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• Supreme Court orders Louisiana to use congressional map with additional Black district in 2024 vote

  15-05-2024 23:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections in 2024 using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the map an illegal racial gerrymander.
  The order allows the use of a map that has majority Black populations in two of the state’s six congressional districts, potentially boosting Democrats’ chances of gaining control of the closely divided House of Representatives in the 2024
  
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• Reported sex assaults in the US military have dropped. That reverses what had been a growing problem

  15-05-2024 23:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of reported sexual assaults across the military decreased last year, and a confidential survey found a 19% drop in the number of service members who said they had experienced some type of unwanted sexual contact, according to new figures obtained by The Associated Press. Both are dramatic reversals of what has been a growing problem in recent years.
  More than 29,000 active-duty service members said in the survey that they had unwanted sexual contact during the
  
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• Chief says grave search at B.C. residential school brings things ‘full circle’

  15-05-2024 23:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Chief Robert Michell says relief isn’t the right word to describe his reaction as the search begins for unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school he attended in northern British Columbia.
  Michell is the chief of Stellat’en First Nation some 160 kilometres west of Prince George, B.C., and a survivor of the Lejac Indian Residential School where a geophysical survey is underway to find children missing since the facility closed in 1976.
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• Canucks’ Tocchet says Demko improving, top prospect Lekkerimaki an option for Game 5

  15-05-2024 22:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet says Thatcher Demko has “improved immensely the last 72 hours” as the all-star goaltender works his way back from a lower-body injury.
  The 28-year-old started Vancouver’s playoff opener against the Nashville Predators, but hasn’t suited up since.
  Vancouver has turned to third-string rookie Arturs Silovs in the post-season after backup Casey DeSmith was hurt in Game 3 against the Predators.
  Silovs, who is 4-3 in the playoff
  
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• B.C. First Nation to reactivate judicial review of DFO’s salmon farm virus policy

  15-05-2024 22:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — A British Columbia First Nation says it is reluctantly preparing to take legal action to challenge Fisheries Department salmon farm policy as it loses faith in federal plans to remove the open net-pen fish farms by next year.
  Namgis First Nation Chief Victor Isaac says going to court is a last resort, but the northern Vancouver Island nation must fight to protect the wild salmon off B.C.’s coast. 
  He says the First Nation has served notice to the fisheries minister th
  
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• The New York Rangers were headed for another sweep. Now they’re fighting to close out Carolina

  15-05-2024 22:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The New York Rangers looked headed for an easy push through the second round of the NHL playoffs when they quickly moved within a win of a sweep of the Carolina Hurricanes.
  Instead, the Hurricanes have grinded their way back in the series, and the pressure is building on the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Rangers to close this one out.
  After winning the first three games in the best-of-7 series, the Rangers have lost two in a row — the most recent coming when t
  
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• Adley Rutschman’s 2-run homer in bottom of the 9th helps Orioles avoid sweep in 3-2 win over Toronto

  15-05-2024 22:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Adley Rutschman’s two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning gave Baltimore a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday, enabling the Orioles — yet again — to avoid a sweep.
  Baltimore split the two-game set with the Blue Jays — the middle game Tuesday was rained out — and has now gone 105 straight regular-season series of at least two decisions without being swept. That’s tied for the third-longest run in major league hist
  
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• B.C. government and social media giants make deal on non-consensual intimate images

  15-05-2024 22:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The British Columbia government and social media giants have made what they call a “historic collaboration” for youth safety online. 
  A joint statement from Premier David Eby and representatives of Meta, Google, TikTok, X and Snap Inc., the parent of Snapchat, says they met to help young people stay safe online, one of the most important challenges facing families, government and companies. 
  At its first meeting earlier this month, the group says they discu
  
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• Three Chilliwack groups to receive over $100K in provincial funding from civil forfeiture grants

  15-05-2024 20:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Three organizations in Chilliwack will receive provincial funding designed to advance public safety, help prevent violence and promote healing.According to a news release from the provincial government, three programs in Chilliwack will receive a total of $120,000 to further crime prevention and remediation projects.The following Chilliwack projects are receiving civil forfeiture grants:School Peace Circles, Chilliwack Restorative Justice and Youth Association- $40,000
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• Power restored after squirrel causes outage affecting thousands: Toronto Hydro

  15-05-2024 20:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto Hydro says power has been restored after a large outage caused by a squirrel impacted thousands of people in the downtown area. 
  The company’s outage map showed the disruption started at 10:23 a.m. when the animal came into contact with power equipment.
  Toronto Hydro says power was fully restored at about 1:30 p.m.
  It says the outage impacted the areas between Rosedale Valley Road south to the Gardiner Expressway, and Church Street east to the Don Valley Parkway.
  It says about
  
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• Stars centre Roope Hintz out for Game 5 against the Avalanche with upper-body injury

  15-05-2024 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Stars centre Roope Hintz is out for Game 5 of their Western Conference playoff series against the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night because of an upper-body injury. 
  Stars coach Pete DeBoer said after the morning skate that Radek Faksa will be back in the lineup.
  Faksa hasn’t played since Game 1 against the Avs on May 7, two nights after scoring the game-winning goal in Game 7 to clinch their first-round series over Vegas. He had missed four games before
  
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• Peterka scores twice for Germany in 8-1 rout of Latvia at hockey worlds

  15-05-2024 20:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PRAGUE (AP) — JJ Peterka scored twice in Germany’s 8-1 rout of Latvia at the ice hockey world championship on Wednesday.
  Germany, last year’s runner-up, netted five times in the second period in Ostrava to hand last year’s bronze medallist its first loss.
  The victory was Germany’s second in four Group B games.
  Dominik Kahun, Kai Wissmann, Leonhard Pfoderl, Parker Tuomie, Marc Michaelis and Nico Sturm also scored and Philipp Grubauer made 20 saves.
  Markuss Komuls got
  
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• Langley RCMP tracks down 35-year-old man wanted for child porn offences

  15-05-2024 20:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY — Mounties in Langley say they have arrested a man wanted on Québec warrants for despicable offences involving possession of child pornography.According to a news release from BC RCMP Corporal Brett Urano, the 35-year-old man was wanted for multiple charges including possession of child pornography, access to child pornography and production of a controlled substance.
  The BC RCMP Fugitive Return program worked with the Langley RCMP for the arrest and in close partnership wit
  
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• Montreal’s international airport takes rival to court over name change

  15-05-2024 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The authority that runs Montreal’s international airport is suing an up-and-coming airport on the city’s South Shore, saying a recent branding effort will confuse travellers.
  Aéroports de Montréal, which operates Montréal-Trudeau International Airport, has requested a permanent injunction in Superior Court to force the new Montreal Metropolitan Airport, or MET, to change its name.
  Formerly known as the Montreal Saint-Hubert airport, the MET rebra
  
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• Canada’s Pendrith returns to PGA Championship in stronger position than last year

  15-05-2024 20:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Everything has changed for Taylor Pendrith over the past two weeks.
  Pendrith won The CJ Cup Byron Nelson on May 5 for his first-ever PGA Tour victory, then tied for 10th at the Wells Fargo Championship on Sunday. Those performances lifted him from 91st on the FedEx Cup standings up to No. 30 and qualified him for this week’s PGA Championship, the second major of the men’s golf season.
  “I started the year not knowing if I was going to get in the majors,” Pendrith said. &ld
  
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• Indigenous art unveiled at Chilliwack City Hall

  15-05-2024 20:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The City of Chilliwack says two new welcome figures, carved by Yeqwyeqwí:ws First Nation Chief Terry Horne, were unveiled in front Chilliwack City Hall with Mayor and Council earlier this week.According to a news release from the city, the two posts feature a stunning depiction of Chilliwack accompanied by mountains and the river. There is a figure on each post: a male on the right and female on the left, each with their hands raised in a welcoming gesture. The base con
  
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• Wildfire service warns winds may fan ‘aggressive’ blazes in B.C.’s north

  15-05-2024 20:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT NELSON, B.C. — British Columbia’s wildfire service says gusty winds could fan “aggressive fire behaviour” in the north, where out-of-control blazes have forced several thousand people to flee their homes.
  An update from the BC Wildfire Service says winds could pick up this afternoon in the Fort Nelson area where an 84-square-kilometre blaze threatens the town that has mostly been abandoned by residents.
  The community of about 4,700 has been evacuated since Friday alo
  
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• ‘The whole country is not on fire’: Canadian tourism industry struggles as fires rage

  15-05-2024 20:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Climate change and its deluges of severe weather and wildfires have left many Canadian tourism companies struggling to get insurance and convince visitors that Canada is still open for business.
  Beth Potter, president of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, says there are direct effects for certain tourist areas when bad weather hits.
  But she says the biggest challenge is that many international visitors see a headline about wildfires in one part of Canada and don’t u
  
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• Guatemalan court orders release of journalist jailed for nearly 2 years on money laundering charges

  15-05-2024 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan court ordered the release Wednesday of journalist José Rubén Zamora, jailed for nearly 2 years on money laundering charges.
  Zamora, the 67-year-old founder of El Periodico newspaper, was sentenced to six years in prison last June for alleged money laundering. But that conviction and sentence were overturned by another court and a new trial ordered.
  For nearly two years, he has been kept in jail.
  But on Wednesday, a judge ruled that there was
  
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• Participation in the NHL’s player assistance program is up this season. That may not be a bad thing

  15-05-2024 19:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It was untreated anxiety and depression that Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard blamed for his alcohol abuse, a problem that reached the point where he needed to step away from hockey.
  He made a decision to leave the Avalanche and enter the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program earlier this season. Girard returned to practice a month later, resumed playing and declared: “It changed my life.”
  Girard was the first of five players to step away this season to receive care from the
  
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• CFL players can wear Guardian caps during games but mouthguards to become mandatory

  15-05-2024 19:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — CFL players will have the option of wearing protective soft-shell helmet covers known as Guardian caps during games this season but mouthguards will be mandatory.
  The two measures were among a host of health-and-safety initiatives announced by the league Wednesday.
  The CFL mandated the use of Guardian caps last year during training camp and all contact practices during the regular season. Their use was required by all offensive and defensive linemen, running backs and linebackers
  
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• BC Highway Patrol to step up enforcement during upcoming long weekend

  15-05-2024 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Motorists who are hitting the Trans-Canada Highway, Coquihalla Highway or Crowsnest Highway later this week for a 3-day weekend can expect to see more police as part of a safety initiative.Dubbed ‘Project Drive to Arrive’, BC Highway Patrol says its members will be deployed across the province, especially in areas where police have witnessed a higher rate of collisions.“Project Drive to Arrive is being undertaken by BCHP because we want to do our part to redu
  
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• Growing wildfires across Western Canada forcing thousands from their homes

  15-05-2024 18:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A wildfire that forced thousands of residents to flee homes in Fort McMurray is sending plumes of smoke into the air, but the regional fire chief says it’s much different from a devastating blaze that crippled the Alberta city in 2016. 
  “I know this is an extremely stressful situation, but I want to assure everyone that this fire activity is very different from that of 2016 Horse River wildfire,” fire chief Jody Butz said Tuesday evening.
  That fire, known as The Beast, roa
  
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• The latest news on wildfires in Canada as thousands forced from homes in the West

  15-05-2024 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Wildfires have forced thousands out of several communities in Western Canada.
  In Fort Nelson, B.C., about 4,700 people are out of their homes. Roughly 6,600 residents have been evacuated out of parts of Fort McMurray, Alta., while the entire city remains on evacuation alert. And a fire near Cranberry Portage, Man., has forced out about 500 residents.
  Here are the latest developments (all times are MT):
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  The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo says crews worked until 3 a.m. dropping wate
  
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• Chilliwack Fire, RCMP dispatched for fire allegedly caused by man pushing a buggy

  15-05-2024 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Fire Department personnel and Chilliwack RCMP were dispatched Wednesday morning after a bush caught fire in front of a furniture business on Luckakuck Way in Chilliwack.Witness Michelle Vander Vlis says she called 9-1-1 dispatch after seeing a fire started by a homeless individual with a buggy.The fire occurred at 45310 Luckakuck Way in front of Hometown Furniture. It did not spread to the furniture store building, Vander Vlis said.Vander Vlis reports Chilliwack RCM
  
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• Canadiens goaltender Carey Price to receive honorary doctorate from UNBC

  15-05-2024 17:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. —
  Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Northern British Columbia on May 31 at the school’s convocation ceremony.
  The university highlighted Price’s NHL achievements, inspiration of Indigenous youth and philanthropy in Northern B.C. and Canada in its announcement Wednesday.
  Price, who grew up in Anahim Lake, B.C., backstopped Canada to Olympic gold in 2014 and led the Canadiens to the
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Judge refuses McGill’s bid for injunction to end encampment

  15-05-2024 17:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has refused McGill University’s request for an injunction to dismantle the pro-Palestinian encampment on its downtown Montreal campus.
  Lawyers for the university had asked the court on Monday to order the protesters to stop occupying its grounds and to authorize Montreal police to assist the school in dismantling the encampment, which they say poses a health and safety risk. 
  More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Police credit forensic science for arrest in 2014 killing of woman near Montreal

  15-05-2024 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONGUEUIL, Que. — A man is facing a first-degree murder charge in the killing of a young woman nearly a decade after she was found dead on Montreal’s South Shore.
  Jenique Dalcourt, 23, was struck and killed with an iron bar as she walked along a bike path in Longueuil, Que., on Oct. 21, 2014.
  Longueuil police say the suspect, Michael Mcduff-Jalbert, was arrested Tuesday and will appear in court today.
  Mcduff-Jalbert, who was 26 at the time of Dalcourt’s killing, was arrested a
  
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• Innu Nation grand chief slams NunatuKavut Community Council at identity summit

  15-05-2024 17:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Innu Nation Grand Chief Simon Pokue spoke to other Indigenous leaders at a meeting in Winnipeg today about what he calls Indigenous identity fraud by the NunatuKavut Community Council.
  The council, which represents some 6,000 people in south and central Labrador, claims to be Inuit.
  At a summit on Indigenous identity, Pokue says his community knows its territory and culture, but has to be wary of sharing publicly due to organizations like the council.
  He says such organizations co
  
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• Ukrainian troops pull out of some areas and Zelenskyy postpones foreign trips amid Russian offensive

  15-05-2024 17:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces withdrew from some parts of the country’s northeast and battled Russian troops in other areas Wednesday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decision to postpone all his upcoming foreign trips underscored the seriousness of the threat his soldiers face.
  Against that grim backdrop, visiting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought to reassure Ukraine of continuing American support, announcing a $2 billion arms deal. Most of the money com
  
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• Young pianists and Chilliwack Symphony Orchestra perform classics and new compositions, May 17 and 24 — Stir - Stir

  15-05-2024 17:15 via news.google.com
  
  Young pianists and Chilliwack Symphony Orchestra perform classics and new compositions, May 17 and 24 — Stir  Stir
  
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• Robert Fico, Slovakia’s populist prime minister, who returned to power on a pro-Russian platform

  15-05-2024 17:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is in life-threatening condition after being wounded in a shooting after a political event Wednesday afternoon, an episode of violence that punctuated his long career spanning decades in politics.Fico, 59, returned to power in Slovakia last year. Having previously served twice as prime minister, from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2012 to 2018, his third term made him the longest-serving head of government in Slovakia’s histo
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: NDP continues to punish everyday British Columbians

  15-05-2024 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Despite significant healthcare challenges, B.C. remains the only jurisdiction in Canada to enforce the vaccine mandate for healthcare professionals.At a time when one in five British Columbians do not have access to a family doctor, B.C.’s walk-in wait times are the worst in the entire country, and ER closures plague our province, we need all hands-on deck.
  These are individuals who could be greatly contribute to B.C.’s rapidly deteriorating healthcare system, and get people the time
  
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• Canadian goalkeeper Sabrina D’Angelo to leave Arsenal when contract expires in summer

  15-05-2024 16:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON — Canada goalkeeper Sabrina D’Angelo will leave Arsenal this summer at the end of her contract.
  The 31-year-old from Welland, Ont., joined the London club from Sweden’s Vittsjo GIK in January 2023, making her debut in a 3-0 FA Cup win over Aston Villa later that month.
  D’Angelo made 14 appearances for the club, helping Arsenal win two FA Women’s Continental Tyres League Cup trophies.
  D’Angelo has won 15 caps for Canada and was a member of Bev Priestman&
  
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• Toronto forward Natalie Spooner out of PWHL playoffs with knee injury

  15-05-2024 16:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto star forward Natalie Spooner is out for the Professional Women’s Hockey League playoffs with a knee injury.
  The PWHL team placed Spooner on long-term injured reserve Wednesday after she collided with Minnesota’s Grace Zumwinkle and fell into the boards in Game 3 of their best-of-five semifinal Monday.
  Spooner led the league with 27 points in 24 regular-season games. Her league-leading 20 goals were nine more than the next closest skater.The 33-year-old from Toronto added one
  
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• BC Wildfire Service discovers 3-ha wildfire north of Harrison Hot Springs

  15-05-2024 16:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HARRISON — The arrival of the 2024 fire season is hitting close to home for Fraser Valley residents.BC Wildfire Services says it has located a 3-hectare fire north of Harrison Hot Springs east of Harrison Lake.
  The fire was discovered late Tuesday night (May 14). BCWS says the fire has been designated as out of control and was likely caused by humans, not natural activity like thunderstorms.Out of control means it is a “wildfire that is spreading or it is anticipated to spread beyond
  
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• Ottawa to acquire Quebec Bridge from CN, will spend $1 billion on span over 25 years

  15-05-2024 16:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC — The federal government says it has reached a deal with Canadian National Railway Company to acquire the historic Quebec Bridge.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters in Quebec City that Ottawa will spend $1 billion over the next 25 years to repair, repaint and maintain the bridge, extending the span’s life for “decades.”
  The Quebec Bridge stretches 549 metres across the St. Lawrence River, connecting Quebec City with its south shore, and is the longest can
  
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• Toronto FC hit hard by suspensions following initial review of NYCFC post-game melee

  15-05-2024 16:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Toronto FC will be missing its coach and four players through suspension for Wednesday’s game at Nashville SC after the MLS Disciplinary Committee handed down its initial verdict on Saturday night’s ugly post-game melee with New York City FC.
  Five other TFC players are out injured. One of them, fullback/wingback Richie Laryea, is both injured and suspended.
  On Wednesday morning, the league announced one-game bans for coach John Herdman, goalkeeper Sean Johnson and Laryea. The decisio
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP arrest man with weapon at Shoppers Drug Mart

  15-05-2024 16:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A man with a weapon was arrested Tuesday morning (May 14) by Mounties in Chilliwack after he was asked to leave Shoppers Drug Mart on Yale Road but refused.According to a brief statement from Chilliwack RCMP Corporal Carmen Kiener, police were called to the store after a man carrying a weapon was asked to leave the store and refused to vacate the property.Cpl. Kiener says the male suspect was injured as a result of the weapon and the way he handled it. Police were not injured.
  
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• Toronto Argonauts move quarterback Chad Kelly to suspended list

  15-05-2024 16:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GUELPH, Ont. — The Toronto Argonauts placed quarterback Chad Kelly on the suspended list Tuesday while Canadian defensive back Josh Hagerty was among seven players released by the CFL club.
  The placement of Kelly on the suspended list was a procedural move as the CFL’s outstanding player last season is currently away from the team. Last week, the CFL banned Kelly from playing in Toronto’s two exhibition games and at least its first nine regular-season games for violating its ge
  
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• Slovakia’s prime minister wounded in shooting

  15-05-2024 15:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was wounded in a shooting Wednesday afternoon and taken to hospital.Reports on TA3, a Slovakian TV station, said that Fico, 59, was hit in the stomach after four shots were fired outside the House of Culture in the town of Handlova, some 150 kilometers northeast of the capital, where the leader was meeting with supporters. A suspect has been detained, it said. Police sealed off the scene.
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• Wong sworn in as Singapore’s fourth prime minister, as Lee Hsien Loong bows out after 20 years

  15-05-2024 14:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore’s deputy leader Lawrence Wong was sworn in Wednesday as the nation’s fourth prime minister in a carefully planned political succession designed to ensure continuity and stability in the Asian financial hub.A U.S.-trained economist, Wong, 51, succeeds Lee Hsien Loong, 72, who stepped down after two decades at the helm. Lee’s departure marked the end of a family dynasty led by his father Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first leader wh
  
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• Biden won’t participate in debates sponsored by nonpartisan commission, proposes 2 Trump debates

  15-05-2024 14:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday on social media that he won’t participate in the campaign debates sponsored by a nonpartisan commission, instead challenging Republican Donald Trump to a pair of debates.
  “Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020,” Biden posted on X, the site formerly known as Twitter. “Since then, he hasn’t shown up for a debate. Now he’s acting like he wants to debate me again. Well, make my day, pal.”
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• Canadian historian Michael Ignatieff wins Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences

  15-05-2024 14:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADRID (AP) — Canadian historian and writer Michael Ignatieff has won Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences for his “critical reflections on the major conflicts of our time,” prize organizers said Wednesday.
  With more than 20 books that range from human rights, foreign policy, economics, and nationalism, among other topics, the 77-year-old Ignatieff has become, in the jury’s words, “an essential reference to navigate our current times of war,
  
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• Bethel-Thompson, Ford forging QB partnership at Elks training camp

  15-05-2024 13:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — It has all the ingredients of an awkward partnership. But, so far, the Edmonton Elks’ quarterbacking tandem of McLeod Bethel-Thompson and Tre Ford are doing and saying all the right things.
  Ford emerged as one of the most exciting players in the CFL last year. His scrambles and scampers made more than a few highlight reels through the year. And, by the end of the 2023 season, the Niagara Falls, Ont. product looked to have the inside track to be the Elks’ starting qua
  
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• Swiss court convicts a former interior minister of Gambia for crimes against humanity

  15-05-2024 12:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s top criminal court on Wednesday convicted a former interior minister of Gambia for crimes against humanity over his role in repression committed by the west African country’s security forces under its longtime dictator, a legal advocacy group said.
  Ousman Sonko, Gambia’s interior minister from 2006 to 2016 under then-President Yahya Jammeh, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, TRIAL International said on the social media platform X, formerly Tw
  
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• French president convenes top ministers to discuss spiraling violence in territory of New Caledonia

  15-05-2024 11:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — At least two people were killed and three were seriously injured overnight in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, French media reported Wednesday, as President Emmanuel Macron convened a meeting of top ministers to discuss the spiraling violence.It was the third day of violent unrest over a constitutional reform pushed by Paris that has roiled the archipelago, which has long sought independence.The special defense and security council meeting called by Macron on Wed
  
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• In the news today: Wildfires rage in Western Canada, Manitoba murder trial continues

  15-05-2024 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed tobring you up to speed on what you need to know today…
  Wildfires force thousands of Canadians to flee
  Thousands of people in Western Canada remain displaced from their homes as wildfires threaten their communities, triggering evacuation orders and alerts.
  In British Columbia, a widening area around the northeastern community of Fort Nelson is under evacuation, with the Parker Lake wildfire burning close by and the larger Patry
  
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• Author Alice Munro’s death ‘bittersweet’ at Victoria bookstore that carries her name

  15-05-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Justina Elias says she didn’t know about the connection legendary Canadian writer Alice Munro had to the Victoria, B.C., bookstore that bears her name, but she quickly found out.
  Elias, who runs the fiction section at Munro’s Books, said the “serendipity” of ending up working at a book store founded by the writer she idolized “never ceases to amaze me.”
  Munro, whose short stories of small-town Ontario earned her an international fan base and t
  
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• Winnipeg murder trial expected to hear from neighbours of admitted serial killer

  15-05-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Three people who lived in the same apartment building where Jeremy Skibicki killed four women are expected to testify in a Winnipeg courtroom today. 
  Skibicki told police he strangled or drowned the women in his home and then disposed of their bodies in garbage bins. 
  He has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder for the slayings of Rebecca Contois, Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran and an unidentified woman Indigenous leaders have named Buffalo Woman. 
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