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• Vancouver mulls viewing area for ‘amazing’ Canucks’ fans in Stanley Cup playoffs

  06-05-2024 23:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says the city is “exploring potential public viewing opportunities” for the Vancouver Canucks’ Round 2 playoff series against Edmonton. 
  Up until now, some fans have gathered around Rogers Arena on game days, while others have purchased tickets and brought their white towels to watch the game inside the arena as the team played in Nashville. 
  Sim says the fans have been “amazing at keeping the energy going” and making the playoffs f
  
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• Pro-Palestinian encampment members say little progress made in meeting with McGill

  06-05-2024 23:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Pro-Palestinian protesters who have set up an encampment at Montreal’s McGill University say they’re no closer to taking down their tents after meeting with members of the school administration.
  Encampment spokespeople held a news conference after the meeting and said the university did not provide a clear timeline or process for meeting their demands. 
  The protesters are demanding the university divest from companies they say are “complicit in Israel&rsqu
  
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• Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-sign Woods III, sign Canadian Makonzo

  06-05-2024 22:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats signed American defensive back Lawrence Woods III and Canadian linebacker Enock Makonzo on Monday.
  Woods III was recently released by the B.C. Lions while Makonzo was let go by the Edmonton Elks.
  Woods III started four of the seven games he played with Hamilton last season, registering 22 total tackles (20 coming on defence). He also returned 13 kickoffs for 277 yards and eight punts for 62 yards before signing with B.C. in the off-season.
  The five-foot-n
  
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• Edmonton Oilers tired of hearing about regular-season losses to Vancouver Canucks

  06-05-2024 22:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers are sick and tired of hearing about it. They don’t want to be asked anymore about it.
  They know full well that the Vancouver Canucks swept the four games between the two teams in the regular season. They also know from experience that regular-season results mean nothing during the playoffs. 
  Yet, the Oilers can’t shake the narrative heading into their Western Conference second-round series against the Canucks, which begins Wednesday in Vancou
  
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• Low-cost bike shop closes this weekend in downtown Chilliwack, seeks new home

  06-05-2024 22:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A secondhand cycle shop in downtown Chilliwack that sought to provide lower-cost bikes for families and individuals while raising funds for the work of Chilliwack Restorative Justice plans to close later this week due to the forthcoming demolition of the United Church.According to a statement from Chilliwack Restorative Justice executive director Steve Roukema, Restorative Cycle intends to vacate its roughly 2,000-square foot bike shop by this Saturday, May 11 as the former Ch
  
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• Rotary Clubs in Abbotsford hold 28th annual strawberry sale - Chilliwack Progress

  06-05-2024 22:11 via news.google.com
  
  Rotary Clubs in Abbotsford hold 28th annual strawberry sale  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• An American soldier was arrested in Russia and accused of stealing, US officials say

  06-05-2024 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An American soldier has been arrested in Russia and accused of stealing, according to two U.S. officials.
  The soldier, who is not being identified, was stationed in South Korea and was in the process of returning home to the United States. Instead, officials said he traveled to Russia.
  The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss personnel details.
  Cynthia Smith, Army spokeswoman, confirmed that a soldier was detained on Thursday in Vladivostok, a major milita
  
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• Early to rise, early to play soccer for Forge FC, CF Montreal in cup quarterfinal

  06-05-2024 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Forge FC and CF Montreal have to hit the ground running Tuesday.
  Forge, the reigning Canadian Premier League champion, hosts the MLS side in the opening leg of their Canadian Championship quarterfinal in an 11 a.m. “School Day Match” start.
  “I don’t think I’ve played in a morning game since I was U-7 or U-8,” Montreal defender Joel Waterman, who played in the CPL for Cavalry FC, said with a laugh. “It’s an interesting one.
  “But look we’
  
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• Lawsuit alleges decades of child sex abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers statewide

  06-05-2024 21:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Child sexual abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers was pervasive and systemic for decades, according to disturbing accounts in a lawsuit filed Monday by 95 men and women housed at the youth centers as children.
  The lawsuit details alleged incidents of abuse from 1996 to 2017, including gang rape, forced oral sex, beatings and groping of children by corrections officers, sergeants, nurses, therapists, a chaplain and others at nine youth centers. Many plaintiffs said th
  
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• Manitoba Court of Appeal dismisses Peter Nygard’s appeal of extradition order

  06-05-2024 21:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The Manitoba Court of Appeal has dismissed Peter Nygard’s application for a judicial review of an order to extradite the former fashion mogul to the United States, where he faces sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
  The panel of three judges says there is no reason to interfere with the 2022 surrender order that the justice minister at the time, David Lametti, made under the Extradition Act. 
  U.S. authorities sought Nygard’s extradition from Canada on a nin
  
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• United Way of B.C. says it wasn’t ‘aware of any threats of violence’ for story time event at Chilliwack school getting axed

  06-05-2024 21:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Despite assertions by two people that threats of violence were among the reasons for a “Queer Storytime Adventures” event being canceled at a Chilliwack school last week, the United Way of British Columbia said it was not aware of any threats of violence.According to a social media post from the Hi Neighbour Sardis Community Initiative by United Way, organizers behind the planned speaking appearance by author Stacey Chomiak said they became aware last weekend that
  
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• Missing Chilliwack woman has been found - Chilliwack Progress

  06-05-2024 21:41 via news.google.com
  
  Missing Chilliwack woman has been found  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Yukon gets $45M to prevent Whitehorse-area landslides, more money for flood recovery

  06-05-2024 21:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WHITEHORSE — The federal government is contributing $45 million to help prevent landslides along the Whitehorse Escarpment with the aim to protect the land under Whitehorse International Airport and its access road to the Yukon’s capital.
  The escarpment has been plagued by landslides in the last several years, prompting the construction of a protective barrier along the access route. 
  A statement from Infrastructure Canada says there’s a plan to move the route farther away
  
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• Electric transit buses coming to Chilliwack

  06-05-2024 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack is one of several B.C. communities that have been earmarked for new electric buses and charging infrastructure.A news release from BC Transit says 66 electric buses are on order from two suppliers, Nova Bus and New Flyer.In total, BC Transit says it expects to install 134 new electric bus charging stations over the next two years in Chilliwack, Kamloops, Kelowna, Nelson, Whistler, the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island.
  The first of the new buses is scheduled to ar
  
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• Timeline of slayings of 4 women in Winnipeg, demands to search a landfill for remains

  06-05-2024 21:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg man has admitted to killing four women but claims he’s not criminally responsible because of mental illness. Jeremy Skibicki, 37, has pleaded not guilty to four counts of first-degree murder. His trial is to begin Wednesday.
  Here is a timeline of the case:
  March 15, 2022 — Police say an unidentified woman is killed on or around this date. 
  May 1, 2022 — Morgan Harris, a member of Long Plain First Nation living in Winnipeg, is last seen in the ar
  
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• No. 12 Shane Lowry, Tommy Fleetwood added to RBC Canadian Open field

  06-05-2024 20:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ANCASTER, Ont. — Shane Lowry and Tommy Fleetwood have been added to the field at the RBC Canadian Open.
  Lowry is ranked No. 12 on the PGA Tour following his win at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on April 28.
  Fleetwood was the runner-up at last year’s Canadian Open, losing to Nick Taylor in a four-hole playoff.
  Taylor, from Abbotsford, B.C., was the first Canadian to win the men’s national championship since Pat Fletcher did it in 1954.
  Hamilton Golf and Country Club is hosti
  
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• Leafs back under-fire Mitch Marner; Sheldon Keefe bullish on future as head coach

  06-05-2024 20:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Mitch Marner says it “means the world” to be a member of the Maple Leafs.
  The Toronto winger has taken heat from fans and media following the club’s first-round playoff exit at the hands of the Boston Bruins where he put up just three points in the seven-game series.
  The 27-year-old grew up just north of the city and cheered for the Leafs as a kid.
  Marner has one season left on his big-money deal signed in 2019 and is eligible to ink an extension July 1.
  He adds
  
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• Doug Ford says pro-Palestinian university encampments ‘need to move’

  06-05-2024 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says encampments set up on university campuses by pro-Palestinian protesters “need to move.” 
  Ford says he’s getting messages from parents expressing concerns that their kids will be harassed or bullied because of the encampments, which have cropped up on several campuses in recent weeks. 
  The premier says some of what he’s seen and heard about the protests is “unacceptable,” and universities need to “m
  
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• ‘Homemade bombs’ found at construction site for Northvolt EV battery plant in Quebec

  06-05-2024 20:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The company building a major plant for electric vehicle batteries in Quebec says “homemade bombs” were found this morning at the construction site east of Montreal.
  Paolo Cerruti, co-founder of Swedish manufacturer Northvolt, says company employees discovered bombs had been placed over the weekend under machinery “with clear intent to harm our workers.”
  He says the triggering devices did not work and the company contacted police.
  Cerruti, who is also CEO
  
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• Singh tells Conservatives to back off as House prepares for first pharmacare vote

  06-05-2024 20:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is warning Conservatives to back down from attempts to block pharmacare legislation, as the House of Commons prepares to vote on the bill for the first time.
  The legislation is a central condition of the NDP’s political pact with the governing Liberals, and includes a program to cover select contraceptive and diabetes medications and supplies.Conservative health critic Stephen Ellis tabled an amendment to the bill last month that, if passed, would ef
  
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• B.C. court date set for three accused of murdering Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar

  06-05-2024 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY, B.C. — Three suspects accused of murdering British Columbia Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year are scheduled to appear in court in Surrey on Tuesday.
  Indian nationals Karanpreet Singh, Kamalpreet Singh, and Karan Brar are due to face charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to murder at Surrey Provincial Court.
  Their arrests in Edmonton were announced on Friday in the killing of Nijjar in June last year outside the Surrey gurdwara where he was president.
  The killing
  
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• Multiple individuals canvas backcountry, rural terrain to find missing woman last seen in Chilliwack

  06-05-2024 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP says the 29-year-old woman who was reported missing last week has been safely located. According to a brief statement from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, the missing woman was safely located a few hours ago on Monday morning, May 6.
  
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• Fake ashes and rotting bodies prompt Colorado lawmakers to pass funeral home regulations

  06-05-2024 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers passed a sweeping bill Monday to overhaul the state’s lax oversight over funeral homes after a series of horrific incidents, including sold body parts, fake ashes and the discovery of 190 decaying bodies.
  The cases have devastated hundreds of already grieving families, and encouraged lawmakers to pass the bill, which now goes to Democratic Gov. Jared Polis’ desk for a signature.
  If signed, the law would give regulators far greater enforcement po
  
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• BREAKING: Missing woman last seen in Chilliwack has been safely located: Chilliwack RCMP

  06-05-2024 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP says the 29-year-old woman who was reported missing last week has been safely located. According to a brief statement from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, the missing woman was safely located a few hours ago on Monday morning, May 6.
  All identifying information about the missing woman will be removed.
  
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• Dozens of London Drugs stores reopen after cybersecurity shutdown

  06-05-2024 19:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND, B.C. — London Drugs is gradually reopening its stores across Western Canada more than a week after a cybersecurity breach forced the retailer to close.The company says it is working with independent cybersecurity experts to securely bring its systems back online after it was discovered April 28.
  The Richmond, B.C.-based pharmacy and retailer operates about 80 London Drugs locations across Western Canada.
  The retailer says on its website more than two dozen stores are back in oper
  
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• Scientists, clinicians across Canada preparing for future pandemic threats

  06-05-2024 18:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The federal government announced $574 million in funding on Monday for 19 projects across the country to prepare for health emergencies, including the next pandemic.One of them is a national network of existing emergency departments and primary-care clinics that will screen for any new viruses or pathogens that start to appear in patients.Project lead Dr. Andrew Pinto of St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto says it will be a “coast-to-coast shield” to help protect Canadians.
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• Hope Fire Department names business leader, entrepreneur and seasoned firefighter as its new assistant fire chief

  06-05-2024 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — Lieutenant David Hick of the Hope Fire Department has battled some of British Columbia’s most notable fires on behalf of Hope Fire the past six years, using his FireSmart principles and knowledge base in wildfire structure defense, all while maintaining extensive roles in the private sector.Hick, a resident of Hope for the last 16 years, has been appointed to the rank of assistant chief and the position of FireSmart coordinator, Hope Fire Department announced Monday morning.&l
  
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• Hope Fire Department names business leader, entrepreneur and seasoned firefighter as its new assistant chief

  06-05-2024 18:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — Lieutenant David Hick of the Hope Fire Department has battled some of British Columbia’s most notable fires on behalf of Hope Fire the past six years, using his FireSmart principles and knowledge base in wildfire structure defense, all while maintaining extensive roles in the private sector.
  Hick, a resident of Hope for the last 16 years, has been appointed to the rank of assistant chief and the position of FireSmart coordinator, Hope Fire Department announced Monday morning.
  
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• Dallas Mavericks sign coach Jason Kidd to multi-year contract extension

  06-05-2024 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd signed a multi-year contract extension with the team on Monday.
  The Mavericks announced the move a day before opening their second-round playoff series at Oklahoma City. Dallas advanced last week by eliminating the Los Angeles Clippers in six games.
  The hall of fame point guard, who won an NBA title with the Mavericks in 2011, is in his third season coaching Dallas, and guided the Mavs to win the Southwest Division title with a 50-32 record &
  
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• Report warns of dramatic rise in antisemitic incidents in Canada in 2023

  06-05-2024 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Jewish leaders in Canada are warning of a national crisis as the number of hateful incidents targeting Jews doubled in one year.
  B’Nai Brith Canada says it documented nearly 5,800 incidents of antisemitism in 2023, including acts of violence, harassment and vandalism.
  In 2022 there were fewer than 2,800 such incidents.
  There were 77 violent incidents reported in 2023, more than three times the 25 that were recorded in 2022.
  Richard Robertson, the group’s director of re
  
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• Suite of legislative measures to counter foreign interference coming today

  06-05-2024 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government is poised to introduce an array of legislative changes to help counter foreign interference.
  Federal officials have scheduled a technical briefing this afternoon on the bill, which was recently added to the parliamentary notice paper.
  Proposed measures are expected to include a foreign influence registry, which would require officials trying to sway policy to formally register with the federal government.
  Another anticipated change could allow Canada’s
  
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• Music Review: Brad Mehldau connects Bach, Fauré to jazz on albums, ‘After Bach II’ and ‘Après Fauré’

  06-05-2024 17:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Grammy-award winning jazz pianist Brad Mehldau connects the dots as though they were so many 16th notes.
  His two new albums, “After Bach II” and “Après Fauré,” use classical music as a foundation for solo explorations that draw a through line from Art Tatum to Thelonious Monk to Bill Evans to Keith Jarrett to Philip Glass. It all sounds like Mehldau, and it all goes back to Bach.
  The hybrid sets are out Friday, May 10, and “After Bach II” is a se
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Winnipeg man admits to killing 4 women, says not criminally responsible

  06-05-2024 17:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Jeremy Skibicki has admitted in court that he killed four women in Winnipeg in 2022.
  His lawyers are asking he be found not criminally responsible because of mental illness.
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Winnipeg Jets’ Bowness retires from coaching after 38 seasons in NHL

  06-05-2024 17:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Winnipeg Jets head coach Rick Bowness has announced his retirement from coaching after 38 seasons in the NHL.
  The Moncton, NB., native led the Jets to a 98-57-9 record during his two seasons at the helm, leading the team to back-to-back appearances in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
  Under the 69-year-old’s watch in 2023-24, Winnipeg finished second in both the Central Division and the Western Conference while matching a franchise record with 52 wins before ultimately falling to Colorado in the o
  
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• April weather saw 1st thunderstorm with hail in Chilliwack since 2017 - Chilliwack Progress

  06-05-2024 17:19 via news.google.com
  
  April weather saw 1st thunderstorm with hail in Chilliwack since 2017  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• 82-year-old U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is running for reelection to a fourth term

  06-05-2024 17:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Eighty-two-year-old liberal U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont announced Monday that he is running for re-election, saying American democracy is in question during difficult times for the country and the world.
  Sanders, seeking a fourth Senate term, is an independent. He was a Democratic congressman for 16 years and still caucuses with the Democrats.
  In an announcement video, he said that in many ways the 2024 election “is the most consequential election in ou
  
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• Report: Nathan Rourke to be waived by New England Patriots

  06-05-2024 16:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — It appears Canadian Nathan Rourke’s time with the New England Patriots is over.
  According to ESPN’s Mike Reiss, the Patriots have informed Rourke that he will be waived.
  The move would leave New England with four quarterbacks: Veterans Jacoby Brissett and Bailey Zappe along with rookies Drake Maye (third overall pick in 2024 draft) and Joe Milton (sixth-round 2024 selection). 
  New England claimed Rourke off waivers from the Jacksonville Jaguars last Dec
  
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• The Latest | Judge fines Trump $1K for contempt, threatens jail time if he violates gag order again

  06-05-2024 15:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial sanctioned him Monday morning for violating his gag order for a second time.Judge Juan M. Merchan fined the former president $1,000 and warned that going forward, additional violations could result in jail time. Prosecutors had accused Trump of four violations, but the judge only concurred with one.
  Witness testimony was set to resume following Merchan’s ruling, setting the stage for an even deeper dive into the event
  
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• Trump fined $1,000 for gag order violation in hush money case as judge warns of possible jail time

  06-05-2024 15:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial has fined him $1,000 for violating his gag order and sternly warned the former president that additional violation could result in jail time.The fine marks the second sanction for Trump for inflammatory comments about witnesses since the start of the trial last month. He was fined $9,000 last week for nine violations.
  Judge Juan M. Merchan warned Monday that additional gag order violations could potentially resu
  
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• New technology changing the hearing game in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  06-05-2024 15:17 via news.google.com
  
  New technology changing the hearing game in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Columbia University cancels main commencement after protests that roiled campus for weeks

  06-05-2024 15:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University is canceling its large university-wide commencement ceremony amid ongoing pro-Palestinian protests but will hold smaller school-based ceremonies this week and next, the university announced Monday.
  “Based on feedback from our students, we have decided to focus attention on our Class Days and school-level graduation ceremonies, where students are honored individually alongside their peers, and to forego the university-wide ceremony that is scheduled
  
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• Stars and DeBoer moving on after ousting Cup champ Vegas in tight 7-game series

  06-05-2024 15:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Stars coach Pete DeBoer had so many emotions to process after a Game 7 victory over his former team.There were those mixed feelings still from last year, when the Vegas Golden Knights beat Dallas in the Western Conference Final and that team for which he had such a great affection went on to win its first Stanley Cup. And there was just the tremendous joy of getting past them in his second postseason chance with the Stars.“Obviously, really wanted to win this ser
  
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• Highway 1 traffic halted by young family of geese

  06-05-2024 14:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — DriveBC has posted video of a unique traffic situation involving a family of geese getting help from motorists to cross a busy Vancouver area freeway.
  The video shows one adult goose and what appears to be at least five goslings trying to cross Highway 1 in Burnaby at about 5:30 p.m. in rush hour traffic.
  🪿 You never know when or where you'll encounter wildlife on BC Highways.This was around 5:30pm today on #BCHwy1 east of Kensington Ave in #Burnaby.Thanks to those who
  
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• Diversity floods halls of Chilliwack Secondary School for Cultural Day - Chilliwack Progress

  06-05-2024 14:31 via news.google.com
  
  Diversity floods halls of Chilliwack Secondary School for Cultural Day  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• In the news today: ‘Violent rhetoric’ spiking since Oct. 7: CSIS

  06-05-2024 10:17 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…
  ‘Violent rhetoric’ spiking since Oct. 7: CSIS
  The Canadian Security Intelligence Service is warning the Israel-Hamas war has led to a spike in “violent rhetoric” from “extremist actors” that could prompt some to turn to violence. 
  The statement comes as newly released documents shed light on discussions held last fall between the s
  
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• Spike in ‘violent rhetoric’ since Oct. 7 attack from ‘extremist actors,’ CSIS warns

  06-05-2024 10:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Israel-Hamas war has led to a spike in “violent rhetoric” from “extremist actors” that could prompt some in Canada to turn to violence, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service warns. 
  The statement comes as newly released documents illustrate discussions last fall between the spy agency, the federal Public Safety Department and Muslim and Jewish leaders about responding to a reported uptick in hate crimes spurred by the conflict. 
  “Wh
  
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• BC Transit bringing electric buses, charging stations to Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  06-05-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  BC Transit bringing electric buses, charging stations to Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• 29-year-old man missing from Chilliwack, say RCMP - Langley Advance Times

  06-05-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  29-year-old man missing from Chilliwack, say RCMP  Langley Advance Times
  
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• 29-year-old man missing from Chilliwack, say RCMP - Chilliwack Progress

  06-05-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  29-year-old man missing from Chilliwack, say RCMP  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Israeli army tells Palestinians to temporarily evacuate parts of Rafah ahead of an expected assault

  06-05-2024 08:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army on Monday ordered tens of thousands of people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah to begin evacuating, signaling that a long-promised ground invasion could be imminent.
  The announcement complicated last-ditch efforts by international mediators, including the director of the CIA, to broker a cease-fire. Hamas and Qatar, a key mediator, have warned that an invasion of Rafah could derail the talks.Israel has described Rafah as the last significant Hamas strong
  
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