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• AFN head meets with Manitoba’s vice-regal to seek independent inquiry into killings

  17-07-2024 23:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is urging Manitoba’s lieutenant-governor to establish an independent inquiry into the killings of four Indigenous women in the province.
  Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says she had a productive meeting with Lt.-Gov. Anita Neville today.The meeting comes days after the AFN passed a resolution seeking an inquiry to assess the police investigation and provincial response to the killings.Jeremy Skibicki was found guilty of first-degre
  
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• Cabinet to meet for first time since byelection loss amid speculation over shuffle

  17-07-2024 23:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The Prime Minister’s Office says the Liberal cabinet will have a brief meeting this Friday.
  A separate source with knowledge of the meeting who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly said it was scheduled to be 20 minutes long.
  Cabinet has to approve some governor-in-council appointments before they can be announced.
  The brief meeting will mark the first time cabinet ministers have come together since Liberals’ devastating loss in a Toronto byelection last month.
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• Four arrested in killing of two Quebec men last summer

  17-07-2024 23:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Police arrested four people on Wednesday morning in connection with the killing of two men in Montreal and Charlemagne, Que., last summer.
  Jack Shehata, 24, William Beauvais-Bazile, 25, M’Hammed Berberi, 28, and Johnny Odiesse, 32, are facing first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder charges.
  They are accused in the deaths of Noel Garcia Frias in June 2023 and Justice Owusu Tajudeen in August 2023.
  Two of the suspects were already in police custody at the time of
  
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• Canada Soccer withholds result of women’s Olympic tune-up against Nigeria

  17-07-2024 22:55 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MARBELLA — Canada Soccer is withholding the result of a closed-door friendly Wednesday between the eighth-ranked Canadian women’s national team and 36th-ranked Nigeria in Marbella, Spain.
  The match, which was not televised, was a final Olympic tune-up for the defending gold medallists before heading to the Paris Games.
  Canada Soccer said it would not disclose the score but did not immediately respond to a request for comment elaborating on that decision.
  According to Nigerian footbal
  
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• Coutts murder-conspiracy trial hears covert late-night shipment was underwear, guitar

  17-07-2024 22:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Police suspected two COVID-19 protesters at Coutts, Alta., were set to receive a covert, late-night shipment of guns, but a courier told court Wednesday it was socks, underwear and a guitar.
  Jaclyne Martin made the comment while testifying at the Court of King’s Bench trial of Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert, who are charged with conspiring to kill police at the border blockade.
  Martin said she and her partner handed off goods in a camouflage bag to Olienick an
  
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• Republican National Convention to focus on foreign policy

  17-07-2024 22:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MILWAUKEE — The future of United States foreign policy is expected to be the focus of the Republican National Convention tonight as many party faithful call for America to step back from its contributions to the world.Impassioned speeches are likely to touch on trade agreements, the war in Ukraine and NATO during Day 3 of the party’s national convention, which is themed “Make America Strong Once Again.”
  Former president Donald Trump who is now officially the Republican ca
  
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• After a long wait, Shandhar Hut Indian Cuisine opens its newest location in Chilliwack

  17-07-2024 22:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Shandhar Hut Indian Cuisine, a fixture in Chilliwack on Young Road known for making dishes most popular from the Punjab province in India, has opened a new location in Chilliwack as a testament to perseverance.
  The family made it official Wednesday (July 17) in a social media post where they expressed gratitude to Tzeachten First Nation for the new opening four years in the making.
  “After four very hard years, we finally did it. We have opened our doors at our Sardis loc
  
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• City of Abbotsford warns of telephone scam that appears to originate from city staff

  17-07-2024 21:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The City of Abbotsford is warning Abbotsford residents to be aware of a telephone scam circulating in the community that appears to originate from the municipality itself.
  According to a statement Wednesday afternoon (July 17), residents are advised that these spoofing calls often involve alerting residents to an outstanding payment, prompting them to supply financial or other personal information over the phone. The City says these calls are fraudulent and have no relationshi
  
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• Returning champions Henderson, Ko, Khang headline CPKC Women’s Open field

  17-07-2024 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Returning champions Brooke Henderson, Lydia Ko and Megan Khang highlight the field that will tee off at the L-P-G-A Tour’s CPKC Women’s Open next week.
  Golf Canada and Canadian Pacific Kansas City announced the tournament’s full field on Wednesday.
  Henderson, from Smiths Falls, Ont., won the event in Regina in 2018, becoming the Canadian champion since Jocelyne Bourassa in 1973. She is one of 14 Canadian players at the tournament.
  Ko, from New Zealand, is a thre
  
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• Barn Burner BBQ and Car Show reignited for 2024 in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  17-07-2024 21:33 via news.google.com
  
  Barn Burner BBQ and Car Show reignited for 2024 in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Barn Burner BBQ and Car Show reignited for 2024 in Chilliwack - Agassiz Harrison Observer

  17-07-2024 21:33 via news.google.com
  
  Barn Burner BBQ and Car Show reignited for 2024 in Chilliwack  Agassiz Harrison Observer
  
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• Western Canada sweats in renewed heat wave, rivergoers told to avoid cheap floaties

  17-07-2024 21:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — As Western Canadians sweat under a renewed heat wave, crews in Calgary are scrambling to bail out rivergoers trying to stay cool on dime-store pink flamingo floaties.
  The Calgary Fire Department says most of the 50 calls it has responded to this month have been to rescue people stranded on the Bow River because their plastic rafts, designed for pools, are deflating in the swift current.
  Fire department spokeswoman Carol Henke says floaters and paddle boarders need to remember to
  
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• Manitoba, N.L., only provinces to offer publicly to take asylum seekers from Quebec

  17-07-2024 21:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — The premiers of Manitoba and Newfoundland and Labrador are so far the only leaders to publicly volunteer to take in asylum seekers to ease pressure on Quebec, despite a joint call from all premiers for would-be refugees to be distributed more evenly across the country.During a news conference Wednesday in Halifax at the close of a three-day summit of Canada’s premiers, several provincial leaders said they are facing similar pressures from immigration, and would not commit t
  
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• Panama says migration through border with Colombia is down since President Mulino took office

  17-07-2024 21:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PANAMA CITY (AP) — Migration through the Darien Gap dividing Colombia and Panama has declined significantly this month since Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino took office and ordered authorities to get control of the dense jungle frontier, the country’s border police said Wednesday.
  Still, migration through the Darien remains close to what it was in a record-breaking 2023, when more than 500,000 migrants – more than half Venezuelans – made the treacherou
  
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• Jarious Jackson to make CFL head-coaching debut versus Ottawa Redblacks

  17-07-2024 21:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  It’s certainly been a hectic week for Jarious Jackson.
  Jackson was named Edmonton’s interim head coach Monday after head coach and general manager Chris Jones was fired. The move followed the Elks’ 37-34 home loss to the Ottawa Redblacks on Sunday night.
  At least Jackson, who is also Edmonton’s offensive co-ordinator and quarterback coach, will make his CFL head-coaching debut against a familiar opponent. The Elks visit Ottawa on Friday night.
  The two teams appeared heade
  
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• Montreal network to tackle ‘explosion’ in infections such as syphilis with new trials

  17-07-2024 20:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A Monteal-based HIV/AIDS research network is expanding its scope in response to a dramatic rise in rates of sexually transmitted diseases such as syphilis.
  Dr. Marina Klein of the McGill University Health Centre says syphilis rates have increased by more than 100 per cent in recent years across Canada, while HIV diagnoses rose almost 25 per cent between 2021 and 2022.
  Klein says the reasons are complex but include COVID-19 disruptions, immigration patterns, barriers to accessing
  
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• US military pier for carrying aid to Gaza will be dismantled after weather and security problems

  17-07-2024 20:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military-built pier to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza will be dismantled and brought home, ending a mission that has been fraught with repeated weather and security problems that limited how much food and other supplies could get to starving Palestinians.
  As the U.S. military stepped away from the sea route for humanitarian aid on Wednesday, questions swirled about Israel’s new plan to use the port at Ashdod as a substitute. There are few details on how it
  
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• Toronto Argonauts sign veteran defensive lineman Woody Baron

  17-07-2024 20:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts signed veteran defensive lineman Woody Baron on Wednesday.
  The six-foot-one, 270-pound American spent the last two seasons with the B.C. Lions.
  He had 29 tackles, nine sacks, a forced fumble and blocked punt in 23 regular-season games with B.C.
  Baron, from Chicago, spent his first three CFL seasons with the Montreal Alouettes (2018-19, 2021).
  He recorded 71 tackles, 11 sacks, a forced fumble and blocked field goal in 50 regular-season contests with Montreal.
  
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• In ethics hearing about Liberal minister, business exec admits he lied to a reporter

  17-07-2024 20:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The chief witness in a parliamentary probe says he lied to a reporter when asked about ethics allegations against a federal minister.
  The Conservatives are digging into whether Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault kept doing business with a company he previously helped run even after he joined cabinet, which would violate ethics rules.The federal ethics commissioner opted against investigating Boissonnault after reviewing the minister’s private messages.But the Tories want
  
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• ‘They were barricaded’: Defence begins case in trial for Freedom Convoy organizer

  17-07-2024 20:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The defence for Freedom Convoy organizer Pat King is arguing that protesters were trapped within downtown Ottawa when police moved to end the three-week demonstration in 2022.
  That February, Ottawa police warned protesters they would face charges if they didn’t stop blocking streets, and King was one of those arrested during the operation.
  He has pleaded not guilty to mischief, counselling others to commit mischief, obstructing police and other offences.Defence lawyer Natash
  
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• BC Transit to discontinue sale of legacy fare products in Chilliwack after rollout of Umo Mobility app

  17-07-2024 20:04 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Following the rollout of its Umo Mobility app within the Chilliwack, Agassiz-Harrison and Hope transit systems, BC Transit says it will discontinue the sale of legacy products like DayPASS, 10-ride tickets, adult monthly passes, and student/senior monthly pass fare products.
  According to a news release from BC Transit Wednesday (July 17), the provincial Crown corporation says it launched Umo in January 2024 to include the Umo Mobility app, reloadable Umo cards and improved far
  
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• Heat warnings spread in B.C. as records tumble in second heat wave for July

  17-07-2024 20:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Heat warnings have expanded across a broad swath of British Columbia, a day after temperatures reached into the low 40s in the Interior and daily heat records tumbled.
  Twenty-five heat alerts are in place, up from 21 Tuesday, stretching from Whistler in the southwest to the north and central coasts and deep into the Interior.
  Environment Canada says the second heat wave for July is set to continue into next week in the Interior before gradually easing, while coastal areas could
  
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• B.C. braces for more wildfire activity with thunderstorms in the forecast

  17-07-2024 20:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  British Columbia’s wildfire service says it’s on the lookout for a surge in wildfire activity as hot weather continues with thunderstorms and wind in the forecast.
  The service’s latest bulletin says storms are expected over eastern B.C. up to the northern Rockies and winds are expected to pick up across the province later this week, carrying the potential to fan the flames of nearly 160 current wildfires.
  The winds come after Environment Canada expanded heat warnings to cover m
  
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• BC Transit to discontinue sale of legacy fare products in Chilliwack after rollout of Umo Mobility app - Fraser Valley Today

  17-07-2024 19:59 via news.google.com
  
  BC Transit to discontinue sale of legacy fare products in Chilliwack after rollout of Umo Mobility app  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Second abandoned sea otter pup rescued in B.C. in less than a month

  17-07-2024 19:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TOFINO, B.C. — A second abandoned sea otter has been rescued in B.C. waters, marking the first time the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society has had to take care of two fragile pups at the same time.
  A statement from the society says the northern sea otter, named Luna, was found July 13 on Vargas Island, near Tofino, B.C., with remnants of her umbilical cord still attached.
  Rescuers say she weighs only 1.58 kilograms and is under round-the-clock care, being bottle-fed a special
  
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• B.C. pledges support for court challenge over equalization, mulls its own claim

  17-07-2024 19:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — British Columbia’s premier says his government is providing “full support” to Newfoundland and Labrador’s court challenge over federal equalization payments and mulling its own claim in an effort to ensure fair treatment from Ottawa.
  David Eby says there are differences in the legal arguments B.C. would make, but the two provinces are united in the goal of reversing what he described as “perverse outcomes” from the equalization program for B.C.
  
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• Hurricanes put Evgeny Kuznetsov on unconditional waivers to terminate his contract

  17-07-2024 19:33 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Carolina Hurricanes put Evgeny Kuznetsov on unconditional waivers on Wednesday for the purpose of terminating his contract, a move that brings an abrupt end to the talented but inconsistent center’s roller coaster NHL career.
  Kuznetsov was still owed $6 million of his $8 million salary in the final season of his $64.2 million, seven-year deal originally signed in 2017. He walks away from that and gets to keep the $2 million bonus paid earlier this month.
  “Ultimately both sides ag
  
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• Peachland wildfire now held - Chilliwack Progress

  17-07-2024 19:14 via news.google.com
  
  Peachland wildfire now held  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• BC Highway Patrol pleads with public to slow down following rash of fatal car crashes

  17-07-2024 19:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — BC Highway Patrol is pleading with the public to slow down on the heels of a rash of fatal car crashes that have claimed the lives of over 19 people just this month alone in British Columbia.According to a news release from Inspector Chad Badry of the BC Highway Patrol, police took to social media Wednesday morning to highlight recent examples of excessive speeding.
  On July 14, 2024, a BC Highway Patrol Squamish member observed a blue 4-door sedan and red motorcycle travelling
  
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• 'Rapid densification' coming to Chilliwack with 7-storey development - Chilliwack Progress

  17-07-2024 18:52 via news.google.com
  
  'Rapid densification' coming to Chilliwack with 7-storey development  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Hiker, 76, reportedly falls 200 metres down Bridal Falls trail near Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  17-07-2024 18:52 via news.google.com
  
  Hiker, 76, reportedly falls 200 metres down Bridal Falls trail near Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors unjustly punished in 1944 after a deadly California port explosion

  17-07-2024 18:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were found to be unjustly punished in 1944 following a horrific port explosion that killed hundreds of service members and exposed racist double standards among the then-segregated ranks.
  On July 17, 1944, munitions being loaded onto a cargo ship detonated, causing secondary blasts that ignited 5,000 tons (4,535 metric tonnes) of explosives at Port Chicago naval weapons station near San Francisco.
  The explosion killed 320
  
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• Group in charge of Google’s $100M for news outlets lays out its governance model

  17-07-2024 18:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The group Google asked to distribute $100 million to news outlets in Canada has publicly released its governance model, which it says focuses on sustainability, equity and innovation within the industry.The Canadian Journalism Collective submitted plans to Canada’s broadcasting regulator this week outlining the structure of the board that will ultimately oversee the funds. That submission was made public on Wednesday.
  The Canada Radio-television and Telecommunications Commis
  
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• Chilliwack River Valley homeless camp task force carries on, but its success is hard to measure - Fraser Valley Today

  17-07-2024 18:34 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack River Valley homeless camp task force carries on, but its success is hard to measure  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack River Valley homeless camp task force carries on, but its success is hard to measure

  17-07-2024 18:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Since January 2023, a homeless encampment task force has been meeting to address the proliferation of homeless camps in the Chilliwack River Valley, with a goal of offering support to the unhoused community living in the Chilliwack backcountry.The homeless encampment stakeholder group has previously included representation from the RCMP, Chilliwack Restorative Justice, Fraser Valley Regional District, Salvation Army, Fraser Health Integrated Homeless Action Response Team, Soow
  
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• Abbotsford Outlaws win U15A provincial softball championship - Chilliwack Progress

  17-07-2024 18:08 via news.google.com
  
  Abbotsford Outlaws win U15A provincial softball championship  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• What’s ahead for Canada’s first female defence chief? Observers warn of ‘glass cliff’

  17-07-2024 18:05 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Canada will make history Thursday when Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan takes over command of the Armed Forces as chief of the defence staff.Carignan, who replaces retiring Gen. Wayne Eyre, is the first woman to do the job.She’s spent the last three years leading the military’s efforts to change the toxic culture that allowed the 2021 sexual misconduct crisis to occur.Her tenure as the top commander comes at a time when the military is trying to stop what the defence minister
  
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• Hydroplane driver dies after weekend crash at regatta southwest of Montreal

  17-07-2024 17:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — A hydroplane racer from Quebec is dead after crashing over the weekend at a regatta southwest of Montreal.
  Régates de Valleyfield said today that driver François Leroux died after an accident on Sunday while he was competing in the consolation final in the Hydro 350 class in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que.
  The 56-year-old from Sherbrooke, Que., was taken to hospital unconscious and in critical condition after the crash, and the rest of the day’s racing was can
  
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• Trudeau outlines details of $30B, 10-year fund for public transit

  17-07-2024 17:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says applications are now open for a national transit fund that will include money for existing transit systems so they can expand, improve and modernize.
  The $30-billion, 10-year Canada Public Transit Fund has been in the works for months and was in the recent federal budget.
  That money will be divided into three categories: baseline funding for existing systems, metro-region agreements for Canada’s biggest cities, and funding for specific thin
  
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• U.S. eases border rules for dogs from Canada as Liberals try to secure exemption

  17-07-2024 17:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland says he’s trying to convince U.S. authorities that Canadian dogs should be allowed to cross the border without restrictions.The Centers for Disease Control is imposing new rules on Aug. 1 aimed at stopping the spread of rabies.But Holland says there is no rabies in dogs in Canada so the federal government has secured some changes to the rules.Dogs heading stateside need to be at least six months old and vaccinated, and have a universally readable
  
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• Nearly two-thirds of Democrats want Biden to withdraw, new AP-NORC poll finds

  17-07-2024 17:13 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two-thirds of Democrats say President Joe Biden should withdraw from the presidential race and let his party nominate a different candidate, according to a new poll, sharply undercutting his post-debate claim that “average Democrats” are still with him even if some “big names” are turning on him.The new survey by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, conducted as Biden works to salvage his candidacy two weeks after his debate flop,
  
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• Cody Johnson sings anthem smoothly at All-Star Game a night after Ingrid Andress’ panned rendition

  17-07-2024 16:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Country music artist Cody Johnson performed the national anthem without a hitch before the All-Star Game in his home state of Texas, a night after a widely panned performance by Ingrid Andress that led to an apology and an admission that she was drunk.
  Johnson walked toward the microphone between the mound and home plate at the home of the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night wearing a white cowboy hat and cream-colored blazer. The 37-year-old Texan removed the hat just b
  
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• Democrats aim to nominate president in first week of August, as some push Biden to quit the race

  17-07-2024 16:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats will look to hold a virtual vote to make President Joe Biden their party’s nominee in the first week of August, as Biden has rebuffed calls from some in his party to quit the race after his disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump.
  The Democratic National Convention’s rules committee will meet on Friday to discuss its plans, according to a letter sent to members obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, and will finalize them next week. T
  
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• Out of control wildfire erupts north of Boston Bar

  17-07-2024 16:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOSTON BAR — BC Wildfire Service says it has deployed two initial attack crews, a response officer and helicopter support to a fast-growing, out of control fire north of Boston Bar.
  The fire was discovered around 5 p.m. Tuesday (July 16) and has since grown to 1.17 hectares as of Wednesday morning. BC Wildfire Service says the fire is located approximately 16 kilometres north of Boston Bar, adjacent to the Fraser River, and is displaying what’s known as rank 3 behaviour, defined as a
  
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• Water rescues underway in Arkansas after a new wave of storms across US and Canada

  17-07-2024 15:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  YELLVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Water rescues were underway Wednesday in Arkansas after a new wave of severe storms that have pummeled a vast swath of the U.S. and Canada, officials said. High winds, tornadoes and flooding have caused damage or deaths from the Plains to New England this week.
  As much as 11 inches (nearly 28 centimeters) of rain fell overnight into Wednesday on parts of Marion County, Arkansas, in the Ozark Mountains, the National Weather Service said.“Numerous bridges across
  
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• Homeland Security inspector general investigates Secret Service handling of security at Trump rally

  17-07-2024 14:40 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general says its investigating the U.S. Secret Service’s handling of security for former President Donald Trump on the day a gunman tried to assassinate him at a Pennsylvania rally.
  The agency says in a brief notice on its website Wednesday the objective is to evaluate the Secret Service’s “process for securing former President Trump’s July 13, 2024 campaign event.”
  No date was given for w
  
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• Chilliwack, Kent to receive $350K boost in Community Gaming Grants - Chilliwack Progress

  17-07-2024 14:31 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack, Kent to receive $350K boost in Community Gaming Grants  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Trumpets, tiaras and tradition on display as King Charles III presides over opening of Parliament

  17-07-2024 12:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — King Charles III arrived at Parliament to preside over the State Opening on Wednesday, donning his ceremonial robes and the crown of state to deliver a speech laying out the legislative program of the U.K.’s first left-leaning government in 14 years.
  The state opening of Parliament is one of the traditional set pieces of the political year, showcasing through carefully choreographed pageantry Britain’s evolution from an absolute monarchy to a parliamentary democra
  
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• In the news today: Premiers wrap up in Halifax, flood damage and insurance coverage

  17-07-2024 10:21 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Premiers wrapping up summer meeting in Halifax
  Canada’s premiers are wrapping up the summer meeting of the Council of the Federation today.
  The premiers of the 10 provinces and three territories have been in Halifax for their three-day gathering hosted by Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston.
  A statement from the premiers says key priorities that have been discussed include housing, affordability and
  
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• What to know about insurance claims after Tuesday’s flash flooding

  17-07-2024 10:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — As people in southern Ontario survey the damage done by intense flash flooding on Tuesday, the Insurance Bureau of Canada says residents need to figure out what their policies cover.
  Torrential rain hit Toronto and the surrounding area on Tuesday, flooding a major highway and a key transit hub amid rainfall warnings for much of southern Ontario.The bureau says some kinds of damage will only be covered if you’ve purchased optional coverage on top of the usual home or vehicle
  
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