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• Uruguay coach Marcelo Bielsa says players deserve apology, not sanctions after Copa America fight

  12-07-2024 23:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Uruguay coach Marcelo Bielsa thinks his players deserve an apology, not sanctions, for going into the stands at Bank of America Stadium and participating in a fight with Colombia fans following his team’s 1-0 Copa America semifinal loss.
  An angry Bielsa criticized tournament organizers for not doing enough to protect the families of players seated behind the Uruguay bench and he justified players taking matters into their own hands to protect their loved ones.
  
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• RSV vaccination programs recommended for seniors: national immunization committee

  12-07-2024 23:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is strongly recommending a vaccination program against respiratory syncytial virus for older seniors and those living in long-term care homes.The committee says vaccination against RSV should be provided to seniors aged 75 and older.It says residents of long-term care or other chronic care facilities should be offered RSV immunization earlier, starting at age 60.The immunization committee says other adults between 60 and 74 years old should talk to
  
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• Defender from outside MLS likely first in Toronto FC door during transfer window

  12-07-2024 22:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — A defender from outside Major League Soccer is likely the first player in Toronto FC’s door during the secondary transfer window.
  How many more follow will depend on how much room GM Jason Hernandez can clear in both personnel and salary. But coach John Herdman is expecting activity.
  “We’re excited,” Herdman said after training Friday. “There’s a couple of things the front office has been working on for a long time. And we’re pretty confi
  
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• Mission RCMP uncover stolen boat, steam rollers and vehicle

  12-07-2024 22:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MISSION — Mission RCMP have arrested three individuals following the theft of a steam roller from a property on Stave Lake Road. Security video revealed that on July 1, a man and a woman cut through a locked gate and entered the property. The theft occurred on the evening of July 3, when three offenders returned with a pickup truck and trailer to steal the steam roller.
  Officers recognized all three as known property crime offenders. The owner of the steam roller later spotted the suspect&
  
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• Heiltsuk Nation celebrates return of chief’s seat held at B.C. museum since 1911

  12-07-2024 22:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — Members of the Heiltsuk Nation on British Columbia’s central coast are celebrating the first steps in the repatriation process for an elaborately carved chief’s seat.
  A statement issued by the nation says a blessing and repatriation ceremony took place Friday at the Royal BC Museum and Archives, where Heiltsuk leaders, archeology specialists, and family members gathered to receive the seat carved around 1900 by renowned artist and chief Captain Richard Carpenter.
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• Ludvig Aberg with another 64 leads Scottish Open

  12-07-2024 22:25 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NORTH BERWICK, Scotland (AP) — Ludvig Aberg has won on the European tour and PGA Tour in the year since leaving college, and another 6-under 64 in the Scottish Open on Friday put him in a position to win a tournament sanctioned by both tours.
  Aberg kept a clean card on a stunning day of sunshine along the Firth of Forth, picking up four birdies in an eight-hole stretch around the turn and making it look easy along the way.
  He was at 12-under 128 and had a one-shot lead over Antoine Rozner
  
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• Quebec police looking for young man who went missing while fishing

  12-07-2024 22:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAINT-IGNACE-DE-LOYOLA — A search is underway for a young fisher who went missing on the water in a small municipality about 70 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
  Quebec provincial police say the fisher went missing in the St. Lawrence River by the community of St-Ignace-de-Loyola, Que., but they wouldn’t confirm reports he was 16 years old.Police were called to the scene about 8:15 a.m. and deployed a number of resources to help find him.
  Nicolas Scholtus-Champagne, a police spokesma
  
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• Western University pauses Alice Munro Chair in Creativity program amid reckoning

  12-07-2024 22:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON, Ont. — Alice Munro’s alma mater has paused the endowed chair program that bears her name over revelations the writer protected her husband after learning he had sexually abused her daughter.
  Western University says Andrea Robin Skinner has the school’s “unwavering support” after coming forward last weekend about her stepfather’s abuse and mother’s silence.
  The school says the Alice Munro Chair in Creativity program is being paused while administr
  
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• Rolling Vancouver Whitecaps take four-game unbeaten streak to St. Louis

  12-07-2024 21:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — The Major League Soccer season has been a journey for the Vancouver Whitecaps — literally.The ‘Caps (9-7-5) have logged thousands of kilometres crisscrossing the continent in recent months and will hit the road once again this weekend when they take on St. Louis City (4-8-10) in Missouri on Saturday.The game will mark Vancouver’s sixth away match in four weeks across all competitions. The club has played at home just once during the stretch.Road fixtures have
  
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• Strange summer for B.C. politics gone wild, as alliances shift ahead of fall vote

  12-07-2024 21:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia’s political landscape is undergoing a shake-up of seismic proportions a little over three months ahead of this fall’s Oct. 19 election.
  Former political foes are forging once unimaginable unions, an established party faces annihilation at the ballot box and heavyweights from the ruling New Democrats have waited until summer to announce their retirements.
  In one of the stranger developments, climate scientist and former Green Party leader Andrew Weave
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs flourishing across NHL camps - Chilliwack Progress

  12-07-2024 21:38 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Chiefs flourishing across NHL camps  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Judge throws out Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy case, says he flouted process with lack of transparency

  12-07-2024 21:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A judge threw out Rudy Giuliani ’s bankruptcy case on Friday, finding that the former New York City mayor had flouted process with a lack of transparency.
  U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane formalized the decision after saying he was leaning toward doing so on Wednesday. Lawyers for Giuliani and his two biggest creditors — two former election workers he was found to have defamed — had agreed that dismissing the case was the best way forward.
  The dismissal end
  
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• Federal Tory leader blasts Montreal mayor’s approach to addictions, homelessness

  12-07-2024 21:18 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is attacking the Montreal mayor’s approach to severe drug addiction and homelessness, accusing her of telling Montrealers to learn to live with “chaos.”
  Poilievre spoke Friday morning near a housing project with a supervised drug-use site west of downtown that has drawn criticism because of its location near an elementary school. He called for the site at Maison Benoît Labre to be immediately shut down, and pro
  
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• Spike in fatal crashes leads to BC Coroners Service warning

  12-07-2024 21:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The last week has been marked by a tragic surge in fatal motor vehicle incidents on highways throughout British Columbia. Between Friday, July 5, and Wednesday, July 10, the BC Coroners Service (BCCS) reported 19 accidental motor-vehicle-related deaths.The reported collisions include both single-vehicle incidents and multi-vehicle crashes. In response to these tragedies. The BCCS urges residents and visitors to exercise extra caution while planning road trips.
  John McNamee, th
  
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• Five things to know as Canada meets Uruguay in Copa America consolation final

  12-07-2024 21:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  After losing to Lionel Messi and Argentina in the semifinals, Canada will conclude its dramatic run at this year’s Copa America on Saturday (8 p.m. ET) in a third-place showdown with Uruguay.
  Here are five things to know for the match at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C.LAST TIME OUT — Canada and Uruguay met for just the second time on Sept. 27, 2022, with the South Americans coming away with a 2-0 victory in a World Cup tune-up at Bratislava, Slovakia. Nicolás de la
  
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• Canadian 400m star Christopher Morales Williams turns pro with Olympics approaching

  12-07-2024 21:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Christopher Morales Williams is going pro.
  The 19-year-old from Vaughan, Ont., announced his decision on Friday after two standout years at the University of Georgia.Morales Williams emerged as a rising star in athletics this year, becoming the indoor and outdoor NCAA national champion in the men’s 400 metres.
  He signed a deal with Adidas and made his Diamond League debut on Friday, just hours after his announcement and a few weeks before his first Olympics. The terms of the deal were undi
  
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• BCHL announces 2024 Showcase event in Chilliwack and Abbotsford - Fraser Valley Today

  12-07-2024 20:51 via news.google.com
  
  BCHL announces 2024 Showcase event in Chilliwack and Abbotsford  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• BCHL announces 2024 Showcase event in Chilliwack and Abbotsford

  12-07-2024 20:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) has announced that the 2024 Showcase event will be held in Chilliwack and Abbotsford from October 13 to 17, with the Vancouver Canucks co-hosting the event. Games will be split between the Abbotsford Centre, home to the AHL Abbotsford Canucks, and the Chilliwack Coliseum, home of the BCHL Chiefs.
  “We are thrilled to have the support of the Vancouver Canucks as co-hosts of this year’s Showcase event,” said BCHL Commiss
  
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• B.C. premier says ‘zero per cent chance’ for no-prescription opioid suggestion

  12-07-2024 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BURNABY, B.C. — British Columbia Premier David Eby says there’s a “zero per cent chance” the province will implement recommendations by the provincial health officer that alternatives to opioids and other street drugs be made available without a prescription.
  Eby says he has “huge respect” for Dr. Bonnie Henry, who he said saved countless lives during the COVID-19 pandemic, adding that it’s OK they occasionally have a difference of opinion.He told an unr
  
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• Jury begins deliberating in Sen. Bob Menendez’s corruption trial

  12-07-2024 20:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jury deliberations have begun in the corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, who is accused of taking bribes and being a foreign agent for the Egyptian government.Over a 9-week trial, federal prosecutors in New York have sought to convince the jury that the New Jersey Democrat and his wife took bribes of gold, cash and a Mercedes-Benz convertible from three businessmen from 2018 to 2023 in exchange for a variety of corrupt acts.
  They say some of the bribes were for taki
  
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• Toronto FC, Philadelphia Union meet at BMO Field with both in desperate need of a win

  12-07-2024 20:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Toronto FC’s annual Caribbean Heritage Match on Saturday features two teams desperate to celebrate a win.
  Toronto and the Philadelphia Union are both mired in nine-game winless streaks (0-7-2 for Toronto and O-5-4 for Philadelphia). Their last league victories were May 18 (3-0 at New England for the Union and 5-1 over visiting Montreal for TFC).
  “It’s a squad that’s coming in in a very similar situation to us,” Toronto coach John Herdman said of Phil
  
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• First victim of 1921 Tulsa massacre of Black community is identified since graves found, mayor says

  12-07-2024 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) —A World War I veteran is the first person identified from graves filled with victims of the 1921 Tulsa massacre targeting the city’s Black community, the mayor said Friday.
  The remains of C.L. Daniel from Georgia were identified by Intermountain Forensics through DNA from descendants of Daniel’s brothers, said Mayor G.T. Bynum and officials with the DNA lab.
  The remains are among those exhumed during three searches for mass graves containing victims of the m
  
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• BCHL announces Chilliwack and Abbotsford as 2024 Showcase locations, Vancouver Canucks as co-hosts - BCHL

  12-07-2024 19:48 via news.google.com
  
  BCHL announces Chilliwack and Abbotsford as 2024 Showcase locations, Vancouver Canucks as co-hosts  BCHL
  
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• Six charged, 200 kg of drugs seized in three-year investigation: Vancouver police

  12-07-2024 19:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver, B.C., say a three-year investigation has led to the arrests of six people allegedly connected to a “sophisticated” organized crime group.
  Police say the probe began in November 2021, focusing on a kilogram-level drug-trafficking operation working both domestically and internationally.
  They say investigators have since seized more than 200 kilograms of illicit drugs as well as seven guns and $500,000 in cash and jewelry.
  The first phase of the in
  
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• B.C. university gives pro-Palestinian protesters trespass notice, deadline to vacate

  12-07-2024 19:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NANAIMO, B.C. — Vancouver Island University says it has issued a trespass notice to pro-Palestinian protesters, telling them to vacate their encampment on the campus in Nanaimo, B.C., by Monday.
  The university says in a statement the notice was issued Thursday and if protesters aren’t gone by 8 a.m. Monday the university will “take all legal steps necessary to remove them.”
  It says it will start legal action seeking an injunction against the camp and damages from proteste
  
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• Sports fans rejoice: Wimbledon, Euro 2024, Copa America finals make for Super Sunday

  12-07-2024 19:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Sports fans: How about this for a Super Sunday?
  Start with the men’s singles final at Wimbledon, then take in the soccer European Championship title match between Spain and England, before finishing the day with the Copa America soccer showpiece: Argentina against Colombia.
  From London to Berlin and all the way to Miami over the course of 13 hours, it’s quite the day of top-class sports to enjoy.
  Quite the cast, too.
  Carlos Alcaraz is sure to be there and could fa
  
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• Hot weekend in store for Fraser Valley residents

  12-07-2024 19:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Another hot summer weekend lies ahead for the Fraser Valley as a high-pressure ridge continues to dominate weather patterns in British Columbia’s southwest corner.
  While not as hot as the previous weekend, conditions will be much warmer than usual. Environment Canada says the average temperature in Chilliwack and Abbotsford for July 12 is 24 C. Temperatures are forecast to be 5 C or 6 C higher through the weekend and into next week. In fact, highs are expected to return
  
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• Ottawa’s Dabrowski, partner Routliffe advance to women’s doubles final at Wimbledon

  12-07-2024 19:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON — Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe are a win away from their second Grand Slam title after downing the American team of Desirae Krawczyk and Caroline Dolehide on Friday in the women’s doubles semifinals at Wimbledon.
  Dabrowski and Routliffe, seeded second at the All England Club, converted their fourth break of the match in the final game, clinching the win on their first match point with a forehand winner.
  The duo had 17 break-point chances in the
  
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• CF Montreal acquires English defender Tom Pearce as transfer window opens

  12-07-2024 18:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — CF Montreal acquired English left back Tom Pearce as the transfer window opened for Canadian clubs Friday.
  Pearce joins the Major League Soccer team on a contract through the 2026 season, with an option year in 2027.
  The 26-year-old is coming off five seasons with Wigan Athletic FC in the Championship and League One, England’s second and third divisions, winning the League One title in 2022. He produced one goal and 20 assists in 105 games for the club.
  Pearce previously p
  
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• B.C. wildfire crews battle blaze in ancient forest park with 1,000-year-old trees

  12-07-2024 18:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia’s wildfire service says crews are battling a 10-hectare blaze in a park that protects a portion of what the province calls the “only inland temperate rainforest in the world,” with trees 1,000 years old.
  The Ancient Forest or Chun T’oh Whudujut Park is about 115 kilometres east of Prince George in the traditional territory of the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation.
  It’s currently closed due to the wildfire, with the wildfire service saying it’
  
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• Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz beats Daniil Medvedev to return to the Wimbledon final

  12-07-2024 17:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz beat Daniil Medvedev 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 on Friday to return to the Wimbledon final as he seeks his fourth Grand Slam title at age 21.After a so-so opening set, Alcaraz transformed back into the energetic, attacking, crowd-pleasing force who already was the first teenager to be No. 1 in the ATP rankings and is the youngest man to have won a major trophy on three surfaces: grass, clay and hard courts.
  Now the Spaniard is one victory away fr
  
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• Wildfire season close to 10-year average heading into the peak summer months

  12-07-2024 17:31 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Federal officials say rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Beryl that has caused flash floods in the Maritimes is also lowering the risk of wildfires in eastern Canada.
  So far, this wildfire season is less severe than the record-setting year in 2023.But the risk is high in particular for B.C., Alberta, Yukon and the Northwest Territories.The number of active fires is growing, and there are now 284 wildfires in Canada, including 135 that are out of control.Just shy of 1.3 millio
  
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• Ambulances diverted from McGill University superhospital after water main break

  12-07-2024 17:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Montreal health network diverted ambulances from its facilities, including the Royal Victoria Hospital, and cancelled outpatient and surgical appointments after a water main break early Friday left its superhospital site without drinkable water.McGill University Health Centre says the “major aqueduct failure” early Thursday night has left all facilities without potable water at its Glen site in the city’s Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough.
  Along with Royal Vi
  
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• Yamal and Spain meet England in the Euro 2024 final. It’s the best team against the most resilient

  12-07-2024 17:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BERLIN (AP) — One is the best team in the tournament, on the brink potentially of a new era of success because of a teenage wonderkid, an outstanding midfield and a tweak in philosophy.
  The other is a survivor, limping to the end with big moments, resilience and an oft-criticized coach who has another chance to end his country’s long wait for a major men’s title.
  The European Championship final between Spain and England on Sunday is dripping with narrative — with one argu
  
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• Russian passenger jet crashes flying empty near Moscow, killing its crew of 3

  12-07-2024 16:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian passenger jet crashed Friday while flying without passengers, killing its crew of three, officials said.
  The Sukhoi Superjet 100 went down in the Moscow region, according to Russian emergency officials.
  The authorities said the plane belonged to Gazprom Avia, a carrier owned by the Russian state-controlled natural gas giant Gazprom.
  They said the plane took off from an aircraft-making plant at Lukhovitsy 110 kilometers (68 miles) southeast of the Russian capital whe
  
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• Conservatives would close supervised drug consumption sites: Poilievre

  12-07-2024 16:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says supervised consumption sites are just “drug dens” and that he will close them if his party forms the next government.
  Poilievre visited a park near such a site in Montreal this morning and said he would close all locations near schools, playgrounds and “anywhere else that they endanger the public.”
  The first supervised injection site opened in Vancouver more than 20 years ago.
  The sites are intended to try and preve
  
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• Poilievre says Trudeau a ‘human piñata’ at NATO, still won’t commit to spending goal

  12-07-2024 16:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Pierre Poilievre says NATO allies treated Prime Minister Justin Trudeau like a human piñata at the leaders’ summit this week — but he still won’t commit to the alliance’s spending goal.The Conservative leader says Canada has lost its place on the international stage under the Liberal government, and Trudeau lectures the world without doing his part.The prime minister announced Thursday that he expects to hit NATO’s defence spending target in 2032 after facing
  
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• Jewish advocates say details around investigation into human-rights chief murky

  12-07-2024 15:52 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Three weeks after the federal Liberals promised to do a “formal, independent review” of the appointment of Canada’s new human-rights commissioner, the government hasn’t provided any details about what that review will entail.
  Birju Dattani, former executive director of the Yukon Human Rights Commission, was named as the new head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission on June 14.On Aug. 8, he is set to start a five-year term in the new job, as the first per
  
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• Heavy rain brings flooding to area of N.S. that suffered flood fatalities a year ago

  12-07-2024 15:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WINDSOR, N.S. — Heavy overnight rain has washed out roads and forced evacuations in a region of Nova Scotia still recovering from flooding a year ago that caused extensive damage and killed several people.
  Emergency alerts were issued overnight Thursday in Digby, Annapolis, Kings and Hants counties, as Environment Canada reported that over 100 mm of rain fell in a few hours, as the remnants of Hurricane Beryl moved through the province.
  Some communities in the Annapolis Valley reported rec
  
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• Nepal’s prime minister loses a confidence vote forcing him to step down

  12-07-2024 15:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s prime minister lost a vote of confidence in parliament on Friday after the largest party in his coalition government withdrew its support, which would now force him to step down from office after 19 months in power.Pushpa Kamal Dahal failed to get the support of more than half the members of the House of Representatives, the lower house of parliament on Friday, needed to win the vote.
  Parliament Speaker Dev Raj Ghimire announced that he only received 6
  
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• Abbotsford Canucks open season on the road

  12-07-2024 15:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The American Hockey League has released its 2024-25 regular season schedule, setting the stage for the Abbotsford Canucks’ campaign. The Canucks will kick off their season on the road with a two-game set against the Calgary Wranglers on Friday, October 11, before heading to Loveland, Colorado, to face the Colorado Eagles on October 18 and 19.
  Abbotsford’s home opener is slated for Friday, October 25, at 7 p.m., when they host the San Diego Gulls. The matchup will b
  
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• What's happening Chilliwack: List of events from July 12 onward - Chilliwack Progress

  12-07-2024 14:30 via news.google.com
  
  What's happening Chilliwack: List of events from July 12 onward  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• 4 migrants die while attempting to cross the English Channel from northern France

  12-07-2024 11:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — Four migrants have died while trying to cross the English Channel on an inflatable boat from France to the U.K., French authorities said Friday.
  The migrants’ vessel capsized and punctured off the coast of Boulogne-sur-Mer, in northern France, the prefecture responsible for the region said in a statement. Sixty-three people were rescued by the French coast guard.
  The prefecture said a French navy patrol boat spotted the overcrowded vessel early Friday as it deflated off
  
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• In the news today: Advocates say probe of human-rights head murky

  12-07-2024 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Advocates say probe of human-rights head murky
  Three weeks after the federal Liberals promised to do a “formal, independent review” of the appointment of Canada’s new human-rights commissioner, the government hasn’t provided any details about what that review will entail.
  Birju Dattani, former executive director of the Yukon Human Rights Commission, was named as the new head of
  
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• Court to hear Saskatchewan’s case to stop collection of carbon levy money

  12-07-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Federal Court in Vancouver is to hear a case today from the Saskatchewan government asking for an injunction to stop the Canada Revenue Agency from collecting millions in carbon levy money.
  Premier Scott Moe’s government argues it’s unconstitutional for Ottawa to take from its bank account, and that it’s unfair for Saskatchewan to pay.
  Earlier this year, Saskatchewan had stopped remitting the carbon levy on natural gas to Ottawa, after Prime Minister Justin Tr
  
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• 2 buses carrying at least 60 people swept into a river by a landslide in Nepal. 3 survivors found

  12-07-2024 08:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — At least 60 people were believed missing in Nepal after two buses were swept by a landslide off a highway and into a swollen river early Friday. Three passengers were rescued as the continuous rain made rescue efforts difficult.The three survivors were being treated in the hospital, government administrator Khima Nanada Bhusal said, adding that they reportedly jumped out of the bus and swam to the banks, where locals found them and took them to a nearby hospital.Lan
  
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• Argonauts snap Alouettes win streak with 37-18 victory as Fajardo exits with injury

  12-07-2024 04:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Star Alouettes quarterback Cody Fajardo exited with an injury as the Toronto Argonauts snapped Montreal’s unbeaten run with a 37-18 victory Thursday.
  Janarion Grant sparked Toronto (3-2) with a 103-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the dying moments of the first half as the Argos handed the reigning Grey Cup champions their first loss this season. It was the third-longest kick return in Argos history.
  Cameron Dukes threw 131 yards with one TD pass on 16-for-20 complet
  
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• Rays beat Yankees 5-4 as Arozarena homers, take 2 of`3 in New York’s 8th straight winless series

  12-07-2024 04:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Randy Arozarena hit a first-inning home run in a 5-4 victory for the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday night as they took two of three from the Yankees and extended New York’s streak of winless series to eight.
  Brandon Lowe’s RBI single put Tampa Bay ahead to stay in a three-run fifth against Nestor Cortes (4-8), and the Yankees lost for the 18th time in 25 games.
  Austin Wells and Juan Soto homered for the Yankees, who have lost four straight series. The Ya
  
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• All-Star Tanner Houck limits A’s to 2 hits in 6 innings, Red Sox win 7-0

  12-07-2024 04:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON (AP) — All-Star pitcher Tanner Houck limited Oakland to two hits in six innings and Connor Wong, Wilyer Abreu and Masataka Yoshida homered to help the Boston Red Sox beat the Athletics 7-0 on Thursday night.
  The Red Sox have won eight of their last 10 to improve to 51-41. They have won five of the six against Oakland this season.
  Houck (8-6) took a no-hitter into the fifth and struck out six in his first victory since June 13. He threw 64 of 103 pitches for strikes and lowered his E
  
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• Australian army private and her husband accused of spying for Russia

  12-07-2024 04:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian army private and her husband are accused of spying for Russia in the first charges brought under Australia’s sweeping espionage laws enacted in 2018.
  The Russian-born couple are Australian citizens with Russian passports and are scheduled to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Friday. They are each charged with one count of preparing for an espionage offense, Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw said.“The AFP wil
  
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