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• IHIT identifies 58-year-old female homicide victim from Maple Ridge to further their investigation

  25-07-2024 22:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MAPLE RIDGE — The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has identified the Maple Ridge woman who died last weekend as 58-year-old Christine Rogers, in order to advance their investigation.Ridge Meadows RCMP members were dispatched Sunday, July 21 at about 2:30 p.m., for the report of an injured woman near 232 Street and 132 Avenue in Maple Ridge. Ridge Meadows RCMP front line officers attended the scene and discovered a woman suffering from serious injuries.
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• “Now lost”: Jasper fire torching cherished memories along with forests

  25-07-2024 22:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The black clouds billowing from the fires razing Jasper National Park hold more than the reek of charred timber and scorched earth. For thousands of Canadians and mountain-lovers around the world, it’s the smell of cherished memory going up in smoke.
  “It’s a huge amount of history and memories that are now lost,” said Alexis Keinlen, an Edmonton writer who recalls the winter 2015 wedding of a friend.
  Before the ceremony, the party gathered in the evening on the shores of
  
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• Dylan Cease throws second no-hitter in San Diego Padres history, 3-0 win over Washington Nationals

  25-07-2024 22:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Dylan Cease pitched the second no-hitter in San Diego Padres history, a 3-0 win over the Washington Nationals on Thursday that completed a three-game sweep.
  After falling one out short of a no-hitter two years ago when he gave up a single to current teammate Luis Arráez, Cease accomplished the feat when he retired CJ Abrams on a game-ending flyout to right.Cease (10-8) struck out nine and walked three in his third complete game in 145 starts. He threw a career-high
  
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• B.C. lets wineries import grapes for 2024 vintages after ‘devastating’ winter losses

  25-07-2024 22:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PENTICTON — The B.C. government says wineries can import grapes and juice to make their 2024 vintages after “devastating” losses this winter.The province says allowing winemakers to import grapes from outside B.C. is a “temporary measure” to prop-up hundreds of wineries and thousands of jobs after freezing weather wiped out this year’s harvest.Public Safety Minister and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth says financially supporting the wineries will “prote
  
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• McGill drops injunction case against pro-Palestinian camp after dismantling site

  25-07-2024 21:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — McGill University has withdrawn its injunction request against a pro-Palestinian encampment, a little more than two weeks after the school removed the collection of tents from its campus.
  All parties were due at the Montreal courthouse today for a hearing, but none of the lawyers showed.
  Later, lawyers for McGill and some of the protest groups confirmed the university had dropped the injunction request.
  On July 10, the university hired a private security firm to dismantle the en
  
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• 90% of B.C. communities adopt province’s plans for more small-scale housing

  25-07-2024 21:56 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — Almost all British Columbia communities have adopted the provincial government’s plan to tackle the housing crisis by allowing more multi-unit homes on properties.The province says nearly 90 per cent of 188 local governments have followed the legislation that would allow for row homes, triplexes and townhouses on former single-home lots.It says in a statement that 15 communities have asked for extensions to the June 30 bylaw deadline, while the District of Wells and the N
  
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• Prosecutors urge judge not to toss out Trump’s hush money conviction, pushing back on immunity claim

  25-07-2024 21:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors are urging a judge to uphold Donald Trump’s historic hush money conviction, arguing in court papers released Thursday that the verdict should stand despite the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity.
  The Manhattan district attorney’s office said in a court filing that the high court’s opinion “has no bearing” on the hush money case and does not support vacating the jury’s unanimous verdict or dismissing t
  
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• Harris says she wants original plan for debate with Trump

  25-07-2024 21:42 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris told reporters on Thursday that she’s “ready to debate Donald Trump.”
  She accused him of “backpedaling” away from a previous agreement for a debate hosted by ABC News on Sept. 10.
  “I think the voters deserve to see the split screen that exists in this race on the debate stage,” she said after landing at Joint Base Andrews following a trip to Indiana and Texas.
  The Sept. 10 debate was one of two debates
  
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• A man is under arrest on suspicion of starting a California wildfire, prosecutor says

  25-07-2024 20:44 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) —A prosecutor says a 42-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of starting a wildfire that has become California’s largest this year.
  Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey says Cal Fire arson investigators made the arrest early Thursday after a man was seen pushing a burning car into a gully Wednesday afternoon.
  The flames exploded into what is now the Park Fire, which has scorched more than 70 square miles near the city of Chico.
  Authorities later identif
  
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• TransLink warns of huge public transport cuts unless ‘$600m funding gap’ is addressed

  25-07-2024 20:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — Metro Vancouver’s transportation provider TransLink is warning of massive service cuts unless a $600-million funding gap is addressed.
  It says overall transit reductions of up to 50 per cent would be required starting in 2026, eliminating about 145 bus routes and “significantly reducing” SkyTrain, SeaBus and HandyDART services.
  TransLink says in a report to the Mayor’s Council on Regional Transportation that the West Coast Express train servi
  
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• Former Canada rugby sevens coach Damian McGrath shares life lessons in book

  25-07-2024 20:19 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Damian McGrath learned more than a few life lessons in coaching the Canadian, Samoan, German and Kenyan rugby sevens teams.
  The veteran English coach shares some of those learnings in his book, “Can You Be Fluent in Success?” which is subtitled “A fresh perspective on business coaching through the lens of an international rugby leader.”
  McGrath, a former physical education teacher, played rugby league for both Great Britain Universities against France and British Colleges
  
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• B.C. regulator suspends Chilliwack funeral business for misappropriation of customer funds - Fraser Valley Today

  25-07-2024 20:13 via news.google.com
  B.C. regulator suspends Chilliwack funeral business for misappropriation of customer funds  Fraser Valley Today
  
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• B.C. regulator suspends Chilliwack funeral business for misappropriation of customer funds

  25-07-2024 20:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — A public regulator in British Columbia says a Chilliwack funeral services provider is under investigation for a misappropriation of consumer funds, leading to the suspension of its license.
  According to a news release, Consumer Protection BC says it is alerting customers of McLean’s Funeral Services & Crematorium about an ongoing investigation into the company, located at 9-8465 Harvard Place in Chilliwack. The non-profit regulator says customers of the business are
  
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• Bob Rae elected to lead UN international development body

  25-07-2024 19:27 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Bob Rae, Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, will head the UN’s Economic and Social Council.
  Global Affairs Canada says Rae has been elected president of the council for a one-year term.
  The Economic and Social Council is one of the UN’s main six bodies and co-ordinates its work on international development.
  Global Affairs says Rae’s presidency will focus on ethical use of artificial intelligence for sustainable development, global migration and fina
  
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• Poverty more prevalent among those who died during B.C.’s heat dome: study

  25-07-2024 19:20 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  VANCOUVER — A study of British Columbia’s deadly heat dome in 2021 says the risk factor most strongly associated with dying during those sweltering days was whether that person was receiving income assistance.
  The paper, by researchers at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control and published in Environment Research: Health, compared those who died with similar people who survived, focusing on health conditions and socioeconomic status.A 2022 B.C. coroner’s report said 619 deaths we
  
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• Defending champion Canada tops New Zealand 2-1 in Olympic soccer opener

  25-07-2024 19:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAINT-ETIENNE — The Canadian women’s soccer team is opening the Paris Games with a 2-1 victory over New Zealand.
  Cloe Lacasse and Evelyne Viens scored for the defending champions in the Group A opener at Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium.
  Mackenzie Barrie tallied early in the first half for New Zealand before Lacasse tied it late in first-half stoppage time. Viens scored the winner in the 79th minute after a brilliant pass by Canadian captain Jessie Fleming.
  Assistant coach Andy Spence serve
  
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• Biden signs bill strengthening oversight of crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons

  25-07-2024 18:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill strengthening oversight of the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons after reporting by The Associated Press exposed systemic corruption, failures and abuse in the federal prison system.
  Biden signed the Federal Prison Oversight Act on Thursday. It establishes an independent ombudsman to field and investigate complaints in the wake of sexual assaults and other criminal misconduct by staff, chronic understaffing, escapes and high-profile deaths.
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• Poilievre says Ontario teenager’s killing shows Liberal, NDP policies have failed

  25-07-2024 18:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Opposition Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre blames a national rise in crime and the recent killing of an Ontario teenager on what he calls failed Liberal and NDP policies.
  Poilievre held a press conference in London, Ont., today, just one day after the community held a vigil for Breanna Broadfoot, 17, who police say was a victim of intimate partner violence.
  Poilievre says the suspect had previously been arrested, but was released before the fatal attack on Broadfoot.
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• Norad says it has intercepted Chinese, Russian aircraft near Alaskan airspace

  25-07-2024 18:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Norad says Canadian and American fighter jets have intercepted a group of Russian and Chinese planes flying near Alaska.
  The North American Aerospace Defence Command says the planes were detected and tracked on Wednesday.
  The planes stayed in international airspace and their activity is not seen as a threat.
  U.S. officials say it’s the first time Norad has intercepted aircraft from the two countries together.Military leaders in Canada have been warning that Russia and China
  
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• Veteran quarterback Jeremiah Masoli lands back on Redblacks roster

  25-07-2024 18:00 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Jeremiah Masoli is back on the Ottawa Redblacks roster.
  Masoli was listed as the third quarterback on Ottawa’s depth chart Thursday. The Redblacks (4-2) host the Calgary Stampeders (3-3) on Friday night.
  Dru Brown will make a seventh straight start for Ottawa, with Dustin Crum serving as his backup.
  Masoli, 35, suffered a season-ending ruptured Achilles tendon during a 21-13 road loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on July 8, 2023.
  That contest was Masoli’s first after he
  
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• Friends continue to honour late Chilliwack teen with annual roller hockey fundraiser - Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal

  25-07-2024 18:00 via news.google.com
  Friends continue to honour late Chilliwack teen with annual roller hockey fundraiser  Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal
  
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• Chilliwack man says 'it feels surreal' after winning $500K in lottery - Chilliwack Progress

  25-07-2024 17:54 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack man says 'it feels surreal' after winning $500K in lottery  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Valley Huskers up for the challenge as they defend home turf Saturday in season opener against Kamloops

  25-07-2024 17:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — The Valley Huskers know they have a tough, physical opponent awaiting them this weekend as they defend home turf against Kamloops in their Canadian Junior Football League season opener at Exhibition Stadium.At the same time, Huskers head coach Bob Reist likes his team’s chances against a Broncos squad that fell to the Westshore Rebels 43-27 in their season opener at home last Saturday (July 20).
  “Kamloops is always a physical team that brings it on every play,&rdqu
  
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• Tornado touches down on Montreal’s South Shore, uproots trees, overturns semi-trailer

  25-07-2024 17:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Environment Canada says a tornado touched down on Montreal’s South Shore on Wednesday night.
  The weather agency says the tornado hit Brossard, Que., just before 8:15 p.m. and uprooted trees, overturned a semi-trailer truck and damaged other infrastructure.
  Mélanie Mercille, spokesperson for Longueuil, Que., police, says the driver of the semi-trailer suffered minor injuries, adding that there were no other reports of injuries.
  More than 3,500 households lost power o
  
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• Agassiz Fire Dept. contains fire at Agassiz school Wednesday

  25-07-2024 17:02 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  AGASSIZ — Fraser-Cascade School District says a fire occurred Wednesday afternoon (July 24) at Agassiz Elementary-Secondary School as a result of roofing renovations.According to a brief statement on its social media page, SD78 says the fire broke out early afternoon due to work being done on a roof at the school, located at 7110 Cheam Avenue. Roofing staff tried to contain it, but the Agassiz Fire Department was able to extinguish it and limit it from spreading.
  Agassiz Fire was paged at
  
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• Uvalde school police officer pleads not guilty to charges stemming from actions during 2022 shooting

  25-07-2024 16:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  UVALDE, Texas (AP) — A former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer who was part of the slow law enforcement response to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School pleaded not guilty during a court appearance Thursday.
  Adrian Gonzales was one of the nearly 400 law enforcement personnel who responded to the scene but then waited more than 70 minutes to confront the shooter inside the school. Teary-eyed family members were in the courtroom in the small Texas town to watch as Gonzales wa
  
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• Canadian swimmers poised for multi-podium performances in Paris

  25-07-2024 15:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  John Atkinson compares Canada’s Olympic swim team in Paris to a complex jigsaw puzzle requiring a deft hand to complete.
  Swimming Canada’s high-performance director of a dozen years is managing his deepest Olympic team yet, with 17-year-old Summer McIntosh its centrepiece.
  While the women have carried the swim team to the podium at the last two Olympic Games, the men’s side is showing medal potential in Paris.
  “The men’s program is in a very different place than it
  
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• Valley Huskers set to kickoff season in Chilliwack - Chilliwack Progress

  25-07-2024 14:30 via news.google.com
  
  Valley Huskers set to kickoff season in Chilliwack  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• Friends continue to honour late Chilliwack teen with annual roller hockey fundraiser - Chilliwack Progress

  25-07-2024 14:30 via news.google.com
  
  Friends continue to honour late Chilliwack teen with annual roller hockey fundraiser  Chilliwack Progress
  
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• NORAD says it tracked Chinese and Russian long-range bombers off Alaska

  25-07-2024 13:58 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BEIJING (AP) — Two Chinese and two Russian long-range bombers were tracked flying over international waters near Alaska and U.S. and Canadian fighter jets were sent up in response, their joint aerospace command said.
  The Chinese and Russian military activity Wednesday was not seen as a threat, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, known as NORAD, said. China and Russia confirmed Thursday that they had conducted a joint air patrol over the Bering Sea, which divides Russia and Alaska
  
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• In the news today: Wildfire flames hit Jasper, cooler weather to help B.C. fire crews

  25-07-2024 10:17 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed…
  Jasper wildfires burn buildings, chase out crews
  A fast-moving wildfire has hit Jasper, Alberta, destroying buildings and chasing some wildland firefighters away with dangerously poor air quality.
  The social media account for Jasper National Park says the fire has caused significant loss within the townsite, but the specific locations or neighbourhoods affected are not being reported.
  On the social med
  
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• Jasper wildfire burns buildings, while poor air quality forces some fire crews out

  25-07-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  JASPER, ALTA. — A fast-moving wildfire has hit Jasper, Alberta, destroying buildings and chasing some wildland firefighters away with dangerously poor air quality.
  The social media account for Jasper National Park says the fire has caused significant loss within the townsite, but the specific locations or neighbourhoods affected are not being reported.
  On the social media platform X Wednesday night, the account for Fairmont’s Jasper Park Lodge says the flames have reached the hotel&r
  
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• Coolest temperatures in a month expected to bring respite in B.C. wildfire fight

  25-07-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Firefighters in British Columbia are expecting the warmer-than-usual weather to ease off today, fueling hope for more respite in their battle against more than 400 blazes.
  The BC Wildfire Service says cooler temperatures and rain in the north slid into the central Interior on Wednesday, moving the mercury closer to seasonal norms for the first time in a month.
  The wildfire service says the favourable forecast is giving crews a chance to make even more progress.
  In the past week, at least 239 fir
  
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• Canada’s premiers forced to confront escalating climate change-related disasters

  25-07-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HALIFAX — As Canada’s premiers reckoned with housing, health care and their contentious relationship with Ottawa during meetings last week in Halifax, many of them remained consumed by climate change-related natural disasters that have only escalated since they returned home.
  “It’s not lost on us that emergency preparedness for natural disasters is more important than ever,” Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said in his closing remarks on the final day of the Council
  
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• Can B.C.’s southern resident orcas be taken off the path to extinction?

  25-07-2024 10:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  The southern resident killer whale known as Tahlequah captured global sympathy in 2018 when she pushed the body of her dead calf for more than two weeks in waters off British Columbia’s south coast.
  Some scientists and advocates called the scene a display of public grief.But the impact of the loss went beyond Tahlequah. It was a significant blow to the entire population that numbers just 74 individuals.
  Recent research suggests a baseline rate of population loss of roughly one per cent per
  
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• Chelsea salvages 2-2 tie with Wrexham in friendly at Levi’s Stadium

  25-07-2024 06:41 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Lesley Ugochukwu scored in the 82nd minute to help Chelsea salvage a 2-2 tie with Wrexham in a friendly match Wednesday night at Levi’s Stadium.
  Ugochukwu rolled a shot from the middle of the box through traffic into the right corner.
  Wrexham took a 2-1 lead when Jack Marriot scored on a counterattack in the 72nd minute.
  Luke Bolton also scored for Wrexham, the Welsh team co-owned by Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds that was promoted this year to the third tier
  
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• How to spend a day at . . . Chilliwack’s District 1881 - The Peak

  25-07-2024 05:35 via news.google.com
  How to spend a day at . . . Chilliwack’s District 1881  The Peak
  
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• Brunetta has goal, assist to lead Liga MX All-Stars over MLS All-Stars 4-1

  25-07-2024 04:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Juan Brunetta and Maximiliano Meza scored a minute apart in the second half, and Mexico’s Liga MX All-Stars beat the Major League Soccer All-Stars 4-1 in the MLS All-Star Game on Wednesday night.
  Brunetta (Tigres) scored in transition in the 68th minute to make it 3-1 and set up Meza (Monterrey) soon after before a record crowd of 20,931 at Lower.com Field.
  It was the first MLS All-Star Game victory for Liga MX in three tries. The MLS All-Stars won in 2022 and w
  
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• Jays sting Rays 6-3 with a four-run eighth inning

  25-07-2024 03:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Back-to-back RBI singles with two out from Justin Turner and Daulton Varsho were enough to spark a four-run eighth inning and push the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-3 win against the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday.
  Vladimir Guerrero Jr. accounted for the first two Toronto runs with a single and a homer as the victory squared the three-game series with Tampa Bay (51-51) at a win apiece.
  The Blue Jays (46-55) enjoyed their second win in five games since the MLB All-Star break before 32,276
  
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• Chilliwack Resident to Travel to Bora Bora After Winning $500K Extra Prize - BCLC Corporate

  25-07-2024 01:52 via news.google.com
  Chilliwack Resident to Travel to Bora Bora After Winning $500K Extra Prize  BCLC Corporate
  
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• Search ends as missing Chilliwack man found deceased near Mission - Abbotsford News

  25-07-2024 01:03 via news.google.com
  Search ends as missing Chilliwack man found deceased near Mission  Abbotsford News
  
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• Biden to use Oval Office address to explain his decision to quit 2024 race, begin to shape legacy

  25-07-2024 00:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Insisting that “the defense of democracy is more important than any title,” President Joe Biden on Wednesday will explain in an Oval Office address his decision to drop his bid for reelection and to throw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris.
  The address will offer the public their first chance to hear directly from Biden his rationale for dropping out of the 2024 after weeks of insisting he believed himself to be the best candidate to take on forme
  
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• Tua Tagovailoa participates in Dolphins’ first day of workouts with contract unresolved

  25-07-2024 00:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa put his contract situation aside and participated in 7-on-7 drills Wednesday as Miami began training camp workouts.
  The fifth-year QB is seeking a new, lucrative deal to place him on the same category as fellow quarterbacks who were selected alongside him in the 2020 draft. On Tuesday, several of Tagovailoa’s teammates anticipated he would join them in pads.
  Tagovailoa did not speak with reporters Wednesday.
  “All th
  
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• Court decision halts enforcement of Ottawa’s kosher slaughter rules

  25-07-2024 00:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — A Federal Court decision has put a pause on enforcement of Canadian Food Inspection Agency guidelines for the ritual slaughter of animals.
  The decision says there are serious issues with whether the guidelines are unreasonable and if they encroach on Charter rights to equality and freedom of religion.A group of agencies that certify kosher meat took the government to court earlier this month to ask for an injunction.
  The guidelines were posted in 2021 and outline how abattoirs mus
  
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• BC box lacrosse championships span 4 days - Chilliwack Progress

  25-07-2024 00:02 via news.google.com
  BC box lacrosse championships span 4 days  Chilliwack Progress
  
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