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• US and Britain strike Houthi rebel targets in Yemen after surge in shipping attacks

  30-05-2024 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Britain struck 13 Houthi targets in several locations in Yemen on Thursday in response to a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia group on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, three U.S. officials said.
  According to the officials, American and British fighter jets and U.S. ships hit a wide range of underground facilities, missile launchers, command and control sites, a Houthi vessel and other facilities. The officials spoke on condition of anon
  
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• Montreal billionaire Robert Miller arrested on sex charges involving 10 victims

  30-05-2024 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal police say billionaire Robert Miller, founder of the company Future Electronics, has been charged with sex crimes involving 10 victims, many of whom were minors.
  Police told a news conference today that the 21 alleged offences, including sexual assault, sexual interference and enticing a person to commit prostitution, took place between 1994 and 2016.
  A news release from the police says Miller, 80, was arrested in Westmount and has been released on a promise to appear i
  
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• Court certifies flooding lawsuit against Abbotsford, B.C., as class action

  30-05-2024 23:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — A judge has certified a class-action lawsuit alleging destruction in the November 2021 atmospheric river flooding in the Fraser Valley was magnified by improper operations of a pump station.
  B.C. Supreme Court Justice S. Dev Dley says the lawsuit’s allegations against the City of Abbotsford potentially affected a significant number of people in the nearby Sumas Prairie area.
  Court documents say the certification means others affected by the flooding can join the la
  
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• Upper Fraser Valley RCMP seeks evidence in suspicious death in Hope

  30-05-2024 23:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HOPE — Mounties with the Upper Fraser Valley RCMP detachment in Hope continue to appeal for any information from the public after a 38-year-old man was found deceased along Highway 3 in September 2023.On September 17, 2023 at 5:05 p.m., the Hope RCMP received a report of an unresponsive person located down an embankment in the area of Two Mile Creek along Hwy. 3 in Hope, BC.
  RCMP attended the location and found a 38-year-old man who was confirmed to be deceased. In consultation with the BC
  
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• Doomsday plot: Idaho jury convicts Chad Daybell of killing wife and girlfriend’s 2 children

  30-05-2024 22:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho jury has convicted Chad Daybell of murder in the deaths of his wife and his girlfriend’s two youngest children.The verdict marks the end of a years-long investigation that included bizarre claims of zombie children, apocalyptic prophesies and illicit affairs. Now the jury will be tasked with deciding if Daybell should be sentenced to death for the crimes.Prosecutors charged Daybell and his newest wife, Lori Vallow Daybell, with multiple counts of murder,
  
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• Biden partially lifts ban on Ukraine using US arms in strikes on Russian territory, US officials say

  30-05-2024 22:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has given Ukraine the go-ahead to use American weaponry to strike inside Russia for the limited purpose of defending Kharkiv, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
  The officials, who requested anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter, underscored that the U.S. policy calling on Ukraine not to use American-provide long-range missiles and other munitions to strike inside Russia offensively has not changed.
  The move comes as Ukrainian
  
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• Abbotsford PD arrests 200+ in ‘Project Spotlight’ meant to target violent repeat offenders

  30-05-2024 21:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The Abbotsford Police Department says an 8-month initiative meant to target prolific violent offenders and crooks responsible for random acts of violence has resulted in the arrest of over 200 people.According to a news release Thursday (May 30) from the department, Abbotsford police say the goal behind Project Spotlight was to keep Abbotsford streets safer by arresting violent offenders who were released on conditions and by targeting property crime offenders who were using v
  
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• Canadian cricketers look to impress in first trip to ICC Men’s T20 World Cup

  30-05-2024 21:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Canada steps onto the cricket world stage Saturday when it takes on the co-host U.S. in the opening match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Dallas.
  While known for other sports, the North American rivals have cricket history with their first meeting — in New York in 1844 — believed to be the first-ever international match. But this Canadian squad is looking to the future not the past, hoping to impress against some of the sport’s biggest names.“The mood is great,&rd
  
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• 'Humanity wins': Community rallies around Chilliwack sous-chef hit by theft - Chilliwack Progress

  30-05-2024 21:40 via news.google.com
  
  'Humanity wins': Community rallies around Chilliwack sous-chef hit by theft  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Man charged with murder after knife fight that left three dead in Montreal

  30-05-2024 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal police say they have identified the suspects directly involved in a triple murder last week, with one suspect appearing in court today and the other two confirmed among the dead.
  Nineteen-year-old Yero Sava Dogo appeared in court in Montreal to face a charge of second-degree murder in the May 21 death of Alexandre Vatamanu Salamanca, who was in his 20s.
  A 15-year-old boy and another man in his 20s were killed in an alleyway knife fight that broke out at around 7 p.m. in
  
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• Cottonwood 4 Cinemas offering free movie admission today to mark its 15th anniversary

  30-05-2024 21:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Cottonwood Cinemas, the discount movie theatre on Luckakuck Way, says it is offering free admission to the movies today, Thursday, May 30 to mark its 15th anniversary.
  According to a brief post on Facebook at 7 a.m. Thursday morning, the movie theatre invites Chilliwack residents to enjoy free movie admission.
  There’s a catch, however. You have to show movie staff the Facebook post.
  “Help Cottonwood 4 Cinemas celebrate our 15-year anniversary with free admission,&r
  
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• BC United welcomes Fraser Valley realtor as its Abbotsford-Mission candidate

  30-05-2024 21:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Fraser Valley realtor Merrick Mateazzi has been acclaimed as the BC United candidate in the Abbotsford-Mission riding, pitting himself against a realtor and the B.C. Minister of Agriculture and Food in this year’s provincial election.According to a news release from BC United, Mateazzi is a devoted husband and father of three children who has deep connections to Abbotsford and Mission. He grew up in Abbotsford and built meaningful ties to the Fraser Valley through school
  
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• Savoie enjoying final ride at Memorial Cup after nomadic final junior season

  30-05-2024 20:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAGINAW — Matthew Savoie knew the trade was coming.The star centre had already shuffled between the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres, their American Hockey League affiliate the Rochester Americans and then the Western Hockey League’s Wenatchee Wild. He also played for Canada at the 2024 world junior championship.
  On Jan. 4, the Wild sent Savoie to the Moose Jaw Warriors in exchange for a whopping seven picks in order to get draft capital to build for the future.Savoie knew some of Moose Ja
  
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• Yarrow Days return for its 52nd annual celebration this weekend

  30-05-2024 20:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Yarrow epitomizes small town living south of the Vedder River, where a mix of unique stores on Yarrow Central Road beckon to residents, visitors and pedestrians alike.
  There’s still a post office, fire station and general store on the town’s main drag, preserving the town’s rural vibe.
  And every year for the past half-century, residents from the quaint streets of Yarrow and beyond have packed the town for the annual Yarrow Days celebration, which is back this
  
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• Roberts rejects Senate Democrats’ request to discuss Supreme Court ethics and Alito flag controversy

  30-05-2024 20:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday declined an invitation to meet with Democratic senators to talk about Supreme Court ethics and the controversy over flags that flew outside homes owned by Justice Samuel Alito.
  Roberts’ response came in a letter to the senators a day after Alito separately wrote them and House members to reject their demands that he recuse from major Supreme Court cases involving former President Donald Trump and the Jan. 6 rioters because of t
  
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• Mélanie Joly ‘forward-leaning’ in debate on Ukraine using NATO arms inside Russia

  30-05-2024 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is suggesting Canada would support a policy of allowing Ukraine to use NATO-provided arms inside Russia.
  Joly says Canada is “forward-leaning on this question,” amid a debate about how much autonomy Ukraine should have in using donated weapons.
  The United States and Germany have at various points warned about the risk of escalating the situation, as they try to avoid a direct war with Russia.
  France and countries bordering R
  
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• B.C. unveils 240-language racism reporting helpline

  30-05-2024 19:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia has launched a new helpline for people who witness or experience a racist incident, with support available in more than 240 languages.The province says callers will receive support and guidance, which could include referrals to local community support services, such as counselling or help with reporting to police.
  It says callers will be asked to describe where and what happened, and whether they’d like to disclose “basic demographic information.&rdq
  
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• CF Montreal assistant sporting director Vassili Cremanzidis leaves organization

  30-05-2024 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal assistant sporting director Vassili Cremanzidis is stepping down.
  Cremanzidis’s departure from the Major League Soccer club comes three weeks after Montreal and sporting director Olivier Renard parted ways.
  Montreal announced that Cremanzidis informed the team of his decision Thursday morning.
  Cremanzidis was in his second stint with Montreal, having returned in November 2018. He was previously a performance analyst with the team between 2013 and 2015.
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• Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov and Fernandez move into third round at French Open

  30-05-2024 19:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canadians Felix Auger-Aliassime, Denis Shapovalov and Leylah Fernandez have advanced to the third round of the French Open.
  Montreal’s Auger-Aliassime, the men’s No. 21 seed, defeated German qualifier Henri Squire 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in second-round action Thursday at the clay-court tennis Grand Slam.
  Auger-Aliassime fired 12 aces in the match, including one to set up match point.
  He took a commanding 4-1 lead in the fourth set with a break. After Squire broke in the fol
  
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• B.C. government to pay for COVID-19 drug Paxlovid after feds drop coverage

  30-05-2024 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia will cover the cost of an antiviral drug aimed at treating mild to moderate cases of COVID-19 as the federal government ends its coverage.
  A statement from B.C.’s Health Ministry says the province will provide 100 per cent coverage for the treatment sold under the brand name Paxlovid, for B.C. residents with an active medical services plan.
  A provincial government web page says the change took effect on Tuesday, after the federal government stopped supplyi
  
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• Saskatchewan farmer who found space junk in field not alone; others discover debris

  30-05-2024 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ITUNA, Sask. — A Saskatchewan man who found a giant piece of space junk on his farm says he is not alone.
  Barry Sawchuk says five more fragments of debris from high in the sky have been found by his neighbours.
  Sawchuk has a farm north of Regina and last month discovered in his field a large rectangular piece of scorched, honeycombed aluminum carbon fibre as tall as he is.
  He says he been contacted by SpaceX and is negotiating a fee to return it, even though the spacecraft manufacturer own
  
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• Charges against world’s top golfer Scottie Scheffler dropped after arrest outside PGA Championship

  30-05-2024 18:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Criminal charges against Scottie Scheffler have been dismissed, ending a legal saga that began with images of the world’s top male golfer being arrested and handcuffed in Louisville during the PGA Championship.
  Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell, a local prosecutor, asked a judge Wednesday afternoon to drop the four charges against Scheffle, who was not required to be in the courtroom Wednesday.
  O’Connell said his team reviewed the case in a &
  
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• Pro-Palestinian protesters at UQAM agree to dismantle encampment, say demands met

  30-05-2024 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Pro-Palestinian protesters at Université du Québec à Montréal say they will dismantle their encampment by the end of next week after the university agreed to many of their demands.One of the activist groups involved with the encampment said a resolution adopted by the university Wednesday is a “historic victory” after part of the university’s campus was occupied for nearly three weeks.
  The resolution adopted unanimously during a spec
  
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• RCMP looking to ID suspects who brandished guns in Fraser Valley robbery

  30-05-2024 18:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — Mounties in Surrey are asking for assistance from the public to help identify two suspects and a vehicle involved in an armed robbery last week.
  According to a news release from Cpl. Sarbjit K. Sangha of the Surrey RCMP media relations unit, Surrey RCMP responded to a robbery at a business on Saturday, May 25 in the 9200 block of 120 Street, Surrey.Surrey RCMP is sharing photos of two suspects and the vehicle used in the commission of this offence to advance the investigation.
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• Mountie transferred from Bella Bella, B.C., after complaints about Facebook posts

  30-05-2024 18:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BELLA BELLA, B.C. — The leadership of a First Nation on British Columbia’s central coast says an RCMP officer has been transferred after the community called for his removal from Bella Bella over social media comments he made before joining the Mounties.
  A statement posted by the Heiltsuk Tribal Council on Wednesday says RCMP told the nation that the transfer process for the constable was complete and he would be leaving the community this weekend.
  In an earlier letter to the local R
  
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• Jury in Trump hush money trial resumes deliberations after rehearing instructions, testimony

  30-05-2024 18:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The jury in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial resumed deliberations Thursday after revisiting portions of the judge’s instructions and rehearing testimony from multiple key witnesses about the alleged scheme at the heart of the history-making case.
  The judge responded to a jury request by rereading 30 pages of jury instructions. The 12-person jury, which deliberated for about 4 1/2 hours Wednesday without reaching a verdict, also reheard testimony
  
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• Health issues force Canadian boxer to withdraw from Olympic qualifier in Bangkok

  30-05-2024 18:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BANGKOK — Canadian boxer Marie Al-Ahmadieh has withdrawn from a last-ditch Olympic qualifier due to “unforeseen health-related issues,” according to Boxing Canada.
  The 19-year-old from Montreal, a silver medallist at the 2023 AMBC American Continental Championships, was slated to meet Sierra Leone’s Josefien Betist on Thursday in a round-of-16 bout in the women’s 57-kilogram division.
  “Marie has been an integral part of our team, and her dedication to her craf
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP seeks help in finding a missing 86-year-old man

  30-05-2024 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP is asking for the public’s help in locating an 86-year-old man who was last seen earlier this week.
  According to a news release from Corporal Teresa Parsons, media relations officer for the Chilliwack RCMP, police say 86-year-old Frederick “Earl” Scott was reported missing on Wednesday, May 29. He last seen Monday, May 27.Police have provided the following description of Mr. Scott:
  Caucasian male;
  86 years old;
  5’9″ tall;
  201 lbs;
  
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• Knoblauch’s roster shakeup pays off as Perry sparks Oilers in Game 4 victory

  30-05-2024 17:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — The morning before Game 4 of the Western Conference final, veteran Edmonton Oilers forward Corey Perry was informed that his five-game exile to the press box was ending.
  For a player of Perry’s playoff pedigree — a former Hart Trophy winner and Stanley Cup champion — not playing during the most important time of the year wasn’t an easy thing to accept.
  But that was the price he needed to pay for going pointless through the Oilers’ first 10 games of
  
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• Canada men face another relegation fight to preserve core status on HSBC SVNS circuit

  30-05-2024 17:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  While Canada’s women battle for silverware this weekend in the HSBC SVNS season finale in Madrid, the men are fighting for survival on World Rugby’s sevens circuit.
  For the second year in a row, the Canadian men find themselves in a relegation battle.
  Canada survived a four-team playoff last year, defeating Kenya 12-7 in London in the final on a last-minute Alex Russell try to preserve its status as a core team on World Rugby’s sevens series.
  The 2023 relegation fight was a pro
  
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• Chilliwack man loses his car for a month after being caught severely drunk

  30-05-2024 17:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — A Chilliwack man will need an alternate source of transportation after he was observed staggering toward a car at a gas station in Mission last week, before trying to drive away intoxicated with a 12-pack of vodka cans inside his car.According to a news brief from the Mission RCMP detachment, Mounties say an officer was conducting proactive patrols around 1 a.m. on Tuesday morning, May 21 when he noticed a man stumbling toward a car at a gas station on Haig Street before entering
  
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• Trudeau: Russia should be part of D-Day ceremony, despite egregious Ukraine invasion

  30-05-2024 17:23 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he supports France’s decision to invite Russian officials to a D-Day commemoration, despite the invasion of Ukraine.
  Trudeau says Canada is in “extreme disagreement” with Russia and that Moscow must be held accountable for violating fundamental rules about respecting sovereign borders.
  But he says it’s still important to recognize all countries involved in liberating France from the Nazis in the Second World War.
  Mission L
  
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• Supreme Court won’t hear appeal in Montreal brainwashing experiments case

  30-05-2024 17:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not review a Quebec ruling that bars people from suing the U.S. government in Canada over its role in notorious brainwashing experiments at a Montreal psychiatric hospital.
  The top court’s decision is a setback for a proposed class-action lawsuit over the medical procedures funded decades ago by the Canadian government and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency at the Allan Memorial Institute.
  Dr. Ewen Cameron, who died in 1967, used drugs, sen
  
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• YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Progress in creating homes for people

  30-05-2024 17:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Affordable housing continues to be one of the most important issues facing British Columbians today. And that’s why we are continuing to take action on creating more homes for people, in the communities they love, at prices they can afford.Over the past year, significant steps have been taken in reshaping housing policy and legislation to expedite the construction of much-needed housing. Since 2017, we’re seeing results, with nearly 78,000 units either completed or in progress.To mak
  
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• National task force not lowering age for routine breast cancer screening to 40

  30-05-2024 16:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A national task force that provides guidance for primary health-care providers is not lowering the recommended breast cancer screening age to 40, despite urging from several cancer specialists, surgeons and radiologists.The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care has been reviewing its current advice that women start routine breast cancer screening at age 50.
  It holds firm on that position, and on previous advice against routine screening past age 74.
  However, the task force adds that if s
  
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• Supreme Court won’t hear bid by families of victims to enforce ruling against Iran

  30-05-2024 16:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from victims’ families who are trying to enforce a $107-million judgment against Iran over its downing of a passenger jet.
  Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 was shot down by Iranian officials shortly after takeoff from Tehran in 2020.
  Most of the passengers were bound for Canada, including 55 Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents.In 2021, family members obtained a default court judgment against Iran for $10
  
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• Supreme Court clears the way for the NRA’s free speech lawsuit against an ex-New York official

  30-05-2024 16:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for a National Rifle Association lawsuit against a former New York state official over claims she violated its free-speech rights.
  The unanimous opinion reverses a lower court decision tossing out the gun rights group’s lawsuit against ex-New York State Department of Financial Services Superintendent Maria Vullo.
  The NRA said Vullo pressured banks and insurance companies to blacklist it after the school shooting in Parkl
  
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• Largest vaccine production plant in Canada opens in Toronto

  30-05-2024 16:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is announcing the opening of a major vaccine production plant in Toronto today — part of Canada’s efforts to build up the domestic biomanufacturing sector in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.The new Sanofi facility is the largest in Canada and is expected to significantly increase Canada’s domestic production of pediatric and adult vaccines for whooping cough, diphtheria and tetanus.
  During the COVID-19 pandemic, it became clea
  
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• Chilliwack designers head to national Indigenous Fashion Arts Festival - Chilliwack Progress

  30-05-2024 14:35 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack designers head to national Indigenous Fashion Arts Festival  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Nick Taylor of Abbotsford begins RBC Canadian Open defence

  30-05-2024 14:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — Nick Taylor begins the defence of his RBC Canadian Open title this morning.
  The product of Abbotsford, B.C., was the first Canadian to win the men’s golf national championship in 69 years when he won a four-hole playoff in 2023.
  He’s in a group with Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and Taylor Pendrith of Richmond Hill, Ont., for the first two rounds at the Hamilton Golf & Country Club.
  McIlroy won the Canadian Open in 2019 and 2022.
  Taylor also won the WM Ph
  
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• Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C., begins RBC Canadian Open defence

  30-05-2024 14:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — Nick Taylor begins the defence of his RBC Canadian Open title this morning.
  The product of Abbotsford, B.C., was the first Canadian to win the men’s golf national championship in 69 years when he won a four-hole playoff in 2023.
  He’s in a group with Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and Taylor Pendrith of Richmond Hill, Ont., for the first two rounds at the Hamilton Golf & Country Club.
  McIlroy won the Canadian Open in 2019 and 2022.
  Taylor also won the WM Ph
  
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• Musician Patrick Watson on how ethics got between him and half a million dollars

  30-05-2024 13:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Patrick Watson can’t be easily bought.
  While many have offered heaps of money to license the Montreal musician’s acclaimed work over the years, he says there are certain ethical lines he refused to cross.
  In the case of “To Build a Home,” his 2007 piano-string ballad with the Cinematic Orchestra, one corporation with a history of what he calls “reasonable ethical doubts” wanted to license his song for an internal marketing video. Watson said he
  
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• Maradona’s heirs lose court battle to block auction of World Cup Golden Ball trophy

  30-05-2024 12:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A French court ruled the auction of a trophy awarded to the late Diego Maradona after the 1986 World Cup can go ahead as planned despite opposition from his heirs, their lawyer told The Associated Press on Thursday.
  Maradona’s heirs tried to stop the auction of the Golden Ball trophy he received for being the best player of the 1986 World Cup by starting an urgent judicial procedure. Lawyer Gilles Moreu told The AP the court’s ruling “was not favorable to the heirs of Diego Mar
  
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• Montreal Jewish school hit by at least one bullet, police say

  30-05-2024 12:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal police are investigating after they say a Jewish school in the city’s most populous borough has been hit by gunfire.
  The police in Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce responded after they received information that some projectile impacts were visible on the Jewish school located on Hillsdale Road near Van Horne Avenue.
  At around 6:00 p.m. local time, police arrived at the school and located more than one projectile impact on the front of the scho
  
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• Spain’s parliament gives final approval to amnesty law for Catalonia’s separatists

  30-05-2024 11:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Parliament voted Thursday to give final approval to a controversial amnesty law for hundreds of Catalan separatists involved in the illegal and unsuccessful 2017 secession bid.
  The legislation was backed by Spain’s left-wing coalition government, two Catalan separatist parties, and other smaller parties. It pass by a vote of 177-172 in the lower house with the conservative Popular Party and far-right Vox opposing it.
  The amnesty could benefit former Catala
  
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• In the news today: Fewer immigrants could have economic impacts as Canadians age

  30-05-2024 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…
  Immigration providing important buffer for economy as Canada’s population greys: RBC
  An RBC economist says high levels of immigration are helping blunt the economic impact of Canada’s aging population even though it’s causing concerns about housing affordability and other challenges. RBC economist Carrie Freestone says fewer immigrants could have economi
  
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• Classic car show will raise money for Chilliwack General Hospital - Maple Ridge News

  30-05-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Classic car show will raise money for Chilliwack General Hospital  Maple Ridge News
  
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• Gauld scores in each half to lead Whitecaps to 2-1 victory over Sporting KC

  30-05-2024 05:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Ryan Gauld scored a goal in each half to lead the Vancouver Whitecaps to a 2-1 victory over Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday night.
  Gauld staked Vancouver (6-5-4) to a 1-0 lead at halftime when he scored unassisted from in close with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner of the net in the 39th minute.
  Gauld added an insurance goal in the 82nd minute on a breakaway, also unassisted. It was his seventh netter of the season.
  Gauld’s second goal became n
  
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• Toronto FC to play CPL champion Forge FC in Canadian Championship semifinal

  30-05-2024 05:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto FC will play Canadian Premier League champion Forge FC in one Canadian Championship semifinal with the defending champion Vancouver Whitecaps taking on ether CPL’s Pacific FC or Atletico Ottawa in the other.
  The draw for the two-legged semifinals was made Wednesday night at halftime of the second leg of the Pacific-Ottawa quarterfinal in Langford, B.C.
  The draw also determined that the winner of the Vancouver-Pacific/Ottawa semifinal will host the stand-alone champi
  
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• Oilers battle back from early deficit to defeat Stars 5-2 and pull even in West final

  30-05-2024 05:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Mattias Janmark and Leon Draisaitl scored less than one minute apart in the second period as the Edmonton Oilers battled back from an early two-goal deficit to beat the Dallas Stars 5-2 on Wednesday and even the NHL’s Western Conference final at two games apiece.
  Ryan McLeod, Evan Bouchard and Mattias Ekholm, into an empty net, had the other goals for Edmonton. Stuart Skinner made 20 saves. Connor McDavid added two assists.
  Wyatt Johnston and Esa Lindell replied for Dallas
  
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