their best-of-five semifinals will start in those arenas.
  Toronto’s first two playoff games are May 8 and 10, and Montreal’s are May 9 and 11.
  The top four in the six-team league advance to the post-seaso
  
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• Grandparents, grandchild among 4 dead in wrong-way 401 pursuit crash

  30-04-2024 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Two grandparents and their infant grandchild were killed on a busy stretch of Highway 401 on Monday night after a van being chased by police east of Toronto crashed while going the wrong way, causing a multi-vehicle collision. 
  The crash – which also left the person in the suspect van dead – raised questions about the police pursuit that had been triggered by an alleged liquor store robbery, as Ontario’s police watchdog began its investigation into what happened.
  “It
  
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• Virani says Poilievre’s willingness to use notwithstanding clause threatens rights

  30-04-2024 19:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s justice minister says the notwithstanding clause should only be used as a measure of last resort after Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre suggested he wouldn’t hesitate to wield it to enact tougher criminal laws.
  Poilievre told the Canadian Police Association in a speech on Monday that he would enact stiffer penalties for convicted criminals and those charged with crimes who have a record of violence.
  He says a future Conservative government would do away wi
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs wrap up BCHL season with player awards - Chilliwack Progress

  30-04-2024 19:48 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Chiefs wrap up BCHL season with player awards  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Prisoner escapes from Chilliwack River Valley prison: Chilliwack RCMP

  30-04-2024 19:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Mounties in Chilliwack say a prisoner has escaped from the Ford Mountain Correctional Centre in the Chilliwack River Valley.
  According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, police say Michael Lund escaped from Ford Mountain on Monday night, April 29 at approximately 11 p.m. Chilliwack RCMP says they are actively looking for Lund and are asking that the public be watchful for him as well.
  Michael Lund is described as:Height: 6’1”
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• Watering restrictions in Chilliwack starting a month earlier - Chilliwack Progress

  30-04-2024 18:59 via news.google.com
  
  Watering restrictions in Chilliwack starting a month earlier  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• When it comes to NHL player injury transparency, mum’s still the word

  30-04-2024 18:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER — Upper-body injury? Lower-body injury? Or perhaps the ultimate in vagueness: general body soreness?
  Much to the chagrin of hockey fans yearning for information on NHL player injuries, teams remain steadfast in keeping such details close to the vest if they say anything at all.
  “If they said we had to let out the information, I’d let it out,” said Colorado Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar. “But no one is forcing us to do it. So I’m certainly not going
  
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• ‘All options still on the table’ for limiting plastics production: Guilbeault

  30-04-2024 18:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says all options to eliminate plastic waste are still on the table in negotiations for a global plastic treaty including putting legislated caps on how much plastic the world produces in the first place.
  But he says he can’t predict where nations will land when they finalize the treaty in Korea this fall, or whether it will go far enough to address the concerns of developing nations.
  On the final day of talks in Ottawa Monday, Rwanda an
  
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• Leafs star Auston Matthews (illness) briefly skates ahead of must-win Game 5

  30-04-2024 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON — Auston Matthews took part in the Maple Leafs’ optional morning skate ahead of Toronto’s must-win Game 5 against the Boston Bruins down 3-1 in the teams’ first-round playoff series.
  The 69-goal man in the regular season, who has been dealing with an illness the better part of a week, was on the ice for a few minutes today before departing to the locker room at TD Garden.
  Head coach Sheldon Keefe says Matthews’ status remains up in the air, but adds the star
  
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• Elks take linebacker Mauga-Clements first overall in CFL global draft

  30-04-2024 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Edmonton Elks selected linebacker Eteva Mauga-Clements first overall in the CFL’s global draft Tuesday.
  The six-foot-four, 218-pound Mauga-Clements, from American Samoa, last played football at the University of Nebraska in 2022. He participated in the CFL’s national combine last month, posting a 4.73-second 40-yard dash time, a 35-inch vertical leap and 13 reps in the 225-pound bench press.
  A total of 18 players (two per team) were taken over two rounds.
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• Haiti’s transitional council names new prime minister in hopes of quelling stifling violence

  30-04-2024 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s newly installed transitional presidential council chose former Sports Minister Fritz Belizaire as the country’s prime minister Tuesday as it presses forward in its monumental task of trying to establish a stable new government amid stifling violence.
  Belizaire replaces Michel Patrick Boisvert, the former minister of economy and finance who was currently Haiti’s interim prime minister.The nine-member transitional council, seven of whom
  
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• Spy watchdog warns of ‘significant legal risks’ if cyberops breach international law

  30-04-2024 18:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A new watchdog report says Canada’s electronic spy agency needs to clearly spell out how its cyberoperations comply with international law.
  The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency report delves into the Communications Security Establishment’s defensive and active cyberoperations.
  Defensive cyberoperations aim to derail foreign online threats before they reach vital federal government systems or networks.
  Active cyberops could allow the government to use th
  
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• Chawathil First Nation west of Hope repairs nearly 2 dozen homes thanks to federal funding

  30-04-2024 18:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHAWATHIL FIRST NATION, HOPE — Councillor Aaron Pete of Chawathil First Nation says the band’s housing department navigated a myriad of challenges back in 2022 as it sought to remediate the living conditions of on-reserve homes.
  After years of contending with inadequate housing conditions, community leadership undertook a comprehensive review and revitalization of their housing stock, according to a news release from the federal government.
  A partnership between the federal governmen
  
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• London Drugs probes if personal data was breached in cyber incident that shut stores

  30-04-2024 18:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — London Drugs is investigating whether personal data was compromised in a cybersecurity incident that prompted the company to close all of its stores across Western Canada until further notice.
  A statement from the retailer and pharmacy chain says it will notify “affected individuals” if the probe finds their data was breached.
  The company says it’s working with third-party cybersecurity experts to securely bring its operations back online after discovering the
  
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• Capital gains tax changes not included in Freeland’s motion to introduce budget bill

  30-04-2024 17:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland intends to ask Parliament to approve proposed changes to capital gains tax rates in a stand-alone bill. 
  The most controversial measure from her recent federal budget is not included in the motion she tabled today to introduce the federal budget in the House of Commons.
  It includes many other measures announced in the budget April 16, including the national school food program, updates to programs that help first-time home buyers and tax cha
  
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• Bedard, Faber, Hughes named finalists for NHL’s rookie of the year award

  30-04-2024 17:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK — Chicago Blackhawks centre Connor Bedard, Minnesota Wild defenceman Brock Faber and New Jersey Devils defenceman Luke Hughes are the finalists for this season’s Calder Memorial Trophy.
  The trophy is awarded annually to the NHL’s rookie of the year as voted by members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association.
  Bedard led rookies and the Blackhawks in with 22 goals and 61 points despite missing 14 games with a broken jaw. His 39 assists also led Chicago and tied hi
  
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• Rollover slows Highway 1 eastbound west of Chilliwack Tuesday morning

  30-04-2024 17:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — A vehicle incident where a car rolled over in the median has slowed eastbound Highway 1 traffic west of Chilliwack Tuesday morning (Apr. 30).According to a brief report from Drive BC, an eastbound vehicle incident east of Cole Road (exit 99) has the left lane blocked.
  Emergency crews are on scene, and motorists are advised to pass with caution and expect delays.An image shared by Drive BC shows emergency personnel adjacent to a rolled over vehicle while two fire engines from A
  
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• Indigenous-led march near Chilliwack to honour missing, murdered women - Chilliwack Progress

  30-04-2024 16:58 via news.google.com
  
  Indigenous-led march near Chilliwack to honour missing, murdered women  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Environment commissioner gives Canada failing grade on contaminated sites in North

  30-04-2024 16:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s environment commissioner says Ottawa is failing to remediate contaminated sites in the North, leaving Indigenous peoples at risk and raising the government’s own financial liability for the polluted areas.
  Commissioner Jerry DeMarco says in a new audit published today that the government’s liability for contaminated sites increased by $7 billion in the nearly 20 years since the government launched a plan to remediate and reclaim abandoned mines.
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• Federal government must track progress toward zero plastic waste goal: audit report

  30-04-2024 16:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s environment commissioner says most federal programs aimed at reducing plastic waste are working, but the government isn’t tracking its progress toward the goal of zero waste.The government launched an initiative in 2019 to create a circular economy for plastics by 2030 — meaning nothing goes to waste.
  The new report highlights efforts by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to remove lost or discarded fishing gear from the water.
  Commissioner Jerry DeM
  
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• Trump held in contempt of court for violating gag order in hush money case and ordered to pay $9,000

  30-04-2024 15:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump was held in contempt of court Tuesday and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to his New York hush money case.
  Prosecutors had alleged 10 violations, but New York Judge Juan M. Merchan found there were nine. Still, the ruling was a stinging rebuke for the Republican former president, who had insisted he was exercising his free speech rights.
  The ruling
  
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• The Latest | Judge finds Trump violated gag order in hush money case 9 times, fines him $9K

  30-04-2024 15:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s hush money trial resumes Tuesday with testimony from the third prosecution witness, Gary Farro, a banker who helped Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen open accounts.
  Cohen used one to buy the silence of porn performer Stormy Daniels. She alleged a 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, which he denies.
  The first week of testimony was the scene-setter for jurors: Manhattan prosecutors portrayed what they say was an illegal scheme to influence the 201
  
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• Gate Gourmet employees to head back to work after ratifying tentative deal

  30-04-2024 15:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Airline caterer Gate Gourmet says its employees have voted in favour of a tentative deal with management, putting them back on the job as soon as today.
  About 800 food service workers at Toronto’s Pearson airport went on strike on April 16, leaving thousands of passengers without meals.
  The employees cook, package and deliver food and drinks to planes for service on board, with Air Canada and WestJet having to limit meal offerings during the two-week job action.
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• Canadians Mike Woods, Riley Pickrell to race in Giro d’Italia for Israel-Premier Tech

  30-04-2024 15:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canadian rider Michael Woods is headed to his third Giro d’Italia and 11th Grand Tour race.
  The 37-year-old from Ottawa, who won a stage at last year’s Tour de France, will be joined by fellow Canadian Riley Pickrell on the Israel-Premier Tech team for the Giro. Pickrell, a 22-year-old from Victoria, will be appearing in his first Grand Tour event.
  But Canadian Derek Gee, who posted four second-place and two fourth-place finishes at last year’s Giro, “will focus on other
  
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• The top UN court will rule shortly on Nicaragua’s request for Germany to halt aid to Israel

  30-04-2024 15:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The president of the top United Nations court opened a hearing Tuesday to deliver judges’ decision on a request by Nicaragua to order a halt to German military and other aid to Israel amid the devastating Gaza conflict.
  Nicaragua, a longstanding ally of the Palestinians, alleges that Germany is enabling genocide by sending arms and other support to Israel. Tuesday’s ruling by the International Court of Justice is only about preliminary orders in th
  
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• “In the biggest moment, he rises,” Canada’s Jamal Murray delivers again for Nuggets

  30-04-2024 14:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER — Taped to the wall beside Jamal Murray’s stall in the Denver Nuggets’ locker-room is a picture of Bruce Lee with a quote from the martial arts legend.“Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do,” it reads.
  The Canadian guard followed the credo to perfection Monday night at Ball Arena, fighting through a left calf strain to deliver a performance to remember.
  Murray’s 14-footer with 3.6 seconds left was the difference as Denv
  
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• Sword-wielding man attacks passersby in London, killing a 13-year-old boy and injuring other people

  30-04-2024 14:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — A man wielding a sword attacked members of the public and police officers in a east London suburb, killing a 13-year-old boy and injuring four others, authorities said Tuesday.
  A 36-year-old man was arrested at the scene, police said, adding that the incident is not being treated as terror-related or a “targeted attack.”
  Two police officers were in hospital being treated for stab wounds. Two other people were also injured.
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• Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah ‘with or without a deal’ as cease-fire talks with Hamas continue

  30-04-2024 14:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering from the almost 7-month-long war, as cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas appear to be gaining steam.Netanyahu’s comments came hours before U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Israel to advance the truce talks — which appear to be one of the most serious
  
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• Protesters take over Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall in escalation of anti-war demonstrations

  30-04-2024 13:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag out of a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war that have spread to college campuses nationwide.
  Video footage showed protesters on Columbia’s Manhattan campus locking arms in front of Hamilton Hall early Tuesday and carrying furniture and metal barricades to the building, one of
  
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• Chilliwack tulip festival abruptly closes fields, issues refunds

  30-04-2024 13:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — It had been touted as Canada’s first “carbon-negative” flower festival in which carbon had been captured and sequestered as part of an exhibition in sustainability.
  But Chilliwack’s Botanica Tulip Festival has had to abruptly close its fields and issue refunds due to weather events that adversely impacted its fields in Greendale.
  According to a Facebook statement from festival organizers dated Monday, April 29 at 3:53 p.m., staff behind the seasonal dis
  
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• Chilliwack tulip festival abruptly closes fields due to weather events over the weekend

  30-04-2024 13:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — It had been touted as Canada’s first “carbon-negative” flower festival in which carbon had been captured and sequestered as part of an exhibition in sustainability.But Chilliwack’s Botanica Tulip Festival has had to abruptly close its fields and issue refunds due to weather events that adversely impacted its fields in Greendale.
  According to a Facebook statement from festival organizers dated Monday, April 29 at 3:53 p.m., staff behind the seasonal disp
  
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• Project ACL launched to help understand, reduce knee injuries in women’s footballers

  30-04-2024 12:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A three-year study dubbed Project ACL launched Tuesday with the goal of reducing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) knee injuries in women’s soccer.
  The project is a collaboration between FIFPro, England’s Professional Footballers Association, Nike and Leeds Beckett University. FIFPro is the global union for professional football players representing some 65,000 players.
  ACL injuries are two to six times more likely to occur in women than men and some two-thirds of ACL injuries occur i
  
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• McGill says it will try to de-escalate standoff with camps before calling in police

  30-04-2024 11:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Montreal’s McGill University says it will make efforts to de-escalate before asking for police help with a camp that’s been set up on campus by pro-Palestinian activists.
  An update from the school late yesterday warned that if the situation evolves further “beyond the university’s protocols” it will have “a duty to request police support in order to protect the health and safety of all on site.”
  Dozens of tents have been pitched on the lawn of McGill&rsq
  
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• Storm’s Quinn: ‘We stand on the shoulders of giants’ ahead of WNBA game in Edmonton

  30-04-2024 11:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Noelle Quinn can’t wait to bring the WNBA to Western Canada.
  Quinn is the head coach of the Seattle Storm, who will face the Los Angeles Sparks on Saturday at Edmonton’s Rogers Place, the second WNBA exhibition game to come to Canada in as many years.
  Quinn, who will be the lead assistant coach for Canada’s women’s team at the upcoming Paris Olympics, said the pre-season matchup is an opportunity for young people to be inspired.
  “For the fans to be able to see an ac
  
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• In the news today: StatCan to release February GDP report today

  30-04-2024 10:18 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…
  StatCan to release February GDP report today
  Statistics Canada is set to release its February gross domestic product report today.
  Along with that GDP report will be a preliminary estimate for the country’s economic growth over the first three months of 2024. 
  So far, Canada has averted a recession many economists feared would happen after the Bank of Canada be
  
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