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• Brazil police indict ex-President Bolsonaro for money laundering, criminal association, sources say

  04-07-2024 23:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Federal Police have indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds the far-right leader received from Saudi Arabia during his time in office, according to a source with knowledge of the accusations.A second source confirmed the indictment, although not for which specific crimes. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly.
  
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• Canadians in Grenada and Montreal rally to help after hurricane Beryl devastation

  04-07-2024 23:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Canadians Lynn Kaak and her husband have been doing what they can to provide relief to the Caribbean island nation of Grenada, after hurricane Beryl left part of the country “absolutely hammered.”
  As a volunteer warden with the Canadian High Commission in Barbados, which offers consular assistance to Canadians in Grenada, Kaak has been kept busy purchasing bottled water for storm victims, a precious resource she says is running out in the country. On Thursday, she wa
  
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• Federal government to deliver budget money to Paris-bound athletes

  04-07-2024 23:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The federal government is making good on a budget promise to Canada’s athletes as they prepare for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris later this summer.
  National sport minister Carla Qualtrough, minister of employment Randy Boissonnault and treasury board president Anita Anand were in Calgary to announce the $55 million in athlete carding money, sport support and community sport funding that was promised in April’s budget is on its way.
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• Raptors sign 2024 draft picks Walter, Mogbo and Shead

  04-07-2024 22:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have signed 2024 draft picks Ja’Kobe Walter, Jonathan Mogbo and Jamal Shead.
  The Raptors did not provide financial terms of the deals when announcing the signings Thursday but said Walter signed a rookie-scale contract through 2025-26 while Mogbo and Shead signed multi-year deals.
  Toronto selected Walter, a six-foot-four guard out of Baylor, with the 19th-overall pick in the draft.
  He averaged a team-high 14.5 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.1 steal
  
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• Environment Canada issues multiple warnings as B.C. braces for weekend heat

  04-07-2024 22:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Environment Canada has issued a series of heat warnings for British Columbia stretching into next week, with parts of the province forecast to reach “very high temperatures” beginning Friday.
  The six warnings span Vancouver Island, where they will be in effect from Friday until early next week, and the North Coast including Kitimat and Terrace, where the warnings will be in place from Saturday until Tuesday night.
  Environment Canada says temperatures on the island a
  
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• Calgary Stampede rodeo medical clinic treats a parade of aches and pains

  04-07-2024 22:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — The action behind the bucking chutes can be as hectic as the rodeo infield at the Calgary Stampede.
  The rodeo’s medical clinic under the grandstand is a revolving door that starts whirling before the rodeo performance and is still spinning afterward.Not only are medical practitioners there to treat riders hitting the dirt, their other mission is managing and treating the chronic injuries, aches and pains athletes bring with them to the Stampede.
  “The Calgary Stampede
  
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• Blue Jays drop series finale against Astros as offence fizzles after first inning

  04-07-2024 22:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Blue Jays and Astros provided some early July 4 fireworks Thursday, but Toronto was unable to keep the offence rolling past the first inning in a 5-3 loss to Houston.
  The teams combined for six runs, eight hits and 10 baserunners in a wild first inning.
  After Houston loaded the bases with nobody out to start the game, catcher Yainer Diaz drove in a run on a groundout before designated hitter Jon Singleton’s two-run single handed the Astros an early 3-0 lead.
  The Blue Ja
  
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• Border workers who nearly went on strike in June ratify new contract

  04-07-2024 21:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The union representing Canada’s border workers says members have voted 91 per cent in favour of a new collective agreement.
  More than 9,000 Canada Border Services Agency workers were planning job action in June but the strike was averted when a tentative agreement was reached with the federal government.
  The vote solidifies the new collective agreement preventing a strike which could have brought commercial border traffic to a standstill and caused major delays across the co
  
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• Springer posts the 14th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history with his eagle-birdie finish for a 59

  04-07-2024 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — Hayden Springer posted the 14th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history when he finished eagle-birdie in the John Deere Classic on Thursday for a 12-under 59.
  Springer shot 27 on the front nine of the rain-softened TPC Deere Run, and then his hopes of a sub-60 round seemed to fade with five straight pars. But he finished in style with an 18-foot birdie putt on the 15th, holing out for eagle from 55 yards on the par-5 17th and pumping his fist when his 12-foot birdie dropped on
  
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• Saskatchewan files for injunction over Canada Revenue Agency collecting carbon money

  04-07-2024 21:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  REGINA — The Saskatchewan government says it has filed for an injunction to stop the Canada Revenue Agency from collecting carbon levy dollars the province owes.Justice Minister Bronwyn Eyre didn’t provide details but says Ottawa is coming after Saskatchewan’s bank account.
  She argues it’s unconstitutional for the federal government to take money from provinces.
  Earlier this year, Premier Scott Moe’s government stopped paying the carbon levy on natural gas to Ottawa
  
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• Deputy prime minister says ‘vast, vast majority’ of Liberal caucus supports Trudeau

  04-07-2024 20:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the “vast, vast majority” of Liberal MPs continue to support their leader.
  Her comments come as questions continue to swirl about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership — and whether he has the full support of a caucus he has not met with since last week’s shocking byelection upset in Toronto last week.
  Freeland says Toronto-area MPs met in her backyard on Wednesday evening to talk about what the elec
  
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• B.C. NDP ministers Bains, Ralston and Fleming won’t seek re-election

  04-07-2024 20:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Three provincial New Democrat ministers have announced they won’t seek re-election in British Columbia’s fall vote.
  Harry Bains, Bruce Ralston and Rob Fleming were all first elected in 2005 and have served five terms in the legislature, but say they will not stand on Oct. 19.
  Bains, who represents the Surrey-Newton riding, says in a statement it was the honour of a lifetime to represent his constituents and serve as B.C.’s labour minister.
  Transport Minister Fl
  
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• Herdman looks for answers as inconsistent Toronto FC continues to lose

  04-07-2024 20:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — John Herdman walked through the doors of Toronto FC’s training facility at 8 a.m. Thursday, just hours after watching his team blow an early 1-0 lead and suffer its fifth straight loss.
  Winless in eight (0-6-2) thanks to a 2-1 loss to Orlando City, Toronto has not made for lie-ins or peaceful sleeps for its passionate coach.
  “Yeah it is tough,” Herdman acknowledged. “There’s no doubt, it’s tough. After this type of run, you take it to heart. Of
  
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• Arbitrator reinstates suspension of Alouettes DL Lemon ahead of August hearing

  04-07-2024 20:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — An arbitrator has reinstated the CFL’s indefinite suspension of Montreal Alouettes defensive lineman Shawn Lemon for gambling on sports.
  The CFL said in a statement Lemon will remain suspended until after an arbitration hearing which has been rescheduled for Aug. 1-2.
  The league suspended Lemon indefinitely April 24 for allegedly betting on games, including one he played in.
  Lemon appealed the suspension in May, which allowed him to report to Montreal’s training camp
  
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• More than 40 performers in town for free Chilliwack Mural Festival - Hope Standard

  04-07-2024 20:08 via news.google.com
  
  More than 40 performers in town for free Chilliwack Mural Festival  Hope Standard
  
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• B.C. seniors advocate seeks tenancy protection for residents of retirement homes

  04-07-2024 20:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s seniors advocate is calling for the enforcement of tenancy laws to protect residents of retirement homes who he says face illegal rent increases and evictions.
  Dan Levitt says in a new report that some retirement homes claim the Residential Tenancy Act does not apply to their residents, or to mandatory fees for services including meals and housekeeping.
  Levitt says many landlords are ignoring the legislation at their facilities, leaving seniors facing an
  
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• $19K raised for Chilliwack hospital in return of Fraser Valley Classic Car Show - Chilliwack Progress

  04-07-2024 20:03 via news.google.com
  
  $19K raised for Chilliwack hospital in return of Fraser Valley Classic Car Show  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Cameron named Canada head coach for 2025 world junior hockey championship

  04-07-2024 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Dave Cameron will be back behind the Canadian bench at the 2025 world junior hockey championship.
  Hockey Canada announced Thursday that Cameron will serve as head coach as it revealed its team staff for the upcoming tournament in Ottawa.
  Cameron, the head coach of the Ontario Hockey League’s Ottawa 67’s, was head coach of the Canadian team that won the junior title in 2022.
  Canada lost in the quarterfinals of the 2024 championship in Gothenburg, Sweden, following back
  
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• Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette scratched from lineup against Astros because of forearm bruise

  04-07-2024 19:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette was scratched from the lineup for Thursday afternoon’s game against Houston because of a right forearm contusion.
  The two-time All-Star and two-time AL hit leader struck out on a pitch that hit him in the ninth inning of Wednesday’s 9-2 loss.
  Bichette couldn’t hold up on a 1-2 sinker from Astros right-hander Rafael Montero and the pitch hit him in the inside of his right forearm.
  It’s been a tough season for Bichette, w
  
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• Captain Emma Wright leads Canadian women’s water polo team into Paris

  04-07-2024 19:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Team captain Emma Wright will lead Canada’s women’s water polo team at the upcoming Paris Olympics.
  Water Polo Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee announced the team’s roster Thursday.
  Canada qualified for Paris following the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.The Canadians appeared to have failed in their quest to qualify after losing 18-12 to Italy in their final game in Doha, Qatar but were entered into the tournament when South Africa forfeited its all
  
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• Yukon gold mine says no cyanide detected after spill, as lenders cite credit default

  04-07-2024 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MAYO, YUKON — Mining company Victoria Gold says no cyanide has been detected in surface water since an equipment failure and slide of ore at its Yukon Eagle Mine last week.
  The company says in a statement that the negative results come after sampling at multiple points downstream from the mine, but tests continue.
  The failure occurred at a heap-leach facility, which uses a cyanide solution to percolate through crushed ore and extract gold.
  Victoria Gold also says in the statement that it h
  
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• Well-funded Conservatives paid $8.5M on advertising in 2023, trouncing other parties

  04-07-2024 19:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The well-funded Conservative Party of Canada spent more than $8.5 million on advertising last year, substantially exceeding what its political rivals dropped to get their message out.The Liberals spent just a fraction of that at around $381,000, while the NDP spent only about $42,000.
  The numbers are detailed in federal parties’ annual financial returns for 2023, which Elections Canada posted online this week.
  The Conservative statement shows the party held $16 million in ca
  
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• Jets sign defenceman Haydn Fleury, forward Mason Shaw to one-year, two-way contracts

  04-07-2024 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have signed defenceman Haydn Fleury and forward Mason Shaw.
  The Jets said Thursday that both deals are one-year, two-way contracts with an average annual value of US$775,000 in the NHL.
  Fleury, 27, had five points (one goal, four assists) and 20 penalty minutes in 24 games for the Tampa Bay Lightning last season. He also played five games for the American Hockey League’s Syracuse Crunch.
  Fleury, from Carlyle, Sask., was originally drafted in the first rou
  
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• Security review needed after Inuk women highway deaths near lodge in Quebec: coroner

  04-07-2024 19:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A coroner says a Montreal-area Inuit health centre should review its security measures in light of the deaths of two patients who were struck and killed on highways within a 24-hour span in 2022.
  Coroner Éric Lépine examined the death of one of the two women — Mary-Jane Tulugak, 22 — and issued a series of recommendations in his report released today.
  Tulugak and Nellie Niviaxie, 26, had travelled to Montreal for medical treatment and had been staying a
  
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• Collaros on the sidelines as winless Bombers prepare to host Redblacks

  04-07-2024 18:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINNIPEG — Zach Collaros will be standing on the sidelines when the Blue Bombers host the Ottawa Redblacks on Friday.
  Collaros didn’t practise this week after sustaining a thorax injury in last Saturday’s loss to the Stampeders.
  He is listed as Winnipeg’s third quarterback on the depth chart.
  Collaros was hit in the chest area by Stampeders defensive tackle Josiah Coatney late in the first half of Winnipeg’s 22-19 overtime loss in Calgary and was replaced by Chris S
  
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• B.C. RCMP seeks identity of man who allegedly filmed a woman inside a bathroom stall

  04-07-2024 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SURREY — Mounties in Surrey say they’re asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who is accused of filming a woman inside a bathroom stall at an educational facility on 102 Avenue in Surrey earlier this year.According to a news release from Corporal Sarbjit K. Sangha, media relations spokesperson for the Surrey RCMP, Mounties have released a photo of the man who is suspected of voyeurism.On March 11, 2024 at 2:10 p.m., Surrey RCMP officers were dispatched to a report o
  
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• Harrison Sunflower Festival, Pumpkin Festival on hiatus - Chilliwack Progress

  04-07-2024 18:42 via news.google.com
  
  Harrison Sunflower Festival, Pumpkin Festival on hiatus  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack Community Band seeks new conductor to lead its volunteer musicians

  04-07-2024 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A local non-profit society that has been sharing its love of music with the residents of Chilliwack for over 35 years is searching for a new conductor.
  According to Chilliwack resident and local musician Jennie Jackson, Chilliwack Community Band conductor Kevin Biegel retired from his full-time teaching job at Sardis Secondary last year and has expressed an interest in spending more time with family. As a result, the community band is looking for a new conductor to oversee and
  
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• Chilliwack Community Band seeks new leader after conductor steps down - Fraser Valley Today

  04-07-2024 18:37 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Community Band seeks new leader after conductor steps down  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack Community Band seeks new conductor to lead its volunteer musicians - Fraser Valley Today

  04-07-2024 18:37 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Community Band seeks new conductor to lead its volunteer musicians  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack Community Band seeks new leader after conductor steps down

  04-07-2024 18:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A local non-profit society that has been sharing its love of music with the residents of Chilliwack for over 35 years is searching for a new conductor.According to Chilliwack resident and local musician Jennie Jackson, Chilliwack Community Band conductor Kevin Biegel retired from his full-time teaching job at Sardis Secondary last year and has expressed an interest in spending more time with family. As a result, the community band is looking for a new conductor to oversee and
  
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• US citizen Robert Woodland convicted of drug-related charges by a Moscow court

  04-07-2024 17:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Robert Woodland, a Russia-born U.S. citizen, was convicted of drug-related charges by a Moscow court and sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison on Thursday, court officials and his lawyers said.He was found guilty of attempted trafficking of large amounts of illegal drugs as part of an organized group, according to an online statement released by court officials. His lawyers told reporters after the verdict was delivered Thursday that they will appeal the ruling because Woodland
  
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• Defending champion Miki Sudo wins women’s division of Nathan’s annual hot dog eating contest

  04-07-2024 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Dental hygiene student Miki Sudo of Florida has won her 10th women’s title at the annual Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest.
  On Thursday, Sudo consumed 51 hot dogs in 10 minutes and set a new world record for women.
  The 38-year-old defending champion last year won after eating 39 1/2 hot dogs, while her personal best is 48 1/2, the women’s world record.She defeated 14 competitors from around the world, including 28-year-old rival rival M
  
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• Canada’s Denis Shapovalov advances to third round at Wimbledon

  04-07-2024 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON — Canada’s Denis Shapovalov is off to the third round of Wimbledon following a hard-fought 7-6 (3), 6-3, 1-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4 win over Germany’s Daniel Altmaier on Thursday.
  In an uneven effort, Shapovalov fired nine aces while committing 16 double faults. The 25-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., finished the match with 58 unforced errors, compared to 28 from Altmaier.
  Shapovalov will next play 14th seed Ben Shelton of the United States.
  Shapovalov is making his seventh ap
  
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• Canada gets another spot in women’s 10m diving event at Paris Olympics

  04-07-2024 17:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Canada has been allocated a second spot in the women’s individual 10-metre diving event at the Paris Olympics.
  Diving Canada announced Thursday that Kate Miller will dive in the event, along with Caeli McKay.
  Miller, from Ottawa, earned the spot by finishing second behind McKay in the 10m event at the Canadian Diving Trials in Windsor, Ont., at the beginning of May.
  The 19-year-old Miller, making her Olympic debut in Paris, will also team with Calgary’s McKay in the 1
  
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• Rattlesnake 'loose in the community' reports Seabird Island band - Chilliwack Progress

  04-07-2024 17:15 via news.google.com
  
  Rattlesnake 'loose in the community' reports Seabird Island band  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Premier Eby joins B.C. mayors in fight to secure federal funding after 2021 floods

  04-07-2024 16:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — Premier David Eby has authored a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that urges the Liberal government to begin ‘immediate engagement’ regarding the recent denial of Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Funding (DMAF) for the communities of Abbotsford, Merritt and Princeton.In early June, these same three cities in British Columbia who were heavily impacted by the atmospheric flooding events of 2021 implored the federal Liberal government to wise up after all thr
  
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• Chilliwack real estate 'edging into balanced market' for June - Chilliwack Progress

  04-07-2024 16:33 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack real estate 'edging into balanced market' for June  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• More murals coming to Chilliwack, though one city councillor isn't thrilled with one heading to Main Street - Fraser Valley Today

  04-07-2024 16:30 via news.google.com
  
  More murals coming to Chilliwack, though one city councillor isn't thrilled with one heading to Main Street  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• More murals coming to Chilliwack, though one city councillor isn’t thrilled with one heading to Main Street

  04-07-2024 16:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack Councillor Chris Kloot wasn’t exactly thrilled at the newest mural set to adorn an empty wall on Main Street, one of three murals council and Mayor Ken Popove pondered this week.Kloot, a 10-year member of city council, said at Tuesday’s council meeting that he hoped a future mural would reflect Chilliwack’s past, like its farming community, military legacy through Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack, or Indigenous themes, as Chilliwack is home to thous
  
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• New traffic light, safety improvements coming to Luckakuck Way in front of Chilliwack Superstore

  04-07-2024 16:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack City Council awarded a nearly $1.3 million contract at its meeting Tuesday (July 2) to Breakwater Contracting Ltd. to build a traffic signal on Luckakuck Way and implement safety improvements to a heavily traveled corridor in front of Real Canadian Superstore in Chilliwack.According to a City of Chilliwack staff report authored by Doug Mossey, manager of transportation and drainage, two tenders were received for the “Luckakuck Way Traffic Signal and Safety Imp
  
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• P.E.I. First Nations, Ottawa establish national park reserve on sacred Mi’kmaq land

  04-07-2024 15:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LENNOX ISLAND, P.E.I. — The government of Canada and Prince Edward Island’s Mi’kmaq First Nations announced an agreement on Thursday to turn a pristine chain of islands with sacred cultural significance into a national park reserve.
  Lennox Island First Nation Chief Darlene Bernard said she’s thrilled about the agreement, which will ensure the protection of the 50-kilometre strip of islands off P.E.I.’s northwest coast called Pituamkek, which means, “at the lon
  
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• Conservative Party of B.C. raises record amount

  04-07-2024 15:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Conservative Party of B.C. is reporting its best fundraising quarter in it’s history.
  The right-of-centre party led by John Rustad said it raised $1.1 million in donations in the second quarter of 2024.
  Rustad said the money will play a critical role in funding their efforts to hold David Eby and the NDP accountable for their failed policies.
  “Whether it’s drugs flooding our streets or a carbon tax making life less affordable, the NDP clearly do not repre
  
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• Creating proposed online harms regulators estimated to cost $200 million: PBO

  04-07-2024 15:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer estimates that staffing up the new regulators in the Liberals’ Online Harms Act will cost around $200 million over five years.The federal government wants to establish a Digital Safety Commission to regulate social-media companies and force them to limit harmful content online.The online harms bill also proposes creating a Digital Safety Ombudsperson for Canadians to take their concerns to, as well as a Digital Safety Office.In a new report,
  
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• Eric Gagné returns to Dodgers’ mound on the 20th anniversary of his 84 consecutive saves streak

  04-07-2024 15:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — With “Welcome to the Jungle” blaring like the old days, Eric Gagné took the mound and fired a strike Wednesday night on the 20th anniversary of recording his 84th consecutive save for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  “Every time I step on this field, it’s like a church to me,” he said. “It’s my office on top of that little mound and walking in here with all the history — the Tommy Lasordas, the Don Drysdales, the Sandy Koufa
  
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• The Copa America quarterfinals will have plenty of intrigue, even if Lionel Messi can’t participate

  04-07-2024 14:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lionel Messi’s leg injury was the only major obstacle that fell into Argentina’s path while it rolled through group play and into the Copa America quarterfinals.
  Bigger challenges await the defending champions, and they’re hoping Messi will be there to lead the way in perhaps his final international tournament.
  The 15-time Copa America champion Albiceleste are still the undeniable favorites in the Americas’ biggest soccer tournament when quarterfi
  
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• The Kremlin says India’s Modi will visit Russia on July 8-9, hold talks with Putin

  04-07-2024 13:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin on Thursday said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia on July 8-9 and hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The visit was first announced by the Russian officials last month, but the dates have not been previously disclosed.
  Russia has had strong ties with India since the Cold War, and New Delhi’s importance as a key trade partner for Moscow has grown since the Kremlin sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022. China and India ha
  
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• Iranian-born Norwegian man found guilty in 2022 Oslo LGBT+ festival attack, sentenced to 30 years

  04-07-2024 13:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An Iranian-born Norwegian man was found guilty of terrorism on Thursday in a 2022 attack on an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
  Two people were killed and nine were seriously wounded in the shooting at three locations, chiefly outside the London Pub, a popular gay bar, on June 25, 2022.
  The Oslo District Court said Zaniar Matapour, 45, fired 10 rounds with a machine gun and eight shots with a handgun into the crowd. Prosecutors said Ma
  
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• Israel weighs Hamas’ latest response to Gaza cease-fire proposal as diplomatic efforts are revived

  04-07-2024 13:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s Cabinet was set to convene Thursday to discuss Hamas’ latest response to a U.S.-backed proposal for a phased cease-fire in Gaza, as diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the nine-month war stirred back to life after a weekslong hiatus.
  Fighting, meanwhile, intensified between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, with the militant group saying it fired more than 200 rockets and exploding drones into northern Israel to avenge the killing of a senior
  
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• Palestinian death toll from Israel-Hamas war surges past 38,000, Gaza Health Ministry says

  04-07-2024 12:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Thursday that the Palestinian death toll from nearly nine months of war has surged past 38,000.
  The ministry said that in the last 24 hours, the bodies of 58 people had been brought to hospitals, bringing the overall death toll to 38,011.
  It said more than 87,000 people have been wounded in the fighting.
  The ministry does not distinguish between fighters and noncombatants in its count, but many of the dead are said
  
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