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• Moe says cabinet minister who took gun into legislature didn’t initially remember

  27-05-2024 23:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is defending a cabinet minister who said he didn’t bring a long gun into the legislature only to reverse himself days later and admit the story was true.
  Moe says he believes Jeremy Harrison was being truthful both times.
  The premier says Harrison didn’t initially remember bringing the gun into the legislature but admitted to it when his memory came back.
  Harrison has not publicly commented on the matter, which came to light May 16 when S
  
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• New Jets head coach Arniel says he’s learned lessons since being fired by Columbus

  27-05-2024 23:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Scott Arniel believes overcoming the lowest point in his career will help him reach higher aspirations with the Winnipeg Jets.
  Arniel was named the new head coach of the Jets on Friday, 12 years after his only other time in the role ended with hem being fired by the Columbus Blue Jackets.
  “One of the darkest times for me in coaching — probably in hockey — was when I got fired in Columbus,” Arniel said at a media availability at Canada Life Centre on Monda
  
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• George Springer homers as the Blue Jays beat the sliding White Sox 5-1

  27-05-2024 23:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — George Springer, Bo Bichette and David Schneider homered, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the lowly Chicago White Sox 5-1 on Monday.
  Chris Bassitt struck out seven in five scoreless innings as Toronto stopped a three-game slide. Bassitt (5-6) allowed five hits and walked none against his first major league team.
  Springer connected in the second inning after Daulton Varsho reached on a two-out walk against Nick Nastrini. It was Springer’s fourth homer of the season.
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• Down 2-1, Panthers still have plenty of hope in East final against Rangers

  27-05-2024 23:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Carter Verhaeghe pulled his vehicle out of the players’ parking lot after leaving the Florida Panthers’ practice facility on Monday afternoon, only to notice about 50 fans standing on the side of the road clamoring for autographs.
  So, he stopped and signed for a while. Brandon Montour did the same. More players, like captain Aleksander Barkov, followed suit a few minutes later. The fans — some kids, some adults, some carrying signs, some weari
  
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• University presidents say there’s more work to do to combat antisemitism on campuses

  27-05-2024 22:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Four university presidents conceded to members of Parliament today that antisemitism is a problem on their campuses.
  MPs questioned the presidents of the University of Toronto, McGill University, Concordia University and the University of British Columbia about their codes of conduct, responses to pro-Palestinian encampments and efforts to include Jewish students in equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives.
  When Liberal MP Anthony Housefather asked all four about whether antise
  
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• OPINION: 'Change is good' new Chilliwack reporter whispers as he arrives in B.C. - Mission City Record

  27-05-2024 22:16 via news.google.com
  
  OPINION: 'Change is good' new Chilliwack reporter whispers as he arrives in B.C.  Mission City Record
  
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• OPINION: 'Change is good' new Chilliwack reporter whispers as he arrives in B.C. - Hope Standard

  27-05-2024 22:16 via news.google.com
  
  OPINION: 'Change is good' new Chilliwack reporter whispers as he arrives in B.C.  Hope Standard
  
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• OPINION: 'Change is good' new Chilliwack reporter whispers as he arrives in B.C. - Chilliwack Progress

  27-05-2024 22:16 via news.google.com
  
  OPINION: 'Change is good' new Chilliwack reporter whispers as he arrives in B.C.  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Canada dispatches Nepal in warm-up game ahead of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup

  27-05-2024 21:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS — Nicholas Kirton scored 51 runs and Ravinderpal Singh added 41 to help Canada defeat Nepal by 63 runs in a warm-up match Monday ahead of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
  Kirton slammed four fours and two sixes in his 39-ball innings. Opener Navneet Dhaliwal contributed 32 runs.
  Nepal, ranked 17th among T20 teams compared to No. 23 for Canada, won the toss and elected to field at the Grande Prairie Cricket Stadium.Canada finished at 183 for seven in its 20 overs and then dismissed
  
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• Chilliwack residents invited to free air-filter workshop - Chilliwack Progress

  27-05-2024 21:20 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack residents invited to free air-filter workshop  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Jocelyn Barrieau to take over Canadian women’s rugby sevens side after Paris Olympics

  27-05-2024 21:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Assistant coach Jocelyn Barrieau will take charge of Canada’s women’s rugby sevens team following the Paris 2024 Olympics, Rugby Canada announced Monday.
  The governing body had previously announced that Jack Hanratty would step down after this summer’s Olympics to take over the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees women’s team.
  Barrieau joined the sevens squad as an assistant coach in May 2023 from Concordia University’s women’s rugby team.
  Rugby Canada said Barrieau
  
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• B.C. man charged with attempted murder after alleged knife attack: RCMP

  27-05-2024 20:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. — Police say a man has been charged with attempted murder and other offences after he allegedly used a knife to slash cars, then attacked a motorcyclist riding in North Vancouver, B.C., over the weekend.
  RCMP say they received several reports Saturday afternoon about a man with a knife near an intersection south of the Deep Cove neighbourhood.
  A statement issued by police spokesman Cst. Mansoor Sahak says the man damaged a number of cars before striking the motorcycli
  
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• Bill Walton, Hall of Fame player who became a star broadcaster, dies at 71

  27-05-2024 20:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Bill Walton, who starred for John Wooden’s UCLA Bruins before becoming a Hall of Famer for his NBA career and one of the biggest stars in basketball broadcasting, died Monday, the league announced on behalf of his family. Walton, who had a prolonged fight with cancer, was 71.
  He was the NBA’s MVP in the 1977-78 season, a two-time champion and a member of both the NBA’s 50th anniversary and 75th anniversary teams. That followed a college career in which he was a two-time champio
  
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• Calgary golf pro fighting lung cancer gets exemption into Charity Classic

  27-05-2024 20:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Steve Blake has a powerful message — don’t give up on your dreams no matter what life throws your way.
  The Calgary golf professional is gearing up for playing in Canada’s lone PGA Tour Champions event of the season while battling inoperable Stage 4 lung cancer.
  “You may be handed a death sentence, but it doesn’t mean life’s over,” said Blake, whose received the shocking diagnosis in September. “You’ve still got a lot to give,
  
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• Chawathil First Nation in Hope deeply concerned by CIBC banking activities; bank responds

  27-05-2024 20:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A First Nation band west of Hope alleges banking giant CIBC has failed to meet the basic needs of vulnerable populations among its Indigenous members.According to a news release from Councillor Aaron Pete, a member of Chawathil First Nation who spoke on behalf of the band, Chawathil First Nation (CFN) has expressed deep concerns about recent interactions with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). They’re speaking up to highlight what they say are “signific
  
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• Canadian Richie Laryea expected to return to action on the weekend for Toronto FC

  27-05-2024 19:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto FC fullback/wingback Richie Laryea, sidelined by a hamstring injury since the Feb. 25 season opener, is expected to return to action Saturday at D.C. United.
  Coach John Herdman said Laryea will travel with the MLS team for Wednesday’s game in Philadelphia but won’t take the field until Saturday. With two away games this week, Toronto plans to stay south of the border after the mid-week game.
  Laryea, one of Toronto’s designated players along with Italian
  
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• Quebec police investigating after entire herd of 75 cattle allegedly stolen

  27-05-2024 19:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COOKSHIRE-EATON, Que. — Quebec provincial police are investigating after an entire herd of about 75 cattle were allegedly stolen in the Eastern Townships region last week.
  Farm co-owner Jonathan Fortin said he went to his field Friday morning to check his herd of Black Angus cows and calves, only to find they had vanished.
  Fortin says the alleged thieves left behind a broken fence and vehicle tracks, and that neighbours reported seeing trailer lights and hearing a commotion in his field th
  
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• Police issue Amber Alert for two Quebec children allegedly abducted near Quebec City

  27-05-2024 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUÉBEC — Police in Quebec have issued an Amber Alert for a two-year-old boy and a three-year-old girl who they say were abducted.
  They say Charles and Evelyne Gourgues were taken by 40-year-old Keven Gourgues in St-Vallier, Que., about 30 kilometres east of Quebec City.
  Gourgues was driving a white 2013 Honda Civic with a black hood, licence plate 53V ACE.
  The suspect is described as five foot seven inches tall and weighting 185 pounds.
  Anyone who sees him or the children is asked t
  
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• Chilliwack-area coffee company discontinues operations

  27-05-2024 18:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — When Chilliwack residents visit places like Peach Park and Vedder Park, it’s nice to see mobile coffee trailers that offer a variety of caffeinated drinks and snacks for people who might be taking their kids to the playground or sauntering along the nearby Vedder Rotary Loop Trail.
  A similar setup popped up in Yarrow when Yarrow Coffee Co. opened near Eckert Road and Yarrow Central Road, offering the Yarrow community a convenient location to purchase drinks and local goo
  
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• Ottawa working on artificial intelligence strategy for the public service

  27-05-2024 18:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Treasury Board President Anita Anand says Ottawa is developing a new artificial intelligence strategy for government operations.
  She says the strategy will help make government more efficient and improve services for Canadians.
  The effort will include setting up a specific division to retrain existing public servants.Anand made the announcement at a meeting with experts who are convening in Gatineau, Que., to discuss developing the strategy.
  The federal government has already begu
  
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• Rafael Nadal loses in the French Open’s first round to Alexander Zverev

  27-05-2024 18:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal lost in the first round of the French Open to Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Monday in what might turn out to be the 14-time Roland Garros champion’s last match at his favorite tournament.
  It is the first time in his long and illustrious career that Nadal has been beaten in two consecutive matches on clay courts and the first time he has dropped a match earlier than the fourth round at the French Open. His career record at the clay-court Grand Slam to
  
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• Oilers forward Adam Henrique to play in Game 3 of Western Conference final

  27-05-2024 18:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Adam Henrique is set to join the action.
  The veteran centre will be in the lineup tonight when his Edmonton Oilers take on the Dallas Stars in Game 3 of the Western Conference final, head coach Kris Knoblauch said.
  The Oilers and Stars are tied 1-1 after Dallas picked up a 3-1 victory to even the series over the weekend.
  Henrique suffered a suspected ankle injury in Game 5 of the first round against the Los Angeles Kings before returning for Game 2 against the Vancouver Canucks.
  
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• Miller increases cap on applications for Palestinians to join relatives in Canada

  27-05-2024 18:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Marc Miller is increasing the number of applications that will be processed under a much-criticized program to reunite Palestinians with Canadian relatives.
  The move comes as he testifies about measures introduced months ago that were meant to bring relatives of Canadians from conflict zones in the Gaza Strip and Sudan to safety.
  The Gaza program initially had a cap of 1,000 applications that could be “accepted into processing,” but Miller is now i
  
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• Bottcher to coach Homan’s Ottawa team, join her for doubles in upcoming season

  27-05-2024 18:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  World champion Rachel Homan is joining forces with Alberta skip Brendan Bottcher for the upcoming curling season.
  Homan announced Monday on social media that Bottcher will coach her Ottawa-based four-player team, while the two will team up in mixed doubles with an eye on the Olympic trials.
  The 35-year-old Homan is coming off a stellar 2023-24 campaign in which she led her team to a fourth career Canadian women’s title in February before capturing Canada’s first world title since 201
  
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• Netanyahu acknowledges ‘tragic mistake’ in Israeli strike on Rafah that killed dozens

  27-05-2024 17:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has acknowledged there was a “tragic mistake” after an Israeli strike killed dozens of people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
  In a speech before parliament on Monday, he said Israel was investigating the strike that occurred the night before.
  THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel faced new condemnation Monday for strikes on the southern Ga
  
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• Iran further increases its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels

  27-05-2024 17:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VIENNA (AP) — Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, a confidential report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said Monday.The report, seen by The Associated Press, said Iran now has 142.1 kilograms (313.2 pounds) of uranium enriched up to 60% — an increase of 20.6 kilograms (45.4 pounds) since the last report in February. Uranium enriched at 60% purity is just a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%.
  
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• Distinguished lawyer named chair of the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation

  27-05-2024 17:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — One of British Columbia’s most distinguished barristers who played basketball at Queen’s University, fought forest fires in Ontario and worked in Jamaica and Guatemala on global outreach projects, and later worked her way up to become a managing partner in a Fraser Valley law firm, has been named chair of the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation.
  The foundation announced Friday (May 24) that Cristen L. Gleeson, KC (King’s counsel), a managing partner with Bak
  
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• Canadian Terris Smith moves on with win at Olympic boxing qualifier in Bangkok

  27-05-2024 17:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BANGKOK — Canadian boxer Terris Smith defeated Bulgaria’s Aslahan Mehmedova 3-0 on points in their round-of-16 bout Monday to advance at a last-ditch Olympic qualifying tournament.
  The 31-year-old from Victoria moves on in the women’s 60-kilogram division at the Haumark Stadium. Also Monday, Montreal’s Keven Beausejour, 24, lost 3-2 to Japan’s Go Wakaya in round-of-16 action in the men’s 80-kilogram class.
  On Sunday, Junior Petanqui defeated Shain Boniface fro
  
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• Canada’s Auger-Aliassime opens in Paris with straight-set win over Nishioka

  27-05-2024 17:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime was a 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 winner over Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka in the opening round of the French Open on Monday.
  Auger-Aliassime fired seven aces and won 84 per cent of his first serves in a match marred by two rain delays.
  The Canadian did not face a single break point in the match.
  Auger-Aliassime, seeded 21st in Paris, will next face the winner of Monday’s match between Australia’s Max Purcell and German qualifier Henn Squire
  
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• No surprises as Jesse Marsch announces first selection as Canadian men’s soccer coach

  27-05-2024 17:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Jesse Marsch’s first Canada selection for high-profile June friendlies against the Netherlands and France shows while you can change the coach, the talent at your disposal remains the same.
  Marsch’s 26-man roster contains 20 of the 23 players called up by interim coach Mauro Biello for Canada’s last outing — a 2-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago in a Copa America playoff March 23 in Frisco, Texas.
  The three players who have not carried over to Marsch’s squad are 22-yea
  
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• Rafael Nadal’s possible French Open farewell draws fans from all over the world

  27-05-2024 16:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — They traveled from all over — from Europe and Oceania, from North America and South America — to be at Roland Garros on Monday, intent on watching Rafael Nadal play what might be his last French Open match this year. Or ever.
  Nadal, who has won 14 of his 22 Grand Slam trophies in Paris, was scheduled to play on Day 2 of the tournament in Court Philippe Chatrier against No. 4 seed Alexander Zverev, and tennis fans wanted to be present for what felt like a monumental
  
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• Elections BC hiring multiple staff for fall election with salaries of $21-$26/hr.

  27-05-2024 16:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The provincial elections agency tasked with managing and planning electoral events says it is looking for enthusiastic individuals to provide support through the October 2024 provincial general election.
  According to its website, Elections BC says it is recruiting enumerators, office support staff, recruiters, election equipment officers, lead election equipment officers, trainers and office managers in 93 ridings across British Columbia.In Chilliwack, there are two ridings: C
  
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• Cultus Lake looking to ID people who damaged park property; $1,000 reward offered

  27-05-2024 16:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CULTUS LAKE — Cultus Lake Park is looking to identify the people responsible for damaging a newly planted tree on the lake foreshore.They’re even offering a $1,000 reward in hopes of locating the vandal(s).According to a social media post from Cultus Lake Park Chief Administrative Officer Joe Lamb dated Friday, May 24, Cultus Lake Park is seeking community assistance to gather details stemming from the recent vandalism of a newly planted tree near 150 First Avenue.The park did not is
  
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• Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner start French Open with straight-set victories

  27-05-2024 16:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — Iga Swiatek began her bid for a third consecutive French Open title with a straightforward 6-1, 6-2 victory over Leolia Jeanjean on Monday, stretching her winning streak to 13 matches.
  Swiatek, who has been ranked No. 1 for nearly every week since April 2022, put together an overwhelming 26-2 edge in winners and had just one, brief blip at Court Philippe Chatrier in the 1-hour, 1-minute match: She got broken to trail 1-0 in the second set.
  But after nine unforced errors in the
  
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• North Korea appears to have fired a missile into the sea, Japan and South Korea say

  27-05-2024 16:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TOKYO (AP) — North Korea on Monday launched a missile into the sea, Japan and South Korea said, hours after North Korea announced plans to put a rocket into orbit apparently carrying its second military reconnaissance satellite.
  North Korea had earlier notified Japan’s coast guard about its plans to launch “a satellite rocket” during a launch window from Monday through June 3.
  Japanese Prime Minister’s Office lifted a missile alert issued for the island of Okinawa f
  
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• Judge grants partial injunction against pro-Palestinian encampment at Montreal’s UQAM

  27-05-2024 16:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A judge has granted Université du Québec à Montréal a partial injunction against pro-Palestinian protesters who set up an encampment on its downtown campus earlier this month.
  Superior Court Justice Louis J. Gouin says safety measures need to be put in place urgently at the encampment, and that doing so won’t infringe on the encampment members’ right to protest.
  Gouin is prohibiting protesters from setting up tents and other material withi
  
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• A&W Food Services signs long-term development deal with Pret A Manger

  27-05-2024 15:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A&W Food Services of Canada Inc. has signed a long-term development agreement with sandwich chain Pret A Manger (Europe) Ltd.
  The deal follows a two-year trial period.A&W Food Services holds exclusive master franchisor rights to Canada for the Pret brand.
  During the trial period, Pret products were offered in certain A&W restaurants and a stand-alone Pret location was opened in downtown Toronto earlier this year.
  A&W says it will introduce Pret’s products
  
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• 2 Chilliwack First Nations leaders given Key to City of London - Chilliwack Progress

  27-05-2024 14:30 via news.google.com
  
  2 Chilliwack First Nations leaders given Key to City of London  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Georgian parliament committee rejects presidential veto of the divisive ‘foreign agents’ legislation

  27-05-2024 11:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — A Georgian parliament committee on Monday rejected the president’s veto of the “foreign agents” legislation that has sparked massive protests for weeks.The move by the parliament’s judiciary committee sets up the possibility of a vote of the full legislature on Tuesday to override President Salome Zourabichvili’s veto of the measure, which she and other critics say will restrict media freedom and obstruct Georgia’s chances of join
  
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• In the news today: U of T protesters plan rally at encampment site

  27-05-2024 10:15 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…
  U of T protesters don’t plan to pack up, will hold rally at eviction deadline
  Pro-Palestinian protesters who have been camped out at the University of Toronto for weeks say they have no plans to honour the terms of a trespass notice issued by the school and clear the demonstration site by 8 a.m. today. Instead, protest organizers say they will hold a rally at that t
  
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• U of T protesters don’t plan to pack up, will hold rally at eviction deadline

  27-05-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Pro-Palestinian protesters who have been camped out at the University of Toronto for weeks say they have no plans to honour the terms of a trespass notice issued by the school and clear the demonstration site by 8 a.m. today.
  Instead, protest organizers say they will hold a rally at that time alongside the Ontario Federation of Labour in an effort to force the school to meet their demands.University officials issued a trespass notice on Friday ordering demonstrators to remove the
  
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• Fort Nelson, B.C., evacuees heading home after being forced to flee wildfires

  27-05-2024 10:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT NELSON, B.C. — Residents in Fort Nelson are able to go home today after being evacuated for more than two weeks due to wildfires.
  The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality and the Fort Nelson First Nation say they’ll jointly rescind their evacuation orders at 8 a.m., lift roadblocks and allow people to return.
  About 4,700 residents were evacuated from Fort Nelson on May 10, when strong winds pushed the Parker Lake wildfire within a few kilometres of the town.
  The fire destroyed
  
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• OPINION: ‘Change is good’ new Chilliwack reporter whispers as he arrives in B.C. - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  27-05-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  OPINION: ‘Change is good’ new Chilliwack reporter whispers as he arrives in B.C.  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• BREAKING: Chilliwack RCMP release licence plate, information on missing man - Chilliwack Progress

  27-05-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  BREAKING: Chilliwack RCMP release licence plate, information on missing man  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Papua New Guinea government says Friday’s landslide buried 2,000 people and formally asks for help

  27-05-2024 08:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Papua New Guinea government said a landslide Friday buried more than 2,000 people and has formally asked for international help.The government figure is around three times more than a United Nations’ estimate of 670.In a letter seen by The Associated Press to the United Nations resident coordinator dated Sunday, the acting director of the South Pacific island nation’s National Disaster Center said the landslide “buried more than 2000 people
  
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• Muller scores in second OT, Boston forces decisive Game 5 with Minnesota

  27-05-2024 04:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Alina Muller scored 18:36 into the second overtime to give Boston a 1-0 win over Minnesota on Sunday night, sending the battle for the Walter Cup as the first Professional Women’s Hockey League champion to a fifth and deciding game.
  The do-or-die game is Wednesday in Boston.
  Theresa Schafzahl picked off a loose puck before she exited the Minnesota end, turned back to the middle of the ice and dropped a pass back to her right to Muller, who skated into the circl
  
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• Host Spirit rally to tip Voltigeurs 4-3 for second straight win at Memorial Cup

  27-05-2024 04:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAGINAW — Hunter Haight’s second goal of the night, a power-play marker at 12:16 of the third period, snapped a 3-3 deadlock and lifted the Saginaw Spirit to a 4-3 win over the Drummondville Voltigeurs in Memorial Cup action on Sunday night at Dow Event Center.
  Alex Christopoulos and Nic Sima also scored for the host Spirit, who secured a berth in Friday’s semifinals of the four-team, round-robin tournament with their second win in as many games. Michael Misa chipped in with th
  
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• CEBL roundup: Unbeaten Bandits sink winless Shooting Stars 88-83

  27-05-2024 03:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANGLEY, B.C. — The last time the Scarborough Shooting Stars played at Langley Events Centre they went home with their first Canadian Elite Basketball League championship title.
  The return to the West Coast on Sunday was less memorable for the Ontario crew.
  Despite jumping out to fast start and 49-44 halftime lead, the visitors couldn’t match the Vancouver Bandits, who posted an 88-83 victory in front of 5,000 fans at the LEC, located about 50 kilometres east of Vancouver.
  Taze Moore
  
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• Newgarden goes back-to-back at Indy 500 to give Penske record-extending 20th win

  27-05-2024 03:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Josef Newgarden put his cheating scandal behind him to become the first back-to-back winner of the Indianapolis 500 since Helio Castroneves 22 years ago and give Roger Penske a record-extending 20th win in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”The Tennessean passed Pato O’Ward on the final lap of Sunday’s rain-delayed race to become the first driver to win consecutive 500s since Castroneves did it for Penske in 2001 and 2002. And just like last year
  
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• Riley gets first individual PGA Tour win by 5 at Colonial

  27-05-2024 02:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Davis Riley was practising a week before Colonial when he got an unsettling call that his older sister had a seizure at work, which led to the discovery of a tumour on her brain and surgery the next day.
  Riley wasn’t even sure then that he would be able to, or even want to, play in the Charles Schwab Challenge.“When you have somebody that close to you, all the worst-case scenarios are going through your head,” Riley said. “It was certainly a
  
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