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• Environment Canada says winds reached 155 km/h in destructive Quebec tornado

  29-05-2024 23:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Environment Canada says the tornado that hit west of Montreal on Monday generated maximum wind speeds of about 155 kilometres per hour.
  The agency says in a statement today that the storm’s path was 14 kilometres long, from Très-Saint-Rédempteur, Que., to Pointe-Fortune.
  Data collected by the Northern Tornadoes Project from Western University in London, Ont., place the tornado as an EF-1, which is on the lower end of the Enhanced Fujita Scale used to measure
  
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• Cabinet minister in camouflage with gun nearly caused security alert at legislature

  29-05-2024 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — A leaked letter says Saskatchewan Trade Minister Jeremy Harrison nearly triggered a security incident when he walked into the legislature wearing camouflage and carrying a long gun in a case.
  The Opposition NDP says the document is further proof of the Saskatchewan Party member’s changing story and that he needs to be fired from Premier Scott Moe’s cabinet.
  NDP Leader Carla Beck says Harrison carried the gun into the legislature in April 2016, more than a year after sh
  
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• Henderson competes in U.S. Women’s Open at course where she made her major debut

  29-05-2024 23:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  So much has changed for Brooke Henderson since she last played in a U.S. Women’s Open at Lancaster Country Club.
  Henderson was playing in Monday qualifiers and earning sponsor exemptions for LPGA Tour events back in 2015 after her request for an age waiver to compete at Q School in late 2014 was denied. Then just 17 years old, she qualified for the 2015 U.S. Women’s Open based on her score at the previous year’s event, which she had earned her way into through a qualifying even
  
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• BC police issue thousands of tickets over long weekend, impound Ferrari and other speed demons

  29-05-2024 23:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — BC Highway Patrol made it clear before the May long weekend that motorists could expect to see a lot more police on provincial highways as part of a safety initiative.
  According to a news release Wednesday, BC Highway Patrol made good on their promise by issuing over 2,800 violation tickets to speeders, street racers and prohibited drivers across the province, and removing over 80 impaired drivers, most of whom were drunk.Over the May long weekend, BC Highway Patrol members co
  
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• Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s housing plan defeated in House of Commons

  29-05-2024 22:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s housing bill has been defeated in the House of Commons with the Liberals, New Democrats and Bloc Québécois voting against the legislation.Poilievre introduced the bill in September and touted it as the Conservative plan to tackle the country’s housing crisis.Poilievre’s focus on housing affordability has helped grow his party’s support in public opinion polls, earning the Conservatives a sizeable lead ove
  
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• Lawyer for trucker who caused deadly Broncos crash says families have no right to sue

  29-05-2024 22:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — A lawyer for the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash says families of the victims have no standing to seek compensation in an ongoing lawsuit.
  Court arguments are being heard this week in Regina over whether the truck driver and Saskatchewan government can be removed as defendants in the suit. The claim also names the bus and trucking companies.
  Sixteen people were killed and 13 were injured when the rookie trucker went through a stop sign and into the pa
  
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• New regional Sikh elementary school and daycare planned in Abbotsford - Chilliwack Progress

  29-05-2024 22:35 via news.google.com
  
  New regional Sikh elementary school and daycare planned in Abbotsford  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Warriors relying on ‘scar tissue’ from past in pushing forward at Memorial Cup

  29-05-2024 22:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAGINAW — Some scar tissue built up over time has given the Moose Jaw Warriors resilience.
  The Western Hockey League champions earned a spot in the Memorial Cup semifinal Tuesday night with a 5-3 win over the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League champion Drummondville. Both teams were 0-2 entering their final round-robin game, with the loser going home.
  “I think that’s something that you build over time,” Warriors head coach Mark O’Leary said. “It’s jus
  
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• Jesse Marsch draws on former colleagues, Canadian holdovers for his coaching staff

  29-05-2024 22:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Newly appointed Canadian men’s soccer coach Jesse Marsch has drawn on former colleagues and Canadian holdovers in assembling his staff.
  Mauro Biello, an assistant coach who took over as interim head coach after John Herdman stepped down last August to take over Toronto FC, is retained as assistant coach/head of pro coaching integration.Canada Soccer says Biello will serve as an assistant coach with the senior team, contribute to the men’s national team youth system and act as “
  
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• Toronto Liberal MP says politicians need more protection after office vandalized

  29-05-2024 22:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A Toronto MP says vandalism that defaced the outside of her constituency office is an “attack on democracy.”
  Liberal MP Julie Dzerowicz says two people dressed in black approached her Davenport constituency office at 1 a.m. on Tuesday and painted a threatening message on the windows.
  Photos of the office show red paint dripping around a photo of Dzerowicz in one window and a message in another that badly misspells Rafah, saying if the Gaza Strip city is burning, &ldquo
  
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• Conservative attacks on Speakers in Ottawa, Regina a pattern, say Liberals and NDP

  29-05-2024 21:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The House leaders for the federal Liberals and NDP say conservative politicians are displaying a pattern of attacks against Speakers’ independence.
  Their accusation comes a day after the federal Conservatives failed for the third time to get House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus to resign over allegations he is too partisan for the role.
  But Liberal House leader Steven MacKinnon says that “some” are creating a culture of intimidation against Speakers in different
  
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• Police move on pro-Palestinian protesters at University of B.C. campus

  29-05-2024 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Police have moved on pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, with video on social media showing lines of officers advancing on demonstrators rallying at a main intersection.
  Video posted shortly after 11 a.m. by an account associated with the protests shows dozens of uniformed officers walking down a main road on the campus.
  The Instagram account called “People’s University for Gaza at UBC” had earlier posted an up
  
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• Hope Fire tackles dangerous fires on back-to-back nights at Silver Skagit Road homeless camp

  29-05-2024 21:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — The fire chief of the Hope Fire Department says his firefighting crews faced dangerous conditions this week after being dispatched to a homeless camp on Silver Skagit Road on back-to-back nights, south of Hope.According to a social media post from the department, firefighters responded to separate incidents Monday night and Tuesday night (May 27 and 28) involving the destruction of recreational and nearby motor vehicles.The location of the fires were just beyond Hope Fire Department
  
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• Quebec court overturns judgment against theatres who allowed smoking on stage

  29-05-2024 21:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec judge has ruled that smoking during a stage performance is a valid form of artistic expression, overturning a lower court’s decision and clearing three theatres that had been fined for allowing the practice.
  Superior Court Justice Jean-François Émond ruled today that the act of smoking during a fictional performance in order to convey a message is “expressive content” protected under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.Three Quebec City th
  
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• City council strips Kamloops B.C. mayor of ability to speak on behalf of the city

  29-05-2024 21:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The mayor of Kamloops will no longer speak for the city, after council passed a resolution stripping him of his position as its official spokesman.
  The decision comes after more than a year of conflict between Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson, council, and city staff, including allegations that the mayor has poor communication skills, won’t accept responsibility, ignores confidentiality protocols, and misunderstands the rules around conflict of interest.
  A report to council
  
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• Montreal police introduce new patch to replace controversial ‘thin blue line’ symbol

  29-05-2024 21:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal police have introduced a new patch to replace a symbol that many officers wore on their uniforms to honour fallen colleagues but that has become associated with the far right.
  The police chief says the controversial thin blue line symbol, depicting a black and white Canadian flag divided by a blue horizontal stripe, is worn by about 10 to 15 per cent of Montreal officers.
  Some who wear it say it’s an expression of solidarity with police who have died on duty, but
  
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• Holland defends new ministerial powers to pull products off the shelves

  29-05-2024 21:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland says he needs new powers to unilaterally take dangerous products off the shelves if they’re hurting people and not being used as intended.
  He defended the new powers in the Liberals’ budget legislation against claims by an advocacy group with loose ties to the tobacco industry that is warning about the potential for ministerial abuse in the future.
  The changes in the legislation would allow the minister to put conditions on the sale, advert
  
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• Canada’s Taylor hopes to repeat at RBC Canadian Open but McIlroy could challenge

  29-05-2024 21:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — Nick Taylor hopes that he or a fellow Canadian win the RBC Canadian Open this year.
  Taylor, from Abbotsford, B.C., won last year’s men’s national golf championship at Oakdale Golf and Country Club in Toronto.
  His historic four-hole playoff victory ended a 69-year drought for Canadians at their own national championship.
  This year’s tournament starts Thursday at Hamilton Golf and Country Club in Ancaster, Ont.
  A modern-era record of 28 Canadians will be in the 1
  
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• Stampeders’ receiver Malik Henry out with season-ending knee injury

  29-05-2024 20:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Calgary Stampeders receiver Malik Henry suffered a knee injury in practice and will undergo season-ending surgery.
  The Stampeders say the 27-year-old wideout sustained a patellar tendon injury.
  Henry compiled 1,023 receiving yards and eight touchdowns for Calgary in 2022.
  He played just three games in 2023 because of an Achilles tendon injury.
  The Stampeders have signed Calgary receiver Colton Hunchak.
  He has 45 catches for 606 yards in 50 career regular-season games for the Stam
  
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• Chilliwack Mural Festival's 2024 artist lineup has been revealed - The Georgia Straight

  29-05-2024 20:03 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Mural Festival's 2024 artist lineup has been revealed  The Georgia Straight
  
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• Justice minister says Online Harms Act leaves room for age-appropriate design options

  29-05-2024 20:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The federal justice minister says the government’s online harms bill includes measures to protect children using age-appropriate web design.His comment comes as legislators study a Senate bill that seeks to require websites to verify users’ ages and keep minors from accessing “sexually explicit material.”Privacy experts have criticized the proposed legislation for posing a risk to Canadians’ personal information, which they would have to provide to ac
  
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• Public invited to attend Abbotsford Chamber’s annual Agriculture Bus Tour June 14

  29-05-2024 19:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — In a year that has seen drought and extreme weather impact farmers and growers in B.C., the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce will spotlight the remarkable achievements of local agribusiness in its popular Agriculture Bus Tour next month.The Abbotsford Chamber will host the Agriculture Bus Tour on Friday, June 14. The event is open to the public and will feature multiple businesses that positively impact the community. The tour will feature Minister of Agriculture and Food Pam Al
  
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• Alito rejects calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases because of flag controversies

  29-05-2024 19:37 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Samuel Alito is rejecting calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases involving former President Donald Trump and Jan. 6 defendants because of the controversy over flags that flew over his homes.
  In letters to members of Congress Wednesday, Alito says his wife was responsible for flying an upside down flag over his home in 2021 and an “Appeal to Heaven” flag at his New Jersey beach house last year.
  Neither incident merits his recusal, he wrote.
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• Access to Information plan includes administrative steps but no legislative changes

  29-05-2024 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government is outlining a variety of steps intended to make the much-criticized Access to Information system work better.
  But it appears any changes to the federal law will have to wait until after the next formal review, set to begin a year from now.
  The Access to Information Act allows people who pay $5 to request government records ranging from emails and memos to reports and expense claims.
  However, the law has long been criticized as slow and cumbersome, often res
  
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• On-ice camera shot of fight at Memorial Cup puts spotlight on fighting in hockey

  29-05-2024 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  An up-close look at a scrap during a Memorial Cup game has put the spotlight on fighting in hockey.
  A TSN cameraman, dressed in white to blend in, came onto the ice Monday night to film a second-period fight between Moose Jaw defenceman Kalem Parker and London forward Max McCue.Having a camera operator on the ice for a shot isn’t new for TSN. The broadcaster has done it at world junior championships and women’s world championships.
  However, as the fight was between major junior playe
  
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• Abbotsford speeder pays steep price after doing nearly 100 km/hr in school zone

  29-05-2024 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department say there’s just no possible excuse for going nearly 100 kilometres an hour in a school zone.
  According to a social media post Tuesday morning from the department, police caught up to a person driving a four-door Toyota Corolla-looking vehicle at 97 km/h in a school zone somewhere in Abbotsford. The speed limit around schools is typically 30 km/hr.
  The unwise decision not only cost the motorist with a lead foot their vehicle for seven day
  
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• DNA match leads to conviction 22 years after B.C. sexual assault

  29-05-2024 18:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND, B.C. — Police in Metro Vancouver say a DNA match led to a man’s arrest and conviction more than 22 years after he broke into a woman’s home and sexually assaulted her.Richmond RCMP say Christopher Sharafi, also known as Mohammed Mendi Sharafi, was found guilty last October, and in April he was sentenced to five years in prison for the two offences dating back to December 2001.
  The Mounties say the victim reported waking up to find a man standing in her room, and he th
  
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• Edmonton Oilers set to make lineup changes for Game 4 of Western Conference final

  29-05-2024 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers are shaking things up.
  Down 2-1 in the NHL’s Western Conference final to the Dallas Stars, head coach Kris Knoblauch confirmed there would be lineup changes for tonight’s Game 4.
  While he wouldn’t elaborate, it appears defenceman Philip Broberg will see his first action of the playoffs.
  Veteran forward Corey Perry and centre Ryan McLeod also look set to draw in.
  Edmonton defenceman David Desharnais and forwards Warren Foegele and Sam Carrick
  
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• Chilliwack physician who advocated for change named President-elect of BC Family Doctors

  29-05-2024 18:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack general practitioner Dr. Darren Joneson hasn’t been afraid to speak up on behalf of family doctors and the longitudinal practices they maintain.Dr. Joneson, the owner of Spectrum Medical at 6640 Vedder Road in Sardis, had been an outspoken catalyst in Chilliwack for the overhaul of the previous remuneration model in which B.C. family doctors were compensated on a per-patient basis, but not the administrative tasks for which they often spend countless hours.It&
  
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• Israel’s military says it’s taken control of a strategic corridor along Gaza’s border with Egypt

  29-05-2024 18:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s military said Wednesday it has seized control of a strategic corridor that runs along the length of Gaza’s border with Egypt.
  The corridor, known as Philadelphi, stretches along the border with neighboring Egypt, near the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where Israeli forces have been fighting recently.
  Smuggling tunnels that run between Egypt and the Gaza Strip stretch under the area.
  The military had no further immediate details.
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• Remains belong to woman, one of four people missing from Dawson Creek, B.C.: RCMP

  29-05-2024 18:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DAWSON CREEK, B.C. — Police in northern British Columbia say human remains found along a river near the community of Dawson Creek this month belong to a woman who went missing nearly six months ago, one of four people to vanish from the area over the last year.
  RCMP say in a statement that the BC Coroners Service has identified the remains discovered along the Kiskatinaw River on May 18 as belonging to Renee Didier.
  The Mounties say their North District Major Crime Unit is now investigatin
  
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• Montreal-based startup gets $850,000 to protect whales with artificial intelligence

  29-05-2024 17:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — The federal Fisheries Department is giving $850,000 to a Montreal-based startup that has developed artificial intelligence technology to protect whales and other marine life from ship strikes.Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier made the announcement this morning at the offices of Whale Seeker Inc.Founded in 2018, the company brings together biologists, data scientists and software developers to monitor marine mammals through AI.Whale Seeker says it has developed an AI tool th
  
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• Jury deliberations begin in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal case

  29-05-2024 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jury deliberations began Wednesday in Donald Trump’s hush money trial, putting the outcome of the historic case in the hands of a dozen New Yorkers who have vowed to be fair and impartial in the face of their unprecedented task.
  The jury of seven men and five women was sent to a private room just before 11:30 a.m. to begin weighing a verdict in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president. The jurors’ discussions will be secret, though they can send notes
  
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• Bayern Munich hires Vincent Kompany as coach to end months-long search

  29-05-2024 17:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MUNICH (AP) — Vincent Kompany is the unlikely new coach of Bayern Munich after a months-long search that saw the German club rejected by several top candidates.
  The 38-year-old former Manchester City captain arrives at Bayern tasked with overseeing a turnaround after his predecessor, Thomas Tuchel, led the team only to a third-place finish in the Bundesliga, 18 points off champion Bayer Leverkusen.
  Kompany won praise for his team’s attractive style of play when coaching Burnley in th
  
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• Brazil president withdraws his country’s ambassador to Israel after criticizing the war in Gaza

  29-05-2024 17:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva withdrew his country’s ambassador to Israel on Wednesday after months of tensions between the two countries over the war in Gaza.
  The move was announced in Brazil’s official gazette.
  Lula has been a frequent critic of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, which he compared to the Holocaust earlier this year. That led Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz to summon the Brazilian ambassador to the n
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: NDP’s failed affordability policies are harming British Columbians

  29-05-2024 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  After seven years under the NDP government, more British Columbians are struggling to afford everyday essentials. Rising costs and shrinking paychecks have hit people in every corner of the province as B.C. has become the least affordable province in Canada.And as if that wasn’t bad enough, we also face the most unaffordable housing in North America, the highest rental costs in Canada, and the highest gas prices and gas taxes in North America — not a record to be proud of.One of the
  
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• Trudeau to attend G7 summit in Italy, Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland

  29-05-2024 16:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to attend the G7 leaders’ summit next month in Italy, followed by the Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland.In a news release today, the Prime Minister’s Office says Trudeau’s focus at the G7 summit will be on highlighting the importance of democracy, promoting fair economic growth and combating foreign interference.
  Trudeau’s office says he will also hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts and discuss the Israel-Ham
  
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• Blair announces billions in training, equipment deals at military trade show

  29-05-2024 16:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Defence Minister Bill Blair announced an $11-billion deal to train Air Force pilots at a defence trade show in Ottawa this morning.
  The federal government has also signed a $2.5-billion deal to buy logistics vehicles for the army.The 25-year flight training deal includes classroom training, simulations and the purchase of 70 training aircraft.
  Blair was speaking to defence industry representatives at CANSEC, a two-day conference put on by the Canadian Association of Defence and Se
  
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• Sofia Kenin was 4-13 before the French Open. Now she is into the third round after beating Garcia

  29-05-2024 15:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — Sofia Kenin arrived at the French Open with just a 4-13 record this season and now is into the third round at Roland Garros after eliminating 21st-seeded Caroline Garcia of France 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday.
  Kenin is a 25-year-old based in Florida who won the Australian Open in 2020 and made it to the final in Paris later that year before losing to Iga Swiatek. Kenin’s career was knocked off track by a series of health issues, she’s now at No. 56 in the rankings after o
  
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• Five Ontario school boards, two schools join legal fight against social media giants

  29-05-2024 15:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Five more Ontario school boards and two private schools are suing social media giants Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat.They join some of Ontario’s largest school boards who filed suits in March alleging the platforms are negligently designed for compulsive use and have rewired the way children think, behave and learn, leaving teachers and schools to handle the consequences.Filing their own lawsuits are the Catholic boards in Ottawa, Dufferin-Peel and York, along wit
  
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• Classic car show will raise money for Chilliwack General Hospital - Chilliwack Progress

  29-05-2024 14:35 via news.google.com
  
  Classic car show will raise money for Chilliwack General Hospital  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Smithsonian says 2 new giant pandas returning to Washington’s National Zoo from China by end of year

  29-05-2024 14:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Smithsonian Institution said Wednesday that two new giant pandas are returning to Washington’s National Zoo from China by the end of the year.The Associated Press
  
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• Barcelona hires Hansi Flick as coach after official departure of Xavi Hernandez

  29-05-2024 13:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona hired former Germany and Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick on Wednesday as the replacement for Xavi Hernandez.
  It’s the 59-year-old Flick’s first coaching job since being fired by Germany in September last year. He previously spent two years at Bayern Munich, winning the Champions League and back-to-back German league titles.
  Hernandez, a midfield great as a player at Barcelona, has left after the team finished a distant second to Real Madrid in
  
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• Bees keep Canadian ski jumper Abigail Strate busy in summer

  29-05-2024 13:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Tending bees helps Canadian ski jumper Abigail Strate find tranquility amid an adrenalin rush.
  That’s a handy skill to have when she’s plunging down an inrun to defy gravity for as long as she can.
  “It’s actually trained me to be quite calm in kind of chaotic situations, and those situations happen quite often in sports,” Strate said.
  She’s been stung more times than she can count, but that doesn’t dampen her enthusiasm for the hard-worki
  
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• Police search the European Parliament over suspected Russian interference, prosecutors say

  29-05-2024 12:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium’s federal prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday that police carried out searches at the residence of an employee of the European Parliament and at his office in the Parliament’s building in Brussels over suspected Russian interference.
  Prosecutors said in statement that the suspect’s office in Strasbourg, where the EU Parliament’s headquarters are located in France, was also searched in partnership with the EU’s judicial cooperati
  
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• Canada to see warm summer, wildfire risks loom for some regions: Weather Network

  29-05-2024 12:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Get ready to feel the heat, Canada.
  The Weather Network is predicting more sunshine and warmer temperatures for the summer.
  The weather broadcaster’s annual summer forecast released Wednesday indicates Canada will be blanketed in heat over the next three months as the country sees fewer rainy days and several regions experience humid conditions.
  “We’d be very surprised, very surprised, if this didn’t turn out overall as a warm summer,” Chris Scott, the Weather Netwo
  
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• In the news today: Property controls a barrier for domestic grocers

  29-05-2024 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today…
  Property controls a major barrier for grocery competition in Canada: experts
  Experts say limiting real estate restrictions in grocery leases could open the door to stronger competition in the sector, giving consumers more choices and potentially even lowering prices. Canada’s competition watchdog has turned its sight on grocery sector rental terms that include restr
  
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• How my photos of a pick-up football game made a mark on Canadian political history

  29-05-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  “Hey, Doug — did you take that shot of Stanfield on the front of the Globe and Mail this morning?”
  We were boarding the Progressive Conservative campaign bus outside the Hotel Vancouver early on May 31 during the 1974 federal election.
  I was a photographer working for The Canadian Press out of Montreal, where I had been stationed the previous year.
  Early the day before, we had flown out of Halifax heading for a rally in Saskatoon and then overnight in Vancouver.We had a refueli
  
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• Black-owned business program gives owners a shot at government, corporate contracts

  29-05-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Governments and corporations in Canada spend billions each year procuring products and services, but Jackee Kasandy says that historically barely any has gone to businesses owned by Black people, and she wants that to change.Kasandy heads the British Columbia-based Black Entrepreneurs and Businesses of Canada Society, which now offers a certification program for Black-owned businesses to help owners navigate the lucrative but complicated world of government and corporate procur
  
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• A political picture is worth a thousand words — and, sometimes, a career

  29-05-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — They say a photo is worth a thousand words. Sometimes, it’s worth your career.
  A momentary snapshot can send the public a strong signal about what a politician’s fate could be. It can seem to seal that fate.
  That was in part the case for former Progressive Conservative leader Robert Stanfield, who was captured in an award-winning photo that became one of Canada’s most legendary political images.
  Fifty years ago, on May 30, 1974, former Canadian Press photographer
  
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