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• Man accused of killing fellow student in class wanted tarot cards back, court hears

  22-07-2024 23:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WETASKIWIN — A man on trial for stabbing a fellow student to death in their high school classroom three years ago had wanted her to return his tarot cards, court heard Monday.
  Kathryn Pountney made the comments at the first-degree murder trial of her grandson Dylan Pountney at Court of King’s Bench in Wetaskiwin, Alta.
  Crown prosecutor Jeff Rudiak asked her if Dylan Pountney, 21, ever talked to her about the victim, Jennifer Winkler.
  “Just a couple of times. That he had seen he
  
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• Train whistles driving citizens of Chilliwack 'batty,' says mayor - Chilliwack Progress

  22-07-2024 23:44 via news.google.com
  
  Train whistles driving citizens of Chilliwack 'batty,' says mayor  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Train whistles driving citizens of Chilliwack 'batty,' says mayor - Abbotsford News

  22-07-2024 23:44 via news.google.com
  Train whistles driving citizens of Chilliwack 'batty,' says mayor  Abbotsford News
  
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• Chilliwack athletes collect gold at B.C. Summer Games - Chilliwack Progress

  22-07-2024 23:44 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack athletes collect gold at B.C. Summer Games  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP appeal for help in locating a missing 55-year-old man - Fraser Valley Today

  22-07-2024 23:33 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack RCMP appeal for help in locating a missing 55-year-old man  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Missouri judge overturns the murder conviction of a man imprisoned for more than 30 years

  22-07-2024 23:30 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri judge on Monday overturned the conviction of Christopher Dunn, who has spent more than 30 years in prison for a killing he has long contended he didn’t commit.
  The ruling is likely to free Dunn from prison, but it wasn’t immediately clear when that would happen. He has been serving a sentence of life without parole.
  St. Louis Circuit Judge Jason Sengheiser’s ruling came several weeks after he presided over a three-day hearing on Dunn’s fa
  
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• Canfor Corp. CEO Don Kayne to step down at the end of 2024

  22-07-2024 23:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Canfor Corp. says its president and CEO is retiring at the end of the year.
  The Vancouver-based company says Don Kayne has held the role since 2011, and has been with the company for 46 years.Canfor says the company has grown and transformed into a global entity under Kayne’s leadership.
  Current senior vice-president of business development Susan Yurkovich will take the top job upon Kayne’s departure.
  Canfor says Yurkovich has been with Canfor for 12 years.
  The comp
  
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• Two Albertans charged in online death threats to Trudeau, other federal leaders

  22-07-2024 22:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  EDMONTON — Two Alberta men have been charged after death threats were allegedly directed at top federal politicians, including the prime minister.
  RCMP say a social media user on the platform X had allegedly posted threats in May to kill Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
  Twenty-three-year-old Mason John Baker of Calgary has been charged with uttering threats.
  In a separate case, police say someone on YouTube allegedly posted threats in June to kill Trudeau along with Deputy Prime Minister Chr
  
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• Watchdog says 'no evidence' of police role in Chilliwack man's death - Chilliwack Progress

  22-07-2024 21:52 via news.google.com
  
  Watchdog says 'no evidence' of police role in Chilliwack man's death  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• K’omoks First Nation signs draft treaty with B.C., federal governments

  22-07-2024 21:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COURTENAY, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Officials with the K’omoks First Nation and the B.C. and federal governments have signed a draft treaty in a step toward the nation’s self-governance.
  K’omoks Chief Ken Price says it was an “exciting, memorable, and emotional day” for the community on Vancouver Island as it marked another step toward a treaty.
  Price says in a statement that many K’omoks leaders have been part of negotiations over the last 30 years aiming to
  
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• Gaza protesters at University of Victoria clearing encampment after trespass notice

  22-07-2024 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VICTORIA — The University of Victoria says pro-Palestinian protesters are dismantling an encampment after almost three months at the campus.
  The school had issued a trespass notice over the weekend, saying administrators saw “no further prospect for a successful dialogue” with the protesters.
  The university said in an email Monday that the encampment set up on May 1 was being taken apart by the protesters.
  Protesters had said on social media that the school gave them a deadline
  
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• Bodycam video reveals chaotic scene of deputy fatally shooting Black woman who called 911 for help

  22-07-2024 21:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Body camera video released Monday by a prosecutor reveals a chaotic scene in which a Black woman in Springfield, Illinois, who called 911 for help is shot in the face in her home by a white sheriff’s deputy.
  One video shows a tense moment in which former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson yelled at 36-year-old Sonya Massey over moving a pot from the stove. He threatens to shoot her, Massey ducks then briefly rises and Grayson fires his pistol
  
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• Senior Quebec church leader resumes role after six-month leave due to abuse claims

  22-07-2024 21:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  QUEBEC CITY, Que. — Cardinal Gérald Lacroix is resuming his duties today as archbishop of Quebec City after a Vatican-mandated investigation found no evidence tying the senior church leader to sexual misconduct allegations.
  Lacroix says he has resumed his role after taking a voluntary six-month absence beginning in late January when the abuse allegations first surfaced as part of a class-action lawsuit against the diocese for historical sexual abuse cases.
  In response to the claims,
  
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• Former Argonauts linebacker, broadcaster Peter Martin dead at 83

  22-07-2024 21:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Peter Martin, a former Toronto Argonauts linebacker who later became a Hall of Fame broadcaster, has died. He was 83.
  The Argonauts announced the news Monday morning on X, formerly known as Twitter. A cause of death was not released.
  Born and raised in Toronto, Martin played 104 games for theArgosfrom 1965 to 1972 after graduating from Western University.He recorded seven interceptions in the CFL, recovered seven fumbles and helped the Argos reach the 1971 Grey Cup, won 14-11 by
  
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• Columbus Blue Jackets hire Dean Evason as their next coach

  22-07-2024 21:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The Columbus Blue Jackets hired Dean Evason as coach on Monday, filling the NHL’s final vacancy two months before training camps open.
  Evason, 59, will be Columbus’ third coach in as many seasons not counting Mike Babcock being hired and resigning on the eve of training camp last September. The team says Evason agreed to a multiyear contract.
  New Blue Jackets general manager Don Waddell fired Pascal Vincent not long after taking over control of the organization’s hockey operati
  
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• U.S. drops planned regulations for dogs crossing border from rabies-free countries

  22-07-2024 21:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control will not require onerous forms for dog owners crossing the border from Canada this summer.The agency had announced new rules in May that were aimed at keeping rabies out of the country.They stated dogs needed to be microchipped, vaccinated against rabies, and accompanied by two forms including one signed by a veterinarian.The changes, which were set to take effect beginning next month, had been panned by veterinary associations, the tourism ind
  
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• Mounties cleared of wrongdoing in man's death in Chilliwack, B.C. - CTV News Vancouver

  22-07-2024 21:05 via news.google.com
  
  Mounties cleared of wrongdoing in man's death in Chilliwack, B.C.  CTV News Vancouver
  
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• Kamala Harris likely to follow path blazed by Biden on Canada-U.S. relationship

  22-07-2024 21:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON, D. C. — Observers expect Kamala Harris to follow President Joe Biden’s roadmap on Canada-U.S. relations as she moves to secure the Democratic party’s presidential nomination.
  Harris, the U.S. vice-president, made her first public remarks at a White House event since Biden dropped out of the 2024 race, calling the president’s legacy unmatched.Biden bowed to weeks of pressure after appearing confused and frail during a debate with Donald Trump last month, follow
  
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• Stall and crash in plane in B.C. renews safety board call to Transport Canada

  22-07-2024 20:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  RICHMOND, B.C. — A crash of an Air Nootka De Havilland plane on Vancouver Island last year has reopened a debate between the Transportation Safety Board and the federal government over stall warning systems.The pilot who was the only person on board was seriously injured when his plane stalled and crashed into thick forest while attempting to land near Gold River, B.C.A Transportation Safety Board report says there are a few aircraft types still in commercial operation that don’t hav
  
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• IIO clears Chilliwack RCMP members of any wrongdoing after a man died in downtown Chilliwack - Fraser Valley Today

  22-07-2024 20:43 via news.google.com
  
  IIO clears Chilliwack RCMP members of any wrongdoing after a man died in downtown Chilliwack  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• IIO clears Chilliwack RCMP members of any wrongdoing after a man died in downtown Chilliwack

  22-07-2024 20:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The civilian watchdog agency in British Columbia tasked with investigating all officer-related incidents that result in serious harm or death has cleared Chilliwack RCMP officers of any wrongdoing after a man died near Mary Street and Patten Avenue in downtown Chilliwack earlier this year.Chilliwack RCMP received a report of a fight inside a vehicle near Mary Street and Patten Avenue on Monday, April 22, according to S/Sgt. Kris Clark, senior media relations officer for the B.
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs sign big defenceman from South Carolina - Fraser Valley Today

  22-07-2024 20:27 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack Chiefs sign big defenceman from South Carolina  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP appeal for help in locating a missing 55-year-old man

  22-07-2024 20:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP have now confirmed they are asking for help in locating a 55-year-old man who was reported missing over the weekend.
  According to a statement from Corporal Teresa Parsons, supervisor of the Chilliwack RCMP Serious Crime Unit, Donald Alarie was reported missing, and last seen on Sunday, July 21.
  Cpl. Parsons provided the following description of Alarie:Caucasian male
  55 years
  5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
  300 lbs (136 kg)
  brown hair
  brown eyes
  brown beardHe was last seen w
  
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• Chilliwack Chiefs sign big defenceman from South Carolina

  22-07-2024 20:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Chiefs have announced a new addition to their roster that will inevitably strengthen their defence with the presence of a big body.The Chiefs say they have signed Greenville, South Carolina-born Price Grimes. Grimes comes to the Chiefs after a successful season in the USHL with the Chicago Steel where he gained valuable experience and put up 6 points in 41 games played. At 6’2″, Grimes uses his size and reach to his advantage defensively and the Chie
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP appeal for help in locating missing 55-year-old man

  22-07-2024 20:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Chilliwack RCMP have now confirmed they are asking for help in locating a 55-year-old man who was reported missing on Sunday.
  According to a statement from Corporal Teresa Parsons, supervisor of the Chilliwack RCMP Serious Crime Unit, Donald Alarie was reported missing, and last seen on, Sunday, July 21.
  Cpl. Parsons provided the following description of Alarie:
  Description of Donald Alarie:caucasian male
  55 years
  5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
  300 lbs (136 kg)
  brown hair
  brown eyes
  brown
  
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• CHIEFS SOLIDIFY BLUELINE WITH 2006 BORN PRICE GRIMES

  22-07-2024 19:54 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  The Chilliwack Chiefs are excited to announce a new addition to the team’s defence with the signing of Greenville, SC-born Price Grimes. Grimes comes to the Chiefs after a successful season in the USHL with the Chicago Steel where he gained valuable experience and put up 6 points in 41 games played. At 6’2, Grimes uses his size and reach to his advantage defensively and the Chiefs staff feel like he is just starting to scratch the surface of where his game can get to.
  “Price is
  
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• Chilliwack RCMP investigating report of a missing man

  22-07-2024 19:11 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Details are limited at this point, but a spokesperson for the Chilliwack RCMP detachment has confirmed that police are investigating the report of a missing man.Corporal Teresa Parsons, supervisor of the Chilliwack RCMP Serious Crime Unit, confirmed in an email to Fraser Valley Today Monday morning (July 22) that a man remains missing and the file is still under investigation.
  According to a Facebook post from Mary Trafford, the missing person is 58-year-old Donald Alarie. Tra
  
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• Canadian killed near Gaza border after threatening forces with knife: Israeli police

  22-07-2024 19:09 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Israeli police say a Canadian citizen was killed Monday after threatening local security officials with a knife near the border with the Gaza Strip.
  The Israeli military says the man drove to the entrance of the town of Netiv HaAsara, just 300 metres north of the Gaza border. The military says the man left his vehicle with a knife and approached the local security patrol, who opened fire and killed him.
  There were no other injuries, the military said, providing a photo of a kitche
  
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• Chilliwack River Valley Fire Dept. asks area residents not to put out wildland fires due to safety risks - Fraser Valley Today

  22-07-2024 18:43 via news.google.com
  
  Chilliwack River Valley Fire Dept. asks area residents not to put out wildland fires due to safety risks  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• Chilliwack River Valley Fire Dept. asks area residents not to put out wildland fires due to safety risks

  22-07-2024 18:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Following two fires in the Chilliwack River Valley this past week in which area residents were first on scene and lent a hand to stop these two wildfires from spreading, the Chilliwack River Valley Fire Department has asked residents not to put themselves in harm’s way.Fires broke out Wednesday morning (July 17) and Saturday afternoon (July 20) in the Chilliwack River Valley. In the first incident, Chilliwack River Valley resident Derrick Kramer says he and another neigh
  
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• Residents back home after evacuations in Williams Lake, B.C.

  22-07-2024 18:14 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WILLIAMS LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — A fast-moving wildfire on the edge of the City of Williams Lake in British Columbia’s central Interior triggered evacuations as water bombers swooped low over the community over the weekend.
  But the director of the community’s emergency operations centre says residents have since been told they can go home after the tactical evacuations conducted by Mounties on Sunday.
  Rob Warnock says in video posted to the city’s website last ni
  
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• Man missing in Fraser River near Chilliwack with dog left behind - Hope Standard

  22-07-2024 17:09 via news.google.com
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• Man missing in Fraser River near Chilliwack with dog left behind - Chilliwack Progress

  22-07-2024 17:09 via news.google.com
  
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• Man missing in Fraser River near Chilliwack with dog left behind - Abbotsford News

  22-07-2024 17:09 via news.google.com
  
  Man missing in Fraser River near Chilliwack with dog left behind  Abbotsford News
  
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• Secret Service director says Trump assassination attempt was biggest agency ‘failure’ in decades

  22-07-2024 16:35 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the Secret Service says the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump was the agency’s “most significant operational failure” in decades.Director Kimberly Cheatle told lawmakers Monday during a congressional hearing: “On July 13, we failed.” Cheatle says she takes full responsibility for the agency’s missteps related to the attack at Trump’s Pennsylvana rally earlier this month.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS
  
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• Harris looks to lock up the Democratic nomination after Biden steps aside, reordering the 2024 race

  22-07-2024 16:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris moved swiftly to lock up Democratic delegates behind her campaign for the White House after President Joe Biden stepped aside amid concerns from within their party that he would be unable to defeat Republican Donald Trump.
  Biden’s exit Sunday, prompted by Democratic worries over his fitness for office, was a seismic shift to the presidential contest that upended both major political parties’ carefully honed plans for the 2024 race.
  
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• US-Russian journalist convicted in a rapid, secret trial, court records show

  22-07-2024 15:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  A court has convicted Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, of spreading false information about the Russian army and sentenced her to 6 1/2 years in prison after a secret trial, court records and officials said Monday.
  The conviction in the city of Kazan came on Friday, the same day that a court in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich of espionage and sentenced him to 16
  
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• Assailant kills 6 people and wounds 6 others at a care home in central Croatia, officials say

  22-07-2024 15:28 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — An armed assailant entered a care home for older people in central Croatia Monday and opened fire, killing six people and wounding six others, police said.Croatia’s police chief, Nikola Milina, said five people died immediately, while one more person died in a hospital. The suspect fled the scene, but the police soon caught him in a cafe near the facility in the town of Daruvar, he said.
  The victims were five residents of the care home and one employee, Milina
  
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• IHIT investigating homicide of a woman in Maple Ridge

  22-07-2024 14:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  MAPLE RIDGE — Ridge Meadows RCMP are investigating a homicide that occurred Sunday (Jul. 21) afternoon in Maple Ridge. A police news release says officers were called to the area of 232 Street and 132 Avenue at approximately 2:30 p.m. Ridge Meadows RCMP arrived to find an unidentified female bleeding with serious injuries.
  Despite the efforts of first responders including BC Emergency Health Services, the woman was pronounced dead at approximately 3:25 p.m.
  The Integrated Homicide Investig
  
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• City of Williams Lake declares local state of emergency as wildfire approaches

  22-07-2024 14:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — The City of Williams Lake declared a state of local emergency due to a wildfire that ignited just outside of the city Sunday (Jul. 21).
  In a news release issued Sunday evening, the City stated it had expanded its evacuation alert area related to the River Valley wildfire. The alert now covered residents in the Country Club Boulevard, Fairview Drive, Tolko’s Lakeview Mill and Woodland Drive neighbourhoods, along with all Westridge Drive Properties.The evacuation
  
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• Israel orders evacuation of part of Gaza humanitarian zone

  22-07-2024 12:06 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military on Monday ordered the evacuation of part of an area in the Gaza Strip it has designated a humanitarian zone.The military said it is planning to begin an operation against Hamas militants who have embedded themselves in the area and used it to launch rockets toward Israel. The area includes the eastern part of the Muwasi humanitarian zone, which is located in the southern Gaza Strip.
  Many Palestinians have been uprooted multiple times in
  
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• A PhD student at a top Chinese university publicly accuses her supervisor of sexual harassment

  22-07-2024 11:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HONG KONG (AP) — A female PhD student at one of China’s top universities took social media by storm after accusing her academic supervisor of sexual harassment and said he threatened to stop her from attaining her doctorate for refusing his advances. Her school said Monday it launched an investigation.
  The woman, who identified herself as Wang Di and said she studied at Renmin University of China’s School of Liberal Arts, posted Sunday a 59-minute video, in which she briefly he
  
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• In the news today: Interest rate cut possible this week: Economists

  22-07-2024 10:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Interest rate cut possible this week: Economists
  Economists and market watchers are betting the Bank of Canada will deliver another interest rate cut this week amid mounting evidence that inflation is sustainably easing.Expectations that the bank will lower its overnight lending rate when it makes its scheduled announcement Wednesday have been high since last week’s release of the latest Statisti
  
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• Mom wants quicker reform on disaster preparations, one year after flood took son

  22-07-2024 10:01 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — The mother of a boy who died a year ago in a Nova Scotia flood says her grief returns daily, along with frustration over what she considers the province’s slow pace in reforming its preparations for climate disasters.
  Tera Sisco’s six-year-old son Colton Sisco died after the vehicle he was in overturned during torrential thunderstorms on July 22, 2023. About 258 millimetres of rain to the municipality of West Hants — a rural area northwest of Halifax — fel
  
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• UPDATE: Missing Chilliwack man found deceased near Mission - Chilliwack Progress

  22-07-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  UPDATE: Missing Chilliwack man found deceased near Mission  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• UPDATE: Missing Chilliwack man found deceased near Mission - Abbotsford News

  22-07-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
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• Maier throws for three touchdowns, leads Stampeders to 25-24 win over Lions

  22-07-2024 04:34 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — Clarke Barnes caught a five-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Jake Maier in the fourth quarter and the Calgary Stampeders hung on for a 25-24 win over the B.C. Lions on Sunday at McMahon Stadium.
  Maier also threw a pair of touchdown passes to Reggie Begelton and Jalen Philpot, while Rene Paredes kicked a field goal for the Stampeders (3-3), who snapped a two-game losing streak. The Stamps also scored two points on a safety.
  Stanley Berryhill III and Justin McInnis caught TD pa
  
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• Highway 1 through Fraser Canyon closed by Shetland Creek wildfire

  22-07-2024 04:32 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SPENCES BRIDGE, B.C. — The Shetland Creek wildfire has closed the Trans Canada Highway through the Fraser Canyon between Spences Bridge and Cache Creek.
  At around 5:30 p.m. Sunday (July 21), DriveBC announced that the stretch of Highway 1 was closed in both directions due to wildfire. A travel advisory had been in place since Friday.
  This incident remains dynamic and conditions can change rapidly. More information on the status of the Highway 1 travel corridor can be found on DriveBC: http
  
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• Talkative Giants manager Bob Melvin ejected before first pitch at Colorado

  22-07-2024 02:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DENVER (AP) — San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin wasn’t around for the finish Sunday as his team defeated the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field.
  He didn’t even make it to the start, for that matter.
  In an unusual scene, Melvin was ejected before the first pitch after he and bench coach Ryan Christensen delivered the lineup card to home plate umpire Alex MacKay.
  “I just talked too much,” Melvin said following the Giants’ 3-2 victory. “Umpiring’s
  
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• Baby Gourmet Foods recalls organic baby cereal over possible bacteria contamination

  22-07-2024 00:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CALGARY — A brand of baby cereal is being pulled from all in-store and online retailers in Canada due to possible Cronobacter contamination.
  Calgary-based Baby Gourmet Foods has issued a product recall for its Banana Raisin Oatmeal Organic Whole Grain Cereal, which is sold in 227 g packages.
  The bacteria can cause serious or fatal infections to the bloodstream, central nervous system and intestines.
  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the recall was triggered by agency test results.
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